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| SPORTS. Virginia Pioneer in SOUTHERN SPORTS PLANE ELEVATED BY CAVALIERS First in Dixie to Adopt Strict Code and Insist Upon Opponents Recognizing It—Was Prime Factor in Organizing Conference. SPORTS. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 NOTRE DAME ELEVEN VISITS SEVEN STATES Knute Rockne's galloping horse- men trotted close to half the circum- ference of the earth in quest of foot ball honors during the past season. They visited seven different states in climates ranging from 10 degrees above zero at Princeton, N. J, to 70 degrees above at Pasadena, Calif. In winning ten games from repre- sentatives in every section of ti country, Notre Dame traveled 10,500 miles. One-sixth of the season was spent in Pullman caes Three of the games ton and Stanford mileage of more than FOOT BALL DEFENDED BY COUZENS OF PENN PITTSBURGH, Pa., January 8.— MANY CONTESTS LISTED FOR MIDSHIPMAN TEAMS Strong Basket Ball Combination Is Making Amend for Poor Gridiron Season—Fencing, Boxing, Wrestling and Swimming Attract. A Naval Academy, which has been started auspiciously b work of the basket ball team, promises fine schedules usual lines, and a number of events of special _“The Naval Academy has achieved a spl Winter sports, and probably has a better record in them, as 4 whole, 1t any other institution, In boxing and wrestling, its achievements during a period of the last five or six years have been far better thar EAGLES IN HOME START DOWN PETWORTH QUINT IN defeating the fast Petworth quint, 29 to 18, the Anacostia Eagles,|toa policy of ~sports for sports sake.- District champions in senior basket ball ranks, displayed a brand of | Ernest Couzens, graduate manager of play that promises to carry them to further honors in the way of | Stiiecs 4t the University of Peno- another, independent title this Winter. With Emory Madder back in the dress to the Pittsburgh alumni of that line-up. the Eagles made their debut on their home court, Hitchcock Hall IEn. e mEian S, stitjeluig ast night after having successfully invaded the home of the Chevy Chase | s gy e h - s eglate foot ball t « rerc five in the first game of their schedule. tint T McCathran, the Eagles’ star center,) Marjorie Webster School sextets meet| Couzens left the Penn special, home- bore the brunt of the attack against | tonight on the Friends' School court| ward bound from Berkeley, Calif., the team from Northwest, accounting | in the second game of the Woman's|after the California game New Year for seven baskets from scrimmage | Basket Ball League series. The |day, to attend a dinner given by the and o single counter. Madder, at| game between Business High School ttsburgh alumni forward, took secend ring honors | and the Washington Athletic Associa- with & quartet of two-pointers.| yion, scheduled for last night, was “The building of huge stadiums will not commercialize foot ball,” Couzens Lehmkuhl, with four baskets, played |canceled. best for the losers. BY H.C. BYRD. OME time ago an esteemed writer on sports had in one of his stories ten g standards of athletics in the South. and in effect it seemed to o APOLIS, January 8—The Midwinter season of sports at the v the fine t concerni ‘hree Army, Prince- in all the in railroad 9,000 miles. a s 5 ind « interest and ficance ndid standing in most of the nstity s named specifically, be si es that they in aining the new Now it is not were on of leadership in | h standards engendered by the | e purpose of this story to decry Paave Nurmi's firxt performance in the United States in the mile race marked the third time he has run this crea ma hi; ference. declared. “Eve ake ca o s ared. “Even to take care of our alumni alone it is necessary that we hose ins ions, because tl fellows, but sme credit where the facts about at Until ath does seem m greatest ctic standards in the or t two ves the So ith were ow the Stan- dards in all the larger institutions are practically the sa and it was the leadership wh brought about this change that should be given credit for what has been ac- complished standards in at variance. of 1 tics Virginia Planted Seed. insti a 3it for th standards of Virginia it whole entire ition in rapid advancement athletics is the U That universi omplished in th should receive en- m every other university and from every person interested in the welfare of intercollegiate sports Some yvears ago Virg athletics that established it in a place of leadership in athletics. It an to other institutions with which it maintained relationships, or which hoped to have relationships with it, live up to the lards The going was di awhile Virginia had trouble getting edule filled with the teams it des to pl because few were willing to adopt t rigid code of eligibility under whic Virginia decided it would pl In 1916 Virginia began an or ganized effort to get support in stand, with the result that there formed “The Association of State U versities of the South,” an organiz tion numbering only four or five emberships and which never unted to much, possibly because war interfered and again because the members felt they could well live up to its provisions. that the the the versity of for what last 10 comiums fre has policy in definitely intercollegiat insist that u even for in reall red the some of not very However, the was planting of Idea Sprung in 1920. In December, 1920, the meeting of the Southern Intercolle- glate Athletic Association, the old or- ganization in existence for 30 years and familiarly known as the S. I Double A, at Gainesville, Fla, the idea of a great conference of State universities _and colleges to encompass the entire South had bir Most of the institutions prese were against be they felt they were too small for such an or ganization and too small to live under such eligibily rules as were proposed, while a majority of the others felt the thing to too big to stupenduous, to undertake, because of the wide variance In athletic standards and the great conflict in in- terests in many places. Not so with the University ginia. It took hold of the pro tion, interested the University Georgla, and they with two or three other universities spent months in public and private argument f to the project. At first institutions in the South w ing become members ¢ organization, but as the others be- san realize the import of the proposition they began to get aboard the band wagon and the outcome was the Southern Conference, probably the greatest and most powerful ath- letic organization in the United States It was the University of Virginia's faith its policy that begat the Southern Conference. It was honesty of purpose and sincere desire to 1 something better than that h existed to provide a more le foundation the growth of that brought about for th entire South a sudden revolutionary improvement in athletic morals. Charlottesville Men Praised. And it was the University of Vir- ginia that did it. Other universities had their part in the organization work of the Southern Conference; others have given very valuable help since, but it was Virginla that found and planted the seed. It was Vir- ginia that carefully cultivated the soil until the seed sprouted and grew to be big enough for others to rec- ognize its value, and that others have since come forward to help keep the tree pruned and nourished and vigorous 1d not lead away from that the original plant- ir the important thing Virginia would have caring for the tree d had not the two men for it been rele- background by those realize the really big those two men were doing Albert Le Fevre and Dr. W. A 1 of Virginia are not in charge at the University any may have been buried far as athletics at the of Virginia are concerned, will live eternally in the better spivit which encom- athletics in_the South. What Lambeth and Le Fevre did for ath letics at Virginia was splendid; what they did for athletics throughout the entire South is something for which every i South should feel 't = understar it an athletics, one was re and 1 most the it mostl d to did responsible the not thin Dr. ties they University but they new a passes stitution in the eva of purpose ought about a £ honesty and straightforwardness In relations to replace the old one of suspicion and distrust; built up a new code, und in shoft created stem of athletic relation- morals; because, after all, what Virginia has been given credit r doing was only the reflection of > labors of these men. Georglan Has Helped, connection with the the work of Dr. Sanford the University of gia comes in for hardly less prais than that of Dr. Lambeth and Dr. Le Fevre. As a matter of fact, after Dr. Lambeth and Dr. Le Fevre were no longer at the head of athletics at Virginia, it was Dr. Sanford who took the reins and piloted the South- ern Conference through the perilous way of its formation and by his abil- ity to lead, to inspire confidence of others in what he projects, has put the conference in its present impor- tant and almost unassailable posi- tion. It may be truthfully said that in all probability no other man than Dr. Sanford could have carried on the work *so successfully. In a strategic position geographically, with all the old members of the S. I. [Double-A as his personal friends, and he whole-hearted confidence of oth- ers in him, he was the one man to ead the organization in its first year nd so successfully did he do the job that he has headed it ever since. new of a ne ships and n Conferenc outhern S. V. « credit h | of | a adopted a | nnual | athletic | ¢ is much about them and in them because the men in charge of their athletics are 10re th: is due South COLLEGE BASKET BALL an appropriate to give and to state some at least actual At Annapolis—Navy, 39 i Gettys- thlehem—Lehigh, 46; Toronto, | vy 28 | At West Point—st | of Brooklyn Ar At Knoxville-—Te coln Memorial U, 14 At Birmingham-—Missi ac Princeton, John's College sippi Aggles, Military, 10 ockey. and—>Minneapolis, 1 0 Eveleth Roston land At | 1etk At Maples, 'GALLAUDET AND G. W. | FIVES TO OPEN PLAY Minn.—St. Paul, H.-C., 7 Boston Naudet tion this this season ball teams open their thefr new against Kendall Ridge gym- George Was the first ege basket Hatchetites are to petitive ppaign or court on H street Fi Davis-Elkins, wh will entertain lorida night tossers a week for time | against the Blue e Coliege 1m Satu MeNulty Nichols Wagner will_use in last ) start rwar ser laudet like who participated hletic as guards. Ga Iy | the same 1 nontt At versity, paring Among the teams | Georgetown W Forest. The | North Garolina Baptists, in announc- ing the duie, include date with Georgetown here on January 16. \CENTRAL BASKETERS | TROUNCE GONZAGANS | | | against at clubs | n | ' Uni- pre- due soon be met by flc squads is In turning back the | zaga five, 22 to 14, Central High School basketers proved that the pre- season rumors of weaknesses in their court combination have turned out to be false alarms and that they will be formidable contenders for first honors when the title games get under head- way Saturday. A team of substitutes sent against the visitors by Coach Bert Coggins at the opening of the game managed to gain a point margin by the end of the first period, when the regulars took over the work. This small lead was maintained throughout the ond quarter, but after the half Cen- tralepened up its attack and ran up a slzable score. Scoring honors were divided among Hale and Dezendort of Central, with three two-counters each, and O'Don- oghue of Gonzaga with two. Both teams gained many points on fouls. sting by Laefsky, Brist d the Business High to victory the 24 to 0. Business the start of rate sh May carr basket ball fiv | st. John's tossers, players led from and at the half held a itage over their oppone Morris of St. John's accounted for half ot his team’s points. Rosinski and Gorman also played well. Ac {ana Tech High basketers took a 30 22 defeat from the courtmen of Gal- laudet College In a practice game. Councillor and Werber were the out- standing members of the scholastic combination. Sastern High tossers were sched- uled to meet the Five Finger quint in the Eastern gymnasium this after- noon. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January S.—John F, (Chick) Meehan, coach of the Syra: se foot ball team for the past five easons, has been appointed to a simi- ¥y by New York University a three-year contract, han will succecd Tom Thorp, | former Columbia foot ball star, who | resigned TROEH WINS AT TRAPS. PINEHURST, C, January 8.— Frank Troeh, Portland, Oreg. won the 160-target 16-yard championship of the Midwinter trapshooting tour- nament here with 156 breaks out of 160. Troeh is Pacific coast champion. He algo won the high average event with 450, in America Every person fornia recently. Mrs was a writer. Although she not so wel known for it, her work on behalf of the outdoors required Wore of her time and energy than dld the novels she wrote for entertainment. She was one of the founders of the Izaak Wal- ton League of America and was ac- tivé in its work and in the work of Outdoor America, the maagizne owned and published by the league. Mrs. Porter's great love for the out of-doors colored all of her writings. he has written some of the strong- est pleas for conservation that have ever been penned in America. Since going to California four years ago she waged a strenuous campalign up to the time of her death to protect was Boston | Wash- | invading Gon- | | *| querea | gam | Long \ | | | interested grieved on hearing of the tragic death of Gene Stratton Porter in Cali- | l distance in competition. The last time he ran the mile in open competition was in August, 1923, wher he set the world outdoor record at 4.10 2-5 he Panama Canal by capturing first pl and field events, won Zone's athletes, in 11 track the Central { American Olympic games, held at San Jose, was dash, onds, Costa Rica, recently nade, especially in the 100-meter , Where the mark was 10 4-5 sec- The Zone's basket ball team con- Costa Rica in two of three but its base ball squad lost two contests to Nicaragua. Costa Rica took ond place in the meet, placing first in six event Good time Several championship bouts are be- ing planned for the opening of the new Henderson Crater, a stadium which will seat more than 100,000 Island City. Matches alreac mentioned are: Gibbons vs. Tunn L;l..n. 0 vs, Villa and Martin vs. Gold- John K. (Chick) Meehan, former coach at Syracuse, who nas been named to handle the eclvens at New York University for the next thre years, will arrive in the Eastern metropolis with an impressive record five years his teams have scored points to 187 for opponents, have 36 contests, tied 5 and lost 7 Young Stribling, schoolboy light - he meet a formidable Jimmy Delaney of St Mike Gibbons, at Mich., January 21 with the same speed style of th won famous ( vyweight foe in orgia will boxing Grand Delanc nd Rapids, boxes puzzling ring. Harold “Red” Grange, flashy Illinois halfback, chosen for all honors all mythical elevens, the outstanding star of the son, in the opinion of Maj. John Griflith, commissioner of athletics the Western Conference Griffith looked over a few stars himself, hav- refereed dozen games, an talked with hes from all sections of the country before arriving at his conclusion, was L Outdoor exercixe and golf I improved the condition of « Hollocher, Chicago National stop, whose bad health last peared llkely to keep him ame permanently, that he able the team at ng of ason in April ident Veeck make the train to California he could better round into c his home in St, Louis. ve 80 arley short- Fall ap- fron may be the open- He has that he ng trip believed he ndition at the Informed did not ¢ P ave to M’EWAN WILL REMAIN AS ARMY GRID COACH WEST POIN Capt. John J iwan has been appointed head h of the foot ball team for next season McEwan acted as head mentor of the Army eridiron squad for the of 1923 and 1 nd previously also served for sever coach. Since coming here as a 1914, McEwan has brought spirit to the Army player for four ve Point team he gridiron victo: chief i d Army 1914, Walter C; center on his all-Am In 1923, McEwan's first year head coach, the Army e a scoreless tie with the during the season just p Ewan gave West Point team. Y., January 8 re- Army seasons had several seasons as line cadet in 2 winning eleven. As a rs on the West participated in four €s over the Navy, al. McEwan cap- eleven in 1916. In cted him as rican team. as ven played Navy, but ed Me- a winning SKATING DATES SET. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., January 8. —The international outdoor amateur speed skating races will be at Sara- nac Lake, February 4, 5, and 6, and the American diamond trophy races at Lake Placld, February 12 PIRATES SIGN PITCHER. HACKENSACK, N. J, January tarleton Demarest, who pitched scason for Williamsport, Pa., signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Nationals. Demarest trained with the Pirates last Spring, but developed a sore arm. SEAVIEW REX TAKES ALL-AGE DOG STAKE GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn., 8.—Seaview Rex, owned by Dr. 0. D, Stickney, Atlantie City, N. J., was judged the winner of the all-America field trials all-age stake here he pointer, Lillian Gale, property of Dr. J. S. Brown, Montclair, N. J., was given second place, and Clarks Prince, setter, owned by R. G. Mor- rissey, Clinton, N. C., finlshed third, Seaview Rex's work on game dur- ing the trials was almost flawless, and hie speed and range were unusual. January THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG, President Izaak Walton League of America. in the outdoors must have Porter was, of course, known all over America as the author of “The Girl of the Limberlost,” and “Freckles” and other stories of the great Limberlost Swamp, However, she was a greater woman than she the forestd of that State against fires. Mrs. Porter not only loved the out- doors, but she lived in it. She and Mary Roberts Rinehart were perhaps the most prominent outdoor women in this country. As a camper, angler and student of nature, few excel Mrs. Porter. Her writings on natural his- tory and on the outdoors undoubted- 1y will outlive her novels, Outdoor America suffered a great loss when Mrs. Porter was killed. The best memorial we can erect to her is to carry on in the work of con- servation which she so strongly and sincergly advocated. A meémorial of clean streams and unburned forests is ;he sort of one she would have asked or, in | Paul, a protege | that made Gibbons the phantom With every player ‘on the team scoring one or more goals, the Epiph- any Junior five took the measure of the Blue Ridge College Reserves, 30 to 14, on the New Windsor court. The local team had the lead all the way, the score standing 20 to § at the half. Allied Club basketers, champions of the Baltimore Basket Ball League, are out after intercity honors and wish to,arrange games with Wash- ington teams, to be played on Dis- trict courts. Seventeen wins against five defeats is the Allied Club’s record for lust season nes may be ar- ranged through nager Isaac M. Renbaum, 1405 Gough street, Balti- more, Md. in a nip-and-tuck After playing first half, the manner throughout the City Club five downed the St. Paul basketers, 33 to 23, on the G Street court. “Doc” Singer, City Club's sen- sational forward, accounted for 17 points. Strayer's Business College and the MY GREATEST THRILL IN SPORT BY WALTER CAMP Dean of American Foot Ball As Told to Homer George Two teams of the Boys' Club were victorious, the Flashes defeating the Irish Athletic Club, 27 to 19, and the Superiors outclassing the Metropoli- tan Church five, 46 to 28. R. V. Knight five defeated the Naval Recelving Station team, 36 to 22, on the former's court. nager Beach of the winners is scheduling games at Knights' store, Alexandria. Mount Vernon Junmiors took the measure of Royce Athletic Club, 34 to 15. The Juniors meet the Southend tossers at Epiphany gymnasium to- morrow night. Woodside M. E. tossers nosed out Liberty Athletic Club, 32 to 29. Culp and Langford led the attack for the winners, accounting for 7 and 6 baskets, respectively. De Molay tossers defeated the Com- forter Juniors, 19 to 8, on the East-| ern High School court. Berensky, of the winners, led in tie scoring with 4 goals IN poured. Cold it was. Into the faces | of thousands it swished and beat, lashed by | American | 1924 sea- | in| the | Capt. | | ening a strong Dreary. But to the enthusiastic November. fortable. noticed. the open. Their The wraps. ever. It was the ball reigned supreme. the footing treachcrous, the cold benumbing WALTER CAMP. ball was slimy ggled in thelr The men looked bed They slithered mud-coated uniforms. here and there. Boys were hard to down when tackled. Downed they were, though. Sometimes it t00K sev- eral men to do the trick. Fight, fight, fight! No score was made the first half. None came in the third quarter. For 10 m in the last quarter none was made. It looked as though none would be made. And just about here came the greatest thrill in the career of Walter Camp, nestor of sports and foot ball king of his day. nutes It was sunshiny when the story. We were following Ouimet-Hunter match in the national amateur golf championship at Merion. Camp said “Through the first half we went without either side seriously threat- to make a point. The third quarter ended likewise, and we went more than 10 minutes of the final quarter still 0 to 0. “I was desperate, and all Yale was desperate. In our section the Yale followers were, yelling lustily for a score. On the Harvard side it was the same story. On the fleld both teams were doing their utmost. Yet no one could deliver. On and on we struggled, slipping, sliding, nose-div he told me NURMI TO STAY IN U. S. FOR NUMBER OF MEETS EW YORK, January 8—Paavo Nurmi is to extend his visit to America over a period of three months and possibly long enough for him to participate in one or two outloor events. N Nurmi’s plan now is for a few training to attain even greater perfection than he now enjoys on the board floors. Here is list of meets in which Nurmi plans to compet January 15—Municipal Games, Madi- son Square Garden. 5 January 16—Illinois A. C., Chicago. January 27, 28—Millrose A. A., Madison Square Garden. Junuary 31—Boston A. (Conditional.) February 7—Wilco A. A, 13th Regi- ment Armory. February 14—New Madison Square Garden. tional.) February 23—Johns Hopkins, Regiment, Baltimore. February 28—A. A. U. indoor cham- plonships, Louisville. (Conditional.) WIIl Select Distance. In Baltimore Nurmi_ will be per- mitted to specify the distance of the race in which he will participate. It is probable Nurmi will set the dis- tance of the race at 3,000 meters. Other stars scheduled to compete in the Baltimore meet, incidentally, are Joie Ray, Harold Osborne, Ugo Fri- gerio, Itallan walking star and Olympic champion; Willie Plant, America’s king-pin walker, and Verne Booth, former Johns Hopkins star. A novel race has been arranged for Nurmi in the municipal games, when the Finn will team up with his coun- tryman, Willie Ritola, in a two-mile relay race, in which each of the Finns will run two half miles. The mem- bers of the committee in charge of this meet arranged this race because they felt that no one could give Nurmi a race at any distance over a half mile. The leading half-milers in the country will be invited to start against the Finns. Though his victories took the ath- letic world by storm, Nurmi accepted the record-breaking triumphs with becoming modesty. He was satisfled that he had come through his first two races here with such signal hon- ors and looked forward eagerly to his other appearances. As a matter of fact, Nurmi, as many thought who watched his perform- ances, had plenty of running left in him when he departed from the Gar- den amid a gathering of admiring countrymen. He went to his home, in the Bronx, by subway, and when his train was delayed slightly because of the theatrical crush the Finn jokingly asserted to one of his admirers that, with his ability to do six miles in 30 minutes or better, he would have made better time if he had started to run from the Garden to his home, Through Coach Quist, Nurmi lauded A., 'Boston. York A. C, (Condi- 5th The They were wildly weather was forgotten thet Pouring late the ¥ Terribly wind. For was Depressing. uncom crowd it was litt thousands huddled close together in snuggled into overcoats and fur eyes never varied in direction, how- excited. The disagreeable day of the Yale-Harvard game. Foot On the field the mud was deep, and slippery. ing in the mud from our terrific and almost exhausted efforts minutes to t desper- weathe I call than five ned on a mo the ball. “With less play, I determ ate chance, considering the field and the slimy for a try for a field go “The teams lined up in punt forma- tion. I stepped back to the best pos- sible spot and waited the ball. I came, softly, smoothly, with seams right. Down 1 dropped it, and then— thump! “My foot hit the ball, and it started aloft just as Harvard men began through and on to m It |sailed “over their heads. It went straight between the posts—Yale had scored! So few minutes re-| mained of play that it was vetory on that field. “And_my heart soared with the ball. My soul expanded with the greatest tleill I have ever known.” Thus it happened. And though many thrills have followed in his long life of sports, none has ever erased that moment from the heart of Wali- ter Camp. (Copyright by Public Ledger Company.) Tomorrow—Bill Phelon. days of rest. Then he will resume the officials of the meet, A. A. U. au- thorities who supervised the games and his rivals for the splendid man- ner In which the games were con- ducted and for the caliber of his op- ponents. Nurmi particularly liberal in his praise of his American rivals and pointed to Lhe complete absence of elbowing or jostling at any stage of either race. When asked how he felt about board-floor running, Nurmi declared he feit he would be able to make bet- ter time when he becomes more ac-| customed to the indoor game. The mile race of 4.13 3-5, Nurmi said, re- quired as much of his strength and speed as did his race in Finland last year, when he created a new world record of 4.10 2-5 outdoors. | RAY STILL BELIEVES HE CAN BEAT NURMI NEW YORK, January 8.—Joie Ray still thinks he can beat Paavo Nurmi on the indoor track. He expressed his confidence of this before leaving for Chicago, where he will race Nurmi on Friday night of next week. ‘Just a little short of work, that all,” sald Ray, referring to his de- feat. “All I need is a couple of weeks of racing. Then I'll show the Finn how & mile race is run indoors. I know Nurmi is a great runner and I know that to beat him I'll have to do it in the mile. From now on T'll confine all cing against him to that distance At Nurml’s request the race In Chi- cago was extended from the mile to the mile and a quarter. Ray said the Chicago track is 14 fps to the mile and this would give him a great advantage. “When Nurmi gets out there he'll find out what indoor running means,” said Ray. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S,7th & F make plans to enlarga the present Franklin Fleld, and every large school in the country is faced with the same proposition. It is not a question of trying to make money, but rather of accommodating those who have a right to see our teams in play. “Penn conducts 15 sports, and of these foot ball and basket ball alone pay their own way. Basket ball breaks even. so it is up to foot ball to enable us to carry on all the othes, The money we get from our foot ball games—about $750,000 a year— enables us to put crews on the water and equip and maintain ball lacrosse, fencing and soccer tear all other branches of athletics. TECH HIGH RIFLE SHOTS PREPARE FOR MATCHES Rifle base enthusiasts at McKinley hnical High have organized and €un practice for matches that they hope to shoot with the other high schools and collegiate sharpshooters the city As Tech has no range of its own, practice is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Business gallery. On his squad of 15 men Coach Benner has seven members of the 1923-24 team, Negus, captain-elect: Sechrist, Tilison, Van Allen, Spicknel, Carr and BO McMILLIN ALL-YEAR GENEVA COLLEGE COACH BEAVER Bo" MeM B Pa 8- January ball coach last season at ( ry College, and for- mer ball r of Centre was en r athletic coach of . it was announced by ustees today that McMillin announced, but the largest ever institution CHICAGO SWIMMERS SEEK NEW RECORDS CHICAGO, January the Illinois A. C. swimming ndoor and outdoor champio, Attempt to shatter five world records in fhe first of a series of ind tonight Johnx champion, the 50-ya Sybil’ Ba stroke ch her record Ethel L: foot College, cho: the board of t The amount of salary eive was not t will be i by the it is said paid a coa S.—Members of team, )T meets Weismu will try and 10 er, world mpion, will in the r. world for new free-style marks in events. woman b to better 100-yard back- kie will endeavor to cut her world record time in the 100- yard free style, and Conrad Mila will attempt to set a new mark in the $80- yard backstroke. The I A. C. team will compete in a series of open events against North- western University’s swimming squad, Western Conference champions, GREB-KLESCH GO OFF. DAYTON, Ohio, January § proposed fight between Harry Greb and Johnny Klesch, the latter of Cleveland, for championship honors here January 12 has been called off on account of the latter's illness. The Our yea: mal PU pric the Qu. wh $38232838382883838238388 $323238233888828338388388838233888328883888 o 6666660606 0664 e > e * e > ¥ 5800000000000 000004 will | Yessir—It's HIGH-GRADE Suitings SACRIFICE PRICES, in order to Everything Must Go!! The prices to the right show the honest, bona fide reductions, but variety of stripes, weaves, colors and patterns. here | by reduced prices. any other institution. It in fencing, swimming and water polo. Basket Ball PRACTICE te w on M th, en m: Wi w |m How should .prelim shooting practice be conducted? BY MAURICE KENT, Ball Basket Coach, University. Northwestern | Such practice should take place dur- | |ing the first everal weeks of the | |wenson and whould be persisted in | throughout the entire season. There xhould be three balls nt every bas- | ket, xo there will be lots of shooting | and lotx of action. This makes for a | keneral liveliness and xood morale. The importance of having thix good morale during the opening pract | sessions canmot be over-emphasized. | Have about xix or seven men shoot- | il |Ing at cach basket. They should | whoot and “follow-in” {0 make the ! second xhot, and let them shoot from all different angies, both running and standing. N th (Copyright, 18 &l in | CHAMPION AT“CHECKERS % IS DEFEATED BY MATTY PLATTSBURGH, N. Y., January | w | Christy Mathewson, the “bix six”|ti pitching idol, turned his attention to checkers last night and defeated W | [ di | pion Banks faced 28 players simultane- | | ously in the match, reducing the num- | ber of his -opponents at the last to | two, Mathewson and E. L. Abare of Plattsburgh. Abare and the champion went to a {draw and then Mathewson turned in | his victory. REESE TO LEAD W. & 7. | WASHIN 'ON, Pa., January 8.— {Cad M. Reese, halfback, of Johns- | town, Pa.. has been elected captain of [the Washington and Jefferson 1825 | foot ball squad. in N w 80 fu w A i gt WINNIPEG, Manitoba, January §.— Jack Reddick, Canadian middleweight champlon, gained a newspaper de- cision over Johnny Papke of Cleve- land in a 10-round bout last night. w 1y = Semi-A here! Twice a r we clear our shelves of all at $ ke room for mnew stocks. Every inch of these suitings is RE WOOL, which makes the es and values even GREATER. can’t begin ALITY found to in show our the large Come in now, men, ile YOUR particular pattern is OVERCOATS All our READY-TO-WEAR vercoats, made up individually us, have been drastically to non - competitive Sizes 34 to 40, 1211 Penn. Ave. N.W. “THE ALL WOOL HOUSE” is supreme in gymnastics and an spirits of the naval people aft ball season the team is going, number of other sport ington, ruary of lative | otix | Syracuse, the against of the found est dur | W. 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