Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1925, Page 22

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 'é’., TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1925. SPORTS. 22 SPORTS. Exercise Made an Athlete of Harris : Rickard Would Make Star Runners Pros TRACK SPORT BOOM _[NURMI, CONNOLLY AND RAY Plélg 1;}% fl%fig’pr GREATEST IN YEARS| O FFERED PAY FOR RACES By the Ausociated Press. i banm i Tndons cracic athietics ro-| Finn Resents Proposal and Ex-Georgetown Athlete B ucky S topped S moking Because It Says Plan Is Not Feasible—World Champion Made Him Short-Winded, and Runs in Municipal Feature Thursday. 5 led, Learned MOderatlon - Eatlng’ Too. N Ray, middle-distance stars, arec among several amateur athletes approached by cmissaries of Tex Rickard, promoter and lessee sulting from the invasion of Paavo Nurmi, together with the prospect of of Madison Square Garden, regarding becoming professionals and engag- ing in several track meets here and in other cities. other foreign stars coming here, has Nurmi, the Finnish star, who shattered three world records at the BELIEVE IT OR NOT. —By RIPLEY. THe OLD WHITE Sox - ynder Cap Anson PLAYED A REGULATION GAME IN FULL EVENING DRESS. had no parallel since the 1908 Olym- pics when marathon running was the rage. Jt was in thoss Olympics that Johnny Hayes, the American, wa: acknowledged the marathon cham- plon after Dorando, the Italian, had collapsed near the finish and been helped by spectators to cross the line first. The Dorando-Hayes rivalry was renewed when the little Ital came to this country and a sensa- EW YORK, January 13—Paavo Nurmi, Jimmy Connolly and Joie Chapter 9—Learning Good Lessons. BY STANLEY (BUCKY) HARRIS. B came we turned to basket ball ASE ball, naturally enough, alw: But when the weath®r got too cold to bat and throw a ball T played foot ball with the other youngsters. I played the court game on professional s has been my favorite sport. Then when the snow teams from the time I was a youngster until I became manager of the Washington club. We worked hard and played equally hard in Pittston. kept me out of mischief. There is if he keeps his mind occupied by work or st in healthful sports. A sound body puny youngster can develop into a the proper cxercise My own case ‘s an example ball, foot and basket ball verted me from an underdeveloped Youngster into an athlete capable of standing up under the strain of a hard major league base ball cam- paign 1 was fortunte in having the advice of my brother and Tony Walsh. Most voungsters can obtain ecqually beneficial instruction from public school athletic teachers. None should overlook them, whether they hope to become star athletes or not. 1 will be hetter and happler citi- zens for building up their bodies We played foot ball and basket ball under almost as many handi- caps as base ball Good equipment came high. We had no dollars to throw away on fancy togs. Shin- ards were homemade. So were ball pants, headgear and nose guards. The heel of a rubber fre- quently served as a nose protector. Sweaters were part of regular Win- ter clothing, and old ones were used on the gridiron. Mine were knitted by my mother under the light of an oil lamp. 1 can picture her now, busy night after night when I went Base | bail con- tston had few street lights in those da: When the crowd got to- gether to go to the Y. M. C. A. to play basket ball the boy living farthest away would whistle shrilly as a sig- nal that he was starting. His nearest neighbor would answer in kind and put a lamp in the window as a sig- nal he was ready. In that way we would make the rounds until the players were gathered up. . A Tragedy of Inflation. The Y. M. C. A. furnished a fine place in which to play The gymna- sium also gave us an opportunity for exercise on the chest weights, flying rings, bars and horses There we learned rules of personal hygiene that all youngsters should know. We were a care-free, lively crowd. To see us you wouldn't have thought we had all put In nine hours In the mines and were due to get up before 6 o'clock. Still, we had our troubles and dis- mppointments. I recall one that at the time seemed a near-tragedy. We had pooled our surplus cash in nickels, dimes and quarters to buy a new basket ball. When the fund was complete we studied carefully the udvertisements of sporting goods houses. The merits and demerits of the various makes were heatedly dis- cussed. If we had been buying & country club we couldn't have de- liberated more. That is how much the investment of a few dollars meant to us. Finally we decided to send to a certain house for the new basket ball. I guess cheapness recommended it moge than anything else. The package was ceremoniously un- wrapped and the cover and bladder removed as If they were priceless, fragile things. We couldn’t wait to get a pump to blow up the ball. I did the job with my own lungs. Between rests I admired the pur- chase with the other boys. When it seemed as if my head woula burst from pressure. my task came to a sudden end. That was a report a if a blown-up paper bag had been exploded. The basket ball collapsed | in my hands. The trouble lay in a defective bladder. We were a broken-hearted bunch of kids. Later the sporting goods house sent us a new basket ball and restored our faith in business concerns. Those early days of hard work and play taught me good lessons. Like many youngsters working for a liv- ing, I learned to smoke early in life. But I soon realized that tobacco was bad for me until I reached my full growth. I found myself getting ehort-winded when playing basket ball, a game which calls for speed and action all the way. Also I had slight dizzy spells when forced to extra exertion. I told Merle my symptoms. 1 Cut Out Cigarettex. “Too many coffin nalls,”” he pro- nounced. “You've got to cut ‘em out if you want to get big enough to have a look-in playing base ball Wait until you grow up. Then they ‘won’t hurt you—so much. Tobacco's all right in its way, but vou don't welgh onough. Lay off until you get your full growth.’ 1 followed the advice. Now I know how sound it was. Not so much the use as the abuse of certain things works Injury to athletes and men in less active walks of life. The trouble is that so many persons don't know just where to draw the line. Belng a growing boy and an active one, I was a hearty eater. Mother's cakes and pies were a particular treat to me. Still, 1 learned I couldn't stuff myself with them and feel at my best when engaged in sports. So, much to her disappointment, I cut dewn heavily on my ration of sweets. She thought she must be losing her hand at cooking. Her protests and | my own désires finally conquered. I| ate a whole apple ple at supper. That night I played basket ball The pie didn’t sit well on my stom- ach. In fact, it didn’t sit at all. There I learned that, so far as I was| concerned, moderation would have to | be my program. I know big leaguers who seem to thrive on sweets, stars who are steady smokers Walter Johnson, for instance, is an inveter- ate eater of sweets. Every man must work out his own plan of living. What s one’s meat is another's poison. (Copyright, 1925.) Tomorrow—Needed Encouragement. GONZAGA GIVES LETTERS 70 22 OF GRIDIRON SQUAD Twenty-two letters were awarded to members of the Gonzaga High School foot ball team at a banquet tendered the squad last night. Marquette Kerans, who has performed at tackle for the past three seasons, was elected captain of the 1925 eleven. Letters went to the following: Capt. |against Pal O'Donoghue, Manager De Bruler, Capt.- elect Kerans, Barry, Belair, Byrne, Dig- gina, Dwyer, Hemiock, Frick. Lanahan, Madden, Rowan, Genau, Khuen, O'Con- nor, Robertson, Fisher, Farrell, Fox, Himmeiburg and Tobin, little chance of a boy going wrong y and gets his relaxation makes for a sound mind. Even a strong, vigorous man if he takeés JOHNSON HAS RIVAL IN VERNON BIDDING ANGELES, January 13.— Re- that H. W. Lane, former owner of the Salt Lake Club of the Pacific Coast Base Ball League, and Walter Johnson, veteran pitcher of the Washington Club of the American League, other for the Verton club franchise are in circulation here. These re- ports were coincident with a session of directors of the Coast League to discuss a 1925 playing schedule and other league matters. Lane, while denying that he held an option on the Vernon club, said that either he or Johnson would get the franchise, according to the high- est bid made. The club voted to play world series soclation The agreement, which will be drawn up at today’s session, probably will extend over a perfod of 5 or 10 vears and will include the Interna- tional League in case that organiza- tion cares to participate. MARCH 5 WLIL SEE ALL OF MACKMEN IN CAMP PHILADELPHIA, January 13.— Manager Connie Mack of the Phila- delphia American League base ball team announced today that he would leave with his batterymen for the Athletics’ Southern training camp at Fort Myers, Fla., on February 23. A week later the regular inflelders and outflelders will leave for the South, and the entire squad is due at the camp by March 5. Last year the Athletics held their Spring training at Montgomery, Ala. Bad weather prevented work-outs on many days. FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE WILL MEET AT TAMPA ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, January 13.—A meeting of clubs holding fran- chises in the Florida State Base Ball League will be held in Tampa on Sat- urday, January 17, it is announced by Al F. Lang, president of the league. Entrance of another city into the circuit, taking the place left vacant by Daytona's resignation prior to the close of the 1924 season, will be taken up. Six citles are being considered for the vacancy, Lang announced. CUBS SIGN GIBSON AS PITCHING COACH CHICAGO, January 13.—George Gib- son, veteran catcher and former pilot of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has be- come coach of the Chicago Cubs, suc- ceeding Oscar Dugey, unconditionally released. Gibson, a student of the “old school,” started his base ball career with the Buffalo club in 1903. He joined the Pirates in 1904, remaining for 10 years. While with the Pitts- burgh club he established a major league record for catching conseou- tive games. This record of 150 games stood until Ray Schalk of the White Sox took the honor by backstopping in 151 contests. Gibson went to the New York Giants in 1917 and 1918, but was sent to Montreal the following year. Pittsburgh claimed Gibson as man- ager in 1920, but in 1922 he was suc- ceeded by Willlam McKechnie. The new coach the following sea- son coached the Washington club, under the management of Donie Bush. Last season Gibson spent his time hunting and fishing, FLOWERS-DELANEY GO EXCITES FIGHT FANS BY FAIR PLAY. NEW YORK, January 13.—As show- ing what will happen when a real fight looms in the offing, it may be stated that the fans are falling over themselves to buy tickets for the Tiger Flowers-Jack Delaney bout, which will be held at the Madison Square Garden Friday night. The way things shape up this looks light the high-light affray of the Win- ter. Certainly nothing has already happened that has approached in point of thrill or bitter battling whas this coming bout promises in this re- spect, and there is nothing to indi- cate that bouts to be held will equal it. Delaney showed rather poorly in his last appearance at the Garden Reed, but Reed has al- ways been an awkward customer, and the fact should be considered, too, that Delaney was not spurred up to that mood which a fighter attains when he feels he is going to be con- fronted by a top-notch mixer. The Bridgeport middleweizht will have every reason to gear himself up to his highest fighting pitch when he steps into the ring agalnst the Atlanta negro. It remains to be seen in proper doses. owners and directors a post season “little with the American As- | what the white boy, with his clever- ness, his speed and his ability to hit hard and accurately, will be able to do against the negro southpaw, who never clinches, who can hit hard with either hand and has a curious style of milling that is not easy to solve. Reports of the two men at their training camps indicate that neither will ‘make the middleweight class limit. Flowers is expected to welgh 165 and Deluney 2 or 3 pounds less. Flowers really is in trouble when he bas to fight at 160 pounds, and yet he does not scale high enough to come into the light-heavy class. It is rather a mean position to occupy, or would be, were it not that Flowers cares little what is the weight of an opponent. All of which, were bldding against each | *" DiAMonD JACK” HENRY MELCOR Qlorna tddlecweght KNOCKED OUT JIMMY O'HAGEN — o} Albany GORDON MSKAY Australan Champion AND BATTLING ORTEGA 8 ON 3 SUCCEEDING NIGHTS. Aoy 83-10 1923 PRINCE HAS Wis TEEJH SET WiTH DIAMONDS . value 10,000 DECISION TO MARTIN PROVES UNPOPULAR PHILADELPHIA, January 13.—Ed- die (Cannonball) Martin, bantam- weight champion, was awarded the referee’s decision over Tommy Mur- ray, Philadelphia, at the end of a 10-round bout last night after the judges had disagreed. The decision was unpopular with the fans. Martin, whose title was not at stake, weighed 118% pounds, and Murray, 121. KAPLAN AND MASCART IN WORLD TITLE BOUT NEW YORK, January 13.—Louis (Kid) Kaplan of Merlden, Conn., is to recelve a chance to make his featherweight championship a true world title. Kaplan will be matched Edouard Mascart of France, holds the European crown. Tex Rickard plans the match as one of the last attractions at old Madison Square Garden, with a date in late March or April probable. —— WEINERT, ONCE KNOCKED DIZZY, K. 0.”S DOWNEY CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jamuary 13.— After recovering from a right-hand punch in the first round that almost knocked him dizzy, Charley Weinert, Newark, N. J., heavyweight, last night struck Joe Downey with a left to the solar plexus in the third round, and Downey went déwn and out for the full count. Weinert displayed a great left hand, and his work was of the sensational order. with who —_— GARCIA WHIPS ROY. MONTREAL, January 13 —Bobby Garcla of Camp Holabird, Md, was awarded a judge's decision over Leo (Kid) Roy, holder of the Canadian featherwelght title, in a 10-round bout last night. MORE BOXING SOUGHT. ST. PAUL, Minn.,, January 13.—A bill tq allow boxing matches in cities of the second, third and fourth classes and In villages of more than 5000 population in Minnesota has been in- troduced in the State Senate. Pro- fessional boxing at present is per- mitted only in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth. STBIBLINE WINS BOUT. MIAMI, Fla., January 13.—Young Stribling, Southern light-heavywelght boxer, outpointed Hugh Walker of Kansas City in a 10-round no-deci- sion bout last night. Stribling won every round. There were no knock- downs. i S P 2 HURD IN CUE MATCH. William Hurd, who was beaten by George Kelchner, will meet John Sherman tonight in the District pock- et billlard tournament being staged at the Grand Central parlors. POLO’S FAST GROWTH DEVELOPS PROBLEMS NEW YORK, January 13.—Polo, which comes to the foreground of sports when international competi- tions take place, is growing and al- ready the United States Polo Asso- eiation has before it the proposal to split the schedulé in the Midwestern circuit, where more than a score of teams appeared for the last tourna- ment. This matter will be among the fm- portant topics at the annual session of the association here January 20. Another question is that of hand caps, where numerous changes are anticipated. Last season the Cali- fornia Midwicks captured the junior champlonship and then took the open. Luis L. Lacey, whose play at Mead owbrook last Summer featured the British team’s play, but who lives in the Argentine, expected to take a quartet of South Americans to Eng- land during the coming year, but has announced that on account of the death of J. W. Drysdale the trip has Dbeen canceled. FIRPO NOW IS LOST HOPE, TEX ADMITS IN RANKINGS ¥ the Associated Press N EW YORK, January 13.—Tex of New York’s great indoor arena. Rickard apparently is convinced that Luis Firpo of the Argentine is a lost hope. Witness the “big ten” of heavyweights selected by the lessee Firpo can be beaten by six men in the country, Rickard says, although not long ago he declared that he believed the South American to be the only pugilist capable of giving Jack Demp- sey a real fight. Better than Luis, in his opinion, Quintin Romero of Chile and Jack Renault of Montreal Gibbons and Harry Wills are rated a Richard's selections are due for a test in Boston February 16 when Romero and Weinert do battle for 10 rounds. When the outdoor season comes Gibbons is expected to meet Wills and the winner to face Demp- sey. The promoter sets forth an in- teresting situation in the feather- weight grouping. Directly below the name of Kid Kaplan, the champlon, is that of Babe Herman of California. Herman was an alternate and did not participate in the tournament for the title which Johnny Dundee surren- dered. In his lone appearance, not as a candidate for the title, he knocked out Billy De- Foe of St. Paul, his brother alternate. Next to Herman is Mike Dundee of Rock Island, Ill, in Rickard's esti- mation. It is recalled that Dundee lost in his first bout of the tourna- ment to Danny Kramer of Philadel- are Charley Weinert of New Jersey, Dempsey, Tom bove the Argentine. phia. according to the judges, | though there were many who ilieved that the Middiewestern rep- resentative deserved the edge. Dick Curley, manager of Dundee, became so incensed at the decision that he attacked the referee, Patsy Haley, and {mmedlately was expelled from New York boxing. The promoter figured the feather- weights, undoubtedly, from the de- cisions, whether they were right or Wrong. Kaplan outpointed Bobby Garcla of Camp Holabird, Md, by a stirring attack in the final round, but falled to do material damage, win- ning on boxing alone. Kramer won over Dundee by a small margin. Dundee, in a bout which was not a part of the tournament, flayed al- be- Kaplan knocked out Kramer in seven rounds. De Foe was the only other to knock out a man during the nine weeks of the tournament. MY GREATEST THRILL IN SPORT i BY FRANK KRAMER For Many Years World Champion Bicycle Racer 1 as perhaps the long career: HRILLS are a daily occurrence in sport life, and it’s rather hard to define one as the great- est of all. However, the following stands out best of all those experienced in my In June, 1905, Trainer Jack Neville accompanied me to Paris, where I was booked to represent America in the annual Grand Prix bike race. Other countries had entered their best pedal men. The distance was one mile, with heat, semi- | final and final Sunday, respectively. to be run on Sunday, Thursday and This annual classic is spon- sored by the City of Paris, and the proceeds are donated to charity. A cash prize of 5000 frarics (approximately $1,000) is awarded the winner. As we lined up for the initial heat I glanced over the field of my com- petitors. Here were numerous crack bike riders, all forelgn to me, each of whom had won prominence in his native land. They all appeared in perfect trim. My best efforts would be called into play here even to sur- vive the heat. Truly, though, T felt confident and determined. 1 To make a long story short, I survived the heat and entered the semi-final with an extra supply of confidence. Here, again, fort favored me and with Amiel Friol of France and Henry Meyer of Germany, two of the world's fast- est pedal men, I earned the right to compete for the grand final prize. During the elapsing hours between Thursday and Sunday Trainer Neville paid the strictest possible attention to my physical welfare. Condition is a large factor In any branch of sport, and no one appreciates this more than Jack Neville, who, incidentally, still ranks on top of his profession. Off to a flying start in the final, the three of ux raced along as though our very livex depended on the outcome. The Frenchman first cut a bare lead, then the German, then mywself. Not far from the finish I sprinted and dashed trie umphantly across the tape. The French people received my vic- tory with wonderful sportsmanship. They treated me like a hero and gave huge receptions in celebration. Seven years later while visiting ‘the French eapital I was honored next to Georges Carpentler in a aport popularity contest. These combined incidents afforded me my greatest thrill in sport. (Copyright, 1925.) BRITON ENTERS 20 FOR BIG U. S. RACE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 13.— The Westchester Racing Association has recelved 20 entrles for its Futurity stakes of 1927 from Lady Svykes. whose Sledmore stud in Yorkshire, England, is famous throughout the racing world as a bloodstock breed- ing nursery. The Sledmore long has had a place at the top of the English breeding | Institutions, and the yearlings, as a {rule, have led at the Doncaster and {Newmarket sales, with an average many times of $15,000 a head. This brings the total entry for the Futurity to 1,707—a record believed impossible a year ago. Entries for the fifty-first Kentucky Derby, at Churchill Downs, will close February 21, with prospects that the stake will be richer than the Golden Jubilee Derby of last vear, when the net money value amounted to $52,775. The aggregate value of 15 fixed stakes at Churchill Downs and La- tonia will be $165,000. achary Davis, a Chicago architect, is known as America's foremost de- signer of base ball parks Gareia for 12 rounds and cut him up. | tional series of races followed, in which other competitors included Tom Longboat, great Canadian In- dian runner, and Alfred Shrubb, fa- mous Englishman. The Italian-American duel between Hayes and Dorando will have a coun- terpart this season when Ugo Fri- gerio, Italian holder of the Olympic walking championship, comes to the United States to meet Willie Plant, premier American heel and toe star. Frigerio will make his debut in the Millrose A ga at_Madison | Square Garden, January 7 and 28| George Goulding, noted Canadian and | Olympie champion in 1912, is stag-| ing a comeback and also will be an| opponent of Frigerio. Frigerio was one 6f the most pic- turesque figures in the 1924 Oly pies. Throughout the 10,000-meter walk he “played to the gallery” by uncorking his “sprints” as he hdxwtl‘ | the official stands at Colombes He | was given a deafening ovation when | | he crossed the finish line a winner | |and responded with the Fascist sa-| lute | | | | : RACQUETS MATCH LISTED. | Baltimore Athletic Club and the Racquet Club of this city will stage | a squash-racquet match on the courts of the locals Saturday night. Eleven | | contests are planned. | golfer in the business. Probably Leo is unduly cc L my mashie niblick This circumstance causes a lot friends, and—being built that way—1I I must tell you, consequently, about which up the course, Montreal the of tournament. 1 representing my home club, the Oak Ridge, of Tuckahoe, N. Y. The hap- pening made me the butt of consid- erable laughter. Throughout the practice, qualify- ing and tournament rounds I had been getting a lot of 2s on the short holes. This was especially so on the eighth and tenth holes, each of them 150 yards in length, and calling |an incident at | Mount Bruno | summer during open Canadian came last progre the was the tee Every during almost time I reached the eighth the practice round and on every occasion I played it during the qualifying and tourna- ment rounds 1 wot 2. This also was true in slightly lesser degree of the tenth. T certainly had a jolly time on those holes. All week I used the same caddie, a solemn-faced Canadian youth with a plentitude of Scotch blood in him. He watched me laying my shots dead to the pin unmoved. Apparently it was ordinary stuff in his view—unworthy of comment. Well, the last time around, having come to the seventh hole, I felt the need of indulging in a little joshing. The seventh Is a par 4 hole, re- quiring a drive and a pitch. After a good shot oft the tee I still had 120 yards left to the green. It seemed to me that it was about time I was getng under my caddie’s hide, as they say. | Carefully studying my shot, T se- | lected a mashie niblick and, turning | to the youth, said: “Now listen. I came all the way from Tuckahoe to show you this shot.” He looked at me blankly. But when I put my ball eighteen inches from the hole, for a certain birdie 3, a judiclal gleam came into his eyes ‘and he actually broke into speech. “Youknow,” he said, use that club bad at alli” Coming down the home stretch, I had a succession of good plays of this sort. On the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth holes my mashie nib- lick second shots always left me three feet from the cup and I holed out birdies. It seemed to me this ought to win my critic's approval en- tirely; and it had. “If " we could only play nine more holes I'd win this tournament,” I said. “We sure would,” he agreed. “you don't BY WILL President Izaak Waltos the dark, principally because it E woods is interpreted by many people ¥ about the same cadence that a bear If you are lying in your tent at night—one of those still, motionless nights—and a porcy marches’ past, the chances are that you will go home and tell the folks about the bear prowling around your tent. I have known this to happen more than once, The snowshoe rabbit is another of- fender. The snowshoe has very large rear paws. That is why he is called the snowshoe rabbit. Those paws como down like a ton of brick in the quiet woods. A few of these bunnies prowling around your camp at night sound exactly like a herd of buffalo or a dozen or so bears. The “thump. thump, thump” of those big feet on the ground has driven more than one otherwise brave camper under cover. These rabbits are very bold, and I have known the time when they have kept me awake most of the night by their insistence on rubbing noses with me. I was camped up in the Superior National Forest once and a bunch of snowshoe rabbits besieged the tent. One of them insisted in nibbling at my face. Every time I went to sleep I would be awakened in a few min- utes by this rabbit. I threw my shoes, my knife, the ax, sticks of wood and everything else in camp at that rabbit at intervals during the night. By morning most of my camp was around in the nearby - & | call Willie Macfarlane Plays Which Even My Caddie Thought Were Good for the use of the mashie niblick from | Finnish-American games recently declared to have resented the pro- posal and to have expressed surprisc at the American attitude toward amateurs. First information regarding the offer is said to have come from Con- nolly, the Georgetown athlete, who proached had seen anything interesti MOVIES OF TENNIS STARS ATTRACTING | —_—— | | | | | Washington tennis plavers and fans have shown keen interest in the slow movies of Helen Wills, Bill Tilden BIll Johnston, Vinnie Richards and | others that are to be shown at the Wardman Park Hotel Theater, the night of January 26 Already the tennis Columbia Country Club, which the exhibition in charge, has received requests for three-fourths the c ty of the house, and it is urged that others who wish to attend hurry ir their applications so that all may 1 given consideration before the card: are mailed out Members of the high school teams but be enough practica committee t has colleg get th that the pply Tells: wiil st d room to all those who 0 DIEGEL once said that I play more short holes in two than any smplimentary, but it is a fact that | am very fortunate in accumulating birdies on the holes where one needs but one stroke to reach the green, particularly if the club to be used in| . of kidding and joking among r like to joke about it myself Inside Golf By Chester Horton. Now we take up one of the stealthi- ext decelvers in arl golf—the collapse of the right side in the forward swing. You make a swing, and fop or hulf top the ball. “I looked up agan” say to yourself. Yet you feel that really you didm't look up. You swing again, and again you top it. “Darn it, I lifted my head again’’ you say to your- self, but secretly | ¥ou teel that you dlan'e life head. The f; you neither looked up nor lifted your head. You were right in your thought that you did not commit these errors. What you did do was let your right side collapxe as you meved into the ball with the clubhead. When this hap- pens the right hip and the entire right de drop downward. Then the club does one of two things. Either It digs into the ground back of the ball if the collapse is pronounced, or it tops the ball if you have this fault only to a slight degree. In tomor- row’s discussion we will try to see exactly why the collapse tops the ball. (Copyright, 1 NOT ASPIRING GOLFER, HELEN WILLS ASSERTS BERKELEY, Calif, January 13.— Helen Wills, national woman tennis champion, has taken up golf, but not with any champlonship aspirations. She plays with girl companions “about twice a month,” she said. Asked 1f she expected to develop her game with the idea of becoming a champlon, she said: “I do not think I ever could be a golf champion.” RESOLT OF PRONOUNCED #iP coLLaPSE .9 SiiGur COLLAPSE PATH OF CLUBHERD WHEN e <OuLABSES BARRACKS’ BOUTS OFF. Bouts scheduled for the Washing- ton Barracks boxing show tomorrow night have been postponed indefinite- 1y because of the illness of Al Forum, Fort Myer soldier, who was to meet Andy Bowen in the main go. THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS H. DILG. n League of America. BEARS! VER since I can remember, very young people have been afraid of might contain “bears.” It is perhaps not surprising, therefore, that almost every sound out in the as belonging to Bruin. suppose more porcupines have been taken for bears than have any other animal. The porcupine walks slowly, shuffles along in just does. I remember another time when I Wwas out camping and was awakened by some beast trying to get into our grub box. The box was open, just outside the tent, and. something—un- doubtedly a bear—was at it. I care- fully awakened my partner and whis- pered to him to get his flashlight. 1 reached for my pistol. We sat up in our blankets. The tent was a small one, and we could reach the flap easily. “When I open. the flap,” I whis- pered, “you shine the flashlight and I'll shoot. g My one fear was that the trembling of my. hand would cause me to miss the bear. I could feel it trembling. Presently T gave the word, threw open the front of the tent, and my partner flashed his light. T almost pulled the trigger. there was nothing to shoot at. Sud- denly I saw the smallest possible fleldmouse sitting on the edge of the box. He had a piece of string in his mouth, and the string led down into the box. He looked at the light for a moment and then started to tug at fthe string. . The string was so ar- ranged, probably going around a few paper bags and one thing and an- other, that when the little mouse pulled it it made a great fus: Well, we went back to sieep. ‘other “bear” had bit the dustl But An- and | insisted that none of the men ap- ng in the opportunity “Running,” Connolly said, “Is purely an amateur game and Nurmi is so far beyond the others that he soon would make professional racing un- profitable. He a watch in hi hand in order that will not run too He can g0 much faster” Rickard, who rented the Garden for $2,500 for the track meet, saw it filled to capacity must_leave Nurmi train for Chicago T 0 the entire program of the Municipal C. track and field meet has been advanced 15 minutes. Nurmi has ggested that e start at §:30 ock and be He earl board ursday might his ra this will distance desired 1% miles Perhaps history hav in athletic been built been the ueror's ver before > competitions one man has the Olympic co The Willie starters in the against 10,000 1 Municipal special Nurmi will be h-American A ter and steeple meter Ritola | ympi red 1al Wa cross-countr ¥ ner m 2-m Prim, Finnish Fager rd A the ship in F Will Do Some Traveling. task seems too hard for Nurm posed a heavy burden ek by undertaking 1" himse v | run stance races in three [ sleeping | Chicago. Announcemer and nights here berth between made . games Sat for has d ¢ the Fi Regiment he has meter r 22d ry da | evening | This wh would « | He win means that nside face Willie Ritola others at 3,000 meters Thursday, and | then take the train at once for Chi- ago to meet Joie Ray and others at one mile three-quarters in | that city on Friday evening. Another wild rush for a train wil land him back in this city in jus about time, barring accidents and de lays, to start in the 3.000-meter run |at the Fordham games on Saturday. | The previous record for quick | jumps was established by Joie Ray 1923, when he ran a race in this city one evening. at Washington, D. C. the following afternoon, and a Boston the following night Last year Ray also undertook the task of running two race n differ ent cities on the same evening, here |and in Philade winning both | Here is proposed train | schedule: Le: New York Thursday | evening, 10:10 o'clock; arrive Chica- | go, 8:30 0’clock Friday evening; quick | dash to Coliseum for race with Ray: |leave Chicago 11 o'clock; arrive New York, at 125th street, 9:50 o'clock Saturday evening, and taxi to 22d Regiment Armory. Chicago Fans Enthused. CHICAGO, January 13.—The great demand for tickets for the Illinols A. C. indoor meet Friday | which Paavo Nurmi, Willle {and Joie Ray will meet in a feature and three-quarters race, may cause the track to be shortened from ten laps to twelve laps to the mile. Dashes and hurdles have been re- duced from 60 to 50 yards. The 10-lap track was expected to produce a faster trip than the 11-lap track on which Nurmi recently made record-breaking performances in New York. Ray is training steadily at the University of Chicago and is con- fident he can keep the Finnish wonder from lifting the three Ray records involved in the Chicago race. Nineteen schools have entered 261 athletes In the meet. WENDELL IS MENTIONED AS HARVARD GRID COACH CAMBRIDGE, Mass Report that Percy - Wendell, former all-America fullback, recently mentor at Williams and now under contract with Lehigh, would be sought as head coach at Harvard for the 1925 season was circulated late yesterday, after Fred W. Moore, graduate treasurer of athletics, denied that Charles D. Dal former Harvard and Army quarte: back, had been selected for the posi- tion by the graduate advisory foot ball committee. VANCEEPURNS $12,000; SEEKS $18,000 SALARY By the Associated Press. Dazzy Vance, famous Brooklyn pitcher, has turned down a $12,000 contract for 1925 and asked $18,000, according to reports. 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