Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1925, Page 26

26 S PORTS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1925 SPORTS Nurmi Lionized After Initial Victory : Five More Track Records Are Smashed ROANOKE FIVE VISITS G. W.; GALLAUDET AT MARYLAND| AS WELL AS RUNNER WELCOMED BY ABO TOWNSMEN| .. AS HERO Paavo Duplicated First Success as Junior in 191 5, But Lost in His Debut as Senior. PAAVO NURMI'S STORY As Told by Thix rth athletic of age he ran % in breaking world about « Generally recognized as the gr hix athletic life ix the fo of a 1.500 xerles of articles carecr of Panve Nurmi, the Him to Charles E. Parker. on the remarkable marvel of Finland. At 10 years seconds, and mow ix facex the starter. ninutes and very time he est runner of all time, the story &f dx like 0 romance. Chapter 4.—The Olympics Loom Ahead. vear-old Paavo N EVENT S fors in 1914. he found half the township on hand urmi was the hero of Abo upon his return from the Finnish national junior championships at Helsing- When Paavo stepped to the door of his compartment | He would have rushed | basketers to greet him. to the embrace of his father and then raced with little Martti, his younger brother, to their home in the outskirts of the town, but he was caught up by members of the Abo Urheiluliitto and borne to a ncighboring platform, where his victory was described and extolled in orations. This was a new experience for the young athlete and he thrilled to it as would any youth of his years tape, the winner of the junior 3,000 junior record for the distance. Yet despite his liking for the accl he found it did not equal the joy that had been his as he breasted the | That reaction—the jo: m ! the creator of a new in victory, the meter run an lesser pleasure in acclaim—has been a Nurmi characteristic throughout his carcer. As vic Paavo has to respond to the Nowadhys, when he is with the perfunctoiy nod and the wooden smile of one who follows custom. ~The cheers are part of the game, but he finds no real pleasure in_them But the hero of the hour in Abo is expected to serve much more than 60 minutes. A band of worshiping schoolboys made the journey home- ward a noisy procession with Paavo its-unwilling leader; neighbors were ry has followed victory been less and less disposed shouts of the crowd. does respond, it on hand, and whenever he appeared | On_ Sunday, in the the pastor sought the glances which the Nurmi he was besieged. Lutheran church, vainly to command kept wandering toward pew. War Spoiis Game Schedule. But, for Paavo, the junior cham- plonships were over. That record- breaking victory he regarded as merely a step toward the goal he had set. His eye was on the Olympic games, two ¥ rs off. Tt was just about developed a distinct dislike for one Wilhelm Hohenzollern. ~ Paavo was old enough to know that a scrap of the proportions then developing would not be halted for an amicable meeting of world athletes in a 1916 Olympic meet. That meant the upset- ting of his program. However, Paavo did years o carnage to his training. As he in the struggle, he pering - the roads and fields with his home town rivals, competing in the Sunday ternoon track meets, and journeying each year to Helsingfors * the national championship. His first championship success was duplicated 1915 in the junior title events and in 1916 he was a senior competitor. But he lacked the rac- ing wisdom of his older rivals that year and for the first time in open competition® failed to win his event Paavo ascribes his failure in measure due to the strict require- ments of the Abo Technical Institute Found Studies Difficult. age of eighteen, after three an engineering apprentice, t school then that Paavo allow the with not interfere was ot drawn continued scam- and at the outset found the schedule of study and laboratory work a most difficult one. “Our schools are not like yours in | this country,” Paavo says. “The three- |year training we receive is much ,more intensive. At § a.m. the school opens and except for the noon and evening recesses It lasts until 10 o'clock at night. There are no or- ganized sports in the schools—no time for them; no coaches to supervise them if there were time. And al- though T was out on the roads at every opportunity during the warmer months, and in Winter used my skils to good advantage, I could not keep up the athletic training I had been accustomed to.” The Summer vacation periods, how- ever, found him back on his ald schedule, but he had not attained his full growth and development. Bring- ing himself to championship form much more dificult than in later ars. Speed was at his call, but not endurance. His final year in the technical insti- tute proved somewhat less exacting, and Paavo, by continuing a year-round train- ing program—skiing and skating during the colder months, playing soccer foot ball and boxing when the roads were not in condition for foot racing—was better prepared for the 1917 and 1918 national { championships. He won the senior | 2.000-meter run in 1917 and the 1,500- | meter in 1918, | World Looked to Finland. It was not until 1919, however, when plans were under way for the seventh Olympic games at Antwerp, that Paavo attracted the attention of the outside world. At that time there was much speculation as to the strength of the team Finland would send to the games. The record made by the little Baltic na- tion in 1912 had not been forgotten, and athletic followers the world over were seeking to know if Finland had other Kolehmainens, Saaristos and Taipales in the making. Paavo Nurmi was ambitious to show it had. (Copyright, 1925, Canada News- World) rights re- in United States, au Tomorrow—How the Themxelves. Finns Train THREE FIVES TIED AT TOP OF SUNDAY SCHOQL LOOP HREE teams of the Sunday Sc triple tie for first place as the end of their season draws near. Calvary M. E, Western Presbyterian and Epiphany Senior each has a record of four wins and one loss and may maintain its present standing for the remaining two weeks of activity. ; St. Paul's Episcopal, with three wins in flve starts, is holding second position in the league, and is con- sidered the one team capable of downing either of the leaders. Cal- vary Baptist, winner of two games in five, holds third place, while Mount Vernon M. E. has won one and lost four, and so has the Union M. E. practically is out of the running, with five straight defeats. Courtmen of Cardinal Athletic Club will meet the Mcunt Veinon Athletic Association team 1n the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium tonight. Tomorrow, Car- dinals and Crescents clash at the Wil- son Normal court Stantons, yet to District team, are liminary to the battle in Gonzaga row night. be defeated by a to play in the pre- Aloysius-Roanoke gymnasium tomor- Capitol Athletic Club girls meet the Washington sextet on the Marjorie Webster court at 8 o'clock this eve- ning in a Woman's League game. Acacla Mutuals and Woodlothians clash at Epiphany at the same hour. West Washington and Bethany teams play in the Baptist Young People's Union League at Peck Memorial. Basketers who expect to compete in the free-throw tourney being staged by the Y. M. C. A. on February 5 and 6, 12 and 13, should get their entries in to Assistant Physical Director Os- car Kellar today or tomorrow. Boys’ Club teams chalked up a pair of victories on local courts yesterday. A 46-to-3 score over the Olympic Midgets increases the Flashes' string of wins to 16, and the Rangers brought their winning total to 11 by downing Virginia Athletic Club, 28 to 6. Nosing out the Sixth Floor quint, 26 to 22, Second Assistants’ five is tled with General Accounts for first place in the Post Office League. Coaches of the Boyw’ Club teams will clash with the Chevy Chase five on Congress Heights court Friday night. Manager Hubbard of the Westenders Is booking games with 140-pound teams at Cleveland 1227. Valentine and Luckett starred when the Capitol Preps took a pair of games on the National Guard court. Paramounts were defeated, 19 to 9, and Columbia Juniors took a 30-to-17 trouncing. A 38-to-21 victory over St. Mary's Junior quint makes the Virginia Orioles the leading contenders for the junior title of Alexandria. Petworth tossers were outclassed by the 16th Fleld Artillery quint of Fort Myer, Southern leading the soldiers tg a 26-to-12 win. Inability te secure a playing floor Friends team. | kool Basket Ball League figure in a has caused Corby and St. Paul fives to cancel their game scheduled for this evening. Camp Humphreys will be entertained by the Bakers on Fri- day. | R. E. Knight five of Alexandria makes its debut in Washington to- | morrow rnight, meeting Washington | Athletic Assoclation quint in Con- gress Heights Auditorium at 8:30 o'clock: Liberty Club defeated the Klon- dikes, 43 to 16, the Fairmonts, 30 to 11, and the Paramounts, 33 to 23, last night. Kremb and Millington were other outstanding players of the Liberty team. ST. JOE MIDGET FIVE. WANTS COMPETITION Games with 105-pound teams are wanted by the St. Joseph's Midgets. Manager Joe Healy may be reached at Lincoln 2554 between 5:30 and 6:30 o'clock. X ‘Prailing at the emd of the third period, St. Aloysius Midgets overcame St. Martin's Midgets, 26 to 16. After administering a 34-to-20 de- feat to the Fort Myer soldiers, Camp Meade tanks plan to entertain Fort Humphreys' five tonight. Northminster Athletic Club lost a hotly contested 22-to-15 game to the Wiltons. Leading, 11 to 2, at the half, Tre- monts piled up an 18-to-10 total on the Northern Juniors in Wilson Nor- mal gymnasium Calvary M. E. first-string tossers, substituted for the reserves in the final perlod, were unable to stop the assault of the De Molay five and went down to a 24-to-11 defeat. Seven fleld gonlw and seven in eight free tosses were registered by Hook when Noel Cubs downed the Owls, 31 to 14. 5 St. John's Athletic Club defeated Knights of Columbus five on the lat- ters’ floor, 31 to 27. HUSSEY IN COLLEGE. NEWTON, Mass., February 4.— Frank Hussey, schoolboy sprint star and member of the United States 1924 Olymplc team, has become a student at Boston College. He will be classed as a special student, and will thus be unable to run under the colors of Boston College until he becomes a regular at the opening of the next academic year EASTERN TACKLING . U. FRESHMEN QUINT . Guyon's champion Eastern High fdve that {s now leading in the local scholastic loop was slated to get another chance at the strong Catholic University freshmen flve at Broo' land -this afternoon. On December 18 the collegians trounced the schoolboys, 26 to 23 count, and since then have registered victories over three of the other high school quints, losing only to Western. But it is a greatly improved FEast- ern five that ‘goes out to Brookland today, and if up to the form displayed in the last few games of the high school title series should give the Brookland boys all they are looking for. A rejuvenated Tech team clashes with the Gonzaga five tonight in the 1 street gymnasium. The Catholic quint has been victorious in two previpus tilts, but the win yesterday fver Western, the scholastic favorites, has brightened Tech's chances tre- mendously. Scholastic difficulties have “it the Gonzaga team hard, and sev- ral of Coach Sullivan's outstanding players will view tonight's game from the side lines. Tomorrow aftermoom Central High will be entertained by Coach Tubby Branner's fast Hyatts- ville High five. The latter team holds the scalps of Gonzaga, Devitt Prep and St. John's teams of Washington. A last period rally carried Swavely Prep to a 27-to-21 victory over St Alban’s on the Swavely floor at Maf nassas, Va. Freer Preps proved easy for the Central Lightweights, the Mount Pleasant team winning, 27 to 12. ¢ Woodward School basketers down- ed the Episcopal High 130-pound quint, 24 to 14, in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. - s 13TH GAME IN ROW WON BY WASHINGTON COLLEGE EMMITSBURG, Md., February 4.— Washington College’s speedy basket ball quint cleared another obstacle from its path to the State title when it defeated Mount St. Mary's cagers, 25 to 21, last night. This boosted the record of the Flying Pentagon to 13 consecutive victories. Carroll scored 10 of the winners' points. The Chestertowners play Western Mary- land at Westminster tonight. R PITT QUINTET PLAYS PALACE HERE SUNDAY George Marshall's Palace Laundry courtmen, who defeated the Lancas- ter, Ohlo, five, 28 to 25, last night, will play the .Second Story Morrys, Pittsburgh's leading basket ball aggregation, at the Arcade Sunday night. The Smoky City representatives are the class of thelr section of the Key stone State, taking rank with the leading teams of Pennsylvania, and are now headed East on what is ex- pected to be a whirlwind tour. ,Sunday night's engagement should be a snappy affair and a real test for the Palace if the Washington pros expect to give the Celtics another argument on February 15. YOUTH IS PILOTING LEADING DOG TEAM THE PAS, Manitoba, February 4. —An 18-year-old youth, Emil St. God- dard, and a team of seven huskies pluckily were plodding their way early today down the final stretch of the 200-mile non-stop race of The Pas Derby Association, leading a field of five entries. Latest reports from Herb Lake, the turning point, 102 miles from here, sald St. Goddard, who drove Jack Bacon's dogs, was holding a comfortable lead, He had maintained his advantage since shortly after the start of the contest at the Saskatch- ewan River at 10 a.m. yesterday. H. W. (“Hy") Johnson was trailing St. God- dard, with W. A. Mahoney third. No advices had been received as to the other two entrants, R. E. Moxley and Theodore Dupas. e URUGUAY TO PLAY BOSTON. BOSTON, February 4.—The Uru- guayan soccer foot ball team, Olym- plo champlons, will play a game with the Boston club of the American Boccer League in this city April 4. It will be among the first engage- ments of the United States tour planned by the Olympic champions. ROMMEL LEADING BOWLERS. * BALTIMORE, February 4. — Ed Rommel, pitching ace of the Phila- delphia Americans, who lives In Baltimore, leads the Maryland State duckpin bowling champlonship tour- nament with a score of 3,000 for 25 glmeu, an average per game of 120 at. DIRT TRACK FOR NURMI. PHILADELPHIA, February 4.— For the first time since his arrival in this country, Paavo Nurmi, the record-breaking Finn, will run on a dirt track when he competes in the College of Osteopathy games here on February 16. The meet will be held in an armory having a tan-bark track. Nurmi will run in the mile- and-three-quarter event. FRISCO GETS PFEFFER. SAN FRANCISCO, February 4.— Jess Pfeffer, pitcher for the Pitts- burgh Nationals, has been signed to play with San Francisco, in the Pa- cific Coast League. OLLOWERS of college basket ¢ ball here have their choice of two games tonight, one in the Hatchetite gymnasium, in H street near Twentieth, and another in Ritchie Gymnasium at College Park. On the floor of the former, George Washington University’s five will be op- posed to the tossers of Roanoke College of Salem, Va. On the other floor University of Maryland’s formidable aggregation will be host to the basketers of Gallaudet. Play in each game will start about 8 o'clock. The Hatchetites have played in- and-out basket ball so far this sea- son. At times they have flashed considerable strength, but their team- work has lacked smoothness and frequently point scoring ‘has not been as heavy as may have been ex- pected. Roanoke's strength is not konwn here, but the Salem institu- tion generally turns out a well bal- anced basket ball team. The Ro- anoke team will play here again to- morrow, opposing the Aloysius club in Gonzaga court. Although Maryland is an over- whelming favorite for the game at College Park, it does not hold its opponents cheaply. Gallaudet long has had a habit of surprising other colleges in basket ball, so the Old Liners will play warily. So far, the Kendall Greeners have not been very successful, but Coach Hughes has some capable players under his wing and they may make matters inter- esting for Maryland. Catholic University, which began its Northern trip last night by bowing to Manhattan College in a 40-to-25 engagement in New York, will meet the Army five at West Point this aft- ernoon, and Crescent Athletic Club in Brooklyn tomorrow. The Brook- landers last night were wholly out- classed by the New York tossers. With Paave Nurmi, Bob LeGendre and other notables competing in fea- ture events, Georgetown’s annual track and fleld carnival, to be held February 21, promises to be the greatest indoor athletic event ever TIE PLAY-OFF conducted in Washington. The Fly- ing Finn is expected to compete in a few more races before appearing in the Hilltop meet, according to his trainer, so Paavo may flash record- breaking form here. LeGendre, for- mer Georgetown star, who set a world mark for the broad jump at the last Olympics, will compete in his speclalty against a fleld of considerable talent. Sale of tickets for the meet is pro- gressing so favorably at the uni- versity that it is possible no public sale will be held downtown, as has been done in other years. Tickets now may be had of the Georgetown Athletic Association at the university upon written application accom- panied by check. Not more than two tickets are being sold to any one applicant. Vernon Ascher, Georgetown run- ner, who has been stepping over the boards in great style this Winter, won handily in the 500-yard special, one of the feature races of the West- ern Union games in New York last night. He covered the distance in 60 1-5 seconds. Jimmy Burgess, an- other Georgetown man, made a game effort to overhaul Ascher on the last lap, but had to be content with sec- ond place. Jimmy Comnolly, who used to star for Georgetown, but now is running un- attached, gave Jole Ray a good bat- tle in the Golden Victory mile in the Western Unlon games. Ray made the route in almost world record time to nose out Willle Goodin of New York and Connally in the order men- PROBABLE IN SCHOOL FLOOR SERIES P ROVIDED there are no more upsets in the high school basket ball title race like that which came yesterday, when Tech, playing with a team of three regulars and two substitutes, defeated the strong Western team, 22 to 20, on the George Washington court, the out- come of the championship series will depend on the result of a play-off between Eastern and the winner of the Western-Central game, scheduled for Tuesday. Tech's victory y vesterday and East- ern's easy win over Business, 47 to 17, gives the Lincoln Parkers first place in the scholastic league stand- ing, with half a game lead over West- ern and Central Tech has two more chances to im- prove ils stauding, meeting Central Saturday apd Eastern Tuesday, but while the Manual Tralners' brilliant playing against the league favorites was nothing short of phenomenal, it s generally conceded that with Captain Zahn out of the game Coach Sanborn’s five has onily a slight chance to topple last year's cham- plons or the well drilled Blue and White quint. Western's defeat yesterday came as a complate surprise, the George- towners having swamped their dimin- utive opponents, 53 to 11, at their first meeting. Tech uncovered a new star in Terneak, and Councilor and Werber added greatly to their laurels by dropping in baskets frgm long dis- tances in the final minute, when the outcome of the game was in doubt. Besides contributing materlally to the Tech score, Councilor had the job of covering Roland Dulin, the West- ern_captain, and held his opponent to a pair of baskets from the floor. Gaflield, filling In the position reg- ularly held by McCormick, did some excellent work at standing guard, #hile Croson, center, outjumped his opponent time and again. In winning over Business, the entire Eastern team shared in the scoring, Bennie leading with stx court goals. Steward starred for Business and contributed a pair of two-pointers. Scores of the Contests. (20). Positions Tech (22). Lett forward. ......Councilor L.iRight forward.......Werber . Center ... ..., Croson Heagy | Ileft goard.........Terneak Dulin . IRight guard... Gaffield Score by period: Western . Tech . Western McDiarmid Garber Lamar Saaginsrt e 5 3 ¢ Court goals—Werber, 4 Councilor, 3; Croson, Garber, 3; Heagy, 2; Dulin, 2. Foul goals—Werber, in 8; Council 2 in 5; Gafeld, 1 i 2; Dulin, 1 in 2; Hu%’ 1 in_2; Garber, 3 in 5; McDiarmid, 1 in Referee—Mr. Schlosser. Umpire—Mr. H Time of periods—10 minutes. 720 9—22 Kesslor ... Stewara Eastern 9 1047 Business . 2 2 617 Court goals_Bennie, 6; Scruggs, 5: Radice, Kessler, 8; Heeke, Lowden, Eliliot, Steward, 3; Laefsky, Ford. Foul goais—Scrugg: Heeke, Eva; Steward, 1 in 1; Mi Bubstitutions—FEastern, ~Elliot for Scruj McAlester for Radice, Burch for Heeke, for Bennie, Lowden for Kessler. Busines Forg, for Evans, Morse for Laefsky, Collins for Ma; Bennie 2 Umpire—Mr. Schlosser. Time of periods—10 minutes. TARHEELS ARE BEATEN. BROOKLYN, N. Y., February 4. Crescent Athletic Club scored its elghteenth basket ball victory of the season last night, defeating the Uni- versity of North Carolina, 32 to 24. Southern intercollegiate champions never had a chance against the club- men. The Crescents took the lead early in the game and at half time the count was 17 to 10. Cobb, star of the visiting team, did not play. Dress well and Succeed IDETRIM A trim collar that is a prime favorite. 20c COLLARS GEO. P. IDE & CO., INC., Makers, TROY, N. Y. COLLEGE BASKET BALL At Emmittsburg—W, ngton Col- lexe, 23; Mount St. Mary’s, 21. At Brooklyn—Crescent A. Nerth Carolina, 24. At Richmond—Richmond TU., Gullford, 31. At Wake Forest—North Carolina State, 26; Wake Forest, 25, c., 32; 39; 40; Notre Dame, 30. At Atlanta—Cincinnati Y, 34; At- At Fort Bemning—Infantry School, 43; Florida U., 27. BEST AUSSIE TENNIS STARS DUE TO VISIT LONDON, February 4.—The Aus- tralasian tennis woman champlon, Miss Daphne Akhurst, may play in America in 1925, according to the Sydney correspondent of the Dally Mall. He says that many persons there belleve she is the equal of any woman player in the world except Suzanne Lenglen, and it is proposed to send her to meet the American woman players. The correspondent refers to the decision of the tennis assoctation to challenge for the Davis cup this year if a reasonahly representative team were avaflable as If it were now definitely decided upon. High hopes are held of success because, accord- ing to the dispatch, it is expected that J. O. Anderson, who retained the Australlan championship in the re- cent matches at Sydney; Gerald L. Patterson and Pat O'Hara Wood will be_able to take part in the contest. Patterson and O'Hara Wood are considered in Australia as probably the most formidable doubles pair in the world, while Anderson is playing better than ever. LEWIS IS NEAR DEFEAT. CHICAGO, February 4.—Ed “Stran- gler” Lewis, making his first appear- ance on the mat since he was tossed from the ring by Wayne “Big” Munn, last night defeated ‘‘Toots Mondt, Greeley, Colo., wrestler, after a desperate struggle, in which he several times was In danger of los- ing the deciding fall of the match. - HILLTOP RACE SUNDAY. Twenty times around the George- town University cinder path is the distance set for the second Aloysius Club distance run on Sunday morn- ing. The five-mile race is open to all local harriers, the only require- ment being that runners report at the track ready to run at 11 o'clock. O BEVERLY, Mass, February 4— Joseph Batchelder, a Ditcher of the Boston Natlonals, is in a hospital here with several bones of his right foot fractured. He was cutting ice on Wenham Lake when a heavy cake fell on his foot. USE YOUR MOTOR TO THE UTMOST You are not getting full service from your auto engine it you are using interior qual- ity gasoline. Our “Standard” gas when fed to your motor gives it the limit of power, speed, endurance and economy. Let our service.station serve you. Sheridan Garage, Inc. A. A. A. Bervice Btation 2516 Q Street N.W. (Q_Street Bridge) Telephone Went 2442 JOIE RAY AN ACTOR By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 4—Joie Ray of Chicago, with all but two of his track records compiled in the last decade torn from him, promises to be- come the Nick Altrock of the boards, from his antics last night. Before his victorious mile race at the Western Union meet Joie pro- duced two specialties which drew roars of laughter from the crowd. His little exhibition was significant of the coming of Nurmi, and in this act the little man hobbled about the track with a cane. Hls second act had to do with the visit of the Olympic champlon walker, Ugo Frigerio of Italy. After Willie Plant captured the 5,000-meter event handily, his third defeat of the Italian, Ray gave a walking exhibition of his own for a quarter of a lap and re- tired. AUBURN OBTAINS MOREY AS A TWO-SPORT COACH By the Associated Press. David B. Morey, athletic director of Middlebury College, Vermont, has been signed as coach of foot ball and base ball at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, according to an announce- ment of the Auburn athletic com- mittee. His exact capacity has not been determined. “Boozer” Pitts, head coach of foot ball, and Wilbur Hutsell, athletic di- rector of the institute, probably will be retained. DISTRICT BASE BALL CHANGE IS PROPOSED A new plan for the conduct of the Potomac Base Ball League Is to be submitted to the board of directors of the Washington Base Ball and’ Ath- letic Association by the committee at a meeting District Building, tonight, to Norton A. Anderson, dent of the association. A league of eight teams is pro- posed to take the place of last sea- son's arrangement, under which 17 clubs operated in three sections. Under the new plan more games will be played. Two or three games will take place during the week and one played each Sunday. It more teams than the required elght wish to enter league competl- tion, another league will be formed, and if necessary more will be organ- ized. The executive committee will recom- mend that the new league or leagues come under the direct supervision of the Washington Base Ball and Ath- letic Association. Teams wishing to enter the Poto- mac League are requested to com- municate with L P. Cooke, 3523 street, or with Richard Tenneyson, Room 2, District Bullding. in room 3, according vice presi- NEW PRO GOLF BODY NOW SEEMS CERTAIN Formation of a professional golf association to embrace the territory from Philadelphia south through the District of Columbla, Maryland and Virginia, is well under way, with Robert T. Barnett of Chevy Chase and D'Arcy Bannagan, two well known local golf professionals, at the head of the movement. The proposed organization, if car- rled through, will supplant the pres- ent District of Columbia Profession- al Golfers’ Association. Barnett and Bannagan attended a dinner, of the Philadelphia profes- sional association two days ago and proposed the formation of such an organization. The Philadelphia pros entered heartily into the suggestion and agreed to go along with the Washington pros on the lines pro- posed. Barnett and Bannagan already have outlined plans for interesting the professionals at clubs about Wash- ington in the formation of the new body and will proceed to put them into effect at once, at the same time hoping to bring in the pros at Mary land and Virginia clubs. Representations will be made to the professionals at Baltimore, Rich- mond, Norfolk, Roanoke, Lexington and other cities in this territory in the hope that all the pros in the middle Atlantic section will become members. It is the plan of the projected as- soctation to hold tournaments several times a year, including amateur- professional events and to serve as the representative in this section af the American Professional Golfers' Assoclation. GOLF OFFICIAL DIES. BRYN MAWR, Pa, February 4.— Hugh Irvine Wilson, advisory mem- ber of the executive committee of the United -States Golf Assoclation, died at his home here after a short {liness. He was interested in golf since his boyhood and was captain of the Princeton University golf team of 1902. He was an expert on greens. ‘Willie Smith, the famous Englt billiardist, has made 25 high runs ranging from 503 to 1,173. ' The Wonderful New Lacquer Finish Quick, durable, grows handsomer with age. Proof against rain, snow, ice, steam, soap, ammonia, acids, alkaline mud. We are turning out wonderfully attractive work, the finest lacquer jobs you have ever seen. Come in and talk it over. Joseph McReyholds 14th at R Petomac 1631 executive [~ FINNS ADD FOUR TO LIST AND PLANT LOWERS ONE Nurmi Breaks Mark Held by Ritola, But Latter Has Big Night With Three—Ray Shows Old- Time Speed in Winning Mile Event. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, February 4—Paavo Nurmi's record for the Madison Square Garden track is spotless. The great distance man has appearances. . not failed to break existing marks there in any of his special After two failures to meet public expectation last week at the Morn- ingside A. C. games in this city and at the Boston A. A. meet, track fol- lowers were surprised to see him resume his conquests at the Western Union contests last night, especially as he is facing a crucial test on Sat- urday, when he will attempt to run two miles in less than nine minutes, something believed to be just about humanly impossible Basket Ball| Perhaps spurred Willie Plant, and Willie Ritola, A. C. runner, the outstand the last Olympics ran valiantly to a new mark for 23 miles. Plant set one world mark and Ritola furnish- ed three during the evening. The new records follow: by the activities American walker, Finnish-American ng star of of Former Mark 10:33 14:3 12:57 11:45 45 Distance T 23, miles 10:19 5000 meters 14 215 miles 5000 me walk The American was better than that made o doors for the distance by G. mussen of Denmark, July 6, Rasmussen’s time was 21:39 8-10 Joje Ray, little Chicago flier, whose world figures have been almost swept away by Nurmi, ran a brilliant mile to victory, and was only one-fifth of a sec- ond slower than was the famous Finn on his first night of competition in this country. Tonight the stars the annual games of the Newark A. (.. with the prospect that mors marks will fall, and on Saturday one of the greatest meets of the Winter | season will be held in Brooklyn un der the auspices of the Wilco A. C., when Ray again will encounter the man who has bereft him of his pre tige in the track world Nurmi will attempt to erase the only remaining world indoor. record held outright by Ray, when the phan- tom Finn competes in a two-mile race featuring the Wilco A. A. games Ritola Ritolu 26 CENTER. UST BE A FORWARD Rit 2135035 Plant 22:0835 Plant also of Ras- 1918 walker's time CENTER appear in What is the most conspicuous fault of centers? . BY JOHN SCHOMMER, Bawket Ball Coach, Armour Institute, former U. of C. Star. The trouble with most of the cen- ters I have watched during the many games at which 1 have officiated is | that they are elther pretty fair for- | Saturday night. wards or pretty fair guards, but not| 7 the same track where Ray set both. Nowe, it ia imperative that = |Nif mark of 9 minutes § 2-5 seconds cemter be both & 004 muard amd a|foF two miles, Nurmi will endeav. Food forward: that is, he must have|le cover the ‘distance in 9 minutes offensive and defemsive power; fur. | flit, in addition to attempting to set hemmere, Tt be abie te ‘wmiten | three other mew records at inter instantly from offense to defense, and diate iistanc e, 1% "‘Ix.' L e versa. He is the keyman around meters and 1 miles. The latte which the team revolves. In addition [ 1200708 are mow held by the A to belnz a good guard and a good | APEIODE. forward, he must have certain other qualities which are peculiar to the center—jumping ability and natural 1! lership. A center ho does mot have this quality of matural leader- ship will make his team a pepless, listless organization. (Copsright, 192 — NEWS T0 MISS WILLS. . BERKELEY, Callf., Helen Wills, national and Olympic tennis champion, said she had not| been edvised of any arrangements for a match with Mlle. Suzanne| Lengleh. Miss Wills hopes to go to Europe next year to complete her| art studies. ne- o FRENCH CUEIST TO VISIT. PARIS, February 4.—Felix Grange, former 15.2 billiard champion of France, has been chosen to represent | his country in the world 18.2 billiard { championships in the United States this month range runner-up | to Roger Conti, winner in the French championship event last December. Conti will not go. February 4.— COMETS BOWL WELL. HYATTSVILLE, Md, February 4 (Special). — Comets, leading the Prince Georges County Duckpin As- sociation race, have just hung up a new league record for the season for high team game—: Comets also tied the high team set mark season—1,597. 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