Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1925, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 1925 SPORTS Nurmi Has Good Reasons for Working Out Alone : Chestertown Five Plays Here ALOOFNESS NOT SIGN OF A SWELLED HEAD Finns Learned Lesson Tfl’hen T hey Were Victims of Yankee Joking at Stockholm Meet. PAAVO NURMI'S STORY As Told by Him to Charles E. Parker Chapter 8.—Why Nurmi Works Out Alone. rivals are not on the track, he has country been the opinion of some that he has a swelled head. far from correct Paavo's aloofness is traceable to our language has something to do w AVO NURMI'S custom of avoiding contact with athletic rivals | has been the subject of lengthy comment among sports writers in | In conducting his preliminary workouts, when his been accused of uppishness. It has That opinion is no one cause. His inability to speak hit: a habit of keeping his own counsel, his since boyhood, is another factor: a desire to avoid the pests who would continually impose upon one of his name and fame is still | rnings brought back to Finland by its representa- mpic games make a fourth item another, and certa tives at the 1912 Oly Those warnings had to do with R the conduct of certain of the Amer- ican competitors in the Stockholm meet the Stockholm make the be The Finns entered sames determined to possible showing in the evemts i Which they were proficient and de- termined also to learn from foreign thletes all they could of the less familiar track and field contests, and they looked to the Americans for their best instruc But in their cagerness, earnestness and innocence | they were made the subject of con- siderable horse-play. The practical »kers among the Yankee athletes| gave them the weirdest of advice,| taught them field event form which | reduced rather than improved their skHl and then joined in many a hearty laugh at their expense. The Finns, like most races, find no pleasure in serving as the butt When the Finnish Olmypic which Paavo was a member, to Antwerp in 1920, all its bers kept to themselves—a Ville Porohla. Ville rival shot putters xiven and innocently followed some unusual training instructions. But Ville possessed suflicient natural ability to beat the men who thought they had foolen him Duel of on, | team, of came mem- except | mixed with the and, was duly ¥ I The 5000 Meters. Th exclusiveness of the Finnish teann however, prevented Paavo from gaining further knowledge of Joseph Guillemot, the French run- ner whom he believed he must de- feat If he was to duplicate the trinlg, Olympic triumph of Hannes Kole painen. As a result Paavo en-| tered the Olympic 5000-meter run n the second day of the Antwerp games of 1920 with no real knowl- edge of his most feared rival. That race had progresed but a few laps before it became apparent that vurmi and Guillemot were the real rivals for the championship. Paavo had de ed to maintain a fast clip. from the start and allow conditions to govern his work as the event progressed. He set out briskly and early gained the lead. with Guil- lemot chugging at his heels. For 2,000 meters the pair held the same relative positions—Paavo setting the and Guillemot trailing, and ther runners only a stride or two Lehind. Then Guillemot opened up with a_spurt that carried him to the front. That annoyed Paavo somewhat, but he continued his. eas even stride, and when Guillemot's spurt was over Paavo was right behind him and in a few seconds once again took the lead On and on they continued, with Guillemot a yard behind, but match- ing Paavo stride for stride. As they swung into the last lap the entire stadium was on its feet Such tight racing in an event of so great dis- tance was new to Olympic compe- tition. "l crowd sensed the reul‘ battle the prize was about to| come that last circling of the| oval French and the Finnish delega led the shoutin Guillemot was the first to respond | to the urgings of his countrymen. | The forward lean of hix body .took a sharpe angle; his flaili arms ifi- creased their beat; his beautifully uscled limbs ok up the time and before Paavo realized what was hap- pening Guillemot had shot past him and opened up a five-vard lead They were the backstretch when this occurred, some 300 meters from home As they approached the last turn Paavo called upon his slender limbs for the drive which he believed would bring him victory. Loud were the shouts of the Finnish delegation as Avo edged up on the Frenchman: still louder they grew as he caught | him and, vee a bit to the right, | shot to the f by a margin of three yards. The Finns lieved the runners and just s pace e { for in The ng bel race were ar swinging into 50 meters fron eved to and Paavo be won, for the ind the 1 the home the tap. be- | Last 1 But in the few seconds to cover that distance, the seemingly £pent Guillemot found another burst | of speed, and Paavo, with the race ! 1 but once more awakened to | realizu h runner was llenging vo could an- that challenge, Guillemot was nt once more and the tape was ac the Frenchman's breast : Pauvo was struggling gallant- overcome hini. That defoat—incidentlly the last de- feat Paavo was to suffer in five years robbed Paavo of his chance to du- plicate Koiehmainen’s triple victory of but Paavo did not lose heart. He had learned the ability opponent, and opportunity for revenge was only two davs away. He real- ized on that opportunity, for in much same m as Guillemot had ten him in the 3000-meter run, avo whipped the Frenchman in the | 10.000-meter test, and then for good ure Paavo Guillemot into the ground arly in the cross- country run that the Frenchman withdrew from the race. Those two victories and the second place won in the 5,000 made Paavo the individual high scorer of the Ant. werp games and enabled Finland, with a team of only twenty-three, to score as many first places as did the United States with a team of 127 athletes (Copyrizht in United States, Canada and Great Writain. by North American News: Jarer Allance. Coprright” (New' York World), rews Publishiog Co. Al rights reserved.) Tomorrow—Nurmi's own choice of his greatest races. LEAGUE FIVES CLASH. Pennsylvania meets Columbia at New York Thursday, and Cornell faces Dartmouth in Hanover, N. H., Saturday, in the only two games scheduled for this week in the Eastern Intercoilegiate Basket Ball League. required won m of his ran Immaculate Conception had little to offer the Baltimore Orioles in the preliminary to the Palace-Morrys game and was defeated, 34 to | clun | were found for a few !thought ALBERY NOSES OUT LEACH IN ALOY RUN Jack Albery, Waghington Club athlete. ook the honors in five-mile race staged by Aloysius on the Georgetown University track vesterday, going the route in 29 minutes. He finished just a stride ahead of Melvin Leach of the Marine Corps. Dan Healey, veteran distance run- ner representing the Aloys, was third, 80 vards behind the winner. Of the field of 25 that faced starter 16 finished. The order finishes follows Waslington Canoe the of Canoe Club, P Jlenrich. usattached, 29 minutes and Williams, Aloysius Club, 2 minutes 3 seconds. Mike Lyach, Aloy 6 seconds. K. Zoeller, 3 seconds. ont and 11 second Harey Wi Finnisl ninutes and 27 seconds. T 8. Harmond, fus Club, 28 minutes and Aloyssul Club, 30 minutes ue. Alorxius Club, 30 minut, on rican A, C. 30 i Club. 30 iminute and 42 seconds Pemisuey Grattan Moniague, Aloysius Club, 30 minutes and 38 meconds. _ Georze Frager, Apache Club, 81 mioutes and T seconds. Carroll Rrooke, ade. Saston Viacara, Aloysius Club, 31 minutes unattached, 32 minutes and Marine Corps, 83 . J. Webster, unsttached, 33 minutes and 23 seconds, o BINGHAM, YALE GRID LEADER, MAY FLUNK NEW HAVEN, Conn.. February 9. —Whether Capt. John Shepard Bing- ham of the Yale foot ball team will have to give up his studies at Yale, and also his captaincy, will proba- bly be determined by the faculty of Sheffield Scientific School today. Bingham is a junior and his name is said to be on the list of whose students, who have fgiled to pass the midvear examinations. The list will be considered by the faculty, called the “firing squad” by | the student body It is understooo that Bingham has packed up his effects. He as unanimously elected captain after a season in which he played brilllantly at end. It is pointed out that Bin ham might make up his standing and apply for reinstatement. If ad- mitted, he would be avallable for the team next Fall, but he would not be the captain Eddie Cottle, halfback, and Dan Allen, fullback, were among those mentioned as his successor. DEMPSEY AND BRIDE LOCATED, THEN LOST LOS ANGELES, Calif, February 9, ——If the sporting world held its breath with anxie when Jack Dempsey and his bride, Estelle Tay- lor of the movlies, slipped out of & San Diego hotel early yesterday and disappeared, it can relax today and glve its nerves a rest, for the heavy- weight champion and his filmn actress wife have been found. At least they minutes late {1ast night. Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey arrived in Los Angeles without being detected, but were recognized at once, of ourse, when they entered the hotel which the champion operates when he is not fighting or acting in pic- | tures The clerk, being on Dempsey's pay roll, could ‘not be mistaken in the identity of the visitors, but if he they were going to occupy the bridal suite he was disappointed, for in less than 10 minutes they had played the San Diego trick all over again—slipped away for a destination unannounced. As a concession to however, the champion left behind the information that he and Mrs. Dempsey would be back in Los Ange- les tonight or tomorrow, and that the world need not worry. Rt DISTRICT GYMNASTS SEEK S. A. LAURELS Honors in the South Atlantic gym- nastio championships, held at the Naval Academy in the Spring is the goal toward which the Columbian gymnasts, a_ recently formed or- ganization of young men, headed by Charles Wannan, physical director of Friends School, is working. Gordon Patterson, a performer on the flying rings; Richard Nash, tumb- ler, 2nd George Skadding, horizontal bar expert, are being counted on by the locals for first class exhibi- tions. Practice for the coming cham- plonship events {s belug conducted each Tuesday night at the Y. M. C. A. Director Wannan is president of the organization, Lewls Everard, former coach of gymnastics at Yale, is vice president, and Richard Nash is secretary-treasurer. —_——— KEARNS COMING EAST. NEW YORK, February 9.—Jack Kearns will arrive in New York about March 1 to consider offers made by various promoters for Jack Dempsey's Summer campaign, Promoter Charles Henderson sald. Henderson is head of a movement to erect a stadium at Tong Island City which will seat 105,000 people. the curious, the | | SCHOOL FLOOR FIVES IN CRUCIAL BATTLES High, school basket ball fans are expecting thrills mplenty tomorrow Wwhen the three teams Involved In a triple tie for the lead in the scholus- tic champlonship series swing into action on the George Washington University court. Central and West- ern, members of the leading trio, will clash after a game between Eastern, the other party of the triple tie. and Tech starting at 3:15 o'clock | is concluded. | Should Eastern triumph over the | Manual Tralners it would have to meet the winner of the Central-West- ern game for the league title. | Gonunga High courtmen travel to | Alexandria tomorrow for a return game with the Alexandria High School five. In & former meesing the I street team was victorious, 25 to 19. | Comen Bert Coggina’ Central High | five is scheduled to take gn the Mary- {land University freshmel Thursday i i and the Lancaster, Pa, quint, Lancaster, Frid SIX CLASHES THIS WEEK IN GIRLS’ BASKET LEAGUE Teams of the Women's Basket Ball League get plenty of action this week. Tonight at 8:30 o'clock Busi- ne's IHigh Night School sextet will e cntertained by the Walter Reed Nursos. Wednesday the Business High six meets Capitol Athletic Club | on rhe Majorie -Webster court, Wash- { ington Athletic Club tackles | Strayer team at Central High and the Motropolitans face the Princess Club on thg same court Triday the Mets take on the Walter Reed Nurses at the Webster School, | Saturday the Webster girls en- | tertain Strayer's Business College. 'NURMI IN 17 MEETS "IN 32-DAY STRETCH | | SN NEW YORK, teen meets in 32 days. Nurmi's running schedule next month. Starting at_Portland, Me., tonight. the peerless Finn will compete in a [ meet at a rate of better than one | every other night. The Georgetown games ington on February 21 are included | "Ugo Frigerio, Ttallan walker, will hee! and toe it in another sustained |campaign, although his program is far less pretentious than that mapped |out by Meats in w | | Februars 8- American Legion. Portland. Me | Februsry 12 -10th Field Artillers, Buffalo February 13—Svracuse University | bebruary 14 New York A. February 16—Philadelphia College of Oste ¥_20—Meiropolitan A. A. U. pionahips. New York. 8 Febraaty 21—Georgetown University, Wash tngion, D. € it ebruary 28—Johns Hopkina Universit Regiment Armnory. Baltimore. abruary 24— Cathedral _ Renef Madison Square 3 February 28—Nat 3 ships. . Ky. Maren 2 —Tlat' Regiment I 3_100th Iofanter March b—Hamiiton, Onts March 6—Toronto. Ontarlo. Mareh 7—174th Regiment, March 8—Milwaukee, Wi’ March 12—Greek-American York. Meets in pete: X February 14— New York A Square Garden (3 miles). CCurunry 16—Philadelihia College of Oste opathy (5,000 meters) ¥ February 17—Lenox Hill A. A.-165th Rexi New York (1,000 mefess) 20—Metropolitun A. A. U. plonships (4 miles) Februaty 24—Cathedral Renefit Games, Madi arden (2,000 meters) tional A. A Ky. (1 mile February 9 —Seven- that's Paavo for the in Wash- ich Nurmi will compete cham- Sth Games mpion- Brookiyn. Fic. Buffalo. N. Y A €. New which Frigerio will com- C.. Madison champlon- Freakiest Shot A lives of a thousand men. ting up as pretty us you please. 1 asked myself, “what's hold- ing that ball up 8o high? 1 got down and peered through the grass to find the an&wer to my ques- tion. At first I thought there was & stone under the ball, but looking closer the stone turned out to be another golf ball. This latter ball was not buried. It was resting right on top of the of it as neatly as you please. Very close examination showed that stubs of grass sticking up around the under upper one and maintained its posi- tion. | 1 found that t6 be a very lucky lie. SCIENCE FILMS WAY TO BETTER rUTTING Lumbricus Terrestris, otherwise the common fishworm or angleworm, is due for short shrift at the hands of green keepers of golf courses as soon as it becomes generally known how he can be eradicated. And the De- partment of Alr!cul!u? Has taken steps to disseminate thé information. The process of education has just been started with production of a motion picture film which shows how Sir Lumbricus can really be killed. First showing of thg pleturc was |glven Saturday in he projection | room of the Department of Agricul- ture, and reels of the film will be shown at clubs throughout the coun- jtry. The Washington Golf and Coun- try Club, according to Dr. R. A. Oak- ley, director of the picture, is soon to show the film at the clubhouse. The picture was made as a part of the extensive educational plan being pre- pared by the department and the greens section of the United States Golt Association. Just how to eradicate the earth- worm was long a problem, but sci- ence discovered that bichloride of mercury, in a soluti of water, sprinkled on the R was sure death to Sir Lumbticus, for the poi- son removed the mucous covering from the earthwork, without which he couldn't get back into his hole. Thereupoh he could be gathered up and dispatched. 3 The entire interesting process It shown in ths metion picture film re- leased by the Government. It heralds the early demise of Sir Lumbricus, according to the Department of Agri- culture, and the consequent better- ment of putting greens on golf courses. The showing of the film heralding the passing of the earthworm from golt courses was accompanied by films showing life in the West and Winter sports in New Hgmpshire, L at| the | T Gléneagles, in 1920, the same pionship at Deal, T had a play which could come but once in the It occurred during the qualifying round. 360-yard ninth hole my drive was against the wind, and the ball drifted | off to the right, coming down in rough grass. ] 3 1 had anticipated trouble, but when [ came up to the ball it was sit- ground, with my ball balanced atop | ball reached to the lower side of the | LOYSIUS BIG FIVE courtmer yesterday, have a full week al day Mount Vernon and Qui A the Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A.; Sa I street court; Sunday Nativity Clu! on the home floor. Basket Ball USE THE BACKBOARD FROM THE SIDE OR IN A RUSH | when | feasivic? BY MAURICE KENT Basket Ball (oach, Northwestera University e e Une the backboard wshot when &reatly hurried, because daring such timen it In almost impossible to get ny t X except one line on a basket and that isx the backbeard, and are forced to shoot for it. When un. hur try for a clean shot. An. other place where it is sensible to une the backboard Intemtionally is from the side of the floor when there 1= n extremely sharp angle to the Bhet: is a backboard well from sharp angles and judge ntance correctly though it in quite (Copyright, C. U. IS ADMITTED | T0 SWIMMING BODY WARTHMORE, Pa. February 9.— A new constitution, by-laws and rules of competition were adepted by the Eastern Collegiate Swimming Asso- clation at a meeting here. Important changes in the rules ap- ply to the eligibility for individual champlonships and the point scoring in the relay, which was chapged from ht points to five he change regarding eligibility makes it neceesary for a competitor to be a member of a team that has met at least two other association terms in dual meets Cptholic University was admitted to membership in the assoclation. BOOKS MANY NINES. MACON, February 9. Dame of Indiana and Kentucky ap- pear among Southern colleges listed on the Mercer schedule for the base | ball season Oglethorpe, Florida, Georgia, Furman, Stetson and South Carolina and others are on the { schedule. GEORGE DUNCAN TELLS: in My Memory cear 1 won the British open cham- or, after we had ceased to be aston- ished by it and I had turned to study- ing my second shot, I realized that being teed up like that in the long grass was going to be very advan- tageous. I was still 170 yards from the pin. On a direct line between me and the pin was a tall fir tree, not more than 30 yards distant from my ball. Probably I could not have exe- cuted the shot which followed had my ball been resting on the ground. ‘Give me my No. 8 iron, lad,” I told my caddie. Then, shooting so as to just miss the left side of the tree, T gave the ball enough of a fade to bring it back to the line. It reached the green and I got my par 4. I went on to win the tournament. Tn playing T scarcely moved the under ball. My No. 3 iron soraped the top of it, taking off some paint. Becauge of this I judged it had spent | the whole Winter there, waiting to | help me out in my hour of need. “Wender What Merts Will At the Sign of the Moon Established 1808 FIVE FORMIDABLE FOES | ON ALOY QUINTET’S CARD zaga gymnasuim; Friday American Railwa. for thix is that it| In almont imposaible to aee the banket | Notre | Playing off the tee of the Today” n, 67 to 24 victors over the Yosemites head of them. Tomorrow and Thurs- ncy will be encountered in the Gon- Express will entertain in turday City Club is to be met on the b of Philadelphia will be encountered The local clubs probably wil' have A real task to take the meamure of the Purple tossers. Nine straight win® is their record and thair slate im clean In so far us competition with District teams I« concerned. A date with the formidable Wash- ington College quint for Wednesday night has fal'ed to materialize. A surprixing wpset came when Quincy Athletic Club beat the Stan- tons. 26 to 14. Hitherto unbeaten by a Washington club, the Stantons | have been traveling at a fast pace. |but a trouncing such as was admin- ixtersd on the Gonzaga court may put auite a crimp in thelr champion- ship ambitions. Tew and Smith led | ‘he winners' attack, the former taking high scoring honors, with five | @oals from scrimmage. Gooch played | brilliantly for the losers. | B y big five opens & week of activity against the De Molay quint on the Boys' Y. M. C. A. court to- night. Manager Laurence Boerner, at Frank'in 9162, Is booking games for the chureh quint. Pullman Athletle Club and the Quincy five are to meet in the Ter- minal R. R. Y. M. C. A. at 8 o'clock | tonight. Manager Dogget of the ll'l.\!lm‘rlu quint wishes to schedule contests with clubs having the use of gymnastums. He may be tele- phoned at Main 7380, branch 177. Basketers of Company F, IHyatts- ville, are scheduled to meet two Wasghington teams on the Hyattsville armory court tonight. The regulars tackle Washington Athletic Asso tion after a preliminary in which the reserves clash with the Clovers. General Accountants and Second Assistant fives of the Post Office League clash tonight to decide the lead {n the first half of their series. Each team has a record of four wins and no losses. Mount Vermon Athletic Association | and Warwick Preps are scheduled to turnish the main attraction at Con- gress Heights gymnasium tonight | Mount Vernon Midgets and Calvary Midgets clash in a preliminary start- ing at 1:30 o'clock. Independents a dship fives will mingle on ghe Wilson Normal court at 8 o'clock tonight With Taylor leading the attack American Rallw Express downed Naval Recelving Station, 22 to 18. Reavis kept the sallor flve in the running. Kuights of Colum lost to Noster Athletic Club in a 3 to-20 game. For games with the winners call Lincoln 48 Fort Humphreys cagers will oppose the Knight Store five on the Alex- andria armory floor Saturday night in a game that will have an Im- portant bearing on the 1925 unlimited basket ball title of northern Vir- &inia, > basketers | Columbia clubmen will oppose the Red Shields Wednesday night in the Alexandria armory: John Colbert and Bernard Panetta starred for Dixie Athletic Club when | thelr team downed the St. Paul's In- sects, 22 to 18. Lithuanian Athletic Club of Balti more was defeated. 26 to 22, by Con- Carlisles in the Murray Casino. A mard game ix ahead of the Alco Athletic Club, colored basketers, to- morfow night, when they tackle the | Leondi Big Five from Pittsburgh in | | the Murray Casino. The Smoky City representatives are the class of their saction of Pennsylvania. !LA COSTE IS SENT FIVE SETS TO BEAT GOBERT PARIS, February 9.—In the finals of the French covered court tennis championship. Rene La Coste defeat- ed Andre Gobert in the men's singles, and Mme. Blllout won from Mlle. Conquet the singles event for | women. The score in the La match was 3—6, 6—1, 6—4. That ip the women's match was 4—6. 6—3 and 6—1. in SIS POWERS WINS AT SQUASH. MONTREAL, February 9.—R. A. Powers of Boston defeated S. P. Clark of Philadelphia, in the final round of the Canadian amateur squash racquets championship, 15—10, 15—9 and 1o TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F Prior to Inventory Entire Stock Reduced Suit or Qvercoat Tailored for You as You Want Them! 5] 85010 83500 Were $30 to $60 Satisfaction guaranteed—perfect fit, choice woolens, in- cluding medium weight fabrics suitable for spring wear. ALL AT REDUCED PRICES. Full Dress Suits to Order, $45.00 Tailors | evening, | mouth and | star: | nounced PITTSBURGH QUINTET IS EASY FOR PALACE Downing the Second Story Morrys of Pittshurgh on the Arcade floor by a 37-to-28 count proved an easy task for George Marshall's Palace Laun- dry five last night. Cooney, Conaty, Bushman, Benzoni and Haggerty had a big evening romping around the court, giving an exhibition of passing, and dropping the ball through the hoop often enough to keep ahead of the visitors by a good margin. Holding & 25-to-11 lead at the half, the local pros went to the final pe- riods with nothing to fear from the Smoky City amateurs. The substitut- Ing of Wallace at the visitpr's back court post speeded up the game near the close, but the result was never in doubt A spectacular shot by the Conaty gave audience the biggest thrill of the and Haggerty entertained the fans with a LIt of trick passing. Bushman und Kilzzing shared scor- ing honors, each registering 10 goals trom scrimmage. g QUINTS STILL TIED IN COLLEGE LEAGUE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 9—Dart- Princeton, although idie for the past two weeks, continue to lead in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basket Ball League with three vie- tories each in as many games. Cornell has lost all of its three while Yale has met a like fate in four games Carmack of Pennsylvania holds the individual scoring honors, having made 24 points in five games, but is closely pressed by Laub of Columbla with 23, Field goal honors are split between Laub of Columbia, Suisman of Yale and Cleaves of Princeton, each having elght. s STANDING OF TEAMS L. Pet o Lo 0 Low 600 0 oo 00 Dartmoath Princeton Pennsyivania . Columbia Cornell Yale INDIVIDUAL SCOR! LEADE Fie Picken Hynson, Loman Cleaves. A Loch. Priuceton Yale..... Princeton Princeton. . G. Friedman, Dartmouth. F. Davenpori, Penn G Dessen. Penn F Tickets for Georgetown Uni- versiti Athletic Association games to be held in Convention Hall Febru- ary 21, in which Paavo Nurmi and a host of other track and fleld celebri- ties will compete, will be placed on rale at Spalding’s store, 1338 G =treet Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Mail orders for tickets, which association has been filling at the university, will be discontinued after requests mailed up to tomorrow night are honored. JAMES RIVER REGATTA WILL BE HELD JULY 25 RICHMOND, Va., February 8.—The annual regatta of the Southern Row- ing Association will be held on the James River here July 25, it was an- today by Willlam E. Craw- ford, newly elected president of the association. Boat clubs in Washing- ton, Baltimore Richmond | and other cities shells in | the various division it was stated the the races, “Examine this cigar, Wat- son,” said the Great Detec- tive. “Beautifully made, of the finest perfecto leaf. A thoroughbred cigar in every way—BUTITHAS NOTIP!” “Get that bouquet! Mel- low, full-flavored, emooth as silk. You'll go a long way for a better smoke.” ©1524,by P. MARYLAND TOSSERS FACE UNBEATEN QUINT TONIGHT Washington College Will Visit George Washington Tomorrow Night—Few More Meets on Program of Strong Georgetown Track Team. BY H.C. BYRD. ASHINGTON COLLEGE, the institution that defeated Navy and has rung up 11 victories against other institutions, comes here vy today for two basket ball games. Tonight the undefeated five from the Eastern Sho' plays the University of Maryland at College Park at 8 o'clock and tomorrow evening meets George Washington in the Hatchetite gym at the same hour. ; Any team that is good enough to beat Navy is good enough to stand about an even change against any quint with which it throws its hat in the ring. It would not be a great surprise if the team from the Eastern Shore of Maryland were to win both contests, although usually every team must lose some time, No doubt the Washington five would rather defeat the University of Mary- land than to win all the other games on its schedule. On the other hand. Maryland would not relish especially | the 100-vard dash, 440-yard dash, 880- & beating at the hands of Washing- |vard-run and mile rur which all ton College. And further, Maryland | athl n enter, but when one 18 not “soft pioking” for any other |considers the number of athletes of five. Consequently the result should |average worth who like to compete, be a fine game of basket ball {it seems that their chances are going George Washington Is getting set|to be slender indeed getown has for its game tomorrow night. Tt|been con knows It will be against one of the |athletes and 1 strongest, if not the strongest, quints | its games at it has met this year. The Hatchetites | thing of a ¥ are priming themselves for a real |the local ath struggle and are hoping to be the |of opportunit first team to give the visitors a set- [and in whicl back a chance to wat est etars of trackdom in petitions Except fo four events which a open, the average athlete will be more or less out of luck in the Johns Hop- s meet. That meet has scheduled oy tes wil s to show the publ h come medium, ir given ple their wort) will also get of the great- special comn Georgetown has only one more track and field meet in which to ap- | pear before it sends its athletes into its own games next week. The Blue and Gray squad goes to New York to take part in the New York Athletic lub meet Saturday night and ex- pects to win In any race in which either its mile or two-mile relay team takes part. The announcement from the Hill- top that a new board track will be :onstructed for use in Convention Hall a week from Saturday night in its own meet wiil be hailed with de- iight by local athletes, even if the innouncement makes a point of the ‘act that the work is to be done nainly to give Nurmi an excellent rack on which to run. As a matter f fact, the building of a new track -xactly three laps to the quarter and with easier turns than the old one, should make every race on the pro- gram easier for all athletes. Also the footing probably will be much better than would have been the case had the actual floor of the hall been con- inued in use as the track. The new hoard track will enable the runners use of short spikes, which er been allowed on the old Two bhig universities stil ball coaches for next University of New Y ington University of uis. are willing to pay big salarie do not seem sble to land of men they desire. Both tions probably will pay $15.000 to the right men, and the writer was d while in New York recently that Washington University had signified villingness to go as high $20,000 per year to certain me Mcult type institu- the culty ause n has better e it ed that Washin University is not the most desir the world for inect cla with the job Washingt writer also was told that it w doubtful spot be- cause in the Middle West it g ) neralls was regarded as the graveyard coaches LIBERTY CLUB TO PLAN FOR BASE BALL SEASON ans for the base ball season w be made by Liberty Athletic Club next Monday the clubhouse, 713 Taylor street. Afliliation with t Washington B Ball and ateu Athletic and the annua field day League Pa P Three-lap tracks are being used in all parts of the country except Balti- more, where the track is only twe laps to the quarter. The 5th Regi- ment Armory of the Maryland Na- tional Guard, constructed by the State 2 X some years ago, gives a floor space L \be discosser] larger than can be found anywhere| bers of the else for open meets. It is the only|POTt at 8:30; m building in which 100-yard dashes are | Pand an hour e; run, and when Nurmi steps on that| liberty has threc track he will find that he has to make | Eagements for the many less turns—two less for each |Serves will be metin the quarter—than he has been compelled | Armory Wednesday, Independents w to make on the tracks on which he|De encountered Thursday at the X has been running. In the 2-mile run, | {ional Guard Armory and Frid i Nurmi runs 2 miles in Baltimore, [ Naval Receiving Station will be » he will have to take fewer curves by | ¢d @t Washington Barracks 18 than on a three-lap track. On a - track 12 1aps to the mile Nurmi would | have to run around turns 48 times while on a track § laps to the mile, which the 5th Regiment track is, he would have to go around turns only times, which should make consid- erable difference in time. Nur ought to make faster time in | O'Connell_Post on the Kingpin Baltimore meet than on any other|drives. The Washington Ilegic track on which he has competed since:| will give the locals a return mateh coming to the United States. | on the Arcade alleys to re nust be « basket ball Peck ilver Sp BOWL MATCH TONIGHT. HYATTSVILLE, Md., | Tonight maple-topplers Farmer Post, 3, | of Hya will | to battie the combingtion February of Snyd American Legic invade Washingtor of McGroarts is, “Now this missing tip, Doctor, is a mighty sweet ‘tip-off for cigar smokers. It makes no difference in the quality, but a whale of a dif- ference in the price!” “For, putting the tip on a cigar costs like sin. 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