Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1925, Page 31

SPORTS. - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1925. SPORTS. 31 Shift From Racer to Runner Helped Nurmi : Active Week End for Varsity Fives PAAVO FOUND WATCH INCREASED HIS SPEED ‘'Finn Asserts the 1,500-Meter and| Mile Distances Furnish Best Internatio nal Tests. PAAVO NURMI'S STORY As Told by Him to Charles E. Parker CHAPTER XI—NURMI'S NEAREST RIVALS. AAVO NURMI regards his rec ords for the 1.500 meters and the one mile, both made in his match race with Elvin Wide, as the best marks of the many world records he now holds. To him they rep- resent an achievement distinctly superior to anything he previously had accomplished, and they will remain “Those distance: in foot racing. In America, where popular, you do not find the same so until he surpasses them. he points out, “furnish the real international tests the sprints and shorter runs are so number or the same high quality of athletes specializing in runs of two miles and over. “In other lands where the longer dis- tances hold favor, you find the pro- portions Teversed and few concen- trating on the sprints. But both in Ametita and In other lands you find almost equal interest and quality in the 1.500-meter run and mile, which half-way between the sprints and the distance runs. Those courses are meeting ®round the world over, all countries the very best athletes are to be found competing in them “It has been for many years, England still thrills to the mention of the name of W. G. George, who set the world mile record as an amateur mere than 40 years,ago, and who, as A professional later in his career, lowered those figures to mark which stood for 30 years. Sweden has had its Zander—the former 1,500- meter world record holder—and still has its Wide. France glories in the accomplishments of the late Jean Bouin, and says his death in the J¥orld War robbed it of a man who would have fought me every inch of the way at distances of 1,500 meters 10 5,000 meters. In Amgrica you have had many wonderful men at the mile distance—Conneff, Tinkler, Jones and Taber In the past, and Ray, Con- nolly, Buker, Hahn and Watson in Tecent years. Feats Thrilled Him. “I knew of their great feats and thelr impressive records, and when I learned I had excetded anything they had done, then, indeed, did I gain the greatest thrill that had come to me in the sport I love.” Many would conclude Paavo had accomplished the ultimate goal of a foot racer in hiz match with Wide. 3§ means of it he had won general recognition as an athlete without equal in athletic history. It was the contention of all experts that his rec- ords, made at Stockholm viously, would stand for all time. And in vanquishing Wide, Paavo had con- quered the only runner in the world whom he regarded as a real rival What could be his goal; what could ha the urge which would hold his interest in track athletics and pre- vent a quits natural letting down? But Paavo, as he thought over the Wide race, was not satisfied. crossed tha finish line suffering little from fatigue and felt sure that had he planned the race differently he would have further lowered the mark. Also, his early aim to equal or better the 1912 Olympic feat of his fellow countryman, lehmajnen, had net yet been realized, and, as ever, there was his desire to sd¢tve Finland in its national sport— to keep his native land In the top rank in the world of sports. From Racer to Runmer. Seeing no rivals to inspire the competitive fun of the game, Pavvo created rivals by consuiting the rec- ord books and conducting his races as if he were opposed by the man to whom the particular record was credited. He began living over again that period in his boxhood when, owing to the lack of vouthful op- ponents, he made a rival of the min- ute hand of his silver watch and strove day after day to reach a given point down the Abo roadway before that minute hand had circled to a given point on it dial Tn short—and this distinction is a marked one—Paavo transformed him- xelf from a racer into a runner— changed himself, as one might put it, from a hu into a machine with all its parts synchronized to the tick- ing of a stop watch. His races from that time on were plotted on a definite schedule. He was opposed, In his imagination, by a runner who had made the particular course In a certain time, hence he must complete his first Jap in such a space of time; o, too, the second lap, and on to the finish line. What his actual rivals in the race were doing meant nothing to Paavo. The time schedule was the all-important thing —the phantom foe, not the actual foe, was the only opponent to fear. Incidentally, American athletic followers who observed Paavo in his races with Jole Ray and other Ameri- can stars during the first weeks of Nurmfi's visit here had opportunity to observe the efficacy of Paavo's sys- “em under varying conditions. How System Was Worked Out. In his first races-the one-mile run in the Finnish-American Athletic Club games in New York—It will be recalled that Ray, who ever has been a racer, elected the second last lap an the place to make his big bid. His protracted spurt during that portion of the race sent him yards ahead of Paavo, who, ignoring Ray's challenge, held to his scheduled pace. That scheduled pace caught Joie before the last lap was well under way and left the Chicago runner yards behind by the time the tape was reached. In his second race with Ray—that in the Chicago Coliseum—Paavo by holding to his schedule defeated the American champion under different conditions. In that event Ray decided to trall Nurmi and make his bid for ~detory In the final lap. But Nurmi's sohedule for the earlier laps was faster than Ray ever did travel the ance involved and the American was too far in the ruck to make any sort of a sprint for victory wken the Jast lap came. And in the third American meet- ing of this pair—in the Millrose Athletic Assoclation games in New York—Ray, as vainly as before, at- tempted still another scheme to over- come Nurmi and his system. In this case the race was a three-quarter- mile run, In which speed rather than endurance was the chief requirement, and Ray, with an aim of “killing oft" Paavo in its early stages fairly flew from the mark. He whirled the first quarter in less than 55 seconds and left Paavo 15 vards in the ruck. But Paavo was travellng on scheduled time, and once again Ray ‘‘came back” 16 him and when the last lap started it was Paavo who was in front. QPaavo declares that an athlete who knews the capabilities of his foes and sure he can exceed them simply wantes effort and energy In accom- modating his pace to that of his rivals—that it should not matter the is common and in so a and pre-| He had | | whether they are vards | vards in the rear at | along the course. ahead or a given point (Copyright. 1 and Great Britai per Alliance. Copyright Press Publishing | serssa.y Tomorrow—King of the Olympics. in United States, Canada by North American News- (New York World) Compans. Al rights re STELLAR TRIO TO RUN IN GEORGETOWN 800 One of the feature numbers of the orgetown University track and | field games to be held in Convention | Hall February will be the meter special in which several of the | compete. Notable entries are Allen Helfrich of Penn State, Ray Watson, | linois ~ Athletic Club, and | Marsters, noted Hilltop runner. | be well worth watching. | fans of this section Few have seen action since he lost « hand in an ac- cident. The injury, however, appearent- ly, has not detracted from Watson's speed, for he made a gallant showing in the Olympics at Paris. The distance is especially suitable to the stellar trio. Helfrich as well as Watson has been running in great form this Winter, while Marsters has equaled the world Indoor half-mile record in the present campaign and is accounted the best in the country at a race around 1,000 yards. NURMI IS DEFENDED NEW YORK, February 12 Nurmi is a genuine amateur and an {ambassador to America from his na- 1”\-" Finland, In the words of Hugo Quist, who is managing the Olympic distance champion’s tour. Many hard things are being said, according to Quist, such as that Nurml must be making large sums of money by appearing in America, that | he lats ‘down in his running when |away from New York and that he | avoids meeting Joie Ray of Chicago by stipulating odd distances. His American friends and manager |answer all these charges. Nurmi's the Amateur Athletic Union and not a penny goes to the runner, he de- clared in an interview. Furthermore, he said, Nurmi cannot travel at his | fastest pace every time he races, for a continuous effort at record-break- ing would threaten the athlete's very existence. The visitor's choosing of distances is laid to American track officials, who demand that the Finn break rec- |ords at every meet in which he par- ticipates. He cannot be expected to break the mile record, for instance, time after time, Quist said, and he cannot be expected to meet cham- plons at certain distances in every set of games. Howaever, the manager went on. Nurmi will give Ray every chance for revenge for the defeats he has suf- tered at the mile and the three-fourths of a mile before leaving the Unjted PAAVO WILL STRIVE FOR MORE RECORDS BUFFALO, N. Y., February 12.— Paavo Nurmi tonight will attempt to shatter two more world track rec- ords. in a special 1%-mile race at the 106th Field Artillery games he will try for marks both at the 1%- mile distance and at 1,500 meters. Af- ter acquainting himself vesterday with with the 106th Armory eight-lap track, he expressed confidence that he would be able to turn in the sought-after records. Jimmy Connolly of Georgetown will | be Nurmi's principal opponent in the mile and a quarter. Willie Ritola will participate in the two-mile han- dicap. Ray Watson, Illinois A. C. run- ning ace, will attempt to shave his own 500-meter world record and also try to establish a new 600-meter mark. He will be opposed by Allan Helffrich of Penn State and Manny Lochnicht of Buffalo, who defeated Watson shortly before he set the world record. Willle Plant, pedestrian champion, is entered In the two-mile walk. = B L THREE JOCKEYS HUET. By the Ascoclated Press. | “Four jockeys were injured, two of them seriously. in two spills at New Orleans yesterday. De Prima re- ceived a broken collarbone and was injurefinternally when his mount ran lgto the fence. L. Lang received painful scalp wounds, Led Montgom- ery/serious shoulder and hip injuries !apd Anderson slight back injuries /fon three horses fell in the sixth race. 0'CONNELL IN BUSINESS. [ By the Associated Press. Jimmy O'Connell, former New York |Giant player expelled by Commis- sioner Landis because of his alleged part in the latest world series scandal, has opened a cleaning and dyeing es- tablishment in San Francisco. “I am |through ~with base ball" said | 0'Connell. CRACKERS BEGIN EARLY. By the Associated Pres: ATLANTA, Ga., February 12— Atlanta’s Crackers, who fell short in a driving finish for the leadership of the Southern Association last year, will be the first to renew the effort in 1925. The players will be assembled at Winter Park, Fla, March 5 for training, remaining there until March 29, | ference members and from | versity of Richmond games Saturd 800- | country’s stars at that distance will| George.| | Watson's performance probably will | track | §; the | former University of Kansas flyer in| BY MANAGER QUIST| | the 50-yard Florida | expense accounts are in the hand of | Hannes Ko- | po '3 | Ramon Novarro, motion picture actor. | each other tonight when Columbia and RELAY TO FEATURE MEET AT VIRGIN'A U. UNIVERSITY. Va, February 12— A special mile relay race betwesn the teams of Maryland, North Carolina and the host {s to be the feature of the invitation games of the Uni- versity of Virginia that will be he'd in the memorlal gymnasium tomor- row night. Individual entries now number more than 150, according to the manage- ment in charge of the event. and it is expected that about 200 will take part in the meet. including repre- sentatives from the southern con- the pre- paratory and high schools that are sending teams. J. V. Mulligan of Washington, D. C. will act as atarter. Mr. Mulli- &an is the most experienced handler of the gun In the South Atlantic States, and his promise to officiate makes It certain that the races will go off in rapid order. In addition to the triangular relay hetween the three State universities, Maryland, North Carolina and Vir- ginia, there are to be other special relay races, one between Eastern High Schoo! of Washington and the Virginia first-year four, and one b ween Augusta Military Academy and Woodrow Wilson High School of Portsmouth, Va Woodrow Wilkon High of Ports- mouth and Tech and Eastern High of Washington are the only high chools that have vet sent in entries, but the presence of these teams in ad- dition to representation from the leading preparatory schools of Vir- ginia assures fast competition in .the events for the secondary schools. Virginia plans to make these Indoor games an annual event, and hopes that the number of schools repre- sented will grow larger each year. Most of the teams competing here tomorrow will send men to the Uni- SWIMMING EVENTS TO OLYMPIC STARS E. Fla., February 12, nwright of the New York Women's Swimming Association and | 'bil Bauer of the Ilinois A. C., two | star mermaids who were point win- | ners at the last Olympics, retained | their national indoor championships in the Alcazar pool here vesterday in the second day of the five-day cham- pionship aquatic carnival. Miss Wain- wright romped off with the 220-yard title in the fast time of 2:50 1-5, while Miss Bauer again showed her suprem- acy In the 100-yard backstroke test. By winning the 220-yard title Miss Walnwright accounted for her second title in the four contested to date, as she won the pentathion honors Tues- day. She gave a wonderful exhibl- tion of courage this afternoon, mak- ing = great sprint for the victory in the final 25 yards. She beat Ethel Lackie of Chicago by a great spurt. Miss Bauer, who has no rival in her specialty, had things pretty much her own way in the 100-yard back- stroke championship. She won her| heat in handy fashion and then took the final in 1:15, which is a second behind her world record. Atleen Riggin of New York and Dorothy Colter of Detroit engaged in | & close battle for second honors, the New York girl taking the place. The Detroit girl defeated Miss Riggin in a preliminary heat, but tired near the finish in the final. Although no marks were broken in the national championships, one na- tional record was twice bettered in title event by Agnes Geraghty of the New Yor Women's Swimming Association. Miss Geraghty won her heat in 38 seconds, which betters her record of 0:35 1 made at Miami last year. In the final she bettered this mark again when she triumphed in 0:37 4-5. This time will stand as a national record. Miss Geraghty was forced to rec- ord figures by Eleanor Coleman of Milwaukee, wWho trailed her by a close margin in both the heat and the final. MUNN IS IMPRESSIVE IN TOSSING ZBYSZKO KANSAS CITY, Mo., February 12— Wayne (“Big”) Munn defeated Stan- islaus Zbyszko easily in straight talls last night in his first defense of the wopld heavyweight wrestling cham- plonship. The ease of the victory lent further impression to the Kan- sas City idea that Munn will be a real champion, although but small doubt was entertained after Munn recently defeated Ed (“Strangler”) Lewis in a match here. The former Nebraska foot ball star toved with the aged Zbyszko, who still is one of the mat game's strong- est exponents. Munn took the first fall in 16:40 and the second in 12:45, using a crotch and body hold each time. It was with that hold that Munn de- feated Lewis, although he heaved the Strangler from the ring for a foul which cost him the second fall. The short, squatty Zbyzko encoun- tered great difficulty in pinning holds on the giant Munn. Zbyszko at- tempted toe holds almost exclusively, but Munn's great length of leg pre- vented the Pole reaching his foot. Most of the contest was fought with the men standing, struggling for the advantage, not more than 10 minutes of the wrestling actually being done with the men on the mat. FUENTE BANQUET EUEST. Tony Fuente, Mexican heavyweight opponent of Fred Fulton in the fistic fiasco at Culver City last November, was guest of honor at a banquet at Los Angeles tendered last night by IN FIGHT TOURNAMENT. By the Associated Press. Italy’s champion, Carvans, will be among the lightweight contenders in the tournament sponsored by the New York State Athletic Commission to name a successor to the title relin- quished recently by Benny Leonard. SCORING LEADERS FACE. High scorers of the Eastern Inter- collegiate Basket Ball League face Pennsylvania meet at New York. Carmack, Penn forward, has made 24 points, while Laub of Columbia, with one less contest, has accumulated 23. FIGHT TO JOE DUNDEE. PHILADELPHIA, February 12.—Joe Dundee, Baltimore lightweight, was awarded the judges' decision over Sallor Freedman, Chicago, at the end of their 10-round bout last night. Dundee led throughout. TROTTING LEADER DIES. LEXINGTON, Ky., February 12.— Maj. H. P. Johnston, for many years a past president of the National Trot- ting Association, died suddenly ai his home here vesterday. He wa born at Shiloh, Va., April 4, 1840, and served with the Confederate army during the Clvj War, ONLY EIGHT OF GRIFFMEN STILL OUTSIDE THE FOLD Special Dispateh to The Star. T denied flatly any information terms or the signing of his contract. AMPA, Fla.,, February 12—From his bed, where he has been con- fined for two days with a severe cold, Clark Griffith again today from Johnson on his acceptance of Griff expressed agreeable surprise when informed that Johnson had stated at his home in Reno, Nev., that the terms offered him were satisfactory and that he would report at Hot Springs on his scheduled date. Griffith said that he, of course, ex- pected a wire from Johnson any min- ute, but as yet all information as to the’ pitcher's plans was indirect. A corrected list, obtained from President Griffith today, shows 24 of the 32 athletes on the roster as hav- ing either signed or accepted terms, these belng Harris, Johnson, Bluege, Dudley, Tate. Kelly, Brillhéart, Judge McNally, Rice, Goslin, Marberry Coveleskie, Ruther. Ogden, Shirl Adams, Lelbold, McNamara, Carly Matthews, Zahnizer, Russel and Mar- tina. This leaves just elght with whom negotiations remain t6 be satisfac- torily ended, namely, Peckinpaugh, Ruel. Gregg, Hargrave, Zachary, Mo- gridge, McNelly and Reinhard TOURNAMENT Griff reiterates that these cannot be considered hold~outs until their reporting dates find them still absent from Spring quarters. He said he éxpected members of the first Tampa squad to begin arriving the end of this week and that he is eonfident all will b¢ on hand réady to begin work next Wednesday. In the meanwhile Tralner Mike Mar- tin is biding his time and assembling materials to have the diamond worked over and ready for the play- ers. Manager Harris leaves here tomor- row for Hot Springs to supervise the preliminary course of two weeks' work for his veterans. He will re- turn with them to the camp here on arch 3. TO DECIDE COURT HONORS PLANNED OPING to make satisfactory which the senior basket ball H sentatives of the senior and leading An elimination series for teams un- der 150 pounds, with senlor cham- plonship of Washington as the win- ner's prize, is the plan of the club, the games to be played in Gonzaga gymnasium. The meeting tonight will be held in the Aloysius Club rooms, 47 I street, starting ‘at § o'clock Washington Athletic Club tossers are matched with the Calvary M. E five, one of the teams deadlocked for first place in the Sunday School League, in the Congress Heights Hall tonight. The Warwlcks are scheduled to appear in a preliminary. Epiphany Juniors and Clovers, both aspirants for the junior title of the city, will clash in the Epiphany gym- nasium tomight at 7:30. Seminoles and Epiphany Senlors will appear in a second contest. Company C, 121nt Engineers. Knights of Columbus, Princess and Indlan Head teams will perform at the Na- tional Guard Armory tonight. Lib. erty Athletic Club basketers and the Independents will open the program at 6:30. Their line-up stremgthened by the addition of Jack Smith, former Mary- land University freshman player, and Ralph Benni ern High tosser, the Anacostia Eagles had little dif- culty in handing the Petworth five a 40-t0-26 setback. Dalglish found the basket ten times when the Mount Vernon Ath- letic Club five downed the Northera Juniors, 38 to 12, at the Y. M. C. A. St. Paul Athletlc Club basketers were nosed out by the City Club five on the downtown court by a 24-10-20 count. Kenilworth passers took a 19-to-13 defeat from the De Molay quint on the Central High court. After losing four straight games in the Post Office League series Supply tossers climbed out of the cellar po- sition by downing Mall Equipment Shops, 48 to 30. Friends scored a 23-to-15 victory over the United Brethren five and First Presbyterians downed the Cal vary Baptists, 46 to 15, in the Chris- tian Endeavor League games. Aloysius Big Five and Amerloan Railway Express tossers will clash in Gonzaga gymnasium tomorrow night. Oxford Athletic Club, reorganized under the managership of Ralph Hackeltin, exhibited great form by downing the Immaculaté Conception five, 30 to 27, and the Chevy Chase Seniors, 41 to 38. Peerless Junlors, with a record of 30 straight wins, wish to book games with other junior quints. Call Lin- coln 5137 after 5:30. Liberty Athletic Clnb tossers, who were defeated, 41 t» 21, by the Peck Reserves, will meet the Naval Re. celving Station five at the Washing- ton Barracks tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Peck Reserves and St. Stephen's Athletic Club basketers are booked for a meeting in the Peck Memorial gymnasium tonight. Rosedales, conquerors of Epiphany Juniors, were nosed out by the Tre- mont Juniors, 27 to 26. Slemon of the Rosedales took high scoring hon- ors with six baskets. Anderson performed brilliantly when the Columbias of Alexandria downed the Red Shields, 44 to 26. Petworth Athletic Club’s court ag- gregation went down before the at- tack of the Peck Reserves by a count of 45 to 21. King and Tucker starred for the winner: Cardinals emerged vietorious from a clash with the Tfemonts, the final tally being 20 to 17. Stantons lost their secend battle with an Alexandria quint, the Old Dominfon Boat Club five taking the long end of a 31-to-24 count. At half time the Stantons held the margin, the score standing 18 to 14. Following the example of the Aloys, the Old Dominion Boat Club backet ball team is going in for in- tercity competition, and has booked a_contest with the Arundel Boat ~@ COLLARS . arrangements for a tournament in title of the District may be decided, court fans of the Aloysius Club are meeting tonight with repre- junior teams of the city. Club of Baltimore for the Maryland metropolis Sunday afternoon. Fort Humphrey will be met in the Alex- andria Armory on February 20. Fort Myer basketers are on the lookout for games with unlimited quints of the District. Lieut. Ely, at West 2000, is booking contests. Basket Ball How can accuracy be developed in shooting baskets? RY JOHN SCHOMMER, Basket Ball Coach, Armour Institute, Former U. of C. Star. Practics ma; . to tell the truth, J know of mo way for a player to develop accuraey, I think a good basket shooter, like a poet, is born, not made. To illustrate thia: A few years ago I coached a team which was mot at all accurate in Daskets. Thelr passing a work was excellent. Most were sophomores, so when the wea- son emded I gave them all basket Balls and got the backboards for them. During the entire Spring, Summer and Fall these boys prac- ticed, and they practiced hard. I fact, we started regalar basket ball practice September 13, Our firat game was againat Kmox College. Dauring that game the boys had 35 ' at the basket within 25 feet of the go: How many they maket Net a single. solitary basket. (Copyright, 1925.) BIKEMAN HIGH-PRICED. By the Associated Press. Pete Moeskops of Holland, world profesaional bicycle racing champion, has asked a record guarantee of $10,000 to compete in the six-day grind at Madison Square Garden starting February 29. This is more than any amount ever paid Alfred Goullet, king of six-day riders and the highest pald competitor heretofore. e 400 REPORT FOR CREWS. By the Associated Press. Four hundred candidates have re- ported for the Cornell crews, the largest number ni the history, to aid Pop Lueder, the new coach, in his at- tempt to regain the Ithacans’ fame on the water. Lueder says he hopes to begin his outdoor work by March 15 this year. He will be assisted by Guy Long, '02, and Joe Purcell, "24. TOUGH ON WHITE SOX. By the Associated Press. The Chicago White Sox will play away from home on three holidays this year; St. Louis, Washington and New York will be on foreign soll for two, and Detroit, Cleveland, Phila- delphia and Boston have one each TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F At Breokland—Princeton, 20; Onth- elic University, 20. At Annapolis—Fordham, 29; Navy, 26, At West Point—Army, Yeork University, 34. At Rlacksburg, Va.—Virginias Pely, 43; Elon Cellege, 19. At Hanover—Dartmouth, 47; Boston University, 30. At Brooklyn—St. Lawrence Univer- sity, 32; Orescent A. C., 24. 35; New CELTICS WILL FACE | BETTER PALACE FIVE An unbeaten basket ball team will meet the original Celtics on Sunday when the Palace Laundry five play the world champions in the Arcade. Since the addition of Red Conaty three weeks ago the Palace five has scored 12 straight victories. On the road and at home it has stopped such ag- gregations as the Kingstons, the Rochester Centrals, the Beloit and Fond du Lac teams. And the Palace Club is out for titu- lar honors. Haggerty, Conaty, Schmeelk, Bushman, Cooney and Ben- zoni, with 12 games tucked away feel that they are capable of defeat- ing the Celtics. The Originals, with Holman, Beckman, Lopschick, Deh- rert and Leonard, are considerably larger men than the Palace players, but will find a different brand of play than they encountered when they v ited and took the long end of a 36- 34 count. Manager George Marshall is giv- ing his team the benefit of three stift workouts this week in practice games and out-of-town engagements. CHAMPION CENTRAL QUINTET TO TRAVEL Three out-of-town basket ball teams will get a look at ths Central High five, Washington _scholastic cham- pion, this week. Tomorrow the Blue and White passers journey to Lan- caster, Pa., for a contest with Lan- caster’ High School, and on Saturda play nearer home, meeting Tome Port Deposit, Md., in the afternoon, and Loyola of Baltimore at night. St. Alban’s quint was defeated yes- terday in the Wisconsin Avenue Gym- nasium by a 29-to-15 score. . Capt. Thurston Dean directed the Central attack and led in the scoring with five goals from scrimmage. Chatfleld played brilliantly for the losing team. o5 After knotting the count, 11-all in the third period, Tech High, led by Councilor, was nosed out, 13 to 12, by Hyattsville High. A field goal caged by Costinett in the waning minutes gave the Marylanders the margin. Catholic University freshmem ran up a 52-to-21 score on the Gonzaga High five in the Brookland gym- nasium. Fred Rice's collegians had no serious opposition at any stage of the game, each member of the team sharing in the scoring. Ganzaga in scheduled to meet the Western quint tomorrow afternoon, and will clash with the Georgetown Preps on Saturday, DECIS{ON 'io HBN'i'GOl{ERY. CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 12. Sully Montgomery, former Center Col- lege foot ball tackle, won the referee's decision over John Risko, Cleveland heavyweight, fn & fast 12-round bout last night. ko went down in the first round from a right to the jaw, but was up immediatel LOCAL COLLEGE TOSSERS MEET FORMIDABLE FOES Maryland and Catholic U. to Meet City College of New York—Fordham to Invade Georgetown. G. W. Swimmers to Go to Navy. A scheduled contests. LL basket ball teams of the local varsity group except George Wash- ington are to swing into action the latter part of this week in five Maryland and Gallaudet have dates tonight, the former being booked to meet Princeton, 29-to-20 victor over Catholic University at Brookland last night, in the 104th Regiment Armory, in Baltimore, and the Kendall Greeners having an engagement with the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Tomorrow night two contésts are slated for local floors. George- town will be host to Fordham in Ryan gymnasium and Maryland will entertain City College of New York at College Park. The Manhattan aggregation will stop over for a Saturday night tilt with Catholic Univer- sity at Brookland. Of the teams due to appear here. City College of New York, on past performances, seems the stronger. It has established a fine record for the Winter, having lost but one of the many games in which it has partici- pated. That defeat was handed it by Army at West Point. The New York- ers are coached by Nat Holman, fa- mous mentor of basket ball and well known member of the Original Cel- tlos, crack professional organization of Gotham. Maryiand probably is in for a_tough tussle tonight in Baltimore. In de- feating Catholic University last night Princeton demonstrated that i cer- tainly has a right to be around the top of the Intercollegiate League. The Jerseymen were adept at pass- ing and shooting and went about their work in the most approved style. Prominent among the visitors was Jimmy Lemon, former Central High School foot ball and basket ball star. He put up an excellent game at forward and accounted for five of his team's points. Catholic Univer- sity played the best game it has shown this season. The Brooklanders were good at defense most of the route and proved themselves capable point collectors after the first half. The score at intermission was 14 to 8 in favor of Princeton, but thereafter both teams were mors on the offen- sive than the defensive, and play was quite spirited. Gallaudet's game at Virxinia to night was originally scheduled for Saturday, but vesterday managers of the teams advanced the date. The Kendall Greeners have not been get- ting along any too well recently, but Coach Hughes believes he has at last rounded his team into form and that it will give a good account of itselt henceforth. Wallace, Miller, Byouk, Bradley and "Holdren probably will start for Gallaudet. In Virginia the Florida avenue courtmen will meest & formidable foe. The Charlottesville team has been making a fine record for itself this Winter. Georgetown' engagement with Fordham tomorrow night will be the first for it since January 31, when St. Joseph of Philadelphia was easily defeated. The Hilltoppers have yet to be beaten this season, but in Ford- ham they will be facing their first strong opponent of the campaign. However, they form a sturdy combi- nation, and, fired by a desire to go through the Winter with a clean slate, undoubtedly wil! giva tha Gothamites a good battle. George Washington's imming team is to go to Annapolis Saturday for a meet with Navy. The Hatche- tites are likely to encounter consider- Those swimming for George Wash- ington probably will be Stephenson, Stover, Peter, Newby, Alexander, Lyman, Schulze, Tabb and Simmens. PRINCESS A. C. EASY FOR METROPOLITANS A 24-to-4 victory over their greal- est rival, the Princess Athletic Club five, gives the Metropolitan sextet a fairly clear road to the championship of the Women's Basket Ball League. Neither team was at its best last night, and as the score indicates there have been better games on the Central High floor. The Mets seemed to be foul shy, while the Princess girls showed signs of overplaying, indicating that three Rames on successive nights is too much of an undertaking for girls. The basket ball combination of the Washington Athletic Association breezed along in its usual style to a 41-to-5 victory over the Strayer's Business College team on Central High court. Honors in point-getting were divided between Miss Schultz and Miss Smith of the winners. Marjorie Webster, president of the ‘Women's Athlstic Council, announces an important meeting at the Mar- Jorie Webster School on Monday, Feb- ruary 16, at 7:30. Univegsity of Maryland senior girls defeated the Freshmen Sextst by a 10-to-7 count, while the Sophomores downed the Juniors, 12 to 5. PLANT WINS OVER NURMI. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, February 12.—Willie Plant, premier American walker, scored a victory over Paavo Nurmi, the phantom Finn, but it was not on the track. The heel and toe star won the meritorious trophy, awarded by the Wilco Athletic Association, after a keen contest with Nurmi in the popular vote cast bv spectators to decide the outstanding performance at the indoor meet last Saturday NO CALLDOWN TO FINN. 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