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S PORTS. THE EVENIN WASHINGTON, D. C, HURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925. Peck Declares Left Leg Is Sound Again : McKimmie to Turn Golf Professional HAS THOROUGHLY TESTED | LIMB HURT Rested for Ten Days Following Games With Giants Last Fall, But Since That Time Has Taken Part in Strenuous Exercise. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. Sports Editor, The Star. OT SPRINGS, Ark., February H paugh in the world series last The stel it healed after his dramatic collapse sct against the Giants, and that he is confident it's as it ever was. “I've given my leg a pretty thor- ough trying out and felt no bad re- sults,” said Peck. “I rested about 10 days or so when I got home last Fall and then took a long hunting trip that would have shown up any weak- s if it had existed. I've done a lot of ice skating this Winter, too, and that's a severe strain on the legs, you know. The fact that my injury was purely muscular in nature and that no tendons were invoived is what makes me feel so sure that my recov- ery has been complete. Of course, 1 haven't had any occasion to do any quick starting or stepping, such as You get in fielding on the diamond, hut T am convinced the old prop will “mot cause me any more worry.” [} Likes Water Treatment. Peck is a firm believer in the effi- eacy of the water treatment here. He claims credit for having brought bout the annual visits of the Nation- »ls; in fact, citing that it was after the good season he had in 1923, when he was the only Washington player o “boil out” in the Spring. that the practice of sending an annual dele- Eation of Griffmen was instituted Rajah, who, incidentally, has no re- ducing to do, his weight seldom vary- ing in Winter or Summer, brought the news that Ruel may be an added starter with the squad here, Muddy having told Peck while the latter was changing trains in St. Louis that he was planning to come here in a few days for a week of tubbing before Roing on to Tampa, where he is due to report the first of the month. Several days’ observation of the players who have been working out under his direction here has convinced Bucky Harrls that, barring accidents, all will be in the best possible con- dition to ald the Nationals to win a second straight pennant when the league season gets under way in mid- April. Players in Good Foru “I never saw a squad in such good shape,” said Harris today. “They are by no means ready for actual base ball, of course, but tjie founda- ilons are well laid. and so far as these who were here to start work on time the first of the week are goncerned there will be no cause for question as to their fitness when the barrier is sprung. Take Coveles- Kie, for instance. Right now he is 13 pounds lighter than when he ended the season with Cleveland last year. This means a whole lot to a veteran like Stan and proves he was actuated by the proper spirit in tak- ing care of himself during the off season. Having so surpius weight to shed, he will not have to weaken himself by melting it off at the last minute and will be able to devote his attention entirely to conditioning his arm when practice on the dia- mond starts. “Ruether already is at his proper poundage, and as this is the first year he has had the bene@t of the treat- ment here, he should get the best start he ever has had. When Rice left here for Tampa he was in perfect physical condition, which usually is the case with Sam, and a couple of weeks there with exercise confined entirely to golf is just what he should have to avoid training down too fine. G Judge Down to Weight. Judge hasn't as ounee to take off, needing only a bit of hardening for his leg muscles and improving his wind, which the hill climbing here will attend to, while Marberry showed up omy 6 pounds heavier than when he left us last Fall, a very gratify- ing thing considering Fred's tend- enoy to take on weight. “The only one who has any consid- erable reducing to do is the last one you would suspect, MecNally, and in his case I am glad to see it. For years Mike had to try hard every Spring to build himself up, having a | rather frail frame, just as I did when T first started out. This winter he succeeded for the first time, and in so doing exceeded the poundage he sought, but he is not downright fat, having just about the right amount of surplus to zive him working margin.” Goslin Also Is 0. K. Harris neglected to men n Goslin fn discussing his charges. but one glance at him would convince any- hody that he is in fine fettle. The Griffs' chief reliance on attack, whose poor condition last year greatly hand- fcapped the etam at the start of the race, is displaying more pep than any other member of the Washington dele- gation. Supplementing the regular bath treatment with daily sojourns in a vapor cabinet, the “cliops” that graced Goose's clas untenance when he came here just a month ago have entirely disappeared, and he now is a perfect picture of health Goslin is not content with tramping ever the hills in the morning and covering many miles on a dance floor every night. i spends practically every available hour in between on the links, and according to at least one authority he has developed into a golfer of parts. The authority in question is Lee P. Flynn. well known 1o followers of things fistic as the “Mayor of Leiperville, and whose stable of boxers ncludes Jack Renault, the French Canadian as- pirant for Dempsey’'s heavyweight crown. Adds to Bank Ro Flynn rather fancies himself as an exponent of the roval and ancient game and, being sportively inclined, ®ot hooked up with Goslin in daily matches on the course for “something on the side.” Goslin contracted the habit of beating Flynn with monoto- nous regularity for amounts ranging from $20 to more than §100 an after- noon, and it was with keen regret that he saw Flynn head back East vesterday to arrange another bout for his principal meal ticket. “If that bird had stuck around here I'd moon own Jack Renault,” is the way Goose puts it. It should not be inferred from these references to Goslin's activities that recreation and social affairs have orowded base ball from -his mind, however. He is cagerly looking for- ward to the start of diamond toil and today voiced the belief he would prove a much more effective hitter this year than last. “] learned something about batting in the world series,” said Goose. “My &tance at the plate was faulty; I was terned too far around. 1 got the wmght angle en the thing during our games with the Giants, and unless I felt concerning the soundness of the leg that caved under Peckin- r shortstopper, delayed in reporting by a combination of business in Cleveland and a train wreck en route, declared today, as he started on his first hike with Manager Harris and_the half dozen other Griffmen here, that he has had no trouble with the injured left limb since IN BIG SERIES 19.—Any apprehensions that may be Fall are not shared by Roger himself. in the sixth game of the post-season strong now as |am mistaken the results of my dis- | covery will be apparent when the | campaign gets under way. There is more than one k in our league with a short right field just waiting to have a ball parked over it, and | thing I've learned the combination to | turn the trick. Any kind of a hit is good, of course, but the longer they re the better, and a swat for the circuit is the best of all. I don't mean that I'm going to try exclu- sively for home runs, but simply that my new system should natyrally pro- duce many more than I have been getting.” Coming from the athlete who last season led all his rivals, even the re- doubtable Babe Ruth, at the business of driving in runs, the ultimate in| tests of effectiveness on attack, this evidence of confidence on Goslin's part is not only plausible, but may be | regarded as more or less significant. YEAR’S SUSPENSION FOR MINOR PILOTS CHICAGO, February 19.—Managers of two clubs in the Mississippi Val- | ley League were suspended today | for a year by M. H. Sexton, presi- | dent of the National Association of | Professional Base Ball Leagues. as| punishment for entering into secret | ide agreements with players. i The managers involved are Cletus | L. Dixon of the 1924 pennant-win- nirg Waterloo (Iowa) club and Jack Lacy, pilot of the Marshalltown (Iowa) | club last season. Both suspensions | |are dated March 1, making the men | ineligible for the 1925 season | PLAYERS BORN, NOT MADE, SAYS SISLER ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 19.—Base ball players are born and not made, and they learn “virtually nothing” at the Spring training camps, in the opinion of George Sisler, playing manager of the St.. Louis Browns. “A training camp Is merely a place where the men can acquire physical condition to prepare them for the pennant race,” Sislgr said. “A player can’t learn anything from a coach. Of course, a pitcher may learn grips, but even there the knowledge he ac- quires is negligible. “After you're born a ball player you have to play steadily to develop Your skill. The greatest school is the daily game.” 4 Sisler said he preferred the college to the sand lot player, other things being equal, “not because he knows any more base ball, but his education will enable him to learn the littie things about base ball that marks thel difference between the big leaguer and the bush leaguer.” BRADY AND ARMOUR WIN $10,000 MATCH ON LINKS PALM BEACH, Fla., Febr 19.— Mi Brady and Tommy Armour, Miami, Fla., professionals, won a 72 hole match and a $10,000 purse made up by Miami and Palm Beach sports- men by defeating Gene Sarazen and Leo Diegel. Hollywood, Fla., profes- sionals, 2 up in the second 36 holes of the match play. The first half of the match was played at Miami Sunday, Brading and Armour standing 6 up at the end of the first 3 MARYLAND RACING DATES BALTIMORE, February 19.—Racing dates for Maryland are due to be ap- proved by the State commission to- day ‘as follows _ Spring. Bowie—April 1-13—11 Havre De Grace—April days. Pimlico—May 1-13—11 davs. all. Havre De Grace—September tober 3—10 days. Laurel—October 6- Pimlico—November 2-14—12 Sowie—November 16- air Meets, Timonium—Septémber 7-1 Marlboro—September 15-19— days, 15 -Oc- PHILS SELL GLAZNER. By the Associated Press Lacy, President Sexton announced. s found guilty of paying a bonus to a plaver for signing. prom!sing | him a percentage of his sale or| |draft price and also secretly giving him release from reservation The | player was Phillip Tanner, who was | fined . o The aterloo club was fined $500 | and the player involved, Orvid Mc- Cracken, was fined $100. In addi-| tion, he was denied his release and | ordered to report to the Milwaukee | club, which had purchased him. STECHER MUST ;XPLAIN. NEW YORK, February 19.—Joe Stecher, wrestler, has been summoned by the New York State Athletic Com- mission to explain a reported confes- sion in Omaha, Nebr., that he “faked” in a recent match with Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stecher, who has a license in this State, appeared here Mgdhlsl‘ Jim Londos Monday night. | | | McGINNITY WILL PITCH. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 19.—The | Man Joe McGinnity, 54 years old, e pects to pitch at least 35 games this ason for the Dubuque Club of the Mississippl Valley League, of which he is manager and part owner. He is starting his 33d professional year. Anniversary of the Nati LXVI—-NATIONAL LEAGUE PRESI FIFTH PR] H there has been none in base ball hist Clay Pulliam ended his term of office by a chain ‘of circumstances that pre: unstrung. He could have been president before | he agyed to accept the office, but de- |clined’ the position,” feeling that he {could not get unanimous co-opera- | tion if he undertook it. When he was | made president it was with the un- derstanding that the league would indorse his administration in every way, but he ascertained, like every man who has undertaken to hold of- | fice in base ball, that leagues promise one minute and forget the mext. Pulliam had men in the National League who would not live up to what they agreed upon, and he had opposition constantly from sources which camé into the league after he did and which resented the efforts of the new president to bring about cer- tain reforms which Pulliam desired to put into effect. Prior to his election the league had gone for a vear with its board of control, which was wholly unsatisfac- tory and which, it was evident to those who had to do with the organ- ization, never would succeed in con- ducting the affairs of the circuit as well as if they were administered by an individual. It was then tha plan was being agreed upon by which a base ball writer of experience was to have been clected secretary and the choice of president was to have fallen upon another who was of many vears of service in base ball. All this fell through when the league started upon another of its perfodical jamborees of politics, and out of the confusion that arose Pulllam was made president because of his friend- ship with every member of the or- ganization, It was his great desire to eliminate what was generally known as rowdy base ball. The roughness of the play- ers and the manner of their play were being criticized everywhere. Um- pires were battling with some of the men most of the time, and while there might have been an element that thought such conduct was enlivening because it showed a sort of uncouth desire to win, there were too many enthusiasts who were remaining away from the games and voicing their reasons as to why they stayed out of the parks. The new president got power from the league to punish offenders, and then his campaign began and with it his troubles, which were many and constant. Naturally he was antag- onized by clubs which thought they had been hard hit by some of the things that he did and the fight on him in time became severe, ARRY CLAY PULLIAM succeeded Nicholas of the National League, and there was no man who entered base 7 ball as an executive whose end was more tragic. any who tried harder to be successful, and, it may also be added, that ~ The outright purchase of Charles Glazner, pitcher, from the Phila- | announced | delphia Nations has been by the Los Angeles club of the Pacifl Coast League. The price was not an- nounced. 5 MANDELI; 15‘ LAID UP. By the Associated Press Sammy Mandell, Rockford. T, lightweight title claimant, will be out of the boxing ring a month, according o Eddie Kane. his manager. Mandell pulled a muscle in his left shoulder while boxing in California. He is tak- ing treatment In Chicago. HOPPE BETTERS LEAD. NEW YORK, February 19.—Willie Hoppe, balkline billiard king, has in creased his lead over Robert Canne- fax, champion at three cushions. At the end of the eighth block the score stood: Hoppe, 480; Cannefax, 430 KAPLAN INJURES HAND. LOS ANGELI 19 Kaplan, world featherweight cham- bruised his hands .so badly receyt fight here with Bud Ridley of Seattle that he will be unfit for action for another three bout with Johnny Farr has been postponed until February Kid March 11 Fifty Years of Base Ball One of a Series of Articles by John B. Foster Commemorating the Fiftieth onal League This Year. DENTS—HARRY CLAY PULLIAM, ESIDENT. . Young as president Nor was there ory, who was pitched into a chaotic condition, who had more to undergo and perhaps more to overcome. Harry with his life, but he was driven to it yed upon his nerves until they were The culminating difficulty of his administration_was the famous ball game in New York, in which Merkle failed to touch second -base. Pulliam thought he decided the case on its merits. He did decide it according to the technical reading of the rules, but there were many persons who thought he could have passed the game along, inasmuch as other play- ers had been accustomed to do ex- actly what Merkle did, and not make a direct issue until another season. Their criticisms were based on sport manship more than on the literal wording of the rules, and Phlliam un- doubtedly worried himself to a condi- tion of despondency over the mat- ter. He did succeed in putting an end to rowdy base ball, and that was one of the greatest achievements that any executive of the National League ever accomplished. (In his next article Foster will tell of Thomas J. Lynch, the National League’s sixth president.) AUTOMOBILE SALESMEN SHOCK ABSORBERS FOR FULL INFORMATION SEE MR. NAUGHTON BARRETT’S GARAG 24th and M Sts. TO BE APPROVED TODAY | in| TAMPA GRIND Special Dispateh to The Star. T AMPA, F only be engendered by the kn: task, members of the world champion today officially inaugurated the 1925 It was a happy aggregation of ath- letes that trotted out on the running track of Plant Field. Gone was that bored attitude that hitherto has marked the beginning of Spring training by the regulars. Only from the rookies usually is expected any- thing approaching enthusiasm at the prospect of a hard drive at a south- ern training camp. The oldest mem- ber of the squad here vied with the youngsters {n the following program as laid down by Mike Martin, the Nationals’ trainer, and who in the absence of aMnager Har collabo- rates with Nick Altrock as acting manager. Tossing the ball, a session with the medicine ball and a slow jog around the half-mile track, which circles the ball field was the order of the day. This procedure will be fol- lowed the rest of the week. After the hurlers have loosened their salary whips to the point of being sore-arm proof, Sir Miquel will instruet Catchers grave and Tate to permit greater liberti But one member of the early squad which had been ordered here for this morning's practice was missing. Joe Martina, Ythe New Orleans oyster merchant, has run afoul of his club's president, and unless he shows up today and satisfactorily explains his delay he will stand suspended BRITISH BOXERS WIN TWO OF FOUR FINALS NEW YORK, amateur boxers February 19.—British last night won two of their four final bouts at Madison Square Garden, equaling their record in the Boston tournament several days ago. Jack Elliott, in the 160-pound class, and Harry J..Mitchell, at 175 pounds, had little trouble in defeating Ray- mond Fay and Stanley Simmons of Pittsburgh. Fay went down four times in his contest, but managed to avoid a knockout | Gogay, 135 pounds, and James O'Hanrahan, 147. were eliminated in the emi-finals by Tommy Lown, the New York lightweight champion, and| Hugh Haggerty of Pittsburgh. The British quartet displayed clever box- ing in the two-night tournamgnt. The British feam will compete in tournament Friday night at the Athletie Club and Simmons, Hag- and Fay will be among their On’ Saturday they sail for a City gerty opponents. home. | SANDLOT MAGNATES TO GATHER TONIGHT 7 | . | } | Reorganization League will take meating of the of the Potomac place tonight at a Washington Base MARTINA ONLY ABSENTEE ebruary 19.—Entering into the arduous routine of Spring training with an enthusi may be their reward if they will but apply themselves closely to their Ball and Athietic Association to be held at Spalding’s, at 8 o'clock Managers of teams (n the unlimited division of the assoliation are re- quested to be present or to send representatives, as several important buriness matters relative to organ- izing and financing sandiot ball are to_be discussed Nominations for officers of the hington Base Ball and Athletic Association have been made as, fol- low 4 For president, Morton Anderson and James F. O'Malley; for secretary, Louis P. Cook and Mrs. Lennie Rock. SHELLS SHIPPE By the Associated Press Four shells designed for the Uni- ¥ of Washington have left Seattle aboard the steamship Harry Luckenbach for the Atlantic coast. They have been consigned to Har- | vard, Syracuse and Princeton univer- sities and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Shells have already been shipped to Columbia University D EAST. WILL SHOW RUTH HOW. By the Assoclated Press. Jock Malone, St. Paul's master box- er, has gone to Hot Springs for three weeks to show Babe Ruth the easiest way to take off weight. Malone says he has taken off about two tons dur- ing training grinds in the last three years. PACERS IN $25,000 RACE. By the Associated Press. s More than 50 of the best pacers in the country have been nominated for the $25,000 American Pacing Derby, which will be decided in Kalamazoo during the Summer, according to H O. Reno, Chicago, its sponsor. The race was first run last year, WOMAN STARS TO PLAY. B the Associated Press. Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd and Miss Glenna Collett are expected to participate in the Florida East Coast golf championship for women, March 3 to 8, at St. Augustine. Mrs. Hurd is the present national champion and Miss Collett a former titlehoider. ALL OF MACKS IN LINE. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., February 19. —Frank Welch, outflelder, today sent his signed contract with the Philadel- phia Americans. “Everybody is now signed up,” sald Manager Connie Mack, “and we are ready to leave for Florida on Friday, Lovejoy shock absorbers are conceded to enhance the rid- ing qualities of any car. They absorb the bmps, jars and do away with riding discomforts and vibrations. IS STARTED; m and determination which could owledge that another championship Washington American League team conditioning grind Of the members of the world cham- pions that took the field this morning, Pitchers Tom Zachary, Paul Zahniser and Allen Russell, Catchers Bennett Cate and Bill Hargrave, Inflelder Ossie Bluege and Coaches Altrock and Schacht helped gather in the title last Fall Clise Dudley was here last Spring, | but did not show enough to warrant ag kept all vear. His part in the was that of a spectator. Brillheart, another pitcher that has been up with the Nationals before; Harry Kelly, the husky twirler_who won 14 games while losing 7 for Memphis last vear, and Jim McNamara, a4 promising young “outhpaw in 1924, completed the squad. With the exception of Kelly, who Is bothered by a cold, all the players are in good shape Kike Martin, the Nationals' hustling trainer, has a two fold Job on his hands, with the starting of the con- ditioning program inaugurated this morning by the ball players. The ball field upon which the champlions practice was no later than last Satir day the scene of the annual Southe Florida, fair. The diamond, as usual, was used site for one of the exhibitions, and Mike has the task of | entirely making oyer the infield Inside Golf Ry Chester Horton. The body has heen stopped too much in the fron shot when the head of the club xhows a tendency to rest on its heel rather than flat on the sole of the head. The| wrists should be slightly depreswed, when the dddress ix being made, xo that they are dow ather than W The wrists do not extend from the arms to the ch RESULT OF STOOPING — CLUBHEAD RESTY ON 1 TS HEEL AT ADDRESS « u in a straight unh Inxtend, the wrists | are preased down- ward until more of un angle is xeen | of between the arms, extending down- ward, and the| ~haft, e xtending toward the ball. Having found thix | position, sfand more erect with the body, not changing the wrist pos tion, until the clubhead liew flat on the ground back of the ball. Then hold the hewd still and click the club- ead through the bal with a fine throw to it and the hands holding firmly clear through the ball. The ball wil then progress toward the green. 1925 (Copyright ) CLUB TO HOLD DANCE. Johnny Harris' Arcadians have been |engaged to furnish the music for the | initial dance of the Mount Rainier Junior Athletic Club at the Arcade | ballroom Monday night. The proceeds | of the affair will go to the organiza- n's fund for equipping its athietic tea PRATT WILL MANAGE. ANN ARBOR, Mich., February 19.— Derrill Pratt, who has been given his unconditional release by the Detroit Tygers, has signed a contract to manage the Waco team in the Texas RED SOX SIGN FUHR. BOSTON, February 19.—Oscar Fuhr, left-handed pitcher for the Boston Americans, has signed his contract for another season FOSTER T0 SIZE UP BIG LEAGUE TEAMS John B. Foster, one of the out- standing authorities on base ball in the country, will make a com- plete swing of the spring training enmps of the big league clubs. He will tell how the teams are shap- ing up and what interesting play- ers are doing in dally telepgraph dispatches to The Star. Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby and the other veterans dear to the fans’ hearts, as well as promixing youths from the minors wd sandlots, will be given atten- on. Foster will visit the Cincinnati Reds at Orlando, Fla.; the New York Giants at Sarasota, Cleve- land at Lakeland, the Philadelphia Nationals at Bradentown. Brook- Iyn at Clearwater, the St. Louis Americans at Tarpon Springs. the St. Louis Natlonals at Stocktom, alif,; Pittsburgh at Paso Robles, the Chicago Nationals at Cata- lina Island, Washington at Tam- pa, Fla.; the Philadelphia Athletics at Fort Myers, Fla.; Detroit at A gusta, Ga.; the Boston Amerieans at New Orleans, the Chicago Amer- fcans =t Shreveport, the Boston Nationals and New York Amer- feans at St. Petersburg, Fla., nnd, many of the important minor league clubs. Watch for the Foster series, bew ginning with his dispatch from New York Monday. i | | OLD LINE ATHLETES SCORE IN BALTIMORE Local athletic talent in the annual all-Baltimore track and fleld games held in the 5th Regiment Armory in Baltimore last night. Uni- versity of Maryland representatives were particularly formidadle, scoring 22 points in the open events to lead others in that fleld and 11 points to finish second to the 5th Regiment squad in the South Atlantic A. A. U. championship totals Other local score ton Canoe Club and School. The Paddlers got 5 points in the South Atlantic rating and 1 point in the open group. Central got L point in the latter. Henry Matthews leading point scorer. \ the open high jump and 60-yard dash and in the 60-yard South Aflan- tic race. Other Maryland scorers were Ed Pugh, second, South Atlantic 300; Roger Whiteford, third, South Atlan- tie 300; Endslow, second, South Atlantic F. A. Middleton, third South Atlantie 600; Danicl Fahey, first, 1,000-vard open; H. Whiteford, second vard open les Pugh, first Smith. second, ran the 60 in scored heavily were Washing- Central High was Maryland's He was second Joe 600 open. 5 seconds, Jack Alberry of W Club ran a good rac mile South Atlantic pionship, wh F. R mate, finished third open run Central High School's lone point was registered by R. H. Willis with a rd place in the open high jump. YALE AND PENN FOURS WILL RENEW RIVALRY NEW YORK, Febru 19.—The duel between the one-mile relay teams Yale and Pennsylvania will be refewed next Tuesday night in the track meet at Madison Square Garden for the benefit of the fund to aid the Cathedral of St. John the Devine | Yale was victorious last Saturday night at the New York A. C. meet, but the Blye's margin was narrow. Pennsylvania’s quartet is the same combination which will be sent to England to meet Oxford and Cam- bridge runners in the Spring. MADRID’S STAR GOLFER WILL PLAY IN AMERICA MADRID, February golf club of Madrid has decided to send its instructor, Angel de L Torre, to the United States this ring to compete in American cham- pionship contests. De La Torre last year tied for sec- ond place in the first round of the Glasgow thousand guineas tourna. ment and was defeated in the sem finals in the Gleneagles tournament by Abe Mitchell CORNELL HEADS LIST IN ENTRIES FOR MEET NEW YORK, February 1n~r‘nrnvn.! with 111 entries, leads the list of colleges in the fourth annual inter- collegiate indoor track and fleld meet | at the 102d Engineers Armory here | March 7. Harvard has Yale, 5¢. and Penn ner, 79 Othsr entries Princeton, 6 Pugh shington Canoe to win the two- ey cham- Hayden, a team- in the 100-yard 19.—The royal nominated 91, are i : Penn State, 50:| sorgetown, 38: Massachusetts Insti- | tute of Technology. 32: Bo Col- lege, vracuse, 26; Mair gers and New York University, 17: Holy Cross, 12; Brown, 9; Colby, §:| Lafayette, 5, and Fordham, | Lists from 12 other colleges are ex- pected before the entries close: ¢ | KWMABK. 19.—Arne | swimmer, | BORG, LOWERS TAN: MIAMI, Fla,” February Borg, Sweden's premier | lowered his own half-mile world | record for free-style swimming in a | tank here, when he swam the $50- | ards in 10 minutes 36-4 His new mark was 14-3 second faster than his mark of 10:38 3- made at Stanford, Colo, on May 1924, . AUBURN AFTER SIMMONS. SYRACUSE, N. Y., February 19.— Roy Simmons, captain of the Syracuse foot ball team in 1924 and recently | designated for appointment as an_ as- | sistant coach here next Fall, has been | offered a_proposition to go to Auburn, | Ala., as first assistant in foot ball and base ball. SEE{BOUT ‘WITH MUNN. CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 19.— Ed “Strangler’ Lewis meets Tom | Draak and Stanislaus Zbyszko takes on William Demetral in the main matches of ‘a wrestling tournament here tonight to decide who will meet Wayne Munn, claimant of the heavyweight champion- ship. PIRATES PLAY GRIFES, PITTSBURGH, February 19.—Three exhibition games this season with American League clubs have been scheduled to be played at Forbes Field with the Piratés. The champion Wash- ington team will appear here on July 6. according to the schedule: Phila- delphia, August 17, and Detroit, on Sep- | tember 2. LONG TENNIS BATTLE. By the Associated Press. Australian doubles teams played a remarkable tennis match in the Vic- torian championships at Melbourne recently, when L. E. Baker and J. Clemenger of New South Wales de- feated R. Wertheim and R, E. Schle- singer of Victoria by scores of 3—6, 6—4, 3—6, 6—4, 23—21. The contest required 4 hours and 10 minutes. ' VAN HEUSEN atent the Worlds Smages‘t COLLAR PHILLIPSJONES NEW YORK. " . I\ We are in a position to offer a splendid opportunity for additional revenue in connec- tion with the car yoif sell. Investigate this attractive proposition. West 2880 THE smartness and economy of the Van Heusen come from thie fact that it is woven in one piece. . It is bandless, seamless, starchless —nothing pieced together -— . A. CHAMPION TO TAKE BERTH AT INDIAN SPRING To Accept Offer as Caddie Master and Assistant Pro’ Ranked Next to Roland MacKenzie in D. C. Amateur Ranks for 1924. BY W. R. McCALLUM. R professional. CLIEF McKIMMIE, for several years a member of the Bannock burn Golf Club and the present holder of the amateur champion- ship of the Middle Atlaftic Association, has decided to tu McKimmie has been offered a job as caddie master and assistant clul) maker at Indian Spring by Tom Moore, president of the club, and has de cided to accept He will know definitely the first part of next week, and probably will take up his new duties immediately. McKimmie is the third amateur of the Bannockburn Club to go into the professional ranks within a few years. William Mackie of that club accepted a professional job in the Midwest several years ago: George T. Cunningham, a former c¢lub cham- pion, went with Mackie as assistant pro two years ago, and McKimmie has been looking for a professional berth for several months, With a splendid tournament record over the past five years, McKimmie's g improved so much last year that he won two major events, and was classed by most observers as sec- ond only to Roland R. MacKenzle for the season He won the Middle Atlantic cham- pionship at Richmond last June, d feating in turn Albert R. MacKen: the champion, Roland MacKenzie and finally Walter R. Tuckerman, a for- mer champion v Last Fall he won the tournament of the Town 4 Country Club frc good field, and few days late went to Indian Spring, where he 1 the entire field through 54 holes the 72-hole medal play champio of the District of Columbia, on falter on the final 18 and lose single shot to Roland M McKimmie's consistency in the Dis- trict event, where he finished wit 72-hole total of 310, was a splendid proof of the improvement in his game. McKimmie had sought the post of professional at the Burning o but was informed t had been promised to Ralph Ecach, if the lat- ter wanted it. McKimmie goes to with a wealth of expe nd in club-making. As a vo he was in the shop of a well k professional. Spring THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG, President Izaak Walton League of America. > and talk. Recently T looked over a number of newspapers, ONSERVATION of wild life and of our native scencry and w places, a few years ago a subject of virtually no gencral discussion or, I am afraid, interest, has become a matter of everyday news nd in a large pre portion I found something having to do with this subject on the first page. Very place containing news artic YANKEE POLO TEAM CALLED BEST EVER NEW American YORK team February which took the field last Summer at Meadowbrook was the | and published “The Diary o Maj. | Wrangler.” reported | seller. inest Francis the that ever played.” said Yates-Brown, who international polo competition for the London Times, at a meeting of the English Speaking Union yester- day.e “1¢ this téam could make a world tour,” he said. “I think they would find some players in India to interest them. A game, for instance, between the Ameri. princes would be a sight to see. “All of the English on Long Island last Summer, from the Prince of Ivania, last year's win- | Wales down, were most interested in | learning Amer methods, parti larly the business-like attitude which the Americans took in tackling polo. 1 believe these polo matches do more to bring about a fundamental under- san world than gatherings any other international in the end! Most Styles $10 “City Club Shop” 1318 G St would be a magnificent thing| few issues, indecd, of any newspapers get s on some phase of conscrvation of wild lifc | | 19.—The | ple are interested in. | LORSHEIM customers don't have to come back—so often! That’s why they all come back— Now ready with over fifty snappy new Spring Styles by without sor This is an indication of public op ion, than which nothing is stronger n determining national or local pc cies. The spread of this subjéct to s corners of America and its positior as a matter of news value is signif cant. Newspaper editors have the hands on the pulse of the people and they print what they know the peo-, Struthers Burt has recently writtert al 1t looks like a Certainly it is very popul to date. It created wide atte 2 when it ran serially in the Saturda Evening Post. 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