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SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUE DAY, MARCH 3, 1925. SPORTS. Michelsen Winner of 10-Mile Marathon : Richards’ Tennis Star in Ascendancy EPIPHANY-PULLMAN GAME TOPS ALOY TOURNEY CARD NEW YORKER AFTER DUEL WITH BOOTH TAKES RACE Latter, Who Leads Most of Way, Is Beaten by Less Than Stride—Event Is Run in Fast Time. Leach, First Local Man, Is Seventh. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HITEY MICHELS W this morning in the 10-mile , wearing the colors of Cygnet Athletic Club of East Port Chester, N. Y., was first to cross the finish line modified marathon run over the city streets from the east front of the Capitol to the Zero Milestone on the Ellipse he East Port Chester distance minutes 33 4-5 seconds, just 2 year. Michelsen's victory came after traveler covered the distance in 53 minutes 1 second faster than the time made by James Morris, Philadelphian, who won a similar race here last | a 'stirring duel with Verne Booth, former johns Hopkins University running star, now competing for Mill- rose Athletic Association of New York. Booth led the field of 150 starters the greater part of the route, but Michelsen alway Within a hundred finish the Cygnet man managed to ®et just ahead of Booth and main- tained the slight advantage to the end. Booth finished less than a fifth of a second behind Michelsen, the time difference being so slight that those holding the watches could not record it, President Coolidge was at the Zero Milestone to see the finish of the r- Following Michelsen and Booth the finish was William Kyronen of Finnish-American Athletic Club of New York, for some years prominent in long-distance running in the East. Next was Bill Meyer of Shanahan Catholic Club of Philadelphia, while Herb Tranter, Booth's teammate, | finished fifth. = William Agee, Balti more man who holds the South At- lantic A. A. U. cross-country title, was sixth. Melvin Leach, who ran seventh, was the first Washington entrant to get to the finish. The Navy Yard Marine, who has been running so well in the preparatory races conducted the past few weeks by Aloysius Club, was about a minute and a half behind the wictor at the milestone. Eighth place went to Morris, the 2924 race winner. Trailing him im- mediately was Dan Healy, veteran Washington athlete. He did the 10 miles fn 55 minutes 58 seconds. The tenth finisher was Clarence Mead of Cygnet Athletic Club. His time was 57 minutes 43 seconds. Cygnet Athletic Club made a strong bld for the club team trophy, four of the first 13 men to cover the route sporting its colors. Officlal check of the order of finish to.be made this atternoon was expected to return the East Port Chester organization winner of the team prize as well as provider of the race victor. Great Duel for Victory. When the runners were started from the east front of the Capitol by Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, com- mandant of the Marine Corps, a squad including Booth, Michelsen, Morris, Myer, Kennedy and Kyronen jumped out in front of the remainder of the contestants. They had traveled only a few blocks east on Pennsylvania avenue before they were well ahead of the other runners. After two miles had been covered, Morris was in the lead, with Booth in second place and Michelsen third Kennedy and Myers were just behind and Leach following them. Healey then was running In eleventh posi- tion. There was little change among the leaders in the next three miles, but after the half-way point was turned several shifts in the forward squad occurred. Mayer was ,in front then with Booth second and Agee third, all closely bunched. Michelsen was fourth and James Neighbor of Gal- laudet College fifth, a couple of min- utes behind the leading trio. Healy was running tenth, just behind Morris. Neck and Neck Near Fininh. There was a general shake-up in the positions of the runners when the first had reached Eighteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, near the end of the elghth mile of the trying race. Booth and Michelsen were abreast as they turned from the Ave- nue into Eighteenth street, with Ky- ronen, Meyer and Agee running neck and neck about 15 yards behind them About two minutes later Leach, Tranter and Morris made the turn. Healy and Mead followed. Swinging into the Ellipse for the last five-elghths of a mile grind, Booth was in front, Michelsen second, Kyronen third, Meyer fourth and Agee fifth. On the way around the oval Tranter spurted, passing Leach | first and Agee next. Leach then made a game bid to overhaul Agee, but was not quite equal to the task. Michel- sen ran almost even with Booth until just before the finish was reached, ihen stepped out to a victory. University of Maryland probably will recelve the trophy awarded the first college to have five runners get to the finish after the official check this afternoon. Wilfred Froelich of the College Parkers was the first var- sity runner to reach the zero mile- stone. He was fifteenth in the order of yards of the | t| | \ | | \ \ ; { 1 Others Up In Race. Runners to finish after the up to 40 follow: 11. Frank T. Zuna (unattached), 3 12 13 14 first 10 Newark, , Cygnet A. C. ‘ygnet A. C. Washington Canoe Rino Verderos en Russell, Horace W. Dunnigan, Club. Wiltred land. Johu St. Clair, Nativity Catholic Club. W. Wubblnnen, New York A. C | Robert Platt, Germantown Boys' Club. Veggio Peterson, Nativity. eller, Nativity. . Nick Giannakupolos, Millrose A. C. Max L. Wendler, Sutivity. Joseph Shanley, Aloysius. Albert Patruska, University of May Aloysius_Seipel, sius.. George Berger, Nativity. Charles Jordan, Nativity. Charles F. Remsberg, University of Mary- land . James Kane, Nativity. Willlam Johanning. Millrose. Frank E. Smith, unattached, Washington. Leon §. Henrich, Gallaudet’ College. Grattan_Montague, Aloysius. Albert Shaw, Apache A Aubrey E. Abbott (unattac ton, Willlam E. Peters, Emorywood A. C., Bal- imore. Cecil ¥ Cole, University of Maryland. Russ Bowers, Germantown Bo; Philadelphis George Sinson, Scranton, Pa. John Rosi, Cygnet A. C. o STANAGE TO HELP COBB. By the Associated Press. Oscar Stanage is the latest catcher who will coach pitchers during the coming season. He has been signed by Detroit and returns to that club, which he served for a dozen years prior to 1821, Since 1921 he has been in the minors,. FOLEY KEEPS RING TITLE. TORONTO, March 3.—Vie Foley ot Vancouver, B. C. successfully de- fended his Canadian bantamweight title for the second time in this city when he defeated Howard Mayberry of Hamilton last night fn & 10-.ound fight. E. Froehlich, University of Mary- ., Washington. fed), Washing- Club, March 3.—Ad light - heavy- PHILADELPHIA, Stone, Philadelphia weight, was awarded the referee's decision over Lee Anderson, Boston negro boxer, at the end of a 10-round bout last night, after the judges had disagreed. was at his heels. NURMI EQUAI.S MARK; TEAM RECORD IS SET EW YORK, March 3.—Paavo Nurmli, Finland's record-breaking ath- lete, equaled his own world mark in a mile-and-a-half race, the feature of the 714th Regiment Armory games last night. Nurmi ran the distance in 6:39 2-5, tying the time made in the Millrose A. meet January 2§ at Madison uare Garden. The Finn was the class of a ficld of three starters, which included Willie Goodwin, New York A. C. star Nurmi won by more than 100 yards, his only opponent after the first half of the race being time. One other world record was shat- tered in the meet when Willie Ritola and Ilmar Prim, running as a team in the three-mile team race, ran the distance in 12:29 4-5, bettering the mark of 13:10 made earlier this year by August Fager and Prim. S. A. OUTDOOR MEET LISTED FOR MAY 23 BALTIMORE, March 3 —Spurred on by the enormous success of the re- cent Johns Hopkins-5th Regiment in- door games, the committee in charge of the annual South Atlantic Associ- atlon, A. A. U. outdoor track and field championships anticipates the greatest and biggest competition in the history of the organization when the starter's gun sends the athletes down the cinder path on May 23. Chairman George J. Horn an- nounced that the annual title compe- tition will be held in the Baltimore Stadium if the park board can be in- duced to put the track in suitable condition. The committee agreed that the spacious bowl would be the per- fect site for the championship test, but if any obstacle Intervenes Home- wood Fleld will again be the scene of the meet. A card of 16 events has been ar- ranged and with the renewed inter- est in track and fleld competition since the advent of Paavo Nurmi, the sensational Finnish runner, the com- mittee anticipates a banner entry list. The program will consist of the 100 and 220 yard dashes, 440, 880, mile and mile runs; 120-yard high hurdles and 220-yard low hurdles, 3-mile walk, pole vault, 16-pound shot-put, running high and broad jumps, running hop, step and jump; discus throw and javelin thro It is hoped that Paavo Nurmi, Willie Ritola, Frigerio Myra, the champion Finnish javelin thrower; Hareld Osborne and other interna- tional and Olympic champions will be drawn by the nine special invitation events planned by the Southern Ath- letic Association commitiee. BENCH IS DECLARED BEST YALE ATHLETE NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 3.— Edward C. Bench of Galena, 111, was awarded the Johnny Mack trophy as being the best all-around Yale ath- lete. This cup, competed for annually, was presented to Yale in memory of its crack coach. To win it a Yale athlete must gather the highest total score in a series of events, including the high jump, broad jump, low hurdles, shot- put, hammer throw, 50-yard dash and 100-yard run. Bench, a varsity foot ball player, is also a track man, swimmer and bas- ket ball player. B He was recently voted the best all- around athlete by his classmates. TERRIS DEFEATS MORAN IN A 12-ROUND SCRAP NEWARK, N. J., March 3.—Sid Ter- ris, New York lightweight, recetved a newspaper verdict over Pal Moran of New Orleans in a twelve-round bout here last night, which was en- livened by trouble among spectators at the ringside during the fifth round. Police were called on to restore quiet, Terris weighed 134 and Moran 135, The New York man, who recently lost a decision to Sammy Mandell of Rockford, 1L, jabbed to victory with his left hand, displaying a speed which Moran could not match. —e CUBAN WOULD BATTLE FOR LEONARD’S CROWN NEW YORK, March 3.—Aramis del Pino of Havana is in New York to fight for the lightweight title recéntly relinquished by Benny Leonard. Ac- cording to his story, he has a good claim to recognition as one of the island's leading lightweights, hav- ing knocked out the champion, Lalo Dominguez, in a_bout in Florida, Which was not, however, of a title variet: The Cuban Boxing Commission ha: named Cirilin Olano to . represent Cuba, but Del Pino declares that he will ‘put his case before the New York State " Athletic Commission, which is sponsoring the tournament. LEVI FACES A BIG TASK TO LIVE UP TO “CHIEF” John Levi, the biggest Indian base ball has ever known, will hereafter be known as “Chief,” rather a com- monplace nickname, yet one borne by several great athletes. Levi has much to accomplish if he would out- shine the great chiefs of the game, such as Sockalexis, Bender, Yellow-~ horse and Meyers. {8ig Jim Thorpe, the great Cariisle athlete, got in and out of major league base ball without being called “chiet He was plain | MARYLAND AND C. U. FLOOR TILT TONIGHT Basket ball among the local colleges will end for the Winter tonight with the game between Catholic University and the University of Maryland at College Park. Play in Ritchie Gymnasium is to start at 8 o'clock. It will be the second meeting of the season between these teams. In a tilt at Brookland in January Maryland defeat- ed Catholic University, 18 to 14. Catholic University invaded George Washington University's gymnasium last night and was beaten by the Hatchetites, 32 to 12. In taking revenge upon the Brooklanders for an early-season defeat, the Hatchetites, in closing their 1925 campaign, ran wild in the second half to pile up a big winning margin. In the first half the teams played fair- Iy even, the Hatchetites ho'ding a 13-to-10 advantage at the end of the period. But with Sawyer and Brown leading a furious attack in the second half, Catholic University was brushed aside, a fleld goal by Garvin being all the Brooklanders could collect In- the session Sawyer, George Washington forward, was the leading sharpshooter of the fray. He pocketed the ball from scrimmage six times, accumulating as many points as the entire Catholic University team. AMATEUR CUE HONORS GO TO F. S. APPLEBY NEW YORK, March 3.—Francis S. Appleby of New York gained the na- tional amateur 18.2 balkline billiard champlonship last night by defeat- ing John A. Clinton, jr., of Pitts- hurgh, 300 to 289, in a play-off match. TIGERS HAVE CHANCE FOR DOUBLE HONORS BY LAWRENCE If Ohio State wins the Western Conference basket ball race now nearing its close and Princeton wins the Eastern intercollegiate title, there will be no need of an intersectional game to select a champion. “or Princeton defeated Ohio State in the course of her Christmas trip to the Middle West. Ohio State might put forth the contention that this was an early season game and not a true line-up on the merits of the Buckeye team. There will be all sorts of logical warrant in this point, but if foot all be a precedent it will not hold water for asecond. For, as in the case of intersectional gridiron games, the defeated team is held to the con- sequences of its beating irrespective of when the game took place. It is an interesting fact that Ohio State and Indiana, who have been well up among the leaders in the Big Ten basket ball race, have never won a Western Conference court title. All in all there are five Big Ten members that have yet to win an un- djsputed conference championship. hey are Ohio State, lowa, Michi- gan, Indiana and Northwestern, Michigan and lowa have figured in one tie. Since 1912 the conference throne has been occupied § out of 14 times by Wisconsin. Part of the time the occupancy has been exclusive, but she .has had to share the seat of honor. Four times, to be precise, hav the Badgers worn the crown. So ha Chicago. Minnesota has held the title twice and Ilinois and Purdue one each. Of all the Big Ten, Wisconsin has shared in the greatest number of ties, four in number. Michigan, too, has sort of a repu- tation. She can go afield and get very nicely trimmed, but on her own dirt floor in the Yost Feld house she is almost unbeatable. Indiana is the one conference five which seems to know how to beat the Maize and Blue at Ann_Arbor. PERRY. . GLEN ECHO DIAMONDERS TO START NEXT WEEK Members of the Glen Echo base ball nine expect to get their first workout early next week, when re- pairs to the playing field have been completed. Officers of the organization will be elected Thursday night at the Glen Echo post office. Last season Glen Echo made a good record in the Montgomery County League and intends to enter the cir- cuit again this Spring. probably will fill a vacancy in the loop caused by the withdrawal of the Rockville team. PRSI GRID RULES CONFAB SET FOR NEXT WEEK NEW YORK, March 3.—Recommen- dations for & number of important changes in the foot ball playing code, as framed by college coaches and offi- cials, will be acted upon when the foot ball rules committee holds its annual meeting here March 13 and 14. At the same time no radical shifts are likely to develop at the meeting, called by E. K. Hall, chairman of the committee. Agitation to alter the rules govern- ing the forward pass, which served as a lively Midwinter topic, appears to have subsided and the national rule- makers are not expected to change the aerial game or any of its fea- tures. Four changes which have been urged by officials and coaches in- clude: Abolitior of giving first down on offside penalty unless penalty giv- en offensive team ball beyend point to be gained; restoration of kick-off to kicker's 40-yard line, instead of mid- field, with permission to use tee of not more than 4 inches in height; fix- ing _ responsibility for watching roughness against kicker upon head- linesman, instead of referee, and abolition of giving first down on blocked kick behind line of scrim- mage if recovered by kicker's side, unless ball is recovered at or be- yond point to be gained Silver Spring * A CLASH between the Epiphany Big Five, conquerers of the Senecas, and the Pullman quint, that downed the District National Guard, team, is the main attraction scheduled for tomorrow night in the championship basket ball tournaments being conducted by Aloysius Club at Gonzaga gymnasium. Three meetings between junior fives also are sched uled, the Balto Athletic Club encountering the Cardinals in the opener at 6 o'clock, Boys' Club Superiors tackling the Wintons and the Aloysius Juniors taking on the winner of the Baito-Cardinal tilt Besides_the Anacostla Eagles and |at Georgetown Univ the Boys' Club Celtics, who qualified for the third rounds of the tourna- ments _on Sunday by defeating the Holy Name Senlors and the Dark- horse Junfors, respectively, the Rose- dales, Woodside M. E., Comforter Juniors and Stantons were victorious in their second games. Rosedales de- feated the Tremonts, 23 to 14; Wood- side M. E. tossers eliminated the Kanawhas with a score of 19 to 16; Comforter Juniors downed the Peer- less Preps, 12 to 7, and Stantons nosed out the Boys' Club Coaches, 23 to 2 Epiphany's fast court five had little to offer against the slashing attack of the Catholic University freshmen on George Washington University court, the count being 41 to 15. Long and Harvey of the college five scored elght, and six fleld goals, respectively. Eastern Athletic Awsociation bas- keters are scheduled to clash with the R. E. Knight team in Alexandria to- morrow night, and on Thursday will meet the Mount Vernon quint at Cen- tral High gymnasium. Holy Name Senfors, who gave the Anacostia Eagles a close run before being ellminated from the senlor di- vision of the Aloysius tournament, are after another game With the Eagles and are challenging the City Club, Stantons and Mount Vernons. Manager Sparks may be reached at Lincoln 1784, Teamx participating in the 1 pound championship tourney will play their third round tomorrow morning ersity gymnasiun Mount Vernc will encounter starting at 11 o'clock Athletic Assoclation the National Athletic Club in the opener and St. Patrick’s takes on the Army Boys' Club an hour later. Kan- awhas and Rainbows ¢lash at 1 o'clock; Boys' Club and Tremonts, at 2; Epiphany Juniors and Cardinals, at 3, and Columbia Sients and War- wicks, at 4 o'clock. National Juniors qualified for the third reund by de- feating the Anacostia Bagles Juniors, 22 to 19, Staging a rally in the fourth period, Northern Juniors tied the count on the Rovers at 19 to 19, at the end of regulation time, and won the game in an extra period, by ore of 26 to 21. the hoop for 12 the Camp Meade Naval Receiving Capt Dodwon foun fleld goals when five defeated the Station, 37 to 34 Lyeeum tossers, who meet the Peck Reserves at St. Domi- nic’s Hall tonight, won a last-minute victory from the Knights of Colum- bus, 42 to 36. Three field goals by Schwartz gave the winners a comfort- able margin at the end. Calvary M. E. towwers and the Quincy Athletic Club are bookea for a contest at Calvary gymnasium to- night 2. basketers will en- Ipine five at Silver tomorrow night Woodside M. tertain the Spring Armory Argyles fell before the strong Pull- man quint, the score being, 26 to 2 N. C. MEETS TULANE |GRID WORK STARTED FOR TOURNEY TITLE s ATLANTA, Ga., March North Carolina, defending champion, and Tulane will meet in the final of the Southern Conference basket ball tournament here tonight Both teams won easily in the semi- finals last night, North Carolina routing Georgia, 40 to 18, and Tulane running roughshod over Mississippl University, 44 to 23 Tulane's score was a record for the event Tulane is held a slight favorite by the so-called experts for the final tonight, although it s conceded by the fans to be “anybody’s game. E. Henican of Tulane, runner-up to Cobb of North Carolina in individual scoring for the meet, added 17 to his string. Cobb scored 15, and is lead- ing, 57 to 53. North Carolina showed excellent teamwork throughout, leading Geor- gla, 22 to 7, at half time. Although Cobb was the heavy scorer, the work of Purser at guard featured the Tarheels' play. He got 9 points In addition to playing a great figor game. Tulane scored 5 field goals before Mississippi _ registered, and had piled up a 21-to-6 lead when inter- mission was called Bryson, the losers' left forward, was about the whole Mississippi team, getting 14 of its points. Mercer Challenges. Ga.,, March 3.—Mercer basketeers, winners of the 8. L A. A. champlonship crown for two conmsecutive years, will issue 2 challenge to play the win- ners of the Southern Conference tournament in Atlanta. MACO! University BY THE NAVY SQUAD Md.. March ever befor: 3.—On a Spring ANNAPOLIS, larger scale tha foot ball practice began at the Naval | under the direc- the new coach. A Academy yesterday. tion of Jack Owsley, It will continue for three weeks. squad of 40 reported. Among the regulars on Lentz (captain-elect) and Eddy, guards; Osborn, center, and Flippen, Hamilton and Born, backs. Many foot ball men are members of the Spring sports, but an arrange- ment has been made by which some of them can give a small their time each afternoon to foot ball Owsley stated that he would devote the first portion of the practice to drills in fundamentals, so that the squad would .be ready for more am- bitious work in the Fall Lacrosse also got under way, George Findlayson, the veteran coach in that branch, being on hand. In spite of the cold weather, there was a good outdoor practice, The squad had been working in the big loft of the Engineering Building. U. S. ATHLETES SCORE IN GAMES AT OXFORD OXFORD, England, March 3.-—Amer- ican Rhodes scholars took first and second places in the weight putting event at Oxford University's annual athletic competitions yesterd: R. L. Hyatt of Harvard won the event with a toss of 39 feet 10 Inches, and H. M. Cleckley of Georgin came next with 37 feet 7 inches. R. H Jack of Pennsylvania finished second in the low hurdles and Cleckley was third hand were THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG, President Izaak Walton League of America. P RANK DECKER has lost his mule. game hunter late last Fall and came near to be eaten as an elk. Decker’s mule, it seems, was peacefully grazing in the Montana The mule was bagged by a big hills when some hunter from the East sneaked up on him and opened fire. Gardiner. Game Warden Demashar came on the carefully prepared body of the mule while the hunter was away. Amazed at seeing a mule evidently ready- to become steaks and rib he hid nearby and awalted developments. Pretty soon the hunter returned, accompanied by a rancher whom he had gone after for help in carrying his bag to town. As soon as the rancher saw the trussed mule, he burst into uncontrollable laughter in which the game warden, coming from hiding, joined him. The hunter was so chagrined that he left his “elk steak a la mule” where it was and returned to town. The mule belonged to Decker. And now comes the anti-climax. The game warden went to the office of the Gardiner News and told the story to the editor. A bystander be- came interested in the story and when the warden had finished, he asked, “I wonder what he did with the horns.” Of course this hunter is not alone. Every Fall, almost, we hear of inno- cent hunters trying to feast on cor- morants, thinking they are “black geese”; and the the barnyard duck, in hunting regions, is never safe dur- ing the open season. But we must admit that this is the first time we ever knew a man to dress out & mule. — Capt. Ralph Scrivener will direct the Initial workout of the Alexandria High School base ball squad at Hay- den Fleld tomorrow afternoon. The Alexandria basket ball quint lost to Swavely Prep at Manassas, 30 to 23. R. 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Ave. Store No. 2,'1200 H St. N.E, portion of | | | GONZAGA HIGH NINE TO PLAY 13 GAMES With a schedule of 13 contests al- ready arranged, Coach Sulllvan of Gonzaga High School will lssue the call for base ball candidates late this week and Is expecting more than 30 players to turn out for the squad.| Practices will be held on the Georg: own University freshman diamond. | While pitchers are scaree at Gon- ‘aga this season, the other positions m the team are likely to be filled | ith veteran material from last vear’s | quad. Gaghan and Nee are available r the backstopping work, while cisher will be back on the first sack, 'Doncghue at second, Fitzgerald at hird and Gartland at shortstop. For duty in the outfield, Dwyer and Costello are the only players on the roster at present. Stevens, who pitch- «d for St. John's last Spring, is at- tending the I street school, and is be- ing counted on to do at least a part of the hurling for Sullivan's team. The schedule April 1. Emerson; 6, Tech: 0. Business; 13, Alexandrin: 17, Western; 4, Eastern; 27, Central; 30, Emerson. May 5, Business: 7. Alexandri: George- town Freshmen; 14, Bastern; 20, Georgetown Prep. o D. C. CANOE CLUB TEAM TO SWIM BALTIMOREANS BALTIMORE, March 3.—The Bal- timore Athletic Club will hold its second dual swimming meet of the season Saturday in its North Charles street pool, entertaining the Wash- ton Canoe Club in a program of full South Atlantic style. The same events as are held in the champlonships will be on.the card. A return meet is scheduléd for the following Saturday at the Congres- sional Country Club in Washington. The local team, which had no dif- culty in defeating George Washing- ton University in its first dual meet in 10 years ‘only recently, will be strengthened by the addition of How- ard, South Atlantic plunge champion. FIFTY VPLAYERS REPORT FOR BASE BALL AT YALE EW HAVEN, Conn., March 3.— With the reporting of candidates for positions other than pitcher or catch- er, Yale's base ball squad jumped up to 50. The battery working out three weeks. Of last year's varsity following have reported: Lindley, second base and outfield; Wear, left field; Neale, center fleld; Ewing, short, and Kaikee, second base. Weed, substitute first base and outflelder; Jenkins, captain of the hockey team, a substitute infielder, and Bartram of the second team, also reported. candidates have been under Joe Wood for team the KYRONEN BACK IN U. S. By the Assoclated Press, Willie Kyronen, famous Finnish long-distance runner, has returned to America and will be one of Willie Ritola's opponents in a 5,000-meter race at the Greek-American A. C. games in New York March 12. Paa- vo Nurmi will run two miles. GOLF MEETING DELAYED. By the Associated Press. Lack of a quorum prevented the regular meeting in Chicago of the Women's Western Golf Association yesterday. The adjourned meeting was set for April 6. William T. Tilden, the famous lawn tennis player, has for a mascot a four-leaf clover that once belonged Impressiveness of Play in By the Associated Press N EW YORK, March 3 perts who had been predict would break through to the real cause for satisfaction. grounded that he never would reac! In fact, in the nationa! championship singles There remained r last season that Richards had “arriv expectation of further improvement one player having the best chance of GOVERNMENT LEAGUE T0 HAVE FIVE NINES General Accountants fending their championship laurels for the third time when the Gov- ernment Base Ball League opens its schedule on Monday, April 27, the champions for three years encoun tering the Government Printing Of- fice team. Five teams will make up the circuit this season—General Ac- counting Office, Government Printing Office, Commissioners, Interstate and Patent Office, Officers of the will be de- league have been elected as follows: A. B. Evans, Li- brary of Congress, president; E. R. Hendley, Interstate Commerce Com- mission, vice president, and B. B Barrett. Department of secretary-treasurer. With only five clubs in the league each team will be able to play twice each week. BELMONTS MAY ROLL IN INTERCITY MATCH Belmont bowlers of the National Capltal League, who rank with the topnotchers ro'ling on Washington alleys and who came into the lime- light by hanging up a District rec- ord, with a set of 1,861, on February 6, have plans under way for an inter- city match with the Palace team of Martinsburg, W. Va. Manager Morgan has accepted the West Virginians' challenge and ex- pects to set dates for two halves of a 10-game match, total pins to count, within a day or two. The Belmonts undoubtedly are the star duckpinners of the city. For the present season the lowest overage of any member of the team is 112-36 and Morgan, who is high man, is rolling 117-10. Individual records: G Sp. L 1) Weidman . 60 138 Miller . 80 149 €immons .. 57 1 Phillips ... 57 141 RACE CK PLANNED. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 3.— Plans for a $600,000 track for horse racing, to be constructed at Oldsmar, 15 miles from this city, have been HS 433 301 386 373 397 Morgan 11630 11543 11331 11238 to Abraham Lincoln. announced. catching his second wind, Richards leaped startling strides that he dislodged “Little Bill” Johnston ranking position and came perilously close to toppling * Commerce, | YOUNG NETMAN’S RECENT IMPROVEMENT STARTLING 1924 Campaign Stampe Vincent as Racketer Having Best Chance of Threatening Tilden’s Long Reign. st sea gc g annually that \ » top of the a conviction had becor h the ultimate pea forward in = tenni » doubt in the minds of obse ed,” and this in his threater Others possibili ston, who f of America's Big 1 fornian has p Richards, young fident, is on the lin Cali while and ing the ambitious upgrade In Heavy Campaign. Undertaking in 1924 campaign he had ever taken, R ards came out with colors flving. Hig was defeated by Jean Borotra, Frenca star and the ultimate victor, in the Wimbledon championships, but capk, tured the Olympic singles crown frome a notable ficld at Paris, and also took {the doubles t paired with Frank | Hunter. | Returning to th | ards rose to great tional singles | he fought Tilden |a five-set thriller that supplied the tournament’s real climax, inasmuch as the champion in his next and final atch ea ered Johnston A week hards smothered Johnston, hss old Nemesis, with sur- sing ease in the East-West ches. He put the crowning touch his campaign when, selected for the first time for the Davis cup sin- gles, he conquered Patterson and O'Hara Wood, the Australian stars the heavies: country, Rich- ghts in the Forest Hills, where a standstill fn N Much Stronger Now. Much of Richards’ improvement last son was due to development of a stronger service and the addition of weight, which increased his power and endurance. These were the fac- tors he most needed to reinforce the versatility he had acquired as a pro- tege of Tilden Most of Richards’ meteoric progress has been linked with the influence of the present national champion. His- first national triumph came in 1917, when, as a youth of 14, he won the boys' championship. A year later he startled the tennis world by winning the national turf court doubles with Tilden, a victory which was repeated in 1921 and 1922. In 1919 Richards defeated his mentor to win the na- tional indoor title. He has held the same title over the past two years ¥ POLO TOURNEY STARTS. NEW YORK, March 3—Class D polo teams went into action in the national fndoor championship at Squadron A. Armory last night, start- ing a serles of matches, which will last through the month. New York Athletic Club No. ron A No. 4 by 11 goals The Riding Club won by to 12 from the Triangle Polo Club, and Squadron A. 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