Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1925, Page 73

Part 4—4 Pages UNDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1925. Griffith Pleased With Outlook for Season : Kick-Off Put Back to 40-Yard Line “CLUB THAT DEFEATS NATS WILL WIN FLAG,” HE SAYS Boss Much Impressed by Fine Spirit of Players—In- fielder Tanner Reports at Tampa—Johnson Painfully, But Not Seriously Injured. BY JOHN B. KELLER. AMPA, the ball 14—Time was only t the Spring Fla., Nati club d of 3 'S was when Clark Griffith as manager oo ready to say training season nice things of In fact, Manager Griffith often waxed loquacious when pennant possibilities were being discussed. In several before Griffit years waned, But aiter President Grifi ington in the Sprin was destined to bring to the ball championship was rounding in say. This year, however, on team has been unable Is" training camp. today President Grifith far forgot himsel ¥, "W got a sm ain this year and T © it will be a winner.” After such President Grit- warming to the subject, added: “Now, I'm mnot predicting another nt for b ust remember th the poor but, that the el the pennan I've seen road the doubt th them From all of which it may be thered the chief owner of the Vationals thinks a great deal of the capabilitics of his outfit. No_one with the club on the trip from Palm Beach back to Tampa observed with zreater interest the the world champion principal owner: He was particularly rterested in the two gumes played vith and expressed him- self as b fied with the Pprogress ationals in their preparations the 1925 American League car Work of Infield Gratitying “It has been some years since a Washington squad put as much punch | into its games =0 early in the train- Ing season the p squad doing,” said “1 was greatly surprised by the remarkable work of the infield in @ couple of the games, usually infield play not s onth at this stage of tral ing, but the Nationals’ 1 its job as though in "I have never before the Natlonal players iu such ex ient condition =0 early as are Bluege and Harris. Those two boys right 10w are as fit as one could care ave them. Why, In the sames have done ti fonal flelding that made them such marvels last Really, it looks us though our infleld, which hds been a great one the past two years, will be even ater this year. The enthusiasm with which the ren tackle the grind of training®is wonderful, T think. There does not seem to be a shirker in the lot. and I might say that I have looked over very few squads in which there was not some fellow who appeared to think he could get ahead without really working. It's a great looking bunch to me greater than last year. t ought to produce another wonder for Washington.” ident Grifith is not the only one connected with-the Nationals for « number of years who speaks glow- 1ngly of the present lot of players Your Uncle Nicholas -Altrock, who certainly knows a ball player when hie sees one, is “all het up” over the quad 1t has been my good fortune to be ociated with a number of fine ubs, but I never was with a finer one than this 1925 Washington Club. The men are fine personally and are inusually intelligent ball players. Tt cught to be a pewerful team,” quoth Nick. Five Games Listed This Week. Tive games are expected to keep he men on their toes this week. Minor leaguers will be encountered in two of the games, the Nationals being scheduled to meet Columbus of the American Association at Winter Ha- ven on Monday, and Indianapolis of t at Plant City on > world champions a date with tI ctersburg Tu here Wednesd arrismen will go to e of their mer so did penmant prospec e dignit in the ve club & it a break, fith m clubs i American We the Lesgue and don’t have Am I've an idea beating us out will winner. And fromi what of the Nationals on the past few da I rather any other club will or one clubs in somehow, rasota for the series with the Phil Tanner, young infielder recom- mended to the Natlonals by Pitcher Walter Ruether, worked out on Plant BOSTON (N. L.) Marriott, 3b. ancroft, s Zuoas, 2b.... Burrus, 1b.. mn o T. MoNam: Benton, p... Van Bruut, . eccoerssece Totals ... WASHINGTON. MoNeely, of. Harrls, 2b. Rice, rf. Goslin, Judge, Biuege, Adams, caod s Coveleskie, . 7. McNamara, p. alley, ¥. ©0000mmM e pk S ooz { e B oo 5 2 !E_. I 'Ej o stolentbase—GCoslin. 'l'hav::‘&l Yo Bruat. Déuble to Indge Hits oft Cove- 3, MeNamara, 4 i | n 8 innings Brunt a2 fis Melemara, 10 in 3 ianing n 2 innings; (R Sonton, 4 in 4 innings: off Va mnings. " Struck out- ton, 1. Passed u—-‘t ‘Winning Pubre—Boaton; lesing er—Covel e P ireers. Rowiind 10, O'Toer, of geme—s Bours and 16 minutes. l. o Time carly days of 1924, National Capit. the admini to restrain beat | is | to| so | s | Peck walked and Ruel the vernal equinox arrived Manager | had championship flags floating in Washington, but as the Sum- ts. i3 of an American League magnate, No longer were pennants won for Wash- when the club that | ague base | had little | its first major President Griffith trative head of the world cham- himself conversationally: at to form, Field yosterday and today Manager Harris has not seen enough ion of his capabilities. Tanner is not sa_large, but appears to have speed and a good throwing arm. According to Ryether, Tanuer has played at both third and second base. Ie was ed at third base In the drill »roing, but did not seem very familiar with the position. Johnsen Panfully Hurt. a painful, though not serious, injury | this morning during batting practice The veteran flinger was on the hill serving practice pitches to Roy Car- lyle. The big Southern Association slygger met one of the offerings squarely and crashed the ball against Johnson's left forearm. The Dblow caused the limb to but did not prevent him from taking a turn of the running track. Trainer Martin treated the brulsed arm and declared the soreness will have left it within a day or two. AMPA, Fla. March missioner of base ball. and national pastime, the worid cf fcat today in their first “big league” their training base. to score a 12-to-10 victory. Prior the world series: | There was little the game to | recommend it to an admirer of the | sport of base ball in its more polish- ed form. The Nationals piayed the roorest game they have indulged in to date, and the performance of the Braves was nothing to brag about. The contest early became a matter of who could supply the worst pitch- | ing, and in that respect the Nationals | were.winners. Manager Bucky Harris troited four hurlers toithe mound. two of them to make their season debuts. Walter Ruether, veteran left-hander, pro- cured from the Dodgers during the Winter, struggled through the first three innings without being severely | damaged. But ‘Stanisiaus Coveleskie] anether oldster, thought by some to have been reglanded, found the going entirely too rough. After a wobbly start, Covey was the main objective of a Boston tea party, and in one inning. the fifth, the Braves shoved overboard all the advantage the Nationals had gained &t the expense of Tim McNamara and Larry Benton, a pair of right-hahded hurlers The biz Pole was biffed for six hits and as many runs in the terrible round, and when he left the slab the Braves were on even terms with the Nationals Recruits Show Form. Benton was reached’ for a marker to give the Nationals the lead once more, but southpaw Jim McNamara, Griff pltcher, seemingly as generous s his Boston namesake, saw to it that the Braves were not to have their afternoon spoiled. He yielded three safetles for as many scores in the sixth inning, when he started to pitch, and everything was over so far as the Natlonals were concerned. The Braves could do nothing worth while against the youthful Harry Kelley, who worked the last two rounds on the hill, but neither did the Natlonals get to Eddle Vanbruat, Boston rookie, for anything of value n_the same sessions. The Natlonals socked the ball well, collecting in all 14 hits, The Braves socked the ball better, accumulating 18 hits. There were some bright spots afleld, but most of the play was loose. Altogether, the game was a spectacle that could have been enjoy- able to Brave partisans only. Impar- tial observers could not have gotten |much pleasure from it and followers of Xhe Nationals certainly did not. The Braves took to Ruether's offer- |ings in the opening inning and slammed him for a pair of runs. The southpaw got himself into hot water at the outset by passing Marriott, | first batter to face him. Bancroft lined & two-bagger to left that moved Marriott to the far cornér and Lucas zent his team mates home with a sharp single to center. Burrus'then rolled into a doubdle play that made life easier for Dutch. Grifts Go on Rampage. The lead of the Braves was ruth- lessly swept aside when the Nationals got thelr first turn at bat. McNeely opened fire with a one-base wallop to left field and Manager Harris.stroiled. Rice’s “bust” to center for a base pushed McNeely home and Harris to third. - McNamara made a strike-out victim of Goslin, biit Judge's scratgh single tallied Harris with the tyidg marker and put Rice at third. Then runs came thick and fast. Rice counted as Bluége forced out Judge. knocked a Isingle to center that shoved Bluege to the plate, but Peck could not pass the {middle station. Ruether's double ta T, MoNamara, 3; by right center, however, chased Rajah |and Muddy in with the l\(!h and sixth Tuns of the round. 3 © Smart 'Nltlolnl fl.ldlnx llfl.d R[u- his | but so far | Walter Johnson was the victim of | swell and. forced | fWalter's retirement from the mound, | 14—Before Kenesaw the | | of the youngster to express an opin- | Judge, Harris, Peck .and Bluege are shown above, while at the right are | pletured Rice, McNeely and Goslin. These views were snapped a few days | ago at the Spring base of the Na- tiomals, in Tampa, WORLD CHAMPIONS GET MEDALS, THEN LOSE TO BOSTON BRAVES, 12 TO 10 BY JOHN B. KELLER. Mountain kandis, com-| numerous other .dignitaries of the | ampfon Nationals’ went down to de- exhibition of the year at Plant Field, The champs were oppoged by the Braves of Boston and the latter, acting as though peeved because the Washinglon outfit had mot chosen tW€m again as Spring traveling companions, proceeded to the game Landis presented the Nationals with diamond studded medals, emblematic of their success in | ther in the sacond inning, wiile the | world champs tallied .after the first two men had been retired in batting part of the round. With Har- ris andgRice out of the way Goslin their | drew a pass. Judge singled the Goose crash home. Each team got a marker in third frame. Tim McNamara walked, took third as Marriott was permitted to count as took Bancroft's roller and began double play. In the National's swat ting portion of the session Ruel sin- gled and, after Ructher popped to Lucas, took third as McNeely un- corked a one-base slam. Bucky Har- ris' rap sent Muddy home. Nats Get to Benton. The Braves wasted a brace of hits garnered off Coveleskie in his firs turn on the mound, the fourth in. ning, but the Nationals scored again, Pitcher Benton being their victim. Goslin began ghe frame with a single toP center and Judge was franked to first. Goose pilfered third before Bluege popped out and scampered to the plate when Peck pushed a hitinto short right field. The Braves' fifth was a dssolate round for Coveleskie. He was bat- tered for six hits and as many runs that deadlocked the game. Marriott began _the trouble for the big Pole by bealing out a drive to short. Ban- croft walked and Lucas singled Mar- riott in and Banny to third. Burrus' Texds league single over second scored Bancroft and put Lucas at the far corner. Dave Harris hit fol center for a Rase; tallying Lucas and advancing Burrus two notches. Thomas seratched & single to short and Dave Harris got to third and the hitter to second .when Peck made a poor heave to the initial sack. Dave Harris scored and Thomas reached third after Rice speared Felix's fly to deep right Gibson's double checked in Thomas at the scoring block with the tying run and the hitter got to third after McNeely grabbed Benton's loft. Marriott, up for the second time, walked, and when he and Gibson essayed & double steal, Gibson was called out at the plate on & cloze play. The Nationals Immediately came back at Benton for a run to: regain the lead. Matthews, batting for Cove- leskie, walked, only to be forced out by McNeely. But Harris also drew a pass and when Rice hit to. center McNeely scored, while Harris reached third and Rice got far enough to be credited with a two-bagger, as the Braves did. some °foolish tossing. Goslin, though, fouled out and Judge rolléd to the pltcher. Braves' Solve McNamara.. The Braves'once more went to the front when they: attacked Jim Mo= Namara with vigor in the.sixth inning, his,sterting one‘on the slab. Bancroft began the onslaught with a single to center and moved forward a base when Tate let one of his pitcher's heaves get by. Lucas then hit safely, scorlng Bancroft, and took second on_the throw to the -plate. ‘Burrus bunted and McNamara elected to try for Lucas at third, but the runper beat the ball to the sack. {Davé Harris, walloped o center, chasing Luca® home and Burrus. to third and. reachied second' on - the throw 1n. Burrus ‘counted with the last run of the game. after MoNeely clu(hl Thomas’ fiy. NAVY MA’ AHEAD, | to left sent the big fellow to third base and Bluege's one-base | the singled and | Bluege | MORGANTOWN, W:"Va; March 14. —The Naval Academy wrestling team defeated the mat squad of West Vir- ‘Inl‘ University here lonichl 2310 3. NOTABLES OF GAME SEE GRIFFS HONORED TAMPA, Fla, March 14.—All but three members of the Washington team that won the world series last year were. presented with diamond- studded gold medals, emblematic of the base ball championship, today by Judge Landis, the game's supreme dictator. Those not attending the presenta tion ceremony were Ralph Miller and Tom Taylor, no longer of the club roster, and Paul Zahnjser, w “jumped” the club several weeks axo Byron Speece, a 1924 National, later released to the Indians, came fr8m the Cleveland camp .at Lakeland to receive his token. After the world series medals were distributed Mayor Perry Wall of Tampa gave Manager Stanley Harris and Walter Johnson, dean of Ameri- can League pitchers, bats turned from a mahogany beam taken' from _the ruins of thé palace said to have been erected by Columbus at Santo g0 idetix atien Rin;alabomits o) America, With Judge Landis at the presenta- tion ceremonies were President Clark Griffith_of the Nationals, President Jacob Ruppert of the Yankees and Vice President Christy Mathewson of the Braves. The affair drew to. the Natlonal camp many base ball writers attached to the various training buses in Florida, New York, Boston, Phila- delphla, Brooklyn and Cincinnati scribes being among those present. RITOLA WINS TWICE; NURMI, ILL, CANCELS HARTFORD, Conn., March: 14— Paavo Nurmi, scheduled to feature & benefit track meet -here tonight, failed to appear. Hishianagér, Hugo Quist, announced on his arrival that Nurmi had been suddenly stricken with a fever. Wiflie . Ritola ran & 1,300-meter race against State college runners, winning easily in 4 minftes 2 2-5 seconds. In a 3.000-meter race Ritola de feated a Yale relay quartet by mearly 30 yards, finishing 1A § minites 35 seconds. Ritola appeared for to races in order to make up for the absence'of |- Nurmi @nd the othey-Finnish rinners who were carded. , but did not: No explanation was madefor’ the SURVEY PROVES AMATEUR BASE BALL IS DYING OUT By the Associated Press. C the National HICAGO, March 14—Maj. John L. Grifith, commissioner of ath- letics in the Western Conference and executive vice president of Amateur Athletic Association, tonight backed up his statements that amateur base ball is dying out in the small towns and villages of the pation by revealing the results of a survey of con- ditions. The survey. discloses that 67 per cent of the high schools will have interscholastic base ball teams this season and the sport will be con- ducted by $0 per cent of the colleges. However, a , questionnaire sent to éditors of 15,000 small town news- papers indicates that base ball is nbt prospering in these towns as former- ly, because it iz impossible to conduct professional base ball, ue to the pro- bibitive cost of importing players. “Some people have been disposed to challenge our conclusions as re- gards the playing of amdteur base all, Maj. Gfifith sald. “I do not nd that there is any appreciable de- crease in.base ball in the schools and colleges, but from our study it seems clear that the town lot and small town base ball Is not growing, “From statistics I find that there was 50 per cent less base ball equip- ment sold fn 1924 as compared with 1923, In 1924 the sales of equipment for golf, tennis, basket ball and foot ball increased very materially. “While the federation has no quar- rel with any one who may not agree with “the conclusions ~advanced —ré- garding the development of base ball, it _has' copducted it§ study, hot with the idea of proving & point, but with the thought in saving base ball ‘as an amateur” sport for the boys of America, believing there is valuable training for. the American youth in the national game. “Base ball {s not suffering because of the inroads of other! sports, but ‘beeause attémpts Nave been made to conduct it on a professional basis im the small. towns and- villages where’ it 1s_impossible to pay. all the beys who want to play base ball. No at- tempt is made to'pay them to play golf or fennis or other -sports, and these sports. consequently. -are. €n- listing as participants the youth.of America.” _BASKET BALL RESULTS. At mflal.fi.—m 29; Pring tom; 28. At Ithaca—Cornell, 245 Yaie, 30. abscnce of Gunmer Nillson and MO At Columbus—Ohio ll.lt...l 'll- other mom’bm ol |Ill Finnish team. ulln.at. EXHIBITION BASE BALL R. H. L 15 8 % a At Clearwater; Fla. $t. Louis (Amer.) Brooklyn (Nat). Batteries—Davis, Falk, Grant and Severeld; Green, Erhardt, Cantrell, McPhee, Li Willlams and Taylor, Har- graves. At New Orleans. 3 Boston (Amer.) - Ne¥v Orleans (So.). 9 0 Batteries — Jameson, Fullerton, Fuhr, and Stokes, Picinich, Heving: Bolt, Tenny and Dowie, K. Smith. H B 100 At Los Angeles. Chicago (Nat.) T 3L Los Angeles (Coast). 13 16 Batteri ‘Bush, Morgan and Hart- nett, Chufry; Meyers, Sanders and Sanbers, Thompson. At Paso Robles, Calif. Seattle (P C. L) Pittsburgh (Nat) Batterles—Rusaell, Yde, Adams and: Spenqer. . At Fresno, Calif. St. Louis (Nat.). San Francisco (P. C. L)... Batteries—Paulson and Bool; Grit- fin, Heffner and Vargas. At Shreveport, La. Shreveport (Tex. 1573, ~F Chfcago (Amer.). .. 810 3 Batteries —Malorie, Dobbs; , McCall and’ Graham, Burns; Ash, Conhally, Davenport and Schalk, Grabowski. At Winter Haven, Fla. R. H. . Cincfnnati (Nat.). 4 7T 0 Columbns (A. A.). 510 3 Batteries—Donohue, Shechan, Rixey and Wingo; C. Ketchum, P.larmn, G. Ketchum and Bird: 4 R.*H E. R. H'E PENN STATEBS SCORE. f‘l'ATE COLLEGE, Pa. ‘March 14— nn State College boxérs defeated the University of Pqunulmmq 5 to 2 norn.}ofla R H E| FOOT BALL R Intercollegiate Committee Involving EW YORK, March 14, yard line; a char N ‘I\c line of scr and the refusal the comm: kicking tee, w the major decision ball rules committee he: In tribute to Walte who died today, the rule reconvene later to resume | which have been suggested. | The rule putting the kick and, owing to the | Association, it w ‘x‘m committee {MARYLAND AND RUTGERS ! ARRANGE GRID CONTES ! University of Maryland and Rut- gers will meet next Fall in a foot bull game on Franklin Field in Philadelphin on October 10, it was learned late Iast night. Arrange- ments were not completed for the contest until yesterday. It will be the first in which Maryland and Rutgers have met . when the Old Liners Retury ge in the r nage, rules a new of s 1 unanimous Vi,unzhl 'hn embers ruied d places atively scheduled early in the year with Catholle University. Thix seems to mean that the mext foot ball season will be the first in which Maryland and Cathelic University have failed to meet since 1914, 'COBB AIMS TO BEAT RECORD OF WAGNER DETROIT, March 14.—Ty giving the ‘lie to the prophets who predicted t would be his last as a regular in the Detroit line-up. Cobb has yet to pla If he beats Hans W Cobb § e docs not The “Georgia Peach"” ing himself slowly at the Augusta Ga., training camp of the Tygers Yesterday he took his placs 3 ter field in the regulars' line-up i game against the yanmigans. He hopes to take off 10 pounds to get | down to 185 pounds, a welght he re- gards as his best now. Cobb weighed | 155 pounds when played his first major league game So far there has been every indica- tion Cobb ‘would start the 1925 sea- son with the same. line-up that finished last year, but his reserves will be bolstered by Tavener, who probably will understudy Rigney at short and Neun, who can take Blue's place at first when needed. is condition- C |on Labor day. Kearns said that the New York | was “ridiculous.” Jimmy de Forrest, matchmaker at} the New York Polo Grounds, had of- | fered Dempsey the largest purse in the history of pugilism'to fight Wills there. De Forrest trained Dempsey for his championship fight when he defeated Jess Willard in Toledo Before fighting in the Fall, Kearns sald Dempsey probably would take on two matches on the Pacific coast, and said that Jack Renault, the Canadian champion, might be selected to meet Dempsey on June 4 at Log Angeles during the Shriners' tonvention. That date had been offered by Jack Ken- nedy, matchmaker for the American Legion Boxing Club, Kearns added. “I don't care whetker Dempsey meets Gibbons or Wills first!" Kearns said. “It will be one or the other in the Fall, probably Labor day, but it s unlikely he wilj®meet both this ar. The attitude of the New York com- mission in trying to force me to name Dempsey's oppenent is ridiculous. That is up to the promoter.” Floyd Fitzsimmons, who controls the Michigan City, Ind, arena, saw Kearns about a Dempsey-Firpo match there, and Kearns told him to go ahead and see if he could get Firpo. Eddie Kane, manager of Tom. Gib- bous, the St. Paul challenger, also saw Kearns about a possible Demp- sey-Gibbons match in Los Angeles. Kearns said he could not answer any of the numercus offers until he had reached New York and looked over the situation. WASHBURN COLLEGE FIVE WINS NATIONAL HONORS By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Me.. March 14— Washburn College of -Topeka, Kans., .won the national A. A. U. basket ball. championship here tonight by defeating the Hillyards of St. Joseph, Mo., 42 to 30, in the final of the an- nual tounumem REACH FINAL AT GOLF. SAN FRANCISCO, March 14.— George Von Elm, Southern California open golf chamipion, of “Los Angeles, defegted Roger Lapham, San Fran- <isco, 7 and 5, in the semli-finals for the Northern California ¢hampionshlp here today; playing 36 holes. In the other semi-finals match Rudie Wil- helm_of “Portland_defeated Francis Hurphy, San Frlncl&ca. 13 and 11. BOXING REVENUE GBOWS SACRAMENTO, Callf., March 14.— In less than three months of its exist- encs, the California Athletic Commis. sion has taken in $32,970 in revenue, has 574 licensed boxers appearing before 50 licensed ' clubs, 180 regis- tered seconds, 54 appointed referees, nd 151 mgnagers of hoxers. HICAGO, March 14—Jack Kearns, «Dempsey, arriving here today en route to New York, asserted he did not care whether the champion fights Tom Gibbons or Ha: | Wills first, but that he would meet one or the other in the Fall, probably |ing to force him to name Dempsey's opponent and ULES BODY VETOES RETURN OF TEE Makes New Interpretation of Scrimmage_Line and Change in the Code Blocked Kicks 1 of the kick-off to 1 ules involving blocked interpretation of ittee s geuc he kicker's ks bel 1c scrimmage I to con hed by urn of t tercollegiate foot . noted Yale adjourr ration of -off back to the 40 rsement by to 1f, the how \ belong | balt. . will rank been tou not question as of scrimmage heir hands on ing the appear- and traipers on provides that s equired shall re- as a player without seek- issfon to enter a doctor, de- ured play ntion of an n to enter the of doctor € pla ! port to the would he req member that last year a West Point cadet had to participate with a smashed foot be- could attract attention of officials. ther ruling provides that the ptain of the team winning the toss ay choose to receive or kick in ad- ition to s e goal which he | will defend. the Clipping Penalty The penalty against clipping was increased, providing for a 25-yard setback fro point at which the | clipping was done. Heretofore, the captain of the team agalnst which the offense was committed, could either take the 15-yard penally from the point where the foul was com- | mitted or from th where the | ball was lasz put 3 W. S. Langford of Trinity, ber of the rules committee and a noted foot ball official, was elected secretary pro-tem after the news of Increased. a mem- DEMPSEY TO FIGHT NEXT FALL; RIVAL NOT CHOSEN manager of Champion Jack State Athletic Ci on was try- h an attitude A half dozen New York promoters have offered Dempsey every- thing from $250 to a half million dul'zr: for a fight, Kearns said. “BIG TEN” TO REMAIN SUCH, IT IS DECIDED By the Assocated Press. CHICAGO, March 14.—The Western Conference will remain the “Big Ten instead of expanding into a member- ship of 12 to include the Universit of Nebraska and the Michigan Aggies ‘The faculty representatives of the conference meeting hero toda pressed sentiment adverse to enla ing the organization to admit N braska and the Michigan Aggies, which had applied for membership at the meeting last December. The felt, it is. understood, that the o ganization would become too un wieldy for successful operation if these two institutions were admit- ted, The faculty committeo voted to in- crease the number of persons that can be taken on foot ball trips from 35 to 40. This will Include trainers, assistant coaches and student man- agers. The number of academic hours for eligibility while taking up a coaching course was reduced from 14 to 12. The status of base ball officlals re- moved from the conference list be- cause they officiated in the profes- sional games. was referred to the committee on ofMcials, with power to act. Fifteen officials dropped from the conference for the 1925 season are involved PRINCETON QUINTET DEFEATED BY PENN PHILADELPHIA, March 14— Princeton’s 1825 intercollegiate bas- ket ball champlon team went down to its first defeat in its last league game of the season hers tonight, bowing to Pennsylvania, 29 to 25, when the whistls blew as a Tiger fleld goal dropped through the basket. Referee Tom Thorp, Columbia, ruled the goal did not coun Princeton led at half-time, 14 to 12. Shortly after, Capt. Hynson scored field and foul goals to pile up a four- point lead, the largest either team held in the course of the evening. Yale Falls to Win Game, JITHACA, N. Y., March 14.—Yale finishad the Intercollegiate basket ball league season without winning & single game by les!ng toniglks~ to Cornell, 24 to 20 ‘The contest was raKKmt As’a result of the victory Cornelt finished In Afth place in the leawuo standing. 4