Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1925, Page 27

SPORTS. Walter Camp Exempl RETAINED FULL INTEREST IN SPORTS ALL HIS LIFE . His Contribution to Good of Human Society Will tand as His Greatest Memorial—Greatness of Koot Ball Due to His Thinking. - BY LAWRENCE PERRY. YORK rch 16.—Walter Camp, who died Saturday, exempli- wholesome outdoor American who carries from youth into N advanced years the enthusiasm, the indomitable impulses and-the love of action that mast men forget as they grow older EW outstandi te ‘in various sports in his college davs, more ned the athlete to the day of his death. His g figure, his hronzed face, white mustache and brilliant-hazel eyes betokened the man who has practiced what he has preached, who has kept himself fit and clean and altogether fine. upon in_this | much th of his | and fit of | Voted | fathér 45 years ago, he rem ¥ that it. He was well of the great A In the days when he wus |in the Yale councils the i the game at his university | chalienged In 1906 foot bal and might have had net Camp | which . w much more 1 the game than to the Yale syst which had grown up with the sport becs en to e the thought, time Walter Fhousands ountry are tive prog ddie thousanda bengficiaries wda for t amp to v supre tig was king d that in his theorie s of phy verlest amp's contribut man society hear eloquently erdoing a ployment ath of well was in a bad Wi have ip HENAd S ceived a death blow d the way to reforms cal being he walter ¥ r will om Tis Forward Pass Won. An Interesting incident amp first big three foot ball game played November 30, 1 n Princoton ard pass he thr wh in a score. Being tack tossed the ball forward to Thompson. Prince- the | ton at once claimed foul and -refused may [ to try to stop the runne The re davs | eree, instead of. deciding the questio he | tossed up a coin. Yale won the om ¢ the touchdown. Did when thirty later account sand | Camp's eir par- | ? sch as | | v as woman's ance, em- nd Y | o Was Ster Athlete, Perhaps, too passing of this the ma s toss this tor gured in four ctitive EpOFts. hed Ya red in all six years for an undergraduate and when he was a post-graduate.in the al 8chool. He the medical school & year before graduntion entered business, hut his inte Yale and_its athlptics and in generally riever ebtain today In splendid | player st in sport MY GREATEST THRILL IN SPORT BY FRANCIS OUIMET Former Open and Amateur Golf Champion Boston Red Rox were fighting American League leadership, game separat Detroit from ton. It was the middle of Scpt and whoever won this vital was practically assured the per Bill Carri : d Sox, and while he did th he catching. ou that particular | Cady “caught. with Shore. 1 pitching. 1 forget who pitched | tor the Tygers, but I think it was Harry Co the former Giant Killer. and Detroit stubbornly Tygers for . the o two di first the the par other is th rills” in rill that himself by the thrill f L Eonich ant day Of the two 1 betieve the | s ma | r xpectators thrill is the greater be- cauxe he feels it com- ing with inereasing power until the climax reached, the . doex not get Nis real heidl un it (he contest in completed. Then, and only then, does he realize what has happened. Twvo great thrills stand out in my mind. One had to do with golf, the other base ball now For nine innings they battled. but neither team scored. Ten and eleven innings found the teams deadlock ed. _Came the twelfth, Ty Cobb wan up and gof a safe hit: “Foi- lowed Sam Crawford. He was a mighty hitter, and received free transportation to first base. Bobby Veach, another hard hitter, came up. and he, likewive, g0t a base on Balls, Three men on base. wiih Ty Cohb on third and nobody out. e stands rocked ,with excite- ment: Cobb prancing about third xpurred the crowd on to even greater excitement. FRANCIS OUIMET. Bobby Jo came. to | e the hteenth with Bobby| Marty Kavanagh, Detroit Cruickshank re oft for the|pageman. was the next batter apen championship of 1923, Cruick- | pitched carefully to. him, but hit shank drove badly from the tee and|a sharp liner toward Everett Scott was compelled play his second|the Sox shortstop. Cobb was off for aiot fely. Jones' ball found the|the plate with the crack of the bat, rough on the edge of the fairway.|but the ball came swiftly to Scotty, he hole was a par 4, one made difi-|who handled it cleanly and shot it It presence of a lagoon | back to Cady rd, wh ] entrance tha wh blew directly in| players, making the| n _fraught with con- ex, in the fi e 5 second Shore b to ch complete to th particular da The ball got there ahead of Cohb for a force-out but Forest Cady did not stop at that. He whipped the ball down the first-base line to Hoblitzell, who just nipped Kav- anagh for a lightning double kill- ing. George Burns, whe came to the plate after Kavanagh, fiied out, and the fans xat back awaifing the outcome of the Sox's end of the twelfth innfng. and ag 1 o faces ¢ to the g siderable dan Cruick k's ba position n, practically win, Jones A shot to] deteat tor | e T speaking. ad the assuring In order to on the green meant c 1 that event he would have son for i o drop bac then pl which mig whatever el may have b one of them on from the nt a boring s on 1t came quickly, Speaker and Lewfs £ot on with two down. -1 eannot re- for a penalty stroke and | nemper now who was the next batter his fourth to the Ereen.|for Boston, but whoever he was he a possible 6. But|girode out toward the plate- swi ng Jones' thoughts| tyo or three bats en that lagoon was not for with his drivir edge of the rough | shot like a rifle the pin | He selected one and was just stepping up to the plate, when Bill wir raight I watched it sail th and held myx breath as it neared the water hozard. The ball shosed no sign of falling to earth, ard khept madly speeding on its turned away, heeause 1 did dnve follow its fight further. out went up from the crowd the . greem, and 1 knew was all vight. cight feet gave nxhin, but 1 can semsution 1 got watching that ball fly and the hrill that was mine when I real- at Bobbs's ball haid reached ugh the air A s around SHOE These Are Hess’ eficial to| .| out .l\mvl‘hwra for the r“””"lWOMAN THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. ified Tru CHANGES IN GRIDIRON- RULES INTERPRETED BY LAWRENCE PERRY. NEW YORK, March 16.—Hére is an interpretation of the changes in the cridiron cede Which were made by the foot ball rules committee at its annual meeting 1. When the defending team is off- side it will not have to face the dis- dvantage of the offensive team gain- i ¢ down—unless the penalty arries the ball to, bevond, the dis- ance required for first down. T oves an unjust-burden from ending team Hereafter the ball =hall be kick off from the kicking team’s 10-vard lMine, but no tee shall be employed. This will prevent so many kicks ing over the goal for touchdowns, % When a kick s blocked by = player of the kicker's side, and does not go over the line of scrimmage, the Lall goes to the side that recovers: it If the Kicking team recovers, it may ball at price. of a down. If blocked by the defending oing wver the line,mnd the team recovers, it may keep ball and a down charged cept In the case of a ball blocked on the fourth down and recovered behind he lne of serimmage. On partia K that cross the line of ge, the ball shall be played as it had not been touched Players need not have their hands the ground to he on-side, since the rimm ) defined as an maginary vertical ling passing through he middle of the babll instead of lines awn through the ends Physicians and trainers.may _go. on the fleld, in event of injury without permission, but must report o the referee. | 6. A captain { toss now m kickoft, choos: do the kicki Penalty for 15 to occurre hou 4 am winning the to recelve the nd either goaul himself. clipping 5 vards from where 'S ATHLETICS | | SPREADING RAPIDLY increased | trom the fou | LONDON, March 15.—Women of ime and color are entering 1eid of athletics-and Mme. Milliat idenit of the International Feder- of Woman Athletes, has re- ved inquiries relative to the next women's Olympiad from such as India, China awa na Ja The chanees are fancled by known athiete recently was inc Mrs Shie the -African. girls El'iott Lvnn, well points out that a 100-vard rvace ed in track and field events held in East Africa. The lone robe worn by the native women, tied under the top of the arm, was not conducive to fast track w but the girls made good time. “If they can he persuaded to adopt western garb for- athletic save ‘T am co tt 1s will make their work o Tetain h for travk und field work woman's THREE TEAMS NEEDED FOR POTOMAC LEAGUE Five teanms of the Potomas Base | Ball League are meeting at Rans- dell, In C street, at 8 q'clock | tonight: “te_form a-finki otganivetion of the cireuit | As three other clubx will in | cluded in the Joop, managers of un- limited nines wishing to join will be welcome, Morton Anderson, president { Washington Base Ball and | Association, wfll preside. nf already the ro the. Pothmac League ure the Athletié Assooiation, Hilltops, ers. Ransdell, Inc. and the Theater PHILS PLAY DOD(;ERS. PHILADELPHIA, March 16 Philadelphia National League | today meets the Brovkiyn Dodgers |at Bradentown, Fla. while Con { Mack’s Athletics play the | Internationats at Palmetto be of the Athletic er of stern The Carrigan come running out with hix own bat. If thaf wasn't codr- age I do not know what the word means! he erowd. too, seemed to apore- ciate the fact that Carrigan was plac- ing himself in a most un tion. He took a ball, then a s Coveleskie looked awfully guod threw again, but the ball reached the plate Timing it pertectly, Bill sent the ball on a line to left ficld, and the game ended ax Speaker crossed the viate. That game held a thrill a minute, and gave me the second greatest thrill I have ever ex- perienced. Hess’ Sample SALE —of Men’s High and Low Shoes. Factory Samples. $6.85 Values $1 2 and $14 Monday and Tuesday, March 16 and 17, we will offer the men of Washing- ton, FOR THE FIRST TIME, our Fac- tory samples. These represent all the season’s newest creations in High and . Low shoes. We have added t: merous styles from our regular Spring Stock, so our size range will not be lim- ited. THIS IS A REAL MEN OF WASHINGTON. N. Hes 607 14th o these samples nu- TREAT FOR THE s’ Sons St. N.W. ex-| rint- | Rialto | Buffalo table posi- | VARSITY BOAT IS MADE UP |Plenty of Good Substitute Material Also Is on Hand—Seven Crews, Including Pair of Plebe | Outfits, Are on Water Daily. NAPOLIS, March.16.—Aiter -a thorough preparation on sthe ma- chines and in the tank, the Navy crews teook to .the open about A The weather has heen wnusually squad and two fine, and five boats tom the piches have kept busy from the varsity ;l-m: last ‘year, most of ‘them with two or three years of rowing back of | them, it is {eit that-the Navy has an unusyal opportunity to regain the | leading place in college rowing.‘held by the Olympic victors of 1920 and the Poiighkeepsie. winners of 1921 and 192 Céach first two are now hoated as follaws: Varsity w. (captain); 6, Sylvest stroke, Bell: coxswzin, S d varsity Whelan: 3, De W sen MeCoricle Brewer coxswain Menibers “of almost’ ideal Glendon's only who crews | in the first boat last 3 The sl was that of Capt. Shan ed. Wis place at No, 7 was moving Watson from bow King, who rowed the positoin 23 and the ea until prevented by ack to bow Bow, 1 King: a while soni{on [pa 1y shicke | abr Bow ¥ ife: 4, Rig Toerner Hinds, thege two crews in “their physical fications for oarsmen. The roke tts E April 23 Csity and are| May quait- | varsity and freshmen) Princeton average| May University of Penneylvania experfence of the mermbers of the | (third crew and 130-pound crew) irst bost is greater, hawaver | “May Harvard and [ The second crew furnighes a splen- | (varsjty, junior varsity and | dia aggregation from which to fill up|bly. freshmen) |any possible holes which may devel-| . May American Henley fop in the first outfit {adeinhia very-member of the varsity June Princeton (varsity, junior proba- at Phil- rowed Poughkeepsic JESS SWEETSER TELLS “Chick” Evans’ Brainy Play at Mayfield in 1923 made. As brainy a play as T ever saw wvas pulled by “Chick” me in the semi als of the Western amateur championship of 1 the Mayficld Country Club, Cleveland. We were on the 16th the afternon round. the 34th of the match, at the time and were 1 had just won the previous hole This play wa not only a heddy i My most n golf comes of the greatest players of all time is “Chick” Eva exciting matches have been with him. Everything up during these tilts and invariably there are many unusual shots all cven. and afte roll fairway bezan to and then rolled 1y eame to from the a ived to the th rolled W N tifully sixteenth at The of traps denting t was bea executed i Mayfield js about more. it wa sor a stop hole Chick made 1 one up on the h. but second extra hole and went finals, where | ptured the ship Tather 5-vards long fairway, er| passing a couple right tee, bends rather sharply to the right betwnen the Bad. | oy Inside Golf By Chester Horton e Wirdie 1. This I halved thé match gol A not side about ards from he won out the rough directly c cham- traps and thé green is not very ight 1 ‘They carry will not be pen- | many players drive str for the knowing that traps they the rougl If. on the other hand follow the fairway, one his difficulties by shooting to the left. On that same the green is a xteép hill, and; b of the bend in the fairway, a player driving too far to the lef{ may have to shoot over the edge of this hill to get on to the green 1 was first to dri | have it 1 placed | &ide of the fairway. However, T did g0t do . hearly badly® as_““Chic.” | Te pushed his ball so far to the right, while - playing straight toward the | | green,. that he missed the casy. rough | for which he was trying, and went into very bad territory. e had a' horribié lie It seemed to v now mine, p beautiful hig carried over t the graén 12 feet from the Ing mé @ chance for a birdie “Ch WaEn't through, Looking over the grou he moticed that there were betwgen him and the green. His ball a yise-like grip. was 150 vards from the fixg. From | This grasp of the shaft must increase where it jay to the edge of the fair- | whem the (vp of the back swing in way was about 40 vards. From there | reached. and it to the cup there wa stretch | maticaliy. Do not let the curving of of 140 yards Most pl least a mashie niblic { it bad rough. But | trick better than that | % midiron—it-looked like | sen past the atized by the one to far pla toc Unless the player watches himself a hending of the left arm slightly at {the elbow. »t the top of the back swing, which ix good golf practice. will lead to looxening of the grip of the left hand. The =rip with hoth hands must be maintain- cd throughout the swing. Players of the average type will do well to disvegard the theory that the club akould be held lightly in the fingers. Few good 1iayers hold it so 17ghtly ax all that. They take a firme. selid hold of the shaft, though not use As luck would b4l on- the le edge was 1 a | which ut | hat the riy after shot hill and stop . KEEP LEFT HAND _GRIP FIRM no traps a clear would have played at} to get out of b= “Chick that to. mu h it mig To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F and hi where I stood. althou have been a driving his ball with s full swing. Upon ‘seeing the result. the gallery corictuded he had topped his bail. No | such thing ame out of the rough on a low that never was more than the ground t Buick Torque Tube Drive The fine engineen'flg in Buick motor cars is demonstrated by the torque tube drive. This is a steel tube which transmits the drive from the rear wheels instead of adding this important duty to the burden of the rear springs. The torque tube also encloses and protects the propeller shaft.. This type of construction also holds the rear wheels in alignment regard- less of road conditions. - EMERSON & ORME “Home of the Buick” 1620 M St. N.W. and 1016 Conn. Ave. Never Closeq—Frmklin 3860 WHEN BETTER M'l;otioulr,sfns'uum-. BANCK WAL SR THEM .« 2 o MONDAY, MARCH 16, viie middle of February, aud have not iilissed practice a day since With a varsity made up entirely of oarstnen who rowed i the first} Tech (var-{ 1 Syracuse | 1t | o the | into the | 1925, SPORTS. v e Sportsmanship : Navy Rowing Outlook Is Brigh PALACE NOSED 0UT |D. C. FIVES PLAY TONIGHT WHEN RALLY FAILS | Palace Laundry: basketers failed to | come through in’thetr' final stand of | the season an home | took another beating at the hands of the world champion core of 21 to 2 | | During the opeming: it the New | | Yerkers had things miuch théir own | way. the absence of Haggerty and | | Benzoni greatly lessening the effect- | iveness of the Palace ¢ | intermisaion the score =to The 1o-als improved ne threatening to deadlock the count, | | but miserable foul shooting eut down n their cliances Conaty led b 1t the court and Celties . by 4 teams w trio of goals be he former Brooklyn p er. Kennedy, recently obtained from | the Paterson (N. 1) team was mak- | {ing his first Washington appearance under the Palace colors in’ scoring NURMI IS ATTACKED | FOR MISSING DATE | | tomortow 1 Hahy ng d aris at a ) Connecti- On Saturday night he a scheduled appearanes at Hirtford his friend and manager, Hugo Qui giving illness as the reason It developed vesterday that Nurmi had been suffering with a cold and high temperature on Satur night and Quist says that he has ad octor's cer- tificate to prove The meeting of T should of moderr that the wirmer w or less to win. On tha same night | Nurmi will face Willie Ritola st 5,000 meters. | Conpecticut’s protest will he consid- | ered immediately it recejved offi- cially, in order that a final decision may | {be obtained by ght if possible, ! failed to make ¥. Nurm the and Hahn greatest with the possibi !l be driven Yo 4:1 | [ ia ONCE STAR ATHLETE IS BARRED FROM U S. | | VANCOUVF 3. C.. March .16.— ady Dillon, 70. Who said. he was man to.run 100 vards in 10 nd son of a former mavor | Mass., who came here from | Conerete, Wash., on a visit, has heen | barred from re-entering the United an without a country ted Statps immigration | they would pe the boundary to tr ‘ citizen ed in the United | m 1876 until he applicd for | d was refused he was a Cana- 7 1 have assumed that tian, he eaid ! He was Born in Hillsboro, “Phard werdibo: Kitbh things registrations in New Brunsw | years ago.” Dillon asserted |~ Dillon said he broke the werld's | spriny record under the | edlors of the United States at New- | market. England. at an in- | ternational athletic cross ove hinge in &Nt vear land in an N. B | birth ck 70 | The’ Manitana, dbx aervy |1ongest contest of this Kind “in the | | world in which animals take part. | | The course 18 200 miles long and the | record time hours 40 minutes. is the h c N BALTIM ALVARY M.E. aod Epip! their debuts in.the South The " Mecthodis the street quint encounter take place in Holins Hail Mount Ver whotwon théir fir game of the also are pl. nent ‘be Baltimore the the that meet the Strach etimi ing tonight the Tithuan A victgry en _in i division. paired Baltimore Athletic Club defedted the Whshington Titis contest will be playrd dnesday night Epiphany J the Vagabond Club in of the 130-pound ¢ with the “Atlas Club their app V Cluk 1d -pla churc unlimitad wi w guergr first ron martehe Wed Meeting Jittle opposition from 1} Stant the Aloysius Big up & 32-to-12 of the mortheast zaga yest e court s, scot drs rE in scoring 12 counters registering a tot Yort Humphreys' waldiers proved 1 for the Anucostis r champions of Washir yto the Palace istriet titleholders ge decision Smit and €larke led the wi Smith accounting for 11 go rimmn onors in the midget ducted by snt of Calvary- M ctween the fiyweight quints d Lic At the Sign of the Moon Opsn Daily until 6 B. 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