Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1925, Page 27

g SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, APRIL .8, .1925. | BELIEVE IT OR NOT. —By RIPLEY. | NURMI CENTRAL FINDS EASY : FOR gg{EH.S;SINOSPl? %g&%s VICTIM IN BUSINESS Eastern High was scheduled [to swing into action for the first time Marks- Shattered in R/!pid Sum”iqn After Sensa-|!n the scholastic champlonship base FOUR TEAMS FROM NORTH TO DISPLAY WARES HERE R t Yale, Princeton, Lehigh and Vermont to Pay Visits During Week End—Georgetown, Catholic U. and Maryland in Contests Tomorrow. BY H. C. BYRD. ALE and Princeton stand out among the college base ball teams gl" games this afternoon at Wilson 3 = tadium, meeting the Tech team that tional Finn Offered Impetus—Georgetown Has |t bresint s sharing frst. place in Y 2 the. gus ding with Central, Big Part in Great Performances. Poth ninsycHia¥ing won thels: (nlad Central yesterday handed a set« back to the Business nine by the " LAWRI Y. count of 20 to 4, in a game that BYLAWRENCE: PERR proved to be a slaughter after the EUGENE CLOVETT EW YORK, April 8—With the indoor track and'field season of | fourth inning. The count stood 4 to 4 stheduled to play here this week end or during the Easter holi- _1,| Years old 1925 at an end and "‘glhr performers working ou!doo}'s on cinder é)::e::vl:-(‘:i Y::fi;:n;g:;::;::- whea days. The former comes tomorrow for a contest with Georgetown RAN A MILE and turf a retrospective glance at v»{hat hzs_ happened in the closed | which allowed the Blue and ‘w-“‘" te on the Hilltop, remains over Friday to play University of Maryland at ON SNOWSHOES months reveals a Winter of record-breaking achievement uuprecedented | to chalke up six runs in the ftth & College Park and Saturday to face C. U. at Brookland. Princeton’s lone N 5 MIN. 15 SECS, in American athletic annals. while Shreve held- the mound, and Nurmi’s 30-odd world_records: for trick and legitimate distances are | giock and Galpin could be little not noted in thig, article if only for the reason that they are very well | petter. known. But undoubtedly he was the inspiration of much that the others | Phipps started on the hiil for Cen- have done. ,|tral, but was relleved in the fourth In fact, the breaking of records began on January 6, when. Nurmi|by Duffy, who finished the job in ‘| made his first American appearance in the Madison Square Garden. Loren fil';‘“" style, allowing only three Murchison crashed thrcugg at this meet with two new world records— . e 1) ot for the 50-yard dash and the 250-meter race. Upon the same evening | Cemtral plays again tomorrow, ens Alan Helfrich hung up a new world record for the 500-meter run. tertaining Calvert Hall of Baltimore. the' Brooklyn College 16-1b. shot-put—R. W. Hills, bln!h: a‘l-fliém. w:“e(s;-ln];:-mil:“e:; ola o countering Gonzaga at the e e (e wos ihe efecta’” oF the| -Frincston, ‘4T fest & 3-4 tnches |0l Rr SiltFand B, John's ap< Nurmi inspiration, when he broke| (Intercoliegiate). pear in the only scholastio tilt sched- Nurmi's record in the B5,000-meter. Standing broad jump—W. Dow- | uled for Friday, and Tech plays Epis- Willle also lowered the 2% and 3| ling Georgetown, 23 feet 1 1-8 |copal High at Alexandria Saturday. mile record: inches (intercollegiate). —_— At this meet the Georgetowp relay Mile—Paavo Nurmi, at Buffalo. (world record). team, Brooks, Holden, Sullivan and| Time, 4:12 (world record). 5,5600-meter . walk — Frigerlo. Marsters, did 7:47 1-5 in the two- Three-quarter-mile — Lloyd ‘Time, 25:21 1-5 (world record). mile indoor relay, a world record. n-.m:&) Time, 8:08 2-5 (world g S50 meter - Nurmi." Time, Holden's| Tecord). :26 2-6 (world record). ;'l.'.':: z:e"thu;w;;‘;‘;rrfshl‘o 2,400-yard indoor relay—Boston 600 yards—Alan Helftrich. Time, On January 19 Willle Plant made| College. ~Time, 4:54 3-5. (world | 1:11 3-5 (world record). a new world record in the 1%-mile| record). 1%-mile walk—Willle Plant. walk in New ¥ork. In Bostom,. on One-mile relay—De Lasalle Time, 10:05 3-5 (world record). January 31, Plant broke h Sohool. Time, 3:31 2-5 (intercol- 6,000-meter walk — Phillip world record for the 3,001 legiate). Granville. Time, 26:3¢ (world walk, and E. R. Meyers of Chicago 4,000 yards—Willle Ritola. Time, record). broke his own record In the pole| 10:41 5-10 (world record). High jump—Harold Osborne. vault, doing 12 teet 10% inche: miles — Ritola. . Time, | Time, 6.8 15-16 (World record). Ritola, on February 3, made & few s bpiis 10.000-meter walk — Frigerto. world record for the 5,000 meters and 50-ya s Fal- | Time 44:38 (world record). was clocked in record time at 2% | lace, Chicago A me, 5 3-5 ter walk — Frigerfo. a 2% distances. Willle Plant aid | Seconds (world record). 9 4-5 (world record). the 5,000-meter walk in 21:04, break-| *. HOp, step and jump—Harold Os- walk—Frigerio. Time, ne Sasmussen's old outdood record| boTme. 83 feet 2 inches (world (world record). record). walk—Frigerio. Time, but coming under Goulding’s indoor 50-yard low hurdles for women— oeotid ‘tasordy. | regord of 20:49 4-5. ” 2. Ritol Hzlen Filkey, Midewest A. C. Time, 3-mile walk—Willie Plant. Time, In Brooklyn, on February 2, Ritola 5 seconds (world record). 20:43 (world record). mads " trecond, forsthel twasuint no yard dash for women—Miss 2-mile—Nurmi. Time, 8:58 1-5 daing 408 On F‘"";:[‘V:wy Filkey. Tim 61-5 seconds (world record). ) e e g e engagement is with Georgetown Saturday. Yale brings to Washington in the person of Pond, stellar hali- back, one of the greatest pitchers in college base ball. Last year he was the star of many games, and other college nines rated him among the two or three Eastern hurlérs most to be dreaded. Yale always has a strong team, as does Princeton. In fact, while the Tigers are not reputed to have any hurler as capable as the Yale man, their record as a team usually is just as good. Two colleze games are listed this aft- ernoon, Bucknell appearing at Catholic) HUURDLE MARK GOES University and Fort Humphreys at Gal- |au§n. Both local schools probably will 'N DETRU"‘ GAMES have about all they want in the way of opposition, and possibly more than they want. Besides the Yale-Georgetown game| DETROIT, April 8.—De Hart Hub- tomorrow, University of Vermont|bard, negro athlete of the University plays at Catholic University and Le- of Michigan, tied the world record Ligh makes its first appearance in|of §1-5 seconds for the 50-yard dash, - this section against Maryland. Friday [ind Ivan H. Riley made what local the only contest is that between Yale |officials claim is & new record for and Maryland at College Park. the 50-vard high hurdles indoors in Saturday both Yale and Princeton (the second night's meet of the Mich- are on local dlamonds, the former at|igan A. A. U. here. Catholic University and the latter at| Search of record books failed to Georgetown. Some years ago Prince-|produce a mark for the 50-yard high ton came here every year for two|hurdles over four hurdles indoors on games with Georgetown, one on Sat-|a dirt traek, which Riley made in urday and the other Easter Monday. 6 5-10 seconds. These two contests were among the| Paavo Nurmi had competition from most important and probably the best|Emil Krogh, Illinois Athletic Club, attended of all played between col- |and Jimmy Connolly,- former George- leges. town University star distanceé man, for the first 2,000 meters af-the 3,000~ Navy opened its lacrosse schedule |meter feature, but finished fresh and with Stevens Institute - and |100 yards ahead of Krogh. His time again on Saturday against|was slow——8§ ‘minutes and 56 sec- Not much has been heard of fonds—nearly half -a -minute behind the strength of either of these |his best American time for the dis- twelves, except that Yale won the|tance. Lewnslon, (Mune 1825 T Reece gnly game 1t has played. having de-| Charles Renke, regarded as one of 2 - stydent, won fame by b eated New Yor Tniversity, to 3.|the leading half-milers of the West- 10 yards in a miie racs 3 — ern 'Confordnce, frilahed ‘second In Cnghars Bithiard. Champ. 1941 tion started with & 65-yard hand Navy's base ball team goes dOown |the 880-yard run, close on the heels ADE A RECORD RUN OF cap. Gunnar Nilsson had previously to North Carolina for two games Fri-|of Ray Dodge, Ilinois A. C. Dodge's (] beat Nurmi by a stride after a hun- day and Saturday. The Middles play |time was 2 minutes 8 6-10 seconds. GaifF dred-yard start in a 2,000-yard race. North Carolina first and follow that| Wwillie Ritola lapped his flekd four YounG GRifFo S 3 499,‘35 At the New York ‘Athletic Club Wwith a game with Duke University.|times to win the 5,000-meter run. ngmg G Ibs, FOUGHT DAN CREEDON <158 Ibs - g 2 meet on. February 13 Willle Ritola This will be the third consecutive| Jole Ray, beaten Monday night in Y turned in & world record for the three- year the Navy has sent its team to|the mile by Lloyd Hahn, Boston mile run; Lloyd Hahn for the mile, North Carolina for games during|A. A, ' tasted defeat from the same beating Nurm! record, and Ritola i St T b S EASTERN WINS OVER- | COLLEGE BASE BALL. | PENN RUNNERS TRAIN 5 Sosisdiitt oy three-quarter-mile run in 3 minutes University of Pennsylvania s at|17 seconds. At Quantica—Vermont;5; Marines, 1. s vy beat Kolehmainen's world record for Charlottesville today for the first| The sursrise of the carnival was WESTERN ON TRACK At A,“,,M St. Joha's, 163, Carne- WH“.E SIG“TSEElNG e T oe et stles ey game of a trip on which it will meet |the defeat by Paul Jones of the wie Tecl 15:38. Virginia colleges. The Quakers open |I. A. €. of James Brooker, University At Ch ,1.“..‘,",_“.‘.,..., Cor- ST e with Virginia, then play consecutive- |of Michigan pole vaulter. Brooker. 4 ol & ks oIf, Newark on February 18, Carl Lynchburg College, Washington | who came within a fraction of an| Placing first in 11 out of 12 events, At M.l:s—n.-m{ Sidney, 4i! By the Associated Press. the 70-yard high indoor hurdles, 8 3-5 and Lee, Unlversity of Richmond, |inch of the world indoor record at|and in addition garnering numerous | North Carolina State, 2.1 LONDON, April 8.—University of |seconds. In a meet with Dartmouth Hampden-Sidney, and then come here | Ann Arbor March 28, vaulting 13 | seconds and thirds, Eastern High frack | At Willlamsburg—H#ly Crows, )| penncyivania's mile relay runners,|the Yale relay team broke the world's 8 next week to wind up with a game |feet % inch, could not go over the|athletes defeated the Western team, $1 ( Willlam and Mary, who will compete against Oxford and {record for the 350 yards (2:02 2-5) at Catholic University. bar last night at 12 feet 3 Inches,|to 27, in a dual meet staged at the Lin- | At ‘Blacksburg—Virginia Poly. 25i| Cambridge at the Queens Club on |and 300 yards (2:27 3+5). Eddie Farrell, who plays shortstop |Jones winning at that helght. coin Park Stadium. King College, 2. (Seven Inningw, dark-|Satyrday, combined business and| Alan Helftrich broke the world's for Penn, is said to be the best col-| .Summaries: Eillot was Western's star and high- | ness.) pleasure when they trotted ‘throvgh |record for 800 tatars in-the Gwrn- lege player in the position in the| B0-yard dash—Wou br Hubbard. Michizan: | point scorer of the meet, with @ total of | At A. and M—Tlinolw, 8; Missiesipp! | tho - Berkshire countryside, which is country. It {s claimed that practically | second, Wittman, M‘""l" i Hester. | 1] of his team's counters. Asxies, 7. b connected intimately with mich Eng- . every blg league club has made at- s ,_,m_ e o e | Summaries: At Nashville—Vanderbilt, 9 Iadi-| [in Listory. 's récord for the 4,000-meter in- tempts to get his name on & contract. T LA (O second. Voslker. | S0.yard dash, frst hest—Won by Calvert a8 The ‘Pennsylvanians ran-as far as|door walk. At the Cathedral meet at The best pitcher of ‘the Penn nine is igihird. ipeace, Deirolt City Colegs. @ olitzer (E). wecond. Time. 0.061 At Oxrord—Mississippl l-lver-l"- Sandhurst, caught a glimpse Of the |the Garden, on February 24, Ritola Long, who won 12 games last Spring, el o Second hest—Won by Acton (E): Shield u-hr’ AtviBsuEe, 0. Royal Military College, the West|beat his own . world record for the and did not sufter a defeat. . Reinke. Michigan: n.ma. nili; Dlctort | Sioed (B) Ellee (W), second Pofnt of England, and continued their | three miles, doing 13:56 1-5, and his College, Time, 2:08.5. 50-vard dash, fnyle—Won by Talbert (E): roles as tourlsts by taking in other|own 5,000-meter record. Time, 14:23%. g and dri th - 1o vault — Won by Jones, Acton ‘econd: Elliott (W), third. Time. NURMI SPURNS Mu_E historic spots on the run. - Harold Osborne-of the Illinols A. C. you can see ve the ust what may be expected from e e . 15 paak | N Besides thelr cross-country work,{set a new world record for the run- . . P . the championship track and field meet o3 b, _fitgs heat—Wom by Clow & ihae sytvash AT trathe ! e N W S 3 of the Sautherp Conference this year | 3.000-meter vun—tWou by NurirFralant; . “Time, 011, Second he> Pennsylvania runners are ning high at A. A. U. champion- ew ® oo Year | second. Kroghe I A C; third. Counoily, g Acton (). sec: co T Y |ing on the Queens Club track. ships. clearing 6 fost 4% Inche may be rea after one glance at; Yy hington. Time, 8:36. 112.5. Third heat—Won by The American runners, K. Scheb-| Willie Ritola and Ilmar Prim made the accomplishments of athletes in a| Two-mile Shleld (E), second. Time, 4 3 ley, E. L. Lonmasson, F. O. McDonald, {a new world record for the thi 2 76 Y F? dual meet last Saturday between North ville, Canad ; sl % Goad . S —Don’t Miss It e e ey betw e Mt e e : e § E. R. Wolf and Louts C. Madhert, are | mile two-man team at New ' York, North Ciroling: won: the. sect osarrd VL s + Adten. (E). tird." Time, | - DETROIT, April 8-—Paavo'.Nurmi|in good condition and are expected o | Time, 1:29 4-6. Records broken in the ousand-meter run — Won by Rito L = \ make a good showing agains e | indoor follow: and both teams shared in record- Moorerate, Mitiet’ A, rd dash—Won by Watson (E):.Clow'| 1068 Not care to run the mile ‘against B . breaking performances. ‘Detroit Y. M. C. A~ Thne, g ‘i:cond Sitverman’ (B); hird. Tiae. | Jole Ray. because such a race “would ffl"rfi‘.':; ";mv";'g.fifl“éh:;r‘r;:n‘gr D = P s WARRINGTON MOTOR CAR CO. vl yerd Hieh "“"“‘";‘ Threoguarter-mile dash — Won by Haun, i0yird QesBSWen' by McGlathers (E); |not be of interest to the public,” his |the University of Pennsylvania track Sy ivane, 18 test BscTRNEheS 113 n -5 seconds, one-fifth of a second | goston Vecond, Ray, 1. 'A. C Tnnt. 3:17.7 | Acton’ (E), second; Shoemaker (W), third. [ manager, Hugo Quist, said, replying to | gommittee. =; - ¥ high 1727 Connecticut Ave. better than the Southern Conference Time, 0:38'3-3.- repeated requests for such & match race | The Oxford team ‘Wil be W. E. 70-ya igh - hurdles—Charles record. - He also covered the 220-yard ; Hum- E 3| Moore, Penn State, § 6-10 seconds North 9560 rd run—Won by Suter dden - ( 880.51 low hurdles in 24 3-10 seconds, while 0 c HE 0 hries. -LW the conference record stands at 25 2-3. H WELL TRA K R e oo b7 Coseweli~(E} Howard of Washington and Lee did ) Second: Tada tB) - fhn the two miles in 9 minutes and 55 3-10 AT STANFORD DEAD Javeln throw—Won by Sheehy ( seconds, two and seven-tenths sec- y Doy T sl SIB e at the Michigan A. A. U. relay carnival | Stevenson, D.' M. Johnson, here. Campbell ‘and- 1L W. Carr, a1l stu- |. (ftercollesiate record). “Nurmi will race Ray at 2 mlles, 3|dents-at. Balliol Colewe - Harvard, 32 6-10 (intercol- mfles. 4 miles even one-huf mile”| “The Cambridgs team has not been | ‘[ZIIN Quist sald, “Dut a race between these |named. X o nir y t would not be interest- ell of No rolina did “a_better BES Lt (W), second, 5 ft. 4 in. wort) mile than has yet been covered'in:the - (W), third, 4 ¢, 10 in m;’;‘g“‘: e ot “"’“‘I'm': EP]SCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL conference when he ran the aistance| STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif.,| Broad jump—Won by Elliott (W), 19 fr.|meet the QYSE tho mEA Ke time * in 4 minutes 27 seconds April 8—James Howell, hero of ‘the | 435 In.: Actes (E). second, 17 ft. 1112 in.; uThf:‘mzmk ] x:u o b:: s NINE HAS TEN CONTESTS It other schools come to the frant | 1922 Stanford-California track meet, | it Valy bion b ieistior (3, 11,0 tn,; | UC, Interest.’ wns Ray: k°°,("‘,"m | kst ¢ Episcopal High in dual meets.In that way it.would |8 dead in San Jose. £ Elliott (W), agd Elliott (E), tied-for ‘second, | & 8 suma 1 would maks it extremely e A e seem to indlcate that many. Southern| Howell who wax In his seniof yeat |9 ft ; = Apteseetion Tae Rurml SoRia), Alpcmdsie. awno: obened Suge Conference records will §o,when the [at Stanford in 1922, was a member s (E), 35 ft,'9.in.: | * Nurmi and Ray are jaint holders of season yesterday by handing an 18- teams medt 4F Hewanes May. 15 for | of the track” team, but was Il from A Hoadis Love | the world fadoor record: for the mile, | to-1% setback to St. Alban's-of Wash- the aannek HENS competitimic influensd at- the time of ‘the by e e ,m,, @ s their time being 4:12. ington-on: the latter's dlamond, have meet. % Ponnu_;) {lu;fifi 80 ft. 10 in.; Howard ll; f:";" mhed‘uled for the remainder ), third, of thelr campaign. Learaing that:the score was close, Fee 3 HUDKINS GETS DEGIBION el oo AR lie ‘got out of bed and arrived at the CENTRAL HIGH NETMEN |1 in time to take tnird in the| Georse Washington has got ints the |’ Ace Hudking, Nebraska lightweight, | Fishburne g e high jump, enabling Stanford to hold | SPring foot ball swim. Coach Cruni|{won a decision over Joe Benjamin,|Alexandria High; 25, Gliman. Country DEFEAT BUSINESS TEAM | caiitornia to a tie. had about 20 men out yesterday for |the only Pacific Coast: fighter in the | School; 28, ‘Devitt Prep ¢ The strain of Howell's efforts,'made { @ short ‘workout.. The - Hatchetites | elimination contest - for - Benny| May 2, Tome Institute, af Port De- |- Taking all but one of the singles |4t a time when he had a high fever,|intend to keep their men going until|Leonard's discarded crown, in & ten- s 9,. Virginia_ Episcopal Central High's tennis team | brought about a relapse in his iliness, | the weather gets too warm for grid- | round -fight at Vernon, Calff., last at Lynchburg: 12, Central v defeated Business, 6 t6 1.| which eventually turned into tuber~ |iron activiti night. 16, Woodberry Forest. in what were the first matches of the | culosts. season for each school. Central journeys to Severn on Saturday to meet the Severn School netmen. HARBISBUR.G GETS LEVI. ummarie nzles—Riorden (CV: defeated Rice (B), | HARRISBURG, Pa. April 8.—An- 8, 6—1 8¢ | nouncement has been made that John Bireh (C). { o1 3 Levi, former Haskell Indian School 'hrent yaars when a all-around athlete and foot ball e — t was player, bas been obtained on qption olu-hng for 815 a week, his trom the New York Yankees by the When this corporation x‘dne;t was ringing door gells Harrisbure club of the New York- luxuries were an occa- . carrying -a sample -case Ponneylvania League. 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