Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1925, Page 25

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1925. SPORTS. 25‘ Transfer Helps Niehaus and Reds : Dempsey-Tunney Fight Likely Next Summer BERT IS BATTING BETTER HUBBARD WILL STRIVE jACK PROMISED CONTEST THAN HE DID FOR PIRATES IF GENE DOWNED GIBBONS g T Practically Up to Heavyweight Champion to Meet ‘Hubbard, the University of Michigan's Since Getting First Sacker, Cincinnati Club Has Won noted negro_ athlete, broadjumper de Two-Thirds of Its Games—Bressler Out of Ex-Marine or Quit Ring—Younger Scrapper BELIEVE IT OR NOT. —BY RIPLEY. luxe and one of the leading college sprinters in America, will wind up his intercollegiate career here next Satu: day in a supreme effort to establish < Place at Initial Base. BY JOHN EW YORK, N nant, but since Niehaus left Pi he could not bat hard enough, he has B. FOSTER. June 10—Albert Nichaus, formerly of Pittsburgh, may not be the answer to the Cincinnati problem of how to win a pen- ttsburgh, because the Pirates thought picked up about 35 points in batting, and the Cincinnatis have won two-thirds of their games. It was too long a chance that the Reds took when they went into battle with an outfielder at first base who did not like the infield job and who was worth more in the outfield at first work right for him. educated feet, base instinct. They must be able to time without aid of the eyes Bressler lacks such feet. His heart Bressler simply wasn't handy to the bag. To play first base right a man must have not only but feet that are to a certain extent born with the first than he could ever hope to be worth His feet would not reach out and spear the sack every but the Cubs got him by previous was in the right place and in the out- | arrangement and some dough. field his hands always had been in the right place. As a substitute at first base he did a very good relief job. But taking the job regularly was too much for his blind feet Bressler Out of Place. Jack Hendricks, the Cincinnati manager, insisted on starting Bressler at first, however, because Bressler was a 350 batter and he wanted a .350 batter at first. First base sluggers in the past have proved to be very 80od assets 1o the old-fashioned game of base ball, but if a pennant in the big leagues is at stake, feet must be as clever as heads and both must be as 800d as the player’s batting ability. Niehaus probably is a slow beginner. In the Southern Association last year no attention was paid to him at the start of the season. but at the finish there were six big league scouts camped at one time on his trail. They pursued him all over the South, and When the trade with Pittsburgh came into line, the Cubs let him go without a trial, figuring the seasoned Grimm would be better for them. The Cubs haven't gained much to date be- cause they are not much better than a Weary Willle last. Whether the Pirates might have gained anything in time never will appear. because Barney Dreyfuss didn't wait to see. Pirates Needed Pitchers. His pressing need seemed to be pitchers, and he went after Sheehan, formerly of St. Paul, who had not got along well in the Cincinnati atmos- phere, but whom Barney figured would do a comeback in Pittsburgh. But Pittsburgh never has hed as much luck at trading as in develop- ing—although if Grantham continues to play first as well as he has, the Pirates certainly have lost nothing there. Grantham has not unsteadied the team by a long shot each would have paid well for him, (Copyright, 1925.) COLUMBIA, MACFARLAND ATHLETES OLUMBIA and Macfarland awarded letters this afternoon in honor of their teams. Members of the championship basket ball and volley ball teams at Junior GET LETTERS High School athletes were at assemblies held at the two schools track team and the girls’ dodge ball, Macfarland were honored, while 10 boys at Columbia received the “C” and 43 of the letters went to the girls. Elmore St. Clair, Willlam Gross, Frank Lacey, Willard Higble, Law- rence Fitzgerald, Frank Ford, Paul Kiernan, Thomas White and Ray- mond Browne received letters in track at Columbia, while John Wrathal wids given the award for efficient work in handling _the base ball schedule. May Fowler recelved the basket ball insignia. Other awards were as follows: Base ball—Helen Dolan, captain; Marfon King, Virginia Smoot, Mar- garet Smoot, Hellane James, Dorothy Lingrell, Laura Nevius, Anna Pler- son, Irma Nesline, Eljzabeth Denean and Mary Berezozki. Volley ball—Ruth Jermaine, cap- tain; Nettie Katz, Jeanette Mothers- head, Dorothy Dinges, Anne Gallo- way, Cora Trimmer, Margaret Grif- fith, Mabel Griffith, Eleanor Gibson, Florence Browdy and Edith Taggert Track—Eugenia Burton, Florence Browdy, Odessa Plerce, Margaret Pot- terton, Laura Nevius, Louise Stevens, Anna Plerson and Gwendolyn Rags! e. Dodge ball—Roberta Offut, 1da Lewis, Margaret Smith, Elsie Blandenship, Anna B. Garrett, Jean Bone, Bertha Letvin, Hylna Mays, Badie Klivitzki, Beulah Baker, Chris- tine Super and Mary Bohannon. At Macfarland, Katherine Jones was given the only letter awarded for girls’ track. The “M" was distributed to the other members of the teams as follows: Track—Milton Abramson, Dante laccheri, Milton White, Willlam Lane, Russell Willhide, George Brandt, Bur- ton Ellis, Edward Wills and Joseph Howard. Basket ball—Clara_Alderton, Pris- cilla Storey, Mildred Vogel, Katherine Jones and Virginia Monk Dodge ball—Virginia Magill, Mary Kunna, Elizabeth Joyce, Ruth Raffel, Marcella Kline, Barbara Budd, Marian Beuchert, Lucille Milne, Marion Quinn, Lorrani Lipphard and Ellen Boyland. Volley ball—Loise Beuchler, Lorene Thompson, Virginia Miller, Beatrice Johnson, Elise Koontz, Helen Sher- ‘wood, Doris Felter, Helen Anderson, Elizabeth Chaconas, Joy Butler and Frances Bande only girls’ captain; | Harry Councilor and Nelson Jett yesterday were chosen to pilot the basket ball and base ball teams at McKinley Technical High during the 1926 season. Councllor, a forward, was the outstanding member of the Tech court team last Winter, while * Jett heads the hurling staff of the diamond squad and is considered an expert flelder as well. Central High and Gonzaga appear on the 1925 foot ball schedule an- nounced for Alexandria High School. A total of nine contests will be played, the season opening on October 3 in a meeting with Randolph-Macon Acad- emy. The schedule: October 3, Randolph.Macon ~ Military Academy. at ‘Alexandria; 10, Central High Bchool - at' Alexandra 17. Gonzara. at Aicxanaria: 23 Swavely. at’ Manasesr Cujpeper, at Alexandria. 'ovember 7. Fredericksburg. at Freder- fckeburg: 14, Leesburg. at Alexandria: 21. Annapolis. at Annapolis; 26, Interdistrict title game garter s were - worn around the neck you'd e PA RIS GARTERS em ‘ TILDEN AND ALONSO WIN IN RHODE ISLAND TENNIS HARTFORD, Conn., June 10 (#).— Willam T. Tilden, 2d, and Manuel Alonso were among those advancing to the fourth round in the New Eng- land tennis tourney. Competition in the doubles opened with Tilden paired with Arnold Jones of Yale defeatinf Clark Hop- kins and E. L. Hopkins of New Haven, 6—1, 6—2. Tilden won his singles match from Jerry Lang of Columbia University. Alonso defeated T. E. Hapgood, Hartford, 6—0, 6—1. ROCKNE NOT WORRIED BY VAST GRID LOSSES Bv the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 10.—Knute Rockne, coach of the Notre Dame foot ball eleven, which defeated rivals East and West and produced one of the greatest backfields in his- tory in the last three years, doubts very much that the 1925 team will compare with the one that boasted the “‘four horsemen.” “We lost our entire first eleven, seven men from the second team and five from the third,” he said, while stopping off on his journey to Wil- liamsburg, Va., to begin Summer coaching. ““We do not expect to have a team next Fall which can compare with the finished eleven of last Fall, all of whom were third-year men. 1 don't see a man in our backfield reserves ‘who will measure up to Stuhidreher, Crowley, Layden or Miller. “It is not necessary to win always. Competition is the thing which makes the game worth while. Of course, we play to win and we like to win, but a good fight is what we want and we are willing to lose to get the full benefit of competition.” kne will conduct coaching schools at Portland, Oreg.; Spring- field, Mass., and Notre Dame, in ad- dition to coaching the foot ball and track teams of the South Bend in- stitution. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., June 10—The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers both were clear this morning. Ghe FLORSHEIM SHOE A featherweight oxford —skeleton lined — ible, be\}lefi}el Will give you a lot of comiort.{ thing wit llght “City Club Shop” NO METAL CAN T%TICH You 1318%G. .S;‘ o | the Women's District Golf Association AN INCA CHAsout = Runner tor Huagna Capac. RAN UP THE ANDES FRoM THe SEA 280 MILES IN 48 HOURS. WOMEN 1 JoE MSGINNITY Jamous “Iron Man " i 54 YEARS OLD ~ WiLL PITCH FOR DUBUGUE, Ta. | WS YEAR N N SPORT By CORINNE FRAZIER B RONZE buttons for athletic efficiency have been awarded 21 girls from various playgrounds as a result of the tests being conducted on each playground in the District. Two silver buttons were awarded, one to Bessie Buchanan of the Towa avenue grounds and the other to Genevieve Krets of Thomson playgrounds. The silver button is given only to those who have first merited the bronze badge for efficiency in four of six fields of endeavor and have sub- sequently completed at least one ad- ditional year of playground activity with marked efficiency in more aif- ficult contests. Bronze buttons were given to girls at the Thomson playground yes- terday—Louise Evans, Rosalle Stead- man, Ruth Miley, Pauline Sager, Marie Fillah, Gertrude Evans, Elaine Deurur, Loraine Tiller, Georgie Am- murine and Margaret Smith. Seven girls were awarded bronze badges from the Iowa avenue grounds: Cecllia Sacks, Marion Becker, Frances Dance, Mary Boyland, n Boyland, Sylvia Reltzenberg and ‘“Mots” Kline. 10 The regular monthly tournament of will be held at Washington Barracks tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Mrs. L. V. Frasler, chairman of the tournament committee, has an- nounced that those wishing caddies should bring their own, as none will be_avallable at the barracks course. Players are requested to notify Mrs, Frazier today of their intentions. to enter tomorrow's event in order that pairings may be made. Mary Harbaugh, leading girl ath- lete at the University of Maryland, ended_her sport activities at the Col- lege Park institution by winning the school tennis champlonship. Miss Harbaugh, who was among lhoh to receive their diplomas yesterday, de- feated Patricia Wolfo' 1o the final round-of the tournament, §—0, 6—1. However, a semi-final contest fn which Miss Harbaugh defeated Con- stance Church, 3—§, 6—2, 6—2, really decided the tourney. It was the only match in which the winner really was extended to her best efforts. In the other semi-final Miss Wolfe easily disposed of Marle Massicot, flex- sole. weight clothes. Cor. 7th 8 K Sts. 414 9th St. 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 233 Pa. Ave. SE. Pauline Thomas won the junior class tennis tournament at Wilson Normal School this morning by her defeat of Hester Brooks, 6—2, 6—3, in the final round. In the semi-finals Miss Thomas disposed of Roxey Cas- barfan, 6—1, 6—1. The junior champion will meet the winner of the senior title holder in the varsity championship match the lat- ter part of this week. The senior event is now in the semi-finals. Ma- rion Birch was scheduled to meet Louise Kilton on the Sixteenth Street Reservoir courts this afternoon to play for place in the final. Eleanor Finckle will meet the winner of the Kilton-Birch match for the senior title. Officers of the Girl Scout Associa- tion will meet this evening at 7 o’clock at the Girl Scouts’ Little House, 1750 New York avenue. e ABOLISHES FOOT BALL. NEW YORK, June 10 (#).—Foot ball has been abolished by Stevens Institute, at Hoboken, N. J., and the schedule abandoned. A committee sald the adoption of “open play” has | resulted in a largfe increase in injur- ries, and consequent interference with studies and has necessitated year- round training for candidates for the squad. QUATRAIN IS INJURED. NEW YORK, June 10, (#).—Qua- train, winner of the Louisiana Derby and a well played favorite in the Kentucky Derby, won by Flying Ebony, has been declaréd ‘out of the Belmont stakes of $50,000- on: Satur- day owing to a bruised heel: . Re- moval of his shoes and discontinuance of training have been made gecessary by the injury. : You can’t be your “better self ’—with a corn No man can be athis best— with a throbbing corn shoot- ing pain-messagestohisbrain. Corns put a wet-blanket on enthusiasm, dampen the spir- its and sour the disposition. Many pessimists_are opti- mists with corns. For a com taxes the whole nervous sys- tem. It makes one feel mean a.ll over and act that way hnn:ubadm lt.Blue-jaymthebunnm SALAMANCA WAS SENTENCED To SERVE 396 IN JAL INSIGNIA AWARDED | TO NAVY ATHLETES ANNAPOLIS, June 10.—The United States Naval Academny has announced the letter and numeral awards to the outstanding athleties in Sprin sports, including base ball, lacrosse, track, crew, rifle and hand ball. The awards given consist of the * ? Navy numerals ‘28" and class numerals “1926,” “1927" or “1928." The awards follow: Base Ball. “N*'—First class. F. W Fenno. ir.. R H. Griffin: 8. second clase E. Cooper. M. lie and F. r. third class, J C. Schwab. E r: H. T. Jarrell. T J. Hamilton, 1'and C A Myérs —TFirst class. T. Brian class, R. B. Ellis H. c. H. M . D! second Lacrosse. 5 Ilnl class, F. C Bllhnl E B Tay- W G Lind, Soleinan, &x Gaoson: n Poore. g clsss. D 8 o N Fllpgrm 4\ E met, D. F. Wlmmwn Track. Lol clase € A Hammend, B Pt £ sunTu “ara; .-:'a" Duniap: third r] H. Crew. H lh First rllll SchlEl Yo oy, & L, Tig possond o iy vosier an W, Eddy and C.'S. Seabring ‘Tennis. First class, W. C_Ford. B. D. Rel- . Lowrey. A. R. Pefley and Enl.ull :_second class, C. H. Lyman. 3rd. . E. Youos. r Rifle. Figst class, M. €. Mumma. ir. H McC. Cox. A D. Kramer, J May, 2nd, D S eateidy: A Know S 5 B B Watson ay. B, C. K linn. third Stevens and K. | ZEV WILL RACE AGAIN. NEW YORK, June 10 (#).—Zev, fa. mous race horse, two years ago win- ner of the Kentucky Derby and inter- national race against Papyrus, is to return_to the turf, according to Sam Hildreth. The son of The Finn, now five vears old, has been in the stud, but is sound. mmufivmuw:yofhmh ingcorns. It stops the pain the ends the com in 48 hours. It is businiess-like and efficient. Blu-py leaves ever, a new world record in the running board jump and also to tie the world mark for the century dash. Hubbard will compete in both these events in the national collegiate track and fleld meet at the University of Chicago. Hubbard was to have matched his speed in the 100-yard dash against Roland Locke of the University of Nebraska, each having tied the world record of 0:9 3-5 for the event this season. Advices from Nebraska, ho were that private affairs had called the Cornhusker sprinter to his home at North Platte and would pre- vent him from competing here. Hubbard won the dash in the Penn relays and at the Western Conference meet in Columbus last Saturday, while Locke was the victor in the same event at the Kansas relays and later in the Drake games. ‘The negro sprinter set a “big ten"” record of 25 feet 313 Inches in the running broad jump, making the eighth time he has leaped over 25 feet. He figures he will be able to crack the world mark of 25 feet 6 3-16 inches, made by R. L. Legendre of George- town last year. The dusky flash has a style of sprinting all his own. The high knee action of the usual sprinter is absent, the knee, in fact, being almost locked. Because of this, his feet hit the ground differently from other sprinters, leav- ing only the spike marks on the sur- face, without “cupping” the track surface as the average sprinter does. Hubbard also makes his start with the same drive that he does at the start of his broad jumping run. This drive, which, in jumping, has carried him beyond the 25-foot mark eight time, a distance heretofore reached by only two other athletes, shoots him into the lead in the first five steps. It is this drive that makes him virtually unbeatable in the distance shorter than the century, and which may yet enable him to force his body down’ the pathways faster than any human belng has raced. FRENCH AND ITALIANS SELECT TENNIS TEAMS PARIS, June 10 ().—Rene la Coste, Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon and Paul Feret have been chosen to rep- resent France in the Davis Cup com- petition They will meet the Italians in Paris next Friday, and the winning team will have reached the European semi- finals. The Italian players will be Baron de Morphurgo, Cesaro Colombo, Sig nor Serventi and Count Balbi. BIG RING SHOW DELAYED NEW YORK, June 10 (#).—Post- ponement of the benefit boxing show of the Italian Hospital fund com- mittee, scheduled for June 19 at the Polo Grounds, featuring Harry Wills- Charley Weinert and Mickey Walker- Harry Greb bouts, has been granted by the State Athletic Commission as the result of a minor operation on | Walker’s right foot. ZBYSZKO THROWS GOBAR. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 10 (#).—Stanislaus Zbyszko, former heavywelght champlon wrest- ler, defeated Jatrinda Gobar, Hindu, British Empire champion. in a match here last night, two out of three falls. Formidable Foe for Title Holder. BY SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, June 10—It is as N certain as anything in the world of fistiana can be certain that the next big fight will see Jack Demp- sey and Gene Tunney opposing each other in the ring, In a conversation with the former marine shortly before he sailed for Europe, Dempsey promised Tunn feated Gibbons. Now that Gene has holder either must face Gibbons’ have no such shrift as the public has Wills’ challenge. As for Wills, his dark form Tunney and Gibbons took the cente ey that he would fight him if he de- performed this feat the present title conqueror or quit the ring. He will s given him in the matter of Harry loomed over the ropes just before r of the stage at the Polo Grounds last Friday night, and the manner in which Joe Humphries introduced him was important chiefly for what Joe did not say “Ladies and gentlemen,” cried the | famous announcer, “I wish to intro- duce to vou that premier colored heavyweight of the world.” That was all. Not a word about his challenging the winner nor any reference to his status as Dempsey's | chief rival. The fact of the matter is that a mixed bout of great im- portance is not wanted in New York and if Wills seeks to do battle with Tunney he will have no better than he had with Dempsey | Gene Looked “Good.” | In looking forward to the probable outcome of a bout between the cham- plon of the world and Gene Tunney, one fact has to be faced at the out- set. Gene made a much better show- ing against Gibons than Dempsey did at Shelby. There is no getting around that at all. The writer saw the Shelby fight from the ringside just as he wit- nessed Friday night's battle. And aside from the knockout, which alone would give Tunney a better standing with reference to Gibbons than Dempsey enjoys, Gene did more effec- tive work throughout than did the title holder Gibbons had never been the mark for any one that he was for Tunney. In close, Gene's quick, sharp delivery of hard, short-arm joits had Gibbons worried from the first round on. It was these wallops which in the early rounds cut Tommy's lip, caused his nose to bleed and, later in the fight, opened a bad cut over the left eye which could not be closed and which obviously interfered with the St. Paul man's vision When the fight was over Gibbons was marked more than he had been in all the other battles he had fought throughout his career. At Shelby, the only signs of his encounter with | Dempsey were two black eyes, the re- sult of the only really effective blow | that Jack delivered throughout the | fight, a wallop on the forehead just above the nose. Gene had never shown an ability | to hit so_quickly and with force so| |great as he displayed in the bout. He used his right only sionally, dom missed. Such accuracy play havoc with' Dempsey's weak spot, his nose, unless Jack put Gene awns with one punch early in the battle. | Whether Dempsey can do this remains | t0 be seen. The way Gene stood Tommy’s best punches in the one £00d round that Tommy turned in, the luck | now, but when he let it go he sel-| would be sure to| eighth, indicates that he can weather a rugged pasting In point of skill the improvement which Tunmey showed would suggest a sufficient amount of boxing science and ring generalship to make Demp- sey pull the smartest stuff he knows Tunney is not the one-punch man that Dempsey is—or was. He stowed Gib- bons away, after he had worn him down with punches, the effects of whioh were heightened by Tommy's increasing weariness as the bout pro- gressed under high pressure, round by round. Dempsey will have at least 10 pounds on Tunney and that means ¥omething when the advantage of \\eignv is held by a man who is first. in every respect. Dempsey Busy Man. Compare the Tunney who fought Friday night with the Dempsey who fought Jess Willard and the odds would be 5 to 1 on Jack. But the title holder has not fought in a long time and is dallying with all sorts of affairs not connected with boxing. All this must necessarily reduce the fac- tors which otherwise would be in his favor as against Tunney. Tunney, somehow, gives the im- pression” of a coming hero, a man whom destiny has appointed to carry the gonfalon of ring prestige high and far. * He is improving all the time in skill, in hitting power, in fighting spirit and in weight. 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