Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1925, Page 29

S PORTS. "’ MAREK, A 173-POUND SOPH, DUE TO THRILL GRID FANS Buckeye Star Comes From Iowa—Number of Other Scintillating Ball Carriers Are on Teams in the Western Conference. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. denied, the foot ball world C HICAGO. September 24.—Unless all signs fail and all promise is this Fall will be dazled by another stellar manifestation—a sizzling, crow-hopping back for whom tacklers are likely to grope and lunge in vain. ; His name is Elmer Marek and he is a sophomore at Ohio State Uni- versity, having entered the Buckeye institution from the Cedar Rapids (Towa) High School e Tow headed, blue eyes, jovial, and is 5 feet 11 inches tall. Marek tips the beam at 173 pounds Red Grange may find in him a real rival When he was flashing at Cedar Rapids High there seemed a chance either that he would go to Notre Dame or to Iowa. As to his native State, they say that a number of Cedar Rapids athletes went to a track meet at Iowa City and that Howard Jones, then foot ball coach, treated them quite casually. At any rate, it was thumbs down on Towa at Cedar Ra And he passed Notre Dame by in favor of the Buck- eve university. where every one ex- pects him to fill Chick Harley's shoes. Harleys and Granges Scarce. If this proves to be the case, Ohlo State will be lucky, as geniuses like Harley and Grange usually come one at a time and after long intervals. Alonzo Stagg says that in all the vears he has been coaching at Chi- go he recalls only two or three men of the Harley, Grange and Sleepy Crowley tvpe. These were Pete Russell and Steffens. Eckersall might be in- cluded. He had many great qualitie: but not the elusive stepping qualiti that Russell and Steffens had. coach sees men of that sort ver often. Nature does not produce many. They are rare. Marek may prove to be one of that breed. Signs seem to point that way.” If he does, the Middle West will be to say, backs who, in addition to work- ing in'with the team combination and doing their part, have the faculty of flashing suddenly into the spotlight and thrilligg multiplied thousands by their exploits. Strangely enough, Bell, also of Ohio State, a big blond quarterback, shows striking possibilities, and at Illinols there is not only Pink Grange, Red's younger brother, but a shifty back named Leonard. As to the younger Grange, qualified critics say that while he is good, he is not, and never will be, a duplicate of his older brother. Fail to Match Brothers. Younger brothers throughout all foot ball history, as a matter of fact, have, as a rule, not measured up to their big brothers. At Yale, Frank Hinkey was greater than Louis; at Notre Dame, the elder Coughlin, the elder Degree, the elder Bergman and the Elder Miller, attained heights their younger brothers did not reach. And so it goes through all the year in all sections; there are, of course, exceptions—just enough of them to And finally, reverting to star backs in the Middie West, do not forget Baker of Northwestern. rich in star backs this year—that is prove the rule. MORE SCHOOL GRID STARS MAY RESIGN FROM FRATS O CHANGE in the status of hij of Greek letter fraternities at ported today following the an N gh school athletes who are members Western, Tech and Eastern was re- nouncement that six boys at Central had placed loyalty to their school above their personal feelings in the mat- ter and had tendered their withdrawals from the banned organizations. Principals at the three institutions said that they had not received any resignations as vet, although Frank Danfel of Tech reported that he had received intimations that several foot ball men would soon follow the lead of the Central players and take their places on the squad without fur- ther ado. As matters stand now, Central has a_considerable advantage over the other members of the scholastic foot ball circuit as all six of the frat men are veteran players. Weston Byng and Morgan Loftus, regular ends last season, and Charles Van Meter and Jimmie Sweet, regular tackles, are among the half dozen who were to be seen with the squad today. Hance and Simonton complete the list. Charlie Dodson, half-back, 1s the leading player of the Tech group af- fected by the ban on secret societies. while Sam Combs and Fred Owens are the Westerners who would prove val- uable additions to the eleven should they decide to withdraw from their fraternity. The best of Coach Guyon's material for the 1925 team has been kept out of practice by the Board of Educa- tion's ruling. Heeke, Radice, Madi gan, Sweeney and Scruggs are the men in question, and as all are mem- bers of the same society they no doubt will act in a body. That they will get hack into togs soon is considered likely, as several of the group already have been seen working out with the squad. Greek letter men who wish to tak part in athleties will be allowed until next Wednesday to sever their affilia tions with the tabooed organizations. Tech will open its gridiron schedule tomorrow afternoon with Alexandria High at the Virginians' field. The probable line-up is Jett and McQueen. ends; MeDonald and Reidesel, tackle: Dulin and Oehlman, guards; Snow den, center; Cassassa and Mullen, halfbacks; Blackistone, quarter, and Armstrong, fullback. The Manual ‘Trainers have been denied the use of the Washington Barracks Field and are up against it once more in the matter of locating a practice grid- iron. New recruits at Fastern vesterday brought the total of prospective hoot- ers under Coach Guyon to 35. Light work is still in order, calesthenics belng a big part of the Iasterners’| early training. Uniforms have been issued most of the members of last vear's squad but the fookie’s are working out in track suits. Eastern High track athletes will be coached this year by Gordon B. Rath, formerly athletic director at Hine Junifor, who was transferred to the Lincoln Park school early this week. Rath is a graduate of Towa Univer- where he was prominent in foot and wrestling during 1920, ‘21 and . He also is aiding Coach Guyon in drilling the Eastern gridiron squad. Earnest Russell of Emory and Henry llege has been appointed athletic divector at Hine. Horace Hebb, star quarter-miler at Baltimore Poly, will he seen sporting ‘Tech colors on the cinder path next Spring. Hebb moved here recently and has registered in the seventh semester at McKinley High. Uniforms will be issued members of the Georgetown-Knicks eleven tonight at 8 o'clock at 1227 Wisconsin avenue. Skull practice also i3 listed for to-| night, and on Sunday the team will | work out at Georgetown Hollow. ¥rank McCarthy has been engaged as assistant to Coach Billy Martin, Havre de Grace SEVEN RACES DAILY Special B. & 0. steel 1 i ] oS denveny Suton, il ik Car . R. R. train of steel leaves Union Station 12:10 to course — Eastern Time. | Grounds. CHEER LEADING CHURSE TO BE GIVEN AT PURDUE LAFAYETTE, Ind., September 24 (#).—A course in cheer leading has been established at Purdue Uni- versity. ¢ Officials, concluding that more effective rooting by the student body may be made a factor in ele- vating Boilermaker athletic teams from their wonted places near the foot of Western Conference ratings, have ratified plans for regular classes for embryo cheer leaders. P. H. Scott, instructor in the de- partment of English, will lecture on mob psychol oy and H. Y. Clark, 1922 rooter king, and Roy Gish, head cheer leader this year, will conduct the classes. “Vocal scrimmage” will be a daily feature. BARRACKS MARINES SEEK GRID BATTLES Four open dates remain on the schedule of the Marine Barracks foot ball_eleven, which gets into action Sunday in a clash with the Bolling Field team on the Aviators' gridiron. George Morris, captain of the Leather- neck combination, is anxious to book the Knicks and Mercuries as well other strong District outfits for N vember 8, 15 and 29 and December 6. Emerson Institute is matched with the Marine booters on Saturday, October 3, for a game at the Monument On Sunday, October 11, the team plays at Fort Humphreys; on the following Sabbath a Marine eleven from New York City probably will be encountered, and on October 25 the Mohawk Club will entertain at Union League Park. Two games already have been ar- ranged for the month of November with service grid machines. The en- listed team at the Naval Academy will be met on November 1, and on November 21 the Washington all-Navy eleven will be tackled. Lieut. Carl Gardner is coaching the team at Marine Barracks. A stiff scrimmage Sunday at the Monument grounds will conclude the outdoor work of the Northern eleven prior to a practice game with the Corinthians on October 3. A meeting with St. Stephen's a week later will mark the start of the schedule. Patsy Donovan Is arranging games for the Mohawk eleven at Lincoln 9794. The team will practice tomor- row at 5:30 o'clock at Fifth and L streets southeast. Members of the Winton Athletic As- sociation foot ball squad will meet to- night at Twelfth and E streets south- east. The season will be opened on October 4, when St. Peter’s is encoun- tered at Fairlawn fleld. White Haven Athletic Club gridmen are staging a dance tomorrow night at Our Lady of Victory Hall, on Conduit road. Proceeds of the affair will be used to buy equipment for the tean Sept. 23 to Oct. 3, Special Train Direct to THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., | ' RECEIVES HIGH HONOR WITH MORE TO COME ROGER PECKINPAUGH. Here is a likeness of Washington's veteran shortstopper, who has just been officially voted the most valuable year. With it is a picture of the silver & Shah to the Peck testimonial committee, which is to be presented to Rajah, filled with silver coins, contributed by fans throughout the country. A dance at Wardman Park Hotel Saturday night, to be attended b; the Washington and St. Louls teams, will be a feature in the rhf‘er in the American League this oving cup, donated by Oppenhelmer members of ve for funds. OME day S It will be a great day for the Rajah But he will not have to wait until then for the plaudits of the crowd. His valuable service long has been appreciated by Washington fans and throughout the remainder of the pres- ent campaign and in the world series Roger Peckinpaugh is sure to receive the tribute he well deserves. Peckinpaugh, just finishing his fit- teenth year as a_major league short- stop, was given 45 points out of a pos- sible 64, just 4 points more than Al Simmons, youthful star, who has been shining in the outfleld for the Ath- letics, received in the voting. The balloting was done by a committee composed of one veteran base ball writer in each city of the American League. By the method used to determine the award, each member of the com- mittee picked the player whose work he thought had been of most value to his team this season and then ranked those eight players on ballots which give first place a value of § points, second place, 7 points, etc. By the rules governing the contest, active playing managers and previous win- ners of the trophy are not eligible to_the prize. The previous winners of the trophy were George Sisler, now manager of the Browns for the season of 1922, with a total of 55 points; Babe Ruth of the Yankees, for the season of 1923, with the highest possible total of 64 points, and Walter Johnson, National pitching ace for 1924, with 59 points. The most valuable players on each team this season, as established by the votes of the committee are: Na- tionals, Peckinpaugh; Athletics, Sim- mons; Indians, Sewell; Tygers, Heil- mann; Browns, Rice: White Sox, Sheely; Red Sox. Fiagstead; Yankees, Combs’ and Meusel (tied). Result of Ballot. Twenty-nine players figured in the voting, as follows: ss.. Nationals Athletics. . . Indians Tygers Browns. . 1b.. White Sox TFlagsiead, ¢f.. Red Sox acobson,’ cf. Browns. ostil, cf.. White Sox Bluege, 35.. Nationals Cochrane, Blue. 1n Coveleskis, Kamm. 3b.. White Sox Rommel, . Athletics. Sehalk, ¢ White Sox Peckinpaugh Simmons.” of . 3. Sewell, &s’. Heflmann, rf H. Rice. it (TR, Pennock ' p. 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All details of the Roger Peckin- paugh testimonial dance to be held at Wardman Park Hotel Saturday will ve perfected by the Peck Boosters to- night at a meeting in the Arlington Hotel. The meeting, open to all fans iInterested in honoring the Nationals' brilliant shortstop, will begin at 8 o'clock. Members of the committee to be s tioned at the entrances to Clark Grif- fith Stadium on the days of the Na- tionals’ few remaining home games will distribute envelopes in which con- tributions to the testimonial fund may be sealed and handed to the commit- teemen RADIATORS, FENDERS WITTSTATTS R. & F. WKS. 319 13th ST. N.W. 1423 P, REAR TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F How do you like youn Dinner Coat? Shawl collar? Peaked lapels? Notched lapels? Young men’s type? More conservative? Our Rogers Peet “Tux” are ready to serve, in an; style you desire. All full- silk lined, of course, even though suits of coat and trousers are as low as $65. Separate silk vests. 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Entries are now being received for the doubles tournament which will follow Immediately on the heels of the singles event. Tillie Raine, chair- man of the tennis committee, requests that all members send their entries to her at 328 Investment Buflding, phone Main 1437. Line soccer and corner ball are two of the novelty games on the Autumn program for the feminine athletes of the municipal playgrounds. The former game was invented and in- troduced recently by Maude Parker, director of girls' playground activities in the District. It is played on a field 60 by 30 yards. A team consists of six players, five of whom guard their “line” at the extreme end of the fleld, while the sixth takes her position in the center. The ball is placed be- tween the two centers and at a signal from the referee's whistle, each player attempts to kick the ball toward the enemy line. The first one to succeed in crossing the guarded line, scores a goal for her side. ch time a goal is scored the centers are replaced by one of the linesmen. This is repeated until each member of the team has been at center. The team scoring the most goals during the six sessions wins. “orner ball is played with an op- tional number of players ranging from 6 to 12 on a team. The fleld, approximately the same size as that used in line soccer, is divided into two parts. Each section has two boxes marked off in the outer corners. Two players from each team are placed In these boxes (one to a box). Team A's players are in the boxes guarded by Team B and vice versa. The object of the game is to throw the ball (similar to a basket ball) over the heads of the guards into the hands of the “goal keeper.” Fouls and rules of guarding are the same as those used in basket ball. The first team scoring 21 points is winner. .According to the Fall schedule re- cently announced by the director of playgrounds, line soccer and basket ball will be played between 9:30 and 10:30 each Saturday morning and between 3 and 5 o'clock 'in the after- noons. Volley ball, Newcomb, cor- ner ball, dodge ball and tin can golf are scheduled from 10:30 to 11 _on Saturday morning and from 5 to 5:30 in the afternoons. LOS ANGELES, Calif, September 24 (P).—Pete Sarmiento, Filipino bantamweight, won a decisive 10- round victory last night over George Marks, Los Angeles boxer, who re- centely defeated Frankie Genero. 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The right | way to ground a forward pass is t strike the ball from above and drive | it stralght to the ground with all your | might. Both hands are to be used, | because they cover a wider area than one and give more power to the sweep ing blow. Who does not remember a | gamo in which the other plan was tried? A back in grounding a pass deflects it into the air or to one side or the other. Instantly an opponent seizes it and is off for a long run or a touchdown that was easily prevent- able by the use of the right method. Knock a forward pass straight down to the ground with both hands and prevent any such fluke beating your team. i SN L TN | 40 GRID ASPIRANTS | While awaiting the opening of school next Thursday a squad of 40 candidates for the Howard Univer- sity foot ball team is being rounded into condition with rigorous daily workouts under the direction of Coach Watson and Assistant Coach West. Scrimmages will be held next week. Developing a center to take the place of Priestley, star snapperback for the past two seasons, is the Big- gest task worrying the mentors. The leading candidates for the position are Kelly, Martin and Burrell, all of whom played in the line last season. Among the veterans out for the team again this season are Capt. Long, Joe Dodson, Harry Bright, Les- ter Braden and Bill Meroney. The complete schedule follows: Oc- tober 3, Morgan College; 10, Living- stone College: 17, Johnson C. Smith University; 24, West Virginia Col- leglate Institute, at Charles Town: 31, North Carolina College; November 7, ‘Wilberforce University: 14, Atlanta University; 26, Lincoln University, at Philadelphia. | menu in the South SPORTS 28 ay Saturday THREE OF D. C. COLLEGES ' AMONG THOSE SCHEDULED |Georgetown, Maryland and George Wauhiugion to Get Into Action at Home—C. U. and Gallaudet Are With the Three Idle Teams. BY H.C. VERY college foot ball team in E 'mal action Saturday. Some of workouts, while others are likely to BYRD. the South Atlantic section, Catholic University, Gallaudet, and Johns Hopkins excepted, swings into for- the larger schools may get severe have the easiest kind of contests. Georgetown opens its schedule with Drexel in a game in which it should | win without difficulty, George Washington is likely to have a runaway over | Blue Ridge, and if Maryland cannot w in from Washington College, though it is meeting a heftier team, it had better shut up shop. _ At other places there are likely to be staged some real games. Wake Forest at North Carolina is likely to develop into a struggle of proportions resembling a midscason battle.” Last | Carolinians by a score of 7 to 6. Both teams are said to be excep-) tionally strong. Virginia Polytechnic | Institute mav ave more trouble with | Roanoke ths It knticipates. Virginia is looking forward to its contest with Hampden-Sidney with the remem-| brance that last year it came near | osing to that little school, and only | won by a break in the last five minutes of play. Virginia probably will not have the same, or as great, difficulty this Fall, but to look back at a narrow | escape of that kind is conducive to| nervous chills. | Washington and Lee, of course, has a real assignment in meeting Pittsburgh | at Pittsburgh. The Lexingtonians are | figuring o1 a far better showing than | anybody expects them to make. How- | ever, if they hold the Panthers to two touchdowns they may consider them- | selves to have done exceptionally well, | and to win would be one of the schools greatest gridiron triumhs. | Virginia Military Institute, after | going through e half of last week's | game with Wofford without scoring, | 18 not overly optimistic about its con. test this week with Emory and Henry. In fact, if press reports were to be taken at their face value, V. M. 1. would seem to be due for a defeat. However, it is highly probably the Cadets will win by a comfortable margin, All in all, except for the first games, which are interesting mainly because they are such, the foot bail Atlantic section | does not offer any of a particularly inviting nature, except the games Washington and Lee is to play Pittsburgh and North Carolina with Wake Forest at Chapel Hill. This is said with all due deference to the con- ditfons of modern foot ball, which pro vide almost every week for a tumble | by a supposediy big eleven at the hands of a comparatively unknown. Yesterday local foot ball squads went through long. hard workouts. | Two staged practices against outside | teams, Maryland and Catholic U scrimmaging ngainst the Marines and | Camp Meade Tank Corps, respectively, | while Georgetown engaged in scrim- | mage between its own squads. Both the scrimmages at Catholic University and the one at Maryland were valuable, in that they helped year Wake Forest won from the point out the weaknesses of elevens that are only in the .naking. Catholic University did wonderfully well against its opponent for the day, but Mary land, with the greenest outfit in has had on the field in vears, left much to be desired from a standpoint of its development Into a combination capable of going the route with the kind of schedule it has Georgetown is in far better shapa than any of the other local schools. { It has been working about eight days longer than the others and is more ready to start its schedule. With the exception of the line, on which Coach Little has been spending a good deal of time recently, the Hilltoppers are about ready for their first test. Any college foot ball coach prob. ably would drop dead from sheer de- light I he could start a foot ball sea son with a squad such as represents the Marine Corps. 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