Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1925, Page 25

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1925. SPORTS. 25 Old Dominion Elevens in Big Games Saturday : Minnesota Coach Is Pessimistic \ IRGINIA AND V.M. L PLAY | | ON SOUTHERN GRIDIRONS Former to Tackle G Georgia Tech, While Latter Will Engage Georgia U.—Capital Teams Live up to Expectations in BY H. schools, Universi nstitute, face he far South, the latter a inst Georg rst season that the of Georgia so early, fay in November or th Tech the While Ge have rgia has been ¢ the and “doped” to | elevens | vi “dope mgest fn the South its one-sided tory Mercer indicates the trom right is not fa it is not so cel As inians are set | they indications 1 find Virginia easy Vi eleven md tain t it w a matter of fact, for since had they the b have are between Georgia and Vir 1 prove one of the best of | A yvear ago Georgia won the Old Dominion by to 0, and | time it did not seem Virginia inywhere as strong as the | It compara- | he \es the other Us effort to get st of shape o play Yale from the com- near Vir team in b at New H i \ v ven u week | runner the measure of | the narrow mar- Atlanta eleven was | easier winner than | ML 1. got such a something of a sur- .ch is much stronger r weight and ver i serience. V. M. 1 » be mg the took [ last year same a close It has a ts b gre it will indeed fu t to take measure ever, the type of shift used by gin Tech 18 not one calculated to do | anything other than befuddle a set of | een [n!\\ AT V. M. L's showing inst Georgia Tech will depend al-| ¥ entirely on how well its for- wards cope with the shift plays which feature Tech’s offense—in fact, which almost entirely constitute it iant line take, can a power- How- Geu That Georgetown and George Wash- | ington won their opening games by comfortable sc was only to be expected considering the pre-season predict their coaches. Both | Lou Little and “Maud” Crum stated | three weeks ago they would have strong teams and the strength of their statements was such that one could | hardly expect them to do anything other than win. ions of Georgetown has a big, powerful nine ; and a backfield that goes well with it The F and ¥ men acquitted the editably in their opening contest gave every indicati that they will carry out the earl practice predictions of their coach. Georzetown, if the quality of its ma- terial, its coaching and first-game ghowing are real criterions, should | have one of its greatest elevens. all probability the Blue and Gr as a better outlook for this season than it has had at any time, in the last decade. Perhaps its outlook is bette than for any scason it has ever faced, which is saying something, when Georgetown's foot ball history is con- sidercd mselves ¢ gton has far more al than it has had and its general in the sun George Washing expericnced mater n unitorm in_ years, outlook vies for a place with thatjof Georgetown, although not to the eXtent of the Hilitoppers. Of George Washington does mot play as heavy a schedule and will not have as strong a team as the Blue and cannot attain the come to George- 1e Hatchetites are strong enough and have a sufficiently difficult schedule to do greater things than any Buff and Blue eleven of re- cent years has d town. However, 1d opened its schedule agains 1c heaviest team that has ever played at College Park. In fact, few foot ball teams anywhere average as high as that of Washington College. When any team takes the field aver- aging 188 pounds there is some weight s ling around. Maryland won, 13 to 0, and under the recum- stances did not expect to do more. A feature of the three games played here Saturday was the absence of to players of either of the nding teams. Not man sufficiently to cause any incon- venienc One feature of foot ball which will cause less and less injuries is the fact that more and more the players that are of greater ex- inexperienced man on the gridiron, who is apparently strong physically, is much more susceptible to Injury than the smaller man of ex: perience. The boy who has played | foot ball two or three years in high| school and through the freshman year in cc usually knows how to ta care mself. On the college squads in p session it usually the inexperienced man who is susceptible to injury ience. wctice is sh o 1zton and Lee, despite predic- ¢ brilliantly strong team th not accomplish as much as many thought it might against Pitt burgh. Howeve s pointed out | a week ago in this ¢ an that if the | Generals held the Pittsburgh contin-| ent to two or three touchdowns they | should consider ves to have | done well. Considering that Washing- ton and lLee was beaten four touch downs, but had out of the game its r nd best end, it is barely sible that two or three touchdowns have been the final result had | Palmer and Thomas been able to play. | North Caroli secutive yea est in its openi 7 to 6 and last “for the second con- | fell prey to Wake For- | s game last Fall by | 7 Saturday by 6 to 0. The Tarheels seems to feel that be- cause Wake Forest is in North ¢ lina they have to play that school, the opening date is about the only one that has heen found available. And, th n, Wake Forest has not usually been as strong vear agzo and seems to be now. Time was when North Carolina trimmed the Eaptists almost as they pleased. Virginia Polytechnic Institute is an- other South Atlantic school that did not fare so extraordinarily well in one of its first games. Roanoke College held the Blacksburz collegians. 0.to 0, and gave the bigge full from start to finish. Virginia Mili £ ginia romped away with their con- tests, the former trimming Emory and Henry by more than 40 points and the latter getting ample revenge on Hamp- den-Sidney for the fine game the lat- ter played a vear ago by running up a 40-t0-0 count, ty ard sledding this week in last two seasons early | the | from | with the A | Moss’ | cided be: playground Opening Clashes. . BYRD. of Virginia and Virginia Military | games they are to play the former against the University of Georgia, at ainst Georgia Tech, at a in reality. Atlanta. Truly, it will University of Virginia has met the the game usually having taken place e last Saturday in October. V. M. I in October FOOT BALL SECRETS BY SOL METZGER. nHrT THIS ming straight nothing el are trained When The arm, backs tackler a Tackler. a tackler In app of timt comes stra Iving the is required shoo at the tackler nd up so that trikes th, held the the with hand the force of tackler just The effec the drive of the tackler aside or open as wrm either stops or turns him it enables the runner to use driving power the tackle a way as to pushed away him Youns toot bend the arm tempting to use tackle Such a tive, as the force of Instead of the tackler being shed away the arm bends at the elbow and the tackler drives into the runner and throws him. The best demonstration of the powe of the straight arm is to have a player tand before you with your Aizht arm against his chest and hav to push himself into vou. such be ball 1t players frequently the elbow when at t arm on scheme is ineffec the jolt is the straigh You {will find the power he applies pushes him. the same: test arm crooked at the elbow. Note how easily he bends it b: So, when you use the straight keep the arm straight from wr houlder. FOOT BALL HITS FULL STRIDE ON SATURDAY | By the Associated P NEW YORK, September foot ball season will be i next Saturday when the “Big Three’ of the East and the “Bizx Ten" swing into action. Record-breaking attend. ance in all sections the country vou from o 28.—The full blast low | him | WOHLD SERIES TICKETS AVAILABLE WEDNESDAY World series tickets for the threo games in Washington—that is, for those who were fortunate enough to get notice that they were successful applicants—must be called for on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday of this week. Booths will be open at the base ball park on these days from 9 o'clock in the morning to 5 in the afternoon. il tickots not called for by Fri- day evening at 5 o'clock will be put on public sale at 10 a.m. Sat- nr(lny. jHORNSBY HAS HOMER | TITLE WITHIN GRASP CHICAGO, September 28 (). ers Hornsby of the St. nals, champion batter of the National League, Is almost certain to be crowned the home-run king of the ma- jors for 1925 The St. Louis star, who has been | plugging along, being more or less ontent to boost his batting average to oveted .400 mark, put some dis- to two of his wallops vesterday at the expense of two Braves' pitchers and rang up two four-baggers for a to- tal of 39. 30b Meusel of the Yankees nearest rival, with 32. Met {been leading his brother “Irish” of the |Giants @ merry pace and the latter has been unable to stretch his 21 hom- |er is his 1. has 1be Ruth of the Yankees is mak- ng a desperate drive to get close to |the leaders anG yesterday smashed out his twenty-second circuit clout Lea erun_hitter Americ Meusel, New Villiams, Louis, 24: Ruth, h Hornsby, | Hartnett, Chicago, 24: Louis, 21; Meusel, New York, nier, Brooklyn, 21. 'DIXIE TITLE SERIES NOW STANDS 2-ALL FORT WORTH, Tex.. September (). —Atlanta’s much vauntedheavy swung into full action yes- nd the Crackers outslugged | Fort Worth, 12 to 7. to even the Dixle | series at two games each. The fifth zame is scheduled here today. The contest was playved before vd officlally counted at 17,798 L record for a game in Texas, as well as for a Dixle series. Atlanta slug- | sers were not long in getting the | range on the outfield crowds, and | many files that normally would have been easy outs went as two-hase hits Pug Cavet. pitching hero of the first game, and Jimmy Walkup, who did fine relief work in the same contest, tarted today. but nefther finished They fought it out on an even basis for ahout half the game, when the lat- ter retired in favor of a pinch-hitter and the former abdicated under a bar vage of hase hits, McLaughlin relieving | him. Pug was wild from the start, | walking five men in as many innings. The Crackers' infield supported in spectact stvle, contributing four | fast double pi which broke the | backs of Panther rallies. } Score by innings York, fmmons, New York, St. Louis, Bottomle: 21; Four- in | a g | R H 12131214 01310711 . McLaughlin _and Head, North, Johns | Ax | Jen- and marked the opening of the season on | the weck end. Increased interest is indicated for the coming Saturday with Yale, Har- vard and Princeton and members the Western Conference in the fra The Crimson start against Rensse- laer_Polytechnic Institute of Tro N. Y., will be closely watched to see if Charley Dal indicates possibilities of F turn to supremacy Amber: to-6 victory Rochester h«\\ keyed up the inv of the Bay State squad Coach Bill Roper's chief troubles cen- ter about an inexperienced line. He hopes to build up a strong aerial at tack. Middlebury stack up against the looms as the s Three.” Foremost attr: sion treks to New Blue. ngest of Haven to Yale still the “Big rction the East bring together the Army eleven and Detroit at West Point. Navy and Wil liam and Mary at Annapolis, Vermont and Syracuse at Syracuse, Lafavette and Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, Johns Hopkins and Colum t ew Yorl Brown and Colby at Providence, Dart mouth and Hobart at Hanover, Penn sylvania and Swarthmore at Phila- delphia. Tllinois and Nebraska top the ban- ner Western Conference card in which Red Grange will make his initial ap- pearance this season. in By defeating the Corinthians, 12 to 4, while the Clover nosing out the Yankees, 6 to 5, the Southends moved a step nearer to the junior base ball championship of the District. A game with the Yankees will complete the Southends’ schedule. over | to Princeton. | WESTERN LOOP FLAG GOES TO DES MOINES v the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, September 28.—Des Moines nosed out Denver in a race for the Western League pennant yester- in a driving finish. The result in doubt until the final inning of | the second game of a double-header | between the new champions and St. | Joseph. Denver lost its chance at home by dropping the second game of a double bill with Tulsa, after both the league leaders had won their initial contests of the day. The champions and the runners-up entered the final day of the season in a tie after a neck:and- neck struggle since the middle of the season. Omaha. last vear's champlons, | ished In next to last place. The teams finished in the following | order: Des Moines, Denver, Oklahoma | City, Wichita, St. Joseph, Tulsa, Omaha, Lincoln. — fin. Washington's leading feot ball teams are promised keen competition by the land Collegians of Baltimore, an organization of former college stars coached by Capt. Charles J. Mabbutt, 3d Corps Area gridiron luminary. The Marylanders have open dates for Sunday games in October and No. vember. Arrangements may be made through Manager Milton Goldstein at 7 Calvert Building. WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER: HIGHLY e party at stake, is in progress Two picked teams, other by Elizabeth Moss, schedule for the Virginia Avenue tit to the winners as an At present the teams are tied. Miss group won the opening en- counter, 7 to 1, and the Smithites came back for a 41 victory in the econd contest. Play will be continued today. If the schedule is run off according to the present plan the title will be de- ve the end of the week. The teams are lined up as follows: Smith team—Nellie Elliott, Maud El- liott, Dolly Sthermine, Josephine own, Florence Rhodes, Helen Wil- . Moss team—Loren Alvey, Elliott, Dorothy Hall, Teresa nford, Grace Platt, Helen Axman. tossers making defend are to Georgetown formidable preparations their title in Section 1 Basket Ball League. A number of girls responded to for recruits and are ving out for place on the team Four members of the championship sextet will be back in their old posi- tions this year. Vi play center arge the first call side teft forward. Beatrice Easterman, who was a sub. stitute side center in 1924, is consid- ered a strong contender for place in the regular line-up this season. Rena_Bryan_and “DUCO” (Genuine Dupont) Painting and Lecitering CENTRAL AUTO WORKS 449-451 Eye St. N.W. Franklin G805 xciting dodge-ball series one coached by her assistant, of the Inter-| . with a ground title'and a big on the Virginia Avenue Playground. Thelma Smith, director, and the are playing a 3-out-of-5-game le. The losing team will give a party rcknowledgment of their superiority. Mary Hartls into first-class material and are being seriously considered for positions on the team. Georgetown's closest rivals last Winter were Iowa Avenue and Rose- dale, both of which are planning to make things hot for the champions in the (mw’mllm: series. Equip Your Car With NEW TIRES 6 MONTHS TO PAY! PROBEY TIRE STORES 2104 Pa. Ave. N. W, 1200 H St. N. E. 9th & P Sts. N. W. v are developing rapidly | — PRACTICAL FOOT BALL The Eighteen Best Plays Selected for Use by High School and College Teams BY ROBERT C. ZUPPKE No. 4. Tandem Split Buck @ oo cavmier B quarterback @) wrerreriNG LINEMEN L The ball is hidden. The fullback is the The runner should be careful not to run too wide. The quarterback pirouettes leading runner. JUNIOR HIGH SOCCERISTS START SERIES ON FRIDAY OCCER squads at the junior high schools will be called out S today to begin training for the second annual series which opens Fri- day afternoon, when Columbia and lumbia field, at Scventh and O streets. Fifteen games are on the schedule for this Fall, the converting of the Powell School into junior gh having added another eleven to the five-team lcaghie that operated last season with Columbia takitfg the championship. A'l contests will be played at ‘Columbia and officials se- lected from among the coaches R. Connoll of the that won out in 1 is preparing to cop the cb six Powell teams clash on the Co- hi squad |1y Axt, while Bill Con | farland’is counting on Capt. Kenneth and al. | Sole. Joe Gahan, Eddie Williams, Rob A hislert Goldstein and Dante Taccheri. ready has held ting of his | . > 5 ey = candidates. In adfition 't four letter [, CONWaY, &iso nes beon looking over men from last vear's combination. 30 | ari o iy regulars T tiven '::;\.fl'- !\‘J‘yu i :;.';'\'f',‘,‘ ‘:I;,l',l",";llp“}f‘:‘ fight for their places by the newcom Bractice. Letter men who will be back \”* e nling. Hokine, M e o Chpt Wit | rell. Harlan, Wollner, Muller, K. Wil- fard Harper. D Bush and Man. . Secon ’” Laviley. Mich fRrd Herog oonnd were divided among Langley, Macfar Eansiey and: Mastarland land and Hin=, with Jefferson finish- | pect to be in the running, e heaule dozen veterans returning i school should make the 0. Langley step in order to cop the title % Jefferson Aubrey Martin, John Wash ey Rudolph Worsch, Reuben 30, Hine Vere Kopp. LeRoy Good ) Matchett will fill regular the Langley eleven coached by Ridge- | vay at Mac mpionship agais te Fron Jefterson venii oy 13, ibia ve Mactarland Hine: 20, ARLINGTONS GAIN TITLE HILE the question of base ball supremacy in Arlington and Prince Georges Counties was decided yesterday when the northern Vir- ginia champions handed a second setback to Mount Rainier by the score of 5 to 2, the District sandlot title still hangs in the balance, the Shamrocks having evened the count in the second game of the pla i with the Knickerbockers by shutting out the Georgetown nine, 5 to 0. The District laurels will be award- ‘y Alexandria Cardinals, 4 to 0, with Viar ed next Sunday, when the two tcams | allowing the locals only one bingle. meet for the third time. The playing | Rialto Theafer field will be decided by a toss-up. Kanawha nine, 7 to out a_ benefit nosed 6, in SHAMROCKS EVEN SERIES‘ the | | | Lefty Kuhnert was sent to the|&ame for the family mound yesterday at Washington Bar o racks by Willie Glascoe, manage of the Shamrocks, and added to his long string of sandlot triumphs by holding the Knicks to a total of three hit two of which were credited to “Gook Taylor. Mickey McConnell, Knickerbocker hurler, went the route for the losers and was touched up for 10 bingles The Harps scored once in the third, shoved three across in the next frame | and added thelr final tally in the | aridrets, 10 to 7. cighth, Sammy Haas contributed a | sets. 10 to 7. trio of hits in four times at bat. , DECLARED IN PROSPECT slab. Both hurlers granted numerous | hits, eight being charged against the NEW YORK, September 28 (&) Prospects of a golf match between Alexandria Dreadnaughts took the measure of Herndon, 12 to 10. Maryland Park took the first zame | of a post-season series with Marylund Athletic Club, 7 to 6 Hess Athletic Club Seniors ended their season with a win over the Lafayettes, 5 to 4. sl Auth Midgets bowed to the Midland Arlington twirler and nine being regis tered against the home team’s flinge but Laycock was invincible in the pinches. Arlington put the game on ice in the second inning. when Beauchamp, Scheffel and Smith connected safely and brought in a trio of counters. The remaining two runs were scored in the seventh and eighth, while Mount Rainier counted in the fourth and fifth. discussed in a Chicago dispatch to the New York World today. A staff_correspondent who covered last week's tournament for the pro- fessional champlonship which Hagen won says that Jones, amateur cham- pion, has consented to play Hagen at some Florida course during the Win- ter. “The reason the match is to be played,” says the dispatch, “is simply this: Jones thinks he can beat Hagen and © he can beat Jones. St. Joseph’s tossers scored their twelfth straight win yesterday when they handed a 9-to-4 trouncing to the{ Eastport semi-pros at Annapolis. Lefty Tripp allowed only four s and struckout 12 of the opposing bat- ters Joseph's were leading. 4 to 1, when Eastport tied the count in the ninth. Five runs for the District combination decided the issue in the | eleventh. Fee Collier, S. Collier and { Manders garnered the batting honors. White Haven tossers scored a sec- ond victory over Epiphany yesterday at the Monument grounds by the count of 9 to 2. Robey’s pitching and Woody’s circus catch in short field were features of the game. Liberty Athletic Club bowed to_the Your Ankles! Dress Them Up Too PAY a compliment to your fine hosiery with a pair of trim-fitting, superfine, ankle-fashioned NuniBish oxfords — no | gapping, no slipping. BERBERICH’S 1116-20 7th St. 813 Penna. Ave. You can bank on it that all the good things you hear about Paris Garters check with the facts PARIS GARTERS NO METAL CAN TOUCH YOU 25c to $1 Tme for a fresh pair?, of Jacob Good- | Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen are | | | | | MARBERRY SEES REESE; ARM MAY NOW BE 0. K. Fred Marberry, champion relief twirler, may be read. the world series if t need his aid in turning back the Pirates. Marberry, who has been suffer- ing from a lame arm for quite a while, had Bonesetter Reese, who is \\a»hinztun wing today, and after the hoted Ohioan had’ fin the hurler said all « in salary he working _on hed the apparently had disappeared. for use in Nationals the trouble SPEARS MUCH SURPRISED his and Men of 6,000 in School Responding, e Many of Them Inexperienced. POLE VAULT. JAVELIN RECORDS ARE BROKEN By the Asociated Press HELSINGFORS, 28 —Charles made a pole of 4.252 meters (13 feet 111 inches.) This is claimed as a world record. ber Hoff holds the world record for the or feet 9% inches, made in Copenhagen | At Oslo last August he vault- meters (13 feet this has pole vau but recognize SAN ). —Joh javelin thrower, more th; games staged Brotherhood when he toss: ord by picnic inches. lished feet 10% ROCKNE NOT STIRRED BY SATURDAY S WIN| 1t d. ni in with no FRANCL My at d ot nches. SOUTH BEND. (#).—While foot country's leading sounding the pr: Dame K to “wonder Rockne continues ¢ any miracl ir ault at Finland, Hofr Abo Sej 4.21 meters, 103 t vet been offl September champion bettered his own rec- 1 8 feet yesterday orld by the Fi Richmond, he spear in 1919, Ind ball for s expert « wspape e2 of another Notre | Kn * Coach AIm and re even Notre Dame didn’t show an, Rockne opp will ter urd ay th: improve the timing of feints for which Rockne-co fields are famous and perfect defensive v that, | finished. pla sald ition During the next two we mooth rough e ive that convince: at while expect hs it The scouting Saturday from sota and Chicagc West game Pol hicago. ould a subject of sp Sisco, was broken fered only a torn ligament team to Waco, panied t left supposed z te in Baylor “We did tack not ha d plenty plays, de ched ugged, was far aternity pres included Michigan Why out N lation he for Bayle ¥'s t aturds game. He a of Norway esterday inches), €alif., | being pursued 24 feet 11| other carnivo: His former world mark, estab, in Finland was Septeniber the defeat ks Rockne s from an of- | onlookers )t power Michigan and Dame sustained BY LAWRENCE PERRY. M an im T. PAUL, coach of has been transplanted from anotk highly individual system of play inerest As for the coach himself his probl are multifarious and complex. In the ¢ come to Minnesota by way of Dartmouth West Virginia, he aw his material until And now while the Middle Western | foot ball enthusiasts are eagerly await ing a view of his famous shift plays| and reverse maneuve: wholly occupied trying to play his systemn. S0 far been very successful m, sortant foot-ball playing univerdity. r se 1 re. -n’mn” ms, a5 may of Dr. ( W. Spears s thar ptem- s never t linemen ing to me the as tired that Just follow get more s0." first ball, alth I have this s the coach is find the men he has not 13 £ es that Jolt. an enroliment male stuc Receives Big pears he sar natu r his own of the sota of Out cted to Minnesota more than 6,000 of this number Dr. Spears see a whole field full of the historic Minnesota | northmen, s at | stature; indurated backs who nnish | quired their speed in pur by timber wolv pus beasts. expectations have squi found foot clally has nts, h 28 confe Spears o We have he uing—or not His realized than 50 | terial for {than in the eight | coaching. An idea | be gained from the | his two first-string never had varsity experience | other but one vear | On the entire squad are only four < | candidates for the tackle position. A 28 | guard is sorely needed. but he has not | the | vet been discovered. The ends are all | the open re | slow and the backs without exception | in which t need much more intensive i | Neale !(hux tHere Wil be to g | Taking the j whole, there are some bad. Now anced. As Spe having a lot { many fri out the ¢ the East fair and just what on been not of ss ma eleven be wi 216 he has f his problem tement that of kles one h: and the tac UNIVERSITY inst = ns to T = charges of Coach the uf| ve team e ing,” | the strong defense prevented t untry, in particularly just that the he is up rds regs velop | Ll Has Done Wonders. does not g zest for student He find foot body from Athens find it in he is rect he has accompli His shift sy who | form. and the alare getting suf- | tomed work ccom-| “If the lin Tex. ' the necess vesterd: is | ste voni none the deal less. of unaccus in kept who ntest on Lambeth Field 3 ember ¥ AT SCARCITY OF MATERIAL Has Neither Quantity Nor Quality, Less Than 50 September 28.-Interest always attaches to the new When the coach th him a agined, who has nnus, and opposing hif experience tr experience had an ob,” aches strike me y couches any ally enough, ce uni- holding plained ement h hid- VIRGINIA IS PLEASED OVER FIRST CONTEST 3 Hamj ha sa irle nia scored 1 single time ded here there ce Hamp- was in- of fight. is will have Athens Here this week! The Gillette Service Experts are here all this week—at the places listed below —ready to help you get a perfect shave every day. See them! These experts will show you how easy it is to obtain smooth, satisfac- tory shaves. Bring your razor along. A free service for Gillette owners. See the Service Experts at these Storess Liggett’s Drug 13th & F Sts. Peoples Drug Store No. 2 7th & E Sts. N.W. 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