Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1925, Page 34

SPORTS. EVENING STAR. WASHINGTO MONDAY, DE 'EMBER 7, 1925 SPORTS College Foot Ball Safe, Says Expert : Husky All-Star Team Will Oppose Grange PRO GAME IS TOO DRAB FOR FANS, PERRY STATES New York Throng Shows Apathy When Grange Fails To Run Wild—Chicago Bears Display Litile T None. amwork and Gothamites (When Red Grange appeared «t the Polo Grounds yesterday before a crow? of 7000, professional foot bell seemed to have comw fo it AIMS TO SAFEGUARD ALL COLLEGE SPORTS 3y ¢ Ke ball i 11hl the Press. MIENS, Ga., December 7.—Foot not the only branch of college < that will Le protected against professionalism as far as the 1 Conterence is concerned. Having adopted resolutions to pre- serve the amateur status of gridiron heroe f e at its final ses- in motion to pro- zuards for partici- ball, wrestling and A Arcade against the Rochester Central Before a crowd estimated at 15,000 persons, the champions scored thelr in base Lawicnce Pert ris’ and keon game and of cr finite Coll writes, has I N bled to vision sver of s ds in gencral to fear from the LAWRENCE PERRY. Professional foot ball BY EW YORK, December 7. s vesterday e when 70,000 | for their sem- t the New York Giants. of course, “Red” Grange, who had p and deica er outpouring was, wvho played hatiback hica cam. E Dempsey s young ime entitle ball between and * 1s o i ; rore over a of foot might be attle for the worll heavywe When the e expected of a world series base b Onl so lon discovered t! for reason o i ce crow-hopping stt FOOT BALL G'\’EATEST | GAME, RED DEGLARES [7:) one g, oing to pr punt- | all th cruc teams does and lor of ersity NEW YORK me hetween \ not wane Flaw in the Show. That was the ereat flaw in the Polo ounds show In thi respect, it wi athletic exhibition which the s seen since he attended his ro foot ball game. A | ed It Grange | R on any one | d - made him famous, | the sitnation would have been helped materi But he did not nd in 1t quaretr he stood on £po! kavoed 1 forward wvn with crowd b in droves they had con new it would not fternoon; they did felt they ey s worth | rank, when Grange ward end of | ng of interest in [ Y to nful thing to | effective en, in the third | He 1ce before told the h ie re hy material. wdeast tion WE whi wary ot ball speec of the that audience he said winced, the | the ted ther 1l is not t ortunate k. which, b to earn 1in mone her De g in co use mind nat ac had more | muscle included in his address a | ppear at all, it |diet and schedule—excluding tobacco | e stands would | and liquor—for aspir athletes uled Bob Zuppke “the test foot all coach that ever live ind said | e deeates t his own trainin an ice man | Eant rolled aroun 1 been of his own choice d | St wrprise to his father. quarte seer though collapse with bored w | establ | WESTERN MARYLAND y | team, second victory over the Dis rs by the count of 35 to 31 in a rough-und-tumble scrap. ; i & Manager Lot Sugarman is expect o uegin ‘:f:";‘l { to make several shifts in his line-up \tional assocla. | Pefore starting his team against the | R ¢ dribblers. This will prob- that Je onway, the addition to the squad, will make hia debut In Washington Tivery. Conway plays both at guard and at < will make ineligible | * - ball player who has | I was the sense of the conference that every candidate for base ball | teams shou'd subjected to the | closest serutiny and that none should | conter and is making a strong bid for Le pericitted play who had not | g place in the Palace backfield, During hed {heir amateur status be- | recent workouts he has teamed with the slizhtest doubt. { Capt. Ray Kennedy in the back court. T and wr ne rapidly | It he starts tonight, Bob ( more popular in the various | ho moved to center to rej itions of the coun- Haggerty. vond are becon PALACE TOSSERS ENGAGE ROCHESTER FIVE TONIGHT FTER opposing the world champion Celtics in the basket ball in- augural at Madison Square Garden, members of the Washington Palace Club return home today to resume work tonight at the Fans are expecting the Palace players to work doubly hard tonight to atone in a measure for the defeat suffered at the hands of the Celtics. Is of the American court circuit. Another change is likely to be made in the forward end of Su g combination. Curly Chris stocky chap who has been doing good ~ shooting in practice stands a good chance to get in at for- ward. The preliminary starting at 7:30 is between the 1925 edition of Central High School's court team and the Bal- timore City College five. Hol high school athletic tickets will be mitted at half price. At 8:30 the Palace Club takes the floor against the Rochester five, whi won its last start in the Americ Basket Ball League from Buffalo, to 16. Rochester’s starting line-up is Hyde and Barry, forwards; Messenger, center; Topel and Murj ds. zovern these nford committee ) 5 appointed to prej these ey C. SANDLOT letcher n, “aroli two Washington Virkini and R: & White, urrus, e In- ITH the end of the season at for the District \ ' vesterday by the Mercury Mohawks, will remain undecided Ithough it was the first setbac OBTAINS DICK HARLOW | ici Md., December 7. signed to coach land foot ball team ron mentor, c iten Col; at Eddie Try- leading point scorer i his name to the izht, following an all- e o college and alumni officials. ALABAMA IS WILLING WASH!NGTON BECLINES A, Ala,, foot ball w h ~Dick Harlow the Western M hoat with the Hawks, only one drubl The Marine Barracks gridmen, who shared with the Apaches the honor of trimming the Wingfoot team earlier in the season, also have a right to consideration. All this gives the title race the appearance of a Chinese puzzle and makes it probable that the solution will have to be put off until 1926. Yesterd League Park climax of the foot ballers. ularly at the start of they have s and reacheidl in trimming shoving ove ing period of Matt Hurd, clash at American was undoubtedly the season for the Mercury Since being defeated reg- their schedule, their greatest their old enemie: touchdown in the open the annual sc Wingfoot halfback, put his team within striking distance of the enemy goal with a 40-vard run around right end which put the ball on the 5-yard line. With a score within their grasp, the Mercury backs and linemen crashed through their op- ponents, and with De Ga ing the leather plunged across the | line for the only points of the game. December 7 1yers of the 124 and 1925 making the play in_the < game on New inst an opponent chosen eams Wash., December 7 (#) of Washington’s foot ball won . the Pacific Coast University which Conference will not repre the anm de Calif, Field goal decided both games pla: ed yesterday i nthe 135-pound cha plonship series. The Stantons re mained in the running by nosing out the Southerin Preps by a 3-t0-0 scor while the Wintons n: a meeting of 1 of control of the university, i krown that the squad “Gyphed, seem’ that educators and | wish to keep vall_su- | premac in the hands of ().P © necd never worry about the § s elements essential to 1d while promote: , it certainly d \ likely that the drab exhibition at the Polo Grounds on ¢ can ever menace so fine and and_zestful a game as inter- ate foot I Famous 77 Obliterated. lven Grange's famous 77 became obliterated by the mud after five min- utes of play, and three-quarters of the time no one knew whether or not he was something or whether he was on the shelf. ut his reception when h upon the gridiron, a nice and clean, dous. An old have to go to the WOULD LIMIT By the Associated Press M IDDLETON, Co graduates, reporting to studei recommended that the colle intercollegiate games each vear, own class. and The report was ma cduca\mn t Wesleyan U /|ALL STARS TO PLAY FOR EAST ON COAST ecinted P CHICAGO, December of the country will he the all-sta teur fo 1l Bill” Ingram to the U 1 in B a W trer would Dewey to abtain He w roared e slapped an <ed in most terms. He posed for the mo and for stills; eminent citi ed his hand and looked unutte proud themselves. The band “Hail to the Chief.” In brief, being as they say, an_unspoiled young man | fresh from college, he must have wondered greatly. Url where Red went to college, | is a be ul educational seat, full of | gobiil trees and fine ouildings and ot the Westamielere lawns; the visitor there is struck by | harge of the Westorn cleven aninspiring combination of intellec- | TIURT FE DIGHC tual solidarity and the bravery of ath- | ;™ e letic prowess iy Tulley of uette Kle parts team f In- ty_of De- stern ali-star | eleven Proceeds will go to the of wcisco. Lense, Children’ Jack : is in 5 on | for | be: Bilwe of Nebr in, Conditions Different. And other arenas w an underzraduate Weir wards, M: Mi hi wd ick and Diehl y, higar Garbisch Nebraska. Quarie Dartmouth. Backs rgia Tech bama, ¢ esota or coaches wil Temple of the | ng ex ment whi on, Colgate: Iy Mart se of the fair Ann Art sl the course « have sec them 1 o Gro huwre Sunday DOBIE PLANS TO STAY AS COACH AT CORNELL | ITHAC N. Y., December 7 (#).— Dobie l“‘ no intention of retiring coach of Cornell foot ball team. o nnounced w questioned a been head coach at | on i 1 am gring to continue here until the expiration of | my contraet, seven . was | i to the average | Dobie’s comment | i that | I'olo Grounds i were col | Gra At W ago Bears, 19;! plant cleats into sequential yards| New Yool i of turf? But the collezians were lost | At (leveland—Cleveland, 6; i uge, r ng. paipitant human! eon g, s medley, such n be found only in! A} Chicago—Pottsville, 21; the metropolis when a heralded sport-| Cardinals, 1. Sl ing event of magnitude is on. At Provid nee—Greenbay Packers, Any cross-section of this crowd Prouidan lers. 10. * would have yielded names to be found | =—————————————— in all city records, ranging from the | eard index at police headquarters to the socis “ter. As for the teams, the Chicago eleven, me attention to | New York su = d done great d of neither. Chicago L team— o fair teaw by the wav—and New | York was qamposed of individuals—all of whom used to be and the score was 19 to 7 Finally, not even is likely to d 1ch another crowd out on a plea unc fternoon—not in Ne anw noon « seeke one W eats a student he may ince with 3 If o his philo. tnitial dip that lies un =ophical into the valle der Coc much o th touchdowns fan. It w filled the ersity of Ore i 1 kno | are colle 1t stands far crowd e | Chicago | 13- oc fhar 1t Conveniently Located . on Fourteenth Street Hawkins Nash Motor Co. Sales and Service 1337 14th St. Main 5780, w. ant ¢ Yor TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'’S, 7th & F BATTERIES “Pay as You Ride” PROBEY TIRE S'I'OREl H 2N P H 8PS NW. TO FOUR-GAME SEASON mber 7. Ingram’s | 3 Par-y| ¢ Sy Can. |} they are to be consider of the title by conquering Northern by the same count. Handi put the in the third period « clash with the Preps, champlons, with stul from the yard vlons made their st score in the final qus reaching the 1 to give up the The Winto a L - sult of a last-period drop-kick by Lick Licarione. Bill McCathran had in- tercepted a_ Northern forward pa: and raced 65 yards down the field to the Northerns’ 10-yard line. Licarione dropped back and sent the ball over the bar to give his team its third iight win over the Petworth ven ELEVENS Stantons their | 19241 boot | a A committee of college under- nt representatives of college here, ges of the country play only four these only with the teams in their n of the intercollegiate parley on he com R. Broc an Uni s composed of of the Wes. chair- the v, editor of Nichols, editor of Robert R. onian and H. doin. Registering rst eredited to their opnonent Club eridm vesterday | cunced the Seleman eleven. 24 to 6. | Barrv. Kennett d Dearborn scored | touchdowns for the winners, and| recommended | Spzhn_added to the total with a 20- | coaching systems be | vard drop-kick and a trio of points | | after touchdown. no co a a e o With Reiss and Bangs scoring, the | Cresent Athletic Club turned in a hiduring the same, | 14 450 vic at_the expense of the ns alone direct their 2 o, = &3 - i . Mount Rainier Emblems. The win- hat undergraduates would i s e & *not | ners counted in the first and fourth P T e T periods. Mount Rainier was never i i b within striking distance of the Cres- The committee’s report, citing its | cent goal. on for recommending only four games each son, “each game with | Camp Meade Tank Corps gridders @ team in its own class and in its | lost out to Langley Field, 7 to 0, own vicinity,” said: v at Newport News in the bat- “Schedules of only four games for the 3d Corps Area foot ball would render Impossible the present mpionship. The touchdown came annual elimination contests among |in the third period when Wiley of the t of the country, and conse. | Tank School eleven attempted to ent would render imps ble the | drop-kick. The ball went to one side ice of mythical national and even nd recovered by Carlton of jonal champions. Many teams | Langley Field. who raced to the other would remain undefeated instead of a [end of the gridiron for a goal. e B = Calvert Athletic Club won from cct removed less pub- | yw-gojley eleven, 20 to 6, on St, Alban's ,f"";l{“““.“;’mf&';‘;“::;!nrm' Both teams were composed (he uitic Imagination | mainly of high school players. Augle Would e foreed | RODerts of Central held a Fackfield | barth on the winning club, and te bodies. the RS T ‘Soring and early | e outstanding performer of the con- ining would be done away © games would be E ve week ends be- late in October. Practice, as could start two or three ks before the first game. “The crescendo of interest, at over eight vould be limited to four games » the e percentage of attention iven foot ball now would be lessened v the cutting down of the length of he season. “Colleges *heir own downs_t . the Palace teams be | ch With this ¥ would Northern Midgets scored over the Pennant Athletic Club, 18 to 0. Ma noles, Preps won from the Semi- 14 to 7. DRAKE AND PENN RELAY GAMES WILL CONFLICT DES MOINES, Towa, December 7 athletic director, will name April 23 and 24 as the dates for the Drake relays. _Dr. J. C. Allen, athletic director of Kansas University, is expected to date the Kansas relays for April 16 and 17. The Drake event again will con- flut with the dates for the Penn re- playing teams only cir class and vicinity minimize the commercial aspect of hedule making, and no small col- 'ge teams would be called upon to hemselves in order to make for their institutions as at This altruistic motive given for these set-up games, the making { of money to support other sports, is in no sense a defense for foot ball. Appropi on undergraduates would s . if such a step in ‘would le RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES MADE A\l) I NEW RADIATORS FOR | AUTOR WITTSTATT'S R. & F. 319 1dth ST. 1423 P. REAR| Special This Week Only Felt Hats Cleaned and Reblocked. Silk Shirts Dry Cleaned Ties Cleaned.............................loc FOOTER'’S MAY REMAIN UNDECIDED sandlot foot ball title, its have been charged against the Mercurys, the \so figures as a strong contender for the championship, | direction, | better plan GRID TITLE hand, it appears today that the race thrown into muddle | cleven’s surprising 6-to-0 a defe until this time k for the Ind next year. 1 club and a pair_oi | pache team, which | in the same bing having been administered to it. BASKET BALL SECRETS By Sol Metzger HANDLING BALL. | man i ket ball with | it to an- | for the| player to Learn to handl both hands either in other plaver or in basket. Two hs give complete control of the ball ccuracy and control The one-handed player is a freak in this game. He usually has very lar hands and an uncanny eye. and file of players will find th both hands on the ball by ali o shootir of is the | Note.—The author’s purpose in Ihm' series on basket ball is to make avail- | ble to the thousands who play the zame the successiul system of pl developed by Lon W. Jourdet, who, coach of three championship teams Pennsylvania, zave the game its gr est impetus by inventing the five-man | defense and shortpassing attack now | universally played wi varia- tions. Thus grateful acknov ient is made to Jourdet for the splendid material contained in these articles. (Copyright. 19 t| | mena The rank | ¥ ELEVENS MAY AVOID TWIN-CONTEST PLAN By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, December Possibility that the Western Confer- ence schedules of several teams may be revised so that Minnesota and Michigan and Northwestern and In- diana will not have to play two games in 1926, as arranged at Chicago, voiced by Fred W. Luehring, athletic director at the University of Min- nesota Luehring disclosed that schedule meeting at Chic banded a conference was tween Dr. Clarence W. coach at Minnesota thwaite, head conch at Northwestern Coach Bill Ingram of Indiana and Luehring, to discuss the n Ways and means to four teams from engaging the | double-headers was taken up. Accor ing to Luehring, Northwestern hold the.key to the situation and Kenneth Wilson, ath c director at the lat- ter school, and Coach Thistlethwaite promised to considery Minnesota's sug- gestion. If the readjustment takes Luehring said, the Minnesot with Notre Dame, now set tober , would take place October 9; Notre Dame would play Northwester: r Minnesot would take on obe single Indiana- rthwestern ould take plac Bloomington October 30 and Mich- \ would be enabled to take on the ple at Ann :\x'lmr October 18, after the go had dis- held place, game " ALL-AMERICA TEAMS DEPLORED BY HALL| By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December ball follower: remarks of the Intercolle rules committee, at the f of players selected for honors inquet all-American ¥, With all the earncstness t is in me, that I hope dinner to a 11-Amerf will ever be held in Am reued nst « ince of indiv n 63 vards for The banquet was - New players selected on nal foot ba of my busi 1 . “if any collegze plaver consid ered that it Is in his interest when he gets through his college course start plaving professional Then the speaker den e to the game plavers “the way some rofessional foot ball J to the show in the and quick men nd easy money he added. 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ITH continued good reports of “Red” Gran nating from New York, where anothe the Chicago Bears before a record thror | at Grifiith Stadium tomorrow. { The party, 28 strong, leaves | reach the Union Station shortly ir headquarters here given over long-distance by Charles C. } ! main there for a good night's rest Th ernoon the \\. hington the Grangites tomorrow will have | the direction of Coach Iuk Heg GRANGE HAS EARNED $82,000 IN 11 DAYSi P). is N Yo ter 7 o'c all-Star team tt long workout NEW YORK, December 7 foot ball flash in his demonstration feet can cov proper] that | | two when in 11 d Gran ager and but the | and soon he | the ice ind Attenda ceiving, the round $470 | " e rformed profession. | Sional raul contribut- | the sam Chicagol} 121 10 €0 @ yard before 180,000 persons r victories for the five starts, Polo in his team’s 1 NINE GRIDIRON BATTLES LISTED FOR ELON TEAW | NORTH CAROLINA STATE TO PLAY 10 GRID GAMES w) | Moon B:8) Wonder what Mertz will aay today? 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