Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1925, Page 41

COULD PLEDGE PLAYERS WHEN THEY JOIN SQUAD, TAKES TWO GAMES Having Gridmen Sign Agreement Not to Accept Pa N 2\ for Services for 10 Years After Leaving chool Is Seen as Remedy, BY LAWRENCE PERRY. THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY. DELCEMBER ~ Colleges Can Curb Pro Foot Ball : Game May Be Taken Over by Majo 1 925, ST. MARTIN’S QUINT St. Martin’s *Club basket ball fives scored two victories last night. the un | limited quint earning a 30-Lo-8 decision | over the Collegian tossers and the i2 pounders trimming the Anthony basketers, 40 to 10. | " Flanagan and Smith were high scor- | ers for the unlimited quint, with four |and three field goals. respectively. | Murphy of the Colleglans also regis. tered & trio of £hots from the floor. Coming from behind in the fourth EW YORK. December 9.—How a repetition of the Grange case might | period. the Independent five of North: be prever the present ted in the case of other outstanding foot ball sp or future, is ists 2 matter that is concerning college athietic and faculty authorities just now There is the fecling that if the athletic fields of educational institu- tions sional [ directors Yet Prove becom Lculty ot rs then the whole caus members this organization, conside e of of the West, cven in isolated instances, the breeding place for profes- college sport is seriously affected. ern Conference. as well as ath ed remedics at their recent meet- But nothing has been announced as a result that would indicate they worked out anything of value. there of value in rer it medy that woutd reventing college | men from being recruited by profes- | <ional interce cenary T memby n eration memb mitted in ind honor his cc Plaver elevens legiate ways Remedy legal on o D er of a4 var which obl of his of the wear further n er 0 [ wes remedy heing heinz varsity he consideration their it exploiting < in other Is Suggested. Here (ccepted eleven him in 1ceepted nd heing pet wsiznia. of the consid ' var that will be his in representing llege as a var frain from plaving fo rind of or lea in azree £ 10 vears ves college. this paper to submit After he against his plaving ¢ Tone former Harvard player eminent N ew ity man. to re o ball for a pe. he is zraduated wounld further » an injunction | York lawver, a to whom this plan was submitted. gave his opinion tha conrt vould, to enforce if it would prove effective. he college in question of course | he said, | 1o go into| if this were | have But done 1 am of the opinion that the pa per h student signed would be binding.” “The point should not he overlooked any w sizned such a paper hreak faw, zreat it with but it is a majority impunity mi are juniors, and. at varsity man, with extremely ceptions, ma jori h would iy us, while a ha ho, as a minor, would he able to !} Thi one, is one | nor since @ of coliege athletes do not attain their full powers until they | this time, every few attained ex-| his | | ve pphomore nnder 21 could sign such a paper and . not h n teams, would minors, until age.” ave it lexu hen ai least be bound. they havs Opinion Is Supported. iy binding, who mainly compose varsity rule, se of general e in c the signing should be deferred ched the legal | Another prominent Southern lawyer, - who and a laved foot t one ha time held the South | important N in an federal office. concurs in this opinion. “The courts,” preted if a reasonahle limi the consented injunc npon t this ques he plaver he. tion would he valid. S0 cather. far Rut nis th far as the hev do feel amateur sport Ama uproot heen s lnok with in the standa to indi of set fo sential this teur idealisr ed after al 0 carefully w collegiate authorities deprecate what Grange has done so |had e: 15 he himself is concerned. power to the young feliow that mercenary exploits a : he unfortunate in their influence upon | €rs by Lincoln. m 1 nurtired. “have inter clearly and were placed aid very rtion able do riter, to not is More they sa results of bound to | the they will he it has | Boys will | ing toward | fe: ofessional side of sport and the rd ividu that rth some this ti of team play 1 ambition nl above seems ahsolutely me. will give wa n such as that | es- | BUCKEVYE COACH KliLLED: PLAYER SERIOUSLY HURT| COLUMBLU Walter coach P ball A Towa, seriou a vester at_Ohi Elmer varsity pla sly injured ot Ohio, Sssman State. Marek., ver i December freshman foot was Killed | Rapids, vear. was utomobile | a Cedar this v an dent near Upper Sandusky, Ohio, | HARLOW GETS RELEASE. Ul Assured of his of foot Tow w come land for GA. N Y all at Col il sign head cc the ch T will remain at ol April COLLE IS FIGHTING A This was the opinion of many who attended the annual sessions of conference here last weck, and it has been indicated by transactions | the 1 26, Associated Pir s THENS Ga December release e, « conty ) head cc ichard ¢, € today Western hree vears. o however ch Hay 1o be. Mary He december 9. -Coll | disgruntled | Thanksgiving day were primarily responsible GENERALS PRIMING FOR COURT SEASON LEXINGTON With fou Vi, December lettermen on hand, Wash inzton and Lee's basket ball squad is_busily preparing for the season The court campaizn for the Gen erals will begin hefore Christmas. as the Dlue and White will play zames with Maryland and Catholic’ Univer sity before the holidays start Prospects are not ax bright as had been expected. due to the failure of Funk to return. - Wilson will lead the Generals and will be aided by the return of Land sterling forward for the past two seasons: Van Horn. center of last season five. “and Herndon, relief forward of the 192425 quint Besides these four. the will have to bank on the of the half-dozen scrubs of ar's team. They are Little »son. McCandless, Dorsey and Urmoy. A number of last vear's freshman quint will be available. Spotts, sen tio center and pilot of last year's Little Generals, seems to be the best het among the newcomers. althoush Shupp, forward, is showing up well Then. there is Nance Howe and Smith. forwards, of last vear's freshman: Joynes and Ruckor Fuar Generals playing +u NOTRE DAME-NE RELATIONS | By the 2 further statement. Coach gamblers Associated Press. OUTH BEND, Ind.. broken off athleti the two schoc While Knute Rockne. Notre Da Ernest Re. who on December clations a lost Reports here said hostile spirit ted between the for several years and had becp fanned before and after the 1925 game by treatment accorded Notre Dame play- Nebr.. townspeople. References regarded as discourteonus and insulting were made to the Notre Dame men in poems placarded in windows of Lincoln business houses. Bearg denied that the players had been insulted or humiliated and point- schools game that the ovation siven the team was the greatest that Notre Dame . to my mind. has been brought about by deception worked by persons who lost heavily on the = said Bearg. “I .1egret that Notre Dame officials were influenced. but it is that school, and not Nebraski that will have explaining to do when the facts are known. Rockne left her= on cation after announc bre: Pittsburgh and Alabama have been mentioned as likely to replace e ame on the Huskers' 19 schedule. SOUTIL BEND. Ind. December ) Athletic relations between otre Dame and Nebraska were brok en off at a conference hetween officials of the two schools. it has been an- nounced by the Rev president of the loc A hostile spirit_ha the universities for se is understood to have hefore and after the month's va of the ment a 1 institution. ed between eral vears. It been fanned 1925 game by GE BALL IN SOUTH FOR LIFE ege base ball, the thorn in the hands of the Southern Conference executive committee, is rapidly fading from the picture of major intercollegiate sports beiore every mecting since the creation of the Southern athletic body cli patror stricter rules to preserve the staius bled by fan, t minot college base ball must ¢ veviva ferenc ¥ Rul ball ¢ partio comm sy 1 hecom have d point failure Stmme sion withou “There, who would eliminate bass college sport having « oiher and m nea cilitate psed by foc naze of the sar its vivals he sreatly ot circumseribed annually ne. for increased popular by amateur 2 continually the purse of the number of ball in and semi-pro Summer leagues 1 or 1 major it brs in: s on yers now of the ittee’s time o add arly every these e irksome leclared the where the out its own entimpasse i the Lase Two new it comment are those the been laid wle: prop 1y be lifted n <ket hall and track the eligibility to and rulings and iss spe sa w conference all at ruls B n ns meeting last I which fies on the table | at in ate its own place in the con. et with foot hall hase larzer of ccupy the conference executive has heen neces. mend the rules sion_in order to The task ha most leaders ne arrived at the t must largely Ivation. v this as” ascribed the to debate this year's ses- were adopted es e conference | all entire e i uch a proposal is ster of the conterence, the table at vear, the | An-! ibsequent | Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street Hawkins Nash Motor Co. [} v 1337 Sales and Service 14th St. Main 5780 meeting is one that proposes to recog- | ball other I as | nize foot ball. track and basket | as major sports and classify all athletic games, including base bz minor sports. President Sanford ' referred his unnual address last week to the falling off in base ball receipts, saving fe conference teams managed clear_expenses for the season. As far as the eligibility rules are cerned. veral coaches said adroit methods used by some players in plaving Summer base ball made it I next to impossible to rule them in- | elizible. Instances of like naturg durinz | declared. tizhtened. they RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES MADE AND REPATRED NEW RADIATORS FOR AUTON WITTSTATT’S R. & F. WKS. 13th ST. N.W. Boxed Stationery and Corsage * Flowers make appropriate gifts ideal and pleasant store for men shoppers. CREERON 614 12th St. N.W. Aroand the Corner from High Prices Between F and 31 1423 P. REAR arg of Nebraska <aid in in- | | crexse about as fast as the rules al'l-‘} |east nosed out the Printers by the | score of 16 to 14. At the start of the |final session the losers were on the liong end of a 14-t0-10 count. O’Donnell, with seven baskets, was high sc for the Corinthian Juniors when they chalked up their fourth straight win by swamping the tionals, 36 to I. Cardinal Juniors. who will oppose the Tresekow Juniors tomorrow night," won from the Nightcaps, 25 to 10. After trailing in the opening quar- ter, the Clover Juniors ran up a 41-t 15 score on the Woodside quint. Adkins accounted for seven basket Elliotts and Live Wires are to play tonizht at 6:30 in Bastern High gym- sium. Tomorrow the Klliotts pl At Hyattsville and Friday ht they invade the home floor of the Walte Reed tossers A double-header is scheduled for to. night in the Peck Memorial gym AU 730 the P'eck Ireps meet the Con dors and an hour later the Peck un limited five takes on the Clarendon Baptist team Bethesda dribblers bowed (o Chevy Chase last night in the Bethesda Hizh School gymnasium, 41 to 9. With every member of taking part in the scori Juniors earned i 40-to- the St. Martin's Juniors their team Epiphany I decision over ‘ Basket ball will be discussed by {members of the Congress Athletic Club tonight at S o'clock Congress Heights auditorium Manhattan basketers will reorzan ize Sunday at 2 o’clock at the home of Chris Hutchinson, 830 Eleventh street northeast. in Club Celtics «nd C streets with the Bill Sanderson’s Boy practice tonight at Third v their game tomorrow Renrocs. 'BRASKA ARE SEVERED 9.—Notre iter Nebrask e hetween Dawmie and have 1 confere officials of make Lincoin that Notre Dame me athletic director. would no the 17-10-0 defeat of treatment acorded I plavers by Lincoln peaple. | SANDLOTT:ERSVARGUING OVER 135-POUND TITLE irding of the 135-potmd sandlot foot hall title is causing dispute among the manazers of tha elevens which | consider themselves in the running for the honor. Manager Johnson of the Notre Dame foor Nebr.. towns Aw Tt s becanse | €d to Rockne's assertion before the|Stanton team claims that the Wintons | are dodging a game |and then alonz comes Heywood Ulrich of the Knickerbocker Preps wtih the { claim that hix combination is entitled to a crack at the Wintons The Knick Preps have | scored on this season ROLL TO LEAGUE Rollir of bowle eau " Domestic ce duckpin set a n for their Individual _games e as follows Maddox. 127 Outcalt. 119: Costello, 114 Greenwald, 109, and Brenner, 108 with his eleven, not been RECORD. supplies ign and ieague circuit a total of the B Comme v record FOR COURT TITLE FIGHT ARRING accident and scholastic dificulties, which may upsct the B calculations of any high school coach on short notice, the basket ball”combination presented by Lea Kriz of Tech gives promise of being one of the leaders in the aunual scholastic series, which opens January 9 on the Arcade court. In Harry Councilor and Bill Wer-| versity ber the mentor of the Manual Train- | Business |ers has two of the fastest, although | : perhaps the lightest, forwards that| The decision to hold the annual will perform in the title games. Both | series at the Arcade instead of in the | held regular positions during the last | Géorge Washington Unlversity gvm- campalgn and both did some fancy | Nasium was made at a recent meeting | shooting when Tech outclassed Epis-| of faculty advisers of the five pub- copal High, 49 to 21, in a |>,.;,..”“.le high schools following an extensive B s et ek iend' survey of gymnasium facilities of the Slim Crosson, lanky pivot city by Dr. G. Harris White and 8. T. o MRt corime nlwisnouond bito Kimble. Joe Deering, former Columbia learned the game during the oach, and Joe Fitzgerald, well known high school series, also is back in a|in local basket ball circles, have been named as officials for the games. suit also are Dinty Koons, an- other forw d, and August Terneak, Base ball and foot ball schedules for guard. Kriz is carrying a squad of | paxt season also were adopted by the |15, but_aside from those mentioned | filuiy advisers. A lack of interest in | few of the plavers are experienced in | ho Jast diamond series caused the the (cage grune. 3 1926 schedule to be limited to one As usual, Tech is handicapped by 4 | round. lack of gymnasium facilities. How- ever, Zes to go through | at least thr ce periods e week. Two afternoons are spent at the National ¢ d Armory and the | third prepping session takes place at | Futy [the Y. M. €. A | ve. Buminess. The regular schedule opens Satur-| stern \~,“r:::::v" day with Leonard noa uh».;n 1T e Weatn | Leonardrown, Md. The remainder = . | the list of gamex follows e OOW BT o December 18, St Mary's Celties, at ERpnca: e Yoa Alexandr 2 Devitt Prep: 30 Ceck Ve, Western Hyatt at Hyatrsville Eastern January 6, Devitt astern: 12, Cen tral: 16, Western: Hyattsville Rusiness: 304 Centra Febru tholic Uni Freshmen, at Brookland; 9 man, have last BASE BAL April 17—Tech v, Central pril 20_Business vs. Eaxtern April 24—Western vs. Central Avril 37—Tech ve. Eastern ¢ 1—Western ve. Business. - of October | October 1 Ortober 2 | October 3 avember §i_Fastern va. ovember Central va November 16—Business vs. Western Teeh < A SRANGE FAILS TO SHINE AS HIS TEAM WINS, 19-0 CROWD estrmated at 8000, including approximately 2000 who did not find it necessarwto make the turnstiles ciick. occupied the stands in Clark Griffith flash. hurn up the turi in the pro foot ball game against a so- called all-star team o/ Washington. But as a pro “Red” proved quite an ghtly more than 30 minutes he was in the line-up | Heights | Stadium, hopeiul of secing Harold Grange, the Minois amateur during the of the Chicago Bears He was called upon to do little, and did as little of that as possible. Nor were his cohorts so formidable. even though they scored enough in the second hali of the iray., when the ill-conditioned opposition was prac- tically “all in.” to get a 19-t0-0 victory Red participated in the entire first period. 8 minutes of the second and after u pod rest came back to play the fourth period. Offensively, the widely press-ugented gridman took part in 18 plays. He carried the ball seven times for gains of 1 vard, » vards, 6 yards, 3 var 1 foot. 3 ards and 3 yards, a otal of slightly less than 19 vards But Le also carried the ball times when he was toppled fo of 6 vards, 4 vards and that his net zain for the than 7 vards. Grange got 2 vards in { another occasion when given the pigskin, but that distance was nulli- fied when his team was penalized ed hurled three forward passes.| Two of them were feeble efforts and | grounded. The other was intercepted | by an opposing player. Only once | was Red supposed to be on the re- ceiving end of a pass and he failed | 1o get near the ball. Twice he drop- | kicked for extra points after touch- downs. Hen ie good with one hoot | but a poor pass from his center cost | him any chance of making good with | the other. Only once was the famonis |iceman seen to take an active part in | interference. | Defensivelv Grange participated in two plavs. In the second period he | forced Ira McKee beyond the sideline | after the latter had made a substan- tial gain. In the fourth period, he tackled the same McKee after the Iat ter had sht a long forward pass. That was the high-salaried pro's day’s | { work The only thing that saved the game | trom heing a complete “bust as the spectators were concerned was ithe sterling defensive play of several | of the Washington team nd the for ward-pass heaving of Roy Mackert. <twhile University of Maryland {star. With Chicago Bears all around | him Mackert calmly proceeded to shoot the ball to some waiting team- mate time after time for long gains. On defense Ed Lynch, who used to be the athletic hero at Catnolic Uni versity: Mackert and Secrist, the last named a 253-pound importation who was fised at tackle, slammed Grange and others of the Bears easily and often One o~ more of this trio zen erally balked the efforts of the Bears dvance. he Hears zot touchdown in the third period when they plugged their for 35 vards through the Wash- on line. Intercepted forward passes accounted for the two fouch downs in the final quarter Hanny abbed one of Mackert's tosses and varde to goal and a few later Bryan caught one and 5 vards to the final line. not much of a game to wit and certainly did not help the e of Grange or professional foot in the National Capital. LIVE WIRES WILL PLAY ELLIOTT FIVE TONIGHT Members of the Live Wire quint, who are plaving their sixth season together. make their second start to- night against the Elliotts at Eastern High gymnasium at 7 o'clock. The | Live Wires will be on their toes. as Elliotts triumphed in their annual tle. The Live Wires opened their ule with a vietory over the Peck Memorial quint. The squad includes Joe Gooch. Sally Hanback. Capt. Les Stull, Dintye Koons. 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Panatella 10c Perfecto 10c President 2 for 25¢ Imperial 15¢c FOR BROOKLYN PAIR ted Conaty and Roddy Cooney, youthful forwards of the Palace Club ! basket ball five, have been traded to | Brooklyn for George Glascoe and Rusty = Saunders, according to an-| nouncement made this morning by | Lou Sugarman, manager of Washing- ton's entry in the first American pro- fessional court league race. The trouncing administered the lo cal tossers Sunday night by the Ro chester Centrals prompted the Palace management to make the shift in an effort to bolster Washington's offense. Except in the first game against | Brooklyn, neither player has lived up | to a reputation gained last season, | when they formed a powerful point scoring combination. Glascoe and Saunders, who make their first appearances with the Pal ace team Sunday night at the Arcade in a league game with Boston, already are known to District followers of the court game. They played here with Brooklyn sev eral weeks ago, and it was their shoot- ing that kept the visiting dribblers in the running until the closing seconds the fray. Both boys hail from renton, N. J. Last vear they com- posed the forward works of their home town team in the Metropolitan lexgue. Capt. Ray Kennedy, husky guard of the Palace Club, is leading his mates in point scoring for the three league sames in which the Washington team has taken part. He has registered a total of 23 polnts for an average just short of eight counters per contest His nearest competitor is Bob Grody, | another guard, who has a total of 18. Kennedy’s mark of 13 foul goals also is the hest effort made in the league zames to date. In floor goals he “Is tied for second honors with Grody. each havinz scored five timen. Conaly holds first place in this depart meet of the game, his total being seven Conaty comes third in total points | scored. with 17. Cooney is credited | with 15 and Haggerty with 4 Georgetown's “pony” Kkfield | played @ big part in the annual fresh men-sophomore foot ball game staged vesterday at the Hilltop, with Cuisin- ier, McCabe, Dwyer and O'Neil form- | ing the ball-carrying department, the Sophs ran up a 17-to-0 count against the “rats,” thereby robbing the first- vear men of their opportunity to dis card their skull caps A forwurd pass, McCabe to Cuisinier, netted the first touchdown in the open ing peri O'Neil added to the count with « dropkick from the 30-vard line during the same quarter. Nork went icross the line for a second in the following period APACHVES ARé POINTING FOR MERCURY CONTEST | Apache foot ballers will drill tonight at 7:30 on the field at Tenth and Vir zinia avenue southeast for their Sunday with the Mercury eleven. clash ‘is 1o be stazed at Amer League Park. It is expected that the Mohawks will | take on the winner on the following Sabbath in a final effort to straizhten out the championship tansle ) ANCIENTS ‘THINK’ GRANGE | NOT SO HARD TO STOP A _spectator at the Red Grange- Ed Lynch contest yesterday after- noon moticed two strapping big men, seated side by side and look- ing intently at the uninteresting spectacle. One was a former Cor- nell all-American guard, the other a former Harvard all-America tackle, to whom Walter Camp gave the honor of a place on his all-time all-American team. Both are in Washington for some time on busi- ness not entirely unconnected with the U. 8. Capitol. “Well, gentlemen,” the spectator asked them, “do vou think you could stop Grange? The old_guard looked at the old tackle. Both grinned slightly. Finally the guard replied, with deliberative cantion, “Well, taking him as he’s going today, I kind of think we could. N | League sessions tadiy | sible under the hit-or-miss conditions | trol as big time base ball and hav | the major's parks available for games. ! leagues | by | thou | harm in the Qhe AMERUICAN OIL COMPANY SPORTS 4 r Magnates 1 TECH HAS STRONG SQUAD |PALACE TRADESTWO |SEE. CHANCE TO UTILIZE PLANTS IN OFF-SEASON Believe Plan Might Prove Successful If Elevens Were Well Organized, Ably Coached and Play Con- ducted Along Strict Lines. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Kditor. The Star, EW YORK. December 9.—Proiessional foot hall may he absorhed by the powers that be in the national pastime and run as an off season sideline to employ otherwise idle parks and cause dollars 1o grow on soil now virtually barren for half of cvery vear. Realization of the tremendous possibilities of the pro gridiron spor has caused club owners, now in session here. to give it careful consi tion. and from informal conferences among the moguls there may evolved a plan that will reorganize the game that “Red” Grange and hi- ilk are now e€xploiting and operate it on a system similar to that obtain ing for big league base ball. 4 ' Sounded on the subject a couple of | ter how days ago while en route wre from | one Cls Nashi =l he e | Professional foot ball has intrigued B ".‘If‘“""" € ]“_”‘ Griffith declated| 41, hig league base ball owners, ar mself in favor of the proposition,| if it ever does supplant the colles provided the public demand warrants| game as the controlling influence or it, and since his arrival it has been | the American zridiron. as has heer ascertained that more than one maior | predicted 1n comme Hiartens, Wil e leaguer has evinced keen interest in| hucause these <ame magnates the subject, although it is denied that | pog and seeriie 1 amms ol the topic will be formally broached in | & pd Gheraie M alons the sa either the American or Nations sAncted FamoncIspottan) ' PRO GRID PROMOTER WOULD AID COLLEGES NEW YORK. December Promoters of New York's profe sional foot hall team—Tim Mara. In anything. That applied to the Grange | Harry March and Billy Gibson— pro ame in Washington vesterdav. In-|pose that the National League of Font stead of heing primarily a foot ball | Ball Clubs adopt a1 rule preventingz contest it was solely a Grange exhibi- {any team in the circuit from using tion. colleze plaver until eight months afi er he has plaved his last college game This proposal will be presented 1n the annual meetinz in Detroit next month The New York men feel that some. thing drastic shenld be done to curb the criticism directed at the profes sional game since Red Grange and Earl Britton joined the Chicago Bears SECRETARY FOR GRANGE. CHAMPAIGN, 1i, December (#).—"Red” Grange is to have a per | sonal adviser, confidante and secre Right now pro foot gall is climbing | 1ary. The News-Gazette savs that Ly by leaps and bounds in popular es.|man de Wolf of Wheaton. a salesman teem. but whether it merely a|#nd intimate friend of Grange, is 1a vogue that will die out or a trend that | D¢ 8iven the job. He is to join Grange ultimately will make it a fixture in | N Chicago on The news the “Spotis prosram of the Nation|Paper adds that the path to remains to be seen, and it is this doubt | 'iches opening up before Grange. it That will eause the ever conservative | # (o be de Wolf's duty o steer him diamond moguls to move cautiously. | Clear from undesirables Wkile many of the leaders in college athletics have been bitter in their | denunciation of professional foot ball | having a baneful effect on the | vouth of the land in imbeddinz sordid | hts of cash in minds that should cra large. in but one city on take me i meeting tomorrow It will he recalled thai professional | foot ball was tried in Washington for couple of seasons several vears ag sponsored in a measure hy the ha club. and that it failed to make any sr#at headway. hut the reason was readily apparent. Incentive was lack ing. there was no splrit or rivalry pos a 7 thats prevailed—it just didn’t mean Rigid Control sential. With teams well organized coached and under the same rigid c capably n- g established in the Midwest | on one hand and along the Atlantlc | seaboard on the other, with regular | schedules and intersectional as well as | tercity rivalry prevailing. topped off a “world series” battle between the champion outfits of the two or- zanizations, might prove well worth attention from financially responsible persons as a business investinent ENDS VOLLEY BALL SEASON. SURRATTSVILLE. Md., December The girls' volley ball team of the high school here has ended its season e teenpied with higher things. other | With a perfect record. The line-un cqually prominent fizures In varsity | inciuded Catherine Carrico. Al circle: have asserted they can see no | Schaffer, Marv Helen Gwynn. Allie o B Orendorf, Diana Ogden, (Catherine pro zame. if it is con. (rendorf. PaRcatt d Catie T ductec alons proper lines—kept en. | RIPDle. Enid Padgert and Katie Ta tiveiy separate from the collere zame <o that it would be impossible for a hoy te have his career ruined by be ing lured from his studies by imme cdiately available easy money. This can be done by prohibiting all college coaches from playing profes- iona’ foot ball, barring all officials | who operate in _varsity gzames from working in professional contes and stipulating that no college grid. | man could be used in a pro line-up until a vear following his final varsity appearance. Has Possibi Such a league or leagues as outlined | above, with each team plaving not | more than two games a week, might | develop into a big thing. if measures | Stromberg Gas Filter were taken to make sure that the team is the thing and not an nai.| - for Your Car, $3 vidual on it like Grange, whose over : exploitation induces resentment in the | Xe*P® it c":,"b_"‘;':::" outielsithe e onmis, Land i fthe Tonghrm CREEL BROS' would defeat the purpose of the pro. 1815 14th St. Potomac 473 LIBERTYS VS. PULLMANGS. Liberty Athletic Club baske: vade the Pullman gvmnasi at Union Station tomerrow night at & o'clock. Friday night the Liberty five tackles the Warwick Preps the National Guard floor. s | — . CALLS SOCCE Georze Youngblood, coach of the Walford soccer team, has called 2 meeting of his plavers for tomorrow night at 7 o'clock at 714 Eleven: street PLAYERS. moters to gain and hold the interest of the public in many sections, instead of merely attracting a throng, no mat- AMOCO-GAS D ez amniard® Wee (R ANTINCAR FETROLEON & TRARSIRY COMPANY aue 0 ssoummarr NXCAS FETRILISN CORPORAIED f