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\ SPORTS. }ickingAll-A merica PRINCETON MAN CAUSTIC AS TO ALLSTAR OUTFITS Nlustrates Fallacy of Plan by Pointing Out Fact That Tt Is Difficult for Coach to Decide Betwe: His Men for Position. en BY H. C. BYRD. DECIDEDLY satirical comment on all-America foot ball teams, a A selected by prominent writers and others, comes from the pen o Hugh McNair Kahler, class of '04, in the Princeton Alumni Weekly ©f December 5 Not only does the writer give caustic comment on certain phases of star teams, but he winds up by being even more merica el s the way others select al caustic in naming the entire Princeton squad as his all he puts it. e “I suspect that the principle on which other newspaper experts make their selections is a natural desire to please as many readers as possible. 1t seems fike a good rule, and 1 follow it. Says McNair of one man who picks | widely read all-America selection: | Tells of One Expert. A single list of the many that litter desk s fairly typical of the lot. It | < signed by a man whose seat was | <lose to mine in the press-stand at | “he Yale-Harvard game a week ago, and who actually had_difficulty in tinguishing between the two team: I heard him asking questions such as | ld ladies ask at base ball games. I| lionestly doubt whether he would have ieen sure about the score without the Lelp of the signboard. He certainly d no dim notion of the identity of plaver on the field. He names one or two of them. however, on his l-America and explains quite glibly lected them. | “The other choices include players | trom Washington and California “Pulane and Illinois and Michigan Dartmouth and Alabama, besides 2 " BASKET BALL SECRETS By Sol Metzger. DO THIS DT {4 THIS, Bl Wil When Catching the Ball. The art of catching a basket ball is requently neglected by both players o5 2d coaches. The result is that poor enough, one Princeton | methods cost the team using them aver who probably does belong |inany closely contested games which mong the first eleven in the country. | woulid otherwise have been won had 1hough, having seen only eight of the | these players known how to receive a 1housands of this 's teams, I am | page. in no position to do any more than | To catch the ball successfully the ®uess about that | nands should be held palms outward Points to Difficulti |-and toward the approaching ball, the 1 7 position €hown in the fllustration on \cNair goes on further and com- | ihe jeft. The player who does this is wes the task of picking an all-| yqcured control of the ball. The one America team to that of the coach | 316 takes the other position with hie picking the best members of one | pajo (R HIE O et RO O as #quad to fill varsity positions: | tration to the right, is not certain. ‘After watching the Princeton | play the game correctly. To do that &quad every day, standing within 4|, mastery of its fundamentals is abso. vards of every practice scrim-||yrely necessary = mage. 1 still rather in doubt as| 2 b ient v of some of the | et val candidates for sitions. | have only a general opinion ‘na(:D c TEAMS A Gates, Darby and Rosengarten are M Us all first-rate tackles, for instance, and { that Crago, Davis and Baldwin are| all excellent guards. As to the qual- | ity of the men I watched playing | against them this Fall, even suppos- ing that a single game were a fair n 1925.) PPEAR ON NAVY SCHEDULE ANNAPOLIS, Md., December 12.— THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. MONDAY, DEC EMBER 14, 1925 \CONFLICT OF RULES DUE TO BE SETTLED By the Associated Press. CHAPEL HILL, N. C.. December 14.—Prof. N. Walker of the University |of North Carolina, president of the | Assoclation of Colleges and Secondary | Schools of the Southern States, said | that he would endeavor to get a meet- | ing of the association at an early date {for the purpose of considering the | situation which has arisen since the | recent action of the association con- | cerning athletic schedules and eligi- | bility rules of member institutions. He pointed out that a meeting of the executive committee can be called only by the joint action of the president and secretar He sald: “I am of the opinion that when the vote was taken at the Charleston meeting on the resolution proposed by Dr. Sanford most of the delegates thought the resolutions were spon- sored by the executive committee of the Southern (onference. “Dr. Sanford did not sia-most to this effect ‘I think, rather generally understood {that he me cfore our assoc s the spukesman of the Conference and that his propos were sponsored by the executive com- mittee of that body. This certainly was my impression. This explains, to my mind, why the resolutions went through without opposition. “I think the situation can be clarl fled to some extent and a workable plan arrived at if we can get a joint meeting of our executive committee and the executive committee of the Southern Conference at an early date.” Prof. Walker said that in the mean- time he “would advise all member in stitutions to withhold final judgment of the new regulation A. W. Hobbs, chairman of the faculty athletic committee at the unl versity, sald he understood the regu- ations would mnot go into effect for a year and that in the meantime the University of North Carolina would play under Southern Conference rules. SCORES OVER FEDERALS Cresent Athletic Club gridmen won their toughest battle of the season. from the Federals yesterday, 2 to 0, in their toughest battle of the Next Sunday the Crescents go aj the Clarendon Lyons at Lyon V tield. While attempting to kick out from behind the Iederal goal line in the second period, Gus Chaconas fum- bled the ball and was tackled by Dulin and Murray for the safety which gave the Crescents the verdict. ALL-STAR ELEVEN WINS ; make any but it wa season. | IGRANGE’S FAME IS LAID LOVENLY newspaper reporting boosted “Red” Grange’s fame far be- TO SLOVENLY REPORTING d 1% SAEREOIS yond its true proportion, Marvin H. Creager, managing editor of S the Milwaukee Journal, told delegates attending the annual conven- tion of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Press Association, at Marquette | University, Milwaukee, December 10, says a story in the recent issue of the Editor and Publisher. ! : It was easy to pin a glittering story on a “star,” but hard to write a complete and comprehensive story of cach game, he said. The reporters wrote the elsy story. £ 3 Creager declared that there seemed to be a tendency in journalism “somewhat akin to that in foot ball.” “The old-fashioned, hard, persistent plugging for facts has rather given |all proportion to his importance. way to short cuts and highly special-| “They have done this mainly be- ized work in much the same fashion |cause of slovenly, inaccurate, untruth- that the old line smashing—slow but |ful reporting. 1t has been easler to sure foot ball hine has given way | write a column or two of hero wor- |to forward passes and wide forma-|ship than to dig in and get real facts | tio And while the new style ma nd array them in interesting form. | ha; its advantages, I question| “It would be difficult to find a bet-| whether It fs as.surc to put the ball |ter example of the dangers of exag-| over as the old style {erated, superficial, newspaper report-| “Red Grange is the product of the | ing, but it is by no means a uniaue 10w school of foot ball and journalism. | sftuation. The tendency of reporting | Back in the old days there were some |is far too often toward playing to the | | pretty fair foot Lall men. too. I am fpublic weakness for hero worship and | old-fushioned enough to think Grange | superlatives in general. Writers yield | have found the going rather|to the temptation to make thelr stuff neavy in their company. Yet none|‘go over’ by building up some spec- of them found it necessary to have a | tacular feature far beyond its true personal manager to protect him from | value and the result is an unbalanced frenzied bidders. In fact, I believe |and untrue picture. they all had to go to work for a liv- Write Honest Stuff. ing after g i S S o “What T want to emphasize here is Others Are Overlooked. the Importance of writing things as “But what has that to do with news. are. The objectlon may be raised | paper work? Just this. It wis news- story so written is dull and paper stories that made G lacks punch—that it needs to be three the scores of har ‘jazzed up’ to make it attractive. ing, faithful pluggers on the Illinois | That is the excuse of the incompetent nad have been used.simply as foils |and lazy writer. It is more difficult, for the Wheaton fce man. The stories | petrhaps, to make a story true and at- of games in which Grange played were | tractice at the same time, but real | merely recitals of his personal doings. | writing is not easy. If you are look- | One would get th> impression from |ing for something e don’t take up | reading of the Illinois games this year | newspaper work | at there was just one man on the| “If you do take it up, field worth mentioning and he was a | firm foundation of fa combination of Hercules, Mercury and | your story on that. There s jazz| Aladdin. Subsequent developments in-| enough to suit the greatest of jazz dicate that he also has in him strains | gluttons without putting it into sup. {of the Croesus'and Rockefeller stock. | posedly true newspaper reports. It “Certainly this has not made for|is like a shoddy plece of woolen—it team work and college spirit. And the | looks fine at first glance, but it does blame belongs primarily to the netws: | not stand up and it not honest.” papers which have plnyed him out of { | | | i | | | as start on the | s and bufld HE basket ball game between the Holton Arms va y Whites and | | 10 additional points to add to their total and assured them first honors. | | BY CORINNE FRAZIER I varsity Blues, which was the feature cvent of the semi-annual | athletic week end. was won by the Whites, 19 to 7. This gave them | They now are leading the Blues, 85 to 69, in the race for the athletic | supremacy trophy which will be presented to the winning side at the end sextet of forwards. | tion led by | starting whistle the tide of battlo w: GENERALS POSSESS WEALTH OF TOSSERS LEXINGTON, Va., December 14.— Washington and Lee's basketers are holding daily workouts in prepara- tion for the Northern invasion the | comi g week end. Maryland will be met Friday night and Catholic Uni versity played the next evening. Both | are reputed to have strong quints. Coach Dick Smith has been speed- | ing up his large squad. He has elghteen men at work. Among these are three centers, six forwards and nine guards. Spotts leads the contestants at center, having a decided edge over Nance and" Little. Lano and Hern don have been showing the way to | the forwards. However, Shupp and | McCandless are strong contenders, | with Howe and Smith completing the | Capt. Wilson and Van Horn have been playing at guard on the fi Sim- | and . mons, Wico, Gibson, Dorsey Ttucker are the remaining aspir: st |, auint, although Ginsburg and Urmey |y oy wre due for much consideration | SPORTS Elevens Is Called a Joke : Rockne Now on His Way to West NOTRE DAME GRID COACH HOPES HE STILL HAS JOB 1 Likens Himself as ‘to “Country Boy,” Escaping “City Slicker”—Again Denies That He Had Agreed to Handle Squad at Columbia. By the Associated Press EW YORK, December 14—Knute Rockne, seli- N from Notre Dame, is rolling West today, having escaped of a “city slicker,” and he hopes he gets back to his jol town of South Bend. Last night, in Philadelphia, he denied that he had agreed to coac the Columbia foot ball team. Authoritative reports say the c have been worth $25,000 annually. Columbia announced Friday night he had signed in New York Saturday and admitted that he signed s advertised if Notre Dame out home agreed to which had several years to run. But he add the anthorities at Colunibia that t therefore, he must decline their invi Roy APACHES AND MOHAWKS TO FACE FOR GRID TITLE time yesterday by the count begins its preparations today H next Sunday at American League Park. According to the decision reach during the past week, the winner of the District sandlot foot ball title. Judging by the display made vester day in Grifiith Stadium by the light Apache team, the Mohawks will en-) counter stiffer opposition than was | given them three weeks ago in their | first encounter with the Little Indians. | The Mercury eleven, which last week | triumphed over the Hawks, was soft | pickings for the determined combina- | Tinsy White. From the | in favor of the Apaches, and it was | only shortly after the initial kick-aff that they carried the ball over the Mercurys’ line for the first touchdown. White, who had crashed across the line for the first points, sent over drop-kick from the 40-vard line in the second period. and in the final quarter he added another 6 points to the total The point after touchdown also was credited to him. In addition to a slashing attack that hardly ever failed to pierce the op-| posing line. the Apaches played a great defensive game and succeeded in | AVING trampled on the city champion Mercury eleven a second | Jame: b | Columbia { known lawyer ducted the n and he me when he ar hotel cont deavored to ass al in the prey | ment to the press whic the situation. Wt rope d annc of 16 to 0, the flashy Apache Club |informer « for an encounter with the Mohawks 1“3‘:‘:11" bad be e letics ¥ zotiat the N tved her nce ed by managers of ti e three teams y battle 1 the comi w Ho Na nough to the count ing stripe on three occasions to at- pt field goals. e kicking of | with of Waverly was a feature of | ne | Knickerbocker Preps strengthened | their claims to a crack at the 1 pound sandiot title yesterday by hold- ing the Northerns to scoreless tie at Georgetown Hollow Although un ble to approach within striking ¢ tance of the goal, the Knicks o rushed their opponents first down o none. Tommy David, Knickerbocker 3 tempted two drop-kicks t on offensive. tionals were close t Be the We country city slicker the final period, the Tigers defeated thletic Club, to 0, nexed the 135-pound Virginia town counted for the winners when he in- |sentative tercepted a forward pass and ran 60 | was notk rds to the goal line. J‘;!uv Scoring Notre for the Mohawk Preps are laying claim to | COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Northern Virginia All-Stars yester- of the school term. Points toward this trophy are earn. day took the foot ball championshib|eq py participation in all the school keeping their enemies out of Striking | 4ho 115.pound title ffter (roancing th BALTIMORE Md., 14 Dece basis for judgment, I am utterly without opinions. 1 remember some exceilent individual plays and some glaring individual errors, but neither Justifies any very definite conclusions. “Anybody who has listened to the endless and earnest argument in the | fleld-house among coaches who have | 10 choose only two of three pos or tackles for tomor learns quite a lot about value of the annual, lom 2 sing game that pretend: the best two of two thousand!” Hits Nail on Head. Seldom, if ever, has this kind of an opinfon of the selection of an all- America eleven been voiced, but one who knows the practical side of foot ball must give McNair credit for knowing whereof he speaks. He not only hit the nall on the head, but he bas glven it a good resounding ( smack that has driven it pretty well 1nto the hoard. . S LARGE COLLEGES LEAVE NORTHWEST CONFERENCE | SEATTLE, Wash., December 14 (®). ~Withdrawal of the large universities from the Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference marked the ses- sion_ here. Washington, Washington State Col- lege, Idaho and Oregon and Oregon Agricultural College and Montana withdraw, the smaller colleges an- nouncing that they had already or-| ganized and would retain the name 2nd the eligibility requirements. Officials of all colleges concerned emphasized the fact that the move was entirely harmonious and for mutual advantage. A resolution adopted says all Pacific | Coast conference teams must play at Jeast four games with other confer- ence schools in order to have their schedules considered standard. the b e ENDS F;O.VE POPULAR AS BIG TEN CAPTAINS | CHICAGO, December 14 (#).—Wing- | men are in a majority among the cap- tains who will lead next year's West- ern Conference foot ball teams, re practice, which favored ind centers. n elected are men whose anding during the to pilot the records season vens ers out t closed Captain Roger Wh aul Smith 8 E. Hogan. Chuck " Kasel rank I Sibley Doyle Harmon. . Quarterba cdman. Quarterback 1ph Baker Halfback " Wally Marks H ] . Marty Karow RANDOLPH-MACON BOOKS G. W. U. AND MARYLAND XD, Va., December 14 UP). ty of Maryland is the orl on Randolph-Macon's hed:le will Position ASHL Unive new opponent gridiron Old Liners be met Octo- | Regan of Morrisville, : ted honorary captain of th t ball team for the season ju d, th tem installed by Coa s Welch. \e schedule follows, only the Rich. niond game being plaved at home: September 25—William and Mary. b ch « October 2—Roanoke. October 9—Lynchburs O G Oc vember 6—J pl November 13—George Washington. November 20—Hampden Sydney. FORT MYER BOY SCOUTS SCORE AT BASKET BALL Jort Myer's mounted troop of Boy ts scored on the basket ball court { Catholic University teams are award- ed the greatest number of dates of any Washington college appearing on the sports schedules of the Naval Academy. The Brooklanders' tank team com- Detes here on_February 27, the boxing team meets Navy on March 20, the base ball nine plays on April and on May 22 the freshman ball team en- counters the Plebes. Maryland resumes lacrosse relations with Navy at Annapolis on April 17 and is listed for u diamond clash on April 24._Georgetown’s nine performs here on May 15. The Plebes have two engagements with District swimming teams. Devitt comes here on February 6 and Cen- tral high pays an annual visit on the following Saturday, February 12. Unlversity of Maryland freshmen play base ball with the fourth class team on May 8. of Arlington and Fairfax Counties by trimming_the Clarendon Lyon eleven at_Lyon Village fleld, 14 to 0. Kietta scored the first touchdown after carrying the ball for a number | of long gains on line rushes. Cline recovered a fumble and went over for the second goal in the final session. ARMY AND NAVY FIGURE ON 3-YEAR ELIGIBILITY Army and Navy will take up the matter of a three-year eligibility rule after next year's foot ball contest if West Point is agreeable. This announcement is made by Rear Admiral Nulton of the Naval Acad- emy. ATHLETES AT NNAPOLIS, December 14—It A distributed among the other squads. quarterback, and Lucier, Hull and Sh of the regular forward positions. Boxing and wrestling will also get a number of the gridders. Bix Gus Lentz, captain and left guard of the foot ball team, will try to assuage his disappointment over the defeat of the team by the Army by winning the heavyweight champlonship with the mitts. It appeared as If he would achlieve this honor last season, but he broke his hand in a practice bout a few days before the intercollegiates and had to stay out of that event. Flippin May Box. Flippin, left half, who has generally played basket ball during the Winter, is thinking of taking up the boxing game, and Taylor, who looked very promising as a substitute end, al- ready has reported. Both of these would be in the 175-pound cl Millt can, a fast-running back, will try for pound honors, Tex Edwards, guard on the vas will take up his duties at once as captain of the wres- ling team. Edwards has represented he Navy on the mat as a heavy- weight for two seasons, and has won every bout in which he engaged. Many belleve him to be one of the best wrestlers ever produced in college circles. Frank Wickhorst, big left tackle, probably will join the wrestling squad shortly. He Is nursing a bad knee, but should be in shape shortly. It is important to train a h weight to | take Edwards’ place, as he graduates in June, and it appears { horst is the man for the job. i Littig, a substitute regular wrestler in the 17 will e some opposition from the aggressive substitute . Wilson, a 200-pounder, who hed on the plebe nine and played guard on the eleven, has als up the wrestling game and will be another big fellow to be considered for the heavyweight class next year. Other promising members of the plebe eleven who are joining squads who p it ed right back, the und class, who will take up the mitt and Russell Lloyd, who is Woerner is the Morse, game, playing basket ball. backfield find of the year. one of the best all-around athletes who has entered the Naval Academy for many vears. Eddy Brothers to Row. as if Wick- in some other line are Woerner and | big~ kicking tackle and Morse the/ Lioyd is | vesterday when they met the Burleith five. which recently handed the W: ington Barracks Lightweights a 26-to- 14_trimming. The Scouts took Burleith to camp the score of 24 to 21 and now are -cking opposition among the junior Tom Eddy, tackle of the eleven, and Bill Eddy, his older brother, who was cheer leader, will join the row- ing squad about the middle of Jan- uary. sidered to be the best of the college quints of the District. Games may be arranged through William Hoyle or E. Colby at the post hospital. The Fort Meyer lineup includes Matlack and Dennison, _forwards: AfcCormick, center, and Clark and suards. strokes now rowing, and it was his magnificent work which contributed more than anything else to the Navy victory at Poughkeepsie last ear. Bill Eddy is also a regular varsity oarsman. Flippin, left half; t Bernet, right Tom Eddy is generally con-| ANNAPOLIS ARE KEPT BUSY ALL YEAR is the policy at the Naval Academy to keep its athletes at work steadily, except for short rests at the end of each season, in some branch of sport during the whole academic year, and the members of the foot ball eleven are already being Basket ball has promptly absorbed its quota. Alan Shapley, the big man of the Navy backfield, will resume his place at guard, while Hamilton, huber, reserve backs, are all members of the basket ball squad, Hamilton having a good chance of landing one end, and Albertson, a reserve back, will join the lacrosse squad in the Spring. They are three of the best college players, and Albertson, who 1s captain, is noted as one of the fast- est men playing the game. It is the last year in sports for all three of these, as they graduate in June. Both Shapley and Hamlilton, now with the basket ball squad, will be kept busy through the year, as they will join other squads In the Spring Shapley is a hurdler and won a first in the match against the Military Academy last June, while Hamilton is the regular catcher of the nine. 'EAST’S STAR ELEVEN " DRILLING AT INDIAN By the Associated Press. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., December 14. —Players who will comprise the all- stern foot ball team which will play a representative Western eleven at San Francisco December 26 are here for a week’s practice, under the direction of Willlam (Navy Bill) Ingram, head coach of Indiana «Uni- versity, who will manage the eleven. The team will scrimmage against the Indiana varsity and freshman elevens during the week’s practice, preparatory to entraining for San Francisco. g Among star players gathered under jthe Kastern squad's banner are Slaughter, Bdwards and Hawkins of Michigan: Wycoff of Georgla Tech, | Garbisch and Farwick of Army, Sloan lof Drake, Dilweg of Marquette, | Ekberg, is and Mahan of Wesl o taken | Virginia, Chase of Pittsburgh, Pease | | of Columbia and Ingram of the Navy |HYATESVILLE GUARDS HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 14. —National Guard basketers of Com- pany F open a busy week tonight from Union Methodist Church | invade the Wednesday night, when the Columbia in against the Reserves. to Company F dance committee. WOFFORD NAMES LAWTON. SPARTANBURG, S. C., December 14.—D. Walker Lawton has been elected captain of the Wofford College foot ball team for 1926. He played left zuard this season. | for the winners in the second period | TO BE BUSY ON COURT with a doubleheader, in which teams o Washington tackle the Regulars and | the Reserves of the Hyattsville squad. Washinston Yankees are booked to Guardsmen's court on | Helghts Christian Church five goes No games will be played Saturday, the armory having been turned over 0TTO GLOCKER CLAIMS SQUASH RACQUETS TITLE Otto Glocker, professional at the Racquet Club here, has claimed the national squash racquets title, which Jock Soutar of Philadelphia has decided to relinquish. Glocker was runner-up to Soutar several years ago and was the last man to play the voluntary relin- quisher of the title. Glocker is willing to meet all challengers. games, as well as by consistent at- tendance at practice and proficiency in gymnasium work and military drill. In the athletic week-end program were included class games in dodge nd volley ball, military drill and gen- | { symnasium work, with the game | between the plcked squads from the anks of the Whites and the Blues as_the climax The second athlet held late in the week-end pring. will be The Washington Recreation League basket ball schedule, which opens to- night with a game between the Wash- ington Athletic Club team and the tossers from Calvary M. E. Church will include teams from 12 organizi- tions — Bethany, Good Shepherd, Mount Vernon, Sioux, Woodlothians, Washington Athletic 'Club. Princess Athletic Club (second team), Capitol Athletic Club (second team). Metro. politan _Athletic Club (second team), Hyattsville Armory, Acacta and Cal-| vary M. E. | The Washington Athletic Club | coach has announced the following squad to represent that organization tonight In the Calvary gymnasium Hazel Smith, Betty R ¥, Virginia Moore and Ima Selgrist,” forwards Mirfam Heam. Julla Escher and Ver dle Hyman, side centers; Mary Din inger, Zoe Pomoroe and Helen Raw- lings, centers; Thelma Hicks, Ma Naylor and Myrtle Black, guardes GRID STAR WINS HONOR. HANOVER, N. H. December 14 (P).—Nathan K. Parker, seiected as Rhodes scholar from New Hampshire, | was captain of this year's Dartmouth | foot ball team, on which he played right tackle. WILL LEAD S. C. ELEVEN. LOS ANGELI December 1 ewell (Jeff) Cravath, center of the Southern California foot ball team, has been elected captain for 1926. Wonder waat | Merts will say today? St. Vincent's and St. Martin's junior | and senior basket ball teams staged «a double-header last week in St. Mar- tin's gymnasium and split even on the scores. The Juniors from St. Vincent's defeated St. Martin's junlors, 19 to 4, in the first game, while the seniors of St. Martin's gained a 141013 de- cision over their visitors. In the latter game the score was 13 |to 12 in favor of St. Vincent's until the last minute of play, when St. Mar- | tin's forward caged a basket just as the time whistle blew. The referee ruled that the point counted, thus turning defeat into victory for the home team. This {s the first time this season that St. Vincent’s tossers have succumbed to St. Martin's. Line-ups: St. V. Juniors (18). Pos. St. M. Juniors (4). Frances Loveless. -R. Dorothy Sudine May Dougherty . F.W. . Lillian Cablentz Katherine Sullivan.. . . Dorothy Hunt Ruth White €l Dorothy “Milling R Mary Humphrey Margaret Treller L.G. ‘Evelyn McGivern irene Silver........ s Conley and Niriam | | This enormous stock of fabries | —the largest and best sver shown |by ome house in Washington— means you ean get just what you want at the price you want to pay. Substitutions—Fr: Sheehe of St. Marti St. M. Seniors (14). | | Gertrude . Agnes Burger Ruth’ Kenney Substitutions—Rose Searles of St. Mar. | n's_ Anna’ Kenney and Vera Sweeney of | Vincent's. Suit or - Overcoat | —Made for you as you want it by our own tailors. 122 Regular $35 Values 27 Regular $40 Values 354 Regular $50 Values Fall Dress Suits To Order, Silk- $ 45 Mertz & Mertz Co. 906 F Street J Members of the District branch of the women's division of the National Amateur Athletic Federation will meet | tonight In the Friends® School gymna- sium, at 18th and Eye streets north- west. The group will be formally or-| | ganized tonight, and plans for putting | | the ‘“workshop™ into operation will | | be discussed. The main efforts of the | ! organization will be directed toward | ! urging the adoption of N. A. A. F.| standards in local athletics. | An informal recreation hour will} | follow the business meeting. { | The Phantom tossers will hold their | | first practice tomorrow night in the | Holton Arms gymnastum. This group, which has appeared suddenly in ‘our midst, while not claiming to be galloping ghosts, ex- pect to indulge in some lively games on the Holton Arms floor, and even whisper of wandering abroad to en- gage, in ghostly combat with the Orioles of Baltimore. The Phantoms, beneath their “cloak of invisibility” bear a strange resem- blance to sundry athletic directors in the local schools. The Epiphany Girls' Friendly basket ball team is ready for action and de- sires games with teams representing similar clubs. Managers are requested to communicate with Ethel L. Smith, 1239 B street southeast, or phone Lincoln 5268-W. e Sl GRID GAMES ATTRACT.. CHICAGO. December 14 UP).—Up- ward of 1,700,000 foot ball fans wit- nessed conference and Intersectional clashes of teams of the Western Con- ference and Missourl Valley Confer- ence during the“past season. . forward passes, but at least half a dozen of these were brought down by | Apache players. | Anacostia Eagles lost their chanceat | the 150-pound title yesterday when the Palace took the Birds to camp, 18 to 6, in the double-header which opened the cham- | plonship serfes at Union League Park Waverlys and Nationals, who held the | stage in the other battle, fought to a scoreless deadlock. Presenting a line that consistently outcharged its opponents and a fast | backfleld, led by Cotton Clark, the Palace Club kept the Eagles in hot water throughout the fray. Palace | scored in the first, second and final periods’ the last touchdown coming when Clark intercepted an Eagle for ward pass. The aerial attack netted | the losers their only goal, in the third quarter. The Waverly-National game was a tirring clash from start to finish, with the Waverlys holding a slight advan- | pound city title Athletic Club of Southwest | ! jackets, 14; Providence Steam Rollers, tire game. Failing to gain on running | They claim wins over the Moose, Mon- plays, Mercury resorted to frequent | roa Smithfields and Anacostia Eagles. | —Gardner Mallone - 5 and halfback, has b Mercury Juniors, winners of the 1 losed their sea: with a 12:t0-0 victory over the Collie Merten All-Stars. f the Johns Hopkins fc next Fal Ray Van Orr the c drop-kick in the Junior t Ple Tom Brew's ter touchdown zave the Renroc cision over the f final LEADS SOUTH CAROLINA \ber 14 (). Triangle foot ballers bowed to the e Randall eleven, 18 to 0. Truxton gridmen ended th ule with a win over the team, 14 to 6. PRO FOOT BALL GAMES. 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