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18 SPORTS, THE EVENI NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1925. SPORTS, College Athletic Situation Is Sized Up : Majors Get Many Stars From Coast GRIFFITH GIVES SUMMARY OF POINTS UNDER DEBATE Commissioner of Sports in Western Conference At- tempts to Give Facts in Ca; Without Taking One Side or Other. OHN L. GRIFFITH. execcutive officer, National Amateur Athletic Federation, commissioner of athletics of the Western Conference 1 cditor of the Athlctic Journal, has offered a summary of the Stuation in the colleges. cr in the various debates tk pastimes, but merely sugges: follows: | tatement _is v oo a | Twenty-five vears azo foot ball| 1 .hecause of abuses hy | 1 coaches. This condi- heen corrected and teday spartsmanship of the coaches has heen the subjeet of | comment by a sreat many s ball become faot 1er there was a great deal of | amonz the colleges, due | that there were no uni- | ilitv rules. Today this | 1 has heen improved by the | ition of the National Collegiate Associntion and some 30 These organizations | darawn up_ elizibility | done a great deal of | of respect for the | hut hav p oA spir | all was criticized soma | because of the physical | the playvers. The rules to | =ly changed and the | improved. he chie made popularity of charge against | the grounds of the zame. The ani and zeneral publie mes, as_judged by at zures. This raises the whether the students made better of their before the davs of foot they do now when they zames Vv the e time athletic interest antagonistic to scolastic interest. »ubtedly, a great many people t a nation that is inter- thletic sports cannot at the time be interested in art, philos- nd scientific investigations. It ite certain that Greece led the intellectual pursuits at the that she led in athletic 1d in T question is whether today such con ms as the United States| Great Britain sre contributing | much along intellectual lines as n-athletic nations as China, France or Spain. If it is true in the colleges the 'tail wags the | er question is presented.| er we would help the dog off its tail or whether constructive should be | the animal. 1 and 1o . whet hy cutting somethin done for 3. 1f an amateur sport is conduct- ed a profit, does this necessarily mean that the sport has become pro- fessionalized ? Apparently the majority of the editors who have written about the maodern trend of college foot ball be- | schools | profit | sibly [ 000,000 this past season in | Army, He does not attempt to take one side hat now are prevalent as to foot ball ts that the discussions center around lieve that because the colleges and have realized considerahle from the games this Fall the sport has thereby become pro- fexsional. The athletic men in the educational institutions always have held that a sport was professional only when the managzers and player: | raceived the profits from the games. The schools and colleges have pos cleared somewhere near $20. foot ball. All of this money will be used to promote a larger program in ath- letics and physical education for the millions of boys and girls in our educational institutions. Fully 90 per cent of the orzanized amateur ath- leties in the United States have been promoted by the secondary schools nd institutions of hizher learnins. ‘A zood share of the money that has been used in erecting athletic buildings and in laying out playing fields has come from the money paid | In by spectators who enjoved watch- ing the foot ball zames. 1f the prac tice of making money from amateur athletic sports and of using the profits to promote more athletics for more people is 1o be condemned. then some means should he devised for financing he school and college physical edu- | cation work. “4. Are the satisfactory? “The National Amateur Athletic Federation, which is composed of such national organizations as the National Collegiate Athletic Association. the National Federation of State Hizh hool ~ Athletic Associations, the the Navy, the Marines, the M. C. A, the Playground Asso- ciation, the National Lawn Tennis Association and the like, will consider at its annual meeting next Tuesday the advisability of adopting the prin- ciple that boys under 16 years of age can hardly be considered as profes- sional athletes and will further pro- pose that each organization that belongs to the federation shall assume the responsibility of passing on the amateur status of the bovs and voung men who come under its jurisdiction. “‘Most of the difficult amateur ques tions relate to border line cases f the federation acts in accordance with the above proposals a great deal of present amateur rules | the difficulty now attendant upon the administration of amateur law be removed. “These questions and others of like nature will never be satisfactorily answered until some agreement is reached regarding life purposes, the function of the college and the ob- jectives of athletics. If this is true the debate on athletics will probably be continued indefinitely. will ROUNDING THIRD by Hugh A .Jennings CHAPTER XXIV. mers. I do not believe that "l" U{i Fred Tenney, could compare wi in the last 20 years, meaning the leaders. The old-timers fall short in com- son because of their system of play, if nothing else. First base play e truly important only in Tenney's time. 8 Da e Anson, was a big man g. Like Anson, he was a as also a good target to throw at Farrar of Philadelphia was a | baseman of the old school the hall those days Sid 2 chewed sid him the tin the plug tebacco was wrapped i n and used to! the hoys to save for was gathered in Sid came 10 Later every » and whenever a it up on wanted the tinfoil it. and the proceeds A trip to Europe for hi sldine. With what he | of his salary, and with )t from the tinfoil, Sid | Ve Geraldine a musical | road. and it was with | many of the old timers dis- | ed that they had helped to create | Farrar. the first grand | opers star that this country produced, | sold Geraldine Rossman Unusual Player. Claud Rossman, who first-based for the Detroit team in its pennant win- ninz seasons of 1907 and 1908, was one of most unusual men that ever the position. and his career ruptly throuzh a queer fault, never developed in an Jasemin the Plaved ended a th unter. ball much strong hitter and He could bunt any | Ty Cobb was just ahead | in the batting order, and the stuff that Cobb pulled due to RNossman’s co-operation. It was Rossman's bunting ability that permitted Cobb to from first to third i a kind ¢ R and »ssman had a good throwing | ATTY he threw perfectly in prac- tice. but as soon as the game was on | his arm seemed to become paralyzed. | He either.refused to throw the ball at or he threw it wild. 1 discovered this soon after I joined the Detroit team in the Spring of 1907. I got posi- proof of it in an exhibition game, | e on the Detroit team men- | ioned it. and apparently nobody in the leazne discovered it because the fault Jemained o secret through the season hut Fails to Make Iv in 1908 in a Detroii and Cleveland four Cleveland men who reached first walked off the | hagz, King o leads and forcing| the pitcher 1o make a throw to Ross i man. Three of these men trotted down to second with Rossman never making an atiempt to throw, and the| fourth trotied down and pulled a throw from Rossman. He threw the hall hizh into the air, over the second | bhaseman's head and into left field, he runner reaching third. Sitting on the bench and watching this performance, I ooncluded that we were gone. Rossman had played with Cleveland before he came to Detroit. He must have had the fault in Cleve- jand and the fault must have been known to his teammates. Why did they not take advantage of it before? Why had they let us win the pennant in 1907 without once taking advantage of Rossman's weaknese? The thing nuzzled me desply. Well, at any rate, they had decided to make use of it new. 1f thev did not realize hefore what ghe advantages wewe, they surely | Throw. game hetween first basemen oi modern base ball are much better than the olde one of them, with the exception oi ith the men that played the position Brouthers ‘was one of the star first sackers in the olden days. and slow, and most of his value was mighty batsman, and like Anson, he realized them now after four of their men had advanced because Rossman was helpless when he held the ball with a runner advancing. [ decided that night we were through Cleveland Makes Blunder. Then came an astounding Cleveland never again tried to take advantage of the Rossman weakness and because they did not they lost the pennant in 1908. The championship was decided on the last day of the sea- son. Cleveland had a chance to win it that day. They were even with us in the closest pennant race in history. Had they followed up their advantage and run wild on Rossman, they could have beaten us several more games in 1908 and to win the pennant Cleveland had to take only one more game from us. To this day I cannot understand why Cleveland never tried it after that one game. There were intelligent ball players on the Cleveland club, several of them. But they pulled the most colossal blunder of their careers that season. The following year we sold Ira Thomas to Philadeiphia. He had been one of our catchers. the Rossman fault and when Thomas left our midst it marked the beginning of Rossman’s end, for Thomas tipped off the Philadelphia team on Detroit's weakness and Philadelphia took ad- vantage of it in the first series they | played against us. As soon as a hat- ter reached first he walked off the Lag. The pitcher threw to Rossman and Rossman eithef refused to throw or tossed the ball into the outfield. Philadeiphia swept the series because they caused the complete collapse of Rossman. (Covsright. 1925.) LEAD IS AT STAKE IN SOCCER CONTEST German-American Reserves will at- tempt to knock the Walford Club from its place at the top of the Washington Soccer League standings tomorrow in one of the three games scheduled for teams in the loop. The contest will be plaved at Wash- ington Barracks field with Referee Eisler in charge. G. B. Cuno will of- ficiate in the Monroe-Fort Myer game on the Soldiers’ Field, while Jack Me: Ginnity _will referee the match be- tween British Embassy and German- American elevens at the Monument Grounds. All games start at 2:30. Yesterday the Walford Club took the measure of the Army Medical Center | booters in an exhibition game at Wal- ter Reed Hospital by the count of 3 to 2. ‘Walford scored three times in the first half, P. Faulds getting two goals and McLean contributing the other. Burdette, who scored both of the Med- icos’ counters during the opening ve- riod. and Adamson, veteran fullback, led the Soldiers’ attack. —- e A total of $54,200,000 was bet at the four biz race tracka in Maryland in 1925. Thomas knew | i ,in a contest here between the Chicago | Bears and the Coral Gahles Collegians, { the only touchdown of the game, c | game came in the closing moments as {meet here todav in a | |rived Wednesday. completed its work- | GRANGE DOES WELL | AS BEARS WIN, 7 T0 0 By the Associated Press. CORAL GABLES, Fla., December 26.—Harold Granges commonly known as “Red,” iceman and foot baller ex- traordinary, made his debut in Dixie vesterday, carrying off all the honors The Titlan-tressed Mercury scored - rving the ball nine times for a total yardage of 98 yards, lost 0 vards on two attempts, and was halted for no gain In one try. The final score was 7 to 0. All in all. Grange's initial appear ance was a_ success, and the 8.200 spectators who saw him make it felt he had lived up to his reputation. The star plaved three full quarters of the | game, being held out in the third ses. | slon. The most spectacilar moment of the | the “zalloping ghost™ f. the line and covered 4. he was zrounded by another sorrel. | top, “Red” Barron. former star of eorzia Tech's “zolden tornado,” who tackled from hehind ! The arrar of foot ball talent here | vesterdsy ie believed to have been the | greatest ever seen on a southern grid- | iron, several of the men having been | All-American stars | The 40 men in uniform represented | | nd a hole in | vards before | 20 universities. EASTMEETSWEST ON GRIDIRON TODAY | By the Assoctated Press. SAN FRANCISCO. Foot ball elevens of the East contest the Shriners as a_benefit Hospital for Crippled Children be a clash of stars. both number some of the greatest in the country. The Eastern aggregation. which ar December 26 and West put on for the it win teams players by and all but one of the | players were in good condition. The ption was Davis, University of West Virzinia tackle, who injured his | nkle durinz practice last Thursday The Easterners are captained by Bill Ingram, former Navy star quarte back. The all-Western eleven rounded into form this week under the impetus of several days’ hard practice. Buck | Tailey is captain. and rated as one of | the greatest guards ever to appear on | Pacific Coast gridirons. Bailey is a | former Te. A & M. star, but played with the San Francisco Olvmpic Club this year. All of the men are in first-class shupe. Ideal foot ball weather. with a cl sky and slightly crisp atmosphere, was | promised today Starting line-ups | Fast. Position. Weat 1 Delweig. Mo 'te i O Gl Rryan. Wasninston 5. Bailer. Tex 4. & M. (C) ¥ Harren " Catifornia Locay. Orez. Ag. (o Shiniter, Stanford Muler: Calitornta California | Santa Clara California . Stanford | outs yesterda: Rase. Pitts Sloane. Drakal Tteritz. Mich Try. Towa. ... Florida DOUGLAS, Ariz, Drcember 26 (P).—Jimmy Randolpb of Douglas | raced across the finish line. a winner | in the 50-mile autcnobile race. His time was 41:343;. John Lee. Bishee nished seco-. less than ha lap | hehind Randolph. with W. R. Harper. | Douglas. third: Harry Milburn. Hous. | ton. Tex.. fourth: Georze Souders Austin, Tex.. fifth. and Doitt Athe. Austin, sixth, I YOUNG CORBETT BROKE DENVER. Colo. December 26, Denver boxing fans are sponsoring a berefit dance here for Young orbett who 24 vears ago lifted the feathe weight crown from the brow of Terry McGovern at Hartford, Conn. Young | Corbett is in ill health and without | funds. | Government officials of Manitoba | plan to reduce the racing season in | Winnipeg from six to four weeks per | | vear. sequel: | | ent ~ N * UN acquired by any golfer. ircak The F ive characteristics are a light touch the left hand left off the shait; an easy rhythmic weight on one leg, preferably the left IVE characteristics mark the good putter—and all of them are easily | The putter, in other words, is not a born | he is the result of practice with right methods with the little finzer of steady swing; all the the body held still so there is no forward body sway—and, the overspun ball. The putting srip need he no differ from the zrip for other strokes I think it is a mistake to change from overlapping to the two-V grip on the putting green. Stick to your natural grip. Because the shaft is short, how- ever. you grip the club as shown in Fizure 1 with the left hand It is well to omit the little finger of the left hand. because this digit is power- ful. and it exerts a side pull on the whole hand Throw all the weight to one leg makes no_difference which one the body will stayv still. There a tendency for the weight to pass back and forth on the legs when the weizht is evenly divided in the stance. All is body weavinz should be kept out of the putt—out of all swings, as a mat ter of fact. zures ¢ and 3 show the putter action for the overspin roll ction of the hlade is kept the minimum. This means the blade would zo back. say inches and forward. through the hall, about 8 _inches—a total action of 13 inckes. This would be about the maximum too. For short nutts. much less blade action. Keep the blade turned at di- rect rizht angles to the direction line throughout. Keep blade low to the ground—though it lifts slightly at the end of the backswinz. Hit down on the ball—and hit right through it, in a straight line. (Copyright 1995 ANOTHER COAST FIGHTER TO SEEK CHAMPIONSHIP Br the Associated Press N EW YORK i gilism, title triumphs of Tod Moran new California challenge alrcady del in the jun Eastern weakened to a La Barba ¢ lightweight class. i from the padded knuckles of Mushy Callahan supremacy in professional pu- considerable degres by the recent and sbjected to a in flvweight division soon to be The fast-stepping Pacific Coast lizhtweight, who is expected here carly in February, has been preceded by so many favorable reports of his skill | that Promoter Tex Rickgrd is prepared to give him a championship op- | | portunity against the new titieholder, Rocky Kansas Rickard has announced that Kansas has already agreed to a title match, and if Callahan's tour East brings him further fistic triumphs, he stands an excellent chance of the chal lenge r California. within whose Jack Dempsey also makes his requires only one additional tritmph 1o take equal rank with East. With five champions Rerlenbach. light heavviweight Grebh, middleweight: Mickes Rocky K s (Kid RK n e< of the Atlan 4 commanding borders title the [ Harry Walker welterweight 1 weight featherwe! position, I Fights last nigh Pittsburgh—Paul Doyle, welterweight. won judge: over Willie Harmon, New rounds). Philadelphia — Tomn Philadelphia, won judges’ decision over King Solomon, Panama (1 Rocky Smith, Battle Creek, Mich., won deci- sion over Bobby Maritt, Baltimore (10), Brooklyn decision York (10 Loughran, History of Bush Leagues By John B. Foster . MPROVED transportation has mi the minor leagues. The chair in a huge concrete satadit fan I whao CHAPTER XVIIL de a great difficrence in the lives of sits in more or less comfort in a im and watches Chicago play New home. | ! the | York docsn’t bother his head much abont how the Chicago team happened” | | to be in New York on time, because, i n a general way. he knows there are limited trains running between Chicago and New York. The matter of transportation meant everything to the minor leagues at the | time that the National A formed and probably a little more than | everything prior to that time. Cir- cuits could hardly not he arranged in early days because there was no way to get from one city to another, except by_using trains which ran with irreg- | ularity and so slowly that the expense of travel was out of all proportion to the expenses of the club in other ways. | Trolley Proves Big Aid. | l And then. blessed day, came the; trollev. -~ Folks in big towns never. heard much about trolley leagues, but | folks away out in the West, and the | Southwest, and even in the South, knew about them. The trolley was the connecting link that made minor league base ball successful where it never had been successful before, as clubs colild be transported from one town to another at a comparatively ! small expense, where it had cost so| much in days previous to the trolley | that more than one man with local | pride and an itch -for local attention | 1d gone broke because he backed the | ball club of the town. { The trolley league was one of the ! biggest aids to the development of young players that ever happened. It Sot the boys interested in localities where they hdd not been interested be. | fore, and the moment that these! voungsters got base ball fever the: were eager to join clubs and enter into | competition for championships in their | neighborhood. All that was bread and | meat for the minor leagues, which had | opened up a vajn of richness in the player line that they had never before possessed. On the heels of the trolley came the automobile and then the omnibus au- tomobile, and transportation was bet- | tered bevond the gbod that had fallen upon base ball by the perfection of the trolley. The automobile was quicker and | easier means of convevance than the trolley because its starting time could be made to suit the convenience of its passengers, and whether it were nec- essary to leave early or late there was comfortable time in which to do it and the players could be carried at an ex- pense which was within the reach of those who were promoters of minor league base ball. Called “Bus” Leazues. In some States they call them “bus leagues” as they called them trolley leagues a little while ago. And this mode of convevance has done as much to help perpetuate minor leazue, base e discovery and sale offplay- \ ociation was |es O ers who are valuable, because the lat- ter occasionals, while travel is an ential of every day of the season. The only drawback that has hap- pened with the introduction of the au tomobile as a method of travel is the unwise practice of using excess speed, which has resulted in fatalities, and in 1925 in a serious accident when the manager of a well known Southern club lost his life going from one city to another. However, that has not altered the fact that the automobile has been an aid to the minor leagues and that the minor league is in better condition to survive, with means of transportation like that, as against the old day when a four-in-hand in front of a barge, or a band wagon, as they call it in the West, took a club from one town to the other. There was plenty of celebration when the band wagon made its way over the roads and usually a big dinner hefore the game and after. Now there is no big dinner before. Rall plavers re_cautioned never to play on any- thinz heavier than soup and ice cream. Some of them mind and some don't. | | | purchased by the Yankees. | soon ‘found him as | pant. INVADING ATHLETES By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 26.—To| preclude a recurrence of charges re-| | garding exorbitant expense demands, such as developed the tour of Paavo teur Athletic Union has assigned a| foreign relations committee to takn charge of the next group of European athletic stars, soon to arrive here. | The committee had already as- | sumed the task of arranging the| itinerary of Adrian Paulen of Hol-| land. Charles Hoff of Norway. Hans | | Houben of Germany, and George | Goodwin of England, although the original invitation to the quartet was issued by officials of the Millrose A. A. | to compete in a meet here on Febru- ary 4. Present plans of the committea 1l for the invading runners to com pete in a meet at Boston prior to the | Millrose games, while their second ! | appearance in this city may also pre- | | cede the Millrose meet, it has been | announced | William Prout president of the of the foreign last vear during Nurmi, the Ama-| on. a former | .. i chairman committee. | of B A. A, relations |GERMAN HAS RUN OF 50 | | INTOURNEY AT TRAPS | A perfect run of 50 straight breaks made by L. & German was the out- | standing performance in the Wash |fnzton Gun Club's Christmas shoot. Second honors went to C. C. Fawsett, | {who rezictered 47 | _First place in the doubles went to Fred Williams, who scored 16 breaks in 50. | FRIENDS BASKETERS | T0 PLAY ROYAL FIVE correct Friends tosse the School Basket revamped Roval tonicht at ) gymnasium x Taylor val squad appearanc Manager is booking limited teams courts. lie may 6436 unday a team Normal Fair. the first of tall Leagzue en Athletic Cluh it Wilson Jack Schley and have heen added t ind will make th Joe iHolman of the Rovals zames with senjor and un having the use of be reached at Adams Regulars and Reserves of the Cal vary Methodist squad came through in a double-header last night. the Reg ulars takinz the measure of the Ar gyles, 42 t and the Reserve quint winninz from the Elliotts, 46 to Wachington Yankees handed a back to the Coca-Cola five in Hag town by the count of 31 to 22 Dean hart of the locals led in the scoring with a total of six baskets from the court set Kanawhas are listed for two_con tests tomorrow. At 11 o'clock thev tackle the Rialtos at Immaculate Conception gym and at 3 o'clock they take on the K. of C. five on the same floor. WOMEN IN SPORT| BY CORINN. | FRAZIER: O basket hall or volley ball practice will he held during the holidays by members of the Capitol F hal nouncement “rank 1 and Wit Memi made by next meeting of the basket evening. January 3. in the teams will report at 6 o'clock floor at 7. HUGGINS HAS MANY _ DIXIANS ON ROSTER ATLANTA, Miller York December 25 ins. manager New Americans, next vear uses all plavers he has purchased from he Atlanta Southern As: ation club fans of this city can go to New York feeling like they will see a second Cracker team in action Benny Paschal. former Atlanta sta_, who marked his appearance as a suh. stitute for Pahe Ruth in the opening game of 1925 hy clouting a home run, was in New York's lineup regularly Auring the Jatter part of the season. Frankle Zoellers, rated hy many as the best left fielder in the Southern Association. is one of the Crackers Small st on his feet and pox throwing arm. He )11t Hug: of the stature. he is fa sesse: stron | makes an excellent lead-off man. Nick Cullop. center fielder and home run king of the Southern, already the property of New York. He was sent to Atlanta under terms relating to the purchase of Paschal. Cullop is expecting to wear a Yankee uniform next season. Johnny Brock, tentatively purchased by Huggins, has been catching for Atlanta several seasons, establishing a reputation as one of the best re. ceivers in the circuit. He formerly played in the American Association. Mike Gazella, Lafavette foot ball and base ball star, came to Atlanta at the opening of the past season. He was used first as a_utility player, but developed so rapidly that shortstop its regular occu- In announcing Gazella's sale, Dan Michalove, president of the At lanta club, said Huggins probably would groom him for third base. A tax is to be levied on all profes- sional base ball games in Japan. Jimmy Donaldson Tells: Crafty Putting of Famous Old Ben Sayers NE of the craftiest players of all time was Ben Sayers, the Britishe: who was a leading figure in a!l the big tournaments across the pond for many years, and who also came over to America to com- { pete in the national open. . Sayers once took part in an amusing play in the Scottish champion- ship that has become a part of the lore of the game. Coming up to one green, Ben found himself with a very long putt which he must sink to win the hole. He considered the play with the utmost care and finally wielded his putter so skillfully as to produce a really wonderful putt. The ball traversed a rather tortuous path, de- scribing various curves, and finally headed for the cup. It looked as though it was going in victoriously for Ben, but, as some- times happens, the ball got contrary at the very last moment and hung up risht on the lip of the hole. ot more than three blades of ariss were holding it back. Never- theless it appeared to be permanently lodged. It was up to Ben to play it in and halve the hole. * At this juncture, however, Ben used his head. “Walt a minute,” Ke said, “let me study my play.” The gallery guffawed heartily at the thought of Ben studying a putt that certainly didn't measure more than one-sixteenth of an inch. But while the veteran was down on his knees, going through the motions of Judging distance and direction, some- thing happened. 7 A puff of wind caught his ball with just enough force to drop it into the cup. A birdie 3 and victory for Sayers! EEeL The shortest prize fight on record is the one in which Battling Nelson knocked out Willlam Rossier in two seconds at Harvey, Ill., April §, 1802, in | Athlatic ie Ross Club, chairman of publicity according to an an- The volley ball groups will be held Tu Normal s of the basket ball squad will take gymnasium. Volley re Swimminz practice also will be | | discontinued until after the New | Year. The first 1926 meeting of | | the mermaids will be held Wednes- | day, January 6, at 7:40 o'clock in | the Y. W. C. A pool. | | At a recent meeting of the Capi tolites’ executive council, whose bus ness it is to decide questions of policy and appoint committee chair- men, etc.. leaders of the following committees were named Camp committee, Marie O'Dea: | swimming. Florence Skadding basket ball. Dorothy Whitney: volley ball, Valentine . Poppescu. and so- cial. Gaylg Nickerson With the exception the swim- ming chairman, these selections were tentative The camp committee was delezatad draw up plans for the proposed mp next Summer and to formu- { late the rules to govern it | Lacrosse has been voted a sucees at Bryn Mawr, where the fair athletes have just completed an ex- perimental season under the direc- tion of Constance K Applehee, , coach and athletic_director. The ex- | periment culminated in the selection > the first varsity squad and several | matches with pick-up teams. No other collegiate team has been or ganized. although Wellesley College has taken up the game. ‘Whether or not lacrosse will ever reach popular heights among sports women is a matter of serious con- | jecture, as it is an exceedingly | vigorous sport. Perhaps special rules will be adopted i by the feminine enthusiasts to make the game a little less vigorous and hazardous to beauty One may run with the ball, catch and throw from any position on the field and resort to body checking in_order to hait an opponent’s progress with the sphere. The game, despite its vigorousness, is fascinating and It is not hard to understand why those who have once | played it become enthusiastic. The | field is flanked at either end with goal posts. 6 feet hich and 6 feet apart, with a net behind. The center of the field is marked with a 12 { foot square, where the draw is made. The ‘“crosse” is a rounded wooden | triangle with a loosely meshed net attached to the frame on a butt or | | handle about 1S inches in length. The game is played with 12 on a team. { The ball is carried down the field | by passes from crosse to crosse and | by running and fleetness of foot and | body dodging play as big a part as | ability to handle the stick {SUBSTITUTES FOR NET | { TERMS ARE CRITICIZED] PARIS, December 25 (#).—"Lob," mash” and “drive,” as applied to ten- | nis, are three words the translation of which into French has stumped the French sporting writers in a campaign to~eliminate the English vocabulary from their articles on sport events. The best they have been able to find is “‘chandelle” for lob, “coupe de Lon- gueur” for drive and “‘coup ecrase” for smash. | Jean Samazeuilh, former champion | of France at tennis, takes exception to the accuracy and practicability of the | translation and in an article in a| sports weekly.: asks the players to ignore the scribes, and especially to execute the shots well on the courts, let the writere call them what they wisl. : N COMMITTEE T0 BoOK NATIONAL LEAGUE LANDS NEARLY ALL OF PLAYERS Lazerre, Home Run King, Who, Goes to Yankees. One of Two Celebrities Obtained by American. Waner, Pirate Rookie, Hii .401. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK. December 26.—Major league clubs are getting the best of the Pacific coast players for 1926 First, there is Waner for Pittsburgh from San Francisco. He batted 401-in 1925 in 174 games. That is 20 more games than the regular scaso of the major leagues, and if the rule of 20 points off when going to the majors holds good in figuring batting averages, his count should he about 20. Waner is a powerful and compact little battering ram, but too much advice. He generally follows the suggestion of the las whom he talks. Howeve he was champion, he is | he takes man 10 if he can keep up his Pacific coast stride where ce'v to icad the Pirates Lucas of { Cincinnati, batted .3%6 in BASKET BALL SECRETS | and plaved evervwhere. He is same red headed, pushing, determ By Sol Metzger attle, who the vouth who tried for second bhase pitcher at Boston Lazerre. home-run king of the cific Coast. with his 0 swats.ir games, ing to Fan H average {sn't as zood as that of Bahe Ruth, but zood enough. This voung Ttalian has come on very fast in two vears and he was smart enough 1 season to make 252 hits, which shows that he centers on the ball, even when he_is not making home runs. Emmer, shortstop at Seattle, who has been taken on by Cincinnati, batted 329 in 151 games. Take 20 off of that allow for the major season, and Emmer seems to be about a .300 hi | not g0 much hetter than Cavene the latter such an err thrower that the Reds finally let hin go. Jake Daubert, whoa died, was tF only first who conld d; Cavenes Riconda. the third haseman who ha heen taken on by the Boston hatted 320 in 141 games Riconda is that much hetter than with the the at third ba a attle first sacker, who sames last seasor which needs hir -300 batter is said to ha first haseman Evading an Opponent. NOT Do THIS baseman ndle Some plavers make a practice of way from an opponent in eive a pass as shown in tion on the ike a g to re E: 1 ek tionals lNustra n 122 r ave been for is tricky basket ball and official will call a on the practicing unfair method laver 1d depend upon out witting his_opponent and nz the jump on him when he w to o for a pass RACE WITH $100,000 REWARD IS PLANNED » team | than they H batted .317 goes to Brooklyr He looks 1 the majors, and the very best the Rockies Rhyne. picked batted in 188 cisco, which in the majors sho S - 4 certain e & heen west of up hy Pittsburzh ames for San Fran brinzs him to about He was the finest al around outfielder the coast, and had been on the getting Fast three or four times. but the San Fr wanted so much for him that deals with majors fell through McCann of Portland plaved in zames. batted 310, and will hel Boston (American League) which needs a Iot of aid on club CHIC Americ famous AGO. December 26 an Derby. racing by Boundless, Svdney Waddell and Highball of vear Chicago The made Lucas more will be n July, unless Plans now heinz made The Illinois Jocke. opent the new Washington Park r “ the coming season hopes to raise a stake of $100,000 for the event. Half this has been guaranteed by G. Frank Croissant. Chicago, owner of one of the largest racing stables in the country. The proposal is in line with efforts to' make Chicago a leading center of the turf sport, a position at which it has aimed since racing at Haw- thorne was revived two vears ag after a lapse of 20 vears In addition to the Washington Park course, already completed. a group of Chicago and Kentucky sportsmen headed by Col. Matt 1. Winn, presi dent the Kentucky Jockey Club. have completed arranzements for the construction of a track in Will Coun THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG President Izank Walton League of America. NEVERS ON THE JOB. JACKSONVILLE BEACH. Fla.. Dr cember 16 (#).—Ernie Nevers, Leland anford University all-America fu back, has joined the camp of the Jack sonville All-Stars. Nevers {s to make his professional debut in the game | here January 2 with Red Grange and icago Bears American Basket Ball League Standing of the Teams. W.L.Pct. _Team K00 Roo) it Tomorrow N Fort Wavne at Washing Chicago at Detroit No Games Tonic RAVEL to Yellowstone Park is interesting in that it largely indicates the tendency of the outdoor public. If you are interested in know- ing the extent to which vacationists are using their n: Total visitors By foot or horseback, 1,254 T these figures are interesting car. 106,320 By rail. 4478 33.068 onal parks, to Yellowstone, 154282, By Number of cars, The increase in rail travel was pro tely greater than increase in The total increase was 1 10,000 persons. Travelers visit “ellowstone from every State Union. from Alaska. Philippine Islands, Hawaii. Porto Rico, Canal Zone and eign ¢ niries. Of the cars entering the park Ford was first, Buick second, Dodge third and Chevrolet fourth More than 90,000 persons used the public autn. mohile camping grounds. It was es. timated that 75,000 trout were eaught by the anglers In connection with the above figures ix interesting to know that a_ hotel in Jacksons Hole, Wyo., which fs not in_a national park, registered ople from every State except South “arolina, and from a number of for eign countries. This shows the ex tent to which the West is being used as the great American playground CALIFORNIA STRIKES AT PRO GRID COACH BY LAWRENCE PERRY. T E afts,| NEW YORK, December 26.—Has e O o miait: | the paid coach of an amateur foot hall ness—a springy feeling that is re-€leven an amateur standing v Tha iroms| The Southern conference has de- sponsive to the touch. That is, irons| ) . should not be heavy and soggy. The|Cided that he has and now the wooii club shaft gives a trifle \\th‘“ G ‘vhn‘ of San F |nr‘!,\rn has the Dball fe hif. The fren club shaft| made a similar decision. ruling that must not give, because the head ha: ny ';' «'}} \_\hfl]s_uc ombs to the lure to dig through the ground. of gold offered by the pro game may £ : et not_coach the club’s amateur players. (Copyright. 1925.) | Coach Orin E. (Babe) Hollinberry, mentor of the fast winged eleven which swept everything befare it—in. cluding both Stanford and California— this vear, must decide whether or not to continue as paid coach of the club" amateur foot ballers, or definitely to line up with the professional game (®).—Notre Dame Univel which | which is making an invasion of the Pacific Coast a few weeks later than has ranked consistently high in col- | Pacific Coast & few w legiate foot ball over the last decade, | ISP AGEDt (0 L 8ot b other local is one of the gew outstanding schools | promoters in signing papers for Red that is still getting along with an|Granze's appearance in California obsolete athletic stadium. Jeastphnextimonthi-;, The reason is that university au thorities have flatly refused to per mit construction of up-to-date stadium until the insutution has addi tional dormitories and college class rooms. South Bend business men and alumni of the school have repeatedly urged the construction of a new stadium, but school officials have re- fused to listen. Although it aims to house all its students in dormitories on the campus, Notre Dame has had | some 1,200 students living in South | Bend residences for several years and has turned away hundreds more be cause of the unavailability of dormi- tory quarters. Two new dormitories | are now under construction. The Notre Dame stadium is made up of wood stande. which have been| M alarged to hold 27,000. By Chester Horton, a fine wood cinh the pick one in which the rd the face of the club. The grain usuz is defined by which run circu- alrly through the head. If these lines run_ toward the shaft, the head will split more easily than when | the grain runs to- | ward the face of the club. If the club is only partly soled with brass, look for this grain | on the bottom of| the club, where it shows more plain- | Iy. As for shafts| should always be ! - the head; there | might have a sug- | resilience in the | In selecting player should grain runs tow it IRONS MUST HAVE STIFF SHAFTS in iron clubs, they gestion of whip ne stiff. A No. 1 iron must be no such NOTRE DAME SIDETRACKS | STANDS FOR DORMITORIES | SOUTH BEND, Ind., December 2 Ricycles are so popular in France that there is one for every seven person RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIEN MADE_AND REPAIRED NEW RADIATORS FOR' AUTOS WITTSTATT'S R. & F. WKS 13th ST. N.W. 1423 /P, REA Ouners of other makes! trade quich]yfor - ‘ Studebaker Pawer.Duratility Finish an