Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1926, Page 70

4 ‘Major Leagues Wou 'BASE BALL IS BEST SPORT FOR YOUTH, MOGULS AVER Presidents Johnson' and Heydler Hope to Increase Youngsters’ Interest in National Pastime. Caddying Is Diamond Menace. * . . BY GEORGE CHADWICK. EW YORK, January 2—Both major base ball leagues begin the new N vear unqualifiedly in favor of 'more amateur sport, and especially determined to spur the lagging youth of the Nation to play more base ball. . 2 All ulterior motives are denied. Organized base ball does not fear that its ranks will be depleted because of the waning interest of boys in the game. League officials are laying their plans for stimulating the sanglot game, they say, because base ball is the “best sport in the world for boys. The most active boy base ball campaign is being planned by President Ban Johnson of the American League. Mr. Johnson inaugurated a series of boy games in several cities last scason, with major league managers actually in charge of them. and says the plan was a decided success. He purposed to extend it to ‘othe citles this vear, and to provide even greater incentive to the youthful players. Johnson Lauds Plan. was one of the bes: plang fd v base ball that I ever heard of »\70“ President Johnson. T pleved base ball when I wa boy, and I know that the attention given by a big leaguer to me and the club te which I belonged was one of the hap- piest things in my life. We can pleasure to the youngste add wide interest in oar sport if we will only devote more time to them, and it is my intention to see that th is done wherever ‘it can be done by the American League: President Heydler of League, who is as warm in his > of boy base ball as the president of the American League, will do all that he can to revive any interest that may have been lost. One plan he has in mind is that the National League shall provide trophies for the best boy “It the National | ferred playlng base ball or caddying. The great majority of thém were for se ball as a game, but for caddy- |ing as a job. A small proportion of | them go into golf in a prpfessional | way, But not as many of ‘them as unsubstantiated assertions first made it appear. ~ Many of these boys still play base ball in odd hours when they have op- | portunity, but they do not organize {clubs and leagues and go to nearby |towns to play their games as the | boys did in the old-fashioned times. That is the reason why there seems to be a falling off in boy base ball as | compared with some years ago when |it was the ambition of every boy club not only .to have its organization, its uniforms and its distinct per- | sonality, but to pla¥ all around the | region “for a mythical championship. i Youngsters Still Play. Any question about the responsi- bility of golf for the decline in ju- venile base ball would seem to be answered by the fact that the boys of tenderer years are as inspired as ever to play base ball. The little s cannot be kept away from it. teams in certain municipaiities. Some base ball students are in clined to minimize the recent state ment of Maj. Grifith of the Western . - Conference with regard to the d get their bats, masks and pro crease of ball playing by bovs, but it {tectors and play the game in every : blished that | C 2 - S B R PR B iy i o ke e ik e Do e e % %] enough to serve as caddies who are e £ # . giving up the national game. This Boys Seek Odd Jobs. | has Deen ascertained by very care- The responsibility to beful observation on the part of com- traceable largely to g not so| merscial interests which are vitally much to golf 's s | concerned in the matter. to golf as a means of pocket | Also it has ben shown that there money by caddying. The noys receive little faMing off in base ball in quite 1 sums for their the agricultural regions, The coun- Many of them are on the s [try boy, away from all contact with day. and when they finish work, they | other sports, plays the game at are too tired to play ball. €| every opportunit them make the round of 2 el B ball has decreased only in twice in one day, and 1 is_quite ties where there is scargely a big tramp, espectally on the I APBanare) foof ‘pntwhich i o ohiy = Datl courses which stretch over hills game and in the vicinity of sporting well as plains. centers where the hoys find oppor- Inquiry has tunities to work in other sports. these boys as to (Copyrizht. 1926.) is been made whether t ameng ey pre- " ROD AND, STREAM BY PERRY MILLER. ¥, turn to the Spring fishing 1926 wil and prove to be reel. a big one for the followers of the rod ITH«the advent of the new year,the thoughts of jthe anglers season and all earnestly hope that One thing is certain and that is that the Tidal Basin will be well stocked with game_fish. Leach of the United S work of collecting tl understood, are to be shipped from and small mouth bass, crapp Driving around the basin ing it covered with a coat of ice not apt to put thoughts of anglin into one's head, but those most in- terested in the project to stock it with game fish are thinking of just that thing. Those of us who lool will have to put our shoulders w ihe wheel and push hard to have certain things accomplished, namely, bills acted by Congress to put 4 stop to illegal practices that threaten to de- Ppopulate the waters of fish. With that end in view .his icolumn is going to- ask United tes Com missioner O'M: if he will call conference of thé Fish Commissioner: of Maryland, Virginia and West Vi xinfa within a short time, and see {f some concrete plan cannot he worked out o place before Congre: A wood suggestion came to ihls col umn. last week in the nature a solution concerning the illes praetices in the Virginia was pointed out that It is = physical Impossibility fo wardens to catch these offenders the wardens operating from the shore, no matter how hard they u therefore proposed by one vel in the af of Virginia that a cial w ped with a motor boat to enable him to patrol plages where violations are said to be almost a_daily occurrence. Albert Fletcher of Warrenton, V warden for the eizhth dlsirdet of Vi zinfa, is the right man in ihe right place, but so far as trying ta catch these offenders with the present ma. chinery at his disposal, his hands might as well be tied. Fletcher and his corps of able deputies are very unxious to see a stop put to the catch- Ing of bass with hand nets. Not only are thousands of bass landed in this manner, but the real small ones, those they fear will be too small for sale, tre not thrown back into the water. Congress has passed laws protect- ing birds and animals and, to a cer- tain extent, has helped conserve the ish, but it can and should do a lot more. There is a law prohibiting the interstate shipment of bass which has done a lot for their conservation and rotection. Pt the illegal practices of catching bass are not stopped In the very near future these fish_will become practl- cally extinct, and then steps will be taken to prohibit the sale of them al- together in an effort to save them. Why not do it now and allow only those bass caught with rod and real or with hand lipe to be taken and nd see- sunfish and roc | Commi en- | arden be appointed and equip- | Commissioner Henry O'Malley and Glen C. ates Bureau of Fisheries are going ahead with the fish to be planted. The majority of them, it is the Carolinas and will include large bass. plant The catching of fmmature fish is also tening the disappearance, he said. | sioner the same gathering and outlined the | work of the bureau. “Five billion eggs| are planted each year as part of the| to the future | work of the bureau,” O'Malley said. Three-fourths of these are for the benefit of commercial fisheries." Providing an adequate supply of fish to the housewife, at prices consider- ably lower than those of the present, the purpose of measures to pro- hibit the catching of immature fish, discussed at the meeting. The waste- Iful practice of catching fish before | they have reached their full size and ! have had a chance to spawn was de- cried. a%d a bill to be submitted to the New York State Legislature was | auth ed which would check this abu The annual consumption of fish in the United States is placed at 3,000, | 000,000 pounds. Each individual eats 131.6 pounds of fish annually, or 1.39 ounces daily. The national investment in the fishing industry-is $500,000,000, |and the industry employs 500,000 per- | sons. | The above figures show a big in- tment, vitally interesting one-half | million people and indirectly concern- |inz millions of persons throughout | the whole country who at one time nother have fish on their tables I'during the year. ~Any industry as big |as this is surely deserving of some | protection, especially when the need- od assistance is striking a serious blow at its solar plexus. The evection in Washington of the finest and most commodious stadfum America as a memorial to the late | Theodore Roosevelt, as propesed edi- | torially and in thfs column in The Star last week, has met with hearty approval -of many _and is gaining | impetus. - Representative Clarence MacGreg- or, Republican, of New York, said he | thought a stadium in memory of the |late President was far more fitting {and appropriate than the proposed memorial in the Tidal Basin, Mac- Gregor said that Theodore Roosevelt represented the energy of the foot ball field, the base ball dlamond, the give and take, the “hitting of the line,” the energy of youth that need- ed means of expression as well as encouragement. 2 “If I were to be charged with th oppgrtunity to select my {dea of per- petuating the memory of this emer- getic President I would have erected life upon which the fish feed. | O'Malley ~addressed | _THE SUNDAY STAR,. DUCKPIN TEAMS TIED. FOR COUNTY HONORS “ HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 2. —Collegiates and American Legion each with 26 wins and 8 losses, are tied for first place in the stirting race in the Prince Georges County Duckpin Association. Com In third place are three gamea behind the leaders. r Ross’ All Stars in fourth place with 19 victories against 14 reverses are leading the fifth place Jerome's combination by but thres games. All the' other teams : Wha rank in- this bunched: De Molay, Ralner, Stephens A. Laundry. 5 The high spot of the Chillum, ~ Mt C., Bervice setting s new high team game record for the loop of 890. or one paint better than the old mark which was held by the Collegiates. The new mark was scored in the third game of a match ggainst_the Colliglates on Monday night. The first two games being won by the Collegiates. ‘Tuesday, Comets defeated Stephens A. C, two of three games, Wednes- day Mt. Rainler took two of three games from Chillum; Thursday St. Jerome's took all three games from Service Laundry and Friday Ameri- can Legion won all thrée games from De Molay. \ % The loop's schedule next week fol- lows: Monday, Colléglates * St Jerome' Tuesday, Stephens A. C. vs Ross’ "All Stars; Wednesday, Ametican Legion vs. Chillum; Thurs- day, Service Laundry vs. Comets; Mt. Rainier vs. De Molay. Stapding of Clubs. Wen. Loat. o iz it Stephens A. C. Service Laundi fo Date. High team set—1,652. Collogiates, High team game—560, Ross' All Stars. High_individual set—Oscar Hiser, Coile- siates, 380. B High_ individual game—W. Kessler," Com- ets, 168. 3 High ' individual aversge—Henry 'Hiser, American Leglon, 112, = AUSTIN, TEX., RICH IN MAJOR LEAGUERS One Austin product in the major 191 basis for the Texas city's boast that it is one of the leading “home towns’ of the country, as far as big league ball plavers are concerned. The five Austinites who saw service in the big show last season are Bib Falk, Chicago White Sox outfislder; Rip Collins, Detroit Tyger pitcher; Spot Falk, youthful St. Louls Brown pitcher, who as a pinch hitter-led his league with close fo a .600.average; Frank” Gibson, Boston Brave catcher, and Tink Riviere, who pitched for a time for the St. Louis Cards, but fin- ished the season with Dallas of the Texas e. report to the Cards for Spring training in 1926. He was not reared in Austin, calls Austin his home. Bib Falk and Collins are the best known in Austin of the ‘five. Both attended Austin High School and starred in base ball and foot bull. After graduation, was an outstandy; foot ball and base ball player at ,‘A‘eg University, while Collins attended Texas A. and M. He was instrumental leagues for each 8,000 population s/ Riviere already has been notified to |- but attended Texas University, and |. oy t EAGUE bowling apparently does not give the ardent duckpinners of Washington enough to do these days. more cntertainment on the drives than the circuit. matches afford, eems. -Just now the elimination tournament is the rage among the pinspillers. Right on the heels of the elimination event held at Conven- tion Hall last week—and it .was a keen affair—comes an announceinent st.[from Harry Carroll, general manager of the Recreation chain of alleys thatincludes the Recreation Center, order are - closely | Will offer, a novel elimination tournament on the three alleys early next month. ‘While Carroll's tournament will t : week | Will be drawn from league teams that perform on the drives he contrdls, was the feat of Ross' All Stars in|it promises to bring into competition many of the stellar bowlers of the National Capital. It should have a ficld of more than 200 duckpin smashers, &ceording to his plans. Carroll proposes to. bring into the fray the high average man of each feam of the leagues that use the al- leys of his chain and will offer rich prizes .for the affair. He will an- Tounce soon the date on which the #verages are to be computed to ascer- qualified contestants. Very like- ly.the last Saturday of this month will be the day. League secretaries will be asked to submit Hats of men eligible to come 'rlate in:the tourpamen d competi- lon will start as soon the; er as a schedule can be umnced/w;‘hnere will be no entrance fee. Carroll -hopes to make the tourna- nient first round schedule conform to the 'schedules of the various leagues having entrants in the tourney. He ‘would have the high average men of the teams do their tournament rolling on some night after they had com- pleted their circuit matches. «Should such a plan be followed, each contestant certainly would have rooters aplenty, for it is safe to pre- dict that the ‘members of his team would make every effort to remain after their league match to give thelr star a good send-off. ‘The proposed tournament is expect- ed to spur bowlers of leagues that use the Recreation chain to greater ef- forts from now en. With four weeks in which to bolster up averages re- Hmdnlng. there are few men on teams n' the several es so well en- trénched, at the top that they fear no competition. The present leaders wifl have to step op the gas if they would not be overhauled by some less exalted pin smashers. With the fleld anticipated the tournament probably will extend thAQugh the ter part of February. ‘But "that will not bother the duck- pinners. They can't get too much of the game nowaday “Al' Work's remarkable bowling in thé Conyention Hall elimination tour- nament has the duckpin crowd all het up-over this means of testing a bowler's ‘abilily. The duckpinner, like the follower of other sports, likes & chaimplon and he is beginning tq re- rd ‘the elfmination method as the +to-determine the outstanding per- 1 r in his particular game. Un- doubtedly the: time is near at hand wheén a city-wide elimination tourna- ‘ment. will be held, with bowlers, re- -DISTRICT LEAGUE. B In twice defeating Texas University, arch rival in athletics of Texas. A. and M. Cedric Durst, who played with St. Paul and was one of the leading hit- ters of the American Association, is another Austin prodyct.. For two sea. sons he was with the Browns, and was for a time used at first base in 1923, when Manager Sisler was out of the game. Some of the most enthusiastic Aus- tin fans claim Rogers Hornsby as an Austin product. Hornsby was born in jtunnels, County, but when he was a few months old came to Travis Coun- 1y, in which Austin is located. He lived about 15 miléa from the Texas capital for eight years. KENNEL AND FIELD Geo. H. K - The schnauzer or _wire - haired | pinscher, a newly introduced German dog, is, according to a recent. feature article, about' the last word in dog perfection. He is as good a ‘watch dog as the shepherd, and as good a police dog; he is more of a oneman dog than the Airedale, and he is not given to wandering away from home as are individuals "of most other breeds. Fashfon has decreed that he. is the dog. of the day, since his wiry coat and his style in cropping and’ dock- Ing so exactly fits with presemnt-flay dress and haircuts. Any breeder will grant that one in- dividual schnauzer might come up to this-standard, just as nearly as a good individual of any other breed might come to the stan of perfection for his breed, ‘but to assign the above qualities to the breed as a whole is too much. The slogan for an Alredale used to be that “he could do anything: any other dog could do, and then whip the other dog.” This has done much .hurt to the Pdpularity of the breed, for individuals could jiot live up to this standard-of perfection. It | ettt o b team pet—Convention Hall. 1.815. e—Convention Hall. 663 R i el sorRoseabere. "Conven- N h“mflfi’mu.l '-ne—l'flu’. ‘Terminal Toy. (o, 4183, Hign inds igual average—Friend, Terminal tce Goy 11730 3 (ne'gn umber of spares—Megaw. King Gre it of strikes—Friend. it nuwmber Terminal -Ice Co..- 26. ¥ < Bowling in the District League will be resumed the coming week after a lull-in the schedule caused by, the holiday season. The battle #6r top honors will continue with rénewed vigor. Practically all of {He personnel of the leading teams ve been.active on the drives dur- nig the past twohwsek!, taking part i special- matches or tournaments various ‘kinds, affording splendid ctice and insuring a’continuation cellent, scores. = ax,_rohx. team. standings show Stan- ford Paper Co., King Pins and Con- vention Hall so closely grouped that a, single game separates those three idams. The Papermakers are in the Vam by virtue of total pinfall and are tied with King Pins in _games won and lost. Convention Hall is one o in the-rear of those: two teams. ‘emple continues to remain within triking distance of the top. Terminal lfl Co. leads the league in total pins_and’ cannot. be counted out of the running, being only 6 games back of_the leaders, with more than half 8 schedule to go. : s . The Dintrict League is staging the clokest race that loop has enjoyed- in yQ.Ar- s evidenced by the fact that | Within the short space nl&! weeks ‘four-teams have been in o 1%;:‘: 18ad Yor varifous periods. On casions_a team has scored 580 or is hoped that the schnauzer peoplé will be a little more moderate in their claims. - The writer of this_article tells us that the shepherd a “Belglan griffin, pinscher is a smooth-coated black-and- tan“cross between the’German shep- herd dog and the terrier: o He should know that’ “‘birischer'’ 1s. the Genmnan word for terrier, apd that' the black and tan dog he refers pass a law prohibiting the sale of elther small or large mouth bass? in the City of Washington the most magnificent and commodious stadlum in America, where the development of the. physical powers .would be en- couraged, where ambition. to suceeed would be developed. “Such a stadibm would have a tend- ency to.perpetuate the dieas and ideals of goeevelt in a- much more intense ‘way than any dead archi- tectural triumph.” sea” may become a misl of speech at no distant date according to Dr. Donald K. Tressler in a warn- ing sounded recently, addressing the fourth annual dinner of the Middle At- Jantic Fisheries Association. Dr. Tres- sler said that the popular conception of an unlimited supply of fish was falacious, and that unless the pollu- tion of the coastal waters vas checked certain types of fish were in danger of vanishing. He pointed to the dis- appearance of the shad.from New: York waters and sald that the stur- geon was rapidly becoming extinct. “The bluefish Is not one-ten‘h as nu- merous-as it once was,” said Dr. Tres- sler, “Oysters, crabs, lobsters, are similarly in waters. That pollution is responsible for these evlls is seen by the fact that the Paclfic Coast, tof which the shad was transplanted, is now enjoying an “bundance of thede fish." 3 Dr. Tressler explnined that by pol- HOOPER MAY MANAGE. ‘CHICAGO, January 2 (#).—A pos- sibility that Hafry B. Hooper, Chicago White ‘Sox outflelder, may not return to the club, but Instead may manage w Western League club, probably Omaha, is-given consideration in base ball circles here. PIRATES FARM HUGHES. - PITTSBURGH, * January "2 (Px— Pittsburgh has released, unller option Richard to, the - Dobermann pinacher, is &\n terrier, and not.a,cress, with any-other breed. The Belgian griffin feferred to is decidedly a new ' name .for the shepherd. There i§ the wire-haired pointing griffon, a hunting ‘dog, com- mon to Western Burope, but it has nothing of appearance of - a shepherd. 2 HERE s % The idea that any dog or any breed forms an attachment for only. -one person, and recognizes' the authority of that -person only, {s just 3 leading: to the novice as'thé: ment that one particular 3 not givenrto wandering.” Any:dog, if not provided with a pleasant home ot 'wlzhl cfi‘;nplmolo nn:lp, to” his Hking, is aptto_develop the habit_of wander: ing off to find_the hu'hrn'mmlln“ he. wants. ‘Almdst any. dog, wheéther. 'a puppy or mature, will ‘sdon ‘become attached to a -me % il & Profepsional precdsts and: condFued fanclers will pass over - statements which thy know are without four tion, but such matter never press the novice who wants to learn the dog game. It should be geen to that only authentic: information is given out In articles, presumably sclentific, ' on. the. subject . of dof breeding. ~ i Third” Baseman B “af of the Jution he meant oilg and acids from |the Waterbury club tern factories, u;.fie explained, was of assistance |the Willlamsport New York- to. the fish, i@ that it nourished th,,xvanh League. rather than .sewage. "Sew- | League. Hughes was purchased from 3 tter onfy to have the game placed the lost column. A most surpris- feature I3 that only-one set above has_been , and it is al- imost -equally unusual that 163 has stood as the high- individual ganse. The bls match of the week is promised y_at Coliseum Alleys Potwean the. leading Stantord, Paper iCo. team and Tesminal.Ice. ¥, 4 MABONIC LEAGUE. $ L Suinding of Teams. 4 e ) olomma Fotéral GOSSIP ABOUT BOWLERS % | Gompers met with defeat in two of its | ) games. i il TOURNAMENT They simply must have Coliseum and Grand Central, that he . K be a closed affair in that contestants gardless of league or controlling body afMHation, shooting for the big prize— champlon duckpinner of the District f Columbla. Such.a tournament uld not be an entirely open affair. It would be too unwieldy and® too many entrants, even with Dame For tune beaming upon them, would have no real chance in the tournament. Certalhly some way may be found to formulate qualification rules that would quickly narrow the field of title aspirants and let the stellar talent go to it. Duckpinners ought to start consideration of this matter now if they would have thelr tourney. Stanford Paper Co. team is receiv- ing congratulations for its success in the hollday handicap tournament at the Collseum. More than 40 quints competed and the Stanfords walked away with first prize when, credited with o three-.game score of 1,788. Cen- ter Market team was second with 1,772, and Amity third with 1,762, both counts including handicaps, The bandicaps were In sealed envelopes hung on a Christmas tree at the drives, and after the six days of bowl- | ing were concluded the fateful figures | were distributed by a little miss at. | tired as Santa (laus. The Stanfords drew only 66, but it was quite enough to overcome the 115 of the Center Markets and ‘the 180 of the Amitys. The Columblans of the Washington Ladies’ League triumphed in the wom- en's group, their 150 handicap rais- ing thelr total to 1.534. The Daisys of the Agricuiture League made 1,450 with their 155 handicap, to finish sec ond. A new bowler who can knock the | pins for a loop was uncovered in Fitzy Fitagerald whan the office force and drivers of the Terminal Ice Co. met in their annual match. :The white collar boys had several widely known | | stars among them, but the high-class talent could not cope with the terrific pin smasfiing done by Fitzy. This young fellow, who proved to be the ace of the drivers, toppled a set bet tering 550, enabling his team to walk away with the match - and lots of change that the office hands had rashly wagered. Fitzgerald is new to the duckpin game, but if bis perform- ances for the drivers means anything he will be much heard of in the Dear future. game lead over Harmony, the latter having dropped two games to Naval | while the league leaders, with a 1,689 | set, were taking all three from the re inforced Acacia team. Whiting moved into third ‘place by taking the odd game of the set from Albert Pike aus After making a splendid spurt, which placed them well up among the lead ers, Hiram met with unexpected ob- stacles, which have pushed them down the ladder. A 1637 set against Naval allowed only one game to be placed in the won column, 4 most unusual occur- rence in this league. Next meeting the team from National Lodge, Hiram naturally expected to recover the lost ground, and recorded good scores, but all three games went to National, the latter turning in its best efforts of the year. A Colman got a set total of 3 for the evening. When John Strike Blick is bowling in his very best form Trinity Lodge has no difficulty in winning games. This was particularly true last week, when the irrepressibie John turned in a set of 362, which included a game of 131 as his initial effort, his team | making a clean sweep of the set. Because of his nfany bowling affilia tions, Reds Megaw does not often get | a chance to perform for La Favette. | Judging by the set of 385 recently | turned in by him, opposing teams in the Masonic League will be perfectly satisfled if he confined his activities to | the other leagues of the cit; The coming .week is another one of those double-header affairs, all teams belng scheduled to roll two sets. In addition to imposing double daty on the bowlers, some surprisiing changes may result in the team standings. This is pagjicularly true where a margin of onlf four games separates 13 teams. President Halley and Sécretary Ebersole are already turning their at- tention to plans for. the Musonic League tournament to be held during the third week in February, From the number of bowlers who have par- ticipated in the league schedule a rec- ord-breaking number of eligibles will be qualified to participate. Gaptains of teams are again advised that a scratch avem‘aha of xofl::u-t ?e assumed unless men have rolled at least A the schedule. S pal ONLY SIX TOOK PART INALLA. L. CLASHES AT CHICAGO, January 2 '(#). — Box scores of the American League during the 1925 season contained the names of 264 players.' Only six of this num ber had the distinction of playing ir every game during the year. ‘According to statistics here, 183 plagers or more games, whil with participation compile Helpated in 1 o 76 were rediten in less than 15 The six players who went through without missing. a game were Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians; Sam Rice, Washington; Al Simmons, Phil- adelphia Athletics; Bfb Falk, Chicago White Sox; Bob Meusel, New York Yankees, and McManus, St. Louis ‘Browns. The Boston and De clubs were the only ones that failed to-have-a player: ‘ participate in &l 'of ' their games. . GREENLEAF TO EXHIBIT SKILL WITH CUE HERE ‘‘Ralph Greenleaf, undefeated ‘world pocket ‘billlard champion fo_x':?lilx con- secutive years,..will_appear in exhi: bition matches here Thursday and Fri- day at the Lewis and Krauss billiard parlors. " Two matches will be- held dally, starting in thé afternoon at 3 o'clock and at night at 8. He wil : WASHWEPON, D. ‘¢, JANUARY 3, 1926_SPORTS SECTION. TOPPERS ARE AT TOP "IN BOWLING CIRCUIT Toppers ar€ living up to their name in the Washington Terminal Y. M. C. A. bowling lbague race and are holding first place with a total of 23 victories In 27 starts at the end of the second series. Cross and Bryan have the fight for high average all to them selves. The former has a mark of 105.4, while the latter has averaged 105 flat. Four others in the circuit are rolling over 100. They are Neider, with 103.13; Weeks, with 101.23; Trotter, with 100.17; and Wehousen, with 100.11. Standing of the teams and indi vidual records follow: B Standing of Teams. Won. 2R Logt. oppers Car Shops Sautrrels . Manager's” Offico Tigers . 5 Southerr E. Ex. | Amer. Rwy. Ex, No. Union Transfer E Reynalds Ballard Gray Bell Farr Tebbs . % Talliferrg " © ... | JO A Williams Bunch ........ Salmon ross . L. Neider Rogers Hryan . Weeks Custer Walsh Raker Christian Altemus Bond . Robertso: SX=SEERT LR EEEEEEEENCRESSES Thompson Shaeffer Galleher paulding Mozingo Merritt IAS SET PACE | IN PINSPILLING LOOP While the Columbias are well out in front, the Senators and Arcade Garage bowlers are waging a- close fight for second-place homors in the Mount Pleasant Duckpjn Leag The Senators have scored tories in 33 starts, while the « men are only one game behind. lumbia pinepillers have chalked 24 wins. . Shipley of the Senators is leading in the race for high averaze with a mark of 111.21, but is Dbei pushed by Simmons of the leaders, who has up rolled for an average of 1! Standing of ual records of part in 12 or Columbiis Senators the tear bowle more Arcade Girage. . Luc Jerry's I Mount Hilltops Firestone: Strikes. . and individ- s who h nies follow: Standing of Teams. ve taken Record Performances. Hizh team ga High team se Hixh tors, 111-21 tndividu averazé—Shipley, Sena- High individual came—Shipley, Senators. 1 gohsh individual set—Shipicy bias. "7 High indiv Woodmen, 18. Individual Records, « Simmons Jett . Davidsr gt Dorritice Shipley Barues | Inge | MeGy Pass Tmirie Meany Seltzer Wetzel Friston 3 Doleman " George Doifis OLUMBIAS. LUGKY STRIK Snellenburg " Wolatenholfn J. Wolstenholms JERRY €. Morgan Logan Dingler . G. Wolstenholme. . . Lucas MODERN GEN. WOOD ENCOURAGES SPORTS IN PHILIPPINES DREE B et iR Rty g NBH=S M BSIXD jotetnies W00 .23 = g hfarars Shard feietry Y 5 .. E Ser High individaal epares—Simmons, Cglum- ual strikes—Ervin, 293 N. 242 317 347 317 315, N 339 104 Hia 309 322 318 321 it 23 83 | Haufernan MANILA, January 2 (#®).— Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood, always nn(‘:n thuslast in sports, has ispued a state- ment to encourage athletics in all im- portant governmental and private or- g&nuutlonu in' ofder that a broader eld from which to select Philippine representatives in international con- tests may be available. Amoflj{ the organizations named as potent sources of strong athletes are the United States Army and Navy, the Philippine constabulary the Manila city police and govern- ment bureau employes. e ‘The governor. genera} urges early. preparations for the training of Phil- ippine representatives in_the next Far Eastern Olynipic games. which are tc Hald_in Peking in 192 s’ Game~: Money Tight, Dempsey Yearns for Ring [BOWLING TEAM LEADERS JACK EAGER TO RESUME " BOXING FOR FAT PURSES Champion Plans to Work in Exhibition Bouts With Sparring Mates This Winter—Must Get Rid ‘of Wills Before Meeting Tunney BY SPARROW. McGANN. EW YORK, January 2.—From a trusted source on the Pacific Coast N comes word that Jack Dempsey now is on the verge of beginn: active preparation to condition himself for one or more battles this year in defense of his title. At first Dempsey will work in exhibition bouts against sparring part- ners—the best that he can procurez—under actual ring conditions. Later he will take on opponents, who whi{u not exactly in his class, will figure to make him go fast enough to induce spectators to pay money to see hf action. Jack Britton, who has jdst arrived here from Florida, where he the real estate business, adds confirmation to the above by his stateme that Jack will show in an month. N. C: P, ROLLERS LEAD TYPOTHETAE LEAGUE Bowlers of the Typothetae Duckpin League are finding At difficult to stop the National Capital Press five in i drive for the circuit championship. The leaders have taken 3 games in 39 starts, to give themselves 2 _hix advantage over the second-place Judd & Detweiler five and the Wheeler Jones quint, which is holding third position. High average is held by Larl M | Philomy of the tailend Stanford per Co. team. His mark is 114 and, except for the 111 average made by Mischou of National Capital, is the only one to exceed the 110 mark. Standing of Teams. Won. National Capital Press. . Judd & Detweiler . Wheeler-Jones ... Printing” Co. i T ews Paper Co. Joyee Engraving Co. andard Engraving Co. tional Publishing Co. man Engraving Co. bington Printing Co. Washington Mono. Co Columbian_Printing Stanford Paper. Co. Kecord Performances. High individual average—McPhilomy. 114 High individual game—Marston and No ack, 149, High High hibition i Miami about the middle of this © Which, in turn, fits in with the writer’s exclusive announcement that Dempse: reason Wilson, Carpentier this country some for bringing « great trainer, 1o months ago was 1 put the champion in fighting trim Opponent Unknown. Just who Den: will box agair |in his Florida exhibition i to the writer, hut Britton be one of his sparring Gene Tunney will i no doubt the two wi pilonship battle. Th the resumption of talks which they held in year. Dempsey told Tur that he favored h provided the bons away. it is up to the cha thing definit ‘Whether Jack a e: ney, Dempsey will not be Ha Wills and get nwa lost most of his popularit his two years of inactivity thing more than the sig cles tQ meet & man nearly lighter than he is will be necessary re-establish him 3 Friends of Dempsey that 192 is the year Dempsey has picked in which to clean up every cent that 1 title is werth to him. Most of his ready cash is tied up in his real estate ventures and the income of the tru fund—that anchor to the windward | which he established when he flush, has been coming in handy late. : not knov ays it w partners on hand discuss cha will merely N long this a:d New York at the t 1 contender, stowed Gil e did and now ion to s to f ith it. He v through vidual set—Challacombe., 0 game—Judd & Detweiles High team sct—Judd & Detweiler, 1. Most strikes—Ennis, 21. Most spares—McPhilomy. 110. Individual Records. NATIONAL CAPITAL PRESS. G T.P. St Sp. 4. 90 Dempsey Wants Dough. Just as money makes the mare malkes the champion fig wants half a million fo meeting Wills, and if the bout cin Le pulled off by . promoter of Tex Rickard’s caliber in New York or Nev Jersey Jack might getjit. But how much would he have to give Jack Kearns, who maintains that, havis signed for u Dempsey-Wills battle in ew York or Jersev when he Juck's manager, he has a legal righ to_share in the proceeds? Both Dempsey ny promoter who attempts to stage the fight will have tv reckon with this factor. Un der their old agreement Kearns and Dempsey shared fifty fifty. There is no doubt that the champion would not fight at all if he had to give up this much to his onetime manager. But if it be found that Dapper Jack really has a strangle hold on Dempsey som: settlement might be made between B the two. et 3 “That is to say, it would be if Demyp Campbell sey is so an us for money that he really wants to do battle with the negro. If he does not, he can use the Kearns matter as an excuse for not meeting Wills. One thing seems certain—theres wiil be something popping in the world heavyweight championship situation this year. Dempsey has been dofn a whole lot of hard work under Gus Wilson's direction, and he is not so fond of training that he would put himself to all this trouble without some big end in view. (Copyright. 1026.) EVENTS AT FORT MYER TO HELP ARMY RELIEF Fort Mver's branch of the Army Relief Societyholds its annual ex- hibition drill and tea dance Saturduy 30 o'clock in the post riding ha he program includes the followi events: Drill by the 3rd mounted band, musical drill 1 E, 3rd Cavalry: rough riding by Troop F, $rd Cavalry: monkey drill by ! Troop G. 3rd Cavalry; officers school ride, exhibition jumping, and an ar- tillery drill by Battery C, 16th Field Artillery. Reserved seats are $2, and general admission §1. Febrizio . Crockett Verdi Burgess b 10 1 10 Connolly .. G. 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