Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1926, Page 31

CESPRRPSS THE EVE] NING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. 1‘., FRIDAY, JAD NUARY~ 1926. SPORTS. Professional Foot Ball Propaganda Is Declared to Have Reached Iis. Crest IERCENARY GRID SPORT SEEN AS DUE FOR A FALL TO BATTLE TONIGHT Necessity of Paying Big Money for Players and of v Playing Many Games in Short Space Have - | Proved Bane of Promoter BY LAWRENC EW YORK lanunary 8 —Pry tide N ont of game by base ball suffer This lege st inits hi similarl compar to be marked by 1y erea an Base ball or thirties. Later many vears be in the ¢ 50 vears has | ing tradiition wh it pro ball fin olles i the calendar of Ame 1o reasons that to the piight College ( vill slegi lega linate p will me to a sub sports 1t 8 \s bhail ciate s authorit empty profe: emphasi mercena frself this s The huge a seeke Grounds wh and fizzled pulled the pro game i of a hole. Nearly 70.000 atte game. If the san next day. or assumption that the bheen 10.000 present The weak prop supporting pro foot | ball 1s the n it playing of games within a short money is to be made stand m m games have plight the vhid osity there York out d that d plaved is a_fair hot have | a week this. are a necessity if adequat receipts are to be realized, an tevery one wha knows anything about >t ball, ke hat of ten the speci does his dazzling stuff when openings are made | and the wav ahead for him voung men whe are willing to] sacrifice themselves for their « cannot spec gate < seven times out | only cleared by 3 lof : PERRY. professio ball st base ball foot ha for al is ent manifestation condition of college ibed to the overshadowing of the is put forfh that college foot ball ickly did ¢ as college base ball is sup- | t begin as purely a col Wiy, college base ball never has popularity m zed i N England in The game was town lots of college t hours of ind day out become players Self implies painstaking effore d » the end that an eleven may rlocking unit. Pro ne and in amount incentiv the heauty of foot ball. the | hing that makes it popular, suprene those invoived in e » that which money cannot buy ing to suffer injury. even death for v wuty of orx hav an which pro foot no conceptior £ the i e 1 game poin wish inger out t overemphasis pro foot ball is the they zanized hise cge game score will the cerning college when mercenars high If this mit ng with publ foot b i contests foo is riding tive in oves effec of pro game. then @ dead iment D ttitude d the is indeed g ment in the educational of the land whole that thout mercenar sport to the promotes is a gamble is nized has hoxing or any pro_foot he o is And WOMEN I T which HE team winning school basket ball tit teams are inc'nded in the < the students are divide The squad from section < le tean Ford becca Harry is manager of Elizabeth Griffith. Al; Maxine berger, Ad; Edith Sugar, AK “ At the conclusion of the games there will u short staged between picked squads the junior and senior clas has been tes of the the Natfonal teur Athletic Federation. Washing ton's fair champions on the hasket hall court have announced their stand against title play. The Metropolitan \thletic Club tossers, seven times city ¢hamplons and conceded to be strong | contenders for the crown this sexson {lecided at a special meeting last night to relinquish all claims to the tit Chould they be fortunate enough t he In the race at the end of the sched ule. The slub iz anxions to have its stand inderstond, It does not desire to withdraw from play in the Women's Council League, bui will play for the | wake of the sport alone and will not ronsider itself a candidate for the lo Throne. At first it was thought that it would be necessary to withdraw from the council entirely in order to make clear their adoption of the N. A \. F. standards, and the organtzation voted to take this step. But Gladvs \iilis, athletic director. reread the reg ulations before the meeting wnd made it clear that it was not necessary to Withdraw from play, bui merely tof “ithdraw any eclaims to trophies and honors. 1t was then agreed by the mambers of the club to remain in the deague The sectional series from reaped prin the Ama ciples taught by Metropolitanites are the first jub in the city to adopt this standard Advocates of the N. A. A. F. standards helieve that the best tyvpe of sports manship can ba developed if the schedules are plaved off purely for the fun of the game rather than for ety erowns The Mets will meet their first op ponents in the major league schedule on Jar 18, at which time they will play the « ts In the Business High School gymnasium The Recreation League the M. A. C. will play Vernon fossers Monday Marjorie Webster School js slated for 7:30 Plans for a dance to he given early in April were discussed at the meet ing last night. A definite annolince ment concerning this affair will be fmade later sextet of | tne Mount |5 night at the The game V. Brown tossers, winners of the Columbia Helghts division hasket ball crown in the Elementary School League. were presented with a silver cup at the annual athletic award as sembly vesterday morning Mande Parker, director playground activities in the made the presentation to Betty man. captain of the squad Miss M. K. Givens, principal of the school, made a short address in open ing_the assen Miss Parker gave a short talk on what the cup stood for in athletics and the meaning of sports- | manship. | Ruth Coleman, director of the Chevy | 4Chase playground. presented the ban- | ners for the Chevy Chase basket ball and dodge ball league championships to Th and 6a teams. respectively Estelle Embrey, captain of the 7h| team, received the basker ball hanner and Virginia Williams, captain of the G2 group. received the bunting | awarded the winners of the dodge ball title. The teams participating in these | fwo leagues were composed entirely of girls who did not play in the element- ary school basket ball league. of girls’| District Hart- | fou ¢ pool As it has bee d impossible to secure the use ¢ ir i the Milton Life Saving Club swimmers | have been forced to ask a postpone- | ment of their proposed meet with the unior swimmers of the Capitol Ath-| letic Club. which was to have been held January 27, Mre. S. Burleigh Milton, president of the Life Saving Club, states that her young swimmers have not had an opportunity for practice since last | September, and as they did all « their swimming during the Summer jn Chesapeake Bay, she does not think | if would be fair fo subject them 1o competition without some preparation Mrs. Milton hopes that $he wili be able to make arrangemencs for her| Wilson and Paul |at 7 C | fill N SPORT E FRAZIER: Normal will be claimed by < which is now in progress dule, representing the sections adin having been The A2 g, not managers are Horn o her seven teanw Lil A3; Tomiin, an Keith, ancy s- 14A wupils to practice and to arrange another postponed mee later “he in some pool “Washington Recreation League 1 ers will stage two contestx thi ning. The Department of Interi and the Woodlothian sextets will meet o'clock in the Fifth Street Ar mory he lvary M Church and the Princess Athletic Club teams will play at 9 o'clock on the Calvary Church court P T Monday . st sket ball civenit evening with ed on_th West Metropolitan reh squad will and the leiatn s ro ente The Seco. R teams this season and the Rethany entrants. he schedule West Washi Peck Memorial Junior High teams Janua polita Eastern < Junior High “Febrnary erhany Vs W Bethony 1 ve Metropol West Washington ve Bethany B va A Fonoiita st Washin Ve Nieiranolitan. At Firat va Bethany ‘A, ar Ta Bethany B at Peck Sacond. at Metronaiitan at Metronol a1 Mo Tethany politan 2. At Tack A VL et Washi apolitan Weat Wash 16 19 Eton Ve v anv A Bethany Wast Washington 29 First v ihany A va. Sec March 3, Bathant at ‘Eastern’ 3. Bathany B va. Metropol 4t Eastern: '3 Second v at Junior High:' 3 v = ond. at Peck: R Firat Peck: K. Bethany Peck at at Club members will meet at 8 o'clock this evening at the studio of Ruth HBennett graham street northwest cil will meet at 7 ack Capitol Atheltic | ha | oty Cre | wa VINEZ AND TERRIS By Associated Press NEW YORK. January 8 Vinez, lightweight hoxing cha {ifrance, cht meets Sid New York in a 10-round Madison are den. Vine: + decision to Charley Rosen s coming to this country, but the veteran as not lost prestige vities asserted that Ttosen time was considered the to Benny Leonard’s tiled to enter the mmixsion tourna Terris appears hut is as fast n. The win elected for the for the Tex the Lucien n of s of ch at Sq has as many he had o Terris for a \ i st erov York ment lack iy ner of the proposed Sta last Winter. « knockout punch nin the hout will be ment 1studded belt FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the A HAR ty. Nes Petrolle, F PEORTA and dra defeat Charlie 1 " 12 1 Shaw Morris Kin am. Pau Detroit St Louis, fousht a Stedman, St. Louis, Detrolt (X) Tod M hold over neisco (7 NEW though South Giant the « under Me s pose YORK admittin Americ and he af consideration, M of the National aveangements were in the ip st formative stag e Last Night's Resulis T mes Scheduled Tonight ROUNDING T HIRD By Hugh A. Jennings———— CHAPTER 35. newspaper Me. Near the Penot which So. bleak islar < the burial g and in this cemetery Great Whi ned for a during the nineties with runn; a Penohsc t the Penobscots rests the hod He Lasted brief spell, as 1 None him He o said, day could jer dropped compare hase dead M his as ar few a few epot nd was buri he grave, when was cov the ered with which had ting was e and had much athletic prowess. While most ather athletically inclined Indians take chiefly to ball and track nd field sports exis ¢ base ball. Aft m S he P Damie, staved there and then signed Cleveland This Tebean member Chief MeKean “hippy Timmie McAleer - some A4 W for a cont known mar spent at to Nu term e cammates when me novelty in players were hen Sockalexis team he did not of fact, strange xis had never not a = Ll cland matter for an Indian, & tasted liquor in h first tri: tour of in hase Ind e the circuit A distinct there had players in the big he was a heavy e made good im : runner, _with a sure around triumph noveity all, for been no REDS STRONGER IN THREE SPOTS FOR NEXT SEASON By the Assc ciated Press INCINN I. Ohio, nati Reds this Winter have be thinks his men first base, shortstop and left The catching problem January new iil strengthen three till is unsolved 8—The plaver purchascs of the Cincin- | Jack Hendricks | en few, but Mana important positions— and the strength of the pitch- ing department hinges largely on the return to form of Carl Mays, the submarine twirler. California thi the minor league magnates’ | still looking for a catcher, of which the Reds | need to back up “Bub " Hargrave. le admitted he prob wonld find nothing better than : ut or At first Hendricks went to week for ing, ially sadly talent, es Sly a coach ase the Reds will prese Hudgens, obtained from of the Western Asso Walter Holke was the regular post last season, but Hendricks i thu stic over the record of ||m!£t‘h>l‘ in the Western loop. Al Niehaus. the was sent to N Pa Walter Christensen plans to start in the osite Ed Roush nd tensen led the associ base steaiing A former Red rookis mert, was bronght back fi tle elub of the Pacific Coast League In gap at shortstop. A thorough | seasoning in the minors is said to have | converted him into a high-class per- | former. | 3fforts to get Johnny Gooch or Earl Smith, receivers, from the Pittsburgh Pirates failed, and the veteran Iv Wingo is about all the Reds have to rely on as a reserve catcher. The pitching staff is the same as last year, but Hendricks thinks he has Jimmy Smith first-sack ul in a t whom | left op- Walker. Chris tion last year i reserve, le fol Frank om the {ar | most efre | £all back on ndricks | ne of the sturdiest crews of regulars in the game. I n are lack ing, however, and for the fourth regu- Hendricks does not know whether he will have Mays in shape. Adolfo Tugue, the National | tive pitcher: Eppa Rixey s Pete Donohue, the Reds have a fine first-str trio, with Jackie May to RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES. MADE AND_REP. NEWRABIATORS EO ALY WITTSTATT'S R.'& F. WKS. 319 13th ST. N.W. 1423 P, REAR 'TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats _ seat- 'EISE\IANS 7th & F flup BRVYIngG Uwner snf Studebaker | Power DurailimyFinish illy | rounds). | fArmty With | ()ffwml National Recomutwn { | | Personal invitations to attend the National League's golden jubilee banquet in New York on February 2, today were extended by John Arnold | Heydler, executive head of the circuit, to President Coolidge, Vice Presi- | dent Dawes, Speaker Longworth and Senators Pepper and Wadsworth. | Close to 1,000 guests, including prominent base ball men from every | | section of the country, in addition to the highest dignitaries of the Federal and States governments are expected to attend the dinner at the Hotel | Astor commemorative of a half century of existence by the National | League i ports in this country have taken amazing strides with the passing | of the years, and have become such an integral part of the Nation that Lk believe the time not far distant when official governmental recognition | | will be accorded,” said President Heydler today. “Base ball is the truly {typical American sport, and the National League's observance of 50 years of successfull ward that goal. 'BOWLING GOSSIP| T continuous operation impresses me as a definite step to- plenty of spirit among the duckpinners of Northeast Wash- | They lik game o well that they they HERE'S gton have teams in several the amd they are pretty good teams, too feared street | when it was | nd H hoys scurricd Last Fall, W ows section th never forget their of of arou ington N¢ nd soon had que Tepresentative 1ld he ness on the he rtheast about among men of their neighborhe a bowling They the seventh place s match due tonight hetwes fourth-place Montellos and th i quint that st bowling fans. The Mor pretty good team. while a poor was re md made its presence felt De mes ntellos that st Temple from the they hold forth And Twelfth and H swreets s some Northe: name n especiall at inter- | te a & The but leagne it i composed elmild winning two Mo main R been its sefs. hut the ean put an end One of the ast L moving lub prominent od. He sandlot g er organize and manas teams that mass imj fed i same spirit a s him such a f Allen has put onily iuto Into the League. deal his Hilltop «q entive Northe 'S easy to keep vou sweeping aside taki 1 ar eam along in th dies’ Le ) ssly outelassed withdraw from trouncir ot o Is downhearted” moment they : Don't ew York Cleveland l.nx_v‘m v: wd \l,}: 5 g Pin AlLS was heighten S eHthalniersit H &h n drives tomor: e .U instead of in the & was star originally sche ne against Cleveland to make in starting time was v t of Sockalex bat he w s nd King h in the match ¢ end wresent Inte os R Marylanders, | does much < Mack’s thexpe in and * pitching Athleties between bowl sons. apt 1o b to the | of the King hefore es are completed am simpl s fans have o has v were tha nteh wdvantage of 138 pine lude Megaw, McPhilomy, Camp Wolstenholme and Rosenberg An Ame tenpin Stockholm Swe next Jdune ipate in the international bowl anent, the most impor Kind Lowling ) team, ye rom New Stockholi. May 20 will be spent in ¢ | nibitions and ma rolled with local tional tournamer ) the team husy or longer in June, nament 1t oday 0 vears same and 1in hell Rusie Guesses Wrong an m will turn to the zan the Indian The thi thing—wou wide offer up 3ut ed JutgUess the oy is, us, he would cross him and 1 ve it ¢ 10 be se wk_on the Two or me sthenburg, where ex. | will and davs © Mike Tier : nd by the Tiernan h: £ red the and started th wek to th field. he Nee Wus er Home plate. his was an achievement l\h\)f'l ockalexis an usie had the g curve of his time. 1 doubt aver broke faster or sharper. leading batters of his day a the curve ball only when they gues it coming and were set for and even then thex h Ruste several time how 1o go after the curve. [this Indian, a man who had never eves on Rusie before in his ting the famous Rusie curve for home run the first time Rusie pitched it to him. 1 know of nothing that could establish a ball ver morelin a recent Internal Revenue League and more suddenly. Tt did all | match, this one-s el s e of that for Sockalexis in New York. ' a set of 365 His bowling was quite (Copsright. 19261 consistent. his high game being 131. for the f veek Following the tour h team will go to Rerlin. | nkfort. Maintz and | Karlsruhe, Baden. for exhibitions, re turning to Berlin for the big bowline festival, July Games ather | es will be eduled as The pa Hoiland, for a Kleinschmit, Dutch Bowling h whose effo as a part of the | Olympic games inj if any The hit 1 visit Zwolle, nce with Henri C | president of the { League. 1y throv bowling was accepte { program for the . | Amsterdam in 1928, Clarence Charest appears to he : much at home on the duckpin dri as on the tennis court or the Solicitors against the A . quint LONG LIFE Fifteen, twenty or thirty thousand miles is nothing in the life of a Dodge Brothers car. Any owner will tell you that. Mean- ing that it still has a long and useful life ahead of it when you take it from our used car floor. SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY RAPHAEL BEMMES, President Used Car Department 1707 14th S .W. and 613 G St. N.W, Main 6660 Open Evenings DoDSE BROTHERS DEALERS SELL 600D USEDTARS FIGHTERS ARE PUNISHED. | HOLLYWOOD, Sully ol | boxer and th . 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