Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1926, Page 77

. | SPORTS Part 4—4 Pages The Sundwy Stae WASHINGTON, D. (., SUNDAY MORNING, JA\L'AR! 31, 1926 Miss Wills, Upset by Criticism, Plays Poorly : Griffs Turning to Young Talent FIGURES IN THREE WINS, | BUT GAME IS BELOW PAR[ WASHINGTON GIRLS WHO SCORED OVER QUAKER CITY BOWLERS LAST NIGHT VETS GO AS CHAMPIONS NEED SPEED AND PUNCH Leibold, Russell, Veach and Scott Played Well in Long Careers in American League—McGee in Fold, But 15 to Be Signed. Intimations From America that Amateur Status May | Be Jeopardized by Her Writings Comes Near Being Fatal in Singles. Associated S, NOUNCEM I vesterday of the unconditional release oi Out ANNES. Fr Tanwary 30.—Helen Wills won three matches in h(l:]‘n lLur_\ Leibold and Robert Veach, Infielder Everett Scot the Gallia tennis tonrnament today. but her play plainly showed and Pitcher Allen Russell by the Nationals may meat of the local American League club is to be changed e e : - fore those in charge of the National Capital's major leag the cfiects of her perturbation over messages from New York Eietete cpresenta tive have leancd considerably toward age and experience. DPerhaps orning <he had considerzble difficulty in deicating Mrs. the intention henceforth to make the most of vouthiul talent available. Haylock of Noriolk. Engl 1 the women's singles, 9—7, 6—2. but ; All of the veterans let out yesterday were of the 10-year class, me diternoon play showed improve and she joined her partner in i . W § who_have served long enough in the big show to have carned ixed singles, Tack Willard of England, in disposing of Evelyn |unr~ s Sss privilege of leaving the service withou options on the The fiy Ko - ahailie ovine Visth eniliton. e b, B parture of the quartet leaves the ciub fairly young as average age sed doubles victorics places thy Wil in the majors, and with a voung manager in charge Washington may expect an sbundance of spirit and activity. i ' Ame was shown telegrams irom New York, Not that the old-timers, relieved | slugger, s ed When the Am leg z 3 t 5 wting Jones W reau, president of the United States Lawn Tennis ] | of obligation to the Nationals vester- | carcar with the amateur standing might be endangered - s day, were lucking in spirit. = They | was sent to the Red So der the ass t ) ¢ iter rule.” she said E P had that aplenty, but they plainly |sturted last season with ot 2530612l . ' i T e showed last season that they were|He came 1t Toasainertectl U1 am ion that she is entirely righ d 4 now agile enough 1o stick around = | August wt ing up to 2 etter of ciding not to play with “ all 1o g i Qi of CHAOAGhabID. maitber e e the ‘pla “he orticles | which she is unaccustomed, while . Piic contain | Suzanne Lengle would be pliving in 5 % Leibold Was Useful. ..4\' i ent tour- | her home town with the kind of ball 3 i OF: the lot, Tatholil proba b wed: to | v swhichshe I€arnedhic % # ¢ the most valuable, for® he still was | |, Discussion Is Rife. i T8 ] able to move around with some ? speed and his intimating that her amatcor standing night be jeopardized by an newspaper or league gers in 1914 ssociation. a irticipate izue games € | wus with the ting eve 'still|parore he was t i to the Yankees sparkled. But Scott’s underpinning lie remained with York club was 80 weakened th e could not Y cover much territory around the |in: 1o Washir ast Tone e B L e S i Rena WE- S g, ety Sroupa e gt it S dished in about a Ky i used Al t experts agree = i} v Two to Enter Business. MARIE. A porting matehos i Miss Wills told the respondent (zed over her onight that she might not play Americ Singles of the Cariton tourns tain at bat and afield, and Russell had that this bail is slow und not adapted . y He ptec LE:VY j o lost much of the cunning that made| 7That Scott and Russell would (o the C: A driving g ; e pulg. ) 1 R discos. | | Bim such a worth-y e relief pitcher |Le with the Nati prouinently Mlle. | caused much discus- 8 J b . at one time. | was understo telegrams, | sion today by the confusion resulting E | These men ve Dbehind them - finish of the Wills just before | from her late entry for the Nice DEPP" though, reputable rvecords in th hi; ott is interes o & 1 Mrs. | rournameni singles. A first draw was show. Leibold saw service with four [and bill ‘K and this had a direful effect yhade without her name on the list. clubs of the Johnsoniun circuit. He Wayne, 1 her tennis. She plaved poorly and ' and although i w nnounced that came up from the Milwaukee Brew- of his t barely managed 1o pull out a vie- | another draw would be made tomor: ers 1o Cleveland in 1915 and was with | h chase, e player whom she was yow if it were found her name had g - 2 ShiE b fie keksois. D Te e as ot drur ot o o YRoUL loning |besn omitted through errur, Her T shifted to the White Sox ke his hom miore than four games friends expressed the opinion te | ¥ s LER s o ils Bonis “diboh Afier Toncheon. huwever, she ral- | ihet she oot ot eppen oo | PTG BN CYPERKING. | bteaeir. b, from. Hoston i 1004 | oall Aot o bt e e panor e lied and played a much improved Tennis s are heginni I | The chubby little fellow in his hevday With the signing of Frank McGee. zame in the two matches she and |der whether the French and American s a_ smart fielder and hit consist- | first sacker purchased from Peori: e A oims aned doubies. |champlonisiever will meet ax) | ently between .290 and .305 but 15 more Nationals have yet The American girl was given the |pressing their discontent. “Suzanne | y . ¢ | Russell. x Baltimorean. was pulied | pen their names t acts. Abot greatest ovation of her Riviera season and Helen probably will meet in the A 5 ' jout_of the minors hy the Yankees in |6 or T of these ulars, but i i e i anrnoen games at Amsterdam in| : {1015, and in 1920 was sent to the Red |all likelihood they'll fall in line withit match. The difficulties under which was one remark heard in the | g Y The Nationals acquired him the next two weeks had played in the morn had be- stands this afternoon. | « along with Catcher Mu Ruel + President Griffith dees not exper ml L 'L”“I“” :;M s she | The point score of Miss \\mn"L | trade in the Winter of 1923. Me was to have to bother contr the court after her third victory | match against Mrs % oday 2 < £ |one of the few spitba in the b er the first lot of the gy iha. setiitors| Fose ot :,‘,“,"\’\ At tadaz} : ¢ e © | one of the few spitbull the big v t B L R H Earin ‘SUMS PAID FOR PLAYERS NOW ARE KEPT A SECRET Nice tournament opening “Monday CET ] Barely ins Victory. vants 1o devote a Singles: because the comparatively dead Eng. | Mg Harlock— ] Y3161 0440 lish ball-is to be used. Tennis fans .t fch, 01 @53 in general have expressed the opin- | Mrs: Haylock.. . 4 HOUBEN, GERMAN FLA _ LOSES FIRST U. S. RACE| ' ~ | HICAGO, Tano CATHERINE QUIGLEY MARJORIE BRADT - the base burier lcague, are hea nore. ans havc Assousated Pross These fair duckpinners, bigh average counters of the WVashington Ladies’ received this Winter to mull over, have heen express ring to bis B OSTON, January 30.-Hubert Houben, sprint champion of Germany, | 1eague, swept the first five-ganie block of the home-and-home tilt rolled at the ) Coliseum, with an all-star team from the Girls’ Financial Philadel- but indefinite amounts of cash One world covered the 43-yvard hurdles in 6 seconds. ahead at the gun and finished nto prominer twirlers of that n iffered @ shutout tonight in his first race in America at the | phia. Jim Baker. pictured with them, is manager of the local team. Sing of the "S20000 lemon™ years ago. the cost of mino Knights of Columbus games here. CAPITAL RAC UETERS league talent has mounted until $100.000 for one player was reached, and one brilliant pitcher this Winter was tagged at $125000 dash. Plank il etown was sh ou! w:x the same even 3 7 x 7 would fill several ball clubs. but open rd was cqualed when J. P. Murphy of Boston College 1 talk of big money no longer is heard. He beat Ballanty of Harvard = s Each major league magnate has 3 Squash racqueters of the Washing. | T e S bl OR AG ES Br the Associated Pross : 2 : When Lirnie Nevers, the Pa —_— SR : % day on the home courts and evened| W1 & L 3 ensily is time was 1wo wll"l~ of | COLLEGE BASKET BALL EW YORK. Janu W0.—Revision and clarification oi the playing <cores with Baltimore by trimming a | {038t oot boll sensation. was < By the Associated Press ® second slower than the world rec- . ations. incl AeGon 'of Romo, sohi nadl St : team from Green Spring Valler Hunt | bY the St. Louis Browns, Owne § CHICAGO, Janu. 30—The nai ord of 4 25 seconds. Houben flashed | At Annapolis—Navy, 12: George- rcguhluv,’. ncluding extensic i hon 3 b k limits and a s Ball said the contract was “up in h a - X more libefal application of the sacrifice fly rule, today required Eres e L : idall Green—Blue Ridge Col- | salllof -almast 100, clanges by the oint tiiles comimitice ofth o Baltimore i Club) two weels || Ihe (Cliicago. Gulls bought Inflelder | leagneibos seores several seasons,w: trat at the tape Gallaudet, 31. ® Sepiovalion almost Al changes iy she Hoint tiley semtmities i the o oA evan St vesterdava en: | Ernest Holman at ‘the hishest prices | jump vack Houben, apparently hothered by the West Point—Syracuse, major and minor base ball leagues at the closing meeting of @ two-day. cements, three of which went to|€Ver paid fora plaver from u Class Sneamiliar bos failed to show , Army, 20. session, be Capital men in straight sets. caghe his famous lunginz start and was M goion Macon,. 0. K t g Club champion. took the feature | the Southern Association. cost the|that have signed them the ruck in the final. Fhe time was| At Chicago—Chicago, Ohio | meet possible contingencics, the outstanding changes making sacrifice teh of the day (rom J. Ramsey in | (hicago White fancy price,” | handers and a southpay 4 4-5 seconds State, a | flies effcctive in all the cases where runners are advanced a base. Hitherto | timore man taking | Actording 1o Ow ;‘f,'“ e i, the | 1710, Dut they are not related 3 e SR ton—Washington _and | e Ie oo e » s 0 second set, 157, but being out-| Ton rre and Mark Koenig, the | o5y 0 A = [ the_catch. David Key, present club champion: ‘;‘]’;‘;u‘_‘u{‘“:::;fl}“‘»“ Winter, cost 8 v = Sl He trailed behind Al Miller of Harvard, Frank Hussy of Boston S CRIFICE TO BE SCORED College. and E. F. Morrill, Boston University dark horse. in the 40-yard A BEAT BALTIMOREANS ) ¢ plaers who have cont | = — the majo gues more than .000 THOMAS cLAN BACK liminary hea intercity match of the season vester- | f the sum paid in al ow e The District courtmen. who bowed figures. of Thomas, inconspicuous in maj At Anmapolis——t. John's, ¥ Ran- Most of the amendments necessitated only slight modifications to Dwight I. Davis, former Racquet | 1241l McBee. an Indian pitcher from E000 With the Amcrican T : ovation. Tiom. he Gxowdy University of Richmond, 2 ceived an a i B out with the Washington Se e o e “The Watch on | At Richmond—Richmond Blues, 4 The Rhines It wus his frst race on | Fort Monroe, 28, TN 5 At Sewanee—Sewanee, 49; Howard | ‘h'“"“‘l"""”“""I‘l"" his defeas phllosphi- | “'Af{'n"f» 2.-ae1phu—rmnsymuia. 34; c U SWIMMERS LOSE s ¢ wed the cally. He smiled and ripy ) e | oldsborough. | SyIvannak ¢l ; : *. G. Biair and C. P. Stone. jr.. ok 3 Rey and: players;” said | Jere, o hrict tes s Revision of the pitching reguki- BEAT 0 0 E AM K. G. Biair an Manager H. after a brief test last season. He came it matches raight sets. the | Manager Huggins = Drict test last seas tions to permit the use of resin, 4n- RI I- TE e " *® 1" For Walter Christensen, the St. Pau | {Tom th : Nashville Southern Assocta nroved by the co ce vester . 5 v outfielder, the Cincinnati Reds “paid | 90 Club . 1 the committee vesterdar. The scores: e ATt onee T . Al of e O traina then | Ursinus, 18, was written into the rules today. ve Daid defeated Shoyeh for Bimito make eoodiit Man: | 5wy 1o Chisge WhLL Sos ol ands of the other sprinters and the heii—Go 5 Gooreh 'I'T B RG s bl pths S loday. ¥e< | (4 pital City Chess Club players de ,;‘,‘" G ager Jack Hendricks revealed. < cago ite Sox fron waited a few seconds until the an- |, At Athen reia. 33 Georein TO PITTSBURGHER [ auiring that “under the supervision | feated a team from the Bajtimore ' F. ; atesd 15—16.| The Coast League outfield star, Paul e D mare Orloles 19 exchatige fo nouncement of the places and tines | " pittsburgh—D Penn and control of the umpire, the piteh-_| City Chess Club in a 10-game’ match 17—16, | Waner, and Infielder Hal Rhyne, cost | pranrice Archdeacon, is said to be the were made. His fave was imoassive | ( At Pittsburgh—Duguesne, e =2 er may use, to dry his hands. a7 pliyed here last night by the slore of 16—a. 1 Y& ;| QwnerBarney Drevtus of the Pitts T g memitier [T (ths Thutmay ns the reswlt was antounced YAt New Orleans—Tulane, 32 Au-| Taking but one first place and fig- | small, finely meshed bdg containing |63 to 3% 7 ,"“ Sibone won (rom F. Inglehart | hurgh Pirates “plents clan and the best prospect to come Il do better hese: hoards, A0 om0 R uring in but few of the seconds and | Powdered resin. furnished by -the| The Washinztontans entertained at | "pi" @ty - "‘{1{\‘1”“'-;}:,:""?" this Spring h \nother week.” was the onlv com- 3 : : iversitv e wime {league.” No application of the resin |u dinner preceding the engagement. =10 s T o s has been obtained by ment. his trainer. Juke Weber. couid | At Durham—North Carolina State, | thirgs, Cathollc Universitvis :wim- | FREUS" Tb Ahplication of the remin |3 dinner prec ol P Stove’ i, defoated S. Symington, CHICAGO QUINT DEF | the New York Yankees from the T et from him. 1lnmiben speaks no | 30; Duke, 24 . > ming team went down to defsat he- | 10 the ball will be v ; i v ee QetEatal’S. Page. 12—15 EATS | ronto Internationais, where he wor: FEnglish. | At Wake Forest—Wake Forest, 35: | Tore” the University of Pittshureh " ggole inn 3 st it ) BUC | ed for three vears, in 1691 he mey Weber said tha Gevman :th- | Elon, 20. ’ cticut | Jst Dight at the Brookland nool ier Must Go 250 Feet. ke — UCKEYES IN THRILLER | vrief trial with the Yankees, but slin lete “likes thines uver here” was| At Cambridge, Mass.—Connecticut | The seore of the meet was 37 to 1 AT Sl s (he - L s .. |ped back to the minors for more ex encouraged with the att Aggies, Harvard, 4. o Wright and Steel of ‘he visiting | B4 ’n»‘l pellengttal i Sl TR NAVY DEFEATS P“'I . January 30 (®)—Chi perience. crowd and is pleased with wvange- | At Des Moines—Kansas U. 28i| combination were the stars of ”“"};u:‘l' e n;r 4‘;: ]:""I_“*P“‘ ," {‘(:f\‘ | g0’s bfsket ball five defeated Ohio 3 1 ments made for him | Drake, 21. l 23 Grin.| ENEOEement. while Leo led the home | (¥el 230 feet, an increase of 15 teet) State tonight, 21 to 20, in a zame eats Lennes. | Massachuseits| At 'Grinnell—Nebraska, 23; Grin-, tcam’s scorers. Wright took the fancy OVver the former limit. Major Jeague IN swlMMlNG MEET Ses o _ BASE BALL POPULAR *fech star, beat Allan Helffvich of the nell, 18. ' dive and the 100-vard {free-style|Barks however. will nat be afegla e lalr e e Tl New York A. C. to the tape in the] At Alton, Il—Illinois College, 31| event and Steel captured the 10- DV fthe change. . 2 | SEer At the half Ohio led, 13 to 8, but ! 1 I e 600-yara run. Helff-! Shurtieff College, 19, U BEp aiie pns DD v deeh Coaching boxes nt first and third | ¢¢ i1 \\uh the beginning of the second AM 1 hon Lhey distress on the last| At Grand Forks, N.#D.—North Da-| Lee took the 220-yard swim and | Dases were reduced tn .3-foot rec- ANNAPOLIS, Md.. January 30.—|Period Hoerder, Maroon right guard, e T vurt s ot SIo SqutniDatiors Alate, jad, laced zecond in_ fhe 100 ward free, | tangles, the rest -apell betwsen do | Winning from Pittsburgh here this | broke loose and found the baskei sien \h);- SRl nr Tioly Cross was| At Fargo—North Dakota Aggies,| Summaries: { ble-headers was in-reased from 10 IN BIG STAKE RA | afternoon, 52 to 10, the Naval Acad- | three successive times from the cen- — b Hafote the lasr Tay buwithe Jamestown College, 18. H -VARD RELAY—-Won, t en | 10 16 minutes, while winning home |emy swimming team added to the!ter of the floor. By the Associated Press forcet ot hefore fus lt T AL M the 101 " Cornell, 36; Mon- | (Wright. - Seely wi.| runs in' the last, half of the ninth ! confidence of those who believe that| With the score 21 to 18 in Chicago's | PARIS. Januarv 30 —Lase ball hard pace. He''time was 1 suinute ARIMOU, Sk 730 S Cathollc' Universit: Sanean k- | (0 be scored as Fonr-base hits. will ! il 1z i ia vor an v v o8 : 2age oA, as ison. Kirby ) ‘i ~ 3 . i it will land the intercojlegiate cham.- |2 d_only two minutes to go, {1 result of the visit of the New Yor! seconds = f | G g (P | hereatter require the” batsmis 19| pu ORLEANS. Janusey 30 0P | Honthips this sear Ohio's left ~forward, ~Dempse ants and Chicago White Sox fo p) N ong. 3 z. f mith (Pt 01 e 5 vas ex- 3 ol 4 s 3 . oS Plansi : GO ARD "FREE ‘STYLE “Won by Sieel | plained by the committes that in|More than 10,000 racing fans at the | The Navy.téam took all firsts, two | SCO lo forwards later got away | Paris in 1924, made more progress o of George s FIVE w N P ) A (TR UL c seconds being the best performances | for half a dozen tries at the hoop, all ance in 1925 than ar any ti A9, “onp Plansky of Geores: | &hntie: gEoondpgeetsy (D) hird. Nickol:} some wames last year, where mere | Fair Grounds track here today Wit-| o tme: Pl romer { of them in vain. since the zame was plaved here by ow won the K. of . shot ps Steel <ingles we ired o W prs " " % 3 P Nasan her v e bt beiter than 43 feet. He 1 e OGVARD DASH=Won' by Stecl (Pite). | Simglen e eTe pequired (o win, batters | nessed the first “dead heat” finish{ Two local records fell. In the 440- ST {the AU E. F. bo was barred from the New England OVER SWAVELY REP i (ae i STROKE—Won by | Stands touched only fi base and | “een in New Orleans in a dozen vears. rd swim, Coale dropped the former o The l;wnrh Ball Federation A. U. event. J. C. Lawler of t Brody (Pitt,) : second e Y | them: ran to the <lub housa. Georgie, owned by R. L. Baker, and | i8ure by twofifths of a second by SHADE AND RENAULT IR opred under. (o Honorary presi ton A. A. heaved “”i shot 3 BT ey ""fighix!':{-{b'?r'nm | The ‘committee hit at Siolation of | 1o iter- of the stables of J AZahus ‘.-u_\rrl-rlnps“vdh;ir‘i)i;t:?cil:‘n i)slfiwulg el ‘_h_l:r]e:‘s :-.[ m‘ln)m .vl \h'h]r‘_u\ and inchies to win the : ainEd anee ; | the intentional pass rule from an un- | Horian. ¢ 5 S0k Je-h 8 he Mids also bettered the {Charles Comiskey while they werr rge Lermond. natic Businesy FHED] Sehpol eatiien v sec | ok by et dhant. Lo - isual angle. taking steps tn prevent | finished so close together n ‘the Sheri; | local record for the 200-yard relay by HAVE FLORIDA BOUTS [tere in November, 1523, held it se: hletic union f-mile champion, finish- }ond victory over Swavely Prep of | “856¥ARD FREE STYLE—Won Ly Lee | the issuing of bases on balls through | dan Clark handicap that the practiced | 410 Of a second by covering the dis. jond_annual meetime_recently. Tt ed i front ."( ‘I\l o rln-].i in Un;_ Manassas, Va., vesterday in a return | (& £01: sgrond TI‘;‘\::.I~ Fat third ‘;‘m“ing (l},‘m ball ‘hu o hfl_),i.;“n\an,lllge:" eves of the three placing fudges could | ‘(::2::»1 o just a tenth of a second| e president, E\\rtr lL;\x_mzfl;m::.:x. y(_r;:.;.:‘. mile run. . Peaslee ¢ nive sty of 2l 8 cet | g than to the catcher. ¢ amended | s 'y £ | SRR o o Sectotary h ] v il b was aon The | Eame on the local schoolbo "“‘*E‘; — rule now reads that, with the batsman | 0t separate. The fine work done by the relay| NEW YORK, January 30 (#).—Jack |Olympic committee, announced that time was 9 minutes 4 seconds. |ball court. The count was 20 to 14. | GRA 0 REP in his proper position, “the ball shall | Hilary was just a whisper behind | team, with Coale and Turner filling in | Renault, Canadian heavyweight, and |12 clubs were fully organized in the Violy Cross great team vomped | The game was fast, but the home | INGRAM IS T ORT not be thrown by the pitcher to any | {he winners ahd Spandor finished aiWith Rule and Wycoff, the veterans, |Dave Shade, Pacific Coast welter. | Paris region alone and had plaved away from Harvard in the 1.560 team enjoved a comfortable lead from | AT ANNAPOLIS player other than the catcher” & ¢ @ | ‘' L o particularly ~ graifying to the | Weight, left today for Florida to_ ful-{i4l games during the past Summer. yelay. The Purple shot out in front|the start. At halftime Business was | SHORTLY |except in an attempt to retire a base- as this was the one weak spot | flll contracts for fights in the Ever-| Several clubs also exist in Bu: the start and finished “15 vards in | on the long end of a 12-to-6 count. | runner.” If repeated after warnings R ehe Soi0o A t'dead heat”.is so rare that much |last season. slade country, 5 1 deaux, Marseille and Tours, but their front. The time was 3 ninutes 5| Ji ss and Bernie Jones, | ANN: S Md., January 30 (). by the umpire, the rule adds, the |confusion was caused by splitting of enault is booked to fight Marine |activitles were sporadic. The hizl s e iy '“—\',I‘:"m P‘::‘;;‘ned fl:wular positions on | —\Willlam A. (Navy Bill) Ingram, re- | pitcher shall he removed from the | the mutuel betting certificates. Tolliver, Florida heavyweight, in a|cost of equipment is -the principu Willard Tibbetts of Harvard. inter- | the team since several of the first | ¢ently appointed fleld coach of the | game. The owners of Georgie and Harlan 10-round match at Fort Lauderdale, (handicap to the rapid spread of the collegiate 2-mile champion indoors aid | string men were graduated this week, foot ball team, will arrive in Rk i Rk | split the first and second money. The ey S | Fla, KFebruary 3, while Shade wili|game. outdoors, and cross-country champion | had a big part in the victory, m,,,.l.\. inapolis next week, athletic author- egarding Subs _lm"lhv purse was $12,000. Turner. GW.‘;"A"{‘,}*"!!- \u-gl meet Hx:rr} Forkins at Tampa, Feh-| French ball players, as seen uround » boot. carried his honors well in win- | jong range shooting accounting for | ities said a message from him today | Another change provides iha. o | s, Dittsburch ihird. Time: 0. ruary 12, Paris during the Summer, are fast ing the K. of C. mile run. He held|{a total of 10 points. {nalcated. ubstitutions shall be made while the HORNSBY, MINDING BABY, | _H CY DIVING—Won by Cool After the latter match Shade will[on the paths. good buse stealers the lead throughout, and ran away Line-up and Summary. {" It is understood Ingram will spend | ball is in play, complaint having been | y s | WS Butsburen This Journey on to California. falrly accurate throw fleld iy from Leo Larrivee when the Illinois P. Swav. (14) | some time here looking over material nw{e by a minor league club that a MUST MISS BlG DlNNER NAOY ED ACK STROKE—Won Rule. balls with grace and speed, but they A man tried to catch him on the sl o from last Fall's squgd and prosnects | Player substituted for g catcher just ! Naval Academy: Nicholas. Pittsburgh, sec: cannot hit, and stop most of the Jast lap. The event carried with it from last year's plebé team. »| as the ball was thrown to the plate by | the James M. Curley trophy. RISHER WILL CAPTAIN VIRGINIA TRACK TEAM| CHARLOTTSVILLE, Va., January 30 ().—Dan Risher of Charlottesville has been elected- captain of the Uni versity of Virginia track team. This | i% Risher’s second vear on the team. He also captained the crose.country 1eam this season. Risher is a product of the local high school and runs the 140 and halt mile. 1 0 0 0 Amang. 3 0 6 Rink.g. >0 18 22 Totals Foul goals attempted—Evan; (2). Koepke. Olin A4). Aman (2 Referee—Mr. Glenn (Business). periods—10 minutes PIRATES FARM WEIK. PITTSBURGH, Pa., January 30 (#).—Emerson G. Weik, former short- | stop of the West . Virginia U. base ball | team, has been released under option by tsburgh to Wilson, N. C., of Yihe Virzinia Lenzue, | Wash'ton. 10 ashiton. 10 Rochester, It was pianned also to players through some w. 11 o Yast Night's Results. Tonight's Games. Cleveland at Washington. Fort Wayne at B a light Spring the pitcher made a foul fly catch near | the dugout.. Delay of an hour and a half in a game last yvear resulted in a rule amendment deleting the clause giving the umplre permission to prolong con- tests after a 30-minute intermission on .| account of rain. The rule now reads that at the end of a half hour the “umpire shall have authority to end | the game."” Hurlers who make wild pitches on thrd strikes will no longer be credited with strikeouts. Furthermore, under a change made today, they. will be credited with errors on stich misplays. ,~here the batter reaches fii st base. NEW YORK. January 30 (P.— Since Rogers Hornsby must mind the baby, he has been forced to abandon his plans to come from St. Louis to atend the golden jubilee 'banquet of the National League next Tues- day. “Rogers expected to he here,” says Sam Breadon, president of the S Louis' Cardinals, “but Mrs. Hornsby's | mother feil and broke her leg a few | days ago and there was nothing for, Rogers to do but-mind the baby while his wife was caring for her mother. el<e be nurse for Rosers, ir.. buf he wouldn't think of It. lemy: Brodie. Pittsburgh. al Academy, third. lfl(l \’ARD DASH—WW Naval Academy: Lehardy, Naval Acesnon: 'my. with Wickoff. Rier Tm‘:: 1°40 116, sxum’e RACES DELAYED. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., January 38 P).—Because of soft ice, the opening 1 tried to get him to have some one |of the national Ice skating champion- ship meet. scheduled for today, was postponed untfl tomorrow. ~ Seciey, Plitsburen. "thira® 5mE: 10. '" 0-YARD ~RELAY—Won by Naval ‘oale. Turner and ON NAVY RIFLE SCHEDULE ANNAPOOLIS, Md., January 30.— Georgetown, George Washington and Maryland are on the rifle schedule of the Naval Academy. The shooting is done on the home range of the con- testants and the scores submitted to the National Rifle Association. The schedule: February 6—Delaware. February 13—William and Mars. Fevruary 25—rFennayivania. Fe 7—Virginia Poly. g..:“n' T ars eorsoiswn, arch — George Washington, gnd; Davis. Naval Acadeins. third: 'Time, G u', G. W. AND MARYLAND |ground balls with their chests ) i == AST STROKE—Won by “BIG THREE” OF RED SOX HURLING STAFF IN LINE BOSTON, January 30 (®).—The “Big Three” of the Red Sox pitching staff have all signed contracts for the 1926 season, President Bob Quinn of the Boston American club has an nounced. The signed contracts of Pitchers Fred D. Wingfield and Charles 1| Ruffing were received today. while Howard Fhmke, dean of Red Sox pitchers, signed several days age.