Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1926, Page 25

SPORTS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ( MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1926, SPORTS Crucial Week for Maryland and Virginia Fives : British Golf Step Should Help TEAMS, NOW UNBEATEN BATTLE SATURDAY NIGHT However, Both Have Hard Games Previously And May Be Upset Before Then—Stevens Quint Will Play Old Liners Tomorrow. BY H. C. BYRD. HIS week wil T but are night ue to meet in the first of in Memorial gymnasium at Charlottesville. mark the end of a perfect record for one of the two teams of Southern Conference basket ball which still are undefeated ginia and Maryland. Both universities have won all their games, two contests between them Saturday Virginia has won all its sts by big margins, and apparently has one of the strongest quints that has ever worn the Orange and anced ar greatest games in years is bound to It is possible, of course, ]rr-»h, may lose before Saturday. nstitute, vland won both games from Ste 9 This Winter both are stronger than at - other by a margin of four that time. fter a week of almost ab- due to mid-year ex- Maryland may not be In shape “possible, and conse. 1y give some advantage to evens in that respect. Thursday Virginia faces North Carolina the Tarheels have a good nucleus of the squad with which it had for the last two years won the Southern championship, While Virginta has a groat basket ball team, it will ba put o Its utmost resources by the Tar- heels. 1f Virginia and Maryland meet Sat- wrday night at Charlottesvilla, both 4 eated, In ull probability the big- &o8t crowd that has ever watched a sourt contest in that town will turn out. Certainly the game should offer everything that tends to develop in- terest and enthuisiasm in any sports competition. Two other schools in the Southern orence have been playing excep- ully good basket ball, North Caro- a and Mississippl. AMissi S openlng game by a small scor t since been defeated, while it also has been whipped hen by Wake Forest by a one point on the latter's oming Aoty ght be mentioned t seems to be a kind sis to No arolina. Last all it was the only foot ball team to beat the Tarheels, and that score was 1o 6 While not muc tion, nor u break has been said in wuch note taken, of elationships -braska and comment s, es St. Thae atter the Nebruska nded view of the 4 gixt of the criti h Bend pupers, und 15 in each case. s for the break seems e in a poem which Lincoln newspaper to .nd peaple took objec- garded as a personal a stunt 1 s in which aricatured the n."" The third sich South d T » fourth was that titude of the peopls of Lincoln Nebruska students was decidedly st of thess the Nebraska wers that the poem r Was a part of the regular a columnist on that since that ned uny intent to seriously, and n with the remainder of the 1 should not have been. To the the answer is that the action ent pep committee between s was nothing more or less than e prank of a student organization, nd that it is duplicated everywhere ween halves of foot ball games, and t it might have been regarded as ird count is branded asmuch as it was the unive au that the hotel close cease his social activi col. im- ties dent ed to th irth it is stated bod mass, hotel to give the Dame team cheers, and that Rockne made a_ speech in declared that Notre Dame s glad to return to Lincoln, here else “do we get such ach h b avs wi ecanse no welcome. Following the game a committee of zens presented Rockne with a bou- et of flowers. As for other inci- e Nebraska Alumnus points r in char- )pened when 1s at Notre , but that the orities at Notre Dame be held responsible for r could the athletic authori- s of Nebraska be held responsible 1y incidents of that kind that 2d at Lincoln. three-vear contract between ebraska and Notre Dame had one ore vear to run. The Nebraska s states that while it does sprove of Notre Dame's breik- valid written contract, it has ice, and believes that the break by interferences from The paper goes aud that team has been playing brilliant basket ball. ippi lost | that | Blue; Maryland also has a well bal- versatile combination, and when the two teams meet one of the result. that cither Virginia or Maryland, possibly Tomorrow night Maryland meets $ evens 3 Last year vens, one by a margin of two points, further, though, and states that “Un- der the circumstances, we believe it wdvisable that athletic relations be- tween the two institutions be not re- sumed.” |and-tumble engagement that was not The Aloys kept their winning st After being held on even terms for three perlods by the Phantom five, the Anacostia Eagles stepped out in the last 10 minutes of the clash at | Congress Heights and romped to a 26-t012 triumph. Bennle and Clark |led the winners in scoring. Jack Smith led the Yankee five in |its attack against the Comets. Fe ac | counted for seven field goals as well |as five shots from the free throw line. | Woodward of the Comets and Dienhart | of the Yanks each found the basket for a quintet of two-counters. tories for the season to a total of 20 yesterday by outclassing the Peerless Athletic Club, 46 to 14. During the opening half the Indlans piled up a 28-to-4 lead St. Joseph's Midgets showed the way to a team of Georgetown Prep ligl weights at Garrett Park. 24 to 17 Tom Farrell of the Midgets led In the counting with a trio of court goals. De Molay Courtmen open a week of tivity tonight at 8 o'clock when they 3 the Roamers at the Boys' Y. LA Fort Washington tossers, champions } the Service basket ball loop, trim- med the Roamers last night, 33 to 11 Peck Memorial basketers are sched- uled for a game tonight with tha Army Medical Center five at Walter ‘Reed thyl'al SCHOOL BASKETERS TO HAVE BIG WEEK Tomorrow's title serd games at for the scholastic basket ball fans during the first few days of what is likely to prove the season's busiest week for schoolboy teams hereabouts. With Central riding out in front by a_zood margin and showing a brand of play that far outclasses that dis- playved by the other teams of the set in the clash between the cham- pions and the Business five The other game, however. which brings Tech and Western to- should turn out to be a bat- o 1 from the opening whistle. At | present the two teams are sharing the cellar position, and each is anx- fous to confer the honor on its rivi Business {s playing at Hyatts in the only game carded for today while Gonzaga Rgoes to Georgetown Prep School for the remaining clash on_tomorrow’s program. The Stenographers make their third start of the week on Wednesday night in a preliminary to the Catholic University-Virginia Poly tilt at Brookland. Devitt vs. Episcopal High at Alexandria is the other game on_the schedule for the da on Thursday, countering the St. Mary's Celtics at Alexandria and the eorgetowners entertaining the team from Garrett Park. Gonzago, Tech and §t. Alban’s are listed for court games Friday, Gon- zaga going to Hyattsville, Tech in- vading the home floor of the Catholic 3 yearlings and St. Alban's = to Laurel. ay's card includes Eastern- Business and Central-Western series astern five University freshmen top. nd Georgetown quint at Hill- LOYSIUS CLUB and Anacostia Eagl v 1 s A their Sunday afternoon basket ball games without being extended, while the Yankee five took the leading tilt on last night's pendent card by trimming the Comets, 48 to 37, at the Arcade, in a rough- quint to camp by a score of 51 to 19. a total of eight goals from scrimmage. Kanawhas ran thelr string of vic: | league, there is little chance of an up- | <tern and Western will see action | the Lincoln Parkers en- | games and a tilt bringing together | MARYLAND QUINTET STILL SETTING PACE NEW ORLEANS, La., Februasy 1.— Maryland, with four stralght con- ference victories, continues to show the way among the basket ball teams in the Southern Conference, followed by Virginia and North Carolina with two and one victory, respectively, both the Tarheels and Cavallers hav- ing a clean slate. Maryland and Virginia are the only teams in the conference unbeaten either by quints In the circuit or out- side. Maryland has won eight straight: Virginia six in a row. The records of games in the con- ference follow Team Maryland Virginia North Caroli Kentueky Cuiversity Misaissippi A Tulane Georgia . Louisiana St North_Caroli Alahama South C Georgia Tech... ... Auturn .. Washington and Tes.. Vanderbilt Florida Tennessee Sewanes .. V.M L.. V. P L. Clemson Won. Lost. Pra.0.pts S SRR D1 Lo so0c! oo, : ° ALOY, EAGLE AND YANKEE | FIVES WIN GAMES EASILY a Eagle fives rolled up victories in inde- decided until the final minutes of play. reak intact by taking the Holy Name Tommy Hook led the scorers with Boys' Club Rangers handed a_set- back to the St. Martin's Midgets, 34 to 28, while the Celtics were defeated, 25 to 13, by the Dominican Lyceum Juniors. Ontarios and Southern Raflway { dribblers bowed to the Red Shield quint by scores of 69 to 12 and 66 to 8. Knights of Columbus basketers were able to halt the National Guard Medical Corps five and took the short end of a §8-to-19 count. Aloysius Senlors, led by Langyher, trounced the St. Martin's Sentors, 35 to 14, in the preliminary to the Aloy-Holy Name clash. Immaculate Conception court men 1 from the Arrows, 56 to 16. Boys' Club Flashes will face tha St. John’s Midgets tomorrow at 3:30 in John's gym. Fort Myer Insects swamped Lyon Village Club, 70 to 18. the | | { the Arcade head the card arranged | that | mbe @henmg Star ~BOYS CLUB Conducted by ROB[ R'I 3 Mt'CLl LL AN 'I'HE Boys Club editor had a boy- on the end of a string and swing it an But of hood friend who had lost arm and part of the shoulder. he was a husky lad and fond sports. lines. He became a star in basc ball and won his letter at Wabash Col- lege. He later played on some of the strong independent clubs of the Middle West. He played in the out- field and had a short bat to hit .300 with. He even tried out for foot ball, but never made the varsit though he was strong on the scrubs. His name is Eddie Ash. The thing for you to learn from this, boys. Is that handicaps may be over come. Perhaps there are a lot of boys in Washington who would like to belong to The Evening Star Boys Club, but have held back because physical handicaps. Don't hold back —step richt up and belong. Theve's & sport for everybody. No matter what weakness you may have, look over this list of sports and pick out one you enjoy and then start playing it. Base ball, foot ball, basket hall, soc- cer, wrestling, boxing, hiking. swimming, diving, lacrosse, track fleld and Cross country running. Or if they are too strenuous, about: Bag board, archery, horseshoe pitch ing quoits, putting in golf, target toss, center club bowls, floor base ball, eto The Boys Club will play in season and vou'll find something on the program that will suft you. There are no stdelines in The Evening Star Boys Club. Every something. When Red Grange went third and last year of foot Hiinols his coach, nounced him perfect. throw the forward pass of them. To learn that he joined the and all sports into his For Red could | how | member must do| ball at | i, Bog_Zuppke, pro- [xer d base ball squad and practiced throw- | ing. Practice makes perfect. You can't star in basket ball u you can jump. begin practicing, so vou will become a good jumper. Do t hor doors or outdooors some Ti And if you can’t jump. | over a limb, or a chandelier, with the object suspended quite a bit above your head. Jump and touch it. Then pull it higher and jump and touch it again. Keep going up with it. You'll He didn’t stay on the side-{learn to jump that way. Elsewhere on this page will be found an application for membership. Fill it in, to and mail it addressed: Chief, Boys Club, The Evening Star, Washington, D. . Boy Builders. Stand erect, chin in; arms at sides; bend arms so hand, palms out and elbows at sides, are in front of shoulders. Make it snappy. (Copyright. 1026.) Ev SHIPLEY RUNS FIRST IN ALOYSIUS EVENT Walton Shipley and Hurd Willet: doubled their point scores in the com- petition for the Aloysius Club dis- tance running trophies by again finish- ing one-two in the second of the series of four Sunday races being run at Plaza track. Shipley is leading in the fight for the .prizes with a total of 10 points. Willett has earned 6 and Albert Schaub, who finished third in yester- day’'s 5-mile jaunt, is credited with a single tally. Horace Domigan, Wash- ington Cance Club runner, who took third place a week ago, but falled to finish yesterday, also figures in the scoring with a lone marker. Only five runners faced the starter in the event staged terday on a muddy track and in the pouring rain. ‘Wlllett led the fleld until the final lap, when Shipley forged to the front. John Stempel of the Marine Corps pulled up after the first mile and Domigan dropped out after traveling over half the distance. The winner’s time was 28 minutes 32 seconds. nts Are Being Planned For Evenmg Star Boys Club tificates of membership in The Evening Star Boys Club are about fi LTHOUGH their preparation has been delayed somewhat, the cer- ready, members within a few days. and, together with the buttons, will be in the hands of the There are still many cligible boys outside the fold and a determined effort v possible before After the buttons have been dis- tributed. and there is means of identi- fring the members, the club will begin to exert itself as a real live organiza- tion, and none but members will be privileged to attend In the Boys Club column today we are told of a crippled lad who was a brilliant athlete despite his handicap. ‘here have been many cases of this 1 going to prove that any boy. iver handicapped 1 hecome a hlete. with the putting forth litgle will power. Hogg of Prince- some vears buck, was an an guard, although he had but Gieorge Cuskaden, voted +'s healthlest bov, will tell the = of the club how he got that George has something of inter e members, so be sure t he has to say in the week the old club fa vorite Spike Webb will be back. Fol- ke, there will be some has also some more good by some more of our other ex- h the best | per A lst of new ants for bersk applica mem. ip fo ard Hoover st: Herman H r Long- Robert W. K. Condit, tington Terrace, Bethesda, Md. W. Condit, Hun, Ter- Bethesda lor strest Hung James Al | be made by the present members to enroll as many of them as the club holds its first function Adams Mill road; Louis M. Dorsch, 1322 New York avenue. Jack W. Haarer, 204 H street: Wil liam W. Lverett, jr., 3010 Woodland drive; John Woods, 4331 Cathedral ave nue; Russell Barrett, 3233 E street southeast; Louls Sneed Sasser, jr.. 5 Woodland avenue, Tukoma Park, Md.; Marion Martinez, 112 Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, Md. John B. Ross, 5 Primrose street, Chevy Chase, Md.; Arthur Ellis, jr., 1310 Ninth street; Arthur L. Haisiip, Jr.. 26 Takoma avenue, Takoma Park, Md.; Eugene McCawley, 703 G street southeast; John Beall, Landover, Md.; Thomas W. Steel, 15 Kennedy street northeast; Costello Craig, 1234 Girard street. CUE STARS WILL PLAY EXHIBITION MATCHES An exhibition tourney featuring six of the District's leading pocket bil- liard players will open at Grand Central parlors Wednesday night at 7:456 o'clock Clive Richmond meets Carl Green | In the opening match of points. Thursday will_bring together Josaph Crowley and Everett Crouch. Morris Dent and Bert Watt will play on Friday ir. years. fully guarded by the circles upper il They | € and B. at C. This c tration C. D's opponent, and cannot follow Teamwork is er out-of-bounds play ceme as sho fon Base Ball T. AUGUSTINE, S Ancient Society of Goli, the oldest and most conservative golf bod: in existence, to charge admission fees to the major golf tournaments this year is the wisest piece of legislation enacted by that body in recent When a team has bounds its players are always care- One of the s of freeing one of them is for two of | the team to take positions represented arked D and ses B to follow him. It permits D to run as indicated to take the pass from out of bounds as blucked i D. If A and D start at the same time each will be covered by his opponent, as {s shown in the lower {llustration cking unless some such 1 in the upper is followed FANS TO HOLD PARTY. Members and followers of the I ter nine of the Treasury Interbureaw hold a card party tomorrow at 8 o'clock at the Grace Dodge Hotel League will DECISION TO CHARGE FEE AT OPEN EVENT PLEASES Should Enable Oflicia]s to Control Galleries, Which Became Unruly at Some of Matches at Last Seanson’s Tournament. BY THE SPORTSMAN. Fla., BASKET BALL SECRETS By Sol Metzger. When Out of Bounds. the are guarded by legally February 1.—The decisi out of ways A in the fllus- Royal aud The Royal and Ancient decision to charge fees for the British ope: and the British amateur championships was made because it is necess: to reduce the size of the galleries attending these events and also because it is desired to eliminate that class of spectators who know nothing about the etiquette of the game . Of late, thess galleries in Britain were becoming unruly. That at Troon |last year practically cost MacDonald ‘imllb the British open champlonshi | because it stampeded the course and | made play virtually impossible. | While the admission fee is designed primarfly to correct this situation, there is another benefit, even more important, as the writer sees it. to be derived from the dectsion feen will zive the British societ fund which can be used not only in pro- moting golf on a broader scale, but also to finance its amateur teams in thefr {nvasion of this country Two years ago when the British amateurs were preparing to come to this country they were in doubt up to the last minute &s to whether tha money needed to de’ray their expenses would be raised. The United States Golf Associ; has learned that gallery fees h benefited rather than harmed game. What is more, the Ameri governing body is in position now send a team of amateur golfers abr every year without soliciting priv subscriptions to pay their way. WISCONSIN TOSSERS LEADING IN BIG TEN CHICAGO, February 1 (#).—Wiscon- | sin leads the basket ball title parade in the Western Conference. Semester examinations held the Big Ten teams to three games during the past week. Won. Lost Pta. Op.ple 3 PPe La s S2RBUBH3R! an BoSmimio s | R Stsusassans BEULALEAST @ CThere's a little bit of MURAD in nearly every cigarette - but only a MURAD is 4LL MURAD Almost every great drama staged today reflects fluence of David Belasco. One play may have scenic effects reminiscent of the in- Belasco’s artistry. Another, touches of realism such as Belasco invari- ably incorporates. A cast that mirrors life Belasco's characters ever do. third, a truly as Yet only Belasco presents a production that is utterly Belasco to the very last gesture. One may have a wisp of MURAD's winsome fragrance; another, a trace of MURAD's cap- tivating flavor; still another, a hint of MURAD's kindly coolness. 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Al 7ilrku means “Yhere's a Nittle bit of BELASCO™ nearly every great theatrical producer, ‘but only BELASCO.is.JLL BELASCO® _ Clip this blank application, fill it out, and mail it today addressed; Chief, Boys Club, Evening Star, Washington, D, C. ot