Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1926, Page 36

368 ' SPORTS. _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1926. Harris Drilling to Better * SWATTING MARK OF .320 \ - Manager of Will Help Hi: Average Considerably—Volley “ BUCKY’S GOAL FOR 1926 | ationals Believes Intensive Practice Ball Added to Training Program. BY Sports Fdlit; 18.—Am] ites | AMPA, Fla., Febru sential of all att Allowing this is truc. Stanley § risc high. tor he has gobs of it It might be expected success the sunshme of prosperity and rest the Nationals to a title and tae w manager, at the tender age of 27 the boss ot the Bux set a recerd f To prove it was no duke, tha fate, Harris came back last ’ © repeated his triumph feat. coupled the fact he has earned the moof one the best o the game, probably pivot the sport ev would be sufficient zlory for an wha has boosied his carning rom the $4.000 he reczived first obtained by Clark firit- fith fram the Buffalo club i 0 to the $50.000 mark he will approx imate th r. But not so Harri Would Bolster Attack. Bucky is fired with desire to be come as great a factor in attack as he already o defense, and to that end has mapped a program of train- ing for himself which he hopes will placc him among the elite of Lase ball's swatsmiths. It should not be mathered from this that ers himselt a woefully weak hitter or that he 1s so regarded in the tra- ternity. Far trom it, for his ave ~ never have heen impr he always has heen looked upon 3 batsman of the dangerous type— vho commands the respect of any when he comes up in a pinch. 11s first full season as a Harris attained an even average for 137 games. followed essive vears hy marks of 238 zames, 260 for 154 game: 2 for 145 games. In 1924, his ason at the helm. the weight at any : of Thi That with repn fie and in zreatest ma. o R Auc prob. “abiy athler capa when siv a e ek In 182 Griffman L300 responsibilities caused a slump | percentage to .26%, but last season he came hack and boosted his figures 1o . and he hopes to top this mark by at least 40 points this season. Proof that is no with the flail v be found in the fact that his lifetime batting average, which is exactly the same as last year, excels that of such well known veteran performers as Harry Hooper, Wally Pipp, Joe Dugan, Jim my Dykes, Willie Kamm, Aaron Ward, Chick Galloway and Walter Gerber. to mention only u few. All these men have been fixturs with their respective clubs for a term years, good enongh to be plaved reznu Yacly after season. season Means Plenty of Work. Harris’ recipe for attaining his oh jective is a simple one. namely, work ,hard work. and Iots of ji. He has.n illusions regarding his natural qualifi 15 as a hitter. Batsmen broadly may be grouped in two classes, free swingers and chop hitters. Rue comes under the latter head g and therefore is not kidding him f into the belief that he may ex pect 1o wrest circuit-swatting honor Jiem Babe Ruth or Rogers Hornsb; But he sees no reason why he shouldn't increase his harvest of sin- &les, with an appreciable boost in the crop of doubles, too. Stan does not subscribe to the theory that good hit- ters must be born that way. He be. lieves they can be made and will strive to demonstrate this fact with himself as the example. “I don’t expect to lead the league in Litting or come anywhere near it,’ Bucky explained in voicing his aspira- tion. “but 1 do hope to land well up over that plication to the task will produce re sults 1 expect to zet them. The most important thing, in my es # is 10 get your eve on the ball. Laving ‘em down in bunting prac €. hitting fungos and taking swings in the regu- lar wand drills all will prove helptul, How much of it you do is the prinei- pal consideration. and 1| m going do plenty of it this season. Bucky went on to sayv that he had no intention of neglecting the other depariments of play in his course of training: that he would devote as much time as ever to fielding. throw- ing and base running, but that he would concentrate on the attacking end He has set .320 as a mark to shoot at, and if he reaches it and his blows continue to prove as timely as those he has manufactured in the past he wili prove a powerful offensive factor for the Champions this vear. Squad Plays Volley Ball Early morning were that p with for t started w & threat the for that only years o indications today ctice might be interfered e first time since the boyvs low-hanging clouds with rain heinz in evidence as hletes trooped into the refector: breakiast it =nould happen no drilling is possible 1t wili be the <econd time in the wseven that the Nationals have been pitehi their- Spring camp here that they hive heen unable to get out and exercice. however Rain is a ravity ida a1 this time of the vear. and, memory serves, there have been but three four storms worthy of the name since the Washington club first came to Tampa In 1920, and then prac- tice was merely a bit curtailed or de- laved a few hours. As a means of diversifying the daily calisthenics and in a measure compen- sating for the fact that the diamond fe not vet in readiness for use, Trainer Martin has introduced a new wrinkle in the training program. It is volley ball, a game much in vogue in gym- nasiums. but. so far as I know. sel- dom plaved out of doors and, to the in southern Fior if hest of thix writer's knowledge. nevef| before emploved as a conditioner for diamond performers. Mike purchased a regulation net. spread iU across the race track in front of the grandstand, split the squad up evenly and had the boys go o it. Ogden did the serving for his team. which consisted of Harris, Tate, Morrell. Humphreys and himself, while their opponents, with Al Schacht serving, included Marberry, Smith, Altrock. Joyce and Thomas, Game Helpful. At the end of nearly half an hour of strenuous play the exact tally was shrouded in mystery, owing to a dis- agreement among tlve official scorers, but the perspiration-dripping athletes Jeft no doubt as to the beneficial ef- fects of the pastime, which is to be included as a regular part of the pre- liminary work. Bad weather alone will cause a change in the time set for practice today. no cognizance being taken of the fact that the first meeting of the ‘West Coast Jockey Club is set for this afternoon at the new track, just out- side the city. Tabs will be kept on the ’l:nv. to which the players are A r a man tying to get up in the wor'd. hat has been the portion of Harris would be content to bask in d championship in his first season as a w the American League. Harris con- | althouzh | weakling | 300 mark, and if close ap- | DENMAN THOMPSON, or, The Star.” bition has been rated as the most es- | Raymond Harris should go far and onc who has cnjoyed the phenomenal on his oars, so to speak. In guiding | | | | four scasons as a big leaguer, | future generations to shoot at. he was not mereiy a pawn in the hand and. througzh judiciai strengthening however. and | ies are deemed to be dis | he. attention of the ath-! e hoyr wiii he shifted af.er the luncheon i erested in the races. the b President Grifith has announced hat five zames have heen added to ihe list of pré-season exhibitions orig. inally arranzed the Nationals. makinz a More Exhibition Games. | me with the Boston Braves, | iarch 6 at St Petersburg, re- | the first on the list and no | ange has heen made in the itin- | erary for the joint tour northward | Wik the New York Giants, but some open dates in between have been filled. A contest with the Buffalo club of the International League has been booked ut Palmetto on March 11, and on* March 17 the Bisons will be en- | tertained in Tampa. On March 24 | the Brooklyn Dodgers will come here | 0 show their vares and the followi day the 10 Clear The set for | main ifftmen will journey ove: ter. where the Robins train. | for a return enzagement : The other added fracas is with the Columbns team of the American As. | sactation on April 2. just after ihe hampions hreak camp here is to be plared at either Valdosta Quitman. Ga FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia. and fought_a draw (10) | New York. beat Baltimore. | _LOS_ANGELES.—Tommy O'Brien New York. shaded Ace | Nebraska (10). o Bennv Rasa, | Eddfe Anderson | Wilbur Cohen, | Benny Schwartz, ‘Hudkinl‘ { i - | - | [ DELANEY VS. McTIGUE. | NEW YORK, February 18 (#).— | Jack Delaney and Mike McTigue, ri- val contenders for Paul Berlenbach's|otra. Jacques Brugnon and Rene La | light-heavyweight title, have signed for a 12round match at i Square Garden on March 12 understanding that meet the champion. the winner will MUNN THROWS MONDT. KANSAS CITY. February 15 (). Wavne (Big) Munn. heavyweight | wrestler. defeated Joe (Toots) Mondt two falls ont of three last night. EARL MOSER Rught Guard MICKEY MacoonaLp Left Forward PUOTOS By Cy DERKING Bloe and White. tied hy Eastern. finds it inadvisable to play off d eadinck on a. IN INDGOR NET PLAY By the Aisociated Prese NEW YORK, February 18.—Eric Worm, member of the Danish Davis cup team, and Maurice Ferrier, Swi star, have been elimiunated in_ the national indoor tennie championships but the “three grenadiers.” Jean Bor- Coste, remain in the competition Worm fell victim yesterdsy to the Princeton student. John Van Ryn 6—4, 6—0, and Ferrier went down be. fore Vincent Richards, 62, f—1 Rorotra eliminated Dr Rosenbanm, §—4. 63, La Coste conauered William Ayde. lotte. 6—3. S—6. and Rrugnon defear. ed Ernest Kuhn. 7—3. f— Rorotra. the champion. Willlam Tilden. in finals. today plave m the auarter ROUNDING THIRD By Hugh A . Jennings CHAPTER LXIV. physical courage. I distinctly against Cleveland. That, also, D I 3 and packed the bases with two out. bat the sitwation. the score, the packed thing for Donovan to do would be to ner, giving Lajoie a nasty curve ball a Donovan had the advantage Lajoie. He could waste a ball and atiil have the advantage with the count two and two. but Denovan did one of the nerviest things I ever saw him do. \Winding up. he cut loose with a fast ball through the heart of the | plate. Lajole *found out what was | coming. but all too late. He swung, missed and the game was over. Larry had fully expected a curve ball and* was set for it. We needed the game badly; in fact, had we lost that day, Cleveland and not Detroit would have | been American League champions in 11908, John J. McGraw was one of the gamest players I ever saw. McGraw | plaved for 10 davs, limping through |each game on a badly swollen ankle |and refusing to pérmit a substitute to take his place. | Expert at Fouling. No man ever lived who was as expert in foullng off a pitched ball |as McGraw. I have sean him tick a {ball with his bat and jump back, |claiming’ the ball hit* his arm. Al {the while he was violently pinching | his arm so when he pulled back his | shirt sleeve he showed a brulsed spot ! to the umpire to prove his contention. I have seen McGraw play when both i hips were raw and blesding from over one time. illie” Bill" Hutchinson was on second base. The batter hit the ball to Joe Kelley, in left, a slow rolling single. “Willie Bill” Hutch- inson tried to score from second. McGraw took one look at the ball and realized that 'Willle Bill” Hutchinson was bound to get home, because Kelley could never make a play on that kind | of ball in time to nail Hutchinson. So, jas “Willle BIll" Hutchinson came |around third, McGraw gave him the hip and threw him off his stride. He | was held up just long enough to en- | {able Kelley to field the ball and throw | lout “Willie Bill” Hutchinson at home. | “Willle Bill" told Cap Anson what {McGraw had.done. Anson, big as a ! house, blustering, belligerent, came | rushing across the field and shouted jat McGraw: “I'll get vou for that.” | And McGraw shouted right back, | “All right, vou big tramp. I'll he right here the rest of the game and in the club house after the game." { Three innings later Anson reached third. The batter hit a long fly to! Kelley in left. Anson, one foot touch- ing the bag, was ready to dash home as soon as the hall reached Kelley. McGraw, too, was watching Kelley. He was standing not two feet from Anson. As the ball struck Kelley's hands McGraw grabbed hold of An- son’s belt just as he started for home. He jerked Anson back a step. Ansen tore loose and. started for the plate again. Kelley threw him out by five feet. Anson did not say a word. He gave McGraw credit for pulling a smart trick. In one of the years when Baltimore Donovan pitched a strike. a ball and another strike. | the little fAinzer of his left ONOVAN had plenty of nerve while pitching, moral as well as remember one game that he pitched was back in 1908. When Cleveland came to bat in the ninth, Detroit was playing under a one-run lead. Cleve- Lajoie, the mighty Larry, came to Considering bases and the count. the orthodox- hook the bhall aver the outside cor- nd making him hit a bad onc with & felon on a finger of his throw ing_hand. Wilbert Robinson. catcher for the Orioles, captain and had to have hand am- putated. One week after the opera tlon Robinson was hack in the game, catching, although the wound had not healed and the surgeons had positively forbidden him to play for a month. Baltimore lost the champlonship to Boston in 1897. In' the zame that really decided the pennant Jimmy Collins, playing third for Boston and the greatest third baseman of all time, ‘was hit by a bad-bounding ball during practice.” He was struck in the right eye and as a result the eye was entire. ly closed before the game started Collins refused to stay out of the line- up. He played the entire game, using his left eye. What is gore, he made two doubles, drove in four runs and gave an exhibition of brilliant fielding. To impress vou with the importanice of Collins’ work that afternoon, I need only mention that Boston beat us by the acore of 16 to 14. With Collins on the bench that dav Baltimore would have retained the pennant. (Copyright. 1926.) MATTY'S MOTHER DIES. SCRANTON. Pa., February 18 (#). —Mrs. Gilbert B. Mathewson, mother of the late Christy Mathewson of base ball fame, died todzy at her home, in Factoryville, near here. She was 70 years old. Mrs. Mathewson became ill last October, soon after the death of her son. WILL RETAIN CLUB. GREENSBORO, N. C., February 18 (#).—Rumors that_the Danville team of the Pledmont League was to be transferred from that city were set at rest by a message received here from Bob Higgins of C(hattanooga, presi- dent of the club. “We have never considered transferring the franchise,™ he said. HOPPE MEETS SCHAEFER. CHICAGO, February 18 () Hoppe of New York. for 20 ye: champion at the 18.1 game. and Jake Schaefer of Chicago, 18.2 titleholde will meet here for a 1,500-point matcl at 18.1 balk line billiards February 2 23 and 24. They will play 250-point GOES 141 MILES AN HOUR. FULFORD, Fla., February 18 (®). —Ralph Hepburn, driving a Mille; Special, attained a speed of 141 miles an hour yesterday in the qualification tests for the 300-mile automobile race to be held here February 2! — CHICAGO BEATS PURDUE. LA FAYETTE, Ind., February 18 (#).—Chfcago’s basket ball team won was fighting for a pennant “Wee Willie” Keeler played for two weeks during the latter pafit of the season a Western Conference tilt from Pur- due, 21 to 19, last night. Chicago led at the half, 13 to 12, ’ \ William | ~Willle | FRENCHMEN REMAIN SUZANNE FAVORS HELEN IF SHE’S TO BE BEATEN| | By the A N sociated Press. A\ good sport. Suzanne expressed these views to her triumph at Cannes. “Why shouldn’t I be nervous? in her cozy little Louis XV wood? Bullet-headed prize fighters— sey in that class—without nerves and a great fight. Was there ever a mat Miss Wille? rights down to the hill posters Asked why che had excepted Demp sev. NSuzanne rveplied: “I had linch with Dmpsey wife while they were fn Paris. | 2 gentleman. and she a lady.” | | Sfrronnded by zold and silver tro. | phies she has won in her tennis matches | |and by hundreds of telegrams and | other messages of conzratulation, Su- zanne asked how Miss Wills wad feel- | ing. When told that Helen, too, was | resting and had cbtained a postpone- | ment of her singles match at Beau- lieu, Suzanne said, with much sym- pathy in her voi “Poor_little girl. feels. Look at me. I've staved in bed all day. But I'm getting to be an old woman, while she's a mere child. T will be 27 next May. Papa Lenglen coutioned her not to | g€t excited. Then, as tears welled {in her eves, he hegged her not to cry You're a good little girl: vou are all | right.”” declared the devoted father as he st ed Suzzane's hair. and his He is I _know how it style room. | | ICE, France, February 18.—Suzanne Lenglen would prefer Helen ‘Is as a conqueror to anybody else. She regards Helen as a a caller yesterday while resting after Mile. Lenglen asked. as she reclined “Do you think | am made of I don’t mean to include Jack Demp- stolid, even lose sleep on the eve of ch advertised as much as mine with Were we not treated like two prize fighters, from the cinema Suzanne declared that she was not 20 conceited as to think sh® would not he beaten some time. This saemed 1o Jepreas her homewhat, and M. Lenglen pulled the coverlet up around her and told her she should try to get a little sleep. M. Lenglen spoke of an offer of | $20.000 he had received from an Amer. ican promoter for Suzanne to play five | matches as a professionnal in the United States. He said he would like to assure Suzanne's future against want; the family was comfortably fixed. but not rich. and he was getting old. “Twenty thousand dollars s a lot | of francs. and it would be wealth for my little girl, we cannot turn professional. is not hoxing. Suzanne hear of it. Both Suzanne and Helen are en tered in a irnament. the final of which will be early next month. Tennis | would not PRO SPORT SHOWS MARKED PROGRESS | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 18.—The last few months have witnessed a marked increase in demand for pro- fessional competition in sport, chiefly in foot ball, hockey, wrestling and swimming. Professional foot ball seems likely to branch out next Fall with more effective resources and background. A fight resembling in a way the battle between the major lsagues of base ball a quarter of a century ago looms, with Grange and his manager, C. C. Pyle, sponsoring a circuit opposed to the present National League. The Pacific Coast has a six-club profect. Ice hockey perhaps has established itself more rapidly than any other pro- fessional sport in vears. The game has met_with immediate financial success In New York, as well as, to a lesser [degree. in Boston and Pittaburgh, | where franchises are held. along with !four Canadian teams in the National | League. Another season is expected to |see a second club representing New York, with Detroit and Chicago also likely to obtain franchises. Professional wrestling, after a con siderable’ hiatus in popular favor here, has drawn capacity crowds. Several girl swimming stars turned [to professional ranks about the time | Grange and Nevers jumped from col- | lege gridirons to the professional field. DIEGEL GETS 69, BEATEN. MIAMI, Fla., February 18 (P).— “Wild Bill”_Mehlhorn, Chicago, win- ner of the South central golf tourna- ment recently, and Andy Kay, former Canadlan open champion, vesterday defeated Leo Diegel. Canadian open titieholder, and Andal Cuiel. local pro. | | 1 up in 18 holes here. Diegel turned | 1in a 9. but hls partner was erratic and failed to turn in a card. Kay shot a 70 and Mehihorn, 73 THUNBERG GOING HOME. | NEW YORK, February 18 (#).— Clas Thunberg of Finland, Olvmpic | skating champion. - leaves for his | home today. In his first few appear- ances in thé United States his show- ing was poor, but recently down -~ American figures for several distances, GREB-TUNNEY BOUT OFF. CHICAGO, ~ February 18 (P.— Harry Greb, in view of the fact that he has heard nothing from Florida promoters, regards the proposal for a fight with Gene Tunney as defl- nitely off. Connie Mack has been manager of the Philadelphia Athletics since they sntered the American League a quar- ter of a century ago. QUEBEC DOG DERBY IS BEING CONTESTED QUEBEC. February 15 (P).—The | pari mutuel machines were opened | last night for business on the Quebec dog derby, the first phase of which will be contested today. Emil St. God- dard and H. Chevrette were installed as favorites with Shorty Russick and Earl Brydges. Twenty teams of dogs will contend for the blue ribbon of *‘Mushdom. ‘Three minutes will separate each team at the starting posts. | The race will be over a 41-mile course, and will be repeated on three consecutive davs, making the com. plete distance for the derby 123 niiles. St. Goddard, last vear's winner. ex presses confidence that he will dupli cate_his performance this year. His time’ for the entire race was 12 hours, 49 minutes, 45 seconds. Quebec is thronged with enthusiasts, and the city is at a great pitch of ex citement. A light snow fell vesterday but a heavy wind drifted it somewhat, making the going heav. WANTS COACH BALDWIN. RALEIGH, N. (., February 18 (®). A committee of Wake Forest Col- lege alumni meeting here recommend- ed that the institution secure the services of Jim Baldwin director of athletics to succeed Henry Garrity, who resigned. Baldwin, a native of Maine and graduate of Dartmouth, fortnerly coached at Lehigh. GRIDDERS TO CO-OPERATE. LOS ANGELES. February 18 (#). —Harry M. Pollok, acting president of the new Pacific Coast Foot Ball League. announced today that his or- ganization would hereafter work hand in hand with the Natfonal Foot Ball League against ‘‘barnstormers” or any athietes with private managers. TAKE LEAD IN BIKE RACE. CHICAGO, February 18 (A.—In the ‘most hectic jamming since the six-day bleycle race started, the Amer- ican team of Bobby Walthour and Reggie McNamara todk the lead and put a margin of two laps between them and their nearest competitors. DURHAM KEEPS TEAM. | the King | Cox + Aien { Brewer | Logan | Seltzer .7 DURHAM, N. C., February 18 (#).— Durham .will retain her franchise in the Pledmont Base Ball League, ac- cording to notice given.to Presidept Bramham. —_—— OLD RIVALS TO MEET. KANSAS CITY. February 18 (#).— For the twenty-third year the Uni- versities of Kansas and Missouri duel here tonight in their annual indeor track and fleld nu' 2 c " Buck. Basrey Guard unt of other games that already had heen booked STANFORD BOWLERS LEAD DISTRICT LOOP Stanford Paper Co. and King Pins are racing neck and neck for the championship of the District Duckpin League. Each team has won 36 gam. and lost 15. but the Stanfords are given first place by virtue of a 28,602 total pinfall against 28,559 made by the King Pinners. The Stanfords have a postponement to roll off with Tins that may decide the title struggle George Friend of the Terminal lce «o. quint still is hizh average man of the league with 117-23 for 51 League statistics follow Team Standines. Stanford Paper Co Kine P Convention Hali rminal Iee Co. mple ¥ Davi Fell'e Ly Rezulare Mount Pleacants Patworth n 16 Season Records. High team set—King Pins, 1,821, High team came—Convention Hall, 663. High individual set—Rosenberg. Conven- tion Hall. 408 High {ndividual rame—Friend, Terminal Iee_Co. 183 Hieh'in: Tee Co. 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OffL: . oo ie Dolfas Shipley F3 gagsrs b o e 2RADIE = 1321 ZARBBI 5 BLaRT Lo > Szt i Zaake K 2 = Rz P poggs 33353 Freee- a8 Fillius ... Pricei . Baxter . Davis . 2 FEN] DRV T EfeeiTis ) [Srorreneny DSRERGDS O e Rotoiots ] R LT TROUSERS To Match. Your Odd:Cogts EISEMAN'S, 7th & F games. | s SPORT I{FLAG HOPES S. BOLSTERED ' BY TWO LINE-UP CHANGES Replacement of Hooper by Recruit in Right Field ‘Important Factor in Race. i | } and New Shortstop Expected to Make Chicago BY JOHN B. EW YORK, February 18.—Eddie Collin while some of the other American League managers were making N deals. now comes to the front FOSTER. who has been pretty quiet with a little shake-up of the Chicago | White Sox, which promises to make that club a more formidable contender for the 1926 championship. Pitcher Dicky Kerr has been ship the original San Francisco club | Sox roster, and there was much ado ped off to California. He will go 1o On’y recently he was reinstated on the in Chicago = to what he would do But Dicky didn't do, and 5o cut he gocs to the Coast Harry Hooper also is gone from the active Sox |the few players who have turned the outcome of a world scries down by an’individual play Had he not caught a fiy ball over the ropes in rizht field by the Giants in 1312, the hit would have hean & homer and the Giants probably would have wan the | series. a hit Larry Doyle ot a Has Outfield Material. Iooper has heen waning fo: the last two or three vears. He hasat come 1o the age of hasheens. bLut he has seen the age of get-there slippinz away. So off he goes. probably to a berth on the ccast. That leaves a contest in the out fleld as well as at shortstop. Bill Falk still continues to play one of the out- field positions and s will John Mostil. Collins was a prophet in 1925 when he predicted that Mostil would prove a topnotch outfielder. He was the leading outfielder of his league. The other outfield position has sev eral candidates. There is Spencer Harris and Alanzi, alias Najo. the, Indian outfielder from the Southwest. Also thrre Tom Gulley of Little Rock, who could hit in his own league | and who is declared hy Bob Allen, the ‘Li!llfl Rock hoss. ta he able 10 hit in With th now are forgetting them. Th stepped out in the singles last night t | for nine games in all divisions of the tevents record for the District and just tourney entrants for all-events hon | _Burtner's total hettered by a single | pin the old townament all-events | record set by Arthur Urban in the | | Capit: City Bowling Assocfation competition held at the King Pin alleys in 1924, Incidentally, District bowler to OWLERS who Had idess con Masonic Association Burtner is the first| register a_couple | of 400 sets in tournament all-events | competition. He =hot 416 2s a mem ber of the Washington Centennial Lodge team Tuesday night and backed | that with 400 last night. In the dot bles Tuesday he tallied 340, Burt ner s game scores for the tonrnament | follow Team howling—140, Doubles bowling—113. Singles bowling—103, 155, i Urban seems to be fated -0 have his good efforts beaten by a single pin. His joss of the District all-events record by that margin last night re- called his one-pin defear by Farl Me- Philomy in the Washington City Duckpin Association individual cham. pionships last year. New leaders in teams and singles | appeared last night in the tourna-| ment. The No. 2 team of La Fayette | Lodge, leader in the race for the league championship, rolled 1,715 to %o into first place among the quints. | Red Megaw led the outfit with games of 114, 129, 141 for a set of 334. Others cf the team were Neff, Fees, Hansford and Wolstenholme. Hap Burtner’s 400 put him right at the top in the singles division Glen Wolstenholme, such a sensatfonul vi 1 match with Max Perce Fllett that ended last week, ot 361 for La Faverte No. 2 last nizht only to learn that he had 1o toial 796 In his doubles and singles rolling t overhaul Rurtner for the allevents lead. _A count of 315 in the doubles put Glen out of the running. so he dribbled to a couple of 74 games in the singles. then withdrew. Some fancy bowling is due tonight | when a Pentalpha .team headed by Louis Dougher and a Lebanon quint led by Irving Belt take the drives in the tournament. These determined captains have marshaled doughty wairiors of the alleys for the conflict. who scored in the ~ senberg and Singles and doubles squads will hold the alleys the greater part of the time tomorrow night. only four teams be- ing scheduled to perform at the final | session of the tourn: schedule follow: 7:15 — Singles: Morsell, Iseman, Price, Rice, Supplee, Ashford, hoon, Prall, Lanman, Schuman Lawrence, King, Nell, Gray, Pat- rick, Fillius, Crown, Motyka, D. d Sheer. 8—Teams: Joppa_No. 1. Joppa No. 2, Joppa No. 3 and New .Je- rusalem. Doubles: Ashford and JLanman. Cahoon and Prall, Daoud and Stoner, J. L. Dudley and 4. M. Walker, Gray and Benner and King_and Berlinsky. 9—Doubles: A. Coleman and § cox, Ehlis and Shah, Patrick and Fillius, Crown and Motyka, Brown and Webb and Oliver and partner. 10—Doubles: E. W. Kreiger and Speer, L. Kecker and M. Rosen- berg, D. Becker and Buckhantz, Doying and Evans and Ruoff and Malcolm. g Singles: Woodford, Brooks, Neu- meyer, \Robertson, Pearson, Fry- dell, Philbrick, Lavison, Heimer, Peterson, Barbagello, Ehlis, Lewis, i Gingell and Stoner. 10:45 — Singles: Heindel, Buckhant: Rosenberg. Fisher, Rock, Lanhart, Werntz, Bar- nard, Seibert, Shook, Lamar, Bern- stein, Shutz, Meaney, Beck. Her- man, - Mertz, J, Ul gett, Allnut, Wealthall and Holmes. Bowlers of The Evening Star sprang Kreiger, Speer, Becker, Wallace Motor C; NASH Sales and Service 1709 L Street N.W. Just East of Conn. Ave. - Main 7612 | row for Roanoke. ! the | other places. | as alternate. Cleveland Hooper is upside there of will be able 1o Hooper top. Coll @ already has Hunnetield .,, Rerg. an. n erder o the ggtitin doubiy he announced the auisitic Seott of B New Yor's and Washington. the consacn tive geme 1ecord hae the eputation of tak orld series along with him With all this talent the outfield. wnd vacancies. and ready what pitchers he has sistance of Dicky Ker ddenly upset the humdrum of White X lite and started the Chicago team on the road with every chance of making life miserable for his col leagues. an dwith the assurance that he will keep the other American League teams guessinz until his new players settle down If they settle well, the Sox will he a team to keep the fans tense with interest instead of less fived star in the Leagie constellation cerning the all-evente prize in the ent way at Hall ¢ cause is Hap Burtner. Harry K o get 400 and raise to 1.136 his total tourney. That st a tournament all- about blasted the hopes of all other Mal any league. aAnd from Durham. Out Collins is conhdent pick 2 worthy For she annexed today this he sucees Scott holder competing for his shortstap stand on without the Colling has more o smerican under Convention the greatest surprise of the Commer al League season last night when they vanquished the leading Time~ Herald team in three zames and 509 to 516, 590 and 457. The sec ond-place Star tezam certainly had no need of its 4 handic Lange led the winners with 117, 143 and 109 for 369. A picked team from the Souther: Railway Clerks' League l>aves to where on Saturday an annual matei the Norfolk first half of with the clerks of Western Raflway Co. will he howled The second half of the match will he howled here. probably March 20 The Southern Railway team will in clude F. H. Surguay. captain: T. H Spencer. H. Sirsite Orme. F. S Blaisdell and J. W McKay HINKLE IS WINNER OF RACQUETS TITLE Eugene M. Hinkle became Wash- | ington’s No. 1'man in the fight for the { national squash racquets singles title, starting here Saturday. by winning from David M. Key vesterday in the deciding match of the annual Distriet championship tournev staged at the Racquet Club Hinkle took the encounter with the former District titleholder in siraight zames by scores of 15—10. 13—11 and iS4 The last came went to 13 all. and was set at five points, Hinkle was the more aggressive player nf the two, and forced 1 at all stages of the match ts along the alls were especially effective The line-up of the District squad that will meet teams from 11 other cities for the national team champion ship was announced last night Both the team and individual title matches start Saturday morning at the Rac- quet Club. F. G. Blair, winner of the senior handicap tourney in 1925, has been selected as No. 1 player. C. P. Stone. H. L. de Sibour. Arthur Hellen and T. L. Block have been awarded the R. W. Miller will act Both Blair and De Sibour took part in the national event last year at Buffalo and were defeated in the see- ond round. American Basket Ball League. (Second Series.) W.L. Pet. Team 5 071.000 Detroit 10 1000 Brooklyn 1 330 Buffalo 500 32 Chicazo Last Night's Fort Wasne 24 Detroit Cleveland. 26: Brooklyn Tonicht's Game. Rochester at Buffalo Team Rochester Wash gton Fi. Wayne Results. 15 20 COMPLETE LINE |cOODFYEAR With TIRES Serviee “MID-WASHINGTON” North 366 1602 14th St. N.W. 779777777 Page Sherlock Holmes See If he can solve the mystery of The Mystery Car, It Runs—It Stops—it Re- verses Without a Drive: IN OUR SHOW ROOMS February 20th to 27th Inclusive Chevrclet Sales Company 16 H St. N.E. 27772