Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1926, Page 39

SPORTS GAME, NOT OFFICE, GIVES JUDGE GREATER THRILL Commissioner Urges Continiued Careful and Clean Man: gement of Sport as Only lethod to Keep Youngsters Interested. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. I :N ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA, February 26.—Although Judge Kene- saw Mountain Landis, commissioner of base ball, declines at this time to discuss the National League resolution supporting him for a continued occupancy of the commissionership, he has given an expression which shows his attitude toward administration of the game. + It is recalled that at the recent golden jubilee dinner in New York Iudgf Landis said : . “My advice to my colleagues of base ball is never to depart from the principle of sclecting for that man who shall preside over its affairs one who must stand or fall by his personal convictions.” The judge at that time that this attitude is still his. The was not speaking for himself, but from a conviction that such administration is what base ball needs. It is assumed However, in answer to a direct question the commissioner said: “I prefer at this time not to 'make any statement of any character about the future conduct of base ball. If one muy judge of the sincerity of the commniissivner by his manner and his attitude, there is no one who holds 'this subject of the conduct of base ball closer to his mind and heart than he does. He has had the experience of flve years in presiding at the head of the game from an e ecutive standpoint and that experi- ence would amply gualifr any man . But it is evident apped up so much in the adminisi ive work us he is in the game itself. Judge Real Fan. The judge is thoroughly a base ball fan, and as such he is eager to see continued prosperity attach it- 1f to what he considers the great- est of games. Aside trom connection he may have had in the development of the national game, and he depre- cates all connection he has had with se ball as a game be- 3 element that-has to do with it. If the present system of manage- ment of base ball were abolished at this time. it is not difficult to see that Judge Landis imagines a condi- tlon of uncertainty would develop that would react dangerously to base ball both to the professional ornsznlmuon and to the game gener- ally. There might be a reversion to the old methods which pirated players and ruined clubs. Should such a state of affairs develop, as it is fore- seen it might should the present system of disinterested supervision be abolished, then it is not hard to imagine that the game would lose its attractiveness to the boys from whom players eventually have to be recruited. “And I say,” said Judge Landis, “the boys of the United States do not deserve this treatment. Rather we cannot do too much to keep up their interest.” At present the wonderful manner in which the competing units in pro- fesafonal base ball are linked one with another has a continent in- tently interested. Just what would happen if the direction of the game were removed is a matter for con- sideration in connection with the support given the present manner of placing executive control in the hands of & commissioner. (Copyright. 1826.) —— RECORDS IN DANGER IN CHICAGO GAMES By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February World records will be endangered in the University of Illinols Armory, at Champaign, tomorrow night, ~when more than 700 athletes from 65 uni- versities, colleges and prep schools compete in the annual indoor relay carnival, the largest intercolegiate indoor meet held in the country. Crack athletes from the Middle West and East will be in the compe- tition, assuring fast fields for the eight relay races and spirited per- formances among individual stars. One of the outstanding, as well as the newest, champions is Paul Har- rington of Notre Dame, who several weeks ago_ broke the world intercol- legiate indoor record in the pole vault with a leap of 13 feet 1% inches. Harrington is determined to eclipse this mark, if possible. Other indlvidual stars will be Guthrie, Ohlo_State, hurdler; Kuck, Kansas State Teachers’ College, shot- putter; Rhodes, Nebraska all-around performer; McGinnis, Wisconsin, high jumper, and Chew, Drake, vaulter. Kuck appears to be capable of break- ing the carnival record for the shot- put, as he has tossed the lead 49 feet this season. The record is 47 feet 3% inches, estbalished by the giant, Schwartz of Wisconsin, a year ago. EPhe elght relay races for_ colleges and universities promise to be thrill- ers. The events have drawn entrles from all of the Western Conference and Missour! Valley Conference uni- versities, in addition to Notre Dame, Michigan Aggies, College of the City of New York, Butler and other in- tions. -tl.}_\;a record of 3:25 8-10 for the mile oniversity relay, established last year by Georgetown, Is likely to be smashed, as several toams ';af record- king caliber are entered. hrxegxw&g Kansas, Michigan, Notre Dame and Illinois, will have strong s in this event. **The preliminaries in the individual events and, the all-around compet!- tlon will be decided tomorrow after- noon, with finals at night. bl ol OARSMEN AT SMOKER. A stag smoker for members of the Potomac Boat Club will be held to- morrow night at the boathouse, in G"é‘fl___—f—_‘——— MEN’S SPORTS HOSE Of fine Lisle; and in a wide as- gortment of smart new colorings and designs. Full fash- {oned, of course— 1.00 a pair HE HOSIERY SHOP Arthur Burt Co. {2 1843 E Strees Y COURT LEAGUE HEAD T0 SEE CLASH HERE Joseph F. Carr, president of the American Basket Ball League, makes his first trip to Washington since the organization of the professional court circuit, when the Cleveland Rosenblums encounter the Palace Club tossers Sunday night at the Arcade, according to George P. Marshall, owner of the local team. Carr, who is highly pleased with the succes tained by the league t season, is looking over the ground with a view to making im- provements next season. In addition to being president of the basket ball loop, he is boss and organizer of the Nartfonal i Foot Ball League with teams in a score of cities. The meeting of the Cleveland and Washington quints will be the first to take place during the second half of the series. The leaders registered their seventh straight victory last night and gained two full games on the locals. Yankee and Fort Washington teams are booked for the preliminary Sunday night. ST S— Charles Brookins, former Univer- sity of Iowa track captain and Olym- plc star, holds 23 records in the dashes and hurdles. Members Interesting Friends In Evening Star Boys Club Star Boys Club roster will list 2,000 within a very few days. This WITH over 1,800 already enrolled it looks as though The Evening rapid increase in the enrollment is due to the work of the mem- bers in their effort to have their friends join, so as to be in on the coming club functions. enjoyed by all, and no member wants All over the city boys are discussing the coming athletic carnival. As was announced, it will be held on the last turday in March at a place to be agreed upon within a day or o. The coming Spring and Summer rise in the interes both for boys and the more fully grown. The Eve- ning Star Boys Club is going to do its share or more in giving the inter- est a boost. Washington and vicinity always has contributed its share of stars to the athletic firmament and is gradually climbing the ladder of popularity. It is hoped the members are con- tinuing to clip _their column daily The storles of Babe Ruth when put together make a little tale hardly excelled in fiction, in addition to its value as the real, authentic story of the Bambino's rise by the one man responsible. Read your column every day! You are bound to learn something new. Next week we'll have some mighty fine base ball storles by men like Bucky Harris, Jack Bentley, Eddie Collins and other celebrities, who took off a few hours from their stren- uous duties in their Southern train- ing camps to tell the members of the club some tricks about thelr favorite sport. Bentley has lots to tell our southpaw members. Jack, being a left-hander himself, is a bit partial, but what he has to sav will interest every boy interested in base ball. A list of mew applicants for mem- bership follows: Wesley Van Dercook, 1432 Clifton street; Thomas Bradley, 1106 Eighth street mortheast; Lyman Hardy, 4601 Sixteenth street; Donald Hardy, 4601 Sixteenth street; Joseph C. Terry. 58 Sycamore avenue, Takoma Park, Md,; Alec Blondi, 1328 Gallatin street. Noel Ripley, Seat Pleasant, Md.: Eugene Schultz, Seat Pleasant, Md Joseph Cook, 121 Ingraham stree Francis Darnall, Hyattsville, Ma. Hloward Harlan, 707 Shepherd street; Kondrup Graves, 3012 Cambridge place; Claude Hill, 3543 Sixth street; Fred HIll, 3543 Sixth street Edwin _J. Browne, 1479 street; Clyde Linkins, 805 street, Silver Spring, Kilroy, 31 L street north m McLarney, 19 L street northeast; Em- met Brennan, Berwyn, Md. Albert Charles Piper, 1377 New Hampshire avenue; Joseph Delaney, 431 Quincy street. Monroe Easley The Boys Club night at the basket ball games was heartily to be left out on the next affair. Richard Johnson, 13 Ken street; street; Emmet fourth street: Easley street, Stuart Thaden, av Yelverton Kelley Robert "D McMahon, Mount Rainfer, zewski, 744 Quebec pla, ruccl, 416 I street northeast Livingston, as Reeves, Eleventh str Cabell Goolshy, 915 L street; Howard Stanton, 1638 Thirtieth street. Kenneth Larigey, R. F. Blue Plains, D. C.: Billle Rhode Island avenue; Meeler, 1927 Lawrence stre east; strong. 1337 avenue; Facchin: Quincy northeast: teeder, Jr., Park road; V Plerce, 8318 Halley terrace, Congress Heights, Charles J. Cs avenue northe: burg, Md.; E: q i Va.; Robert Carney, 1009 Otis place; Ellls Tippett, 3426 O street; Joseph Harrison, 606 Twentysecond street; Ralph Garfinkle, 1424 Crittenden streat; John J. Bovle, 3603 O street; Louis Reznek, Fifteenth street northeast. e PRESIDENT WILL GREET HOFF, VAULT CHAMPION Charlie Hoff of Norway, world pole vaulting champlon, has been granted an interview with President Coolidge tomorrow afternoon at the White House. Hoft arrives here tomorrow and after seeing the President will go to Baltimore, where he is to be one of the attractions in the Johns Hopkins carnival at Fifth Regiment Armory. street, ene Stanis Bernard : Thom- north lorida 1215 street sidy, 3821 M BASKET BALL LEAGUE. ash'ton. 4 1 Ft. Wayne 2 3 Last Night's Result, Cleveland, 34: Buffalo, 13. Tonight's Game. Rochester at Chicago. ‘WANT to be a member of The Evening Star Boys Club, and if accepted to membership, I pledge my- self to: Keep myself always in good physical condition. Play fair. Be a modest winner and an uncomplaining loser. Abidabythemle_oofallspomlengnxemlnd respec t officials. Follow the activities of the Club through The Evening Star. Never_neglect classes. I I would like to have a tar. either home duties or school anx;?um old ; attend————————school, Membership Certificate and The Evening Star Boys’ Club button, which I will wear. SIMONIZING Once again enjoy the thrill of riding if a clean car. Not merely a polishing job, but the thorough cleaning of all painted and exposed leather surfaces—then the application of a paint preserving and last- ing polish. Then, too, the interior is thoroughly vacuum-cleaned. ‘Sheridan Garage, Inc. 2618 65 R, Lewis Ma-| ) | posts BY BROTHER GILBERT, Man Who Discoversd Babe Ruth. HAVE told you how Babe Ruth I was dicovered while playing ball in the schoolyard of St. Mary's, in Baltimore, and how he was signed at first sight by Jack Dunn, manager and owner of the famous Baltimore Orioles, and we're now in the train- ing camp of the Orioles at Fayette- ville, N. C,, early in March in 1914. Ruth hadn't been nicknamed “Babe” as yet. 1t was his first day in camp, but his antics kept every one In a high state of amusement all the way from Balti- more to the camp. He hadn’t slept very much during the night; it was his first trip. He raced up and down the cars, getting acquainted with everybody. He was the biggest man on the train, but he was the kid of the bunch. 1 don’t know who was first to call him “Babe.” The name was bound to come, however. After he had been given his equip- ment he beat all other players to the ball park and was ready to go to work. The first time he went to bat he hit the ball far out of the into cornfleld. Jack Dunn to this day says it was the hardest hit that Babe Ruth or any other man ever made. One of the veteran Oriole players yelled to Dunn, the manager, to wire Raleigh (a city far away) to have an outflelder in the park there to catch the ball. It was headed that way. Tomorrow—Brother Gilbert's con- cluding chapter on Babe Ruth's Boy- hood. Disco. “Disco,” a game adapted from ten- nis, is popular in England. It is played with wooden rackets 22 inches in length and the usual soft ball. The court is 20 by 14 feet, divided by a net 115 feet deep, the top of which is 5 feet from the floor. On each side of the net at a distance of 14 feet from |1t and parallel are drawn the service lines between two posts—11 feet apart. Eight and onethird feet high, the support a disc 1% feet in | diameter. Four players can work at m; zigtar BOYS CLUB Conducted by ROBERT C. McCLELLAN one time. The ball is served and an opponent returns it, trying to hit one of the discs in the opposite court. East stroke must be a volley stroke and a ball that has touched the ground cannot be returned. American patents for the game have been granted. It may prove popular. It is a good game for carly training for the tennis season. Elsewhere on this page will be found an application for membership. Fill it {n today and mail it addressed, Chief, Boys Club, The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. BOY BUILDERS. Avold getting chilled. Always have a heavy sweater, or other warm garment to slip on after a brisk workout. (Copyrigbt. 1626.) QUINTS START PLAY FOR TITLE IN SOUTH By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., February 26.—The basket ball arena of the Southland shifted here today, where 16 picked quints began the annual tournament from which a champlon of the South- ern Conference will emerge. Leaving hard-won battles of the sea- son and mathematical standings be- hind, topnotch teams cast their lot with those of lesser standing and will let the final tilt of Tuesday night write the champion's name. The opener today was between North Carolina_State and Auburn. Seven games followed. With the field thus narrowed, Saturday's pro- gram calls for four contests, after which Sunday will be a day of rest. The semi-finals will bring the four remaining quints into action Monday, with the final Tuesday. While Kentucky, topnotcher in the statisticians’ column of conference games, entered the tourney as fa- vorite, North Carolina, three times title holder and Maryland were next best liked by the experts. Today’s Card. North Carolina State vs. Auburn. Kentucky vs. Virginla Military Institute. o Mississippi Aggies. Tulane. vs. Clemson. 8. Sewanee. Tennessee vs. Georgia. Alabama vs. Georgl The contests were played on & new court in the city auditorium, 75 feet wide by 100 feet long. It was erected at a cost of $2,000. The actual play- ing space is 50x82 feet. C. U. AND MARYLAND FIVES IN CONTESTS ‘Two local college basket ball teams will get plenty of opposition today. Catholic University, beaten last night by Bucknell at Lewisburg, Pa., 36 to 27, moved over to Juanita for a clash tonight, while Maryland will play the Mississippl Aggles in its opening con- test in the Southern Conference tour- ney. C. U. will meet Penn State tomorrow night to end its trip and season. Mary- land will start home tonight if it fails to conquer the Mississippi Aggies, as the Dixie title event is a down-and-out affair. Catholic U. was vietim of an upset in bowing to Bucknell, the Brookland- ers being picked to win after a hara game. However, the:Pennsylvania ag- gregation took the lead at the outset and never was headed, although Coach Fred Rice's charges made a deter mined bid in the Jast half. C. U. hardly will find the going easier in its next two games, as Juanita and Penn State have been traveling at a better pace through the season than Bucknell. Penn State, in fact, the other night stopped Syracuse, which up to that time had an un- blemished record of 15 victories. Maryland drew a touch assignment In the Mississippl Aggles for its tour- ney opener, but is picked to win b; the Atlanta critics by a close margi Kentucky, which went into the tourna- ment undefeated by a _conference team, is the favorite, with North Caro- lina, the champion, second choice, and Maryland rated as third in line. How- ever, the teams are admitted to be closely matched In power, with any one of the three, or Mississippi Univer- sity, the fourth seeded team, as likely to be handed surprises. Mauryland, after its long trip, which did not put it in Atlanta until 10 o'clock this morning, faces a big task in tackling the Aggles, and If the Old Liners win today they will have an- other formidable foe tomorrow in North Carolina State, which is not ex- pected to have any trouble with Au- burn this afternoon. THREE SOCCER GAMES ON CARD FOR SUNDAY A double-header at Washington Bar- racks’ field and a single game ut Mon- ument grounds is the soccer program arranged for Sunday by teams of the ‘Washington League. German-American Reserves and Monroes meet at the barracks at 1 o'clock. At 2:30 the British embassy eleven taki n the German-American first team. At Monument field the first-place Walford club will try conclugions with the Fort Myer booters, who hold the runner-up position. ALCO FIVE DEFEATED. Baltimore Athenians trimmed the vashington Alco flve last night on asket ball court at Lincoln Colon- You’ve got - the goods, Prince Albert DON'TI know? Didn’t T cross the burn- ing sands in search of pipe-contentment? And then you loomed up, like an casis in the Desert of Doubt. Cool and refresh- ing, you were, Prince Albert. I'll never forget that first meeting. wanted in a zooming through the Why, you just had everything I tobacco. You came the stem like a breeze date palms. You were fra- grantas frankincense. Youwere friendly tomymnguemmddumnfmg' to You're still sheik of the smoke-tribe, PRINGE ALBERT pipe up Prince Albert. I'm FOR go with me everywhere, smoothing the wrinkles in the roadway of life. Th tongue you’ve been so kind to will always SPORTS RICKARD LIKELY TO ADD NET SPORT TO HIS LIST Willingness to Go to Much Trouble to Help Out Charity Matches Is Held Significant by Those in Touch With Affairs. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. fated attempt to earn some N EW YORK, February 26.—Some additional facts concerning the ill= money for France through indoor tennis matches at the Madison Square Garden came to light today, First of all, it seems that the first intimation the United States Lawn Tennis Association had of the project was when news that Tilden, Richards and Hunter were to meet the French stars on Sunday night at the Garden appeared in the newspapers. Later came a request from an official of the Garden corporation that the match which Tilden was getting up be sanctioned. If reports are to be believed, it was a most casual sort of request. By the way, it was not the first of the rort that has been received by the national tennis body since the Wills-Lenghlen _affair stirred the sport out of its Winter sleep. In the last 10 days at least six requests from persons interested in various chari- table enterprises for the use of ten. nis stars in exhibition matches have been flled with the tennis body. No Modest Request. One request, it is reported, cume from a group of the best known women in New York. What they wanted was nothing small. They de- sired that the association should round up the leading American und French woman stars and bring them to the Madison Square Garden for a tourney. Think of a Wills and Lenghien at the Garden! Of course, this could not be done. It serves, however, to show that if the doors were open to one they would have to be open to all who wished to promote tennis for charita- ble purposes. Speaking of the Madison Square Garden, events that have taken place in connectlon with the attempts of Tilden to hold his show in behalf of the French Good Will Society and Les Amis de Beraincourt indicate that something lies beneath the surface of the Garden's management's willing- ness to shift hockey games and in other ways clear the road for the pro- Jected indoor tennis tourney for charity. Others Share Opinlon. The writer ventures the prediction that before very long professional tennis will be added to the list of en- terprises in which Tex Rickard is in- terested. This opinion, which is derlved mere- ly from putting two and two together, is not shared by the writer alone. There are some clear thinking men | interested vitally in tennis who say that they can read the signs. Just wait and see what happens in the near future. you a hundred per cent. You and my trusty jimmy-pipe out e speak a good word in return. Maybe there are some other chaps roaming the hot-pipe desert, at the mercy of the bedouins of bite and the pirates of parch. I hope they are listen- ing in. I’m putting on all the power I've got to tell them what a lot of comfort is waiting for them in the tidy red tins =10 other tobacco is like it! marked “Prince Albert.” In a recent statement concerning flden and Billy Johnston,, Johnston as spoken of as the veteran and Til d the youngster, who had de. posed him. The fact, of course, is that Johnston won the champlonship first in 1915 and that Tilden did not win it until 1920. Nonetheless Tilden is older than Little Bill. The lanky Philadel- phian was born on February 10, 1893, and California Bill first saw the light on November 2, 1894. Johnston, thus, is within a few months of being two years younger than Big Bill, LIBERTY A. C. 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