Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1926, Page 29

! out. SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WE DNESDAY, MAY 26, 1926. SPORTS. 29 Revival of Yankees Attributed to Ruth : College Broad Ju BAMBINO NOW IS PLAYING BEST BALL OF HIS CAREER Babe’s Great All-Around Work Has Provided In- spiration for Entire Club—Strong Showing of Cincinnati Reds Is No Spring Flash. BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. NOTHER passing weck still finds the home-run brigade of Miller Huggins ripping things wide apart in the American League. Ruth, putting on one of the greatest comebacks in the history of Ameri- can sport, has been a remarkable inspiration to the entire Yankee club. The “Big Bam™ now is well ahead of his 1921 home-run record, but even that doesn't begin to tell the true story of the part that he is playing in the renaissance of the Yankees. At no time in his carcer has Rut Spring. He has played right ficld w with the judgment of a Carey and Meusel, has excelled him in whipping in the ball from the outfield. Bob’s arm is the best in the majors. Ruth’s ho recent Yankee winning st the timely singles and doubles when has been a thorough reconciliation between Ruth and Huggins, the little Miller has no more loyal, devoted follower than the rollicking Babe. Apart from Ruth, the continues to show the terrific power | which I recognized in the South last | March. Regardless of whether the! Yanks win, T believe that the club has | shown enough so far to prove that| T was actuated by neither sentiment nor a hunch when I picked it to win| the American League pennant in| 1926. The Yankees' pitching a has | perked up materially. Pennock was better, and Hoyt and Shocker are in for big vears. Shawkey will be out for several weeks following an operation on his foot for a broken bone in his ankle, but young Thoma: has stepped nicely into the breach an has been pitching winning ball. As the result of the recent winning | spurt of the Yankees, I have raised | the Yankees’ pennant percentage fig- ures to .00, 50 points gbove Washing- ton. The Athletics are rated 5 points) behind the Senators. ‘Washington’s Vets Wobbling. ‘Washington experienced more diffi- eulty in downing the Western clubs than the two other contenders of the giving signs of getting creaky in| the joints. Joe Bush has been of little| use to “Bucky” Harris and recently Coveleskie and Ruether have been ge iing theirs. “Covel” will have no sea-| son such as he had in 1925. Bank on; that. | For a spell, Roger Peckinpaugh | braced the Senator infield. and two| weeks of prosperity followed his r toration to the regular V' Nne-up. But his hatting hington | oft to fell 1215 and now Harrls again is experi- | menting with Young Myer | at short. The kid is hitting below i The Athletics still are pl K of it | Phil- | ast analized how adelphia vear's wild mnan the 41y ol waiver pic | the pitching staff. The team is hittin; nd better, but Hauser remains down around .215 and Mac iced the eran mbse loway, his regular shortstop, below 200, Cobb Peserving of Credit. The Detroit Tygers made the best Americ showing of the Western League teams in the Eas the only ones to ma showing against the Yankees. hold-: ing New York to an even break in a stubbornly contested series. (‘chh de- serves a lot of credit for the ging with his material. H ing weakness is pronounced, z was further handicapped by mann’s failure to hit up to his standards. Ha is just emerging from the worst batting slump since he | became a star. Cleveland got qiite a setback, when the Indians dropped three straight at Yankee Stadium, but the Tribe con- | tinued fighting, and is making a brave | bid for a first division berth. But | sooner or later they are bound to fal- ter, just as they did in 1925 The White Sox have developed a sturdy attack. which, with good pitch- ing by Blankenship. Lyons and Thur- ston, should keep this club somewhere in the running. The Browns made a dismal showing in the East and show little sign of tmprovement. Even the lowly Red Sox are winning with a little greater fre- quency. Reds Are No Spring Flash. The Cincinnati Reds continue to run out in front in the National League, and their strong play Is no Spring flash. I still favor Pittsburgh, but only by a shade. This week I have advanced the Reds to .575 in the pen- nant chances percentage, only 10 points below the rating given the fa- vorite Pirates. The Reds are fighting stubbornly, and there is a new confidence in their play. Even with a batting weakling, Emmer, at short, the club has been showing a stronger and stronger of- fense. Luque is not yet in his best form, but Donchue and Rixey are do- ing great work. Cincinnati turned back the Glants three out of four and took quite a little wind out of the Dodger pennant bubble. Pittsburgh has fought its way past the .500 mark, but the competition has been much stiffer than a vear ago. The hitting of Cuyler, Traynor and Wright has been carrying the club. McInnis also has been hitting, but he has slowed up to a walk in his fielding. The failure of Carey and Barnhart to | hit with their usual vigor has been the big handicap of the club. Max, weak- ened by his Winter iliness, was hitting ! only .188 at the end of last week. | Barnhart, who hit .325 last season and drove in 114 rups, had to be benched | after he hit only .114 in 29 games. It} 18 one of those slumps for which there 1s no explanation. McGraw Continuing Shifts. McGraw has been making additional shifts to his Giants within the past week. Players are. coming and going. One thing is certain: McGraw will not sit on his hands watching a club break up without trying some moves to rem- edy the condition. Hartley, one of the catching veterans, has been passed to the minors. Snyder still is hanging on, but he, too, is well on the way. Once a robust hitter, he now is not hitting his weight, and Frank is a 200- pounder. Brooklyn is beginning to fall back, and I do not think we again will see the Dodgers in first place, or any-| where near- the top. The inherent ! strength simply’ was not there, and | ®ood pitching could not keep the club | up Indefinitely. With Vance and Grimes in their 1924 form, there would be a chance for Uncle Robby, but the star of the great “‘Dazzy” apparently is waning. The Cardinals have started to hit again, and will battle Brooklyn for a first division berth before the month is The Cubs hold up remarkably well, and are pulling out many games by sheer determination. It is amazing w! RADIATORS, FENDERS * BODIES MADE AND REPAIRED RADIATORS FOR' AUTOS w. TATT'S R. & F, WKS. rs have been spectacular, and were big factors in that k, but the Babe also has come through with Yankee club| s» di | accomplish with By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, May 26— Promoter Jim Mullen, Wy well booked on title fights here which 1waiting ap- proval of the Iilinois Boxing Comm sion, has opened negotiations for a | return match between Mickey Walker | land Pete Latzo, who recently re. lieved Walker of the welterweight | National ILeague Club, for open h played better ball than he has this ith the skill of a Hooper, run bases only his illustrious teammate, Bob And runners were on the bases. There nd today CHANCE RATINGS IN MAJORS TO DATE FLAG AMERICAN' LEAGUE. New Y Washi Al . 300 | . 100 N Boston ATIONAL LEAGUE. Pittsburgh . . nati New York Brookly st. Louis. Chicago Boston ....... Philadelphia . a rtened aggregation | disorganized, dis- | he Phillies win whenever Carlson EASTERN NINE ENDS SEASON WITH A WIN Eastern’s base hall nine, winner: of the scholnstic series, tucks its uni- forms away among the camphor balls today after having completed its schedule yesterday with a 13-to-8 vic- tory over St. Johns at the Lificoln Park Stadium. “Biggy" Quinn went eight innings on the mound, but although enjoying a lead was removed in favor of Frager when the Johnnies began to hit a lit- tle too often. Cappelli led the hitters with a total of three bingles. The Eastern track team had little in the way of opposition to offer the Georgetown University freshmen in thelr dual meet at Hilltop. The college boys took every first place and made clean sweeps in four events. The score was 82 to 25. On Friday the Eastern runners will try their luck against Swavely Prep. Central's nine, playing Baltimore Poly today at Wilson Stadilum and winding up its season tomorrow with swavely, took the measure of Alexan- High vesterday, 16 to 0. Wes yng pitched for Central, allowing only three hits, and led his team in batting with two doubles and a single. Iban's today on ‘Western meets St. the latter nine's b: ball fleld, and closes its season Saturday with Tome Institute at Port Deposit, Md. Coleman Jomes, holder of the Dis- trict scholastic javelin record; James Suter and Chester Freeman will rep- resent Central in the Eastern scholas- tic championships at Columbia on Monday. Suter and Freeman will compete in the weight events and high jump, respectivel Briarley Hall pastimers bowed to Georgetown Prep, 12 to 4. INDIANS GET PINCH-HIT ON THE 22D ATTEMPT CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 26 UP).— Tt took 22 attempts by pinch hitters of the Cleveland Indians before one de- livered. When Pat McNulty beat out an Infield hit Monday he was the first to_hit safely. In six other attempts McNulty walk- ed twice. Of six others sent into bat In & pinch, two received a base on balls, but on other occasions failed to reach first base. Cleveland's pinch-hitting average s .055, compared to .293 for opposing tches, but outside of that few victo- are going to the Fletcher arms. | Carlson right now would be a real | handy ¢ on the Pirates. Bancroft, | a fine character, the same kind of Vestern trip that Sisler, another grand | fellows, experienced when he took his | Browns through the American League | o Fast, New York and Philadelphia. The | b veteran Washington pitching staff is| cities of the East. But ball games are | not won on good feilowshij | Braves, one of teams of the train a one of the enders . just now | Boston tail- x 1 LATZO-WALKER BOUT | PLANNED IN CHICAGO| boxing crown, Muilen said he has an understand- ng with Jack Kearns, M and that he offer’ Latzo more money than he can get out of u championship bout else- where. The Park, promoter home gry of the Chicago -air bouts this Sunn Mullen’s bids for permits to match Rocky Kansas and Sammy Mandell for the lightweight title and Charlie (Phil) Rosenberz and Bud Taylor of | Terre [laute {or the bantaumweight championship are before the boxing commission. The commissioners are engaged in drafting the State boxing and wrestling code. ARE OFF FOR ENGLAND EW YORK. Mayv 26 (@. last band of golf invaders, 3 ter Hagen, has left to participate in the British open championship and a special professional team match. The party also included Al Watrous, Bill Mehlhorn, Tommy Armour and Joe Stein. Jim Barnes, present British cham. pion: Cyril Walker, Freddie McLeod, Emmet French and Joe Kirkwood al- ready are overseas, pinch batters. SCHOOL GIRLS START RIFLE TITLE CONTEST Members of the high school girls' rifle team will compete on the range 1t Eastern High School today and to- morrow for the individual champion- ship. 1t is the first time a_prize has been offered the best single shot and a great deal of interest has been mani- fested. TENNIS STARS GATHER. CHICAGO, 3 (#).—Tennis stars of the Western Conference were arriving today for the annual cham- pionship tourney on University of The tourney this year is limited to conference competition, which will prevent Butler, last year's winner of both the doubles and singles, from competing. BASE BALL SECRETS By Sol Metzger. To Slide Home Inside Catcher. £ W —€7 0T THISRRS In order to avoid a putout in sliding home on a close play the big leaguer uses a good method. He throws his body on the inside of the base line toward the dia- mond and as he goes by shoots out a hand to touch the base, as the player on the left in the illustra- tion is doing. That keeps his body away from the ball and presents only his hand and arm as a target for the catcher to touch. Note how much better is this method than the one used by the player on the right, who Is sliding straight along the base line into the base. . He is an easy putout on a close play. SANDLOT FOES TO RENEW OLD RIVALRY ON SUNDAY M Rainier diamond. OUNT RAINIER and Maryland Athletic Chib teams, leaders in the race for the Prince Georges County base ball title last sea- son, renew their rivalry Sunday, when they clash on Mount At the last meeting of the two teams in the crucial game of the county series the District Line aggregation The Marylanders are hoping to aven, took their enemies to camp, 8 to 4. ge this defeat and add to the string of three straight wins registered already this season. Lefty McIntyre probably will be on the firing line for the visitors, while Manager Holcer of Mount Rainler will send Dick Hughes to the hox. With three games booked the Chevy Chase Bearcats will get action aplenty over the week end. The team goes to Brighton, Md., Saturday, and on Sun- day tackies the Union Printers for the first time this season. Monday’s game is with Mount Rainier on the latter's diamond. Bert Adelman, Mike Ste- vens, Bobbie Stevens and Jack Bat- son are expected to be back in the line-up. Liberty Athletic Club diamonders are booked for Sunday and Monday, but wish to arrange a Saturday game through their manager at Columbia 4165-J. The St. Mary's nine of Alex- andria will be entertained on Plaza field Sunday at 3, and Takoma Park encountered on the same diamond Monday at 9 o'clock. The team has a berth for an unlimited pitcher, and has use for an outfielder to replace George Cordova, who is leaving the city. Marine Barracks pastimers chalked Where Quality Counts— vavi Win | 1/ 3 on Our Two-Pants SUITS . Stanley Clothes Shop . 1209 Pa. Ave. N.W. up a 13-to-5 win yesterday at the ex- pense of the Naval Hospital nine. Dedden hurled for the Leathernecks. With Babcock on the ‘mound the ‘War College nine rolled up a 19-to-5 victory yesterday at the expense of a team representing. the War Depart- m‘m:‘l at Washington. Barracks dia- mond. Hyattsville Boy Scouts, who won by forfeit from the Courtland nine, play the rubber game of their series with the kBrentwnOd Scout team early next week. Sterling Midgets took the measure of the Southern Midgets, 13 to 1T. Gilbert Markham is booking Sunday and week day games for the Modoc unlimited nine at Cleveland 2125. Lexington Athletic Club base balle: are after games with midget teams. Call Potomac 3047-J. s HAWKINS MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located Street on For 1333-37 14th St, Main 5780 the—nng Qtat' ; BOYS CLUB .Conducted by ROBERT C. McCLELLAN BY ALPHONSE SMITH, Champion Boy Tennis Player. HEN you start a tennis match the first thing you do is serve. So I'm going to start with the serve. The object of a serve is not so much to win a clean race, but to get your opponent in an unfavorable position so you may win on the return. There are various sorts of service you read about In the description The twist’ service is nerve racking and exhausting and_unless a_feliow tra strong and has great’ endur- ance he may not be able to keep up his own pace. of great matches played in the late Summer. The twist service is often written of. But unless a player can get a good twist service and can make the most of it he had better leave it alone, for it may do him more damage than good. You often see a fellow make a- ter- rific serve the first time and then barely lob it over the next time. Your object is to get into the posi- tion you want for the rest ‘of the play. A slow but well placed serve can do this for vou. Speed is great, but speed alone is disastrous, for a fellow will forget about placing and think too much of his speed. 1 The field of cracks entered for of the most remarkable consecutive “Mac” had been collecting a big share of the prize money offered in the South, snaring several tourna- ments and finishing well up In others. Considering this player's own bril- liance and the vast amount of golf he has played and seen, there is high tribute in his statement that the greatest strategy he ever witnessed on a golf course was engineered by Arthur Havers, the Britisher, in win- Hagen in 1923 at Troon. ““Havers made the grandest shot on the seventeenth hole that I've seen in all my life,” says Smith. ““The seventeenth at Troun, a par 3 hole measuring 230 yvards, was, for all purposes, a four-stroke hole dur- ing most of this tournament, and especially on the last round. Afraid to Make Attempt. “Under prevailing conditions, all of us were afraid to try for the green from the tee. “The seventeenth green is a plateau affair, with deep traps at both sides and in front, and during the 1923 tournament was as slippery as fce. During the final round a regular gale was blowing from the left. Those who tried to drive the green with a spoon, using either a hook or a slice, came to grief, invariably going into a bunker. “As a result, Barnes, Hagen, Kirk- chance to win—played from the tee into rough at the right of the green. Then we would chip over the bunker on that side, hoping to get near enough to the cup to hole a putt for a 3, but not much upset if we took a 4. There was plenty of room for a chip shot, as the only cup was set 10 feet from the bunker on the left side of the green. “Out of the coterle which had started the final round with a chance for victory 1 finally ended up with a total of 297 and Joe Kirkwood had 208. Havers and Hagen still were out and it seemed that 295 would win the championship. “Havers, who was playing ahead of Hagen, and who had established a two-stroke lead over Walter at the start of the round, came to the sev- enteenth needing two 4s for 295. But, instead of shooting for a 4 on the seventeenth, he elected to try for par 3. “It was a daring strategy, but he had the nerve and skill to try it. "Ig- noring the route the rest of us had Golf Stfategies That Won Some Important Struggles “By Bunker” ning the British open from Walter | wood—all of us, in fact, who had a | One of the aims of The Evening Star Boys Club is to learn one thing every day that will help to make you a better athlete After a heavy meal a boy should not indulge in strenuous exercise, but should relax and allow the digestive organs to take care of the burden wait at least half an hour before i dulging in a game or hard practic (Uopyright. 1926.) 1.043 ¥DS. T was just a bit less than two weeks before the chief event of the Southern season, the North and South open at Pinchurst, marking the return to the North of the big professionals, was to be played. the tournament, which provided the | climax to the Winter campaign, was wondering if Macdonald Smith would | repeat his brilliant performance of 1925, when he won the event by some rounds ever seen. taken, he aimed his toward the green. “The last degree of golfing science was put into that shot. Havers started his ball directly toward the deep bunker on the left, keeping it spoon shot | finish. before the wind caught it and lifted it. Then it bent gently around and dropped on the green, stopping three feet from the cup. | *“As 1 said before, the green was treacherously slippery. In putting Havers used additional headwork. Although only three feet away, he took more care to hold his ball where he was sure to get par 3 than he did to get a birdie 2. He putted just a little to the left of the cup and then holed out. “Par 4 on the last hole would have given him 294. But he didn't get it, so it was well that he had plaved the seventeenth as he did. Five on the eighteenth put his total at 295. “Hagen, coming in with a 75, was second, with 296. “I never expect to see another shot like Havers'."” (Copyright, 1926.) i FRENCH RACKETERS WIN. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, May 26 (#).—France eliminated Czechoslova- kia from the Davis Cup tennis compe- tition when Rene Lacoste and Jacques Brugnon beat Kozeluh and Zemla in the doubles, 8—2, 3—6, 6—8, 6—2, T—5. WAR-NAVY EASY VICTOR. War-Navy base ballers scored an easy win yesterday in the Colored Departmental League at the expense of the City Post Office team. The count for the seven-inning fray was 12 to 5. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 26 (®). —Tex Rickard and the New York box-. ing commission will confer next Wed- nesday in regard to the former's plans for a title bout for Jack Dempsey, heavyweight titlist, according to a statement made by Rickard here. COLLEGE BASE BALL. At Elon—Elon, 5; North Carolina, 2. = A,t %uwlordsv!llo—bel”nuw. 2; Wa- ash, 0. At South Bend—Georgia, 3; Dame, 2. At Valparaiso—St. Viators, 2 paraiso, 3. i Val. COLLARS Ate efitirely new—They look like linen— They ate flexible yet starched— And they outwear any starched collar ever offered 35¢ each 3 for $1.00 CLUBTT, PEABODY & CO.INC. MAKERS ! low and giving it a slight fade at the | It went almost to the bunker | 692 GOLFERS COVET OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 26.—Willie Mac- Farlane’'s American open golf crown is sought by 692 players this year, 162 of whom will participate in the |8, 9 ana 10. | Fourteen districts will take care of | qualifications June 14 and the first |30 to finish at Worcester, Mass., a year ago, and all who participate in the British championships this year will be eligible without gualitying. The Chicago district has 113 en- trants, whie New York is only six be- hind. ~Chicago has been allowed 19 places and New York 18 in the quali- fications, JUNIORS TAKE EVENTS AT MARIORIE WEBSTER By winning the sdrchery and volley |ball contests, vesterday, it is believed {that the J rs iwve won the cup, glven to the cluss most proficient in all-round activities in the events held |as part of commencement exercises at |the Marjarie Webster School. It was |dectded not tp announce the winner |until the exercises this evening. | “The Juniors won “the vlley bal. to 19, while Imogene Koonce, | Junior archer, scored all of her teams points to defeat the Senfors 4 to 3. | Gertrude Schuman scored twice and | Betty Langenfeld once. CLAIMS BIKE'RECORD. | MONTLHERY, France, May 26 | ). —The cyclist, Henri Breau, ac- complished an extraordinary feat at the Speedway here yesterday in cov- | ering ' 100 - kilometers, approximately | 62 miles, in ' hour 7 minutes 42 2.5 | seconds, setting what is claimed to listance on a bicycle. COAST IS DEPENDING ON ITS FIELD STARS By the Associated Press CAMBERIDGE, Mass., May 26.—The West Coast relies on prowess in the field for its fifth 1. C. A. A. A. A, | erown in six years. Strength in the | throwing and jumping events seems likely to be the deciding factor in the intercollegiate track meet at Har- | vard Friday and Saturday. Christie, coach of Cali- ., thinks that 30 points will win the meet. With this in view, he will double up his | men, as he did in the Princeton meet a week ago, and make an attempt at every point in sight. “I'here is some probability that long- standing records will go to smash. | The half-mile field is fast, including Richardson of Stanford, \Vatters of | Harvard. Boyden of California and Niersbach of Southern California. | " The 2-mile record, . will | endangered by Tibbets of Harvard {and Loucks of Syracuse, both 1925 | finalists. | The 9.1.second record in the cen- tury dash of Leconey of Penn State, et in 1922, is threatened with Hus- sey of Boston College, National A. A. | UL titali Mijler of Harvard, Rus- |sell of Cornell, Barber of California |and other fast men in the lanes. R R, “FANCY GIRL” WINNER ' OF PIGEON CONTEST Fancy Girl, from the Boswell loft, took the fourth race of the National Capital Concourse Association’s old- bird series flown yesterday from Akron, Ohio, a distance of 380 miles. A field of 199 homers, representing 21 lofts, were liberated at 10:156 a.m., and the winner timed in at 3:13, for an average speed of nearly a mile a min- ute. Results of the race with speed, in yards per minute, of first returns follow: Boswell Bros. 1.668: G_J. Thomas, 1,650 1.8d6: C. H. A H B Cx“l;ml T, 153: K% B A, Hantt: H : D, J ralg, sa!:‘ . LB, ingtor 1.456: W. H. 3 Uiltad States Nov: report. With A Money Back Guarantee We belieye Manuel offers the best cigar value on the market today. So sure are we of Manuel’s quality that we offer on a guaranteed b Buy smoke it, and if it fails to please, just get your money back. Other Sizes: Perfecto, 10c Invincible, 2for 25¢c President, 2 for 25¢ Imperial 15¢c if'h)tmplmmhm proper at the Scioto | Country Club, Columbus, Ohlo, July | | be the world motor-paced record for | be! ;| Aquina College. Columbus. | by Good Margin ated P BRIDGE, Mass., May inches for the intercollegiate t A C 7 William saults in the v e in coach of the St ct, say books for many year that the record-shatter porarily at least. Comins, wh of 24 feet 4 ing era in broa Inside Golf By Chester Horton, | | 'ry that. Watch it for “the body head of the shot.” i to hit the | don’t fail t follow In the hwe have top of the mid- | { swing. Note | | the club 1 . Jock Huteh- | an advo- | | ca ere & not |a_ more ind drive | t of the secret | of his acct vour eyes in | this pict t swing and | see wh. but be care- | ful not to jerk the cl applying pressure i!ll"ulu; | | 'MRS. CAMERON’S 97 | BEST IN GOLF EVENT downward by start of the (Copy | Mrs. L. 0. Cameron. winner of the qualifying round vesterday in the event at the Chevy Chase Club for [the French High Cammission Cup for women, drew a bye in the first round today. | | Mrs. Cameron 'had a card of 97 to | |lead the other entrants in the medal | round. | Today's pairings follow: Mrs. L. O. Cameron drew Miss Loulse Lacey vs Hacker, Mrs. W. I. |a bye, Mrs. J. . Dry |Ekengren, Mrs. Arthur McArthur vs. {Mrs. W. V. Freeman, Mrs. Corcoran | Thom vs. Mrs. . T. Hooper, Mrs. | Rust vs. Mrs. McCook Knox, Mrs. C. | B. McVay drew a bye. a_bye; Miss Susan ather, jr. drew den vs. Mme. PAIR OF NEW PLAYERS OBTAINED BY RED SOX WICHITA FALLS. T May 26 (#).—Howard Fitzgerald, star outfield- er of the Wichita Falls club of the Texas League. has been traded to the Boston Americans for Joe Kiefer, right-handed pitcher: Ross, a left- hander, and Jenkins, an outfielder. BOSTON, May 26 (#).—The Boston Red Sox have obtained from the Co- | lumbus club of the American Assocla- | tion Regan, an infielder, for Emmett MeCann, formerly of Portland, Oreg., and Jimmy Geygan. a recruit from CARS WASHED While You Wait mp Mark Appears Safe RECORD NOT THREATENED IN GAMES THIS WEEK END Figures Are 24 Feet 8 Inches, Set by Comins, Yale Athlete, in 1924—This Feat Has Been Beaten in Other Meets. 26.—The broad jump record of 24 feet 8 rack and field championships, set by 1924, seems likely to withstand as- eth annual title meet this week end in the opinion of ford University track team. he would not be surprised to see the mark s to come, because of the prospect d-jumping has come to an end, tem- he set the new standard, displaced a 25-year-old mark ch had stood to the credit of the great Pennsyl- 1. for 25 years. The Yale star thus secured his place among the greatest of modern jump- ers, but Templeton points out that the real record-shattering in the period since the war has heen done by four others, including Bob Legendre and three famous negro stars, Sol Butler, and De Hart Hubbard. of Dubuque College, games in Paris, 1919, on an extremely. wet and slippery runway. With firmer footing he easily might have added a foot to his mark. The next vear. in the Olympic trvouts, Butler did 24 feet $ inches in spite of a bad take-off. “Ther " continued Templeton, “came Gourdin of Harvard, who broke O'Con- nor's world record of 24 feet 11% inches with a leap, of 25 feet 3 inches. ‘The most startling athlete of all was the third of the famous trio of negro jumpers, Hubbard of Michigan. From the first year of his college com- petition the only conjecture as to his performance n meet was whether or not he would do 25 feet. He beat this mark many times, but fell just short of Gou s record, but he capped the climax last Summer at Chicago by jumping feet 107 inches far a world's record. “A year before this dramatic climax to Hubbard's college career another man upset the athletic world's idea of the broad-jump possibilities. For years Bob Legendre, the wonderful all around athiete from Georgetown, had competed in meets as a broad-jumper without startiing any one. After fin ishing his college carcer he was con- sidered to have lost much of his oid speed and spring, yet, competing in the pent in 1924, he j a new world's mark “It isn't any wonder, therefore, that people do not give Com <" mark much consideration or expect it to survive for long. But it must be remembered that Gourdin and Legendre competed their full three years in I C. A. A. & meets ~ without _ displacing Kraenzlein's old record. Only such a star at his best can hope to beat it. To my mind that 24 feet § inches is really great, an achievement which T think will survive an onslaught of many a college generation.” JOCKEY McGEE HURT. COWINGTON, Ky., May 26 (#).— Jockey Matty McGee, formerly of La- tonia, who rode Dunbar 11 in the Eng- lish Derby many years ago, has been reported serfously injured in a spill at | St. Cloud race track, in France. Phy- sicians hold out little hope for his re- covery, the report said. - COOK TO FIGHT BURKE. CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 26 (f).— George Cook, heavyweight champion of Australia. will meet Martin Burke, champion heavyweight of the South, in a 10-round boxing bout at Redland Field, Cincinnati, Monday night, June 7. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats STANDARD ACCESSORIES CO. 5013 Ga. Ave. Col. 2861 EISEMAN’S, 7th & F d D > Y od = VL B Al Standard Cigar & Tobacco Co., DiSTKIBUTORS 635 Louisiana Ave. N.W. Washington, D. C. MAZER-CRESSMAN CIGAR CO., Inc., Detroit, Makers