Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1926, Page 52

SPORTS. Factional Fight Annoys American League : Joe Dundee Gun LANDIS’ POWER BOOSTED BY INTRA-CIRCUIT STRIFE ion in Ranks Throws Control of Base Ball to ational League, Ardent Supporter of Czar. nior Loop Playing Politics Well. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK. October 14—The joint meeting of the major leagues, with Commissioner Landis presiding, very likely will be held this vear in Chicago. One thing the American League is mulling over-—at least some ague is mulling—is whether there will he any further politics the National League to retain Landis as basc ball czar, although t this year. . because of illness in the family of the commissioner, nded their way to Chicago and heard the riot act read } League. Many things can happen in two vears, and even ball men have forgotten all about the resigned air with ich erican .League clected Frank Navin to the advisory council place of Ban Johnson, president of the icaguc, gue president had ; of a commissioner was provided for to do with the recent world | by action of individual nd not pt to attend and applaud. | by leagues. No better could o a_one-man affair have been devised to sow ip on the thing with played by Two vears the ball men w to \. i * the 1" i 15k of 1 who put ding Leag e provision the ele 2 comm . they | might have done it with 1 afore- thought, figuring that it would be one way to check Ban Johnson. who never was popular enough in the Na- tional League to be invited to take | arink with the bovs aft office. In any event, the National League now is able to keep Landis in as they retain the vote an League club. tuation is not r »in its meeting | precipitated an_ issue mijor leagues when it Hat-footed for another term rdiess of the faet that two ¥ before the com would through with i, National League Confident. izne felt perfectly | that action be. nilsleo SOt IOR |l asierinan Kt nic. tong with the | gywners, other than Comiskey, some of on and - vote for|whom have gnas their teeth to Comiskey and John- | quch an extent they have been o “"’D”" ssly at 0dds | compelled to buy new ones. can b ioner can be r ehody 1 the re seven re-clected | joint session probably will be called In lpped # | Chicago and t Judge Landis will agreement he- | breide. < when the election ! (Copyright. 1926, ILLINOISIOWA STRUGGLE TOPS CARD IN MIDWEST| 7~ HICAGO. October 14.—The footsteps of the “galloping ghost” of 3 foot hall cchoed today in the lull before Saturday’s opening 1 the battle for the Western Conference title. encounters Bob c-coming crowd. was the mecca for Midwest looking for an- tests involving all but two of the uni versities in titular conflict. Chieago, entraining today for Phila- | delphia with a somewhat hattered squad, meets Pennsylyania for the sixth time since 1898, and Ohio State, In fine trim and seeking to repeat Iast ve: e, Columb Rarred : eral favor contines tod ures stood out ind the rene Tiinois warfare and its p duel between the two touted to the W They we Kutsel ' Pete Ippke’s own or the place left vacant when his famous protege traded his 77 jersey for a diploma Peters. pla Dis first veur of in tereollezinte ball, has led the a 4 drop-kicked his i He is a shifty, ken-field runner. | against 5 1 City. tes were in gen- out the Big Ten as coaches tapered off i wee ©wous work for the quar tet of games—Purdue and Wisconsin \Madison, Minnesota and Michigan r. probe | at Minnesota, and Indiana and North- Iy at hi hen threading western at Evanston. Knute Rockne I plaved added final touches to the offens nien- | team will use against Penn State at South ime of conference inte h Notre Dame is not a Big foot sive int voritis pace-changing b at tsch erushin nd in adthon; st Ten school rates the 1 con MIDBLE ATLANTIC EVENT DRAWS SOME STAR PROS professional golicrs of the East will compete ¢ open championship of the Middle Atlantic Profes- | \ssociation, to be held over the course of the Rolling ub, near Baltimore, on October 22 and 23. Rill Mel- irrel Leo Diegel have entered the event, and additional stars are expected 5 ! proved worthy of the name of famous namesake when he romped in ihead of the other competitors to an- nex low net with a card of 98 s1 Dr. Thomas A. Utz was second low net with 98 3 essic Turne Jones in the play. Diezel ve plaved B Tree heen woeks end h < early for pro~. fonals will it Rollir holes mex Joe i ihe f Atlanta won the in the golf tourn National Paint, Oil and Varni: Association vesterday at on N sional v had a card of 81 second went to N. T. Chapin Cleve who had $3, with 1. B. St mble of Newark, third at 86 T W. McGhee won low net with 848 Middle At. |78 second low net went to H. A e eran | Biall with 88 12 and third low was_ won by F. A. Jensen, net t the oland Park - - 1 RT— ~3T. ltimore Countr L R ELLIOTT A, C. QUINT IS SEEKING GAMES Practice has been started by | didates for Eliott A. C. sket ball |team that will compete in the 140 pound class and pre-season games - be arranged by calling Lincoln the ney it open N start morning for committee of inter- viand o on Wi can 130 golfers = o solf Veterans the squad that will hold its next drill Sunday on Pierce outdoor court include Under- wood, Levy, W “happle, Leon, Wright, Amert nd Godwin. on vere to qualify <chool William €. d Swing the “Barr_prove Eastern Preps will hold a basket ball meeting tonight at the home of Wilson Zambreny, 450 Tenth street southeast, and all players are asked to attend. fian Npring | 1 with rd Here is a collar to match the weather, crisp and bright. Fall style is cer- tainly at ymartest in the Van Heusen. The Van Heusen never wrinkles, because it is the only collar woven on a curve; it conforms natur- ally to the curve of the neck, without the artificial support of starch. 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October 14.—Thirteen is no iinx for George Burns, slug- ging first baseman of the Cleveland Indians Burns selected his thirteenth year of major base ball to pound out an all-time hitting record, and a committee of base ball writers picked the thirteenth of October to vote him the 1926 award as the most valuable player in the American League Incidentally, two times 13 players were included in the balloting, from which the names of Cobb, Speaker, Collins, Sisler, Ruth, Johnson and Peck- inpaugh were eliminated because they were choices in other years. Burns, however, led the field by a wide margin, Mostil of Chicago rating his closest rival, with half as many Burns topped his jwith the Tadians by collecting 64 t gers, to pass the previous majors playing jever to be the unanimous choice for the honor was Ruth, chosen in 18 Twenty-six players were named in set by his manager. Tris|the balloting, in which playing man- | Speaker, He hit in 151 games |agers and players already chosen for »nd ranked next to Ruth in total of | the “hall of tam e not eligible to Funs. In fielding he had 1.499 putouts, | consideration. | 99 assists and only 19 errors and fig Result of the Voting. | ured in double plays. He began | {bis majors career with Detroit in center field] but with scarcely half as | il center, i as Burns, the award com- | g ohnn; Mostil, | ficlder of the Chicago White Sox, with | lienzs |33 votes. while only 1 vote behind him | ghpeit Groves: Pl g d Herb Pennock, pitcher for the | Lion Gosln. outfieid | New York Yankees. I ou ) Ge Burns Started With Detroit. I The Cleveland first sacker broke | Giui Mefilo into the Amecrican League with De- | served two years with | ¢ nd went to Cleveland, | { on, but got him || E o For six years he has | ! il » 300, bis best marl : field T mittee Detroit Iphia second outfieid. St Louis ird base. Washington. Her adelpha Washington ¥ St Louis York Boston Toston S 1 Lou <hor outfie Shortston v. pitcher, St obson. outfieider, I batted well ove | being 1in 1 Pec year with 45 points. '150-POUND GRID TEAMS HOLD MEETING TONIGHT EPRESENTATIVES of all 130-pound gridiron teams are invited to tend a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at the \Washington Post Ruildmg to further plans for the championship series it is pro- posed to conduct under auspices of the Capital City League. Northerns, Brookland, Knick Preps, Southern Preps, Wintons and | Chevy Chasc are among teams that are expected to compete. | f | contests will start at Apache foot ballers will drill to- | Rosesale field. | morrow night at 7:30 o'clock, in prep- | aration for their engagement with | Battery B of Fort Myer, at Union | their season Sunday afternoon, meet | League Park Sunday at 3 o'clock ing Renroc juniors at 3 o'clock at ¢ Rignoy agstond on the honor last The only player | 3 o'clock on Cardinal moleskinners will Third street and Missouri avenue. Palace A. C. gridders are priming | The Cards are to drill ¢ { for their opening clash of the cam- | field urday night at 7 ign against Navy Yard Marines|all players are urged to repor st at 1 o'clc on Wauashington | year the eleven n le an excellent arracks field. It will be Palace’s|showing in the 1 pound class, win first game an unlimited eleven.| ning nine games and tying one in | The squad will workout tonight and 11 starts. 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Joe has proved to be a mighty good hattler since that day and his position in the welterweight ranks has been due to his con- sistent wins. Zivic, on the other hand been so fortunate in his fights and for that matter does mot figure to| trouble Dundee unduly. | But Zivie thinks he has the Indian | sign on the Southern lad. There may | tor be something in what he says, after |} ¢ the dope has been up- | set this year anything may happen. | It is getting o that records and performance charts mean nothing all. has not |the New York Boxing Commission to clinch match with Champion Charley Rosenber. Graham was con sidered the logical contender, and still for that matter. Due to his vic aver Graham. the veteran New lander attempted to supersede rahaim. Now Low and wan Perfetti comes to the bat to know where he comes off. He points to a win over nd ficures he has as good a ' as any Perfetti has tried n | mateh with Bushey Grat but so victory Young Montreal scored over |far he has been unsuccessful. No Bushey Graham is causing a it of [ one seems to care to have anything commotion among the bantamweights. | to 4o with the little will-"-the wisp of Not so lomz ago Young Montreal's | the bantam rank: manager tried to post a forfeit with ! it t Young Montreal Surprise. Speaking of past performances to arrange a the (Covyright. 19 NTERCITY PIN CLASHES DUE EARLY THIS SEASON ITH so many leagues swinging into action carly this season, Washington duckpin fans are not likely to have to wait until the game goes along two or three months before secing some inter- city competition, as they did last year. Although nothing defi- tions for such contests already are under way. Two or more clashes of this character are apt to be staged on local drives before Thanksgiving dav. King Pin and A dia interest: zn'oJ G prepared to back such matches, it understood, and the Recreation chain, > Al which inchides three big sets of atievs, | | Vistal Foot Ball also is eage to promote intercity By competition the earliest possible moment at SOL METZGER. Hap Burtner is hitting ‘em again in the Masonic Association. Bowling for Centennial, he started his sci with | two fine scores then flopped below the century mark in his final effort. | His scores, though, greatly helped Centennfal to take three games from | Roosevelt. | ist Step Bowlers of tephen's Club are| turning out strong for their league| Straight Off Tackle BucK Play 1st Step End Run race. Twelve teams are on the drive and competition is spirited. The ¢ cuit is developing a number of young |, bowlers, | In the Flower League the Marigolds proved more hardy than the Golden Rods. The latter were outscored in) three games, with Poppy hitting the pins best for the winners | Hilltops are up to their old tricks |} in the Northeast League. They took | all three games from Lexington. Ed- | inger shot high game for the Hilltops | with 1 When Wilson of Washington hit the line last Fall he ran with his body tilted well forward. shoulders slightly higher than buttocks and 1 up, so he could pick the open thit were offered. Like all good plungers, Wilson kept his legs well under him, so he could use their full power in driving forward. Backs practice long and assidu- ous in starting. Most of them line up, own in Fig. 1. with their feet parallel to the line of serimmage, legs well under them and one hand forward on the zround to steady them. They are on their toes, too. The steps of : hack in starting are three, as pic: tured in the panel at the top of the drawing, the first step being long for an end run and short and straight ahead for a line plunge The end run demands speed, the plunge speed and power. On a first pass for a plunge t center tosses the b ily walst high, o the rush forward into the ball and catch it with both hands (Fig. 2) without danger of fumbling or losing his speed. Then he pulls the ball into his stomach with both hands and drives ahead for the hole, head up and with his legs working like pistons. If there is no hole often his_power will force one when he strikes the mass of players ahead. tip for plavers: In line ging run with the feet pointed ght ahead and fairly well apart, so you can change direction as opportunity offers. Develop the driving ahead muscles by practic- ing with a harness over the should ers and two players holding on Coming to life in the latter part of | the match, Washington Canoe Club | managed to make it two out of three | in a clash with Rock Haven in the| nautical circult. Martin proved a good | pinch paddler for Irwin in Washins- | ton’s last two til i | With Anchorman Clark slamming | | the maples consistently, Hibbs swept | |its match with Metropolitan in the| Bankers' League. 1 U. Street's tea League started slowly, but once well | { under way It delivered in fine style| | and took two of three games frmn" | the Regular: in the Post Office | { Operation, Accounts | Station Accounts and_Auditors swept sets in the Southern Railway Leaguc Operation totaled 384 in its final | effort. - . 2 1 nd OUT IN SOCCER LOOP. 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Alexandria High faces the heaviest | {team on its schedule tomorrow after- | noon at Newport News, Va., playing the Newport News High chool eleven. The squad will leave here to-| | night by boat. Grorge Mason plays its second l&ame in the Se d Athletic District | championship seri tomorrow after noon, meeting Washington and TLee | 1igh School of Ballston, Va., the Dreadnaught Park at o'ela . | Virginia Athletic Club will open its foot ball season here on Sunday, but | as vet has not booked an opponent Manager Owen Creegan probabiy will bring some fast Washington unlimited team here. Cardinal A. C. won lost 13 during the base just ended. 8 I 17 games and hall season Dick Carne was elected m {the St. Mary Seniors at o held last night. 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