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g Southern Conference SPORTS. TILTS WITH BIG ELEVENS TO FILL DIXIE GRID LISTS Many Teams With Thanksgiving Day Dates Plan- ning Contests on Preceding Saturday—Mary. land Apt to Be Part of New Alliance. BY H. C. BYRD. F_opinions of coaches, graduate managers and athletic directors mean anything, the day of foot ball games between the larger colleges in the South and the “set-ups” is just about gone. Almost from the beginning of foot ball, it has been customary to schedule two or more games at the heginning of the year as practice affairs and then to sandwich two more in late in Octo- ber or early in November. Practically every man in the South who has any- thing to do with schedule-making of the opinion that it is far better to play every week with teams of about equal strength. Even next Fall, few Southern colleges will have games after the first one in September with any other than Conference teams or teams usually as strong as Confer- ence teams. Another change in view is that of playing games the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Until last vear the universities that stage their big games on Thanksgiving day would have never even let it cross their minds to play the Saturday before. However, during the season just closed one or two such contsts were arranged and for next season there are several. | Fo- the first time, perhaps, since it | has been playing Virginia on Thanks- | giving day. North Carolina has a con- test the Saturday before, the game being with Duke University. North Carolina State and South Carolina have a game, and Virginia also. And Vanderbilt is getting in line with the same idea, and also is seek- ingz a game for that date. From every point of view, except possibly the chance of getting a player hurt, it is far better to play the Saturday previous to Thanks- | giving than to be fdle. The stretch is too long to go without a game at that time of the season. A new alliance that has been made in foot ball for next Fall is between University of Virginia and University of Tennessee. The latter institution now has scheduled North Carolina and Virginia and has broached the position to Maryland for a game in 8 in an arrangement that also ma involve Kentucky, so that Kentuck Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia land will be meeting one an- One outcome of the recent Southern Conference gathering was the grant. ing of permission to the University of Virginia to hold a champlonship box- ing tournament. Boxing in the far South is not developed to any extent as collegiate sport, and it is probable that only North Carolina, Washington and Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Insti- tute, Virginia Military Institute and Virginia will be represented. In every meeting of the kind held at Jacksonville Friday and Saturday are heard some rather funny yarns. And not the least funny of these is the sto told as an illustration of how clos Dick Smith of Washington and Lee and Sally Miles of Virginia Polytechnic Institute guard’ their finances. It is said that both of them think no more of an old pair of cleats than of their right legs, and the tale is told of how, at Lynchburg, just as their teams had taken the fleld before a crowd of 10,000 persons, they held up the game for 10 minutes in a wordy argument a8 to who should furnish the baill. Incidentally, somebody told an amusing story of how about 10 years ago Sally Miles came to “swear off" playing poker. It seems that Sally was sitting in a game of stud and had lost ahout all he cared to when an- other hand was being dealt to him. The first two cards fell and the one face up was a king and Sally re- marked to the man sitting next_ to him, “Play that if you want to, I'm through.” But Sally picked up the cards to hand them over and saw that the card face down was another king. He changed his mind immediately and said to the man to whom he had of- fered his hand, “Lend me a dollar quick.” He got the dollar, played the hand and caught another king, but was beaten by a University of Vir- ginic. man who had two aces and caught a third one on the last card. It is related that Sally actually was sick for a whole day afterward and nobody has ever been able to get him to touch a poker hand since. Another laughable incident hap- pened when two coaches came to- gether, one of them comparatively new to the conference, the other a coach of conference teams for years. The new man in theé conference had seemed to be suspiclous and to fear somebody was going to put something over on him. He was’ voicing his fears and suspicions to ‘the older coach, when finally the older man broke in with “Say, you're all wrong. There are not a better bunch of fe lows in the world than in this confer- ence and youwll never meet a better bunch.” Sharply came back the reply, “All right, but I'll never give three cheers for vou as one of them!” Dr. George 0. Ferguson of Vir- ginla and Forest Fletcher of Washing- ton and Lee nearly always are hav- ing friendly tilts in conference meet- ings and another one, of which Dr. Ferguson got the better of the argu- ment, took ‘place Saturday. Dr. Fer- guson had introduced a resolution to change one of the by-laws—a resolu- tion which a year ago he fought. Fletcher got up and spoke for about two minutes in a jocular vein in favor of the resolution, saying that for once he felt he would have to support Dr. Ferguson. . Quick as a flash Dr. Fer- guson got to his feet and said ‘‘Mr. Chairman, Mr. Fletcher's attitude makes me think there's something wrong with my motion. I withdraw it.”” However discomfited for the time being, Fletcher got back on Sat- urday by having the motion offered by somebody else and getting it passed. 7TH GOLD FOOT BALL IS GIVEN TO STEGER By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 6.— The minia- ture gold foot ball, emblematic of a championship, is designed for a watch charm, but Herb Steger, backfield coach at Northwestern, has nearly enough for a necklace. Steger has just beem awarded his seventh golden oval, as a tutor of the big ten champions of Northwestern. He won four just like it as a backfield star at Oak Park (Ill. High School, and two more at Michigan, in 1922 and 1923. As captain of the Michigan squad in 1924, Steger seemed bent on com- pleting his gridiron career without a single defeat on his record. But along came Red Grange, who crushed Michigan that vear with four touch- downs in 12 minutes, There were many who felt that Steger might have heen eligible for | another gold foot ball last Vear, as Northwestern finished equal to Michi- gan in wins and losses, and in addi- tion scored the only victory over Michigan that year, but Coach Thi thwaite of the Purple recounted any claim to a share of the title. FOOT BALL AS SAFE AS OTHER PASTIMES Foot ball fatality statistics for 1926 | ghow an extraordinary improvement | over the record for last vear, and for any recent year. Only 9 persons were killed, as compared with 20 n 1925 As in_the past, the plavers who were killed were mainly members of secondary school elevens and of professional tea It is obvious, in view of the fact that members of college elevens and of the big private schools do not figure in the 1926 mortality list, that foot ball is dangerous to life only when players are not well coached and_conditioned. Where foot ball men are taught how to fall. how to protect them- | selves in all situations, and when | ¢ are physically fit for the game, | no more dangerous than any other sport involving physical con- act. 2 Only one demand for abolition of | foot ball as a result of a death was heard. That came from a member of the Buffalo Board of Education, | following the death of a high school | boy from injuries. This demand was quickly withdrawn, the beard mem- ber being convinced, on more mature thought, that it was not the game that was at fault. The lesson to be drawn from this | year's foot ball fatalities hy school | trustees, physicial directors and others responsible for the welfare of vouth, is that only well condi- tioned and well trained students ghould he permitted to participate in the gridiron sport. And they should gee, t00, that their teams are not pitted against teams that overmatch them in weight, age and strength. FLOOR LEAGUE PLANNED BY NAUTICAL CLUBMEN Spurred on by the success of Poto- mac and Old Dominion Boat Club quints, representatives of other nauti- cal organizations are ready to help organize a basket ball league in this section. So far Potomac Boat Club, Washington Canoe Club, and Old Do- {T have been anything but well. TRADITIONAL FOES <IN MIDWEST BREAK By tha Associated Press. DES MOINES, fowa, December 6.— The oldest traditional foot ball rivalry in the Missouri Valley—hetween the two leading schools of Missouri, Wash- ington University at St. Louis and the University of Missouri at Colum- bla—seems due to be filed away in the histories, with the dates 1891-1926. on the headstone. Student outbreaks which interfered with this Fall's game at Columbia exasperated the Missouri officials, and they complicated their eight-game foot ball schedule at the meeting of conference athletic directors here without signing for the annual combat with Washington: Attempts to achieve some arrange- ment which would permit the historic series to go on are being continued, however, but with slight prospect of success. Foot ball dates announced yesterday bring the Valley teams 16 big non- conference games with Eastern, Mid- dle_Wesiern andeSouthwestern teams. Eastern teams coming West in 1927 are Pittsburgh. playing Drake, Octo- ber 15 at Des Moines; Syracuse, play- ing Nebraska, October 29 at Lincol West Virginia, playing Missouri, No: vember 5 at Columbla, and New York University, playing Nebraska at Lin- coln, Thanksgiving day. Drake starts the Eastward invasion October 8, to play the Navy. Officlals of the Army wired Drake, asking for the same date, and the proposal was turned over to the Kansas Aggies. Nebraska plays the Cornbelts’ re- turn visit to Pittsburgh, November 12. Five games with Big Ten schools have been arranged, in addition to contests with Notre Dame and Mar- quette, in the Middle Western group. Texas and Southern Methodist Uni- versity will receive two Valley teams next Fall. SAYS SIAMESE KING By the Associated Press. BANGKOK, Siam, December 6.— “‘Squash is nothing less than a God- send to a country like Siam.” in the opinion of King Prajadhipok. The King made this known when present- ing a cup to the winner of the squash rackets championship. “I find that since I have taken up the game,” the King said, “I have been able to keep perfectly fit in the rainy season, whereas, hitherto, I am afraid that at this time of the year The game keeps me In fine condition. “Rut apart from the question of fit- ness, what other game is there for the rainy season? Golf or tennis are more often than not out of the ques- tion. Therefore squash is a game which should be encouraged and I hope that Bangkok will provide more courts than it has at present. “I hope, too, that the Siamese will take up the game more keenly rhan before. It is a great game and is suited to the Siamese.” LONDON, December 3 (#).—Squash rackets has grown remarkably in England since the war. More than 12 big tournaments are plaved annually, including the open, amateur and army and navy championships. Eleven London and five provincial clubs have courts. Many women have taken up the game: It is one of the favorite methods of the Prince of Wales for keeping in condition. BROWN T0 HAVE NEW GYM. Brown University is to have a new minion Boat Club of Alexandria have been lined up for the look, while Marviand Swimming Club of Balti- more also may enter. gymnasium that will cost $539,300. It is expected that the structure will be completed in September, 1937. . ISQUASH IS GODSEND, | 1 I | i { | i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, -D.- 0, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1826. RECORD OF GRANGE IS BROKEN BY FOUR By the Associsted Press. URBANA, 11, December 6.—Four of this year's foot ball stars exceeded the yardage record of 1,017 set by “Red” Grange "in 1924, season totals compiled today revealed. It was re- called, however, that the famous ice. man played only the equivalent of about filve games in 1924, sitting on the bench or scouting opponents. Welch of the Pitt Panthers set the high m#gk of the year, and also the new record, with 1,190 yards. Manuel Laraneta of the University of South- ern California_was close behind, with 1,166 yards. Morton Kaer, his team- mate on the Trojans, gained 1,121 vards for the season, and Charles IR?K:" of Pennsylvania made an even Close behind the Grange record were ord with four touchdowns against Donohoe of Carnegle with 968 yards, Cotton Wilcox of Perdue with 967 and Herb Joesting of Minnesota with 962. Grange started his remarkable rec- Michigan in 12 minutes of the first period, one from the opening kickoff and the second on the third play of the game. With four touchdowns on the scoreboard, Grange rested . for most of the remainder of the contest. SANDLOT GRID TITLE YET TO BE SETTLED Just how sandlot foot ball suprem- ‘acy of the city will be settled was today uncertain. Manager Patsy Don- ovan of the Mohawks, defending champlons, and Seymour Hall of Apaches have agreed to have thelr ‘elevens meet next Sunday in theé game postponed yesterday, because of bad weather. Waverly warriors,, however, who defeated Mohawks, early in the season and later lost to them, claim that they are booked to meet the big In- dians next Sunday and say they are determined to do just that thing. Merveury Preps and National Prep elevens will face again next Sunday in a game bearing on the 125-pound title, following their battle yesterday that ended in a scoreless tie. Mer- cury threatened in the second period when O'Brien’s bid for a field goal from the 20-yard line went wide. Nationals reached the Mercury 35- yard strip on thelr most menacing bid. Engagements are sought by Mo- hawk Prep gridders. Call Lincoln 422-M. e TENNESSEE ELEVEN CARDS NINE GAMES By the Associated Press. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., December 6. —University of Tennessee will play nine foot ball games next Fall, includ- ing six conference and three non-con- ference contests. Seven will be played in Knoxville. Tennessee will close its season as usual with Kentucky at Lexington on Thanksgiving day. Virginia replaces Louisiana State and Centre is left off the schedule, otherwise it remains about the same as last year. The list follows: September 24, Carson—Newman. October 1, North Carolina—Chapel Hill. ©October 8, Maryville. October 15, Mississippi A. and M. October 22, pending. October 2. Virginia. Novempbe! Sewanee. November 12, Vanderbilt. November 24, Kentucky. o STUDENTS’ MEETING DEFENDS FOOT BALL —_— ANN ARBOR, Mich., December 6 (/). —Post-season foot ball games were condemned at a round-table conference of delegates to the National Student Federation here, Identity of speakers at the confer- ence was not disclosed, officials hold- ing that with maintenance of anony- mity more freedom of expression would be possible. A representative of a Pacific Coast school declared that in the Washing- ton-Alabama game in the Rose Bowl a vear ago, players on the farmer team were forced to enter the game against their will. Alumni were condemned by another speaker for what he termed their action “in declding for high school athletic stars what colleges they shall enter. Other speakers frowned on pro- posals for curtailment of foot ball which they sald pays the bills for all other sports indulged in by college men. GRID RULE IS NEEDED T0 PROTECT INJURED In the Alabama-Georgia game en Thanksgiving day at Birmingham there occurred one of the finest exhi- bitions of gameness ever witnessed and, as well, a plece of gross negli- gence on the part of those whose duty it is to safeguard players. In the latter part of the game an end named Nash was sent into the Georgia line.up. He soon came into contact with Alabama’s blocking, and never has the writer seen such flerce and accurate blocking as Alabama plavers performed. It was deadly. Struck by Alabama's hurtling backs and ends, the defending players went to the turf the way tenpins fall when struck by a swift-rolling ball on a bowling alley. In one of the plays Nash was taken out in this w: He was literally cut in two. He lay on the ground for a minute, and when he rose he was bent in two. And thus bent he took his place in the line, broken, sick, groggy, and vet thinking of nothing but stopping the next Alabama play. Perhaps the Alabama quarter saw his plight. The writer llkes to think that he did. At any rate, the play went on the opposite side. Nash plunged forward, fell, crawled on his knees, and then in his bent-double p;\shk‘m he fought his way to the play. If Alabama’s quarter had sent the play over him there is every proba- bility he would have been killed. Why was he left in the game in such plight? It should be said that imme- diately afterwards he was taken out, or rather carried out. Springer, the referee, was asked why he did not blow his whistle and come to the sideline and report that Nash was helpless and should be re- moved at once. Springer replied that under the rules he had no right to do this. 1If this is the case, a rule should speedily be made giving the referee power to act in such way as to pro- tect a player who is obviously unfit to remain in the gam sede gt Gold foot balls, symbolic of a con- ference championship, have been awarded to members of Northwest- ern 1926 squad. Connaughton of G. U. Placed On Collier’s All-America "By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 6.—Michigan has its famous “Bennies,” Oosterbaan and Friedman, on the all-America foot ball team selected by Grantland Rice for Collier’s Weekly and made public today. ‘The make-up of the first eleven, with six representatives of the Middle West, four of the East and one of the Far West, follows: Ends—Handson, Syracuse, and Oosterbaan, Michigan. Tackles—Wickhorst, Navy, and Smith, Brown. Guards—Connaughton, Georgetown, and Shively, Illinois. Center—Boeringer, Notre Dame. uarterback—Friedman, Michigan. alfbacks—Kaer, Southern California, and Baker, Northwestern. Fullback—Joesting, Minnesota. My 25 Years on the Gridiron BY WILLIAM A. ROPER, HEAD COACH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IX—Learning to Win From West Virginia’s Play: Foot ball was in _a chaotic state Just after the war. Practically every college team in the country had been disbanded for two years, so there was very little veteran material at any of the colleges when they started up again. ‘When the Princeton squad assem- bled in the Fall of 1919 Curtis Mec- Graw was the only man who had played on the team before. He had been guard in 1916. The squad very wisely elected McGraw as captain. He had a splendid war record, having served with distinction overseas as a major, so he made an ideal captain. I soon discovered that the vigorous outdoor life which the boys had been leading in the Army was fine training for foot ball. The players were more self-reliant, and minor injuries meant nothing at all. On the other hand, the players showed the lack of foot ball practice, and after the long lay-off it took most of them some time to swing into the game. This was perfectly natural. The more I see of competi- tive athletics .the more I become con- vinced that it is impossible for any one to lay off a considerable period of time and pick up the game where he left off. Proficiency in every game can only be developed through con- stant competftion. Our preliminary season in 1919 was very poor. We lost to Colgate and West Virginia. In the later game we were badly beaten, but we learned a lot of foot ball. West Virginia had one of the best forward-passing at- tacks I ever have seen. Rogers, who now is coaching the Mountaineers, was a very accurate passer. He could throw the ball half the length of the fleld as straight as the catcher throws to second base. “Shoe String” Play Used. On the first play of the game, after the kick-off, Rogers worked the old “shoe string” play on us. Princeton kicked off, and West Virginia ran the ball to the left side of the fleld. In the meantime the West Virginia right end dropped out over by the other side line. Our bench was right opposite where he stood. I saw no one on the Princeton team had noticed him, and it was certainly exasperating to know we were going to be fooled and not be able to utter a word of warning. And sure enough, on the next play Rogers shot a long pass to his team- mate on the side line, who made 40 yards before he was dewned. West Virginia used a very baffling open formation, with three men out on the right, one on the line and two about a vard and a half behind in a diamond formation. Rogers was back 10 vards, with one man directly behind the center. From this forma- tion they could kick, run or pass. The three men out on the right had a tendency to spread our line, while our backfield had their hands busy trying to cover the free men down field. This formation fooled us completely, particularly a play where the end sneaked around behind his own line and got a flat pass from Rogers. I have seen a great many open forma- tions, but I have never seen one that worked better than this one. 1 am giving a diagram of the forma- tion and the way it worked. Rogers completed three-fourths of his passes in the game, and what made his feat all the more remarkable {s that the game was played on a wet, rainy day with a slippery ball. West Virginia won the game 25-0. The open forma- tion which I am diagraming did the trick. End. 0 0 Back. Back. 0 Rogers. \ The end and two backs on the right played about 10 to 15 yarde out; the fullback played 3 yards back behind the center, while Rogers was 10 yards back. There were any number of variations that could be played from this forma- tion. The simplest play was one where the end and the two backs on the right deploved down field, with the left end cutting over behind cen- ter and the fullback going flat. There always was the threat of the fullback taking the ball through the line and of Rogers taking it around end, while sometimes the two backs on the riught side would hip up with the two ends jumping back. In this situation a tackle on the left side of the line would become eligible. Al in all, this West Virginia formation was the most baffling passing formation I ever have seen. It took a passer like to make it a success, and he certainly was a past master at throw- ing a foot ball. After the West Virginia game our chances for the Harvard and Yale games didn't look véry bright. We got the squad together Monday and had a good old-fashioned man-to-man talk. The players were not discour- aged, and that afternoon I could tell they meant business. They were a determined lot when they went on the fleld. Formation Adopted by Tigers. Some teams find themselves after a licking. and our team found itself that Monday afternoon. 1 was so much impresed with the West Virginia for- mation that I decided to use it against Harvard. I am glad to say foot ball formations cannot be copyrighted or spatented. I always have been able to learn something from the other fellow, and I learned a lot from West Virginia and Rogers. Fortunately, Trimble, our star back- field man, was a very good paseer. While he couldn'a throw as far as Rogers, he was just as accurate. Our fellows had been given a practical demonstration of the effectiveness of the West Virginia formation, 8o’they were mighty glad to use it. We used only three plays from this formation, as it is an impossible job for any team to learn a Iot of plays the week before a big game. I never saw a team improve as much as the Princeton team did in the week before the Harvard game. The stu- dent body stood loyally behind us, and we had a wonderful mass meeting the night before the game. Enthusiasm ran so high after this meeting I felt assured the team would give a good account of itself the next day. We tied Harvard and then beat Yale. Personnally, I like to see a team go into its big games the underdog, and after defeats by Colgate and West Vir- ginia. we certainly were in that posi- tion. (Copyright. 1926.) WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER ADEIRA School hockey eleven trilumphed over the Holton Arms stick wielders, 3 to 1, in the concluding game on \ the inter-seminary schedule. The speedy and efficient pass work of Elizabeth Roberts, center forward, and Margaret Johnson, wing for Madelra, played a large part in the victory earned by their team. The two squads were well matched in tha fleld and Holton Arms carried the ball repeatedly into Madeira ter- ritory, hut was checked at the inner circle’ in all but the one attempt to score. : i Anne Carter Greene, Holton Arms goal keeper, exhibited skillful stick and body blocking, which warded off many potential scores. At half time the teams were dead- locked. Madeira scored again early in the second half and then followed a desperate effort on the part of Holton Arms to even the count once more, but Louise Stoffragen pro- tected the Madeira goal successfully against the attack. Late in the period, Madeira raised its count t’lfl 3, glving them the decision by a 2- point margin. Line-up and summary. Miss Maderia's reth 8, Arme _Bettie Peclle i Colahan JEleaale Rollins oal. Officials—Virginia Hopkins and Katherine Whitfield ais--Frances Duke, Elizabeth Roberts Elizabeth Myers. Phillips playground tossers defeated the ’l‘\vin Das sextet, 17 to 7, in an interplayground tilt reported today. The score was tied at 5-5 when the first quarter - closed, - but Phillips forged ahead early in the second, and did not again relinquish the lead. Lineup and Summary. i " in_Oaks ( zano. Edw: Narranzano. itutie Devereaif, Officials: Fisher. Umpire—Olive Barbee. University of co-ed sharp- shooters, _ Nationa] inter-collegiate champlonf, have entered their best individual shots in the open gallery championship being conducted by the National Rifle Association. Thé girls are concentrating their best efforts on making a showing that will uphgld their reputation as the leading marks- women in collegiate circles. Among the crack shots who are trying for these individual honors are Helen Beyerle, Julia Louise Berhing, Mary Jane McCurdy, Elizabeth Cork- ings, Alma Essex and Elizabeth r. In the final tilt of the first inter- sectional = hockey tourney, the all- Americap squad, which included three players from the Baltimore-Washing- ton team, defeated the all-English stars by a 3-to-1 count yesterday on the Baltimore Country Club green. Mrs. Charles Boehm, Dorothy Corn- ing and Mary Adams, the three Orioje stars in the line-up, played an im- portant part in the victory of the American stickwielders. Brilliant play- ing on the part of both elevens fea- tured the contest. Slightly superior pass work under difficult conditions gave the victors the edge. The all-American squad was picked from the ranks of the three sectional squads—the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast elevens, which had com- peted in the preliminary rounds of the tourney. DEVITT BASKETERS WILL BE KEPT BUSY Devitt School has listed an imposing schedule of 15 games for its basket ball quintet, while a number of tenta- tive dates have been arranged in order to complete the bookings for the Winter. Engagements have been made with seven local teams and eight with teams from out of the city. Although only two regulars of last year's squad—Bert Kennedy and Frank Bastable—have returned, the material this year. is said to be the best that has ever graced a Devitt team. Several foot ball stars are out for basket ball. The schedule follows: ber—14. Eastern at Eastern: at Business. R —3. g Teghngen . U. C. U.. 17, i eV Toe open: 31 Lo, " «r.yermcw Club; 21 areh——4. Str 11. & g 108 14 G U Prope. Garrett Bar (Pend EDERLE IS UNDECIDED. SAN PEDRO, Calif, Decdmber 6 (#).—Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the English channel, has tested the waters of the 21-mile Catalina channel, but declined to say whether she plans to attempt to negotiate - Decem! Businees Janua; this waterway in the $25,000 rathon sponsored by Willlam Wri| ley, Jr. ) 21 G. U. FOOT BALL MEN GET INSIGNIA Georgetown foot ball letter men will meet soon to elect a 1927 captain. Gerald Thompson, Otto Saur and Claude Grigsby are sald to be likely candidates. e Just one-third of the 21 men who received letters recently from the athletic board at the Hilltop will be lost by graduation this June. They are Capt. Frank McGrath and Carl Walte, ends; Harry Connaughton, guard, and Robert Gormley, quarter- back, of the regulars, and John Featherstone, tackle; Eugene Gilmar- tin, quarterback, and Donald Flavin, halfback, of the reserves. The following players returning. who togther with the seven that will be missing next season, received the varsity *G": Mossy Mosko and Otto Saur, tack!es: Jerry Carroll and Charles Flynn, guards; Claude Grigsby and Raymong Clark, centers; George Mc- Cabe, quarterback; Valen O'Neill, Parker Scott, Robert Dwyer and Gerald Thompson, halfbacks; Robert Nork, fullback; Vincent Moreney, end, and Weldon Monson, guard, tackle and end. Manager Maurice Higgins also received the insignia. FOUR ALEXANDRIANS ON ALL-STAR ELEVEN ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 6.— Four Alexandria High School and three George Mason High School players have ‘been named on the mythical All-Second Athletic District foot ball team selected by Willlam Entwisle, Central Board referee and official in practically all Second Dis- trict contests played this Fall. Those from Alexandria High are Billy Travers, captain and left half- back; Harry Bargett, right guard; Julian Whitestone, left guard, and Lester McMenamin, fullback. George Mason's players named are Harmon Francis, right halfback: Rollins, right tackle and Garnett Francis, center. Joining the ever-increasing ranks of local basket ball teams this season are the St. Mary's Celtic Midgets, who will be led by Francis Gorman, cap- tain; Wilson Sinclair, manager, and Lawrence Kersey of the St. Mary's |K Celtics, coach. St. Mary’s Celtics take on the Strayer's Business College hasket ball team here Wednesday night at the Armory Hall. Although only about two weeks will have been spent in practice when Alexandria faces the Quantico Ma- | R: rine Medical Detachment next Friday night, Alexandria is expecting to put up a good fight in the basket ball tilt at Armory Court. St. Mary’s Celtics and St. Mary's Seniors both won their basket ball games at Armory Hall last night, the Celtics defeating Montrose Club, 44 to 20, while the Seniors bested Peer- less A. C., 27 to 20. Virginia Athletic Club and the Alex- andria Fire Department teams yester- day postponed their game for the city unlimited champfonship until next Sunday afternoon due to inclement weather. GENERALS TO PLAY MARYLAND AND C. U. LEXINGTON, Va., December 6.— Fifteen cage games with matches with Maryland and Catholic Univer. sity and a trip through Kentucky and ‘West Virginta. appear on Washington and Lee's basket hall schedule. The season will open with the Gen- erals at Maryland December 17 and close with the Southern Conference tournament at Atlanta. Washington and Lee will play two games before the Christmas holidays and then start its main schedule against Bridgewater College Janu- ary 7. Other than the Maryland and Cath- olic University games and a meeting with West Virginia, only Southern fives will be encountered. The schedule follows: Deeemb«; =(7 Maryland at College ark. 18—Catholic University at Wash- ington. January i—Bridgewater. 10—~William and Mary. 13—Richmond. 17—Lincoln Memorial. 22—North Carolina State, 29—Davis and Elkins. February 4—Kentucky at Lexington, y. 5—West Virginia at Morgantown. 11—Duke. - 12—V. P. 1. at Blacksburg, Va. 15—South Carolina. 19—Virginia at Charlottesville. 23—V. P. I 26—Southern Conference tourna- ment, Atlanta, Ga. PR CAPITAL QUINTS LISTED BY LYNCHBURG COLLEGE LYNCHBURG, Va., December 6. ~Georgetown, George Washington and American University appear on the basket ball schedule of Lynch- burg College, which has just been announced as follows: January 12—Georgetown. at Washington. Ingonuary, 13—Georse Washington, at Wash- ngton. *Jahuary 14—Loyols College, at Balti. more. January 15—American University, at ‘Washington January 17—Elon College ruary 2—Randolph-Macon College. at Ashland. Laohruary 3—Willism and Mary. at Wil- picpruary 4—University of Richmond. at chmons . February 5—Medical College of Virginia, at_Richmond. i February 8—Guilford Colleze bruary §—Emory and Henrv 1 and TEHEratn. Sianes ol ampden-Sidnes Collesn Ay IR DAty of Richmand 22"Hampden'Sidney. at Hamp- WASHINGTON . Cleveland " ... Philadelphia Fort_ Wayne nRREHS oM . 0 altimore. . @ New York. . .0 LAST XIGHT'S RESULTS. ‘Washi) , 51 Detroit. 34. Tevelisdma wort Wane. 23. GAME TONIGHT. Detrolt at New York. GAMES TOMORROW: Barnlt eton B o Fulladelonia "at’ Fort: Warre. GAMES WEDNESDAT. altimore at Cleveland. fATohia" 2 Fort Swayne. "w GAMES THURBSDAY. 1] phis at jcago. s e GAMES SATURDAY. R ¥ e GANE FUNPAY. Chicago of Washington. SPORTS, Al Stern, secretary of the local pro- fessional basket ball team, is now president of the newly-organized ‘Washington Senior Basket Ball League. Stern was elected at a meet- teams of the loop last night at the Herald sports department, following the resignation of Capt. John R. D. Cleland, whose retirement was nece: sary because of pressure of officlal business. Capt. Cleland was unani- mously elected as honorary president. It was voted to confine the league’s membership to its original 12 teams, allowing 10 players to each. With a ngle exception eligibility lists, as bmitted to Secretary R. D. Thomas, were accepted. One player within the loop's age limit may be added by each team, ofter approval by representatives of all clubs, it was decided. Epiphany Roses and Kanawhas will clash Wednesday night at 7 o'clock in the next league game at Washington Barracks. It will be the R ' first tilt in the ecircuit. Cal- vary M. E. and Park View quint will meet at 8 o'clock in the final of a dual sketch. ‘With Mealy and Dolan starring, St. Martin's passers last night scored over Hartford A. C., 36 to 25, in the Saints’ gym. Anacostia Eagles, District unlimited title holders, will polish tonight for their opening game of the campaign tomorrow night at Frederick, Md., ing of representatives of the 12|p Colleges Cut Down Number of “Breather” Foot Ball Games STERN NAMED PRESIDENT OF SENIOR BASKET LOGP against the semi-pro combination rep- resenting that city. Clover Athletic Club, has & quint in the local senior* 3oop, will hold monthly fi:fm to- morrow night at 7:30 198 street southeast. Manager Larry 0'Dwyer, at Adams 8414, is booking opponents for Co- lumbla A. C. dribblers. A doubleheader for tomerrow night with a 116 or 135 pound five is sought by Red Shield basketers. Call West 2400. Y. M. C. A. tossers will mee$ Cal- vary Baptist team on the “Y™ floor Thursday night. The “Y" tossers met last night at the “Y” and elected Cliff Woodward captain. Frits Schilos- ser has been engaged as coach, with Bob Duncan assistant coach and manager. Final practice will be held tonight at 7 o'clock, with all players requested to be on hand at 848 to be_measured for uniforms. Palace A. C. basketers, who n their season against the Independents in the Hines Junior gym tonight, are looking for games in the 115-pound class. Phone Manager John, at Lin- coln 5696. Local basket ball officlals will meet tonight in the boardroom of the Y. M. C. A. to discuss changes in the rules and review applications. Elllotts will meet the Montors at the Naval Reserve court, Water and O streets, tonight at 8 o'clock. PRO FOOT BALL GAMES NATIONAL LEAGUE. 7: Los Angeles, 3. Chicago Bears (post- a 0 _Cardinale-Canton condition of field) . (canceled: snow). Eskimos POt (called on ac- couit o Providence-Hartfor Rraoklyn - Horsemen - Duluth tsnow). Standing of the Teams. 13 ') Erankford. Philadelphia ars. B Buffalo . v Chicago 'Cardinals. ce. acine Columbus Cas nt: Louleville " . Hammond OO I AT OSHSS WS DD DI DDA RINID DI 8 AMERICAN LEAG Wileon Wildcats, 5: Chicago -~ HYATTSVILLE HIGH AFTER SOCCER TITLE HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 6. Hyattsville High's soccer team that will face Barton High, State title holder, Wednesday afternoon at Ha- gerstown, in the last semi-final match for the Western Shore championship. should it win, would meet Havre De Grace High Saturday in the final. Provided plans of the Playground Athletic League, under whose auspices the State elimination series is being conducted, carry, the final, should Hy- attsville be involved, will be played in the Municipal Stadium at Baltimore. On the Eastern Shore the lone sur- vicors are Federalshurg and Easton High elevens that will clash this week. The battle for the State crown be- tween the Eastern and Western Shore finalists will be at Chestertown on De- cember 18, according to present plans. Hyattsville is depending largely upon speed to carry it to victory Wed- nesday over Barton, a team regarded as the hest versed, perhaps. in soccer knowledge of any Maryland high school eleven. ' BLUE RIDGE TOSSERS WILL PLAY D. C. FIVES Blue Ridge College basketers will meet Catholic University once, Amer- fean University at least once and per- haps twice and Gallaudet in a pair of games this season, according to_the schedule of the New Windsor, Md., collegians just announced. Blue Ridge will face C. U. here on January 8 and will again be here January 21 to meet Gallaudet, re- maining over to tackle American Uni- versity the next day. The Kendall Greeners are to visit New Windsor February 25 and Amer- ican U. has a tentative engagement there on March 15. WOULD . G. U. FRESHMEN GET RID OF SKULL CAP Skull caps will be at stake Wednes- day morning when Georgetown fresh- men meet the sophomores in an ef- fort to curtail what they call the “tyranny” of the upperclassmen. The occasion is the annual class foot ball classic to determine whether the freshmen will have the right to doff their blue-and-gray skull caps. If they lose they are doomed to wear the caps for the remainder of the school vear. The sophomores will have a team composed largely of varsity plavers and feel sure the frosh will have to retain their skull caps SOCCER LEAGUE PLAYS, DESPITE POOR WEATHER Inclement weather and snow-covered ground failed to keep booters of the Washington Soccer League frem the fleld yesterday. The Rosedale Club beat the Clan McLennan team by 8 to 0 in one match, while the Concord Club bested the Army Medical Center in_another contest, 12 to 0. Four other games were postponed. ° RUGBY INJURY FATAL. VANCOUVER, B. C., December 6 (#).—Peter Murray, 32, member of a | Victoria English rugby team died here after sustaining concussion of the brain in a game with the University 20 |of British Columbia. HAWKINS MOTOR CO. . Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 D. C. PROS BASKETERS RETAIN LEAGUE LEAD Washington's entry in the Ameri can Basket Ball League that regis- tered its fifth win in as many starts over Detroit in a 51-to-34 engagement last night to keep step for the league lead with Cleyeland will appear in New York tomorrow night against the Celtics for the local's first show ing of the season in the hig town. The next home game for tha Wash- ington five is carded for Sunday night. when Chicago is to show its wares at the Arcadia. The Windy City out- fit will remain for another game Mon- day night. Detroit threw a scare into the lo- cal camp last night, and at the half was in the van, 23 to 18. Scintillating work of Unger was a big factor in keeping the visitors ahead. Detroit continued to set the pace as the second half started, and it was not until the session was well under way that the Palacemen launched the drive that swept them to victory. Kennedy, ace of the local machine, who was hurt in the latter part of the combat, but expects to be on the job in New York tomorrow night against the Celtics, led the assault of the Cap- ital City lads, and _was capably sup- ported by Bimer Ripley and Rusty Saunders, who came back with a bang after a mediocre first-half exhi- bition. The Arcadians, a _girls’ team, play- ing under hoye' rules. a team made up of members of the sterner mex, provided much color. The game was a real novelty In this city. The las- sles made the Carltons, a capable male five, step lively to take their measure, 34 to 20. At the half the Arcadians were tralling only by 12 to 14. In another game prior to the De. troit-Palace clash Arrow A. C. ba: katers won their first tilt in the local senior loop, humbling Elliott tossers, 26 to 10. BLIZZARD IS TOO MUCH FOR CHAMPION WALKER NEW YORK. 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