Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1926, Page 39

SPORTS. ' Peaceful Session in Store for BWW HARMONY FEATURE P MINORS CONFAB Change in Ownership of Co- lumbus A. A. Clubs Is Re- garded Likely. v By the Associated Pres SHEVILLE, N. C. December here today for the annual meeting of the National Asso- clation of Professional Base years had more harmony been ap’ parent at such a convention. President M. H. Sexton and Secre- oughly satisfactory meeting. Much of the business of the session must be disposed of outside the council Managerial togas will fall on wait- Ing shoulders before half a dozen club presidents return to their homes. It seemed certain today that Spencer Abbott would return to the Inter- national League as manager of Jersey City, and a dozen names have been mentioned in connection with the vacated American Association place. *“Dutch” Zwilling were prominently put forward. Cleveland was being assisted in the ceed Tris Speaker, by stent re- ports that Jack McCal Indian coach, would he promoted. President finding a centerfielder was causing the club executives more worry than the vacant manager’s chair. And the ning will strike McCallister. Cleveland paid its debt to Newark for Infielder Fonseca by send the baseman, Knode and Dacy. Change Due for Columbus. American Assoclation Clubs were of ownership of the Columbus Club. Although the league meeting was ad- Journed yesterday to meet in Chicago meeting was on the program for today to give the boys a chance to talk about anything they have thought of Hickey explained. It was known that several experienced base ball magnates present would like to buy the Colum- A Quckpin shooter of any experi- ence, no matter how mediccre his average, generally is able to say of any mentioned shot, “It can be done; it has been done; I've done it.” Here is the story of just a com- monplace occurrence on the duckpin alleys: Two threeman combinations were shooting & match at the Coliseum recently. Team A won the first game by a margin of 42 pins. It led in the first nine boxes of the second, but in the tenth box the lead-off man of Team B registered a strike and count- ed 8 to win for his team by a margin of 6 pins. In the third game Team A again led for nine boxes—it was lead- ing at the end of the ninth by a mar- gin of 7 pins—but the lead-off man of Team B again hit for a strike in 2, nd counted 6; the anchor Team B won by a margin of 7 pins. In other words, Team A outbowled Team B by a total of 29 pins for the three games; it actually led in 28 of the 30 boxes rolled d yet it lost two of the three games. Bowling began in three big mas elimination tou: ments v turned | women's event on the Arcadia s or the men’s contests at King P’in and Conventior Hall. Contestants | ma select the J0 counts made in cofy night of December be made before another t roll around. 5 as qualifying Vo wee ; ks League records were not and only team standing ch curred last week in the Dist ernment League Wking two games from Sewer Department, the Health Department bowlers went into a tie for the circuit lead with their oppo- nent. Chief Clerks maintained their hold on third position by socking the As- sessors in two of three games. The defeated team, however, was left in nothing worse than a tie for fourth place with Repair Shop, which drop- ped two of three games bowled with Traffic Bureau. The T W is within a game of the deadlocked fourth-place outfits. Water Registrars kept the Muniel- pal Architects r of the cight-team I¢ the odd game from the lat helds the et Gov- Brown of the C| individual records n the Dist ernemnt loop. He has rolled 154 for high game and 3 for high set 7.—Base ball men, assembling Ball Leagues, declared that not in tary J. H. Farrell, predicted a thor- room. Job for Spencer Abbott. City. Last year he was with Kansas Zach Wheat, Bill Wambsganss, and task of selecting a manager to suc- E. S. Barnard said that the job of report refused to down that the light- Bears a first baseman and second Interested in possibilities in a change next week, an informal get-together during the night, President Thomas J. bus Club. IFLE practice has commenced at Eastern High School, with #pproximately 100 girls signed up for the sport. Monday and Thursday afternoons have been set aside for range work, and preparations are being made for a brief schedule of telegraphic and shoulder-to-shoulder matches to be held after the New Year. Challenges already have been sent to the Minne. apolis Municipal Rifle Club and the freshman team of George Washington University, but no replies have been received as yet. Helen Seitz has been chosen rifle manager. Vetura Jarrett, captain, and Helen Terrell, assistant manager. The entire 1926 squad, which won the in- terscholastic champlonship of the Dis- trict last Spring, is back on the range this season 'with the exception of Athlyn Spahr. Leah Woods, Virginia Turner, Alice Law and the three of- ficers of the club named above are the champlonship sharpshooters who are busy perfecting their aim in order to retain their positions on the school An exhibition of games and dancing will be given before the members of the Parent-Teacher Association Fri- day night at Eastern High School by students from Mrs. Virginia Woodin’s gym class. The games will include an “all-up relay” and basket ball pass drill. The dance will be “Sleigh Bells,” one of Helen Frost's unique clog dances. Mrs. Woodin reports that the fresh- men basket ball enthusiasts turned out in full force yesterday to begin practice for the interclass games which will be staged immediately after the Christmas holidays. There will be a squad of 50 players from which the freshman sextet will be picked. ‘With 500 rooters cheering their fav- orites to victory, St. Paul's and.St. Martin's sextets battled for the WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER stands Sewer Department’s 566 as Coming from b half opened, St. Paul's team pushed forward for two-point lead, which they did not again relinguish, although they were unable to widen the gap until the I few minutes of play. when Edwina Gulli, left forward o the winning squad, netted sever: baskets in quick succession. Mis Gulli_proved to be the outstanding player in the game. She showed canny headwork in eluding her guards and skill in finding the 5 The trophy offered by the Baltimore Catholic Review will be awarded In the near future, according to John Cav- anagh, manager of the Washington league. This is the first season that the local league has been in operation and = performance of the team is con- red most creditable by their coaches in view of their recent organ- ization and the very brief time they {rfii to practice before entering compe- ition. Line-up and Summary. Positions. St. Martin. RE G. Gavereau ] L R Jones Hammett P Murphy ‘B. Murphy (2 twos). Gulli (11 twos, 1 one). Gavereau (G twos. 1 one), Harrington (1 two), Referee—>iss Mar: tha Dunham. Capitol Athletic Club basket ball squad will meet tonight at 7 o'clock in the Wilson Normal School gym- nastum for the regular weekly work- out. Practice games are wanted, accord- ing to the manager, Julia Aman. Any team that would like to play is ad- vised to get in touch with Miss Aman at the Leamington, Fourteenth and gsléfsmn streets northwest, Columbia MANN MADE LEADER OF NEW SPORTS CLUB A new organization to foster de- velopment of youthful leather pushers and the athletically inclined is oper- ating under the name of Arcadia Sports Club, with Frankie Mann, well known developer of young boxers, as president. The new club is housed on the third floor of the Arcadia Building at Four- teenth street and Park road, and is being completely equipped to push all sorts of athletic training. Rings for wrestlers and boxers, weight appara- tus and all kinds of gymnastic para- phernalia are being installed for those who would take off avoirdupois or put themselves in better physical condi- tion generally. A series of entertainments will be offered by the new organization with- in a few weeks, with instructors in va- rious branches of sports to be avail- able by appointment. The entertainments during the Win- ter will be for members only. Any other information regarding the or- ganization may be obtained from the club. RICHARDS IS EXPECTED TO BE ON U. S. NET LIST By the Associated Press. Selection of Vincent Richards as No. 1 player in the Metropolitan ten aistrict is accepted by New York critics as Indicating that the former recently Olympic champion, who tained professional, will Teceive rank- ing in the field. 1 Tilden are expected by many observ- ers to place him at the top for the first time in his career. N. L. WILL TAKE ACTION ON “CHAMPION BATSMAN" Definite ruling on what constitutes « “champlon batsman” will be asked C. AND P. CUE WEILDERS IN CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY Fourteen players have entered a tournament for the pocket billiard championship of the Washington office of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., which started last night at the Arcadia Hall. Those in the tourney are A. Hoffmann, C. S. Stelner, W. Ford, H. Eisenberger, C. W. Humphries, R. J. MacPherson, C. Blum, E. B. Shriener, D. Harrls, J. A. Mackie, J. Harris, H. H. Ford, W. R. Gonder and J. A. Deuteman. dward Powell won the District 18.2 balkline championship recently com- pleted at the Arcadia, sweeping his program of six matches. Robert Foutz finished in second place with Phillip Wood, third. SEAVIEW LINKS CLEAR FOR CHARITY TOURNEY ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., December 7 (P .—No snow has fallen on the links of the Seaview Club to mar the opening of the Christmas Seal Golf Tournament tomorrow. The warm Gulf stream, passing nearby, is aiding with a donation of favorable weather the efforts of the 00 players to raise a considerable sum for the fund to eradicate tuber- culo John G. Anderson and Dick Jones of New York, Chick Evans of Chicago, and Gene Tunney are among the entries. GOLFERS FORM SOCIETY TO AID SMALL TOWNS CHICAGO, December 7 (#).—The National Golf Extension Society, to help the residents of smaller towns | golf clubs, has been formed by a group of well known golf ors and wri ation expect organi her to advise ic clubs, s and of the National League next week by President John A. Heydler. The league executive believes eligibility should in- clude participation in three-fourths of his team’s games by each golf course and , movies of golf stars and big clubs to stimulate interest. A i high t set is Clerks. Setti STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, ]‘926. THE HORNSBY DEMANDS 3-YEAR CONTRACT By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, December 7.—President am Breadon of the St. Louls Cardi- < has taken under advisement a BRIEF ITEMS OF SPORT The Palomar Country Club, near Los Angeles, tentatively has been slated as the scene of America’s first open tennis championship next Feb- ruary. C. C. Pyle, sponsor of the event, seeks to Lring several European professionals here to engage his FIELD PILOTS DUE TOBECOME PASSE Harris and Hornsby Will Be By the Associated Press. Among the many that records crashed in the past gridiron season eam game, while the best team 1,557, negotiated by the Chief was one that pleased every person in the vast crowds that stormed East ern stadia. Not a single major game was played in stormy weather. Pro- ng of mew high averages for spares by Montgomery of | na ai the only exceptional Dit{request of Rogers Hornsby for his|fessional elevens, playing usually on|American stars in the event. of w;’lrk. 1 &r\vvek in mg General Ac | ctention for three years as a player | Sundays, were not as fortunate. Sev- PO et e N 0 Next P ounting Office League. cral games were canceled because of t Opi strike aver: e is .647 and [2nd manager. ext to Pass, Opines sl B o, T N T CHICAGO HORSE SHOW i The leading Post Office quint took | ference in wihch Breadon proposed| poo. o0 oo pe apbit ball” is Jack Hendricks. the od the s Travel win res Outb pins enabled Ch the odd game. Here are some records for the Men’s League Oftice. game and Indian Tribal is the best team set. Pay and Travel hold with 1 Office are cre of the game of 108 hat Horn retain his player’s con- tract, which still has a year to runm, d from Controlicr General a econd-place ATTRACTS FINE FIELD Audit, P evident from the team batting figurer 5 for the American League, disclosea did th to Audit-Co bine the old contract with ‘C;uim]e ¢ mb. o v "commct as player-man-|recently among the leagu tistics t lat | an increased salary. for the past scason. The V in| By the Associated Press. SHEVILLE, Senators led with a mark of Detroit was second with i three clubs tied at .289. In 1921, sec- —The day of the playing man- ager in the major leagues Is told Hornsby,” Breadon said, CHICAG 7 that the three-vear contract he pro- O, December A million dollars worth of fancy horseflesh from cord to A mery’s shootin osed ran into bigger money than the s 3 » in'C Club's earning power. for the past|ond year of the “fast” ball, DEtrolt all parts of the United States and just about over, in the opin- | owling s o two | o ictifled and that ons yeer|led. With 316, Cleveland was second | canaqs ia heve today for the opent fon of Jack Hendricks, man- e = ith .308, h the a pering Accounting to get | was as far as I could reasonably see ;’atnkszhi ;‘5‘3 l.’.%o. the Browns and | | © F ond annual Chicago Horse | a%er of the Cincinnati Reds, who is my v to sign.’ Breadon said that the fact that he and Hornsby did not reach an agree- ment today did not mean that they would not “get together,” but that | he did not know when he would give the Cardinal manager an answer. GOLFER WHO GAMBLED hero attending the meeting of the Association of National Base Ball Leagues. Hendricks runs his team from tha bench. “Speaker, Cobb, Sisler and Collins all went the same year. The fad soon wore out,” Hendricks said. “of course, Bucky Harris still is in, but Show at the Chicago Riding Club. More than 300 entries will compete for $26,000 In cash prizes and numer- ous silver trophies and ribbons, under the scrutiny of most of Chicago’s 400, who have taken boxes for the event. One of the leading contests will be for the “Cathedral Cup,” to be award- ed the world champion horse. This Bobby Jones, British and American open golf champion, has added his name to the list of celebrities in- dorsing the Christmas seal tourna- ment Wednesday, at the Seaview Club, Auantic City, N. J. More than 200 entries have been received, in- cluding those of Gene Tunney, heavy- weight champion, and Tommy Lough- Accounting best tcam ns’ 1 of the Gener 1 Claims’ %70 is the Shenk a gam 53, while L. Warfield and Burgan of Aud recor of Post Contract dited with s Ieene; Investigato 1 a fi OoN B]G SALE |s SUED ran, light-heavyweight, of Philadel- |cup was presented by John McEntee | you must remember he won two pen- of 96. L. W phia. “It is a fine opportunity for|Bowman of New York. . Hante i saccsclons. ey Basnit is the best In the CHICAGO, December 7 (#).—Arch-| golfers to help smash the white| Blue ribbon winners at all of this ki s figures are for 33 g bald Andrews, who played a game |plague,” Bobby wired from Atlanta. |year's American shows, Olympic | anvthing to worry about. FHis team won two more games last year than For a willing lot of bowlers, look to the Ex pinners, but they a team to take th ing the circuit caps, t Last ni use of two of three The the spectiv tive: horses and military cluded in the entries. ncy High- land,” the undefeated winner of 28 :onsecutive blue bons, and owned by Miss Maude F. Banks of Los An- geles, has arrived, and will be a con- tender for the Cathedral Cup as well as in other classes. The United States Army is repre- sented by crack riders of the Cavalry School at Fort Ril mounts are in- of golf in California last March to de- cide whether he would sell a Chicago building to Frederick K. Bartlett for 000 or $600,000, and lost, now is suit of a broker who . $34,000 commission. won, and Andrews 5,000, J. Percy Strickland after he had interested nd others in the building. mine did. That meant he won the pennant. Bench Is Pilot’s Place. Hendricks declared that a manager should be on the bench, not on the fleld, because a manager cannot play and at the same time manage. He doesn’t, as a manager, even take the ach's box. Denfense honors among major teams in the Eastern foot ball sector this year go to Pennsylvania. Only 20 points were scored against the Quaker eleven, Cornell posting half of them. Carnegie Tech, conqueror of Notre Dame, was sccond, with 23, and N. Y. U. was third, with 25. ccutives of the Consolidated Re- League, The members of the i who head < « 1k Fort hey won but fe he submitted a contract Failure of Sir Thomas Lipton to file o k ight, however, ti for sale of the building for $560.000 [ his contemplated challenge has pre- | Sheridan and the 124th Field Artil- »een in this old racket for their 70-pin hax to Andrews’ company on March 11,|cluded possibility of an international |lery. Other entries includ, and I always have mes from Section D). [ nine days before the golf game, al-|iace for the America’c Cup next| Calvin Rowe of Toledo, 7 years old, | been a bench manager,” he said. hest game and highest set for | though it was not signed. Summer, yachtsmen say. The last|who is the country’s youngest horse | “I believe when Hornsby and Har- cutives were 93 and 273, re-| Since then Rartlett has sold the[contest for the famous trophy was |exhibitor at the show. 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