Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1926, Page 38

38 s PORTS. Many Long Grid Ru FOUR TIE FOR TOP HONORS |NAVY DEFEATARMY |C. U. BASKET SQUAD OF 15 | TO POINT FOR BIG SEASON| ALEXANDRIA TONIGHT ; WITH DASHES OF 90 YARDS Some of Stirring Sprints Being Deciding Scores. «+ Stevens of Maryland U. Gets Into Select Class With Run Against Virginia. BY PARKE H. DAVIS. Foot Ball's National Recorder. It has been intensely interesting this Fall to compile the data of the individual performances in foot ball. This particularly is true in the de- partment .of scrimmage runs. Each new names have flecked oot ball's ledger and now and then un amazing performance has caused @ complete realignment of the order. S0 nume ous have been the stars upon the Nation's gridirons that sev- 1 players must divide each honor. hus when you ask what player has made the longest scoring run from scrimmage the answer will startle vou, for four men arise to share the feat. They are. O'Keefe of Marquette, Wilson of _Rochester, Amos of Washington and J fferson, apd Welch of Pittsburgh. Each one rs dashed 90 yards from ze formation and scored. eef~ made his run against Law. rence, Wilson executed his long drive ngainst Rennselaer, Amos swept over the lime line against Carnegie, and Welch made his dash through Wash- ington. Three of 85 Yards. These four long runs from scrim- mage are distinguished because of the bristling background of other yuns which they accentuate. Nearest 1o them in length are three other sdoring runs from scrimmage. G “Wilson of Lafayette covered 85 through Muhlenberg. Harvey «f Albright ran the same distance through Juniata and Edward Melan- “on of Villanova scampered over the #ame tra against St. Joseph's. The 80-yard perch affords a resting place for five players. Eugene Gunter of Richmond against Randolph- Macon, Avad Crofut of Wisconsin ngainst Kansas, Russell Tuckey of Gettysburg against Lehigh, John J. Shine of Villanova against St. John's ‘nd Al Wrston of Boston College fzainst Gettysburg. two players, each of whom not onlv | scored @ touchdown at the end of this !long flight, but whose touchdown car- -ied with it the victory. Thus, Nicora £ New Hampshire State ran 76 yards rom scrimmage through Rhode Island “nd won the game, and Thomas Young of North Carolina went the ame distance and beat his traditianal rival, South Carolina. There are, indeed, some famous names in this clase of scoring runs— 70 yards from scrimmage. Nydahl of Minnesota has one to his credit against Wabash. Almquist of Minne- sota has another against Butler, as | has Connor of New York University |~ galnst Fordham Rieger of Columbia so overcme W'lliam and Mary. Dahl- man of Notre Dame after such a race scored on Minnesota, as did Greene of Penn State acainst Michigan State. Barchman of Schuvlkfll so scored on Gallaudet, Maple of the Orezon Aggies will be immortalized at Corvallis for such a run against great California, and Sawver of American University eleven hung up a similar record against Blue Ridge. Stevens Among Elect. Dropping down to the 65-yard class of scoring run from scrimmage, we encounter at the outset Christy Flan- nagan of Notre Dame, who with such 1 dash beat the Army; Woscolonis of Pennsylvania, who with a similar flight aided in tying Cornell; Russell Daugherty of Illinois, who scored and won the game against Chicago; Con- nor, again, of New York University agalnst Davis-Elkins; Farrell of North Carolina, who raced and dodged through Virginia Military Institute; Nicholas Kutsch of Towa, who achieved such a score against Illinois; Mike Stevens of Maryland, who dashed a like distance against Virginia; James Leary of Marquette, who scored after", such a flight against St. Louis; Byron Eby of Ohio State against Wesleyan; Gotch Carr of Syracuse against Ver- mont; Edward Morgan of Tulane with a similar record against Georgia Poly, and Gilbert Welch of Pittsburgh, who Entering the file of the 70-yard men we instantly come face to face with closes the roll with a line dash through Westminster. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ns Made from Scrimmage : Stadiums in Big Ten Seat 553,000 GRIDDERS, SAYS YOST ANNAPOLIS, December 8.—Field- ihg H. (Hurry Up) Yost, Michigan coach, in a letter to Commande; - vnas H. Ingram. athletic director af *he Naval Academy, sald that in- competent officlating lost the foot hall service game for the Navy at hicago. Ynst stated he saw an Army man 'zfck the ball after Ransford of Navy fumbled it on the now much-discus- <ed punt. He sald he saw one of the ficlals heel the spot where an Army man_ kicked the ball as the leather ‘vas being scooped it over for a touch- lown that was then allowed. Army man who carried it over for 2 touchdown that was then allowed. Yost sald that the touchdown should not have been allowed. He said the kicking of the ball was in full sight of practically every one on the field and in the stands. He said the Armv man kicked it for several vards before it was scooped up and carrled over for the score. The letter of Yost is one of hun- dreds thnt have been recelved at the Naval Academy athletic office stating practicallv. what Yost said Most of *he letters urge that Navy should ask for the game. The Navy peonle, however, despite that most of the officials and Mie shipmen are “down in the mouth' over the fact that Navy did not.win, look on the game as a ciosed affair. ‘They feel, however, that Navy actu- allv. won and that it was through a technicality that the game was de- clared a tle. Motion pictures now being shown in Annapolis show clearly that an Army man kicked the ball after Ransford fumbled it. MILLERS GET PARNHAM. Milwaukee of the American Asso- ciation has bought Rube Parnham, pitcher, from the Baltimore Orioles of the International League. and Maryland rolled up a 9-to-7 lead With only 16 candidates remaining in the squad as the result of a prun. ing process last night, Catholic Uni- versity tossers have settled to serious preparation for e basket ball season that will send them into more than a score vof contests on local and foreign floors. Coach Fred Rice reduced the squad from 32, weeding out all but two of the ambitious freshman graduate tos- sers, and retaining Capt. Long, Foley, Harvey, Carney, Shields, Linskey, Kenney, Keale, Fountaif, McCarthy, Manfreda, Schmidt, McDonald, Curry and McMullen. ¥ Foley reported for his first practige last night, almost completely recov- ered from a dislocated shoulder re- ceived in foot ball. Rice announced that daily drills of hard work in the gym will be held by the squad beginning today. Catholic University’s athletic coun- cil met yesterday and awarded letters to 18 players on the gridiron squad and the manager. Those honored were: Shields, Linskey, Foley, Har- vey, Manfreda, Lafond, Carney, Smith Schmidt, Geyer, Saffo, Hiener, McGovern, Connors, Du Four, Long, Tierney, Howell and Manager John P. Dickonson. A captain was to be chosen today by the letter men. R. F. Murray, jr., of New Haven has been named manager for next year. Mike Stevens, foot ball captain, and a basket ball letter man last year, and Floyd Schrader, hefty fullback, mak- ing his first try in the court game, have joined the varsity squad at Maryland. This leaves only Donald Adams, center, to report. He is re- covering from an injury received in the Hopkins foot ball game. % Freshmen tossers at Maryland nosed out the Baltimore Poly five last night in the Mdnumental City D. C. WE in the first half with Hetzel the spearhead of the attack, and the Terrapins held the sparse margin throughout. Determined to crush the haughty upper classmen and thereby remove the necessity for wearing skull caps the remainder of the Winter, fresh- men of Georgetown University went against the sophomores today on the Hilltop gridiron in their annual battle. Even though practically the entire personnel of the sophomores team was made up of varsity players, the frosh were to take the field unafraid. Georgetown University’s 1927 foot ball edition will be led from the back- field next Fall. Gerald (Jerry) Thomp- son, fast half-back, a junior at the Hilltop College, was elected team cap- tain last night at a meeting of letter men. Thompson is 21 years old, weighs 165 pounds and comes from Mount Vernon, N. Y., High School. He performed one of the outstanding grid feats of the season in George- town's game with Lebanon, running 99 yards for a touchdown. Before don- ning foot ball togs, Thompson had gained considerable reputation as a track man, pushing Charlie Paddock to a world record in a 220-yard race. Five foot ball games for 1923 have been definitely arranged, for Ameri- can University. The Methodists will open their campaign on September 24 against Gettysburg College at Get- tysburg, Pa. Other dates settled are: October 8, Shenandoah College here; 15, Blue Ridge College here. November 12, Bridgewater College at Bridgewater, Va., Thanksgiving Day, Gallaudet at Kendall Green. Negotiations also on for a con test with Dickinson College, at Car- lisle, Pa., on November 19, and George Washington and Western Maryland may be met. DNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 1926. STRAYER FIVE VISITS ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 8.— Strayer’'s Business College of Wash- ington, headed by Capt. Tommy David, former Western High School star, will make its bow before Alex- andria’s basket ball public tonight at the Armory Hall, playing St. Mary's Celtics, starting at 8:30 p.m. A _preliminary game, in which the Mary’s Seniors will figure as the home team, will also be played tonight at Armory Hall, starting at 7:30. Old Dominion Boat Club meets one of its greatest rivals in aquatic sports Saturday night at the Armory Hall in a basket ball game, when Potomac Boat Club of Washington comes here. _Alexandria_Fire Department and Virginia Athletic Club foot ball elev- ens will meet here Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in a game for the un- lif?lted gridiron championship of this city. Pirate Athletic Club foot ball team, defeated 14 to 6 by Alexandria Fire Department Preps Thanksgiving Day, is planning revenge when the teams meet again Sunda; Alexandria High School basket ball schedule will be opened Friday night with the Medical Detachment, Quan- tico Marines, playing here at the Armory Hall. WOMEN’S GILF ?OURNEY LISTED FOR SEPTEMBER NEW YORK, December 8 (#).—The St date of the 1927 Women's national golf championship to be played over the Cherry Valley Club course at Garden City, Long Island, N. Y., has been set for September 19 Conditions for the event remain un- changed with an 18-hol® qualifying round to determine the 32-match play- ers. All match play will be 18 holes with the exception of the 36-hole final. SPORTS. ALL HAVE BUILT PLANI SINCE WAR, EXCEPT IOWA Several, However, Have Not Been Fully Completed. - Despite Great Increase They Still Ar By the Associated Press CHICAGO, December 8.—When sta- diums now under construction or plan- ned for the immediate future are com pleted the 10 universities comprising the Western Conference will have ath- letic plants with a combined seating capacity of 553,000, an in 300,000 in the last five years. Yet this expansion has not begun to take cae of the horde of gridiron fans. It was impossible to squeeze into the University of Michigan dium at Ann Arbor, for instance, be- cause every ticket was sold early in September, even before the season opened. The sdme was true at Chicago and Northwestern for important games, and also at Ohio State. Room Still Insufficient. The Soldiers’ Field Stadium here, scene of the Army and Navy spectacle, was expanded to care for 110,000 per- sons, but if it could have been in creased to hold 500,000 it would not have been large enough. Those in charge of the ticket sales turned down 500,000 applications before the middle of October, and thousands of letters still poured in. Every school in the Big Ten, with the exception of Towa, has built a new stadium since the Ithough sev- eral are not yet fully complete. Ohio State ing era in 1922 by bullding a gigantic double-decked Horseshoe, I h the Yale Bowl, and with a seail capacity of 78,000. Tt was sold ou for the Michigan-Ohio game Novem As the result of a conference yester- day between managers of the teams, Mohawks and Apaches today settled to serious preparation for their clash next Sunday at Clark Griffith Stadium for the unlimted sandlot grid cham- My 25 Years on the Gridiron BY WILLIAM A. ROPER, HEAD COACH PRINCETON X ‘One of the smoothest running teams 1 ever have seen was the Notre Dame eleven of 1924. While this team was im allstar aggregation, the players ed us at Princeton 1he last Saturday in October. Notre iame had defeat «d the Army the week before in New York and we had been fortu nate enough to nose out in our | me against the | av: e After the BILL ROPER zame the Dame players had to travel back to | South Bend and leave for Princeton the following Friday. In analyzing the | chances of the two teams, I felt these | two long trips would take something out of Rockne's y s, but I admit I | was mistaken. The Notre Dame play- | ers were in perfect physical condition | svhen they came into Palmer Stadium and there were no visible effects of the | trip the week before. This was ra-| ther remarkable, as few teams can stand much traveling. We had made quite a study of the | em of attack and for time in my coaching | a box de- Army Notre tife fi experience 1 decided to pl fense in the backfield, with seven men in the line. We felt this the only \:ay to stop the Notre Dame running plays. The Notre Dame attack is based on | a backfield shift. The backs assume | 4t the start the old-fashioned regular backs in « parallel | Jine with the quarterback under cen. | ter. The “hip” comes next, with the backs jumping into a tandem position either right or left, with the quarter luck sometimes still under center and sometimes hipping with the other backs. position of thry Tactics Rockne Uses. Practically all the Notre Dame p are run from close formation. The quarterback handles the ball on line plays, while the direct pass is used on 1ackle slants and end runs. isithe pivot of the Notre Dame attack. \When the play goes to the flank, and ufter the baci h “hipped,” the nd is supposed to “hip” outside the ta-kle just before the ball is put into | Dy, getting into position to box him »m the outside. It would seem to the | sual observer that this changed po- ~ition of th> end would give away the 4y, but it is almost impossible of de- 1ection because of the clever faking of | the end on other plays. When the play iy, not an end run, the end > same motions as " out. but never Jeaves his original position. this is only a biuff. It frequently served to fool the defensive tackle, Who, after he has been outflanked, al- ways is anxious about getting hoxed, . on seeing the end start his jug ling, immediately shifts wide. This is just what the end wants, as the tackle has drawn himself out of posi tion and is boxed out. The Notre Dame backfield, inz of Stuhldreher, Lavden, Cr and Miller, acted their parts per 100. I never have seen better b field co-ordination. Discarded Two-Team Idea. Hefore the game we gave consider able thought to how to meet Rockne® two-team idea. vould play the second team, or « troops, first, we considered cther it would 1ot be a good idea to our entire second team in first hold ths regulars out until the Dame Irst team came in. We *h B yat s irded thic plan, because our sec- | d team was not strong enough. As matter of fact, Rockne used good jgmet tnat vear in keeping his first ||rihul€t1 a lot toward The end ! He takes | an original jump out on one foot, but ! Feeling certain that | TVERSITY —What Notre Dame Taught Princeton score. As luck would have it, we got a good break at the start of the game. Notre Dame also played a box de- fense and Jake Slagle got off a good long kick over the quarterback’s head that rolled and bumped along until the ball stopped on the two-yard line and would not budge another inch. Notre Dame kicked out from behind their own goal line and we had the ball about 35 yards from ther goal. We soon had a practical demonstra- tion of the defensive strength of this supposedly second team. I never saw better charging. Theyhekl for fows and we lost the ball. Held Hoosiers to Two Scores. About the end of the first quarter, Rockne sent in his first team. Our men had had little difficulty in stop- ping the second team’s attack, but there certainly was a difference be- tween the Notre Dame first and sec- ond backfields. There always seemed to be a hole in our line and the Notre Dame backs had uncanny ability for finding it. We held them to two scores, but that was the best we could o. The Princeton players learned a lot of foot ball in this game, and while it was a hard one to lose { really think this defeat made the Princeton team for the Harvard game. The Notre Dame game showed our players the value of interference. In talking the game over our fellows admitted that it was mighty difficult to get near the man with the ball. At Cambridge two weeks later e won against Harvard because of our splendid interference, and I believe the practical lesson gained in the Notre Dame game con- the play of our team against Harvard. (Copyright, 1926.) 14 GRIDIRON STARS IN LINE FOR JAUNT | By the Associated Pre J ANNAPOLIS, Md., Decémber 8.— | Fourteen Eastern and Middle West- ern gridiron stars, including Slagle of Princeton, Flora of Michigan and Broda of Brown, have so far agreed to play against a picked Pacific Coast team at Berkeley, Calif., it is announced by Navy in charge of Eastern arrange- ments. avy Bill” Ingram, the Middy foot- ball mentor, who will assist in coaching the Eastern team, expects to obtain, finally, a squad of from 30 to 40 men. The game will be for the benefit of the Shriners’ Hospital of San Fragcisco. Other players who will journey the continent are Connaughton, orgetow! Carey, Cornell; Amos, ishington and _ Jefferson: Neal, Western Maryland: Thayer, Butler and Douglass, Unive of Penns arow, Ohio State; McHenry t Virginia: Rauber, Washington t plonship of Washington. Waverly, victor over the Mohawks in an early season game, and hold- ing a contract to meet the Hawks on December 12, agreed to meet the Southeast aggregation on December 19. The game will be the rubber con- test, as each has won in earlier clashes. The result of the postponement last Sunday because of a snow-covered fleld has been to stir-up greater rivalry between the Apaches and the Mo- hawks, and to keep the players on thelr toes for two weeks of intensive drilling. The postponement also_ has brought back to the line-up, of both teams players injured in other clashes, who might not otherwise have been avalable. Capt. Morton Gooch of the Apaches will have had added time to rest an ankle, while Shorty O'Connell of the Mohawks, said by many to be the leading_kicker in local sandlot foot ball, will be available for the Hawks ASTMAN School's intramural volley ball serles was won vesterday by the White team when it scored over the Blues, 21 to 16, in the decid- ing tilt. The Blues had annexed the first game and the ‘Whites had tied the count by taking the second. In yesterday’s encounter the Blue squad started off with a big lead, holding their opponents scoreless in the first period, while they collected 6 tallies. But the Whites rallied to overcome the handicap and push for- ward for the decision. The winners will be credited with 12 points to- |wara the all-sport trophy, which will be awarded at the end of the year to thé side having the largest point total earned in the various athletic activities. Julia Yates is captain of the { White_volley ball team, which in- | clues D. Gambrill, F. Avis, A. Fling- !luff, A. Bowle, M. Berry, R. Transue, |'s. Wallace and §. Lloyd. | 'The Blues are captained Katherine Berry and _include Heth, S. Kittel, A. Diamond, J. Duckett, E. Johnson, A. Totten, F. Mills and T. Burt. by Five of the six elementary school basket ball leagues have completed their schedules and the division cham- pionships have been decided. Only the Columbia Helghts division title re- mains to be settled. This division is divided into two sectons. Park View | tossers have won the section A series and are waiting to meet the section B champs for the cup. The schedule in section B was halted some time ago because the field was unavailable at Happy Hollow playground where these games are played. Actlon was resumed last week and the loop will be completed within a few days, weather permitting. E. V. winner of this section last leading again this year and is favored to come out on top. More than 1,000 girls have com- peted in the various division leagues | the games having been conducted by iirectors on the municipal play- | grounds_on week days after school | hou Each school in the city having seventh’ and eighth grdde students and Lee, and Desmond, Loyola (Bal- tlmgre!. MARYLAND IS INCLUDED ON HOPKINS’ SCHEDULE December 8.— for the an- at the Balti- more stadlum. is included on the | eight-game schedule of Johns Hop- kit University. ive of the contests will be played in this city. The October—1, University of Rich- mond; 8, Syracuse at Syracuse; 15, Haverford at Haverford; 22, Loyola; 29, Delaware. November—3, Columbin at New York; 12, St. John's; 24, Maryland. e COURSE AT BROOKLINE WILL HAVE 27 HOLES out of the game for the first : 1ew minutes. 1ad nothing like the offensive of the first team, it was in reality his best «efensive aggregation. and in this re- wct Was even stronger than the first am. We felt our one chance ay in rush- 1 the second team «ff its feet and ietting an early lead :n the game. \We sent the Princeton team on the 1cid with posjtive instructions to make every effort to an eamy While his second team | scene of many national and interna. tional tournaments, is to be extended from 18 to 27 holes to do away with | congestion. { The courve will be of | nnits inte «.ra (2w ble {play. Work wil' ne started immediate- llv to clear acres of land for the extension. The development will cost ree nine-hole ‘n order of | was permitted to enter one team in he division in which their school is | gevgraphically located. Silver cups !will be presented by the playground lepartment to the championship squad | of division. Langdon School will receive the | Bloomingdale division trophy for the third consecutive year, which means |that it becomes part of the perma. | nent trophy display at that school. Peabody tossers also have won a { permanent decoration for their tro- | phy shelf as they captured the Plaza | division title for the third time in a row. V ‘The Georgetown cup will go to Cur- tis Hyde for the second time, this team having come through the long | schedule of that division without the loss of a game. Buchanan tossers are rejoicing over regaining the Virginia Avenue crown, which they lost to Bryan last year after winning it in 1924, Blow | School will be awarded -a shining new trophy for their suceessful per- formance in the Rosedale division. Pierce won the cup permanently last | year in this division, so a new one was offered by Playground head- | quarters this season. | _ After the argument is settled in the { Columbia Helghts division, all of the |cups will be presented formally at | special assemblies. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of playgrounds, and Miss Maude Parker, director of girls’ activities, will ‘mgke the av GRID TITLE GAME SUNDAY, WAVERLY WAIVING DATE WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER. after a layoff due to an injured collar bone received in the second Waverly game. Prepping for their game Sunday with Kenilworth gridmen at Seat Pleasant, Stanton A. C. warriors will drill tomorrow night at Plaza field. Players asked to report by Coach Mit- chell at 6 o'clock are Snail, Jones, Hancock, Shaw, Curtain, Flaherty, Hanback, Turner, Joseph, Greevy, N. and J. Handiboe, J. Farrell, Gooch and Himmel. Northern pigskin handlers are after a game with a 150-pound team for Sunday. Call Sam Ormes at Adams 809. Despite their defeat by Peerless A. ., Mohawk Prep gridmen claim the W-pound crown, asserting Peerless has not played any other teams. The Preps will work Thursday night at 730 o'clock at Virginia avenue play- ground and will hold a blackbooard meeting at the same time at their clubhouse, Twelfth and E streets outheast, on Saturday night.. Mo- wks' manager may be reached at Lincoln 422-M after 6:30 p.m. Garfleld division, which in the past has had a basket ball series, has staged a dodge ball league this season instead as all of the schools in that section have only six grades now. ~Amidon School of the Southwest district came through the series vic- torious, and will be presented with a banner’ by Evelyn Howard, director of Garfield playground. Miss Howard reports that the league was very suc- cessful. The youthful athletes proved very enthusiastic over their games, and turned out in large numbers. | The weekly recreation hour, direct- ed by local representatives of the Na- tional Amateur Athletic Federation, will be held at Central High School this evening from 8:30 to 10 o'clock. All busienss and profeslonal wom:n who feel the need of exercise and would enjoy the sitmulus of a good game of basket ball, volley ball or other sport will find their neéds most adequatey provided for in the care- fully arranged programs held at Cen- tral each Wednesday evening. Miss Hazel Sayre, physical director of Ma- deira School, has charge of the basket ball program this week, and will be assisted by other physical directors. The last 10 minutes of the evening will be devoted to the Danish ex- ercises introduced at the meeting last week by directors from the Martha Washington Seminary. Basket Ball Tips BY SOL METZGER. When a defense drives a dribbler into the corner of the court away from the basket, as shown in the diagram at the top of the illustra- tion, the latter is usually in a diffi cult’ position either to shoot or pass. An excellent shot for the basket when so cornered is the two-hand one from over the shoul- der, pictured in Figures 1, 2 and Meanwell’s Wisconsin teams that won Western Conference titles have long been masters of it, and Leslie Mann used it at Springfleld College last season with much suc- * cess, his five winning victories over Harvard, Amherst and Massa- chusetts Aggies, a rather appro- priate string for the institution that gave birth to the game of basket ball. The shot is made by bending the arms at the elbows and lifting the ball over the shoulders, diagonally across the face and looping it for the basket, Often the shooter umps as he delivers the ball. It s the one shot from thi: ition that it is almost impossible to guard, as the movements in mak- ing it carry the player away from the guard and the loop is made too high to be stopped in the air. The ball should be aimed to carom off the back board, striking it well to the side and above the basket. (Copyrixht. 1926.) SCHEDULES ST. XAVIER. PROVIDENCE, R. I., December 7 (#).—The Providence College foot ball team will meet the St. Xavier College eleven at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 29, 1927, The QEhEm’ng Star BOYS CLUB BY H. L. HAMILTON. (Basket Ball Coach. Bridgeport (TIL.) High School.) “Old Lady Luck” is a myth in basket ball and every other amateur sport. It is an overest mated quantity and has very little to do with ath- letics. Practice and lots of it in the study of form, practice in which you try your best at all times, practice at game conditions as nearly ‘as possible, brings results that the opponents ter “‘good luck,” but which isn’t. Dismiss from your mind the thought that “good luck” will make you a great athlete. Instead of looking for four-leaf clovers use that time for shooting: baskets. | In a basket ball game a few years | ago I saw a ball shot, hit the rim of the basket, rebound about nine feet into the air and hit the ceiling, then drop through the net. That was what I call “luck.” But those things don’t happen often. ! A beautiful basket from either a perfect bank or a well aimed loop throw isn't luck. It's the result of fine form attained by lets of practice and work. It's co-ordination of mind and muscle, made possible by much practice. My idea is that the bag who is well trained and coached to do things with the best form will do the right thing easily and gracefully and become a regular performer and not a hit-and- miss type of athlete. Try to improve with each game— with each practice. Never do any- thing in athletics without trying to do a little_better than you did the last time. You will be surprised at the resuits. Let the other fellow try to coax “Lady Luck.” You'll beat him on | your own form. Tug Wilson's athlqtic test for mem- bers of The Star Boys Club is next. (Copyright, 1026.) WILL PLAY CELTICS. Washington’s pro basket ball team will face in Brooklyn tonight the orig- inal Celtics, a few years ago recog- nized world champions. WaLLACE MoTor Co. NASH New and"Used Cars 1709 L Street N.W. Just East of Conn. Ave. MAIN 7612 Montrose quint last night upset Peck’s five in the gym of the latter aggregation, 37 to 36. Montrose led at the end of the half, 17 to 14. King, Florence and Smith starred for the victors, while Corcoran and E. Saul were prominent for the losing team. Montrose wants games with seni and unlimited teams for Tuesday ‘Thursdays and Saturd: Calling 10 and 4 o'clock. minute of pla Chapel to score enabling Epiphany, t0-20 victory over the Hartfords in the latter's gym. Epiphanys are seeking a game for Friday night. Manager McCartee may be reached at North 188 A brace of the outstanding games of the Washington Basket Ball League season_arc carded for deci- sion on the Washington Barracks floor tonight. Calvary Seniors will clash with Park View five at 7 o'clock. counter the Kanawhas. Opening _game of Washington's newest basket ball loop, the Jewish Community Center League, will be played December 15 on the floor of the Jewish Community Center at 9 o'clock. NWarwick A. C., leader in independ- ent ranks a few years ago, is being reorganized by Bus Freed. Freed wants to get in touch with former Warwick players to make up his team and may be reached at Lincoln 2580. Two court battles are billed tonight in Petworth Basket Ball League, with Cardinal Seniors meeting York A. C. at 7 o'clock, and Tremonts clashing with Park View an hour later. Both games are billed for the Wilson Nor- mal gymnasium. St. Paul the Aztec Juniors, 38 to 16. Leonard gathered eight field goals for the victors. scored over has been organized by the W. H. West Co. employes, and games are being booked. They may be arranged by |5 pm. Palace Juniors want a game, s day night with a team having 2 gym. Manager John may be reached at Lin- coln 5696 at dinner time. Team mem- bers will meet at the manager’s house tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. | Juniors, a newly organized club. | Manager Ferguson may be reached at | Woodside 25 after 6:30 o'clock. Pontiacs will meet at 1002 South Carolina avenue Friday night. Prac- tice will be held Saturday night at in Eastern High School gym. Games in the 105-110 pound class |are wantdd by the Park View team. |Games may be arranged through Adams 762. St. Joseph's basketers downed St. Martin's juniors, 23 to 21, in @ warm battle on” the latter’s floor. Brewer and Farrell starred for the victors. Entire Stock Established 1893 AT - Big Reductions The Greatest Values IWe Have Ever Offered Suit or Qvercoat Tailored to Meet ¥ our Individual Requirements 272 | 935 Regular Regular $40 Values $45 Palues 40 Regular $50 Values Full Dress Suits Silk Lined to Measure 45 Mertz & Mertz Co. An hour later Epiphany Roses will en- An unlimited class basket ball team | calling Main 9900 between 9 a.m. and | | Games are wanted by the Woodside | | z MONTROSE BARELY BEATS STURDY PEEK BASKETERS Woodlothians of Wood & Lothrop will appear in their first court game Friday night, facing the Junior High School quint at 9 o'clock at the Wilson Normal gym. d Coca Cola Midgets are forming | » | basket ball squad to play in the d Katzman Manager for pound division. has called a meeting tomorrow Manager Jeffries at Main 705 between | Night at his home. Auth Seniors will he put through | Heffelfinger shot a basket in the last |4 drill tonight in the Ipip gymnasium under the watchful of Manager Sanderson. A meeting of the Y. M. i organized by Charles Newman composed of many players of the old Kanawha five, will be held tomorrow p= ( night at the home of Ellis Goodman, Lafayette apartment: 0 o'clock. AMERICAN U. QUINT STARTS TOMORROW American Univi s basket ball vsqm\d, which ha own well in pre- season drills, will leave in the morn- ing for Bridgewater. to meet Bridgewater College tom ow in_the Methodist’s opening game. Friday American will face Shena doah College at Dayton and Saturday will end its invasion of the Old Do- minion with a tilt with the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond. Eight players, all of whom had considerable experience at court game, will take the jaunt, companied by C h G. Baillie Spring- ston and Manager Seeley Gray. They are Schloss right, Banta, Bru Elliott, Gerth and Capl Returning here Sunday, odists will idl going to Gettysburg, Pa., Gettysburg College on Tue December 16 Coach _Spr quint will play host to Un Maryland in a game that will mark dedication of the new $100,000 Ameri can gym. - MILLER GETS LICENSE. BALTIMORE, Md., December The license of Heine Miller, Was hav the Birth- Herbert the v before on's been renewed. 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Minne 's plant seats 55,000, and the twe tadiums, 25,000 each, partly completed : been in use at Ul orthwestern capacity Midway plant been i 3,000 to 53,000, and additions will be made within next 12 months to incr it to 50,000 rthwestern was able to get 50,000 seats ready for this sea son’s gridiron spy wnd plans an_ultimate cap close to 3 seasc of 70,000, and times in the in use. four Mhe I the next Fu 70,000, be erected 1n round, with being on the ground level Wisconsin added one |tion to its stand each 3 | plant now holds 4 i sed if the demand Towa's plant seats ar has several new sectio grandstond. the top . but steel and concrete NORTH CAROLINA STATE KEEPS TEBELL AS COACH SIGH, N. ¢, December 8 ().~ (Gus) Tebell will be retained et ball and foot bal North Carolina State Colleg | He was given an increase in | and author select his SOCCER CLUB NAMES CRAWFORD AS HEAD Crawford has been president and manager of the United Athletic Club, under ‘ name the British United Soccer Cluh hereafter will be known. Other officers besides — Crawford anization meeting mbassy were Wil P. B. Buckle Smith, captain. imnounced that the protest of German-American 1 game they lost on Novem . by 1 to 2, to the Uniteds has not heen al lowed by the s committee o Washington Socce gue. Uniforms the Thanksgiving are missin | Inform their whe | abou ated. A reward is offered. Call Potomac 1438 or the British embassy. Any one playir v for the reser rmed by the NAVY QUINT TO START. NNAPOLI IRz} I opens J Uniteds soccer is invited to * team now being Uniteds. S, December ball team season nst Western quintet here tonight. Ham Hamilton, recent g jat center, and Graf, | the _only remainin: | wealth of substitute: of a season | Middies' Tom liron star guard, are Meth- | to engage | AL10 HEATERS I Cars and Mellow Cigar