Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1926, Page 47

SPORTS. SPORTS. " 4T THE EVEN G_BTAR, Tunne)fle'clares Boxing Demands More From an Athlete Than Does Foot Ball- PREPARATION IS GREATER, SAYS HEAVYWEIGHT RULER Surprised That Princeton Does Not Award Letter. “Only Motive Should Be Courage, Self-Reliance, Manliness and Sportsmanship.” : BY LAWRENCE PERRY. ENE TUNNEY'S future as a fighting champion of the world: is yet to be determined. But right now it is estab- lished that all records, past and present, in the wi of original thought and polished verhiage and in- telligent interest in the deeper things of life are safely and irrevocably in possession of the titleholder. The other day Gene was comforta- bly seated in a Pullman car deep in the perusal of the well known—or are they well know Meditations " of Marcus Aureli when he was ac- costed by a Princeton student repre- genting that daily student organ, the Princetonian. Champion Is Not Feazed. Tunney was ready for him. In fact, having crossed swords with Bernard fhaw, this young Tiger journalist meant no more to him than a pork and bean heavyweight—even granting that the Princeton journalist was by | no means a poyk and hean scribe. In the course of the interview 7'un- ney, who has that habit peculiar to great men in turning the tables of in quiry upon an interviewer, elicited the award fact that Pripceton does not the varsity “P" 1o her hoxer Astonished, outraged, the thereupon expressed views ing the relative merits of boxing and font ball that are entitled to a wider andience than that of a college daily. exclaimed | “You mean to tell me Tunney, “that Princeton awards no insignia to it hoxers when it gives major letters to foot ball’ men who play a game which demands no skill, no intelligence, no individual thinking —only the faculty to take orders, taculty which is good In the soldier but never good in the creative mind!" To fall into the vernacular of some of Gene's ring associates, can you beat that? Is Surprise to Gene. “Do they e letters far foot ball,” Tunney went on, “do they give let- ters for a sport which does not re- quire creative qualities and then re- fuse (o recognize a sport which de- mands hoth physical and moral cour- age. individual and competitive | thinking. vears of planning and prep- | aration and trne sportemanship?” Leaning back in his seat, Tunney stared at the inquiring reporter, who blushed and stammered and ad- mitted that this was even so. Well!" Gene paused a moment ‘"i marshal his thoughts and then | went on: | “There is no comparison between the necessary preparation which a boxer and a foot ball player must undergo. “In hoxing a man must alwavs have his eve toward the physical and mental conditions which control his hahits and conduct, hoth psycho- | logically and sensuously, while the | foot hall hero trains only for a brief period. “From my ohservation of both | aports 1 would far rather he the hest | boxer in a university than the hest foot ball player. I wonld know in | the forme: e that I had realized | my position as a result of individual | sffort and merit. thus making for the | most complete gratification. | Believes in Control. “Like everything else, boxing should not he permitted to run riot withoit any <heck. 1 would like to see it fostered as a college sport | more for the development of manli- | ness and self-reliance than for the | tame of an institution, which, after | all, is intended primarily for learning. | “As an intercollegiate sport, hoxing among the colleges could do no more harm than foot hall. I am positively not in favor, though, of college men | taking up hoxing as a profession. There is just so much good to be got out of the sport and it is worthless to look heyond that point.” “How ahout boxing as a means,of enabling a man to take care of him self " Tunney was asked. ‘Nonsense?" replied Gene. “That is a fallacy: for it is so seldom that gentlemen ever hecome mixed up in a fight that if this were {he only motive boxing would he a waste of time. The one motive should he the development courage, self-reliance, manliness and sportsmanship. i fagets : { Harvard and Princeton students are shortly going to et together to discuss whether or not relations in varfous sports other than foot ball shall continue between the two uni- versitie Harvard, in all probability, would he pleased to have it so. if only on the ground of gate receipts. In hase ball, for example, the games with the Ti- gers at Princeton and Cambridge, es- pecially at Cambridge, where the Har- vard grads have favored the Red Sox and the Braves over the nine of their alma mater, save in hig three con- tests, have heen money makers. Again, In hockey Princeton is ex- pected to have a team better quali- fled than any other university outfit to give stirring battle to the cham- plonship Harvard combination. A game bhetween the Jersey men and the Crimson which was to have been play- ed in the Madison Square Garden in New York this Winter would surely have been a money maker. It has heen canceled. Also the Tiger skat- ers always drew well in Boston. This means still another hole in the annual athletic income In rowing Harvard crews have gone to Princeton as guests of Old Nassau, to Indulge in Spring train- ing, 10 days of hospitality. They won't go this vear If the present hreak continues to encompass all | sports, and a basket hall game which was expected to earn money has also gone by the hoards. All the chances are, whatever the Harvard and Princeton students may recommend, that the authorities at Princeton, if not at Harvard, will he strongly inclined to Keep the break clean in all athletic relations. Be a good athlete the year around. If you can run and jump well, show strength of arms and shoulders and throw accurately and far, vou can star in most any sport. These five tests for boys of all ages will show vou whether or not you're good ath- letes. If vou cannot measure up to these marks vou are below standard and should immediately strive to better your athletic ability: BOYS 12 AND UNDER. Should be able to chin selves four times. Climb rope with hands and feet 12 feet, Stand .and broad jump 5 feet 9 inches, Run the 50 vards in 8 seconds. Throw a base ball 130 f BOYS 13 AND OVER. Should chin selves six times. Climb rope with hande and feet 16 feet. Stand and broad jump 6 feet 6 inches. Run the b0 vards in 7 seconds. Throw a base ball 195 feat. HIGH SCHOOI. BOYS. Should chin selves nine times. Climb rope with hands only Run and broad jump 14 feet. NIVERSITY, December 7 uch of Virginia's grid- iron success in the two sea- sons just past has been due to the strength of the Cava- lier line, and much of the credit for the play of the linemen has been given to Charles Fenwick, the varsity line coach, who practices law In Washington bhetween seasons. And one of the most apt pupils in the line for three seasons has heen Charlie Mackall, also of Washington, who has been a guard through the measons of 1924 and 1925, and during 1926 was captain of the Cavalier eleven, Triple-Threat Lineman. Mackall has bheen one of the most versatile players who has ever worn the Orange and Blue, Earle Neale, Virginia's head coach, has said many va., times this Fall that this veteran linesman was hig only triple-threat, for in addition to his work in the line Mackall could punt, pass and the halk. The long high kicks of the Cavalier captain enabled the ends to get down under the punts, often downing the opposing receiver in his tracks and more than once causing fumbles that o were later turned into scores. But when he was back on punt forma- tion Mackall did not always kick; sometimes he passed, and his throws had a part in the 912 yards Virginia gained through the air this season, And sometimes, to give variety, he would run with the ball for gains of | between five and 15 yards. The trained toe of Mackall won Virginia's games against North and South Carolina on placement kicks. Even when he was play line. Mackall did not alwa in his position. On many plays he was the leader of the interference. Sometimes he shifted to end, where he acted as a pass recelver for good gains M all's versatility won for him a place on many all-Southern elevens, including that selecte I by the Asse- ciated Press. He was the unanimous choice of the coaches of the State of Virginia for a place on the all- of four great virtues—individual LEATH T State eleven and he was given all- ER LINED || FULL L ONGUE FAMOUS D. C. BOYS SHARE CREDIT IN VIRGINIA GRID SUCCESS American mention by several authori- ties. Including Grantland Rice. Thus it has been that one line star from the Capital of the Nation, who was an all.Southern tackle sev. eral years ago. has had a hand in training another Washington hoy to play foot ball well enough for Vir- | ginia to be mentioned among the hest in the entire country Fenwick Is Valued Aid. Three men have done practically all of Virginia's varsity coaching. Earle Neale, as head coach, gives his chief attention to the backfield while he supervises the general training of the team. John Kellison, who has been Coach Neale's assistant since he began to teach foot ball, looks after the defense, and It has been due to his skill that the Cavalier team, which started off poorly, developed into one of the best defensive elevens in the entire South. The play in the line is left to Coach Fenwick, who served at Virginia_un- der three coaches, Neale. and Rice Warren and Tommy Campbell hefore Rim. How long Coach Fenwick will bhe able to continue his connection with the Virginia varsity staff is not known, for since his graduation from the law school two vears ago he has heen in the office of his father, E. T. Fenwick. and each Fall he has found it increasingly difficult to leave his growing legal practice. MORE COURT REFEREES. Harry Rosenblum and 8. R. Huey have heen added to the lot of local basket . hall officials. 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QUINT BOOKS THIRTEEN CONTESTS LEXINGTON, Va., December 9.— Virginia Military Institute's hasket ball schedule, as announced by Man- ager E. T7 Allen, contains 13 games, with two open dates, which probably will be filled. In addi.tion, the Cadets plan to compete in the Southern Con- ference tournament at Atlanta. Eight Southerf Conférence games are listed. All games will be played on the home floor, except return en- gagements with V. P. I, Virginia and Roanoke. Though the Cadets are not slated to play until after the holidays, Coach Bill Raftery has a large squad work- ing out dafly. Four letter men are available—Capt. Bellinger, Mondy, Frost and B. Fulk- erson. Besides these are eight from the strong freshman squad of last vear. They are Bishop, Barnes, Har- ner, Hewlett, McGlone, Harrison, L. G. Walker and Harrisen. Indications are that the Cadets will have plenty of guards and forwards, but that the pivet position may cause trouble. Loss of White and Capt. Caldwell of last season’s quint was a 500- . | heavy blow. Hewlett and Harrison of last sea- son's freshman outfit and Cheek, a substitute last vear, are in the lead for the center job. The schedule: January 8—Bridgewater. January 12—Richmond. Aanuary 19—Elon. January 21—North Carolina State. 'dlnmnry 26—Virginia, at Charlottes- January 29—V. P. I. February 5—North Carolina. February i—Virginia. February 10—Duke. February 12—Maryland. February 14—South Carolina. February 19—V, P. 1., at Blacks- re. February 22—Roanoke, at Roanoke. B2 i Horse racing in the East has been laid away on the sporting shelf for arnother season. 1 TOOK P. A. for better or worse « « o and found it better! Better than anything I had ever smoked. That’s my story and I’m going to stick to it. When siren- brands try to flirt, I just give them the icyme.llmwwlntllikeinapipe, AMERICAN U. QUINT PLAYS GAME TODAY ——— American University basketers opened their season today with a game against Bridgewater College at Bridgewater, Va. Eight players, including Capt. Tom Sawyer, Coach Baillie Springston and Manager Gray made the trip. Sawyer, forward, is the only mem ber of the 1925 quint remaining. Floormen of Washington and Lee University have billed four contests with local colleges on their scheduled visit to the Capitol just before Christ- mas. Maryland will be played at Col- lege Park on December 17; the follow- ing night the Generals will play Catholic University at Brookland, and on the 20th George Washington and American Universities will be met on the home courts of the local Institutions. Shih Wang of Washington, a Chi- nese student at the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, has been awarded the major “T" in soccer. Turning from foot ball to track and field athletics, ‘‘Bahe” Connaughton, Georgetown's All-American guard, is looking forward to winning points for the Hilltop team in the Winter indoor meets. Connaughton will start train- ing shortly in the weight toesing events, D. C. PRINCETON ALUMNI T0 HOLD GRID BANQUET Princeton alumni of Washington will celebrate the Tigers' dual foot ball vietory over Yale and Harvard at a dinner at the Willard tomorrow evening, starting promptly at 7:30 o'clock. Motion pictures of the two contests will be exhibited. The. diners will be addressed by Prof. Charles W. Kennedy, chairman of the board of athletic control at Princeton, who wrote the note inform- ing Harvard that the Jersey institu- tion had several athletic relations with the Cambridge university. LAMAR TO MEET ALLEN. Moving toward his chance for na- tional recognition in the heavyweight ranks, Henry Lamar, former Western High School student and once a holder of the National Amateur Athletic Union heavywelght bhoxing cham- plonship, will engage in a series of bouts during the Winter. Lamar's first Aight will be on December 20, in Boston, with Whitey Allen. Sinse g il ST. ALBAN'S VICTOR. St. Alban's soccer team nosed out Galtheraburg hooters vesterday on the latter’s fleld, 2 to 1,"in an overtime contest. Charley Fletcher made the winning point on a pass from Barber, after the count had been knotted at the end of the regulation time. Joy and what I like is Prince Albert! The itistant you break the seal on the tidy red tin and get that wonderful fra- grance of real tobacco, you know you are in for a pipe-treat. Your mouth fairly waters for a taste of tobacco that smells as good as that. Then you load up and fi'llt Ilp—lh’ LX) PRINGE ALBERT —no other tobacco is . like it! After losing to Calvary, the Park View floormen jumped across town to Wilson Normal gym where they won a brace of contests, downing the W. .H. West Co., 43 to 14, and the Tre- monts, 19 to 13. In another contest on the Wilson floor, the Cardinal Wonder flve took | the measure of the York Preps, 39 to 18, Calvary Seniors and Epiphany Roses won Washington League battles. Calvary beating Park View, 33 to 20, and Epiphany Roses trouncing Kana- wha, 22 to 17. Columbia Heights Christian tossers downed Potomac Roat Club in Central High gym, 32 to 26. (alvary M. E. annexed a game from 014 Dominion Boat Club, 39 to 16, Calvary will engage the Terminal Y. M. C. A. team tonight at the Union Station gym. Tossers of the Red Shield A. C. won a twin bill, trimming the Pet- worth Boys' Club," 18 to 8, and the Try-Me Bottling Company, 69 to 6. Thompson and Bennie scored field goals in the last three minutes of play to enable the Anacostia Eagle five to nose out the Frederick floormen, 14 to 10, on the latter's floor. Elite Juniors will play Epiphany to- night in the G street gymnasium. Epiphany will play the Independents in a league contest at the Arcadia Monday Independent A. C. will engage the Y. M. H. A, five tonight at Eastern High gym. All the Y. M. H. A. players are to report at 7 o'clock. Tts fourth victory in five starts was scored by American Express Co. five when Woodside A. C. was met. The Expressmen won, 31 to 22. Columbia Senlor five has three games scheduled for the balance of the week. Tonight it engages the South Carolina Christian Church team; tomorrow it meets the Boys’ Club Celtics and Saturday night will face tha Company F reserves at Hyattaville, Alcos, colored basket ball titlehold- ers of Washington, will open the sea- son at the Lincoln Colonnade tonight, meeting the Elk's five of Asbury Park, N. T Games are being sought by the re- organized Palace Athletic Club quint. Call Manager Wise at Franklin 5583. Corinthian Midgets want a game in the 115-pound division for Saturday night. Wilbur Cross, manager, may be reached at Columbla 1266-W. Palace Junlors seek a game for Sat. urday night. Call Manager John, Lincein ‘5696, St. Mary's Cellics won over Stray- bowl packed with P. A. neat wad into always thouglit such pipe-pleasure was *“just around the corner.” Try a load of Prince Albert and turn that corner! Get a half-nelson on the pipe-joy that’s due you. Before you do another thing, buy a tin of Prince Albert and tuck a your pipe. Notice how mild it is, yet how delightfully full-bodied. Here’s a smoke that you can pal around er's Business College five at Alexan- dria last night, 18 to 13. Larry Ker- sey shot. three field goals for the Cel- ties, and Cappelli made the same num- ber for Strayer's. Northern Virginia All-Stars basket ballers. held their first practice last night. Hatcher, Oden and Fink are among formidable candidates. The All-Stars are after games with un limited teams. Write Manager F. B. Cunningham at Vienna, Va. KIRKLESKI JOINS STAR TEAM; WELCH CAN'T GO EASTON, Pa.. December 9 (#). Frank Kirkleski, captain of TLafay- ette's undefeated foot ball team, has accepted an Invitation ta play with the All-Eastern collegiate team that will meet a picked team of Western | stars at Berkeley, Calif., New Year day in a charity game. PITTSBURGH., P December 9 (#).—Gibby Welch, University of Pitts- burgh halfback, has been denied per- mission to play with the Eastern col- legiate team against an all-star West- ern combination at San Francisco, New Year day HANNEGAN, WASHINGTON BOY, NAVY GRID LEADER ANNAPOLIS, Md., December 9.— Ned Hannegan, Washingtonian, has heen elected captain of Navy's 1927 foot ball team. He has plaved in the Navy backfleld for two seasons, fre- quently rerving as quarterback. Hannegan got his grounding in foot ball at Western High School in Washington, where he was a stellar | back and was an all'high school elaven selaction. After leaving West ern, Hannegan played with Severn School before entering the Naval Academy, PRO BASKET BALL. Won. Lost. land . ¢ W ington 5 ¥ deiphia o & Fort' Wayne . LR Chicago . z 2 Baltimora 1 2 Bonester iR Detrott - 5 1 LAST NIGHT'S RESUL New York, Washington. 33 Cleveland, '43: ' Baltimors, 20 Philadelphia, 23; Fort Wayne, 18 TONIGHT'S GAMES. Baltimore at Rochester. Fort Wayme at Detroit. Philadelphia at Chicago. TOMORROW'S GAMES. None scheduled. ey = Nearly one hundred cities in the United States now operate municipal golf courses, with fees ranging {rom 10 to 15 cents a round. Cool. . Sweet. Fragrant. OId words, D’ll admit, but you get a brand-new idea of how much they can mean in a pipe- Maybe you've with, morning to midnight, PALACE FIVE DROPS, - LOSING TO CELTICS A real “grudge” battle appears like- Iy for the Arcadia auditorfum Decem. ber 26 when the Washington pros en- tertain the New York Celtics. The local boys will ba eut to even scores with the Celtics who last night vanquished them, 36 to 33, in a stz zling battle in Brooklyn. The first loss suffered by Washin ton In six starts forced the local en- try to vield first place to Cleveland, which last night won its sixth straight game. Manager Ray Kennedy of the local five still is the leading scorer of the league. according to figures that in- clude games through December 7. He has accounted for 78 points. Ranking scorers follow: Pl In. Fo cDlaser g mzr:; n. Ponla. Tob | Passnn. Phi 20 ;» 4 | Barry 8 ir 3 | Topel. 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