Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1926, Page 35

SPORTS. Delaney on Way to Heavyweight Class : Sc LIGHT-HEAVY TO TACKLE LARGER FOE Title Holder Will Face in Gorman Experienced Ring Campaigner Who Never CHAMPION Has Been Knocked Out. Rosenberg in Tune-Up Bout. By the Assoctated Press | ERSEY CITY December 20.—Jack v of Bridge port, Conn night rides to the heavyweight ation wars, with husky rman of Kenosha, Wis, as rst* trial horse of his campaign . They meet in the f 10 rounds, with no official decision, at @ benefit show at the Jersey City | Armory for a Christmas fund under | the promotion of Humbert J. Fugazy. | Delaney rules a 2-to-1 favorite, al ; ure bout of though Gorman will have a weight advantage of more than While the fight marks De ficlal enlistment in the heavy cause, his record shov perience in the ring men. Prior to his 1ift heavyweight crown f Jenbach, Delaney defeated King Solo- mon, Romero Rojas and voung Bob Fitzsimmnons, heavyweights, Gorman, ring campaigner s experienc has never ocked out. His record show ories over Bob on, two- nogkout: over ( rter, 10 rounds pounds. with heavier Ny light Paul Der of be 10 n La rl ¢ Harry Persson, Sweden rounds, and Jack Sharkey, 10 rounds He beat Sharkey a vear ago, but in a return fight lost on « foul in the first round. Gorman was In the A. E. I and lost a hout to Ger unney Later he was one of Tunney's spar ving partners The 10-round semifinal will give Charley (Phil) Rosenbers another tune-up_fight before he defends his bantamweight _crown next mouth against Bushy Graham of Utica, N. Y The titleholder expects to play his fistic music on Petey Mack, local featherweight. The Delaney foul, five Gorman bout is the | first of two heavyweight eliminations this week. Harry Persson will meet Jim Maloney of Roston Madison Square Garden, New Wednes- day night. Maloney 2to] favorite. Ell champic world honors, expects tc how Americans hand out their padded thumps at tonight’s bouts in Jerse) City. He is matched to fight Fidel La Barba in New York next month. weight of THREE ARE UNBEATEN AMONG BIG TEN FIVES By the Associated Press CHICAGO, December 20.—Michigan, Ohib ind Indiana teams stand | out in the Big Ten basket ball field to- | day as unbeaten in their early against non-conference cagers he first conference game of the sea- son—Tllinois at Minnesota t two » Dame plays Towa ite engages Northwe and | Illinois neets Drake in games tonight Notre Dame alveady has heaten one | n fve nnesota Michigan lost to Chicago Satur v ke, a leading team of the Mis i valley conference, met di 1t Northwestern last week Wabash has given Northwe and lowa beatings, and Franklin er losing to Indiana, whipped W sin. Purdue has been beaten b other Indiana non-conference Depauw KANAWHA FLOORMEN | FACE CALVARY FIVE. Two hash ball games topnoteh sregations the floor will open the for the omateur ¢ The games will be Helghts Auditorium. The opening tilt will Kanawl and Calvar tossers at 8 o'clock. ows _and school, | with four appearing on holiday week men ton ed in Congress be between Methodist JACKS MAY SETTLE SUITS OUT OF COURT Ry the Associated Press CHICAGO, December —Settle- ment out of court is in prospect in the sults brought against Jack Demp: by his former manager, Jack Kearn: the latter said as he passed through | here en route to Califor the holidays Counsel for the former partners in the heavyweight championship hav hegun negotiations toward an agree- | ment on the terms of Kearns' de-| mands for a share of Dempsey’s win- | nings until expiration of the manager- ship contract last August. It has| been Kearns' contention that, since the Dempsey-Tunney battle was signed during his regime, he should share in | Dempsex's end of the purse, although | the match took place after their part- nership had expired. The last court move in the proceed- jngs was a further postponement carly this month, and since then, XKearns said, the lawyers have been dickering on a settlement. A to spen TURNESA IS WINNER OF RICH GOLF PRIZE By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif.,, December 20.—Joe Turnesa of New York was 2600 richer today for having turned in a card of 287 to win Sacramento’s £2,500 open tournament, from a large fleld of star golfers. Turnesa's card for the 72 holes was 72—T1, T6—80— A brilliant 69 on the last 18 holes here yesterday brought victory to the | New Yorker. Eddie Loos of Chicago ‘was tied with Turnesa for the lead at the end of 36 holes, but slipped badly on the last lap and turned in a card of 290 for second place. . Fancy playing by Harold Sanderson of Deal, N. J., on the last 18 holes, cheated “Wild Bill” Mehlhorn of St. Louls out of third place with a 202, Mehlhorn was fourth, with 263. Abe | I2spinosa turned in a 68 on the final | 18 holes to equal the course record for | one round. He turned in a 303 for the 72 hol, ¥.. Walsh of Appleton, Wis., pre- sented a 294 card for fifth place, while Al Watrous of Grand Rapids and Bobby Cruickshank of New York shared sixth place with 295 each. Others to share in _the prize money were: John Golden, North Jersey, 299; | Arthur Demangen, New York, 300; | Tommy Armour, Washington, With a | 301; Johnny Farrell, New York, 301;/| Larry Nabholtz, Cleveland, with a | 3047 Mel Smith, Portland, Oreg., 304; 13d Dudley, Oklahoma, 305, and Frank Minch, California, 30! HELEN SAYS SUZANNE | HAS LOST ANIMATION By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 20.—A mechanical Suzanne Lenglen has aken the place of the animated | i'renchwoman of the Riviera in the| opinion of Helen Wills, who in her | first article today as a staff member of the World discusses professional “ennis. Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen of the Riviera and the Lenglen of the pro- fessional tennis courts are two very different persons,” she writes. “The =pirit, the animation of the play which I watched in France seemed 10 be strangely lacking. It was as if a butterfiy had been snatched out | of the sunshine and set down under the glare of the electric lights. “Instead of giving the pleasure and thrill which I felt in watching her on the Riviera last Winter, her play, by comparison, was almost de- pressing. The wonderful spirit was | cone and in its place there was a sort of mechanical stroke.” b g v HUNTING IN IRELAND AGAIN IN ITS GLORY By tha Associated Press. DUBLIN, December 20.—Hunting Treland is recovering its former ind _the packs of fox- nd 21 packs of harriers have not only native huntsmen tors from England. William Cosgrave, president of the Free State executive council, is & keen followers of the hounds. In former davs there was occasional trouble with the farmers over whose lands the hunts passed. This has seemingly disappeared, the people welcoming the packs in all districts. n orles, hounds ittracted but many NEW YORK, December 20 (#)— Wiky Clarke, flvweight champion of Gireat Eritain, has arrived here. He land the unexpected 2-to-1 production of | Underhand Loop Is Most Natural BASKET BALL FREE THROW POSITIONS BY SOL METZGER. Basket ball men claim that 20% of all close games played are decid- ed by free throws. That makes the free throw important. There are two methods, the chest shot and the underhand loop shot. The latter seems to have preference with the majority of coaches, although few of them will change the form of o player who uses the chest shot They work on the theory of base ball coaches, who rarely try to cor- rect the form of a .300 hitter, even if it 18 all wrong in theory. The way of making the under- hand loop shot, the most natural of all shots, s illustrated. The player toes the foul line and keeps his eve on the basket throughout. His thumbs are placed on a seam of the ball. The ball s moved upward with & full swing of the extended arms until it is about face high Sometime English is imparted with the fingers, a downward spin that causes the ball to shoot down- ward if it strikes the backboard. Spradling, Purdue’s great forward, is a master of this shot. Most_basket ball players make the mistake of doing the foul shooting practice at odd moments. One of the best ways for them to perfect themselves in this art is to practice shooting right after a scrimmage. Then conditions are the same as they will be called on to face in games. (Copyright. 1926.) WALFORDS ALMOST CERTAIN TO REPEAT It appears today that the cham- pionship Walford eleven of the Wash- Ington Soccer League is just about “in” in section 1 of the loop as the result of the title holders’ 4-to-0 tri- umph over the rugged British Uniteds setback handed the stalwart Monroe comifna- tion by the doughty German-Ameri- cans in tiits yesterday. ‘Walfords and Monroe will face Sun- day, when the final scheduled games are to be played, and defeat for the chample.s would leave them still in front by a game. In the other section 1 match Fort Myer pointed the way to German American Reserves, 6 to 1, after a gallant fight by the losers. Had not Heim, Rockville back, in- advertently shot a goal through his own goal, the Montgomery County eleven today would be boasting a 2to-1 victory over Concords. The game ended in a 2-to-2 deadlock. The Marylanders’ brave showing against the section 2 pace setters was the high spot of the afterncon program. Army Medical School booters waged stout battle before falling before Rosedale, 1 to 2, in the only other sec- tion 2 match played. The Marlboro- Clan MacLennan game was postponed because of the bad condition of the Marlboro pitch following the snow. PRO COURT LEAGUE. STANDING OF TEAMS. Won. Lost. 17 o 9 4 I 8 10 a Pt 1.000 00 556 539 334 3 3 250 600 Cleveland Washington . For -Wasne . Philadelphia Rochester Baltimore Detroit No games scheduled. GAME TONIGHT. New York at Fort Wayne GAMES TOMORROW. Washington at Detroit. Balumore 8t Philadelphia York ‘at Fort Wayne GAMES WEDNESDAY Rochester at New Y Washington at Detroit GAMES THURSDAY. New vl begin training two days hence sor his_world championship fight :gainst Fidel La Barba of California | n Madison Square Garden on Jaru- | ary 21 BOOSTING McKECHNIE. NEW YORK, December 20 (#).— | ‘Base ball men are trylng hard to Jand Bill McKechnle a managerial post. His name has been close behind &very shift. | at_Chicago. > Baltimore. | Detrojt Fort Wayne at Philadelphia. GAME SATURDAY. Washington at Rochester. GAME SUNDAY. New York at Washington FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. HAVANA~HaTy glum, beat Frankie ¢ ., (12). { aten, 2| Clovers will clash in the second en- gagement an hour later. Calvary will seck to wipe out two previous defeats by Kanawha The latter five came from behind in a game at the Arcadia last night, to win from the Park View quint, 25 to 24, while in another Senior League contest at Congress Heights the Ar- rows nosed out the Boys Club ('elncs,] 16 to 13. Park View led at half time and at | the end of the third period, but was| nipped at the wire when Chatlin| threw the winn Arrows led. 9 to 8, at half Vel rRame: ind alws in. the time in held | im ma 1 sides irls the combination were winnei triple-header staged at the v Auditoriun Chevy Che showed the way to Elliotts ind_Arcadians routed Capitol maidens, 36 to 8. Anacostia Eagle tossers gianed a | 10-to-15 verdict over the Yosemite | quint in another game played at the | Congress Heights gym. Eagles were | always in the lead and uncovered a fast attack in the last quarter that swamped the Yosemites by its speed. Chevy Chase Courtmen scored a 21-to-14' victory over the Elliotts last night at the Arcadia. 25,000 SEE GRID GAME \"ALTHOUGH 100,000 PAY | CHICAGO, December 20 (#).—The | Chicago Bears and Green Bay Pack- | ers played 3 tie foot ball game yesterday on a sleet-swept fleld for a | Christmasfund benefit. Purdy of | Green Bay kicked a 55-vard fleld goal | in the third period and Paddy Driscoll | of Chicago kicked one for 25 yards at a sharp angle in the fourth quarter. One hundred thousand tickets were sold for the contest, but hardly more than 25,000 were present because of the rain and sleet. ROD AND | give every field goal. A | third game. | stances, but just four pins S The Evening Star S CLUB BY RAY KENNEDY, Captain, Wllhxnfhm Basket Ball Club, American League. When a basket ball squad first comes together, the chances are that the coach knows every one of the players by reputation. ~He has seen | some of them play, and has heen told about others. The experience ord of each muin is head, should the ze that But when the player each man is put on a and competition for the positions is started from ‘“scratch.” The coach must forget all his preferences, and player an equal chanc to_try for the club on his ability This should be realized by the players, and no boy should think that he has more or less chance to make the club than his rivals. With this in mind, it is up to him to do his_level best, The first duty and in not take the floo n even Is to listen con- basis | y to the instructions of his | coach. If he takes the ball and | dribbles to the basket, he should | do it as the coach tells him. This | might mean a change of his style, directed by the wider experience of | the coach. Soomner or later each one of the players has his chance to listen to these instructions, and if he heeds them, to improve his playing style. This applies particularly to young- just starting out. If a player had much experience and has developed an individual style for his playing, then it is sometimes better | for him to continue the same way. | But the coach realizes all these things, and he will direct accordingly. Now we have a new squad trying out. Some of the players excel in shooting, others in passing, others in speed. Each of these factors is im. portant in the basket ball game, and the coach must build a team to ! utilize all of them well. With the Bowlers HY duckpin shooters never suffer from ennui: In the Agriculture-State Depart- partment match, bowled re- | cently in the Federal League, the Aggles rather took the heart out of State when Dixon led off with a strike, De Glantz followed with a spare and Cooper added a sec- ond strike. The Aggies won game. Just to show their versatilit they allowed State to assume a com- manding lead in the second game when that team registered no fewer than 6 marks in the first 10 boxes. Then the Aggies rallied and totaled the best team game of the league's son—588. DeGlantz of the Aggies in this match apparently had the high in dividual set honors of the season in | his hip pocket when he started with games of 118 and 138 and registered four successive marks with counts in the first four hoxes of his Then he proceeded to run fnto a string of impossible splits that held him to a 380 total; plenty good enough under ordinary circum slow the league's high marlk. Twenty-three scores bettering 1.150 for a 10-game string have been rec- orded in the qualifying round of the annual elimination tournament at the King Pin drives. Wister is leading the lot of bowlers with a total of 1,453, that includes a high game of 166. McGolrick, sixth in the stand- ing, has bowled the best game, 180. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE. Team Standing. Carry's Washingto) Evening Star Galt's . : Dulin & Martin’ Times-Herald s Woodward throp Parker Bridget '+« ... Young Men's Shop' U R P I 2K When the Commerclal League rolled its final games before the holi- day recess, the standing of the first division teams were affected conslder- ably. Carry, leader, was knocked for two games by the Times-Herald team, Washington Battery took two from STREAM BY PERRY MILLER EXT Friday is Christmas Eve | this column of a man fishing in Texas, | and many sportsmen are won- | dering what the stocking will hold for them. There will be | - the usual bombardment of | things, necktles, cigars and many other gifts. The tackle box of the angler is | never complete. There always i room | for an extra rod, reel, line or lures. | Give something that is a part of his | sport, for these kind of gifts are | never disappointing. From the lack of reports coming in to this column it seems that the 1926 fishing season is at an end. There may be some anglers who have been brave enough to face the elements in | quest of bass or the striped gamesters of the lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay, but if so, they have failed to make known the result of their | efforts, | The time Intervening before the |start of the next fishing season will | be spent, as usual, in telling of the | many fish caught and the big ones |lost.” And strange as it may seem, it |is always the big fellows that get away. Just why this should be is more or less a mystery. Every true follower of the rod and reel knows | before he starts out that his line is in | good condition: that his reel is well |oiled and not rusty; that his leaders | are all right and also his lures. Pro- | vided his tackle is in good condition, why should he lose the big ones? It |is our opinion that the majority of | big fish lost is due to some neglect of | the angler. | sifted down to the last degree it is therefore more or less a matter of gross carelessness when a real angler loses his fish. Of course, there are | many fishermen who in their over | eagerness to land a bass, large or small mouth, or a striped bass or blue fish will act too quickly and not allow | the fish to take his bait or lure se- | | curely enough to hang him. This | may be excused at the start of the | fishing season, but when he has lost |one or two owing to his eagerness he | will soon return to the form he had | when the season closed the previous year. All lines, reels and rods should be | thoroughly’ inspected before placing {away for the Winter months. The lines should be tested to ascertain if the water has caused them to hecome i weak in any place, reels should be taken apart, cleaned and olled and | rods should we put in a closet that is not too warm, as the heat may cause them to warp. This column is_ having prepared by the Bureau of Fisherles a complete | list of all fish that may be caught in | the lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay at any time of the year. Once or twice last season anglers returned | with some kind of fish and wanted to know what it was. In the majority of instances the writer was able to tell them, but, at other times, he falled to enlighten them, much to their disgust. To avoid a repetition of this and to tell thae anglers what kind of fish they are apt to land, no matter where they fish, the information will be published as ron as received from the Bureau of isheries. A great many salt water anglers be- lieve that preparing the line with ofl a tendency to preserve ft. An ex- pert on the manufacturing of lines | says that they should not be treated in any manner, whatsoever: that they should be used exactly as they come from the spools. A very interesting story has reached s | who caught 1,500 pounds of fish in 15 days, sold his fish for $170, and after deducting all his expenses, home with a profit of $150. He was a native of Texas and motored from ‘Waco to Port Aransas. He landed all his fish with a rod and reel. There were 145 cases of violation | of the migratory bird treaty act end ing on July 1, 1925, and during the fiscal year, 540 additional cases were transmitted for prosecution. The angler immedlately wonders just how many violations of the fish laws oc- this | high | returned | the Young Mens Shop, and The Evening Star team got all its games from Dulin and Martin. | Baum of The Evening Star team | rolled high set, with 350, while Bill [Cox ot Washington Battery rolled high set for the week, with 361. Cox also got high game, 132, while Mincosky of Sworzyn's was right be- hind him with a game of 131. Parker-Bridget team improved {ts standing one notch by taking all three games from Galt's, that, however, did not drop in standing as Dulia and Martin, right on its heels also suf- tered the same fate. AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC LEAGUE. Team Standing, Fruits and Standards ... enter Market rain : 'm Manakenen Gaperation st e W et HIED teqm kame—Center Market. 385 High team sei—Center Market. 1,675 During the past week in the Agri | culture Economics League, Barber ac complished his high game of 144 with only four marks. Vegetables LADIES' DISTRICT LEAGUE. Team Standing. Won. Lost. Convention 14 4 King Pin 12 Archaia Domp Petworth Meyer Davis High team set—King Pin. 1453 _lN;:h toam game—King Pif and Petworth, 1 rlign, tnaividusl set—Frere (Convention ). 323, igh" individual game—Frere (Convention Hall} od A, Barkalter (Petworth): 120. High strikes—Hailey (King Piny, 8 High epares—Frers (Convention Hall), 25. igh average—Frere (Convention 'Hall). 8-10. Hall. . King Pin girls offered little opposi- tion to the strengthened Temple team and as a result lost first place in the Ladies District League last week | Convention Hall now leading with & two-game advantage. King Pin had an off night, while Temple had several good individual scorers, namely: Miss Goodall, 114; Esther Burton, 110 and Captain Lim- erick, 108. Convention Hall had to work t beat Petworth two games, for the Georgia avenue girls tied two league records in the last game, the team |turning in a game of 511 to equal | King Pin's game and Anna Burk | halter's scoring 120 to equal Marle | Frere's high game. | The Arcadia team sporting green | sweaters and brown pleated skirts with shoes and hose to match, won the firat two games from Meyer Davis, | with Edith ~Knoeller and Maxine Fleming contributing games of 111. GEORGETOWN CHURCH LEAGUE. | Team Standing. | Peck No. 1.. | West Washington. rlington . Chriat " race [ Bock N | Covenant . > .512 High team set—Weat Washington, 1.l 3 High 1 ie—Christ, 600. Hi5h individual set—De Lashmitt (Christ), ] SANTA MARIAS LEAD curred during the year. In all sections | were many thousands, judging from | (Chs :M!x’!ll’h individual game—Birgteld (Christ). of the country, it is safe to say, there | 14} High individual aversge—De Lashmutt st). 105-9. the many in our section alone. needed protection for the game fish is advancing, but it is certainly slow. Even the laws we now have for their protection are not being enforced. Con- gress will wake up some day and pass a law needed for the protection of game fish and interstate shipment of the black bass, and it is hoped that this legislation will come befors it is too late. Before the start of the 1927 fishing | season for bass and other game fish in | the District of Colun¥bia, it is pro- posed to have in effect a small tax for the privilege of fishing in the Tidal Basin. With the proceeds from the revenue those in charge of stocking the basin can go ahead with their work without calling on the Bureau of Fisheries for asaistance. doubt when the next fishing season opens the Basin will have many bass, planted this Fall and Winter, walting for the lures of the anglers. But if fishing {s permitted and bass caught are not replaced by planting others, the basin soon will be depleted, as has been the Potomac coming in it will be a comparatively easy matter to plant more fish. Already several thousand game fish have been planted in the basin since the racks were installed to prevent their escape. Many of these were placed in the basin last Spring, prior to their spawning season, and, of course, laid their spawn in those waters. Next Spring more bass, crap- ple and sunfish will spawn in the basin because more have been planted and comparatively few caught last Sum- mer. It is hoped to have some new row- boats in the basin next Spring for anglers and exercise seckers as well, The boats for those who only want to et a little exercise will be equipped with sliding seats, and for the con- venlence of anglers a live-bait box is to be asked for through the office of Col. Grant, officer in charge of Public Buildings and Grounds. WALLACE MotoR Co. New and Used Cars 1709 L Street N.W. Just East of Oonn. Ave. MAIN 7612 The | There is no | There was some good bowling in the Georgetown Church League last week when Peck No. 1 had to fight hard all the way to take three games from the Peck No. 2 team, winning the first game by one pin and the second by five pins. Clark, Peck No. 1 anchor, was re- | sponsible for pulling these games out of the fire, getting a strike in the last box of the first game with a 9- pin count and sparing in the last box of the second game. Arlington won two games from the West Washington tearh and tied in the third game only to be beaten in the roll off. Christ Church took three games from Covenant, while Calvary took two of three from Grace. _— MAY PASS UP LONG SWIM. NEW YORK, December 20 (#).— Mrs, Lottle Schoemmell, New York distance swimmer, who prefers bath- ing sults of axle grease, | participate in the Catalina Island marathon after all. Her main objec- tive, says Manager George Mains, was to defeat Gertrude Ederle and Mrs. Mille Gade Corson, Channel con- querors, who have announced they will not compete Professional People Are Particular ‘About Pen Points We Carry a Large Assortment Hughes Pen Shop National Theater Bldg. 1825 E St. N.W. Expert Pen Repalring. may not | K. C. DUCKPIN LEAGUE Santa Marfas are leading the 10- team Knights of Columbus Duckpin | League, but only with a game ad- | vantage over the Genoas. And the latter are but three games ahead of the Christophers and Trinidads, who «re tied for fifth position. Lowling follow: | LEAGUE RECORDS. | High High g Fame. et Sants M 10 Genow ; Gvando Columb Christopher Trinidad Balbos .. Salvador Foreat Gl Pinta it et R AL Individunl High High et 8 o PSSt 2R1 3 74 40 Sullivan Connor | Mishou_ ... | &llivan bt 5 D%t MeRick Callahan Egsy gs fi B =sr g 3535 a4 % Sot-P U~ oty 00 40 ri pr— 2358 e 25582 samanEnt 333328 Gelsler Kiley Hurlev’ Donmar Covle - earney . Mears P33 2200090 285538 o jettotriotriet 2308558 I.. Diegelman. Carr . Smsmns ¢ R253 BALBOA. 33 100-23 11 23 "o o ettt Z3m532 Moriasity "\, Casper . Werner Toward Wrenstnak EETEi] ADIID g I 23358 13339090 ' G230z 228928 T 8528858 83 ot trisieiry 130 Sitcheil’ Zilllox . O'Brien . Novle . Colbart Clancy Clipver Dudley ™ 253 coonzs Swulia838 19255 P Swlis! o) SSSEEN Bt COLLISION WITH POST IN COURT GAME FATAL FALL RIVER, Mass., December 20 (#).—James Connors, 21, dled in a hospital last night from concussion of the brain received in a basket ball game in Central Falls, R. I., Satur- day night. Playing in a semli-pro- fessional game he stopped to pick up the ball from the floor after a low pass. Turning sharply he swung into a post, one of several on the small pla; ing surface. The force of the blow right. He did not continue play, but returned to Fall River, refusing medi- cal attention. 2 3. your card. | Complete statistics of the league's | dropped him to the floor, but he re-| assured his manager that he was all | SPORTS. halk Proves Catchers Need Not Be Big LITTLE BACKSTOP STAR FOR 15 YEARS IN MAJOR N 'Ray Made Debut When Rangy Receivers Were | Thought to Be Only Good Ones in Base Ball-——Ha- clated Press Made Brilliant Record With White Sox. “Catching fs what a catcher male heuld not stand in the way |out of it,” Schalk said in giving hi of the youth who aspires to be \ ball player any hondicaps the t8 to become business man or chalk, veteran Chicago White Sox, it wa 1ccessiul thinks R: of the fellow her j|and newly chosen manager for next | The Cracker, 15 y | leagues, is but & feet 7 height and weighs less pounds. lin the ! espectally in the backstopping job, where it is. commonly belleved a | fugged six-footer is more desirable. | Schalk came from the {American Association team in the days of Big 1 o spit-ball pitchey and ¢ hardest men to catch In the inches than in k is one of the smallest men Dwarf Among Catchers. When Schalk made his debut the major league teams had for catchers such glants as Roger Bresnahan, Frank Bowerman, Larry McLean, | Chiet Mevers, Johnny Kling, Bill Sul- |livan, Bill Carrigan and George Gib. | son. Schalk caught 128 games in 1913, |and for 11 consecutive years was the | wonder man of the mask, topping |base ball's record of 151 games in 1920. | | Milwaukee | made more | Important cogs of a winning Presi- | the value of the job. ars in the major | P18 anks of professional players, | piteher. T | l views. “Catching is one of the m all el to bring ¢ an't Joaf It's up to the catcher He Backstop is Game's Pivot. To the fan in the bleachers catcher has a cinch. Let me tell yo the catcher is the pivot with all ti ys before him. The game center around the pitcher, and it's up to th 150 | cateher to keep his pitcher on edg When the pitcher has control you wi see the team hustling. Nothing courages a team so much as a wild .00k how the boys play be hind Grover Alexander and Walter Johnson.” Schalk has the distinction of hav a putout at every base. Se eral times he made them at first and . and made one ut second b: vears ago when the White Sox wer playing the St. Louis Browns. halk's record in th leagues follows: Year. na PO, Ave Bn ; piv oai i i o33 ORL Bl 981 i PRO b4 059 ORI 977 EaG o = S5ED035T0D 2 & SERSN! TWO BIG IMPROVEMENTS AT WASHINGTON COURSE OLFERS at the Washington Golf and Country Club next season will find two marked improvements on the course which will result in speed- ing up play and generally more satls- factory conditions. The owner of the property back of the fourth green has loaned It to the club, and the out- of-bounds restriction has been re- moved, so that a ball going into the wooded area in the rear of the green may be played where it lies without penalty. The second big improvement concerns the short eleventh or pond hole—a hole usually playing about 135 yards—but one of the best one- shotters about the city. Some com- plaint has been made of the diffi- culty in finding balls driven into the water hazard which surrounds the green on two sides. Dr. J. T. Mec- Clenahan, chairman of the greens committee, has under consideration a plan for placing netting just under the surface of the water to prevent lost balls and avoid delay. Mr. McClenahan has not yet decided whether the par of the course will be 71 or 70 next year, a possibility that has arisen in connection with restric- tion of the length of the eighth tee by construction of a new road through part of the club property. The road has taken off about 25 vards of the old tee and reduced the length of the hole by that much, making it well under the 450 yards assigned by the United States Golf Association as the maximum for par 4 holes. The hole from the rear of the old tee was only 459 veards in length, but was a very difficult par 4. A change in the par will not be made until the hole is re. measured from the rear of the present abbreviated tee and until it is seen how it plays with other changes. A | large hickory tree at the right side Ry — Come in tomorrow of the falrway has been cut down opening up the hole from that side while trees have been cleared the left side. Trees have been cleared out betwn the green at the eighth I and the fourth fairway (o permit m free passage of air in the hope of pr venting brown patch and permittin the green to dry out more quickly Negotlations are in progress by the Washington club for the services of greenkeeper to take coffiplete cha of the course and grounds. Although work has been tenio rarfly halted by cold weather, Cor gressional {s proceeding as fast a possible with construction of its new course, an 18-hole affair, to utilize much of the property on the north and east of the clubhouse. The course may be ready by the Spring of 1828. It being constructed under the direction of Peter Jackson, formerly the Indian Spring pro, who was engaged last Fall. Leonard Giles, golf instructor at the Homestead, Hot Springs, Va., has opened a golf school at the Wardman Park Hotel on the ground floor of one of the hotel wings. Giles has taught golf to many prominent people from: all_parts of the United States and Canada. GREECE GETS IN LINE FOR NEXT TROPHY PLAY NEW YORK, December 20 (#).- Greece has joined the internaional tennis drive for the Davis cup. Her challenge for next vear's tour nament increases to 31 the total of nations which have sought the cov eted net trophy since the series wa: “inaugurated in 1900. For Men Only At this time of the year most young men are thinking of a certain young lady and are planning to make “Her” happy on Christmas day. You needn’t be a mind reader to know that what she wants morc.than anything else is a Cedar Chest, and one from you will surely be made her “Treasure Chest.” Note These Conveniences 1. Our Cedar Chest display is most accessible, on the sixth floor, facing the center elevator bank. If you wish, a young lady will help you select the Chest most suitable for “Her.” We will deliver the.Chest before Christmas day with Make your selection, give us her name and address, and we will do the rest 44-inch Chests are specially good value Walnut Grain Finished Cedar Chests. Handsome Chests with rounded edges and tray........_$30 Other Cedar Chests, $11.75 to $100 including mahogany and walnut finishes Fumiture Section, Sixth fleor. Mo hmav mmathet b & Ln The Christmas Store = $17.50 825 rop