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SMALL BOYS HARDEST HIT BY SHATTERING OF IDOLS Disillusionmerit of Kids Seen as One of Gravest Effects of Commissioner Landis’ Expose Involving Leading Figures of Game. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. e the realm of pro- ball have been dis- ker-Cobb scandal from ent point of view financial interests i The public is looking at the scandal in the light of the duty owed by base ball “heroes™ to the hoys of the coun try who worship at their shrine, and whose whole outlook on life may be colored by shattered ideals in the / sport every red-blooded lad loves so well. Moving picture actc well as those on' the speaking s prone to talk of “their public, none of them has the faithful follow- ing of the big base ball star. The kids” of the country fairly worship them, and if they find that some of the greatest idols of all have feet of common clay, it will prove a disillu- sionment which may affect their re- gard for all their elder: Ruth Hero of K be” Ruth two or three seasons ago came to the conclusion that he owed much to the American boy this had more to do with his down and determining to give best efforts to the perhaps the < who love outdoor spor Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker have been close behind him. A few vears ago, hefore the Bambino began his home-run streak, Ty prob- ably was the greatest hero of all. He has gone back somewhat in view of the lurid path to glory cut by the Babe’s big willow, but thousands of the youngsters in school and out have Yeen thoroughly loyal to him. Speaker also has had his countless thousands of partisans. 1t is an odd thing about the young- sters of the Nation. They always have selected their heroes from the professional ranks. Base ball and prize fighting have been their favorite flelds.. Many mothers might be sur- prised to learn how much their off- springs know about prize fighting and prize fighters. During the time he was training | e for his fight with Jack Dempse: ‘ully 75 per cent of Gene Tunney's mail was from kids® There were lit- y bushels of the letters. Tunney saved many of them, though it was utterly impossible for him to attempt to answer the army of well wishers among the children. Girls as well as boys were numbered among the vol- unteer correspondents. Since he has become champion Tunney has con- tinued to receive letters from the voungsters and has made speeches at several schools. He intends to do more of that sort of thing, for he, as well as Babe Ruth, appreciates the confidence | the kids have placed in him, the most | guileless confidence in all the world. Jack Dempsey was popular with the ds. The fact that he was known as a “killer” in the ring, not a murderer, but a terrific mauler, made him all the more spectacular and lovable to the boys. “Jack Dempsey athletic clubs" were organized by kids in many sec- tions of the country, and the former champion_always e it a point to comply with as many requests for his autographed picture as he could for the benefit of thesé young America institutions. Babe's Mail Is Heavy. Babe Ruth always is deluged with letters, and he has had ever imagi- nable bit of base ball paraphernalia named after him. In New York the kids flock always to the right field stands so they can be near their hero, and everything Ruth does calls out a childish cheer. Even after a strike- out, the worst thing that can happen to a dlamond hero, Babe always gets a. welcome back in his home- garden. After the last world series Babe visited several youngsters in hospitals and presented them with base balls. This idolizing of the professional base ball players is a distinct condition of modern life in America, and for what they mean to the kids, if for no other reason, professional ball players of the stellar class should be even more like Caesar’s wife than Caesar's wife herself. When they tumble they carry an unmeasured wreckage with them., 2 BOYS CLUB | BY GEORGE A. BOND, JR. Coach University of Missouri Varsity. The game of basket ball as it Is plaved today requires the utmost efficiency on the part of each of the five men on a team. Since the rules made it necessary for the man who 1s fouled to make the attempt for goal. every boy must be a crack shot. When two closely matched teams re playing the team that is best on e free throws is the winner. CRIP BALL WTH FINGERS NOT WITH PALMS In holding the ball for the free | throw don’t grip it in the palms of the hands, but just let the fingers and | thumbs hold it. The hands are direct- 1y opposite each other in the correct position. The shooter advances to the line and then one foot—whichever one it | is natural—goes a short step back. You get better power in your throw in this position. If both feet are on a line you are not so well balanced and the power is missing. The arms are held loose and not in a cramped position against the body. The knees bend and the body inclines slightly forward. From the low point of this motion the ball is started to- ward the basket. When the throw is made the player is on his toes and not flat footed. He has put every- thing into that throw. The ball is given an arch which carries it just above the front of the rim. Shoot for the basket, on free throws—not for the backboardl. | All of this may seem rather com- plicated, but try each point I have made and you will catch the swing of it and once you do you will become a good free thrower and win some games for your team. (Next—How to catch a basket ball) (Copyright. 1926.) EAGLES TO FACE VARSITY WONDER FIVE PASSERS IN Independent basket bail, temporarily | SEVEN GRIFFS IN LINE halted by Christmas day, will take up | its schedule again tomorrow with the | high spot, a game between two of the outstanding independent quints. Ana- costia Eagles meet a revamped Washington Wonder Five at the Con- uress Heights gym at 3 o'clock. Jim Birthright, foot ball ace, Bill Bantd nd Leon Schloss, all of American niversity, will play for the Wonder The last y this Eages, unlimited champions have dropped only one game ar, losing by one point to the Company F Regulars of the Maryland | National Guard at Hyattsville. The Eagles-Wonder Five clash will be ushered in by an engagement between Park Views and Independents. Arrows will engage the Washington Collegiates*in a preliminary clash to professional _contest the Ar- cadia, at 7:15 o'clock. he | WITH STEWART SIGNED Seven Nationals now are in line for the 1927 campaign, the number being so increased when the signed contract of Stuffy Stewart was re- ceived last night by President Clark Grifith, Accompanying Stewart’s con- tract was a letter to'Griff in which the utility infielder stated that he is wintering well at his home in Lake City, Fla., d expects to be in fine fettle when he reports at the Tampa training camp. BUT HE “GETS” CRITIC HAVANA, December 25.—Paolino Rover A. C. tossers operted their| Uzcudun, Spanish heavyweight, was season with a 21-to-19 the Aurora floorme: Palace A, victory over urtmen traveled over to Vien terday and trimmed the Virg 39 to 18, with Clark ;and Brist leading the scoring. in Police Court yesterday after an encounter Thursday night with Pepe Conte, a Cuban newspaper man. Con- | te, however, was unable to appear and Judge Del Cristo postponed the | case until next Friday. | aolino and Conte clashed last | Red Schafer, ace of the Red Shield | night after Conte criticized Paolino’s quint, starred in a 42-t0-26 victory over the Dupont tossers in Salvation Army gym. He caged 13 baskets from the floor. Cogs came from behind to beat the akoma Demons. 21 to 19, with Ying- ling leading the Cog attack. A new court team is in process of ormation by Silent Cal Cuivagna, who resigned his post as manager of the Arrow A. C. Calvagna hasalready zathered about him a number of floor stars, Isherwood A. C. trounced the Palace 9 tloormen, 25 to 1 agemen trimmed the M with Kane ack of the w Crusader c: dell quint, 57 to 21 Cojner leading the ner the los Park View the holid; with 105-pound t: “DEVIL MAY KAER.” Morton Kaer, University of South- | red 30 | there were three sections. Section A, | California quarterback, scol s in the last two seasons n 1926. On th Devil May Kaer. ern 1ouchdow) 19 in 1 coast they FOOT -‘BALL COMES HIGH. More than 15,000,000 spectators paid 00,000 to witness col- ws in the United ' grin: N ward of §: foot Iall ales during 1 n- Oken shot four field goals for Midgets seek gumes for ms ving gymnasiums, Telephone Adams performance- in a public workout. Paolino remonstrated, Conte drew ‘a pistol and policemen intervened. Paolino held court unofficially to- day in an anteroom while waiting for his case to be called. Policemen, beggars, pickpockets, lawyers, Wwit- nesses and curlous crowds gathered around the “Tiger of the Pyrenees" and wished him a merry Christmas. He received many invitations to Christmas functions in clubs and homes. Manager Bertys says Paolino will box Martin O'Grady here instead of Antolin_Fierro, Cuban heavyweight, whom Paolino was scheduled to fight New Year day. T VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOLS ADOPT FLOOR SCHEDULE | WARRENTON, Va., December 25. —At a meeting here last night a schedule for a series of games to de- cide the basket ball championship of high schools in Northern Virginia was ladopted. Competitors will be divided into A and B sections. Formerly | comprising _Alexandria, Washington and Lee, George Mason and Fred- ericksburg, will open play January 7, and section B, made up of Culpeper, Leesburgy, Mansssas and Warrenton, will start’ January 14. Victors in the two sections will clash at the close of the schedule and the ner will go into the semifinals tiie State srown. FHE EVEX BOYS EXPRESS FAITH IN COBB AND SPEAKER 5 (#).—Back shock of the ndal a little CHICAGO, Decembe in 1919 during the fir famous “Black Sox’ boy tackled Joe J on as he left the Criminal Courts Building and, with tedrs in his_eyes, ple | in the voungster's heart for the game he loved. Today there is no doubt hearts of members of the Commonwealth, a Wes Side Ty Cobb and Tris Speake! These youngsters be > in the stars whose names were clouded in scandal. As Christmas cheer the boys sent telegrams of encourasement to em. 8 “We belleve in_you and know you will be vindicated,” was the thought of the messages. “Buck up and fight. We're with you.” LANDIS NOT ROUSED BY HOSTILE CRITICS December (P).—Re- ports that several United States Sen- ators had eriticized the action of Base Ball Commissioner Landis in publish- ing testimony which charged Ty Cobb and- Tris Speaker with conspiring to throw a ball game ven years ago failed to draw a reply from the com- missioner. “I have nothing further to say on the situation at this time,” Landis said in reply to all questi relating to the base ball scandal. The commissioner refused to affirm or deny that he had received a com- | munication from Cobb asking for the commissioner’s decision in the case, | and declined to indicate what action | he might take If he Qid receive such | a request. While the CHICAGO. | rest of the base ball| world sizzled with dissatisfaction, | Londis and President Ban Johnson | both maintained their policy of silence. BAN ON COLLEGE PAPER EAST ORANGE, N. J., December 25 (#).—The January issue of the Bulletin of Upsala College, containing a “frank and detailed ecriticism of Upt 's foot ball season,” was sup- pressed and _confiscated today by Prof. Frans Ericsson, dean of the in- stitution. The ue was edited and prepared by the alumni. Frank criticism of the coaching of the foot ball team was voiced in the publication, according to the college publicity department. U. S. COURT TO HEAR DEMPSEY AND KEARNS By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December Common Pleas Court yesterday grant- ed the petition of counsel for Jack Kearns, former manager of Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight cham- pion, for the removal of Kearns’ suit against Dempsey to the United States District Court. : Counsel for Dempsey. who at first objected to the removal to the Fed-| eral Court, withdrew his opposition at | the last moment. The reason for the transfer was that Kearns being a resi- dent of New York and Dempsey claiming California as his home, the county court did not have the proper jurisdiction, even though Dempsey was staying a hotel here when served with a summons in the suit. Kearns charged Dempsey violated a contract under which Kearns was en- titled to a certain percentage of the | receipts and profits of all boxing con- | tests, theatrical engagements or other | exhibitions in which Dempsey would | participate. His total claim amounts | to $519,999.98. Attorney for Kearns ob- | tained an attachment against the re- ceipts of the Dempsey-Tunney fight held at the Sesquicentennial Stadium | in September, when Dempsey lost the | champlonship to Tunney. | A motion to dissolve the attachment will be heard by the Federal Court. 26.—~ ‘MRS. GODFREE RANKING ENGLISH NETWOMAN England's first 12 woman tennis players are ranked by Referee Hamil- ton Prince as follow: Mrs. L. A. Godfre: son, Joan Fry, Mr: bers, H. Harv S b Mrs. M. Wat- ambert Cham- , Mrs. Beamish, P. | unders, . V. Chamberlain, G. R. Sterry, Mrs. Colegate, Betty Nuthall and Miss J. C. Ridley. TENNIS PLAYER HURT. Because of torn ligaments suffered in a recent basket ball game, Gwynn King, one of the cleverest juvenile tennis players of the District, must, it is said, undergo an operation. It is feared his net career might be interfered with seriously. 22 e BT DATES AT STAUNTON. Emerson Institut for January 20 and Western High for February 12 are Washington teams appearing on the Staunton Military Academy basket ball schedule. Both games will be played at Staunton. WINE AIDED FRENCH NETMEN TO VICTORY By the Associated Press. Plain red wine discovered late dur- ing their stay in the United States is responsible for the improved showing of the French Davis Cup players in the Amerlcan championships, as com- pared with their work in the finals against Japan and the challenge round against America. “I simply couid not get used to fce | water,” one of the returning players said. It stuck like a lump on my stomach. T could not get up a sweat against Jupan and I was rotten against | America. Then we had the visit of a triend from Montreal. He carried two large suit cases.” All the French Davis Cup players drink wine with their meals, Lacoste merely cuts his water about 25 per cent with wine, but Borotra, Cochet and Brugnon take theirs neat. Boro- tra admits that he even indulges mod- erately between meals. “It probably will be a great argu- ment for prohibition,” Boretra volun- teered, “that Lacoste, who drinks the greatest percentage of water of us four, won the champiopship of the world, defeating both Cochet and my- self, but I am sure I play better tennis {on Bordeaux than ‘aqua pura.' o o bl SANDLOT KID MAKES GOOD. San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League picked up young Rolph Ca- melli from the ecity’s sandlots last season and used him at first base when Bert Ellison quit. He bats and throws left-handed. Ile hit more than 00 and flelded away up \\x the - * club, concerning the honesty of | | for the effort tics, the only team that has humbled | NAT HOLMAN, Flashy ace of the New York club of the American Basket Ball League, which opposes Washington’s Palace quint_in a championship battle at the Arcadia Sunday night. ¢ STANDING Cleveland Waxhinrton Philadelphia New York.. Chicago ... Fort Wayne. Rochester ... Baltimore GAME TONTGHT. Washington at Rochester. GAME TOMORROW. New York at Washington. %G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. € Youngsters Real Victims of Diamond Scandal: Grid Tu ‘Washington's crack five will strive to down the stalwart New York Cel- tomorrow night at Arcadia au- ditorium and regain the game that the locals have lost as the result of the disfranchisement of the Detroit team by the Amertcan Basket Ball League. Manager Ray Kennedy's proteges will enter the fray primed to vanquish Washington this season. When the locals take the floor to- morrow night the fans will get their first look at Tilly Voss, tall center, a recent acquisition. It will be a ‘real test for Voss, as he will be called upon to face Joe Lopschick, New York's star pivot man, who is slated to re- turh to the line-up after an absence enforced by injury. Nat Holman and Johnny Beckman are other stellar Celtic lights that will show their wares. G It appears that a record crowd will be at hand and that even the addi- I did not return to Princeton in the Fall of 1909. 1 probably could have had the job back again had I made any effort to get it, but I had been there three years with only moderate success, so I thought some one else ought to get a chance. In the Winter I received a letter from the chairman of the athletic committee of the Uni- versity of Missouri, asking if T would consider coaching the team there. I had about decided to give up coaching of foot ball and stick to wmy law practice entirely, but the lure of the game proved too much for swered Missouri that I i to consider an offer. Prof. W. G. Manly, the committee chairman, came east to see me and went over their foot ball situation very thoroughly. T liked Dr. Manly personally, and his story about Mis- souri appealed to me. He told me Kansas University was Missouri’s big rival. They played their annual game in Kansas City, and Missouri had not won a game from the Kansas Jay- years. ’ Rivalry Relic of Old Days. Dr, Manly went on to say there was a tremendous rivalry between the two schools—a friendly relic of the old days. “Roper,” he said, “if you come to Missourt and turn out a winning team the people out there will send you to Congress or give you any- thing you want, they are so tired o seeing Kansas win that game.” 1 appeared before the Senate com- mittee investigating primary elec- tions this past Summer, and the first thing Senator Jim Reed of Missourl sald was: “I saw that game in Kansas City in_1909."” Dr. Manly. and I had no difficulty in reaching satisfactory terms, and before the former left for the West I_had agreed to go to Columbia the 15th of September to coach the Mis- souri eleven. In looking back over my years as coach, there is no season I remem- ber more pleasantly than the one I spent at Columbia, Mo. §I consider the team that Fall accomplished more, for the material, than any I ever coached, with the possible excep- tion of the 1926 Princeton eleven. There are a few games I always can picture in my memory. If I shut my eyes T can almost see the play- ers on the fleld at Kansas City in the big game with Kansas. Our team av- eraged in weight a trifle over 160 pounds. Kansas Had Giant Players. The Kansas eleven was a team of young giants, averaging at least 20 pounds heavier. Kansas had swamp- ed Towa and run roughshod over Ne- braska earlier in the season, while we had difficulty* in just nosing out in our preliminary games. Every non-partisan sporting writer in the Missouri Valley picked Kansas to win by a substantial score. The Missouri team upset the dope and won 12 to 6. With the victory went the championship of the Mis- souri Valley. When the whistle end- ed the contest our plucky youngsters were on_their way to another touch- down which seemed sure. As T wr‘te this the names of the ! players on the Missouri team come | back to me as if it were only yester- day. There were Ristine, center and captain, a tall serious-minded chap: Roberts and Thatcher, guards. Rob- erts had taught school before he came to Missouri, and Thatcher never had been on a foot ball field before that Fall. He caught onto the game quicker than any one I ever have seen, “Puny” Bluck and Gilerist were tackles. Biuck was the one big man the Cel-| ‘on it. hawkers, as they were called, in 12 | VOSS, NEW PALACE PIVOT, STARTS AGAINST CELTICS tional 1,000 seats that have been pro- vided will be oeeupied. Although Washington along with New York and Baltimore loses credi for one triumph registered over De- troit, it is the Fort Wayne Club that has been hardest hit. The Indiana boys have had to toss in three wins achieved over the entry from shores of Lake Michigan. It was deemed advisable at a spe- cial meeting of the league magnates at Cleveland, at which President George. Marshall represented the Washington team, to throw out all the games played by Detroit rather than forfeit all the team’s engage- ments for the remainder of the sea- son and to complete the schedule with elght teams. This, together with the fact that New York insisted on play- ing at home on Wednesday nights, has made revision of the loop's card necessary. On dates during the second half when Detroit was to be met, teams of the league wil be permitted to play exhibition games. My 25 Years on the rGridifon BY WILLIAM A. ROPER, HEAD COACH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY XXVIII—Winning the Missouri Valley Championship on thé team and the greatest tackle, bar none, I ever have seen. Gilerist was an end, but we shoved him in at tackle because of his fighting spirit. | went to the Naval of the He afterward Academy and Navy team. At ends we had Shuck and Death- ridge, who had been quasterback on the team the vear before. Klein of St. Louis alternated at quar- ter with Bud Saunders from St. Jo- seph. Curtis, Alexander and Hack- ney played in the backfleld. Hackney was a wonderful left-footed drop- kicker, who could play like a demon when aroused. Curtis was a hard de- fensive player, while Alec, as we called Alexanfler, was the best ground gainer i the backfield. Thrived on Hard Work. I never gave a. squad harder work than I put those Missourli boys through, and they seemed to thrive Foot ball does not seem very hard after one has been pitching hay on a farm all the Summer. The morale of the squad was of high or- der. We made a trip to Iowa, play- ing Towa Agricultural College at Ames on one Saturday and the Uni- versity of Iowa on the next. We managed to just win the University of Iowa game and tied Ames. We received a telegram from the presi- dent of the senior class congratulating us on the team’s showing and saying the entire college, with band, would meet us on our return. I wired back we did not want any demonstration until after we beat Kansas and if there was any attempted we would get off the train a few miles before we reached Columbia and walk in. Our slégan was ‘“Beat Kansas.” The student body and the towns- people gave us wonderful support. The night we left for Kansas City the whole town saw us off at the station and the day of the game there were few left in Columbia. The Missouri-Kansas game con- vinced me that “fhe team that will not be beaten cannot be beaten” and proved to my mind that fight, ag- gressiveness and determination have more to do with winning foot ball than technique and individual drill- ing. was captain (Copyright. 1926.) WILLIE HESTON, JR., - TO ENTER MICHIGAN By the Associated Press. “Yea, Heston!” again may roll from the Michigan stands to cheer a charg- ing back. Billy Heston, son of the Willile Heston who was Michigan's all-time-all-American_back, the crush- ing line-smasher of the famous “Point- a-Minute” team, finished his high school foot ball days this Falland next year will enter Michigan. 5 Heston junior was captain of De- tréit Northwestern High, a team un- defeated since 1923. In its final game of . the year Northwestern lost a chance for the State interstholastic title by playing a scoreless tie with Detroit, Northern. The lad walked from the field after the game sobbing. “You did not wir said Billy Heston, senior, “but you played your Lest, and I am proud of you.” Young Heston was regarded as one of the best high school backs of Michigan. SOCCER GAME TODAY. A soccer game was carded this afternoon for 2:30 o'clock, on the Monument grounds. between British United Club and Concord Reserves. ) | League Park at 2:30 o'clock. |a fine fleld fn the Monumental City. | youth, a former caddie at the Wash- the | Eddie | SPORTS. tors to Meet in New Yor NECK BROKEN YEARS, |CONFERENCE OF COACHES FOOT BALL STAR DIES | W. (Wish) Babbington, jr., | stat fullback of the Holy Name foot | ball team, champion eleven here a decade ago, who lived at 927 Fourth street northeast, died yesterda: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, as | the result of a broken neck received ago while playing with the ne team. SO bbington was operated upon suc- | cessfully Tuesday, but a ruptured blood-vessel necessitated a second | operation, which we was unable to hstand. At the time of his death bbington was conected with Metro- an police headquarters. neral services will be held Tues- day morning at 9 o'clockgat St. Aloysius Church. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Anna Babbington; his father and four brothers, John, Thomas, William and Francis. All the brothers formerly were active in local athletic ranks, Aloysius years pol Fu WINTONS LIST FAST BALTIMORE ELEVEN| Winton A. C. gridmen, monarchs of the 150-pound foot ball realm in and about Washington, will carry their dreams of conquest into for- eign fields tomorrow, engaging the 3altimore Yellowjackets at Union The Wintons are champions of the District in their class and have beaten the Clarendon Lyons, claim- ants of the 150-pound championship of northern Virginia. Apaches, who played in the unlimited class, hung up the only victory over the Win- tons this year. Wintons have been training dili- gently for the clash tomorrow, know- ing the capabilities of the Baltimore aggregation, which triumphed over ON POTOMAC PARK LINKS | John O. Kines, 19-year-old Clarendon ington Golf and Country Club, scored an ace on the eighth hole of E course yesterday at FEast Potomac Park. The hole is 200 yards and Kines | played the shot with a spdon. He registered 40 for the nine. Kines was playing in a four-ball match with Nick Altrock of the | ‘Washington Base Ball Club; Dewey J. Edwards and W. M. Borcharding. Quick Stop and Shoot Made Dake BASKET BAL ¥ BY SOL METZGER. Dake of Cornell, all-Eastern cen- ter last Winter, although lacking in the physical qualities of some of his opponents and playing on a team that finished next to last in the league race, stood forth be- cause he was a master of the fundamentals of the game-ythe handling of the ball and the han. dling of his body. Excellence in basket ball depends as much upon the latter as the former. One of Dake's best stunts + was his ability to come to a full stop on the floor when dribbling. It was a quality that enabled him to score when others were unable to ring one up from the floor. Incidentally this ability to stop when dribbling at full speed is an art few basket ball stars have been SET FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY Situation Regarding Shift Plays Likely to Produce Most Fireworks in Ses on, With Opponents of Mooted System in Majority. AWRENCE PERRY. YORK, December Foot ball coaches from parts of the country will assemble in this city next Wednesday to participate in the annual session of the American Foot Ball Coaches’ Aseociation. The meetings always are valuable, in that they make for contacts that otherwise would not happen; a better understanding among the gridiron leaders of the various sections is established and the opinion is ven- tured that these foregatherings have accomplished a national feeling in foot ball such as could not otherwise have been effected. BY EW Outwardly this meeting is like 1«111 convocations of the sort. Set speeches conceived in idealism and launched with fervid purpose, or papers of educational value are listened to with varying degrees of attention and sym- pathy, and everything is very stately and serfous, a becomes a body of men who are assembled in the interest of deep thinking. Where Real Value Lies. But as an undercurrent of all the formality runs a stream of good fel- lowship and diplomatic intercourse which is very constructive Perhaps_there may be found in this aspect the real value of these annual meetings. Considering them generally, they are to be regarded as clearing houses | of thought and impulse which, if they do nothing more than draw these foot ball teachers from North, East, South and West into closer bonds of frater- nity, are well worth while. More than one member of the Foot WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER HRISTMAS greetings, sports- women! We have a special message from Santa Claus for the junior basket ball players. The old fellow has been delayed in makifiz the selection of his annual gift to you—the all- ‘Washingtor. court squad, picked from the ranks of the 70-odd playground teams that have competed in the two major playground events this Fall. Rain, sleet and snow, combined with an overdose of Jack Frost's particular tonic. have made it impossible for the teams to complete’ play in the ele- mentary school and playground series, and Santa, being an honest old cha doesn't feel that it would be quite fair to pick the outstanding perform- ers before they have finished per- forming. g So he sent word that he is standing by, watching the progress of the games, and will endeavor to hold in check his impatient reindeer for an- other week or so before returning to his Iceland home, in order that he may present you with your mythical squad next week when the final games have been played. He has his eye on several players already—one from Rosedale, gne from Plaza and a couple from teams in the western part of the city—but all ef- forts to extract names from him have been met with a sly twinkle in his merry eyes. a knowing chuckle and an expansive grin. We have his word for it that the choice of each player will be made impartially, and based upon actual performance in the 1926 series, not upon reputation of past years. Sev. eral attributes will be considered espe- cially, including ver:atility teamwork, and general attitude on the court well as individual skill in filling o particular position. “General attitude, in Santa’s rating, means sportsman- ship. Count on him to consider this among the things of first importanc For what value is an individual star to her team if she cannot play the game with the proper spirit? Lack of sportsmanship on the part of one able to master. Take Dake in the Columbia game last year, against the team that won the title. Once he broke down the left side of the floor, dribbling for the basket. Dake is Fig. 1 in the above diagram. Dake sensed a Columbia man rushing from the right side of the court to stop his dribble. To a nicety he figured out the point where his opponent would meet him. Then he stopped a few vards short of it and got his basket. Dake dribbles with his body well forward and stops by slapping a foot forward flat onto the floor. At the same time he throws most of his weight on his rear leg. By maintaining perfect balance he is able to shoot accurately, and as pictured above. (Copyright. 1026.) MAINFORT IS DEFEATED BY COLLINS IN MAT GO Bobby Mainfort, local wrestling favorite, dropped a bout last night at the Mutual Theater to Jack Collins, losing two of three falls to Collins, a comparative stranger to Washington wrestling _circles. Dutch Green defeated George Kiatta in a preliminary bout. HAWKINS MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 WALLACE Motor Co. means New and Used Cars l"fl‘w L Street N.W. indeed. | Ball Rules Committee has his ear to the ground when these practical grid iron thinkers are in session, and much of value s heard. There is more than the pc that a lot of coaches will appr the coming convention on their toes, ry much as the gossoon of the ould sod used to enter the Donnybrook Fair, uncertain whether a fight or : frolic is afoot, but ready, not to say eager, for both. Primarily the situation regarding shift plays is sufficiently acute to war rant some such figure of speech as that the shift is the barrel of highly explosive material hidden in the hold of the gridiron ship. Enemies of Shift Are Numerous. This form of attack, which include: the huddle and every other device hy which positions of players are rear ranged prior to the snapping of the ball, has the bitterest sort of enemies among coaches and it also has stal wart friends. But the enemies seen: to predominate and they will not I» inactive in this city next week. To the writer, as to others who ar closely in touch with the nationa drift of foot ball sentiment, it most certainly seem that the shift is du to be jettisoned in all its manifesta tions, huddle and everything. If real objection to it encompasse no more than the fact that it is a breeder of bitter feclings amony coaches and among universities, thi alone would be adequate reason fe outlawing it. But it does more tha: that—it places a burden upon officlals that they can by no possibility mec and it injects into the game & subt! element of rule-beating which has n. business there. (Covyright. 1026.) player can destroy the morale of a entire aggregation, as many a coac! has discovered. Some one the whole matter into a nutshell whe he said, “The willingness to conced one point often wins two for a trur sportsman, while the tendency to di« pute a decision may cost a team un entire game.” At playground headquarters o Christmas eve Santa was informe that the final game of the Columbia Heights division series in the Ele mentary School League would be played off next week, thus completing this loop, and that the interplay- ground series also would be finished E:‘O‘]’lded that the weather man is nd. Park View and E. V. Brown teams will meet for the Columbia Heights title. In the interplayground series Georgetown is waiting to play the winner of the Towa avenue-Park View clash to decide the winner of the Western division. Rosedale’s sextet already has won the Eastern divisior: title and will figure in the final gam. opposite the Western division champ: Here's hoping the weather man. realizing the concession our visitor from the North Poe is making in pro- longing his stay, will turn out some basket ball weather next week so that these three matches may be played .- EAGLES SIGN DALEY. NEWTON, Mass.,, December = (#P).—Leo Daley, '16, a teacher-coach at the Boston English High School has signed a contract for one year as head coach of foot ball at Boston Col lege. He succeeds Maj. Frank Cav anaugh, resigned. RADIATORS, FENDERS W RADIATORS "FOR AUTOR & F. WKS. NEW WITTSTATTS R 3 1423 P. REAB. Christmas 1926 e e 00 ToWish . . . Youa... 7 Very Merry Christmas And a New With Health . . . And Happiness! At this time we wish to express our heartfelt thanks for the most generous Christmas patronage we have ever enjoyed.