Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1926, Page 14

SPORTS. SEE COURSE BEING TAKEN AS ONLY LOGICAL ACTION Feel That Efforts to Keep Game Clean Would Meet With U. S. Approval—Other Troubles Pastime Has Suffered BY JOHN B. FOSTER. YORK, December 29.— Federal in alrs of of the a result Cobb-Speaker incident fail to | appeal to the legal minds in New York Base ing to do the very Federal investigation® it must do, if the Government should be- h enough to wish to in- to the expression hall is tr thing that any would insist th Tnited State: “If there were rumors constantly circulating that something had taken ace In base ball which was deroga- tory to it,”” said one attorney, “and Congress undertook to regulate the national s one more of the never ing tions originat- ing in that hody. the first thing Con- gress would do would be to tr the source of the rumors. It air observer that this is the very thing that organized base ball has at- | tempted to do. | “If there are any p ball who blunder, it is affair, | and they will have to pa But | what Congr to investig: when it is self evident that the ball people are doing the be: ean to clean up their own s Case of 1877 Recalled. There is some interesting base ball history that bears on the present case. TIn 1877, when Devlin, Craver, Nichols and Hall were expelled from the Na- tional League, President Hulbert of that organization was criticized as belng too severe and efforts were made by influential men to induce Are Recalled. had many friends and alt implored Hulbert to show lenienc Hulbert could not be budged. He liad made up his mind to clear base ball of every thing suspicious and he did so, even when threats were made against him | ve | The player: o bert ned. ) had no effect upon him receive Dev < wife, ho on her knees hegged for the reins.atement of her husband, as one fiction story has recounted in the past. He did receive Devlin, but refused to rein- state him. Hulbert repeatedly aided Devlin's family. although at that time no one knew from whom the assistance came. The incidents of 1877 and of 1926 are entirely different in many items, although at the bottom of the events in both cases was the desire to clean Hul The threats He did not |base ball of the gambling element. to trace | seems to | Crusade Against Gambling. Jase ball in earnest started a campaign nst every kind of gabling that has been known to have been indulged in by base ball men nd those outside. It doesn’t make any difference what form of gambling it is, Commissioner Landis is going to put his brogans on the practice. When Rogers Hornsby was gently admonished as to the fool- ishness of betting on the horses, he sald that another man in' base-ball informed him that he had a perfect right to bet on the races if he wished to do so. That was not good advice for Hornsby. It possibly strengthened his belief in his right to do those things which the owner of the St. Louls Cardinals thought harmful to him to reinstate two of them. Devlin other players of the team. FANS PRESENT PROBLEM N BASE BALL GAMBLING Following the trail back of the Cobb-, Speaker scandal investigation, base | ball men here are recalling that first | rumors concerning “something bad in base ball” were heard shortly after the recent world series. | It was then that the name of “Dutch” Leonard began to be bandied | abBut as having a mysterious bearing | on a new scandal. It was said that he had played the part of informer in some transaction to which but a vague clew could be had, but which | Involved players of the highest stand- fng in the American League. Gambler Is Ejected. During the playing of the world se- ries a gambler was ejected fiom Yan- kee Stadium for reasons well known to these men. This gambler had been foremost in Boston in speculating upon the national game. This man, it is alleged, has been connected with an investigation presumed to have been made in Boston regarding cer- tain players. It is asserted that he wagered on games, and even the plays of games, and that he made a con-{ siderable sum of money gambling on base ball. 3 His presence at the world series in New York was dike waving a red flag Jn front of a bull, eéspecially since it was known at that time by American League men, and suspected by others, that rome kind of scandal investiga- tlon was being made. WOMEN I There has been gambling in Boston on the part of the spectators, as there has been in other cities. The gam- blers were raided more than once in Boston, but little seemed to develop from this action, because some of the | crowd managed to get back within a few days, making bets on every pitch- ed ball. Then the story arose that | players signaled plays to the ors. That was part of the gos- sip floating around Boston. Is Difficult Job. | The gamblers have been raised and barred in New York. The fact that horse race betting goes on in New York has made it very difficult to eject gamblers from the stands. Bets in New York are not paid in the stands, which makes it doubly hard to get a conviction. Two blocks down from the Polo Grounds there is a reg- ular clearing house to which bettors, bookmakers and hangers-on resort im | mediately after a game, when the set tling up process takes place. There is also a headquarters for the bettors at Yankee Stadium, but the making of wagers is not always so open there as at_the Polo Grounds. It is interesting to note that 90 per cent of the bookmakers and bettors at the Polo Grounds are either of for- eign birth or are sprung from foreign- born parents. They have no interest in athletics except to bet on the con- tests. N SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER HE curtain will raise on the of- ficial indoor basket ball season January 11 with the new Dis- trict of Columbia Girls’ Basket B RBall League making its debut fin a double-header, involving the ¢ Washington, Princ: Capitol and ! Princess Senlor squads. % Washington A. C. and Princess sers are to clash at 7 o'clock | in the stern High School gym- nasium. Princess A. C. second team 7 will meet the Capitol A. C. squad at 9 #o'clock in the Columbia Heights Com- Center gymnasium at Wilson School. Jack Haas, manager of the District of Columbia league, has announced the full schedule, which includes games from January 11 through March 30, arranged so that each of the six teams in the circuit will meet each of the others three times. rophles will be awarded at the close of the season to the champion- : ship squad and the team finishing sec- {ond. In addition, medals will be given 10 members of the winning squad, ac- ; cording to the present plan. ! The schedule follows: ‘January 11—Washington vs. Princess Sen- . Fastern, 7: Princess ve. Capitol, Wilkon, 9. f Senior to: —FParamiunt vs. Princess Seniors, East- | m. § 2 18—Capitol vs 10 _Princess Washington. Wilson. 7. nfors ve. Capitol. Epiphany, vs. Princess, Eastern, 9. ington vs. Paramount. Eastern, ess ve. Princess Senjors. Wilson, amount vs. Capitol, Eastern. 9. y ve. Washington, Wil- ess Seniors. Wilson, 7: nount. Wilson, 9 vs. Princess, Epiph- Princess, Wilon, 7 ve. Capitol. East- e vs. Washington, Epiph- vs_ Capitol, Wil 15— Princass Princest Senlors ve. W 1son, iled Fastern, 9 ‘ 2 . Epiph- Rosemary Griffin, Allison Roebling, and Helen Strauss. Six members of the Marjorie Web- ster School swimming group have passed the Red Cross life saving tests and are qualified to act as assistant instructors at the school. They in- clude Helen Bernier, Virginia Peasley, Mary Lynn Giles, Marie Siebold, Betty Hill and Marjorie Wells. According to Miss Webster this sex- tet will assume the duties of instruc- tors in the regular swimming classes at the school when they return from Christmas vacation on January 4. The tests were taken immediately be- fore the holidays, but results of the examinations were not made public until yesterday. Another basket ball team is to be added to the Washington Recreation League's already large loop. New York Avenue Presbyterian Church tossers have formed a squad which will play for the first time in a sched- uled series as a member team of the Recreation League. according to the coach, Barbara. Brown. An ‘enthusiastic group has reported for practice with the new squad, in- cluding some skillful tossers, headed by Dorothy Hennessey, formerly of the Capitol A. C. sextet. Other mem- bers of the church aggregation are Ruth Whitney, Caroline Schnell, Ger- trude Webber, Esther Clarke and Ruth Finney. Regular practice pe- riods are held on Friday nights at the Frances McKee, Natalie Hammond | Marjorie Webster gymnasium. In ad- dition the team exp Wednesday evening recreation of tha A. A. F. group at Cent High School each week from now un- til the opening of the season. McCANN. NEW CUE STAR. IN TOURNAMENT TONIGHT Joe McCann, a newcomer to local cue ranks, will make his debut to- night in the District championghip pocket Dbilliard tournament at the | Arcadia. At 8 o'clock he will start 7:|in a 100-point match against E. Tin- dell. Local horsewomen are expected to take an active part in the Service Men's Renefit Horse Show, to be held st the Riding and Hunt Club Tues ening, January 11. Three of the more expert riders among the fair v have entered the s ¥ seth Jackson, Maude Preece and Anna Hedrick X others are expected to enter within the next i A vi am _has heen ranged including two jumping classes, the usual saddle classes and some special numbers, 1 rough {rlding_exhibition staged by officers of Yort Meyer. A spec siat the relected, mann, He! €on, Prince Archbold, Elizabeth YLoutse J'rancesca Stewart, Kenny, Florence Smith, Barbara Hight, Olive Sherley, Jame Dunbar, Alice Cutts, Carolyn 1 lugenie Lejeune, Doro- ar- to as- heen Helen Robin- ne, Lyd il Smida: Tuckerman, lmann Ida Cantacuz ncesca Mec: att, Eleanor Phillips, | In last night's match, George Kelly | defeated W. Reddy, 100 to 85, making |a high run of 21. O | TUNNEY MAKES DENIAL. | LEWISTON, Minn., December 29 | (#).—Gene Tunney, n route to New | York, from a week’s vacation at | Moosehead Lake, denied a report | the world heavyweight championship |against Jack Delaney, in a match at | the Polo Grounds next Summer. ALOYSIUS MEN TO RUN. Three distance men sporting . the colors of the Alovsius Club will com- pete,in the 10-mile run of the Emory- { wood_ Athletic Club in Baltimore on New Year day. They are Mike Lyn veteran distance runner; Walter Shi ley and James Montague. D- | iy Er December 29 (/).-—The engagement of Bob O'Farrell, newly appointed successor to Rogers Horns- by, manager of the .St. Louis Car dinals, and Arline Edwards of Chica- go was announced today by Miss Ed- wards' parents. The date of the mar- | cnicaco, Chamberlain, thea Richards, Hllinita Crenshawy riage was not named, | Geisel credit for his development. | ch, | Washin THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Federal Inquiry Into Cobb-Speaker Incident Viewed as Un NEW AL UMPIRE ISHUSKY FELLOW Magerkurth Has Proved He Is Capable of Taking Care of Himself. MOLINE, TIL, December 29.—G. L. Magerkurth, appointed on the Amer- 1 League umpire staff to succeed is, like the new a former ball player and a native of Tllinois. He was born in Bushnell, 11, on December 30, 1888, wd played his first ball there, Bush- nell havi strong semi-pre team. He began as a catcher wih Mon- mouth, IIl, in 1909, Monmouth being in the Illinois-Missouri League, and Groveland Cleveland Alexander start- ing in this organization a year later. From Monmouth Makerkurth went to Rockford of the Three-Eye League and then to Kearney of the Nebraska State League, where he played two seasons Has Varied Experience. 1910 Makerkurth batted .177, and 1911 .219. He was sto have | played at Duluth in 1912, but an in- | jury received at Kearney the previous | vear prevented him from doing so, came to Moline to be a store- big implement house {and to manage a team called the | Genesee White Sox, who were able | one Fall to mop up the champions of the Three-Eye League. For this team Magerkurth occasionally played first base. Magerkurth’s first umpiring was done in a factory league in Illinois. Mike Sexton, National Association president, heard of him and oftered him a job in the newly organized Mississippi Valley League, promising to send him up and keeping his word. Certainly Is Big Enough. Magerkurth, six feet three inches in height and weighing 210 pounds, has been able to take care of himself ever since he started umpiring. He hit a Mississippi Valley League catcher named Sullivan on the jaw in a bat- tle in 1922 and put him in the hos- pital for six weeks. Sexton, investi- gating, found that the player and not the umpire had been wrong and rec- ommended Magerkurth to President Toole of the International at the end of the 19 season. Magerkurth stuck round the Inter- national until last Summer, when he was traded to the American Associa- tion. Two of his battles on the Toole circuit were with Eddie Onslow of | Toronto and Bill Webb of Buffalo. He | won one and lost the other. Magerkurth and Harry Geisel work- ed together most of the 1924 season, and Johnson's new umpire gives | | | and he ‘km-pvr with a WAR ON INTENTIONAL PASS AGAIN STARTED By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 29.—Agita- tion to curb the intentional pass in base ball has been revived with an appeal to Commissioner Landis for a rule giving the batsman the right to refuse “free tickets” and remain at the bat until he either is retired or connects for' a safe hit. The Prudential Insurance Atrletic Assoclation of Newark, N. J., an or- BELIEVE IT OR NOT. & D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1926. —By A DISTANCE of 547 YARDS The oldest “Believe It or Not."” feat .an vecovd. . Myseum afOdessa, —— “MERE 15 A BOY — G-YEARS Oup — N THE CHILDRENS HOSP(TAL - Lonpon WHO CAN WRITE ONLY BACKWARDS — of Chatfancaga RAN 3 CONSECUTIvVE KICK-ofFs BACk: FOR TTOUCH-DOWNS | . ST ALBANS, VIRGINIA , 1902, Excited Hockey OSTON, December 29 () “If you must throw any thing during vour excite- ment, try a back omer- sault.” Such is“the admonition address- ed to “loyal, but overexuberant hockey fans” by Charles F. Adams, president of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League as a result of a fracas the arena last week during a game between the St. Pats of Toronto and the Bruins, During an argument players and officials over a disal- lowed Boston goal, the gallery hurled paper, candy, eggs and between ganization which ims 3,000 mem- bers, has made this recommendation to the commissioner. In reply, the base ball chietfain has promised to present the proposed amendment to the playing rules committee at fits meeting next month. Contending that the intentional pass to heavy hitters has cost the game “many a thrill,” the association recom- mended amending rule 53, section 2, to read that “the batsman may walve his rights to his base after four balls and notify the umpire that he elects, with the strikes charged against him to count, to hit a fair ball or be re- tired. Sould the pitcher continue to pitch balls and fail to put out or strike out the batter, and should three additional balls have been called, the batter takes third base, those on base, if any, scoring runs.” ‘The major leagues a few years ago attempted to stop intentional passing by forbidding the catcher to step out- side the catching lines to receive the ball, but it failed to accomplish its purpose. —_— MARINES WILL CURTAIL TRAVEL FOR GRID PLAY Quantico Marine grid warriors will travel less in 1927 than during the ast season. A trip to New Orleans to meet Loyola will be the longest to be undertaken by the Devil Dogs. Coach Tom Keady and Capt. A. C. Larkin of the Marine team are attend- ing the annual coaches' meeting’ in New York. With the RIMED to the minute for their intercity battle, duckpinners of Washington and Brooklyn will take the drives at Con- vention Hall tonight at 7:15 o'clock or as soon thereafter as pos- sible. And it is this matter of starting time that will determine the extent of the first block, to be rolled here, and the second block, to be bowled in Brooklyn on January 8. | Tt is assured that there wiil be five games between the flve-man teams the squads in each city, Man- rdner of Convention Hall But whether the doubles s in each town will be | determined tonight just before the duckpinners clash. It is also fairly certain that Wash- | ington’s five-man team will consist |of Walter Megaw, Howard Camp- {bell, Al Work. Jack Whelan and | Glenn Wolstenholme, but the order {of the line-up will not be known i until just_before the men take the | drives. Early this afternoon | Brooklyn bunch was not at all sure |as to how it would organize. The | Spinella_brothers, Phil and Barney; Many | that he had accepted terms to defend | oyis Pecorella, Mort Lindsey and s ] ; | Joe Borto have been mentioned as a likely crew to sport the colors of the New Yorkers. The doubles, due to follow the five-man team match, may find Campbell and Work of Washington battling with one of the Spinellas and some other of the Brooklyn bunch vet to he selected. Wolsten- holme undoubtedly will strive for gion in the singles and prob- Jly against one of the Spinellas. | With stellar bowlers falline hy the | wayside in both champion: and consolation divisions last nicat, the elimination tournament at King Pin now seems to be anybody's race. Eight bowlers of each squad will re. sume competition tonight, with but four of each lot W carry ew¥Fsiday the | The gyrations of the cheer leader are “unlady-like” in the opinion of the Women's Self-Government Asso- ciation of Indiana University, which would discontinue co-ed battle-cry directors. If the Women's Athletic Association of the university agrees with the self- government body, next year's foot ball cheering section will respond only to the male exhorter. Indiana has extended equality In cheer lead- ing to its co-eds for several years. There were two last season. Probably the only jockey who has ever reached the age of 100, John Faulkner of Berkshire, England, is proud of a number of records. He has had practically every bone in his body broken at some time or other— the last being three years ago, when he was thrown from horse and broke his thigh; he was at work till he was 90; and he is the father of 32 children. He received six cents when he rode his first race at Epsom, and rode his last mount when he was 75 years old. He paid a visit to Ascot a few years ago, but he was so dis- gusted with the present style of rid- ing that he left the track after the first race. Tex Rickard has agreed on tenta- tive plans for promoting boxing shows in the Olympic Skating Arena, under construction at Detroit, in conjunction with operators of the indoor stadium. Bouwlers night in the semi-finals. vivors follow: CHAMPIO){SHI!: Dl‘\{lsl(‘)!\'. - 01 140 13 0 100 o 110 100 1 The sur- g Ward Wister Goodall F. Moore . Weideman 101100 12 110 100 116 115 110 123 Selizer 10 Simmons Walker . ... Wolstenholme Moyer ... There were plenty of surprises in the Convention Hall down-and-ou tourney last night. Among them was Al Worlk’s performance. This star, who led the field with a total of 630 Monday, got but 575 in his five games in the second round and barely man |aged to remain in the running. The | second round scores follow: Fischer .. Rosenberg " Mulroe Welsh S %0 ERESEERE. RESE Harrison Work .. Such sterling duckpinners as Leda Amidon, Marie Frere, Elsie Fisher and Louise Foberti fell by the way- side last night in the second round of the women's elimination tourney at the Arcadia. The survivors, who will enter the semi-final round Friday re: ks Lorraine Gulli, 1 v Malcolm, 201: Goodall, 276 ny beth Ackman, 278 TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F 2050 Hoosfer | Fans Urged To Throw Somersault Only pennies onto the ice. As memen- toes the St. Pats took home 63 pennies, one hard boiled egg and a monkey wrench. Last night when the fans filed into the arena for the New York Americans-Bruins contest ushers handed them neat little white cards bearing the advice from President Adams that “hockey players in the heat of the game, may be excused for occasional lo: of salf-control, but the fan is not so readily forgiven.” The Bruins' president closed his plea with the somersault sugges- tion and the hope of friendly c operation. Leo P. Flynn, former matchmaker of Madison Square Garden, New York, will act as matchmaker. It is planned to stage a number of cham. pionship bouts during the Winter. The new arena, which will be com- pleted soon, will seat approximately 22,000 persons. « Gar Wood, veteran speed boat racer, plans to test his latest craft over the Bay Biscayne regatta course at Miami during the Winter season. The new Gar, jr., III is being constructed as the fastest sea-going cruiser in the world. It is equipped with two twin- screw 500-horsepower Gar Wood ma- rine engines. Snow is virtually unknown in the | populous sections of Australia, so the people generally have little opportu- | nity to indulge in the so-called Win- ter sports. However, many of those who can afford it journey to Kiandra, in the mountains of New South Wales, where the conditions are ex- cellent for skating and skiing. Fred Koster, speedy and elusive University of Louisville halfback, high scorer of the 1926 collegiate grid- iron season, failed to score a single polnt in 1925, although he was a regular. Koster led the country's leading | scorers this Fall with 124 points Koster missed participating in one contest, too, because of injuries. 1 st year, however, he played in | every game, being more noted then for defensive rather than offensive ability. e On the outskirts of Amsterdam work is progressing on a 35-acre site which is to become the stadium for the Olympic games of 1928. Pile driving is in full swing, for the soggy nature of the Dutch subsoil needs strengthening to bear the weight of the buildings and the public tribunes. Where the court of honor will stand flocks of seagulls this Fall have been screaming over a watery waste, but, according to” the con- structors time table, work is right up to date. 311 IS SET AS LIMIT . FOR FLYWEIGHT SCRAP NEW YORK, December 29 (#).— “here’s a difference of $16.50 in cost the ringside spectator between a vorld flyweight boxing match and a ieavyweight championship bout. It cost $27.50 for a close-up or semi- Jose-up of the Dempsey-Tunney or Dempsey-Firpo fights, but the New York State Athletic Commission be- lieves $11, including tax, is enough for seeing Fidel Labara battle Elky Clark for the world 112-pound champion- ship January 21 at Madison Square Garden. HAWKINS MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. : Main 5780 {MW'GRAW CALLS THIRD | LOOP TALK “FOOLISH” By the Associated Press. ‘W YORK, December tending that there are not enough ckilled players now to satisfy the de- mands of the two big leagues, Man- ager John McGraw of the New York Giants considers talk of a third major circuit “foolish.” He estimated that $20,000,000 capital would be neces- sary to launch such a venture. He placed the cost of playing plants in eight cities at $12,000,000, the of- fice expenses of the teams at another million, and cost of players at seven millions. He said he had not heard of any prominent men who were sufficiently interested in base ball to become the “angels” in a third circuit. el g FOUR FIGHTERS PICKED T0 LOSE THEIR TITLES NEW YORK, December 29 (#).— Prediction by Tex Rickard that Sam- my Mandell will be one of four title- holders to be dethroned in 1927 has drawn a reply from the lightweight champion that “Rickard will lose his title of world champiop boxing pro- moter, t0o. Rickard forecast that Mickey Walk- er, middleweight; Pete Latzo, welter- welght, and Charley (Phil) Rosenberg, bantamweight, also will yield their mantles. CLOVER ATHLETIC CLUB ELECTS ADKINS AS HEAD Roland Adkins, one of the prominent members of the club for many years, was elected president of the Clover Athletic Club at a meeting last night. Joseph Canavin was elected vice president and M. Eshbaugh was chosen secretary-treasurer. Clover basketers will engage the El- liotts in a senlor league game at | Washington Barracks tonight. —Con- | SPORTS. Trainer and Second Have BY FAIRPLAY. EW YORK, December 29— Fighters are rated according to their performance in the ring. It is customary to men- tion (heir wonderful condition and fighting qualities, ring history records, the ‘exploits of the fighter, and it is taken for granted that the fighter's ability is judged by what he has shown. Little is written about the men be. hind the fighter—the trainer and the second. If the truth were known, it is safe to say that the handler has more to do with the fighter's showing than the fighter himself. The wise counsel, the piercing eye that detects every false move and weakness in the opponent, is not discernible to the fighter. The trainer sees all this and passes it on to the fighter. Second to none in this country is a little Welshman, one Dia Dollings by name. Dia has trained more cham- pions than any trainer living. Why {this is not public knowledge rests likely by Legal Men RIPLEY | MEN BACK OF SCRAPPERS Much to Do With Sticcess of Fighters—Dollings, Quiet Welshman, One of Best Handlers in Ring Game. with Dollings himself. He does not seek publicity and is lost in ¢he shuffic of those seeking recognition. Dia is a native of Swansea, Wales. His work with Digger Stanley, Owen Moran, Tom Thomas, Young Josephs, Matt Wells and Ted Kid Lewls is in | delibly stamped in Britain's ring his | tory Have you noticed the improvement in the Paluso boys and more especlally in Mike McTigue, the former light heavyweight champion? Mike was i known as a safety first fighter until he hooked up with Dia. The result has been that Mike is the outstanding challenger for Jack Delaney's crown. McTigue gives Dollings all tha credit that is due him. Mike is a shrewd observer and knows whereof he speaks. “There is the man,” he said, polnt ing to Dollings, “responsible for all the good qualities T have shown. He is without doubt the best trainer in the country and when he is behind { me I consider the fight half won.” 'SURE U. S. OLYMPIC INTEREST WILL HOLD By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 29.—Belief that the great sports assoclations will re- tain their interest in the American Olympic Association, despite the with- drawal of the National Amateur Ath- letic_Federation, has been expressed by William C. Prout, president of the Olympic organization. Asked for a statement on the action of the federation he declared: “America's participation in the Olympic games at Amsterdam means too much from a patriotic as well as athletic point of view to permit it to be made the foot ball of factional ath- letic rows. The Olympic assoclation cannot’ become involved. “I regret,” he said, “that any or- ganization has seen fit to withdraw. I feel sure, however, that the great organizations which have built up various lines of sport in this country over a period of years will retain their active interest in this great patriotic and athletic movement.” e |PERSSON SHOULD SEEK | DELAYED RING SHIFT NEW_ YORK, December 29 (#).— Harry Persson, explaining his decisive defeat by Jim Maloney of Boston, as- the Boston heavywelght gavy him “no time to get set for a punch.” ation of the suggested curb for the foot ball shift—a two or three-sec- ond halt before play—might be a boon to Harry's fistic maneuvers. LATZO HURT IN TRAINING; BAKER BOUT POSTPONED SCRANTON, Pa., December 29 (). —Postponement indefinitely of the 10- round bout between Pete Latzo, world welterweight champion, and Sergt. Sammy Baker of New York, sched- uled for New Year day in Wilkes- barre, Pa., has been announced. Latzo received a severe gash over his eye in training. The fight may be held on January 14, provided Latzo is in shape. {BURCH GOES TO FRONT IN SCORING AT HOCKEY NEW YORK, December 29 (#).— Billy Burch, center of the New York Americans in the international sec- tion of the National Hockey League has taken the lead among the scorers of the circuit, displacing Dick Irvin, captain of the Chicago Black Hawks. Burch is credited with eight goals and six assists for a total of 14 points, one more than the total of Irvin. Bill Carson of Toronto {s third, with 12. DELANEY VS. BERLENBACH. MIAMI, Fla., December 29 (#).—A match between Jack Delaney, weorld light heavyweight champion, and Ful Berlenbach, is being arranged here for a date during the peak of the Win- ter season. By the ssdociated Prese EW YORK December 28.— Only about 29 per cent of the sports .champions, teams or individuals that ruled the roost at the start of 1926 still wave their scepters aloft as the year draws to a close. This is revealed by examination of a list of 247 championships in 30 branches of athletic activity, here and abroad. It shows that 71 titles were successfully defended, while 176 were lost with the pre- vious holders overwhelmed by stronger talent or victims of the “upset jinx" that beset champlons on all sides. Of the major sports, only row- ing and swimming showed a ma- jority of champions successfully defending their titles. Five out of eight rowing titles and 15 out of 28 swimming crowns were retained. Tennis, with “Big Bill” Tilden chief among those toppled, wit- nessed the biggest championship carnage, 16 out of 19 titleholders being bowled over. National track and field sports, for men and wom- en, showed 20 out of 43 titles changing hands. Foot ball wit- i nessed the shifting of 9 out of 15 Marmon Motor Car Service 1227 R Street N.W. Peter Bessett, Mgr. Repairs to All Makes of High- Grade Cars Potomac 861 Showrooms [ Corner Conn. ‘Ave. and R Only 29 Per Cent of Sport ' Champions Survive in 1926 champions, while professional box- ing, with 9 crowns involved, saw 5 transferred and a sixth orphaned by Kid Kaplan's retirement. The overthrow of champions was complete in major league base ball, professional billiards, bowling, horseracing, ice hockey and auto racin; 1 'SHORE IS DEFEATED IN BOYS’ NET EVENT BALTIMORE, Md., December 29. Frank Shore, jr., Washington's lone entry in the national junior boys' indoor tennis championship tourna- ments, in progress at the 5th Regi- ment Armory, was eliminated in the second round of the boys' singles yesterday when he succumbed to Harold Blauer of ew York, In straight sets, 6—1, 6—3. Shore, however, paired with Ray- mond Bryan of Tennessee, won their first-round doubles match in the junior competition by default. Seeded players continue to hold the upper hand and not a single “outsider” has succeeded in getting in the running for honors. SMITH AND RYCHELL IN TEN-ROUND DRAW BY the, Associated Pres CHICAGO, December 29.—Illinois last fight of consequence to a referee’s decision took place last night when Midget Smith of New York and Rav Rychell, Chicago bantamweight, fought 10 rounds to a draw. Beginning the first of the year, fight decisions in Illinois rings will be made by judges chosen by the State boxing commission. Whether there will be two judges, with the ref- eree casting the deciding ballot in case of a deadlock, or three judges who will work independently, probably will be decided when the commission meets next Tuesday. The knell of referee decision was sounded when Benny Yanger awarded the world middleweight champion- ship to Mickey Walker in the recent Walker-Tiger Flowers fight her The decision was quite generally dis- puted and led members of the boxing commission to decide that hereafter the responsibility of decisions should rest on the shoulders of two or more Jjudges. The commission plans to have | prominent Chicagoans who are fight followers act as judges. MANY TO HAVE TEAMS IN MILLROSE A. A. MEET ‘W YORK, December 29 (#).- The Millrose A. A. has invited 23 col- leges and universities to enter relay teams in its annual trgck carnival at Madison Square Gardén February 2. Three-fourths have accepted, it is announced, out of a list including Harvard, Syracuse, Boston College, Holy Cross, Brown, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Lafayette, Colgate, Maryland, Virginia, Prince- ton and the Haskell Indians. | FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Assoctated Press. 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