Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1926, Page 30

SPORTS, . THE EVEN ING: STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©., _THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1926. SPORTS. Allegations of Risberg, F ormer White Sox Shortstop, May Bring New Quiz SCANDAL IS TRACED BACK TO GOSSIP AMONG TIGERS CAN IMPLICATE TWENTY IN SCANDAL, HE ASSERTS He Would Welcome Hearing “Swede’s” Charges—West Changes Story of Bet. Cobb and Speaker Are Maintaining Silence. Landis Declares By the Associated Press. HICAGO, December 30.—A new base ball quiz may come out of declarations of Charl “Swede” Risbe former Chi: White Sox shprtstor, that he n give base ball's bosses information that will implicate 20 big leaguers who never before have bes mentioned in connection with crooked Risberg, banned from hase ball as the result of the 1919 Wolrd Series scandal, made his statement to the Chicago Tribune at his Minnesota farm, and Immediately drew Ball Commissioner Landis ration that he would welcome hearing Risberg’s story. “Most certainly he would be wel-| come,” the commissioner said after | reading Risberg's accusations, but he declined to comment on the statement, in which Risberg declared “Landis| and the big bosses of base ball don't want to know the facts The Tr'bune said “it was a kindly man who began to read the state- ment and a burning Nemesis who finished.” A Challenge to Landis. Risberg told the newspaper there | has been “plenty of crooked work going on in base ball,” and continued: “If Commissioner Lands and the owners and managers haven't seen it, they're blind. dis and the big bosses of base ball don’'t want to know the facts. This is a challenge to the commissioner. Let's see what he'll do about it.” Meanwhile the Ty Cobb-Tris Speaker drama moved briskly along, and al- though lawyers have sealed for the present the lips of the two principals in the latest edit.on of the “scandal of 1919, from others came statements that complicated the plot. One member of the cast, who spoke his prologue in the office of the com- missioner before the curtain ever rose on the “scandal,” took the center of the stage yesterday. That was Fred West, park attendant at Navin Field, home of the Detroit Tygers, scene of the “fixed” game. West is the man named in the testimony as having placed bets for Dutch Leonard, then a Tyger pitcher, and Joe Wood, Cleve- land smoke ball thrower. West Changes His Story. West's public lines differed from the manuscript v as constructed from | The West statement also failed to in |a bet made on the Cleveland-Detroit West in his statement yesterday said that the money given him by Leonard and Wood to wager that Detroit would beat Cleveland was not bet on the ball game at all. The money, he aid, was laid “on the nose” of a horse named Panaman, a “hot tip,” in the first race at the Aqueduct track on that day. The horse breezed home in ‘ront, and that is how Leonard and Waood each happened to be wealthier by $130 the night of September 25, 9 at least, is West's latest ex- v Leonard, at Fresno, Calif., said it_sounded to him “like a laugh.” press Speaker’s attorney, Willlam H. | Boyd, in Cleveland. “1 cannot reconcile West’s state- ment with statements made to me that I know are truthful testimony,” Boyd commented. Conflicts With Testimony. The statement also conflicted with the transcript of testimony given be- | fore Commissioner Landis, who, inter- rogating West, put this question: “Did you have anything to do with | game of September 25, 1919.” | To this West is reported to have| answered: “Yes, sir. 1 placed the bets. Another voice from the background was that of Bob Quinn, president of the Boston Red Sox, who spoke an “‘aside,”” in which he said he would like to see Landis appoint a . ‘“clean sports” ambassador to bolster sport ethics among players of both major leagues. The ‘“ambassador” would mingle with the players frequently, keeping constantly before them their responsibility of keeping the game on a high plane. ‘Working backstage are high school boys, who today continued their can- vas of Detroit office buildings, seek- ing 15,000 signers to petitions demand- ng a public_hearing for Cobb and speaker and Wood. Scandal Status Unchanged. Despite much talk, counter-talk, conjecture, accusation and refutation, the status of the “scandal” remains virtually unchanged. Commissioner Landis continues mum. Cobb and | Speaker have attorneys to do their talking for them. The cue-book points to Cobb and Speaker as holding the key to the | next action in the drama—with the Leonard’s charges and the transeript of testimony before the commissioner. | With the ASHINGTON’S all-star ‘bowling team will carry into the final block of its match with Spinella’s Or- pheums, at Brooklyn, on January 8, an advantage in all three divisions of the contests earned last night on the Convention Hall drives, and it probably will need everything it may have in the way of a lead. For a crowd that does mot pursue the sport of duckpins as do the Wash- ingtonians, the Brooklynites can sock the little maples with a vengeance, and with such a heavy counter as Barney Spinella in their line-up op- posing leads should mean little to them. This Spinella is a marvel on the drives in the small-pin business. All he did last night was anchor for Brooklyn’s fiveman team and shoot a set of 708, including a game of 181; total 658 in the doubles and count 550 in the singles. Now, this Barney per- son is not of such great stature and seemed tired in the sing! What he might have cone had he been efforts bettered three Dis- | trict records. His set of 708 for five games exceeded by 34 pins the local | ark made by Artbur Urban last February, and his game of 181, just 2 pins shy of the ‘;i(,\";fl-(}:\h! e better by 7 pins than the intercity match game record mada by Barl Mc- Philomy last February. And his aver- age of 127-11 for :‘; games never has been approached her P bespite Barney's wonderful work, the Washington bunch put across three victories. The local flve-man team. with Walter Megaw blazing the way, beat the Brooklyn crew, 2,929 to 2.841, taking all five games. In the | doubles, Brooklyn was beaten, 1,189 to | 1.170, with Washington grabbing four | of the five games. In the singles Glenn Wolstenholme, Washington champlon, defeated Barney Spinella, 8 to three of the games KOINg | Wolstenholx 3 A sizable crowd of \m;:‘lmgdtmlxx turned out for the match, and, al- though rooting vallantly for Wash- possibility that their lawyers will speak the next lines themselves. | Bowlers with the survivers competing in the final round tomorrow. Contestants remaining in the tourney are Lor- raine Gulli, "Jenny Malcolm, Doris Goodall and Elizabeth Ackman. NEW ZEALAND BOXER COMING TO AMERICA By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 30.—Tom Heeney, New Zealand heavyweight champion, who since last July has several times challenged the British champion, Phil Scott, to fight here, sails soon for America, and hopes to arrange a meeting with Scott there. Heeney and Scott have met twice before, the latter winning both times on points. The first fight took place two years ago and the second was in July last at Southampton, when Heeney was substituted for Joe Beckett, who had strained an arm muscle. Although Heeney had only two da: training he forced Scott 1o go the 20 rounds to win on points. | Heeney's manager avers that Scott is afraid to meet his man, the reason he gives for this being that Heeney, while acting as Scott's sparring part- ner, learned all Scott’s tricks and gave him many anxious moments while training. Scott says he is afraid of no man. TUNNEY IS TRAILED BY TWO PROMOTERS| By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 30.—Rival promoters beckoned to Gene Tunney today with talk of another million- doll heavyweight championship bat- tle next year. On one hand was Tex Rickard to remind the title holder of a promise ington to come through, it gave little v a great ovation. cores of the first bl TEAMS. BROOKL N lock follow: 107 E. Soinella.. a2 Pecorella orto. indsey B. Spineila Totals WASHI 104 100 last September to make the first de- |fense of his crown under Rickard's | promotion. Buiiding on_ that verbal agreement, the Madison Square Gar- | den promoter has proceeded with an | elimination tournament to choose | outstanding challenger. sther side was Humbert J. ith figures to show he will | be able to seat 95,000 persons at the | >olo Grounds if Gene will consent to | ight Jack Delaney of Bridgeport, | Conn., the light-heavyweight cham: BELIEVE IT OR NOT. Cychst JOHN GEORGE RODE t 32479 wies IN 1897 Ry . FORREST LAYMEN ~o} Walton, N.y. (Born witHouT ARM: CAN DRESS - SHAVE . -COMB HIS HAIR- WITH HIS FEET HARCLD WATERMAN - o Wilminglon(Mass) HIGH IS A STAR HALFBACK ALTHOUGH HE HAS BUT ONE ARM | Heisa 5-lelter man and caplown of the baseball team BY RIPLEY ) £t A CHINAMAN \N CANTON DIDp NOT CLOSE HiS EYES FOR 20 DAYS .AND NIGHTS| By the Ascociated Press. BOSTON, December 30.—Presi- dent Bob Quinn of the Boston Red Sox would like to see Judge K. M Landis appoint a ‘“clean sports ambassador to instill the ethics of sport in the players of both major base ball leagues, the Boston Herald says. 5 Quinn’s idea, the paper say: volves the appointment of an time base ball player of character, ability and personality to make the rounds of the big league cities Clean Sports Ambassador - Is Urged on Landis by Quinn talking to the players of every club at least once a month on their responsibility of keeping the game on a high plane both on and off_the field. Quinn s represented as feeling that the two leagues should handle the matter jointly and that base ball's high commissioner is the logical man to appoint the “ambassador.” Quinn evoived the idea several years ago, the paper says, and base ball's’ most recent scandal is responsible for its_publication. Two of the strongest senior teams about Washington will clash tonight on the court of the Maryland National Guard Armory at Hyattsville, when the Company F Regulars of Hyatts- ville match floor skill with the un- beaten Kanawhas of the Washington Basket Ball League at 8:30 o'clock. Cecmpany ¥ has been s atic in its early reason games, ch- ed a high peint in a two weeks ago, when it trounced the Anacostia Eagles, unlimited champions of last year. The guardsmen have been con-| sistent winners since that time. Kana- | w have marched steadily through all opposition in the senior loop this year, displaying great strength. The game tonight should be one of the best of the season. Anacostia Eagles strong Comet A. C. in_the Congress Heights gymnasium Sunday after- noon. Comets traveled down to War- renton, Va., vesterday to trounce the ! Warrenton five, 43 tc will play the Standings in the senior basket ball league are unchanged today as the result of last night's contests at the Arcadia and Washington Barracks. | Epiphany Roses trounced_the Colum- bia A. C. tossers, i at the Arcadia, v pounded out a 30-t Wonder Five and Kanawhas staged | last-period rally to subdue the St. Stephen’s quint, 29 to 19. The best game at the Arcadia was the lastnamed contest, with St Stephen’s putting up a strong game | at the beginning, but weakening | toward the end. Washington | Barracks the El- liotts threw a scare into the Clovers, | but the latter by steady teamwork | and dazzling Individual skill won out, | 5. Arrows trimmed the Inde:| 30 to 23 KANAWHA TOSSERS MEET HYATTSVILLE GUARDSMEN tets. W. F. 8. Gresham,. jr., 1024 Main street, Lynchburg, is managing the team. Games are sought by the Arrow Manager Palmer may be at Franklin 9523. Jourdet’s Play Still a Winner BASKET BALL——l One of the pet plays Penn has used for years, ever since the days when Lon Jourdet was the king of basket ball coaches, is to free a man on an out-of-bounds play from a side line. Jourdet explained it clearly to us, and we used it suc- cessfully in college basket ball 200 GOLFERS LISTED FOR COAST TOURNEY VIRGINIA COUNTRY CLUB, LONG BEACH, Calif., December 30 (#).—Southern California’'s annual golf fete, that draws the eyes of the green and fairway world upon it, will get under way here tomorrow when the first of approximately 200 golfers tee off in the qualifying 18 holes of the Long Beach open $2,500 tourna- ment. This three-day tournament is a pre- liminary to the $10,000 Los Angeles open tournament which will be staged at El Caballero Country Club next week, with practically the same list of international golf stars partici- pating. Two qualifying rounds of 18 holes each will be held tomorrow and Satur- day and the final flight of 36 will be | staged Sunday by the low 64 scorers and ties from the qualifying rounds. Professional golfers from 18 States as well as Canada and England, in- cluding an array of names high in the titles of the golfing world, will participate. = - COSTELLO POST WILL HOLD SPORT EVENTS Vincent B. Costello Post, Washing- ton’s largest American Legion post, | will stage a series of semi-monthly athletic nights beginning with the new year. The events, to be held at a down- town location yet to be named, will be open to members of all post of the Legion and their guests, with ad- mission by membership card only. The affairs will be in charge of the tollowing members of the athletic committee, recently named by Comdr. William Mitchell: Heinie Miller, chair- man; Fred Bucholz, J. Halper, Robert Morris, Edward T. Folliard | and Michael P. Skelly. . The committee will meet at the Dis- trict Building next Tuesday to formu- late plans and announce a definite | when gate receipts were estimated at date and location for the opening show, WOMEN 1 nquiries among officials of the Dis- trict Tennis Association and mem- bers of the Middle Atlantic Lawn Tennis Association rating com- mittee failed to reveal the source of the rating list for women players in the District which was announced BY CORINNE FRAZIER GRIFF ADDS 6 PLAYERS AND 2 SPRING CLASHES Four more Nationals have sent in their contracts and two others have agreed to terms offered, rais- ing to 14 the number of players now in line for the 1927 base ball Contracts of Recruit ers Frank Burke, Frank Stewart and Clay- Alstyne, as well as let- ters indicating terms offered were agreeable from Catcher _John Berger and Pitcher Dick Coffman, were received westerday by Presi- dent Clark Griffith. Two more games have been add- ed to the Nationals’ Spring exhibi- tion list, both with the Phillie: They will be played at Bradenton, Fla.,, March 10 and at Tampa March 24. SURPRISES SPRUNG IN BOYS’ NET PLAY BALTIMORE, Md., December 30.— Three netmen who surprised yester- day by eliminating seeded players in the early rounds of the national junior and boys' tennis tournament progress at the Fifth Regiment Armory, were to face stern semi- final tests today. The trio are Billy Jacobs and Henry Clabaugh, both of Baltimore, competing in the boys' events, and Henry Johnson of Boston who fs ap- pearing in_the junior competition. Jacobs defeated Harold Blauer of | New York, 6—3, 2—6, 6—4: Clabaugh triumphed over . Fred Roll, Penn- sylvania_State champion, 84, 3—6, 6—4, and Johnson, who is co-holder | with Maleolm Hill of the national junior doubles championship, took | Donald Strachan, protege of Bill TY- | den, over the bumps, 6—2, 1—6, 6—4. | Others who advanced’ yesterday in | the junior singles besides Johnson are: Frank Shields of New York: Edward Jacobs of Baltimore and Julius Seligson, defending champion of New York. PRO NET MATCHES DRAW $20,000 GATE By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 30— ‘With the drawing power of profes- sional tennis demonstrated in the final match staged here by C. C. Pyle's constellation of net stars, $20,000, the promoter has transferred | his’ attention for the time being to coast invasion t of Harold (Red)| Grange's foot ball team, which he| also manages. The tennis stars, headed zanne Lenglen, French woman were en route to San Antonio today, | following a tour of the Pacific Coast. Mary Browne, Vincent Richards, Paul Feret and Howard Kinsey con- tinue to support Suzanne in her ex- hibitions. YANKS BOOK CARDS FOR SPRING GAMES By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 30.—A 1927 Spring training schedule of 21 exhibi- tion games, including nine with their World Series rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals, has been announced by the New York Yankees. After contests March 26 at Avon Park and March 28 at St. Peters- burg, Fla., the Yankees and Cards will start their northward tour April 3 at Jacksonville and play on suc- cessive days again at Savannah, Montgomery, Atlanta, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville. 7 Two games with Brooklyn, April 9 and 19, at Ebbets Field, wind up the Yankees' pre-season competition. Five games with the Boston Braves, four with the Cincinnati Reds and one with the Baltimore Orioles com- plete the schedule effective while the Yankees are making their training| headquarters at St. Petersburg March. NORWAY. AND HOLLAND SEEK YACHT TROPHIES NEW 'YORK, December 30 (A.— Challenges for two international yachting trophies, the Seawanhaka and Scandinavian Gold Cups, have been accepted from Norway and Holland by the Seawanhaka Corin- thian Club. The races will be sailed off Oyster Bay next September. Norway will attempt to lift both trophies, while Holland has chal- lenged only for the gold cup. Den- mark and Sweden also are expected to seek the latter prize. The con- tending vachts will be of the 6- meter class. N SPORT b Su-| | | than did either of the three players named ahead of her in the list. According to A. O. White, member | of the District committee, official | ratings for both man and woman | racketers. of the District, together with sectional ratings. will be an- Indications Are That “Fixed” Game Allegations Would Have Come to Light Even If Commissioner Landis Hadn’t Bared Them. BY JOHN B. FOSTER EW YORK, December 80.— When “Ty” Cobb took Dutch Leonard back to Detroit to pitch for the Tigers in 1924 his judgment was criticized by players of his own team and by other managers. Leonard had then been out of base ball since 1919, operating a may be found that the Cobb-Speaker-Leonard scan dal over an alleged “fixed” game, which now has the base ball public by the ears, goes back to gossip among certain members of the Detroit team who have referred mysteriously to this Leonard affair. That gi tdea as to the relations e tween Cobb and his players, who were presumed to be with him through | thick and thin in a fight for the pen- | nant It any of the Detroit players did refer in any manner to anythi which had to do with the evidence set forth by Judge Landis concerning Leonard, it is plain enough to see that sooner or later the affair would have come to a head. Muckrakers Were Busy. In fact, the muckrackers had heen delving around to get some ground upon which to spring a sensation for many weeks before the evidence in the case was produced by Com missfoner Landis in Chicago. The first suggestion of a scandal in base ball | was heard in reference. to one of the principals only, and if the source of that suggestion should be traced to the players of the Detroit club it would surely be significant as show- ing a condition on the Detroit team which had produced ‘both jealously and hatred. It direct action is taken by ind Speaker against Leonard, the testimony is likely to bring out whether or not Leonard told any of the Detroit players that he had let- ters such as have been produced in the evidence now in the commis- sioner’s office . When all the Cobb persons involved in the case get through talking, more of the real facts in the case will be open to public view. This applies to such statemonts made at Detroit by Fred West, who said he placed bets for Cobb on horse races and not on bal | sames Some Facts In the Record. With reference to Leonard's return to Detroit in 1924, some Interesting facts can be turned up by looking at his gecord. In 1919, Leonard’s last year in Detroit before his self-imposed vacation. and after he had been sent to Detroit by Boston, he took part in games. His earned-run percentage was 2.78, which at that time was about tiie average of a piteher. |, Leonard reappeared at Detroit in | 1924 after he had been reinstated. He played in eight games. He won three and lost two, but his earned-run per centage was 4,78, and that wouldn't be rewarded with much more than a sack of peanuts when the decorations were passed around. The Detroit players thought a bone had been pulled when Leonard was asked to turn up at the training camp in 1925 Cobh half apologized for | Leonard’s hoor showing in 1924, but | insisted that “Duteh” had something {left in his arm. Won 11, Lost 4, in 1925, | Leonard’s record as a pitcher in | 1925 was 11 garmes won and 4 lost | He took part in 18 games. He pitched 9 complete games and won 8§ of those That was good work and Cobb's judg s vindicated. Leonard's ac -hing skill was not much bet- ter than in 1924, for his earned-run percentage was 4.50. All this while there were ball play ers on the Detroit team who were not overfond of bragging about the work of Leonard. The same atmosphere surrounded him at Detroit as it had at_Boston. When 1926 came around Leonard was not with Detroit, and in the off- cial roster of players of 1927 the name of H. B. Leonard will again be found | as having retired voluntarily from the Detroit team (Coyright. 1926.) CHAPMAN-BASS BATTLE TO GIVE FINNEGAN FOE BY FAIRPLAY. NEW YORK, December 30.—Honey- boy Jack Finnegan is being billed as the featherweight champion in cer- tain sections of the country. Beating Chick Suggs gave him the New Eng- land title and that just about sums up Finnegan's claims to national honors for the time being. A contest having an important bearing on the featherweight title takes place when Benny Bass and Red Chapman come together. Phil Glassman has tried hard to maneuver Bass into position, going so far as to offer Kid Kaplan $50,000 for a mateh when the latter held the title. Has Had Hard Luck. Chapman was twice matched to figsht Kaplan and each time was doomed to disappointment. Many think the red-headed boy from Boston has more claim to the title than any other featherweight in the country. He was ready to go through with his fights, only to have an injury pre- vent the first match and overweight on Kaplan's part spoil his second try. Now Bass and Chapman will have it out and the winner will most likély meet Finnegan later. It all depends on whether Dick can make the weight. getting down Suggs. Bass has the punch and Chapman has the edge in experience and is the headier of the two. If the Phil- adelphia entry is not able to get in his hard blows before the fight has gone far, it looks like the Jewish entry from Boston will emerge the winner. Herman Is Ring Puzzle. On the same card with Bass and Chapman is Babe Herman, the prize puzzle of the ring. Herman is a classy boxer, a snappy puncher and a real top-notcher when he is in the mood to fight. But what a bust he is when he is off color! Several months back Babe took what he thought was an easy fight. He was booked to try out his as- sortment of fancy steps and hooks with Al Winkler, Benny Bass’ stable mate. Winkler surprised Herman by scoring a clean-cut victory. Babe has been going very well since then. His form reminds East- ern fight fans of the little, dark- skinmed _ athlete Jack Dempsey brought East and called the coming { champion. He had quite a time to 126 pounds .for {ALONSO BEATS TILDEN IN EXHIBITION MATCH BALTIMORE. Md., December 30— | Bill Tilden, six-time national cham- plon, bowed to Manuel Alonso, Span- ish Davis Cup player, in straight sets, 14—12, 6—4, last night at the Fifth Regiment Armory in the second and final match of their series of exhibi- tion contests in conjunction with the national indoor junior boys’ temnis tournaments. On Monday Tilden conquered the Spaniard in a three-set match. GOLF CODE IS PRINTED IN SPANISH IN MEXICO NEW YORK, December 30 (#).— The rules of golf have heen printed in Spanish for the benefit of devotees of the ancient game in Mexico, where a half dozen clubs have formed a new association. A copy of the Mexican golf hand- book, received by the United States Golf Association, reveals that the game first was played below the Rio Grande in 1899, —_— ROBERTS HAS A MONTH TO TRAIN FOR DUNDEE W YORK. December 30 &) Eddie Roberts of Tacoma, Wash., will {POLICEMAN STOPS FIGHT " AS BOXERS IGNORE GONG MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., December | 30" en the hell failed to 8top Mike Mandall of St. Paul and Lou Rollinger of Waterloo, Towa, at the end of their sixround set-to last night, a_policeman stepped into the ring to pinch-hit for the gong. The 175-pounders gave the box- ing fans plenty of thrills in the | slashing six frames and then kept | right on ‘until the policeman sepa- | rated them. Mandall had the better | of the go. - TROUSERS | To Match Your 0dd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F | Marmon Motor Car Service 1227 R Street N.W. Peter Bessett, Mgr. Work < 0 124 110 Megaw. 4 = 3 156 have more than a month to train in | the East for his return welterweight | Colvmbia Heights tossers had little difficuity in beating the Fort Myer nounced in February following the annual meeting of the National Lawn 130 11 107 pion. coaching in the South. vesterday as ing he “Dis- Whialan. yesterday as _coming from t | Campueli . Wolstenhoime'. Totals 05 108 100 102 140 138 1 510 603 593 © 3| vaudeville tour with an invasion of DOUBLES BROOKLY e Spineila BROOKLY 120 119 Wolstenholme . 558 Elimination tourney duckpinners at King Pin drives will get down to the money class tonight when they re- sume rolling. Both championship and consolation divisions will be reduced four bowlers during the session, all to share in the generous prize distri bution Championship division start tonight are Ward, Wister, Good- all, F. Moore, Weideman, Jones, Slicer and Lyons. Starters in the consola- tion division will be Kellows, Rhine, Daly, Séltzer, Stmmons, Walker, Wol- stenholme and Moyer bowlers to Third-round bowling in the down- | and-out tournament at Convention Hall tonight promises to be of high | order. With the four survivors going into the prize-winning class, all will be on their toe rters tonight will be Fischer, Rosenherg, Mulroe, Welsh, Mandley Tseman, Harrison and Work. Four bowlers will enter the semi- final round of the woman's elimination tournament tonight at the Arcadia, | After his conferences with the pro- | moting rivals, Gene will resume his |the West, where he may discuss the possibility of a fight at Chicago, un- der the direction of Jim Mullen. Sol- diers’ Field is the proposed scene of conflict. HODSKIN SETTING PACE IN TWO CUE TOURNEYS N. B, Hodskin, with a percentage of 11,600, s setting the pace in the pocket billiard tournament in progress Elmer’s billiard parlor. a handicap of 70, has won six and lost no games. Standing of other con }uummu, with | | n, 1, uppert, 95; C. T0: J. W, 1. 3, 75; G. Wilpan, 0, 3, | "In the three-cushion tournament at Elmer’s, Hodskin also is in the van, with a clean record in five starts. He has a handicap of 35. Other contest- ants, with games won and lost and handicaps, follow: K Hughes, 2, 28: A. W. Watts, 1, 23; H. W s, 2, 26: G Greenfell, C 2 R. Grenfell, 0, | | | 5. Kellogg, LATZ0 TO FIGHT WATSON. VARK, N. J., December 30 (#). Latzo of Scranton, Pa., world welterweight _champion, has been at | Hodskin, with { five last night at the fort, winning 4% to 25. Another military quint fell last | night, when the Washington Col- legiates nosed out the Fort Washing- ton five at the fort, 29 to 25, Fer- guson was high scorer for the win- ning team. Juniors and Locusts games in the opening clashes of the Jewish Community Center League vesterday. Kanawhas trimmed the Colony floormen, 41 to 15, while Locusts won from the Eclipse five, 31 to 17. Kanawha won their | | Yosemite tossers nosed out- the | Potomac_Boat Club five last night at Central High gym, winning 21 to 18, Woodward starred for the winners. Courtmen of fhe Old Dominion | Bout Club of Alexandria encountered little difficulty in trimming the Mont- | rose A. C. tossers last night, 62 to 10. St. Marys won g preliminary game from the Five Jacks, 30 to 16. Boys' Club Celtics took a 43-to-19 game from the W. H. West quint last night, with Dave Walsh and Enyart leading the scoring attack. i Boys' Club Semators are seeking | games with 115-pound court & tions. Call Manager lumbia 562 ] Co- | | | | | Corinthian Insects have postponed all thelr local games this week in view of a ‘scheduled game in Phila- delphia. matched to fight One-step Watson, negro contender, of Omaha, Nebr., in a 12round hout at the Newark Armory on Wednesday, February 2. Iy Former college players at Lynch- The position of the players is shown in the upper illustration. The two teammates of the man out of bounds are some 8 feet in court and some 10 feet apart. The team- mate with his back toward the bas- ket rushes at No. 1 on a given sig- nal, bringing his opponent with him, faking as though to take the throw-in. This move usually suc- ceeds in boxing the opponent of No. 1. = No. 1 fakes a step toward the man out of bounds, then turns quickly and rushes for the basket, Jjust grazing his approaching team- mate. He receives the ball when free, as shown in the lower illus- tration, as his immediate opponent has been trapped by the advance of his teammate and opponent, All successful out-of-bounds plays are generally based on blocking and faking. This one iy a combination of both elements and has many va- riations, {Copyright. 1926.) FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—My Sulli- van, St. Paul, outpointed Jackie Con- way, Minneapolis (10). Morris Grans- berg, 8t. Paul, beat Paul Wanglay, Minneapolis (8). ~Mike Mandall, St. Paul, beat Lou Rollinher, Waterloo, lowa (6) SAN FRANCISCO.—Dallas Bate- man, St. Paul, defeated Young Far- rell, Los Angeles (6). DENVER, Colo.—~Roscoe Hall, Des burg, Va., have formed the Fisher Five and are. seeking games with strong Washington uxnlunited ) Quin-{ Moines, beat Dandy Black, Brooklyn (4). Peewee Jensen, Denver, won from Buddy Chambers, Omaha (Q. I trict Tennis Women’s Committee. No official tennis ratings have been announced by the District committee {charged with the duty of naming the ranking players, which is composed entirely of men. There is declared to be no Women's committee author- ized to rate players. The rating of local players is based entirely upon performance in local- sanctioned tournaments, not upon ability, and for this reason it would be impossible to rate any one in the District ahead of Frances Krucoff | this year, as she made the most im- pressive showing in the sanctioned tournaments played here during the past season. Tven Lulse Kelley, who has scored {over Miss Krucoff in past events, will not be rated above her this season, for the reason that Miss Kelley did not compete in any singles events in Washington last summer. No official District rating list could place Miss Krucoff . below Corinne Frazier, Helen Sipclair or Laura Bryn this season, for the former District |champion advanced further in every tournament in which she appeared RADIATORS, FENDERS AN R ABIR) # WITTSTATTS R 310 13th N.W. SALES & SERVICE HANDLEY !students are divided into two sport | Tennis Association. The list published yvesterday rated ! Marfon King, No. 1: Beatrice Pitney, No. 2; Laura’ Bryn, 3: Louise Kelley, nne Frazier, 5: Helen Sinclair, Minna T.ee Jones, 7; Frances Krucoff, 8; Marywill Wakeford, 9, and | Delphine Heyl, 10. Intramural _competition is keen at | National Park Seminary, where the | groups, the East Side and the West Side. Strong basket ball sextets have | been formed in the opposing camps | and an Intramural series will be | staged immediately following the holi- days. The Hast Side-West Side games will be succeeded by the selection of a seminary squad to represent the ! school in a brief interscholastic sched- | ule, which will include contests with Holton Arms, George Washington and | Gallaudet. HAWKINS hattle with Joe Dundee of Baltimore. Tex Rickard has fixed February 4 for the conflict, and Roberts is expected to begin training in New York tomor- row. JSPECIALIZED SERVICE i R Auto Parts CREEL BROS. 1811-17 14th St. NW. 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