Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1926, Page 13

SPORTS Y Z T ! A "EMBE k19D SPORTS. ANNUAL EASTERN TOURS [N.C.A. A “PASSVE” [STANFORD ELEVEN PICKED |RVAL TEAflglgECAL':\YSH UPSETS ARE NUMEROUS IRK PACIFIC COAST HEADS| ™ OPPOSING A A.U.| .T() SCORE OVER ALABAMA RET——— - IN SPORTS DURING YEAR S By the Associated Pr —_— By \{'{f\é“m‘?;l‘l;‘l Pr fi;; : i ¢ I"\* \hl“\:‘.\_ Calif., Dec rm:wr‘.'fln—f‘ . o 3 NE UK, December 31.—A Foot ball wa s of Stanford and " s 5 T de > S Session May Move to Los Angdes That Westerners poliey of only “fassive resistance’ (o Coast Team Is Declared to Have More All-Around | i apneared i b et form 0 Dempsey, Hornsby and Tilden Among Prominent ” alleged control of Ame P | @ay, ready for the R 3owl conflic . . e X May Curtail Expenses—Nothing Significant R e e Power—Warner, Too, Has Seen Crimson jhers tomorrow. which will carry con Men in Athletics to Have Victory Runs Stopped i B A by the National Collegiate Athletic | |to that mythical title—the national | Baltimore Ball Club Checked. in Withdrawal From ()lymp": B"d,"- Association, which has followed the | Tide in A(-llon in a Contest. gridiron champlonship. Balt i = lead of the National Amateur Ath- | —_— The teams today were slated to go | A letic Federation in withdrawing from | g N ke | throush only light practices, rounding | = 3 S tho ATEHORR OIS BTt fon. | BY LAWRENCE PERRY. the weapons to meet w giVeN|out their intensive tralning for the | BY the Associate BY H. . BYRD. ] while back the N A. A. went on verthele is the pressed | EW YORK, December 31 emergency. ¢ Y New Year day battl For | NEW YORK, December 31.—£ SO Cesember 1] To00E inst pre-season practice inf peijet of. Br n. 1 - 1. Plerce, | There ought to be a ; When his plans have failed it has lace Wade's undefes 4 | eral of the most celebrated winninz il Cotltate Ath.| foot ball. Yesterday it recommended | president of the N A. A., that foot ball game at Pasadena |been the fault, more often than not, | S rn - Confere | streaks on record in sports—tho: Nationa 5 - that the pre-season practice be lim- | “ihe U. cannot succeed in its | on New Year da; Two |0f his men, lapse in judgment, man- | pions, tomorrow’s tussle will make the | Dem; Hornsby and Tilden A e ed to three weeks and t the prac- | effo; to perpetuate its system of unbeaten elevens, teams also [ ual misplays at important junctures.| second time the Dixie institution has | checked by the deflating influen ngales. \Wed. | tice be held on coll fil nd mot 3,““ upon amate ports.” untied, will collide and the conse-|In this way Stanford may be found| participated in the annual Re 1] 1926, but at least a half dozen rems e oted. 1n | At training camps. But the pre-sea Describ it as crican,” [ quences are likely enough to be to be trailing at the end of the game | clush. On January 1 last an a | to add interest to the new year's cal e action, but when the mat. | Practice will go on ual until t he maintains that athletics have be- | thrilling. Stanford will strive to[at the Tournament of Roses, but the | eloven came from behind vhen faced | endar of competition, T o etars the general | Tesional conferences decide to put ¢ too completely organized to | Maintain the laurels of the Pacific|outlook would seem to be that 'Bama | with what appearcd certain defeat, to| One of them is ake tomorrow e e aers| curb on such practice, which 15 not lire that athletes should sign | Coast and the University of Alabama | will be called upon to take one that | triumph over the University of Wash- | in the annual intersec foot ball | it 5 et s e tleg® om. ] likely to be soon Ation and pay fees o cleven wage combat for the hoftor of d?_v after a hard and grueling strug- | i 20 to 19 . classic at Pasadena. Alubamns South i i A. U. before they can com- | Dix 3 sle. Stanford. with characteristic championship eleven carr mm e A | Iwo interesting papers were r »ete in the Olympic gan | The writer has seen both teams Shift Action Scored. | Glenn (Pop) Warner eleven, cham emished two-year record into bat gt g bbby VLD L L D one Referring to' g Michehavior | And no one realizes more than he the | 3 | pions of the coast, equipped with the | tle against Leland Stanford i ; o ditetis ameet i | fikins of Univer licu Ve Stockholm, 1. L, | difficulty of selecting a winner. Ala-| Foot Ball Coaches' Associs best speed and most powerful offense | Now that Baltimore’s International | 10 F > 3 nati i Chhta ol ke on the e > A com | bama is about as fine a team del agreed to suggest to the rules com-|¢na Cardinals ever have had, is fa.| League pemmant Str i paen | coun t s £ Proponantalor | g on 0 i Sanford of University ) There whs “(an much | Sively as the most exacting critic | mittee that a two-second interval|voreq to win, <y offense, the | broken after seven straight victorious | e het e ey e | Bl Infavor of fot ball e St | pambling among the athlstcs” would wish to see. The running at- | between shifts and the Snapplng of | hasis of which s Warner's famous | vears, the foremost exlsting winnir e eyl | S e g oo o | Eumbiing o oyt s | S Wl 0 v TS FUATLOE A | Sy st and e, tmapolns o s of Wplen o Narnces famou | vears'he Torsmont exining winnin< | YALE 0 VISIT PENN Vb Aihicticd st ' Stinsiseippi | foct bell Is played by 2 sSot ol | nished particiation in_ their: pas but in forward passing the Tusca- | code. William Roper, a member = tennis. But the United States must | B DL | the stu n]N Sl D sans havi v adept. the rules committee and also a coach, | ' scason recently closed Stan-| peat back a formidable French t FOR LEAGUE OPENER zation met at Atlanta, gener G0 with 5 the obiE: B34 par. cant he N. C. A. A. represents some Two Great Tackles. S D e e MeOiene e T ] nassed a total of 261 points|to make it eight straight next | ally was felt that the g denwvet | GO0l N e o et bt colleges and universities, but n the line they have two of the |™SStS, o 14 sit as members | €305t Rine focs and was scored upon | mer. \ considerable Lenefit et unst ball, it would | exercises no specific control over |pest tackles In the game, Pickard and | * 98% CO8EAES | itiss b ol 0. 14 versgtiles defating enabled Weissmuller Still Rules. thus made and that c rable Al at the 98 pet ‘cent of the| iheir activities. Perey: Jany. forivard (Walll that coon= || O FIRCE e8I UER S I AYE { Alapeniate Holtliss aymorents fo Dut e eturned (uatic ones comple oAt e | foot bail was that all the a a great c and any eleven he | intelligence of the Tul as w‘ l A Borg, last Summer 2 z ; st yailroad fares ev ir ) | ten todoot: teil o R turns out 1s hard to bent, if, Mndeed, | believe t will s [ e b FORT WAYNE CAGERS the 50 and 100 yard championshif 1 1e campaign at Philade - e ¢ ¢ { by foot ball, but inyway, and AL/IIMORE, M4, December 31 U is beaten at all. But so far as |ridiculous gesture suc 5. |z pems likely to make A by ‘ . wople feel very ha least | 170t the whole diffe S el S coaching is concerned, the man never i 1 a — s in front ol 0 y 2 has repeated once in every - : cerning foot ball lies in the viewpoint | Mike Lynch, veteran harrier, and|jjved who was so formidable as e Gl B i B bt i rho e e b i ale, in varsity rowing, and te > o R should s pag e ;11 of the middle-aged faculty mber | Walt Shipley and James Montague | Glenn Warner when it comes to set- Either the shift is good or it is| o™ 00 =" c ™ e b | Hagen, in erican professic seem to thi B 3 s ° | as it differs from the Vi of the | of the Aloysius Club of Washington | ting himself for a single game that|bad, and if it is bad it should be | B Ceiey o profes. | rank have three :nm-\l]{l;‘\\x\tl“' i i vouthful s In ot words, | are t s i 10-mile | he really wants to win. thrown out bodily, no words mine i |t i Baalkket Tall Toon: il nob. e aks to their credit. ! : persons B | that it i: tly al for the|mara n here tomorrow under TN e In effect the aches’ . Association | » other teams in the cire intil| 2 fight on their hands before mak from the West to the East BbthEor 2 e b L i o e Beclywosd St Warner Views Rivals. has decidsd’that it is-bed,, and-in.|S88¢ other teams in tho circult l’"..‘mn four years in a row, but both, like- | : $neetings are held in ! 3 comparative value of foot ball and|Club. When Alabama plaved Georgia. on | stead of coming out honestly and|port Wayne in the first of two games [ Wise. have a habit of being at their f the six teams has heen de e B ey education differing greatly| William Ageo of the host club, who | Thanksgiving day, Warner sat in|yoting that in the opinion of this or-| Lepeduied with the Indians. foiemen | best when the going is hottest. 1o noitIeagie s RIS Een As as the 1"“ is concerned, | from the idea of the man who has|Won the recent South Atlantic crc the s at Rickwood Park in|ganization it should be cast on to the | in three days College basket ball has a brace of | o dcan Bl e e ot apiit | Mot participated in the sport and who | country_championship run at Wash- | Birmingham and watched the Crim- | junk pile, the suggestion is made for | “Retween the two Fort Wayne games | winning streaks for new tests in the A i DB e e L a8 I iy | WokEat With the softened |ington for the third straight year, is | son tide with absorbed attention. He |27 ulation which if it became & |Yashington will meet the charplon | season now under way. North Caro- | gistinetion of winning the meet cham. e D eaey | Viewpoint of 20 plus 30 added years, favored to triumph again tomorrow. |saw a mighty proficient eleven. Hef 1o would make the shift worthless, | Cleveland Rosenblums at Cleveland. | lina has captured the Southern Con- | yionchips out six, but since 19 all the Pacific e o) wnacting | otilite. | The doughty little title holder, how- |returned to Palo Alta under no ll;‘u'- R, DekiBes; & imere wists ot b A At s T SohsATIoa fof | fetance t1e fout) Vears (i i oW, | apin i e L bt (e e coaches h e iende s e = | ever, is expected > given stern |sions as to the sort of foeman his ™y 4y, geconds must elapse between | the 1Washington cgation next| while the University “alifornia i | been the doormat of the league each year ome of those that When one con: he acf ad-| petition by Dick nn, Johns | team would be called upon to en- the rearrangement of positions and | Tuesday night i 1, Ind. Fort| out to extend a triumphant march | members of the body which met this | yantages derived 3 Hopkins star, runner-up in the recent | counter. i h ¢ 5l | G : “ S P s 4 e ball, of what will & rn January G!that now has cov: ree succes- week at New York regularly attend re this we cannot help | South Atlantic ank Carney | Forewarned fs . forearmed and|the snapping of the ball, o it | Wayn, nuary hat now h 1 th . h S0 ; i % avail will ‘be these shift plays? Even|and 8. v Cleve be met sive seasons. Not since Pennsyl- PRO COURT LEAGUE the far V rn meetings. It may be | cop whether or not the val ¢land Jimmy Morris the Nativity | Warner most certainly is one man [aVail i e o > | ARt T % : e ath o i . that the colleges in the far West also S Gl I S kb s ¢ | Who kinows hovw to equip himself with | under the rule as it work noy s-|on January 7. Washington has o|vania ended a four-year reign in | L Jopet oo Tt tu: ESNS- all s aflicted with gambling, drink L breached - . 2 reason anced fc b i ;T EE c E S | ““But the beliof of the writer is that |absurd situation. But walving this | tle of Duke Kahanamoku o same z to b burgh players found themselves able | scheduled game with Baltimore at the| 1921 in the intercollegiate league has Standing of Teams. ALl e e S e :::“"(““ o | With the time and money expended in |~ to fmploy a defensive counter shift| Arcadia the night of 3 the East had the semblance of a | : Won e the same questions It e |holding them. The money for rall against West Virginia, and if West| Palace Club tossers 4 st | title-winning streak on the court. “f\x‘;:w e B L e et of | Foad fares, hotel bills and entertzin- \FOO I BA' l 1\0 I R Virginia were in motion on the shift, | place in the initial half of the league | ;‘Tlg:lm‘x]«»'y,\ww-uiu: 'i‘\ffi: - ment expended by the four or five | so0 was Pitt In defending against it.| race through the defeat of Cleveland Orioles Finally Stopped. | Yow York . act, th ion: ol L(l}fl;m‘” hundred persons ~that attend tt L Fifty-ffty. by Philadelphia last night in the Base ball has not a winning streak | Chicago " IO Bhniter)| s B ftenuRlL sections woull R BY NE‘X/ i ORI( CONCI AV Es The writer belleves that far from |Quaker Cits of outstanding note since Hornsby | Rochester ike the Western Conference | oP I1t0 amazing figur s Jus following the naive suggestion of the | Spe = yielded the batting crown he wore |PHUmor and Southern Conference, are making | 2, Juestion of whether it would be coaches, the rules committee will act| University of Dayfon . (Ohioy!:Hadt| for ik yearw: Baitimore faled from | LAST 3 it more or less impotent except for | ey to put. this money Lo hetter use. e like men and either throw the shift|seven Hawalians connected with its|the International League top after | FPhiladelphia actions in relationship to rules com- | Tf (i "Natiial Galeriate Ainie 1 Prof Toave Goll out or retain it as it i { foot ball team seven years and Fort Worth ended | "R mittees. 3 ation would consider that, it and rolessors Leave CLollege Dropping out of the Olympic Asso- | Would consider something really worth _ et Will: 3 IRt A ehon o Yy | white, Sport Almost Intact—Wilkins Scores Game, controls America’s participation in the ————— 9 5 Olympic meets, enitlcance, But Sanford Defends It Ably. although it may sound pretentions. 17 | ROSENBERG VS. GRAHAM. MR the action were carried a little farther, ¥ YORK, Décember 31 (P)— &s has been contemplated by some of les (Phil) Rosenberg of New York | By the Associated Press recommendation to its member col- those that are back of the action |will meet Bushey Graham of Utica EW YORK, December 31.—In-|leges that pre-season practice be taken yesterday, and the colleges | for the bantamweight boxing title at tercollegiate foot ball emerged | limited to a period of three weeks were to refuse to ailow their athle Madison Square Garden February 4. most intact today fr a | prior to the opening game. to compete, then, undoubtedly, Ameri- 4 ritical ex ion of four Other recommendations by a com- a’s’ streng! 1‘1“1 in ";“ P “m”]?fl: ays by off coaches and |mittee of five asked for reduction of 5 would be impaired greatly. Bu P s " Vi professors from al parts of the|daily practice to two hours, as now is ‘Something that i not ne| |Utah’s Teamwork i prevails in the Western Conference, done, and inasmuch as college athletes . Slight changes to check the shifting and abolition of the use of motion g g PO ol o 495 Gained It Hono and huddling of &ome teams have |pictures in coaching. Opposition to {\qfll, yesterday’s = action of the BASKET BALL. been favored, but the general tone of | “glorification of the individual” in all- BB B sl Mo & the meetings been one of satisfac- | America team selections also was Sh5 GutSes BINGeLin BE the Nattoncy tion with the game as reaching the |voiced by the committee. Collegiate. Athletic Association care hi level in eridiron history. he “menace” of professional foot A o S e e Summing up the situation, all was held to be considerably less B ey sint G (Ot el Db f K. Hall, chairman of the T than it appeared a year ago, but col- ehances :out of 100 \‘n’ T foot ball -rule committee, leges were warned against the “machi- nces out o wi no fur- the Natlonal Coll tha the | pations of unserupulous independent ther attention, to_the action passed. i e ot Great interest was shown yesterd ter line-plung tec’s report had words of praise for in the report of the foot ball ru more diversificd strateg: i gy o s o g e committee, and it was with general ally better and more succ ar- | sional leagues for prohibiting clubs satistaction the statoment was heard 3 IRl e el e e the cor s o No -al changes in the 3 . Shumie e i ot “are nec fr Wilkins Scores Game. X. Hall, ¢ mmitése nding overhead foot ball as re- | prof. B. H. Wilkins of the Uni- expressed it s a sentiment of the . sponsible for this condition, he main- | versity of Chicago saw evils in the committee that the shift play and the X | tained that the 5-yar ymplete | zame, dwelling on overexcitement con- huddle system of givi: i s would 1§ forward pass y “has had a |cerning the team and consequent neg- be examined to asc whether wholesome influen in checking tollect of academic work, increased some system could not be devised that =t some exten! at least excessive use |drinking at reunions, encouragement would prevent starting hefore the ball of the pass.* Fle noted the fact that [of betting and surreptitious main: %5 snnapued-and prevent tesms using smaller colleges held their own in | tenance of players from a financial the huddle to kill time and slow play. | BY SOL METZGER. matches with teams of large insti- |viewpoint. He recommended that play- The Western Conference, the Teamuerk 1wty rocponsible | tutions, and expressed the belief that | ers be limited to two years' competi- ciatlon of Coacl and the Assoc ECRING L Sy v TeIDon=le | [ihe same s nds presents | tion and that schedules be reduced to tion of Officials all * have e m; for a team’s victories in basket |an almost unlimited opportunity for |four games yearly. . record in favor of a curb on shift| ball, and it was teamwork that |8 r. Wr;}'fd"f the anxve'rt\)l‘h; la the latter two organizations 4 o Tin) colee ihe Mtcky | " rgia assel n a reply tha § B e Folned aney iin wf the | o Dmhinssiesihe Rocky. ) Reforms Suggested. sis on a fourgame schedule { Mountain Conference _titles Suggestions for several reforms|would be as great as on an eight- Weste nference in asking that s gl P e i . t, twosecond stop. be made after| femen oA oIk N N o came out of the N. C. A. A. meeting, [game schedule. “If all of these ach shift before the passing of the | gor . oo o Won his some of which had been previously |charges were true, 3 7 8 w ear ball Aot o his Viace |approved by coaches and officials. | should abandon the game. But no one - honeh te had Tor et iy |Outstanding among them was a |would think of doing that.” nce the \unu of Alabama over| though he had few A oS St New Year day. opin.| credit compared to other & v, | This team stressed offense all . e o aien | > WINNING O VIPIC IJINT ns ¢ 2 for the | geason, working on the theo I ! l Western eleven are not being given strong offense E ko freely. Everybody expresses doubt | S e, e e 2| 1 Sty ety St | QREK'S MORE OPPOSITION , I'll save myself some of my automobile vinced ever » South Pro-| e would get the ball anywhes duced 2 s ¢ team than anybody | $TE noiivt b SarsEhE Aive By . . ) i e e : worries by using AMOCO-GAS, the Orig- 1 secame known DB, el it Uthie Dubh TRes bt )\\xlml’v's of ]l‘),j‘l out nfktpnl starts cr;n‘tltnus?n«;m t‘h;:r v!zrltor!nlls path last E T £ the time, a most accurate one | this season, the Olympic Seniors to- | night with a 24-to-21 win over the 3 S ‘ F\u l d T b e o inal Special Motor Fuel and no other! 3 as the ball is 1ght wi quints, Olympic floormen especially | could not be held down, however, scor- motion of the arms | want games with the Mount Vernon |ing 8 fleld goals for the losers. it for 4 Alibz at i 3 of the next p: sniors [ M. C. A, team. | o g 0 i x » b e i # p bl . Stephen’s, with Schley and Gar- Geor His method of makin this pass 15 |2 . : mac 2034 18 | 1 o8 etarring, handed the Virginia, A s fas st he'did bama | sustrated. 7 . | handine the aftairs of tho Olymples. | S50 SATTINE: Sandsi the Virehis & I'll make better time, have more power, get ol e B AT et i e (st A rid of carbon troubles, and save money by x.;|!'s being ¢ ¢ 2 -| No. 1, would secure i and pass 1,’,.. - o o shington | & 28:to-21 win over the Barracks five ¥ % N giving day 1 N ide » in-| mediately who broke by B AN at Washington Barracke. The passing fl n 58 on . t ot bbr." Thare Pol- asket ball combinations. Last night | . Ruento “on Ui 'S o tho Bim i up e foor. haro. fol. | basket bail combinations, Xast nient | 5t CAIEC SeTt o e getting more mileage per gallon. vantage r Sta 1 P vers s i that steadily inawha team of the Washington Seneca Juniors are seeking games ull W aby s s dvanced toward the basket, the ket Ball Ieague and trimmed it, | with strong teams. Manager Clark at what his scouts learned, and no mat-| ball changing hands almost as to 20. Company I Reserves de- | Lincoln 1883-J will book contests. ter how good the sc may sec-| rapidly as it received. The ted the All-Stars in a preliminary. * / ,1 . h . I, . nation kind is| me ere se together it wa » and Vincent go ; for the hmnmm floormen seek games. Call e Kl | PR e | St et b | S I T I'll give the machine I'm running a square ovpat e [ n TS i i 4 " | aorLs BEATS PRINGETON, deal and a fair chance to do its best. Ill ey poy bas icuren x|\ mw on acdite (811100 see that nothing but AMOCO-GAS goes the havin, shed Anacostia | McGill Umven«ny of Montreal defeat- The @hgnmg Star i Bty Emosoeks e80. el e into its tank. usual weekly Friday night double-header in th »nior loop has || bech osinaned because o inabiity to | COLLEGE BASKET BALL. : . b BOYS CLUB o T etmes e 10120 for S | Yale 25 Mol Cro, 15 / I'll keep these resolutions and make sure { day, when Elliotts and Boys' Club utler, 30; T e o : when I stop for fuel that I'll stop at the 2 = = = ifternoon and Epiphany Roses and o iy X \.l,),;‘lll\llrl::.(fl(l'fitméozfl. & rows, neither of whom has lost a| Notre Dame, 28; Northwestern, 0, G 1 have » r dsta on how jan advantage over his mates ame in the senior loop, will meet at Wilmington, 46; Florida, 18. I'een Pllmp wlth the AMOCC)'GAS G]Obe ‘,!.‘,wg ar x“‘“”\ ; ‘1',1"“‘».“[ (,]\l‘ s must T ,.’“m the hall | the Arcadia at 7 ock. First place ‘;lnmipl\ur'malz,lti.. Deflance, 1:." ié nd et t 1‘. - - M t l lons Uin instances of | until the ball is caught. The average | in” tho loop. is shared by Aresms, | Pennsylvania, 21; Benn Milktary, 17, h [0) 1S 1 Fu ’Jmk:' i 100 i vm[ ot I"‘I\V\“'“ . ) ¥ ““'xl ’r“h l;.‘(\)k“l )“ I‘)I]»Hllmn\'“”u.\vfi and Calvary M. F’“ Vermont, 50; ’l‘un& 29, ; a g e lglna' pec}a lotor el. eave the 100 y and turned | advance, in his anxiety to get the ball | gavl e e < : 4 — — — them on tl o~ re he made zed. He'll seldom cage it that way, g,’"“_"h‘:“‘ having won 4 games with the catcl for once his eyes leave the ball the | s g ances are good that he will miss| y, M. C. tossers rang up thelr > pass | fourth consecutive victory last night E o'l‘ R Catching the b 1 lining up the |on the “Y” floor at the expense of 3 uasket are two distinet operations and | the Washington Colleglates, 27 to 16, h must b executed separately. | The “Y" tossers led alinost from the The rule is to keep the eyes on the | Start. { means pall ne en shoot Hvo 188 or g S, Bipind then shoot. [bivot, Piss 2| Boys' Club Senators soundly trounced Most of > common mistakes of | the Trov team yest Py T 8 ooue gk the young player occur under the bas. [ 49 t0 13. P {ket. In the middle of the floor T find | Takema Tigers found little difficulty { that he 1s more apt to follow the rulo | in“trouncing the Silver Spring quint {and keep his eves glued on the ball st Prantiss wos. Jean- New and Used Cars {until it is there, but near the basket | Joaterony: 30 19,15 Frent |it's different. | it T e oW and ihen an outtielder in base | Crusaders trimmed the Mardells lnst 1709 L Street N.W. > hoth on the | ball, anxious to_throw out a man at | night, 33 to 28, with P. Kane and John Just East of Conn, Av 1s the sketch | the plate, will have his eyes on the | gathering 23 of the 33 points for the 4 ot i % TED wiTh chows this fellow i irying to ma 'k"l"‘"") instead of the ball and will not | syinners. MAIN 7612 fellow covid use hislonly fail to get the man at home but ¥ i g nuhlmnsmmmummmmmm he would b will miss the cateh, too. 3 American Railway Express tossers \