Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1927, Page 28

28 se ORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, SPORTS. Maryland Plans Larger Spring Field Day : Amateur Sport Needs Friendly Spirit COLLEGE PARKERS BOOST STATE SCHOOL CONTESTS Scholastic Athletes to Share Fine Program With Col- legians on May 7—Georgetown Basketers Start Tonight—C. U. at Navy BY H. C. BYRD. ARYLAND UNIVERSITY annual ring field da which includes not only even n Old Liny beiwe teams and other university squads, but he annual interscholastic track and field games, is to be held urday, May The pre m for the entire y has not been entirely completed, but the main events listed definitely e a lacrosse game beiween Mary- tand and Princeion, a track and field neet between the Old Liners -and Johns Hopkins, and the interscholas- ic track und field championships. A hase bull gume also is to be played, possibly between Maryland and Vir- zinin, and a tennis match scheduled with some good school. Main interest in day for Mary- nd lies not so much in the con t in which its own teams take but in the annual interscholus- ck und field meet. The meet ly is divided in two parts, one of championship events for the ounty high schools of Maryland, the . other for the championship of - the South Atlanti Last Spring the full 13 events were -un in the South Atlantic champion- hips, bu for the State.champlonship mly five events were held. This year he list of events for the county hizh ugumented consider- a feature made of schools is to be 1bly and more o part of the meet. The interscholastic meet has been growing each year. and now is the biggest in the South from a stand- po'nt of number of entries. It is ex- ected that this vear's meet will sur. o pass previous ones. The States North Carolina, Virginia and Mary- jand and the District of Columbia were represented in the South At lantic championships. The intercollegiate events should be of interest. Princeton always has a Zood lacrosse team and is attractive in any sports in which it has teams. Contests in other lines ought to be just as attractive, especially the meet with Hopkins. . Catholic_Univers olis this afternoon for its annual bas- cet ball game with Navy, and ex- sected to make a much better show- ng than anticipated by Navy support- rs. Coach Johnny Wilson of Navy vas here Satur night to watch he Catholic U. five play Blue Ridge, nd after the game did not seem to he vorried much about the outcome of he contest. In fact, he came out vithout reserve and said, “C. U. has a 00d team, but I think we ought to ake it over.” Coach Fred Rice of Catholic Univer- sity knows what kind of game any at Annap team has to play to win from Navy it Annapolis, because he has been storming that citadel for enough years to know all the difficulties in the v eless, he is of the opinion 1& may happen. Rice said: 1 know we have a good team, a good team, and despite the ad- always has at Annapo- is, almost anything may happen in (he game today. It would not surprise me if we win. although I know the Navy does not expect us to do so.”" *h Wilson does not want to take what Catholic U. showed Saturday night against Blue Ridge as a true criterfon of what the Brooklanders can do. They did not play anvthing like as good ball as they are capable of plaving, and today against Navy hould be an entirely different combi nation, as far as putting forth real flort is concerned. orgetown opens its season tonight inst Lynchburg College in the Gymnasium. The Blue and outfit has been coming along well in practice, and Coach O'Reilly thinks his men should score a fair easy victory. Lynchiburg College has nardly ever done anything in any branch of athletics to indicate that it could expect to take the measure of Georgetown, although that is not said in any respect as a discredit to the ViFginians. The game begins at $:30 p.m. After playing Georgetown tonight, Lynchburg College remains over to- morrow to face George Washington in the latter's gymnasium. The Buff and Blue does not expeot a very hard same. anyt Just what one season of successful competition will do for a college in making it a desirable competitor in track meets is shown by the case of the University of Maryland. Last vear Maryland had a hard time ar- ranging for two relay races in the North, but after it was successful in ‘hose two was invited to two other meets. In the four meets in which it ran on Northern tracks the Mary- and four beat Pennsvivania, Yale, Dartmouth, Boston College, Fordham, Howdoin and Columbia. The only race it lost during the Winter was the second with Penn, when it was beatea v half a yard. This Winter Mary- nd has had more invitations to Northern meets than it can possibly rccept. A year ago the management »f one meet could not find Maryland \ race except with a small college which was badly beaten, but this ear the same meet has invited the )d Liners to run against Harvard ind Massachusetts Institute of Technology. WOMEN I OLTON ARMS basket ball squad will journey to Middle- burg, Va., Saturday to play the Foxcroft School in the opening .game of the local seminary season. Foxcroft’s sextet will have a slight advantage in that it already has en- waged in one tilt and so has had an opportunity to gauge its strength and earn its weaknesses. Last week the Middieburg tossers faced the Bryn Mawr Preparatory School team of Raltimore and made an excellent howing, despite the fact that they iled to bring home the long end of he score. Bryn Mawr is said to have in exceptionally fine court squad this vear, and Foxcroft held them weil, so Toldton Arms fully expects to have a hard battle Saturday. Last yvear Foxcroft defeated the S treet school aggregation in a close same played in Washington. _Three members of the regular 1926 varsity x are back in the line-up this year addition to several reserves. in Eleanor Colahan, manager and stellar orward, is playing in her old posi- tion, as well as Elizabeth Brecken- ridge at center. Frances Duke, one of the most versatile players at Hal- ton Arms, who performed in the cen- serfield last season, is playing guard <his year. Ann Qarter Green, reserve forward in 1928, has. been elected captain and has developed into one of the mainstays of the school squad. Others who have been named on he first 15, from which nine will be picked to make the trip Saturday. nclude, Mary Lewis Hall, formerly reserve side center; Christine Eken- ved on Fasiman's team Alice Worthington, nces Carter, Bettie Peelle, Pats Joyes, Jane Wallis, Kathleen Knox, )evereux Stokely, Jessie Rollins and fny van den Bosch. 'Holton Arms itself has scheduled he Bryn Mawr team this year for he first time, and will play its here February 26. The schedule as announced by Alice Nicoll, coach, is: anuary 1 oxeraft at burg; February 12, National jeminary at Holton Arms; Febru- ary 26, Bryn Mawr School at Hol ion Arms; March 5, Oldfield School it Baltimore: March 19, Gunston i{all at Epiphany Gym: March 26 ijastman at Eastman; March 12 or April 27 (date not set), Miss Ma- leira’s School at Epiphany Miss Nieoll expects to announce he names of the players to faco Foxcroft after the final practice to- 3n0rTow afternoon. officials ren, who pla wo years ag Middle- Park Basket ball will be ex- mined tonight at the Central High #chool community gym, instead of jast night as was reported, and the hour has been changed by the com- ittee from 8:30 o'clock, according | Hazel Sayer, chairman. All who desire 1o take this examination fo vatings as qualified officials are urged to report promptly at 8, as it | is desited to complete the. written «uiz before the practice game siarts | hetween the Business High Night | School and the Basketers. Those king the test will be asked to feree some part of this game as practical demonstration of efficiency. . According to Miss er. u free play perfod of basket ball will follow he regular ame in the event that the latter does not consume the en- tire recreatton hour. Washingtoz Athletic Club and Princess A. C. senior basket ball sex- tets scored doeisiv victories st night in the two games which opened the District of Columb Girls' Basket Ball League schedule. ‘Washingion A. C. overwhelmed 1he Princess Juniors, 49 to 8, at the Jiast Washington Center gymnasium wt Eastern High School. The game was featured by the accurate goal hooting of Miss Garber, right for- ward for the winners, who accounted or 22 baskets. Princess Seniors swept through 1he defense of the Capitolites in the econd game of the evening, played \' on the Columbia Heights Center BY CORINNE FRAZIER N SPORT court at Wilson Normal School. count was §2 to 11. Annabel Totten, Princess forward registered 44 points for her team. while scoring honors for the Capitol The squad were divided between the Misses Walter and Tucker. Line-up and Summary. Wash. A. C. 4 gavash. A.C. Positions Princess S. Tow . roman Randall i Substitutions—Heffner_ cor Garher Green for Garber, Wallace for Randall, Crowley for Dowd, Beit for Hedler. Dowd for Miller. Gonly—Gorher (23 twos): Hoser (% thos T one); Heftner (1 two): Dowd (3 twos): Hall (3 twos). Princess A. C. Posfiios. Mahon . ¥, | Tetten | Snencer " Reed Riley Coover Substitutions—Joxce for Cooper, Jones for Walter, Sicheld Tor Sopes. 0'Hear for Trapve. Jones for Skadding, Davis for Jones. for Amen, Hoftman, tor Jones. Skadding Tor Hoffman. ' Goals—M: (5 twos, 1 one oo a0 Swos, 1 one). Walier (8 Awos, i one). Tucker (3 twos). Paramount tossers agreed to with- draw from the D. C. Girls' Basket Ball League just prior to the opening of the schedule, because most of the players are students.at Eastern High School and it was found that they would be ineligible for the school if they played on an outside team. It is understood that the team has dis- banded. Capital A C. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. —By RIPLEY JoHNNY POE (who died inthe war) WRENCHED THE BALL FROM A YALE MAN'S ARMS AND RAN 100YARDS To A TOUCHDOWN — WINNING THE GAME FOR PRINCETON A PIGEON RETURNED 4FTER 7 YEARS Owned by AT{mwu,L ondon 1926 THe 3 GUEMENER BROTHERS, o finnisterre, fruncy CELEBRATED THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES ON THE SAME DAY AN ALLIGATOR REMAINED UNDER WATER 7 HOURS. —~WITHOUT COMING UP FOR AIR. 0Oct., 28,1902, ) EMIL SPIEGELEIRE — 0} ROCHESTER, N, Ly, DRINKS 24 cups OF COFFEE A DAY SCHJOL SOCCERISTS IN TITLE TILT TODAY | Another game, neccssary to decide the soccer title of the elementary schools 8f Washington, was to be started at 3:30 this afternoon at the | Plaza playgrounds. with Park View, which tied the series by winning yesterday, opposing Peabody, victors in the opening tilt last Friday. Two extra periods were required for Park View to win, 2 to 1, yester- day, with Thompson booting the winning goal In the second extra neriod. The game was marked by pectacular ploying on the part of hoth teams, with the strong north- est wind figuring in the scoring chances. Beck scored the first goal for Park View. with Anderson tying the score for Peabody in the final minute of the regulation game. RUNS WILL BE HELD BY ALOYSIUS CLUB In preparation for its annual Wash- ington birthday 10-mile modified mar- athon, Aloysius Club again will con- duct a series of Sunday morning prac- tice runs at Plaza playground. The first will be held the coming Sabbath, starting at 1030 o'clock. The distance will be three miles and all local runners are invited to partici- pate. They can dress at the Aloysius clubhouse, at 47 I street. Dan Has- sett, member of the A. A. U. registra- tion committee is in charge of the runs. ‘The event last Washington's birth- day, which was won by Willlam Agee of Emorywood Athietic Club of Balti- more, was a big success. Barook Masuda, & member of the wrestling team of the University of Pennsylvania, is an Egyptian. JEWISH CENTER TOSSERS PLAY FOR TITLE TONIGHT Temple Alumni and Les Amis court- men will meet tonight at the Jewish Community in a game that will decide the championship of the Jewish Com- munity Center League. The contest will start at 9 o'clock. Both teams have waded through a strong schedule nd should furnish one of the best mes of the season. The teams have twice before, with victory going m to each court outfit once Peck A. C. found little difficulty in trouncing the Laurel National Guard quint, 28 to 18. Devlin starred for the winners. Columbia A. C. took the measure of Nativity, winning 38 to 29, with Mc. Donough starring. Addition of three players to the ters of as many teams in Washing on Basket Ball League cost the entry of the Independents at a meeting last night, when Mrs. Lily Nicholas with drew her team from the loop after op- posing the entry of the three tossers. !Independents in the league. Mickey feDonald, Epip! Roses; Boots WUZES, Arrow: Fitzgerald, Roses Auths, were signed last night. will play Park View, while W {will meet Cloy | tonight at Washington Barracks. Y. M. C. A cag k from the brink of def to wring -to-16 vieto from the Centr: High R se The Mount Pleasant five led, 11 to 4, at half tim, | Roamers swamped the Peck Me- morial quint | to-19 score. in Peck gym by a A. A. quint tonight at i Cen High School gym. Independents trimmed the Live | Wires 7 , <0 to 7. Washington Yankees will meet the strong Reina Mercedes floor combipa tion Sunday at G n/.nl.fl gym. Aces, victors | eight straight mes, are looking for contests with unior teams. Call Manager Glass- %ck at Lincoln 6229-W. | The Wizards will take the place of the | Shamrocks downed the Peck Light- welghts, 50 to 16, and Centennials de- feated Nonpareils, 22 to 10, in a brace of Boys' Club League games at the Boys’ Club. Olympics are looking for a game to- night with an opponent having a gym. Kennedy Midget basketers want games with teams in the midget class. Business and Central, the only fives in the public high school champion- <hip series yet to meet defeat, will "lash Friday afternoon at the Arcadia ‘n the final game of the usual double- header. Eastern and Western will meet in the first tilt. In ringing up their second wins in two starts In the series, Business yes- terday overcome Eastern, 27 to 21, and Central routed Tech, 36 to 12. Business jumped to a healthy lead over Eastern in the early going and the half held a 17-to-10 edge rley Guyon's proteges rallied brickly in the later stages and drew within 8 points of Business early in the final period. At that stage, how- sver, Clapt. Cy Hogarth of the Lincoln Parkers was waved to the sidelines because of personal fouls and this took the kick out of his team’s attack. Tech, fighting grimly agalnst fits time-honored foe, succeeded in hold- ing Central to a 14-to-10 advantage in the first half, but the Blue and White tossers with Pete Nee showing the way cut loose with an attack in the final half that soon left the game Manual Trainers far behind. The scores of yesterday’s games: Businegs. G.F.Pts. _ Eastern. G.F Pts Keefer, 25 B Faber, I...0 0 0 3 7 Doerr. PR | 1.3 Orien, if.20 0 0 | 210 Quinn. it..° 0 0 ¢ 2 Hoffman.'if.0 ¢ 0 0 0 McAlll .3 0 4 Bushong, e.. R 9 2 Depro, €.... 0 0 Essex. 1.0 § 2 Hogarth, re.4 £ 10 Zambr'y, rg.0 0 0 Totals ...10 7 27 Totals .. 8 & 21 Foul shote attempted—Reeter | (3, B Tones Morks, Stewart (4). May '(3). Froerr. MeANistor(2) Hoffpan.” Ewsex. Ho: garth'(8) Referee—Mr. Schiosser. Umpire ~—Mr. OMeara. Time of periods—10-minute auarters, Tech. . F.Pte Welsel. 1t 46 0 Heiss. rf. 0 0 14 Leviing. M0 0 0 5 Berzer, ¢, E TP 0 Galotta, lg.. 0 1 1 !! Smith, Ig...0 0 0 Ternek, .0 0 0 fi JGaskins, rg. 0 0 0O Totals ... 13 10 36 Totals ... 3 6 12 Foul shots attempted~—Nee (). Tash (8). Crouch (2). Lemon, Swift (3), Waizel (R)! Rerzer (3). &mith. Galotta, Gasiding (2) Referee—Mr. O'Meara. Umnire—Mr. Schlos: ser. ‘Time of periods—10-minute quarters. The League Summary: Business. 30: Tech, 27. Central, 35 'Western, 20. Busin: 2 Central L Pt Business ¢ 1.000 Central 0 1.000 1 1000 1 000 2 1000 BOY BY WARD LAMBERT ‘Basket Ball Coach of Purdue University. Every man on the team should be able to shoot baskets, for frequently in the poresent style zame the guards come down the floor and take their turn under the basket Some shots are made to go through the net without striking the back- board. Other shots are banked—hit- ting the backboard first and bound- ing in When in front of the basket, at ex- treme sides, or at more than 15 feet away, don't try to bank the shot. Under the basket. or from either | side near use the bank | shot. Don’t miss slambag shots, for often they hit the backboard and bound so far back that you won't get a follow- the basket, The Coening Star S CLUB up shot. And many goals are scored on_the follow-up shot. Try hitting the basket from a stand- ing position. When you're able to do lat, start shooting at a slow jog. Then gradually increase the speed .of legs until you're able to throw natur- ally while on the dead run. The follow-up shot is very important. Many first attempts don’t score. But he ‘good payer ill get a follow-up and sometimes two follow-up shots. Stick ta the job and be skillful enouzh to get as many follow-up shots as you can, 1 saw a college star score a haskeet on his fourth follow-up shot. He stuck to the job, didn’t he? The underhand shot is not so accu- rate and is hard to make on the run. The chest shot is more accurate and is | good in motion. It is not so easily blocked as an underhand attempt to cage the ball. Practice both free throws and field throws. A plaver who practices all the time on his running shots may miss an easy foul throw because he won't be accustomed to shooting while standing still. Be up on both of them. {Copyright. 1027.) e ROSES ARE AFTER GAME. Epiphany Roses are after a game for tomorrow night in their gym, Call Manager Lewis Shield at in 1956 after 6:156 p.m. i UNBEATEN SCHOOL FIVES ARE TO BATTLE FRIDAY listed for action this afternoon. East- ern, routed by Gonzaga recently, was to take a second crack at the Purple | on the latter’s court: Western was to | appear at College Park against the University of Maryland Freshmen; Woodward School was to entertain Hyattsville High on the Y court, and Strayer's Business College ackle Leonard Hall at Leonardtown, Md. Devitt is to mix with George- town Freshmen tonight in the pre liminary to the Georgetown-Lynch- butg College fracas, in Ryan gym. Coach Dan Ahearn's Western teams wre to figure in the only ests carded tomorrow. Western's big five will invade Gonzaga's court and Woodward School Juniors will strive to topple Western's lightweights in the latter's gym. ‘Woodward School Juniors trounced the Franklin School five of, the Bal- timore Y. M. C. A, 36 to 28, on the | local court last night. was to | scholastic | COLLEGE BASKET BALL. American University, 21; George ashington, 18, Yale, 38; St. Stephen's, Autors 72: Misssinel. A ::h'n. 24 Loyola (Chicago), 13; Univ Defroit, 8. Duquesne, 15; Waynesburg, 11. , 28; Carnej Tech, 22. and Jefferson, , 23, Tliinois Wesle: an, 26; Milliken, 21. (‘r(-inhhm. 67; South Dakota State, K|nz College, 27; Lenoir-Rhyne, 23. Danville \(Irmal. 17; Rose Poly, 35. Viabash, 34; Franklin, 29, Oklahoma Aggies, 33; Kansas Teach- ers, 30. Texas Christian, 28; Texas Univer- 8; Hiram, 26. ; Dayton, 19. Mount Union, Muskingum, BCAT CLUB TOSSERS | T0 ENGAGE COMETS ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 12. 0ld Dominion Boat Club and Wash- ington Comets will play here tonight on the Armory Hall court in a re- turn game, starting at 8:30. Comets are hoping to strike back at the Boatmen for a defeat suffered at the hands of the locals on the Eastern High courts in Washington early this season. Coach “Tk eifus sent his charges against St. Mary's Celtics in a hard | serimmage Monday night, topping off his program in preparation for to- night's game. Dreifus, Orrel Mitchell, | Lvons, Jones. Wilev. Mvers, Clarke and Moore are ready to meet the Capl- tal City quint. George Mason High School plays twice this week, encountering the Vireinia Public Service team on the Armory floor Thursdav night at 8:30 and meeting Fredericksburg High Schaol at Fredericksburg in a Third District “Division A" game the next | evening. | Owen Creegan has been anpointed | coach of the Virginia Athletic Club | for the remainder of the vear. Cree. | #an also is handling George Mason [ High team. Alexander High School and Swavely Preparatory School face here Friday night at 815 in the second game of the year between the institutions. At | Manassas Alexandria defeated Swave- {1y, 26 to 17. | \ Alexandria and iw’lvely Prepara- | tory Schools have engagements pend- | ing in track and foot ball for this Spring and next Fall, respectively. ovember 19 has been mentioned as the best possible time for the grid in this city Bliss Electrical School will meet St. L.‘\an} s Celtics here Saturdav night at the Armory Hall. The contest will | start at 8:30, with the St. Mary Seniors in the preliminary game. | Tech High School of Wuhlnnon {will encrunter Episcopal High here Saturdav afternoon in the local | school’s first home game of the basket | ball season. The game will be played in the Episcopal gym, starting at 3:30 a'cloc Charles Collum has succeeded Rich- ard Carne as manager of the St. Mary's Senior baslket ball team Tho Seniors were downed, 21 to 10, by St. Michael Reserves of Baltimore yester- day. The Manassas and Leesburg High School quints will meet at Manassas Friday night in a Third District, Division “B.,” game. LEAGUE HOCKEY. Detroit Cougars, 1; New York Amer- |t Heitis; 8. Chlags, ek Joston ruins, H | Hawks, 3 K 3 Montreal New' York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, 4; Toronto, 1. | Maroons, 2. YANKEE RIVALS OF WIDE TO GET TEST SATURDAY By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 12.—An initfal test of strength for the Amer- ican opposition that awaits Edwin Wide, Swedish running sensation, will be taken Saturday in a_special two- mile race at Fordham University in- door athletic games here. In the starting fleld will be three of the East’s fleetest distance runners— Bill Cox of Penn State, intercollegiate cross-country champion: Willle Good- win of the New York A. C., and Leo Lermond of the Boston A. A. Lend- ing a touch of international color to the event Ove Anderson, intercol- legiate distance title holder of Fin- 1d, who made his Indoor debut in this country last week with a bril- lant_two-mile victory at games of the Knights of Columbus, also will race. Tigers Forget Huddle System BASKET BALL, BY SOL METZGER. Do you rotice any Aifference in the poses of the basket ball player in the above drawing? Very little, isn’t there? Yet if you study them closely they would mean much to you, for they are five ‘tip-off play signals, signals used by a team that not long ago won the Eastern intercollegiate title and then trimmed Chicago for the so-called national intercollegiate title, Simple, you'll find them. do so now before they are ex- plained in the next few lines. Fig. 1, both hands on knees. That sig- Try to nal is for tip-off play No. 1. 1In Fig. 2 this player his left hand off his knee. Another play, to be sure. And in each of the (hree re- maining poses there are three other plays signaled by the posi- tion of his hands. That" the way sign are flashed in ket ball before the Up-off. Usually_a forward does the trick. s Winter Princeton started its season using the hud- dle system, same as in foot ball, but evidently didn’t think so much of it after a trial. Few teams have more than five tip-off plays. Perfecting that many, with the infinite number of variations that are bound to.occur in executing them, is a big job, « (Copwright, 1927.) Cox, Goodwin, Lloyd Hahn and Willle' Ritola, the Finnish-American fyer, have been looked upon as likely to furnish the keenest rivalry for Wide on the boards this Winter. Ritola has indicated he may not com- pete during the indoor season, how- ever, while Hahn is entered Saturday in_a’half-mile race. That American distance stars will have plenty of opportunity to test the speed of the Swedish schoolmaster is conveyed in Wide's application to the A. A. U. foreign relations commit- ce for permission to compete here over a stretch of “four or five months.” His stay will overlap the outdoor season, and spokesmen say he likely will compete at the Uni- versity ‘of Pennsylvania relays in Philadelphia next Spring. Ouservers have been puzzled by ‘Wide's system of training, which ap- pears to vary daily. One day he limits his run to a mile, the next day he may do five, and the following day three. “He just runs until he feels like stopping,” said one critic, after watching the conqueror of Nurmi in action. However, Wide is considered by Carl Anderson, coach of the Newark A. C., as the “keencst student of athletics | ever seen.” “He knows every angle of distance running so well that it would be use- less for any man to give him advic says Anderson. “C” CLUB MEET SET FOR FEBRUARY 26 February 26 has been set for the first indoor games of the “C" club of Cen High School. The date has been m March § because that s with the intercollegiates to be I ‘hl in New York Six‘een events already carded for the gomes to be held at the readia Auditorium with the po sibility that se al special af will be listed In addition to a number of relay races that will be arranged ns college and school team There will he sena for college and scholastie these events: 50 w-mile rur. mile, vault and athletes in ard 180 astic novices. committee _chairmen have been named by Al Stern, who is in the meet: Sylvan King, ; Eq Duffy, publicity; Allen Min- construction and seating: Eugene rinting and advertising:; Nor: ster, invitations and entertain. Rohert _Acorn, sption, ies and medals, and Joseph Marr, TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats 7th & F These have been |V actions | te competitions | , | dinary character, RIVALRY IS NOT AFFECTED BY CONSIDERATION OF FOE 25;| Civil Conduct of Players Creates Better Feeling in Athletic Relationships—Thoughtful Act of Leavers Impressed Japanese. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. F athletes realized the full value of little acts of kindness and con- sideration on the field of competi- tive play, and conducted them- selves accordingly, there would be much better freling in amateur sport, especially among rival colleges, than there is today. A case in point was brought from the Orient by the University of Wash ington base ball team, which pla through Japan last Fall. In one the early games against a university nine in Tokio a batter of the Japa nese team was hit by a pitched ball as he ran down to first. It was a swiftly thrown ball and it landed between the Japanese's shoul- ders, knocking him down. He scram- bled to the bag in safety and lay there writhing. Leroy Leavers, the husky first basement, assisted him to his feet and spent some time rubbing the sore spot. Instantly the thousands of specta- tors rose to their feet, starting the cchoes with their cheers. ~Neither Leavers nor any of the Washington team caught at first what the hulla- balloo was about, but it soon ap- peared that they were cheering Lea- vers. Idol of Japanese. Word of his action went through- out the land, and everywhere the ‘eam played Leavers was the idol of the diamond. Here was an act of thoughtfulness which cost nothing, and yet made an impression which may well extend beyond the realms of sport. Who can tell about such hings? The attitude of American teams in the heat of competition is to let the injured player be cared for by his teammates. In foot ball, when a rival athlete lies on the ground uncor scious or injured, there is an unw ten rule, apparently, by which the unfortunate man shall be utterly ig- nored by his opponents. It seems to be regarded as bad form even to take a look at him, much less make an effort to ascertain how badly he is hurt. mouth_at least, as a_priceless mem- ory. Red Loudon, a Dartmouth end, in making a tackle was knocked un- conscious near the Dartmouth side of the field. His teammates, carried by the play toward the center of the zridiron, did not notice him. It was Hobey Baker, the Princeton captain, who came up to the prone Dartmouth man, lifted him in his arms and car- ried him to the Dartmouth bench. Baker Was Hero. This kindly act did not later affect the vigor or ardor of Baker's play. nor did Dartmouth's players, while fully_sensible of the gallantry of Ho- bey Baker, lose any of their competi- tive zest. None the less, through the vear that little demonstration of Bak- er's that he could play hard, yet maintain a sense of proportion, is remembered by all who saw it as on2 of the high spots of a grueling con- test. Hobey Baker was a sportsman and a gentleman, and what he did when he saw Red Loudon Iving uncon- sclous was a natural reaction. And he was nevertheless great as an ath- lete because he was chivalrous. Col- lege sport would be more wholesome, less subfect to criticism if this spirit were general. When New York University and Rutgers were to meet every one ex- pected a game ‘of blood and general savagery. Chick Meehan. the New York coach, did mot want this. So in the dressing room before the game, instead of delivering the usual do-or- die harangue, he ordered his men to assist fallen Rutgers players to their feet upon every possible occasion. New York U. Spirit. And so In the course of the game whenever a New York U. man came upon an opponent who was down he patted him on the back, with the re- mark, “Get up, buddy,” and helped him to his feet. That game was one of the cleanest played anywhere throughout the country last Fall, and one of the friendliest; yet it was a hard, cleanly cut game from start to finish, and the quality of New York's plav did not suffer. Indeed. it is doubtfu! if the Violet ever played a better game all season. John McGraw says that big league sport has been injured because rival players are too friendly these days— which shows what he knows about sport 250 Trying for Crews. More than 250 candidates for the various University of Washington crews have just turned out for row- ing in response to the call of Russell Callow. the coach. All through the Fall until Thanks- giving time the crews were on the water and were then dismissed only because Callow wanted his men to study for examinations through De cember. . The Winter has been mild at S and it is expected that the o will be able to swing their sweeps without interruption until the Pacific Coast regatta in April. ' Rowing men at Seattle are enthusi; astic over the way in which Al U brickson, stroke of two Poughkeepsie crews, has developed as a coach. He is regnrded by Callow as the strongest assistant he ever had, having done Vetter with the freshmen in his first vear than did Bob Butler, who i: now at the Navy, where last year he turned out » \“nrkmg eight. Washington's objectives are the Pa cific Coast event with California as rival and the Poughkeepsie regatta. Would Welcome Invitation. ) 1 nvites the Huskies to i period of | trai the_Invitatlon is likely to be ccepted with the utmost a for when the writer was in Seattle Cal low said the Princeton visit last June made his crew and that the rowing men look back upon that sojourn in the jungle as the red-letter event of their univergity earcers. Callow, by the 13 an extraor- indeed coach Is certain to | successful rowing c be. i MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 ittes of judgment, deep technica knowled appreciation of psycho logical values and dymamic person ality. Rusty Callow is an appealing character. Money is not evervthing to hin 1nd many are the siren calls fron he East to which he has listened ind then shaken his head negatively loves his home in the West, love: is friends and all the rowing mer who fight so hard for him. If Callow ever comes East to teach rowing it will be because the con ditions surrounding the offer are just right, including the sort of uni- versity from which the invitation comes, as well as the habit of minc which exists there as to victory an: defeat. Two Great Teachers. Callow stands with Edward Leade as the two great aquatic teachers in the country. Both products of Wash ington, they have never been pitte: igainst each other—not in the United States at least. It is an interesting fact, though that crews developed by the tw: coaches did meet last Summer witkh results that may or may not hav been significant. After the intercollegiate seaso Leader and Callow went to Havana. ‘allow coaching the Havana Yach Club crews and Leader the Vedado Tennis Club combinations. ‘When the regatta was finally helc allow’s crews took all three of thc sight-oared events from the Vedados losing only the four-oar event. At Washington they are rather in clined to look forward to a lean yea: or two, so far as championships arc concerned. There was quite a clean ing oyt of good oarsmen last June and a lot of building work has to be done, the fruits of which may b lelayed. The Navy, it would seem has an excellent chance for revenge upon the Huskies next season. As for Leader. he, too, will have 1 problem in developing a varsity eight qualified to retain all the prestige that his long string of un- Yet an incident that occurred in a | D Princeton-Dartmouth game some | Deaten crews have won. vears, ago - is treasured. at Dart- TWO HOCKEY TEAMS ARE HOGGING HONORS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 12.—Ottawa Senators and gradually are pulling away from their rivals in the fight for sectiona! honors in the National Hockey League. By smashing the Toronto defense for a 4-1 victory last night the leading Senators piled up a 9-poin: advantage over the New York \mericans in the international sec- tion. In games won and lost, the Ottawa players increased their mar. s by a ful! contest, the Gothan: sextet dropping a 1-0 decisidn to t Detroit_Cougars. The Rangers, at the peak of th American division, strengthene’ their position by nosing out the Montreal Maroons, while the Chicag« Black Hawks, their closest rival were bowing to Boston. The revers forced ‘1¢ Chicago team back into « tie_with ihe Hub contingent. Statistics issued by Presiden: ank Calder show Bill Burch of the ew York Americans’ still pace making the point-scorers with 13 woals and 7 assists, His total of 2 points is 4 more than that held jointly by Babe Dye and Dick Irvin of the Black Hawks. Hooley Smith of the Senators has replaced Nels Stewart as leadins “bad man” with a total of 72 min- utes on the penalty bench. P i TIGER-CRIMSON SPLIT IS AS WIDE AS EVER By the Assoclated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 12— Harvard and Princeton seemed lkely today to continue indefinitely astraneed in athletic matters. Simultaneously with the announce ment last nfght that the Harvard board of overseers decided not te act on the report of a special committee which studied the situation with a view of suggesting possible grounds for a rapprochement came word that Princeton had substituted Haverf College for Harvard on its basket ba| schedule. | _The decision of the overseers was more sharply emphasized because it came on the heels of an expression from Dana Rartholomew, chairma: of the incoming board of the Yal Daily 'ws, in which he volced the hope that an agrerment between the New Jersey and Massachusetts insti tutions would not be far distant. Bartholomew's statement was made on the previous night at Wallingford. Conn., after a conference attended by representatives of the News, the Harvard _Crimson, the Princetonfan and the ‘Dartmouth. EXPRESS QUINT VICTOR THROUGH LATE RALLY Rallying_in the American Railway Express basketers triumphed over General Tire five, 2§ to 25, last night in the Railroad Y. 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