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SPORTS. T EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D10, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1927, SPORTS. Gleasgli Is Enthusiastic Over A’s : Sarazen Is Best Brassie Player in Country STRENGTH ADDED FOR 1927 % IS OUTLINED BY THE KID Coach Proud of Double-Barreled Infield Available. Asserts First Baseman Branom Is Ripe and That Eddie Collins Will Do. YORK, January 12 base comm e decision of leu the one hlml ime had a few ut his own household once manager of the Chicago incidentally—has nts W Sox, pride t that L double barreled infield this to that be one | i meat It wil uns that can take and up and go 1 its business looking You know what a tean 1son the nc 1 mean. 1 11 he our old hoy 1t the harder the birds \\\l\‘ (nHth the harder they played. Says Branom Is Ripe. “How about this fi 1s coming from Kan: “I fizure that this man Branom from Kansas City is just about ripe. He isn’t one of .those hothouse roses that are developed quickly under forced draft. He is like a plece of ash that vou put aside to season for a bat. The longer you season it the better the wood. Branom is just that kind of first baseman. He has been playing around with the boys in the American Association, and they play pretty good base ball there nowadays because they’ve got a lot of seasoned wood. “Branom has been compelled to play about as good base ball in the bal | Kid | as some of the | plaved in t year he w \ he had beer stunts 1o | Americ ion emen have I in Assocl old-time first the big 1 | coming | doir couple of seas feld with Collins, ) s and you're going to see thing that gives and takes and gives 2 lot more than it takes in the ordi- | ry course of a base ball race Says Collins Will Do. “Bddie Collins? do. That boy r trouble with his {old knee will slip v and then when h ason, and m: But he can hit, can’t he “And the Joe Boley more to play shortstop hit, n't he? And Jimmy Dykes, if he gets on third, T guess he can’t hit and field! This Athletic infield chance to be one of the hardest h ting old infields that Philadelphia ever saw, and maybe it will be the hardest hitting infield in the Ameri can League in 1927. “And that ain’t all,” continued the Kid. “This team has another infield made up of Pool, Bishop, Galloway and Hale. Ty Cobb took to a double- barreled infield after he had figured he might have lost a pennant two yvears ago when Lu Blue, his first baseman, got hurt. The Athletics have got two infields, and if worse comes to the worse, I'll get in there and play second myself. The old legs may be a little stiff, but I've got a piece of noodle ‘left and I can out- guess some of those kids when they try to hit where I ain't.” (Copyright. 1027.) will | some Of course he y have had 1ee and m: around in its I gets into s rbe it won't w from Balti- | v and he can | JOE ANDERSON IS TOUTED AS MIDDLEWEIGHT COMER BY FAIRPLAY. NEW YORK, January 12.—Jimmy Daugherty, the Baron of Lieperville, Pa., has shifted his activities to the Pacific Coast. Jimmy will be remem- bered as the erstwhile pal of Jack Dempsey, referee of the . Dempsey- Tom Gibbons fight at Shelby and manager of George Godfrey and Bobby Barrett. Godfrey has not lived up to all the nice things Jimmy mapped out for him. He is far from being cham- pionship timber. One rather suspects that George got tired of being passed up by the big white fellows and has not tended strictly to business. The fat on him does not look well for one ewho has championship aspirations. Barrett looked like the goods. He had a punch and he put away quite a raft of likely boys while the boys did not get wise to the fact that Bobby, although a terrific puncher, could not take it on the chin. Like all terrific punchers he goes with the punch and a countering blow usually Jands with added force. The red head from Philadelphia took too many trips to the canvas to satisfy Jim, so the Baron cast about for another prospect. Daugherty seems to have the lad. A youngster of 19 years from Co ington, Ky., has started the cham- NAVY BOXING TEAM HAS ONLY TWO VETS| ANNAPOLIS, January 12.—With but two members of his regular team of last year available this season, Spike Webb, coach of thé Naval Academy boxing team, admits that he has a big job on his hands if his team is to maintain the remarkable record it_holds in that sport. During the seven s it has engaged in this sport, the Navy never has lost a dual match. So far as the officials here have been able to find, no other college has a clean rec- ord for all time in any sport. Webb has, however, gone to work with a will and is determined to turn out a winning team for his eighth season. Several good ®oxers have been recruited from the Plebe team of last year and members of last year’s squad who did not make the varsity are showing improvement, so that the situation is more encouraging. Capt. Dick Collins, intercollegiate champion at 115 pounds last year, will take care of that weight, and Horney, pound class in s on hand again and working better than ever. Cal- Jins, however, has a rival in Wally iuck, while Olsen is making a fight gainst Horne In the 125, 14 es, the leading mber of the Plebe im Foley, and Burke, younds, are particulirly good, while Ricketts is doing good work in the 15 pound class. Other zood men are Weintraub, 125, and Card, 145. Webb thinks particularly well of Burke, Who was one of the guards of the foot ball_team. Bob Folev, man, unlimited, the team, though the I midable opponents in Gy both foot ball men. done considerable boxing, but in the « has been handicapped ht. He is heavier this 195 pounds, which is asons in which nd 175 pound contender was a team last year. 160 pounds, and Cole- are likely to complete ter has for- plon bee .buzzing in Jimmy's bhonnet. His name is Joe Anderson. This fel- low Anderson can punch, move around nicely and, best of all, he can take it. ‘When Daugherty took Anderson out to Portland, Ore., Joe Waterman look- ed around for a boy to stack up against the Kentuckian. He chased up to Tacoma and corralled Eddie (K. 0.) Roberts, the lad who sprang into fame by a startling and unexpected knock- out over Joe Dundee. Anderson gladly took the match. He was not scared by the knockout rec- ord of Roberts. The referee awarded Anderson the decision. The next fighy on Joe’s program was with Leo Lomski, who holds the middleweight title on the Coast due to a victory over Bert Colima. The Aberdeen slugger, as Lomski is known, came in weighing 163 pounds and he was installed a three-to-one favorite. Anderson weighed in two pounds under the middleweight limit and pro- ceeded to outbox his sturdier foe. An- derson stabbed away and crossed his right hand time and time again. The referee declared Joe the winner. Lomski is billed to fight Tiger Flowers next month. Daugherty is after the match. He thinks Anderson is more deserving of the chance the former middleweight FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y.—Jack Demave, Hoboken, N. J., beat Jack Warren, Chicago (12). MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—My Sulli-| van, St. Paul, stopped Glenn Lage, Des' Moines (8). Billy Light, St. Paul, outpointed Jimmy Ryan, Des Moines (6). Joey Fliegel, Minneapolis, beat Larry Coleman, St. Paul (6). Honey- boy Conrad, Chicago, defeated Ted Coleman, St. Paul (4). PARIS.—Georges Carpentier fought Jack Walker in an exhibition bout (no decision). Romerio, French welter- weight champion, beat Alf Rohs (15). | WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Sergt. | Jack Adams, New York City, defeated | “Wild Bill" Reedl, Columbus, Ohio (10). Bobby Marriott, Philadelphia, knocked | out Teddy Taylor, Lake Worth, Fla. (4). VERNON, Calif.—Mushy Callahan, | junior welterweight champion, beat | Joe Jawson, Milwaukee (10). PORTLAND, _Oreg—Corpl. lzzy Schwarz, New York, defeated Sailor Willie Gordon, Anacortes, Wash. (10). STRIBLING TO BATTLE DELANEY OR SHARKEY{ | By the Aseoviated Press | 12.—The | ¢ it had | MACON, Ga., January Macon Telegraph said toda been informed by “Pa’ mrxbum..,l father of Young ribling, that lhe‘ Georgia boxer had signed with Tex Rickard for a bout in Madison Square Qarden, February 25, with either Jack Delaney, Jack Sharkey or Paolino Uzcudun, Spanish champion. The newspaper quoted “Pa’ Strib- ling, who is in New York as saying that he and Walk Miller, recently made Stribling’s manager, had ob- ed Rickard’'s agreement to enter Stribling in the proposed heavyweight limination series to find an opponent ¥ uite as heavy as most of the oppo ents he is likely to meet FUGAZY TO HAVE ARENA T0 SEAT ABOUT 30,000 NEW YORK, January 12 () Humbert J. Fugazy announced tod: that work will begin March 1 on an| indoor arena, for all sports, to be built in Brooklyn, at a cost of between $5,000,000 ‘and $6,000,000. g It will be known as the Fuga: arena, and. with a seating capacit of from 26,000 to 30.000, will be larger than Madison '~qu|r. Garden. DISTRICT GOLFERS PLAY IN FLORIDA AD EVENT and | tocal George P .‘.1 mbi C. 1. Putr ntrants i 1 f the ‘Winter G seague of Adver t astine, were £ he sccond round of the Jurney today, after winning matck esterday’ ‘r‘.l~ victory over G. H. ams of New York in the bag, met while Putnam, who de- ‘onklin 1 up, met H. B. ew York. James is in while Putnam is in the feated W. E “alrchild of he first flight, «cond divislon. | for, Gene Tunne) the champion. 'BRITISH CHAMPION T0 FIGHT IN AFRICA - the Assoctated Press. LONDON, January 12.— Johnny | Brown, British bantamweight cham- pion, who recently returned from the | United States, is ‘eager to defend his title, but will have to wait two or I(hree more months before a fight can | | be arranged. { During that time he is vistting | South Africa, where he will meet Willie Smith, the Olympic bantam- | weteht champion, at Johannesburg in 20.-round bout > also hopes to meet Seuth African hefore returni | By Ernie Eus. 1 ath ht champion Jand McCORMICK TO GRAPPLE. Bud McCormick, 200-pound protege f Rob Roy Mackey, will come to grips Friday night in the weekly wrestling bout at the Mutual Theater, !Dutch Green, another grappler un- {der Mackey's wing, recently defeated George Kiatta of Waverly Athletic Club in two straight falls, [ ONLY SMALL DIVIDEND | to LF OF GRIFFS SIGNED AS WEST JOINS TROUPE | Receipt today of the signed con- | tract of Sam West, flychaser tained by purchase from the Bir- mingham club of the Southern As- sociation, boosts the number of athletes ‘aligned for service with the Nationals to 20, exactly half of the total number on the roster. is regarded as a potential d star. An injury r on last Summer kept_him on side lines for a consider: d and prevented the spection s plann with the Baror Harris to hope he will make a strong bid to remain on the Washington pay roll. CARDS TO DECLARE By the Associnted Press ST. LOUIS, M 2 Sam Breadon, president of the world champion St. Louis Cardinals, vesterday announced he would recommend 2 10 per cent dividend be out of last season's profits, estimated be- tween & 00,000, This dividend, the second in seven vears, would take only about $28,300, and Breadon, who is the controlling stockholder, would use the balance priucipally to build up the four minor league clubs operated as farms and to go into a sinking fund to build a base ball park for the champions. The Cardinals now use Sportman’s Park, owned by the Browns, A new grandstand is planned for Houston, Tex., one of the minor league clubs owned. PITCHING NO EFFORT TO HIM, SAYS ALEX By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 12.—Grover Cleveland Alexander, the veteran pitcher released by the Chicago Na- tionals only to help St. Louis win a pennant and world series, told mem- bers of the Colligate Club just how he did it. I just stop figuring when we be- se, and then my real pitching L said Alex. “My pitching comes almost unconscionsly. It's as easy for me to stand before a_howl- ing mob and put the ball where I want it as it is for some Congressmen to speak in public.” It takes nine men to make a team, said Alexander, and a ball game is no place for the player who figures on playing as an individual. It's tougher for the ball player to try to maintain a home than for a vaudeville performer, Alexander sald. “We're on the jump all the time, and any time in the season you're liable to wake up and find yourself sold to another club. WHEAT, DESPITE AGE, IS MUCH IN DEMAND NEW YORK, January 12 (®).—A 39-year-old base ball veteran released unconditionally by the Brooklyn Rob- ins was the center of spirited bidding by four major league teams today. Although Zach Wheat has spent 18 vears in big league captivity, mag- nates have no desire to see him es- cape to the wide-open spaces of his Midwest farm. Chicago Cubs, Wash- ington, New York Giants and New York Yankees all are seeking the slug- ging outflelder’s services. While three of the' teams were be- lieved to value Wheat chiefly as a pinch-hitting acquisition, the Giants offered possibilities to Zach of enter- ing the regular line-up. The passing of Irish Meusel and the fllness of Ross Young have badly crippled John Mec- Graw’s outfield, although one pro- spective replacement was secured. in the four-cornered trade which will bring George Haroer here from the Phillies. THREE UPSETS MARK TENNIS TOURNAMENT Three upscts featured play in the opening rounds of the District title indoor net tourneyv which got under i Bob Considine fur- ggest thrill when he | Gownea ‘A: Gwynn King in a_three. set duel, 17—15, 6—1. W, Car- ter Baum, !nrmer Middle Atlantic in- tercollegiate champion, upset the dope again when’ he defeated Clarence Charest, one-armed star, who has twice held the District crown. The score was 6—3, 6—4. Elizabeth Pyle, former Woman's Tennis League champlon, who has not been in the game for the past two s, eliminated Corinne Frazier, ded No. 4. in a marathon, 2—§. 6—4, 6—4. This was the only match of the women’s event. After taking | the first set handily Miss Frazier lost her stride in the second, and, although she rallied in the third to take the lead until the eighth game, Miss Py accurate placements downed ' her. 1 Tom Mangan, seeded favorite, won ! his openef from Stanley Carr in straight sets. Emmett Pare, the vouthful star, expected to come through in the lower half of the draw, will get into action tonight, meeting Owen Howenstein at 8 o'clock. Play in the women’s singles was continued today. Summary: MEN. Thomas J. Manean defeated Stapley Carr. gL 6—4: Doole tehell defeated R. Burwell. ‘68, Robert Congiding deteated Gwynn King 6,17 H Baimn deteated €. M. Charest, 63 ‘MEN'S PATRINGS. A Purinton va. A J. Gore, V patit Hopline e, R White, Owen * Howenstein e Emmett o'clock: T T Burewin v oclock WOMEN. Pyle d 64 8 o'clock: 7 o'cleck: | Pare. R | Fred Hass, 9 Elizale Corinne Frazier es Kuicoft worl it Ruth foom s Jac y defe Won" from Vireints CHaokinet by Curran default. WOMEN'S PAIRINGS TONIGHT. Florence Seward v, Marjorie Wooden, 5§ o'clock; Frances Waiker vs. Maycita de Souza, '10 o'clock. * ———— PRO COURT LEAGUE. Standing of Teams. ) Cley, | WasH Philadeiptiia ew York. .. ort Wayne . | Chfengo Rochester Baltimore and New York GAMES TOMORROW ork at Chicago, Shington ‘at Baltimore. GAME FRIDAY. Fort Wayne at Baltimors. GAME SATURDAY. Chicago at Cleveland. SAME SUNDAY. Fort Wayne at Washington, ! the best individual M.l(-kq Athletics By C olhns as N TWENTY-ONE BY EDDIE i IX. » champion e of the 1914 season. b eam at the cle Ak \sked the .I have repeatedly l-- question 1t would bo presumptuous for to delve Into the secrets of a owner, but it happened i ago and I don’t think M hold it against me if T reasons. In the f was not a financial \mu:\ for owners of the Athletics. The With the Braves went only four games and the additional income from \hl( source was neg seats were not as 1 and the capacity o Besides being a & zeneral Mr. Mack is s Compared with most of his club owners he was not wealthy at that time and the offer he recelved from Mr. Comiskey w o tempting and meant too much in various ways to be turned down. Had the series with the Braves lasted six games, I always have believed that he would have refused the Chicago offer. Mack Saved Much Mone; To the fans the unconditional re lease of his three veteran pitchers, Bender, Plank and Coombs, probably was more surprising than my trans- fer to Chicago. But the e logic that sent me to the White Sox de- manded the release of those three stars. While Mack received no money in the latter case, he saved a lot, which means the same thing. I am sure of one thing, which i that he absolutely believed he was not weakening his pitching staff at all, and as he secured Larry Lajoie to take my place at second, he was justified in the opinion that second base was well protected. After the release of tha three vet- erans there still remained Joe Bush, who with two seasons of experience was considered one of the best of the voung hurlers; Weldon Wyckoff and Carroll Brown, who had made a fine showing in '14, and, like Bush, were not only good young pitche: but great hitters. Then there were Raymond Bressler, a promising south paw, and Byron Houck. It seemed that Bender and Plank could be spared and Coombs had been an in valld for three seasons—since his world serles injury in New York in 1911 Federal League No Factor. It is true that almost every player of prominence had offers from the Federal League, but I mever thought that those proposals had any influence in the case of the three pitchers and Connife, and I know they had none with me. I would like to have readers get this straight: I never contenfplated for a moment signing with a Federal League club. The fact that I was loyal to the American league in thought and action need mnot be stressed, for I had an ironclad con- tract. If the terms did not suit, it was my fault. But the fact is they did. Had an earthquake shaken Phila- delphia I could not have been more surprised than 1 was when I real- ized that T was no longer a, member of the little band with whom I had ame me cluh Mack will ive 1914 season the st pl the spent elght exceedingly happy years. | My home was in Philadelphia. 1 had been first introduced to Mrs. Collins by Mr. Mack, who was a lifelong friend of her father, and I had some- how always supposed I was forever going to remain “at home.” 1 want to acknowledge here that T was a long time getting used to the change, there was at least one other city than Philly where fans are loyal, friends faithful and employers just. Deal Had Amusing Side. My _transfer had its amusing side. The deal took place in December. I remember it was near Christmas. One evening as we were at dinner the phone rang and Mrs. Collins answered it. The voice at the other end asked if T were in, and, being told I_w: the speaker said. he was Mr. B. B. Johnson and wished me to meet him immediartely at a downtowf hotel. It is not uncommon players to be called to keep various foolish \('n(): 1;1 Breaking Up of 1914 Is Justlfled YEARS OF BASE BALL. Breaking Up the A's time | two | but at last I realized that | Economlc Move COLLINS. | | | | IRFA N COLLIN@ [ | poEs NoT /7 {CARE TO Bflé 1 mswneaoyf s 4 /ffl ) COLLINS—HUNG U appointments with practical jokers, and T had my share. So Mrs. Collins replied: “Ah, is that so? Well, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Collins is dining and does not care to be disturbed,” and hung up the phone. Presently the phone rang again and Mrs. Collins answered it the second time. The caller sald he was Mr. Charles A. Comiskey and that he would be pleased to see Mr. Collins at once at the same hotel as that men- tioned before. Mrs. Collins laughed at that and made the same reply she had at first and again hung up the receiver. When the bell rang the third time and she took down the receiver Mrs. llins was horrified to hear Connie Mack speaking, and to hear him say that the previous callers really were Messrs. Johnson and Comiskey, and that it was desired that I come down town. She tried to apologize to Connle, but thought it a very poor attempt, and she did not feel entirely relieved until 1 told her that both gentlemen had appreciated the joke, and that as an evidence that he had thoroughly understood her position, Mr, Comiskey had sent by me an espe- cial invitation for her to accompany the team to Paso Robles. the next Spring as his guest. (Copyricht. 1927.) (’l‘omorrow ‘Walter Johnson.) TWO DISTRICT CUEISTS TO MEET LEWIS TODAY Chick Tappine and George Kelly were to oppose Willie Lewis, Keystone State pocket billiard star, today in a continuation of the spectacular exhi- bition matehes Lewis is giving at the King Pin parlors. Lappine was to play Lewis this afternoon, with Kelly scheduled to oppose him in the eve- ning. Lewis uncovered a fine streak of shooting in trouncing Charles Bar- telmes last night, 125 to 38. The for- mer Pennsylvania State title holder ran 92 before missing after a break. WANT CUP GOLF MATOH ON A NEW YORK COURSE ) 2 NEW YORK, January 12 (#).—Of- ficials of the Professional Golfers' As- sociation have been petitioned to hold the Ryder Cup team series with Brit- ish pros on a New York course. The Oakmont. Club of Pittsburgh, | scene of the open championship, has offered its links, but members of the organization believe larger crowds | would be attracted in the metropoli- tan section. | | | | | DEVITT QUINT IN GAME. Devitt basketers are to meet Eplscopal High this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock on Episcopal's court in a junior preparatory school 135- pound league engagement. The tilt was postponed from yesterday. LATZ0 TO FIGHT JONES. PITTSBURGH, Pa., January 12/ (P).—Pete Latzo of Scranton, welter- | weight champion of the world, has| been matched for a 10-round bout | with Jimmy Jones of Youngstown, Ohio, here on January 24. The fight n-m mark Latzo's first appearance ere. With the Bowlers HIS is the night for the smash- ing of fancy furniture and fine woodwork on the bowling drives. At the King Pin at 8 o’clock the teams of the Hub | Furniture Co. and W. B. Co. will meet and much dirty work is expected. These fellows will be insti- tuting a series of matches to be held annually and all are primed for the worst. A bunch of sturdy bowlers will rep- resent the Hub. Thgse with the team are Capt. Charles C. Jett, Jerome C. Jackson, Fred J. ITcenhower, George L. Mudge, Clarence Berrett, William Gordon and Frank Sieman. There is a strong lot of duckpinners with the Moses crew. It includes Capt. Paul Grimmell, George Adams, Mal- com Self, Louis Gellis, William Minear and John Baughan. Plenty of action is occurring in the second series of the Ford Dealers League, Steuart Motors, that finished second to Hill and Tibbiits in the first series, and Bartram Motors are setting the pace with 7 wins against 2 lo each, but all the other quints in first divis m outfit, very much in thefrunnin; ace club is only a single game be hind the tied leade It's a great race, any way you logk at it. Averages grnemily fail to indicate just how good a team is in a league. According to the figures given out by the statistician of the KFord Deal- ers bunch, Stewart Motors and Bar- tram Motors have averaged 486-2 and 476-8, respectively, for nine games, but the Hill & Tibbitts bunch, tied for third place with Universal Mo- tors, has average 487-5 for its nine engagements. Incidentally, ord in this circuit. the Donohoe team ha are Mr. Ford flolds a rec- This member of ot 137 for of Northenst has hit th 5 while Billheimer ol has the highest average, 10712, MeCalip, though, an edge over the others in strike making, with 19 ten-pin sweeps. Spare-making honors are shared by Kiley of Steuart and Billheimer, each with 74, Survey No. 1 showed the way to the other quints in the first series of the Interior Department League. It won nal Interior Department The third | ame of the league, | 33 games and lost 9, while the second- place Secretaries won 26 and lost 16. Land, Parks, Survey No. 2, Pension and the two Indian Office teams fol- | lowed in order. Moses Sons | | Handley Motors and Northeast Mo- |tors hold the team records. The | former has rolled a game of 566 and | | | the latter has hit for a set of 1,584. l‘ | High team set of 1,621 and high team game of 610 ‘were rolled by the Geological Survey’s No. 1 crowd. Individual stars of the Survey team were Boteler and Oberheim of the Survey team, the former with high game of 169 and the latter with sec- ond high average of the circuit at 107-4. Flanery, who anchors for Sec- retarys, had the best average in the circuit in the first series with 108-16 for 42 games, and rolled high set at 369, Billings of Land Office had third high average at 102-34 and King of Survey No. 1 was next with 102-30. bowlers will art their second series tomorrow night. The league rolls on the Con- vention Hall drives Here's the schedule of thé circuit for the opening of the second series. Indian No. 1 vs. Secretarys, Indian No. 2 vs. Land, Pension vs. Survey No. 1, Parks vs. Survey No. 2. Followers of the fortunes of the Plant Industry team of the Aggie In- terbureau League have grown ac- customed to looking anxiously for the name of Frank Goll in the line- up. Frank packs a larger cargo of 18-carat gdod luck than a horseshoe, or even a rabbit’s hoof. During the early part of the present season he was kept busy in Philadelphia in con- nection with the late lamented Sesqui- | centennial. Three weeks ago he turned and rejoined his old team- finding them floundering in ast place. Since then all the team has donme is win nine straight games and climb from eighth, to third place in the league's standing. No such thing as luck? Huh. RADIATORS, FENDERS M. IANB W WITTSTA F"Wxs. “” | Aethod | after ‘m AMERICAN U. QUINT LOOKS TO C. U. FRAY American Unlversity’s basket ball team, which won its eighth straight game by defeating George Washing- ton last night, 21 to 18, in the lat- ter's gymnasium, will spend today | and tomorrow tuning up for the big battle with Catholic University at Brookland Friday evening. This centest should tell just how good the ts are on the court. A win wauld be a real feather in their cap, | but if they hold the Brooklanders to » score they will not lose any nter was a nip- nm tuck air American 1. getting 9 points to 3 by the | 1in the final four minutes of With eight minutes to go George Washington led, 17-12, h of this time had been up the \«»Im als still re 17-15 the Method! put on some steam to their triumph While George Washington put up \ fine battle in as speedy a game as has Been seen in these parf many American U. de it had more open A number of > hasket and s “snowbirds’ lsn were blown Banta of the winners was the standing player of the game. American U. has revised its sched- ule for the remainder of the season as follows: d January 14—Catholic University, at used front, e & ved shots heir veral out- January 15—Lynchburg College. January 20—Western Maryland, at Westminster, Md. January 22—Blue Ridge College. - F"tbrnnry 1—Roanoke College (pend- ng). February 4—New York University. February 8—George Washington (pending). February 11—Gallaudet (pending). “Fall:lrln..ry 12—Medical Cnllege of rel February 16—Shenandoah College. February 21—St. John’s College, at Annapolis. and | in | Expert Use of This Club unanimously th zen is the greatest plaver in America Of co e, G all his_woods. the eighteenth: hole the Professional ¢ champlonship of 1923 has never been | equaled. | He drove the green 14 successiv times in practice, qualifyi match round: | The wonder of t only when the hole | measures 274 yards. 1s profi His drivi t Pelham, du fers’ Association is appreciated understood. It The narr : | | | DIRECTION OF DRIVE YWHICH BROUGHT DISASTER TO r7ANYY way runs between woods and over a hill which, just in front of the green, February 24—Catholic University. ey CUTLER WIELDS CUE ON ARCADIA TABLE Albert G. Cutler, veteran profes- sional billardist, is giving free exhib- itions each day thls week at the Ar- cadia parlors from 2:30 o’clock until 9. An invitation to see Cutler in ac- tlon is extended the, public by the Arcadia management. He has been playing the game for 37 years, start- ing when he was 16. Cutler' won the national amateur championship in 1899, holding it for three years before he gained the pro crown of New England. Cutler finished high in_the open_senfor championships in 1906 and 1907 at Madison Square Garden, | New York. He was defeated by Jake Schaefer’s father in a 500-point game by 21 points in 1908 in his biggest bid for fame. Since, Cutler has consistently t};ald the national junlor balk line 13 ROBERTS-DUNDEE §CRAP MAY DRAW FULL HOUSE| NEW YORK, January 12 (#).—An advance sale in excess of $50,000, one of the largest in the history of Madi- son Square Garden, indicates a ca- pacity turnout for Friday night’s re- turn welterweight rumpus between Eddie Roberts of Tacoma, Wash., and Joe Dundee of Baitimore. Although Roberts won his first fight with a quick knockout, betting odds have switched to Dundee as favorite. YALE’S ROWING OUTLOOK DECLARED TO BE BRIGHT| January 12 (P).—| NEW HAVEN, Yale sees bright crew prospects for next Spring, with six veterans of the Blue’s champlion 1926 varsity ready to | grab their sweeps again. Cannon, Quarrier, Bartholomew, Warren, Robinson and Laughlin have reported to Coach Leader. PAIR OF GAMES TONIGHT IN COLLEGE FLOOR LOOP NEW YORK, January 12 (@).— Basket ball dribblers of Princeton and Pennsylvania, wictors in_their open- ing Eastern Intercollegiate League encounters, will tangle tonight in Tigertown. At the same time Columbla, cham- plon team of last season, will engage Dartmouth ir® Hanover. —— CUYLER AND BUSH SIGN. PITTSBURGH, Pa. January 12 (#).—Hazen Cuyler, outfield flash, and “Bullet Joe" Bush, veteran pitcher, have affixed their signatures to 1927 contracts, the Pittsburgh club has announced. LEE-JACKSON HIGH WINS. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 12.— Lee-Jackson High School basketers routed Oakton High, 39 to 6. The vic- tors held the upper hand throughout. Iriday Lee-Jackson passers will en- zage Washington and Lee High of Ballston. Girl basketers of Lee-Jackson also were victorious yesterday vanquishing Oakton lassies, 15 to 10. Score of yesterday 's boys’ game: Roland Ritchie ran the last half mile of the Manhattan College cross- :ountry run minus one shoe, but man- aged to finish in a dead heat for first nlace. This Week Only Business Suit... . . ...$1.20 Topcoat .......... 1.20 Overcoat, heavy.... 1.60 Onnul, very llenvy, 2.00 | slopes obliquely and sharply from left | to right. | Some Sharp Shooting. a fact that throughout the 1923 | mumament 1 could tell almost the | exact spot on the green that 1 would drive to,” said Gene. “I remember that on the day Walter | Hagen and I played the final I went {out to the eighteenth green between the morning and afternoon rounds to practice putting. “I practiced most of my putts from the right side, toward the back of the green. Johnny Farrell was with me, and I said to him: “«Johnny, I can just about tell you where my drive on this hole will stop this afternoon.’ “*Where?' he asked. “‘Right here, 1 replied. “That's why I am practicing putting from Heit:" Well, when Hagen and I reached the eighteenth, he being 1 down, I drove within a vard of the spot where I had stood while talking to Johnny. By laying me a stymie, though, Wal- ter carried me to the thirty-eighth hole before I won the championship.” Brassie Gave Championship. At Skokie in 1922, when Sarazen flashed through to an open champion- ship, surprising the wise ones, his brassie really won him his title. On no less than four holes during |the final round Gene smashed long wood shots to within 15 feet of the in. P Ewo of these shots, helping him to birdies, gave him 33 going out, and put him in the running, which had | been monopolized by Bill Mehlhorn, | Bobby Jones and John Black. Standing on the twelfth tee, know- | ing that Mehlhorn was already in with_a score of 290, Gene drew out his driver and then put it back in his bag, never to take it out again until the eighteenth tee was reached. “From the twelfth in.” he says, “the course at Skokie was mighty tricky, going in and out of woods in a way that made it advisable to be careful off the tee. | “I could control my brassie better than my driver, so I relied on it on the twelfeth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth tees. The thirteenth was a short hole. The eighteenth was long and with lots of room on the drive. “It worked out fine. T dldn’t miss a single shot off the tee. When I came to the eighteenth, I switched back to my driver, but it was my second shot, with my brassie, that won _the. titie for me. From a dis tance of 250 yards I -laid the ball 20 feet from the pin, giving me a birdie 4 and a_ total of 288, two strokes under Mehlhorn’s score. 1 needed that extra stroke, too, for Bobby Jones and John Black each turned in a 289.” Fade Conquers a Bad Dogleg. Gene controls his brassie shots by cutting across the ball slightly from right to left on the swing. This pro- duces a fadeaway at the end of the shot. He invariably directs ‘the ball to the left of the spot where he in- tends it to go. He is § feet 5 inches tall, and he uses a 4l-inch club. His swing is full, although a trifle shorter now than it was when he won the championship. Powerful wrists help | him, and he gets great distances. He never hooks a wood shot except in cases of necessif Fading them is natural to his swing. the easiest thing | he can do. He is seldom off the fair- way. At one point at Skokie his fade was invaluable to him. That was at the sixteenth hole. This is a slight dog- leg to the right, with a barn set in' handle this the Branch Offices. No regular rates. HAS WONDERFUL CONTROL AND GETS LONG DISTANCE Really Won Him Open Title in 1922—Makes Four Long Shots to Within 15 Feet of Cup in Final. the elbow by Most and out of bounds ter players to le. ‘wh or content carry ittempted in good if it ¢ hand, found a bit side of ball to the HOW SARAZEN FADED BALL AROUND DOGLE 6‘ TONIY CREATEST TRIUITPH leaving himself a clear, short shot the flag. Par had no terrors for hin in such circumstances. Three time. he made the sixteenth in 4 and onc in 3. (Copyright. 1927.) (Next: The Most Consistently Long Driver.) s sdsiaghoun) i BUILDING PROJECTS HIT BRITISH LINKS LONDON, January 12 (®).—New bungalow districts gradually are driv- ing golfers out of the nearby London open spaces. Lease of the Wembly Club’s course expires in March and the 78 acres over which it extends have been in- cluded in a vast building project. The Wembley Club, established in 1895, is one of London's oldest golf clubs. Other golf courses in the London area have been invaded by new houses, and Norbury is threatened. The Greystoke links there will clos¢ in March, and the members of Toot: ing Bee Club only saved their course by purchasing it outright. SMOKER FOR PALACE!IEE A smoker will be held tonight by Palace Athletic Club members at theiy clubhouse. Following a highly su cessful gridiron season the Palace: men now are cutting quite a swath in basket ball and also are planning to make a bid for diamond honors in the Spring. AN CARPENTIER COMES BACK. PARIS, January 11 (#).—Georges Carpentier, French heavyweight pugil- ist, came back from fistic retirement last night to fight an exhbitiion bou with the American, Jack Walker, for the benefit of the Association of W Maimed. Carpentier delighted spectators with a lively encounter. PN, ROCKY MOUNT GETS CLUB. DURHAM, N. 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