Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1927, Page 29

TAR, WASHINGTOX Sweeping Denial Made to Charges of Princeton Playing “Dirty”Against Harvard 'HARVARD CHARGES COME | EVEN CRIMSON MEN JOIN IN REFUTING Officials, Who Worked in Games, Also Unanimous in Saying Contests Were ALLEGATIONS Cleanly Played—Article Is Seen as Harmful to Athletics. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, Janusry 24— A widening circle of denial and regret of Wynant D. Hub- hard’s charges that Princeton played dirty foot ball against | Harvard rose from the two univer sitfes today. For the magazine Lib erty, Hubbard, who played guard for Harvard. wrote an article in he named Harvard players who he sald had been injured deliberately by Princeton. Dr. Charles W. Kennedy of the Princeton University Athletic Control, declared charges “unworthy of answer Princeton.” = Instead he offered testimony of F. W. Murphy of Brown University, W. R. Okeson of Lehigh and W. of whom have served Harvard-Princeton_battles from to 1926, during which period Hubbard charged that eyes were gouged, limbs broker: and other injuries inflicted. The officials were unanimous in the statements that the games were clean played, that injuries were not ma liciously inflicted and the conduct of players most sportsmanlike as befit- ting play between “gentlemen coached by gentiemen.” From contemporaries of Hubbard in Harvard foot ball came regrets that the feeling between the two former links of the “‘Big Three," demonstrated Roard of Hubbard's from as officlals in which | chairman | the | G. Crowell of Swarthmore, all | 1919 when athletic relations were suspended | after the annual foot ball meeting last | Fall. should be kept alive by charges as Hubbard's ‘It is unfair to both Harvard and neeton.” Robert T. Fisher, Harvard ch from 1919 to 1925, told the F rd Crimson In regard to Hubbard's fons such & ticle can lead to nothing and only seem to do 'm to the greatest of intercollegiate sports.” ‘Deplorabl and “unsports like” were the terms applied to article by Representative Hamilton Fish, himself a former Harvard foot ball captain and all-American guard. In a statement from Wash ington he denied there had been foul tactics in Harvard-Princeton games and said he was “ashamed that any ex-Harvard foot ball player should rush into print and charge Princeton foot ball teams with deliberately play- ing_dirty foot ball.” The Harvard Crimson Huhbard's article in no w the general opinion of H: rd “There's nothing to it.” William W. Roper. coach of the Princeton team, said in Philadelphia. “It's the same old line I've heard times hefore.” The Daily graduate newspape! bard's accusations nan 1sserted that reflected many under- Hub Princetonian branded The Coening Star BOYS CLUB BY PAUL PROHN, ‘Wrestling Coach at University of Illinois. Lie flat on vour stomach, Keeping the heels and toes together, body stiff, hands close to sides, and raise yourself with the hands 10 times without bending the body. That develops the shoulders and arms. Do it 10 times and then each succeeding time you try the exercise increase the number—I11, 12, 13, etc. Now, then, lie flat on your back and place your feet back as far as you can, flat to floor, and bridge on your feet and neck. Bridging means raising the body so the weight is on the leg and neck muscles. It's good for the legs as well as for the neck. Move the head backward and for- ward and to left and right to give every muscle a play. Lie on the stomach stunt. Here's another exercise: Lie flat on back, hands clasped back of head. Rise to sitting position and gradually fall back again. Do this 15 times, From the flat position raise the feet, heels and toes together and legs rigid, to a height of 2 feet. Swing the feet und in the air to describe a figure Keep upper part of body stiff. and try this floor beyond. This is hard, but can be done. The muscles are strength- ened and made flexible. Do the trick five times in quick succession. Same position. Raise feet to up- right position. Pedal them with same motion as riding a bicycle. Start slow and gradually increase speed. Next—More Wrestling. (Copyright WALKER SIGNS FOR BOUT. FRESNO, Calif., January 24 (#).— Mickey Walker, world middleweight champion, has been signed for a 10- Same position; swing feet forward |round bout here Tuesday, February 1, until they pass over head and touch against an unnamed opponent. —_— a heavy soft-foil with an extra outsi o™ are contained | the | WOME Many basket ball contest uled this week by fair tossers of District. Three seminary games one collegiate ffair are carded in dition to an interplayground tilt a heavy schedule of independent league games | Friends School basketers | their interscho tic schedule Fri afternoon, meeting Fairmont Semi |nary at Epiphany gym at 4 o'clock ast year Friends t mphed over | Falrmont and the 1 street squad is | being groomed to duplicate the vic tory An unusually well balanced team has | been developed this season, according |to Virginia Brown, coach. and high hopes are held out for the most suc cessful season in the history of the | sehool | 1da Claggett tain of the Qu Ann Selecman will open 1s been chosen cap ker sextet and Helen manager. Miss Brown s not yet named the six who will start against Fairmont, but expects |to do so early this week tman, Gunston Hall. Baltimore nds School and Rockville High re four of the teams that Mi squad will face during th th the probability of one or onal games with local sem v teams. The complete schedule not been arranged yet, so no dates can be announced test its hedule rren- ton Country Day School at Epipl ny gymnasium, Wednesday afternoon, at 0. The third seminary clash will be a midget game betwen the junior teams of Holton Arms and Eastman School. This is scheduled for Satur day morning at the Epiphany gvm. Varsity squads of the two s hools will not get into action this week, but the senior sextet from Holton Arms expects to play one of the most im on its schedule Saf 3 v 5, when it faces the National Park minary tossers in the Church street gymnasium of the down. town school. Last year Holton was defeated by National Park at Forest Glen and this year, playing on their home court, the H. A. tossers hope to turn the tables. Eastman's School squad has not been announced yet hy Elizabeth Collins, soach, nor have arrangements for the schedule been completed, but it is ex- pected that the M achusetts avenue aggregation will play the leading local seminary squads. xcellent n erial has turned out for practice ording to the coach, and an interesting sea- son anticipated. Gunston Hall's sextet will strength in the opener on its s this week when it faces the W Marjorie Webster will play Gallau det in'the only collegiate game of the week, slated also for Saturday, on the Webster court. € Bethany and First Church tossers will open the nine-game schedule of the Independent Leagues this week, when they meet tonight at the Co- lumbia Heights Center gym in the Wilson Normal School in a Columbia Federation B. Y. P. U. contest. Three games are listed tomorrow night, three Wednesday, one Thurs- day and one Friday im the three in dependent leagues, as follows: Columbia Federation of the B. Y. P. U.— onight, Bethany ve. First. Wilson Normal gymn. at 8 p.m : Tuesday, West Washing- | ton_ vs. Metropolitan. Eastern High School, at & pm.. Wednesday. Betahany vs. Second | Hine Junior High. at 9 p.m. |~ Washington Recreation League. Seniors— Tomorrow. Capitol A. C. vs. Jewish Com munity,_Center.’ at_Wilson Normal. at 7:15 i, Thureday,” Metropolitans vs. Eagles. Vestern High. ai 9:15 p.m.; Friday. Webster UALITY where quality |8 Night Sehool ve p.m. Intermedia Company F. Bu Strayer's Senio Central High. at 7 row. ‘Western' Electri Epiphany. at 5:45 District Girls’ Ba morrow. Princess A Wilson ‘Normal. at A schedule of miss including the tween Towa playeraund plaved this aftern: s given below Monday. Tow ion Aven Friday team PRO GAME IS DREARY George Marshal the American ast night took th pion Cleveland team, The game was teresting as the With fir ed, the visitors d overly particular or not. At any quint gave respects cer der. In Cleveland but 15 shots of 32 ed decidedly dropping through blowing his fi inly foul 1-pointes Referee raucuous s througl “Chucl was to the conte m shortly after the start of the sec- uncon he was taken to Emer nd half and w sclous. Later gency Hospital. 1 was seriously former Catholic 1 ished Salador's job it in good fashion While Ray scorer for W the locals from a pair of 2-pa ern Confere and a cluding four f tosses Palace tossers left today for a week's exhibition tour in they will meet t and tomorrow Figher Five at L day night the Palac: A.aq Two _games are s The Y will be encountered Thurs day night and the Monogram combina. tion the following night. will end with a game in the Y. M. C Chariotte. that ci Saturday night. Washington will play its first game half of the American Philadelphia. of the second League schedule against at the Arcadia auditorium Sunday and the next. night on the same floor will entertain Rochest, Foot ball, hockey and rifle shooting sports which developed a profit for the Yale Athletic Associa- are the only ation last season. Basketeers. Avenue teams hetter voice and provided pretty near all the color there hurt. K « shington he did not get a single court goal. George Glasco led rimmage and he got ly. former night N IN SPORT JORINNE FRAZIER at Webster. nesday High. at Princeas Junio o asiness TS Ve, p.m ket ) pm la &-POSt P Ball Prine League— ned and F which W at Noel tilt to oon K View nue va. ¥ Martn I's Washington tea Basket Ball Leag e measure of cha 4 to 29, no means by as i score would indicate t half honors already clinch id not appear to whether they w rate, the Forest City | n_exhibition that in many was not of high or shooting off color, making good especia Washington sho in this 24 out of 33. Aft st three attempts Man- ager Ray Kennedy arched 10 straight ) the netting. k" Salador peppery anti t, was caught in as knocked t is not thought “Dutch” Eher! Tniversity ) and got ennedy inters, nee st with 12 led points, t 1d goals and four foul the South. Tonig he Richmond Blu will engage t ynchburg. men will enga nt at Greenshor M. C. A. five er Centrals. P Juniors—Tomor- Bureau of Mines To cous games, | | View | House, Bas at 8 pm.; respect, whose Wednes- heduled for The foray Norfolk on at Eaglets | 30 ) BY LAWREN( EW YORK January 4 Rumors concerning foul in foot ball by Princeton have been emanating from Cam | bridge ev nee the Tigers Vs [teplaced the victorious Haughton |regime in the Big Three by the | sessful Roper administration beginning in 1919, the yvear after the war | The undercurrent of allegation [innuendo carried far and wide ERRY. be 1| su and After ed with stories Stagg was very much displ The who 1o the st In fact he advised play were ¢ ™ | that he had ever m ue [ attributed to him m- | the writer personally that Princeton’s play against Chicago, both in 1921 and 1922, was scrupulously clean None the less, ¢ s of dirty work Princeton players continued to he | spread by Harvard men, none of whom, however. | public record nnder his nam n by ta on Hubbard Is Courageous. “Now Hubbard in a magazine who played guard for vard in 1919 and | has been | sufficiently courageous o come out with definite statements. It is credits able to him, since he feels and be. lieves as he does, that he should have done this. It will serve to open up to the light of day a festering sore too long hidden Princeton could with dignity ignore these allegations, even granting that some of them are mere matters of personal opinfon wherein you place one man’s word against another. Of course, such a statement that Buell the Harvard captain, had his ankle broken in the 1922 game can easily be refuted inasmnch as Buell relieved Lee in the game against Yale two weeks later and sprung the play which resulted in Owens’ touchdown. He then went out and in the third quar ter returned, playing throughout the | remainder of the contest Smith's play on Buell can also he defended Oher misstatements and errors oceur. Princeton, replying, today issued | statement containing opinions of offi | cials in Harvard games since the war |that games were if ruggedly, played. But it is obvious that offi- cials are not in a position to refute stories of ankle-twisting and the like which, when they occur, are commit ted at the bottom of piled-up players. Princeton men will say they com- mitted no foul work and Wynant Hubbard says they did. It is simply a case of which side you wish to be- lieve. The story that Miller in the 192 game had a perfectly clear imprint of a seal ring upon his broken nose on the face of it sounds improbable, since the flesh is not apt definitely to record impression. If it were possi- ble to have the players of both sides face one another in court and cross- examined by skilled la s who have played fool hall definite conclusions might be evolved, and the writer is not so certain that this is not practi- cable, As ‘already said, it is an excellent thing for both Princeton and Har- Wynant D. 1y Har- w- er he ts, he in ht o8 he e of should be—in the tobacco! Not a penny wasted for show—but likewise, not one cent spared in leaf-quality, in manufacturing care, in every detail that makes for genuinely good pipe tobacco. Kentucky’s best “heart” Burley, from the fertile Blue Grass country, processed byan old tobacco secret, “ Wellman’s method,” to seal in richness and “body”—then “Rough Cut” into coarse,- shaggy flakes to burn slower and smoke cooler. Here, will bear us out! gentlemen, is tobacco that is tobacco—and your pipe play | denied | tements | was willing to go on | WITH DEFEATS BY TIGERS rimson Said Nothing About “Dirty” Foot Ball When Its Elevens Were Trouncing Princeton Rather Regularly During Haughton’s Regim | | | [ | vard that this mess has heen brought | out into the light of day One flarvard man who playved under Haughton has stated that what Princeton did was to play with that extra degree of physical abandon which the late Percy Haughton was %o successful in appiving to his Har vard elevens. Under Haughton, Princeton was | pretty much on the receiving end in | her Harvard games, and one Harvard | | | story told frequently by a crack Har at | vard end relates how a Princeton ack went to him before a game and | squested that if it was not necessary him to he taken out on a par- ar play would the Harvard end kindly refrain from doing so. rom 1911 to and including 1916, Princeton won one game out of five nd Harvard had no complaint about ssau's style of play. But since 1919 the balance has heen with Princeton and, if Harvard stories are to be helieved, that success was due, in large part-at least, to the fact that the Princetonians were mur- derers at heart. This being so, it duty of Princeton authorities to leave nothing undone that would | clear these outfits and the men who oackied them [ is the manifest | Hioopsters PRO COURT LEAGUE. STANDING OF TEAMS. w. aveland Washin, Philadelphia New York Rochests: Fort Wayne Chicaga Raltimore LAST NIGHT § RESULTS 34: Claveland. 20 GAME TONIGHT. at Fort Wayne. | GAMES TUESDAY | 1 at Philadelphia re at Fort Wagne JAME WEDNESDAY re At Chicago. GAMES THURSDAY at Philadelphia at Chicago GAME SATURDAY Cleveland at Rocheste GAME_SUNDAY ladeIphia’ at Washington Washingto Balt Baltin New Yo Baltimore Ph BASKETERS IN EASTERN LEAGUE TAKING EXAMS 24 (P)— in the Eastern Intercol- legiate Basket Ball league have no time for circuit tussels this week. Be-| time for midyear examinations. pre- | venting play in the league for NEW YORK, January the re- mainder of the month, the tossers of | Dartmouth and Princeton must remain locked in the lead, with three wins | and ene loss, until the circuit resumes | in February. BREAKS SKATING MARK. CHICAGO, January 24 (®).—Gladys Robinson of Toronto, Ontario, in an exhibition at the Portage Park Skat- ing Club, established what is said to he a new world record for the half mile with a time of 1:31 4-5. [to take D. C. COLLEGE FIVES HAVING LIGHT WEEK H. Watson (Maud). Crum, George Washington University director of athletics, announced today that upon request of Western Maryland Col- lege, the basket ball game scheduled | between the Colonials andthe Weate minstep’team for tomorrow night in the G street gvm has been moved forward to February 25. This makes a lean week, indeed, for local colleges, only two games being carded. Mid-year examinations are respone sible for the let-down. In addition to G. W., American and Catholic Uni. versities will idle. Georgetown, Maryland and Gal- laudet will get action, all on Batur- day. Georgetown will travel to An- napolis for its annual tilt with the Midshipmen. The contest will start at 2:30 o'clock, and will be preceded by an encounter between the Blue and Gray yearlings, and the Navy Plebes, starting at 1 p.m Although Coach John O'Reflly's men have won all four of thelr starts .this season it is thought that they will have to play improved basket bail the measure of the strong Navy team. which is especially for- midable on its home floor. In the only other game University of Maryland will play host to Gallau det Saturday night in Ritchle gym nasium »t College Park. Coach Teddy Hughes has a clever combination and it s likely Maryland will have to step briskly to turn back the doughty Ken I Greeners. Catholie, American and George Washington universities plan to get in just enough work this week to keep In shape for coming games. ANACOSTIA EAGLE QUINT TRAVELING AT TITLE PACE With the season half over, Anacos tia Eagles, unlimited champions of | st year, appear strong enougzh to ain dominate the local fleld. T\n-‘ feated only once locally {his season, | wiping out that single point loss by an impressive win over the aggregation that trounced them, the agles have waded through all opposition, adding another strong senior team to their list of vic s yesterday when they trounced the General Tire five, 46 to 11 The Eagles dropped a, game by one point to the Co. F Regulars of Hyatts- | ville, but later avenged that defeat Early in the season they lost by email margin to the Frederick, Md unlimited quint The strength of the District title holders was never better illustrated than by the way they outplayed the tire company tossers yesterday, lead- ing at half time 22 to 2. Jack Smith starred for the victors. The situation in the senior league race is growing tighter. The upset of last Friday. when Clovers slipped over a win on the Epiphany Roses, was climaxed yesterday by the victory of the Arrow five over the Clovers. 21 to 17, putting the Arrows in second place and moving the erstwhile second place Clovers down to fourth Arrows stepped out to a 17-to-8 lead in the first half of the game last night, and held the lead throughout. Kanawhas trounced the Elliotts, 32 PIPE TOBACCO | to 22, in the Congress Heights gym and Boys Club Celtics downed the Col- legiates, 9 to 6, at Gonzaga Gym, in other games in the senior loop. trimmed the Tri- last night Cog basketers angles, 20 to 13, Washington Wonders defeated Fort Humphreys, 30 to 25, at the Arcadia last night, overcoming an early lead | run up by’ the soldiers. Fort Washington's stalwart quint, led by Sergt. Accola, nosed out the ark View five, 33 to 32, in the fort | gymnasium. Stanton A. € trounced the Roamer Gonzaga gym, 35 to Tled by Joe Gooch, vesterday in American Railway Express tossers won from the Frederick Military outfit at Frederick, to 19. Washington Yankees were pushed to trim Warwick Collegjans yesterday in Gonzaga gym, 22 to 30. Central Y. M. C. A. tossers will play the Army Medical Center five tonight at Walter Reed Hospital. Y. floormen will meet in the lobby at 7 o'clock. Zippers of Alexandria downed the Fort Humphreys tosers, 38 to 31, at Fort Humphreys yesterday. St. Martin Midgets are looking for games. They can be listed by phoning North 3030. LEADING MICHIGAN FIVE PLAYS TRAILER By the Associated Press | CHICAGO, January Michigan, | the only unbeaten basket ball team in |the Western Conference, tonight meets Minnesota, at the other end of the Big Ten percentage table with no victories and five defeats. Michigan looped her fourth straight vietory Saturday night by beating In diana, thus climbing from a tle with the Hooslers to undisputed leadership. The defeat dropped Indiana to a tie with Purdue for third place, un- | der Wisconsin, the Badgers having squeezed a 25-t0-24 victory from North western at the same time Indiana was taking her beating. Besides the Michigan game tonight. Minesota has one other game on the week's schedule, meeting Ohio State Saturday. The only other Big Ten game this week will be between In- diana and Chicago, with a chance for a second-place tie if Indiana wins. Conference sharpshooting honors today are jointly held by Daugherity, Tilinois, and Cummins, Purdue, each having totaled 47 points. LEAGUE CHANGES NAME. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.. January 24 (®).—The six owners of Gulf Coast League base ball clubs have voted to change the name to the Texas Valley League and start the season April . Cities represented are: Brownsville, Harlingen, Edinburgh, Corpus Christi, Laredo and Mission.