Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1927, Page 28

MATERIAL IS "SPORTS/ PLENTIFUL FOR A POWERFUL ELEVEN Squad, in Particular, Contains Man. Good Backfield Men—Childress, D. C. Boy, Among Candidates. Local Gridmen Keeping Busy. BY H. C. BYRD. 1 CAROLINA STATE from its varsit such a is coming Freshman elever many good second-stri hand that little diff in filling the vacan Gus Tebell, really the outlool nd feel eleven should be much at any time in recent year The wide open positions varsity at prese seem to be ends and tackles. It sec that there is not one varsi has had experience at center me ve come from the 19 year m who took turns ir nd ave said to have dc Harden, Eubanks and mer y who ORT seve wealt re ked for aleigh stronger than on th unu are the fight ivot position hoplir re to former Central High f the men out for i reports, is likely ildress has had a lot of and ly is a Goodwin, Ded Crowson and hildress, to land. CI foot ball experience good all-round athlete. Wester Nicholsc and Smathe whom two regular elected. Tt really is in the backfield pos tions that Tebell has his best ate- rial. Reports have it that North Caro. has never heen well fixed for backs as at present. sucker, Crum. Adams, Outen, Morgan, Adderholt and ¢ are_good half- while . Plank _and are high-class fullbacks. Three quarterbacks, McDowell, Ridenhot and Adams, are playing exceptionally good foot North Upchurch e the plavers from suards will rolina State opens its sea- son next week. September 24, but will play its biggest game of the vear with University of North Caro- Jina on October 29 at Chapel Hill. The contest with the Tarheels is by far most important of all those on the TRaleigh list, and it that be won, then it matters not what the remainder of the season brings fort o changes have year in the coaching staff Carolina State, but one change has taken place management of athletic Tal S ford. who has for vears been connect ed with the coliege in first one capac- ity, then another, is back in the job as graduate manager. Stafford han- dled athletics once before and during his regime there was a general era of good will between him and all others. He is a fine fellow personally and will help North Carolina State athletics a good deal in many ways other than the ordinary efficiency he will show in handling his job. been made th 1 the gen: Foot ball preparation in the local group is now under way in earnest. American University and Gallaudet 2lone have vet to get down to work. They are expected to begin activities next week. Georgetown, Maryland, George ‘Washington and Catholic University on | i Coach | c over | but four | didates. | be | Hun- | at North important | e hustling their ol weather is expected to squads alor nd which has just hit aid them considerably. Returning to the Hilltop yest { from their camp at Wildwood, N. J., town’s squad started in right oy left off at the resort and practice sessions were the The Blue and Gray coach pleased with the showing of George McCabe, who may replace Jerry Thompson, halfback. Thomp- son was elected captain, but was un- able to play because of his weakened ter an attack of pneu- McCabe's runs off tackle and impressed during _the hour 1mage between the first and sec- teams, which followed a short nal drill. Out onia end nd land the Old Liners have ch along to select a tentative first-string combination | Plenty of beef is present in the arra and the backfield packs in addition a | | deal of speed and cleverness. How- | ever, it is emphasized by the coaches that mo positions have been clinched | Here is the way the Old Liners have been lining up for signal drill: Charlie Dodson, 1 lick, left tackle iard; Capt Gus Croth Adams, right end; Gordon K Lewis Thomas, Snyder, right Fred Linkous, fullback. All these were regulars except Dodson and Youn men player: and \n\dmx halfback last season, who, got in most games. It is a husky line than 180 pounds. The lone player scaling less than-170 is Bafford, 3S-pounder. Weights of the field men are: Kessler, 165; Thomas, 171; Snyder, 180; Linkous, 186. Others who are making & spirited bid for berths include Jack Keenan, guard; Sam Winterberg, tackle; Fran- cis Porter, end and guard: Charlie Pugh and John Parsons, hacks, all of Albert y "t \1 l quarter- left halfbac rald halfback, and | reserve however, | averaging more Augie Roberts, quarterbac ns and Julie Radice, is other promising ame i with W “ollege < ington’ College ep- tember 24. Though the stern Sho’ lads are expected to have a sturdy eleven, the OId Liners are pointing par- ticularly for their battle with South Carolina also at College Park on Octo ber 14. This will be the first of 10 big games carded for the Terrapins. Coach H. Watson (Maud) Crum has his squad of 28 George Washington aspirants doing their stuff on George: town Freshman field. Fourteen of the bunch saw varsity experience during last year and 1925, and a number of other formidable players are expected to join the squad soon. Nothing strenuous has been attempted thus far. Qut at Brookland Coach Jack Mc- | tember Auliffe plans to start work in earnest tomorrow following several days’ pre- liminar:; ise. The Cardinals’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1927, North Carolina State Grid Outlook Good: French Stand Out in U. S. Net Tourney INVADERS PLAY STRONGLY AS YANK STARS WOBBLE All Four of Winning Davis Cup Team Advance in Handy Fashion, While American Veterans regular 1926 backfleld remains, but there will have to be much rebuilding in the line, the lone veterans in this department being Bill Tierney and Dufour. University of North Carolina is try- desperately to develop a man to throw forward passes. One of the main faults with the Tarheel offense a year ago, it is believed at Chapel Hill, was the lack of a man who could hurl a foot ball accurately for tances up to 25 yards or farther. he absence of such a man from the line-up w felt considerably, espe- cially in games such as that with Virginia, in which the secondary de- fense was moved up almost behind the line of scrimmase. Nine letter men are back from last vear’s backfield, but not one all last season developed as a forward passer Four good halfbacks have come from the Freshman team, Maus, Spalding, Jackson and Ward, and possibly one of them will beat out a 1926 varsity player for a regular berth, Whelchel, former Western High and Maryland foot ball playe; is expected to be one of the main vs of the Navy backfield, provided he keeps free from injuries. Whelchel in Spring practice seemed to be one of the hest bots Navy had for quarter- back, and unless somebody shows up much better than at any time so far he is likely to be the regular in that job. Whelchel is an excep- tionally intelligent chap and should wble to direct a team as well as against whom he will play all on. Incidentally, he is a fine de- fensive player and much faster than he appears to be. One of the interpretations at the | meeting of the rules committee with officials and coaches in New York last week seems peculiar, to say the least, and if ied out, may result in some \imost foolish situations. According to this interpretation, if a team is on the opponents’ 10-yard line in pos- session of the ball and attempts a lateral pass and the ball is fumbled and then strikes the ground behind the opponents’ goal line, the team that had the ball gets a touchdown. This is due to the rule which provides that a fumbled lateral pass belongs to the team making the pass at the spot where it strikes the ground. . There- fore, it follows that if the ball strikes the ground behind the goal line, it be- longs to the team making the pass| and being in its possesison behind the goal consequently is a touchdown. Such a result of a fumbled lateral pass nmever was intended and should not be allowed. If it is allowed, it will be a comparatively simple matter to deliberately fumble the ball across the goal line and allow it to strike the ground for a touchdown. VIRGINIA QUINT TO PLAY MARYLAND TWO GAMES CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Sep- 13.—University of Virginia and the University of Maryland will play home-and-home games in basket ball during the next court campaign, the Cavaliers’ schedule, as announced by Ellis Brown, graduate manager, shows, The Virginia dates: January 10, Kentucks: 17, Marsla College Park Virginia® Poly: Westarn trip, Febrmary 3. North Carolina: 7. V. M. I . Virginia Poly at Blacksburg: 10. V. at_ Lexincton: 11. North Carolina 13 Marvland: 16, Séwanee: 18, South Wachington and Lee &t Laxington: tna 23, Brooklyn Poly. Dave WILL COACH AT INDIANA. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., September 13 (#).—Otto Strohmefer, former Univer- sity of Chicago foot ball star, will be line coach of the Indiana University team this season. WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER: ITH the opening of the local high schools next Monday and the seminaries and col- leges within the next few weeks, the program of Full sports for the fair sex soon will be in full swing. ¥all tennis championships will be decided in each of the high schools, with the possible exception of Busi- ness and Tech. Indoor swimming meets also will be carded and later in the season practice will start for the Winter basket ball series, which are the major events on the various scho- lastic programs in this vicinity. ‘Whether or not the Western High School athletes develop a hockey squad will depend entirely upon the possibility of obtaining a practice field. Last season hockey had to be elim- inated from the program of the Hill- toppers, because no fleld was avail- able. As the sport is one of the oldest and most popular activities at Western, every effort will be made to revive it again soon as possible. Hockey will occupy its usual promi- nent place in the seminary and col lege programs. George Washington, Marjorie Webster, Holton Arms, Ma- deira, Eastman and a number of other groups are planning their usual inter- class and interscholastic series. Several changes will take place in the coaching ranks this year. Alice hol, hockey coach and athletic di- ctor of Holton Arms for the past f-dozen vyears, has resigned her post to take a course at the Central School of Physical Education in New York city and will be succeeded here by Miriam_Faires, formerly assistant director. Virginia Griffith, coach at the Georgetown Convent of the Visi- tation last year, will assist Miss res at Holton Arms this season. Bugenia Davis will assist Virginia Hopkins of €eorge Washington Uni- versity in developing a strong hockey eleven, and later as assistant basket ball coach. Miss Davis is a member of the Washington Field Hockey Club, and last year played on the basket ball squad organized by the club at the close of the hockey season. She prom- ises to be a valu addition to the Buff and Blue staff. Indoor swimming plans already have been laid by the Washington Swim- ming Club, one of the special features to be a series of handicap swims, which the club hopes to be able to run off at the new Y. W. Cr A. pool on K street. Sanction for these events has not yet been obtained from Y. W. C. A. officials, but it is thought that their co-operation will be secured. Should the series be arranged as planned, the swimmers will be given handicaps to make the competition as even as possible, and prizes will be awarded for high point winners at the close of the season. Other Winter plans of the swimming club include several indoor meets and competition in the South Atlantic A. A. U. tank events for this section. Kamp Kahlert's Blue team, cap- tained by Kay Jones, won the annual swimming meet, one of the features of the athletic program which ended the camp season this past week. Blues collected 50 points to the Reds’ 37. Eloise Lindsay led the latter team, Events on the water sport program included obstacle races, dashes, boat races and form competition. Track and fleld honors also went to the Blues, who registered 68 points to their opponents’ 49, winning the land sport trophy for the year, as they proved themselves superior in an in- teresting group of events, which in- cluded dashes, broad jump, three-leg- ged race, throw for distance and high jump. Camp was closed officially with a banquet, at which all awards for the season were made. ALEXANDRIA FIREMEN NOT TO HAVE ELEVEN ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 13. —Alexandria Fire Department, which developed one of the best unlimited elevens in this section last ¥Fall, will not be represented on the gridiron this season. Virginia Athletic Club has obtained a lease on Dreadnaught Park, the only inclosed fleld in the city Belle Haven Country Club of Ale. andria has received the huge silver trophy emblematic of the Tri-State Golf Association championship. Manager Edward Allen of the| Dreadnaught A. A. has booked the Herndon Fair'lou team for a game to be played here next Sunday. A meeting of the St. Mary's Celtics basket ball candidates has been set for tonight at 7:30 p.am. All players wishing trials are asked to report to the Lyceum Hall. Alexandria Gun Club has decide to hold shoots at its traps in Janney Lane each Saturday afternoon. Dr. Frank M. Dillard won the first shoot staged by the club, while Clay Brittle came through with a victory last Saturday. Coach Buck Beach has shifted the training site of the Virginia Athletic Club from the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation Field to Dreadnaught Park. Ray Granger, golf pro at Bel Haven Country Club of this city, accepting entries for the 11 tourn: ment of the Shenvalee Club, which will be.held at New Market, Va., starting September 21. PIGEON TAKES TWO CONSECUTIVE RACES Spirit of Mount Rainier, fine young racing pigeon, which last week won the first race of Washington Racing Pigeon Club, again yesterday out distanced her competitors to take the second contest flown from Am- herst, Va. 150 miles aw. ng at 40 miles an hour tor homed in at 10:38 a.m., after b ing liberated along with 133 other birds at’'7:30 a.m. in good weather with no wind. At home the weather was clear with a northwest wind. The_single nomination was won by F. W. Heinie, jr. Roanoke, Va., will be the point of liberation for the next race. Figures showing the average speed per minute in yards of the first re- turn to each loft follows: Schmidt and C the Vi piar RlsREE | asked to report SANDLOT GRID PLAY - STARTS OCTOBER 2 TLocal sandlot foot ball teams will open their season on October 2. Man- agers are busy booking engagements for that date, while coaches are even more busy prepping and selecting their material. Wintons engaged in another drill today on Fairlawn Field. Coach Mac- Catharan large squad, with most of last y players back and several good prospects among the new material. Manager Goldberg would | like to hear from Mohawks, Apaches, | Southern Preps and Knick Preps. Call Columbia 9446. Palace A. €. will limited and 135-pound fleld this Fall. Men Thursday night at 8 clubhouse, Seventh and M streets southwest. Officers will be elected. Coaches and candidates are sought. Refreshments and an interesting pro- gram have been nged have bhoth teams un- in the rs will meet o'clock at the rr Doc Hagerty will drill his Mohawks on Thursday evening at the clubhouse it 7 o'clock. All new candidates are Palace and Waverly managers are requested to call Patsy Donovan at the Mobawk Club. Abbott, star Mohawk back last ed to see Manager Dono: R n at the club after 5 o'clock any evening. Renroc A. C. squad will begin prac- tice Friday at 6:30 o'clock on Plaza 2ld. They will compete in the 135- 150-pound division. Coach Prender will weleome all new candidates, who should report Friday or call Franklin | 998 Twenty-five candidates reported for the first drill of Northern A. C. Most of the veterans were back on hand. All players are asked to meet tomor- row night at 7 o'clock at 3509 New Hampshire avenue. Ilection of offi- cers and a coach will be held and | uniforms will be issued. Linemen are wanted hy Brookland Juniors. A meeting will be held to- night at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Jack Duncan. 1408 Monroe street northeast. Players and candidates are asked to attend. National Prep gridmen will zather tonight at 7:30 o’clock at 1008 Twenty- second street to elect officers. New and old candidates are asked to report. Stantons will take the field for the first time on Friday evening at 6 o'clock. All ¢ are asked to report on Pla; that time. CANADIAN IS 140 MILES AHEAD IN $15,000 HIKE ATCHE Wash., —Leading his nearest competi- v about 140 miles, Harold Curry nada was on his return today to Boston in the annual Jay Gould Y. M. e for a September Starting from Boston, the hikers swung through the Southern States and up to Vancouver, British Colum: bia. They can accept voluntarily of- fered automobile rides. Curry checked in here yesterd: SCOUTS TO BE GUESTS. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 13 (®).—Harvard apd Dartmouth, both parties to mnon-scouting agreements with Yale, will entertain each other's tof Richard M scouts during the coming foot ball sea- son. SPORTS. Are None Too Impressive. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, September 13.—The dramatic ~ tennis battle tween French youth and Amer- ican experience, which was won by the invaders in the Davis Cup matches last week, is being renewed in the national tennis cham- pionship. All four of the French Davis Cup players came through the first round of the tournament with the tri-color fiving. Smiles of confidence as well as delight at the successful fulfillment of their greatest ambition were in con- trast to the determined manner in which Big Bill Tilden and Little Bill Johnston fought through their opening matches. In the first round three of the younger defenders of American ten- nis hopes and one veteran vanished from the tournament, leaving the task of stopping the French to Tilden, Johnston and Francis T. Hunter. The three have undertaken it bravely, al- though they failed in their attempt at Germantown John Doeg, one of the promising rounger players, was eliminated in his st-round match by Kenneth B. Ap- Princetown star. Lewis N. White, ‘rack Texan, was beaten by Arnold . Junes of Providence. Doeg lost by —6, 6 and White by $—0. Iliness at the same time forced out George M. Lott, jr., Chicago youth who has beaten Lacoste this year, and the press of business caused default Williams, seeded ex- ~hampion. The three Americans and one Japa- nese who faced the French in first round gave them little trouble. The stolid Lacoste, who won the national championship last year, started after a_second similar conquest by beating Frank C. Owens of Atlanta, Ga., 6—4, 6—4, 6— Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon also won in straight sets, respectively, from Percy L. Kynaston Rockville Center, N. Y., 6—: 3, and Gregory Mangin of N , 6—4, 7—5, 6—3. Jean Borotra, most colorful of the four, gave a good exhibition of the tactics which the French have been spected of employing while playing in this country in advance of the Davis Cup matches. Masking his real ability, Borotra allowed Teizo Toba of the Japanese Davis Cup team to gain a two-set advantage, then came from behind for a finish that made the gallery howl. His scores were 3—6, 2—6, 6—2, 6—3, 6—0. Pale and slight as he is, “Little Bill" Johnston waged a gallant fight in winning at 7—5, 6—3, 7—5, from Dr. George King, tenth ranking Amer- jcan. Tilden's opening victory was won with some difficulty from Fred- erick Mercur, former Lehigh Univer- star, 6—38, 10—8, 7—5. Hunter, 'l‘lldenw Davis Cup doubles partner, needed four sets to beat Julius Selig- son, 6—1, 8—6, 3—6, 6—2. Feature matches today, all in the second round, included: 1 p.m.—Lacoste vs. Gilbert Nunns, Toronto. 2 p.m.—Johnston vs. Marsh, jr., Buffalo, N. 3 p.m.—Cochet vs. Feibleman, New oYrk. Clifford B. Edwatd W. be- | 4 p.m.—Hunter vs. Edward G. Chandler, Berkeley, Calif. 5 p.m.—Tilden vs. Berkeley Bell, Dallas, Tex. Yesterday's results in full: FIRST ROUND. Berkeley Bell. Austin. Tex.. won from H Holbrook Hyde. Hartford, Conn.. by deault Eiward 6. Chandler, San Francisco, won Viimer Allison, Fort Worth. Tex.. by Moines. defeated e N Weller B 6—1. 6—1 Jean Washer. Belgium. won from Junior Kansas City. by default. Leslie. Montreal, won E. Williams. Chicago, by default Allen” Behr_ New York, won from George M. Lott. jr.. Chicago. by default Réne Lacoste, France, defeated Frank C. Owens, Atlanta. Ga.. 6 E. T. Herndon, York, won from Rich- ard N, Williams. Philadelphia, by default Herbert L. Bowman. New York. defeated Ryiki Mild. Japan. 6—4. 6—1. 6-—2 John T. Hennessv. Indianapolis. defeatel Byron A" Baur. Pittsburgh. 6—2. Kenneth B. Appel feated John S, Doeg 10—8. G— 6— Edward W _Feibleman, New York. defeated Sada Kazu Onda. New York. 6—4. ti—i. 0—i Jefeated Perey Coggeshall. Evans, East Orange. from Lucian East Orange. N nta Monica alit —8 Henri Cochet. France. Kynaston. Rockville ‘Center. N ¢6—3. Clifford B. Marsh. ir. Buffalo, N. Y. de- feated Joseph H. Olhausen. Philadeiphia 8—f, 9—7, 6—4 Takeichi Harada. New York. defeated Hor- ace Orser. New York, 6—1. i, 6—1 Jacques Brugnon. defeated Gre . Mangin, Ne . i, = William M. Johnston. San feated Dr.George King. New York O 3 Jack Wright. Montreal, Atlanta, 6—0, k Provide: Nooney White. Austin, Tex. (e Arnold W. Jones. Lewis N ke Samuel B. Gilpin. Philadelphia. defeated Louis Thalheimer, Dalias. Tex.. 5—7. 3—8, 6—3 and defanit Francis T. Hunter. New_ Rochelle. N. Y defeated Julins Seligson. New York. 6—I 8—8. 3B, B2, Toshiro Ohta. Griffin. San F $—8. 68— Elmer_Griffin, . Hubbell. fiaay Gllbcn ated defeate defeuted, Clarence J —6, T—B. 6—' ow Jorl, defeated John Kansas City, Mo.. 3—8. §—6. Toronto. Canada. defeated Philadelphia. 4—6, 6—i. John Van Ryn. East Orange. defeat- ea’ Waltace - Johason Bhiiadephia. ‘0ecs. [ i e e Watson Washbuirn. New York. defeated A. L. Wiener. oo Fhiladeioniar sosy 4l 4: s 6, 4o Donald Philadetphia, defeated s * New York. 4—8. 63, 2d. Philadelphia. de« mmm Allentown, Pa., Carl* Fiacher. _Philadelphia, dofeat Frank Shields. New York. eghis_gefgndt Jean Borotra. France. defeated Teizo Toba. Japan, 3—8, =6, 6—2, 6—3, 6—0. 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