Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1927, Page 47

il .. ‘INo Compromise With Army i NO 3.YEAR RULE, NO GAME, NAVAL SUPPORTERS OPINE| Decisive Action Needed to Avert Passing of Great " Annual Service Gridiron Tilt, View of Many Interested in Its Preservation. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK. Army-Navy its tradition, in its its color, is too fine the country to lose; but seems certain that it will be lost Stropg hands do not seize the situa- tion that is developing and end it in &n unprejudiced and equitable manner. The present undercurrent of feeling between West Point and Annapolis has, i t, come to be too unmistakable ately to be described as an undet It would seem that the an- thorities of the two academies should adjust their affs so as to end it In a letter r a proiy’ Nent naval officer in V gion the follow! tatement is made December foot ball game, in pirit and in thing T i 1dually ing until now I think opinion when 1 say that unless W Point adopts the three-vear rule An- napotis will drop them.” (Meanwhile the Navy has announced an Army game for 1925.) In ihis letter and in several others which have come to the writer's desk, one of them from an official Navy pub licity source, a recent statement that the enrollment of the Naval Academy is about twice a rge as that at the United States Military Academy is corrected, and the writer is glad to set down the exact figures showing the number of midshipmen in the Naval Academy in November, 192 First (senior) class. 182; second (jun- for) class : third (sophomore) class, 499; fourth (freshman) class, 602. Enrollment Not so Large. This makes a grand total of 1,541 on the rolls of the Naval Academy, as against 1,200 at West Point. But since fourth-class midshipmen are not eligi ble for foot ball, they have but 933 men eligible for the varsity team at Annapolis. The estimated enrollment at the Naval Academy for October 1, 1928, is 692. The authorized number of appaint- ments to Annapolis appears to have undergone a number of changes since 1903. " First the law authorized two appointments every six years (the course was four year# at the Academy and two at sea before final gradua- |tion) for every member of Congress. | In 1903 it was made two per member | of Congress for a four-year course; in | 1915, three for a four-vear course; in course, This . when it was every member last continued until 1 put back to three fc of Congr The actual total number ol moint- ments now author! ollo | Congressional, 1 presidential, from enlisted men, 400; from Naval R: serve’ force, 100: sons of: officer men killed in World Wa 40. 2,205. It seems that there is a of difference hetween the authorized number and the actual enrollment For instan when the academy had i peak enrollment in 1 of 2,400 {the authorized number 4 - I'This difference is accounied for hy the large number of appointees who fail |in entrance exams and the attrition | constant going on after entrance | The percent of those entering who are graduated is about 60. At West Point War Depart ment “places the 1 number of | studentstoday at 1,249, | therefore, at the Naval.Academy |is but 292, But the difference in aze limit at the two academies is held to compensate: West Point for the perior number of students at Ann olis. now Age Difference Important. Capt. T. L. Oliver, U, §. N., write: that when he entered the Naval Acad emy in 1897 the age limit was 15 to {20. It is now 16 to 20. He finds th the average entrance age in the p: five vears has been 18 yea nd months. West Point's entering are limit for many years has been 17 to 2 The average probably uld be around 20. This most cer- is an advantage. fou know only too well,” Capt Oliver writes, “what a vast difference a few vears make in a lad’s physique when he is 17 or 18. This difference In maximum ‘age is what lets down the bars at West Point to college players and closes Annapolis to them. Were it an even choice I should say ‘It's a fair race, go to it and let the devil take the hindmost.” The Navy contends that the difference in av. age of entrance more than offse somewhat larger enrollment at napolis.” G . TWO-TEAM PLAN OPPOSED BY NORTHWESTERN COACH By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. December 7.—Indica- tions around the Big Ten are that Michigan will do all the pioneering relative to maintaining a full sched- ule for two foot ball teams next Eall. While only one coach in the con- ference, Richard Hanley of North- we: has openly denounced the Michigan plan, some coaches have refused to announce such a plan”at their schools mostly because of short- age of material. Coach Hanley predicted that if any schools insist on the smaller| conference members competing with them op a two-term basis it will mean a split in the Big Ten. As far as he is concerned, Northwestern will have only one team on the. foot ball field next Fall, he said. “Northwestern, like several othér schools in the conference does not have enough men out for foot ball,” Coach Hanley explained. “This Fall we had only 1,200 men in school and, 44 foot ball candidates was our rec- ord crop. Schools having 5,000 men probably can do it easil “I believe this policy only to emphasize the sport more, rather than reduce any over- emphasis reformers claim. It will mean quent increase in the pay roll will also mean that instead of le: ening students migrating, it will serve to increase this as the second team playing away from home would.nat- urally have to remain out of classes en_route. Prof. O. L. Long, chairman of the Northwestern conference of faculty representatives, however, said he felt the plan would be a good one, giving more men a chance to play. Coach A. A. Stagg of Chicago said the reason he is not eager to try the plan is because of shortage of material. Minnesota athletic heads said that while they have no plans for two teams in 1928, they may give the plan a tryout later. lowa has would serve it | ULTIMATE 4 plain toe, Seoteh grain blucher oxford | in tan or black. | $8.50' ‘ OTHER NEW “SELZ” MODELS % d *10 still | more coaches and the codse- | indicated an intention to develop two teams, Athletic officials of other schools, except Michigan, said they have not formulated definite plans concerning the two-fold team plan. SCHOOLBOY QUINTS ACTIVE THIS WEEK Schoolboy basketers were to figure in two games today. Emerson and Business High, were to come together at American University gym and Eastern and Kanawhas; had a date on the Eastern floor. No contests are carded tomorrow, but Friday will see action resumed with a vengence, four tilts being booked for that day. The program calls for Emerson meet- ing ntral at Central, Tech engag- ing. St. Alban’s at American Univer- sity, Business taking on St. John's at St. John's and a practice game between tern and candidates for the Georgetown Freshmen team, Eustern. Central swimmers will Friends Scheol natators of B more 1n the Tlatter's pool, Fridav. Tryouts to determine the make un of the local team were carded this afternoon. Central overcame St. John's 25 to 21. and Eastern showed - the way to Woodward Schopl, 50 to 32, yesterday. ICE HOCKEY IN TEXAS. Ice hockey will 'be played in Texas this Winter, teams representing Hous- ton, San Antonio and Dallas having formed a hockey league. Other cities in the Lone, Star State are expected to enter tea Shoes for In the When you don a pair of vou're not placing your feet and faith in any ‘here today, gone tomorrow” make. SELZ Shoes have received their baptism from the melting pot of 56 years “ They will come and go—but SELZ will al- ways give you the world’s super shoe values for men at— Berberichd’ TWELFTH~F 8TS. FINE FOOTWEAR S The excess, | Making Years 'FORWARDS FAVORED ' AS GRIDIRON LEADERS By the Associated Press. | "NEW YORK, December 7.— Line | men are favorcd over backfield play | ers to captain college foot ball u"\mv‘ |In 1928 by 31 to 15, a round-up of se. | lections from 46 institutions revealed | | today. Thirty-five of the colleges on | the roster are in the East. | The honor roll lists 13 tackles, 10 | halfbacks, 6 guards, 6 centers, 6 ends, | | 3 fullbacks and 2 quarterbacks. | Under the suppositlen that back- | field men corral most of the promi-| nence during a playing son. the| | tendeney has heen to choose captains | | from the line to distribute lau in| equal proportion. Princeton adhered | [t 2 tradition started since the World | of sclecting a lineman for cap- | captains with | 4 for all-America ctions include Paul Scull of Penn, rench of 1 Burke of Navy. Sprague of Army. Baysinger of Syra- cuse, Blick of stinouth, Dumont |of Colgate, Rich of Michigan, Corn- | sweet of Brown and Ellis of Tufts. ' MAROONS IN HOCKEY TIE WITH CANABIENS. | | NEW YORK, Decomber 7 (P)—The | Montreal Canadicns were in a first place tie with the Maroons of tl ty today in the standing of the Inte ional group of the National Hockey oague by virtue of 1-to-1 tie with the Boston Bruins. All hockey fixtures resulted in drawn { last night, the Torento Maple Leafs | and Ottay s hattling throus | overtime s deadlocls whil» the New York Rangers were held to 1 all score by the Pittsburgh Pirate The Rangers continue to head parade in both international | American groups. with a total of points, while the Maroons, Canadiens | and Bruins are next in the standinz, { tied with 10 points each, | In seven starts, the Pirates | failed to register a victory. best has heen two ties. ank Boucher, New York Ran center, heads the list of goal score in the National Hockey Le: and including games of De: according to a standing issued today by President Calder. Boucher is cradited with two assists which gives him a rating of 9 points. Morenz of the Montreal Canadiens, is ranked second with 6 goals and 1 assist, while Gagne of the Canadiens, d Mackay of Chicago, come next in a deadlock with 5 goals and 1 assist. each. Stewart has caged 5 goals no assists. Ching Johnson | charged with the | minute: have Their R: penal of the most | NAVY’S ENSIGN GRIDIRON TUTORS ARE SCATTERED Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, December members of last year's Naval Academy foot ball team who have been acting as assistant coaches this season left Annapolis today. going to different parts of lge world to which they have been ordered. They are: Tom Hamiiton, Arthur Born. Maurice Goudge. Howard Cald- well, Johnny Cross and Jack Hoerner, all ensigne in the Navy. They be- longed to the first Navy team coached by Bill Ingram and which generally was conceded to be the country’s lead- ing team last season. Comdr. Jonas H. Ingram, director of athletics at the academy, thinks highly of the work of the young officers and will ask that they be designated as assistant coaches next year also, if practicable. LOOKING BACKWARD. Ale and heer were removed from the foot ball training table at the University of California by an offi- cial edict issued October 13, 1900. GOLF GOSSIP So deep is the blanket of snow and ice over the local golf courses as'a re- sult of the storm of last Sunday that it is. doubtful if many of them will be fit for play, even in case the mod- erate weather keeps up and meits the snow. An aftermath of such a storm— lasting for several days after the snow leaves the ground—is soggy fairways and soft putting greens, and a course in general poor condition. Snow on open country does not melt as quickly as in the warmer air of the city and several days after the city streets are cleared, the golf courses are covered with patches of snow and ice. 7.—Six | From a contemporary, the Detroit “What is apparently the very Men SELZ Shoes— For 2t the game.” INCE 1868 | membership. The golf membership «f BASE BALL HAGEN’S FAVORI BY 0. B. K S suggested some weeks a to the readers of these fr ments of golfing gossip, Sir Walter Hagen proved him- self just as tough a cus tomer as usual in the annual cham- pionship of the Professional Golf- ers’ Association i He won it for the fourth time in succession, and the fifth time in il. His performance at Dallas Tex., leaves him with a record of winning 20 consecutive 36-hol¢ matches in national championship competition. And Sir Walter in his youn s started out to be a ball player: ou knew, very likely, that Walter had purchased a considerable, per- haps a controlling, interest in the Rochester club of the International League, and upon the conclusion of the Dallas tournament he set out for Rochester to look after his ball ch This marks the achievement of an ambition of many years for the Haig. He alv wanted a hall club. And three ye ) he told me why he was a golfer a ball player. I was better at golf. as a Walter, think I liked 1 also. And then I got to fig It worked out this way. If 1 were pitching a ball game, my per- formance would depend on 17 other . not_counting a of umpires. Bad flelding back of me might ruin a well pitched game. If 1 were batting, and hit one on the nose, some flelder on the other side might jump up and spear the ball in his glove. If T were winning, the credit must be shared, and if 1 were losing, somebody else might be causing it. ““The more I considered this divi- sion of credit and debit, that more I began thinking of golf. “‘Golf is the most acutely individ- ual of all games, even games in which only two take part. In box ing or tenpis, for example, if you are playing your owh game well, vour opponent s not permitted to play his game properly. But in goif vou cannot interfere with your op- ponent in any way, unless he per- mits himself to be interfered with by watching your performance which has nothing to do with his own, save for an occasional stymie in match play. _ “So I degided on golf, a game in which, winning, the player gets all CHAMPIONSHIPS WON BY 24,25,26,27 ~ u.s. METROPOLITAN OPEN l,lfsl the glory, and, losing, he can charge it to nobody but himself. I have heard golf referred to as the greatest of alibi games, but T never regarded it that way. I think there is less chance for a real alibi in golf than in any other game.” Sir Walter has found plenty of glory in golf—and credit, and cash also. And now it is pleasant to see | | | OPEN 1522,14.., FRENCH OPEN 1920 TE SPORT 'WASHINGTON | i l n Navy Stand : S. A. Colleges Lose Foot Ball Stars AND LEE HIT HARDEST BY GRADUATIONS Generals Will Suffer Loss of Seven Regulars From ! | | | BY H. C. BYRD. ANY of the best college foot ball pliyers the South Atlan- tic section has known will he Iust to their respective teams by sraduation [the present scholastic year ends, Practically every cleven is due to liose ome or two men of first rank. | while two or three will be excep- {tionally hard hit. Great difficulty is |likely to be experienced next Fall in veplacing some of the players and probably gaping holes have been left |in some s that will not be filled. | Was n and Lee is hit harder than other_insiitution, as seven s phayed their final game jay against, the Uni And two of i are to lose e spotts, end, amon: South in thelr po “ipps weighs 195 pound <, 180, and hoth were stars tically every game in which they part. any ersity nen the Pipps 4 th i nd | took 1 Virg Polytech | Miles, generally {tackle that_ever | uniforms. | will have to do aptain of its eleven, | probably has never | position a superior Moorhead, weighing more than ! hounds and standing well over G feet has heen the mainstay of the Tarheel line for three yea Nuorth Carolina State lose a star, McDowell, its brilliant back, who was picked by some for a position as all- | South, having t contest when his team beat Michigan State at Raleigh Saturday. Virginia |loses several men, but the two it is veally going to miss are Hushion. quarterback, and Cardwell. tackle. Both pls are stars and Hushion ¢ of the eleven, ic Institute loses rded as the best had on one of its without Moorhead. . and that player had in the tackle in his own school HAGEN ~ P.G.A.1921, OPEN 1914 /19 ~ BRITISH ~ 19,20, ~ EASTERN OPEN, 1926 him turn some of the latter assets toward an old, boyish dream of his and get into base ball with 4 good club. At that, 1 fancy r Walte) would have lacked in base ball, had he played it as he wished to once, somethihg of the eminence he hus galned in golf. You see. the old boy has a pretty good head on his wide shouldérs. Hushion is | greater extent than anybod: | zinia_expects. With the cutting down of an old| landmark at Chevy Chase—the persim- | mon tree ut the left of the first green— Chairman Thompson of the golf com | mittee plans to widen the first tuir way by cutting the rough at the lefi ide and forcing the players who il the short route to the hole to pitch over a bunker to the green. In former | vears this conrse was impractical. as | the persimmon tree was likely to spoil the best shot to the green. apex of executive efficiency has been achieved by a millionaire in Washi ton, who retained a prominent ama teur to play his golf.” So lengthy has the list of members hecome at Chevy Chase, who leave their clubs in the caddie shop to he cleaned that a new name rack ha; to be constructed to take care of all the additions. While Chevy Chase his more than 2,200 members, not all of them are golfing members, because of the limited golf facilities of the club in comparison with the size of the . B. Mason, jr., of Washington William B. Mason of C 4 member of the golf team of the University of North Carolina | the club is something less than 1,000 Local evens Suffer. Local elevens are due to bumps in losses of material, > heing du the best. whicH recently won the Sedgefield in- | vitation college tourney at the Sedge field Country Club. near (ireenshoro. Mason, who was a semi-finalist in the Southern amateur championship last r at Charlotte, registered 70 for the holes, to which the mai m 1 hecause of ather conditions His college team won the tourney with ross of 291. Duke University was second. with i Miller and professiona get Th le Ceorgetown hout Saur when it starts next Septes ind_the not any better tackles in the and few hetter anywhere University _wiil he without v next and during the 1 season Foley has been the life of th |team and one of the hest qua i backs in the South. 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