Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1927, Page 24

24 SPORTS.' .. THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1O ‘SPORTS:’ Less Tinkering With Grid Rules Suggested : Brooklyn Bowlers Visit Tonight' WESTERNERS URGE INVADERS T0 ROLL SIMPLIFIED CODE STAR LOCAL TEAM Changes Mad_e Last Season 'D. C. Pinspillers Would Get Are Held in ‘Need of Revenge for a Beating Overhauling. Suffered in 1926. Br the Associated Press. HICAGO, December 28.—Less tinkering with the rules of Y l foot ball and simplified lan :‘axl, the guage in the latest revisions i N b . 5 all Diz g are the suggestions of lead- 3 e tonight at_ Conven ing Western Conference gridiron au- A ER:"k’;‘ at 8 o thorities to the rules committee, which . | Brookiyn_van gathers in New York tomorrow. ’ ination and the Jatter wil The game. could get along nicely even scores tonight with the rules committee meeting % i rney and Chris once in three vears instead of an Morgan former District " nually. according to Coach Bob Zuppe R} Porto and Lee Lust com of lllinois, the Big Ten champions. - 2 ! great team that will rep Necessary interpretations could be g ” £ visitors. Lust is the reer: handled by a small committee in the v okl I;:dl:‘a':':lxlnx'h].ln;:p ’;v‘fl meantime. 4 . : i n The lateral pass, the fumbled punt . P o Convention Hall neup will ne A rule, the retreating goal posts and the * X L ; Work, Jack Waalen, Red Megaw. backfield man in motion are among : T / Glen ' Wolstenholme and Harry K. the important changes of last Winter 2 i Burtner, captain. which need overhauling, Big Ten { % % R Team play will start the proceed. coaches said. 3 4 ings xl.n’:lo:;z ".“',,';"“.“"’"' I witich “The Jatera] pass was not a success- ¥ & o 3 4 > i ful play.” said a C. M. Spears, coach RiE Y 7 % g will uphold. Washington's at Minnesota, runner-up in the Big . S . 7 againat Barney & ja. who wer g Ten last Fall. “Even if it were suc- o , L AR 4 W record by shooting a T03sef aga.ner cessful, there is no reason a team E . ¥ 8 4 s the locals last Winter, and Pri #hould be allowed to miss the conse- . $ ¥ - G ; | Spinelia. quences of a fumble. 3 w'?:n}!'-,\' Sp!n-lllh:nd d“'n]-'.-'-m‘.“, 3 3 as never been defeatsd Field Goals Missing. : & - ; major matck.. will be opponeats o “The strongest argument.for mov- . g g - [ the” singles. 'Wolstenholme wa; ing the goal posts back was that more : & % = tor over Barney in last season's ¢ escoring would result, hecause the E , a thriller. angle of the field-goal kick was re- ' duced by setting the cross bar 10 i 3 S : King Pin and Convention wvards farther away. Nobody tried N 4 ;!Elml.li’;n;‘n_v‘-:nr:our;:wen:;“;‘m:.\- have any field goals, so what was gained? { 3 1 : ] ing When the posts are not there to mark z night's rolling. There are sight ‘st the goal line it is hard on the specta- i A ch in class A and B at King Pin S 1 2 with Sugar heading the first and T. : E ILL 4 Walker the second. Sugar's_ five. | | tors and hard on the punters. The rule on a backfield man in mo- tion at the moment of snapping the s Ame set of 613 was high for the hall is not clear, according to Fielding N 1 . o ening. H. “Hurry Up” Yost, and needs modi- ¢ 3 Bradley Mandley turning in a fication. ? s : ARV Ey_ = count of 626 for five games se “Sections 5 and € under rule 9 & 3 A § - B g pace at Convention Hall and also e Y had the best single game at 144 . Wolstenholme with 537 was r should be changed,” Coach Yost said. P “so that there is no controversy about 3 G d whether or not one man may be in d 3 « i Uar unl. a3 E . motion at the time the ball is snapped N 3 In_order mot to conflict with the directly or obliquely toward his own s . . big Washington-Brooklyn mat line on a shift or huddle play. This - § / R, - i will be ne ecompetition was the source of most of the contro- b g 3 N p ;:-;!J"n.:yw;“nul:hv. B;;n versy this year.” 3 3 I, § : orrow nig! Chicago lost a_ touchdown against 3 H § AN . pw B . . Tournament scores last ©Ohio State on such a controversy, the ; 3 Y XING PIS. referee ruling that the man in motion s g CY PERKINS - did not take a step backward toward 3 5 § ! his own goal at the moment of £nap- ‘ v =t v & ping the ball. Chicago was one of the few Midwestern teams which used the deceptive man-in-motion play, and s A LTI JIM CARNEY= Center also the Maroons were almost al in using the lateral pass as a scoring ! ST e o POTOMAC BOAT CLUB FIVE |NAVY IS OPTIMISTIC B = WOULD ADD TO SCHEDULE AS TOBASKET BALL e managers and stars of the past, from ANNAPOLIS. December 23~—After Nandier ia ] Bes8n ’! EF all sections of the country, invaded 3. Wolsta, this city today for the annual dis- " cussion of gridiron regulations. in a convention to continue until Friday. OHN O N G - : OTOMAC Boat Club's basket bail | th 0 ity. | Playing four games in December, three e outstanding teams In that city, Gl Crie ST LN ihe Navy basket ball | &' Ficher While reports and recommendations will be heard at this conclave, definite| - F or d team, which meets Montrose || 3 ter, ar n a game at Hyattsville last Winter. | 0 W appears to have found nne".‘gm‘t_ action will go over to the session of the foot ball rules committee later X S A. C. tonight at 7 o'clock in in the Winter. 3 3 L R Central High gym. is after Thompson's Dairy and cnutnul'md looks forward with confidence to 8 t games to complete Its January | Farms teams come together tonight | the 1918 campaign extending over Papas . . Harison Fewer and simpler rules uppear to ¥ s t be the universal expressions from the % Sty and February schedule. Teams hav-[in the Congress Heights gym at § { January and February. & p ing gyms on Tuesday and Saturday | o'clock. | At present the first string is made | 33 BIEELUTES delegates assembled here. The iateral R oot ot up as follows: Forwards, Dennett and | Warton - pass and removal of the zcal posts 10 vards behind the goal line ere also due for an airing. The timing rules and muffed punt are other subjects to be talked over. nights are asked to call Manager E. L. Millar, at Adams 2315, between 5:30 Redwood Midgets bagged a pair of | and 630 p.m. vietories last night, taking Fussell —_— Young Preps to eamp, 27 to 21, and Entries for the Boys' Club Rasket drubbing Shafer All Stars, 33 to 30. Rall League close tonight at § o'clock. There are still a few vacancies in thd Samoset courtmen are after games €. Miller: center. Smith: guards, How- captain) and Lieyd. Capt. Howard did not win a regular place until late last season, but played |a strong game against the Military demy, 4ot e R eam Daily A Clark L 3 Tlneh L The following ri "’gmnh’v; ;‘heé:mhh is the meeting v of the Eastern Associaticn of Junfor. intermediate and senior di-|with 120-pound teams. Call Manager | Navy's shock troope were not suffi- ;:nrrv:ollethte Foot Ball Officials at 3 3 Visions. League games will be played | Toby Taylor at Lincoln 5203-W be- | ciently organized 1o be used in- the | Eatbard oe] Astor. Tomorrow the intercol- . o S in the Boys' Club gym, starting prob- | tween 5 and 6 p.m. first two games, but the team is mow Sheshy lagiate foot ball rules committee ses- ably the first week next month. in fair shape. It is made up of Oli- partoer - #ion and the twenty.second anpual French A. C. basketers will meet | ver. Carmichael or Wickins, forwards: Fulmer. eonvention of the National Collegiate Woodlothians and Y. M. C. A. fives | tonight at 1701 L street northeast at lestock, center, and A. Miller and Mooner Athletic Association will be held, The will come together in the Central Y |8 o'clock. | Kent or Lincoln. guards, and [ Foot Ball Coaches' Association will gym, and Company F. National Guard | worked successfully in the last two Rew have its annual meeting and dinner A of Hyattsville, will take on Company | Action with unlimited teams is|sames. % 150 on Friday. C, District National Guard, on a court sought by Mt. Vernon basket ball five. Navy resumes against George! ‘ff',,, g ; 2 to be announced, in Washington City |Challenges are being recelved at | Washington on January 7. On the | Howard Basket Ball League games tomorrow |North 10467. 11th it opposes Pennsylvania here. atee Knights of imbus and Other dates for the month are: GONZAGA : : ] I , and T ; ) o o | To PMY |N " gym. in the only other league tilt of |pound teams. ~Lincoln 5295. {28, Penn at Philadeiph GOTHAM | b - ibadueic Cunany £t (8 s BUSY WHILE AWAY 1 3 3 i e R e 4 5 starts, with the District Guards, who | Gonzaga's basketers will travel to have won their lone game in second i New place. { Cw i veland's Rosenblume, s York Friday 1o engage St. leaders of the Westarn divison BY CORINNE FRAZIER: opponents of the Washingto Xavier's Preparatory School. Only six players will make the trip. They are: A _Fo Ay F —-G battling marked three Rank- v | FATS OG-DEN-Forward OLEY-Guard |,k suse raice e e l.? Herhert MeQuillan, Bernard tral High gym. Second National useink and Daniel Pyne, o = o Ex & NGt e . in the nest kcal games. Ja okt il b2 Gonuaga's second game. PRO COURT FIGURES st Co, 25 to 19, In an extraf il bl it 3:“"‘"' Cambrey. | 13 at the Arvadia. encountered & sur ] s bowed to Eastern, 15 . period game that was the high spot Interplayground Basket Gertrude MacDonald, Mary Hoy,| prise defeat last nix 10 21, in their opener. [} o o of the evening. W. B. Hibhs & Co. T ettt b guess| Dorothy Jones. Eiirabeth Forresta, | the Philadeiphia Wa 2 defeated Commercial National, 25 to et 1o he Sriven| Lilllan Aad, Mary Beck and Claire ! Was the sixth ko | x outfit as against gunather local scholastic team hav. w ng an attractive out-of-town engage- e AR T e fis, and American Security & Trust |y, it S| J 2 ment Friday is Central, which will 1 | Rochester ey 2 Co. showed the way to District Na R,‘,,"j‘“ ""(";:r‘;;'m "‘,"f,““':i"ifllz"l“::‘,‘h"‘“‘"“» Martha Dunham Grabam.',.: enganger their supeemacy u;kbl‘lvr)kv Pa., High in that Penn- Philadelphia ... ....ooons tional, 16 ta 6, in the other brushes. |y \ho Georgetown playsround house | 4:rector: West £ #ylvania city 4 —_— Washington . ... i 3 . d X | The “Three N comdination o Tech and it alumni are cafded 1o : Ve y S, Martin's Rovers bagged a paie | “ghriday afternoon of this week: ¢ Individusl scores of the local hgh | Hicker, Husia and s gty elash in the Boys' Club gym in an-! l(-"BlLL '{:Lnki\.‘r’mm is 'r.. Hunter one night and Alonso the of court wins, scoring over Rex A. C.of the allcity championship and Gar.| school girls’ rifle squads which fig: 1o de Cleveland's center of N‘.'.f her Friday unter, Manuel Al ’ v ' 6 el G Py e y 7 ¥ d Gar-| nd's of power. ilips WEMEY ., i e e e hoen lintad | PeX in singles matches o I e s 351 fleld's squed. runner-up, Will be hon: fured In the first Interscholastic rifle | 1 IASt WEDUS same a8 well 45 10 Repulsing a valiant last-minute | e tenmin. exnibition| Alonso showed his metile before Chicico , - ored especially by ihe award of prizes | ournament staged by the N. R. A/ py Iy all the others they have » rally by their opponents, Eastern matches in both singles and (District fans last Winter when, in a i, e P g T e 16 1w e | e ividual member who PAF || i and won by Central High IVSG thiee ShErBANGEtLS gurseced the Prep basketers squeezed out a 19181 4,uples at the Arcadia Friday and 1 p- . 3 x ticipated in the deciding = majority of the Rosey's points. A iriumpl over Aces yesterday in ,h,,“:“u’r;:y Ay 6 and 7. it “}!’“ b | brilliant exhibition, he triumphed over i 4t Cle eland. gram of the hustling Peck Mem m: Members of the teams | &chool i” this city have Deen am them thev tallied 19. e . s | Tilde »! g five. Tomorrow Columbia A. €. b ited foll nounced by the association. These | Ty . S iorh iy e it Tilden, W : A | been invited are as foliow | mo y_the asscciatio here is erae? { ™ Fans who saw Tilden and Alonso| The matches will be under the S e e LS Ak I WL L Oestustons MR ob sl 1 A M o]\ tvs M A joint meeting of Devitt School | - g # % Detroit at Fort Waype at 8 pm, Carolinax Cheanut d allcity fAnal v | were teams of Central, Western and | pody and Conaty of Wash Alumns and Athletic Associations 18| PR S se at the Ar-|auspices of the Edgemoor Club, and| philaicinhia'st Farma teams will be engaged in a [ 804 albcity Anab. Anna Willner. | gastern high schools, and give prom-' LN capitatl oo el tonight at the City Club, | Sadia tast Winter xot miny SR | will be for the henent of the net game k at Chicaro wblo-ieader Friday night in the | (B SRS QOrTE e R { 120 of some keen local rivaiey in the | ssme reddet actien whea the Count Cornwell, president of the| B0 " unter will serve to lin this ety > Last Night's Result, Peck xym and Monday the French fo Wi s o - -4 cond annual interscholastic eontest 'ang qu - 0 ! crve o pep . g 2 2 4 ' and Mondax the French | Marie Willner, Dorothy Fling. Re- | 1 Q Al o quint takes the fwor hers Mo e B e up, the card markedly e Paul C. Harding is chalrman of the| Fhilsdeivhia. 3gp Cleveland. 28 e will Gadisniteraa ORI Heffher and Evelyn Heftoer | st day niEht atter next. The hal t nolding c tr unter and Tilden are regarded as ' committes in charge A et 2 o'clock. Abble Green Flynn. ’ e especially anxionus to clamp the b mmeet under nuspices of the ®ehool) oy uanding doubles team of ity ufiasesvagy oy g g e e (winner of section ¢ and alk | o, , CRSTRAL HIGH ACHOGL. 2482, [on. the efforts of their two peppery hin assoclates are A. O. White Rallying spiritedly In the lat | d ; olallylne | epirltadly et 'Nitional | €Ity finalist), Dorothy Kelsom Loveye | Sath o U i1 ] B oo agen Hattery ¢, riet Natic aihorive A Kelo 00393 | Washington tonight opens a nir here next fpring. Letters and certif- | o4 700 heir recent Enropean t caten will be awarded members of the ! | 0 it Euroy 5 o £ 27 o 2 peir defeatsd the cream of e A. 3. Gore, Ears Gould, Har 5 > Kbt = bt Star | Adkins, Moxs Goodwin, Marie Shord, | Aiesn Sl PR O Ot e and a 1928 | b P France and then captured | rison athawsy and Walter Hach.| Minneapolis 3; 8t. Paul 2. QUAR, talars mented (ONar (TR ] et Mo Fimbeth . ORonris | Naam Kttt The | KAWe Western trip at Sandusky. O captain will be chose the Wimbledon title. Later they gar- | pup ik Tintiots Winnipeg Ma. | RADEOTS, 36 10 24, laxt night. el e Chfourke | Roterta Wight | §93 Chariotte Holl. . (383 | mesting the Reds of that elty T nered nutional honors in thin country | oone . Washington Harracka Boya' team | director 3 i WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL. 1418 ;rvmnlm!'or of the week the Kennah nd went on to vanguish Borotra ? i § 2 - ¥ | oot rginia Shefleld 298 Daevihy White 288 | ™en will plav at Lorain, Ohw, ton w 5 . M p iens 1; [vouted Hadleys, 79 to 23, in the Bar-| Bloomingdale (winner of section 3, gy a3t B o iy cain, o FEW GRIDDERS QUIT, fiomn Lo’ ', i3 "/t | COLLEGE BASKET BALL. |, yest amwiiens 1 ot Sen | (il s e vttt S | AR g 1 (SR R onfl 1o Sl Snetil O ¥ = o iyt Yo prote , g -~y Catherine Harrington, Marjorie Tol Lucille Miller WL Virsus Plagee. 388 . and Fliat, Mich, Sat WEST PO'NT STATES of Tiden, ix an exceedingly clever North Carolina 33; Charlotte Mono.| Detrolt Cougars 4 New York | Company ¥, Natlonal Guard, basket-| hert, ~Hertha — Ryan, Ruth Tnse pScentheaml “_“‘:. m‘; | nht. Frunter and Tiden wil el TR Amerlenns 1. of Tivatisvillo are to engago New- | Franices Sibley, Jean Person and Lil { nueaine Thomes 594 Alie Law 90 | Wiahink & rest on New Toak duv. the o o nd Tiiden will show (heir ) Duquesne 42; Marietia 16, | iBakton - Besl New York R |ovk Pleasure Club of Baltimore to-| lian Hammett. Elizadbeth Mahon and | Flegingg Trannis 2 Betpsacre 34T | Washingtonians will resume aci oubles wares here against Alonso | University of Washington 34; 1ii. | Boston Bralns 23 3 ork RANE: | yight (0 that eity Nhova | Elizabeth Owens, directors. oh Wep a0 B RGN f | Monday in & league clash M feli bhefore the ane of | Park View (winner of ssction 3 [Nemsirenet::t iRy Onve Burs i "::!\"- staving thers for anather ows Bank downed Washington Loan WESTERN SECTIC und Pare, and Tilden will engake nols 23, The: the tollowing night. n wil 1 e 1 two ’ S ot By BUD FISHER |00 R 8 i e o™i uary T.oa game at Detrnit, which w o howsinied Pross NEW YORK, December 28 — Con- | ~ ety = s e e troverey over the bresk in toot batt| MUTT ) JEFF—]¢! . . AND JEFF—Jefl Double Crosses Kid Cupid. conclude . their travels for the time i $0 Y . toda e e 0U AND MISS ) [SURE. AND MUTT, AND SINCE YOU'RE GOANA oY) HE CAUGHT ME INA . being 4 D s HIDE Me AOT « WHY, ptars who had resigned from the serv- Sce 5t West Point a8 soon s possible SCAATZ HAve IF You'Re Free BE MYy BEIT MAN T MOMENT OF WEAKNESS: I'VE JUST DECIDED R ——. Tech and Clovers and Devite and fter gradustion AGReed on A ON N 3 T n % W TEAR'S DON'T MIND CONFIDING T ALSO TOLD HER I'D €. Only exght former foot bshl stars COMPANIONATE DAY L'D Lik& N You THAT SHe's GIVE UP GOLF, CARD I:‘“G\VZA‘LPN°0‘ R R ankliin Acconating U nv'dw‘ WOre 1o he oppe .‘,,. R Yef1 the weaderny between 1917 wnd 3927, ways u statement by Muj. Philip MARRIAGE, GHY | | To HAVE You Be MAbe Me PRomIsE TO PLAYING ANID Vieming, groduste mansger of Yeticn ni West Point, sswied throug Y BEST MAN 'Gl‘l_w UP PLAYING DD BOWLING, AND § the Army information mervice in this LIARDS AND PoOL ; : ciry APTER OUR MARRIAGE! | - Tie sutement nomed the following | 7 . ) . ‘ o crn ue those who hsd resigned F 3 Mo Vowan, Oliphant. Vida), Blaik, Breid: Y | .~ .~ prer Graviech, Muligan and Blorck R end mexen months in o commiselones = ) J N - service before reiiring, Ms). Fleming | 'mSEMAN'S' 7th & F P | Tepresentative Briven of 1linots Republican member of the House | navel committee, n a vecent wiute:| ment ssid 80 per cent of the Army foo bell stars in the psst 10 years erigned immedtately after krodustion a3 Wleming sdded that in the past four years & 10tul of 530 captains and | Jeutensnte have resigned trom the | Army. of which the eight foot ball players represent so small & number 88 U furnish & nexligible percentage Representative Britten's statement was issued sfier the Army and .\'nvyl Vroke relations becsuse the Army weuld wat mecept the thiee vear eligh Lility rule adopled by the Midshipmen,