Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1928, Page 38

33 SPORTS —eaTHE ..EVENING BSTAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Two College Court Games Here Ton’ “ht : G. w_, AMAN U Basket Ball’s Shortest Pro ~ 6, 1928.° SPORTS." Ceniral Quint Invades Pennsylvania CHAPS TOENTER THURSDAY, FTEBRUARY 1 TOSSERS WILL BE BUSY IN CITY BASKET LEAGUE WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER FIVES SEEACTION Boih Are Beaten Last Night. Georgetown Wins Over Navy Tossers. are_carded for Jocal col- | home floors tonight. | beaten by Loyola. | Baltimore, will | ght at 8:30 and George | St. Bona- | will enter- he Colonial | reached the | it sank the le on the court nan and Nork. | ting smooth passing and clever St. Bonaventure held the whip . last night from the w t. Sullivan, tle. h Capt. 14 of his team’s_poin: tack the New Yoikers ad and at the haif to 1 i Tt Rt i American University topped Loyola. | 14 10 10. at the half in their game but the home he final half to Birthri e Methodists’ scoring. ng the scoring range With Cohan scoring 13 points to lead drive_on the cords University of land Freshmen beat Tome Insti- t Port Deposit. 32 t0 24. The Oid | C led all the way. At the half | 10 10. H. Watson Crum has been retained | d r at George Wash- | Crum will continue ! t ball and basket ball . Borden, chairman of uncil of the university, | announcement sai{ that | - had been pleased with SWIMMERS ARE NAMED ETTE, team’ 1 night | n the | crack | CRR B B | Washmgton) (Lafayette) T3 L¥— (Washirston) 3. ‘Latayews) K. C =TROKF— ( Washington ) Orme . (Latagette) C. K Beer zot V. Walthausen IO MED FREE ST LE—(Washington) 7. Ho D HACK and 1 o (Lafas- TIERNE ] Y WOULD TIE FEAT OF MEREDITH s here| Yrea G Vs SEES GERMANS SECOND C MEET o I THE OLYMPI 4 hiax 7 SEPUZ Y v working 6 Lew wlhletic yegime seLg't, enough v ch it feels can e training aally ket ing 0 New York a il LDUNBAR VS ARMSTRONG Cornell, 29, Yale, 1% | T LN s AUtO. Works ‘ At o s toilongenni. | #49:51 Eye 5t N-W. | “"fl:'::‘.l_fll.l Mary's, 43, Washington E _F""(;‘ 6:05 A“ } Blue Kidge College | | gl s..!m.'l, gullese, €1, Marylang | quippe ! or iy | Automobile Work Geneva, 34, Carnegle Tech, 28, Outstrips than Banks averaged in each of 34 games. Dazzling speed and an unerring eye for the basket have enabled Banks to offset the tremendous advantage of his bigger antagonists. He is a hard man to stop as he tears down the floor, cutting swiftly around the knees of the bigger players, and when he shoots it is quite as effec- tive as Shoun’s method of dropping them in from above. Another little player who follows the same system with almost the same success is Benny Borgeman of the Cleveland Rosenblooms, who ranked only a little below Banks in_third place in the league scoring. It ap- pears to be court-craft and speed that counts, rather than height. The littlest and biggest players came from markedly different schools of basket ball, Banks gaining prom- inence with the Visitation quintet in South Philadelphia and Shoun at Carson-Newman College. Banks joined the Celtics in 1926. SOLLEGIAPE-QAMES DRAW HEAVY ENTRY By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 16.—A total of 737 athletes, representing 24 colleges, | will compete in the seventh annual in- door_track and field champlonship of the Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. here on March 3. Final tabulation of the list was completed today. Cornell, with 105, leads the fleld. | Haryard, indoor champion for the past two years, is tled with Princeton for {second place, with 73. Columbia 15 fourth. with 61, and Yale fifth, with 58 representatives, headed by Sabin Carr, pole-vault recordholder. Other entries include: Dartmouth, 50. Pennsylvania, 47; Penn State, 45; New York University, 34; Georgetown, 33; Union, 24: Boston College, 23; Brown, 20; Manhattan College, 17; Syracuse. 16: Holy Cross, 13; Colgate, 11; Pordham, 9: Bowdoin, 6; Bates, 5 Colby, 5 Swarthmore, 5; City College of New York, 3, and Haverford, 1. . HAHN’S LAST RUNNING TO BE IN OLYMPICS | By the Associated Press. FALLS CITY, Nebr, February 16— Falls City isn't such a large place that one would expect to pass unnoticed for long, and yet Lloyd Hahn, American middle distance runner and city's best known citizen, spent several hours here vesterday before his presence became known, Hahn said his visit would be the last {before his retirement from the track. “I'm going o hang the spikes on the after the Olymplics,” he said. me, in comparison with 2Z; for the pro game's tallest player, Milas Shoun (right), 3-foot-2-inch center of the Chicago Bruins. ket ball. but it isn't every- thing. The shortest player American Basket Ball League, while the tallest is far down the list. shortest. averaged more than 8 points in comparison with 22-3 for Milas height. Banks, who weighs but 125 pounds, first 34 games. The work of Shoun, a newcomer to the pro game, was virtually stand on tip toes and drop them through the ring. The best he Dave Banks (left) of the New York Celtics is only 5 feet 3 inches tall and the smallest player in professional basket ball, but he has averaged 8 points a By the Associated Pross. EIGHT is important in bas- H in the professional game is a leader in scoring in the Dave Banks of the New York Celtics, 5 feet 3 inches, and the Shoun of the Chicago Bruins. the tallest, who is 7 feet 2 inches in rolled up his impressive average with 8 consistent total of 273 points in his watched closely when he joined the Chicago club in midseason as he can could do in three games, however, was to score 8 points, slightly less California Mentor Offers Tip-Off Play BY SOL METZGER. Although set tip-off plays Jonger work with the success of all teams postess them Price, coach of Golden Bears of California, employs a block principle in attem 2 W start the attack from midcourt, One of the forwards will drive in on the jump, followed by his guard, purpose W block the o onent center. At the same time the cther forward will try w out- maneuver his guard so he can take the tp. no d The blocking of the opposing Altho g d though expressing no_doubt but crnter permits the California center Peltze Jerma S T bresk. Jooee from his onedisee |!hat Dr. Otto Peltzer, the German run | ne would run against him at the | Knights of Columbus games in New York late this month, Hahn sald that hie had heard of no ofcial announce- ment on the part of the German to that effect Hahn was asked about the action of officials in refusing to recognize two records made by him this season. He #ald he looked upon the actlons as merely s “slip-up,” but expressed the opinton that officials should be pains- | takingly careful in such matters Hahn will run his next race at Kan- s City Baturday. . HOWARD PLAYS TONIGHT. Howard University basketers will en- tertain Morehouse ~ Collegians of At- lanta wonight in the Bison gym. opponent, cut down the oppozite side of the court w which he tpped the ) and take a fast pass from the ward receiving the t ‘This v the attacking r the play is for the ser and guard 1 svap wuard covering the cep- r the center the forvward trying v block bim COLLEGE BASKET BALL. GAMES HERE TONIGHT. St Bonaventure at Amerfoan Unl- versity, %:10. Guiltord at George Washington, %:30. LAST NIGHWT'S RESULTS, Georgetown, 49; Navy, 40, Kt Bonaventure, 43, George Wash- American University, 1% C e | William and Mary, 7%, Guilford, 25 t" | Clemson, 45; Davidson, 24. | en ra | Sedan Body and Door epairing Wood Work and Metal Work of All Kinds The Best in Duco Painting and matching Colors. Get us to examine your car | and give estimate. If possible | to repair, we da it, Co-operation Pittshurgh, 56; Allegh, 42 Y, klon and Jeflerson, 29; West 28 OFFICIAL AUTO-LITE SERVICE GENUINE PART S CREEL BROS. 181117 14th St FPotumae 473 NW. Tallest as Scorer ENIOR basketers of Western High School suffered their first defeat of the season, when the Junior third team defeated their third team, 8 to 6. Sophomores bested the Freshmen, 15 to 2, in the other third team clash. Seniors now have 8 points toward the interclass title; Juniors, 6; Sophomores, 6, and Freshman, 0. First teams will meet Friday after- noon, Seniors facing the Juniors and the Sophs opposing the Freshmen. Summary: or 1T (6). Jorie Dettorer " Groft o Trixie G Anp Seho CMary R 2 iritt Afer 1en Ethel Mabiorie Mo L. Sue i Sophs (131, Ruth Brit Lima St M ar !:l»l‘ ‘ll.\hl-hvll u Gallaudet Colicge sextet out-passed the American University tossers, 31 to 14, in the A. U. gymnasium yesterday. It was the hostess team’s initial start and their obvious nervousness made the teamwork ragged. Valuable scoring op- portunities were lost through wild passes or fumbled balls. Gallaudet, on the other hand, ex- hibited a consistent game, and despite the loss of Mary Kannapel in the forward field, made the best chances at the basket, with one or two excep- tions. Edna Taylor, a newcomer on the Gallaudet squad. Margarct De Bose, formerly side center, put up a strong defense in the backfield, their performance being the outstanding fea- ture of the game. Summary: Shsan Frine Severance ‘Allen M Beesley " for gen of Goneher Colle Central High School girls desiring to try their skill in throwing_ free shots from the foul line in the Washington free-throw basket ball tourney now in progress will make their entries through Elsie Sanders, physical training direc- tor, and will have their trials in the Y.'W. C. A. gymnasium, according to word received from thé tournament committee. No tournament will be conducted at Central because of the crowded sched- ule, but Miss Sanders has arranged with Miss Marfon Meigs at the Y. W. for Central girls to enter the event to be conducted there if they wish to try for_individual honors. Final trials, scheduled for March 2 in the Y. W. C. A,, will be held in three sections, junior, intermediate and senfor. The committee announces that the junior finals will start at 5 o'clock, the sonén:so at 5:20 and the intermediates at 5:40. ‘Washington Field Hockey Club toss- ers fell before the superior basket work of the Eagles of Business Night High School in a Washington Recreation League contest last night, won by the latter, 34 to 10 Summary: Position. Hockey Club, (5 Fatiea for Refrree—Eli Fast teamwork coupled with the ac- curate shooting of Miss Draper earned an overwhelming victory for the Secu- rity sextet over the Gypsies last night on the Central High School court in the Washington Recreation League circuit. Security A. C. won, 47 to 15. Gypsies were thrown off their game obviously by the size of the gymnasium, long court at Central. Eaglets and Southern A. C. tossers are scheduled to meet tomorrow night at the Washington Barracks at 8 o'clock in an intermediate division Washing- ton Recreation League game. 7] Sophomore basket ball sextet of the University of Maryland, who, as Fresh- men were champions of the 1927 inter- class series, are successfully defending their laurels in the 1928 event. They assumed the lead in the title race as a result of their victory last night over the Freshman by a score of 33 to 9. Juniors defeated the Seniors, 10-7, to the Freshmen for second place. The Frosh beat the Seniors in the opener last week, while the Sophs romped on the Juniors. Next Wednesday the third round of the circuit will be played. Sophomores meeting the Seniors and Freshmen op- posing the Juniors. ua Or I have been cagerly some new play or style of pt new. 3 Almost_every team in and out of the | Eastern Intercollegiate League 15 stick= |ing to standard play, using a five-mar | defense and a short, quick-passing, cute ting offense. Dickinson, defeated by Pennsylvania for the first time in three scasons, continues to use its three-and- two defense. but most all the other teams have played the orthodox brand. Syracuse. one of the finest teams in the East, uses a pivot play so effectively that it would not surprise me to find it extensively adopted next season. The v isn't new, but the manner in which Coach Andreas’ pupils use it makes it a dangerous weapon. Must Have Precision. The play depends on a maximum of speed and perfect timing by the man acting as the pivot. The plaver getting the pass from the pivot mus v handle the ball accurately but he must also be able to sutspeed the man guard- ing him. el‘hr play works thus: One of the players speeds to & point near the foul line, turns his back to the basket and recelves a pass. Two men move down either side of the floor as fast as they can. pass from the pivot man gets the ball and either dribbles in close or shoots from the place at which he receives the 5. The question may arise what the man guarding the pivot does. One of the fundamentals of the game calls upon the defensive player to be in a position near the basket in front of his opponent to stop a shot. For that reason the guard of the pivot must remain at the latter's back, else the piyot could turn quickly and take an unhampered shot for the basket. Willlam Eiseman of Syracuse, the best center I have seen this season, was particularly adapt at receiving the ball Established Thirty Years Big Saving on High-Grade Tailoring At the Sign of the Moon A February SPECIAL |SUIT or OVERCOAT Made fd7 You by Ouwr Own Tailoring Experts INCE the start of the basket ball | None of the games | 1 have scen has shown anything | The one who seems open for the | Nothing New Has Developed in Basket Ball, Says Jourdet | from the pivot and shooting for the | basket. He made four field goals against Pennsylvania on this pla Tall. lanky, fast and an accurate shooter, Eiseman stands out as the ideai pivot man. He has a good basket ball head. He is thinking all the time, exhorts his teammates. From the result of the Army-Pitts burgh game, I take it that the Pan- thers worry very little about their de- | fonse and’ stress their offense. Few | teams have been held to low scores by Pitt during their sensational winnirg streak. yet the team has been winning by large margins. A friend told me he had seldom seen a team with such uncanny accuracy from all angles as Pitt. He regards these boys as the best field goal shoot- ers in the country. Their scores bear this out. (Copv BANKE TO PLAY AGAIN. Newell V. Banks, United States checker champion, will give an exhibi- tion of chess and checkers, playing blindfolded. in the Harrington Hotel tonight at 8 o'clock. Admission will Le {ree, but players should bring board and men. Playing blindfolded, Banks won six checker games but lost at pool match last night at Elmer's Billiard Academy. Wiy $97.50 Regular $45 Value Heavy and Medium. Weight Fabrics in ‘This Special Men who seck of discrimination the mdividual i clothe new and the appre ciate Mertz Tailoring. This special is evidence Mertz to offer values in the kind of of real ahility clothes men want, Iull Dress Suits, $40 TO ORDER-—-NILK | Mertz & Mertz Inc. 1342 G Street it being their first appearance on the | seldom wastes a shot, and continually | EGINNING tonight, a game | scheduled each night the re- mainder of the week in the League. National Guard, basketers, of Hyatts- ville, who last night downed Cresap's Rifles quint of Frederick, Md., 35 to 34, at Hyattsville, will engage Y. M. C. A tossers, in the Y gym here at 8:30 o'clock. Woltz, which routed George Washington Freshmen, 26 to 11, in the preliminary to the G. W. Varsity-Sf Bonaventure game last night, will face Clovers tomorrow on the Wilson Nor- mal School floor at 9 o'clock. Knights of Columbus are to entertain Maring, in the Casey Hall gym at 8 o'clock Sat- urday night. Anacostia Eagles, who have yet to meet_defeat, will stack up against New- ark Pleasure Club tonight in Baltimore » |and Sunday will engage American Rail- way Express five in Congress Heights Auditorium, with Clovers and Wonders facing in the preliminary. A danee for the benefit of the Eagles’ athletic fund will be held tomorrow night in Congress Heights Auditorium. Troy's shot from side court in the closing moments gave Company F bas- keters their triumph over Cresap's Ri- fles last night. Shanklin and Wright were heaviest scorers for the winners, with Shipley topping the losers’ attack In a preliminary, Company F. Auxil- iary's sextet took the measure of Cap- itol A. C. girls in a Washington Rec- reation League game, 24 to 8. Bond's whirlwind tossers drubbed Warrenton A. C. 39 to 29, last night in the Virginia town. Schloss with 13 points was the offensive ace. Benner for the home club counted 12 points. Hyattsville Prep tossers were 12-10 victors over St. John's Midgets. Hol- land and Hurd were the winners' chief scorers. Stanley tossers won twice, scoring over St. Mary's Juniors, 32 to 24. and over Howitzers, 41 to 20. Hessler was the leading scorer for Stanleys in both tilts. Vanquishing Sam Rice basketers, 39 to title in the Boys' Club gym. Robey, Finner and McVean were top scorers for the winners. Esso Giants t the measure of Marine Barracks five, 42 to 36. Reavis was the star of the victors’ drive on the cords, scoring 29 points. Downs counted 16 for the Leathernecks. Carolinas, who drubbed Washington Loan & Trust Co. floormen. 31 to 19, are after more games. Call Manager Nalley at Lincoln 600. Riley figured most conspicuously in Carolinas’ attack last night. White Eagles basketers rang up wins. routing Savoys 52 to 20. and Capitol Heights 42 to 15. Miller and Lueb- kert were chief Eagle scorers. Stewart and Sweeney did most of the scoring for Woltz A. C. in the quint’s win over George Washington Freshmen. Tonight Woltz faces Old Dominion Boat Club in the armory in Alexandria | at 8 o'clock. | Yankees squeezed out a 36-35 win over Les Amis five in the opening game | of the Jewish Community Center Senior League. L. Singman counted 20 point- ers for the winners. while Gimbel topped the losers on attack. registering 14. Tech High basketers, runners-up in the public high title race, will continue on the courts under the name of Cos- mopolitans. Calvary Methodist Episcopal Reserve tossers downed Trinity Reserves, 36 o 24. | Fort Washington five took District of | Columbia College to camp. 47 to 36. Morris and Smith for the Soldiers and | Hayes and Sawyer for the Collegians | were top scorers. Regents bowed to Calvary Baptist tossers, 15 to 25. C. Harris led Cal- vgry's offensive. Hoffberg counted 11 of the Regents' points 6%, Y, SMOKERS HAVE - CHANGED TO CHESTERFIELD... $O MAN WE STATE Washington City Basket Ball s Tonight Company F,! Aces’ team in the Boys' Club gym Sat- | 20, Pirates won the Senior Division A, | Samoset basketers seek games in the | 130-pound class. Call Lincoln 5203-W. | = ’* Club Alumni five will meet the g i urday night at 8 o'clock. Crescents took the measgure of Sena- | tors, 27 to 25, in an extra period battle. | Tribby was the mainspring of Crescents' attack, with Galotta showing the best cye for the basket for the losers. Dixie Pig A. C. courtmen took a 25-15 decision from Sioux A. C. Lyles, and Wiler for the victors and Kiine for | Sioux were most consistent. Lightning A. C. face Pullman bas- keters tonight in the Terminal ¥ gym at 8 o'clock, and Saturday will visit | Vienna, Va., for a game with Oakton | High five, starting at 8 o'clock. Metropolitan Church tossers are on the trail of junior teams. especially church combinations. Call Atlantic 2158 after 8:30 o'clock. Gonzaga Prep quint routed Arrow Preps, 38 to 17. Donohue for the vic- best. Corinthians, 95-pounders, seek a game with a team in its class for Saturday night in Peck Memorial gym. Call Co- lumbia 5420-W. Chevy Chase Hoboes, 17-2 victors over Speedwell quint, are after action in the 115-pound group. Challenges are being received at Wisconsin 3097 between 6 and 7 p.m. TRACK STARS LISTED FOR RICHMOND MEET By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., February 16.—One of the greatest gatherings of track stars ever assembled here will be present Sat- urday night in the Gravs’ Armory when the South Atlantic indoor college meet gets under way. Twelve colleges have already sent entries. Elliott of North Corolina. Southern Conference mile champion. and his ac- complished teammate, Henderson, a two- miler, will be here, as will Tuttle of Duke, one of the best long-distance runners in the section. Headed by Capt. Cumming, Virginia's team is expected to have one of the strong teams present. Maryland, besides sending an excel lent list of entri vill send its relay team. one that defeated Harvard and Pennsylvania. b« following scMools h: alread North Carolina, North Caro- lina State. Duke, Virginia. Maryla; Jeorge Washington. Wake Forest, Wash- |ington and Lee, William and Mary. Hampden-Sidney, Richmond and Ran delph-Macon. 1 & ve entered TRACK STAR INELIGIBLE. CHICAGO. February 16 P Charles ck” Weaver. the largest foot ball plaver in the ference and the University of Ck | chief hope in the shot-put thi: has received notice of scholastic inel- gibility which will keep hin the ‘rack team for at least four weeks. BASKET BALL PROBLEMS BY OSWALD TOWER. Member Joint Rules Committee. Question—A player shoots for goal and misses, and there are one or more | players of each team under the basket. If a player of either team runs down he floor toward the basket. and in jumping into the air in an attempt to get the ball, makes personal contact with an opponent. would this be a foul? Answer—Yes. Although th; [ ng to play the ball. he is doing 0 from a position sure to cause pers sonal contact. As the play is described. it could not be considered accide: contact because the player causing n. s in an unfavoral tors and J. Ready for Arrows played | ~ TWOTILTSONTRIP High School Tossers Face Squads at Bethlehem and Allentown. Central High's championship basket ball team will invade Pennsylvania for stands against Bethlehem and Allen- town High School teams tomorrow and Saturday nights, respectively. The Blue and White, beaten yesterday by Episcopal Figh, 26 to 17, is apt to en- counter plenty of opposition in the Keystone State schoolboys. During the trip Coach Bert 8 will visit Philadelphia to find out from University of whether the Central team can icie |pate in the Penn interscholastic tour- | nament, starting a week from Saturday |on a schedule which will not cause the |local schoolooys to miss much time from their studies. Central won the tournament last Winter. Business also will show its wares on foreign floors tomorrow and Saturday nights. Coach Lynn Woodworth's boy: who bowed to St. John's yesterday in a 32-27 game, tomorrow will appear against Maury High in Norfolk. Va. and Saturday will face Swavely at Ma- nassas. In other gai schoolboy t tomorrow involving A TS of the local group Eastern, victorious over Devitt tere day, to 23, and Georgetown Freshe men are to mix on the latter's floor, and Western and Gonzaga are carded for a clash. Three games were carded todar. Cen- tral and Woodrow Wilson wers to_face the Central gym. Emerson and East- ™ were to clash and Woodward School had an engagement with Franklin School in Baltimore. i | Capt. Burgess, Woodward and Colley, stalwart members of Central's team, were missing when the Blue and White bowed to Episcopal. A substantial lead gained by the Episcopal & early in the going saw them through. Kem- per and Bryant for the winners and Burch for Central were leading scorers. With Cronin and Sherman heading their attack. St. John's tossers achieved a good edge in the first part of the game with Business and were n headed. though the Stenogs briskly in the second half to outsccre {the Cadets. Revelle Jones topped Busi- | ness’ attack. Eastern’s victory over Devitt cam after an unusually hard The score was tied at 11-all at the Hoffman, Oehmann and Moeller p! | well for Eastern. with Gleason. Bak | shian and Bastable starring for De St. Alban’s basketers bowed to Don- aldson School of Ba! game vesterday in Bal! were unable to pen he home quint | Gonzaga lost a sizzler to St Celtics in Al 126, Lyo | last minute gave | Zimmerman for the C¢ jand Lynch for Gonzaga were leading | basket-snipers. 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