Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1928, Page 22

L SPORTS.: __THE. EVEN Retain BIG BOWLING CARD FOR D. C. TONIGHT Nationals Likely fo EX-LOUISVILLE CATCHER IS RATED ABOVE COOPER | —ee | Seven intercity matches, a big league | meeting and the start of a joint leagues - . . ~ " Y stakes erest Washingts Not Hitter Like Rival, But Seems Better Thrower and i, Is Apt to Get Berth—West Hurt Ag: | hree of the intercity matches will Nationals Battle Braves Today. T | be bowled here. At King Pin No. 2 Mayer Davis girls of the Ladies' District League are to conclude their battle with the Bowling Center girls of Baltimore. Stanfords will end hostilities with Clar- !endon on the Coliseum alleys and at King Pin No. 1 Washington Hechts will start a_home-and-home fight with Baltimore Hechts. Three men's teams are carded for | tilts on foreign drives. Megaw's Arcadia BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor of The National League for many years, and as AMPA. Fla.. March 10— Althoush | 3 ‘result Bill Carrigan and his Red Sox no_intimation has been forth- | of the rival American League are likely :‘;’“{i‘“svh'l“':m‘m"‘}‘l:;“m Sources |0 find the going ]‘n\'lg' ‘l‘u’uxn in the - el . g oston. reduction of the Washington | "¢ 10¢ PATORMES T BORO | isenbee, | opening block of a 10-game match, the fquad. it is apparent fiom the rr[n:ilxc:Mb Burke and Clayton Van Alstyne ’:osq‘un “}::\Ill,l“r‘a; c(':p:\ nl“l‘;lnl(;:nwn?e ,m-g showing of varlous contenders for the | yould whack up pitehing duties for the | SRINSL the Park Oltys at Baltimore and different positions that some are doomed | Grigmen, with McMullen and TM"Balilmoge A SOy el e 10 be cut adrift. never t return, while | Giuiaing the calching burden and with (Beltimore to end thelr serap v e others il be farmod out for additional Rice ‘starting in Hgnt feld and_Jack | Standard Oil team of that eity. seasoning and _probably recalled 10T jiy(ec"at short. The latter is & young- | TV o, select teams of the Washington further inspection in the Fall or next| o 'who has filled out and looks much Tfllr:i i glmlll{‘. will start matches in Spring. better than when he reported to the | Philadelphia with teams composed of ol S Lt ‘j;‘:j‘d‘:‘ team last Summer, and will bear watch- | Jars of U :};h{“‘il"'(tnml and Pennsylvania itchers an nfielders o ' - s, Btes for the other jobs, Probably e L vy Bygtesbuara e B o (oovervitromithe appendicitis operation of this column alreads . - he underwent a week ago today has sed of the identity of a number Who j.en 5o satisfactory that his attending | I eoe bt e inas | RLvECI DRSTglves pecenistiontfoe i e = H et ~ 1o leave 108 5 b been ventured here regarding the prob | ever, ‘on the recommendation of Trainer able winner of the duel between Hugh | \jike Martin the youthful pitcher, who | McMullen and Pete Cooper for the posi-| veqrerday was able to take an airing in tion of assistant to Rucl and Tate. 0 3 Wheel chair on the porch for the first the backstop departmen’ s f time. will sicy for an additional couple oo SSUMICY. SARTLS. A5 +assured of tter care an e e Jpon which 8th- given him at the hotel where his mates tes wil } 2 ave lodged. let go. with or without the advice of L Freddent Griffn, Conch Milan or an | W Lame Al ads available for ut while ew! A L L S e is of an encouraging nature. a depress- e . o [ing note has been sounded with the | Can Wait Until June 1. announcement that ~Sam West has | sprung that trick leg of his. It may be many days yet before the SPYUNg . first release is announced. There are It d"flow_iiumm&:"m.\ ‘:‘r;s‘u:fddivh only about a dozen of the close to 40 ';f‘l";‘ .‘:\ E:,:"l;;gk-m \grh‘m‘ d“_(:!m. 1 fit e V'S Performers on the ToSier Who Must »¢ | with the Cardinals. He took his bal- | gisposed of and plenty of time remails. (ing practice as usual yesterday and e e theunor leagucs which ar¢ | was scheduled to work out again today. | O e iy ama | UL with Instructions to attempt nothing | « strenuous. if the pllot sees At he may defer final| " Trainer Martin inclines to the opinion | ry {that with a complete day of rest to- | grtting down 10 the legal Hmit of 25' [IoL S R, SOy pin will be O. K. | e A . again by Monday. If it isn't, Manager What Harris may think of the rela- Hg:n!‘isbls likely to find himself ,S,.. of doubles teams which lost in semi- tive qualifications of McMullen and | cerned with an annoying outfield prob- |final matches in the Florida State Cooper can't be recorded at this time. | jem for the coming season | championship tennis tournament here. for he has been noncommittal on the == — subject. due doubtless to the fact that he wants more time to look them over, but from what this correspondent has seen of the pair. he is inclined strongly to the opinion that the award will go to McMullen. Cooper has quite an edge on his rival in one important respect. that of bat- ting. He appears to be a naturally good hitter, but is of the phlegmatic type. lacking in color and pep, and there are reasons for questioning the strength of his throwing arm. His peg- €ing in practice here has been far from tmpressive. Cooper's Arm Weak. This might be accounted for by the t that his wing has been lame ever Since he started drilling here and if he Succeeds in working the soreness out he may disclose a lot of throwing power. but vers who saw him perform in the thern League assert it appeared that way all lasi season. which leads to the inference that the trouble is ehronic. - McMullen hasn't been pegging with any too much gusto, either, for the rea- son that his usually sturdy right arm elso has a kink in it. but with the tall chap from Los Angeles this is a purely | temporary condition. for those familiar with his work at Louisville last year | assert that he had no superiors in the American Association in whipping the ball around the bases. Mac probably is not so good a hit- ter as Cooper by some 40 points or so. but he is of the earnest. pgRINg (YPe. | “Tney were George Burns at first, who is on his toes. trying every mInUte | jonun Todapp ¢ third and Luke and there is some basis for the belief | L iPrening the bat. that he will improve as a swatsmith | | ~'Wesley FPerrell, promising rookle s o wsllodint precedars he | pitcher, was scheduled to start. Jonah _Goldman, _shortstop from McMullen Changes Swing. ,paper to be the most formidable club that has represented the Hub in the (on the Catonsville, Md. alleys in the and District Government circuits will start their joint sweepstakes, and at Convention Hall ~the Eastern Star women will meet to elect officers and plan for next season’s campaign, Washington and Baltimore divided honors at Convention Hall last night when the Western Unlon teams of the two cities clashed. The Baltimore men defeated the Washington men, 1,480 to 1.457, but the Washington girls outshot the Baltimore gi 1.237 to 1,223, |ings_yesterday. They were vanquished by the Central High School team, 1.508 to 1.463, and by Hartford Athletic Club. 1,469 to 1,402 at King Pin. Diamond Cab Duckpinners outcount- ed the Hyattsville Grocery five, 2.478 to 2463, yesterday in the first block of a home-and-home match. The concluding block will be rolled at Hyattsville Mon- day. D. C. RACKETERS BEATEN. WEST PALM BEACH., Fla, March 10.—John Millen and 12-year-old Jock McLean of Washington were members TWO MACKMEN ARE HURT | AS THEY TRIM CARDINALS ORT MYERS. Fla.. March 10 UP). Browns, and Heilmann complete the ~~The Athletics continue to pile | roster of the outfleld. up pre-season victories in the| Heilmann has spent some time Southland and at the same time | exercising with Easterling in the batting Injuries. | cage. They gave a_hint of driving-power in beating the St. Louis Cardinals yes terday. 8 to 7. but a pair of Mack's regulars received injuries during the Chisox to Try Again. SHREVEPORT, La., March 10 () Another effort to'play their first. train- rocess. t g0 P atcher Cochrane stuck his thumb [ Wi o hoses e e into a foul tip which caused his re- | “pe cun was blistering, but the infeld |moval and Second Baseman BiShOD | yq4 4 sea of mud yesterday in the park had a nail torn from a finger. Both | o¢ the Shreveport, Texas Leaguers so will take a few days' rest. to | the Sox exercised a little on the outfleld Manager Mack has about decided 0 | (o4 "ang the pitchers warmed up for as keep Ossie Orwoll in the pitching boX, | on; a5 Manager Schalk would permit. now that Ty Cobb will be back —He | “Schalk hoped for a return of his 1 { planned originally to play the hard- |, o "non®rain” prevented the first hitting Milwaukee product in the oUt- game of the trip, but all the others field. were played under fdeal conditions. Peck _ Trying Recruits. NEW ORLEANS, March 10 (®).— | Only three regulars were included in ‘he starting line-up announced by Man- ager Peckinpaugh for the Cleveland Indians' first exhibition game of the season with New Orleans today. Browns Lack Teamwork. | _WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 10 | (#.—The St. Louis Browns today faced | the opening of a serles of 23 pre-scason | exhibition games in a month. | Manager Dan Howley said his men | were physically fit to meet the Cincin- | nati Reds here today, but that team- | work was not up to standard. ‘> He named Sam Gray, Walter Stewart {and John Ogden as his first string | pitchers, and he must pick out at least |one more hurler to round out his starters. { All-8tars_will encounter a select team | At King Pin No. 1 tonight F‘td(‘l‘nll Devitt School bowlers took two lick- | 7| every winner of important money dur- ! Syracuse University, poled out a home Up until this Spring Hugh has been & turn-about hitter. swinging in south- run in a practice game yesterd: Red Sox I’fl‘i | Ruth Has Sand Feetitis. 00d. w fashion against the right-handers . switching to the other side when| ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. March 10 epposed by portside flingers. He admits (#).—Babe Ruth has uncovered a new that hitting right-handed is his natural | disease—sand feetitis—the Yankees style, and that he has had more sur-| famous slugger declares the sand on eess that way, 50, on the advice of the | ihe ball lot gets into the shoes and Harrisian board of strategy, he has de- ;chlm lh:’ skin, just like eating crack- < 1 left-handed hitting hence- | €rs in bed. i 1mwa$:°mrann: -uhhm"";m in| But in spite the complaint, George | the wand drills to hitting in the ortho- | Herman played on first bla.s; hZ’“fL“" dox manner he is getting better results, | Rookles yesterday agains gu- and hopes 1o effect still further im. lars and caromed a single off Umpire provement by constant application. | Paul Kritchell 1o the delight of the Rain alone could be figured to pre. fans. | The Red Sox settled back to practice |today with a new confidence instilled | by yesterday's vanquishment of the invading Boston Braves and the re- doubtable Rogers Hornsby. The first encounter of the two Boston clubs was won by the Sox, 9 to 8. Hornsby pulled the only two errors of the game and falled to account for a single run. Tomorrow the Sox are to engage the | Buffalo Internationals at Sarasot BRADENTON, Fla., March 10 (" — | . MecMullen PLAYERS BELONGING TO REDS MANAGER, JOHN o Address. M Arnzen. Newport, Ky. Ash. ... Anmoore, W. Va. James J. Beckman. . Cincinnati, Ohlo Peter J. Donohue Fort Worth, Tex. | James C. Edward: 'ontotoc, Mi: . Jablonowski. Terryville, Conn, Raymond Carl Kolp.North Canton, Ohio Charles F. Lucas...Nashville, Tenn. Adolfo Luq ... Havana, Cuba | Frank Spruiell May. Wendell, N. C. Carl Willlam Mays. . Portland, Ore. William Curtis Miller. Chicago, 1 Eppa Rixey, Jr. E. 8 Pitchers. | Eugene F. Hargrave. St. Paul, Minn. alentine J. Picinich. Leonia, N. J. Clyde L. Sukeforth.. Medford, Mass. Infielders. Hugh Melville Critz. Greenwood, Miss. Charles W. Dressen. Decatur, Til. Horace Hills Ford..Winchester, Mass. George L. Kel Francisco, Cal. R. Emmet McCann. Philadelphia, Pa. | Walter Charles PippGrand Rapids, Mich. Clarke A. Pittenger. Toledo, Ohio John Peter White. .. Forest Hills, L: 1. | Outfielders. | Ethan Nathan Allen Cincinnati, Ohio Raymond B. Bressler.Cincinnati, Ohlo Martin F. Callaghan. Norwood, Mass. Everett Virgil Purdy. Beatrice, Nebr. | William C. Walker. . Beeville, Tex. | William A. Zitzmann. Nutley, N. J. | | RAVING chill winds that swept) across the Capital from the Northeast, groups of hardy golfers opened the two big pub- lic golf courses early today. East Potomac Park won the race for | the honor of the first starter, for J. A. | Faust of 1424 W street and John N. Tuttle of 1808 G street got away from the first tee on course A at 6:20. Meanwhile, Albert R. Kramer of 8217 Georgla avenue and Walter Barrett of | 8301 Houston street, both of Silver | Spring, Md.. were warming their hands | in preparation for their getaway at Rock Creek Park. They started on cours> A at 6:35, and were immedmmy, followed by a foursome consisting of | Dr. W. P. White, G. W. Stoddard, F. C. Schrader and J. W. Green. All the greens on the two courses at | Rock Creck Park have been rolled, al- | | though™ temporary greens are in play | |at the fifth on A course and the fifth and_eighth holes on B course. Although it rained practically all day | yesterday there was no standing water | on either of the courses, and playing conditions, although the courses are a | little soggy in the low spots, were fairly | gond in spite of the raw east wind. | Winter rules were in effect at all the courses in order to save the young grass as much as possible. | 'COURSES IN GOOD TRIM AS PUBLIC LINKS OPEN C. HENDRICKS, Where Played Last ¥ Cin, Amateurs Petersburg, Va. Cincinnati Cincinnati Seattle Welght. Bats. 170 165 elgh Throws, Cincinn: Cincinn; Cineinn; Cincinnati Cincinnaf Chi.-semi-pro Cincinnati Fla. Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati innati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Seattle Seattle-Cin. Cincinnati Cincinnati 50915 51015 Wrermw Lmrammmm mEw CRmACEECRREESER ELEREE R TEL P LR TR PR EEEE T EE T T Out at Rock Creek Park prepara- tions are under way for the annual tournament of the Park Amusement Co., in which the golfing members of the staff of 8. G. Loeffler, concession- naire for the public courses, will strive to trounce each other. Al Farr of Rock Creek won the tournament last year. Stricken suddenly il with a severe case of grippe, Fred McLeod, Columbia professional, has had to forego compe- tition in the international four-ball matches which started at Miami today. McLeod has been in bed for a week, but hopes to get out soon to sharpen | up his game in preparation for the North and South open championship at Pinehurst March 29 and 30. : McLeod plans to make a bid for the Pinehurst event, which he won in 1921, and also intends to compete in the Richmond open, April 3, 4 and 5. Tommy Armour and Bob Cruickshank will defend their four-ball title in the matches starting at Miami today. George Voigt has now won every match-play tourney in which he has started in the South. A crushing vic- tory by a 7 and 5 margin over Albert H. Hakes yesterday annexed the Palm Beach title for the Bannockburn star. 'STAR GOLF TALENT " SEEKING RICH PRIZE | | By the Assos MIAMI, Fla, March 10.—Practically { [ ! | | ing the Winter season set out here | today to add the long end of $5.000 to his collection as play started in the international four-ball matches. Tuesday the winning leam will split | $1.500 two ways. | Henry Culci, young Italian from New | York, paired with! Harcourt Brice, | Miaml amateur, turned in yesterda: best_practice round with a best ball of | 65, Ciuci registering a 68. Teams that entered the grind were: any | | X | & Taland. wnd Art De- | g Buffglo, and Al Eswnosa, | N. Y Neck. and Bl | | Harr 1 v Cooper, Chicago, J Eimaford and Al Rixpids | it Great W tey Hills, and my. and BN on, N, J Nabholtz attached. and Frank Appleton. W Hamplon Chicago, Atlantie City Carberry, Chicako. and Tom Foyd, K and Clarenee New ¥ Jim | Fara | do Branny onatl. and Willie Dow Forreater, Avton. hoth of | e | ' Crartes Wilfred R . Long Island. and 5 W six-inning fray vent the opening this afternoon of the | The Regulars won a s Nationals' Spring exhibition series at | from the Bboxies ioc Yannigans, by their training base here from being an | 11 10 2. Gehrig poling qut a triple entirely satisfactory affair. The team | %O singles. He fanned once. that was 1o be entertained was the Bos- wn Braves. led by the rcdnubmble! Moriarty Tests Rookie. Rogers Hornsby. and the interest in the | SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 10 (%) battle manifested about town indicated | Manager George Moriarty of the Detroit an attendance of generous proportions. | Americans, who has placed his big For the early birds, band music was | rookie cutfielder from the fic Coast, | 0 be provided, with the usual anties by | Paul Easterling, under the care of Harry | Altrock and Schacht 1o entertain them, | Hellmann, league balting champion, | while & big-league touch was scheduled | wants to see his prize addition in actual in the assurance that Mayor McKay of | combat. : g this thriving municipality would toss| In the line-up chosen for the Tigers'| out the first ball. first exhibition game of the training {season against Minneapolis today | Braves Seem Sironger. Essterling is scheduled for left fleld, With Hornsby s« the keystone, the!pushing out both Red Wingo and Bob Beaneaters' new manager, Jack 8lat- Fothergll tery. hes as YODGERS ARE TEACHING | PLAYERS HOW TO CLOUT, BY JOHN B. FOSTER. AN ANTONIO, Tex., March 10.— Detroit base ball club has come here 1o train because, in the first place, there Is no American League team that goes to a better place, and, in the second, because George Morlarty wanted to get ax far |85 he could from some overanxious fans whe persisted In asking whether he thought he could beat the Yankees this year There 15 one thing that Moriarty does know He knows why he did not beat the Yankees in 1927 and that i more than some managers knew when the season was over. Morlarty did not make any effort to alibl his ‘way into the season to come. He named and specified certaln positions on the field that were not handled with neatness und dispatch. When the Winter rolled around Moriarty made changes. He idid not make all that he wished to LEARWATER. ¥la., March 10 Manager Robinson and his Hendricks announced he would work si% of them in the two contests MORIARTY WORKING HARD TO STRENGTHEN OUTFIELD him | ‘ ides are makinig headway in waching the Robins bow 10 bat. Jey Partridge hus been showing promizing form under this tutelage with & performance of 11 sate Wit in 14 trips W the plate during the training camplen Unele Roblie 3 hovs Srg the hitting strengt Max Carey £nd Dav eontributing instrections Jigger = merk sbove the 3 i ot develop- Jigger Blarz y Bancroft are 1 raie the 200 eircle Johnson Star for Cards. AVON PARK. Fla. Mzrch 10 (A While the Cerdinal string of exhibition ViCwories s €Ul shor the A Letics w16ay Jubnsm, who beer, nuriing gond ball W win & regulas piace on the Cardingl squad. waes 8 featire « * the last three Snnings He ywed nary & DU afur Ant Frinberdl, veteren southpas n Athietics relly bring them o & J-point Moad visich they held [ Cubs o Get Finst Test 1B ANGELES, Calif | Masch 34 (A% The fus. tewl compettion for Chi cago's Cubs of 1978 war promised tuday with the ins seheduled L meet the Holiywood €lut of the Const Lewgir Welch. Grampp sn0 Melone three o Meneger McGerthy s most likely piteh g orospects, vill be sent el the enemy W order Keds 1o Use Many Hurbers ORLANIN. Fla Meich 10 (A% Muneger Juck Sendrics snd 24 of hi Cinctnnetl Jeds were Vet $aim Bewch whiei betiie e ‘apmorros . N Buia i b e b wite U g Cow, ] Ualiing Ktoneham at Glant Camp. AUGUSTA, Gu, March 10 () Charles A. Btoneham. president of the Glants, has caused quite u flurry breaking into McGraw's camp unher- alded. However, Stoneham says there i nothing mysterious about his visit and calls it only a vacation “The Glants swing into sction over the week end. Alwer the game here to- day with ‘he Newark Bears iley ad- by | make, but he got part way on e road. Gets Some Experfence. Morlarly was n new manager in 1927 As ball player he had won his shave of laurels. A% umpire he also won his share and that of some others. Moriarty, having seen players perform and fall W perform, I the Nrst manager of & major league club who dared o vance on BU Augustine 1o oppose the Bears agaln wmorrow, “The New ers wcksonville dny club st Jackronville on J Mo Pirate Yannigans Wins, PABO ROBLES, Callf, Maich () Although the youngsters of Pittshurgh Pirates collected only hits, they nosed out the Jegulars 2w the st intraciub gume of tralning e Lloyd W ting hion five slete Donde Bush, manager. was roed by the work of Charley Walsh and Ervin Brame, reerull pitchers 10 the ) 4 10 the 1 center fielder took b 5 with two of the ftgulars Phils Seek Bevenge VIEIR. MAVEN, Flu, March 10 A he Philsdelphin Nationals diy awalted the vasion of thelr trwining comp here of Connie Mack's Athleties for the seeond wnd final game of the weries in the Bouth Fager o even the count Bhoton sent Bis men Dnoigh w long ariil yesterduy payig purtiealar witen Gon o thie plehers. Bhotton said he by wonld sturt Sveetland on e o] Ll Al drteated the Phillies Y dwke., 34 1 6, WL Foiy Mycie on Wediesdsy, York- | will return here after meeting the | Manager | swip the champion bitter of the league, one year ufter sald chumplon had won his champlonship, Most munagers having s champlon- ship batter, whether of this year's vin tage or somy Manush, batting champlon in 1926, Leouldn't make the grade in 1927, and | e began o show iU so early that it is doubtful whether Moriarty sl any tme | thought he wiss golng to make the grade last sewnon. He permitted him o go Lo L Louls slong with Lou Blue. He got Itice i exchange. 1f Itice proves 1o be [ winning bl pl for Detroit and Manush proves Hkewise for Bl Louls {both tewms vl have benetited “The Detrolt outhield hns ot been of [ he ghent Lype i te punt, even when [ Cobby waas out there playing, with his | rure oratory und attention W the small- er detulls The Detroits could not al- [ ways hosst of having as good an out- | Aeld an New York, ws Ty never wan s | great in the outfield s he was nt bat } Fotherghtl I 1 | There tx another outfielder of the Detroit tewm who some duy muy hear the bugle cull taps, His name i Foth- ol m great big goodsnatured hinm <huldered batsman who can bit His Wonble hins been e lstening o e tently 1o the bugle when W blew the dinner cult Phe Delivlt vutleld will have muie I other, would cling to him, | | enthusiasm this year than last. That's | what the Cubs say of their outfield in the National League and the Pitts- | burghs are also keen for their outer gardeners, If Morlarty can win five more games by his outfield this year and ten more by his pitchers, he will be able to give the Yankees a race 53 TEAMS ARE LISTED IN BASKET TOURNAMENT KANSAS CITY, March 10 (4).—With 53 teams entered fn the Natfonal A, A U. basket ball tournament here, 14 teams frof Kansas and Missouri have been matched fn & preliminary round today to reduce the field for a full week of competition starting Monday. ‘Three favorites, the Hillyards of St. | Joseph, Mo., national champlons; the Ke-Nash-A ' squad Kenoshn, Wis., runners-up lnst year, and the Cooks Paints of Kansas City drew places in the upper bracket, GREENLEAF SETS PACE AT POCKET BILLIARDS CHICAGO, March 10 (4. Ralph Greenleaf, Philadelphia, wir of the last national pocket billlard tournament, stood In first place today In this round robln meet, with three victories, He was given w difieult tussle last nlght by Harry Wood of Duluth, but the former champlon finally L 125 o 116, GEORGETTI-DEBAETS LEAD. NEW YORK, March 10 (#) Com- Ing down the home streteh in the alx- duy bleyele race which ends at 11 o'clock tonlght nt Madison Bquare Gar- den, the Ttallan-Belglan of | Georgett-Debuets led the the | end of the 13150 hour VOLLEY BALL TEAMS BUSY. Whites broke even with the Blues, 15 to 2 and 12 to 15, snd twi e feated the Heds, 16 to 10 and 15 to 7, Y. M O A Volley Ball League play Iast night Blues downed Reds, 16 Lo 10 and 15 1o 1, the league race, with Blies second and Iteds thira field at | | KANBAB CITY, March 10 (1) Chmmplonship play 1 the Amerioan Bowliig Congress Lomrmament was un- der winy here foday wller nearly w week Of Tocal hooster team competition. ‘The Ttadnbows of B Loule Gk over Bt Pluce with 4,709, Whites are heading | IONES IS SPEAKER | AT TECH BANQUET More than 150 are expected to at- | tend the athletic supper at Tech High | School tonight at 6:30 o'clock. Motion pictures of ‘the Army-Navy foot ball game last Fall will be shown following the supper. Capt. L. M. (BIf) Jones. head Army foot ball coach. will be the principal speaker. Among other guests will be Principal Hart and Athletic Director Guyon of Eastern; Bert Coggins, Central basket ball coach: Richard Tennyson, director of boys’ activities for the muni- | cipal playground department; Dr. G. | Hartis White, athletic director of the District high schools; John Chamberlin, Principal Danlels, Assistant Principal Woodward, Louts Mattern, Dr. Birch, C. W. Rippey. Elmer Zearfoss, Joseph Low ery and F. W. Glenn, all of the Tech faculty: Warren Spencer, Harry Myers, Mike McDonald, Dr. James Rolls, John | Morrissey, Mr. Fyfe of the Boys' Club | and Mr. Fenwick. Action on the basket ball floor and in the swimming tank was carded today for local schoolboy athletes. In the only contest with a strictly local setting Gonzaga was to entertain Mount St. Mary’s Prep basketers of Emmits- burg, Md.. in the I Street School gym at 3:30 oclock. The game was to mark the end of Gonzaga's campaign. Devitt School swimmers were to vie with the Navy Plebes at Annapolis this afternoon Tonight at 8 o'clock Devitt's basket ball team will close its season against St. Mary's Celtics in the Alexandria, Va. Armory, starting at 8 o'clock. A large squad of Central High nata- tors is entered in the South Atlantic swimming champlonships . tonight in Baltimore. Emerson Institute will award gold basket balls to eight members of the crack team which has represented it this season at an assembly soon to be held. Those to be honored are: Alton Buscher, William Burns, Ray Davidson, Guy Jenkins, Irving Abramson, Paul Clifford, Paul Casassa and Sam Gordon. G STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY. MARCH 10, 1928 Final Bell Sounded for Kid Lavigne TEN CLASHES TODAY IN BASKET TOURNEY Twenty amateur basket ball teams are today involved in the second block of games in the South Atlantic amateur tournament, which opened auspliclously at the Arcadia last night. Play started at 10 o'clock this morn- ing and the schedule provides continued combat until 10:45 tonight. In the opening games last night, Cen- tral High defeated Calvary M. E., 32 to 17, Woltz humbled Army Medicos, 70 to 25; Business defeated Stanleys, 56 to 24, in 145-pound ranks; De Luxe won the 130-pound game from Original Reds, 20-16; Boys' Club Standards copped the 115-pound fray from North- westerns, 39 to 19, and Fort Myer Mid- gets scored in 100-pound ranks over St. Martin Rovers, 19 to 9. Games scheduled today, and Monday follow: tomorrow Par Vi, Aztecs, Seriator Whiriwin eluns—! niral High Reserves Tremonts va. Alex- Hyattaville Express, wish Community Ce LACIE o'clock: s ok St ‘Peter's va. St zhte of Columbus Whirlwinds ve. MONDAY'S GAMES, S-ponnd_elnsa—Jrwish Community Cen- Nationals. 4 o'clock. 143 pound " clan—Woodside va. Aces. 5 and Boys Club ck Brook! B o el o Columbns ashington Grove oclock: Dixie Pigs x EAGLE BASKET QUINT TOPPLED BY BLUES Bernie Peacock took his Anacostia Eagles to Richmond last night to learn the taste of defeat. Richmcnd Elues handed Washington's independent bas- ket ball champions a 29-22 reverse. Mount Vernons became senlor com- munity center champlons last night by defeating Central Reds, 53 to 30, at Cen- iral High. Nativity Seniors will battle Trinity M. E. cagers tonight at 8 o'clock at Eastern High. Corcoran led Peck A. C. scorers Jast night as Trinity M. E. was humbled, 48 to 29. Aces scored a well earned 44-42 win | over Army ‘War Coilege five last night. Boys' Interchurch League results last night were: Gunton, 19: Y. Juniors, 17. Washington Presbyterians, 17; Metro- politan Baptists, 13, and Mouni Vernon, 24; Calvary Baptists, 15. Woltz 145-pound cagemen defeated Warrenton, Va., tossers last night, 39 to 24. Tivoll Whirlwinds easily won over Southern Raflway tossers last night, 54 to 18. Artec Insects won from Cog auint last night at Central High, 42 to 20. PURDUE NEEDS VICTORY TO TIE INDIANA QUINT CHICAGO. March 10 (#).—The Western Conference basket ball cham- plonship, at least half of it, rested on the outcome of the very last game of the season, between Purdue and Minne- | sota at Minneapolis tonight. Indiana holds a half interest, with a season record of ten victories and two defeats, and Purdue must win tonight to_galn a share of the title. The individual point scoring honors also hung in the balance, with Bennie Oosterbaan of Michigan leading now with 129, “Stretch” Murphy. the tallest player in the conference, reach- Ing 6 feet 6 inches in his socks, has 121, needing four goals to tie and nin points to win. Wisconsin made sure of a half in- terest in third place, alongside North- western, by defeating Illinois last nighl‘l 32 to 22, COURT TITLE AT STAKE IN PENN-TIGER BATTLE NEW YORK, March 10 (#).—The Eastern intercollegiate basket ball season will close tonight. with Princeton | and Pennsylvania meeting at Phila- delphia. Victory will give Penn the title, but the best Princeton can get is a tie. Penn has won seven games and lost two, while Princeton has won six and lost three. On January fented Princeton, 26 to 23 Dartmouth and Cornell hook up at Hanover,' N. H., in a tussle to decide COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Wisconsin, 32; E 22 Northwestern, Tilinols, Minnesota, 26. | WOMEN M I ARJORIE WEBSTER SCHOOL'S Senlor sextet holds a 2-10-0 lend over the Juniors for inter- class basket ball honors. They earned their second victory last night when they outpassed the lower classmen, 44 to 15 Next Friday night at 8:15 the final game will be played in which the Juntors will put forth a supreme effort to_retrieve themselves In a second team match yesterday, the Juniors fared better than in the title tit, defeating the Sentor second squad, 22 to 21, Line-up of big g “n Wilson m 3 n Antrid Ha Hianche Ch ¥ Evelyn Twin Eagles, American University Western High Schol won the senlor, intermedinte and juntor tenm titles, respectively, in the Washington free- throw tournament, ¢ ded laat night atthe Y. W. C. A, when the 14 winners of the preliminary round met for thelr final trials Alys Ewers of the Eagles, winner of the aentor dividual —champlonship, scored 49 goals out of 60 trials John MacGregor of George Washings ton University topped the intermediate Individual class with 41 out of 80 trials, while Junior honora went to Mary Tol- man of Western High School, totaling 5 of b0, WS Lossers won more positions I the finals than any other slngle gantzation. George Washington University was awarded the partielpation trophy, hav- g the record number of entries - 167 Cleorgetown playvground renistored 107 buskels o take the plavground team Glle, whitle Vinginka dones of Montiowe won e individusl - ehamplonship in by wluea, third place. The other league members, Yale and Columbia, meet on the New York battle- ground to close their schedule. N SPORT Records of Miss MacGregor, Miss Ewers and Miss Tolman were sent to the world free throw committee to be compared with those of representatives from some 20 countries. Summary of finals: NENIOR TEAM SCORES, . m v - ke Washingtan W Western High School AUNIOR TEAM SCORES, Wentern Hixh School Second—Mactariand Jv Third—Holton Arms FLAYGROUND TEAM NCORRS, University 1 ey 1o Schoat Plavgronid ound NENIOR INDIVIDU AL, Necord an, Moty w iy w I\l;t ¥ -n: 1'! W 1o Nashotenrs T Hasel Nuith Rax AVE DIV oW Abell Westein 8 Muisoi, W @ O'lane. Culuw AL SCORES A, Western JUNIOR INDIY Neewr Fiost My Tolian Hix ) W ' s kT Pluseund o an SPORTS.” | Fights Last Night By the Assoclated Press. | BUFFALO.—Frankie Genrao, N. B. | A. flyweight champion, defeated Frisco | Grane, Philippines (10). HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—Pel Detroit, knocked out “Re Memphis (4). LOS ANGELES.—Tony Fuente, Los| Angeles, and Joe Lohman, Cleveland | | (10), draw. i TAMPA, Fla.—Alex Simmons, Can- ton, Ohlo, won from Bobby Marriott, | Baitimore (10). Al Friedman, New | York, outpointed Andreas Castano, | Cuba (10). | OMAHA.—Joe Medill, Chicago, de-| feated Tommy Grogan, Omaha (10). Irish Kennedy, St. Paul, won from Kid | Ray, Wayne, Nebr. (6). Joe Greb, New York, outpointed Johnny Rose, Fremont, Nebr., (4). \ | EAU CLAIRE, Wis—Ollie_Bartlett, | Minneapolis, won from Mike Valentine, | Duluth (10). Wallie McElwain, Eau | Claire, defeated Johnny Hornung. St.| Paul (8). “Kid” Breen, Eau Claire, knocked out Harris Ash, Eau Claire (4). | SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Dick Ramles, SAN FRANCISCO.—Midget Mike O'Dowd, Columbus, Ohio, beat Pancho | Flores, Texas (10). \GILLESPIE, MESMER LEAD TEAMS AT G. Heading Georgetown University’s base | ball team this season will be Frank L | | Gillespie, veteran pitcher. The Blue and Gray's basket ball team next Win- ter will be captained by Frederick Mes- mer, little forward during the past sea- son. Both leaders were chosen yes- terday. Gillespie, a senior. will be playing with the Hoya nine for his fourth sea- | son in the campaign soon to get under ' way, having started his diamond career effect the freshmen rule. | Last season he was a co-star with | Pete Burch on the mound and the feature of his work was a double vic- tory over Yale and an extra-inning win over Boston College. He has hit more than .300 the past two seasons. Gillespie also won his letter in foot | ball last Fall. Mesmer's election to the basket ball captaincy is unusual, alone, because of the fact he is only a sophomore. Ath- letic captaincies usually go to seniors. Such a job is nothing new to Mesmer. however, as he served for two seasons |as captain of the crack Christian Brothers’ Academy basket ball five of Syracuse, N. Y., where he got his pre- | liminary training and piloted the G.! U. Freshmen five last Winter. Mesmer not only led the floor play | of the G. U. team during the recent | season, but was one of its leading | scorers. In addition to his basket ball prowess, | Mesmer is a bang-up tennis player, | ranking second only to Emmett Pare in | this sport on the Hilltop. | Georgetown and Catholic University | base ball squads were to engage in | practice games this afternoon, the first | real competition of the campaign for | | either. University of Maryland will not | begin with its scrub game program until ¥ Monday. ILLINOIS FAVORITE IN BIG TEN GAMES By the Asociated Precs. | IOWA CITY, Towa, March 10.—T- | linols, winner of the Western Conter- | ence indoor track and field champon- | ships seven times since 1911, will make its eighth bid for the honors tonight i i | | | | | | when the finals are decided in the Uni- | versity of Iowa's new $500.000 field | house The University of Towa figures as the only other outstanding contender, with | the | Charley McKeever. at the local institution before it put into by = LIGHTWEIGHT KING DURING '90'S DEAD Champion Six Years, Boxer Toils as Laborer After Losing Title. By the Amociated Pre DETROIT, March 10.—The final beil has sounded for George Lavigne, the “Saginaw KJd,” former world light- weight boxing champion. Lavigne, who ruled the lightweight ranks from 1893 to 1899, died at his home herc last night after a brief illness. Death was due to heart disease. The “Kid,” who was 58 years old, was reputed to have earned a small fortune in the ring, but of that there was nothing left. FPor the past few San Diego, beat Biily Hoon, Towa (10).|years he had been employed as a night watchman at a Ford Motor Co. plant. Ascending the lightweight throne o retirement of Jace McAulifte, Lavigne defended his title against such boxers as Joe Wolcott, the “Barbadoes Demon”; Andy Bowen, Young Griffo, Fdd's Connelly, Dick Burge, the Znglish champion: mysterious Billy Smith, Jack Ever- hardt and Jack Daly. Lavigne lost the title at Buffalo in July, 1899. to Frank Erne, who out- pointed him in 20 rounds. ‘The Kid's greatest fights were against Wolcott, wHom he defeated twice. Wol- cott prior to his meetings with Lavigne had never been beaten and had won from the topnotchers of three divisions. including the heavyweight Joe Choyn- ski. He was regarded as unbeatable. Stopped Wolcott Twien ‘The pair met at Maspeth, L. L. on December 2, 1895, for the first be and Lavigne won in a grueling co: t. The second meeting was in San Prancisco, October 29, 1897, wh: Lavigne established his superiority be- yond question by stopping the negro in 14 rou ‘Wolcott's handlers threw the towel into the ring to save their man further punishment. Bowen, a great negro fighter, mever recovered consciousness after a knock- out by Lavigne in New Orleans in 1894, and died while being taken to & hos- pital. The fight with Everhardt, whom La- vigne stopped in 23 rounds at Phila- delphia. was recorded as one of the | bloodiest contests in ring history. Took Severe Drubbing. After losing the title to Eme. La- vigne attempted a comeback against Elbows McFadden. but received what he | described as the most decisive drubbing of his career. He decided then to hang up the gloves for all time. Lavigne, after retiring, opened a saloon and cafe in Saginaw, Mich. Of late years he had been cmployed in various laboring positions at wages that were modest, but sufficient for his needs. The fact that Lavigne's last years were less prosperous than those of his early career was accepted by the “Kid" as a natural sequence. “In the ring game, my boy.,” he observed. “time steals the lightning from your legs and the power from your punch. Priends relieve you of your money.” Lavigne First of United States World Champion Boxers. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, March 10.—The ring today mourned Kid Lavigne, the first native American to become the cham- pion of the United States and the worid. After Jack McAuliffe, who was born in Ireland. vacated the title in 1833 undefeated. Lavigne was the outstand. | ing contender in the division. Lavigne | was born in Saginaw, Mich., of French- Canadian stock. Dick Burge. Britain's world light- weight champion. was knocked out by Lavigne in the seventeenth round at :gewN’;fionfl Sporting Club in London third place revolving arovnd Michigan | and Ohlo State. Wisconsin, the 1027 |, The British idol scaled 140 pounds © | because of their superiority in the pole | 18 Penn de- | | Ind { Capt. > ! Charles McGinnis, does not threaten to be more than a dark horse. Although the Illini in the prelimi- anaries last night failed to place a man in the 60-vard dash and were not strone In the 440 and 880 yard runs. they nev- ertheless are favored to capture the title | | vault. mile and two-mile evcits and the | <hotpuf To chances to upset Iliinois center around Capt. Frank Cuhel in the dash and hurdles and George Eaird. prob- | ably the best 440-yard man in the con- | | ference. H lowa qualified six men in three pre- | Hmfllnn(r:\}r“evmu with an icago counting three apiece. | | Dick Rockaway, a sophomore Ymm‘l\mo | State. led the veteran George Hester, captain of the Michigan team. to the {tape in the first heat of the 60-vard | | aash, turning in the most impressive lfi\l‘f‘:\:}‘ of the night. He finished in Rockaway's time was also equaled by il.:m&m ©of Ohlo and Larson of Wiscon- New records undoubtedly will be es- tablished in five or six events tonight, As the track contests will be run over a | fast six-lap course compared to the 10- | Iap track at Northwestern which here- tofore has furnished the setting for the | champlonship indoor meets. PARE IN SEMI-FINALS OF WESTERN NET PLAY CINCINNATI, March 10 (£ — Emmet | Pare. Georgetown University, reached the semi-finals of the Western idoor | tournament in defense of his tile, when § he defeated Fred Oexman, Cincinnati, 161 63 | With Pare in the semi-finals are Muir | loor champion. having lost its ace, | Niinois, Michigan | «x to less than 133 for the Saginaw Kid Burge had been knocking out the * | plck of the middleweights and heavy- | weights and on the day before the fight was the favorite at 3 to 1. head taller than Lavigne. “IU lick Burge if he weighs 1! pounds or a ton.” Lavigne exclaimed Waiting for the gong. the Saginaw Kid from his corner heard an English- man ofler odds on Burge. “Tll take you on for 500." Lavigns called over his shoulder as the bdel clanged. When Burge was sprawled on t floor in the seventeenth round the lishman handed Lavigne a check ¢ £500. That nearly knocked out " who thought he was wage: He was a THREE TEAMS IN RUNNING FOR TRACK MEET TITLE DES MOINES, lowa. March 10 (® Preliminaries in the 440 and 880 Tuns disposed of. nearly 200 of the M. sourt Vall fie letes today to send them forth in g ference indoor title. Pre-meet dope, which rated Nebrask Oklahoma and Kansas as f; tttle changed by the pre; night, except that lowa Cuollege s rating was matertally enhanced The Ames athletes quahfied the dosen men sele of the quarte TS pist the oon st of mil sourt ted and Qrinnell placed an fnals s ¢ wee Cullege athie Univ froshiman COLLETT AND VAN WIE IN WOMAN'S GOLF FINAL ST AUGUSTINE Ma. March 10 (& Glenna QWliett, former holder of highest woman's Untied States. Canada day S young Chicage plaver. for the East Coast woman's Mk crown Atiss Quiledt went into the final ro led | by divsing of Virgina Wiksan, ¢ WAt caRo. Tand 3 Mis Van Wie defeates Maureen Oreutt, Engiewood, N 3 and 2 i“l\&rm. Kansas Cty: Bill Clines. Lous- {ville, and Larry Tieman, Cictnatt indoor champion. 'ALEXANDRIA HIGH FIVE | | LOSES TITLE CONTEST PORTSMOUTH, Va. March 10 | Alexandria High basketers fell betore | Woodrow Wilson Migh. 22 to 39, i the | deciding game for the Virginia scho- | lastie champlonship here last night be- | tween the section winners. Led by Towell the victors throughout. though Alexandria | dangerous ail the way ! HUNTER WINS AT FINAL PALM BEACH, Fla . Mawch 10 (8 Inis plaer Francks T Hunter, second ranking ten- of the countiy elghteenth annual Iship singles title Florida by defeating | Henmesay, Indianapolis, i (hive G4 10 1% and &2 HURDLE RECORD TIED. HRUNSWIOK, Me, Maeh 10 (8 | The world record of 3 4-3 secunds (0 the | 48-vard Bigh hurdles was equated tast night by Rernard Lueas of Gardiner, | T Me, W the fnal heat af the event 1 ihe Tenth annual Bowdan College ke~ | traternity door weet { CENTRAL REDS GATHER. 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