Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1928, Page 23

— SRORAS. | THE_EVENING STAR. W HINGTON. D. €. MONDAY. MARCH 12, 1928. SPORT s~ TRI-STATE LO TO AID GAME HEREABOUTS Formation of Circuit of Southern Conference Nines in This Section I of Washington and Lee. BY H. C. BYRD. REAT things arc expected this Spring of the Tri-State Inter- collegiate Base Ball League, made up of Southern Con- % ference institutions in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland, by those responsible for the organization It was the purpose in forming the Jeague to give an impetus to base ball, 10 provide greater interest in that sport, and it is felt by Dick Smith, graduate manager of athletics at Washington and Lee University, who was almost wholly responsible for the idea and the translation of the plan into a workable body. that the circuit will accomplish Just that “I have believed for several years that & league: of college ball needed in this section and have fel that such a league would promote i terest in college base ball beyond that which now exists and beyond what an; body should expect. College base bal has not kept pace with other college sports. foot ball and basket ball having outstripped it in general student and “public interes “Colleges in towns where there are no professional clubs are all right and will do well under :ny circumstances, but the college locateu where its teams must play in competition with profes- eional club simpl 15 not going to have popular games unless some kind of competitive interest is provided. The league, which is made up of North Carolina, North Carolina State, Vir- ginia, Washington and Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Military Institute and Maryland, ought to be a means of creating much greater inter- est in base ball as far as its member schools are concerned. “Personally, I have taken a good deal of interest in base ball, and I went to a good deal of trouble to get this league started, and from all I have heard from various sources it already is cau: ing more interest in the coming season. Whether or not the league, some- thing new in college base ball, succeeds or not, Dick Smith deserves great credit for effecting its organization. And to Smith should go whatever credit there ague May teams was | OP FIGURED Due to Dick Smith | ball committee at Colgate, was here re- | contly and expressed great satisfaction over the game that Colgate has ar- ranged with Vanderbilt at Nashville, on October 6. Leonard also paid a_high compliment to athletics in the South | when he stated that he felt that those {in charge of athletics in the Southern | Conference were on a better footing in their relationships and that more was being got out of sports than in the | | Northern colleges. | Bill Roper, coach at Princeton and | president of the American Foot Ball Coaches' Association, is getting out this Spring to all coaches a memoranda of | |all changes in the rules for next year. | Because of this, coaches will not be | compelled to wait until the last of Au-| gust to find out what rules they will have to play under. In fact, coaches this year will have the rules far in ad- | vance of the publication of the official code because they can apply the | changes sent them by Roper to last | year's publication. 'UNLIMITED CLASHES . HEAD BASKET CARD| | e | | Three unlimited class games will fea- ture tonight’s program in the South | Atlantic amateur basket ball tourna- ment now in the closing stages of the | first round at the Arcadia. Knights of Columbus will meet Wood- | It | side at 7 oclock, Washington Grove | | meets Southern A.'C. at 8:15 and Dixie | X | Pigs will battle Sioux A. C. at 9:30. |} In 145-pound ranks Woodside will meet Aces at 5 o'clock this afternoon {and Brookland Boys' Club faces Alex- |andria Celtics at 6 o'clock. Jewish | Community Center five was to meet | Nationals at 4 o'clock in a 115-pound | Whirlwind quints remained in the un- limited class race by defeating Ameri- PARE IN FINAL ROUND OF WESTERN TOURNEY CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 12 (#).— Emmett Pare of Chicago, a Georgetown University student, and Muir Rodgers, Kansas City, advanced to the finals in the singles play of the Western indoor tennis tournament last night. Pare, defending champion, was forced to a terrifice battle by Larry Tieman, Cincinnati indoor champion, 6—4, 7—5, Rogers ecliminated Bill Clines, Louis- ville, 7—5, 3—6, 6—2, 6—0. INDIANA AND PURDUE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 12—Purdue and Indiana shared the Western Conference basket ball championship for 1928 to- | day, while Bennie Oosterbaan carried off the season scoring honors to compen- sate for Michigan's loss of the title it held last year. The two Hoosler squads nd place back of Michigan Indiana and Purdue found their greatest scoring strength this sea- son in sophomore material. Indiana had the greatest representation among the high scorers, which explains its high average of 39.5 points per game, Purdue ranked second in defensive strength, while Indiana was no better than fourth on defense. The co-champions won 10 games and lost two, one of these to each other. Indiana also was beaten by Michigan by a single point, while Purdue lost once to Wisconsin. Northwestern and Wisconsin, the third-place holders, made brave efforts with inadequate reserves, but in the last two weeks of the race both faltered. Michigan, after early-season reverses, became the stumbling block which up- set these two teams. 5| )i | | SHARE BASKET TITLE TECH HAS WINNING OUTLOOK IN TENNIS With four scasoned performers and a group of candidates of real promise at hand Tech High looks to a banner tennis_season. Veterans upon whom Coach Zearfoss is counting are David Legum, a for- mer captain; Manager George Schultz, Ashton Scharr and Milton Felstein. Other leading aspirants are Carl Wells, Tom Wilson, Jack Understein, Wilbur Sexton, Wilson Forrest, Nathan Wasserman and Paul Landman. Some 30 more aspirants are on the | tennis squad. All who are out for the | eport, whether members of the team | or not, will be allowed to play two hours a_ week, in_accordance with a plan adopted by Coach Zearfoss a couple of | vears ago, and will be given credit for this time. An attractive schedule is being ar- | ranged for the Tech racketers. Schoolboy base ball and track ath- letes were all set today to begin serious training in preparation for the Spring campaign, but it appeared that the rainy weather would keep them indoors. | Central and Western High diamond squads are awaiting the first opportu- nity to begin outside diamond drills. Tech and Eastern aspirants have al- ready had considerable training in the oran. Business, the last of -the public high group to get busy on base ball, is hopeful of getting outdoors within a few days. Central and Tech ‘track squads are down to hard training for the outdoor | campaign, but Eastern’s track and fleld aspirants plan to wait another week before beginning sStiff preparation. bt~ Sk CASEY BOXERS TO MEET BALTIMORE “Y” MITTMEN Amateur boxing teams of Knights of Columbus of this city and Central | Y. M. C. A. of Baltimore will face in a tournament next Thursday night in K. C. Hall here. Coach Zube Sullivan has sclected the 1 | Casey team as follows: Frankie Olenice, ray. Wall | _ Company F of Hyattsville and Bond's | | i | 166 Leading Scorers. Murvhy. Purdue Wells, i can Railway Expressmen and Takoma | | A. C. respectively, yesterday. Both | contests were harder fought than the| STARG{TND BA{L };VENT. 4| Roberts, heavyweight. bantamweight; Kid Fisher, feather- weight; Leo Coveleskie, lightweight; Tommy Betts, welterweight; Battling Marcellina, middleweight, and Jack MAT BO_UT IS UNCERTAIN. CHICAGO, March 12 (#).—The wrestling match between Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Alex Garkawienko, mam- moth Russian, will be held tonight as scheduled, Chairman Paul Prehn of the CLEVELAND, March 12 (#).—Lead- | Illinois State Athletic Commission de- WALFORD SOCCER TEAM SCORES OVER MARLBORO Walford eleven, local soccer cham- plon, disposed of a formidable opponent yesterday, when it took the measure of Marlboro, 4 to 1, on the Monument Lot. Marlboro recently furnished Wal- ford a fine fight on the Marylanders’ pitch, but the locals yesterday clearly demonstrated their superiority. ANACOSTIA EAGLES GIVEN HARD BATTLE Anacostia Eagles basketers, who bare- ly vanquished Woltz Photographers, 28 to 27, yesterday, tomorrow night will face another sturdy challenger for their District unlimited class title, when War- wick Collegians invade Congress Heights Auditorium in an attempt to clip the Birds’ wings. Colleglans will present a line-up in- cluding Cappelli, Kersey, Scruggs, Han- back and Dutch Krumm. Eagles required two extra periods to down Woltz yesterday. A rousing rally enabled the Photographers to come from way behind to tie the Birds at the end of regulation time, 23 to 23. The count was still deadlocked at the end of the first overtime sesslon, 25 to 25. ‘With only three seconds to play in the final extra period Jack Faber shot one from the foul line to give the Birds vic- tory. Faber and Sweeney led the Eagles’ offensive, with Stewart and Garber finding the scoring range most often for Woltz. With Slattery, Lott, Marsh and Smith scoring heavily, Fort Washington bas- keters swamped Cardinal Yearlings, 59 to 21, yesterday, in the gym at the fort. Fitzgerald and J. Walsh did most of the losers’ scoring. Chevy Chase tossers close their sea- son_tonight against Headquarters five of Fort Myer. The game will be on the Soldlers’ floor. Northwestern five, which vanquished the 105-pound Corinthian quint yester- day in the Peck gym, 41 to 38, wants to list the St. Martin and Calvary teams :r:c!’hs 105-pound class. Call Potomac IOWA HAS ASPIRANT FOR OLYMPIC TEAM IOWA CITY, Iowa, March 12 (#).— An important candidate for the Olympic 400-meters hurdles, Frank Curel of STRONG ALEXANDRIA | FIVES MIX THURSDAY ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12.—Alex- andria’s independent basket ball season closes Thursday night with the all-im- portant game between Old Dominion Boat Club and St. Mary's Celtics, tak- ing place at 8:30 o'clock, in Armory Hall. The teams are the best that have represented this city in amateur ranks for many years, and interest in the game is high. Director J. Earle Ross of the Old Dominion and Manager Charles Cor- bett of St. Mary's met Saturday night and scheduled the game because of the | public’s demand for the tilt. Old Dominion Boat Club passers will go to Washington tonight to meet American Railway Express Co. team in the Terminal Railroad Y. M. C. A. at 8:30 o'clock. With Heberlig and Pierpoint leading its attack, Old Dominion Boat Club tos- sers came from behind to defeat the Columbia Engine Company by 44 to 29 on the Armory Hall floor Saturday night. Heberlig sank 16 points and Pierpoint 8 for the winners. i PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. Bost:n Bruins, 1; New York Ameri- cans, 0. Montreal Canadiens, 3; Montreal Ma- roons, 0. WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER. OUISE OMWAKE, recently eletced captain of the George Washing- ton University co-ed tennis team, stands out as one of the few three-letter athletes of the fair sex at the university. Miss Omwake is captain of the bas- | Coming Olympic Games H pected Incentive an Decline Since | EW YORK, March 12 (#).—There has been a lot of excitement and elbowing in connection | with the indoor track and field season, but only a few startling | performances, notably those by Sabin Carr and Lloyd Hahn, have saved it from being a mediocre campaign. All the ballyhoo about the Olympic | incentive hasn't seemed to spur the | boys to any general outbreak of record- | busting. | Instead of any increase, the pace has | |fallen off. The decline, in fact, has | been consistent since the last Olympics. | There were 123 record performances indoors in 1924-25, the season that Paavo Nurmi came over to stir things up. With the Flying Finn absent, lhe‘ total dropped to 47 in 1926 and 15 last Winter. Only 11 record feats have been turned in this year. The situation isn't quite so gloomy, however, as the figures indicate. Any season that boasts two such scin- is being planned for next year. An | interclass meet will be held late this Spring. i Junior schlag ball tossers of Park| View School will open their anrual series tomorrow afternoon, the 5-A| team meeting the 5-B 1 aggregation. ‘Boom College Base Ball : Indoor Track Season Is Not Brilliant CARR AND HAHN PROVIDE . ONLY STARTLING FEATS ave Failed to Furnish Ex- d There Has Been 1924 Meet. tillating performances as Carr's pole vault of 14 feet 1 inch and Hahn’s half mile fn 1:51 2-5 ean't be obscured by & | somewhat general absence of real class. These two alone are enough to brighten any athletic chapter. Here and there such other bright spots have emerged as the consistently fine distance running of Leo Lermond of the Boston Athletic Assoclation, the hur- dling skill of Weems Baskin, former Alabama Poly star; the twin victories of Ray Conger out in the Middle West over Hahn and Dr. Otto Peltzer; the shot- putting of Herb Schwartz of the [linois Athletic Club and Dave Adelman of Georgetown; the middle distance run- ning of Phil Edwards, New York Uni- versity negro, and the all-around feats of Barney Berlinger, Pennsylvania freshman. The 48-second quarter mile by Ray Barbuti for the record-breaking Syra- cuse quartet in the Eastern intercoile- giates and the sprinting upsets account- ed for by teh two Holy Cross aces, Quinn and Daley, also deserve places in the main round-up, not to mention the fleet Hahn's “mile of the century” vic- tory over Conger and Peltzer in 4:13. The college basket ball campaign has seen most of last year's championship outfits bumped off. In the general upheaval Arkansas, in the Southwestern Conference, stands out by capturing its third straight title. Out on the Pacific Coast California, | four-time champion, didn't even get into the play-off in which Southern California knocked off the University of Washington's huskies, ket ball squad as well as the net group Vanderbilt, in the Southern Confer- and was the backbone of the varsity hockey eleven as goal guard. The only major sport at G. W., in which Miss Omwake does not participate, is rifle. Last year she was runner-up to Ermyn- trude Vaiden for the Activities Cup. which she bids fair to win for herself this year. While not the outstanding racketer in the school, the new captain has been one of the valuable members of the tennis squad for the past three years Senlor players were to swing Into action | ence, likewise faded out of the cham- this afternoon with a meeting between | pionship picture, now framed around the 7-A 1 and 7-A 2 squads. (!he University of Mississippi quintet. All matches will be played on the| Dartmouth lost out in the Park View playground court and will | Collegiate League, and Michigan trailed be called promptly at 3:30 p.m., ac-|in the Western Conference title chase. | cording to Maude N. Parker, director| The University of Kansas, six-time of girls' playground activities, who has | champions of the Missouri Valley cir- annotnced the complete schedule for | cuit, felt the full force of the big blast. the two loops as follows: | Oklahoma not only upset the long win- y |ning streak of the Jayhawkers, but romped home in front with a record- | breaking run of 18 consecutive victories. and can be counted upon always to is or whatever accrues in the future, | scores indicate. play a consistent game. the because it was he who took up the proposition last Spring, arranged for the meeting at Lynchburg of repre- sentatives of the schools and provided the idea of a practicable way of carry- ing out the league and planning its schedule. With the exception of Branch Bo- ‘cock, who takes charge at William and Mary, and Cofall at Wake Forest, not :;fim" is to be effected in the foot |} coaching systems of the colleges in the South Atlantic section next Fall. Gus Tebell will hold forth again at North Carolina_State and_Collins at back at Washington and Lee, V. P. I, V. M. I and Virginia, while around ‘Washington and out in Maryland every hool will be under the direction of same men who handled affairs last Fall. With the exception of possibly a different assistant in one place or an- other, not a change is contemplated in any of the major schools. i Several times rumors have come East | — e that Glen Wartier is more or less tired of coaching on the Pacific Coast and ‘would like to come back to this part of the country. Rather definite informa- tion indicates the rumor is just about a5 groundless as most rumors are, and Warner not only seems to be satisfiel ‘with conditions at Stanford, but has no intention of Jeaving. It is undersioon that Johns Hopkins intends to organize a boxing team next year. Dr. Ray Van Orman, who is athletics at that school, is re- ported to have made the statement that , unless something unforeseen takes place, will arrange a schedule for next Winter, Ace Leonard, chairman of the foot ADVERTISEMENT | ing hand ball players of the country alared today. Samuel P. Luzzo, | were here today for the opening round e ¢, 80:| of the National A. A. U. tournament. | S—Company 28 Takoma, 18, _ | | Az St. Pe |- 145 | Ex; 1 ibh « 28 St Paul | JUND ' CLASS—K. "ot C., 24: S | Peter's. 19 | TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE. { cn S ks 3 . Smith_Co. ve. Mount Fort Myer v Tremonts vs. - D CL. D ROUND)— | yer Midrets vs. Senator Whiriwinds, 30 QUINTS ARE MATCHED. KANSAS CITY, March 12 (#).— Thirty teams were matched today in the first round of a week of competition | to decide the 1928 National A. A. U. basket ball championship. Seven quin- | tets from Southwest States were elim- inated Saturday in a preliminary round | to reduce the field of 53. | | | YANK BEATS CANADIAN. | TORONTO, Ontario, March 12 (®).— J. Isehn of Boston, 1929 Harvard cap- | tain, won the Canadian squash rac- | quets championship yesterday by van- quishing A. Martin of the Thistle Club | | of Hamilton in a closely contested final | rr;l.t_;c‘h. 15—11, 7—15, 11—15, 15—6, 1 . 2 GOLF SHOW STARTS. CHICAGO, March 12 (#).—The fair- ways of the third International Golf | and Country Club show were thrown open to visitors today, with more than | game of the season. Play will last through the week. other member of the commission, was just as determined in his efforts to prevent it. BY FORREST C. (PHOG) ALLEN. (President_of National Basket Ball Coaches Association, Director of Athletics at Uni- versity o Jand “author "of "My { ‘Kans Basket Ball Bibl By the Associated Press. AWRENCE, Kans, March 12— One of the queerest incidents that I have ever seen happen in basket ball occurred out here in the Middlewest in 1923, The Missouri lefi'fi’:d ll;.l; {(ll’;:: ayhawkers were ying eir s s }Chlrlle Black, Kansas’ greatest living athlete, now as- sistant football coach and head coach of basket ball at the University of Ne- braska, was phying guard for Kansas. ‘The score stood 22 to 19 in favor of Kansas, with just two minutes to play. Kansas had an opportunity to win son and thus make an ever victorious record. The Jayhawkers were playing a de- layed-offensive game, hoping to con- sume the 2 miputes and 30 seconds without allowing the Tigers to get pos- session of the ball. The Tigers, playing a man-to-man defense, were slowly covering each of the loose Jayhawkers. Black had retreated to within about (200 exhibits spread before the golf - ADVERTISEMENT 10 feet of the Tiger goal. The home crowd was frantic. It could see L ADVERTISEMENT There’s at Least One at Every Bridge Party 1F“COUGHS ;CoUNTE GRAND SLAMS ¥ NoBooY ELSE L WoULD TAKE SINGLE TRICK D For A HEZAUMOSTICOUGHS ‘TrHa pecw; ouT;oF ; THE/ DEALER'S HAND her sixteenth and final game of the sea- | Basketer Used a Clever Ruse To Hold Lead in Close Game tercepted ball converted into a Tiger basket and the possibility that three-point Kansas lead might be swept away. Just as one of the Tigers was about ready to leap for a held ball, Black nonchalantly back-stepped and, with an air of complete abandon, tucked the ball under his arm and rested it on his hip. Looking across the court to one of his teammates who was covered by a Tiger, ge said, “Hey! Bowman, come over ere.” In some inexplicable way, by his cool bearing and careless attitude, he mo- mentarily tricked his opponents into | thinking that time was called out. His opponent stood mute and looked {at him while his teammate, Bowman, walked 10 or more feet to his comrade. Black whispered a word of caution in Bowmans' ear, and the two flashed |down the floor ‘into open territory, thereby relieving one of the most tense and dangerous moments I have ever witnessed in a basket ball game. The crowd was breathless, It, too, had accepted the situation as a time- out play, and when they saw what had happened pandemonium broke loose. is clever ruse so disconcerted the opponents that Kansas held her edge. The game ended with the score still 22 to 19. Kansas ssed her first un- beaten basket ADVERTISEME! By BRIGGS JHE COCIGHSV-‘AGH‘N W§E~t YoufMAKE ‘ WuR "oPEN) NGYBID the University of Iowa, flashed to the front in the Western Conference indoor track meet here Saturday night. He ran his quarter of the one mile relay in 49 3-5 seconds, and won the 70-yard hurdles in 0:08.8, just two- tenths of a second slower than the world indoor record. As soon as the outdoor colleglate track, season is finished, the JIowa captain will be turned from his Big Ten speclalties and groomed for the Olympic event. Four conference marks were shattered at the meet, which Illinois won after an interesting struggle with Iowa. It |was the first time the meet had been held away from Northwestern’s gym at Evanston, Ill, and the speed of the new six-lap track in Iowa's vast new fleld house contributed greatly to the record-smashing. Willlam Droegemueller of North- western set a new American record for Indoor vaulting off a dirt floor when he crossed the bar at 13 feet 2! Inches. Delivery Car (Complete) - $770 {f. 0. b. Detvois) Plans have been completed for the first intercollegiate swimming meet for the Colonial co-eds, who will compete with the Sullins College team on April 1, in the local Y. W. C. A. tank, at Sev- enteenth and K streets. Practice swims are being held regu- larly each Tuesday afternoon and Fri- day evening in anticipation of the event. Among those tryind® out for the team are Julia Denning, Judith Steele, Claudia Kyle, Winifred Faunce, Helen Taylat, Penelope Graham, Margaret Moreland, Elizabeth Brandenburg, Louise Macklem and Dorothy Worrall. | Events will include the 60-yard dash, 60-yard back stroke, free-style diving and a relay race. Swimming is the only all-season sport for men at G. W. Beginning this past Fall, the swimming season was extended from a three-month period to its present all-year round status. An extensive varsity schedule | March 13—5-A va 5Bl M 5—5B2 v Al | | ! K—0-A1 vs 6B | ernoon, 'CONSIDINE GARNERS INDOOR NET HONORS Downing Billy Jacobs, national boy champion, 6—1, 6—3, in the morning |and overcoming Elmer Rudy of Balti- more, 6—2, 7—5. 4—6, 6—2, in the aft- Bob Considine, crack local racketer, yesterday won the Maryland indoor tennis championship in the Fifth Regiment re. 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