Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1928, Page 25

SPORTS. * Army and Navy Are Held Likely STEPS LOOKI ARE DECLAR THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. AUGUST 13, 1928 G TO PEACE ED IN MAKING i Believed Season Without Big Grid Contest Will Bring Reaction—New Naval Academy Head Faverable to Settlement. BY LAWRENCE PERRY Talk rouna: Army and resume foot Works Two Ways. pplied both acad- rply regretted and tolerable. the two service insti- ther. ATHLETE IN COURT FOR “STEALING” CAP ated P Aug An amus- -climax to the Olympic games was aired in the Marlborough Street Police Court today when George C. Weightman-Smith, South African hur- one of the British Empire representatives at Amsterdam who com- peted against American athletes at Stamford Bridze on Saturday, appeared wer a charge of stealing a por- ter's cap. valued at e court was bright with the blaz f a number of British Olym aurant porter said that Weight- to force his way into crowded restaurant Saturday night when refused entrance snatched - cap in question and ran awa: t was not made clear who was able to v Olvmpic hurdler. ghtman-Smith was pre: that he had no intention of iealinz the cap and the magistrate Ci-charged him HOWARD A. COLBY DIES KANSAS CITY, August 13 —Howard A. Colby. 57 years old, who was said to have given John D. Rockefeller, sr., his first instructions in golf. is dead He was a former resident of New York and Brooklyn, where he was prominent in many branches of athletics. August 13 ased number of mid- shipmen at the Nav and the adoption of tend to mid cade enewal n the - whie overcoms of shipmen in and fmprove t s somewhat my. and the body averag Military Acad hrec-ye Rob- tions Navy Has More Men ears ago when Congress grea e student body permitting each membe to the Naval was found it was impossible to sec h squads. and most of th 1 materially s by changed ags he Naval A This brings the average studen to ado 2.100 The piebe cia that pmen available my body meters: Junior Coen, 16, made tennis hi 11, with Miss Robinson, comprise the Vilas, 13, fought her way (o the finals in B for body at West Point und 1,200 and nearly 400 { these are piebes, so that the number available, for dll varsity sports is but A little over 800, not much more than available at Annapolis The greatest objection of N ple has becn to the fact that have played several years on ot lege teams and made reputations, have frequently entered West Point and played during their whole course there Although this still is possible on accor of West Point not ha adopted the three-year rule, it is much more unlikely since the adoption of the freshman rule. Athletes who have won reputations elsewhere are unlik to enter West Point and remain out of | varsity sports for their first year. | As a matter of fact, since the rule was adopted at West Point two year ago, no foot ball player or other athlete of large general reputation in his line has entered the institution Sentiment Is for Peace. White Naval people are unanimous in their belief that the service schools should abide by the three-year rule under which most of their opponents play, sentiment seems to be increasing in favor of meeting the Army teams| under any conditions, trusting to the sense of fairness of the officers of that service to ultimately adopt the same s as their opponents. Both teams have made every effort| to prevent a lessening of interest in their teams and have scheduled games - with worthy opponents. The Military | Academy will mebt during the coming | victory scason: Yale, Harvard, Notre Dame and |in an Nebraska, and the Navy will oppose |day Michigan, Notre Dame, Pennsylvania| Miss Copeland won the shotput with and Princeton a heave of 1171 meters (38 feet 5! However, neither in the inches), breaking the record of 11.52 outside of it, can any game | meters (37 fect 1033 inches), set by teams may play attract the interest | Fraulein Lange of Germany. She also which attends ‘a contest with each took first piace in the javelin throw other, and the belief is that the break | with 33.23 meters (119 feet ls-inch) and will not continue more than one year.|won the discus throw with 3888 meters ownups. performers from up have repeatedly across the sports h of tenn al peo- hs who col- ntillated, and r was the remarkabic girl outsprint- world's woman run- the 100-meter Olymp to set a new world record Little Elizabeth Robinson of Chi- cago, who has seen just 16 summers, stepped out at Amsterdam when America’s best athletes were failing all around her and ran the 100 meters in the fast time of 12 1-5 second: But this is just one of many ex- amples of the things Uncle Sam's child athletes have done to distin- RUSSELS, Belgium, August 13 With one world record and thrae first places, Lilllan Copeland of Pasadena, Calif., led the Amer- iean women's Olympic team to ver th~ leading European stars inlernationa meet here yester- ervice or ich these Holland 1s “Father” of Three - |z ot Big Pastimes, OLLAN athlet D, host to the world's s during the Olympic games, has contributed three popular sports to civilization says a bulletin from the Na- Geographic Society e three sporis. yachting and have been incorporated into the Olympic games, but golf has not yet been added All three of ¢ mportations golf comes from acht e sport terms are direct om the Dutch language kolf."” meaning a club y re- from credit now Scoteh receive the art treasures e the ancie: So we kno' »d Dutch a mantle he carried a because ko t forth swarthed toga that Carries a Sword. of a goif bag et cabard stick was that the Nor the Dutch t game w0 land and take ated Zuider the Zee meet the i One o man car Dutch very Probabiy they the first 1o substitute iron and with this innova- Hor the rea] history of skating begins To & Netherlander & pair of skates and, in & great measure, sull 1 he d skating. the developed the art »e ta ear were among for bone skate wai { (127 feet 61 inches). American girls took four first places In addition to Miss Mary Washburn captured the 80-meter hurdles in 13 3-5 seconds. Great Britain won three first places in the 100-yard dash and the broad jump, bot of which were won | by Miss Gunn, and the 200-meter han- | dicap, which went to Miss Thompson. | as necessary as an automobile to an | The other two firsts went to Mile Leon- | American. in Winter, when the canasl |tine Stevens and Mile J. Seghers of freeze, the Dutchman skates to work, | Belgium in the high jump and 800- he tours the country on skates, his meter run servants go to market on skates, the | mail in some places is delivered by postmen on skates. So it only natural that skates should promote the sport of skating as automobiles have promoted bicyele and omobile racing. The Dutch soon be- came outstanding performers in figure <kating, now one of the Olympic sports They became famous also for their long- distance journeys, in which they sped | on skates from one end of the kingdom | Including Golf ‘ Draws Big Crowd. The meet, organized by the Belgian | sporting paper Dernier Heure and the | | Femina Club of Brussels, attracted an | enormous crowd to Josaphat Park, |drawn by the contest between the American stars and the British wom- en's record holders, the Misses Gunn bl | Thompson and mr;-nodnnugn. :1:» ‘n)::i‘ tour of the 11 towns" over a route of | dieau and Helen Bons, were out for 25 miles, which must be covered by | Fevenge for their defeat by the Amer- ckater 9 r 0 | lympics. The parade of katers within 12 NG verte ars |icans in the Olympics D allowed hours. No rests are | ;) Ty mericans at the beginning of the WOMEN IN SPORT | cheering { ““Although the British women fared | well in their events, with the victories of Miss Gunn and Miss Thompson and a third place in the discus throw, won by Miss Birchenough with a throw of [30.32 meters (99 feet 5 11-16 inches) {he French girls failed in their search | for vengeance. Mile. Bons tied for sec- ond place in the high jump with Miss Mildred Wiley of the United States | The French girl and the American Four singles and one doubles event | yntooq 150 meters (4 feet 11 11-16 were completed. ~ Roma Right and| jcneq) Tn winning the event Mlle Beatrice Tease of Montrose were (he | gioyeng set a new Belgian record, jump- winpers in the lone team tournamcnt.|y,g ;54 meters (5 feet 41-64 Inches) Wilda Farran won the Virginia avenue | ypyje “Radideau could only take third Boris Griffin scored at Takoma.! yo . §y the shotput with a throw of Catherine Griggs topped the fleld at|gya"yaiers (30 feet 75 inch). Close Hoover and Virginia Moore annexed the | 917 E1008 GRG0 (8 (0T throw title at Plaza playground in the shotput came her teammate. Donald, with 11,47 meters (37 inches) ICTORS were announced today in five quoits tournaments staged during the past week on munic- ipal playgrounds with enthusi- astic fields of entry for each pe Taylor of Hoover playground arded the gold test hutton Sat- as the symbol of the highest de- f athletic eMciency which may be attained by junior sportswomen on playgrounds of the District. Miss Tay- | lor qualified In leadership, vocational work, folk dancing and sportsmanship | ddition to having previously passed | ts in organized games, track and field | \ts and balancing i nd Place. another American star, added two second places to the total of the United States throwing the discus 30.81 meters (101 feet 13-16 inches) and the javelin 33.18 meters (108 feet 10 5-16 inches). Miss MacDonald made it a clean sweep for America by taking third in the javelin with 22.53 meters (73 feet 11% inches) Another second and third place for America were scored in the broad jump { by Anna Vrana and Jean Shiley. Miss Gunn of England jumped 530 meters (17 feet 613-64 inches). Miss Vrana jumped 5.04 meters (16 feet 627-65 | inches) and Miss Shiley 502 meters (16 | feet 5% inches). Miss Vrana also fin- | 1shed second in the 100 yards, a yard Interpool swimming titles will be at [behind Miss Gunn and two yards ahead e tomorrow afternnon in the George- |of Mlle. Radideau, who took third Jwm plavground pool when the East-|Edna Savers of America finished sixth ern and Western sectional winners meet | in_the race d for the city-wide champlonship, George- | Behind Miss Washburn in the hurdle town swimmers won the title last sea- | race came Mile. Laloz of France, with son in the Rosedale tank the English sprint star, Miss Gunn, . | third TIn the 800-meter run no A:"l‘] | cans placed. Mille. Seghers coverel e U. 8. HURLERS DEFEATED mmun’u. in 2 minutes 3325 seconds, to DUBLIN. Ireland. August 13 (#) Ireland s hurling team, defeated the |set a new Trente of United States in an international match | behind that featured the Tafllteann games The | third and Mile core was Ireland 5 goals, 9 points, to . | SHIELDS BEATS PARE. 4 goals, 3 points COVINGTON, Ky. August 13 (@ Prank H. Shields of New York, national junior tennis champlon, defeated Em- met Pare of Chicago for the Ohio Val- ley tennis champlonship here, 62, 61, 386, 2--6, 6—3. S. Girl Sec ret Jenkins, tests have been passed the Lovejoy Br e butt following girls or unds T Burke son and Inez Truatt Geraldine Maggie Tyler Mary Burchett Marion Brown Vivian Robin- Love joy Burke. Shir France second, five meters Degrende of Belgian { TIP FOR FISHERMEN |,,HARPERS PERRY, W. Ve, August 13 The Potomac and Bhenandoah Rivers both were very muddy this morn- ing. & * athletes, personifying the spirit of American,vouth Belglan record, with Mile | DOROTHY POYNTON TOM MACK' tory when he went to Europe kid" contingent with the Yankee Olympi the Arkansas Women's golf tourney. themselves. Perhaps best known of the youngsters is Junior Coen. now 16, whose play on the tennis courts of America and else- where has been the talk of the t world. As a member of America's 28 team he is the youngest player to be chosen for Davis Cup apetition Three children who still in Santa Claus just few years ago are competing with America’s forces at Amsterdam. In addition to Miss Robinson they are: Dorothy Poyi ton, 1% of Pasadena, Calif., f diver. and Tom Mack, 14. of Phila- delphia. coxswain of th> Pennsyl- vani -oared crew Coincident with the splendid ra run by Miss Robinson was the per- formance of John “Freckles” De- vine, 9-year-old Philadelphian, who swam the Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, a distance of 14 miles, in 3 hours, 38 minutes guish believe American Athletes Triumph In Pair of Meets in Belgium HENT, Belgium, August 13 American stars competing in the two-day international track and field meet here scored an easy victory vesterday when they took first places in six of the eight events. The 800-meter run and the | favelin throw went to Belgian entries while the French athletes, who made | the best showing of the European com- | patitors vesterday, could take only one second place John Lewis of Detroit outran Claude Bracey of Texas to win the 200-meter | dash in 2215 seconds. Brochart of Bel- | glum came in third. All three won their | heats in the event. Clarence (Bud) Houser, Olympic_champion, won discus throw with a heave of 43115 fmeters (148 feet 4 31-32 inches). Nc of France captured second place with $4.27 meters (145 feet 2 113-128 inches) Tom Churchill, American _decathion performer, took third with a throw of 41.45 meters (136 feet). Stowaways in Limelight. The 110-meter hurdles final brought the Americans who got to Europe as stowaways after they had failed to make the trip into the limelight. One of them, Hugo Lelstner, took first, with another, Clyde Blanchard, winning sec- ond, 2 meters behind. E. L. Gordon of the Uniled States finished in second place, but was disqualified for knocking over three hurdles. Powell of Belgium took third place. time was 15 2-5 seconds. Gordon made up for his failure in the hurdles by winning the broad jump with 7.12 meters (23 feet 4 13-32 inches) Another American, Robert | Kelley of San Prancisco, took second with 674 meters (22 feet 1 53-64 inches), and Lefebure of Belgium was third with a leap of 6.49 meters (21 feet 4 3-16 inches) Lelstner's a clean sweep to make up for the fail- | ure to take a first place in the pre- vious events. Berthelot covered the S ic forces; allenging “Freckles” for honors kid" athletes is Dorothy McSheeny, 10-year-old Whitinsville, Mass., girl. In the recent New Eng- land junior championship swimming races’ at Melrose, Mass. Dorothy finished 50 yards ahead of hor near- est competitor in the girls' 220-yard free-style event. She weighs only 75 pounds. None the 1 cl among the astounding was the showing of 13-year-old Ariel Vilas of Hot Springs. Ark. who played her way to the finals of the Arkansas omen’s golf tournament at Fort Smith. She lost in the champion- ship round. but nevertheless gained more glory than the victor. Little Miss Ariel needed rare courage in her upward climb, for she faced her mother, Mrs. Jack Vilas, in the | semi-finals | _ Older and more experienced. Miss | Robinson and young Coen perhaps ! are the best of America's athletes Young America Crowds Elders for Sports Recognition JJoun FRECKLES PEVINE ELIZABETH RORINSOMN 16 are clamoring for major attention. Elizabeth Robison, 16, set a new Olympic record for the 100 2 the youngest player named for Davis Cup competition: Dorothy Poynton, 13 Freckles” Devine, 9, swam 14 miles in 3 hours, 58 minutes, and Ariel and Tom Mack, 16 vears old and under. In breaking the 100-meter record in the fast time of 12 1-5 seconds Elizabeth merely confirmed the predictions of ecritics who saw her perform in indoor meets last Winter and then sweep through the American Olym- pic_trials. Coen’s net prowess is known throughout the United States and Europe. He has played tennis since he ‘'was seven years of age. Big Bill Tildén saw him piay in a boys’ tournament in St. Louis four years ago and immediately took an active mterest in his tutoring. Now it ap- pears that Coen will attain at least some of the success marking the career of Big Bill. When little Willie used daddy's choicest walking stick for a “golf” club to wallop stones, mother won- dered: “What will he do next?" That is the attitude America is | taking today toward its energetic I “kid" athletes Team Standing in Olympics Track and field—Won Britain: fourth. Germany by fifth. United Sweden: States: sacond, Finland sixth, Canada third, Great Rowing—Won by United States; second. Great Britain; third, Switzerland fourth, Italy: fifth, Germany fourth, Sweden-Holland «tied) Holland; fifth, Sweden: sixth, Switzerland, fourth, United States; 1 Greco-Roman . wrestling—Won Switzerland: fourth, Hungary: fifth Fencing—Won by Ifaly | ffth, United States; sixth, Argentina Gymnastics—Won by slavia: fourth. France: Yachting—Won by Holland; fifth. Esthonia; fifth, Finland: Norway: sixth, New Zealand and Hungary Catch-as-catch-can wrestling—Won by fifth, Canada by Esthonia: sixth. Egypt second, France; third Hungary: fourth, Germany; | Switzerland; second, Sweden; Finland v: sixth, Australia Swimming—Won by United States: second, Germany: third, Great sixth, 'Japan Boxing—Argentina and Italy tied for first ritain, third, United States (tied) Finland; second, Sweden: (no sixth) second, Finland; fourth, third, Germany: third, second, Czechoslovakia; xth, Italy third, Yugo- SPORTS. ‘AMERICAN OLYMPIC SHIP MAKES START FOR HOME AMSTERDAM. August 13 (P.— The Steamship President Roosevell, th Brig. Gen. Douglas MacArthur and America's Olympic athletes aboard, was homeward-bound to- day. having left Amsterdam shortly after noon. Groups of American athletes now in different parts of Europe par- ticipating in local athletic meets will join the ship at Cherbourg and Southamplon. OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS | | AMSTERDAM. August 13 | Olympie team champions crowned dur- |ing the ninth Olympiad. just closed follow Track and field—United States Waman's frack and feld—Canada. Rowing—United States. Swimming—United States. Boxing—Argentina-Ttaly (tied). Winter sports—Norway. Cateh-as-catch-can wrestling — Fin- tand recn-Roman Fencinz—Italy Gymnastics—Switzerland, Vachting—Norway. Cycling—Holland. | Modern pentathlon—Sweden. Fanestrian sports — Holland - Poland (tied). Soccer—Ur Field hockey—British Tndia. Weight lifting—Germany. Lacrosse (demonstration) — United | States, Canada, Great Britain (ti HINES OF G. U. WINS "IN GAMES IN PARIS wrestling—Germany. | | | | | | | | | | | | By the Associated Press | , PARIS. August 13—The French ef- fort to warm over the sport dish served in Amsterdam for the last fortnight was pretty much a failure vesterday. as foreizn athletes who had promised to | come to Colombes Stadium for a rehash | of the Olympic program absented them- selves in unexpectedly large numbers The American contingent was the only one of any size. There were no Britons and only a few scattered Cana- dians, Swiss and Hungarians to provide competition for the French. A crowd of 12,000, which paid for tickets in the expectation of seeing a great host of international stars put on a miniature Olympic spectacle. began throwing red cushions onto the field toward the close of the competition. | There were shouts of “Robbers! Thieves!” from many throats. | Several windows in the stadium were smashed by angry spectators. No outstanding performances were witnessed on field or track. Creth Hines of Georgetown won the | javelin throw with a toss of 57.58 | meters (188 feet 10 75-128 inches), with Degland of France second and Ken- neth Doherty of the United States third. Charlie Paddock, who said he was | making his farewell competitive ap- pearance. could do no better than fourth in the 100 meters and third in | the 200. The 100 was won by Jack- son Scholz and the 200 by Roland | Locke. The Canadians had a_century { of their own, which Percy Wiliams. | the Olympic champion. won in 10 4-5 seconds. equaling Scholz's time. Duhour of France won the 16-pound shotput with a heat of 14.925 meters (49 feet 13-32 inches). Eric Krenz, the Stanford star. was second. followed by Bassaimasski of Hungary. and Bar- ney Berlinger. James Stewart and Gor- | jdon, all from the United States. Jules 1la Doumegue of France raced away with the 1500 meters. but Sera- phin Martin and other French stars were defeated in the 800. which was won by Paul Martin of Switzeiland ‘LOTTA GIAPPONESE’ NOW third, Denmark: fourth. | POPULAR WITH ITALIANS | Cyeling—Won by Holland; second, Denmark; third. Great Britain: fourth, | By the Associated Press |'France; fifth, Ttaly r Modern Pentathlon—Won by Sweden; second, Germany; third, Holland; | Italy that a national order has been | he | fourth, Italy: fifth, Finland: sixth, Great Britain Equestrian sports—Holland and Poland. tied for first; Germany and Spain, Spain_(no fifth or sixth) Field hockey fourth, Belgium (no fifth or sixth) Weight lif fifth, Egypt: | Ttaly sixth, Esthonia ‘Won by British India; g—Won by Germany: second, France Noel | tjed for third; fifth, Sweden: sixth, Norway. Soccer foot ball—Won by Uruguay; second, Argentina; third, Italy: fourth, second, Holland: third, Germany: third, Austria; fourth, QUEEN AWARDS TROPHIES AS OLYMPIC GAMES CLOSE By the Associnted Pross. MSTERDAM, August ninth Olympiad was history today, and Amsterdam. center of the sports world a fortnight, deserted by picked athletes of a score or nations. Forty stadium yesterday 13 to witness ‘The athletic for the more of thousand packed the Olympic the offi- | elal closing of the games, but not even The 800-meter run brought Belgium | oy cheers when the medals to the winners were awarded could prevent the affalr from coming as somewhat of an anti-climax after the breath-taking distance in 2 minutes 32 seconds to Win | thyflls of actual competition during the the race, Viseur trailed 2 meters be- hind and a meter ahead of the third place winner, Coejants. Belglan Wins Javelin. the next event, the javelin throw Etienne captured the event with 56.265 ,meters (184 feet 7% inches). Herre- mant of Belgium took second place and Tom Churchill repeated his discus per- | formance by throwing the javelin 53.65 | meters (175 feet 11 31-100 inches) ! Frank Zola of the United States took the 5000-meter run in 15 minutes 51 1-6 seconds. Defleurgquin of nce third he American team scored s final vietory in_the 1,600-meter relay when | Leistner, Kelley, Churchill snd Lewis ran_the metric_equivalent of the mile in 3 minutes 33 seconds to beat Belgian team of the Unjon 8t Gillossle The team of the Racing Club of Brus sels was third 21 YANKS TO COMPETE Fr IN TAILLTEANN GAMES | LONDON, August 13 (). Twenty | one American athletes left for Dyblin this morning to participate in the Tail teann games, under the managership of Johuny Bell of New York The party included Track and field—-Lloyd Hahn, Wal- | ter Gegan, Jole Ray, Leo Lermond, | Gaskey, Bob Maxwell, Edmund Black, McGinnis, Carter, Harold Osborn, | Lynch, Johnny Gibson and Alfred Bates Boxers—Thomas Lown, John Daly and Leon Lucas Bwimmers— Paul Walter Colbath, | Blackenburg MARSHALL IN CHESS DRAW. BAD KISBINGEN, Germany, August 13 (@) national chess tested yesterd Samson, O'Connor, Young and Thomas tournament was con- by 12 masters from 10 )rnunlm-.s Jose R. Capablanca of Cuba, A. Rubinstein of Poland and E. D, Bagol- | jubow of Germany were the winners. | Three games were drawn. including one between F. J. Marshall the United States champlon, and Dr, 8. Tarrasch, Germany, Bel- | the | | past two weeks | To the Dutch, at least, the sensation was the appearance at biggest the stadium of Queen Wilhelmina and the rost of the royal family, including the Belgians kept up their good work In| orgwn princess Juilana, the prince con- | sort, Henry, and the Queen ' Emma Wilhelmina's opposition mother. [ Sunday sports 15 well known and this reversal of position came AS & SUFDFise. | piactically non-existant in France in |1t was explained that the Queen wasiigo0. have become an im % 4 E 3 portant part | interested in military affatrs and had | ¢ prench 1t in track and field all of them of three team titles wing and swimming major caliber Three other branches of sport did not count in the scoring—-Winter sports Lacrosse and women's track and field The United States took second place in | the Winter sports program won by Nor- way: second in the women's track and fleld competition won by Canada and | finished in a triple tie with Canada and Great Britain in Lacrosse | Jiu-jitsu i1s such a favored sport in formed. and those aspiring to teach it must pass a stiff examination to qualify as_“masters. The federation held its annual tests the middle of July at the government controlled school of physical educaticn, |a jury of four passing on the aspirant's ability. “Lotta Giapponese” (Japanese wres tling) is the Italian name for the manly art of disarming the adversary. SWIMMING MEET DELAYED. The annual exhibition of the Milton Swimming and Life-Saving Club, which was to have been held at Chesapeake Beach. Md. yesterday was postponed on account of the storm until next Sunday morning, August 19 HENNESSEY WINS TOURNEY. CHARLEVOIS, Mich., August 13 (P John Hennessey of Indinapolis, mem- to Resume Athletic Relations by Next Year DALIFORNIA'S CREW ONE OF GREATEST Olympic Champion Probably Has Had No Superior in Rowing History. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. N the history of rowing in the United States there have been many great crews, but I doubt whether any of them were greater than this Cali- fonia shell-load of 1928 The big test in any race or game is competitive spirit. The Golden Bears have shown that they possess it by the oceanfull It is easy to do your stuff when the going i< smooth. but the contestant that mes through when the way is rough and in the face of enemy fire is the one | numbered with the elect. To such con- testants belong the walls ané nidhes n the hall of fame. You will find in glory’s gallery paint- ings in shining colors of eights coached by Bob Cook, Charles E. Courtney, Hiram Conibear. Dr. Spaeth, the older and vounger Glendon, Ed Leader and manyv others. There was the wonderful Cornell crew of 1896, stroked by slender Freddy Briges. known as the “Prench-Canuck.” | That crew had on it such stalwarts as | Wiley Wakeman and Eddie Savage and Bently. who was so good that Courtney took him as a freshman to Henley. Freddy Colston steered that eight to | victory. And there was that later Cor- nell crew which set the record on the : Hudson that California broke this year. ! Navy 1920 Crew Great. | There was the Navy crew, which yon at Antwerp in 1920, and the Yale orew which. stroked by Lindley, won at Paris in 1924. There was the Columbia | crew of last year, with Lambert at his | best, setting the pace for the men be- ‘hlnd him in the boat. Princeton and Syracuse and Washington have had. | great crews, but I say again that thisj | California eight has proved itself the | equal of an The West—and the East also—should | be proud of Little Blessing. the coxe | swain. and Pete Donlon, the stroke’' | and those other seven young gaint: | who have left such a wake in f{l | waters of rowing history. There hat | been rowing at California for somd | time, but it is not until the past few vears that the Golden Bears have at- tained prominence in this form of sport. Under the coaching of “Ky" Ebright former Washington coxswain., a man of the school of Conibear and Leader, they rapidly have forced to the front. | On’ the showing of this season alone | Ebright has won a place with the fore- most teachers of oarsmanship. Just consider what this California | eight has accomplished. It won on tI | Coast and then came East to beat a | fine field at Poughkeepsie. That was well enough. but, meanwhile, Yale had | produced an eight which slaughtered the Harvard victors of the year before | and which was thought to be one of the finest crews Leader had produced. | Crities Prove Wrong. | Critics said that size and power had won for California on the Hudson, but | that when it came to the Olympic trials | at a shorter distance that Yale was too | good and too finished an outfit for the | men from the Golden Gate. This proved bad dope. It was Cali- | fornia which won the right to represent the United States at the Olympics. | At Amsterdam were gathered the best crews of the world. Here the Califor- nians would be pitted against skill. age and experience. Here they would have to win several heats even to get into the final. T never faltered Luck didn't favor them unduly. They didn't draw byes. They had to depend upon the s'rength in their bodies, the courage in their hearts and the skill that Ebright had taught them. Big of | frame and with the will and ability to win, they ryet every test. They won | their way tO the final and there they beat the eighi of the British Thames Rowing Club, tough and worthy rivals. So. from beginning to end. these Cali~ | fornia voungsters went through the se | son without a defeat. Ana each time | they conquered. not because the oppo- sition was weak, but because they were strong. It was a glorious campaign they fought. When the officials handed them the laurel wreath thev handed it to the un- nurinnr.cd rowing champions of the world. ber of the American Davis Cup team. | won the man’s sigles title in the Mich- igan Riviera tennis tournament by de- feating George O'Connell, Chicago, 6—0. 1715, & -ance Has No National Game But Outdoor BY THOMAS T. TOPPIN Assoclated Press Staff Writer. PARIS. August 13.-—Outdoor fe, a power to reckon with | come chiefly to watch the final event |poih' socally and politically of the ninth Olymplad obstacle jumping competition the equestrian g OE But ft was none other than the Queen glum came in second and Guyader of | ), awarded the gold medals, signifi- Assoctation foot ball, rugby. bleycle racing and boxing vie for honor of counting the greatest bers of of practicing adherents as well tennis, | cant of first places won during OlYmpic as for popular favor and the practical | competition. The prinee consort awarded the silver medals and Balllet-Tatour the bronze i the field and lstened while announc ment was made as to the number firat | won by each nation. To the | States went the bulk of the honors | fests, 17 seconds and 15 thirds [ In Amsterdam for the closing monies were only 12 girls and present the United States were participating in and Switzerland Count Baillet-Latour the international Olympic committee then expressed gratitude to the queen and the Dutch people and asked “The youth of all lands to meet again four years hence at Los Angeles. celebrate the games of the | Olympiad.” the pole in the arena, and the ninth Olymptad was over Back in the Olympic fold for the first time since the war, Germany signalized her return by eapturing first honors in team achlevements. he { scored 4513 points in the 15 divisions of Olympic sports, while the United States i runner-up, taliled 39 point less for fourth. The points are scored unofficially on the usual basis of H\lrs, 8 for fourth, 2 for Aifth and 1 for sixth, Germany won only two r)\un\plunxmgu in Greco-Roman wrestling and weight Iifting—but scored consistently In other competitions, The United States took as prosident of Henry. | hanefits Count Prize winners of all nattons lned up cere- | 3 men to The others post-Olympie meets in Gireat Britain, Belglum, France derived from drawing the largest crowds of spectators at their stadium. ~ Golf is making rapid strides. but track and field athletics are some- }}\\ hat neglected of second and third places had been United 22 Left There is no national game in France | like base ball—but the popuarity of er foot ball and rugby is such that the federations governing the two sports sports, | the | num- | Sports Flourish here they do | francs, As for golf, there are now about 50 | courses in Prance, but it is still con | sidered to be an aristocratic | pensive and unfit relish fighting for MRS. HERTZ BUYS HORSE SARATOGA, Springs. N Y., 13 (—Mrs. John D. Hertz cage has bought the 2 flilly Nettie Stone from John E |den for $25.000. Mrs. He Reigh Count, Kentucky Derby | and’ Anita Peabody winner e have joined forces and arranged for the ! erection, near Paris, of a stadium ca- pable of accommodating 100,000 specta- tors. | THe Colombes Olympie Stadium, built | i 1924, with a capacity of 55000, has long since proved inadequate. Tennis nov' has its Forest Hills at the very | {gates of Paris, while boxing and bieycle there (0! spectators of any sport in France. tenth | is The Olympic flag was lowered from | Saturday afternoons and Sundays | | the ninth Olympiad on the basis of [of the United States, En Germans | and Australia, Is supreme. | | racing can boast of their Madison quare Garden fnside the walls Rugby attracts the largest number of 1t than 20,000 | spend their | in| disputing soccer matches. i French Assoclation foot ball stands rather low in international competition, but in tennis, France, with the capture of the Davis Cup, the championships gland, France | estimated that youngsters and more youths Little French girls instead of want- | ing to become “queens of the carnival” | Holland scored | now aspire to be “queens of the courts” The first round of the inter- 34!, to take third place, and Italy a |llke Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills. Most of the French boys now swing a racket rather than a toy rifie or sword 10 for first place, 8 for second. 4 for | No town of 10,000 people is without Ha} tennis club. ‘The lure of American dollars has | practically killed boxing In France. Al the good boxers have emigrated to the United States or South America, at some time or other. Upon returning } L No Red Tape No Embarrassment Bring Your Car Registration Card Get Your Tires on the Spot G 30 Gearsta avel d 834 Pa. Ave, BB 3009 141N 81, N.W.! Ave AW RENT oR Q \l.\bCAR GARTERS NO METAL CAN TOUCH YoU