Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1929, Page 13

133 HRTS.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. € MONDAY, JANUARY ” s 1929. SPORT G. U. Needs Places for Sport Maiches : Links Masters to Write for HILLTOPPERS' GYM IS NOT BIc ENOUGH Shy Space for Basket Ball and Seating Capacity for Boxing Also. BY H. C. BYRD. EORGETOWN, with a good boxing schedule and a basket ball schedule longer than last year's, is seeking a place to hold its matches and play its G games, So far as boxing s concerned, it is probable the matehes will be held either at the City Club or the Jewish Com- munity Center, according to report from the Hilltop, but the basket ball situa- tion is completely in the air. It was thought at one time that the new Tech- nical High School gymnasium might be available, but that is not complete. More than probable does it seem that Georgetown will be compelled to play basket ball games in its own gym- nasium, and it makes no_secret about not wanting te do that. The Blue and Gray gymnasium is entirely inadequate sither for staging good basket ball com- petition or to seat spectators, and the 2o0d schools simply are mot going to schedule basket ball games here unless they have a good floor. Almost the first question one hears when proposals are made for basket ball contests is, “Have you got a good fAoor?” and most of the schools know the kind of playing conditions in the Georgetown gymnasium. Lack of seating capacity also is the reason the Blue and Gray desires to stage its boxing m“fm ’nfl?m’}‘ihu? building. The gymnasium on the = top is not much better from this point of view for boxing than for basket ball. This lack of a suitable place for its| indoor sports ought to be sufficient in- | centive for Georgetown alumni to get| busy, raise some money and build 2 structure to meet this need. Financial resources among Blue and Gray grad- uates are so great there should be lit- tle_difficulty getting together enough cash to construct a fleld house on the Hilltop big enough to give the varsity and freshman squads all the room they need to play games and seat thousands of spectators. Also such a building could be used as an auditorium for general university needs. Georgetown basket ball game with Duke University tomorrow night at 8 o'clock probably will be played in Ryan gymnasium. A more spacious floor hes | been sought for the game by the Hoyas, but thus far none has been obtained. The game will be the first home con- test for the Blue and Gray since before the holidays. Incidentally, it might be mentioned in speaking of such things that the University of Maryland probably will have to get by during the Spring with some makeshift arrangements. It re- cently began some construction work in connection with its athletic plant which within the next year should give it about the best general equipment in the South for intercollegiate sports and intramural games for the entire student body, but this work has left the varsity athletic field in a mess, especially as around 7,000 cubic yards of dirt have been dumped on it in order to raise the playing field to a perfect level and OH, MAN! You STitL ON THE WAGON - THA'S GaoD~ | HAVEN'T HAD A CIGAR OR ANYTHING, WELL -1 HANEN'T"HAD ) AND A SMorE Now FoR TWOo WHOLE DAYS HELLO RUSSELL— ARE 3 - L Aev SCReAM - BeE You'rRe FEELING BETTER For T L KHOwW A CIGARET IF \ HEAR Y/ TaaT agan [ TVE Bouvauv ALL YO e V| oFF- JUsT Tunk oF T-noT LISTEN- IF You Don'T STOP HANDING YOURSELF Te‘ G IT TAKES A LoT oF WILL POWER To MAKE SACRIFICE LIKE AT \T's B THREE DGRAY S CNow 7 ETS ILL LEANE You: V'vE TALWED ABYT LAST weeEw IS ABOUT YOUR GREAT SACRIFICE - I'M SICk OF HEARI (02 y %//%// (Cj EN'T Women pr £ - / & - Al HIGHLY attractive basket ball game is carded tonight in Cen- tral High gym between Wash- ington Grays, who are heading the league flag race with two wins in as many starts, and Mount Ver- nons who are tied with Potomac Boat Club for second each with three wins and one defeat. Play will start at 8 o’clock. Scoring over Newark Pleasure Club of Baltimore, 54 to 32, Skinker Bros. Eagles yesterday evened scores for two drub- bings handed them last Winter by the Maltimore basketers. The Newark Clubmen won two of three matches from the Birds last season, the latter then playing as the Anacostia Eagles, Jack Faber and Joe Sweeney were the big sun; in the Eagles’ attack yesterday, to get better surface drainage. Arrangements have been made where- %tha entire track and field schedule be -carried out on opponents md’: plons of the as about two thirds of the track umj under 3 feet of new earth and it willbe impossible to get a new track built in time for Spring. This also necessitates cancellation of the annual Spring field day, with its accompanying inter- scholastel track meet; this meet will be held again next year. A new base ball field with stands will have to be con- structed, and & temporary lacrosse field also is sure to be necessary. 1t is possible that a basket ball league ‘comprising the institutions in the South Atlantic section of the Southern Con=- ference may be organized to become effective next Winter. If the base ball league, which went through its first sea- son in 1928, is successful during the coming Spring, it is almost a certainty that a basket ball circuit will be or- ganized. The whole situation has been dis- cussed by basket ball coaches and by those interested in the development of the sport in the colleges in this section. Seme talk there was of trying to put such a league across this year, but it was deemed inadvisable because sched- ules were practically complete and a regular list of games in which each school might meet every other school twice was nearly impossible. St. John's College of Annapolis had a good foot ball season last Fall and it ‘hes gone out looking for more worlds to wconquer, Its schedule for n:xt year in- dicates that it is ready to take on almost any school and it will have hard games aplenty. Boston College is one game it must face and Virginia and Rutgers are two others. And it also is to play Western Maryland, which is likely to be harder than any other, .. GEORGIA QUINT TOPS IN CONFERENCE PLAY By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., January 7.—Univer- sity of Georgia jumped out in front in the first week of the Southern Confer- ence basket ball season, marking up four wins in as many starts, as nine other teams launched their campaigns. The Bulldogs showed marked strength | in the manner in which they disposed of South Carolina and Florida. North Carolina’s ‘Tarheels topped their road trip with two conference wins. Tulane and Alabama broke even in their series at New Orleans, and Ten- nessee, after winning from Clemson, fell before the Tarheels. University of Mississi) champion of last year, in the conference The ‘standing of conference teams follows: %pl, conference as not played L Georgla ....... North Caroiina.. 2 Georgia_Tecl Tennessee 1 Clemson Tulane .. Florida HOFFMAN QUINT PLAYS MONROE TEAM TONIGHT ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 7.— Hoffman Clothiers will meet one of the strongest teams on their schedule to- night when they oppose the Quantico Marines in the post gymnasium at Quantico, Va. ‘The Hoffman five has elected Bussy Brenner, forward, captain. George Mason High basketers will go to Oakton, Va., tomorrow night for the first of two basket ball games with the ‘Oakton High School quint. The second will be played here on January 23. Hoffman Buddies have booked a game with the Jewish Community Center girls of Washington to be played here January 16 in the Armory Hall at 7:30. [l 0 0 1 2 ever, a Baltimore team was each regist 16 points. The 'Birds set the pace all the way. In the preliminary yesterday, how- victorious. lmmu.unw:dulcm-é . S out for me L. MYG the Eagles in flu‘m e enf S lar Wednugiy night lmcum'fll week in Congress Heights Auditorium, starting at aézo o’clock. ’:x‘:d. prelimi: n Army Headquarters Bost Glub quints will meet. In a game that was closely contested throughout, Phoenix A. C. t van- quished Knights of Columbus, 25 to 24, yesterday as the latter opened its sea- son. Nicholson and Zahn for the visi- tors and Farrell and Loftus for the Caseys starred. K. C. courtmen will entertain. St. Martin’s tossers next Sun- day afternoon in the K. C. gym. . —— ‘Anacostia Eagles will hook up with Army Medical Center tossers in a prac- tice game tonight at 8 o'clock in Walter Reed gym. Potomac ente: £ night at 8:30 o'clock in St. Martin’s gym. Helss led the St. Martin's attack yesterday with 15 points. In addition to a match tonight with Y. M. C. A, tossers and a game With Phoenix A. C. for next Sunday night, both in the Center gym, nine contests have been listed for Jewish Community Center tossers and others are 3 The list: Tonight, Y. M. C. A.; 13, Phoenix; 16, Hoffman Clothiers, Alex- andria; 20, French A. C.; 21, Army War College; 23, Harriman Co., Cen- tral; 27, Knights of Columbus; Feb. ruary 5, W. H. West, Central; 6, Am; ‘War College, Barracks; 28, 3 Hyattsville; March 14, Y. M. C. A, away. Setting a faster pace in ing, Red Shields basketers ver Spring, Md., National Guard tossers, 22 to 19, yesterday at the Silver Spring Armory. -Red Shafer, with 8 points,, was the ace of the winners’ attack, but R. Kreh of the losers with 9 took individual honors. Games with unlimited class teams in and around the city are sought by American Raillway Express Co. basket- ers. Call Manager McIntosh at Poto- mac 3182. The expressmen will drill ‘Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock in the Terminal “Y” gym in preparation for their match Priday with Potomac Boat Club. ' Woltz Photographers are gunning for games with leading unlimited class fives in this section, and particularly want a glame for tomorrow night with a team aving a gym. Manager Woltz may be reached at National 5783 today or 4 Cleveland 838 tonight. De Molay basketers, 34-20 victors over Junior Young Friends Club yes- terday, are seeking games with 135-140- pound class guints, and especially want a x;lu:h }f:r next Saturdal ht with a team having a gym. ager Goodman at Georgia 1066 after 6:30 p.m. Wood starred for De Molay yester- day, counting 17 points. To discuss basket ball Chevy Chase A. C. members will meet tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at 4604 Forty- third street, Junior and senior class ieams are ‘to be formed, according to ‘Manager Hammond. Caging five goals from scrimmage and a foul shot, Kremer led Jewish Community Center unlimited class quint to victory over Harriman & Co. tossers, 40 to 23, last night in the Cen- ter gym. Jewish Community Center Flashes won two games last night, downing to 4. Flashes want a game for Wednes- St. Mary’s Celtic Juniors are without = game for Wednesday night and have the use of Armory Hall at 7:30. Tele- nager gam phone Richard Carne at Alexandria Wilson Stars with quints in_ the 135-1for the remainder of the year beca: 1185-J between 6 and 6 p.m, day afternoon after land 3732, Mas school. Call Cleve- Hayes is booking es for pound class having gymg may Washington Grays to Oppose Mount Vernon Quint Tonight| at | that we were to be enlightened as to the Lionels, 66 to 15, and Americans, 24| ¢ be reached at Lincoln 6895 between 5 and 6 pm. Meridian tossers want a game for tonight with a five in the 100-pound 8!:l.l.ssl54 having a floor. Call Potomac NEALE MAY HANDLE VIRGINIA GRIDDERS By the Assoclated Press. | CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., January T—Release of Earle Neale, Virginia head coach of foot ball and base ball since 1923, from his contract, which exte;ds mtlu June, 1931, vahxch has been unofficially agreed upon, does not neces- | sarily mean that he will not be head | coach of foot ball in 1929. ‘The athletic council will meet tomor- | row night and it is expected to for- mally record a vote walving the terms of the contract in order that Coach Neale may become head coach of the St. Louis Cardinals. At the same time, the council will consider the selection of & coach for next Fall, and Neale's name will probably be the first to be taken up. Members of the council have made it known that Coach Neale’s first request was that with release from his contract he be allowed to continue as head foot ball coach, regorcing for duty early in October at the end of the base ball season in the major leagues. His plan was that his assistant coaches should carry on the preliminary training in accordance with the system that has been followed by the Cavaliers. Coach Neale would® arrive about two weeks before the Virginia Military In- stitute game and would continue to coach until the end of November. ‘This, officials said, Neale agreed to do | at a greatly reduced salary, WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER. India, the land of antiquity, where wom- en are often pictured as leading secluded lives, bound by customs established centuries ago, is, as a matter of fact, most up-to-date in matters regarding the gentler sex, especially the education- al and athletic programs for her young girls, according to Mme. Sarojini Naidu, prominent woman leader from India, who is in America on a lecture tour. Co-education is popular in India, where ihere is a strong tendency ‘to ignore all distinction as to sex, and in the co-educational schools, which abound in the land, no less attention is paid to the physical training of the girls than of the boys, “Qur girls engage in many sports and in vast numbers,” said Mme. Naidu in an interview with the writer yesterday. “Tennis is very popular with us, as is base ball, badminton and other games. , 1 have not seen the girls playing basket ball, but no doubt they soon will add 1t to their schedule, if they haven’t done so already. I have been away for some time.” And she smiled her quizzical Eastern smile. Mme. Naidu is anxious for the people of the Western Hemis- phere—especially here in America—to understand the up-to-dateness of her people, who are alive to every vital issue of the day and far ahead of “modern civilization” in some of their ideas. Base ball—our great American, ultra- modern, rough Western sport—as one of the favorite pastimes of the Hindu maid in her eastern homeland! This information, we’ll admit, was received with amazement, though we had been warned before meeting Mme. Naidu popular conception of Indian customs. Tennis and badminton we were pre- pared for, but when “base ball” fell f](bly from our distinguished visitor's ips, we listened for her to say it a sec- ond ‘time before venturing to write it into our notes. “Our girls are very fond of base ball,” continued Mme. Naidu, “and play it in large numbers. Athletic training is con- sidered quite as essential to their educa- tion as that of your own girls here in America. Mass participation in athletics is encouraged universally. “Badminton, of course, is one of our oldest sports. It has been played in our country for many, many years. Ten- nis also is very popular, and we have our local, sectional and national cham- plonships.” ‘Where there's a will there's a way! In Chelsea, Mass, a playground was needed badly, but no money was forth- coming with which to purchase the land, so the park department bought portable swings, slides, seesaws and a wooden platform for dancing and placed NEW SPORT COMBINES COURT, GRID FEATURES| ROME, January 7 (#).—A new sport, “Volata” (flight), is regarded by Secretary Turati of the Fascist party, its inventor, as combining the best features of basket ball and as- sociatiori foot ball. A throng roared approval at the first public game in the new stadium of Rome yesterday, It resulted in a 5-to-5 tie, f Each team is composed of eight players. The man with the ball can run only 10 meters before passing, kicking or dribbling. He can pass in any direction, can be tackled and thrown by any number of opponents, but cannot attempt to throw the round ball into the goal or kick it in when within 30 meters of it. One goal scores as one point. Four of the players are called “supports” and two are known as | | { “points.” There is one goalkeeper. | 'HAWKS, DIXIE PIGS HEAD COURT LEAGUE HYATTSVILLE, Md, January 7.— Play in the first half of the Prince Georges County Basket Ball League | will be completed Saturday- night. Brentwood Hawks are leading the flag | race with five victories against no de- | feats. Dixre Pigs stand second with four wins and one loss. Berwyn and Com- pany P Reserves No. 1 teams are tied for third, each with four triumphs and two setbacks. Three teams are dead- locked for fifth place, Headquarters Company of Laurel, Hyattsville Comets and Company F Reserve team No. 2. each has two wins against four defeats. Mount Rainier is in the cellar, having | lost all six of its starts. ,Outstanding players in league com- petition include Johnny Wanley of the Hawks, Bob Lyles and Hook of Dixie Pigs, Weigel and Gubisch of Berwyn and J. Shanklin and Chase of Com- pany F Reserve team No. 1. League games heretofore scheduled Monday night at Hyattsville, from now on will be played Sunday afternoons in the armory here as preliminaries to games in which the regular Company F team will appear. Five games are listed in the league this week. The first will be played to- morrow night at Laurel between Dixie Pig and Comets. Company F Reserve team No. 2 will meet Berwyn here Thursday night. A double-header will be staged Friday night at Laurel be- tween Dixie Pigs and Headquarters Com- pany and Brentwood and Mount Rainier. Company F Reserve team No. 1 will face the Hawks here Saturday night in a postponed match, Two Company F basket ball teams were victorious in the armory in the regular Sunday afternoon court pro- gram. The Guard Regulars, after be- ing held 12-10 at the half, defeated ‘Washington Scholastics, 29 to 17, and in a Prince Georges County League match Company F Reserve team No. 1 downed Mount Rainier, 29 to 13. Bob Shanklin, Wright and Vincent were the big guns on attack for the Company F Regulars, while Lynch led the visiting scores. J. Shanklin and Chase were top scorers for Company F Reserve team No. 1 in the preliminary. Company F Regulars will entertaln Company C, District National Guard, Thursday night in a Washington City Amateur Basket Ball League match following a county lgague preliminary between Berwyn and Company F Re- serve team No. 2. Saturday night the Doughboy first stringers will play host to their old foe, Bliss Electrical School and in a curtain- raiser Brentwood Hawks and Company F Reserve team No. 1, will meet in a county league encounter. A dance will follow the games, Hyattsville High School basketers are to play two games this week, both on alien floors. Central High will be en- gaged in Washington Wednesday and Catonsville High at Catonsville, Md., Friday. So far Hyattsville has taken part in three games and has won two. Central High defeated the home quint prior to the holidays here, but since then Hyattsville has defeated Oakton High of Fairfax County, Va., both at Oakton and here. Hyattsville will be seeking to even scores for the pre-holi- day defeat at the hands of Central. In Catonsville High the locals will be en- gaging an old foe. PURDYE TOSSERS AT TOP IN CONFERENCE SCORING CHICAGO, January 7 (#).—Glen Harmeson of Purdue, who was among the leading scorers during the Big ‘Ten's 1928 foot ball campaign, has taken the lead in individual scoring in em in side streets during the day- time, storing them away at night. . Rhinock, stellar handicap horseé of the Parkview Stable, is out of training use of a foot ailment, basket ball. Caging seven fleld goals and two free throws to lead the Boilermakers in their triumph of Illinois, . Harmeson is five points ahead of his closest rivals, Rose of Michigan, How of Illinols and Two- good of Towa, who are tied for second Place, with 11 peints, BUSINESS TOSSERS TODISPLAY WARES Opposes Central in a Series Game Tomorrow—West- ern and Tech Clash. Business will make its debut in the public high school championship basket ball series tomorrow afternoon, engaging Central in one end of the double-header carded for the spaclous gymnasiumin \the new Tech High Building. Tech and Western ‘will meet in the other en- counter, Opening serles games Saturday were played in the Catholic University gym- nasium as the Tech High floor was not ready for play. The latter gym now is reported in readiness. ‘Tech and Western will start the pro- gram tomorrow, beginning their game at 3:15 o'clock. Much interest attaches to both games, Business apparently has a clever team. The Stenogs will be out to 2 good start in the series, while Central will be striving to overcome Business and keep in the running in the flag race. Central bowed to Western in an upset Saturday in an opening match of the tltl% sirles. ‘ech also was a victor in an upset Saturday when it triumphed over mps - ern and the result of the encounter between the McKinley boys and West- eérn may go far toward determining the championship. All the various squads were to be put through vigorous drills today to ready them for the games. Eastern, the lone public high team which will not get action tomorrow, will not, however, be idle, being down to entertain Catholic University Fresh- men in the gym at the Lincoln Park school. Two other matches are carded to- morrow hereabout, in which scholastic teams will figure. Baltimore Poly tos- gers will face University of Maryland Freshmen at College Park and Benja- min Franklin University will engage ‘Woodside A. C. at Silver Spring, Md. LIST COURT BATTLE. Emmanuel Eagles of Anacostia will face Brookland Athletic Club tonight in a basket ball game at 8 o'clock. Other matches with 135-140 pound teams are wanted by Eagles. Call Manager Clarke at Lincoln 7534 after 6 p.m. - FOR 10,000 EVENT | Tournament at Los Angeles ,| opens will be there, along with many ! many of the leaders, but Diegel never GOLFERS PRIVING Will Have About 200 in Competition. By the Assoclated Press. CHULA VISTA, Calif, January 7— The West's golfing trail, trod by some 200 of the country's professionals and amateurs, turned North today after circling over the La Jolla and Chula Vista courses in this section, leading the knickered forces to the greatest test of all—the $10,000 Los Angeles open. Being played over the Riviera Country Club _course, just a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean near Santa Monica, Calif,, the Los Angeles event, starting Wednesday as the climax of a series of tournaments on the coast, will draw a prime fleld of entries. Those who participated in the Portland, Oreg.; Honolulu, Sacramento, Catalina Island, Long Beach, La Jolla and San Diego others. A good many of those who particl- pated in the La Jolla and San Diego opens had left, or planned to depart today for Los Angeles, hoping to get in a few practice rounds before the big money tournament gets under way. Nearly a hundred others, including Walter Hagen, peer of professionals, and Leo Diegel, national professional king and winner of the $2500 San Diego open here yesterday, will be entered. Horton Smith, youthful Joplin, Mo., sensation, crossed the international bor- der to the Agua Caliente Country Club | in Mexico to compete in a $1,000 minia- ture tournament. The event, known as the “Tom Thumb” tournament, will be over 18 holes and played over the “pitch and putt” course of the club. The San Diego open closed in a heavy downpour, accompanied by chilling gusts of wind that blew away the chances of faltered. He came home with 71—69— 71—171—282, on the par 72 course, He received $750. One stroke behind Diegel was Smith, the 21-year-old marvel, who earned a place on the United States Ryder Cup team with his marvelous showing in the tournament., that squad, declared that the rapldly developed Missourian would be a mem- ber of the team. Smith’s four trips over the rolling Chula Vista layout were 71—66—72—174—283, giving him $450 as second prize money. Henry Cuici, slight Itallan from Bridgeport, Conn., admittedly playing one of his best tournaments, held down third place and $300, with 70—68—73— 73—284. He was followed by Al Wat- rous, veteran of Detroit, who had 71— 73—68—73—285. ‘The swarthy Chicagoan, Al Espinosa, who was an outstanding figure in the two qualifying rounds, lost the feel of his putter in the 36-hole final drive, but managed to land in fifth place, with 286, in a tle with Johnny Golden of Paterson, N, J, who won the $2,500 La 'LOCAL SOCCER TEAM BEATEN BY VISITORS Bowing to Cervantes booters of Phila- delphia yesterday, 2 to 4, on the Blad- ensburg road field, Clan MacLennan soccer team of this city was eliminated from play in the Nptional Amateur Cup Tie tournament. It was a second- round match,. but the first for each team, both having drawn byes in the first round last week. Originally the game was carded for Philadelphia. Clan MacLennan did not succumb be- to an extra period to triumph. The home combination twice came from be- hind to tie the score, the first time at the half, which ended 1-1, and the sec- ond time at the conclusion of regula- tion play, which was tied at 2-all. Cervantes were the aggressors all the :flay, t}.heu- short passing attack proving ective, Al Watts was the Clan star, - ing for both of his team’s ey McCauley of the visitors turned in the most spectacular shot when in the extra period he zoomed the leather into the net, which had been left momen- tarily unprotected by Goalie Staatz of the Clan, who had been drawn out. Wood assured victory for the visitors |with a goal in the closing minutes, Cervantes (4) Trebins nnan—Watts (2). Cer- ghan (2), McCauley. Linemen—-Messrs. Al Time of halves—4 Goals: Clan MacLex vantes—Woods. Call Referee—Mr. Bleuer. verez and Caldwell. minutes. BY JOHN A. FERRALL. HE Kid turned away from the radio where he had been listen- ing to the Georgia Tech-Cali- fornia foot ball game and start- ed for the door. “Wait a minute,” urged the Old Timer, catching him by the. arm ““There’s another quarter yet and plenty of time for passing and open-field stuff. I've a hunch the boys have a few long Tuns in their systems, yet.” “Sure,” agreed the Kid, promptly, “and that girl over there has a long run in her stocking right now. Never- theless, I'm on my way. You seem to | forget that I have to be down early | tonight to show you dumbbells what al- leys you bowl on. I—" That Reminds Me! “That reminds me,” said the Old Timer, who seemed to have lost track of the Kid’s final words. “Speaking of \swckmgs, I—oh, all right, I'll go with ou” | “In that case,” mourned the Kid, as they boarded the same car, “T'll have to stand for that reminds-me stuff. Go ahead with the sketch.” “It's & good one,” protested the Old” Timer. “A girl was standing on a seat and blocking the view of the people in back of her. Finally one man who had given up hope of seeing any more of the game had an idea. ‘I'll bet,’ he re- marked in & loud voice, ‘that if that girl knew she had a large hole in each stocking she’d hop off that seat.’ " “Clever stuff,” admitted the Xid. “She got down off the seat, all right,” said the Old Timer, “and made her way out of the park, After a laugh, some one said, ‘That was smart stuff. She Timing Is Puzzling Bowler Who Would Use Radio Wave Attack | shooting at 'em with the regulation “Say,” he added, “how about getting down to the alleys at about 7:30 for a couple of practice games?” “I'm off the practice stuff this year,” announced $he Old Timer. “The time has come for me to substitute brains for brawn. Yes, sir, I'm cutting out the practice and applying a little scientific stuff to duckpinning.” ‘Well, I'm glad you‘ve at last decided that something drastic is needed if you are ever going to lift yourself out of the ninety class,” said the Kid. “But what is the new method—tossing sticks of dynamite at the ducks instead of duck pin ball?” Turning to Radio on Duckpins. “It's the radio principle,’ explained the Old Timer. “You know how they run a boat or guide a car by radio waves? Well I'm working out somethlng along that line—I propose to sweep the pins off by radio waves from a little outfit I shall wear on my belt buckle.” “I see,” said the Kid. “One point is bothering me a little,” admitted the Old Timer. “I must work. out_a method of timing.” “Timing?” asked the Kid, puzzled. “Yes; I've got to learn to time the radio waves so that the pins will not topple before the ball reaches them and hits them.” ‘I don’t see why that should bother you,” protested the Kid. “If you only got the pins you actually hit, your aver- age would never be over 60. Everybody knows that with your luck the pins usually fall without being hit.” ‘Laugh,” said the Old Timer. “You know what the advertisement says: “They laughed at me when I spoke to the ‘waiter in Italian—but he came right back with some Scotch.’ Just wait really didn't have a hole in her stock- ing’ The first man nodded, ‘Oh, yes, she did,’ he declared. ‘I spoke nothing but the truth—and the whole truth, She had a large hole in each stocking— otherwise she couldn't get her feet in Yo’ " “Har, har, har! that was the truth— and the ‘hole’ truth,” admitted the Kid. and see. And as for luck—" ';"xgh. I'm no&, Tncflg yoé:dl'm en- g you,” declare e B Em'n 50 lucky they've named a bowl- g alley after you.” Hagen, who is captain of |- fore a great fight, forcing the visitors | Visited this city two years % TROUSER SUGGESTS ELIMINATION OF FOOT BALL GUARDS PHILADELPHIA, January 7 (®).— If the foot ball rulemakers wish to speed up the game and make scor- ing more frequent, Lawson Robert- son, trainer at the University of Pennsylvania and head coach of American Olympic teams, suggests the removal of the two “There are too many men on the field now,” he said, “and I would suggest dropping the guards. They ; they work hard; nobody sees them. They just make the game more complicated by their presence on the field without adding in the least to the thrills. Removal of the guards would mean more scoring.” Robertson’s suggestions found little favor with Lou Young, Penn coach. “So far as I am concerned,” he said, “I wish they would let foot ball alone. 1t's all right the way it 5. BUSY WEEK AHEAD OF BIG TEN FIVES Purdue, lowa and Wisconsin Tied for Top as Race Gets Started. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 7.—With Purdue, Towa, Wisconsin and Michigan tied at pennacle with one victory each as the Big Ten basket ball championship race breaks into a gallop this week with a nine-game program. Every team will get into action at least once. Indiana and Chicago, the only teams which did not get into the championship race Saturday night, jump into the thick of action with two battles each. Michigan’s performers have probably the hardest program of the week, invad- Ing Wisconsin and Iowa, two strong con- tenders for the championship. The Wolverines appear to have played all their poor basket ball in their first practice game and are very much in the Tace as evidenced by their 32-to-20 vic- tory over Northwestern Saturday. Ohio State invades Northwestern and Michigan tackles Wisconsin tonight. ‘Tomorrow night, Purdue invades Chica- go and Indiana starts by tangling with Illinois at Champaign. Saturday night every team will be in action, Northwest- ern at Purdue; Wisconsin at Chicago: Indiana at Minnesota; Michigan at Iowa, and Illinois at Ohio State. As a result of Saturday night’s lid raising contests, Wisconsin today was the only undefeated Big Ten team. The Badgers won their four practice season games and made if five straight by de- Xestlslx;g Minnesota, 29 to 21, at Minne- apolis. Northwestern lost its first game of the season to Michigan, while Purdue 24, at Lafayette. All the rest have been defeated once or more. Towa's Huskies trimmed Ohlo State, 34 to 26, in the roughest contest of the Big Ten champlonship inaugural, but looked impressive in doing so. The five-man defense kept scoring down to a low point in the first skir- mishes, which, with the exception of the Michigan-Northwestern contest, ran true to pre-season calculations. BASKET BALL GAMES FOR SCHOOL TEAMS TOMORROW. Business vs. Central, Tech vs. West- .";h(wh“c high title games), Tech gym. Catholic U. Freshmen vs. Eastern, Eastern. Baltimore Poly vs. Fresh- men, at College Park, Md. Benjamin Franklin U. vs. Woodside A. C, at Silver 3pring, Md. WEDNESDAY. Business vs. Catholic U. Freshmen, Brookland. at E Hyal vs. Central Cmmflflflh High High, af FRIDAY. Central vs. Tech, Business vs. East- g‘:hqwbllo high title games), Tech gym. Western vs. University of Maryland Freshmen, at College Park. Catholic U. Freshmen vs. St. John's, “Sf." :‘l‘l‘::‘ Leonard 's s, Leonardtown, Md. G Electrical Silver Spring, Md. Hyattsville fllzah vs. Catonsville, Md., at it S | High, at Catonsville, SATURDAY, Bliss_Electrical School vs. Company F, at Hyattsville, - BIG TEN TO RETAIN RESERVE GRID PLAN By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 7.—The Big Ten plan of having reserve foot ball teams play & regular champlonship schedule was successful in 1928, and will be re- peated next season. A survey of opinions of athletic di- i i o sl vy school, e poss] exception of Indiana and Purdue, favors thepreserve team system. The general opinion was that even though the reserve games failed to elicit much enthusiasm from students and t‘:‘x‘;n:nm ll::l}; vzere :e‘:enlclvg‘ in uncr?vex- ew nt anc e ence to future stars. s fa Z. G. Clevenger, director of athletics at Indiana, said he could see no real value in reserve games, but Coach Pat Page of the Hooslers disagreed, pointing out they were valuable and should be handed Illinois its first setback, 33 to| Sf 13 . The Star EXPERTS GIVE TIPS ON VITAL STROES ! Wizards of Drive, Approach and Putt Tell How They and Others Do It. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. HIS is an introduction to a serfes of articles written by some of the select few who can keep their heads down and follow through —the big leaguers of golf. Their names are respectfully uttered wherever the smooth skin of fairways is marred by pits. ‘The first group of storles will deal with the execution and tradition of the shot dearest to the heart of the dub— the big punch, the heavy sock, the distance wallop, the drive. Some of the mightiest thumpers will tell of the tee shot, how they make it, how others make it, the best drives they have seen and what made them best. ‘The next group of stories will concern the second shot and the approach. The third group will deal with the putt, lacking which the duffer plays the same old useless game. Stop bragging and alibling for a moment, gentlemen of the iron and the wood. The masters are about to speak. What is a great drive? Just how far, under a tape measurement, can the siege gun of golf propel a ball? Moose Knowles’ Great Feat. In Atlanta they tell you how Moose Knowles was hole-high with his second shot on_the 560-yard uphill finishing hole at Brookhaven, or how that mam- moth warrior, Cyril Tolley, carried the second ditch on No. 6 at Druid Hills with 15 yards to spare. That ditch is 275 full yards from the tee. In Muskegon strong men still speak in awe-struck voices of the feat of Clar- ence Gamber, when he reached the green with his second on a 611-yard hole and scored a 3 where par is 6. In Asheville they still show you where Abe Mitchell, with that short finish, cleared the trap on the sixteenth—275 yards away. Such shots are beyond the compre- hension of the average golfer. He makes them only in his dreams, or in the locker room. And 275 yards in the locker room rarely measures 129 yards on the course. Even among fine hitters, drives of tremendous length usually are due to an elevated tee, a favoring wind or a lightning fast fairway. Frequent driv- ing contests held in the United States, Canada and abroad have proved that the man who can average a carry of 250 yards on three shots is an almost cer-, tain winner. A clear test was made at the national * links in Southampton, Long Island, where a tournament was held with an entry list restricted to 20 of the best- kx‘x:tgx professionals in the United ' Macdonald’s Freak Bet. On the -third, seventh, eighth, tenth - and eighteenth holes, where the fair- ways are level, yellow flags-were planted 240 yards from the tee. These players proved that none of the stars carried much more than 225 yards against the ¢ ;{?dormonthmzisyudsmthm elp. Still, if conditions are right and the meer roll can be gotten, there’s mo limit to length. Charles B. d, * mile with a putting cl v :‘lgwed to wait until conditions suited He walted until Lake Michigan froze * over and there was a veritable gale. * Then he smacked his ball out over the ice and it rolled considerably more than a mile. ¢ Well, there’s driving and driving! - You'll hear a lot about this in the next - 10 stories. Then we shall leave the tee and proceed to the fairway and the’~ green. Follow around with us. Youll have some fun and you may learn* something useful. (Copyright, 1929.) (Wednesday—Williec Macfarlane om ¢ driving.) o YOST THINKS RECOVERY OF FUMBLE SUFFICIENT By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 7.—Field- ing “Hurry Up” Yost, foot ball coach at the University of Michi- gan, believes he has been misunder- stood on his explanation of his pro- posed rule amendment under which a ball fumbled by one team would be declared dead at the point fumbled, if recovered by the opposition. ang to clear up any misunder- standing, Yost said he believed loss of punting distance was sufficient penalty. “A_fumble is not only a mistake, but denotes inefficiency on the part of the player, and, consequently, the entire team. The loss of the on a fumble and its recovery by the opponent is penalty enough when one considers that the recovering team save themselves the full punt- ing distance of the team making the mistake. . “In other words, a team deep in its own territory to fumble the chance fo punt out, and this in itself is a penalty. Alertness on the part of the defense is a fundamental part of the game, as possession of the ball is the all-important thing in the game. You want merit to win. Inefficiency and violation of the rules should be punished.. Is n‘nt ‘!’he length of the punt suffi- cient?” i . QUINTS TO PLAY TONIGHT. Tivoll Whirlwinds will meet Army War College basketers tonight at 8:15 o'clock in the soldiers’ gym. Players are to report at 7:30 o'clock. continued. Purdue is not in favor of the plan, as neither N. A. Kellogg, ath- letic director, nor Coach Jimmie Phelan could uncover enough talent for one. | Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg of the Uni- versity of Chicago plans to have a few reserve games scheduled next Fall. All the other members of the confer- ence expressed enthusiasm for the plan, indicating a larger program for 1929, WIDE, SWEDISH RUNNER, TO TRAIN AT HILLTOP this week of seeing in action Edvin Wide, Swedish schoolmaster and holder of the world outdoor 2-mile record of 9:012-5. He will visit here this week and will practice on the outdoor track at_Georgetown unlvenlzfl’I Wide will be here primarily to in- spect the District school system. He is expected to remain about 10 days. He will be accompanied by his bride. Wide e To Match Your Odd Coats “‘After me? “‘Sure,” agreed the Kid. “Why else, do you s , did Bill Wood call his establisnnjent e ‘Lucky Strike? " EISEMAN'S, 7th & Track fans here will have opportunity | ¥ e 1 US.TIRES No Red Tape No Embarrassment Bring Your Car Registration Card Get Your Tires