Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1929, Page 25

SP HAS CLEANSLATE ~ INSCHOOL SERIES Scores Fourth Win-in Game With Business—Eastern Downs Western. TTH four victories in as many starts, Tech today is out in front ‘in the public high school basket ball champion- ship series by a sizeable margin and is generally favored to #gain the crown. Should the McKinley boys succeed in ‘bringing home the laurels it will not be through overwhelming superiority over rivals, but chiefly because of the splendid fighting spirit that has been instilled in them by their new coach, Artie Boyd, former University of Mary- land star. It was only after repulsing the stoutest sort of opposition that Tech vanquished Business yesterday, 18 to 17. Eastern fook the measure of Western in the other half of the double-header yesterday, 30 to 20, and gained undis- uted possession of second place in the itle race. As a result of their defeats Business and Western now are tied for third niace, each with one win against two defeats. Central, which idled yes- terday, is last, with three losses in as many starts. In other tilts yesterday in which scholastic teams of the District group figured Central bowed to University of Maryland_Freshmen in a 26-40 en- counter: Ber Pranklin downed Devitt, 36 to 14, and Woodward School downed another Devitt team, 22 to 20, in a thrilling junior prep school league game that required five periods. Central and Eastern and Business and Western will meet Friday in games that will wind up the first half schedule of the series. Another defeat for Cen- tral will definitely put it out of the championship hunt, while if the Blue and White trims Eastern that team’s chances for the title will receive a body blow. Business and Western will each be striving desperately for victory, as @efeat will well nigh remove either as serious contenders for the flag. Business succumbed to Tech only after the most desperate sort of battling in & game in which the Stenogs really out- meraled their rivals. Coach Lynn 'oodworth’s boys by freezing the ball time and again broke Tech’s fanied zone defense. Business’ attacks confused the Tech- ites for a time, but the latter obtained 2 lead of 13 to 12 at the half and hung 10 a slender edge the remainder of the way. Bolstered by the return to their line- up of Nathan Newman, clever little for- ward, Business offered Tech a great battle from the outset. It was Jakie Lewis, “guard, however, who was th ace of the Stenogs and when he was forced out because of personal fouls early in the third quarter the Business cause was dealt a heavy blow. Lucas also played a smart game for Business, Capt. Mike Goldblatt, center, and Paul Brown, guard, were the outstand- ing figures in Tech’s victory. They not only played great defensive games but came through with telling counters. Business shot ahead to start the third period when Newman, dribbling all the :;y down the floor, flipped in a neat 0t. ORTS. immensely popular sport it is, suggestions for changing it will continue to be made. One would think the revisionists would devote their attention to games which are waning in appeal, on the theory that the facts indi- cate they are in need of tinkering with, but not so. Here is the so-called national pas- time, surviving “scandals that rocked its foundations” and showing a steady increase in attendance as well as receipts in addition to an ever-increasing higher plane of sal- aries for players, yet suggestions for “improving” it never cease. Not all these proposals emanate, from mere fans, who are unac- quainted with the intricacies of the sport. That of President Heydler of the National League to have it made optional with a manager whether a pitcher bat for himself or give way to a pinch hitter is a case in point. Some of the suggestions have merit, others are utterly impracti- cable, but all doubtless are advanced SO long as bast ball remains the G _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1929. Tech Is Favored to Win Court Laurels : Dixie Conference Held Not Unweildly ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor y DENMAN THOMPSON! when he hits a foul on his third strike. It is contended that in this age of the “lively ball,” with three, four and more pitchers frequently being knocked out of the box as a result of cannonading that has placed a premium on slugging and practically killed the art of base steling, the fans would welcome a change. It is asserted having a foul on the third strike constitute an out would conserve pitching talent, lessen the number of hits, save numberless balls now knocked out of the lot as home runs, shorten the playing time, encourage bunting, reduce the num- ber of passes and help materially toward the shrinkage of high-score games. Rk That’s the gist of the plan of one reformer which recently found its ®ay to our desk via Uncle Sam’s mail, and another which arrived at about_the Same time urges that if the big leagues want to experiment they might try conducting a free by zealous individuals who are sin- cere <in their desire to help the cause. It seems to make no difference to the progenitors of these ideas that executing anything but a minor operation on the rules of base ball is one of the most difficult feats in the world of sports. They keep trying. It is our offhand recollection that the abolition of freak deliveries such as spitball, emery ball, shiner, etc., is the only change of note made in the regulations governing diamond play since the fould strike rule was enacted, before our sandlot days. It is true an attempt was made not so many years ago to curb the intentional-pass evil by the stipula- tion that it should be unlawful for a catcher to step out of his to réceive a pitch-out before the pitcher delivered the ball, but unani- mous non-observance made that a dead letter from the start, and all the other proposals, even the good ones, such as numbering the players to help spectators in following the game, have been given the go-by. Some of these schemes are ad- vanced, thoroughly ignored, and then hauled back in the hope more favorable consideration, if any, will be accorded them. Such a one is the plan which its author claims will eflect a better bal- ance between pitching and batting that of declaring the batter out : White Sox Have Of Talent for BY ORLO L. ROBERTSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. first time since the Black Sox scandal of a decade ago shat- wo-pointer for Business, Tech and held the Stenogs scoreless the nmunde'r of t.h:n while ‘Brown came through ‘ & foul and Gold- blatt & two-pointer and foul to put mmmmu.ummufi Tech then contrived to hold the lead at one 3 an then came through with another braced ust | feld. th 8 goal from | he CHICAGO‘ January 16.—For the tered a mighty base ball team, it appears as though the Chi- ‘White Sox may be something more | g, doormat for other teams of .League in the 1929 pen- Strengthening by several minor league “Big Berthas” and led by a manager of the old school, Russell “Lena” Black. burne, the White Sox will put a young but fast and dangerous outfit in the Neither Blackburne nor the “Old Roman,” Charles A. Comiskey, is pre- that just'a 0| dicting & pennant, but both expect a series, and Billy Wood, Lineoin Parkers got off to an early ever were headed. Western flashes first division berth—a position unoc- cupied by the Sox since Comiskey broke vp his great club of 1919. ‘With an array of Rookie material and veterans from last year's fifth- place club, Blackburne’s problem is who to discard. Only Willle Kamm, leading defensive third baseman of the junior circuit, finds his position uncontested. There are nine candidates for the out- field, foyr for second base, three for catcher and two each for shortstop and ries | first base, in addition to a small army ., | of prospective pitchers. ahead, held a 12-4 advantage at 18-14, but this was the nearest the Lincoln Parkers permitted Western to get. Capelli tered 13 points on 5 goals !tmnwelcflmmm;ge and 3 fouls. Wood caged 4 two-pointers. Freeman came through with 7 points for Western. ‘The scores: Tech. * PR Johnson, 3 Mmowsol | rmscaatd Johns. & Edelbiut, Brown, Totals..... . Umpire—Mr. Western. W £ ol howeral 5] woamswe! &l owmaws™ :r H 24 Referee—Mr. Hug! - T coscwssesowd 8l comovmnoonei™® reoowomoo paawao’ ‘Totals. 6 Referee—Mr. Ford. SERIES STATISTICS. Team Standing. Tech . Eastern Business .. Western Central YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Tech, 18; Business, 17. Eastern, 30; Western, 20. FRIDAY'S GAMES. Central vs. Eastern, Business ern, Tech High gym, staring 3:15 PREVIOUS SCORES. Central, 19. vs. West- o'clock. stern, 30: ness, ech, 19; Central, 13. Rallying with a will in the last half, University of Maryland Freshmen de- feated Central, 40 to 26, yesterday at College Park. That Central is likely to put up a better showing against Eastern Friday than has been anticipated is the belief of many today following the Blue and ‘White's stout showing yesterday against the strong University of Maryland Freshmen at College Park. Getting through the Old Line cubs’ gone defense, Central piled up a 15-2 lead at the quarter. The Freshmen then adopted the man-for-man defense and after reducing Central's lead to 18-12 at the half, stepped out in the second half to gain a comfortable lead. Ronkin and Wilson were leading Mary- Four Rookies Give Promise. Of the score of rookie hopefuls, four stand out—"Dutch” Hoffman, an out- flelder obtained from Sacramento for $25,000 and Earl Sheely; J. C. Watwood, a hard-hitting outfielder from Shreve- port; Johnny Kerr, 28-year-old second base sensation of the Coast League, who is up for his second trial in the majors, and Bob Weiland, a southpaw obtained from Moline of the Mississippi Valley League. Weiland pitched the last game of the season for the White Sox last Fall and shut-out the Athletics, 1 to 0. Several other likely looking youngsters, who made good in the closing days of the 1928 season, will be back. The most F‘rsomlsms of these is Art Shires, a Dal- product, who not only played a whale of a game around first base but led the club in hitting. He is regarded BUILDING CONTRACTORS' Team Standing. LEAGUE. L Pt 79 Fuller Stone Plant. 5 D. C. Butcher. 7709 base ball school, supervised by a paid ex-big league player, and there- by assist the kids by teaching them the right way to play the game. “Base ball doesn't need any 10- man teams,” asserts this correspond- ent, adding, “Nine made it. Ten will kill it.” Then he goes on: “Why a hitter for a pitcher? A better idea would be to teach the pitcher how to bat. Let them take off those sweaters and go up to the plate like other players with the idea of hitting the ball and not to look at three Go Over and then sit down. As a matter of fact a catcher does far more work during a game than a pitcher and has to use just as much exertion, if not more. But how would you stop them lnughlng if a hitter was suggested for a catcher?” “Base ball is made great due to the fact that the Son is seeing and playing the same game his Father did. To get away from this would ; certainly ‘hurt’ not ‘help’ base ball. Let the game stand as it is today, the leader of all sports. “If the big league owners want to do something that will bring back the lost interest, here is a suggestion that nmever fails—put more 50 cent seats on sale. * * * ‘Correct the gate and leave the game alone.’” P. S, Having no asbestos attach- ment for our telephone, we refrained from soliciting comment from Mr. Griffith. Bright Array 1929 Campaign as a fixture at first, although Bud gh:cy, whom Shires ousted, will be ack. Cecond base, a weak spot since the days of Eddie Collins, has four appli- cants in Kerr, Karl Swanson, a rookie, and Bill Hunnefield and George Red- fern, who alternated at the position last ason. Bill Cissell, the “$123,000 Cavalry- man,” will be at shortstop again unless Irvine Jeffries, who comes from Dallas, beats him out. Blackburne is fi ontaking the “punch” out of 1's changing him into a free Good Outfield Material. For the outfield, Blackburne has Carl Reynolds, Johnny Mostil, Bill Barrett, Bib Falk, all veterans, and Randy Moore, George Blackerby, Hoffman and ‘Watwood., Moore is coming up for an- other trial after being farmed out last season to Waco of the Texas League, &hfléo Blagtk;rt;y clofi htehfl‘ sel.soxn'e with e Sox after leading ‘exas League in hitting. 4 Most of Blackburne’s troubles seem to hinge about the backstop position. He has but one man of dependability, Moe Berg, who was converted into catcher after playing about every oth- er position on the team. Buck Crouse has been retained, but Harry McCurdy has been released to Toledo. Jack xes:g; ns Dxalh.s prospect, will be taken pring training camp. The pitching staff will consist of five veterans—Red Faber, Ted Lyons, Al- phonse Thomas, Ted Blankenship and Grady Adkins—and a group of promis- ing rookies—young Ed Walsh and George Cox, who were with the club last season; Weiland, and Leslie Cox, a San Antonio product. Comiskey and Blackburne plan plenty of work for their hopefuls, with morn- ing practice scheduled daily. Rl e B CHICAGO, January 16 (#).— Spug Myers, Pocatello lightweight, has been matched for a 10-round bout with Joey Medill, Chicago 138 pounder, at the Hippodrome January 22. off the attack of the King Pin club and placing itself one game in front of its arch enemy in the race for the Dis- trict League flag for 1929. Jack Whalen 270t 625 478 476 458 375 ‘208 167 4 9 1 1 3 5 9 1 1 1 1 1 20 Eyans, 540, R. P. Whitty. . Knoliman-Spid High team gam High team set—Rudolph & West, 1.522. High individual game—Giraci (Rudoiph & West), 152, High individual set—Giraci (Rudolph & West), 380, High ~_average—Faunce (Fuller Stone Plant), 1 06-3. Rolling scores of 152 and 380, Giraci of Rudolph & West established two new league records and hepled his team to set a new team set record with 1,522. D. C. Butcher, taking a double trim- ming at the hands of G. A. Fuller, al- lowed the latter club to tie it for sec- ond place and now is trailing Fuller Stone Plant by two full games. Stone Plant club won three games from Knollman-Spidel. Charles H. Tompkins rollers were triple winners when R. P. Whitty failed to place a full club on the drives. James Baird-John P. Evans match was post- poned until a later date. Other high scores for the week in- cluded Scalletti’s 325, Matson's 306, Butcher’s 310, Gayle's 309, Welch’s 309, Simmons’ 306 and R. Crampton’s 338. Faunce retained the lead in average with 106-3, though losing 12 pins. DISTRICT LEAGUE. g Team Standing. Convention Hall Jand scorers with Broadbent and De- | Temple Lisio topping Central's attack. Ben Franklin had little trouble de- | Co feating Devitt. With Charlie Proctor heading its attack, it piled up a 20-5 edge at the half. Louis Depro was most consistent for the losers on attack. ‘Woodward School basketers downed e Devitt Juniors only after the most Petworth . High team game—Progressive Printers, 669. High team set—Stanford Paper Co., 1,851 High individual game—G. Wolstenholme (Convention Hall). 158. High individual set—Mitchell 408. High ind! Cafe), 120~ (Temple), ividual average—Rosenberg (Curb desperate battling. Nash came through gith the basket in the fifth extra geriod that gave Woodward victory. b Pighting with its back to the wall, Convention Hall displayed its cham- pionship caliber last wo{k in warding was easily the star of the match with a 363 set, topped off by a game of 152 in the curtain dropper. Stanford Paper Co. took possession of third place by taking three games from Petworth, while Curb Cafe was forced to lose one game to Arcadia. Stanford used three new bowlers in Heffelfinger, Swain and Harfille. The latter, an old- timer, did creditably well with a 355 set. Mandley, however, rolled 383 for high score. All Petworth bowlers were below their usual average. Mag Wood of Arcadia and Henry Hiser of Curb staged a thrilling battle as these two clubs met. Hiser won the decision with 1a 389 set to Wood's 380. Northeast Temple continued to keep above the .500 mark by winning two games from Meyer Davis and held onto | fifth place. Temple has been a disas- trous opponent for several clubs this year, and will doubtless have much to say as to which club wins the pennant, The scores of the last match were not ‘| available at this time. Progressive Printers consented - to as the latter's ranks have bes - pleted by sickness. G NATIONAL CAPITAL LEAGUE. Team Standing. t King Pin ... e Parkway Filing ‘Siaii H. B. Denham-. . postpone the match with Cornell’s Lunch | 20! 1 738 | LONG, SHORT OF GRIFFS’ SLAB STAFF NOW SIGNED Now the long and short of the Nationals’ pitching staff is signed for the American League’s 1929 base ball campaign. Contracts for the year, with signatures appended, were received -at the Washington Club’s headquarters this morning from the more than 6 feet 6 Jim Weaver and the less than 5 feet 10 Lloyd Brown. Brown, by the way, is one of the three left-hand slabmen the Na- tionals have in reserve. With the receipt of the contracts, the club now has 10 of its 32 players signed for the season. CLUB CHAMPS START TRAVIS TROPHY EVENT By the Associated Press. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., January 16.— Nearly twoscore golfers prepared today to tee off in the qualifying round in the second annual national cham- plonship of club champions in quest of the $1,000 Waiter J. Travis Memorial trophy. The contest is limited to ama- teurs. Bob Wingate, present title holder, who hails from the Jacksonville Mu- nicipal Golf Club, will face such oppo- sition this year as Harold Webster, 13 times champion of the Inverness Coun- try Club of Toledo, Ohio; Jock Cattell, 17-year-old Scot, who also comes from Jacksonville, and at least five other top- notchers. The tournament will continue through a 36-hole final round Saturday. “G” CLUB MEMBERS PLAN BOWLING EVENT A meeting of the alumni C Club of Central High School will be held to- morrow night at 8 o'clock at the Rac- quet Club when several matters of in- terest to the membership are to be discussed. The club is unique in that there are no membership dues. Plans for the annual C Club track meet to be held May 18, will be dis- cussed at the meeting as will arrange- ments for a bowling tournament to be held in March. The idea is to have those who attended the old O street school bowl in one section and those who attended the new school compete in another, with the five highest bowlers in each section clashing for the club title. Since its organization nine years ago by a group of former Central High athletes who desired to perpetuate the memory of their former principal, Emory M. Wilson, the club has done much to boost Central athletics and the school generally. — COLUMBIA QUINTET TACKLES PRINCETON By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 15.—Colum- bia’s Lions of the basket ball court make their season’s bow in the East- ern Intercollegiate League tonight against “the Tigers of Princeton. The game is to be played in the Columbia gymnasium. Although they have yet to show their wares in league competition, the Lions are strong favorites to win on_ the basis of the early season record, which, while not impressive, is much better than Princeton’s. Columbia has won four games and dropped decisions to New York University, Army and St. John’s of Brooklyn. Princeton has lost seven games in 10 starts. ‘Tonight's game is the Tigers’ third of the league season. They dropped a decision to Yale in their league debut, hllx‘tmwnquered Cornell last Saturday night. Columbia hopes to emulate three other metropolitan area fives, New York University, Fordham and City College of New York. All these trounced Princeton by 15 points or more. Co- lumbia rooters, in fact, are getting a bit of comfort out of the fact that N. Y. U,, which beat the Lions by two points, drubbed Princeton by 16. George Gregory, Columbia’s sopho- more center, possibly will draw down the major share of popular attention. He has scored 26 field goals and 23 | has been fouls in 7 games and, some observers believe, will be the sensation of the league. Jewish Center Basketers Play Alexandria Hoffmans Tonight LEXANDRIA, Va., January 16. Boasting a victory over Morris Clarke’s Original Anacostia Eagles as their latest triumph, the strong Jewish Community Center quint of Washington will come here tomorrow night in search of more basket ball laurels. The invaders will meet the Hoffman Clothiers in the Armory Hall at 8:30 o'clock. In a preliminary contest starting at DOPE ON RACES IN DUCKPIN LEAGUES the Musicians, as they rolled 601 to lose by 3 pins. King Pin toppled down into a tie with Parkway Filling Station by drop- ping one game to Linwoods while Park- way was sweeping home to a triple win at the expense of the Chevy Chase Club. Quail's 343 and Maples’ 371 fea- tured the King Pin-Linwood affair, while Sullivan’s 370 and-Mason’s 335 topped the other two clubs. H. B. Denham was extended to win two games from F. H. Smith. After tying the first game and losing on the roll-off, Denham’s club came back to take the second with a fair margin and barely win the final by a single pin. Service Cafeteria dropped three to People’s Life Insurance by non-ap- pearance. Mandley’s 371 and Gartzinger's 368 topped the Denham-Smith affair. On the other hand, Goddard's 320 was best for the Insurance men. U. OF M. FACULTY LEAGUE. Team Standing. Arts and Science Engineering . Hortieulture . Bacteriology .. 1l and Agrono: Dajry s Plant Physiology High individual game—Beauchamp, 152. High individual set—Hoshall, 355. High individual average—Hoshall. 104-13. High team game—Arts and Science, 813. High team set—Arts and Science, 1.475. gt FREDERICKSBURG PINMEN 31 (738 ‘892 ‘843 ‘616 47 Meyer Davis ... New England Cafe Linwoods ... Service Cafete People’s Insurance F. H. Smith Chevy Cha High High t High 45: 357 ‘238 o me—Meyer Davis, 633. set, Service Cafeteria, 1,790. individual game—Mandley, 'H. B. nham, 159. High individual set—Mandley, H. B. Den- P in individual piHIEh gIndividual average—Weidman, King Missing a spare in the tenth box probably cost Tompros of the New Eng- land Cafe team high set record. He rolled 408 to come within 5 pins of Mandley’s record score of 413. This set aided the Lunchmen materially in winning three games from Meyer Davis. ‘The first game 'was a heartbreaker for P 8 HOSTS TO D. C. BOWLERS 2 [~ George L. Isemann will take a team of local bowlers to Fredericksburg, Va., tomorrow night to meet the stars of that place in five-man team, doubles and singles matches. ‘Thornburg, Tolford, Bonnie, Ise- mann and Fischer compose the local team. Fisher and Isemann will meet Jacobs and Butler in doubles and Joe Mulroe will oppose Sullivan in singles S. Sullivan, R. L. Jacobs, B. B. Butler, B. T. Bills and E. Ulman compose the Fredericksburg team. Fredericksburg pinmen recently de- feated Red Megaw’s Richmond team in a ‘);:mlfi-lt%d-honfi 52{&:0 and wo‘n :; pr e national tournament af Baltimore last March. | School, 26 to 4, in the Armory yester- DOROTHY HURD GETS | Important Tilts Listed Enight Among Amateur Basket Tossers MEDAL WITH AN 83 By the Associated Press. EDGEWATER PARK, Miss., January 16.—Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, medalist with a brilliant 83 in the an- nual women’s pan-American amateur golf tournament here, was paired today with Mrs. Jack Vilas, Hot Springs, Ark., in the championship fight. Mrs. Vilas shot & 97 in the qualifying round over Edgewater course yesterday. Marion Turpie of New Orleans, Southern women’s champion, who shot 89 in the medal round, today met' Mrs. J. M. Taylor, a fellow townswoman. ‘The other championship flight quali- flers were matched as follows: Eva Mae Johnson, Chicago, 100, with Mrs. Melvin Jones, Chicago, 91, and Miss Ariel Vilas, Arkansas State runner-up, ;38. 9'771“1 Mrs. Jack Arends, Evanston, Glenna Collett, who won the title last year, is not here. CHICAGO A. A. QUITS TRACK, FIELD GAME By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 16.—The cherry circle, emblem of the Chicago Athletic Association, will be seen no more in track and fleld competition. After 30 years of maintaining teams that brought national and sectfbnal honors to the club, the C. A. A. has disbanded its track team and aban- doned the sport. Hereafter the club will confine its effort to swimming and hockey, giving up track because of lack of interest among members. For 15 years—from 1906 to 1921— the cherry circle athletes ruled the track and field world, winning 14 Cen- tral A. A. U. indoor and a like number of outdoor titles in addition to several national championships. ENTRAL HIGH gym and Con- gress Heights Auditorium will house the most - important amateur basket ball games to- night. Harriman & Co., quint will meet W. H. West Co. five in a Washington City League contest at Central High at 9 o'clock. Old Dominion Boat Club cagers will be the attraction in Con- gress Heights as opponents of Skinker Brothers Eagles. Sioux A. C. will battle Potomac Boat Club tossers in a pre- liminary contest, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Another heated battle is promised for tonight in Noel House gym, where Phoenix A. C. will make a stand against Quantico Marines. Play will start at 9 o'clock. ‘Three of the prominent local teams will be on foreign floors. Silver Spring courtmen will journey to Frederick, Md., to meet Cresap’s Riflemen, leaving Silver Spring at 6:30 o'clock. Silver Spring High cagers will oppose DeMo- lays of Frederick in a preliminary game there in the State Armory. Anacostia Eagles will be seen at Fort ‘Washington against the home team and Jewish Community Center unlimiteds will face Hoffman Clothiers at Alexan- dria. Center players will meet in their gym not later than 7 o'clock. American Red Cross quint of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Kennedy Red Stars are seeking unlimited foes. Call Manager W. L. Leitch of the former team at Lincoln 6246 and Manager Ted Otte of the Stars at Georgia 407 after 6 pm. Batch’s goal in the closing minute of play enabled Tris Speakers to defeat Arcadians, 17 to 16, and win the Boys" Club 115-Pound League title last night. Frenchy cagers downed Meridians, 27 to 25, and Fort Meyer won over Op- timists, 21 to 18. Marsh registered 19 points for Fort Armour Ties for Third Place In Pasadena Qualifying Round By the Associated Press. ASADENA, Calif, January 16— ‘The last pot of gold in the golf tournaments of the West this Winter was in sight today. A final 36-hole drive remained before the treasure hunters of the links in the $4,000 Pasadena open tourna- ment. Sixty-five players, representing the best ucm'e‘:’m 18 h?}‘e: r?;h‘éut:llg- y yesterday, won g |!lvlifhmq.‘helr iron and wood for the final bit of prize money today. MacDonald Smith of Great Neck, Long Island, who plays in very few tournaments, but seldom fails to col- WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 16—Base ball as played in the Big Ten again will be introduced in the Orient and Australia this Summer if the contemplated plans of Wisconsin and Michigan meet the approval of their respective athletic boards. ‘Wisconsin’s tour would take its nine to ‘while Miehigan - would visit Jaj at the invitation of George J. Otsuki of Mef A sent its base to Japan last Summer !o: a ru‘ietm. of with the unive! and semi-pro or- ok ‘The Wisconsin base ball team toured Japan in 1910, but the Wolverines never have taken an extended trip it be: t the athletic policy of the school. lding Yost, Michigan director of athletics, in making the announcement said all expenses had been guaranteed the Michigan team. R SINGER-TAYLOR TO FIGHT. NEW YORK, January 16 (#).— Al Singer, Bronx featherweight sensation, signed to battle Bud Taylor, the Terre Haute, Ind., star, in a 10- round bout at Madison Square Garden February 8. 7:30 the Hoffman Buddies will en- counter Washington-Lee High School girls. The game listed between the Buddies and Jewish Community Center girls was canceled. Washington Canoe Club having failed to muster a team, Potomac Boat Club of Washington and the Old Dominion Boat Club of this city have arranged a three-game series for the nautical championship of this section and the winner will meet the champion of the Philadelphia boat clubs. ‘The first contest between the Poto- macs and Old Dominions will be held in the Central High School gymnasium at Washington and the second in the Armory Hall here. In the event a play- off is necessary the “rubber” game will be played at Congress Heights gym- nasium in Washington. Manager Robert has signed Dick Perry, former Lee-Jacl High School star, to play with his Ajax A. C. quint. Episcopal High School’s basket ball team was to play Swavely School at Manassas, Va., this afternoon in the first game of a home-and-home series. ?;’"dy will be seen here on February John Dagrossa again is coaching the St. Mary’s Celtics basket ball team after being ill with influenza. ‘ . Four games will be played by Third Athletic District of Virginia teams Pri-: day night. Alexandria High School - boys and girls will entertain George | Mason High School's team in a twin bill here in the Armory, while Washing- ton-Lee High School will be host to the two teams of Fredericksburg High School in the Generals’ gymnasium, at Balston. Old Dominion Boat Club will play Skinker Eagles in the Congress Heights gymnasium at Washington tonight. The boatmen are to oppose Harriman Co. of Washington tomorrow night in the Armory at 8:30. St. Mary’s Celtic Juniors have a game tonight at 8 o'clock in the Central High School gymnasium at Washington, op- posing the National Press Building Cardinals. George Mason High School Light- weights defeated Jefferson Elementary day. FOR EXPERT SERVICE SEE CREEL BROS. 1811 14th St. N.W, Pecatur 4220 lect, promised to sustain his reputation over this city’s mountain-bordered municipal course. The tall Scot, who won a ‘brilliant victory in the $10,000 Los Angeles open, turned in a par- smashing card of 69 in the qualifying play to tie with George von Elm, Detroit amateur, for medal honors. Par is 71. One stroke higher than this pair and threatening for money places were Tommy Armour of Washington, D. C., and Tom Stevens, Los Angeles. Another bidder was John Black of Oakland, who came in with a 71 in a tie with Bob McDonald, Chicago, and Ray Mangren, Los Angeles. Some of the players found the fair- ‘ways of the course not wide enough and drove themselves out of the final. Among those who failed to qualify were Leo Diegel, national professional cham- pion, who had a 78, one too many, and Billy Burke of Port Chester, N. Y. North and South open champion, who came in with an 80. Among those who barely got in were Bobby Cruickshank of Purchase, N. Y., 77; Ed Dudley of Hollywood, Horton Smith, Joplin, Mo., and Henry Cuici, Bridgeport, Conn., all with 76s. ‘The golfers head Eastward tonight, stopping off in Texas for a pair of money tournaments. WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER. ASKET BALL officials of Wash- ington and those who wish to be registered this year with the local board of officials are ex- pected to report Friday night at 7:30 at the Y. W. C. A. for a writter. examination, to be followed Monday night at Business High School by prac- tical tests to complete their qualification requirements. The tests prepared this year, both written and practical, have been standardized by the national board of officials and those passing them will be qualified permanently as referees in Washington. Officials who already have passed ex- aminations do not have to take the new tests, but_are asked to do so by Mrs. Margaret Haugen, chairman of the Washington board, in order that all may be qualified under the same ex- amination and also in order that they may be eligible to take advanced tests later on which would entitle them to a registered place on fhe national board. Further ~announcement concerning these latter tests will be made by Mrs. Haugen in the Spring. At least two members of the Washington board must be qualified by the national board in order for the local group to operate, ac- cording to this year's ruling. i Mrs. Haugen will supervise the ex- aminations Friday and Monday. Can- didates are advised to report at the Y. W. promptly at 7:30 Friday night and at 8 o’clock on Monday night unless otherwise notifed. For further infor- Eatlon regarding the tests. candidates ay call Mrs. Haugen at the Boulevard apartments. § Hyattsville High School girl bas- keters opened their official interscholas- tic court season with a 21-10 victory over the McLean High School sextet this week and now are preparing for their next game in which they will meet the Catonsville High School team. Other games on their immediate sched- ule include Annapolis and Rockville contests, the dates for which have not been announced. Before the season is over they will compete with practically every high school squad in the State of Maryland. In pre-season practice tilts, the Hyattsville High. School lassies romped on the Company F Auxiliary squad twice, defeating them 16-3 at the first meeting and 11-5 at the second. Mem- bers of the school squad are Lelia Smith, captain and forward; Ellen Heide and Sara Gude, forwards; Marian Kerr, Isabel Craddock and Winifred Kerstet- ter, centers; Inez Gaylor, Margaret Meade and Winifred Hiser, 3 Mar=~ret M. Wolf, formerly of the Uni- ver of Maryland, is coaching the [; ors and Sophomores must play T SAAAAAAAANAANANANANT FROZEN aw CRACKED " AUTO ENGINES Welded in the Car WELDIT CO. 1st and F Sts. N.W. SPORT 8. ‘Washington, but his team took a 37- t?-zn setback from the Quantico Ma- rines. Max Schwartz led Tivoli Whirlwinds in downing Woodside A. C., 32 to 24. By downing Northerns, 40 to 12, and Aces, 26 to 18, Kennedy Red Stars con- tinued their winning streak. Strayer's quint proved no match for Mount. Vernon tossers and took a 26- to-11 reverse. Raussell’s 13 points figured prominent- ly in Crescents' 28-t0-22 win over Met- ropolitan Baptist tossers. Richardson, Davidson and Maxwell each collected 10 points as Cavalry Reds defeated Monroe A. C., 42 to 15. Much of the glory of Stantons’ 30-to- 20 win over Seamen Gunners went to Mulhall with 6 goals. Garfield and Tracey each collected a dozen points as Sioux A. C. downed Na- tional Publishers in a Community Cen- ter League contest. B. Sinclair and Wood were the big scorers as DeMolays turned back Junior Young Friends Club, 42 to 25. Brentwood Hawks, leaders in Prince Georges County League, took an unex- pected and one-sided trouncing from the second-place Dixie Pigs last night, 43 to 19. Hawks retained their lead. Good teamwork gave Nusbaum bas- keters a 22-to-13 verdict over Central Reds in MacFarland gym. Mohican Seniors had little trouble disposing of ~ Lincoln Road cagers, Joray and Henderson starred as Y Aztec Midgets defeated Coleman Jen- nings’ tossers, 24 to 20. FEDERAL A. A. PLANS WILL BE DISCUSSED Plans for the organization of Fed- eral Athletic Association, with member- ship open to all Federal employes of Washington, will be made tomorrow night, when representatives of each of the departments of the Government will meet at the Arcadia at 8 o'clock. L. G. Schmidt, president of the Poto- mac Park A. A, which has sponsored sports among the Government employes for the past three years, is the prime mover in the organization of the pro- posed Federal A. A. According to present plans the new | organization will foster several base ball | leagues, tennls, golf and track events. | Any one interested in athletics will be welcome at tomorrow night's meet- | ing, it is announced. | Gonzaga and St. John's were to meet | this afternoon in the Boys' gym in the | opening match of the Prep School Bas- | ket Ball League. George Mason was to | engage Eastern in the only scholastic floor game hereabout. Central's swimmers were to entertain Ton;e School mermen in the Central | tank. off a tie to decide interclass honors on the basket ball floor at Hyattsville High. Seniors have won five games and tied the Sophomores in their sixth. The latter have won four and lost one. Ac- cording to the rules of the series, the Seniors. must either defeat the Sopho- mores outright in a play-off of the tie, or, in the event of their losing, must play the Sophs still another game before claiming the cl pionship. As things , the two teams would be tied for honors in case the Sophs win the first play-off, as each would then have five victories and one defeat cred- ited. Juniors hold third place W series | to date, with the freshmen ling. One | more game remains to be played be- | tween these two teams. Jewish Community Center six will journey to Alexandria tonight to play the Hoffman “Buddies” on the latter's floor. The game is called for 7:30 o'clock. Co-ed tossers from Gallaudet College will play the Eastman School basketers at Kendall Green Saturday afternoon at 3:30 in the opening game of the | local scholastic season. This will mark games booked later in the season, in- cluding American University and George | ‘Washington. Eastman will play the! leading seminary teams in the city dur- ing February and March, | Members of the sports section of the ‘Women's City Club will hold their an- nual dinner tonight at the clubhouse on Jackson Place at 6:30 o'clock. An interesting program has been arranged for the occasion by Helen G. O'Neill, chairman of the section. Capitol Athletic Club sextet defeated Strayer's Business College team, 30 %o 27, in a keenly contested game on the Wilson Normal School floor last, night. It marked the Capitolites second vic- tory within a week. Basketeers will be the next opponeats of the C. A. C. squad, which is booking as many dates as possible in an effort to build up a strong offensive machine with a view to entering league compe- tition later on. Aloysians scored over the Washing- ton Athletic Club six last night in an- other tight match played in St. Mar- tin’s gym. The final count was 24 to 21. This was a practice match for ooth teams who are planning to enter the ‘Washington Recreation League. Epiphany A. C. bowed to Columbia A. C, 18 to 12, on the former’s home floor last night. The Columbians ex- hibited smooth teamwork and an ac- curate eye for the basket. ATHLETIC LEADERS WANT NO DIVISION Northern Section Colleges Ready to Co-operate in Full With Others. By the Associated Press. ICHMOND, Va., January 16.— Athletic directors of Southern to any split into sectional di- visions. Almost unanimous support of the ge- the conference as presently constituted was found by the Richmond News Leader in a symposium obtained from colleges in the conference. Intention of their colleges to support the conference as a means of protect= the South was expressed by the follow- ing directors: H. C. Byrd of Maryland, C. P. Miles Vanderbilt, James G. Driver of South Carolina, Charles T. Wolen of North Carolina, O. Ellis Brown of Virginia, Dougherty of Tennessee, B. B. Clark~ son of V. M. I, Homer Hazel of Mis- sissippi, G. M. Bohler of Auburn, of North Carolina State, Dr. Wilbur C. Smith of Tulane, James G. Gee of Clemson and H. J. Stegeman of W. D. Chadwick of Mississippi A. and M., and Russ Cohen of Louisiana State Univers| said they believed the con- section of the United States, was un- wieldy. Chadwick indicated a division would mean a “better working organi- satisfactory schedules for many of the colleges.” Both Chadwick and Cohen said they had no knowl of any claring that Louisiana State was ‘“‘most friendly with members of the North- ern section.” The majority of the directors were of the opinion that the conference was not organized for the purpose of creat- bring about educational and athletic standards. The News Leader stated in its sum- had been no indications that officials in the Northern part of the conference were dissatisfied with its geographical ognized that such institutions would be unable to play more than a few games with far Southern teams in any sport. newspaper from the athletic .fl;edcwn at Duke University, recently tted to the conference; Georgia Tech, Ken- Lee. Telegraphic opinions of some of the direitors follow: the conference in entirety as long as it is a member. The conference has done a great work.' It is my personal bers is too unwieldy and small confer« ences of 8 to 10 schools would k better.” & stitutions are as essential to the suc- cess of the conference as other group. ization of edu- catfonal institutions of equal rank desir- ‘under uniform rules of Conference colleges are oppose ographical grouping and objectives of the athletic directors of 18 of the 23 ing athletic relations and eligibility in of Virginia Poly, Dan McGugin of W. H. MacKellar of Sewanee, N. W. Everett Yon of Florida, T. H. Stafford Georgia. ference, which covers the Southeastern zation and help to bring about more move to effect a division, t:zdez'mur de- Not for Championships. ing athletic champions, but rather to mary of the statements today that there ‘make-up, although it was generally rec- No statements were received by the tucky, Alabama, or Washington and Yon, Florida—"Florida will support opinion that any conference of 23 mem- Dougherty, Tennessee— Northern in- ‘The conference is not a base ball league, but an the dividual members.” Bohler, Auburn—*“Think large confer- ence with uniform eligibility rule cover- ing larger territory desirable.” Stegeman, Georgia—"“Conference to- day in my opinion, very successful .and effective due to co-operation northern Being.enjosea thatoiherwise ot pasel- enjo; f n - ble all sports. Think cordial relations of institutions and coaches better than any section of country. Hope confer- ence continues as at present.” Fine for Sport in South. Woolen, North Carolina: “We find friendliest attitude and are constantly receiving offers from them (Southern members) in various sports. The more institutions brought into agreement on uniform playing conditions the higher the level of sports in the South will be raised. The question of champion- ships and all Southern selections should not be confused with the real purposes of the conference.” Mackellar, Sewanee: “No reason why Northern members should withdraw. Would regret such action on their part. The conference exists for the promotion of clean sport, not for mythical cham- vionships. The influence and assist- ance of all strong colleges needed now