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26 »° SPORTS.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, JANTGARY ‘16, 19%." SPORT S~ 60-Cent Find Started Nome Gold Rush : Dempsey Is Perfecting Plans for Fight NAVY WILL BE HOST 10 DISTRICT TEAMS ANNAPOLIS, January 15.+«Severai college teams of the Washington area appear on the Navy's athletic program for the remainder-of the Winter: In basket ball, George Washington, American University, Maryland and Georgetown -are to be engaged at An- napolis, on_ January 30, February 2, 13 and 20, vely. Geotgetown is to mét February |9 in boxing at Annapelis. Maryland will be entertained Satur- day and George Washington March 9 in small-bore rifie competition by the Navy team on the latter's range here. Washington Fencers’ Club is the only non-college organization from the Capital Ofty to be engaged by the Middies. This organization is booked here January 19. COACHES TO LEARN JUST WHAT’S WHAT| Coaclies of college, school and pro- fonal teams hereabouts will be told just how to do their work by the wise DOUBHBOY'S DUST | ISTPOFF TO TEY Miners” Banker as Well as| Saloonkeeper, Rickard Learns of Strike. BY TEX RICKARD. This is the anly autoblography writter Tex Rickard._ 1t was prepared in c ation with Bozeman Bulger, for pub- on exclusively for Tae Star and the North American Newsoaper Allladce Shortly before Rickard's death he dis- cussed with Bulrer plans for publicatio: of these memoirs ‘in book form — PFollow- ine is the eighth Mstallment of the au- tobjosraphy. which is appearing in daily chapters. o I 1 LEVINSKY, K. 0.D BY TYRO, QUITS THE RING FOR GOOD (In collaboration with Boreman Bulger ) NE of ths first men to buy a drink in our bar and gambiing house at Nome on that famous Fourth of July Omm“!hwh‘l: an <Pl e up, Doy he ORGered, Rave boys. who sit in the stands and waich to inc 7 e games when sides get together {ng his amms to include everybody i | ¢ Bynnockburn Club January 36, All drinks were 50 cents a throw and | Those who tutor the many athletic they could take what they liked, whisky, gin, brandy or wine. ‘The price didn't bother those days. The old man s poke—a small bag of gold dust! bar and untied the string. “Weigh her up,” he directed me, “and let'’s have another one.” The two rounds came to about $50. Come to think of it, the present prices don't look so high at that, when I think of those Klondike days. I weighed the gold—he had close to 5 pounds—and it came to something like $1,200. We kept a pair of fine scales back of the bar. One ounce was $16 and we had the subdivisions figured out so exact that we could make change in gold dust down to 50 cents easily. “Put the rest of it away for me, Loy, the old miner ordered. “I'll get it when I come back.” But that old man never came back. He went into the mountains or up some creek. We never neard of him again. Very few prospectors ever left a name or an address. We usually knew them by sight and that was enough. Saloon Man Camp Banker. The proprietor of the saloon and gembling house, see, was the camp banker. Often I have had as much as $100,000 stowed away in my little safe, all in bags of gold, without know- ing the owners except by sight. They trusted mie implicitly. My trust in them b, Aas st t :fih as I have said, m:'\t.h our sales showing $935 in gold t. Our biggest expectations hnd'one\u gone that high. The re- eeipts fell off a Jittle the next two days. o sy peohts for four years out 00,000. for four years ot 3 the Nor‘n‘g g;lbmhmex:t were close to $500,000. That wasn’'t on paper, It was rm“l? virgin gold. And started on $35. xn’!‘\emv you how strong the play was the first or two, my original partner sold out' at the end of 10 days for $10,000. ‘One afternoon I was knocking about the. place, watching the fellows play against the faro bank, when I saw an old man, with long hair and a shaggy beard, speak to the bartender and o and e Sove L lmv!dov::‘;ln&uh‘; “What ‘matter e ol ‘l‘u‘;‘:fl him. “What did he want “He's br:xke a drink. N"‘n\/uu turned him down, did you?” “Yes; he's already had two, and I thought maybe he'd get too much. I then went over to the old man, still dejected and staring blankly at mfwm.'a the matter, . old-timer, 3 t any money?” m"l'lws{oumkye Lost it all last night, I mk.'n," ; Forgot Fis Poke. “No, you'vé mot,” I'told him. “T've got you:-o gold. You gave it to me to put in the safe.” I found his poke and handed it to him. He had fully $1,000 worth of gold left in it; had forgotten all about it. He was a very grateful old man. It would have been all the same, though, if it hadn't been there. He didn't know and would never have kicked. In & few minutes he was bu the house again. Finally he wan out into the cold. Six months later the old man came in again, and he was worth $200,000. He had made one of the strikes. Yes, and he left a lot of that with me, too. 1 hope I haven't created the impres- sion tg:t the men who dug out all this gold got away from the Yukon with fi, On the contrary, they rarely went out with anything. The bulk of it went into the general development of Alaska. When a man made a strike, he would usually put his profits right back in the ground, buying other claims that didn’t pan out. I have sald that I made close to $500,000 in four years. I never had that much at once. Just like the other prospectors I would trade in claims. There was nothing else to do with the gold. There was no fun in seeing it piled up in the safe. We had to_have some kind of action. ‘Though I made one fortune after an- other, I don't belleve I had over $60,000 when I finally came out for good to take a fly at thé Nevada flelds. Gold Under Their Feet. One rainy day up at Nome a soldier came into my place. Walking up to the bar he handed me a yellow en- velope, wet and partly torn. He was from a camp of regulars stationed on the Nome beach—a tidal beach that be< longed to the United States, public land. 2 “Weigh that for me, wMl you?” he asked. “Tell me what it §.” In & corner of the enve'ope I saw & small amount of pure flour gold. It is o8 fine as pulverized sugar—the finest of all gold. I put it on the scales and it came to 60 cents. “Where did you get that?” I msked. “Why, down on the beach,” he said. “I was fooling around and saw some of it on some clay bedrock. Just for fun washed 1t out. 'Mount to anything?” In about five minutes a’dozen men were around looking at the flour gold. All it emounted to was that in two days I didn't have a bartender—not a soul, even to help run the roulette wheel and the faro layout. I was alone. That soldier had made the famous Nome Beach strike. For months miners had been going through the mountains and here was a wealth of gbld right at their feet. Many of them were actu- ally camved on the fortuncs that they had been seeking. The beach was strewn with gold dust for 10 miles. It hed washed down from the mountains in some past era and the tidal waters hnd gradually exposed it. And the Bartenders. Leit. ‘There was a gencral stampede. - My bartenders became miners. " Any one of them could go down there om the beach and rock out $100 worth of gold in a day. Some would rock out $1,000. All they needed was a plain little rock- er, a sort of small box like a dish tray that sits on rockers and can be moved ‘backward and forward until the dirt is \'vl‘.sh(’d away from the pure gold dust. Most of the gold was found on clay and wanted me to give for red bed rock, where it would-stiek- togeths- er beiter than in.the san@.~ The. land d to everybody. T¢ could not cd out. Anybody had a right teams in the District and vicinity will be guests at the initial dinner of the | Grandstand Coaches’ Association. Those expected to gain much knowl- cdge at the affair are Lou Little and John O'Reilly of Georgetown University, | H. C. Byrd and Burton Shipley of the University of Maryland, Watson Crum of George Washington University, Jack | McAuliffe and Eddie Lafonde of Cath- olic University, Eddie Brooks of George- town Preparatory School, James Mc- Namara of Devitt Preparatory School, | Zube Sullivan of St. John's College, | Kenneth Simondinger of Gonzaga High School, Ty Rauber of Central Hign School, Elmer Hardell of Tech High School, Charles Guyon and Mike Kelley of Bastern High School, Dan Ahern of Western High School, G. Harris White, director of athletics in the public hign schools; Walter Johnson, manager of the Washington base ball club, and Joe Bateman, athletic director at the City ' Club. | The information intended to help | these coaches and athletic directors im- prove their charges will be given by o:ge Sharp, referee of the Gran B Coaches' Association; Kip E wards, umpire; Cy Macdonald, lines- man, and Sam Edmonston, fleld judge. | | HANS WAGNER GETS JOB AT HARRISBURG CAPITOL HARRISBURG, Pa, January ' 16 (#).—John Honus Wagner, famous base ball player of two decades ago, has been named an assistant sergeant-at-arms in the House of Representatives. The great Pittsburgh shortstop, now a resident of Carnegie, will be at the call of Speaker Aaron. B. Hess to help keep order on the floor of the House during the 1920 session at a salary of $7 per day. t ‘Wagner for years held the National League batting championship in addi- BATTLING HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jlnunr{ (). —Battling Levinsky, former light. heavyweight champion, has fought his last fight. He so announced after losing ‘o Her- man Weiner, Baltimore he::?'elght, on a technical knockout I “night. Levinsky was floored three times, twice for the count of “nine” in the first 37 seconds of the first round. “You can tell the world I'm through,” Levinsky said, “A fighter is a bum when he starts and a bum when he finishes. I'm through when defeated by a boy I licked in Baltimore a short time ago. I think Il go back to Bridge- rt, 'ng. and help my friend Lou Ensh promote fights. I sure hate to think of calling up the wife and telling her I was licked.” tion to being rated as the-best short- stop in the league. EORGE _WASHINGTON .UNI- VERSITY eters will opén their season tonight entertain- ing American University in G. W. gym at 8:15 o'clock. The freshmen teams of the colleges will will come to grips in a preliminary at T c'clock. it Catholic University will be host to Loyola of Baltimore in_ another floor here tonight. The match at rookland will start at 8 o'clock. ‘While the Colonials have played no games so far, American U. taken part in four and won three, and is the favorite to win tonight. There is keen rivalry between the teams, however, and stern battling is :;gecud. Reds_All- house, forward: Bobby Gray and Budd Barrows, guards, and Bill Snow, center, are to start for the Colonials. Morvn Fline or Paul Bowen will start at the other forward post. Forrest Burgess and Leon Shloss, for- wards; Bruce Kessler and Capt. Jack La Favre, guards, and Dave Lichlicter, center, will make up the American U. line-up that will begin the game. Catholic University is keen for victory tonight over Loyola as the Cardinals are desirous of getting started on a win- ning_streak. (andica) by lack of seasoned- material C. U. has not been eble to get going this season so far. Lou Little, Georgetown University di- rector of athletics, has announced that | Larry Kopf, head base ball coach, and | Tom McNamera, assistant foot ball men= tor, will not return next season. Kopf was signed only for one year. He is in business in the West. McNamara, It is understood, has another post in view. Successors to these men have not been determined upon, it was said, but it was thought likely that the base ball tutor would be picked from the present coach- ing staff now at the Hilltop. Little has let it be known that the Hpyas probably will not meet Duke Uni- versity in foot ball next Fall as the Blue Devils insist that Georgetown come to Durham October 12 for the game. Little wants to schedule a home team for that date which alone remains un- filled on the Blue and Gray schedule. |- Little has denied that Georgetown | bears Fordham 11l will following the call- | ing off of the 1920 foot ball game be- tween the teams and the cancellation upon Fordham’s request of base ball and basket ball games scheduled for 1929. Georgetown's basket ball game with Penn State Friday will be played at American University and the George- town-Western Maryland boxing match January 26 will be in Ryan gym at the Hilltop unless negotiations for the use | of Washington Auditorium are effected. ‘With Bobby Gaylor as outstanding player, University of Maryland won its first Southern Conference basket ball game yeglerday, defeating Vire | ginia, 30 to 22, at Charlottesville. Th2 Old Liners generally outplayed the Cav- oliers and after the first few minutes the result never was in doubt en carly lead, Maryland was always | {out in front and at the half held !I’l| 18-to-13 cdge. | .In the s~cond half Virginia rallied. but. after gotting to within 4 points N S — | to go there and get what he, could. They did form a sort of agreement, that each man was to desig- b tion he was working and his_space left to him. Hundreds of miners came out of the! mountains and worked the beach. Mil- lions of dollars cams out of that sand. The Nome beach strike was one of! the most famous gold rushes in the history of Alaska. I have just. told how it started—thet soldier with his | wet envelope and his 80 cents' worth of pure flour gold. After that the fight game was-call- ng m>. but T°did not know it. (Copyright, 1920, by North American News- | o paper Alliance.) l though nate (Néxt—Gun” ¥ights vs. Prizé Pights inf Nevada.) Getting * | Al Lippe, Levinsky's manager, after 16| LEVINSKY. Levinsky's announcement, said that he immediately would cancel his flgmer‘s scheduled appearance at Madison Square Garden next Friday night with Jim Braddock, a huvz:e ht. Levinsky won the light-heavyweight crown In 1916 from Jack Dillon. He has engaged in 550 fights since he started his ring career in 1908. He was knocked ~{out three times, by Dempsey, by Car- pentier, by Otto von Porat at Grand Rapids last -week and last night by Weiner. A few seconds after the start of last night's fight Levinsky was knocked down for the count of four. Then he was knocked through the ropes for a count of nine. He came back and again was floored for a “nine.” He attempted to go on, but Referee Charles Short stopped the fight. Colonial Quint Opens Season Against American U..Tonight of the Old Liners the Titter again drew away to & comfortable lead. Aside - from Gaylor, who scored 14 points, Madigan was consistant on attack for Maryland, coming through with 8 points. The score: Maryland. al Evans. 1 3 pe——— | sonoooroms. Totals sk Referee—Mr. Eberts (Catholic University.) Capt. Eddle O'Shea, Eric Kjellstrom, Ewrin Cosh and Eddie Hoctor. will com- prise the one-mile relay team which will carry Georgetown University's colors in the Brooklyn College games Saturday night. The combination was picked yesterday by Coach John D. O'Rellly after time trials at the Hilltop. It will oppose Holy Cross, Boston College | and New York University. The Hoyas will be defending 1-mile honors gained last year. £ Karl Wildermuth, dash sensation, and Kennedy, middle distance star, also will carry Georgetown's colors in the meet. Wildermuth will compete in the sprint series and Kennedy in the 1,000~ yard special event. Both will be matched against crack opponents. Nathan Weinstock, assistant George ‘Washington University foot ball coach, and Miss Sadle Elizabeth Rosenstock of ‘Westminster, Md., were married in July, 1927, it was disclosed yesterday. They met while they were attending West- ern Maryland College from which they were graduated last June. Columbus University basketers trim- med All-Collegiates in a 5§7-50 floor game last night in St. Martin's Club sym. MIAMI MIDWINTER GOLF EVENT CHOICES SURVIVE MIAMI, Fla, January 16 (#).—With favorites generally having survived the initial round, the second day of match play in the Miami midwinter golf tournament began here today. Probably’ the most thrilling match of the first day's play was between J. B. Ryerson of Cooperstown, N. Y, and J. W. West of Atlanta, who went to the twentieth green before they decided their contest. Others who remained in the cham- plonship flight by victories yesterday are Lee Chase, Buffalo; R. B. Odom, Chicago; “Pony” McAtee, New York's jockey; Ed Romfh, Miami; L. MeNell, ew York; Fred Howe, Toronto; C. A. Roberts, Miami; C. A."Phinney, Miami, Bnd Harcourt Brice, Miami, ROOKIE RULE fs UNCHANGED. WATERLOO, Iowa, January 18 (). —An =ffort to revise the rookie rule of the Mississippl Valley Base Ball Le: Tu failed at the annual Winter meeting yesterday when the club owners voted, 4 to 2 to keer the present regulation. Under this rule each club is permitted to carry only six veterans besides the manager, leaving openings for seven rookies COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Maryland, 30; Virginia, 22. University of Georgia, 34; Virginia Military Institute, 22. South Carolina, 27; Clemson, 24. wasmnvzton and Lee, 56; Randolph Macon, 2' Tulane, 40; Mississippi, 33, “Emory and Henry, 37; Elon College, Richmond, 37; Roanoke, 2. Oklahoma, 44: Kansas Aggles, 23, Woefford, 19: High Point, 16. Havana U, 26; U. of Miami, 22, PRO HOCKEY LEAGUE. N. Y. Americans, '1; Ottawa Sen- ators, 1 (tie). Boston Bruins, 4; N. Y. Rangers, 1 € | ment." DEMPSEY WILL DELAY DECISION ON COMEBACK MIAMI ‘BEACH, Fla, January 16 (#),~Jack Dempsey may return to the ring, but he.will not decide about it until he has had some workouts here. The Manassa mauler is begirining to ““feel pretly good down here,” but he he is “the only person who can whether or not my body is in trim for a fight, and until I have “ opportunity to fest it it is impos- sible to tell what I can do.” EIGHT BOXING BOUTS ON CITY CLUB'S CARD Eight boxing bouts will feature the athletic program scheduled for Monday | night at the City Club. Pighters of the |local club have been matched with {some of the best talent to be found here and at Fort Washington. | Fred Bryan, who has two victories | since making his debut as a City Club | welterweight, will battle Fred Bennett 1of Fort Washington, in one of the fea- | ture bouts. 2 | Coach Joe Bateman is trying to se- |cure a good Philadelphia or Baltimore opponent for Joe Lesser, captain of the local team. Bouts arranged to date are: ds—Leighton Minor (C. C.) va. (unattached). K ) Vs T red aniey (C. C.) vs. Pyt Drumbroski (Fort Washington) —Stewart Ball (€. C.) vs. Leo of C.) 135 _pounds—Henry Blaughter (C. C.) vs. Dick Steel (unattached). 1. 130 " pounds—Al (0. 0) vs. Jack Trieland (Fort Washington) 2 ds—Joe Tamagni (C. C.) vs. Polish el Bweat (c. 0) oug] eatman (C. 0.) vs. Humphrey Delala (Fort Washington). JUSTICE F. TO CARRY TOP WEIGHT IN RACE By the Assoclated Press. NEW ORLEANS, January 16.—Justice F., winner of the event last year, has been awarded top weight of 128 pounds | in the New Orleans Handicap, $25,000 added, to be run at tha Fair Grounds Friday, February 1. Justice F., owned by Willlam Daniel, has not ‘started here this season, but made an impressive trial of a mile in 1:48 at the track yesterday. Saxon, owned by M. J. Crennan, car- rying 123 pounds, is second in the hand- icap, for which some fourscore horses are assigned weights. Solace of the Seagram Stable ranks third, with 122, SIX MONTHS RACING ON ILLINOIS TRACKS By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 16.—Six months | of racing dates were to be distributed to the Bix tracks operating in Illinols THE SPORTLIGHT By Grantland Rice. How First Downs Often Work. ARIOUS foot ball followers have written in suggesting that first downs should be used in scoring, since first downs represent the comparative values of the two teams. This, however, doesn't follow by many jumgo. ©One team may go in and attempt to hammer its way to the goal. 'his team may get ihree or four first downs into enemy territory, and then there is a halt. The other team may be working largely on long distance scoring plays. These attempts frequently open with position plays. The first two of these position plays may not get two yards. But they are the forerunners of a long distance gamble that may get nothing—or cross the goal. Here is an example. When Benny Friedman was at Michigan he had little or no interest in merely hammering out first downs. He was & “position play” artist. Then, after using up various plays from time to time, he would strike for the big shot. In one game against Ohio State, Michigan made four first downs and Ohio State made 12 or 14. Yet Michigan won 20 to 0. If any scoring premium was put upon making first downs there would be an absence of long distance scoring plays, the most spectacular feature of the game. The stronger, better team, might often make the fewer first downs because it happens to be worklnd; for long gains rather than nnfl 30 or 40 yard march that is soon to be halted. Many teams are perfectly willing to let the other side make a few first downs as long as the defense is set up to kill any long distance scoring plays. Two yenrs&:o Yale hammered out first downs all the afternoon ageinst Princeton, without scoring, and finally won the game on a long distance shot, a double pass and a forward, tHat did more damage than a dozen first downs had accomplished through the afternoon. The first down has its value. But it doesn't always represent a superior offense. Sense of Direction. “Dear Sir: It's not so hard to explain the reverse run made by Roy Riegels, the California center, in the Rose Bowl game. Riegels perhaps is one of the many persons who quickly lose sense of direction and are unable to orient themselves. enlist in the Air Service were rejected for just that reason. A few spins in an especially prepared chair and they had no idea of direction. Riegels likely was spun around a few times and when he came into the open was completely lost. During the war a large percentage of young men attempting to | “However, here is another angle, submitted by a Midwestern player, who battled against Georgia Tech early in the 1928 season. rty minutes of x playing against Peter Pund and you're likely to do anything’ remarked the young man. ‘That Pund battles you a great going over. you with all of his 190 pounds and gives He's a clean player, but so powerful and fast that he can take a lot out of an opponent in_ jigtime.” “And then why blame Riegels, one famous coach remarked. ‘Riegels 15 a center, and centers spend most of their time standing on their heads, looking at the world upside down. may happen.’ They get to see the ball so seldom that anything “BUCKEYE BELL."” Concerning the Fumble. . “Dear Sir—Don't you think it likely that the foot ball rules committee will reject the recommendation relative to fending team being declared dead? & fumbled ball recovered by the de~ “Clean handling of a foot ball is one of the fundamentals of the game and should pay a premium. The coaches' suggestion purely is a defensive g‘navp on their part to avert a number of defeats. When a base ball pl 1 ball he is not benefited by any rule to check the batter at Sivens pome. 8o Wwhy help an erring foot ball player? Let's have a free ball a given point. So of the thrills that follow the recovery of a loose ball—OVERLAND RED. on fumbles and all There are two sides to the argument concérning the recovery of a fumble. ‘To pick up a fumble and dash for a touchdown is always one of the big_thrills. But to merely lose the ball on a fumble costs from 40 to 50 yards, which is no light penalty in itself. close game. Losing possession of the ball is a tough jolt in a Champions and Their Chances for 1929, No. 6—~BABE RUTH. Babe Ruth isn't the champion hitter, via But as & home run maker he is has worn year after year. him again for the dust. It is player apart from his slugging, 8o high above the pack. The Babe is no infant. He is 35 been bearing down on thin ankles for was no si in his batting eye. Ruth was the first of all the year. He knows that he has only them with the best he has. the training season, won't be far from 50 have eno Sultan of home runs h to lead the bunch wat, the mightiest of at the Illinois Turf Association meetiny today: The season opens JMay 1 An! closes.October 81, Representatives of the five ehlum tracks—Aurora, . Hawthorne, Lincol Fields, Washington Park and Arlington Park—and Fairmount Park of East St. Louls, Tl were expected to ratity the dates without argument. \ A bid for July dates will be made by the new mlllaonnra owners of Arlington Park, who are seeking to avold con- flicts with Belmont Park and Saratoga. The owners hope-to draw the East's best horu:s here. with @ series of richistake events, The American Derby, shifted to Arlington Park last vear, .again will be run over the historic Washington ,Park course, which is now controlled by Matt J. Winn and assoctates. As in former years, the season is ex- pected’to opén at Aurora and close at one of the other tracks. o ADMEN ENTER SECOND ROUND OF GOLF EVENT By the Associated Press. PALM BEACH, Fla, Janu 16— With the favorite eliminated in the first round, the second round of the annual champlonship of the ‘Winter ~Golf League of Advertising Interests got un- der way today-as “anybody’s tournas R. M. Purves of Brooklin, Mass., odds- on favorite, went under, 2 and 1, before the putting of A. R. Gardner of New York yesterday. In the second round with Gardner in the championship flight will be P. R. MacKinney of Essex Field, N. J.; C. D. Weathers, Boston: J. F. O'Conne! Boston; D. L. Hedges, New York; Lord, Jackson Heights, Long Island T. Manion, Holliston, Mass., and " J. Travers, Boston. NEW NEGRO BASE BALL LEAGUE HAS SIX CLUBS PHILADELPHIA, January 16 (#).— The American Negro Bnerhnll League has been organized with clubs in six Eastern cities. Edward Bolden, Phila- delphia, manager of the Hilldale Clubs, was elected president. Members of the circuit are the Home- stead Grays of Pittsburgh, Hilldale and the Cuban Stars, both of Philadelphi Bachrach Giants, Atlantic City; 1t more Black Sox and the Lincoln Giants, New York. An Outstanding Leader in Trucking Business Has Selected Two Dump Trucks STEWART Mr. Anderson has had very extensive expérience with many makes of frushtis over the large, heavily constructed and well en, ! powerful 6.cylinder motor, he immediately re: s class and boughta 19X STEWART. - - Within 30 days after he put the first oné Into hard steam shovel and since then one of his il A Shrewd buyer only right and for ' fleet i owners. Franklin 1170 Franklin 1171 ociates has bought ths third STEWAR EPEATS" on érucks that are right. ly 20 years have maintained a degree of perfection and a continuous engin g1 sign- and quality that has caused “REPEAT” orders from thousands of STEWAI NATION Stewart & A A size, a wheel base, and a type for every purpose, with 4 or 6 cylinder motors. AL MOTORS, Inc. “Distributors of gineered STEWART, with ‘36x8 dugl ized its outstanding superiority over STEWARTS are priced | merican-La France Trucks In our department of free service to customers, we have some More Leaders in preumatics and & I other trucks in e, he. bought the lump. ring RT i} 228 First St. NW. Washington, D. C. the averages, of either league. champion of them both—a crown that he ‘Through, 1927 Lou Gehrig gave the Babe a battle last season the Babe moved out in front from the kick-off and up to September. But ey never saw an old story to say that Ruth is & great ball but it is this home run business which lifts him years old, and his tremendous body has 15 years of big league work. Yet there of any slowing down last season and-there was certainly no dust ball players to start serious training this new a few cam left and he e: ts to He is only nllg%‘m ot ot and yet he will be one of the first ones to report. Ruth this next season—possibly & few more. He will in, for he is still the Big Boy of Biooie, the he maulers, tly over weight this far Ahead of (Tomorrow—GLENNA COLLETT.) Golf’s Vital Plays As Told by Masters vo. "BY AL EsPINOSA. Al ESpinosa is one of the best pro- fessionals in American golf, a con- sistent scorer in tournaments. He is a member of the Ryder Cup team, which bi-annually meets the cream of Britain's professional golfers in téam matches. HERE is comparatively little dif- ference between playing the drive and playing the brassie, so far as the actual mechanics of the stroke go. It isn't size or mus- cular strength that gets distance with the. wood. This has been proved too often for further comment. l;l'ht pivot !-bnnl.dn wrist-lash c&rfibln‘ed with, proper are nsible for len:i. Cyril Tolley 15 (e fellow who “must weigh close to 250. No- body hits them any farther than he. But in the open champlionship at Oak- land Hulaolusw mulltu. gl ) coyv:‘{ & course 6, yards long, little Walker, who scaled 118, hit his shots as far as any one. I'm not such a big fellow myself, but I can keeg‘lnp with most. ~Without seeking to hoo myself I'll have to name a shot of mine as the best wood shot I ever saw. It was made on the 535-yard cl{hieenth hole at the Pasa- dena Country Club in 1926, when I was playing with Tommy Armour in the Florida West Coast open cham- plonship. Holes Long Brassie Shot. T needed a birdle 4 for a 71. There 3‘ a 1c:‘!:ll ;:l;nueflng the fairway on e right, and in pressing to get all the distance I could, I Mn‘;?d m;etee shot into the canal. . It looked as though all hope was gone, but I slap) one 275 y'nr.:u down the fairway, straight as a string. There was still a .long distance be- Not Size or Strength That Gets Distance Wi f Wood Shots, Says Espinosa. He Tells How Little Cyril " Walker Matched Hits With Big Fellows in Open. tween me and the mered & brassie wit] and it covered the pin all the way. “You've laid it stone dead,” said mmy. A Then the gallery broke into a storm of el&mlluse. and I found that I had holed out. Just 3 to to get there. Keep Head Down and Hi¢ Ball. With the modern far-fiying ball there is little use for the brassie among the leading amateurs and professionals, prvhb? not more than once or twice & round. We face few holes that can-. not be reached with a second shot with .Na'l“:th::llf“ most. For the run er, though, the wood is a itly used club, not only off the tee, but through the green. The best advice that can be given is: 5&;; fl:o h&:d‘ down t;nnfly hit the ball. you consist 're sure to get there or thereabouts. % ‘(Copyright, 1999, by North American Newspaper ‘Alliance.) een, but T (Friday—Jess Sweetser on Driving.) MANDELL, OUT FOR FOUR MONTHS, BACK IN RING CHICAGO, January 16 (#).—Sammy Mandell, world lightweight champion, today is getting ready for a renewal of | ring activity after a four months’ lay- off. caused by a fractured collar bone. He will engage Joe Azzefella, Milwau- kee veteran, in a 10-round bout at In- dianapolis next Tuesday in his first match since he was injured boxing Jimmy Goodrich in Flint, Mich., last September. STRIBLING SIGNS UP T0 MEET SHARKEY Miami Plant to Accommodate 30,000 Fans—Prices to Range From $5 to $25. By the Associated Press. IAMI BEACH, Fla., January 18. —With final detalls of the b heavyweight boxing bout be= tween Jack Sharkey and Young Stribling already set- tled, plans went forward here today for prefight arrangements with Jack Demp- sey in charge of operations for the Madison Square Corporation. W. L. Stribling, sr.. father-manager of the young Georgia battler, signed articles yesterday for his son’'s partici- ation in the fracas. Sharkey, the Boston gob, already has signed for his part, and nothing re- mains now except what the promoters say is the real work—the perfecting of those hundreds of little odds and ends in plans and arrangements. The fight will be a_posthumous child of the brain of Tex Rickard, who died | recently, and who had planned the fight for his Miami Beach Kennel Club. Dempsey is acting in the role of his Iate pal, Tex. The Kennel Club will be equipped to seat a capacity crowd of 30,000 fight fans, and the tentative scale of prices will range from $5 to $25. William F. Carey, vice president and treasurer of Madison Square Garden, i to arrive here tomorrow. . LEONARD, HAMMOND SEEK BUSINESS IN HAVANA HAVANA, January 18 (#).—Benny Leonard, retired undefeated lightweight chiampion, and Col. John S. Hammond, acting general manager of Madison Square Garden, are in Havana on & give-and-take proposition. They are looking into the possibility of establishing hockey at Havana and in taking back to New York several teams of jal-alal players. Leonard is owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Hockey League. BLOW IN RING FATAL MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, January 15.—Injured in & boxing bout Saturday night, Clemente Sanchez, Cuban heavy= weight, died in a hospital here yes- Ucn!ny. Sanchez was knocked out in the eighth round of his match against the Uruguayan, Mauro Galluzo. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. Lansing, Mich.—Jackie Nichols, Mil- waukee, won on a foul from Roger Bernard, La 3). Tndiana; wboy Eddie Ander- - ted Lou . Louis, (10). 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