Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1929, Page 27

SP ORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1929. SPORTS." 27 ‘Followers of Army and Navy Are Anxious to See Service Teams Heal Breach FAILURE TO MEET LEAVES SPORT GAP “Life” Taken Out of Season for Both With Classic BY H. S. BYRD. ANY of those identified with athletics at the Army and Navy, and also the majority Grid Game Missing. connected even remotely with the two Government institu- tions, are anxious to have healed the breach which now prevents them meet- ing in annual contests. It would not be far amiss to make the statement | that both schools would be willing to recede somewhat from the positions they have taken in order to effect a | comprontise, and if the whole situation | were placed, In the hands of the ath-| letic authorities tomorrow it is likely | that not more than two hours would be | necessary to realign and settle the whole question. i The situation now is that neither of | e two schools has more than a pass- | ng interest in the gridiron games they | play. So intense has been the rivalry | between them that both have built for | the one game and with success for the | whole season practically depending on the result of their own game. Cadets | and Midshipmen alike found last sea- | son somewhat flat and did not take the same interest they would had the final | game seen them on opposite sides of | the field. | It will be recalled that several years | ago, when Roosevelt was President, n} break between the two schools was | threatened when a deadlock over where | the game should be played scemed in- | evitable. Roosevelt said to the Secre- tary of War and the Secretary of Navy, in "effect, “You men get together, | choose a third man, and the three of you decide where this game is to be played, and there it will be played.” And it was. Something similar may happen in the next administration. It would be simple enough for Her- bert Hoover to tell these two members of his cabinet to get together, and, if necessary, pick a third man to sit with them, and settle the whole question now at issue. And, incidentally, as far as the Army and Navy are concerned, no more popular action could be taken by_their commander-in-chief. Healing of the breach between the Army and Navy and consequent re- sumption of athletic contests is look- ed for in the not distant future by those in closest touch with conditions. ‘Washington and Lee expects to reach ® decision as to its foot ball coach for next year within the next two or three days. Two men have been mentioned especially in connection with the job and an effort will be made to get one | of them. If negotiations with these two | fall through the coaching situation | again will be wide open. Virginia has not reached any decision as to what it will do in foot ball. The squad wants Neale to come back to Charlottesville early in October, but the University authorities are not certain in their own minds that that is the Jbest way to take care of the situation. It is likely that some announcement may be made shortly, but the final arrangements may be delayed for a month or more. University of Maryland alumni, up in #he Western' part of the State, are anxious to have a foot ball game sched- uled between their school and West Virginia, the game to be played in| Cumberland. At an alumni dinner in Cumberland g:m;‘ff nl‘h]: !.:l:dr::t- ter was brought up informal = siderably urged. Nothing of the kin would be possible for next year, but it is possible that a game may be given consideration for two years from now. Prom time to time for the last three years there have been rumers about the possibilities of dividing the South- ern Conference into two organizations. The latest *oaused & Richmond paper to send queries to every Southern Con- ference school, and the replies indicated there was and is no more chance of the Southern Conference dividing or in any way altering its organization than there is that the American League will break up and divide into a Western Jeague and an Eastern league. And there never has been any chance of the conference splitting, as it probably is the most solid athletic organization in the world, without a single exception. When 1t seemed probable that Earl Neale would not be back at Virginia next Fall, John Kellison, Neale’s assist- ant in foot ball, began to look for an- other job. It did not take him long to land, as Willlam and Mary grabbed | him as soon as it found he was in the market. Kellison is one of the best scouts in the country and nobody knows that any better than Billy Gooch, for- mer Virginia man, now direcfor of ath- letics at Willilam and Mary. Georgetown meets Johns Hopkins to- morrow night in basket ball in the American University gymnasium. Hop- kins has a fair quint, but not as good as the Hilltoppers. The Baltimoreans took the measure of the University of Maryland the other night, but it was due just as much to Maryland’s poor play as to any exceptional effort on the part of Hopkins. The Balti- moreans, however, have in Dubuskey and Pasarew two very good performers. Alillsas PROVIDENCE BASKETER TOPS EAST IN SCORING NEW YORK, January 21 (P).—Ed ‘Wineapple, ace of the Providence Col- lege basket ball five, has vaulted into the lead among the East'’s individual basket ball scorers. The Providence forward has tallied 134 points in 10 games. Joey Schaat of Pennsylvania holds second place with 130 points and Char- ley Hyatt of Pittsburgh third with 127. ‘Wineapple leads in field goals with 56 and Schaaf in fouls with 42. BADGERS BAR ATHLETE FOR PLAYING “OUTSIDE” p ISON, W§is., January 21 (#).— use he competed in the annual East-West charity foot ball game at San Francisco. ecember 29, Rube Wagner, captain of Wisconsin's 1928 foot ball team and a star weight man on the track squad, has been banned from further college athletic competition. Basket Ball Problems BY OSWALD TOWER, Member Joint Rules Committee. Question: If a closely guarded play- |3 er is dribbling the ball, can he be con- |'7 sidered as withholding the ball from play? Answer: No. When a player is drib- bling, the opponents are considered to have a chance to get the ball, and held ball cannot be ‘called on the grounds that the ball is being with- held from play. But if the player with the ball merely pivots from one posi- jon to another while holding the ball in his hands, held ball should be called BY FRANK H. KING. (Associated Press Staff Writer.) ONDON, January 19.—Shake- speare knew his golf. As the Winter afternoons lengthened and the rain drives foursomes to the club- hpuses here in Britain golfers set- £\ down before the big open fires of the smokerooms for a session of the new pastime of quoting Shakespeare on the ancient game. A player started something a few weeks ago when he remarked he be- lieved it possible to describe a golf match in Shakespeare’s own words. Golfers all over the country have | been helping him out: | “Cursed be the hand that made | these fatal holes.”—"Richard IIL.” | “Give me the iron, I say."—“King | John.” | " This must have been from an an- | clent caddie: “A plague upon the tyrant that I serve. I'll bear him no more sticks.” —"The Tempest.” Uneven is the course, I like it not."—“Romeo and Juliet.” Othello, the Moor, seems to have been an honest golfer. “I am ill at reckoning,” he admitted, Then he rather spoiled it by claim- ing to be “most potent in potting.” He must have meant putting. The “Show of Kings” supplies the picture of the dub who fans the air, “A fourth! Start eyes! What! Will the line stretch out till the crack of doom? Another yet? A seventh. I'll see no more.” “He transports his poisoned shot ;uld hits the woundless air."—"Ham- et.” “You know the course is com- mon."—"Measure for Measure." “A garish flag, to be the aim of ;;‘fr;v dangerous shot.”—"Richard \‘ s%\ De F\u e Somebody even suggests Calaban faced a stymie when he said: “Here you sty me in this hard rock whilst you do keep from me the rest of the island.” Again, from “The Tempest”: “By bosky acres and by unshrubb'd down, Rich scarf to my proud earth; Why hath thy queen sommon'd me hither to This short-grass'd green.” And in Macbeth we have: “Dun- can comes here tonight.” But it Shakespeare May Even Have Worn Plus Fours could hardly have heen George Dun- can, the modern Scot, who in the play reports a little fracas in a bunker. “Aye, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides with 20 trenched gashes on his_head.” The modern Duncan visits bunkers, but_never needs 20 to get out. “The Taming of the Shrew” has advice for the nineteenth hole: “Do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends”—after the match is over. Basket Ball Coaches Develop Science to Displace “Racing” get possession of the ball and retain possession. To do this and not violate rules requires deep thought on the part | of the coach and long intensive train- ing of his men. Tries for h@skets any- where in the country, but more partic- ularly in the Middle West and still more particularly in Indiana, are not nearly so haphazard as they were a few vears ago. And so they are not so numerous. Teams do not set their plays in motion unless it looks as though they have bet- | ter than an even chance to score. Scouting basket ball is as great a science these days as foot ball scouting. To get the play of any specific team requires a maze of charting and figuring | and after that a great deal of analysis. Basket ball teams know the style of play | used by their opponents just as foot ball teams are trained to meet the team play and the individual methods and characteristics of their prospective op- ponents. Alderton says there is an agitation in the conference, among some of the coaches at least, to do away with the toss-up between centers at the start of a game and after scores. Too much of a premium, they maintain, is placed upon height in this feature of the game, with the result that the country is scoured for lanky players. Since there are not enough to go around the coach unsuccessful in locating a giant is out of luck. The change proposed would involve throwing the ball out from the side lines, probably in the middle of the playing floor. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. ‘l ATCHING that West Point- | Princeton basket ball game at West Point recently the writer was struck by the impression that the more studious Eastern basket ball coaches are getting away from the horse-racing type of game—as they did long ago in the West. But_this section of the country has yet a long way to go. The encouraging | factor is that evidently a start is being | made. The Army and Tigers showed less pointless action than the writer ex- pected to see, and undoubtedly this in- dicates a general trend hereabouts. George S. Alderton, the sports critic and basket ball expert of Lansing, Mich., says you can always spot a bas- | ket ball coach in the midlands by the number of books he has under his arm. So exact and scientific has the game be- come out there that only a deep student can fathom its possibilities. He says—and he is quite right—that one sees little if any haphazard chasing | about the floor in games between the higher grade teams. Plays are worked out even more carefully than in foot ball, and the enthusiast with a well | trained eye—bear in mind the spectator must study the game, too, to get the| most out of it—derives the highest satisfaction out of observing the work- ing out of maneuvers on the basket ball floor. The modern. idea in basket ball is' to HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 21.— Hyattsville High basketers will play two games this week on the National Guard Armory floor here, entertaining George- town Prep tomorrow and Leonard Hall on Friday. Both games will start at 3:30 o’clock. Last week Hyattsville defeated Leonard Hall at Leonardtown, 21 to 19, and the same day downed Charlotte Hall by the | identical count. It lost to Tech of ‘Washington, . however, by a decisive muTln during the week. Following the Tech game Coaeh Paul Smith expressed dissatisfaction with the work of some of his players and in- dicated that he will start a revamped line-up against Georgetown Prep. Dixie Pig tossers today hold a firmer grip on first place in the Prince Georges County Basket Ball League as the re- sult of defeating Company F Reserves, No. 2, 48 to 15, yesterday afternoon in the armory here. The game was a pre- liminary to a match in which Company F's_first-string team routed Tremonts of Washington, 37 to 14. County League Standings. Dixie Pig .. Brentwood Hawks rwyn A C... oany B, Re Hyavsville ‘Comets mpany P Reserves No.'2. Headquarters Company (Lau Mount Rainler A C.. Five county league games, three in the National Guard Armory at Laurel and two in the armory here, are in- cluded in a flock of matches carded this week. Two contests here tonight will start the week’s program. Company F Regu- lars will play host to Calvary M. E. quint of Washington at 8:30, and in a preliminary, Frenchy Midgets, local 115- pound class team, will engage Arcadians ) at 7:30. Hyattsville Comets and Mount Rainier A. C. will battle tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at Laurel in a league game that will be a preliminary to a match be- tween Headquarters Co. and a quint to be_announced. i No action is carded hereabout Wed- nesday, but a big program is listed here Thursday night, when three games are to be played. An important Washing- ton City League match between Woltz Photographers and Company F Regu- | lars will be the main attraction. Two, league games will precede this setto. The first, starting at 7 o’clock, will be between Company F Reserves, No. 1, and Berwyn A. C. at which second | place will be at stake, and the second will bring together Company F serves, No. 2 and Brentwood Hawks. eNaaaaE In league games Friday at Laurel Headquarters Co. will face Comets and Dixie Pig will mix with Mount Rainier. { — GEORGIA TECH IS AT TOP | IN'SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ATLANTA, Ga., January 21.—Georgia Tech’s basket ball team, with five wins in as many starts, is leading the South- ern Conference teams in games played within the organization. The standin; 2R e [UTPRPRUIBIPPE. Vanderbilt wanee Miss. Aggie. Louisiana State Florida .. Auburn .1 castmmuanmnt Kentucky Alabama. Duke .. lp NOT—T_(; TilANSFER TEAM. OTTAWA, January 21 (#P).—Frank Ahearn, president of the Ottawa Sen- ators’ Hockey Club, has taken time out when it becomes evident that he is not trying to get rid of the ball. (W’Jxfihi Ia h:‘lm Norlfi Aq,uc,ln to assure local fans that the club has | Charles W. Bachman, who had phenom- BO SPURNS A CHANGE TILL HE MAKES GOOD By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Tex., January 21.— Bo McMillan’s home town University, Texas Christian U., will be without his services as head foot ball coach this year only because the All-American Centre Coliege star refused to quit a job until he had made good on it. Acceptance of the pcst also would have brought McMillin back to his young son, who is being reared by a sis- ter her, but he refused the proffered poSt because he did not feel that he has made good at the Kansas State Agri- cultural College. “The only reason Bo did not accept our proposition,” Dan Rogers, chairman of the T. C. U. athletic committee, said today, “was because he did not want to quit his job at K. S. A. C. without mak- ing good there. He isn't a quitter and I believe he would pass up the best job on earth rather thar run the chance of some one saying he threw up the sponge.” McMillin came to the Kansas Aggies last Fall to fill the place left vacant by enal success with the Florida Univer- sity team in his first year there. Lack of material and inexperienced players handicapped McMillin his initial year. His team failed to win a conference game. GEORGETOWP] IS ASKED TO VIRGINIA U. GAMES CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,, January 21.—An invitation to compete in the all-Southern_indoor track meet to be held at the University of Virginia here February 22 has been accepted by etown University. Athletes from the Navy, Maryland, Johns Hopkins, North Carolina, Duke, Davidson, North Carolina State, Wash- ington and Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Military Institute, University of Richmond and William and Mary are expected to be repre- sented in the college events, and lead- ipg athletes from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia are book- e:i to take part in the scholastic divi- sion. RENAISSANCE TOSSERS | TO BE HERE WEDNESDAY Renaissance team of New York City, booked as the colored world champlon.| basket ball quint, will appear Wednes- day night at the Lincoln Colonnade here against Carlise quint, District un- limited class colored team. The game will mark the first visit here of the combination which has | scored over some of the leading quints in the American Professional League, including Nat Holman's newly formed Hokoah five. Pappy Ricks, Fats Jenkins, Kid Slo- cum, Harold Mayers, George Fiall and Slim Saunders are stars of the Renais- sance Club which last season won 111 games and lost 20. At < S R Al BOXER DIES FROM FALL. OTTAWA, Ontario, January 21 (#). —William Paul, who recently came to ‘Otnvn. from Hamilton, Ontario, died !from injuries received Saturday night | during a boxing bout at the Y. M. C. A. {He was boxing with “Chuck” Agnew, Queens University athlete and was knocked down, striking his head vio- lently on the floor. CANADIAN GIRL WINS. NASSAU, Bahama, January 21 (#).— Ada Mackenzie of Toronto, former Canadian champion, defeated Marie Jenney of New York, former Metro- no intention of transferring its na- tional league franchise_to some other £ of the woman’s golf championship of BpbaQie politan champion, 4 and 3, in the finals | time ' Ohio Mentc: Likes Variety of Plays BY SOL METZGER. Bel Melfqy— ‘The spice of life on the basket ball courts is the same as in life— variety. When it's lacking the team takes many a tumble in the run of a season. That’s why Olscn at Ohio State mixes 'em up. Short passes and dribbles, long passes and quick shots for the basket. ‘The other day we saw his type of floor play featuring the short pass. Today let us see how he mixes ‘em up with a long pass attack. The ball is fed to No. 1 from the back- board as Nos. 4 and 5, forwards, have rushed down to the corners and turned. There is a method to their turning in and crossing as they do. No. 5 has a lead, and as No. 4 turns, covered by his immediate op- ponent, No. 4 slips in behind No. 1, between him and the basket, and gets a long pass from No. 1. This move blocks No. 4's opponent, This maneuver frees No. 4 and he dribbles in the few steps.to the bas- ket and has an easy banked shot for a goal. One of the best plays Ohio State has 1s its out-of-bounds play under the opponents’ basket. (Copyright, 1929.) CORNELL LISTS NINES FOR GAMES HEREABOUT ITHACA, N. Y, January 21.— Georgetown, University of Maryland and Quantico Marines have been book- ed in base ball by Cornell the coming season. The Marines will be encoun- tered by the Ithaca collegians April 4 at Quantico, Georgetown April 5 at Wash!ngton and University of Mary- land April 6 at College Park. Cornell will be on a trip during this period which will open against Vir- ginia Military Institute April 1 at Lex- ington. WOMEN IN SPORT Representatives of 10 organizations in this section which operate Summer camps will be held next Friday morning, at 10:30, at the Girl Scout Little House, 1750 )rledv;;c Yorlk nvlenue. Xgr themx:}lnr- pose o ussing plans and appointing instructors for the four-day training course for camp counselors, to be held during the Easter vacation. Atan organ- ization meeting of the training course group last Friday, Dorothy Greene was named chairman, and the date was set for the open meeting this week. Na- tionally known camping officials will be named on the board to have charge of the course, which is expected to prove invaluable to all camp counselors who are able to attend. Girl Scout representatives from both Baltimore and Washington will attend the session, as well as will officials of the Y. W. C. A, Christ Child Soclety and other local recreational organiza- ons. The groups combined this Fall for a lecture series on health and outdoor recreation held at the Y. W. C. headquarters, Announcement of the date for the opening of the Washington Recreation League basket ball circuit is expected to be made tomorrow by Louise Sullivan, secretary, who is completing the sched- ule today. Teams are u to be pre- pared to get into action on short notice. Central High School girl athletes will participate in the first Interclass Rodeo in the history of the school. The affair will be held in the lum Friday {afternoon, January 25, at 2:30, and is open to all girls in the gym classes | whose scholastic standing is satisfac- tory. It is called a rodeo because it will be a demonstration with ropes and horses, the latter of the gymnasium va- riety, however, Parents and friends are welcomed to attend. Announcement of the program will be made later in the week by the athletic direectors. Seniors of the Notre Dame Academ defeated the Juniors, 41 to 16, in an ln! terclass_game played Saturday after- noon. Smooth teamwork and accuracy in_ passing and under the basket, per- mitted the winners to play rings around their younger opponents in the opening session. In the second half, the Juniors - | held the victors to 11 points, while they caged 10. The score at half ti 30 to 6 for the Seniors. i PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. Detroit Cougars, 2; Toronto Maple- leafs, 1. Pittshurgh Pirates, 2; Americans, 0. New Haven, 3; Springfield, 3 (over- New York m-'u- Bruins, 3; Chicago Black- haxta's i N Chleee B A.jfrom Atlanta, EASTERN AND TECH PRIME FOR BATTLE Contest Tomorrow Is Sure to Have Important Bearing on Championship. Eastern and Tech quints were getting in final licks today in preparation for their match tomorrow afternoon that has important bearing upon the public high title. Eastern and Tech will face following a match between Central and Western, starting at 3:15 o'clock. Tech now is out in front in the flag race with four wins in as many starts. Eastern with three victories against one setback is in second place. Western is standing third in the scramble with two wins and two losses and will be striving to take Central to camp to keep in the race. Central, which has lost all four of its games, will be battling for a victory in the hope of getting out of the cellar before the series is over. In other games tomorrow St. Alban’s will play host to Emerson on the St. Alban’s floor, University of Maryland Freshmen will entertain Baltimore City | College at College Park and Hyattsville High will engage Georgetown Prep on the armory floot at Hyattsville. It appears from their first-round match, which ended in Tech's favor, 19 to 15, that these quints should offer a highly interesting match tomorrow. Tech plans to start with Talburtt and MacCartee, forwards: Edelblut, center, and Brown and Goldblatt, guards. Just which of several combinations Eastern will use at the beginning of the match is not certain. Central gave Western a lively tussle before succumbing to the Georgetown scholastics, 19 to 26, in their opening- round match, and tomorrow's encounter is likely to prove interesting. Two Central swimmers placed in the Columbia University scholastic meet Saturday in New York. They were King, who was third in the 100-yard free style dash, and Lyman, who was fourth in the fancy diving event. 6. U BOXING TEAM | Western Maryland Fighters, * Who Invade Friday, Win From V.M. I In Western Maryland’s boxing team to be entertained here Friday night, | Georgetown'’s ring artists will be tak- ing on a capable bunch of glovemen. Saturday night the Green Terrors de- feated Virginia Military Institute, 4 to |3 in a meet at Lexington. ‘The scene of Friday's bouts, which will mark the start of competition for District collegiates, will be held in Ryan gymnasium at the Hilltop unless ticket demands are so heavy as to warrant them being held on a large floor, in which case they will be staged in the Washington Auditorium. Like the boxing exhibitions held by Georgetown last season Friday night's affair is to be strictly formal. ‘Western Maryland’s leading perform- ers are Bob Ekaites, 160-pounder; Dick Norris; Klepac, light heavyweights; Downer, heavyweight, and Crosby, 125- pounder. Charles Fish may represent George- town against Ekaites, and if he does the visiting battler likely will find his hands full, Hoyas colors against Norris. office of Louis Little, director of ath-| | letics at the Hilltop. Tickets may be | secured only by holders of Winter sports | | athletic season books. These books can | be secured at the Hilltop or at the | Georgetown basket ball games Tuesday or Thursday. Fans desiring tickets to Georgetown's | il boxing shows may obtain them at the | RRANGEMENTS are being made for a basket ball game between Company F cagers of Hyatts- ville and_Anacostia Eagles for the benefit of Robert Shanklin, the Hyattsville star, who sustained a broken leg in & contest between the same two teams in Congress Heights gym last week. All proceeds of the game will be used to aid Shanklin. Bus Scanlon, manager of the Eagle team, wishes Lieut. McClay of the Guardsmen to call him at Potomac 3051 after 6 o'clock tonight to complete ar- rangements for the benefits game. Shanklin's injury caused the previous game between these teams to be called off in the second half, with the Eagles leading. Y. M. C. A. and Company C quints are booked for a battle in Central High gym tonight in a Washington Gity League contest, starting at 8 o'clock. Players of both teams are to report at 7:30 o'clock, Nusbaum basketers will be the attrac- tion at Fort Myer tonight against Bat- tery B five. Nusbaum players will leave for Fort Myer from Fifth and R streets. Manager of Ajax Club tossers of Alex- andria is asked to call the Lionel man- ager at Adams 485 concerning a game booked between the two teams. Y. Aztecs have the Y. M. C. A. gym reserved tongiht at 8 o'clock and want a 115-pound foe. Call Manager Hohn at Main 8250 for arrangements. Skinker Eagles were forced to _come from behind yesterday to down Mary- land Collegians of Baltimore, 34 to 25. Trailing 10 to 14 at half time, the Basket Ball Teams List Game As Benefit for Injured Player Eagles rallied, with Ralph Bennie in the leading role. He accounted for 16 points. Three Jewish Community Center yesterday. Kramer Abramson and L. Levine starred as unlimiteds conquered French A. C, 51 to 35. Understein, Korman and Levins shone for Flashes in trouncing Boys’ Club Standards, 60 to 34. Conklin shone as Whirlwinds ‘won over Meridans, 49 to 25. Army Headquarters five took two games, Lovechick getting 20 points as Fort Humphrey’s quint to a 43-t0-53 | set back. Ratterson pointed the way for a 32-t0-25 win over Knights of Co- lumbus. Silver Spring Service Co. courtmen had to battle all the way yesterday to keep their wining stride, finally de- feating Hoffman Clothiers, 21 to '17. Stewart was high scorer. G. P. O. Federals won over Northwest Cards, 17 to 16, in a preliminary contest. Trailing 15 to 18 at half time, Red Shields’ cagers of Fort Myer rallied to defeat Washington Marines, 44 to 30. l-{nrt of the losers was the individual star. Roberts and Archino were the big factors in Company E quint's 33-to-21 win over Carnegie Collegians, Ready shone for the loosers. Clark, Ferguson and Leverston stood out as Boys' Club Standards humbled Northerns, 34 to 27. Max and Mansuy aided De Luxe five in downing St. Martin's quint in the latter's gym, 23 to 19. B TEN THRILER S LSTED TONGHT Wisconsin Invades Purdue in Effort to Halt Leader in Title Chase. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 21.—Coach Wal- SEASON BOOKS NEEDED Those desiring to obtain invita- tions for all Georgetown boxing shows, may get them by applying at the director of athletics office at the Hilltop. Invitations will be extended only to those who are holders of a Win- ter and Spring athletic season book. Athletic season books are obtainable at the Hilltop and also will be avail- able at the basket ball games Tues- day and Thursday nights. Georgetown plays Johns Hopkins Tuesday and Mt. St. Mary’s Thurs- day, both games being listed for the American University gymnasium. HAS A STRUNG FUE‘ ter Meanwell and his band of Wis- ronsin short-pass artists will attempt to short circuit Purdue’s championship- bound machine at Layfayette tonight in what promises to be one of the liveliest battles of the entire Big Ten basket ball champaign. ‘The contest is the outstanding at- traction of this week's small card, which calls for only two other conference skirmishes—Minnesota at Indiana to- night and Chicago at Ohio State Sat- urday. Purdue, with five straight vic- tories, was a decided favorite over the Badgers, who have won four games and lost one to Michigan, the only other undefeated team. The Badgers have a rangy team and a tight defense, however, and may up- set the Boilermakers and their 6 feet | 6 inch scoring ace, “Stretch” Murphy. Indiana is expected to have an easy time tonight with Minnesota, which has lost four straight games. Northwestern today stood out as a | great threat to those teams which have high hopes of winning the title. Aft- er dropping three straight games, Northwestern has come back with a rush, defeating Ohio State and Iowa. While the week’s attraction was dull, Notre Dame will stimulate interest by invading Northwestern Saturday night. Notre Dame has been unconquerable away from home this season. Purdue Michigan Wiscongin, . Murphy may carry the | Qhio St Chicago .. Leading Scorers. . G. School. G Player. Purdue Murphy, Wilcox. HaimesQn. Foster, Tenhopen, isconsin Wisconsin BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. HO is the finest golfer in [ the world, in your opin- ion?” 'Tis a matter of some moment to all members of the links clan to know just who is the leading exponent of the game which some 5,000,000 people in the United States look to for exercise ‘and diver- sion. So we asked Alex (Sandy) Armour that question. Almost any other profes- sional, lacking the intimate knowledge of golf and golfers that is the heritage of the elder of the Armour brothers would have taken little time to an- swer it. And the answer probably would have been |’ immediately forth- coming in favor of a certain amateur, a young lawyer known throughout the world ash “Bobby Jones.” If the professional in- terrogated had other leanings, however, he prob- ably would have jyoyce Wethered. answered in_two short words—Walter Hagen. But Sandy Armour gave no such an- swer. Sandy gives no answer to such an all-inclusive question without con- siderable thought, for he has the Scot- tish habit of not speaking out of turn without a modicum of thought. When it did come, the answer was surprising —at least to us, who have not had the pleasure of watching the woman whom Armour proclaims the finest golfer in the world. Yes, Sandy believes that a woman-- and a British woman—is the finest wielder of wood and iron in this golf- world. His candidate is Joyce Wethered, the now-retired former Brit- ish woman champion, conqueror of Glenna Collett on the lone occasion these two great golfers met, and accord- ing to those who have seen her play is the equal of most of the acknowledged male kings of the game. Long Game Powerful. “You must understand,” Sandy said, “that a woman's physical limitations with regard to the playing of the game are very definite, and particularly in the long game place her at a big disad- vantage to the big hitters among the men. When both are equally good at the short game the loss of distance which many women suffer from the tee, as compared with a man, works against their chances to win. But Miss Weth- ered is under no such handicap. She knocks the ball as far from the tee as mosh of the accopied man atais, and Joyce Wethered World’s Finest Golfer, Sandy Armour Declares she is fully as skilled with the irons and in the short game as the best of the men. Frankly, if she entered the British men's amateur championship she would have as good a chance as any man to go through and win it.” Coming from a man with the known sonservatism of S8andy Armour and from the depth of a knowledge of golf that stretches back three decades and more, this was a most surprising statement. For we’ve seen Glenna Collett, Maureen Orcutt, Virginia Van Wie and the rest of the woman stars of America play golf, and we can't see where any of them would have a chance with Bobby Jones in a match on even terms. When woman and man stars play in compe- tition, the women are usually given a half stroke a hole handicap. But Sandy insisted that Joyce Wethered would need no handicap from the best of the man golfers of the world, no matter what the conditions of play. I was a_most astounding statement. “I have seen Miss Wethered play with her brother, and with Tolley and with other big hitters of the game,” Sandy said. “And I know that when they all hit their tee shots well, Miss ‘Wethered is not more than 10 yards behind them. Such a difference as that means little when such hitters as Roger Wethered and Tolley really meet the ball right. They are as long as Bobby ‘| Jones, and if Miss Wethered can keep along with them she should keep along with Jones’ tee shots. I've seen Miss Wethered go around a standard length 18-hole course in 71 and 72, without any trouble, making a mistake here and there, but getting her pars and birdies in the same way the men get theirs. In addition, I think she has a finer touch with the short game than most of the male stars, and she is as powerful with the iron clubs as they are.” Armour's statement is fully backed up by Bernard Darwin, famed British If critic, who has seen Miss Wethered o voluntary retire- | }issout play often since her ment from competition, and declares that she is playing better than evex; E before. Miss Wethered got tired of winning tournaments and retired from the competitive game two years ago. Since that time French woman golfers have been uniformly successful in Brit- ish women’s events. Doubtless great pressure has been brought to bear on Miss Wethered to bea back the for- eign invasion, but she has remained in retirement. So, if Sandy Armour is right—and he usually is where this golf business is concerned—the greatest golfer in the world may be a woman. And it may be that if Bobby Jones engaged her in a fi:fi%{es match he might come off second Nine of the basket ball squad of the i’xfl“ve& of Missouri are more than . | ed at New Haven last PENN FIVE LIKELY 10 HOLD ITS LEAD Quakers, Unbeaten in League, to Meet Princeton, in Last Place. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 21.—The East- ern Intercollegiate Basket Ball League has two games on its slate this week before the mid-year examinations' cause a two-week shutdown. Tomorrow night, Yale, tied with Cor- nell for third place, battles Dartmouth, which_holds fifth. The following eve- ning Pennsylvania, leading the circuit with two victories in as many league P aie atready ol lds one triumph over Dartmouth, a one-point triumph achiev- Monday. The In- dians, encouraged by their win over Princeton last Saturday night, hope to avenge that set-back. Yale appeared to a distinct disadvantage t ms E Penn will be a heavy favorite to 9% | down the last-place Tigers, who have a victory over Cornell and defeats by Ts | Yale, Columbia and Dartmouth to show ite. their league play to da The standing: ! Teams. Pennsylvania . ‘olumbia ale Cornel Dartmou Princeton BOSTON COLLEGE TEAM | LISTS D. C. OPPONENTS BOSTON, January 21.—Two games with Georgetown University, one with Catholic University and two with Wil- liam and Mary appear on the 34-game base ball schedule announced for Bos- ton College for the coming season. Georgetown and Catholic University will be met at Wi on April 4 and 5, respectively, during a trip which will open against Willlam and Mary at Williamsburg, Va., April 1. George- town will appear in Boston to meet the Hub collegians May 27 and Willlam and Mary will visit here May 8. D. C. ELEVENS LISTED BY BALTIMORE TEAM BALTIMORE, January 21.—George t | Washington, American_University and | Gallaudet appear on the 1929 Univer- | sity of Baltimore foot ball schedule The Colonials are to be met in Wash- ! ington October 5, American University | will be engaged here October 19 and Gallaudet will be faced at Kendall Green November 2. ‘The Baltimore U. schedule follows: September 28—Western Maryland, | away. i October 5—George Washington, away. | October l’—A-::hu Unh-lly."y ' October 26—P. M. C., a November 2—Gallaudet, away. November 9—St. John's (| November 16—Washington away. A QUINTS TIED FOR LEAD. KANSAS CITY, January 21.—Okla- homa and Missouri are Ue;’ for the lead in the Big Six Conference basket ball | race. ! ). e 2288530 Junior High gym at 9 o'clock. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats l EISEM_AN:E 7th & F! pe S teams turned in impressive victories | TO SEE BOUTS AT G. U.| at Ithaca on hool, 480 | Saturday, losing to Comnell by & 14- | 3o 53 poin argin. | mont Park by Je FIGHT OVER NURMI ALREADY IS RAGING | Decision of Finn to Run in Boston Brings Protest by New York Meet. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, January 21.—Paavq Nurmi's second American tour has just begun, but already disputes have broken out among sponsors of rival track and field meets. Irate over what he termed Nurmi's “sudden decision” to run in the Knights of Columbus games in Boston next Sate urday night, Jack Harris, member of tha committee handling the Masonic benefit meet, here the same night, has protested to the Amateur Athletic Union, asserte ing that there is no doubt that the “Phantom Finn" was “influenced by a man or men with power in official track circles.” Harris said that his committee had been virtually assured that Nurmi would run in the Masonic meet and that ar- rangements were made to obtain the Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. banked track 5o that the Finn could run in spiked shoes, either in a one-hour race or in the 3,000-meters run for the Hugh H. Hirshon trophy. Nurmi gained a leg on the Hirshon trophy during his 1925 invasion. Although the Masonic meet officlals had received no signed entry blank from :tsl: {lmous Finn, tg:y dldll:celve “such urance as may be considered valid,” Hn_rt;-‘u dechrettm & len came the announcement that Nurmi would compete at Boston in a 2-mile run against a field including , best of this country’s dis- In a letter to Daniel J. Ferris, secre~ tary-treasurer of the A. A. U..’ Harris said “that the manner of this sudden decision to compete at Boston leaves no gglclgdt Jn my mind that he was influ- “This committee has no quarrel with the Boston promoters,” lthm con- tinued. “If Nurmi is an amateur, if he runs for the sport of the thing, where and when he pleases, this com- mittee can surely have no complaint. | But if promoters are to bid for his services, then I feel we have just grounds for bringing this matter to your attention. We will ap te your attention to the situation ht u%\:z bz, vg:-:n:ewbeneve was a virtual ‘order’ u compete in ragn:r :':"rll ur‘m’l“" Yore.s' . sp! urmi's easy triumph in his debut in the Brooklyn coxleg: games Saturday night, there are prospects that Lermond may give the Finn a stern battle of it over the 2-mile route. At his best Nurmi has covered the 2 miles in 8:58'5. He accomplished that feat— the first and last time 2 miles has been put under nine minutes—during his first invasion in 1925. Lermond, who began his career only two years ago, has never done better than 9:16. He has been improving fast, how- ever, and there are indications as well that Nurmi is not as fast by some sec- onds as he was four years ago. BYRD WILL BE SPEAKER AT TECH GRID BANQUET H. C. Byrd, director of athletics and assistant to the president of the Uni- versity of Maryland, will be the princi- Enl spéaker at the annual banquet in lonor of members of the Tech Haa :chool:uootmb.l:!:lmbbeheldw - esday at Avignone poen i, ; Freres, 1777 Principal Frank Daniels of Tee' Warren Spencer and Buck Woltz, 2 starts, takes on Princeton's Tigers at | Will e, OEHMANN CHOSEN HEAD OF T CLUB AT TECH HIG} Ward Oehmann has been re-electec. president of the T Club of Tech High with Holmes Fountain, vice presi- dent; Alfred Reichmann, secretary; Aubrey Spencer, treasurer; George Cole sergeant-at-arms, and Lee Winston chronological secretary. nrewgrl:’: u?';x mmbenmpd in the T Clu' or undergra vk have won their T. TR ATHLETICS SEND POWERS TO THE PORTLAND CLUB MARTINSBURG, W. Va., January 21, —John Lioyd (“Ike”) Powers of Han- cock, Md., whose lessional career in- cluded the feat of jumping directly to he Philadel, Athletics from the local prof club when he was cut adrift here in 1925, has been sent to the Portland lOretg.) Seals of the Pacific Coast League for the 1929 sea- son. He was one of the leading pitch- Bl Club of the ers of Three-I League in 1928. The Athletics still own him. BEARS PACK 'EM IN. BERKELEY, Calif., Janua: 1(P).— A total of 427,099 persons Z'Z the 10 games played by the University of Cal- ifornia’s 1928 foot ball team, a new all-time attendance record. The previous record was 410,760, set in 1927. WILL START WITH GATE. NEW YORK. January 21 (#).—, for the Australian s ..Aumfl at Bel planned for the Spring meet h E. Widener, presi. dent of the West soclation. ) Xactng )\ v PRO BASKET BALL. America ?omod mnmn u‘:“l:?:. cxporudwu ‘.P:! in je_numbers. fope In large numbers. e