Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1929, Page 26

26 SP ORTS.' THE EVENING . STAR, WASHINGTOXN, D. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1929.° N SPORTS." Tech Near High School Basket Ball Title : Fordham Possesses a Great Quintet WILL REPRESENT HOYAS AGAINST WESTERN MARYLAND BOXERS FRIDAY NIGHT DEFEATS EASTERN FOR SECOND TIVE Will Remove Last Obstacle if Western Is Beaten in Game Friday. l Tech gym and should the Mc- Kinley team win it will be Virtually “in" so far as the title is con- cerned. In fact, followers of the Maroon and Gray team believe that it is just about &11 over now, following Tech's triumph yesterday over Eastern in a 33-31/ gizzler. Western drubbed Central, 26 1o 12, in the other game of the double header. Business will meet Central in the other half of Friday's usual double bill in a match for cellar honors. ‘Tech today is sStepping out in front In the title race with five wins in as many starts. Eastern and Western are tied for second with three victories against two setbacks apiece. Business stands fourth with one win and three losses and Central is last, having drop- ped all five of its series starts. In vanquishing Eastern yesterday Tech brushed aside the team that was regarded as the chief obstacle in its march toward the crown. Western by drubbing Central preserved for itself a mathematical chance at least of cop- ping the bunting, and gave the badly punished Central team a kick that sent it farther into the cellar. In_other scholastic matches yester- | day Emerson downed St. Alban's, 24 to 13, in the American University gym. Georgetown Prep was a 22-15 victor over Hyattsville High at Hyattsville, and Business beat Washington-Lee High at Ballston, Va., 47 to 22. ECH will meet Western Friday in a public high school champion- ship basket ball game in the Eastern will entertain Georgetown Prep in the Eastern gym in an after- noon match and Strayers will face Ben Franklin in an evening game at & o'clock in St. Martin’s gym in contests in which schoclboy teams here will fig- ure tomorrow. Devitt was to meet Gonzaga in a prep school league championship floor match this afternoon in the Boys' Club gym. Eastern's quint was at Episcopal High at Alexandria for an encounter, Jake Goldblatt again was the chief figure in producing a Tech victory yes- terday. It was his shot” from scrim- mage in the dying moments that brought his team from behind and put it one point to the good in the battle with Eastern. A moment later Mac- Cartee sent a foul shot spinning through the net to put the game in the bag for Coach Artir Boyd’s proteges. From the outset it was a hair-raising game. The score was tied six times during the match and eight times the lead changed. With Goldblatt and Paul Brown standing out for Tech, Capt. | ‘Ted Capelli and Jimmy Ryan, sharp- | shooting little forwards, played superbly | to keep the Lincoln Packers in the thick of the battle. Goldblatt registered 16 points on € goals from scrinmage and 4 from the foul line, against 10 points for Capelli, ‘who five times found the range for two- pointers. The pair have been waging a hard fight for individual scaring honors. ‘Though outscored by the Tech captain, Capelli certainly was not' outgamed. ‘The flashy little Easterner literally played himself into exhaustion and at the end of the conflict had to be carried from the floor. Most of Capelli’s shots were of the spectacular type, in whica he specializes. Ryan also caged several brilliant shots. Tech took the lead soon after the start of the game, when Brown regis- tered a two-pointer. A couple of fine shots by Capelli and one by Ryan fol- lowed, however. At the quarter Eastern ‘was ahead, 6 to 3. 5 At the half Eastern was still hanging on to a slender 17-16 edge. Two goals from scrimmage by Goldblatt were fol- lowed by a pair by Ryan near the end of the half. Eastern continued in the van, 26 to 23, as the third period ended. During most of this quarter ‘only one point separated the rivals. Capelll came through with another shot from scrim- mage just before the whistle. Following desperate battling in the final quarter, McCullough, with a min- ute and a half to play, put Eastern ahead, 31 to 30, on a foul shot. At this Bptage Goldblatt once more came through Wwith a two-pointer to give his team ctory. + Western was held to a 13-11 lead at fhe half by Central, but the Georgetown gcholastics got going with a will in the #inal half, counting 13 points while fholding their rivals to just one foul goal. Herbie Thompson, forward, was the Jeader on attack for Western, registering 30 points, while Mike Hunt played his wsual steady all-around game at guard. Central (12). Western (28), roadbent, 1. 0 isher, { Cross. Tovell, 1150 Rice, 'c arkins, Baer, .. Woods, . J. Thom, Eaton, Freeman. ‘¢ H.Thomp'n, Hunt, & Hatfield, g al crmonoroo | swwowouwss * ol ormomonoon Eastern (31), G Capells, 1. Ryan, L.... Zahn, . Pryllips, al wsmwoono Totals.....10 13 33 Referes—Mr. Ford. SERIES STATISTICS. Team Standing. Western Business Central Tech, 53; Eastern. 31 Western, 26; Central, 12. FRIDAY'S GAMES. ‘ech_vs. Western, Business tng at 3:15 o'clock, Tech SCORES OF OTHER PAST GAMES. T star Emerson tossers left today for a four- @y invasion of Virginia. This after-| noon they were to meet Woodberry | Forest at Orange and tomorrow will} engage Augusta Military Academy at| Fort Defiance. Friday Staunton Mili- tary Academy will be faced at Staun- ton and Washington and Lee Fresh- men will be met Saturday at Lexing- ton if arrangements for the game can Ye_completed. Emerson stepped out to score heavily fnd put the game in the bag after be- ing held to a 9-7 lead at the half by St. Alban's yesterday. Colley with 7 points did most of Emerson's scoring, while Crouch of St. Alban’s, who tallied 10 points, was the game's high scorer, | Rehkopf, forward, was the ace of Georgetown’s Prep attack yesterday as the Garrett Parkers scored over Hy- gttsville High. He registered 13 points. Hyattsville gave the visitors a battle | ed letters at an assembly at the school | this morning. all the way. At the half Georgetown Prep was.leading, 8 to 5. . Led by Nathan Newman, formard, « 4o With the Sports Editor By DENMAN ITH the collegiate boxing season at hand locally it would not be a bad idea to publish a few words | regarding the intercolle~ giate boxing rules, which seems to be misunderstood at times by local audiences. Unlike professional or even A. A. U. bouts each round in a col- legiate contest is, in fact, a separate 4 . The best two out of three “bouts” or rounds wins the decision. For instance, if Jones wins one round by the proverbial mile and Smith comes back’ with barely an edge in rounds two and three, Smith wins! When the contest is de- clared a draw after three rounds there is an_ extra round ordered. ~The decision then is based solely on this extra fourth round, no matter what has gone on before that fourth round. Also there can be no draw de- cisions — there must be a win- ner. One of the most imperative rules 18 the one requiring silence during the progress of a round on the part of the audience. Demonstrations and cheering are permitted between rounds, but not DURING a round. 1f demonstrations continue the referee has no alternative but to force the rules not of his own mak- ing and stop the bout, declaring it “no contest.” That is unfair, of course, to the centestants, unfair to the majority of the crowd on hand and certainly makes no friends for the referee who is the goat up- on stopping the bout. Heinle Miller. ‘Would surely appreciate your say- ing something on this, It will help the Georgetown and C. U. bouts go through better and will help the rmlsideu understand colleglate Tules. The above is a verbatum transcrip- tion of a communication received today from Lieut—beg pardon— Capt. Harvey L. Miller, reformed sports writer and who, when not cupied editing United States Coast Zuard, the national publication of that branch of governmental ac- tivities, helps out clubs, organiza- tions and colleges in this vicinity by acting as third_man in the ring for the bouts they stage, Helnie, as the genial and efficient captain is best known in athletic circles, is pretty well versed in the intricacies of leather pushing, for he was a nifty lightweight back in the days when he was an enlisted man in the Navy and after graduating from the pro ranks he has spent considerable of the intervening time in close connection with the game as promoter, writer and referee. It is realized that in typing his | dissertation on collegiate rules, Capt. | Miller’s motives may not have been ; altogether altrusistic in that he is | likely to oficiate in some of the 1 varsity boring shows hereabout. | However, his observations are perti- | nent and timely, and besides he who registered 17 points, Business had little trouble downing Washington-Lee High yesterday. The Stenogs were in front, 28 to 14, at the half. Woodward and McPherson were leading scorers M for the home team. With the exception of Mahoney and | fiios, o ‘R‘Ch all letter winners of the 1928 Business foot ball team will return next Fall. The 16 winners were award- They are: Capt. Jakie Lewis, Levy, Denniberg, Brown, Linwood Jones, Fin- hea, '© L THOMPSON stands ace high with this column even if he apparently has forgotten that little wager he made with us on the outcome of the Dempsey- Sharkey melee. ‘While on the subject of college boxing it may not be amiss to men- tion that those who attend George- town’s inaugural show of the season at Ryan gym Friday night are like- 1y to et an eyeful in at least two of the seven bouts listed with the Western Maryland mittmen. These are the ones in which will appear Capt. Dick Nor- ris of the Ter- rors, South At- lantic welter- weight cham- pion, and George Ekaitis, his 160-pound teammate. Coach Jim McNamara of the Hoyas be- lieves he has in Rsd Cunning- ham and Char- ley Fl?;‘l the'tal‘; ent, exten G b v ialtiny DesmsvER. stars, although he has not decided which will meet which, and if this proves to be the case the spectators will be treated to plenty of action. So far as Ekaitis Is concerned, Hill- top adherents assuredly will have something to enthuse over if Mc- Namara can preduce a battler to take the Western Maryland r. This sturdy youth, who succeeds remark- ably well in demonstrating that one or two heats of each three-round bout are superfluous, may not be the most polished boxer in collegiate JACK (RED) GUNNINGHAM COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Georgetown, 58; Johns Hopkins, 20. Dartmouth, 35; Yale, 34. North Carolina, 41; Nerth Carolina State, 32. Western Maryland, 26; Mount St. Mary’s, 21. St. John's of Brooklyn, 25; cents, 23. Wesleyan, 36; Connecticut Aggies, 23. Williams, 12; Massachusetts Aggies, PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. Minneapolis, 2; St. Louis, 1. Niagara Falls, 1; Buffalo, 0. Ottawa Senators, 1; Chicago Black- hawks, 1. New York Rangers, 1; Toronto Maple- leafs, 0. Springfield, 2; Philadelphia, 1. Boston Bruins, 0; Montreal Ca- nadians, 0. Detroit Cougars, 1; Montreal Ma- roons, 0. WINNING TYPO NINE FED AND REWARDED Members of the Washington Union Printers’ base ball team, which won a fifth leg on the Garry Herrmann Trophy last Summer in the annual Typo- graphical tournament in Boston, were honored at a banquet at the Hamilton Hotel last night. Individual trophies were presented each player. by Edgar T. Brown. Addresses were given by William E. Leath, president of Columbia Typo- graphical Union, and George G. Seibold, former vice president of the National Commission, Members of the team honored are: Thomas Dalglish, Clarence Desper, Gerard Edwards, Willard Goldsmith, Thomas Heany, Charles Holbrook, Louis Hollis, El{ Homan, Norman Hutchin- son, Charles Jeffries, Edward Lowery, Ralph McPherson, Gladstone Rouda- bush, Benjamin Schneider, Malcolm Cres- ranks, but he certainly can sock with the best of them. kins last night, tomorrow G. U. TOSSERS TO MT. ST. FORGETOWN'S basketers, 58- Md., in the American University gym- nasium at 8:30 o’clock. In the Mountaineers the Hoyas will be encountering a sturdy foe, but one not calculated to offer the fast-traveling Blue and Gray more than brisk oppost- tion, The game originally was carded Friday night, but shifted to tomorrow 50 as not to conflict with the George- town-Western Maryland boxing meet to be held Friday night in Ryan gym- nasum. ‘Handicapped by the absence of De- buskey, star center, Hopkins was out- classed all the way last night by Georgetown. From the opening whistle the Blue and Gray held the whip hand in certain manner. ~With Dutton, Mesmer, Meehan and McCarthy loop- ing in the leather, G. U. ran up 16 points before the Blue Jays were able to score a single tally. At the half the Hoyas had a 32-to-8 edge. Dutton, Wi 13 points, scorer for Georgetown, followed by Mesmer with 12 and McCarthy with 10. Passerew and Horst each scored 7 points for Hopkins. In a preliminary Georgetown Fresh- men drubbed Bliss School, 39 to 24. Gannon led the winners' attack with 10 Hopkins Passerew, { Stude, 1. June, ¢’ Johnson, 1. Heinberlin, gout. c. Bernard, ‘& S ovncooowd ints. PoGeorsetown (58). P32 4 i Dutton, ormooronD) ongoonoa’ wiscobomsmon —asooncoscoow!! Leary, Totals Referee—Mr, — — — Totay iailoms O Eberts, Time of ley, Mahoney, Kengla, Rosenberg, Har- ett, Reichardt, Rich, Albert Duryee, ddie Duryee, Anderson and Manager Harry Hopkins, 20 minutes. Gallaudet will entertain ¥en Prank- lin tossers for the second time this sea~ 0-20 victors over Johns Hop-| was high | Simons, Fred Waple, Henry Webb and Douglas Weir, NOW LOOK MARY’S GAME gym at Kendall Green. Having won four of their last five games, Ben Franklin is hopeful of making a strong chowing against Gallaudet, against whom they lost by only a small mar- gin earlier in the season. Sherman is hlgxht scorer for Ben Franklin, with 67 points. Georgetown's boxing team will be without the services of Fred Schaffley, 175-pounder, who is ill, and Ed Mc- Carthy, heavyweight, who has retired from the team, when the Hoyas meet Western Maryland’s mittmen. The Blue and Gray will be out to atone for the 4-3 defeat handed it by the Green Terrors last season. Bob Greeves, 160-pounder, will rep- resent Georgetown against Bob Ekaitis, Western Maryland star. Only members of the Georgetown Athletic Assoclation will be admitted to the bouts, and applications for mem- bership may be obtained at the office of Louis Little, director of athletics at ;h‘cl Hilltop. The Georgetown line-up ollows: 118 pounds, Emmett Hage: phvi 145 pound: 5 pounds, Bob Posso; Bob Greeves: uns limited, Jack' Tierney. COMET BASKET BALLERS TAKE KEEN LEAGUE TILT LAUREL, Md.,, January 23.—A goal from scrimmage in the final minute of play gave Hyattsville Comets a 29-28 victory over Mount Rainier A. C. in a thrilling Prince Georges County Basket Ball League match here last night. Comets advanced to fifth place in the league as a result of the win. It was a hot battle all the way with Mount Rainier leading at the half by 2 points. McDevitt of the losers, with 14 points, was high scorer of the game. Owings topped the victors with 12, son Saturday night at 8 o'clock in the | HOCKEY PROVIDING “MYSTERY" ANGLES Contests That Appear to Be One-Sided Are Thrillers. Upsets Frequent. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 23.—The ways of hockey are mysterious. Just when the fans decide to save their money by remaining away from a game that looks like a walkover, the proposed vic- tim likely as not plays a bang-up game. Likewise when they are settling down to watch an overtime period some player comes from nowhere to shoot a goal and end the game within its regular limits. Last night's four Natlonal League contests provided both of these sur- prises and a few others. The Taronto Maple Leafs, who are fourth in the international group and had not won a game in two weeks, were not expected to provide much opposition for the World Champion New York Rangers, but up to the last minute of the fray Independent Quints to Figure ONIGHT'S amateur basket ball schedule will bring together Sil- ver Spring Service Company five and Seamen Gunners in Silver Spring Armory; Anacostia Eagles and Army Medicos in Walter Reed gym, and Potomac Boat Club and Hagers- town Y. M. C. A. quints at Hagerstown. The contest at Silver Spring will start at 8:30 o'clock, with Stanleys meeting an unnamed rival in a preliminary con- test. Eagle-Medico hostilities will start at 8 o'clock, and all Eagle players are asked to report at 7:30 o'clock. Returning from their battle at Hagers- town, Potomac Boatmen will open a 3- | game series with Old Dominion Boat Club cagers of Alexandria at Central High School tomorrow night. Potomac will meet Old Dominion at Alexandria on February 14. Local fans will get an opportunity to see the fast Miami, Fla., team in action here Sunday, when Silver Spring Service Company courtmen will be hosts in Sil- ver Spring Armory, commencing at 3:30 o'clock. Miami tossers were scheduied to meet Skinker Eagles here last Sun- day, but were forced to postpone the contest. A change in Noel House gym dates has caused the Coleman Jennings bas- keters to cancel the game listed with Colonials for tonight. Brookland Boys’ Club has been carded for next Wed- nesday by Coleman Jennings tossers. F. B. Cunningham of Vienna, Va,, is seeking games with local senior teams for Northern Virginia A. C. of Fairfax County. Oakton High gym is available to his team on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights. Write Cunningham, at Vienna, for arrangements. Brentwood Hawks and Miller's Colle- gians are on the warpath. Hawks want Clashes Tonight senior and unlimited foes. Call Man- ager Winchester, at Hyattsville 1379. Collegians seek 145-pound rivals. Call Manager Eddie Miller, at Adams 5843 after 3 o'clock. By recording their sixth successive win in Community Center League last night Washington Grays held the lead. National Publishers took a 21-to-83 drubbing. Bantam Buscher, T. Peck and MacDonald ran wild for the vic- tors. Hospital and L. Lucas led West ‘Washington Baptist cagers in defeat- ing East Washington Heights team in B. Y. P. U. League last night, 41 to 24. West shone for the victims. MacPherson ‘and Wolverton were | largely responsible for Fort Myer quint's 35-to-19 victory over Optimists in Boys Club gym. The losers were unable to | stop that pair. Led by Jones, Colonials had little | gx;oublenvlnqul!hmg Premiers last night, to 13. Good team work enabled Kendalls in downing Brooklands last night, 21 to 14. E. Heflin led the scorers. Lisensky was chief scorer for G. P. O Federals as Brentwood Bank five was defeated last night, 15 to 13. | Maxwell hung up nine goals and| totaled 21 points to lead Calvary Reds to a 47-to-17 victory over Nativity courtmen. Meridians were unable to get their | scoring machine functioning last night undt took a 4-t0-22 setback from Cres- cents. Wiltshire's 12 points enabled Tivoli Whirlwinds to humble Eastern cagers last night, 28 to 24. CIRCLE A. C. ELECTS STULL AS PRESIDENT Harry N. Stull, a prominent figure in | sandlot sporting circles of Northwest | Washington for many years, has been | elected president of the reorganized | National Circle A. C., which plans a | general expansion of its athletic ac. tivities. William C. Andrews, veteran manager | of Circle teams for a number of years, | has been chosen to direct all athletic | activities of the club. Regular meet- | ings will be held each first and third | Monday of the month at 320 Fourth street northeast.’ National Circle basketers will meet‘ Passaic tossers tonight at Bolling Field, | following the game booked between the | Airmen and Fort Washington. FENWICK, GRID MENTOR, IS HONORED AT FETE | In appreciation of his services as coach of the Northern Preps foot ball team, Charlie Fenwick was presented a smoking stand by members of the team at a banquet given in his honor Jast aight at the Washington Golf and Coun-~ try Club. Fenwick also was presented with a cup by Bill Flester, emblematic of having coached the runner-up in the Capital City League 135-pound class race the past season. 44 CONGER TO COMPETE IN EAST NEXT MONTH By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 23.—Ray Con- ger will come East early next month to run in two of the outstanding indoor mile events of the Eastern season. ‘The national 1,500-meter champion, who represents - the Illinois Athletic Club, has sent ir his signed entry blank for the Rodman Wanamaker mile, & feature of the Millrose meet at Madison Square Garden, February 9. and ex- pects to compete a week earlier in the Hunter mile of the Boston A. C. games. It will be Conger’s third start in the New York mile event. Two years ago he finished third in the race, won by Lloyd Hahn, and last year he was runner-up to Hahn. With the Nebraskan in retire- ment the former Iowa State College star is considered the country’s leading Connie Smyth’s speedy youngsters played the Rangers to a standstill. ‘Then, with only 74 seconds to go and with the New York regulars on the bench resting for the extra period, Mur- ray Murdoch, spare wnigman, sped past the Toronto defense and beat Goalie Lorne Chabot to give the Rangers a 1-t0-0 victory. Detroit’s Cougars, third in the Amer- ican group, staged a similar surgflse act to win an overtime contest the Montreal Maroons by a 1-to-0 score. It was not until half the extra period was gone that Georgie Hay broke the deadlock with a quick back- hand flip past Flat Walsh. By winning the Cougars crept up a point on the second-place Boston Bruins who could get no better than a scoreless tie with Les Canadiens of Montreal. The two second place teams were taking no chances with their op- ponents’ scoring machines, although the absence of Howie Morenz had a bad effect on the Canadiens: attack. The result was a slow defensive game. The tail-end teams of the two groups, Chicago and Ottawa, battled to a 1-1 | tie, the third in succession for the | Canadian team. The absence of pen- alties was the feature of the slow game. Three full periods went by be- fore a player went to the “cooler,” then Taylor of Chicago broke the charm in the extra frame. The result leaves Ottawa only two points behind Toronto in the international group standing. . ANOTHER BIG HOCKEY LEAGUE IS PLANNED By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 23:—A second major hockey league in competition with the National Hockey League was predicted today by P. T. “Paddy” Har- mon, promoter of the New Chicago Athletic Stadium under construction. ‘While denying he was connected with formation of the new circuit, Harmon intimated there would be two major hockey teams in Chicago next year and that one of them would be playing in the stadium. Maj. Frederic McLaughlin, owner of the Black Hawks, recently resigned as chairman of the Chicago Stadium Cor- poration, stating he would erect a per- manent_home for his club next year. “The Black Hawks were supposed to have finished their home edule in the stadium. Harmon said he had made no over- tures for the purchase of the Ottawa Senators, said to be on the blockdue to lack of interest in the Canadian city. . BANKERS WIN CLOSE ONE. ‘Washington Loan & Trust Co. bas- keteers came from behind last night to defeat Twin Oaks five, 11 to 10. Clarke Owings led the victors. The winners will meet American Security & Trust Co. tossers tomorrow night in Central High gvp at 9 o' % b runner at 1,000 yards and a mile, and hence the principal home-bred hope of stopping Paavo Nurmi if the Finn de- cides to run at around those distances. BROOKLYN HIGH OFFERS ANOTHER TO BIG LOOP NEW YORK, January 23 (4#).—Brook- lyn High School base ball, which turn- ed out one major league star in Waite Hoyt, has produced another prospec- tive big league moundsman. He is Jimmy Pattisol who will get a tryout with the Robins this Spring. Pattison pitched James Madison High School to the city championship two years ago and made a reputation for himself in Brooklyn semi-pro ball last season. 4 e AUTO COURTMEN QUIT. has withdrawn from Washington City League, officials have been notified. Manager Tony says his team will con- tinue playing independently and he is BY CORINNE FRAZIER. EGISTRATION for second-term R gymnasium classes at George held Monday and Tuesday of next week, with activities be- ginning on Wednesday, January 30. The first-term program was completed department has been given a recess during examinations this week. °* Work will begin immediately on the basket ball court with the opening of class and varsity squads will take part in an intensive training schedule dur- ing the next few weeks, preceding the selection of teams. have been decided, the long-postponed title match resulting in a victory for Gamma Beta Pi immediately after the holidays. This tournament is the only which is included in the Fall and early ‘Winter sport program at G. W. Plans are being made for the play- off of the hlh':? und champlon- ship basket ser to word received from municipal playground headquarters. Announcement of the date and place s: play will be made within a few engage in. the title tilt. Each has scored one victory in the final series. All previous games have been played out of doors. Universal Auto Co. basket ball team ready to list games at North 398. ‘Washington University will be last week and the physical education the new term. Candidates for inter- Intersorority court honors already feature of the basket ball program on an indoor court, accol the gl'e‘vy Chase and Garfield teams will , a southpaw, | day. Out-of-Bounds Is Ohio Fooler ot 3 BY SOL METZGER. Once a team has the Ohio State out-of-bounds play worked on it, the play that we described recently, in which No. 4 drives straight in for the basket, takes a high pass from No. 1 and scores with a push shot, the tendency is for No. 4's opponent to “get wise” and beat No. 4 to it. ‘Thus, next time the play is tried, No. 4's opponent wil bieat No. 4 in his rush for the basket, all set to block the play. What happens is smart basket ball. No. 4 makes his drive in as usual, goes like mad. But half-way in he slaps down a foot, backs up, then receives the throw in from No. 1 and, as his opponent can- not get back in time, he has a set shot for the basket. Pretty clever stuff that, and say how it does upset an opponent after both stunts have worked! He don't know what to do. And as one play helps the other, Ohio State has a weapon here that will worry any conference team. (Copyright, 1929 BIG TEN BASKETERS HAVING A RESPITE By the Associ: CHICAGO, £ ed Press. January 23.—Although .| Western Conference basket ball entered its end of semester doldrums after Monday night's games, Northwestern will keep the court game alive by meet- ing its traditional non-conference rival, Notre Dame, at Patten gym Saturday. Only one conference game is sched- uled for the remainder of this week, Chicago playing at Ohio State Satur- a; Sixty-one hundred seats, the capacity of Patten gym, have been sold for the Northwestern-Notre Dame fracas, in which the South Bend quintet will be seeking revenge for an early season de- feat on its home floor. Northwestern won the game at South Bend with two subs in the line-up and this week will play without Rut Walter, regular center. ‘Walter’s knee was injured in the clos- ing minutes of the Jowa game last week. It is thought, however, that he will be in shape for the next conference game | wnhs Indiana at Bloomington, Febru- | ary 5. N SPORT ing to enter the South Atlantic A. A. U. | champlonship court tourney which will | open in March are advised to apply for entry blanks through the sports depart- | ment of the Washington Post, which is | sponsoring the event in Washington. | Blanks will be ready for distribution after Friday of this week. Upon writ- ten application they will be mailed to team managers. Local teams will play among them- selves for the championship of Wash- ington, following which the victors will engage the winning Baltimore squad for the sectional title. Trophies will be awarded members of the team captur- ing the S. A. crown. American University tossers, who have been forced to cut down their inter- scholastic basket ball schedule in order to give attention to the full program of intramural activities arranged for them | this Spring, will open the varsity sea- son on February 16, when they will lay Gallaudet College six. One game d_been scheduled for January by A. U, but this was canceled. The girls are concentrating at present on demonstration of all indoor work in the physical education department, to‘ be held at the end of the Winter sea- son. Interclass basket ball games will be held in March. Seven events will be open to woman on the next program of Olympic games, | to be held in Los Angeles, Calif, in 1932. They include the 100-meter dash, | 400-meter relay race. 80-meter hu‘rhdil‘n. HAS CAPTURED 3. OF LAST 46 GANES Catholic U. One of Teams to Defeat New Yorkers Who Invade February 6. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. NEW YORK, January 23.—It some- times befalls one whose sporting per- spectives are nation-wide that, in gaz- ing afar, he sometimes neglects ex- tremely worthwhile things that are within eye range if not under his feet. Basket ball, for instance, is on the tapis now and the all-conquering course of Arkansas, Michigan and other fine teams have been duly noted. And yet when you talk of basket ball systems that bring consistent success what about the science of the court game as it obtains at Fordham University in New York, where under the coaching of Edward Kelleher, a Niagara Uni- versity product, the Bronx institution beginning with the season of 1926 and continuing right down to the minute has won 43 games and lost only. three Has Beaten Columbia. ‘Timely point is given to this citation by Fordham's easy victory over Co- lumbia, one of the better fives of the Eastern intercollegiate league of which the Maroons are not members. ‘Teams that have fallen before the prowess of the Fordham sharpshooters in the order of their downfall, starting in December, 1926, are as follows: St. Stephens, Upsala, Yale, Lehigh, Toron- to, St. Josephs. Army, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, City College, St. Johns, George- town, Navy, Rutgers, New York U., Catholic U., Holy Cross and Manhattan. In 1927-28: St. Francis, Muhlenburg, Springfield, Union, Yale, St. Johns, Crescent A. C., Syracuse, Colgate, Holy Cross, Swarthmore, Holy Cross again, New York U, Catholic U, and Man- hattan. In the current season to date: St. Francis, Alumni, Gettysburg, Yale, Princeton, Colgate, Bucknell, Syracuse, St. Josephs and Columbia. Two games were lost in the 1926-27 season, one to Catholic U., and one to Manhatten: next season one game was | lost, to City College, and this season to | date, there have been no defeats. Recapitulating, Fordham won 18 games, losing 2: 8 won 15 and lost 2 and this season have won 10, losing none. Big Reason for Success. Now there is a reason for all this and it is not superfine coac , al- though at that Ed Kelleher is a fine tutor. Fordham's success is a direct | reflection of the popularity of basket ball in the Roman Catholic churches and parochial schools where a great deal of money has been spent on the installation of basket ball courts and equipment. Earlier in the history of the game in this city practically all the best play- ers were Jewish boys and this was so because the great game in all the East Side settlement houses was basket ball. But now so rapidly has the game grown among Cathole institutions that there are five Catholic boys, who are expert, to one Jewish boy. College referees tell the writer that up in the Bronx church (juvenile) league there are boys of 14 to 16 who in shooting and ball dling do things they never see college men do. And these are the boys that to Fordham and St. Josephs in P lel- phia and St. John's in Brooklyn. Fordham will invade Washington on February 6, coming here to battle Catholic University on that day. ROWING IS PLANNED BY ALEXANDRIA HIGH ALEXANDRIA, Va. January: 23.— Rowing will be sponsored at Alexandria High School for the first time next Summer as the result of an invitation extended by the Old Dominion Boat Club, giving the local institution the use of the Old Dominion shells and clubhouse. ” Athletic Director Willis H. Edmurnd has started work on a schedule. Crew work will not be entirely new to some of the schoolboys for a num- ber were junior members of the Old Dominion Boat Club last season and were quite active on the river, Parke Bell is an accomplished oarsman and has rowed several winning races for Old Dominion. Two good games should materialize at Armory Hall tonight with the Old Dominion Boat Club listed to. meet Cresap’s Rifles of Frederick, Md., at 8:30, and George Mason High School engages Oakton High School, Fairfax O:u;\tg'ochumplom. in the preliminary, at 17:30. Strayers Business College of Wash- ington has been booked by Alexandria High School for a game Saturday night in Armory Hall at 7:45, a preliminary to the contest between Hoffman Clothiers and the Cumberland, Md., {‘(Inllhuma( lcolula,m.hflnflmln Bud- les will play Washington-] School girls at 6:45. e St. Mary's Celtics will meet a team of fleet young baskelers tomorrow night when they encounter W. H. French Co. of Washington in the Armory at 8:30 gix Ma;y's C:‘m;:’uivunlou and . Chevy ase Bearcal elim- inary at 7:30. Lot Principal Henry T. Mo Athletic mrecwr"wum Hu ;edl‘n.:nd.':;; Alexandria High School will attend the meeting of the Virginia Literary and Athletic League at the University of Virgina, Charlottesville, Saturday. Foot ball schedules for next year will be made up by the . Y coaches attending the The bowling team representin; - andria Health Cenllr’wfll me‘et“:;e Fredericksburg All-Stars h e (4 ere Tuesday St. Mary's Celtic Juniors have a ranged a game with the Monroe A. C. m'hl;e played in Washington Friday “MATINEE BASKET BALL” IS LISTED FOR CHICAGO CHICAGO, January 23 (#)—“Mati- nee basket ball” will be given & trial at Columbus Satur: when Chicago plays Ohio State. If afternoon games prove popular, other schools may follow the (:hli'o example, Western Conference offi- cial L S— NOTED OARSMAN DIES. LONDON, January 23 (#).—Rudolph Chambers Lehmann died at mm“‘fid yesterday after a long illness. He was famous as an oarsman and rowing coach and also for the light, witty verses which he contributed to Punch. LASSMAN GOES SOUTH. NEW YORK, January 23 (P).—Al Lassman, New Yor- l!nlver-lt‘yn foot ball captain, who w _averely injured in 4he game with Cainegie Tech No- vember 24, has been discharged from the Bufl:x and has salied for Miami