Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1929, Page 41

SP DOUBTS FANS WANT YANKEE INNOVATION President of Nationals Con- i tends Plan Is Unneeded : and Impracticable. AMPA, Fla., January 24 —Clark Griffith does not look kindly upon the idea of numbering the ball players in the American League in the manner in vogue among foot ball teams. In fact, he is flatly opposed to such an innovation and intends that there shall be no numerals pasted on the uniforms of his ball players unless the American League takes official action in the matler and orders the clubs of that circuit to take such a step. The position of the Nationals’ presi- dent in the matter of numbering the ball players was brought to light when his attention was directed this morning to a dispatch from New York which stated that the Yankees will assign a number (o all their players this season, corresponding to the number of the player on the score card, said number to be attached in bold figures on the backs of the players’ uniforms. “I do not like the idea at all” said Mr. Griffith. “I do not think it is at all necessary, and I believe it will de- tract a great deal from the game. Base ball is notably different from foot ball in the sense that the numbering of the plavers in the gridiron game is used as an argument to have the same prac- tice followed in base ball. Much Huddling on Grid. “In foot ball the players are huddled closely together in practically all plays after the Kick-off, both on the defensive and offensive. After the ball is in play the tendency is for the members of both elevens to converge as rapidly as possible at the point where the ball is, . with resulting confusion to the spec- tators in the plays. “In fact, even with the numbering practice followed practically universally in foot ball, confusion still exists, and it is not always possible to catch the number of tackler, ball carrier or inter- ference men. None of the conditions surrounding foot ball exists in the national pastime. Each player has a definite, specific place on the field. There is seldom oc- casion for any player to leave his po- sition for very long at a time—cer- tainly never to the extent that he would be confused with a player in another position. The batters appear one at a time at the plate, in a pre-determined order as carried on a printed score card. Each player now actually has a number and identification of new men in the line-up is established promptly by the official announcer. “Then, again, the placing of a num- ber on the back of a player's uniform would not serve the purpose of the innovation to any marked degree. A g‘flCh hitter at the plate would have is number visible only to those spec- tators sitting back of his own bench as he goes to the plate, and to those in the stands toward which his back is turned, depending upon whether he is & right or left handed hitter. “Off hand I would say that not more than 25 per cent of the people would have a real opportunity of seeing the number of a pinch hitter on his trip to the plate. There does not seem to be any pronounced demand for this idea from the fans, and I believe that the present plan of amnouncing the new player, by name, to each section of the grandstand is the most satis- factory.” Eynon Sees Some Merit. Secretary Ed Eynon, while disposed to frown upon the plan as a non-essen- tial proposition, admits to some merit in it. His main opposition is to the disfiguring of the uniforms of the play- ers by glaring large numbers being at- tached thereto. “If the plan was deemed worthy of & trial I would be strongly in favor of holding the numbers down to some small-size figure, which would not de- tract from the present neat appearance of most ball club’s uniforms,” Eynon observed. “The tendency in present-day base ball is toward smart, attractive appear- ing uniforms and the players as a rule are anxious to preserve this ap- pearance. However, anything which Wwould enable the base ball fans to get more enjoyment out of the game should be the main concern of the owners, and I would welcome anything that would add to this condition. Much thought undoubtedly will be given the matter before the rest of the major league clubs follow the lead of the New York ‘Yankees,” President E. S. Barnard of the Amer- dcan League and Mrs. Barnard were the guests today at Tampa of President and Mrs. Griffith. Mr. Barnard mo- tored over from St. Petersburg this morning, and, after a short talk with Mr. Griffith, joined ' the Washington owner and Secretary Eynon in a round of golf at Palma Ceia. The party re- turned to the hotel headquarters of the Nationals for lunch, and for the balance of the afternoon Mr, Barnard Temained with the club officials. Noth- ing concerning the Washington ball club was up for discussion, and after supper tonight Mr. and Mrs. Barnard plan to return to St. Petersburg, A EPISCOPAL ATHLETES IN VIRGINIA U. MEET]| ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 24— Coach C. V. Tompkins has accepted an invitation to enter the Episcopal High School indoor track team in the University of Virginia games at Char- lottesville on February 22. George Mason High School's Third Athletic District of Virginia series game with Fredericksburg High School will be played in the Marine Corps gym- nasium at Quantico, Va., tomorrow at 3 o'clock. Washington-Lee High School of Ballston, Va., will be seen here tomor- row night in two basket ball battles with Alexandria High at the Armory. Washington-Lee and Alexandria girls will play at 7:30, while boys' teams will tangle in a Third Athletic District series game at 8:30. St. Mary’s _Celtics oppose W. H French Co. of Washington .tonight at 8:30 in the Armory, with the St. Mary's Celtic Juniors and Chevy Chase Bear- cats of Washington furnishing & pre- liminary at 7:30. 01 Dominion Boat Club Wil go to ‘Washington tonight for e game with Potomac Boat Club in the Central High School gymnasium at 8 o'clock. PAUL AND LLOYD WANER FAIL TO GET IN LINE PITTSBURGH, January 24 (#).—Sam ! Dreyfuss, treasurer of the Pittsburgh Nationals, has confirmed reports that the unsigned contracts of Paul and Lloyd Waner, star outfielders, had been received at the Pirate offices here. Dreyfuss sald, however, that the brothers “erd'nurv:)‘t' considered in the e ree-touriha “of the Pirates have signed contracts, ORTS. THE EVENING Griffith Opposes Numbering of Players : Phils Expect to Do Well This Season THINCLADS WHO ' ARE POINTING TO WIN HONORS FOR TECH THIS SEASON R — 'ON THE SIDE LINES -~ With the Sports Editor y DENMAN THOMPSON EARING large numerals on the backs of their blouses, the Yankees will present & novel sight to American , League fans this year, A welcome sight, too, I think. Announcement that the New York players will be numbered was made yesterday, without any feelers on the subject being thrown out or any preliminary ballyhooing, by Ed Bar- TOW, ess manager of the club. This would indicate Col. Ruppert and those who comprise his board of strategy are confident the innova- tion will prove popular with the cash customers, and that is some- thing they try to do nothing else but, for the very simple reason that it affords the only means of making that huge stadium in the Bronz & veritable gold mine. It develops that the numbering scheme was not adopted without due deliberation nor recourse to opinions of those high in the coun- cils of the game, for Barrow did not divulge the intelligence until after a conference with Ernest Barnard, titular head of the circuit. Nor was it'done without good reason. In ex- planation, Barrow said: “We have had a number of re- quests to do this. We know that it never has been attempted by an American League club. There have been cases where minor league clubs have tried the scheme and dis- carded it. “The argument for the Yankees is that there is such a large proportion of fans from out of town at all our games who mever have seen Ruth, Gehrig, Hoyt, Pennock, Combs and Lazzeri in action that they ought to be aided in picking out their favor- ites, so we will try the numbering system, even though the regular dyed-in-the-wool New York City fan knows all the big hitters and their Substitutes. “The figures will be placed on the backs of the blouses of the players and will be 12 inches in height—big enough to be seen all over the park, we think. “The system may be put in effect on the Spring training trip. We will try it out on the rural districts, it might be sald, at first. Out in the small towns it might be more neces- sary than at the Yankee Stadium.” * oKk ok Thfi value of using mumerals for idenMfication purposes long has been apparent in track, lacrosse, basket ball and other sports, and has proved of inestimable benefit to spectators at gridiron_games, despite an occa- sional shuffling, intentional or other- wise, of benumeraled jerscys. Whether the trail blazed by the Yankees will be followed by the other clubs in the American League, and of the National League, 100, for that matter, is conjectural, but I am inclined to believe it will take even longer for universal adoption than was the case in intercollegiate foot ball, where some of the larger institutions held out stubbornly against the change. So far as the Washington Club is concerned, it can be said that its players never will be numbered so long as C. C. Griffith has anything to do with it, unless a radical al- teration in his views has been ef- fected since the last time I discussed the subject with him. It was some few years ago—eight or more—that a campgign for num- bering players was inaugurated by Tommy Rice, a Brooklyn scribe and whom old-time sports followers of the Capital will recall once wrote sports pieces for a local paper. He took the trouble mymtlfieml: letl:‘; soliciting support for plan, ai in Gt go0d Jath | interiogated Gri. Never have I seen the usually even-tempered boss of the Wash- ington club get so exercised over a- subject. In the picturesque lan- guage he can employ to such good effect when wrothy Griff denounced the scheme as a violation of the traditions of the sport and an insult to the intelligence of the fans. Some ball players are hold.up men, he said, as I recall it, but why number them like convicts? Col. William Smith, field secretary of the Nationals, is authority for the statement that the numbering of ball players first was established in the Southern Association some three years ago and he is inclined to think that Johnny Dobbs of Birmingham was the instigator. ¥ According to the colonel, who, in case you have forgotten it, won a flock of pennants in that loop before he joined forces with the Nationals, the scheme has worked out well in the Southern. Furthermore, he personally con- siders it a good idea, wherein he is directly at odds of opinion with his chief unless, as hereinbefore men- tioned, Griff has changed his mind, And he seldom does. * ok ok % The 1929 roster of the Nationals, presented in an adjoining column, Wwill prove generally interesting to the fans who like to juggle statis- tles, compare measurements and so forth. It is disclosed, for instance, that 10 of the 32 players listed at- tain to 6 feet or more in height, with Jim Weaver by far the most altitudinous, exceeding that mark by more than half a foot, and Elmer Yoter, rookie from Minneapolis, the midget ‘of the lot, stretching to but T inches above 5 feet. It is suspected, however, that through no fault of the compilers of the data there are some dis- crepancies in the age and weight columns. At least one of the ath- letes is represented as being a full year younger than he is, and whil no certified information is availal on the poundage of the talant af least two of the athletes are listed in the official figures as being more sylph-like than they appear in their unies. For this reason in the table appearing in The Star Bluege 'is gratuitously awarded 5 pounds more than the 135 originally appearing opposite his name and the same figure for Joe Judge has been raised to 170, [PURDUE TOSSERS BEST | OVER A LONG STRETCH CHICAGO, January 24 (#).—Purdue and Northwestern are the top and bottom teams of the Big Ten basket ball world, statistics covering the era from 1918 to the near midway stage of the present championship race reveal. the boilermakers are far in front of the field with a grand average of .667, while Northwestern has won but 39 out of 127 for the lowly average of .307. ‘The 1918-1929 record so far: i1 ‘408 391 307 PRO BASKET BALL. 28 - (over. l ghlcl D;”{l';;z“chflm, 27, STAR. WASHINGTON, JACK EDWARDS b. . QUINT IS DUE 10 ADD A VICTORY Hoyas, Though, May Get Good Opposition From Mt. St. Mary’s Tonight. EORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S basket ball team is expected to add another victory to its long string tonight against Mount St. Mary's quint, to be met in the American University gymnasium at 8:30 o'clock, but the Mountaineers are apt to furnish the Hoyas lively oppo- sition. An unusually attractive pre- liminary has been arranged between the undefeated Georgetown freshmen and Gonzaga, leader in the Prep School League, which will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Mount St. Mary's, which dropped a close declsion to Western Maryland at Westminster earlier in the week, has a veteran combination. The Mountaineers defeated Johns Hopkins, 31 to 19, re- cently. The Blue and Gray routed the Blue Jays here Tuesday night. Capt. Helmer, guard, and McCarrigan, forward, are the main Mount St. Mary's scoring threats. McCall, Connell and Ryscavage are others expected to be in ‘Winning 86 games and losing but 43, onds. the visitors’ starting line-up tonight. It is virtually the same team that was downed by the Hoyas by only 22-20 last ‘Winter at the Arcadia. It is expected that Georgetown will begin the game with Meenan and Dut- ton at forwards; Dillon at center. and Capt. Mesmer and McCarthy at guards. WIDE GOES TO GOTHAM TO COMPETE IN MEET Edvin Wide, flying Swedish school- master, will compete in the Masonic games Saturday night in New York City, Wide, who is one of the few run- | ners ever to defeat Paavo Nurmi, left this city yesterday for New York, ac- companied by his wife. Wide was not certain as to his phy- sical fitness when he left here, but was to determine it with an indoor workout in New York late today. Wide has not run in America since 1927, when he established records for 1!2 miles at 6 minutes 374-5 seconds, and 3,000 meters at 8 minutes 22 sec- nds. Wide probably will run either 1%: or 2 miles Saturday night. For the past 10 days Wide has been in Washington, combining a study of the public school system here with training for a resumption of distance running. ON TERMS A’S OFFER PHILADELPHIA, January 24 (9)— Gordon 8. (“Mickey”) Cochrane, star catcher of the Philadelphia Athletics, has returned his 1929 contract un- signed to Manager Connie Mack. Voted the most valuable player to his team in the American League last lynr. Cochrane has been s ] QR -Vaudevilla -touly D. C. THURSDAY, AUSTIN WINSTON ALFRED REECHMAN NEW 2-MILE MARK 1S GOAL OF NURMI Will Strive to Better Own Record in K. C. Games in Boston Saturday. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 24.—The world indoor 2-mile record, a mark of 8 min- utes 58 1-5 seconds, which he set four Years ago, seems to be the first object of attack in Paavo Nurmi’s second American campaign, Clearing up the first dispute about his services before the registration com- mittee of the Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union, Nurmi announced his schedule for the Win- ter campaign on the boards, and the first three races are at 2 miles, After warming up last week at the odd distance of 3,000 yards, Nurmi will return a standard distance at the Wil- liam C. Prout Memorial games of the Boston K. of C. Saturday in a first at- tempt to break the most sensational of his records. The next Thursday he will try the same distance at the St. Joseph's Cath- olic Club meet in Newark, N. J., and the following Saturday he is scheduled for a ti:ll'd attempt at the Boston A. A. meet. Four other meets are on his program, although the distances have not been decided nor has he formally entered them. They are the Millrose A. A. games February 9, the New York A. C. meet, February 18; the National A. A. U. championships in New York, Feb- ruary 23, and the New York K. of C. meet March 16. The Finnish phantom, with his thin- ning blonde hair showing the four years that have passed since his first Amer- ican invasion, has a hard job ahead of him in the conquest of the 2-mile rec- ord. ‘The one time his hitching stride carried him over the rds in 8:58 1-5, ust & week after hd ran his brilliant 4:12 miles, put the only mark under 9 minutes for 2 miles on the record books. At that time the outdoor record of 9093-5 had stood for more than 20 years, and it was only last Summer that Sx‘i,\ih; Wide of Sweden reduced it to .. HOYA BOXERS READY FOR GREEN TERRORS — Georgetown University’s boxers are all set for their meet tomorrow night in Ryan gym that will open the Hoyas' season. The program will start at 8:30 o'clock. It has been announced that Solo- man, Hoya battler, who was expected to face Western Maryland’s 160-pound star, Ekaitis, will not compete. Either Tierney or Cunningham will face Ekai- tis. Fred Schafley, who was expected to compete in the heavyweight class, has been ill and will not show his wares, and Ed McCarthy, last year's veteran, no longer is with the team. Charles Fish will represent George- town against Capt. Dick Norris, South Atlantic champ, in the 145-pound class and Mike Tardugno will uphold Hoyas' prestige in the 118-pound division. Following is the G. U. line-up: ‘Tardugno, 118 pounds; Haggerty, 125 pounds; Murphy, 135 pounds; Fish, 145 pounds; Cunningham or Tierney, 160 pounds: Gree! ? - PO JANUARY 24, 1929, SPORTS. SCHOOL QUINTS TO PLAY MANY GAMES TOMORROW row in public high school basket ball championship games Tech gym, o'clock. In other schoolboy matches of the day hereabout Hyattsville will entertain Leonard Hall of Leonardtown, Md., in the National Guard Armory at Hyatts- ville in the afternoon and at night Bliss will play host to Eastern in the armory at Silver Spring and St. John's will have Leonard Hall as its guest on the Cadets’ floor. University of Maryland Freshmen are ECH and Western and Central | and Business will clash tomor- in starting at 3:15 to entertain Maryland State Normal | ¢ School basketers at 4 o'clock at College Park, and Emerson is to continue its foray into Virginia, by hooking up with Staunton Military Academy at Staun- ton. In games yesterday Gonzaga defeated Devitt, 26 to 21 in a prep school league engagement in the Boys Club gym; Eastern fell before Episcopal in a 28-26 match on the Virginians' court; Emer- son. began its Virginia invasion with a 47-28 win over Woodberry Forest at Orange; Woodward School lost to Epis- copal, 10 o 16, in a 135-pound prep school league game at Alexandria and Georgetown Prep School Juniors downed St. Alban’s Juniors, 20 to 9, at Garrett Park, Md. Ben Franklin and Strayers will clash tonight in St. Martin's gym at 8 o'clock, and in tilts this afternoon Georgetown Prep and Eastern were to meet at Eastern, and Emerson was to stack up against Augusta Military Academy toss- ers at Fort Defiance, Va. It is the Tech-Western battle that is the most interesting of tomorrow's title double-header. A victory for Tech over the Georgetown scholastics will Just about clinch the crown for the Mc- Kinley team. In their first-round match Tech barely nosed out Western, 25 to 24, in a hair-raising game that saw Capt. Jake Goldblatt come through with a shot from scrimmage in the dying moments to give his team vic- tory. Western is all set to give the Maroon and Gray another hard fight and is hopeful of overcoming Coach Artie Boyd's charges, who have won five games in as many starts. West- ern has won three games and lost two, blelng tied with Eastern for second place. Central and Business will be fight- ing it out for cellar honors. The Blue and White has lost all five of its games and Business has one win and three defeats as its record. Gonzaga today is heading the three- team prep school loop flag race with two wins in as many starts as the result of its victory yesterday over Devitt. Handicapped by the absence of Rufus Vincent, tall center, who is ineligible for league play because he is past the maximum age limit, the Devitt tossers were on the ‘short end of the score most of the way. Led by Bobby McVean and Pyne, who scored eight and seven points, re- spectively, Gonzaga gained an early lead and at the half was in the van at 14 to 9. Devitt made a gallant bid in the closing minutes nd succeeded in cut- ting the Purple lead to three points, but just before the whistle Gonzaga came through with the points necessary to put the game on ice. Clarke and Gleason played most con- sistently for Devitt. Devitt (21). a: Galotta, 0 Gleason, 2 Depro. Bernard, . Gallagher, g.. Clarki I Farrell, Bussink, ... Totals.... Gonzaga Devit! Next Wednesday St. John's vs. Devitt, Boys’ o'clock. When Kelso failed on two foul shots in the last minutes, Eastern lost a chance to tie the score in its stirring battle yesterday with Episcopal at Alexandria. Though playing without Capt. Ted Capelli, crack forwardawho is out of the game temporarily with® a sprained tendon in his foot suffered in the Tech battel Tuesday, the Lincoln Parkers gave the host quint a keen battle all the way. Capelli soon will be ready for play again. Quin, center, topped Episcopal's scorers with 10 points, while Jimmy Ryan with 6 led Eastern’s attack. With Buscher and Galotta finding the range of the basket consistently, Emerson outclassed Woodberry Forest all the way. Buscher counted 18 points while Galotta was ringing up 15. At the half Emerson held a 23-15 edge. In the final half the Capital City outfit cut loose to widen its lead. Fishburne and-Klinoselter did most of Episcopal's scoring as that team turned back Woodward in their 135-pound league clash. The game was played as llprellmlnary to the Eastern-Episcopal t. Georgetown Prep Juniors held the whip hand all the way in their game with St. Alban’s Juniors. Richards and Ragland did most of the winners' scor- ing. Mike Kelley, foot ball coach at East- ern, also has been named as tutor of the Lincoln Parkers' track squad. Har- ley P. Sanborn, floor mentor, originally was slated to handle the cinderpathers, but the basket ball team has taken so much of his time that it has been found best to place Kelley in charge of track. No other shifts now are con- templated in the Eastern coaching staff, according to Principal Charles Hart. Homer Drissel, outfielder, has been named captain of the 1929 Tech base ball team, it was announced today by Elmer P. (Hap) Hardell, director of athletics at that school. Captains of all teams have been appointed at Tech instead of being elected by letter win- ners since the beginning of the present school year. Drissel, who also is a clever foot ball player, is popular, and his selection has met with favor among the ball tossers. Just who will coach the McKinley diamond squad the coming Spring is uncertain. Stanley Collins _originally was slated for the post, but he may be given another assignment, H. C. (Curley) Byrd, director of ath- letics and head foot ball coach at the University of Maryland, was the prin- cipal speaker last night at the annual banquet in honor of the Tech High gridiron team, which last Fall won the public high school championship. Other speakers at the function, which was held at Avignone Freres, included Maj. Kilpatrick, president of the Princeton Alumni = Association, who presented Tech with the Princeton foot ball cup, on which it holds two legs and needs only one more to gain permanent pos- session; Kip Edwards of the Grand Stand Coaches’ Association of this city, who presented Tech with a banner em- blematic of its winning the foot ball title; Principal Frank C. Danfels of Tech, Louis Mattern, Dr. Le Roy Birch, Leonard Brown, Elmer Zearfoss, Albert Pickett, Warren Spencer and Winfree Johnson, athletic director for the pub- lic parks. Hap Hardell, Tech director of athletics, was toastmaster. Principal Daniels presented gold foot balls to 19 members of the foot ball squad and Manager Arthur Storey. Players getting the balls were Capt. Ward Oehmann, Tom Oyster, Leo Win- ston, Jake Edwards, Willis Benner, Bradley Edelblut, Russell Cole, Homer Drissel, Howard Florance, Holmes Fountain, Dunbar Goss, Harold Nor- wood, Frank Stutz, Aubrey Spencer, Hubert Hoy, Robert Mayo, Wilson His- sey and Frank Nabel. Should Tech win the public high basket ball title it may compete in the Penn tournament. A McKinley quint has never taken part in this big event. Central has won the title once and has been runner-up twice, while Eastern has twice competed. POTOMAC SQUADRON NAMES ITS LEADERS J. Nelson Nevius has been elected commander of Potomac River squadron. Other officers chosen at the annual meeting held a few evenings ago at the Corinthian Yacht Clubhouse were: Chester A. Snow, jr., lieutenant com- mander; Charles F. Benns, first lieu- tenant; E. G. Kaiser, second lieutenant; J. H. Galliher, third lieutenant; Arthur Middleton, fourth lieutenant; Charles Kocher, fifth lieutenant; Hartwell Bal- come, sixth lieutenant, and Lewin W, Walker, secretary-treasurer. Arthur Middleton, Dr. A.' B. Bennett, J. H. Galliher, J. E. Lawton and W. Rockwood were appointed delega the meeting of lhep:ltlnml bog T Five Court Games Are Listed For Silver Spring. on Sunday Sunday at Silver Spring Ar- mory. No less than five games will be staged there, beginning at noon, including the headliner, be- tween Miami, Fla., Southern champions, and the Service Co. quint. The fea- ture contest is to start at 3:30 o'clock. Two of the preliminary contests will bring together Silver Spring High and Woodside A. C. and Northwest Car- dinals and McLean A, C. of Me- Lean, Va. ROOK GRUBB has planned a B full program of basket ball for Washington City League games to- night will _bring together Woltz and Company F teams at Hyattsville and Y. M. C. A. and W. H. West Co. quints in Y gym. Woltz and Red Triangle teams tied for the first-half flag, and a loss for either tonight while the other is winning will mean the loss of the first series title for the victim. Other contests listed for tonight promise_keen competition. Old Do- minion Boat Club cagers of Alexandria will battle Potomac Boat Club tossers in Central gym in the first game of a series to determine which shall repre- sent Washington in the nautical tour- nament at Philadelphia next month. Play starts at 9 o'clock. Peck Memorial teams have three games on tap tonight. Insects play Aztecs at 6:15 o'clock, Juniors brush with Crescents at 7:15 and Sepiors face Seamen Gunners at 8:15. All games are listed for Peck gym. Pete Cl;;:gn has carded his Tremonts | with Y, C. A. Independents in Y gym at 7:15 o'clock. Northerns are to engage Aztecs in Wilson Normal gym at 7 o'clock. Lionels face Brookland Boys' Club in Wilson Normal gym at 8 o'clock. Undefeated in local competition this season, Jewish Community Center un- limiteds plan to enter the national Y. M. H. A. court tournament at New York in March, according to Coach Manny Goldfarb. Manny wants a foe for Sunday night. Call Lincoln 5159. Three attractive games have been carded for Congress Heights gym for the week end. Anacostia Eagles will engage Renroc Scholastics at 8 o'clock Saturday night. Cumberland Knights of Columbus cagers will battle Skinker Eagles there Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock and Miami Club will be the attraction against the same team Mon- day night at 8 o'clock. Games are sought by W. H. West Co. and Washington Prep quints. Call Manager Hurley at Main 9900 for games with the former. 3 Freddie Potts, | With eV s g Brnimoge ot Uil oo Warrenton basketers surprised o ington Grays last ntghzrp-nd u;':kml 39-to-25 decision. Benner and B, Ellis kept the victors in front all of the way. Quantico Marines proved easy vic- tims for Skinker Eagles last nlih{ tak- ing a 57-to-21 setback. King and Bennie shone for the victors, while Huck was the whole show for the losers, Two goals in the closing minutes by McKandles enabled Amy‘ Medicos lz down Anacostia Eagles last night, 33 to 31. Eagles came from behind to tie the score, but were unable to stop McKandles' last-minute rush. With Heift scoring at will, Silver! Spring Service Co. quint defeated Sea~ mel? Gtflnn?flt].:; night, 36 to 23, de- spite the fact that Scogin registere 12 points for the losers, © " & d War College tossers handed Navy Yard Marines a 61-to-24 drubbing last night. ~ Zeller, Kish and Temple in- creased their scoring totals. Army Headquarters five fell before Calvary Reds last night, 12 to 43. Cal- Yary Reserves downed Monroe A. C., 33 to 7. Probey and Medler pointed the way for National Press Bullding Cardinals’ 19-to-16 win over Red Shields' quint last night. With Marsteller collecting 13 points, | National Circles defeated Passaic five at Bolling Field, 32 to 18. Kennedy Red Stars had to battle last | night_to gain their fifth straight win over Fort Meyer Musicians, 40 to 38. Barry and Miller continued their re- Spective scoring rampages last night as American Railway Expressmen downed Company C, 31 to 22. In B. Y. P. U. League games, National Baptist Memorial downed Bethany, 33 to 15; First Baptist won over' Fountain Memorial, 13 to 7, and Centennial con- quered Hyattsville, 25 to 13. Boys’ Club Lea games last night brought victories to Corinthians and Speakers. Good Shepherds lost to the { former, 19 to 21, and St. Martin's bowed to Speakers, 10 to 20. Mason of St. Paul's five scored as many points as the opposing Crescent team, as the former downed the latter last night, 16 to 9. Good team work earned a 17-to-15 victory for Moseans over Saks Trojans last night. collecting 19 points, ks 3 TEAM IS ENTHUSED OVER NEW TALENT Prospects Appear Brighter Than Since Title Days of 1915 and 1916. BY PAUL A. WEADON. Assoclated Press Staff Writer. HILADELPHIA, January 24.— With new and sparkling mi terial and most lo( tge w::‘k aps apparently plugged up, the %hillles look toward the 1929 National League pennant race through rose-tinted glasses. Not since the championship days of 1915 and 1916 have they boasted of such excellent prospects or felt so hopeful over an approaching base ball season. New blood has been brought into nearly every position, the pitching staff has been strengthened and the Phillies have a great young shortstop in Tommy Thevenow, for whom they are reported to have given three players and $50,000 in cash. One of Manager Burt Shot- ton’s most recent moves was to cast aside two veterans, Jimmy Ring, pitcher, who was given his uncondi- tional release, and John Schulte, who was sold to Columbus of the American Association. Don Hurst, who hit 18 home runs last season, will be on first base and Fresco Thompson on second with Thevenow at shortshop. Pinkey Whitney, who batted over .300 last year, will be at third to round.out a well-balanced in- field. As infield reservists Manager Shotton has Terry Lyons, from the sand lots of St. Louis; Freiberg and Joe O'Rourke, son of the Phillies' chief scout. The outfield will be composed of Lefty O'Doul, obtained from the New York Giants; Danny Southern, a young- ster; Homer Peel, from Houston, Tex., and Chuck Klein, with Cy Willlams, home run slugger, as,the leading re- servist., Lerian, Davis and Susce will be in charge of the catching department. Susce is a youngster from the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh, Should he be able to obtain an ex- perienced relief pitcher, Manager Shot- ton said he would not hesitate to pre- dict the Phillies would finish among the leaders. The regular staff of Benge, Milligan, Ferguson, Baecht, Sweetland, McGraw, Ulrich and Willoughby has been aug- mented by five youngsters. Caldwell from Waco, Phil Collins from New Or- leans, and Luther Roy from Birming- ham are considered the most promising of the younger pitchers. Then there are Walker, a Philadelphia boy, and Derhan, a product of the Virginia League. The Phillies will start Spring train- ing at Winter Haven, Fla, with their best prospects in years. WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER. Freshmen won the Central High School rodeo by an overwhelming ma- Jority yesterday. The wearers of the green ribbon totaled 549 points. Their nearest competitors, the Sophomores, scored 319. Juniors took third place with 107, and the Seniors trailed with 65. Catherine Lester redeemed the Senior honor by capturing high individual laurels, nosing out Dorothy Ramsay, Freshman, by one point. Miss Lester totaled 28, Miss Ramsay, 27, and Priscil- la Bague, Saphomore, registered 23 points in third place. More than 150 girls took part in the affair, which marked the first compre- hensive demonstration of the indoor program of the physical education de- partment in the history. of the school. The atmosphere of the “rodeo” was maintained even in the dance numbers, one of which was an interpretative, representing spirited pairs of young steeds driven by dashing charioteers. Rope climbing and exercises on the ?ermnn horse were other rodea fea- ures. In addition, there was a bit of target practice with the basket ball, this won by the Freshmen, with Sophs second and Juniors, third. A volley ball dem- onstration was won by the Seniors and two games of pass-the-ball in which the Seniors scored 10 points; the Fresh- men, 6; the Sophomores, 5, and the Juniors, 2. A running maze in which all of the girls competed, as the ugeninl feature of the program, was led by Anne King, Senior, winner of high individual hon- ors in the Fall track meet. Results: Ropes—Won by Preshmien (380 points): cond, Sophomores (190); third, Juniors ; fourth, Seniors (25). m by Freshmen (113): second, ig third, Juniors (37): ors (16). -Won by_Seniors (10): second, third. Sophomores (4). e sames—Won by Seniors (10); Freshmen (6): - third, Sophomores (8): fourth. Juniors (2) Basket ball target throw—Won by Presh- men (54); second, Sophomores (28); third, Juniors (13} fourth, Beniors ¢4 Aloysians will meet the Jewish Com- munity. Center sextet tonigh at 9 o'clock in the J. C. C. gymnasium on Sixteenth street. This marks the initial appearance of these two teams in the senior circuit of the Washington Recreation League, which opened its schedule this week. Strayer's Business College six will face the Gypsies this evening at 5:15, in the Epiphany Church gymnasium, operiing the intermediate division of the Washington Recreation League. Epiphany Sextet will play the Trinity A. C. glris tonight at 7 o'clock in the Eastern High School gymnasium. This contest is not on the league schedule, but is an official independent game. - COLORED CHAMPION FIVE ROUTS CARLISLE TEAM Renaissance five of New York," col- bred champions of the world, demon- strated their ability last night in Lin- coln Colonnade by completely routing the strong Carlisle quint, 69 to 35. After amassing a 25-to-7 lead at half time, the Gotham team unleashed a passing game the equal of which has seldom becn seen here. E. Davis led the local team with five goals. . COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Virginia Poly, 26; Virginia, 25. Pennsylvania, 32; Princeton, 22, University of Richmond, 51; Ran. dolph-Macon, 37, Pittsburgh, 35; Carnegie Tech, 28, ;‘.:":i.ml-;'-m 38 Nave, 1 yola of 3; Navy, 21. Washington College, 38; Drexel, 22, Army, 40; Delaware, 21. Newberry, 32; High Point, 21, s TWO WINNING QUINTS. Washington College of Chestertown, Md. and Army, both of whom havi many followers hereabout, have’grea| quints this year. Washington Collegt won its tenth straight yesterday, while Army was taking its ninth in a row. . _ HOWARD QUINT WINS. ted in