Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1929, Page 13

TRI0 OF CONTESTS ARE CARDED HERE American U., Maryland and Gallaudet to Play on Home Floors. HREE college_teams of the Dis- trict group will perform on home | floors tonight in games starting | at 8 o'clock. i American University will en- tertain University of Baltimore, Univer- sity of Maryland will play host to St. John's of Annapolis at College Park and Gallaudet will have Ben Franklin | as its guest, i | Maryland Freshmen defeated Mary- land te Normal School of Towson, 48 to 24, yesterday at College Pa was the fifth win in as many star season for the Old Line yearlings. In the University of Baltimore the | A. U. tossers will be meeting a foe that has scored over George Washington and Gallaudet, but lost to Georgetown. The visitors are expected to offer the Metho- dists lively opposition. A. U. plans to start its usual combina- tion, comprising Burgess and La Favre, forwards: Lichliter, center, and Shloss and Kessler, guards. St. John's is undefeated so far this season and is expected to offer Mary- land the stoutest opposition. Bob Mac- Cartee, Washington boy, is one of the st of the Annapolis combination. ryland probably will begin with Radice and Evans as forwards, Hetzel at ‘center and Heagy, Capt. Dean or Madi- n as guards. 3 gaCA’H\(‘lgu Tody Riggs of St. John's, former Maryland star athlete, believes his team has an even chance against the "Old Liners, It will be the second game against a State rival for the Johnnies, who have defeated Western Maryland. Gallaudet scored over Ben Franklin earlier in the season, but was given sturdy opposition, and tonight’s game also may prove ‘nteresting. 2 It is likely that Gallaudet will start its regular combination, consisting of Dyer and Cosgrove, forwards; Cain, center, and Hokanson and Ringle, guards. It was through a strong finish that Western Maryland won over Geerge- town University boxers last night in Ryan gymnasium. The Green Terrors won the last three bouts to come from behind and win, It was the second vic- tory in as many years for Western Maryland over G. U. in the ring. Close battling marked the m_e‘eL George Ekaitis, star of the visitors, lived up to expectations when he scored a technical knockout over Bob Greeves of the Blue and Gray. Greeves put up & highly creditable fight before suc- cumbing to Exaitis, an outstanding cug- tender for national intercollegiate mid- dle title, ike Tardugno, 115-pounder: Henry M\hA‘rphy, o e 135-pound division, and Charley Fish, 145-pounder, were Hoya glovemen to win their matches. A capacity crowd turned out for the bouts, the majority of the fans being in formal attire. ‘Summaries: . 5 Mike Tardugno seatoa BorrCaiahan (W. M), e decision 2 Doug_Crosby (W. 1t | t | this (G.), de- xtra round, ) de- n. efeat- fi‘g\:‘gfl ng Grcdt\'z's ), un Oy D aandse Ted Klepac (W. M.) deteated B e e B e Pnlimit s M), gented Jack Tierney (G.), decision. arl Wildermuth, national Gfi—val:d int!l‘oor sprint champion of Georgetown University, will meet the Canadian Olympic star, Percy Wiliiams, in the Boston A. A. games next Saturday. It will be the first American appearance . o'lxvg:l:{?mn to Wildermuth the Hoyas will be represented in the Boston games by Leo Sexton, all-around performer, and a mile relay team the make-up of which will be determined in time trials to be held at the Hilltop next week. Sexton will compete in the high jump. It will be his first appearance in com- tition this season. peGeorgetovm‘s relay team 'wm race against New York University’s four led by Phil Edwards, crack 440-yard star. Capt. Eddie O'Shea, Eric_Kjellstrom, Bob Hoctor, John Cranley, Edwin Cosh and Bob Shotter comprise the field from which the G. U. relay team will be picked. Louis Berger and Bob Wilson, former Tech and Western stars, respectively, were big guns in the attack of the University of Maryland Freshman team 1n its game with Maryland State Normal School, Berger registered 14 points and ilson 12 wnenmberg topped the visitors' attack with five goals from scrimmage. The Old Line vearlings held the whip- hand from the outset, WOMEN WIN OVER MEN IN DOUBLES BOWLING Sam Benson's Georgetown Recrea- #lon men’s team defeated Commercials women’s team of Washington Ladies League on the Georgetown drives last night, 1617 to 1507, but Marjorie ‘Bradt and Marie Frere bagged a doubles from Benson and George Bradt, 1,043 to 1,022, Benson had a 157 game in the team event and Marjorie opened with a 144 § in doubles with a Georgetown (1.617). Hodges 0 107 G. Bradt Stevens. . 2 Younc... 132 Benson.. 117 157 9 . 552 567 498 M. B Totals. er radt M. Bradt. Frere Totals . G. Bra Benson Totals . THREE MATCHES TONIGHT Bowling in the new Arlington and Fairfax Firemen's League will get well under way tonight When six teams bat- tle on the Rosslyn arives, starting at 8 will meet Clarendon, Ar- Jeflerson and Fairfax op- poses Falls Church. Ciierrdale troun opening match Thu: ) $hg all threo games, 443 to 393, 486 to 339 and 451 to 417. B. Willlams led duals with a 108 average for the three games. d McLean in the ay night by tak- SCHOOL BASKET BALL. tern, 26; Tech, 23, (overtime). ess, 41; Central, 35. Leonard Hall, 20. Midgets, 30; Gonzaga Military St. John's Midgets, 29. Emersc Academy, 14, Friends Juniors, 3; 29; Staunton Devitt Juniors, Leonard Hall, 10. Hyattsville Higl 16. Alexandria High, 43; Washington-Lee 13, * cient, COUNTY FIREMEN TO ROLL| ANDY ARMOUR, Who last night_was officially appoint- | ed to the goif post recently relin-| quished by his brother, Tommy Armour, former national open champion. GRAYS DEFENDLEAD IN LEAGUE BATTLE Oppose Woltz Basketers at| Eastern Tonight—Skinker Eagles Are Beaten. ‘Washington Grays, leaders in Com- munity Center Basket Ball League, will defend their position against Woltz Photographers in Eastern High gym tonight at 9 o'clock. Grays are undefeated to date, but the Photo five can tie for first half honors by winning tonight. A play-off for first series honors would then be necessary. Other games listed tonight follow: K. of C. 100-pounders vs. Eagles, Casey £ym, 7:30" o'clock. Nativity Seniors vs. Carolinians, Eastern High, 7 o'clock. Artows vs. Orioles, Arrows' gym, 7 o'clock. Skinker's Eagles took a 35-to-24 de- feat from Richmond Blues in the Vir- ginia_Capital last night. Inability to | get their scoring machine started in | the first half brought defeat. Blues had a 22-to-6 lead at half time. Results of other games played last night follow: Anacostia Eagles, 23; Renroc-Scholas- tics, 18. J. C. C., 44; Speedwells, 23, J. C. C,, 43; Collegians, 28. American Express, 37; R. F. & P. (Richmond), 26. Christ Church Seniors, 49; Emanuel Eagles, 33. Whirlwinds, 18; Tivoli Army Medicos, 43; Fort Myer, 29. Stantons, 17; Bolling Field Re- serves, 14. ’ Noel House, 32; Centennials, 22, Noel House, 31; Saks Trojans, 11. Clark Griffiths, 33; Northwest Cards, 18, Y Juniors, 26; Calvary Baptists, 12. Press B. Cards, 20; Central Reds, 16. Petworth Mets, 40; Tremonts, 20. Calvary Reds, 24; Pierce Preps, 14. BIG DUCKPIN EVENT WILL END TONIGHT Eight Considered to Have a Chance to Be in Money in Sweepstakes. French Eight bowlers are rated as contenders for the Howard Campbell sweepstakes prizes as the third and final block is started at the Coliseum tonight at 7:30 o'clock. A good set will put any of these men in front. Only a sensational tenders to break into the money. ‘The leaders and their scores for the first two blocks follow: Hap Burtner, 1,222; Brad Mandley, 1,199; Tony San- tini, 1,194; Oliver Pacini, 1,174; Paul Harrison, 1,173; Jack Woistenholme, 1,170; Maxie Rosenberg, 1,167, and Howard Campbell, 1,160. Glenn Wolstenholme tops the out- siders with 1,138 to date. He and others below that mark face an almost impossible task of picking up sufficient pins to finish among the first three. One of the largest crowds ever to witness a bowling event here is ex- pected at the Coliseum tonight. Lon- nie Krauss has had his circus seats erected and plans to accommodate as many as possible. Terminal Ice Co. team of Ladies’ District League has picked up 34 pins to defeat Regent Girls of Baltimore at the Arcadia tonignt. The Baltimore team defcated the local quint by that; margin at Baltimore last week. To- night's match starts at 7:30 o'clock. Ladies” District Doubles League matches are also listed for the Arcadia drives tonight. Special bowling matches last night re- sulted in defeats for Joc Mulroe's All- Stars and Convention Hall's craek team. Fredericksburg, Va., pinmen lost to Mulroe’s five last night, 1,556 to 1,580, but their original 78-pin lead was suffi- Fischer and Isemann were easy winners in doubles and Mulroe rolled 628 in singles to hold his lead over| Sullivan. ; Convention Hall's makeshift line-up failed to produce anything sensational, Recreations of Baltimore taking a 24 lead in their home-and-home match, which opened at Convention Hall last night. The local team was trailing by 101 pins as the last game got under way. Jack Whalen contributed a 141 count. | | Charley Lyons, Meyer Davis star of { Naticnal Capital League, hung up high game and set records for that league Thursday night when he recorded 132, 129 and 159 games for a 420 total. BAGSHAW TO CONTINUE AT U. OF WASHINGTON SEATTLE, January 26 (#).—Pres- ident M. Lyle Spencer of the Uni- versity of Washington has nulli- fied the action of the universily’s student board of control in reliev- ing Head Foot Ball Coach Enoch Bagshaw of his coaching duties. The president has announced that set will enable any of the other 21 con- | Rom WESTERN'S VIGTORY HALTS TECH MARCH Is Favorite to Annex Championship. Business and Eastern and Central and Tech clash Tuesday in the Tech | g¥m in battles that probably will go far toward settling the public high basket bull championship. Until yesterday it appeared that Tech was going to breeze to a rather easy win in the series, but Western came through with cut the latter’s lead. In the other game double-header, Business took the mea: ure of Central, 41 to 33. It was Busi- ness’ second win over Central and these victories, incidentally, have been of yesterday | the only ones scored by the Stenogs in the s ‘They have lost three matches. Cen- tral has dropped all six of its series starts, In other games yesterday involving hoolboy teams of the Di St. John's defea 40, in the former's gym and St. John's Alidgets nosed out Gonzaga Midgets, 30 fo 29, in a preliminary; Emerson took Btaunton Military Academy to camp, 29 to 14, at Staunton, Va; Hyattsville High was a 27-16 victor over Leonard 3iall at Hyattsville; Friends Juniors de- feated Devitt Juniors, 35 to 10, at Bpiphany gym in a junior prep school Teague game and Alexandria High drubbed Washington-Lee High of Ball- ston, Va., 48 to 13. Tech now has won five games and Jost one, Western is second in the series vace with four victories against two de- feats and Eastern is third with three triumphs and two losses. Though Tech is still the favorite to win, Western and Eastern cannot be regarded as out of the running. Eastern beat Business, 30 to 22, in their first-round match, but. the Stenogs can be counted upon to put forth their best efforts to down the McKinley quint ‘Tuesday. Tech defeated Central, 19 to 13, in their first match and is expected g) again win over its old rivals Tues- ay. Western won over Tech yesterday in dramatic fashion. Trailing at one stage in the second quarter, 4 to 15, the oys in Red rallied gallantly and, using the block play to advantage, contrived to whittle down Tech's lead as the game wore on until at the end of regulation play they had achieved a 21-to-21 tie. It was Herbie Thompson, the smooth- working Western guard, who tallied the points that brought the Georgetowners victory in the extra period. His brother Jimmie engineered the passing that put the ball in scoring position, After MacCartee, Tech forward, had registered a nifty side-court shot to put the McKinley team in the van, Herbie again deadlocked the count with a shot from a difficult angle and soon added another two-pointer. On the latter play he was fouled and given two free shots, one of which he made good to clinch a victory for Western. Led by Capt, Mike Goldblatt, Tech got away to an early sizeable lead. At the quarter Coach Artie Boyd's hoys were ahead, 10 to 4, and at the half, 15 to 6. During the third quarter Western got busy with a will and with Freeman using the block play, scoring three field goals, Tech was ahead at the end of the third quarter by only 18 to 15. Free- man made a two-pointer and a foul shot to enable his team to gain an 18-to-18 tie early in the fourth period. @old- blatt then came through with a goal from scrimmage, but Baer got a double- decker and one foul out of two tries to give Western the edge, 21 to 20. Just before the whistle ending the regulation game Edelblut dropped in a foul for Tech to make the count 21 to 21. Business had little trouble defeating Tech. The Stenogs held a 15-4 edge at the end of the first quarter and were in the van, 24 to 13, at the half. Central rallied somewhat in the second half, but the Stenogs’ lead was never seriously threatened. Newman and Lewis did most of Business' counting, while Cross was the leading scorer for Central. ‘Western (26)_ Johnson. f. & MacCartee, . Totals..... Referee—Mr. Ford. ) 1. Central (3; Business (: Broadbent, {. L] | ooomonoNos” 3 G. 0 5 2 0 2 1 1 RO, Lampson, .. coroucooncwd Dennibere, &. Jones, g. 11133 Totals. e—Mr. Hughes. Umpire—Mr. Ford. Series Statistics. Team Standing. 5! cousmcmonow; Wester, Eastern Business " Central Yesterday's Results. Western, 26; Tech, 23 (overtime). Business, 41: Central, 33. Tuesday's Games. Business vs. Eastern: Central vs. Tech kym, 3:15 o'clock. Other Future Games. . February 1—Business vs. Tech, Eastern v8. Western, February 5—Central vs. Eastern, Business vs. Western, Scores Previous Games, Western, 26; Central, 19. Tech, 19; Eastern, 15, estern, 24. , 22 Central, 16. ern. 50; Business, 23. 19; "Central. 13, Business, 17, 0: Wes 2 n T Central, 1. Eastern, 31. Western, Western, Tech, 33; It may be that Everett Johnson, Tech forward, will be missing from the line- up in his team’s last two series games. | He received a badly bruised hip in yes- terday's game with Western, Led by Johnny Slagle, who scored 14 points, St. John's had little trouble scoring over Leonard Hall. The game in which St. John's Midgets defcated Gonzaga Midgets, however, was a thriller all the way. A last-guarter scoring streak, led by Alton Buscher, carried Emerson to its win over Staunton Military Academy. It was the third victory in as many starts for Emerson on its Virginia in- vasion. Hyattsville trailed during the early part of its match with Leonard Hall, | but gained the lead in the second guar- ter and was ahead the remainder of the h“:j ; Bob Venemann and Stanley Lewis led th e winners’ attack. Friends were not extended in defeat- ing Devitt in their game. Fairbanks topped the winners' scorers with 12 points. Leonard Hall and Devitt were to Bagshaw, subject of bitter action frem members of the student body, will fill out his contract, which has three years to run. meet here today in the only floor match ol the day involving a schoolboy team. A game botween Georgetown Prep and Swavely, scheduled for Garrett Park, Latter Quint, Though, Still| a 26-23 overtime win over McKinley to | MATINEE BASKET BALL GETTING A TEST TODAY CHICAGO, January 26 (#).—Big Ten basket ball snaps out of its doldrums today with an experi- mental matinee game between Ohi State and Chicago and two im- portant non-conference skirmishes tonight. Except for what effect it may have on future Big Ten basket ball policy, the Chicago-Ohio State battle at Co- lumbus was overshadowed by the non-conference games—Notre Dame at Northwestern and Creighton Col- lege of Omaha at Jowa. The latter two are expected to be hard fought and close. The matinee experiment at Ohio State is being made at the request of many basket ball fans, who insist that afternoon games will draw larger crowds. The battle was hardly expected to be an accurate test, however, as both Ohio State and Chicago scem defi- nitely out of the race. VISITS ALEXANDRIA ) Great K. of C. Team to Play Hoffmans in Feature of Big Card Tonight. ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 26.— One of the best basket ball attractions presented here in years will be staged tonight, at the Armory Hall, with three contests on the program. ‘The main attraction is the battle be- tween the Cumberland, Md., Knights of g&;léxmbus and Hoffman Clothiers at Hoffman Buddies and Washington- Lee High School girls of Ballston, Va., will open the night's program at 6:45, followed by a clash between Strayer's Business College of Washington and Alexandria High School. ‘The Cumberland quint has lost only one game this year. Cleveland Rosen- blums, leaders in the American Pro- fessional Basket Ball League, downed the Caseys, 44 to 38, at Cumberland Sunday. Willis H. Edmund, athletic director at Alexandria High School, has turned down an offer to serve as athletic di- rector aboard the transatlantic liner Rotterdam next Summer. Gilman Country School and Episcopal High School of this city will mect to- night at Baltimore. WOMEN IN SPORT Company F Auxiliary of Hyattsville and basketers of the Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, who were to have met last night in a Washington Recre- ation League game, postponed their con- test until next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in the Hyattsville Armory. Players of both squads are urged to note the new date and be on hand promptly. The game is one of the scheduled affairs in the intermediate division cir- cuit of the league. Bethany Church sextet bowed to the Peck Memorial tossers in a close prac- tice tilt last night in the Peck Churc] gym. The winners scored by a single point at 10 to 9. Peck was represented by the Misses Schellin, Herbert, Bankston, Henhard and Treyman. Bethany's line included Misses_Alexander, Ritter, Carter, Hol- comb, White and Rosson. National Park Seminary basketers will be hostess to the Gallaudet Col- lege squad this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the opening game of the Forest Glen season. It will mark the second start for Gallaudet, fresh from a decisive victory over Eastman School at Kendall Green 1as Saturday. DUDLEY AND SMITH SET TOURNEY PACE By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., January 26.— Horton Smith of Joplin, Mo., fast-com- ing young pro, and Ed Dudley of Los Angeles enjoyed a rather narrow lead in the $6.500 Texas open tournament today as the heavy field of entrants prepared to tee off for the second 18 holes of play. Playing over a wind-swept and chilly course yesterdav, Smith and Dudley clipped two strokes from par for identical 69s, but a half dozen golfers. including several unknowns, were close on their heels with par and sub-par figures. Frank Walsh of Appleton, Wis. Danny Williams of Shackamaxon, went around in 70 and 2 ALEXANDRIA HIGH FIVE BEATS WASHINGTON-LEE ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 26— Alexandria High School scored over Washington-Lee High School of Ball- ston, Va., last night at Armory Hall in a third athletic district of Virginia series game. The final count was 48 to 13 In the preliminary game the Alexan- dria High School girls deefated Wash- iné!toml.ee sextet, 21 to 16. core ing.c.’ Germaine. g McPherson, g 2 0 1 1 2 o PROFPNT OIS ooomooom, Totals ....21 Totals .... 8 1 Referee—Mr. O'Meara (approved board). SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TITLES ARE AT STAKE BLACKSBURG, Va., January 26 (). —Two Southern Conference titles will be at stake here tonight when the champion Virginia Poly matmen go to the floor with wrestlers from Virginia and North Carolina’s champion hoxing team exchanges punches with the Gob- bler battlers, Swavely players are sick. Eostern was at Hagerstown to meet Hagerstown High, and Emerson was to end its Virginia trip with a game against Washington and Lee Freshmen |'at Lexington. Nine Central High swimmers will compete in the annual Umiversity of Pennsylvania interscholastic meet to- night at Philadelphia. Central will be represented by FEd- ward Hickey and Max Rote in the 50-yard event, Capt. William King in the 100-yard dash, Dudley Gordon in the 220, Robert Varela and Roy Bodine in the 100-yard backstroke and Joe Ly- man, Roger Leverton and Donald Bo- dine in the fancy diving. Bodine, Rote, Hickey and Capt. King will comprise Central's relay team. 5 CUMBERLAND FIVE has been called off because so many A NURMI, WIDESHOW' INTWO BIG MEETS | | Finn Competes in Boston as| Swede Displays Skill in New York Tonight. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 26.—The for- eign track and field invasion gets under way in earnest tonight when Paavo Nurmi and Edvin Wide both swing into action at widely separated points. While Nurmi is making the second | start of his new campaign in a 2-mile |run at the Prout Memorial games in | Boston, Wide, the Swedish holder of | the 2-mile outdoor record, appears in | & 1,500-meter event at the Masonic vlnmrs in the 102d Engineers’ Armory | here Wide's decision to run in the Masonic games caught the committee handling | the Masonic games flat-footed. They | have been busy for several days trying to round up a field to meet the long- striding schoolmaster from Sweden. Wide_tentatively has decided to run in the Newark A. C. games February 17, the Millrose games February 9 and the National A. A. U. championships Feb- ruary 23. Nurmi already has signified his intention of appearing in the Mill- rosc games and the National cham- pionships and it may be that these two foreign stars will renew their rivalry at either or both of these track classics ! Aside from Wide's debut, chief in- terest in the Masonic games centers in a 400-meter exhibition against time by Ray Barbuti, former Syracuse star, who won that championship at the Olympic games last Summer. Barbuti has done | little training this Winter and possibly will not run in competition before Spring. | Phil Edwards, New York University Negro flash, who represented Canada in | the Olympic games, will run in the 800~ | meter event against a field that in-| cludes Pinkie Sober, Harold Cutbi George Offenhauser and Fred Vel After this race Edwards and his N. Y. U. teammate, Veit, will dash by taxicab to Brooklyn, where he will run in a 600- | yard special event at the Norwegian Turn Society games. Willie Goodwin, one time national 2- ' mile champion, launches a come-back campaign in a 3,000-meter run for the Hirshon Trophy against Frank Titter- ton, national 15 and 15 mile title holder; Bob Dalrymple of the Boston A. A. and other distance stars. In the sorints, Bob McAllister and Frank Hussey are the leading éntrants. SHAWKEY, BY OPERATION, HOPES TO REJOIN YANKS NEW YORK, January 26 (#).—Bob Shawkey, former Yankee pitcher, who now is the property of the Montreal club, hopes to join® the world cham- pions again, Returning from a jaunt to Japan with Ty Cobb, Shawkey said he is going to undergo an operation Mon- day for the removal of a chipped bone in his right elbow which was partly responsible for his passing from the majors, With this done, he hopes to form a connection with the Yankees in the combined roles of assistant coach and relief pitcher, - . FREDERICK IS IN LINE WITH “CASH AND CARRY” FREDERICK, Md., January 26—C. C. Pyle has just completed arrange- ments with the local Chamber of Com- mérce to include this city on the route of his second coast-to-coast marathon race. The runners will stop here over night on’ April 6. ‘The local Chamber of Commerce met Pyle’s demand of $500 to bring the runners here. ACCEPTS BUCKEYE JOB. COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 26 (4).— Don Miller, “horseman of Notre Dame,” has notified Ohio State officials that he would accept the offer of backfield assistant to Head Coach Sam Willaman, | | ’ RETAINS GOLF HONORS. PALM BEACH, Fla., January 26 (4).— Grantland Rice, sports writer, retained his title as champion of the annual writers’ and artists’ golf tournament, czlcrcndm;:z Rex Beach, the novelist, and 1. Basket Ball Problems BY OSWALD TOWER, Member Joint Rules Committee, Question: Team A is leading with a few minutes to play. Player of team A takes the ball to extreme corner and holds ball over the boundary line. His teammates form an arc around him, keeping team B from getting to tha player with the ball. Should team A for blocking? No, but held ball should be called as soon as team B players get as close as possbile to the ball, because a closely guarded player is withhold- ing the ball from play. The same de- cision applies when the players of team A form a close ring and hand the ball o to_one another, making it impossible for team B to touch the ball without causing nersonal contact. (Copyrizht, 1 by the North Amertcan N per Alliance,) > Basketers Use Spinner Play Craig Ruby is building his attack in basket ball at Illinois chiefly around Lindsay, a big center. One of the stunts Lindsay is suce cessful with is a spinner play some- what similar to the spinner employed in foot ball by such a great back as Hofiman of Stanford. Lindsay, No. 2 in the diagram, rushes down on oilense with his two forwards, Nos. 1 and 3, stopping at the foul line. . A guard, No. 4, dribbles down court and as he approaches Lindsay the latter breaks to his left to draw his blocking opponent in that direction and then spins to the rear, takes a rass from No. 4, dribbles and shoots. The spin usually does the trick of freeing Lindsay from his oppenent, 0[! coxlrsn. nr(z Elay will work time aficr time. Ruby uses a vari- ation to this attack. o (Copyright, 1920.) TEN HECTIC ROUNDS BRING M DECISON | Superior Skill Alone Saves Sailor From Akronite’s o Jack Sharkey conceded a scant half pound to K. O. Christner when they got on the scales before their 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden last night. Shown here, from left to right, are Christner, James J. Farley and Wil- liam Muldoon of the New York State Athletic Commission, and Sharkey. Christner weighed 193!; and Sharkey 193. —A. P. Photo. THE SPORTLIGHT By Grantland Rice. Addressing Our Public. Reader, or readers, or women and men, I have decided it's best To heed the call of the sun again And*give you a needed rest, For I have discovercd an addled brain, Made up of sawdust and glue, Cracking quite often beneath the strain, Is not helped much by the flu. Reader, or readers, who like to chaf, I'm taking a holiday; And you may giggle or laugh your laugh, And ask how I get that way; But I'm not as young as years ago, And when old Boreas whines I'll give you the ice and the sleet and the snow And I'll take the palms and pines. Reader, or rcaders, for two or three weeks I'm bothering you no more, While trying out mashies and brassies and cleeks Or dragging the sailfish ashore; Or, what is still better in every way Than fishing or hitting a ball, I'll pick out a spot in the glare of the sun And do less than nothing at all. It might be stated that any vacation is well spent if one can develop the habit of keeping the chin pointing back of the ball through the swing. Further reports* concerning this in about two weeks. The Rookie Outlook. Dear Sir: Although base ball is still nearly three months away, here is a team of rookies that might go well in fast company: Ferrell, Browns, center; Rhodes, Yankees, pitcher; Alexander, Tigers, first base; Lary, Yankees, second base; Scheuble, Tigers, shortstop; Stripp, Reds, third base, and Jahnson, Tigers; Averill, Indians, ahd Porter, Indians, outfielders, Sixteen major league clubs will give 88 rookies a chance to make the grade in the big tent this Spring. Fifty-seven are outficlders, infielders and catchers; 31 are pitchers. Will there be any Cobbs, Speakers, Johnsons, Lajoies and Schalks in that young army? There still is too much chill in the Winter winds and too much snow on the inflelds to tell. F.P. Dear sir: Michigan fared only ordinarily well on the gridiron last Fall, but she is among the Big Ten leaders in basket ball. George Veenker is proving a fine coach at Ann Arbor, and in Truskowski and McCoy he has two out- standing players. The race in the conference is heated, with Indiana, Wisconsin and Purdue flashing powerful combinations. But Michigan is certain to fin- ish high. Easket ball is not far behind foot ball as a major sport in the Big Ten. Field houses seating 10,000 and more are proving too small to handle the crowds. This is particularly true in Indiana, where basket ball is the national sport, and Purdue and Indiana always have powerful teams. M. H. v Dub or Champ? I've seen you fighting to victory, lad, Like a champ in the four-square ring, And I've scen the strength and the speed you had, And the might of your jab and swing. , I've seen you feint like a master hand, Then drive with an uppercut, And your foeman swayed as your left hook played, And you looked like a real champ. But— What would you do if the ght was rough, And the comoat close and the going tough, And you hit the floor—and heard that gruff “Get up, you bum, and fight?” You look like a champ when you win, lad, But a dufler would do the same, For a bum and a tramp can play the champ When he’s fighting a winning game. But when you meet the test, lad, And yow're dazed, and you're bleeding, too, And you reel and sway and your knees give way, Then, tell me, what will you do? When the gray mists settle about your brain And your body's racked with ache and pain, Will you quit—or drag to your feet again? Will you be a dub—or a champ? JULES J. DUBOIS. If any one thinks the Southeastern section of the U. S. of A. is not in- terested in Stribling’s assault upon Jack Sharkey, he or she should drop in and talk it over with any of the local population. They have had Ty Cobb, Bobby ! Jones, Nap Rucker, Bobby Walthour, Alexa Stirling and a few others from that | sector, but this is their first shot at heavyweight leadership, and they are not taking it with a yawn. In the meanwhile adios until the ides of February. SMITH SOON STOPPED SON WILL K. 0. SHARKEY, BY YOUNG STRIBLING| PA STRIBLING DECLARES NEW ORLEANS, January 26(#).— NEW YORK, January 26 (#).— Young Stribling, pride of Georgia, “Pa” Stribling, father and manager tossed his fists into the 222-pound | of Young Siribling, who will box Ralph Smith of Los Angeles here Jack Sharkey at Miami February last night and the last obstacle in | 27, scouted the Sharkey-Christner the path of Stribling before his bout bout last night from a seat in the with Jack Sharkey in Miami Feb- ~ second row ringside. ruary 27 retired, badly damaged, in Sharkey is a much better fighter the ‘third round by request of the than I was led to believe,” said Teforee. after the Boston sailor had Stribling was awarded a technical | Won the decision from the hard rub- Ebackmet :bemr‘:;la‘y of Akron, “but after seeing The canvas jumped up to meet R aed (hat o Jese: (st svig Smith six times as Strib's left hooks | Sonvificed that 'Son’ will knock him and straight rights connected. 6 AR o Tine oo IS anay o A crowd of 6,000 booed lustily as | has a right which T am sare will b the Georgian made a merciless effort rowerful enough to do the trick. to add Smith to his knockout vic- | . Christner, too, is a far better man tims in the third round. than I expected to see.” { Sturdy Punching. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, | Associated Press Sports Writer, | EW YORK, January 26-—Jack | Sharkey now can keep that $100,000 date with young Strib- ling at Miami Beach next month. The Boston sailor man outpointed K. | 0. Christner, tough, willing _battler | from Akron, Ohio, in a fierce 10-round | encounter in Madison Square Garden last night and thercby cleared the way for his big shot against Stri g in the | South, February 27. | Sha margin of victory was con- | vincingly decisive. but, paradox though | it may seem, Christner never was out- | classed. The dynamite concealed in his right arm saw to that. v fought one of the strangest | fights of his erratic career—a curious combination of wily caution and wild, reckless, Beserk rage. Clearly the® Akron rubber worker was outclassed so far as | boxing skill and all-around ring class | was concerned, but Sharkey, time after time, was brought up short, momenta- | rily stunned, as Christner connected | with his chin with one of those right- hand punches that knocked out Knute | Hansen less than two months ago. €hristner Lacks Skill. | These jarring rights landed infre- queatly, but when they did Sharkey was | glad enough to hang on until the mists | cleared a bit. With even a little box- | ing skill it is conceivable that the Akron battler could have put over a finishing blow. But he lacked the boxing skill that would have enabled him to follow up the momentary avantage he gained from time to time. - Meantime Sharkey pumped a steady stream of lefts and rights into Christ- ner’s head and body. Eternally, though, the mid-Westerner plunged in his dead- ly right a never-ending threat. Carrying the fight to his famous foe, Christner more than held his own dur- ing the first six rounds. Each time the Boston sailor seemed to be finding him- self a right bounded off his chin and stooped him short. Bu'zcauer the sixth the steady batter- ing he had been subjected to began to take its toll on the rugged body of the Akron slugger. That steady fire of short, joiting punches to the body slowed him up. He tired badly in the last four rounds, and Sharkey, throw- ing caution to the winds. elected to trade punches with the Akronite. So tired was Christner at that point of the proceedings that even if an opportunity for a knockout punch had presented it- self, it is doubtful whether he could have taken advantage of it. The end of the grueling bout found the Akron iron-man sianding up gamely under a withering fire from Sharkey's left and right hands. Sharkey Booed at Close. Although ringside experts were in en- tire accord with the decision in Shar- key's favor, the nearly 20,000 wildly ex- cited fans booed Sharkey. lustily as he left the ring. But Sharkey is used to having his opponents get all the cheers. Although the bout was hotly contested all the way. neither boxer suffered much damage. The only outward sign of heavy artillery work was Christner's bloody nose. There ware no knock- downs, but round after round found either or both apparently on the-verge of going down. The Associated Press score card gave Sharkey seven rounds and Christner three. The weights were: Sharkey, 193!2; Christner, 193. e s LA BARBA WINS FIGHT SYDNEY, New South Wales, January 26 (A).—Fidel La Barba, Ameritan fly- weight, today knocksd out McAllister, in ‘the fourth round of their match here. MAY GET ON BIG CARD. Negotiations are under way to book both Marty Gallagher and Joe Proctor, local heavyweights, for preliminary bouts on the Stribling-Sharkey card at Miami, Fla., next month. Gallagher is already assured of being placed on the card, it is understood. TWO SOCCER CONTESTS. ‘When play is resumed in the newly organized Scholastic Soccer League to- day, Rockville and Silver Spring meet on No. 2 Monument Field at 2:30 o'clock, and George Washington and Bethesda battle at the same hour on No. 1 field. The Stuart-St. Albans clash booked for today was postponed. McLEAN TENNIS LOSER. ORMOND BEACH, Fla., January 26. —Jock McLean of Washington ~was eliminated in the singles tennis cham- pionship tournament here yesterday by Gus Feuer, defending champion, 6—2, 6—2. Young McLean battled his way to the semi-finals before yielding. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Randolph-Macon, 44; Medical College of Virginia, 17. Emory and Henry, 42; Lincoln Me- morial University, 22, Louisiana, 32: Southwestern Louisiana Institute, 20. Mercer, 41; Citadel, 35, e PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. Hamilton, 2; Windto, 1. London, 2; Buffalo, 1. St. Louis, 1; St. Paul, 1. (Overtime.) By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Jack Sharkey, Bos- ton, outpointed K. O. Christner, Akron, Ohlo (10). Jack Gross, Philadelphia, outpointed Emmett Rocco, Elwood, Ohio (10). Billy Murphy, Lowell, Mass., outpointed Canada Lee, New York (10). Joe Barlow outpointed Amadeo Grillo, Ilar}v (6). EW ORLEANS.—W. L. (Young) Stribling, Macon, Ga., sto) s’?g’écfi%mm 3). RN B O , Ontario.—Larry Gains, 'f}:;)onm, outpointed charllewBelang!r BOSTON.—Al Mello, Lowell, Mass., outnointed Joe Dundee (10). WALSENBERG, Colo.—George Man- ley, Denver, stopped Jack Williams, Los Angeles (2). BUFFALO, N. Y.—Young Jack Thompson, Chicago, stopped Red Herring, Memphis (7). Meyer Grace, Chicago, outpointed Bobby Tracey, Buffalo (10). ERIE, Pa—Joe Feldman, Cleveland, knocked out Joey Smith, Buffalo (2). SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Long Tom Hawkins, San Diego, outpointed Bear- cat Wright, Omaha (10). TA};:]ZAd slnr.’;n'x; ousn:nRuuel!. ‘Tampa, outpo; o] pson, San An- tenlo, Tex. (8).