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2 THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., JANUARY 27, 1920=SPORTS SECTION.' —BY BRIGGS 1 DON T Trim 3 "M GoING CARLY You'VE GoT Now Deam [ ™ Time.. MY guT | T e GEorGE FRED DO You WOULDN'T Miss | maows WHERE HEARING TuaT | | CAn GET A Tiewe™ © HEAR TUOUSAND DotLars| Seuaton SLICKER \C Gom To nian ) SenaTor -/ Suckee's SPEech | By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., January 26.—A five- threat guard, a substitute center, two | linemen who didn't get in a single game | of the 1928 season and a couple of in- stitutions which will choose a new leader each week feature the Southern Conference foot ball captain situation for next Fall. Like the rules, the system of picking captains is constantly changing in the South, at least. Ray Farris, North Carolina guard will probably be the most versatile man in years to captain a team from that po- sition, which is sometimes considered obscure; yet Chuck Collins, his coach, can vouch that Farrls won't be buried from the spotlight at guard. A big brawny charger, he can also hold his own as a %rent punter and passer, when called back and on oc- casions he can also be counted on to carry the ball. He blocks well with the secondary and runs interference. At his line position he is constantly break- ing through on defense to nab a runner Rogers Hornsby is one of base ball's famous figures. Nert season he will be seen in a Chicago Cubs uniform, at second base. His salary, it is said, will exceed $50,000 a year. Hornsby writes here, for the first time, his own story of his remark= able climb from the sandlots to big league stardom. The story follow- ing is the tenth of the series. BY ROGERS HORNSBY. EVER shall I forget 1926. It brought happiness and distress. It was a goor of joy and sor- row.. I carried to the heights and then shoved off. It any part of the spotlight in the old scheme of | . was one extreme and then the other. direction. Garden stock was unheard of in Wall Street. } I had the thrill of winning a pennant and a world championship. and the humiliation of being cast aside. The story never has been told. I can give only my side of it. After accepting the management of the Cardinals, May 31, 1925, and pur- chasing a bunch of the stock, I felt that TiewETS READY @LEMSM ion clubs last year York, Chicago and N GRID EAP'I'AIN BY ALAN J. GOULD. AND BARDS EH I Tuns have changed in the boxing racket, like everything else. It seems | from the epic campaign of 1923, when Dempsey and Firpo fought to a He[ped out by Alexaflder m Braves Are Consigned Season Are Chosen by | o enother. Dempsey scraps, all staged in 1923 around New York? period affected the man who pulled the strings. Death took Tex Rickard from | Associated Press Sports Writer. basis of midwinter calcula- methods remain as the mark of his great achievement. parts for 1929. Secretarles and assistants barred the way to wholesale intrusion, although | and St. Louis Cardinals in the front pictures of famous fights. Jeffries and Dempsey prodominated in the action | Dempsey’s share of the famous battle with Firpo, the biggest mount | Such a develobment in strength would things under Rickard’s Pittsburgh, trying for weeks to clinch the Dempsey-Firpo match., The Argentine, put standing of 1928. With the exception two years when he fought Tom Gibbons at Shelby. The Giants will enter the next cam- tion from Toledo is that Pat Crawferd, | The Cardinals propese to gamble on shortstop and second base, with Frankie | a prominent figure in the 1926 world | his old stamping ground, right field. star southpaw of Brookiyn. A successor | depend on the ability of Jim Stroner, a full crop of talent from the minors. The Phillies were lucky in the draw Hurst and “Pinkey” Whitney, infielders; Thevenow complete an able infield com- Reds Seek More Hitting. some extra base hits from Joe Stripp, men in the new crop who hit minor Rhiel should be about due for infield or open with a free-for-all battle at Clear- their reinforcements to assemble a cast short and bring a lot of enthusiasm to to be quite an argument whether it has been for better or worse, so far | o What has the last season or two, with a scattering few exceptions, had | Tough F|ght—-Mothel"s to Second Division. Squads in Dixie. | the rich and harmoniously biended surroundings in modern offices, where only | tions, the only base ball tuel Zleavy gilt-fraraed pictures of his friends and business associates embellish Advance opinions of experts show a newspaper men still had about as much entree, if not as much easy freedom, as yank, with the Cincinnati Reds, Brook- stuff. They were always Rickard's favorites, though he was much closer to | any fighter ever received up to that timz and exceeded since only by find base ball his Tex ruled the roost. . ‘The big bat of Hornsby, added to the through a heavy schedule, had suddenly become balky. He wanted to defer a of adding the former St. Louis and Bos- paign with few changes, one important South Carolina jack-of-all base ball a wholesale scale in the infield, sending | Frisch moving to third, leaving only series and last year highly successful Long without a capable left-handed must be found for Wright, and he may Wichita recruit, to take care of third. ‘They will have more youngsters than last season and have more to build “Chuck” Klein, ~outfielder, and two bination. If the Phillies get an im- ‘The Reds have been on the lookout third baseman. The outfield may be “ lugue pitching to good advantage. outfield assignment after a seasoning water to decide the winners, strong enough to make a dent in the one of his many alma mater clubs, and —_— e = ° ° ° p . . ! Race e in [Natwonal : 192 ear o xe motions for HHornsby 0-Seclion . , ~ as the ancient game of cuffing chins is concerned. to offer to compare with the Wilde-Villa, Criqui-Kilbane, and Criqui-Dundee, Death a Blow. five years ago he had governed the racket from an untidy little office high in available now, the National the walls of the sanctum Rickard occupied. Thick rugs carpet the floors and disposition to place the Chicago Cubs, they had when Rickard was battling his way up. Iyn Robins, Philadelphia Nationals and Dempsey personally. One frame held the canceled $475000 check which | Tunney’s purse. . . . for the first di The late John Poliock of the Evening World, a veteran in the game, and Cubs’ offensive, may be powerful enough title fight with Dempsey, but Rickard desired to strike while the irons were | ton manager to his infield, Manager move being the addition of Fred Leach, trades, will be heard from. | Charley Gelbert and Carcy Selph, two Jim Bottomley as a holdover in the | as manager of Rochester, will manage pitcher, the Pirates traded Glenn | be located by moving “Pie” Traynor | The second division clubs of last their more favored fellows and will need about then was the case when Burt promising catchers, Davis and Lerian, proved brand of pitching they shouldl for additional hitting strength and Jack Hendricks t) o tinkered with, too, before the season gets. b m_will depend on Glent at Atlante. M ‘Wilbert Boston faces & difficult task. The armor of rival clubs. “Rabbit” Maran- George Har Associated Press Sports Editor. . Certainly the competitive features of 1928 were far removed in class | Ty i ill Who Did Not Play La: Reds’ RObInS, Phillies and Two t Iay st smashing climax a campaign that saw virtually every title staked at one time | Leonard-Tendler, Tunney-Greb, Willard-Johnson, Willard-Firpo and. Firpo- Perhaps as conspicuous a change as any in the fistic business over that BY BRIAN BELL, EW YORK, January 26.—On the the famous tower of the ald Madison Square Garden. . , . His place and his | N League divides itself into two the furniture is the sort you find in the boardroom of any big corporation. . . . ew York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates Rickard and his inseparable cigar was surrounded in the Old Garden by Eoston Braves bringing up the rear. Tepresen ‘ N No board of directors held were St. Louis, Ne! this writer sat wiih Tex Rickard one day in his tower retreat. Tex had been | to lift Chicago above third-place hot, while Firpo was still the big sensation. . . . Dempsey had been out of the | McCarthy will stand pat. former Phil, to the outfield. Informa- Cardinals Will Gamble. sensational minor league recruits, 1o | first line of defense. Billy Southworth, | the Cards and appear on occasion in ‘Wright, their shortstop, for Jess Petty, | from third base. This doubtless will | season look with eager anticipation at them more, Shotton took his club last Spring. Don made good last year. Thompson and get out of the cellar in 1929, hinks he has arranged for under way, as there are several Wright o boost the infield and Billy riod anager gblnm has declared the outfield wide Braves will have to draw heavily on ville, who never grows old, will play per may do some hitting. ‘The outfield will be built around Lance Richbourg, pne of the great players of the game. Presidenfmanager Emil Fuchs, his first lieutenant, Johnny Evers, and Hank Gowdy, second assist- ant, will have plenty of plavers to in- spect at the St. Petersburg, Fla., train- camp, PIER - . W. & L. ADDS A VICTORY IN A RAGGED CONTEST LEXINGTON, Va., January 26 (4#).— Washington and Lee ran its string of Southern Conference basket ball vic- tories to three and its victories within Virginia to five here tonight when the Generals downed Virginia Polytechnic Institute by the score of 44 to 25. _The game was the most ragged dis- play of basket ball seen in Doremus Gymnasium this season. The Generals nearly lost their shoot- ing eyes for 10 minutes near the mid- dle of the game and were, in the end, held to the lowest score they have made this season. The Tech attack, while spasmodic, was steady enough at times to make the winners fear for their laurels, espe- clally with Lowry, Cox and Williams, sharpshooters of the Generals, being obviously off their game. Loney and Brown did some nice de- fensive work for the invaders, taking the ball from the blackboard and kill- ing many potential follow-ups for the Generals, After the Generals had run up a 13- 10-3 lead carly in the game, Tech, with Owens leading the assault, battled un- til the count stood 17 to 10. In the second half, after the first gv.-nod had ended, 22 to 11, the Gob- lers again spurted and came to with- in 7 points of the Generals. LOYOLA FIVE DEFEATS WASHINGTON COLLEGE January 26— a College basket ball team won its seventh straight game at the expense of Washington Coilege tonight. The score was 27 to 21. It was the first defeat suffered by | Washington College in 11 starts, and it was necessary for Loyola to come from | behind in order to upset its foe, for the Evergreen squad was trailing by 15| fito 11 when the halfway mark reached. Sl cusoms@ Totals ....12 3 Score by’ halves- Loyola ... 15 Washingion Referee—Mr. Dy OHIO STATE BASKETERS EASILY DOWN CHICAGO COLUMBUS, Ohio., January 26 (#) Ohio State beat Chicago Unive 40 to 30, in th: first daylight bi ball game on the Big Ten since 1912, when' Chicago played . Wisconsin at Madison. The Buckeyes led by 28 to 9 2t hslf time. George Van Heyde, center, was his'hi scorer with 8 field goals, WELLS TO MANAGE CLUB AT FREDERICK FREDERICK, Md., January 26.—Billy Evans, business manager of the Cleve- land Indians, who also hold the fran- chise of the club represents this city in the Blue Ridg> League, has notified local directors that Bob Wells, former American Association and International League catcher, with 15 years’ experi- ence, will manage the local team this ar, yewms has piloted teams in the West- ern Association and Three-I Leagues the past two seasons. In 1924-25-26 he caught for Kansas City in the American Association League. He had trials with the Philadelphia and St. Louis Ameri- can League teams a number of years ago. Wells is 36 years old. Evans also announced his plans to come here this week to discuss plans for the season and elso to attend the Blue Ridge League meeting at Martins- burg, W. Va., on Tuesday. | JAPANESE RACKETERS ENTER DAVIS CUP PLAY ‘TOKIO, January 26 (#).—The Japan Lawn Tennis Association com- mittee have voted to challenge for the Davis Cup this year in the American zone. 3 Yoshiro Ohta and Temio Abe were named to the team, with Sadaichi Onda as alternate. YOUNG GOBBLERS AHEAD. ‘BLACKSBURG, Va., January 26 (). —Virginia Poly freshmen boxing team MLJ‘ administered a B5-to-2 defeat to the first-year boxers of North Carolina. POLO PLAYER DIES. NEW YORK, January 26 (#).—R. Penn Smith, jir., polo player and banker 2nd a member of a prominent Philadel- phia family, died at his Long Island home yesterday from pneumonia. He was 37 years old. ROD AND This column was asked by local anglers to print the regulations govern- ing motor beats on inland waters. The Bureau of Navigation of the Depart- ment of Commerce furnished the fol- lowing: By an act of Congress passed June 9, 1910, entifed “An act to amend laws for preventing collisions of vessels and o regulate equipment of certain motor boats on the navigable waters of the United States,” Congress says that the words “motor boats” include every ves- sel propelled by machinery and not more than 65 feet in length. ‘The motor boats subject to the above act are divided into three classes: Class 1. Less than 26 feet in length. Class 2. Twenty-six feet or over and less than 40 feet in length. Class 3. Forty feet or over and not more than 65 feet in length. Every motor boat of class 1 shall carry the following lights: First. A white light aft to show all around the horizon, Second. A combined lantern in the fore part of the.boat and lower than the white light aft, showing green to | starboard and red to port, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on their re- spective sides. ‘The act specifically defines the words “motor boatsy to include boats tem- porarily or permancntly equipped with detachable motors. ‘The law does not specify the size of lights to be carried on motor boats of class 1. Such lights should be large enough, however, to accomplish the purpose intended, and it is suggested that the illuminated portion of such lights or lenses should not be less than 3 inches in, diameter. Class 1 motor boats not carrying pas- sengers for hire.must have on boat a whistle, life preservers for each person and an approved fire extinguisher. No penalty'is incurred by motor boats for a failure to carry lights between the hours of sunrise and sunset. No license is required for a motor boat of less than 5 tons. According to the provisions of the act, rowboats, outboard motors, fre- quently used by anglers in their quest | for fish, no matter whether they are 12 14, 16 or 18 feet in length, must comply with the above regulations—that is, they must be equipped with lights, life preservers and a fire extinguisher. Under the act a penalty_for failure to carry lights is a fine not exceeding $100 THe law governing larger boats is not given becaus: it is assumed that all operators of cless 2 and 3 have complied with the law and are familiar with' it. So, to use the familiar saying of sea faring men, Green to green, Red to red, Steady your helm, And go ahead. But before the man who owns a row- boat and uses an outboard motor goes ahead he should comply with the above specifications, otherwise he is apt to find him: at some time or other in | the clutches of the law. This Column, together with the many | Washington anglers, is anxiously await- the next move of the Maryland in regard to the purse net bass bills. It is understood that these two bills will be introduced th's week by P. M. Wemple, president of the Fich and tion of Mary- land. _ * zatiomy RAJAH QUITS BETTING TO PERFORM FOR CUBS By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 26.—As a Cub, Rogers Hornsby ai to be the “good boy” of base ball. The acquisition of the National League’s leading batsman, which set the pennant bee buzzing louder than ever in Chicago, was followed by Hornsby’s signature of an anti- gambling pledge. The Rajah has promised to refrain from gambling in any form. Presi- dent Willlam Veeck of the Cubs said the agreement was drawn up to in- sure a ‘‘perfect understanding.” Hornsby’s mname frequently has been linked with big gambling stakes on horse races. His pledge includes a promise never to attend a horse race while a Cub, much less place ORGANIZATION FORMED FOR MOTOR BOAT RACES NEW YORK, January 26 (#).—The sudden rise to prominence of outboard motor boats and the increasing number brought about the formation of a na- tional organization to control outboard activities. ‘The body will be known as the Na- tional Outboard Association, and will have complete supervision over out- board boat raced throughout the United States. No record will be recognized unless the racing commission of this body passes on it. The first steps in the formation of a uniform code of rules for the or- ganization were taken at yesterday's meeting, but they will not be completed for several weeks. ARMY WINS AT POLO. WEST POINT, N. Y., January 26 (#). —The Military Academy's polo team defeated Pennsylvania Military College, 15 to 5, here today. Matthews and Harkens of the cadets each scored seven goals. - STREAM By Perry Miller- A Virginian asked if a game warden could not be stationed along the Poto- mac between Occoquan Bay and Neab- sco Creek, to prevent a repetition of the wholesale slaughter of bass such as took place recently. He sald he did not know that such a move on the part of the illegal catchers of bass was contemplated, but said he thought an ounce of prevention was worth a pound of cure. Following his suggestion we got in touch with Judge Snow of Alexandria, a member of the Bireau of Game and Inland Fisheries of Virginia, and laid the matter before him. He promised to see that a warden was dispatched to that vicinity at the earliest moment and that he would notify Chief Game Warden Fletcher of Warrenton to take such action as he thought neces- sary to prevent such an oceurance, Last year ovet 700 bass were con- fiscated by Virginia authorities, but the men arrested and charged with the offense were acquitted on account of lack of sufficient evidence. In other words, the game wardenacted too quickly in making the arrests, before the offenders actually had the fish in their possession. There is no doubt of their gullt, but the law says that the fish must be in possession of the accused. In this instance the three men were arrested when walking toward the barrels of fish hidden in a dense undergrowth. It is almost time to get a report that the big catfish are attacking the lures offered them by anglers. Usually this takes place a little later in the year, when the ice commences to break up and the river is discolored. This year, owing to the fact that there has been little or no ice in the river and the water is clear, river men are of the cpinion that ihe biz “cats” should com- mence their activities at an earlier date. The river is just a little discolored and the water is just right for this par- ticular kind of fishing. The Conservation Department of Maryland reports that it planted 502,~ 000,000 yellow perch during the year 1928. But just how many of them will survive the “battle of the deep” is a question, because many, many of these little yellow perch have been gobbled up by their larger brothers, for all fish are canabalistic, feeding on the young of their own breed and others. - Swepson Farle, fish commissioner of Maryland, is very much encouraged over the report of his bureau. He said that in addition to the yellow perch planted, white perch numbering 101,- 000,000 were turned loose; also 14,840, 000 shad and 2,600,000 herring were liberated in the commercial division. In the tresh water or game division other thousands of brook, rainbow and brown “trout were planted. Many of these trout had reached 6 inches in length before they were released. Many large and small mouth black bass fry were also liberated by the de- partment, 30,000 small mouth bass hav- ing been set free in the Susquehanna River alone. . This Spring we are goihg to try to secure & shipment of small mouth bass from the Maryland department to be planted in the Potomac River between the Little and Big Falls. There is no prettier body of water for bass than this stretzh and the angler in his, boat or cenoe can be just as isolated as nough he were many miles from civili- of races for these tiny craft have! LANE IS HIGH GUN IN WEEKLY SHOOT High gun spoon went to L. L. Lane yesterday in the weckly Washington Gun trapshooting singles on the Ben- ning range. He shattered 20 of the first 25 clays and then brdle 25 in succession. H. H. Shelton, Dr. A. V. Parsons and Walter Wilson tied in the handicap trophy shoot, the former win- ning in a shoc*-off. . Shelton and Parsons each won a leg on the Boyer Motor Sales Trophy. Lane, Wilson Welsh each hold a leg on the trophy now. Proceeds over expenses of next Sat- urday’s 100 targets class shoot will go to the Community Chest Fund. A large field is expected to enter in this event. Yesterday's scores— Fifty singles—Lane, 49; Wilson, 45; Livesey, 39; Parsons, 44; Shelton, 43; Cain, 37, Durant, 26; Ellis, 26, and Yates, 26. Trophy coniest—Lane, 47; Wilson, 45; Welsh, 23 of 25; Livesey, 40; Par- sons, 47; Shelton, 46; Wynkoop, 46; Cain, 38, and Mayhew, 22 of 25. Doubles—Lane, 22; Parsons, 19; Shelton, 20, and Mayhew, 19. TIMES BOYS’ CLUB ADDS TO ITS LEAD or to break up passes. Begun by the University of Maryland last year, the system of appointing a captain each week shortly before the kick-off apparently is growing in favor, The Old Liners will continue the prac- tice and now Mississippi A. & M. adopts it, but the Aggles will go further by naming the most astute season cap- tain after the campaign is over. Maryland Likes Plan, Coach H. C. Byrd at Maryland found the system generally favorable last sea. son and in some quarters it has been pointed to as a practice calculated to keep down even slight dissension among those ambitious for the leadership and who fail to achieve the honor. University of Georgia, however, after trying a co-captain idea for a year, re- verts to one leader. Jacobson, a guard and Lautionheiser, tackle, were joint captains last season, but Joe Boiand, center, will go it alone this Fall, Virginia Te¢h and Tennessee offered striking proof in naming their leaders that time does not cause old stars to be forgotten. Howard Johnson, an out- standing guard of the volunteers in 1927 and Broderick Nutter, end at Blacks- burg, both failed to get in a single play last year because of injuries. Yet, the squads promptly honored them for 1929. The championship Georgia Tech squad sprang the surprise of them all, however, in passing up its better known stars to choose Harrell Rusk, a substi- tute “center. _The Atlantans didn’t overlook the iact that Rusk, a consistent center, was the victim of being at Tech during the era of two of its greatest pivot men— Peter Pund and Owen Poole, Alabama Tech of Auburn_ does mnot elect a captain until late in February. The leaders and their positions: Captain. s ™ Alabama o hoso Not' yei' Tianied Alabama Poly. o Padgett Clemson . ‘Times Boys’ Club tightened its hold | Boland on first place in the 85-pound loop of the Boys Club Basket Ball League by scoring over St. Martin's, 24 to 7, last night in the club gym. Two other games were close. Colonials nosed out Tigers, 13 to 12, in an 85-pound division | &5 tilt and Standards eked out a 35-34 triumph over Yorkes in a senior loop B match that required an extra period. | 8i Team standings and the schedule for this week follow: Unlimited Loop. Standards Hartfords Yorkes . —ossatl Optimists . Corinthians ‘imes B mes B. Colonials ..."" Good Shepherd e Times B. C. Colonials’ . P e St Martin's eeued wwuwed Suwer. SasEar Gemmi TOMORROW. Celtics vs. Standards (Uniimited). Hartfords vs. De Luxe (Unlimited), TS 105" pound) Lifls und). st Martin's (100 pound). Senators vs, (a visiting team). Speakers vs Terrors ve WEDNESDAY. 2 lgnials vs. Good Shepherd (130 pound), T oclock, Times B. C. Sorinthians (130 pound). Boys Club Five vs. Auaconda Five. THURSDAY. Corinthians va. \Visine feam), 7 o'clock. Optimists vs. (visiting team) Celtics vs. De Luxe (Unlimited). THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ‘Tigers vs. St. Martin's (35 pound). Colonials™ vs. Times-B. C. (85 pound). FRIDAY. Good Shepherd vs. Corinthian (130 pound). Optimists vs. Colonials (130 pound). SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Tigers us. Times B C. (85 pound). Colonials vs. St. n's (85 pound). Boxing and h are new sports now claiming the attention of Boys Club athletes. Boxers are being instructed Tuesdey and Thursday evenings by coaches Steffe and Nelson. Four hockey teams have been organized and will compete in a league starting this week. VIRGINIA QUINT STOPS CADETS T0 WIN, 21 T0 9 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., January 26.—Close guarding enabled Virginia to defeat Virginia Military Institute in basket ball tonight by a 21 to 9 score. Three field goals by Capt. Harner were all the Cadets could score during the game, while Capt. Millen of the Cavaliers accounted for 3 points more than the entire visiting team. Virginia. ~ G.F.P, Harri 20 4 cocssuen Bigss, &. Y ris, g, Faulcorcer, ¢ | gmoconecsos. o £ oronolions. Totals .... 3 Total 9 32 Referce -Mr. Eberts. DOUBLE BILL CARDED AT BOYS CLUB TODAY Knights of Columbus basketers will entertain Boys’ Club All-Stars and K. of C. Scholastics will met Harriman A. C. in basket ball games this after- noon in the Boys' Club gym. Play will start at 2 o’clock. Moser, Banta, Boerner, Enright, Han- back and Fitzgerald are players listed to perfrom for the Casey regular team, & new organization. e e TENNIS IS COMPULSORY AT A GERMAN COLLEGE GRIEFSWALD, Germany, January 26 (). —Tennis has for the first time in Germany been scheduled as a com- pulsory course in a university curricu- lum. Griefswald University, which dates from 1456, was the first to make this concesslon’ to the modern sporting spirit, University authorities and municipality have jcintly decided to share expenses in the ng out of eight courts, six of which are to be for the free and ex- clusive use of the students, for 15 years. Olympic marathon, sailed fol rown | Hawkias ", COMPANY F TO MEET FREDERICK QUINTET HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 26.— Company F regular tossers will meet Cresap’s: Rifles of Frederick, Md., here tomorrow afternoon at 3:15 o'clock in the National Guard Armory. The visiting Guardsmen boast a stalwart combination and have a great record for the season. The game is looked upon as one of the sternest tests of the year for the Company F five, Company F Reserves No. 1 will meet Company F Reserves No. 2 in a pre- liminary encounter at 2 o'clock. will. be a regular County League game. serve team is still in the running for the leggue title, and a victory tomor- l‘l;?l would help its chances consider- al < y. Hyattsville High School basket ball five, which broke even in its last two clashes, are scheduled for two games next week. Silver Spring High School will be encountered Monday at the lo- cal armory at 3:30 o'clock and Wed- nesday Business High will be played on the local ficor at the same time, A, EL OUAFI TAKES $5,000 HOME, AMERICAN LOSERS NEW YORK, January 26 (#).—El Ouafl, Arabian winner of the 1928 r France today with $5000, earned in his first American tour as a professional dis- tance runner, Officials at Madison Square Garden admitted that the visit of the wire- haired “waffie” was anything but a financial success to them. o TARHEEL MATMEN WIN. LEXINGTON, Va., January 26 (#).— North Carolina opened its wrestling season today by defeating Washington and Lee, 26 to 6. Golf’s Vital Plays clinehed the matcl | “No frills, no sounding of the tocsin to bring the crowd scurrying. Just | ordmmhnnuumem of fact that happened to be quite a story to !file gpalpllgti:: fistic cl As at that & commitment. 2 matter of fact Tex It was typical of the Rickard of five where new surroundings, new methods a of the old glamour. didn't have the match signed, sealed and deliver d time, but he had confidence enough in his matchmaking ability to muie years ago, always doing the unexpected, nd big business finally took away some (Copyright, 1929, DOWN T With W. O. Contrelling the Amateurs. N _THE cases of Paavo Nurmi, the Phantom Finn, and Edvin Wide, the Swift Swede, it looks as though there was too much regulation of amateur indoor track and field meets or not enough. The theory is that an amateur runner of any nation- ality, receiving no compensation, should be allowed to run where and when he pleases, but this is not the practice. If Nurmi and Wide were professionals there would be no restrictions on them, but because they are amateurs they must receive permits from three or four committees and associations and the permits must afterward be ratified and re-ratified and then approved by the League of Nations. After that, if there are no objections from the Box- Commission or the W. C. T. the etes may perform. I admit gross unfamiliarity with the laws governing amateur athletics and submit that it would take some years of study in that special branch for any- body to understand them. Here is a statement from Mr. Dan Ferris, secre- tary of the A. A. U, in regard to the cases of Nurmi and Wide: “Nurml arrived here with credentials from the Finnish athletic authorities that permit him to compete here during an indefinite ‘stay. Therefore, under the laws of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, Nurmi perforce had to get himself an A. A. U. registration card. “Wide, on the other hand, presented credentials from the S‘Iedlxt"lnllthlerflc authorities c competition for a limited m%hehm&l&k}d to register with the A. A. U., but to him is granted the wishes of the A. A. U. and the permit given to foreign athletes here for a short time. I hoj advantage not afforded Mr. Wide.” Swede’s Opinion Unknown. It is hard to tell what the Swedish people think of the situation, if any- thing. It has become altogether too complicated. They should be gratified by the fact that the A. A. U. has ex- tended to Mr. Wide its good wishes. Elaborating on the complications, our Mr. J. P. Abramson says, “Wide has not been as serious in his training here as Nurmi. The Swedish schoolmaster, here on & mission of learning, has been pas,”ig about five hours a day in Wash- iwston 3 all there is to see about how the American youth is educated. After u:lmo“o 1 Wld'led hub::e: training on Georgetown’s outdoor T¢ track. He has been In Washington B Wx%fl I should say that According si sa) the S'ld.llfil schoolmaster is the ideal mhlg‘ athlete. ltl m‘ that hedgu made matter of secondary to his work and the h:r.llnd criticism of Wide for not taking training too seriously is all to his credit—or at any rate, not at all to his discredit. ‘Wide seems to be an athlete who is running for the pure joy of running, which is the general idea of an amateur athlete, but when he suddenly decides to enter a meet it is necessary for the secretary of the A. A. U. to wire and cable all of the committees and sub- committees before he is permitted o run. Before he breaks the tape at the finish line of the track, he must break the red tape of amateur athletic regu- lations. The secretary of the A. A. U. inti- mates that he will be permitted to run for nothing and that he even will have the good wishes of the A. A. U. but that first of all, the complicated forms must be gone throug) Nurmi’s Other Visit. ‘There was plenty of whispering at the end of Nurmi's last visit to the United States. The athletic authorities Driving Is a Gift, Says Alex Smith, and to Some It Never Comes. * ok ¥ x As TOld by MastfljS Commonest Foult Is Ten- THE DRIVE BY ALIX SMITH. Alex Smith, professional. is one of the test veterans in ol His s —of whom Macdonald = Smith one—are all famous professionals. Alex twice wen the national open championship. RIVING s a gift. To some it comes early, to some late, to others not at all. For several years Phillips Finlay, one of the longest amateur hitters in_the game, was not noted for length off the tee. He made no particular effort and tried no new theories, but almost overnight he found himself hitting as far as any one, This has happened to others, and probably will coptinue to happen. The commonest fault among golfers is a tendency to overswing. The average person isn't content with his own distance, He is constantly trying to get farther than the other fellow. All that seems to count wjth some folks is distance off the tee. This leads to pressing, which destroys timing. With- out timing there can be no accuracy— and when accuracy goes there can be no_good scoring. I am an exponent of the pivot theory, but this dees not always apply. Golfers with long arms should utilize them in swinging, but short, stocky ] dency to Overswing, Like- ly to Destroy Timing. players must develop a uniform pivot. In a uniform pivot lles the secret of timing, tnd'ln the timing is the whole st of golf. l“x:n can be no question about this. It is the basis of all sound play. 1 belleve Walter Hagen is_the best driver in the game today. Perhaps a number of people will think this a bit uliar, because Walter is frequently n trouble off the tee. Perhaps he isn't the longest in the game, either, but he always has or'henhehntolfl:lm‘.amkhil drive, he pushes it down the alley. He is close to being perfection in timing. I can't call to mind, off hand, any particularly thrilling tee shot. I have seen lots of great ones, and some freaks, It just happened that the w:- reached the zenith of timing pivotal perfection, and the result was a great wallop. Driving s unquestionably as im- portant as any other stroke in golf, and the same effort and prectice chould be devoted to it as are given the iron, the approach and the putt, (Copyright, 1929. by the North American Newspaper Alliancs.) (Next—Leo Diegel on Driving.,) HE LINE McGEEHAN. at Drake University declared that Nur- mi's manager demanded a guaranty, and quite a substantial eme, for Nurmi's appearance at a Drake athletic meet. This accusation afterward was with- drawn. Then there was an- inquiry into the traveling expenses paid the Phantom | Finn. It was intimated that when he traveled as far as from Boston to New York his travel expenses indicated that the Suez Canal and Cape Horn and thence to Vancouver, concluding the trip by taking the Canadian Pacific and stopping for a few days at Montreal. The A. A. U. had attempted to indi- trouble. But in the end it was decided that Nurmi was a simon pure amateur and that everything was according to Hoyle, the A. A. U. and the affiliated amateur bodies. Nurmi, they decided, took nothing back to Finland but a few trunksful .of medals, cups, watches and other trcphies of negligible value at a & Phantom Finn should travel when he was not traveling under his own steam. Of course, Nurmi was what the boys call a great drawing card. In fact, he showed himself to be the greatest draw- ing card among the runners. Nurmi, at an indoor or outdoor meet, meant a full house for that particular meet. If he had been a professional he would have been entitled to about 90 per cent of the gate receipts, But then Nurmi was an amateur, and an amateur must not receive any remuneration. The A. A. U. decided that Nurmi had not re- ceived a dime outside of his legitimate :flenses for traveling. So that was t. Hard to Enforce. It seems that amateurism is about as hard to enforce as prohibition. Then why Lother about it? Either the A. A. U. and the other as- sociations concerned with the preserva- tion of amateurism in athletics go too far or not far enough. If all of the amateurs under their jurisdiction are amateurs in spirit, then they insult them by over-regulating them. It they are not amateurs in fact and spirit and it is so vitally necessary to preserve amateurism in athletics, then the A. A. U. and the others should have a detective following every amateur of note all the time. That is the only way that amateurism can be preserved by force. Even then it might be some- what difficult. There are ways that are dark and tricks that are vain for folling the great cause of amateurism, if the individual amateur is in the mood to_have it foiled. Probably the A. A. U. and affiliated organizations realize this and have tacitly come to the understanding that if they cannot have complete amateur- ism they will have as much amateurism as possible under the circumstances. An Amateur Sues. One recalls the story of the athlete who sued a Boston hockey club for pay due him as an amateur. He explained that the pa{ for the amateur hockey players was left in a tobacco tin in the box office. Whenever he came around | to the tin it always was bare. Some of the o'her players must have beaten him to it, he concluded, or else the manage- ment was absent-minded. ‘There was some justice in the suit. If amateur athletes are to be paid, they should be paid in certified checks or cash in the open and not by the tobacco tin route. (Copyright, 1929.) FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR HENRY KILLILEA MILWAUKEE, January 26 (#).— Funeral services were held today for Henry J. Killilea, owner of the Mil- waukee Club of the American Associa- tion and one of the founders of the American League. Services were con- ducted at St. John's Roman Catholic Church with interment in Calvary Cemetery. Only members of the family and a few close friends, including Fielding Yost, athletic director of the University of Michigan, and Phli Ball, president of the St. Louis Browns, were in attend- AMERICAN CARS AHEAD IN RACE IN ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES, January 26 (#).— The second lap of the grand prix auto- mobile endurance classic was com- pleted today without casualties such as marred the run yesterday. Three more drivers, however, dropped out before Cordova was reached. The best time , | for the 240-mile run over the hills was 3 hours 25 minutes and 14 1-5 seconds. Ag::mtn-mlde cars_were still in the . THREE GAMES DECIDED IN MONTGOMERY LOOP the weekly fis\erday afternoon, Sandy Spring won om Rockyille, 34 to 26; Damascus de- games of th Park-Sllver Spring downed Bethesda, 24 to 17. Next Friday afternoon, Bethesda at Roekville. Peolesille at Gaithersburg, and Takoma Park-Silver Sprnig at Sandy Spring. A cate just what meets Nurmi should take | part in, and that seemed to create more | Giants. To make it still tougher along pawnshop and that he traveled only as | ance. B Killilea died Wednesday of heart disease. el Said Tox aul of & clear <k7. "3 Doy con g0 ahead and say Tve | T was set for life in St. Louis and went to work with that idea in mind. I knew I couldn't get anywhere that year with the team I had, but I saw great possibilities for the future if I could acquire a little help. Before the '25 season was over I knew my men pretty well. I knew what they could do. We had a couple of real pitchers in Sherdel and Haines. We got a great catcher in O'Farrell. Thers were two strong-looking young out- fielders in Hafey and Douthit. Jim Bottomley had just come to the front as a great first baseman. Lester Bell showed fine promise at third, and then we brought up Young Tommy Thevenow for shortstop and I saw in him & boy with real stuff. I could see we needed pitching help above all things, and I was ding upon two youngsters, Rhem and Rein« hart, to supply it. I needed an experi- enced and smart outfielder, and I was able to get one in a trade that brought Billy Southworth. Building Up the Club. In all these plans for building up I recelved wonderful support and co- operation from Sam Breaden, president of the club. He seemed willing to do he went by way of the Bering Strait, | 82Vthing I wished. We were constantly together, working for the good of the club, and it was an ideal condition. I was thrilled wllbfih& work and the job. But it looked like a tough race, that race of 1926. There was Pittsl with a strong club, and there were the came the Chicago Cubs with their new manager, Joe McCarthy. We didn't fig- ure them in the early Spring, but they started off by burning up the league. The Cincinnati Reds, too, were in there strong. S It was one of those races that would be won by the team with the greatest nerve and staying power, providing it | got the proper breaks. . We managed to stay in the fight, | though it was tough going the first half of the season. The Cubs continued to szt the pace. I was having a terrible time with my pitchers. The young fel~ lows were wild. We were beaten in & lot of games by bases on balls. And then, one day before the season was half over, Mr. Breaden came to me. “The Cubs have asked waivers on I could hardly believe him. “I want him.” I answered. “Get Alec for me and he'll just about win the penn;:.“lor us." “He's suspended for breakin the treining rules,” Breaden exph!.ned'. i::jundgrsund he's not in good condi- n." Alexander Joins Team. “He doesn't need to be in condition to pitch better than a lot of fellows we have.” was my answer. I talked with Bill Killifer, who was coaching for me. He was Alec’s old pal and battery mate. “You get Alec,” he advised. “I know him like a book. He's peeved over something out there, and he'll come and pitch his head off for you." The result was that ‘we got Alec. I said nothing to him about training rules. I let him live his own life. I {rusted he would be fit to pitch his turn, and he was. It was a great relief to have some one on that rubber who had control. I think Alec won a dozen games or more for me that last half of the season. We had to finish with an Eastern trip. We weren't in front, but we were close. Before going East we went to Chicago for a double-header. We won both games. That was the turning point, right there. We went on East and burned ’em up. Before we left St. Louls, Mr. Breaden was fine to me. He encouraged me in every way. Finally came the great day Wwhen we clinched the pennant in New York. Hundreds of telegrams of con- gratulations came to me from all over the country, but there wasn't a one from Breaden. I couldn't understand it. I was worried over it. We stayed in New York to open the world serles with the Yankees. And then came word of my mother's death at her home in Texas. “Her wish and request were that I stay with my ui:lnlm.mSo 1 dld.‘ But the joy of win- ning the pennant and in world series had faded l‘::‘ym. e (Copyright, 1929, North paper Allllnt“:""“. - (Next—Champions of the World.) EPISCOPAL HIGH NOSED OUT BY GILMAN QUINT BALTIMORE, Md., January 26.—Gil- man country basket ball team squeezed out a close decision over Episcopal High g\ 1l;\e Roland Park court tonight, 14 The game belonged to anybody unt: the final whistle. . . -y Gilman (14) G. Samuels, ¢.... Woodward, f. Episcopal (13). oal? Totals. Score Gllman ... Episcopal Referee—Mr. Sch H ° 4 3 o 1 6 ~| oo GOLD CUP MOTOR BOAT RACE TO BE RENEWED NEW YORK, January 26 ()~ renewal of the gold b ROCKVILLE, Md., January 26-In D¢ tgome: l:re reported to be a financial cl feated Poolesville, 26 0 i1, and Takoma | 47¢ scheduled for APHI 14 and 5. ‘The netional championships probably avs | Will be held at Wilmington, N. C. Professional in I,