Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1929, Page 33

GAME IS ONLY ONE FOR D. C. TONIGHT Maryland, Beaten, Plays Its Second Game of Trip—C. U. Also Defeated. A only game'on a home floor in | which a college quint of the Dis- trict group will figure. E 3 University of Maryland continuing its trip in Virginia wiil engage Washing- | ton and Lee at Lexington. In the only match here last night Catholic University was beaten by | Mount St. Mary’s, 19 to 31. | Maryland dropped the first game of its jaunt to Virginia Poly at Blacks- burg, 29 to 39. In encounters tomorrow night Gal- taudet and Georgetown will clash in American University gym, Catholic Uni- versity will entertain the sensational Fordham team and Maryland will stack up against V. M. L at Lexington, Va. George Washington is hopeful of fur- nishing Amerti,can AUrzihversny a e;x;;lsceh stiffer fight than in the game e: r in the seacon in which the Methodists | handily drubbed the Colonials. Though G. W. has yet to win this season the quint has shown improve- ment. American University has won | all except two of its games, having lost | 1o Gettysburg and to Catholic Univer- | sity, the defeat at the hands of th: latter having been a_decided upset. | Allshouse, Fine, Gray, Barrow and Snow comprise what probbaly is the Colonials’ best combination. It is pos- sible, however, that Thacker and Lamp- here, reserves who have shown well, | may appear in the starting line-up. Capt. La Favre, Burgess, Lichliter, | Shloss and Kessler, the usual Amer- fcan U. starting team, is expected to begin tonight. Washington and Lee is the decided | favorite to defeat the Maryland quint | in their match tonight at Lexington. | The Generals, who have yet to be beaten | this season, decisively defeated the Old Liners at College Park last Saturday. In fact, W. and L. has outclassed all its rivals by wide margins. Mount St. Mary’s gained a 16-5 edge at the half in their game with Catholic ‘University, the Cardinals failing to reg- ister a goal from scrimmage during the period. C. U. rallied gallantly in the second half, but the visitors’ lead proved too b MERICAN UNIVERSITY will| entertain George Washington | tonight in the A. U. gym in the | ig. Ryan, McCall and Hemler led the attack of Mount St. Mary’s. Reilly was leading scorer for th2 Czrdinals, though the brightest perfcrmersof the home team was little Joe Walsh, guard, who played a fine game generally. Score: Catholic 2 | conrmomn Ryscavage, {. McG'rigan, 1. an. Hanley, Pap: Am: O'Brien. Mullaney, &. Walsh, & Totals. Umpire—Mr. | sormmns elten, Totals Referee—Mr. E. Collifiower. S8impson. Virginia Poly gained the lead at the outset of their game with Maryland last night end it all the way. At the half the G d a 19-11 edge. Sammy R Poly forward, was th> ace of his team’ 's attack. He gar- mered 12 points. Held to a lone goal from scrimmage in the first half, the Old Liners showed improvement in their shooting in the second half, but the Gobblers managed to keep ahead by a fairly comfortable margin. Country Evans, forward, with 10 its, was most consistent on attack for the Old Liners, @l pusroont Bl mwoneon™ McEver, ens.” g. 5 e Totals. ... Total Referee—Mr. Lambert (V. M. 1) Coach Swede Eppley has selected the one-mile relay team which will repre- #ent University of Maryland in the Mil- rose games Saturday night in New York. Two Old Liners also will compete in the Meadowbrook meet in Philadel- phia next Tuesday. Bob Remsberg, the only man left from the speedy quartet of last sea- son; Urban Linzey, Bill Kinnamon and Dick White will comprise the relay team which will carry the Old Gold and Black in the Millrose affair. Bob Quinn in the sprints and Al Myers in the two- mile miss-and-out will also compete in this meet. Quinn, who will run in the 50-yard invitation and the 50-yard handicap, and John McDonald, who will take part in the 12-pound shotput, will figure in the Meadowbrook games. Quinn won in this meet last year. ‘Ted Entwisle, captain of the Eastern High track team last year, and a star middle distance runner, has matricu- ted at George Washington. | With Joe Croson, Washington boy, now at center for it, Duke University feels it has a decidedly stronger bas- ket ball team. With Fred Schaffley, veteran heavy- weight and Bob Greeves, middleweight, ready for action, Georgetown's boxing team, which meets Navy Saturday at Annapolis, will be stronger than the combination which represented the Hoyas last Saturday against Army at West Point. BUTLER FIVE BIDDING | FOR NATIONAL TITLE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 5.—The Butler | Bulldogs from Indianapolis have made another leap toward the mythical na- ;:g&al basket ball championship for Although handicapped by injuries, the Bulldogs added another scalp to their nlready impressive collection last night by drubbing Illinois, 33 to 28, in a fu- riously fought game at Champaign. They already have conquered such pow- erful teams as Purdue, Pittsburg, Mis- souri and North Caroljna. Chicago, the cellar team of the Big Ten, upset the Bulldogs early in the sea- son for their only defeat. Carl Hildebrand, center and scoring ace, was absent from the Butler line-up last night because of an injury suffered at Evansville, Ind., Saturday night, while Capt. White ran into a wall and had to be taken out during the game. Northwestern and Indiana fight it out for possession of sixth place in the only Big Ten game tonight. Northwestern will be handicapped because of the ab- sence of “Rut” Walter, its star center, who has been out for two waeks because of an injured knce. Russcll Bergherm | will take his place. The game will be played at Bloomington. TOPS BAiiTYABD GOLFERS. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, February | 5 (#).—Blair Nunnamaker, Cleveland horseshoe heaver, was pacemaker today in the midwinter slipper-slinging tourna- ment, which will produce a new na- tional champlon of all barnyard golfers. 3is pitching average so far is .748, Madigan, ¢ Dean, c-g. Heazgy, & 2| s’ 2| msnosonsnt 8l wvarsantial | vomsmwont Bl anmrnacs® Georgetown University fiyer, who again treasurer of the A. A. U. KARL WILDERMUTH, has been picked as 60-yard-dash man on the all-America athletic team for 1928 picked by Daniel J. Ferris, secretary- \WO games are planned tomorrow afternoon in the Prep School Basket Ball League at the Boys' Club gym. St. John's is to meet Gonzaga, league leader, at 3:15 o'clock, following which Devitt and Emerson, which was admitted to the league last night, will face. Eastern will ‘meet Alexandria High at Alex- andria and Tech will entertain Wood- ward at Tech in other games tomorrow. In games yesterday Devitt bowed to George Mason High in a 36-27 match in the Epiphany Church gym, Tech fell before Catholic University Freshmen in a 35-32 game played as a preliminary to the C. U.-Mount St. Mary's Varsity tilt at C. U,, Business defeated Swavely at Manassas, Va, 25 to 18, and St. John's and Benjamin Franklin Uni- versity tossers played a game in the cadets’ gym, which both claim to have won. Emerson became a member of the league last night following a change in the age limit from 20 to 21 years, the same as that governing public high school championship play. Players who have performed with high school teams also will not be eligible for competition in the prep school loop. Emerson came into the league despite that it will have to play without Colley, Buscher, Galotta and others because of the rule barring former high school players. Devitt also will have to get along because of this ruling without Louis Depro and others. Gonzaga now is leading the league with two wins in as many starts, Devitt has won one and lost one game, and St. John';s has dropped both its engage- ments. Alexandria furnished Eastern a 24- 22 battle the first part of the season and tomorrow’s match also may prove inter- esting. Tech drubbed Woodward soundly in an éarlier meeting. Central and Eastern and Business and Western were to meet this after- noon in the Tech gym in the final games of the public high school basket Two Games Carded Tomorrow In Prep School Court League contests today in which scholastic quints of the District group were to fig- ure Gonzaga was to entertain George- town Prep in the Eye Streeters' %ym Alexandria High was to tackle Uni- versity of Maryland Freshmen at College Park, and Hyattsville High was to play host to Cherlotte Hall at Hyattsville. Devitt was handicapped in its game against George Mason High by the ab- sence of a group of dependables, in- cluding Vincent, Depro and Tangora. Led by Scott and Williams, the visitors hung up a big lead at the start and held a comfortable edge the remainder of the way. Galotta of Devitt with 16 points was the high scorer of the game. Both Catholic University freshmen and Tech played without leading per- formers last night. The freshmen did not have Eddie Kane and Tech was without Capt. Jake Goldblatt. It was a sweet victory for the C. U. youngsters, as. Tech defeated them by a single point several weeks ago for the fresh- men’s only Joss of the season. = Ralph Tibbetts and McAree were leaders of the C. U. attack, with Brown and Johns doing most of Tech's scoring. Business gained an early lead in their game with Swavely. At the half the Stenogs were in the van, 11 to 7. Payne, Lucas and Neumann were aces of the Business offense, with Wilson doing most of the home team’s scoring. Busi- ness exhibited, perhaps, its best passing game of the season. It is likely that Benjamin Pranklin and St. John’s tossers will replay their game of last night, the outcome of which was in doubt as the result of a mix-up among scorers. Devitt's lightweight tossers, who werc to meet Episcopal’s little fellows this afternoon i the Epiphany Church gym, tomorrow will engage St. Alban’s in the Devitt gym at 3:30 o'clock and on Pri- day will entertain Northwestern A. C. ball championship series. In other on the same floor. Tonight’s Club COMMUNITY CENTER BASKET BALL LEAGUE game between ‘Tremont and Sioux A. C. quints in Eastern High gym at 9 o’clock heads the amateur court card for tonight. Peck Seniors will oppose Brentwood Hawks in Peck gym at 8:15 o'clock and Remsen A. C. cagers will oppese Eliss Electrical School courtmen in Silver Spring Armory at 5:30 o’clock in other promizing clashes carded tonight. W. H. West Co. tossers will furnish| opposition for the Skinker Eagles in Congress Heights gym tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. St. Mary’s Celtics, who dropped a 30-t0-33 decision to Quantico Marines at Quantico last Sunday, will make their annual appearance at Con- gress Heights Sunday at 3 o'clock for a clash with the fast Eagle quint. Ham Adams, former University of Maryland star athlete, has organized a University A. C. court teem that is likely to go far in local unlimited ranks. So far, he has signed Fred Linkous, another former Maryland _luminary; Pierman, last year’s V. P. I. captain: Bill Howard, Navy; Heberlig, Blue Ridge College, and others formerly at Virginia and Ohio colleges. Ham is booking | games at Decatur 5000, Branch 305. Willie Andrews has carded three con- tests with service teams in Bolling Flfld‘ gym. Bolling Field Airmen will be met Thursday night, Seamen Gunners are carded Friday night and Naval Air Sta- tion cagers are listed Monday night. Andrews is scheduling ga; ey g games at Lincoln Managers looking for games may make arrangements with managers of the following tcams: Montrose Seniors, West _1005; Tremont A. C., Columbia 9214-W; Columbia Engine Co.. Alex- andria 1774, 2nd Calvary Methodists, Georgia 1680-J. The last mentione quint has a gam» carded tomorrow night with Anacostia Eagles in Calvary Tschiffely, Scheele and B. Payne shone as Montrose bagged a 55-t0-27 win over Capital A. C. last night in Central gym. 3 Peerless A. C. five was a 30-t0-34 vic- tim of War College basketers last night in the Soldiers’ gym. Kish and Bryant led their respective teams. Led by Beach, Kendall Church cagers ggwinmils Hamline tossers last night, 33 to 19, To Jones and Keefer went the major W Tremont-Sioux Contest Heads Court Program G. P. O. Federals last night, 23 to 17, challenge J. C. C. Flashes to a home- and-home series. Call Lincoln 2901, after 7 o'clock. Women in ITH three victories and no defeats, West Washington tossers, captained by Hen- rietta Hobson, are leading the field in the Columbia Federation B. Y. P. U. League. Calvary Baptist also has a percentage of 100, but has won only two games. First Church has scored three times, but suf- fered one defeat. First romped on Fountain Memorial last night, 67 to 34, while Bethany nossd out Fifth, 15 to 12, in a tight contest. Both games were piayed on the Wilson Normal School floor. West Washingion and Calvary, sched- uled to play in the third game of the | weekly triple-header, postponed their affair, which would have decided whether West Washington should estab- lish a substantial lead in the loop or whether Calvary would take top posi- tion. Much interest will center around this contest when it is staged at a later date, as these two are the only un- defeated teams in the league, Georgetown Playground basket ball B squad defeated the West Washington team, 26 to 14, in a practice game last night, which was substituted for the regular B. Y. P. U. game which was canceled. The playground tossers showed good teamwork and a keen eye for the basket. Fairment School basketers have been granted the use of the George Washing- ton gymnasium for their game with Gallaudet Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, according to a decision of the athletic council of the University an- nounced by H. Watson Crum, director of men’s athletics. Basketeer, Columbia and Roxie A. C. sextets were the victors in the three games played last night on the Wash- ington Recreation League circuit. Basketeers nosed out Gypsles, 24 to 22; Columbians defeated the Eagles, 34 to 9, and Roxie triumphed over St. Paul's by a 24-to-12 count. Gypsies almost overtook Basketeers after the latter had established a long glory in Harriman & Co. cagers’, 24-to- 22; !:vlin over Kanawha scholastics last night. Underwood hung up 27 points last night to ald Battery A courtmen in downing Mercedes A. C., 63 to 13, Noel House tossers, who trounced s lead in the first period of the inter- mediate division contest staged at Cal- vary Church gym. Roxie and St. Paul's Academy tossers had _an evenly matched argument on the Hine Junior High School court. St. Paul's lassies were right on the heels cé'm Roxis six untdl the fourth quar- 3 | Jones, Harriman ' | Johnson. Comp: TOPTEANS CLAS Break in Tie for Lead Is Likely Through Matches Listed Thursday. A broken Thursday night when Woltz and Y. M. C. A. quints meet in the Y gym and Company F tossers entertain Harriman cagers at Hyattsville. Woltz and Harriman teams at present are tied for first place, with Company F just a half game in front of Y. M. C. A. Official individual records show Rufus Vincent of Company F and Joe Sweeney of Woltz five are tied for high scoring honors to date. Joe leads in goals from the floor and Jones of Harriman has most foul shots to his credit. Records to date follow: Team Standi DEADLOCK for top honors in the Washington City Basket Ball League may be temporarily Woltz ... Harriman Company F Y. M. C. West Co. Company € Individual Records. Team. Vincent, Company F. Sweeney. Woltz Faber. Woltz Stewart, Woltz ... Wright.' Company F. Woodward, ¥. M. C.'A. Shanklin, Company F. Krumm. 'Y, M. C. A. Beckwith, ¥. M. C. Andrews. Y. M. eansanSEaatanSEE" King, Woltz .. g Troop E and Band quints, tied first place in the Fort Myer Basket Ball League, will meet tonight. Neither team has been defeated to date. Borley and Clark led Headquarters Battery to a 36-t0-31 win over Headquarters Troop five last night. ) F Trooj Battery B. H.G.Battery. Battery A.... 0 H. Q. Troop.. Schedule. Tonight, Troop E vs. Band: Battery B. vs. Troop F: Thursday, Battery © va. Medical: Priday, Machine Gun vs. Bat- ery A. ‘Washington Grays continued their victerious dash through the Community Center League schedule last night by defeating Woltz Photographers, 41 to 22. Grays are undefeated to date. In the Boys’ Club League games last night De Luxe tossers won over Owls, 19 to 13; All-Nationals battled hard to defeat Yorks, 23 to 21, and Standards took Hartfords into camp, 19 to 12. Meridians defeated St. John's Eagles, 20 to 11, in an independent fray. THREE GAMES IN WEEK FOR ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE ANNAPOLIS, Md,, February 4.—After its successful invasion of Virginia, the St. John's Collcge basket ball team will return to the Maryland competition here tonight, meeting Baltimore Uni- versity. St. John's plays Washington College at Chestertown on Friday and Pennsyl- vania Miuitary College .at Chester on Saturday. ALEXANDRIA QUINTS LIST TITLE SERIES ALEXANDRIA, February 5.—A series of nine games for the city unlimited class championship was arranged among Old Dominion Boat Club, defending title holder; Hoffman Clothiers and St. Mary’s Celtics at a meeting last night. Each will play the other three times. The following schedule was arranged: February 20—Hoffman Clothiers vs. St. Mary’s Celtics. February 23—Old Dominion Boat Club vs. Hoffman Clothiers. February 28—Old Dominion Boat Club vs. St. Mary’s Celtics. March 9—Hoffman Clothiers vs. St. Mary’s Celtics. March 14—Hoffman Clothiers vs. Old Dominion Boat Club. March 16—OIld Dominion Boat Club vs. St. Mary's Celtics. March 20—Hoffman Clothiers vs. St. Mary’s Celtics. March 22—St. Mary's Celtics vs. Old Dominion Boat Club. March 27—Potomac Boat Club vs. tomorrow, St. Mary’s Celtics. By CORINNE FRAZIER. Sport Columbians had little trouble in dis- posing of the Eagles at Hine Junior High School. Scores: BASKETEE] unham, 1f. D Hy o uloccocor-3 8l cocoooticn Totals. . ST. PAUL Gullt, 1f. Crawford, Prowinski, ack, sc. Singerhofl. sc. & Q " sccsccrm) al cocccouw! 5l scossonay McNam Boyland. se. Bailey, sc. Jones, 1. PABRRSS pu—1 cocouat Totals Referee—Mrs. Basket Ball Problems BY OSWALD TOWER, Member Joint Rules Committee. = £ H Question—A player makes a good pass, but the referee gets in the way and deflects the ball out of bounds. Whose ball is it? Answer—The ball is awarded to an opponent of the player who made the pass. This is hard luck for the player who has made a good pass, but it 18 an event that happens so rarely that it would be unwise to make an excep- tion to the rule. In fact, to do so might defeat the purpose of the rule, as the official would be required to decide each time the ball strikes him whether it would have out_of bounds. General rules involve hardship in some cases, but exceptions bring in eonfusion and nqag Bazdship, CALIFORNIA WOULD HOLD OLYMPIC WINTER SPORTS NEW YORK, February 5 (#).— California intends to settle all dis- putes as to where the Winter sports of the 1932 Olympic games will be held by conducting them herself. Col. William M. Garland, president of the California Tenth Olympiad Association, has advised the Ameri- can Olympie Association that there are facilities for holding Winter sports in the northern part of the State, and that the association be- lieves they belong to the State where the main Olympic games will be held as long as the conditions meet with the approval of the international au- thorities. His announcement was made to forestall applications by other parts of the country which were under- stood to be seeking the Winter games. CLASSES IN BOAT HANDLING LISTED Free Instruction by Power Squadron to Be Started on February 25. Potomac River power squadron will hold its annual free-instruction classes for yachtsmen at George Washington University Medical School starting Feb- ruary 25 and continuing each Monday at 7:30 p.m. through April 15. The schedule of classes follows: February 25—Handling of boats and their relation to each other, in- cluding rules of the road, whistle signals, etc. March 4—Lights for all classes of boats: day marks. March 11—Aids to navigation, such as buoys, Government navigation lights, ete. March 18—Motor boat equipment; flags and colors; yachting etiquette; Government publications. March 25—The compass. April 1—How to use the compass; how to determine and correct com- pass errors. April 8—Charts and navigating equipment. 1 15—Practical navigating; how to determine and plot the course; piloting the vessel. Supplementary topics will be included in the class work, including knots and splicing ropes, ground tackle, anchors and and cables, storm clouds and the barom- eter, restoring nearly drowned persons, fire hazards and fire extinguishers on small boats and tides and tidal currents. Special instruction also will be given on March 8, March 22 and April 9 at 8 p.m. at the Corinthian Yacht Club. Further information as to the classes may be had from J. Nelson Nevius, commander of Potomac River squadron, 1860 Columbia road, or L. W. Walker, secretary, Buick Motor Co., Fourteenth and L streets. ANNAPOLIS TEAMS ON THE S With the Sports Editor y DENMAN HILE followers of the Nationals are figura- tively patting them- selves on the back over their outfield prospects for this year, chuckling that such a keen observer as George Mo- riarty should paint their pitch- ing outlook in so rosy a hue and viewing with satisfaction the most promising corps of catchers assembled in many a season, it might be well for them to consider the infield situation as sort of counter- check for unbridled enthus- iasm. Cornelius McGillicuddy, a keen student of base ball as it is exemplified at Shibe Park and elsewhere, has it figured out that the failure of the Ath- letics to win the 1928 pennant is directly traceable to defen- sive deficiencies of the inner cordon, which was not the weakest in the league by a long shot, and cites the official sta- tistics in support of his conten~ tion. In the case made out by this veteran authority, it is not the infleld as a whole that is in- dicted, but the athletes who ca- vorted around the keystone sack, and the specific count is that the A’s in 1928 were the poorest in execution of double plays in the circuit. Connie Mack’s angle is that the Athletics finished only two and a half games behind the Yankees and that they would have landed on top had they made an additional batch o ek caianing the “:xnuff::‘kmg activities of the opposition. The value of the double play can- not be overestimated, in the words of Jimmy Isaminger, who presents the analytical findings of the Tall Tactician, and in the process pays this_high tribute to a pair of exr- Griffs: “Observers of base ball ‘wfll tell that Washington won two pen- mll because of the facility with which Peckinnaugh and Harris could complete double plays. In a three- way double play it’s the second man handling the ball who makes the coup possible. Either Harris or Peck could cover and take the throw without collision with the runner and snap it with the same motion to first.” Getting back to the Nationals of 1929 and with due regard for the merits of optimism, this column can merely hope along with all loyal supporters of the Griffmen that the accomplishments of whoever is as- signed to the keystone' sector will enable it to point with pride. In the meanwhile, although not dis- d to view with alarm, the middle cushion situation constitutes the IDE LINES THOMPSON: toughest single job confronting Man- ager Johnson. We are strongly inclined to the belief that Oswald Bluege will provex thoroughly capable as a shortstopper, despite the many seasons interven- ing since he was converted into & third baseman. He has the speed of foot, the flelding skill and the arm for the more arduous job, but whether he will function effectively in the all-important business of exe- cuting dual deaths is a matter of conjecture. And that's not because of any doubt of Ossie’s adaptability or apti- tude for brushing up on mechanics grown rusty through disuse, but sim- ply because he will comprise but 50 per cent of the combination and must stand or fall as a double-play factor on what the other half achieves. At this writing it is not known who will hold forth at second base. The job would seem to lie between Jack Hayes and Stuffy Stewart. Both have points in their favor, Hayes as a fielder and Stewart as a hitter and base runner, but to what extent either will prove able to co- operate with Bluege in wholesale erasures of alien runners remains to be seen. Neither, of course, ever has had the opportunity of collaborating with Oss in defensive tactics around the middle cushion and, at best, all the intensive drilling planned by Boss Barney will be needed to achieve smoothness of operation, with the likelihood that a full season of daily association will be essential before proper co-ordination is attained. Just one master hand in the cen- ter of the infield won't do, so far as putting over double plays is con- cerned. Stan Harris stayed on for two years after Roger Peckinpaugh was shifted to the White Sox. He slowed up a bit afield, it's true, but retained all his knowledge of double- play finesse, and yet Washington remained under par in that regard through inability to find an efficient partner for him. The athletes who were experimented with included Grant Gillis, Joe Cro- nin, Bob Reeves and Jack Hayes, all at shortstop, with Harris holding forth at second, and other combina- tions were tried such as Gillis-Reeves and Cronin-Hayes. As manager it was to Bucky's interest to evolve a smooth-working combination. He demonstrated the most approved methods for scoop- throws, backhand-fips and one- motion pivoting. And his pupils tried hard to master the intricacies of these mancuvers, but proved un- equal to the task. On these returns, then, it would seem that Walter Johnson, although apparently well situated at first with Judge carrying on, and at third with Myer back in the fold is facing 2 knotty problem in the center of the infield. How successful he proves in solv- ing it may well determine the meas- ure of success he enjoys in his first fling at major league managing. | Chicago Attack On a Rebound HAVING BUSY WEEK Visit of Georgetown Boxers on Saturday Is One of Feature Events. ANNAPOLIS, February 5.—Winter sports are approaching their peak at the Naval Academy, and the present week will be filled with events of inter- est, capped by a Saturday’s program, which in variety and interest is equaled at_few places. ‘Tomorrow the basket ball team plays New York U. at Annapolis, and on Sat- urday ft goes to New York City to play Columbia, its second trip during the present season. On Saturday there will be eight con- tests at thc-Naval Academy, in seven different kinds of sport. ~Swimming and water polo will open their season, and the fencing match will be the first against a collegiate opponent. New York City opponents dominate the Navy's program during the week, as the Midshipmen meet the New Yorkers in basket ball, swimming and fencing, the College of the City of New York in swimming, water polo and in- door rifle shooting, and Columbia in basket ball. The complete program for Saturday follows: 1 p.m.—Basket ball, Navy plebes— Central High School of Washington; l‘t;do'gr rifle, Navy—City College of New ork. 2:30 p.m.—Swimming and_water polo, Navy—City College of New York; fene- ing, Navy—University of New York; boxing, Navy plebes—Virginia Military Institute freshmen. Po’ p.m.—Wrestling, Navy— Virginia y. 8:30 p.m.—Boxing, Navy— George- town. Owing to the keen interest in boxing and strong rivalry between the Navy and Georgetown, the match in that s;;on will be the only event of the eve- ning. The program for the remaining Sat- urdnis will be even larger. Gymnastics will be added to the varsity sports, and | the plebe contests will be more numer- ous, | On the 16th 10 Navy teams will contest at home and 2 away from An- | napolis, and on the 23d there will be an even dozen contests at the academy and 1 Navy team will travel. IDLE FROM INJURY, JOE RAFTERY FRETS The indoor season seems unusually long this year to Curley Joe Raftery, one of Washington’s popular junior stars | of amateur athletic circles, and it will | be a longer Summer season unless he | gets a “good break.” Curley led the Sam Rice Junior base ball team to a championship last Sum- mer, hitting nearly .500 and fielding perfectly. Last Winter he topped the scorers of the Merrimac five. Last Fall he played foot ball, sustained a serious has been unable to play ball this season. Worse than , for it is probable He will be unable to play base ball. That would be the worst blow possible for Curley. He loves the diamond pastime. For years Curley Joe has led the Sam Rice nine in batting and he has high hopes of crashing to fame in the diamond xg‘nrn He is hoping against | hope that he can don his sliding pads and spikes when the base ball season ! BALES NEW HEAD Southern Association Picks ! Alexandrian—Richmond Gets Regatta. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 5.— BY SOL METZGER. Chicago's basket ball hopes this season will likely e based on de- fense, although Coach Norgren has in Gist, the one veteran to return, the best basket getter of last year's outfit that Chicago men tell me was the strongest the Midway institu- tion has produced since it won the conference title in 1924. Like all well coached fives Chicago depends upon variety on attack. Its offense differs from the other con- ference teams in certain points that I will cover in succeeding articles. A clever scheme of blocks from the backbone of its scoring piays. On a rebound from its own basket the attack starts with a drive by 1 and 2, the forwards, and No. 3, the center, who does not advance very far. As No. 1 strikes his_corner, a fast training guard, No. 5, cuts in toward the basket past him. No. 1 then breaks” into the court in the direction shown by the arrow in the diagram. His opponent cannot im- mediately follow him because of No. 5 passing him on that side at the moment. No. 1 swings in toward the basket, takes a pass from the No. 4 guard, and either dribbles in or shoots, if he gets the ball near enough to the basket. A variety of this play will be shown in succeeding article. (Copyright, 1929.) SONNENBERG MUST SHOW “FLYING TACKLE” LEGAL CHICAGO, February 5 (#).—Gus Sonnenberg, the newly crowned heavy- weight wrestling champion, will attempt to convince the Illinois Athletic Com- mission that his “flying tackle” hold is a legitimate grip Friday night. ‘Ths commission has questioned his use of the hold, which defeated Strangler | Lewis for the title. i | | Rowing Association, with William S.| | Carver, Old Dominion Boat Club, sec-| | ments for the event. Magnus W. Bales, captain of the Old Dominion Boat Club of this city, has been elected president of the Southern | Propst, of Virginia Boat Club, Rich-| mond, Va., as vice president; E. E.| retary, and Paul J. Bergh. Potomac | Boat Club, Washington, treasurer. Bales announced today that officials of the association have selected Rich- mond, Va., as the site for the eleventh annual regetta of the Southern body, | which will be held on the James river course July 20 or 27, depending upon tidal conditions. The Virginia Boat Club will be host organization. A regatta committee composed of William S. Propst, Virginia Boat Club, chairman; Paul J. Bergh, Potomac Boat Club; Charles T. Howard, Ariel Rowing Club of Baltimore; Charles L. Haslup, Arundel Boat Club, Baltimore, and E. E. Lawler, jr, Old Dominion Boat Club, was named to malke arrange- Each of the five clubs holding membership in the asso- ciation are represented on the com- | mittee. The election of Bales, announced to- day, came as a distinct surprise to local followers of rowing because of the fact that he is the second member of the Old Dominion Boat Club to be elected president of the Southern Rowing Asso- ciation in as many years. E. E. Law- ler, jr, held that office last year. CLEVELAND ANNEXES FIRST HALF HONORS| NEW YORK, February 5 (#)—Per- sonal fouls, the bane of a basket ball player's existence, have given the Cleveland Rosenblums the first half champlonship of the American Basket Ball League. It was personal fouls that gave them the victory in the deciding game with Fort Wayne last night, after a brilliant victory over the New York Hakoahs Sunday had put them in a tie with the Hoosfers. There were two fine teams battling for the championship, the onlf aggre. gations that had held together throug out the season, and neither broke until a pair of Fort Wayne stars, Chadwick and Saunders, were sent from the game for inflieting an overdose of personal contact on their opponents. The Rosies took advantage of this break to cut down Fort Wayne's mar- gin in the last five minutes of the con- test and win, 19 to 17. > OF ROWING BODY COULDNT BELIEVE IT TRUE AT FIRST Not Sure Betting on Horses Was Reason, but Decides to Quit, Anyway. BY ROGERS HORNSBY. F I hadn’t known that sunshine al- ways follows storm I belleve I would have quit base ball that Winter of 1927-28, when I got the biggest shock of my career. After that pleasant season with tha Giants in 1927, I returned to my home in St. Louis. The future looked bright. I was happy. and Mrs. Hornsby and I began planning to buy a country home, as_both of us like country life best. While we were in the ‘midst of our plans a St. Louis reporter called me on the telephone one evening. “What's this about you being traded to the Boston Braves?” he asked. “Oh, they're trading me again, are they?” I replied, thinking the thing was only a joke on the part of the reporter. “Listen, Rogers, this seems to be on the square,” he answered. “The an- nouncement was made officially this afternoon in New York. We got it straight.” “But that can't be true,” I exclaimed. “You're only kidding, aren’t you?” I still couldn’t believe there was any truth in it. “T don't know a thing about it,” I said, finally, realizing the reporter was serious. Notified by Judge Fuchs. A few minutes later my telephone | rang again, and Judge Fuchs, president of the Braves, was on the other end of the wire. Sure enough, it was true. I had been traded, though it seemed im- possible. Then I was officially informed | by the New York club of the deal, and the only explanation was that the trade was for the best interests of the New York team. I tried to figure out a reason. I folt convinced I hadn't been traded because of disappointment over my playing. I had had a good year. I had hit nearly as well as ever. I had driven in more runs than any one else on the team. I couldn’t believe, as some writers indicated, that McGraw was jealous of | me because the team had been s: | ful while I handled it during his | sence. e McGraw had anything to do with the I couldn’t believe for a min deal. 'We had been too friendly. Next I thought of trouble I had had with gamblers. I don’t know yet that this had anything to do with trading m2 to Boston, but I want to say some- thing right here about that experience in my life, even though I feel it had no_part in my base ball career. I did play the horses. That began | while I still was with the St. Louis club. I guess I got to playing ’em just as a hobby. You see I didn't drink or smcke. I never cared for parties cnd probably "I craved something as a version from base ball. Anyway, I 5. a kick out of playing the horses. X; A Lesson Learned. I never dreamed of such a thing get- ting me into trouble.' I never thought of the horses when I was on the ball field. A man I thought was a good friend of mine was a big operator on the tracks. My credit with St. Louis beokmakers was good. I was able to .pl!m hhu m::uo.xi:‘y nwll‘th them. n, iater, he tending that money me. I told ay story to the j 1hu-y acquitted me.” That's s to the story. I was taught a wise to have nothing to do with race ;rl “dme = :xpegm':;,'l.’ . eel now, T my am not likely to have any more dealings with them. As I said before, the announcement of my transfer to Boston was such a surprise that I felt disgusted with the game and wanted to quit base ball. But also, as I said before, Mrs. Hornsby and I had been planning on that coun- try home, and to carry out the plan I felt compelled to stay in the game and get the money to finance it. So we bought the country home and I went to Boston. (Next and concluding chapter—Eag:r to play with Chicago.) (Copyright, 1929, by the North Americcn Newspaper Alliance.) GEORGE MASON USES GYM IN ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 5.— George Mason High School will play its next four games on the armory court here. Alexandria will be encountered by the suburbanites Priday night in a third athletic district of Virginia series game. Manassas High School will play here on February 11, Charlotte Hall Academy February 13 and Fredericks- burg High on February 15. George Mason’s girls’ team will play the sextets of the same schools in preliminary games with the exception of February 11, when Oakton High School of Fairfax County will be met. ‘The girls’ team has been weakened by the loss of Capt. Ruth Gary, who is ill. Alexandria High cagers will entertain the speedy Eastern High quint of Wash- ington here tomorrow night at 8:30 in Armory Hall. Alexandria High was to play the University of Maryland Fresh- men at College Park today. Old Dominion Boat Club will hold its monthly business meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in its clubhouse. Final plans for the organization of a crew at Alexandria High will be worked out, the club having invited the school- boys o us its clubhouse and shells. ‘The Old Dominion will not make ar- rangements for jts rowing and canoeing until March 6. Remson A. C. of Takoma Park has canceled its game for tomorrow night with the Ajax A. C. of this city and the locals are anxious to fill the date with some major club having a gymnasium. Phone Manager Robert Vogt at Alexan- dria 1498 between 5 and 6 p.m. Two local unlimited basket ball teams have been strengthened by the return of players, “Buddy” Zimmerman hav- ing_rejoined the St. Mary's Celtics, while Billy Travers is back with the Hoffman Clothiers. . The there Cleveland . F "m' 39; Maryland, 29. South Carollaa. 343 Notih “Carelina E 45; 36 Bt 0 e ren. men, 32. Richmond Y. M. C. A, 50; High Point College, 27. * Purdue, 25; Cornell (Iowa), 9. Butler, 33; Illinois, 28. ‘Wake Forest, 32; Hampden-Sidney, 20. Mary, 21. GETS RACING TALENT. HAVANA, February 5 (#).—Florida is claiming the pick of the thorough- breds from the stables at Oriental Park, Within the last week eight well known outfits have been shipped to for the Hialeab Park meeting, COLLEGE BOXING. North Carolina, 5; Florida, 2. PR COLLEGE WRESTLING. Duke, 16; Visginia Poly, 14 [ ] o Mount St. Mary's, 31; Catholic Uni- | P 423 240 ARE MAKING SRRGRESe! enton Paterson COLLEGIANS PLANS FOR BASE BALL fi@’{"m‘ All of last year's players and any|horn trooj newcomers wishing to affiliate with Col- legian A. C. Senior nine this year are Don Grist, 655 B street northeast. Col- legians were one of the outstanding|play-off wit Horton Smith, was Mehlhos junior teams last year. MEHLHORN, WITH 70, WINS GOLF PLAY-OFF By the Associated Press. , Ark., February 5.— or more of gol , “Wild Bill” Mehl- out of Hot Springs last ht with the major portion of the ,000 prize money in the annual South- Roanoke College, 25; Williams and | asked to attend a meeting Saturday|Central open tournament tucksd away night at 7:30 o'clock at the home of|in his pocke t. yesterday after an 18-hole Bobby Cruickshank and ‘The victo) Amo those ‘already signed are|major win in a few weeks. me ‘ahler, Tom Dale, Tex Holt, Gladden, glck Gl John ive games last season. a o S day in ing 2 Mehlhorn had little trouble his two rit