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3 SPORTS.” N, CAROLINA QUINT MEETS MARVLAND Gallaudet Five Host to Old Dominions—Georgetown in New York. BY H. C. BYRD. HIS is to be a busy week end for local college athletic teams, principally in basket ball. The biggest game on a local floor tonight is that at Maryland, with North Carolina furnishing the op- position Georgetown journeys north to meet New York Athletic Club tonight and New York University tomorrow. George | Washington plays on its home floor | tomorrow night, with Davis-Elkins as its opponent, while Catholic University’s | swimming team goes to Willlam and | Mary for a dual meet. ‘That Maryland has a job on its hands is indicated by the way in which the Tarheels beat Virginia at Charlotte: ville last night, the Carolinians winning, 40 w0 25. And Virginia beat Maryland the last time they met. The Old Liners, too, will be without the services of Al Heagy, star guard, who was injured in the game with Washington and Lee at Lexington Tuesday night. He has a wrenched back Maryland won from North Carolina the last time the two quints met, tak- ing the game at College Park and also ;h[‘ one at Chapel Hill, year before ast. Maryland's style of play is especially hard for the tvpe ‘that Carolina uses, and that may give the home five an op- portunity to make a much better show- ing than is expected. A South Atlantic Intercollegiate bas- ket ball league may be formed at a meeting to be held in Roanoke next week. Representatives of North Carolina, North Carolina State College, Duke University, Washington and Lee, Vire ginia Military Institute, Virginia, Vir- ginia Polytechnic Institute and Mary- land are to gather on February 16 on invitations sent out by Dick Smith of ‘Washington and Lee, to discuss the feasibility of plans for a court circuit along the same lines as the one organ- ized in base ball last year. Washington and Lee is sponsoring the iea, and Dick Smith, its graduate manager, is working it out. Sentiment seems to be largely in favor of such a league, to be made up of the eight teams mentioned, each team to play two games with each of its opponents. In talking of the league Smith has the following to say: “I see no reason why such a basket ball league should not succeed. We are compelled to play just so many games with other Southern Conference scheols, and we may as well do it in a way that will serve to create interest. Basket ball is the best of our indoor sports, and with a league in operation probably will develop even greater in- terest. Unless something unforesesn happens, I believe we can put the league through and make a success of it. At least everybody at present seems to be pretty much in favor of the idea.” If Virginia gels Ray Morrison as coach of its foot hall team, it will not only have a man who is a good coach, but one everybody will like. Morrison always has a smile on his face, and while he has been & ‘:od way from the center of things while at Southern Methodist University, he nevertheless is WILL PLAY AGAINST HACKNEY FORWARD ing led the 1926-27 combination. quint. CHOOLBOY basketers of the Cap- ital area will take part in five games tomorrow, only one of which will be played at home. In the lone match here Cath- olic University Freshmen will entertain the crack Calvert Hall School team of Baltimore in the C. U. gym. Contests on alien floors will find Cen- tral meeting Navy Plebes at Annapolis, Devitt clashing with Mount St. Mary's Prep at Emmitsburg, Md.; Emerson stacking up against Tome at Port De- posit, Md., and Bliss and Leonard Hall meeting at Leonardtown. In games yesterday Business defeated Swavely School tossers, 25 to 16, in the Stenog gym; Georgetown Prep squeezed out a 31-30 triumph over Mount St. Mary's Prep at Garrett Park, Md.: Strayers boys and girls lost to Shepherd College boys and girls, 34 to 43 and 14 to 46, respectively, at Shepherdstown, W. Va.; Devitt Lightweights took a 17- 12 decision from House of Representa- tive Pages in the Eastern High gym and Episcopal High dropped a 27-22 en- counter to George Washington Fresh- men on the latter's floor. It is likely that the Catholic Uni- versity-Calvert Hall match will attract quite & crowd, in view of the strength of the teams. THe Cardinal Cubs have been beaten only once and Calvert Hall well known, well thought of and well liked personally in all sections. He is & quiet kind of fellow, good natured. and with all the attributes that go with that easy effectiveness that usu- glly accomplishes without ostentation | what is aimed at. | In other words, Morrison is the kmd\ of fellow who gets things done without | ever seeming to bother much about them. He is about the same size and of pretty much the same general dispo- sition as Tom Campbell, who was so well liked at both Virginla and North Carolina. And, incidentally, and not without some interest to Virginia alum- ni, Morrison has been turning out some exceptionally fine foot ball ‘teams at Southern Methodist University. In one of the games last Fall at West Point he was barely beaten by Army by one point. | which the District teams will figure has yet to lose. Central’s much-improved team is ex- pected to give Navy Plebes a lively bat tle, and the other three matches in likely also will produce spirited com- petition. Eight games were listed for scholastic basketers hereabout today, making it the biggest day of the season so far for the schoolboys. Aside from the match between Central and Portsmouth High, at Portsmouth, Va. all the contests were set for home floors. Gonzaga was to entertain Eastern on the former’s floor, Western was to play host to Georgetown Prep in the Western gym, St. Alban's was to have Forest Park High of Baltimore as its guest in the St. Alban’s stronghold and Williem and Mary has a place on | Harvard's foot ball schedule for 1930. From that it seems that Billy Gooch, | new athletic director at ‘Williamsburg. | is going after the biggest things that | can be found. The date of the game in | 1930 is November 1. 4 And this announcement of Harvard's schedules for the next two years, and negotiations being carried on by & good many other schools, indicate that all are looking a long way ahead. of the big schools in the country have their schedules for 1030 just about complete, and those that do not have 0st | at 8:30 o'clock. Tech was to meet University of Mary- land Freshmen at College Park, in tilts this afternoon. Staunton Military Academy of Staun- ton, Va., one of whose players is C vin' Griffith, adopted son of Clark Grif- fith, president of the Washington base ball team, will meet Emerson tonight in the St. John’s College gym, 'hl!e Bliss School . will entertain Cresap’s Rifles in the armory at Silver Spring, Md. Both of these encounters will start in the are looking to completion within the next month or two. Speedy Club Fives Will Clash In Trio of B TRIO of games stand out on to- night's club basket ball sched- ule. American Expressmen will engage Dixie Pig A. C. at 8 o'clock in Terminal Y gym, Washington Collegiates will battle Tre- monts in Wilson Normal gym at the same hour and Petworth Mets face United Typewriter Grays in & Washing- ton City ague fray in Macfarland Junior High gym at 9 o'clock. Games booked to bring together Twin Oaks and French A. C. and Lionel A. C. and Crescent Junior quints have been canceled. ‘Managers seeking competition for their court teams can book any of the fol- Jowing teams: American Railway Ex- press, Decatur 1148; ‘Washington Col- legiates, National 1790; St. Martin Cardingls, Main 10000, branch 53; Uni- versity A. C., Decatur 5000, branch 305; Twin Oaks, Main 8976 or Adams 9777, Printers’ A, C., National 5670; Hartford Seniors, Adams 2608; Saks-Trojans, 3050; Mardfeldts, North 9569; Eagles, Franklin 7931. e Memorial Church tossers are without a game for tonight. Managers of 130-pound teams call Adams 1464, Fredericksburg Collegian cagers will tee the attraction Sunday in St. Martin's gym as opponents of the Saints, Dlfl?' starting at 3:30 o'clock. St Martin's five will visit Fredericksburg for a return game February 23 Al Harrington's goal as the whistle gounded (-mmd Woltz Photographers to tie Y. M. C. A. tossers in a Wash- ington City League game last night and they won in the extra period, 34 to 30. Sweeney tossed the winning goals, In defeating Warrenton A. C. five at Warrenton, Va., last night, 35 to 25, Petworth Metropolitans accomplished something that no other local team has done this season. Helnrichs counted 16 points for the victors. Potomac Boat Club five recorded a 28-to-18 _victory over Pontiacs in & Community Center League fray last pight in Central High gym. Young, wiler and Lilly were individual stars. aval Airmen, who downed Army was the dying momen to its win over Swavely yesterday. It victory for the Stenogs ig Tilts Tonight cks tonight. Harmon and Briese led Tk onig attack 1ast night. Lambeth, Moeller and Marstells di- vided the scoring honors as National Circles defeated Bolling Field courtmen last night, 33 to 22. Lewis and Mader fattened their scor- averages last night as Knights of 1t?o'hnmlm.l‘;i:;ormen took & 45-t0<27 de- cision over Tremonts in Casey gym. Calvary M. E. basketers continued their winning stride last night by stop- ping Army Headquarters tossers, 38 to Boys’ Club League games last night resulted as follows: Times B. C., 20; St. Martin’s, 6; Tigers, 13; Colonials, 11; Speakers, 25; Meridans, 16, and Arcadians, 27; Fort Myer, 15. Pulman A. C. quint was unable to stop the scoring machine of Boys' Club Celtics last night and took & 5-to-33 drubbing. Cardinal A. C. was also an easy vic- tim for Peck Insects in a 62-t0-5 night~ mare in Peck gym. Forsyth’s 82 points enabled Five Jacks quint to win over Lightning A. C. cagers last night, 11 to 4. Stanley A. C. courtmen are tied for League as the result of a 19-to-16 win over Tivoli Whirlwinds last night. WOULD BOOST BOXING. Ernest Spitzer, newly appointed A. A. U. commissioner for the District, conferred with boxing coaches here yesterday with a view to creating senti- ment in favor of amateur boxing here as an aid to the passage of the bill now before Congress to legalize admission bouts here. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats Star forward of Tarheels is second of family to pilot team, his brother hav- | North Carolina, as usual, has a formidable School Fives in Four Clashes Tomorrow, but Only One Here first place in the Community Center ! fees and nominal prizes for amateur i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 1929, Two College Court Games Here Tonight : Invading Athletes Trimming Yanks ON THE SIDE LINES | FINF WINS SCORED With the Sports Editor MARYLAND TONIGHT over the Manassas, Va., schoolboys this season. It was a real battle all the way, with Business leading, 13 to 10, at the half. Jones, with 10 points, led the Stenogs’ attack, while Wilson, who counted a trio of goals from the floor, was most consistent on attack for the losers. Georgetown Prep triumphed over Mount St. Mary’s Prep by dint of a smart two-pointer in the last seconds by Ed Rehkopf. The Garrett Parkers were trailing at the half, 12 to 17, but with Rehkopf and Watkins doing most of their scoring came through to win in the final half. Neither the Strayers boy or girl teams offered Shepherd College combinations much opposition. The visiting boys were behind all the way and the Strayer las- sies were hopelessly outclassed. Ability of Devitt- tossers to find the scoring range in the final half gave them their win over the House Pages. Devitt was behind at the half at 9 to 10. Way and Hunter, guards, played well for the winners. Castell, former Central High player, ‘was the scoring ace for George Wash- ington Freshmen in their win over Episcopal. He registered 10 points; Connor and Shepherd each counted five points to lead Episcopal's attack. Led by Hannon, who scored 14 points, Second B quint scored over First A toss- ers, 29 to 8, yesterday in a St. John's.. College interclass game in the school | gym. G. U. TEAM TO MEET NAVY BOXERS PICKED Coach Jim McNamara has selected Henry Murphy to replace Charley Fish in the welterweight division for George- town when the Hoya boxers stack up against the Navy battlers tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock at Annapolis. Fish has suffered a broken bone in his left hand. His absence is certain to be keenly felt, as he has been showing impressively, having won both of the bouts in which he has taken part this season. Fish will be incapacitated for a " Those represLacing the Blue and represen e Blue and Gray against the Middies in addition to Mur- phy will include Bob Saur, 118-pounder; Emmett Hagerty, 125; Joe Madden, 135; Jimes Greeves, 160; Jack Tierney, 175, and Schaffley, unlimited. TYPEWRITER GRAYS LIST TO PLAY SOLDIER TEAM W:];;:;ed writer u(l}nn,t {grmerly rays, will meet the basket ball team at Fort W: Dfl: Sunday afternoon, and these players are asked to be on hand at the Seventh street wharf Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock to make the trip: Macdonald, Banta, Forney, Buscher, T. Peck, Gordon Ellis and Fones. BUCS GET NEW TRAINER. PITTSBURGH, February 8 (#).— ‘The Pittsburgh club has announced through Sam W. Dreyfuss, treasurer, that a new trainer had been signed in rson of Mike Chambers, formerly the of University of Iowa and Ohio State” COLLEGE BASKET BALL. | North Carolina, 40; Virginia, 25. Davidson, 47; Duke, 40. i Nebraska, 37; Kansas, 31. Randolph-Macon, 39; Lynchburg Col- lege, 29. University of Richmond, 52; Bridge- | water College, 41. Richmond Blues, 28; High Point College, 25. Catawba, 26; Atlantic Christian Col- | lege, 20. Elon, 32; Durham “Y,” 28. Missouri, 33; Creighton, 29. North Carolina State Freshmen, 32;! Asheville fllgh. 28. 0; Erskine, 16. Clemson, 30; B g. H A neatly combed head of hair reflects health and success. Make Glo-Co Liquid Hair Dressing 2 part of your morning toilet. Keeps the hair in . If you are troubled with dan- druff, watch out! It's the forerunner of baldness. Use 2 little Glo-Co every day. It’sa tonic and hair dressing com- bined. Your druggist can supply Glo- Co in two sizes, 50¢ and 75¢. Glo-Co Company, Los Angeles. B TENATHLETES AETV TONCRRDH Basket Ball, Track, Hockey, Wrestling, Swimming on Week End Program. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, February 8.—Big Ten athletes, who have been fight- | ing semester examinations for the past three weeks, come back into their own again to- morrow with the livellest sports pro- gram since the moleskins were tucked | away last Autumn. More than a score of important at- | tractions are on the day's program, | bringing into action basket ball play- | ers, cinder path artists, swimmers, | wrestlers and_hockey stars. i With the basket ball championship race tightened up, three cage contests held the greatest interest. Michigan, which is leading the chase with four victories and no defeats, clashes with Ohio State’s erratic tossers in the headline attraction at Ann Arbor, while Indiana invades Iowa and Illinois clashes with Chicago here. Ohio State may upset Michigan, as the Wolverines have been idle since January 14 when they had a hard time defeating Illinois, a second division team. Indiana and Iowa are both bad- ly crippled and a close battle is antici- pated. Chicago hasn't won a Confer- ence game yet and isn't expected to begin by defeating Illinois. | Three track meets, which are expect- ed to show which way the 1928 indoor bunting is flying, wiil be held. Wis- consin’s team meets Iowa at Towa City, Chicago, which appears to have its| strongest team in years, tackles Purdue | at Lafayette, while Indiana meets its| old foe, Notre Dame, at South Bend. Records Threatened. Several indoor records may be shat- tered. Weaver, Chicago's shotput ace, broke a Bartlett gymnasium mark of 18 years’ standing with the 16-pound shot as he and his mates trounced Minnesota in a dual meet last Satur- day here and may crack some Purdue | marks, at least, tomorrow. An intersectional tinge is given the wrestling card as Illinois invades the University of West Virginia for a dual meet. Iowa clashes with Minnesota, Wisconsin meets Northwestern today and Chicago tomorrow, while Purdue tangles with Ohio State’s grapplers at Columbus. Three dual swimming meets also are on the program. They are Michigan at Minnesota. Purdue at Illinois and | Iowa at Wisconsin. Northwestern's great team, meanwhile, is on the first leg of its Pacific Coast invasion, dur- ing which it will meet eight college and athletic club teams. Wisconsin's Winter sports athletes were seeking honors at the frolic and sports festival at Wausau, Wis, while most of those of other Big Ten schools had_non-Conference events slated. HYATTSVILLE TOSSERS WILL MEET TOMORROW HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 8— Plerce A. C. and Comets, both of Hyattsville, will meet in a basket ball game tomorrow night at 8 oclock in the Hyattsville High gym. It will be the only floor attraction of the evening here. Regular basketers of Company F will journey to Alexandria to meet St. Mary's Celtics. Company F regular basketers bowed to Harriman & Co. quint, 29 to 37, last night in a Washington City League game in the armory here. A scoring spree by Dick Keefer, who counted four goals from scrimmage in the last five minutes, paved the way for the visit- ors’ win. Company F Reserves No. 1 defeated Mount Rainier A. C, 22 to 20, in a Prince Georges County League game played as a preliminary, BASS TO FIGHT ABAD. ST. LOUIS, February 8 (#).—Benny Bass, Philadelphia featherweight, who lost to Henry Lenard of Chicago on & foul Wednesday night, has been match- WORLD JAUNT PLANNED BY CANADIAN ATHLETES VANCOUVER, British Columbia, February 8 (#).—A dispatch to the Vancouver Province says that Percy Williams, Jimmy Ball, Johnny Fitz- patrick and Phil Edwards, #11 mem- bers of the last Canadian Olympic team, are to make a world competi- tive tour. Under present plans the four are to appear in Germany, Finland, Sweden, France and England, and then leave with D. G. A. Lowe of England, Olympic 800-meter cham- pion, for South Africa. ALEXANDRIA QUINTS IN SERIES CONTEST ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 8.—| With an opportunity to gain an even | footing with Alexandria High in the | race for the third athletic district of | Virginia championship, George Mason | High cagers are expected to give the | locals a strenuous battle tonight when the two teams clash in Armory Hall at 7:30. An Alexandria triumph would give | the Maroon and White the title. 1 Girls' teams of Alexandria and George Mason will play tonight at 8:30. Episcopal High will entertain a strong contender for the preparatory school championship of the State to- morrow in Staunton Military Academy. The game will be played at 3:30 in Stewart Memorial Gymnasium. Hoffman Clothiers have scheduled a | game with the Y. M. C. A. Independ- ents to be played in the “¥" gymnasium | at Washington March 7. The Clothiers are after a game for | Sunday with an unlimited team having | the use of a gymnasium, and also are | anxious to list games for any night next | week. Phone Manager Allen, Alexan- | dria 2198, between 5 and 7 p.m. | The third athletic district games scheduled February 18 between Alexan- dria and Predericksburg High boys’ and | girls’ teams will be played in the State Normal School gymnasium at Fred- ericksburg. George Mason High has completed negotiations with St. John’s College for a game in the “Saints” gymnasium at ‘Washington February 18. George Mason girls have scheduled a contest with Hyattsville High, at Hyattsville, Md., February 21. Company F Regulars of Hyattsville, Md., will play the St. Mary's Celtics to- morrow night at 8:30 in Armory Hall. ‘The Hyattsville Guardsmen toppled the Hoffman Clothiers in a game here. OLD DOMINION CLUB BACKS SCHOOL CREW ALEXANDRIA, Va,, February 8— Old Dominion Boat Club, at its meeting last night, authorized W. H. Edmund, Alexandria High athletic director, to proceed with plans for the organization of a rowing crew at the school, and promised him the club's whole-hearted co-operation. ‘The club has agreed to extend the use of its shells and clubhouse to the schoolboys. Old Dominion will make its own | plans for aquatic sports at its annual meeting March 6, when a rowing coach will be named. Practice probably will start April 1. A report of the mooring committee which has been ordered to suggest plans | for improving the wharf and dredging | the river bottom just off the club's float | is expected at the annual meeting. ! A committee composed of E. E. | J. M. Reed and Harry F. Ken- | Y named to make arrangements | for a smoker. | COURT GAMES SOUGHT | BY COLUMBUS U. FROSH Games are sought by Columbus Uni- versity Freshman basket ball team with | first-year fives of various college and | school teams hereabout. The Colum-| bus tossers have won the only two games they have played so far. Challenges are being received by Frank Sullivan at Franklin 4696, who ed with Davey Abad of Cleveland for =« fight here February 26. Women In IVE schools are on the Holton Arms basket ball schedule, which ‘will open Saturday, February 16, when the S street squad meets Gunston Hall, according to announcement made by Laura Steen- strup, physical education director. East- man School, Maderia, National Park Seminary and Oldfield’s School of Balti- more are the other four opponents. Eastman will be_ met on February 19; National Park on February 25, Oldfield's on March 2, and Madeira later in March. The date for this game has not been decided upon definitely yet. Several groups of basket ball players have been practicing at Holton in anti- cipation of the selection of the first string varsity, which will be composed largely of the leading performers on the Blue and White first teams selected earlier in the year to participate in the interside matches at the athletic week end held before Christmas. Among 'those who are making strong bids for varsity positions are Elizabeth Breckinridge, center, and Marian Wells, Betty Gambell, Christine Ekengren and Helen Davis, forwards. Janes Wallis and Frances Carter are good prospects at side center, with Betty Beelle, Patsy Joyes and Betty Dyer, strong in the backfleld. ‘The starting six for the Gunston Hall nmke wil be named some time next week. Varsity hockey regulars at Holton Arms were awarded major letters at a recent athletic assembly of the student body. Minor letters were given to sub- stitutes on the hockey squad and to members of the first Blue and White basket ball teams as well as to the best eight horsewomen in the school. 1st and F | M~dical College tossers last night, 31 to 15, will face Marines at MarinegBar~ [} EISEMAN'S, 7th & F T R ISR Glo=-€Co; l KILLS DANDRUFF ~ an | O'Donohue, Jane Wallis, Kitty Hall, FROZEN aw CRACKED AUTO ENGINES Welded in the Car WELDIT CO. may also be addressed in care of the school. By CORINNE FRAZIER. Major letter winners were Elizabeth Breckinbridge, Margine Musser, Marian Wells, Betty Peelle, Frances Carter, Mildred English, Patsy Joyes, Eleanor | Mary_MacArthur, Christine Ekengren | and Betty Dyer. Minor letter winners included the fol- lowing: For hockey—Cassie Johnson, Clara Smith, Helen Davis, Frederica Billard, Louise Breckinbridge, Betty Campbell, Ruth Brown, Jane McHarg, Margaretta Rowland and Mary Crane. Gambell, Ruth Brown, Jane McHarg, Christine Ekengren, Margaretta Row- land, Lilllan Schuman, Alice Bacon, Mary White, Olga Bayne and Helen Davis, For basket ball: Blue team—Marian Wells, Helen Davis, Christine Ekengren, Jane Wallis, Frances Carter, Betty Dy- er, Patsy Joyes, Betty Peelle. White team—] beth Breckinbridge, Betty Gambell, Kitty Hall, Margaretta Row- land and Mary MacArthur. Company F Auxiliary tossers are to meet, Strayer's Business College six at 8 o'clock on the Hyattsville Armory floor in_an intermediate section Wash- ington Recreation League game. Eagles requested a postponement of | their game with the Jewish Community | Center six which was to have been| played last night on the Center floor. | No new date has been set, but it is ex- ! pected that the contest will be au‘edi within the next fortnight. 1 Jewish Community Center tossers | will meet the Washington A. C. as their | next scheduled opponents next Thurs- | day, February 14, at 8 o'clock, at East- | ern High School. | Eagles are slated to play Aloysians Monday, February 11, at 7:30, at St. Martin's gymnasium. | | Sts. N.W. y DENMA ITH racing in Mary- land under fire of or- ganized labor in addi- tion to the church bodies, which always have op- posed it, and with patrons of the nearby tracks muttering disgruntedly about ‘“strong- armed” jockeys and “crooked owners,” it would seem the turf industry, by far the greatest financially listed under the head of sports, is facing a period of anxiety. That any action which might be taken by the legislators at Annepolis to outlaw pari-mu- tuel betting and thereby curtail if not actually kill racing in Maryland would have a decid- edly adverse effect on the game throughout the United States may be judged from the fact that the way it is conducted in the neighboring State gener- ally is regarded as a model for the country. A bit of testimony on that subject is found in the recent comment of a Midwestern ob- server in these words: “The Maryland meetings repre- sent about the best and most inter- esting racing known to the country today. They start early in the Spring, when interest is keen in the 3 and 2-year-old divisions and revive late in the Fall, when there is renewed interest in the rapidly maturing 2-year-olds and in the handicap horses. “The best quality of horses in the country run at Maryland tracks and the races are managed better than in almost any other district. In addi- tion, the pari-mutuels are under State inspection.” If the foregoing is a fair esti- mate of racing in Maryland, where opposition to it seems to be gaining strength, one is led to wonder what the circum- stances must be in States less fortunately situated. It is a well known fact that running the horses in New Or- leans this Winter has proved such a losing proposition that the Louisiana Jockey Club has been busy with schemes to in- crease attendance and has sought to boost receipts by hik- ing the “take out” percentage from the machines, while the meeting at Tia Juana has proved considerable of a dud. The extent to which racing overshadows base ball in the matter of dollars and cents, coupled with the fact that ex- istence of the former, which lives only because of betting, is threatened, while the thriv- ing so-called national pastime could not carry on if domi- nated by gambling, is thus strikingly presented by Ed Wray in the column he con- ducts for the St. Louis Post- Dispatch: “Major league base ball has multi- plied itself from 10,000 to 100,000 in grandstand seating maximum and from $50,000 to $3,000,000 in invest- ed capital per club. But, even so, it is doubtful if the total involved in organized base ball enterprises today could show a valuation of more than "$35,000,000. That in- cludes minor leagues. “Compared to the money invested in racing, a purely gambling enter- prise and therefore one entirely hostile to base ball theories, the diamond game is just a minor proposition. Here are some figures, based on recently published statis- tlf:ieregndmg racing in the United i “Number of tracks (major circuit), 50. Horses in training, 15,000; ETHOLIN THE WONDER MOTOR FUEL SPORTS. N THOMPSON value, $75,000,000. Value of stakes and purses annually, $15,000,000. Value of breeding farms, $15,000,000. Value of stallions, foals not ready to ra®e, brood mares, etc., more than $100,000,000. Total valuation, $240,~ 000,000. “If these figures disclose anything, racing is nearly 10 times more im- portant than base ball, financially. To this must be added the enormous annual turnover of money in betting on horse races—a sum which prob- ably would eclipse completely the tolul{ capitalization of the industry itself. “But, to add it all up, there is less real sportsmanship connected with the racing industry than there is with even the most modest of the bush leagues. Base ball exists be- cause people love the pastime. Horse racing exists because people love to speculate. “And if you think horse racing survives and prospers as a sport and because people just naturally like to see the horses come ding- donging down the stretch, without a wager on the result, study the story of the racing game during the dull period, when no betting was permitted. “Horse racing ceased the moment betting was stopped.” Now they are saying that all the smoke indicating the fire of inten- tion on the part of the New York club to pare G. Herman Ruth’s $70,000 a year stipend when it ex- pires with the close of the coming season has so peeved the Babe that he has served an ultimatum for a $100,000 salary for this year. This is merely a rumor, but if it should prove true there are many who be- lieve the Bambino could eract a hike in his emolument, contract or no contract. ¥ Why Barney Dreyfuss should have been honored by election as the first vice president the National League ever had may puzzie some, but at least part of the answer may be found in the fact that the Pirate owner for many years has relieved his fellow magnates of preparing the season schedule, a date-juggling task all are glad to side-step. * Kk X ok Boston note — “Jimmy Connolly | still believes he can race with the | best of them. He writes from | Washington: ‘Did three-quarters | yesterday in 3:16. Really coming | back’ He certainly has the spirit.” CUP IS PRESENTED | _ Richard S. (Dick) Tennyson of the | Post sports staff last night presented |to the Washington Soccer League the | cup offered by the Post to the winner |in that circuit. The presentation was }mlde at the home of Albert B. Buehler at Sflver Spring, Md. It was accepted | by _Robert Bruce, president of the loop. | It is the second cup offered the league winner by the Post. Walford won the first permanently after capturing three league titles. | _ British Uniteds, Concords and Clan | MacLennan are tied for first place in the current Washington League race. FORMER DEVITT STAR | GRADUATES AS AVIATOR/ | | _James Herbert (Tweedy) Wallace of | 1322 Monroe street, this city, who is one | | of four Washington men to be gradu- | ated from the advanced flying school jof the Army at Kelly Field, Tex., for- | |merly was a crack athiete at Devitt | School here. | Basket ball was his best sport. He | played forward and was an unusually ’cle\'er perfcrmer. Wallace also played | guard on the Devitt foot ball team and was a dependable gridman. Following his graduation from Devitt, in 1924, Wallace attended Georgia Tech and then took up aviation. TO SOCCER LEAGUE BY WIDE, WILLIAMS Make Fast Time in Newark Meet—Pair and Nurmi in Millrose Games. | | | | | —— | BY HERBERT W. BARKER, | Assoclated Press Sports Writer. | EW YORK, February 8—It | seems to be an open question | whether American runners are | enjoying the present indoor | track season as much as they have some in past years. It was bad enough four years ago | when Paavo Nurmi came, saw and con- quered in what turned out to be the | greatest individual invasion track his- | tory has seen. Nurmi's back again, a | bit slower perhaps, but still good enough | to run rings around anything that has | been sent agaipst him so far. | Perhaps the home-breds wouldn't mind so much if Paavo were alone | in this current invasion, but he has | decided help from his Swedish rival, | Edvin Wide, and from the sprint mar- | vel, Percy Williams of Vancouver, Bri- | tish_Columbia. While Nurmi was resting up for the first mile race of his campaign at the Millrose games tomorrow night, Wide and Williams were treating American | runners and track fans to another ex- | hibition of their prowess at the Newark A. C. games last night. Running without spiked shoes for the first time. Williams won a 60-yard | handicap sprint in the fast time of 62-5 seconds. within a fifth of a sec- ond of the world indoor record. Bob | Wiese of the New York A. C. and | Charley Haguenin of New York Uni- versity. each with a yard start on the | Olympic sprint champion, were sec- ond and third respectively. | Fast Race by Wide. Wide distanced the field in a two- mile handicap run, winning by half a lap from Irving Totten, Millrose A. A., in 9 minutes 17 1-5 seconds. Running on the same track a week ago. and under almost exactly similar conditions, Nur- mi, unpressed, covered the distance in 19:1935. Wide’s time, incidentally, set a new record for the 113th Regiment | unbanked track. These well earned victories thus will enable Williams and Wide both to enter the Millrose games with a record of two victories in as many starts in their American invasions. Wide is entered in the two-mile miss-and-out race at the Millrose and Williams in the sprint series. Indications now are that Nurmi may not get as much opposition in the Mill- | rose mile as he expected from Ray | Conger, the national 1.000-yard cham- pion. A favorite at that distance in the Newark A. C. games, Conger was soundly beaten by Sam Martin of the | Boston A. A., and Jimmy Kennedy, Georgetown freshman. The time, 2 minutes 15!5 seconds, was exceedingly | fast under the conditions. Johnny Gibson, former 440-yard hur- | dles champion, outraced a crack field in the special 500-yard invitation run, passing Oliver Proudlock of the Newark |A.C. and Herbert Robinson, University | ot Virginia, to win in the fast time of 61 seconds. (W. & L. TEAMS TO KEEP BUSY NEXT TWO DAYS LEXINGTON, Va., February 8— ‘Washington and Lee’s sports teams face one of the most strenuous week ends of the Winter tonight and tomorrow, seven events being carded. Varsity basketers left last night for Lexington, Ky., where they take on the Kentucky quint tonight. . Heading back, the Generals will stop in Huntington tomorrow night to bat- uepwm Vkl‘igu‘. e our eve against Virginia rivals tomorrow include varsity and fresh- man boxing with Virginia Tech at Blacksburg and varsity and frosh swim- ming with the Virginia Cavaliers in the Doremus gymnasium here. ’ Tret no londer about cold-weather starting. Just as Betholine power, soéi‘t,:es more ives astonishingly quicker power/ ;