Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1929, Page 21

. SPORTS. ]%;)yéExpects MATERIAL STRONG " AND EXPERIENCED - Forward Wall Due to Be as i' Good as in 1928, With i -+ Better Reserves. ! i trained line for the foot ball eleven at the Naval Academy this season in spite of the loss of two such fine players as Eddie Burke, guard, and Doc Wilson, tackle, both of whom graduated last June. All the other regulars, with substi- tutes and recruits from the plebe squad of last year, also are available, and there is reason to believe that the line will be as strong as last year, with a better lot of reserve material. Hughes, last year's capable center, has another year, while Leeper, who made a good impression last season, his first on the varsity squad, is also at hand. There are several other centers from the varsity and plebe squads of | last season. Well Fortified at Center. As the center position is well fortified, “Tuttle, who played a fine game there for the plebes last season, will be tried at guard. He has plentv of strength for the position and is of the fast and active type, which is required by the Ingrams. Johnson is another active candidate for the position. Swan, Chapple, Westhofen, Eddy and Black are substitute guards of last sea- son still on hand, and Capt. Koepke is, of course, expected to hold his guard | position, as he did so acceptably last ear. T Bob Bowstrom, the big punting tac- Kle, is not likely to be displaced on-the |Jeft side of the line, but there is a big | | fight for the position vacated by Doc | | Wilson. Gray, Crinkley and Great-| house, all oarsmen and weighing over 190 pounds each, are the leading candi- | dates for the place. ‘However, the plebe squad of last sea- sn was particularly rich in tackles, | and all of these will be able to try for | the varsity this season. The list in- cludes Bryan, Chambers, Shelton and | Cox, all youths who are well equipped | | for the tackle position. | ‘The Navy squad is particularly well furnished with fine ends and is prob- ably stronger in this position than it has ever been before. It has wing men | of the highest grade in Crane, Moret, Byng and Beans, with Morton, Hag- berg and Torgerson not far behind | them. Several good ends were also fur- nished by last year's plebe squad. Crane Is Clever End. ‘Navy coaches belleve that the squad thas a real aspirant for all-America hon- !ors in Leo Crane, who came to the front as an end toward theelatter part | of last season. | Crane is a finely put-up lad of 175 | pounds, who shows all the necessary | qualities of speed, strength and stamina |and appears to have a real knack of | end playing. He is equally good as & ' defensive end and a catcher of passes. | _ Oapt. Koepke, guard; Hughes, center; | Bowstrom, tackle, and Crane and Moret, | ends, a to be the outstanding line- | men at the academy, though others have fine possibilities. |, The line candidates for this year's | team are not only well qualified physi- | for their job, but they are well led, and this means that so much | ! time will not be necessary for practice | in elementary foot ball. NNAPOLIS, M August 23 ~—The outlook for an u) usually powerful and well 'MORE SWIM TITLES . ARE TO BE DECIDED ! 8AN FRANCISCO, August 23 (#).— | The national 440-yard free style cham- | plonship crown, for long one of the I rlu'dfllmnedfllcms of Johnny Weissmul- er, adorn another head today when | America’s leading mermen match strokes '3n the second day's program of senior ou'woor A. A. U. swimming champion- ships, Weissmuller has turned professional. Those seeking the quarter-mile racing title include Clarence Crabbe, Outrigger Canoe Club, Honolulu; Austin Clapp, Hollywood A. C, and Carl Stevenson, ©Olympic Club. Crabbe, who successfully defended his national 1-mile swim title yesterday, is a strong favorite to annex honors in the shorter ‘est today. ‘Two other titular events today in- clude the senior 440-yard back stroke ' and the junior 880-yard free style. Wal- ter Spence, old-time star, representing | the Penn Athletic Club. Spence, making & comeback this year, 3 100-meter free style. Weissmuller had held the title in this ‘;vfit' ll»mce 1923, Spence’s time was ! Pinals in the 10-foot, spring-board i diving today will bring together Mickey Riley. Los Angeles A, C.; Al White, | Athens Club. Oakland: Harold Smith, L. A. A. C.; Ed Throndson, Athens Clul | Herbert Marsh, Hollywood A. C., and | Roy Havner, Fairmont Ciub, San Francisco. ¥ : NAVY MAY GO TO DIXIE . TO MEET METHODISTS | DALLAS, Tex., August 23 (#).—The possibility that the second game of two | scheduled between the foot ball teams .of Southern Method!st University and | the United States Na®al Academy would be played at Dallas was admitted here 1oday by Comdr. Ingram, director of Toot. ball activities at Annapolis. Comdr. Ingram, in conference with | Dr. R. N. Blackwell, business manager. of athletics at the university, said it would be possible fo bring the Middies | here in 1931 only in the event arrange- ments were assured for the accommoda- tion of 60,000 spectators. ‘The 1930 contest will be played in the East November 15, but the place has not yet been chose -.}—_ e WAHL WINS CANOE TITLE i AND TWO OTHER EVENTS | CLAYTON, N. Y, August 23 (#)— ‘Adam Wahl of New York, captured the ‘American_Canoe Association Chl!.lenfe Cup, symbol of the international eail- ing championship as well as three other events for decked canoes, at the fiftieth annual regatta of the association. In addition to the Challenge Cup, ‘Wahl won the Mermaid Crane and Paul Butler trophies. D. J. Bergmann of Chicago, vice com- modore of the western division of the A. C. A, won the open cruising canoe DOWN THE LINE With W. O. McGEEHAN Some Sedentary Sports. of the youth of Baltimore, Md., are reporte pocfullrlty. Numbers as being engaged in endurance flagpole sitting, and the mayor of the city has commended theugpxgt and stamina for sitting it out along those THE sedentary sports seem to be gainiig in lines. in a rocking chair contest, which, might last 400 hours. In Chnm?nlgn, 1il.,, three women and five men are engaged according to experts on that sport, Flagpole sitting is a comparatively new sport as far as I know. I have sat and observed sitters on everything but a flagpole. When you Have tried to find a press se at in a press box or at a ringside you can learn to sit on anything or at times on nothing at all. As 1 recall, one “Shipwreck” Kelly started the thing as a contest. He was part of one of those marathon dances and elected to sit it out. To make sure of his seat he had a I gather, theugh, that “Shipwreck” Kelley was & professional and that he accepted some sordid gain for relaxing himself on his flagpole. As an advocate of amateur sport and play for play's sake, I have my own opinion of & man who would commercialize his sitting for pelf, as the boys would say. If the sitting urge that has come upon the youth of Baltimore (of both sexes) is in any way commercial, I feel that the mayor of Baltimore would not give the sport his commendation and encour- agement. He probably felt that little boys and girls who sat for the sake of sitting in time would become great statesmen and stateswomen. The mayor himself prepared himself for his high office by studying the art of sitting. All mayors do. Of course, sitting in a rocking chair is & more strenuous exercise. ‘The sport is 50 new that it is hard to tell whether or not it will have any i1l effects on the contestants. Rock- ing never has been considered a harmful sport when indulged in as & recreation, but nobody knows as yet about competitive rocking. The au- thorities of Champaign should have competent surgeons examine the contestants now and then, and if there are any signs of exhaustion from rocking the contest should be stopped in the name of humanity. Immobile sitting for pastime only has been indulged in by various clubs all over the country, but never in a com- petitive spirit. The Union League Club has some long-distanee sitters. The Friars’ Club has sitters that might have turned in records if records ever had been kept of sitting. And the Play- ers, too, have some experienced sitters. The New York Athletic Club has one sitter that they are grooming in the event that plain sitting should become a recognized sport. The New York Ath- letic Club never does anything excepting in competition. At the Bohemian Club in San Francisco there was a sitter who really could sit. He sat through the earthquake—beg pardon, fire—until the firemen dragged him out, but he sat game through it all. They had to bring him out on his chair. He faced the danger like a true sitter, and would have perished in his seat. . That sort of sitting is not in any way injurious to the health. Mr. Al Lang, former mayor of St Petersburg, Fla., de- clares that the reason that city has so many centenarians from all parts of the country is that sitting is the city'’s sport. The sidewalks are lined with benches, and anybody out for exercise may sit his way around the block at a reason- able pace. Par on the main stem is 75 sittings to the block, and nobody has broken 1t yet. ‘While the Yankees were training there Iast year Col. Jacob Ruppert, their pres- ident, made a block in 76, but this was unusual, A Great Rocking Contest. OCKING CHAIR sitting in compe- tition is no new thing. I saw most of an exciting rocking chair contest at the Dover Hall Club, which is close to Sapelo Island, in South Georgla, where former President Coolidge shot at nu- merous deer and wild turkey, annoying them no little. ‘The affair started spontaneously, as all real sports do. Col. Bill Pipp, a Northerner, was rocking himself peace- fully on the porch of the palatial Stagg Inn on the club acres. On the same flagpole erected at Madison Square who is a Georgian of the Georgians. ‘They were rocking in unison, soothed by & cooling breeze. It was Mr. U. J. (Sport) Herr- mann, a restless Chicagoan of the pineapple belt, who started the trou- ble. He proj d & North-and- South rocking contest for endurance. Col. Pipp accepted the challenge with a ready nod. John Strickland of Georgia hummed ‘'Dixie” and sald: "Geantlmen. let the rocking pro- ceed.” Mr. Joseph Heintzman of Cincinnati ‘was appointed referee. Col. Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston, a transplanted Georgian, volunteered to act in Mr. Strickland’s corner. Wilbert Robinson of Hudson, Mass.; Baltimore, Md., and Brooklyn, N. Y., offered to act for Col. Bill Pipp. The starting gun was fired and the contest was on. On the second day it could be seen that this was no friendly rocking. The sectional feeling was revived. Mr. Strickland was not going to be outrocked by any Yank, even though he was a member of the Dover Hail Club. The Pipps are a silent but determined tribe. By the third day the sitting became a grim thing, so much so that Wilbert Robinson suggested an armistice. But Col. Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston said: “No, sir; let them rock it out until the betier rocker wins. My money is on John Strickland as the best motion- ! less or rocking sitter south of the Mason | and Dixon line. The Disqualification. ! 'HE rules of the contest were simple. Any rocker who rocked himself off the porch. which was the regulation size, would forfeit the contest. Any | rocker ceasing to Tock automatically would be declared the loser. The men were to rock to a finish, and the sec- onds might at any time administer mint, juleps at their discretion or on demand of the rocker. At one time Col. Pipp rocked himself perilously close to the edge of the porch, but recovered in time and rocked him- self back. His second applied the usual restoratives, and he rocked with a vigor that excited considerable applause, even from & gallery that had driven in from Brunswick. There was no North nor .Eoludth with a contest like that being | held. . It was on the sixth day that Mr. Strickland showed signs of weaken- ing. though his second plied him with restoratives for rockers. Col. Huston began to fear for him and for the heavy wager he had made. “John is a motionless sitter at heart, I am afraid,” he said. Naturally, Col. Pipp, noting signs of weakening, rocked steadily. | ‘The rocking of Mr. Strickland became weaker annd weaker. Mr. Heintzman | closed in between the chairs to watch the finish and give the signal that it was all over and to raise Col. Pipp's hand in token of victory. Dusk gath- ered over the contestants. Suddenly the chair of Mr. Strickland ]‘sf-lmd to rock- steadilv. The referee | looked behind it and found that it was | propelled by Mr. Strickland's black |hound dog, Gilpin. Naturally the ref- eree disqualified Mr. Strickland, but he was absolved of any connivance with | the hound dog. which evidently acted through sectional feeling. At the close of the contest all concerned rocked for another night, but not. in the spirit of competition. Since that time only friendly rocking is permitted at the | porch sat John Strickland, the guide,” Dover Hall Club. THE SPO BY GRANTLAND RICE. RTLIGHT Pawky Peter. The wind was off the lighthouse, the wind was off the sea; A weary wind to wrestle with, an unco weird to dree; But Pawky Peter Nicoll had the short hole in three. Up the funnel of the jairway we faced the tempest’s roar, ' And each with sizes and with sevens diversified his score; But Pawky Peter Nicoll did the long fifth in four. " Whote sandhills hurtled through the air, the burn was down in spate, And some were here and some were there But Pawky Peter poked his way to nd very few were straight; the ninth in thirty-eight. Fairly behind us raged the blast when once we reached the turm, And it tempted Pawky Peter's soul its pawkiness 10 spurn, And Pawky Peter pressed and topped—and landed in the burm, And after several wondrous words, “Aweel,” he said. “it's true That a heid win’ ’s e heid win’, an’ a man kens what to do; But, lads, take tent o' a follyin’ win—an’ a follyin’ jortune, too!” H. B, in Punch, A Flock of Philosophy. 'HERE is a large flock or chunk of | philosophy in the Jast line of the above verses. There are any number, whether it be in sport or in the generai run of existence, who can buck a head | h wind but who take a flop when a favor- ing gale arrives. X This is one of the reasons why foot ball coaches preach the doctrine of pessimism to their teams. They like to get over the idea that only a desperate uphill battle will save the day—that each game is & head-wind contest, not one with a following breeze. Few can travel with a favoring gcle. Their feet. Tun out from under them. Too much success, comparatively speak- ing. has done more damage than the barder road can bring about, A Sporting Chance. N traveling more than 7,000 miles to compete in the next United States amateur golf championship at Pebble Beach, Cyril Tolley, British amateur champion, takes a sporting chance that is worth noting. Tolley comes across as the leading amateur representative of British golf. Infour or five attempts on this side he has qualified only once. On his arrival at Pebble Beach he will be one of 150 or 160 leading golfers Where only 32 can get a shot at match play. Tolley's strongest point is match play. He is a hard, keen, determined fighter in a man-to-man match, much better at this than he is at playing against the par of a course. One or two bad may upset his medal round, but in match play he can match these with some brilliant turns. Outside of four or five leading stare, the odds are about 4 to 1 against any other individual qualifying. Only 20 per cent of the field can survive after the 36-hole medal elimination is over. | he ‘cham] hip and established & new T P POLO FINAL IS REACHED BY FORT LEAVENWORTH CHICAGO, August 23 (#).— Fort Leavenworth’s polo team battered its ‘way to the nn:,h ':{p the vmw:nsmu -goal champlonship, scoring an easy 13-55% Victory over the Fort nennmt.l O e ansas outft ran up 8 lead of eight goals to one In the first four chukkers, 3 The other semi-final, between. Oak- Rrook-Dupage of Chicago and the Mid- '\171“::c:ld fil&b of . Pasadena, - Calif., was s Y. The final will All of which the British champion un- derstood before he started the Atlantic. ki T § i 5t 3 3t Beach will be pulling hard for the big invader to make the grade and get his shot at match play, where he will be one of the features of the program. Tolley is always worth watching, where his long-hitting, his hard fighting and is personal magnetism are much above the general average. | There will be other good British and Cln“hldl-n mg:ll;n in 'thls cilnmpwxlshlp wi a g chance to qualify, notabl: Eustace Storey, Ross gomgr’vme andy Don Carrick. 'The international side will be high:class in every respect. Tt is usually around this time of the year that Babe Ruth decides to step on the gas along the home-run speedwav, and if he is anywhere near his old fin- ishing stuff, Klein and others wili soon begin to inhale a cloud of dust. There will be any number of claims offered in behalf of some new heavy- weight champion, but after looking over the present muddle it will be at least six months or a year before the un- scrambling process will be completed. Mental Piclures. ERTAIN mental pictures can be of great help in the art or sclence or knack of hitting a golf ball. * For example, there is Douglas Wes- son's sound suggestion to kid yourself into the belief that the “golf ball has no mass.” It is worth trying by those who can swing correctly at a dandelion, but who immediately tighten up and is the target. re is one 3 g Egi btk 55%3 | E : {On the remaining three days Capt. HEAD COACH JONES WILL HAVE T AIDES Tutoring Plans Are Settled, Excepting Assigning Man to Handle _Scrubs. EST POINT, N. Y., August 23. —Foot ball practice at the United States Military Acad- emy here will start Septem- ber 2 with the opening of the school year and over 200 cadets will report to Head Coach Capt. “Bill” Jones as candidates for the main and plebe teams. Capt. Jones will have seven assistant coaches who will con- centrate on the A and B sections of the squad. Schedules of academic and military instruction will again materially cur- tail the amount of ‘time available for practice. On two days a week the play- ers will have military"drills until 4:15. Jones will have his entire team at work by 3:45. As the supper parade forma- tion is preceded by an inspection this will restrict practice to 45 minutes a day twice a week and 3 hours & day three times a week. Two Backfield Mentors. Backfield coaching will be handled by “Red” Blaik and “Chick” Harding. Blaik was an outstanding player during his cadet days and since graduation has coached at the University of Wisconsin and for the last two years been a member of the Army staff. Lieut. Harding will assist Blaik. Harding was quarterback on the Army team in 1926 and for the past two years has served in the Air Corps, where he is a pilot. Development of the ends has again been intrusted to Maj. Ralph Sasso and Lieut. Charles Born. This will be Maj. Sasso's seventh year as a coach at West Point. Last year, when Army's end situation was acute, Sasso selected Mes- singer and Carlmark as being the most likely successors $o Born, Brentnall and Harbold. He concentrated on these two players and, starting from scratch, deve{med them into first-string players. Sasso has been transferred from Wash- ington and is now on duty with the Cavalry detachment here. Centers Are Needed. Lieut. “Johnny” Stokes will have the imporfant mission of developing the centers, Army having lost its first, sec- ond and third string “snappers back” through graduation last June. Stokes was center on the Washington High School team when “Biff” Jones was a | guard. When “Biff” entered the Mlll-i tary Academy Stokes followed, and | they both made the Army team. » Ellinger will handle the guards SPORTS. to Present Fine Line : Army to Have Over 200 on Gridiron Squads and tackles and it is probable that Capt. Jones will give him considerable assistance, as only one regular, George Perry, is available from last year's team. Frank Wandle will again have full charge of training. \ “Biff” has not yet degided which coach will be given the important as- signment of handling the scrubs. With the tough Army schedule the B squad will have a most t mission and require excellent coaching. One of the new coaches, Lieut., “Red” Reeder, may be detailed to thé scrubs, although his knowledge of kicking will be needed in assisting the Army punters, . TREASURY RAbKETERS " ADD TO LEAGUE LEAD ‘Treasury Department netmen in- creased their lead in the Departmental League by another decisive triumph this week, scoring over the Commerce team 4 to 1 on the Monument Park courts. Ladd and Yeomans, No. 2 doubles team, regisiered the only Commerce victory. They defeated Stam and Dowd of the Treasury, 3—6, 8—8, 6—, in the feature tiit. Charest and Purinton won a 6—3, 7—>5 decision over Judd and Thomas in the No. 1 match; Shore and Seidel ac- accounted for another Treasury victory when they downed Nicholas and Black- burn, 6—1, 2—8, 6—2, while Henry and May (Treasury) were trouncing Blum and Eaton, No. 5 Commerce team, 6—2, | F irsi D. C. Man in Three-Mile Swim Will Be Awarded Trophy ASHINGTON entries in the 3-mils swim, sectional agu- atic classic to be held for the Potomac at 3 o'clock with the President’s Cup as the team trophy at stake, will have an additional incentive in a new trophy offered for the first time this season by the Washington Canoe Club sponsoring the event, to the first Capital man crossing the line. A handsome silver cup as been se- lected by the club as the reward for local talent. It will become the perma- nent possession of the winner. Chairman Henry Fowler in charge of the event, Teports all sails set for a record-breaking event, with the entry list increased to 41 today by the addi- tion of fwo unattached swimmers, both Washingtonians. Henry F. Geisz and Ben Goldberg signed up this morning. ‘They swell the list of unattached con- testants more and two from Washington. In addition to this group, strong representations will plunge in at the starting line from the leading clubs of Maryland, Virginia and New York City. Led by Raymond Rudy, who of course will defend his individual title, the New York Swimming Club will have a strong | istered members of the A. six, four hailing from Balti- | te; sextet in the water including Edward Lee, August Harms, Leo Giebel, George Fissler and Joseph Farley. This squad will strive to retain the laurels won both last year and in 1927 by the N. Y. A. C, which now holds the coveted President’s Cup. Among the prizes o be awarded. out- |side of the perpetual team challenge {trophy and the Washington swiramers' cup, already mentioned, are two other major awards—a beautiful silver cup to be presented the winning team for per- manent possession by the Washington Chamber of Commerce and a diamond studded medal to go to the first con- testant crossing the line. The Washington Canoe Club will award gold medals to the point-scoring contestants of the winning team and will give place awards of silver medals and bronze medals to point-scoring con- testants of the second and third place ams. A gold medal goes to the first con- testant to finish the line not otherwise entitled to any of the above prizes also. Silver medals will be given the three contestants next in order and Lronze medals to the next 10 in this group. All contestants in the meet are reg- u. its a knock-out! Land on that “‘knock’ with a knock-out gasoline! 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