Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1929, Page 29

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, R ichards Calls Cochet Best Racketer : LA GOSTE IS RANKED SECOND BY NET RO Harada’s Victory of French| - Ace Minimized Because’ of Henri’s Sea Trip. D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1929, Old Friend Gives Close-Up of Rickard COVERT GIFT OF A DOLL IS REAL TIP-OFF ON TEX Promoter Tried to Conceal Impulsive Present to Longing Little Lass—Trumbull Recalls Last Interview With Sports King. SPORTS. TWO CHAINS TO RADIO ARMY-STANFORD GAME NEW YORK, December 25 (#).—A revised list of stations in two chains will broadeast the Army-Stanford foot E Beceinber 30, 1t has hoon T ° The air description is to begin at 4:45 p.m. Eastern standard time. ‘The stations follow: National Broadcasting Co.—WEAF, WEEI, WJAR, WTAG, WLIT, WCAE, WRC, WTAM, WWJ," WOW, WTMJ, KSIP, WAPI, WKY, WFAA, WOAI KOA. KOW, KFI, KOMO, KHQ, and WOFL. Columbia Broadcasting System: WADC, WNAC, WKOW, WMAQ, WBEM, WHK, KMBC, WABC, WEAN, KMOX, WMAL, WHP, WISN, WCCO, » WDBJ, WBRC, WREC, KLRA, WIBW, KFH, KLZ, KHJ, WFRC, WVI and others, THLETES WHO WILL REPRESENT COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY ON THE COURT BY WALTER TRUMBULL. EW YORK, December 25.—It was just a year ago Monday that I last saw Tex Rickard. He was standing in front of that big bronze desk at Madison Square Garden—in that office of his, where the walls were covered with the pictures of his friends. BY VINCENT RICHARDS. HE United States Lawn Tennis | Association soon will announce officially its ranking of amateur N I tennis players for 1920. The publication of this list is always followeéd by an acrimonious dis- cussion. Every tennis star has a group of staunch admirers and each of these groups, large or small, never fails to present its reasons why its favorite should not be a peg or two higher on the list. Just to start the discussion a little Sooner than usual, I offer my own list ©f this year's first 10: 1. Henri Cochet (France). . Rene Lacoste (France). . Willlam ‘T. Tilden, 2d (United States). . Jean Borotra (France). 5. F. T. Hunter (United States). 6. George Lott (United States). 7. John H. Doeg (United States). 8. John Van Ryn (United States), 9. H. L. De Morpurgo (Italy). 10. H.'W. Austin (England). Unquestionably Henri Cochet is the greatest amateur tennis player in the world today. The little French star had one of the finest seasons in his career this year and from all indica- tions he will be up among the leaders 2gain next season. I say this because 1 take little stock in his recent defeat by T. Harada at Tokio. Having had a few experiences myself in playing maftches just after a long sea trip, I can readily understand how the French players felt when they took the court &t the Tokio Tennis Club against the Japanese stars. Cochet Gets Even. Within a ‘week after his defeat by Harada, Cochet Was able to take Har- ada’s measure rather easily in the final matches.of the interntional series. This would indicate that the former Lyons ball boy is right at the peak of his game, Rene Lacoste’s record in the European matches is almost fiood as Cochet’s, ‘The sad-faced Frenchman played beau- tifal tennis in the early part of the .l': but, unfortunately, he was forced in some of the later engage- ments because of ill health. Recently eport has me current that La- Pplayed his last serious tennis. Tilden is placed in third position mainly because he was able to recapture shis national singles championship at Forest Hills. The lanky Philadelphian did little else during the season, but his five-set victory over Hunter in the fl.nl‘l rTound gives him the edge for that &pot. There can be little or no argument Tul concerning the relative merits of Cochet, Lacoste or Tilden, but the next seven rankings will probably not be Well received. " - . i - v It has been defimitely decided that the United States will challenge next year for the Davis Cup in the American Zone and for the Wightman Cup in England. Some 18 players have been notified that they have been made mem- bers of the Davis Cup squad for the season of 1930. These men have been Tequested fo stay in good condition for the entife season. From time to time new names will be added 4o the list, Wwhich probablg. means that we will hate & squad of at least 25 during t.hw:my is officially closed there is plenty of activity among the indoor followers of the game. Many of- the players are getting their strokes in working order 1‘:;:::: Vlrigl;"s indoor national cham- p ips, which start a bit earlier year than usval et For the past five years the men’s nationdl indoor singles championship lt‘h.: -é:-ynfll‘;een held during March at venth Regiment Armory, New York City, but this year there is a movement on foot to hold it during players then will not yet ha en. not yet have started Southward. ‘William T. Tilden IT, national singles titleholder, seems to be just as versatile Off the court as he is on. London tennis eritics report that Tilden recently made his debut in & West End cabaret and that he is more than holding his own, Just what “Big Bill” does is somewhdt of a mystery, unless he has iden ™ in the way of soft-shoe dancirig. At any rate, Tilden fs not letting his cabaret Work interfere with his tennis. Since arriving in England he has repre- sented QGreat Britain in the interna- tional team matches between that country and Prance and has played several exhibition matches on London courts. Recently he definitely stated he will never play on a Davis Cup team again, which probably means that the famous Philadelphian will be in there again next year tackling Cochet or Borotra in the singles and coaching the younger players in the doubles encounter, (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) SOUTH CAROLINA’S GRID TEAM LISTS TEN GAMES | COLUMBIA, 8. C., December 25 (£).— Seven Southern Confercnce games, five dwith new foes, are on the foot ball schedule of the University of South Carolina next year. South Carolina will play a total of 10_games. The complete schedule follows: .. DUKE UNIVERSITY STAR PLAYS WITH ST. MARTIN'S Chalkey Councillor, a mainstay of the Duke University basket ball team, will be in the line-up of St. Martin's Yhen the churchmen play the West Baltimore quint Saturday night in the St. Martin’s gym. Councillor, a former Tech High ath- lete, 1s home for the holidays and was grabbed by Sox Harrington, St. Mar- tin's manager, for temporary service. Harington also has signed Bernle Jones, former Business star, who will remain with the team throughout the season. The Saints will practice tomor- row night in the church gym. Harring- ton is booking games and may be phoned at North 2622-J. ABBATICCHIO CANDIDATE | FOR HAWK COACHING 08| Mohawk foot ball supporters are | conjecturing on who will succeed Craig Wilton as coach. - It is understood jvilton wom't be with the deposed ‘hampions mext season. it is said, TEAMS COMPLETE FOR DIXIE BATTLE Four All-Southern Backs to Play in Charity Grid Game in Atlanta. BY DILLON L. GRAHAM, Associated Press Sports Writer. TLANTA, Ga., December 25.— Three members of the Asso- ciated Press All-Southern back- fleld quartet will exhibit their wares before the thousands of fans attending the Shrine All-Star Southern Conference charity foot ball battle here New Year day. The completed personnel of the two teams, representing the northern and southern divisions of the conference, as announced here, includes Bobby Dodd, quarterback, and Gene McEver, half- back, both _Rt;x Ten':eme. and Billy Banker, the lane terror, ‘Tony Holm, Alabama’s all-Southern fullback, was unable to play, having accepted an _invitation to participate in the New Year game at San Fran- cisco between picked teams of the East and West. Charles Bachman, Florida mentor, will direct the Southern team and Coach Bob Neyland of Tennessee will have charge of the northern outfit. Southern Squad. Centers, Harkins, Auburn; Eberdt, Alabama; Boutwell, Mississippl. Guards, Steele, Florida; Leathers and Maddox, Georgia; inger, n‘l“-sn;iu Maree, Georgia Tech; Fris ckles, , lech; F, bee, Georgia; M. Smith, Alabama; New- w:}’ x?subua'lyflm )] ‘Tulane; Jones, nds, e, J 3 Georgia ’I(‘)echr:mg.pMool‘E. Alabama; H. MafTett, Geo: o Quarterbacks, Dunlap, Georgia Tech; Crabtree, Florida. Halfbacks, Banker and Armstrong, lane; Thomason and Mizell, Georgia Tech; Bethea, Florida. - Fullbacks, Rothstein, Georgia; Wood- ruff, Mississippi. Northern Squad. Centers, Grow, Virginia Military In- stitute; Beall, South Carolina; Wli?llnu. Kentucky. Guards, Swofford and Gunnells, Clemson; Thayer, Tennessee; Forquer, Kentucky. Tackles, ‘Drury, Kentucky; Chad. wick, ‘Virginja Military Institute; H. Johnson, Tennessee; Hawkins, Wash- ington and Lee; Lepo, North Carolina ‘Hug, Tennessee; Scott, Vir- Military Institute; Williams, Washington and Lee. Hackman, ‘Tennessee; Kel Kentucky; Magner, Noxths Carolina.?’ o Fullbacks, Maryland; Mc- VIRGINIA MIDGETS ~ GET TITLE CHANCE ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 25— Virginia Midgets will play the Pred- ericksburg ‘Tigers at Fredericksburg, Va., tomorrow at 2:30 on the high school gridiron in that city. Should the locals win they will be glven a game by the Charlottesville Fives, Slmnmxlnu }gt the national 100- pound iplonship. It is expected that Owens and Humphreys will play ends, Painter and Cook tackles, Ennis and Smith guards, Chilcotte center, Sim| quarterback, J. Travers and S| halfbacks and P. Pullman fullback. 4 In addition, the following will also make the trip: C. Gensmere, Howard, Heach, Lipscombe, P. 5 ) Jackson, Arnold, Newton, Harper, Carr, H. Travers, G. Gensmere, Briscoe, Horne, Boran, Mumford, Hamilton, Simpson and Fones. Lester McMenamin, who will pilot the ‘Willlams and Mary Collegians into action tomorrow night against the St. Mary's Celtics at Armory Hall, will start Jake Goldblatt, former Tech High player, and Babe Clark, formerly of George Mason High, at forwards; Mc! center; Courtland Warfield, St. Mary’s Prep, and Marshall Smith, Richmond University, at guards. ‘Whitestone’s Store quint will get into action Friday night at Armory Hall against one of Washington’s best senior teams, the Tremont A. C. Play will start at 8:30. A mnew junior basket ball club has been formed here and will play under the name of the Whirlwind A. C. Lind- sey, Violett, Janney, Burroughs, Jen- nier, Jackson, Stump and Howard will play with the new outfit, which aver- ages 110-115 pounds. St. Mary’s Celtics base ball banquet has been definitely set for Monday night in Hurshy's Salon, at 400 King street, at 8 o'clock. Edward Harlowe is chairman of the committee. NAVY TO PLAY BUCKEYES IN BALTIMORE STADIUM —Ohio State athletic officials have an- nounced that Pittsburgh has agreed to advance by one year the date of the Pitt-Buckeye foot ball game scheduled to_be played here in 1931. The game wili be played in Ohio Stadium next November 15. Ohio State's complete schedule: chl(xtemher 27—Mount Union, ltu:ialumhul. ober 4—Indiana, at Columb: October 11—Northwestern, at Evanston, October 18—Michigan, at Columbus. October 25—Open. in, at Columbus. ber 8—Navy. at more. November 18—Pittsburgh, at Columbus. November 24—Tllinols, at Champaign. HORTON SMITH’S BERTH GOES TO HIS BROTHER JOPLIN, Mo., December 25 (P).— Ren Smith has been appointed pro- fessional of the Oak Golf Club | bere to succeed his brother, Horton Smith, internationally known golfer, effective January 1, 1930. Ren has served as assistant to Hor- ry 2. A promising candidate ' ton Smith at the club. !ng' the job is Ray Abbaticchio, the Ilawks' star back. " Horton's plans for the next year are not wn here. COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 25 (#). | ay - 3§ WALTER- Forwerd £3 Frank LoveLess: FRANK PLAN;- Cagle Sure to Be Marked Man In Army-Stanford Grid Clash BY LAWRENCE PERRY. NE great advantage which Stanford will have over the Army is the absence of some outstanding backs whom the « Cadets can watch and in stop- ping whom the main part of the offense of l:ls team will be squelched. As the situation stands Stanford has several able backs and any one of them may get loose at any time. It is fairly sim- ple to watch and throttle one great back, at least on plays from scrim- mage; the problem becomes complicated when you do not know quite whom to cover. On the other hand, the cardinal task is simplified by the fact that their main duty is to spike Cagle. Checking him, practically all of the Army's dangerous scoring plays will be muzzled. Coaches, the writer thinks, often have a liability rather than an asset when they have upon their teams one ball carrier who has been outstanding up to the time of a really important game. In the first place, the temptation to build an of- fense about such a player is too great to resist and has never been resisted in the history of foot ball. Thus the de- fense is simplified and an eleven with an able coaching system back of it is more likely than not to make plenty of trouble for the other team’s scoring system. In this modern game of foot ball, when two natural rivals meet in one of the season’s classics, more likely than not it is the humble, unsung ball carrier who creates more havoc than the touted performer. The widely ad- ertised hero has been spotted. Up to the California-Stanford game, if you had asked any West Coast observer who was the greatest,back on the coast, he would unhesitatingly have answered, “Lom.” In elusive running, line drives, passing and kicking Benny was the reat, re. ‘rYetfligutho Stanford game he could not get up to the line on runs, and he | ‘was, with one exception, into poorly, w! his kicks were 'ked—in one instance for a touch- down for Stanford. A marked man was Benny Lom and he did not have a chance. And his Ylulnz was further complicated by tne fact that Eisan, the usual terminus for his heaves, was so thoroughly covered that Lom had to throw elsewhere. T4 of wursei.&enlus may . rise superior to the best plans of defense. Who can lasso consistently a human meteor or without fail bottle a wind gust? So it sometimes happens that the great ball packer evades even best con- his every move it will not be because the defense does not know just what he is up to; it will be because this human flame 1is able to get to an ob- jective in spite of the fact that those seeking to lay hands upon him know all his routes and all the mechanics of the processes by which he is seeking o KIZER WILL COACH PURDUE GRID TEAM By the Assoclated Press. LA FAYETTE, Ind, December 25— The foot ball system which James M. Phelan organized at Purdue and which produced a Western Conference cham- plonship team for the old Gold and Black during the recent season is to be perpetuated by the advancement of Noble Kizer, Phelan’s assistant, to the Position of head coach. For the past five years Kizer has coached the Purdue iine, and during the season just closed his forward wall gained recognition as one of the strong- est in the conference. During his collegiate foot ball career Kizer was a lineman and, although welghing only 165 pounds, filled a guard Pposition, Kizer is a Hoosler, his home being at Plymouth, Ind. NORTH CAROLINA’S RING TEAM HAS NINE MEETS CHAPEL HILL, N. C., December 25. —University of North Carolina boxers, champions of the Southern Conference two years running and three of the last four, will undertake one of the most ambitious schedules in history this year. Nllne meets have been listed as fol- lows: lhil'(:::m" 18—Washington and Lee at Lex- January 25v. p. 1 at Chapel HIIL February 1V 1. 1, "5t Lexington. February 4_Duke at Chapel Hill February 8_Virginia. at Gharlottésville. February 15—Florida_at Gainesville. February 11— South Carolina, at. Colimbia. February 22—Penn State at Chapel Hill. wMareh 1-Southern © Gonferencs tourna- BASKET BALL CHAMPS OPEN SEASON SUNDAY celved plans to trap him and tears This must be Army's hope, for, as | ton. the tides surge in and out the golden gate, Cagle will be and if he is not thwarted in surely h“ Opposing the East Arlington team of Baltimore, the Skinker smmn basket- ers, unlimited champions of Washing- , Will open their season Sunday. Action in the Silyer Sprin, will start at 2 pm, A preliminary will be played, the teams' yet to be named. orward’ PITT TEAMSTARTS FORWEST TONIGHT Squad of 33 Gridders Wil Make Jaunt for Game With Trojans. P g‘;;’:s‘ ommgityfi::d l:t t‘hh: University of Pittsburgh in the Rose Bowl game with Southern California New Yea- davzn 'l'lhey will ;.; rm,-h,aa: reaching Los s, stopping each day to practice, . ‘tn: P special train will bs made up of four sleepers, a diner, an obser- vation car, a club car and s baggage car. A large number of prominent Pittsburghers and friends of the uni- versity will make the trip. The Panthers will take their final workout in Pittsburgh today in the Hunt Armory. They will have a big turkey dinner following the practice and then will be free until time to board the train. Yesterday's workout wee held in o'- most:_zero weather. As has been the trouble for the last we-k, it was almnst Impossible to do any kind of passine, For this reason. the much-needed drill in defense against the Southern Cali- m’nlds aerial attack was grievously cur- ed. The loos~ ground in the armorv also hindered the Panthers from polishing up their own attack. The best they can do is to zet into the hest eonditinn possible for the game and trust to the early season practice for their finished attack. Clark, speedy little fullback, saw plenty of service during the practice session. He replaced Parkinson, who is being held out of the serimmana sessions for fear of an injury. The big fullback is the key man of the Pitt at- tack and Snther] ‘was not going to take any chances h'm turning an ankle on the uneertain footing. ‘The list of 33 players making the trin follows: Quarterbacks, Baker, Edwards and Wagener: halfbacks, Uansa, Walinchus, Willlams, Rooney. Mirphv, Wilps. Mc- Dowell and Rellv; fullbacks, Parkinson, ;'yllrk and Hood; ends, Donchess. Col- ITTSBURGH, December 25.—At 11:48 tonight the Pitt Panther special will pull out of Pitts- ind of Bal DiMeolo, Mont- gomerv, Morris. Milligan. Lewis and Yentrh. and centers, Daugherty, Barnes and Morris. POPS DULIN. ILL IN BED, EXTENDS HIS GREETINGS Pops Dulin, a familiar figure at sports events . here, particularly at those in which schoolboy teams figure, is il at his home and is not expected to be up for Christmas. However, he wishes to extend the|§ greetings of the season to all his friends, and he has many, Guard TROIANS ARE FIT FOR PITT BATTLE Squad, Resting Today, Said to Have Reached Its Best Form of Season. By the Assoclated Press. OS ANGELES, December 25.— Santa Claus left a holiday in the striped foot ball sock of the University of Southern California grid team this morning, and a note from Coach Howard Jones an- nouncing scrimmage against the second team tomorrow. scrimmage with the second stringers, who have mastered the fa- vorite known players of the Pittsburgh Panthers, will mark the beginning of the final phases. of the Trojans’ prepa- rations for the East-West game in the Pasadena Rose Bowl on New Year Jones abandoned his plan to cut his squad to 35 men and move to a Pasa- dena hotel tomorrow for five days of E‘Mdce on the rose bowl turf, decid- g to wait until Saturday for the shift from Bovard Field. With the passing of Christmas the Trojans will enter seriously into the heavy drilling for the game against the undefeated Eastern standard bearer. At the close of ies&erdly‘s session Jones 8] -.redfnlm’:d wfl.h\‘.h:prczreu men plays designed ~against Panther attack. The consensus of those who saw the ‘Trojans work out was that the team as a whole was in the best form reached this season. BROOKLYN NOW LEADING IN PRO BASKET LEAGUE NEW YORK, December 25 (#).—The Cleveland Rosenblums have surrendered the American Professional Basket Ball League lead to Brooklyn Visitations. The Visitations won three games out of four during the week ending last night and took a full game lead on the fleld. Cleveland lost its only two starts of the week, but held second place by a one-game margin from Fort Wayne and clhlcngu, which were tled for third Syracure KOPF FORGETS GRIDIRON TO THINK OF BUSINESS Herb Kopf, who assisted Lou Little at Georgetown University, is more in- terested in a budding business career than the foot ball coaching situation on the Hilltop, which “went up into the air” when Little resigned to become grid boss at Columblia. It has reported here and in New York that Kopf was offered a job with Lou. ‘When' asked about it he is reported to have said: “I have no interest in the coaching situation at Georgetown and right now am devoting my entire time and attention to a business career.” 6 POINTS COVER TEAM'S 5 LOSSES IN 4 SEASONS By the Associated Press. They are after extra points at Min- nesota. ‘The reason is that Minnesota has lost only five conference foot ball games in four seasons by 6 points. Michigan beat the Gophers, 7 to 6, in 1926, They went undefeated in 1927, In 1928 Minnesota lost to Iowa, 7 to 6, and to Northwestern, 10 to 9. In 1929 Iowa stopped the Northmen, ?’ ,"401 Z, and Michigan turned the trick, ILLINOIS STAR TO RETURN. CHAMPAIGN, IIl, December 25 (). —Capt. Douglas (“Gaga™) Mills, of El- gin, star guard of the Illinols basket ball team, wi to _stop practice because of his run-down physi- cal condition, . will probably return to the line-up for the Michigan game, January 13, at Ann Arbor. ————g HILLMAN TO COACH CUBANS. December 25 (#).—Harry Presidents looked out from those frames and governors and Senators and directors and commissioners and novelists and even a newspaper man or two. Rickard was chewing an unlighted cigar. His dark eyes, which alwnfls lighted with welcome, were bright; his skin was tanned and clear; he never looked better. “What’s the matter with you?” fled in leaning on a cane. “I don’t know,” I said, /it feels.” correct. RIVAL HELPS ARMY T0 ENIOY HOLIDAY Tree Is Presented Cadets by Stanford—Warner Facing Backfield Problem. By the Associated Press. TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif., December 25.—A huge Chrisimas tree, laden with gifts from friends and relatives in the East, greeted West Pdinters quartered in Branner Hall here as they arose this morning to celebrate the holiday. The tree was the gift of the Stan- ford Board of Athletic Control and won the unanimous approval of the Cadet gridsters and coaches. Coach Lawrence “Biff” Jones' men are rapidly reaching the peak of physi- cal condition, and practices from now until game time Saturday will be part of a tapering-off process. Stanford took a brief workout in the morning, but planned no_ practice this afternoon. Coach Pop Warner’s chief problem lies in whipping h! charges into the proper state of mind for the coming fray, and in finding a sultable starting combination for his backfield in the event that Herb Fleish- hacker's wrenched knee precludes his playing. Indications were that Guido Caglieri would be added to the other three starters, Harlow Rothert shifting from right half to fullback, with Bill Sim- kins being held in reserve in the event that the running game fails and Stan- ford is forced to take to the air, GIANTS ASK $250,000 IN SUING EX-OFFICIAL By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 25.—The Na- tional Exhibition Co., operators of the New York base ball Giants, has filed suit for $250,000 damages against its former treasurer, Francis X. McQuade, a New York magistrate. The company charges that McQuade, who served as treasurer from May 1, 1919, to May 1, 1928, injured and destroyed the prop- erty, assets and elmlg? wer of the plaintiff to the extent sum asked m’n?‘: l:llt.u suit alleges, among other things— ‘That McQuade “attempted to induce and influence officers and directors to pay to him and other officers increased and unconscionable salaries,” and that on refusal “the defendant planned and schemed to wreck and destroy the ;lr:i':': ul:e'!-l and earning capacity m That McQuade stood at the gate of the Polo Grounds and admitted “vast numbers” to games without tickets, That the defendant “insulted, assault- ed and falsely imprisoned spectators attending games” and “insulted and harassed employes.” That McQuade Glants on trips of the accompanied the spite of objections laintiff dnd made discipline among the players difficult. ed'm.t McQu':ae "hl-ll'l-lleud and insult- " represen ives of col rent the Polo Grounds for exhlbfign:. i SCHOOL ELEVENS CLASH. MIAMI, Fla., December 25 (#).—Two fast high school foot ball teams, Miami and Salem, Mass, clash here today. The weather, slightly chilly, gave the Northerners an edge over their South- Iem opponents, in the opinion of the ans. Purdue Menace On Cutin Play BY SOL METZGER. A second development of the long- and-short pass attack of Purdue, an attack that sends the two forwards, Nos. 2 and 3, down the side-lines to cut for the basket, and the center, INDIANA BASKETBALL No. 1 has the bail and is bel closely guarded as he nears the fo circle. No. 3 hi L Other Sports on Page 30 he asked quickly, for I had shuf- “but I think I either have swallowed a Bowie knife or else eaten a little glass by mistake. The doctors later decided that Anyhow, that's the way neither diagnosis was “The thing for you to do, feller,” sald Tex, “is to come down to Florida with me. I'm going to take my wife and little Maxine down in a couple of days, but I've got a car and there’ll be plenty of room. No matter what the trouble is, that sunshine down there will cure you. It would cure anybody. It just makes you feel good to be down there. “You could stay at my house. You know I built another room and bath on that roof and I planted those royal palms we were talking about last Spring at the gate. That's a right pretty house now. As soon as you feel better, we could play golf and I'm going to have the boat down there so we could go fishing. We can have a lot of fun.” I thanked him and told him that I couldn’t possibly go. going to Hartford for Christmas. Rickard shook his head regretfully. How Tex Reasoned. “You ought to come,” he said, “but, of course, you'll be down for the fight, A lot of fhem think I'll lose money on a fight down there, but I won't, There are a couple of hundred thousand vis- itors down there every Winter and they can’t play golf or polo or fish all the time. ‘They go there looking for amuse- ment and I'm going to give it to them. “Florida is the nearest place to New York and all the big North Eastern citles where Winter is warm and sunny,” continued Rickard earnestly, is | “It’'s going to be the playground of the country. ‘There will be every form of amusement there that you "can find anywhere; golf, raging, fishing, bathing, tennis, polo, boxing, anything. Some day I am going to spend most of my time there. Of course, Il come back here in the hot months and make necessary trips in between, but I can fix things so I won't have to be here much of the time. I have all sorts of plans for Florida. I have wired Dempsey and he's going to meet me down there. Jack and I will go in some things together. I don’t thinke he'll ever fight again, but he can make a lot of money doing other things. Jack lives at an expensive rate and I'd like to see make money, Dempsey Greatest. “Dempsey is & born showman,” said Tex; “the greatest drawing card there ever was In this world. They talk of the romance of business. Do you know how many millions I've taken in the gate with Dempsey in a compara- tively few fights? You'd hardly belleve it. T've just had them take off the books the figures for every fight I've rromoted at the Gard Here is the ist. Look at it.” We looked over it together, and Rick- ard corrected a few totals which he said ;eerte wrong. %hwlmm what a great rformance the ires ed, and asked him whether they hllflr':‘ver been printed. He said they had not, but that there was a carbon copy which he would give me. Getting this from his secre- tary, Miss Naomi Lowensohn, he pen- clled the corrections on it, handed it to me, and said: “Print that sometimes when you think the proper minute has come.” ,ltgrl.nud it about a week after his death. He urged me again to go South with him, and again I told him I could not. We sald good-by and good luck and made a date for some Februa golf. As I hobbled out of the Garden saw the usual line of men waiting for len. [Tex to emerge. These were men who didn’t see him in his office, but didn't mind waiting. Some of them hurriedly and furtively stopped him for an instant almost every day, but any hard-luck story was good for a dollar. Tex used to carry a special roll of bills in his pocket just for that purpose. Like many gam- blers, he had staked people all his life. Rickard Revealed. I like to think most of the doll to which I saw him stake a child in the station at St. Louis. I have told you the story before. A tiny girl, clinging to her small brother's hand, with her nose flattened against the glass of a show case and wistful eyes fixed on the gorgeous toy she knew was far beyond her utmost hopes. On a bench nearby sat her aPm'ent.s. apparently working people waiting for a train, Rickard neither glanced around to see that Mayor Walker, Roy Howard, arr MacFadden nor any of the party who had been with us in the sta- tlon were watching him. He didn't see me. Then he spoke swiftly to the shop- keeper, gave him a bill and, taking the doll, laid it gently in the little glirl’s arms, which raised tnbelievingly to re- ceive it, and walked hastily away. Farm boy, cowhand, marshal, miner, prospector, cattleman, gambler and promoter, Tex Rickard had his faults, But it may be that the child to whom the three wise men brought gifts re- membered that doll. (Copyright, 1029, North American Ne Alllance.) i BANKS LEADING SCORER IN PRO COURT LEAGUE NEW YORK, December 25.—Davey Banks, who for many years has been one of the dead shots of the American Basket Ball League, but who last sea- son fell far below his standard, is once more the leading scorer of the circult. Close behind is Jazz Chezmadia of Rochester. ‘The 10 leading scorers: Q SER5E5585550 % 114 28 1 86 82 ki i Brooklyn 70 PRO HOCKEY RESULTS. Chicago, 3; Ottawa, 1. New York Ameri P 2ERENERasu PRS- E e ney, Roxbury, 'REEZEPROOF Rad Damaged Radiators repaired. WITBSTATT'S lnAI!IATOI. FENDER AND BODY WORKS. 819 13th 8t. N.W. Metropolitan 1800 14th St.. 3 Doors from S. 8i. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'’S, 7th & F