Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1930, Page 31

& ol ge @he Foening Star. 'WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Comics and Classified WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1930. PAGE C—1 Catholic U. Lacks Home Gridiron Dates : High School Court Schedule Faulty LOW FOOT BALL RECEIPTS HANDICAPPING CARDINALS Cannot Afford to Pay'Big Many Colleges—Oliver According to Coach Jack McAuliffe. BY H. C. ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY is having difficulty getting home games for next Fall in foot ball. It has arranged several con- tests away from home, about as many as it can afford to play on other fields, and now is trying to line-up two or three real elevens to play at Brookland. However, it seems that the Red and Black is having the same trials that confront almost every university so situated, in that it cannot well real inducements in the way of prospective gate receipts. Foot ball in every school must most schools must make enough money to help foot the bills for other sports. Therefore, what Catholic Uni- versity, and other local schools also, must do in looking for home games is to find schools that are willing to schedule contests with- out much consideration for the amount of guarantee to be re- ceived. Those that are willing to do that are few and far between. Six colleges and universities are play- ing foot ball here. Sometimes they all play here on the same Saturday, and unless one game is especially attractive, hardly a corporal’s guard turns out at any. And for that reason local schools cannot afford to pay big guarantees, and if they expect to play big teams, must go ta foreign fields. Georgetown has had fairly good home schedules the last few years, and has lost money for its efforts. It is under- stood that the.games scheduled here by Georgetown for several years have run up quite sizeable deficits. The other schools cannot stand such losses as well as Georgetown. Or, anyway, they have not shown the inchination to take the chance of incurring them. “T can get all the games I want away from home,” says Jack McAuliffe of Catholic University, “but have real dif- ficuity getting good home games. That is why I am somewhat stumped now for next Fall. We just cannot afford to pay the guarantees required to bring here the kind of teams we would like to play on our home field. And I sup- pose the other schools in Wasl are up against the same proposition.” McAuliffe has a lot of nice things to say about young Oliver, playing for- ward on the C. U. basket ball team. Not only is Oliver a brilliant forward, but he also is & great foot ball player, one who could make almost any team. Says McAuliffe: “That young Oliver is one of the best natural athletes I've ever seen. He just takes to any sport like a duck to water. ‘You cculd not find a better ball carrier in foot ball anywhere, hardly. He was largely responsible for the fine show- ing we made against Villanova last Fall. He took the kick-off and carried the ball to Villanova's 4-yard line and we managed to keep knocking at that goal for a long while because of that advantage. -He -can do anything in foot ball and just about everything in basket ball.” University of Marviand is to have its annual banquet for its foot ball squad Friday night, preliminary to the first of the two annual basket ball games with Johns Hopkins. The banquet is to be varied somewhat this year {from for- mer years, in that the entire faculty of the of the university located at College Park have been invited. Nearly 300 persons will be in attendance. Maryland has never had outside guests at its foot ball dinners, preferring to keep them as something of a family get-together. Incidentally, there also is very little speaking and what addresses there are have a limit of three minutes. The speakers, according to Prof. Charles S. Richardson, chairman of the dinner committee, will be President R. A. Pear- son, Dean H. J. Patterson of the Col- lege of Agriculture, Dr. H. B. Crothers, Dean Hill Freeman of the Law School, Senator Millard E. Tydings, John O'Neil, president of the Student As- sembly, and Julie Radice, who acted as captain of the foot ball team through- out the season. Outplaying their opponents in all de- partments of the game, the Eagles of American University last night defeated the Cardinals of Catholic University, 26 to 19, in the basket ball engagement on the Brookland court. The result was distinctly an upset and was the Eagles’ first win over a Cardinal team at Brookland in four seasons of struggling. The victory ended a three- game losing streak for the Eagles and the defeat was the Cardinals’ fourth in a row. With Sells showing the way in scor- ing, the Eagles were masters of the Cardinals the entire route. The work “ef Olsen at guard for the winners fea- tured. They held a 12-to-6 advantage at half time and proved a bit faster than their opponents in the hectic sec- ond half. ‘atholic U. GF.Pts. _Amer. U. G.F.Pts. 06 00 0 00 000 00 328 92 000 28 204 02 33 33 431 00 48 Martin, 00 Marucel. & 24 Totals .. 919 Totals ....10 626 (Referee—Mr. Simpson (Approved Board). Only one college basket ball game is slated for a District floor tonight, that at Brookland between Catholic Univer- sity and Loyola of Baltimore. Uni- versity of Maryland's five has an en- gagement with the University of Vir- ginia, but it is at Charlottesville. Three members of last year's fresh- man relay team at Georgetown are to be on the varsity four running in the Brooklyn College games Saturday night. After ~trials yesterday Coach _John O'Reilly selected Artie Briggs, Victor Burke and Chuck Carlin, sophomores, to run with John Cranley, veteran of last Winter's relay team, in the race in which teams of Dartmouth, New York University, Pennsylvania, Colgate, Syracuse and Holy Cross are likely to be encountered. Letters and numerals were awarded yesterday at Catholic University to members of the foot ball and cross- country squads. The following 20 men received the varsity “C” in foot ball: J. Ambrose, J. Raiche, G. Menke, G. Murphy, C. De- Mello, J. Oliver, N. Monaco, O. D. Gerth, R. Blast, J. Lyons, J. Champa, R. Zeno, d Seventeen members of the freshman team received numerals as follows: Fraatz, Smithwick, Clark, Billinger, Nimphius, Quinn, Stapleton, ‘Walsh, O’Connor, Whalen, Sheary, Herlihy, Morina, Hepburn and McGarty. Five men received the varsity “C" for cross-country: McQuigan, Niede- Toest, DeBettencourt, Hickey and Farris. Seven men received numerals for cross-country: Scully, Rirfudot, Perry, Holly, Lomenzo, Walter and Tigani. KNIGHT QUINT BOOKS The fast Richmond Blues, who have already triumphed twice over local teams this season, will play the Knight Guarantees Demanded by Great Natural Athlete, BYRD. pay big guarantees nor offer any pay its own way, at least, and in of the foot ball team and Chick Scudari assistant manager. Dick English was appointed manager of the cross-country team for next year. George Menke, Washington boy, who has played guard on the Cardinal eleven the two seasons, is the leading candidate for the captaincy of the 1930 foot ball team. Maryland U.-Navy Grid Game in 1930 Unlikely ANNAPOLIS, January 14.—Comdr. Jonas H. Ingram, director of ath- letics at the Naval Academy, said that Navy cannot disrupt its foot ball schedule by breaking any of its contracts existing for the 1930 season. This was the result of a meeting here between Comdr. Ingram and H. C. Byrd, director of athletics at the University of Maryland, which was called in an effort to iron out the conflict in schedules, as made evident with the announcement of the Navy 1930 list. On the Navy program Maryland was listed for a contest with the Middies on November 1. According to Maryland's schedule, Virginia was carded for a Southern Conference battle on that date. West Virginia Wesleyan was booked on the Navy card for November 22, the date Byrd claims was agreed upon with Maryland. Comdr. Ingram stated that it ‘would be uj cials to its schedule to satisfy Virginia if the battle with the Mid- dies is to be played this year. Maryland officials also have stated that it would be impossible to play Navy in 1930 other than on Novem- ber 22, so grid relations between the two doubtless will have to be post- poned until 1931. Maryland and Navy had made a three-year agree- ment, with one of the contests to be staged in Baltimore. J e — "VIRGINIA CHAMPIONS ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 14— five here tonight at 8 o'clock in the mond, Va. team has de- feated the Knights and St. Mary's Cel- tics at Richmond. The Blues have held the Virginia title for more than 10 sea- *The invad e invaders will present a team composed entirely of former prep school and college basket ball stars. A preliminaty, which will bring the 's Budd! into action against glo:!:loxuhmmn sextet, will start at St. Mary’s Celtics, at a meeting last night, decided to play four home games each week for the remainder of the Season, appearing at their new Shuler’s Hall or at the Armory Hall on Wednes- days, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sun- d._};_ h:rkmoomA new program decided u b the cagers last night will be inangi. rated with the Montrose A. C. of Wash- ington, coming here tomorrow night for & game at Shuler's. Alpha Sigma Lambda of Washington, will be played at the Armory Thursday night. Satur- day will bring the Eastern Preps of Washington to Shuler’s, followed by the Richmond Jewish Community Center o.(c ]lehmonfl. Va., there Sunday at 3 lock. Manager Robert McDonald was forced to shift the game with the Richmond Blues carded for Shuler’s Sunday until February 2 and immediately booked the Richmond Jewish Community ' Center five to fill the open date. De Luxe of Washington, undefeated this year, will be played here early next week. The Celtics are anxious to book more games. Manager McDonald may be telephoned between 5 and 6 p.m. at Alexandria 2256, Alexandria and Episcopal High WEEK’S SPORT CARD FOR D. C. COLLEGES ‘TODAY. Catholic vs. American at Brookland. ‘TOMORROW. Maryland vs. Virginia at Charlottes- ville. Catholic vs, Loyola (Baltimore) Brookland. af ‘WEDNESDAY, Georgetown vs. Washington College at Hilltop. American vs. Duquesne at American University. THURSDAY. Catholic vs. Duquesne at Brookland. George Washington vs. Randolph- Macon at Ashland, Va. FRIDAY. Maryland vs. Johns Hopkins at Col- lege Park. Virginia George =~ Washington Medical at Richmond, Va. ph?.eor‘emwn vs. Temple at Philadel- vs, SATURDAY. Loyola of Baltimore at American University. Catholic vs. Navy at Annapolis. Gallaudet vs. St. John's at Annap- olis. Georgetown vs, New York sity at New York City. SHORE BASKéTERS OPEN TOUR HERE TOMORROW Special Dispatch to The Star. CHESTERTOWN, Md., January 14.— Befl.nnlng tomorrow, when Washington College tossers will meet Georgetown University in Washington the Eastern Shore basket ball team will embark on a heavy schedule of games abroad that will test the mettle of Coach Tom Kibler's Maryland champions. The fol- lowing night the strong Baltimore Uni- versity outfit will be met and the Shore- men then will journey to Gettysburg College for the third tilt of the series Friday. The following night Mount St. Mary’s College will be enj at Em- mittsburg and the team return here for a short rest. Kibler believes his combination has returned to its early season form and that the apparent nervousness shown by Capt. Stanley Giraitis and his' crew against Princeton in Baltimore and St. Joseg}‘;‘,: College in Philadelphia, when Washington was trounced, has disap- peared. WILL SEEK APPROVEL OF STARTING BLOCKS By the Associated Press, y NEW YORK, January 14.—Recom- mendation that the use of starting blocks be approved for intercollegiate competition in 1931, provided the Inter- national Amateur Athletic Federation passes favorably on them, will be pre- sented to the annual convention of the Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. by the execu- tive committee. - At a meeting yesterday, the commit- tee decided on & prqgoud rule change, to be ddopted in 1931 if the interna- tional federation approves the use of starting blocks in May. It reads: “'Starting blocks may be used in races held under the rules of the I. C. A. A. A.'A. 1f starting blocks are used they shall be of such size and shape that the lower edge shall be flush with the track and the upper edge shall not be higher than 4 inches therefrom. In using the blocks at least some part of both shoes of the runner shall touch the ground. No device of any kind shall be used for support or gripping purposes for the hands other than corks or similar grips to be ca the hands during the Tud ‘The committee recommended the elimination of the hurdles in the cross- country championship race, on the grounds that it is a sufficlently hard test without them, and passed on other proposals that the distances be short: ened to 3 miles for the varsity and 2 miles for the freshmen. Univer- PURDUE AND ILLINI SHARE COURT LEAD Northwestern Is Upset by Boilermakers—Michigan Beaten at Home. BY WILLIAM WEEKES, Assoctated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, January 14 —Purdue | and Illinois today shared the leadership in the Western Con- ference basket ball champion- ship race, while Michigan, co-holder of the 1929 title, was another notch farther down the list. Purdue won its second straight con- ference game last night at the expense of the hitherto undefeated Northwest- ern team, 39 to 22, while Michigan suf- fered a second staggering blow in three nights when Illinois invaded Ann Arbor for a 24-to-18 triumph over the Wolv- erines. The victory was Illinois’ second in a row. ‘The " combination of tower- ing ‘Stretch” Murphy and stubby Jol y Wooden that led Purdue to vic- tory over Michigan Saturday night wrecked Northwestern last night. Murphy batted in four field goals and dropped in four free throws, while ‘Wooden drilled through the Wildcat de- fense for six baskets and added a throw. Northwestern put up a hard fight in the first half, but Purdue led by 19 to 11. In the final session the Bollermakers ran wild, and but for missed short shots would have built up an even more imposing margin. Illinois Baffles Michigan. Tllinois’ loafing offense and powerful defense was more. than Michigan could figure out. The Wolverines were held to four fleld goals, two each by Trus- kowski and apman, while the Illini sneaked through for nine. Ernie Kamp scored three from the field for Illinois, while Harper and Capt. Doug Mills, who played his first game of the season, ac- counted for two each. The count was 11-all at the half, and Michigan tied it up at 15-15 early in the second period before sagging. Two games remain on the week’s schedule. Illinois will place its unde- | feated slate on the block by invading | Wisconsin Saturday night, while North- western will go to Indiana the same night. The Badgers came to life Satur- day night and defeated Ohio State, 32 to 25, as com| d to Illinois’ 19-to-15 victory over the Buckeyes in the open- ing game of the season. NorthweslemJ has victories over Wisconsin and Minne- sota and its defeat by Purdue, while In- diana won its only start, defeating Chi- cago, 36 to 24, Saturday night. CARDINALS Tb RETAIN WAYNESBORO AS FARM WAYNESBORO, Pa., January 14— Branch Rickey, general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, has officially con- firmed the Waynesboro base ball club as its only class D farm for 1930. President K. G. Potter of the local club said an invitation will be extended Rickey to attend the annual Blue Ridge uuu’e meeting at Martinsburg Janu- ary 23. LEWIS OVERCOMES TACKLE. SEATTLE, Wash., January 14 (#).— Ed “Strangler” Lewis today held a vic- tory over the flying tackle with which Gus Sonnenberg deprived him of his world wrestling title, After losing fall to Howard Cantonwine of Iowa, who used the foot ball attack, Lewis evaded several other tackles and took the deciding two falls with a headlock and free use of rabbit punches. N TEWART PHOTOGRAPHERS and French A. C. quint will meet in a basket ball game tonight in the o'clock that will be the first of a series expected to provide red-hot battling. A battle royal between these clubs re- cently broke up in a row. ‘There will be a prelim b2tween Stlver Spring Giants and Sandy Spring, start- ing at 7:30 o'clock. » Skinker Eagles have booked a game for tomorrow night in the Silver Spring Armory with W. H. West Co. of Wash- ington. Hereafter the Birds plan to engage regularly on Wednesday night in games on the Silver Spring floor. Sunday afternoon the Eagles will en- tertain the Lithuanian-American Club Schools, unable to obtain the use of the Armory Hall for nuary 22, will meet there on January 28 instead. in Washington tonight. e HOPPE TO SHOW WARES IN TWO CUE CONTESTS Willie Hoppe, who has held many world billiard titles and is about the best exhibition cueist in the business, shows here this afternoon and tonight at the Lewis-Krauss establishment. Hoppe is to stage an exhibition of three- cushion play this afternoon, and at 8 o'clock tonight will display his skill at the balkline game. Hoppe's three-cushion opponent is Andrew Ponzi, & well known Philadel- phia expert. Frank Turton, District cue master, will battle with the great ‘Willle in the balkline match. LATIMER CUE WINNER. of Baltimore in the Silver Spring Armory. Several changes have been made in the Boys' Club Basket Ball League schedule for the remainder of the week. Indiana U. Center Uses Rolling Pivot BY SOL METZGER. Indiana’s famous center pivot attack is usually used when the defense is set. The center, No. 1, breaks down and comes back to the foul line while his teammates are handling the ball around the front line of a set defensc. As No. 1 arrives at the foul line No. 2, receiv- ing a pass while cutting back, bounce passes to No. 1. Raymond Latimer defeated Ed Smith, 35 to 30, last night in a match of the three-cushion billiard tournament in progress at Elmer's Academy. Johnson and Leonard are leading the tourney ?!lg, each with 7 victories and 1 de- eat. COLLEGE BRSKET BALL. American University, 26; Catholic University, 19. Illinots, 24; Michigan, 18. Yale, 35; Cornell, 19. Purdue, 39; Northwestern, 22, Ashland, 42; Findlay, 33. PRO HOCKEY RESULTS. St. Paul, 1; Duluth, 0, Tulsa, 2; St. Louls, 1. Windsor, 0; Niagara Falls, 0 (over- time). London, Ontario, 3; Toronto Mil- Rellly was appointed manager lionaires, 2. v » , _As No. 1 receives the ball No, 5 breaks directly by him in order to use No. 1 as a block for his own immediate opponent. No. 1 employs .lommn‘ pivot as he passes the ball No. 5 In order to prevent the opponent :\Ill‘flu\' him shifting cover No. 5. Thus No. 5 is freed for a short shot. Tomorrow—how the center makes this pivot. (Gopyright, 1930.) Stewart Photo-French Series To Color Basket Ball Season Silver Spring Armory at 8:30 | H Revisions call for Yorkes meeting Op- timists Thursday at 8 pm, Celtics facing Tut-Tut Wonders Friday at 8:50 pm., Nye House and Neighborhood ouse Friday at 6:50 p.m. and St. ;’v:uph'l and Neighborhood House Mon- y. Potomac Boat Club will meet Strayer basketers tonight, at 9 o’clock, at Cen- tral High. Union Printers were sched- uled to face the Boatmen tonight, but were forced to cancel because of a schedule mix-up. Skeletons will Meridians tonight, at 7 o'clock, on the Macfarland Junior High floor, Skeletons are booking with quints in the 135-pound class, at Co- lumbia 562, after 5 p.m. « Calvary Reserves are seeking an un- limited opponent for the preliminary to the Calvary M. E.-Fort Washington game tomorrow night in the Calvary gym, at 7:30 o'clock. Call Gottwals, at Georgia 1680-J. ‘Teams having games with the Mon- roe A. C. are asked to report at the ‘Wilson Normal School gym at 8 instead of 9 o'clock. Manager Mann can be reached at Adams 3964, after 5:30 p.m. Games for this week with teams hav- ing courts are sought for the Corinthian 115 and 130 pound quints. Call Colum- bia 4574-W. In Boys' Club League games last night Spartans defeated St. Martin's, 25 19 in the 100-pound class; Spenglers took the measure of Aztecs, 34 to 24, in the 115-pound division and Whirlwinds were 43-22 victors over Cel- tics in the unlimited class. Results of other games last night fol- low: Ramblers, 747 Cardinals, 1 Fort Washington, 41; Eagles, 18. G. P. O. Federals, 32; Army.War Col- lege, 30. St. Martin’s, 24; Y. M. C. A, 11. National Circles, 30; Northern, 5. W. H. West Co., 32; Pontiacs, 18. Hamline, 25; Kendalls; 21. Wilson _Athletic Club, 59; Christ Church, 31. Pullman Athletic Club, 1 TWO TRI-COUNTY GAMES. LAUREL, Md., January 14.—Brent- wood Hawks and Ellicott City Hoplights and Headquarters Company, National Guard, and Jessup A. C. will meet in Tri-County Basket Ball League games on the armory floor here tonight. Hawks and Ellicott City will open the program at 7:45 o'clock. EAGLES VICTORS. Eagles took the measure of Capital 8. Anacostia Moseans, 8. A, C. girls in a Washington Recreation W\l:‘rm‘ last nights A\ SCHOLASTIC SPORTS PROGRAM FOR WEEK Basket Ball, TODAY. Tech vs. Western, Business vs. East- ern. (Public high school championship series games, the program starting at 3:30 o'clock, Tech gym.) Georgetown Prep vs. Central, at Cen- tral. Woodward vs. Hyattsville High, at National Guard Armory, Hyattsville. Friends vs. Woodward Juniors, at Friends. Ben Franklin vs. Strayer, at Langley Junior High, 8 p.m. Landon vs, Sherwood High, at Sandy Spring, Md. TOMORROW. h’I-llyln-svl.l]e High vs. Central, at Cen- al Swavely vs. Business, at Business. Devitt vs. Georgetown Freshmen, 7:15 ., Ryan gym. (Preliminary to the U. Varsity-Washington College game.) St. John's vs. Mount St. Mary’s Prep, at_ Emmitsburg. Eastern vs. Episcopal, at Alexandria. ‘THURSDAY. George Washington Freshmen vs. Gonzaga, at Gonzaga. Strayer vs. Potomac Boat Club, at Langley Junior High, 8 p.m. Ben Franklin vs, Y. M. C. A. Regulars, at Central “Y,” 8 p.i Episcopal Juniors vs. Woodward Juniors, at Central “Y.” FRIDAY. Business vs. Western, Central vs. Tech. (Public high school championship serles games,. the program starting at 3:30 o'clock, Tech gym.) Eastern . Georgetown University Freshmen, at G. U. Devitt vs. Gonzaga, at Devitt. Woodward vs. Friends, at Friends. St. John's vs. Leonard Hall, at Leon- ardtown. Ben Franklin vs. Bliss, at Eastern, 8 .m. b St. Albans vs. Georgetown Prep, at Garrett Park. SATURDAY. Emerson vs. Bliss, at Silver Spring, Md., 8 p.m. West:m vs. Swavely, at Manassas, Va. Strayer vs. Shepherd College, at Shep- herdstown, W. Va. Swimming. SATURDAY. Central vs. Tome, at Port Deposit, Md. COMPANY F TOSSERS GAIN SECOND PLACE HYATTSVILLE, Md, January 14— Company F, National Guard, basketers are now in second place in the Prince Georges County Basket Ball League, one game behind the league-leading Brentwood Hawks. They attained the runper-up post last night by defeating Hyattsville SOuthFerMELhDdllh‘ 36 to 30, on the armory T, In another game Maryland Collegians won their first contest in eight league starts, downing Mount Rainier A. C., to 25. ml"or the first half the Methodists gave the Soldlers a real tussle, the count at the intermission being 13 to 11, with Company F on the long end. Ralph Jarrell and L. Smith, each with 6 points, did the bulk of the Methodists’ scoring. Maryland Collegians put on a last- half rally to conquer Mount Rainier. At half time the Mounts were in the van, 17 to 14. Hyattsville High School basketers, who were to entertain Woodward School quint. on the armory floor here this afternoon, will go to Washington to- morrow to engage Central High on the floor at the Columbia Heights School. Company F has booked a game for Sunday in the armory here with the National Circle basketers of Washing- ton. The contest will follow a Prince Georges County League game between Berwyn A. C. and Dor-A, “starting at 2:30 o'clock. SCHOOL SOCCER TEAMS TO STAGE TITLE GAMES Gage School team will meet Park View booters for the junior Western section title and Lenox School’s eleven will face Peabody for junior Eastern honors in games tomorrow in the Municipal Playground Department ele- mentary school goccer championship series. ‘The winners will meet in a two-out-of-three series for the city title. Gage and Lenox Schools ad- vanced in the series yesterday by de- feating Curtis and Dent, respectively. Both games were decided, 1 to 0. On Thursday Park View, senior champion of the Western section, will play Pierce, senior victor in the Eastern half of the city, for the senlor city title. This will also be a two-out-of-three seres. FIVE MEMBERS OF BOARD ELECTED BY MANOR CLUB Flection of five members of the board of governors of the Manor Club for three-year terms was announced at the annual meeting of the club last, night. Board members were chosen as fol- lows: Ray‘F. Garrity, Charles H. Zeller, Stanley D. Willis, J. Webster Manning and Charles W. Shafer. Reports covering the club activities for the year were presented, showing the club to be in flourishing condition. BRITISH OPE‘l-fl COURSES AND DATES ARE PICKED NEW YORK, January 14.—Qualify- ing rounds’ for the British open golf championship will be played June 16 and 17 over the courses of the Hoylake and Wallasey Clubs, 3 miles apart, in Cheshire. Selection of these courses, near Liver- pool, was announced by H. H. Ramsay, chairman of the championship commit- tee of the United States Golf Associa- tlon, on receipt of word from the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrew’s, governing body of British golf. s TILDEN IS TOO STRONG FOR IRISH TENNIS STAR MONTE CARLO, January 14 (®).— Big Bill Tilden defeated Lyttleton Rog- ers, Irish Davis Cup player, in the final of the Monte Carlo tennis tourney, 7—5, 6—1, 6—8, 6—0. . ‘Tilden played erratic tennis, but al- ways had plenty of tricks in reserve when threatened. PEYSER A. A. {I DELEGATE. Avery Brundage, president of the A. A. U. has named Maj. Julius I. Peyser, attorney and banker of this city, as one of five delegates at large of the A. A. U. Maj. Pe{m will be the direct represen- tative of the A. A. U. president in this section of the countsy. Business Basketers to Face Fast Swavely Five Tomorrow USINESS will entertain Swavely School tossers of Manassas, Va., tomorrow afternoon on the Stenog court in what promises to be a briskly-contested basket ball game. The game will be one of five carded tomorrow for schoolboy quints of the District group. That Swavely has a sturdy quint is indicated by its 20-19 victory over Western here early in the season. In other confests tomorrow Devitt will meet the Georgetown University freshmen in the preliminary to the Hoya vuslty-w-smngam College contest in Ryan gymnasium, Central will play host to Hyattsville High on the Central floor, St. John’s will hook up with Mount St. Mary’s Prep at Emmitsburg, Md., and Eastern will go over to Alexandria to face Episcopal's quint. Eastern took the measure of St. John's, 20 to 15, in the Eastern gym, and Silver Spring High was a 32-24 win- ner over St. Albans at Silver Spring in games yesterday. Eight basket ball games were listed for schoolboy basketers hereabout this | W afternoon and tonight. Public high _school championship games between Tech and Western and Business and Eastern featured the pro- gram. Other engagements were listed be- tween Georgetown Prep and Central at Central, St. John's and Catholic Uni- versity freshmen . at Brookland, Ben Pranklin and Strayer at Langley Junior High, Friends and Woodward Juniors at Friends, Landon and Sherwood High at Sandy Spring, Md., and Woodward and Hyattsville High Hyattsville. Except the St. John's-Catholic U. freshmen game, to be played as a pre liminary to the Catholic University- Loyola game, and the Ben Franklin- DOWN THE LINE WITH W. O. McGEEHAN Strayer contest, to be staged in Lang- ley Junior High gym at 8 p.m., all the contests were to be played this after- noon. St. John's basketers probably are con- vinced today there is considerable in the maxim about there being strength in numbers. The Cadets yesterday lost their first game of the campaign, bow- ing to an Eastern team which used 16 players. Eastern was trailing at half time, 4 to 11, but rallied briskly in the second half to triumph. Kessler and Fineran, pony members of the Light Blue and White squad, and Shirley did most of the winners' scor- ing. Morris was most consistent on at- tack for St. John, which was handi- capped by the absence of Augusterfer. Eastern. G.F.Pts John's. G.F.Pt A (3 5. ‘Water. en. . 9 Pinenrs st Mad Do Y e @] noronooomonssss 8 8| morsnooomtnocoas I Totals ... 6 al Totals .... Referee—Mr. Ray. That Silver Spring High has one of the best schoolboy quints in nearby Maryland is evident. The Montgomery County boys showed well yesterday in disposing of St. Albans, 30 to 24. Silver Spr. G.F.Pts. _ St. Alibans. G.F.Pt: cnristie. 113 Crouch, £, ..3 Holmead, Walker, rooroos o e { Harrles, 5010 13 Totals ....15 3 24 Referee—R. Bennte. (This is one of a series by Mr. McGeehan on outstanding figures of sports ory.) Y a strange circumstance the greatest of all the all-around American athletes of all time was almost an aboriginal Ameri- can by birth. There cannot be much dispute over the fact that Jim Thorpe of Carlisle was the letes, for there was no game that perhaps, game, is fieaust of our all-around ul he co not play well, excepting, the game of living, which, while it is a highly important not at all the test of athletic ability. im Thorpe was of the Sac and Fox tribe, but, as the name indi- cate:, rtl;lere w;;es somewhere in the family tree an ancestor who came from the Kerry or the Wicklow Mountains, the fleetness that Jim showed, through Ireland. But the most of him was Sac and Fox. Certainly, Jim Thorpe was a many-sided athlete. Carlisle foot ball team that Warner ever ball well enough to have lasted for a few member of the greatest coached. He played base seasons with the New York Giants. He he thought this game was somewhat e hold that he was the is merely a matter of opinion. of the experts which,-of course, In the Olympic games of 1912 Jim Thorpe won the decathlon and the pentathlon, events that test all of the dthletic ability of the contest- ants. These events call for everything that is in a runner—speed and strength and co-ordination of mind and muscle. A decathlon man cannot get anywhere unless he has all of the qualifications. Thorpe had them all and to a superla- tive degree. ‘The winning of the decathlon and the pentathlon at Copenhagen had them all declaring that Jim Thorpe, the Sac and Fox Indian, was without doubt the greatest athlete in the world. The fact that he was a native Indian made him all the more colorful and wonderful a figure. Theodore Roose- velt, then President of the United States, cabled long_ messages of con- gratulation. The King of Denmark lavished honors on Jim Thorpe and, of course, they beat the tomtoms and what not in the lodges of the Sac and Fox. Thorpe took it all with the stoic- ism of his tribe. He was not out- wardly impressed by the triumphs or the homage. In fact, they say that when the King of Denmark came out to the ship of the Ameri- can athletes in the royal launch, especially to honor Thorpe, the In- dian was in his bunk and refused to be disturbed. He said that he needed his natural rest. It must be remembered that all of this happened shortly after the King of Denmark had placed a wreath over the neck of Dr. Cook of the Gumdrop Arctic Expedition, and had tagged him with sundry decorations on the strength of his claims of having discovered the North Pole. It turned out, subsequent- Lie Determines Shot To Use Out of Sand BY SOL METZGER. Even though you may think your golf will some day develop to such a point that your ball will always evade sand traps, the fact remains that the Joneses, Smiths, Hagens and Diegels have not as yet pro- duced a game of such skill and ac- curacy. So, while it stands to reason sand traps are to be avoided, they always will be a problem during your rounds. ‘The sole cure is to solve the prob- lem, to be able to extricate your ball when you get in. No better plan can be followed than to Bt\ldin the methods of the leaders. They know. They roughly divide all shots played from sand traps adjoining or near the green into two types. One HERE ARE. THE LIES YOU ENCOUNTER IN SAND THE IMBEDDED BALL NUST BE EXPLODEO THIS ONE. MAY 8L — 1EYPLODED 2.CHIPPED 3. PUTTED =l Ny -3 concerns itsell with the ball partly or wholly embedded in sand. The sole remedy here is to explode or blast it out. The other shot con- cerns itself with a ball that is sit- ting on the sand. Such a ball is either putted, or chipped, or ex- ploded to the green. In tomorrow’s article let us first take up the ball that can be putted to the green. ‘The pivot is the least understood phase in golf instruction. Sol Metz- ger has prepared a leaflet on the pivot which he will gladly send to any reader requesting it. Inclose a stamped, addressed envelope. © . (Copyrisht. 1830.) . or who developed some of trotting over the bogs of He was a layed basket ball, although ‘eminate. In foot ball some greatest back of all time, ly, that Doc Cook had no more tagged the Pole than Merkle had tagged sec- ond in a certain crucial base ball game. The King of Denmatk was no little chragined at the thought of ha one put over on him. e, then, the added chagrin of the King of Denmark when, after the return of the American Olympic team in 1912, it was discovered that Jim Thorpe, the hero, had committed several and sundry acts of profession- alism and that he was not eligible to receive the' gifts of the King of Den- mark. The American Olympic committee made apologies and sent back the pres- ents. That episode cured the King of Denmark from bestowing honors ever afterward. Never afterward did he pass out a Danish Legion of Honor ribbon, or what have they? Shorn of His Trophiss. 'T seems that the amateur athletic au- thorities were a little more particu- lar about breaches of the amateur code, or, at any rate, a little more alert, than they are now. Jim's offense was to play a little Summer or semi-pro base ball during the vacation periods to help him out at Carlisle. He did not get much for this and he probably would have played for nothing—but it was enough and he was shorn of his trophies. Still the performances in the decathlon stand. That great showman, John McGraw, saw great gate receipts possibilities in the Indian athlete, if he could meas- ure up to big league base ball. Thorpe was a star outfielder at Carlisle, but & star in colle very mediocre leaguer at all. McGraw signed Thorpe at a generous figure. It seemed that with all of the physical and the mental qualities to make a great base ball player that ‘Thorpe could not help but succeed here, especially as McGraw was determined may turn out to be a ig leaguer, or not a big to make him a big leaguer and gave [ B0 him his concentrated attention. After several years of trial—more than McGraw ever gave a recruit—the experiment failed. Thorpe could do everything but hit in the big league manner. There was no explanation for the failure excepting the cryptic “He was a sucker for a curved ball” The fact they knew; the causes they could not fathom and, after all, the causes did not matter. ‘Was Best at Foot Ball. OP course, it was in foot ball that ‘Thorpe was at his best. He loved that game and he played professional foot ball until he was, in an athletic sense, a doddering old Indian, only he did not dodder much, even in his last days on the gridiron, with the ball under his arm and a broken field in front. Old- timers will tell you that he was a much better broken fleld runner than Grange and that he could play all departments of the game better. But Jim got lit- E:llor nothing for his professional foot his heart, he played the game for the fun of it. Ed Thorpe, the veteran referee, tells one story of the happy-go-lucky Indian in a foot ball game. Thorpe's team had been pressed to its own goal line, where it held and recovered the ball on_downs. ‘The quarterback barked the signals and Thorpe, the Indian, dropped back in punting position behind his own goal line. He listened to the signals motionless. Then he said out of the side of his mouth to the referee: “Those birds think that I am going to kick, but I ain't.” The defense was scattered to receive the expected punt. Thorpe took the ball, made a motion as though to He had no C. C. Pyle and, in | TWIN BILLS START 700 LATE IS CLAIM No Way Yet Seen‘to Better Conditions—Devitt Has Good Basketers. BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR. UCH dissatisfaction is man- ifest among spectators, officials of the schools and others interested in public high school athletics in the pres- ent arrangement of playing two championship basket ball games twice a week, starting at 3:30 o'clock. It is contended that the program carries too far into the evening. In the opinion of an official of one of the schools the home work of many students. mculdlngedbov.h spectators and players is neglected, at least Tuesday nights, use they are not in proper physical shape. The excitement incie dent to two games is so much of a strain mentally and physically, this official argues, that they are more in- clined to go to bed than to study. Just what can be done about the sit- uation, though, is something else again. Our correspondent believes that games could be played on four separate days of the week, but o] ition has been ex- pressed to this plan on the ground that it is believed the contests would take up too much of the students’ time, string things out top much, and because it is believed that under this plan it would cost more to conduct the series than is rqu}nd under the present arral ent. a ngem¢ there you are. Admittedly it is tough proposition. J. Leighton (Count) Cornwell of Devitt School, is all worked up over the basket ball situation at the Upton street institution. Last Winter the Devitt bas- keters did not exactly burn up the courts, but this season, well, just watch his boys, says Cornwell. is the way the count himself sizes things up: “We are going to have the heaviest team ever. We have lost just one regu- lar from last season and we have got as nifty a bunch of new fellows as you would want. It should sure be & big *“rancis Bomard and Paul Tangora nc and Paul . guards, and Andy Gleeson, forward and center, are mainstays of last season's team on the job. In addition, Tom Keefe, foot ball sensation, who is said to have formerly been a big shot on the court for the Central Catholic High School quint of Toledo, Ohio, as a for- ward and center, and Charley Rose, who learned his basket ball in the (‘:é:nr:l‘ngy F Armory at Hyattsville, are nd. Francis (Fannie) Knott, another t Devitt athlete, who is said to bemeulr.nddenhle &1; s a basketer, is hustling YoF a , &8 are Albert Craig and Dick McGowan, for- wards, and Dick Wiley, guard, all of whom show promise. Coach Jim McNamara also expects ving | to_dig up considerable more good ma- aj layers whi - form in the interclass mn 'mlerp!.;. which is to be staged in connection with the com; a program pulsory athletie which has been instituted lficDeVItt. Manager Charlie May so far has ar- ranged nine games for the Devitt tos- sers. The dates are: o t‘&fl!f;e!fllm Georgetown Freshmen, BT, 2T, oy sneys P ul y, Mount St. £ !kgmmbulll 5 z o anuary 21, Ben Franklin, at Lang Junior High (8 p.m.). # i February 7, Georgetown Prep, at Gar- ™ Fehruasy 12, Hyattsville ruary 12, ville Hi February 14, Ben Frankin® vl"ebnnry 25, Swavely, at Manassas, a. March 8, Gonzaga, at Gonzaga, BEN FRANKLIN QUINT DEFEATS C. U. FROSH Ben Franklin basketers today boas! a victory over Catholic U?Ivlveflfl; Freshmen, the first to be gained this season over the Cardinal yearlings. With Dick Keefer, former Business High court luminary, heading their at- tack, the Accountants last night took the C. U. boys to camp, 37 to 27, in the preliminary "to the Cardinal Varsity- American University game. . Keefer scored 12 points to head the winners’ attack. Sheary, with the same number of points, was high scorer for the losers. B.Frlin. GFPts Keeter, 82 1?‘ & Cohen. 3380 clan, ¢ ] Brennan, g... 3?9 Spinelli, 200 Genua, 's. R io Totals . 187 Referee—Mr. Fitzgerald (Approved Board), DUNBAR HIGH IS EASY BASKET BALL WINNER Dunbar High basketers defeated Shiloh, 26 to 18, yesterday in the for- " It was Dunbar’s second win in three starts. Alternating with regulars and re- serves, Dunbar gained a 16-8 lead at half time. Shiloh rallied in the third quarter, but its opponents came back to clinch the decision in the final going. Dunbar. ~ GF.Pts. _Shilch. G.F.Pts. E. Parkef. £. 0 0 0 Col o s 38 % 000 reen. 2 0 4 Cheeks 408 £°03 0 8 Williams, 108 o 1 1 3 Barksdale.s..1 0 2 ki 10 2 Stewart. &. .1 0 2 1 1 3 Anderson, 5.0 0 0 33 ¢ 000 Totals ....11 426 Totals ....8 21 Referee—Mr. Sewell. HARVARD TO'ENTERTAIN TEXAS NINE ON JUNE 9 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 14.— The University of Texas base ball team will play Harvard varsity nine during the week of June 9 at Soldiers Field, Cambridge. Both institutions have agreed on the game and the final date selection will made to fit the* schedules of both unt, then bent low and started to run. | colleges. 'orming and twisting, he got through the charging line of opponents, straight- ened out and, eluding the defense, ran the entire length of the field for a touchdown. The last that I heard of Thorpe was in a brief dhf)lu:h 58, that he had signed to play base ball with the team of Shelby, Mont., which town is close to the Blackfeet Indian reser- | Ing! vation. So it seems that the greatest athletic hero of his country has gone back to the wigwams of his people. o Sy Texas will send its foot ball team to the Harvard stadium in 1931, — KNIGHTS WOULD PLAY. Knight's basket ball team of Alexe andria has announced that it will apply for registration with the A. A. U. ?t is one of the leading quints around Wash« ton, —_— Yale competed against other coll in 319 events during 1929, i