Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1930, Page 18

WESTERN ASSUMES LEAD ). AS EASTERN BEATS BLUE Lincoln Parkers Score Surprising 29-25 Win Over Central Quintet—Tech Business High in Comes Back to Defeat 31-29 Encounter. BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR. the start of the basket - ous one, Today, with the series more than still are in the battle for the flag. ball championship series now in ,WHEN followers of public high school athletics agreed before progress that the task of picking the winner was a hazard- they certainly had the situation sized up ‘right. half over, four of .the five te Western, which is heading: the parade with three wins. and one idefeat; Central and Tech, tied for second, with three victories and #wo losses each, and Eastern, which is fourth, with a pair of triumphs against three losses, are in the championship fight. Business, which i8 in the cellar, with one win and four defeats, alone is out of the Ppicture, at least as far as the championship is concerned. 5 No sooner has a team loomed, #s.“the” team of the series than some. quint has come along and ‘Handed that team an artistic lac- ing. The series has proved only one thing so far.. It is that the only thing harder to predict than ‘the outcome of a public high ¥chool basket ball game is the out- come of another public high school game. Not that anybody cares, but the writer would like to remind his readers, #if any, that he ‘picked Tech as the twinner before the series started. He still picks Tech. He admits that at #he start of the series his choice looked <Mke .an “also ran” and that he had -about decided that hereafter he had etter postpone picking winners until Mafter the contests were over. Now, though, following Tech’s 31-20 avictory over Business yesterday, coupled -with the 36-22 trimming handed Cen- Aral by Eastern in the other game, of the double-header, it looks ss though jeur choice might yet prevail. But if 4t does not, what of it? - Western Gets Lead. > As the result of the Eastern victory ‘over Central, Western gained first place n series race without lifting & “day’s ible-header, the ) o the afternoon’s hos- the ball to' break threats. He seemingly was all over the His handling of the ball was T, often’ nothing short of spectacula Some Stars in Frays. Other leading lights of the Eastern | gocgrove, 1. were Joe Robey, Capt. Jimmy Shir! ‘was high scorer for Capt. Wilbur Cross, high-scoring Blue forward could do was to count a long from scrimmage and two from the line. Spencer Chase, tall center, und Singman were high scorers for But siness. A Business held a slight edge over Tech for the first half, at the end of which the Stenogs were in the van, 15 to 14, after holding a 7-6 edge at the close of e first quarter. At the start of the , however, tl;e ul;‘{i 5?: a scoring way and gaine mmfdll!“.be first. flme.y’l‘ech kept ahead hereafter the remainder of the way, ~though it was forced to the limit to hold “fis lead by & dupeau Business zally [ ‘moments. “"&fll’!flh! final quarter trailing 23 o 28, the Stenogs held Tech to 3 points $he remainder of the way while they ‘were mn% 6. For the last 4 minutes of piay, with the score standing 30-29 in Tech's favor, neither team was able 1o count, though each had many oppor- tunities. In the final minute, Olverson, geserve center, dropped in aw{nul shot at ended the game's scoring. “'Ioh'el’wn, along with Capt. MacCartee, ‘Russell and Lassise, was prominent in the Tech attack. Spencer Chase, hnkyl ter, and Singman, were Business’ h scorers, with 8 points aplece. Yesterday's defeat was the third B i Sy 8 west of ma . n - o were the other teams to barely $eat the luckless Stenogs. - During the afternoon A. H. Gregory, 0. like the late Pop Dulin, attends ®very high school ehampionship con- t he can, announced to the gathering s A et of Pops & few days 2g0, and | the crowd stood for a moment in bowed llower of high school athletics. . | Exumitsburgs beat Catholic University, Collegiate, Scholastic Contests Listed Today COLLEGE. Maryland vs. V. P. I at College Park, 8 o'clock. Georgetown vs. Mount St. Mary's at Hilltop, 8:30 o'clock. Gallaudet vs. Milton College of Pharmacy at Kendall Green, 8 o'clock. SCHOOL. St. John's vs. Georgetown' Fresh- men, in Ryan gym (preliminary to G. U. Varsity-Mount St. Mary's game), 7:15 p.m. Bliss ve. Donaldson School of Bal- timore, at Silver Spring Armory, 8:30 p.m. 3 Central vs. Navy Plebes at An- ‘napelis. Emerson vs. Benedictine College at Richmond. COLLEGE TOSSERS IN THREE BATTLES Hoyas, Terrapins, Gallaudet Hosts Tonight—Kendali Greeners Triumph. HREE college basket ball games will \be played here tonight. Georgetown will meet Mount St. Mary's at the Hiiltop at 8:30 o'clock, Maryland will take on a South- ern Conference rival, V. P. I, at Col- lege Park at 8, and Gallaudet will entertain Milton College of Pharmacy at Kendall Green at 8 o'clock. Maryland figures to do well in con- ference competition. The ‘Terrapins lost to Duke by 1 point and beat Vir- ginia, and they are strong favorites to-,| night, - Georgetown likely will find Mount St. M:ry's extremely troublesome. The 30-9. Gallaudet, which beat “Matyland State Normal last night, 43-33, is ¢on- fident of victory ht. - Cosgrove, Ringle and Brown scored 34 of Gallau- det’s points. The Normal center, Dena- b‘uxl". led both teams in field goals with six. Gallaudet ran up an-early 16-8 lead, but the Teachers wiped it out and were leading, 17-16, when Cosgrove, Brown and Ringle got busy and gave the Ken- dall Green team a 24-18 margin at the half. The line Gallaudet. G.F.Pts. Wurdeman . o}rm Perasors, Totals ....18 WASHINGTON COLLEGE NAMES SPORT DATES CHESTERTOWN, Md., January 25.— ‘Washington College is having difficulty in filling its base ball and lacrosse lists. Five contests, only one of which will be staged at home, have been arranged for the lacross squad’ coached by William P. (Chief) Batty, former University of Maryland stickman. It will be the second year for Wash- ington in lacrosse. A like number of base ball games have been booked and at least double that number will be played if suitable opponents can be found. The lacrosse schedule: April 5—St. John's, at Annapolis. April 26—Randolph-Macon. May 3—Mount Washington Club, at Baltimore. May 17—University of Maryland, at College Park. May 24—Baltimore University, at Bal- ore. ‘The base ball games: May 14—Mount St. Mary’s, at Em- mitsburg. May 15—Maryland, at College Park. May 10 and !1—Quantico Marines, at Quantico. May 23—Mount St. Mary's. POLISH STAR MAKES Fvemflce to the memory of this devoted Series Statistics. Central. weomowm y ononommy auosomal 0 Lampson, & Totals . Fal Ll G.FPts. Business. ~ GFPts. 30 6 Newman, f. 1 e Loftus, f. nse. Duryee, Finley. & Singman, ... | msauooss: | ersmsses | voSmocesa Totals .,... 11 Referee— Mr. Kessler. Umpire—Mr. zuso. SERIES STATISTICS. “Eastern, 36; Central, 22. Feth5n Business, 2. Other Past Games. January —Central, 20; Eastern, 25. Busi- a Sabanry 16Central, 34 Business, 22. ch 36; Western, 24. East- e eatern, 20: Business, 8. e anairy. 1 Techs 4T; Bastern, 21, West- ern, 36; Central, 18. 3 Tuesday’ ; U. S. DEBUT TONIGHT BOSTON, January 25—The Amer- ican debut of Stanislaus Petkiewicz, the newest distance running threat from Poland; three New England A. A. U. will feature the William C. Prout Me- morial games, ninth annual indoor track carnival of the Knigh the Boston Garden tonight. Petklewicz makes his bow in the Leo event on the list, with 10 other starters facing him, includ McDonough of the B. A. A. and Fordham's own peer- less McCluskey, favored to give him a battle that may open his American tour with a defeat. Probably the stellar field of the night will assemble for the Bishop Chevrus 1,000, in which Phil Edwards, N. Y. U. star, and Dr. Paul Martin, Swedish champion, running for the New York A. C, will try to outshine Hal Cutbill of Boston, who is running his last race in this city. ‘The Curley mile has brought out Ray Conger, Gus Moore of Pittsburgh and Hickey of N. Y. U, with a sprinkling of Harvard, Maine State and B. A. A. runners, while the Prout 440 has St Clair of Syracuse and McCafferty of Holy Cross as headliners, 45-yard hurdles, earmarked for Monty Wells; the 300-yard dash, with Meyer Yavner of the Boston “¥” defend SCHOOLBOY QUINTS title events and four invitation events | ts of Columbus at | M Larribee 2-mile invitation run, a new | Eob} The New England title events are the | wood, G "1HE FASTEST HUMAN “ WHO HOPEs 1o fame for Ohio State in va- rious sports, George Simp- son, Dick Rockaway and Wesley Fesler being the latest trio to achieve athletic distinction, but many men who played for the Buck- eye institution have later made good b ou‘erfllm;s ‘; :‘%}1 f o4 Recen! got hold of a copy of the l(lklg. the Ohio State annual for 1903, and found much of inter- est between its pages. Dr. Loule Wing of Great Neck was the editor- in. f of this quaint volume and has loaned it to me, at the same time pointing out that all the car- toons, title pages and other ‘“art” work were done by George Bellows, a classmate of his. o ANY {llustrious sons of the Scarlet and Gray have won STAE. WASHINGTO -G LasT YeAR e BuCHEYES ALSO HAD Dia Rbermy WHO BROKE THE WORLDS ‘DeMPSEY ~ OnNe IRPO "', CORD FORHE LOW HURDLES| SATURDAY, JANUARY -2 GReATEST FooTeALL IN OHIO STATE'S HISTORY, =L 1SS BEST-KNOWN PAINTINGS. George Bellows was not only the leading scorer on the 1903 Ohio State basket ball team, but he was shortstop on the base ball team as well, and I believe he drew a few sports cartoons for the Columbus Journal on the side. (Aha! There is hope for yours truly!) George playe right forward on the cage team, and beside him played Roy McClure, later director and chief surgeon of the Ford Hospital in Detroit. Another member of that team was Stocton Raymond, who later became the general secretary of the Assoclated Charities in Bos- ton. Quite a famous trio for one little university's basket ball team, back in 1902 ahd ’03! For Ohio State was a “little university” then—it did not join the Western Conference until 1912—and no great multi-decked stadium reared its FERENCEO.N THis Steam RoLLeR WAS UNSTOPPABLE WESTERN. - GRIDIRONS (v 16,1917, AND 1920. towers skyward from “the marshy flats of the Scloto.” George Bellows is known to a great many lovers of boxing because of his remarkable canvasses depicting prize ring scenes. Besides the famous version of Firpo knocking Dempsey through the ropes, Bellows also painted or lithographed “Both Mem- bers of This Club,” “A Stag at Sharkey'’s,” “Introducing John L. Sullivan” and “Ringside Seats.” When he died, in 1925, Ohio State lost its most distinguished son, and America one of its ranking artists. Michigan beat the Buckeyes 86 to 0 in 1902, but the Scarlet and Gray had no team such as the one Chick rh&ley played on in ’17, '18 and '19, and Yost had most of”his famous point-a-minute ga at that time. Coach Jack Wilce's gift at Ann Arbor Harley was to foot ball, and what a present he was! He was not only the greatest all-around back who ever carried the pigskin for Ohio State, but he was a Grange at dodging and passing and an Ecker- sall at kicking. He was the “triple- threat incarnate,” a natural-born athlete, who could do anything on a foot ball fleld well. And now for Simpson and Rock- away, the Buckeye's track sensation of 1929i ':p:c:.;;ll not permit me to go In ef regarding these two remarkable athletes. Suffice to~ say that when Bellows was attend- ing the university, the Ohio State records for the 100-yard dash and the 222-yard low hurdles were, re- spectively, 10 seconds and 27 sec- onds. Last Spring Simpson ran 100 yards in 935 seconds and Rockaway the low hurdles in 2445 seconds, both new world records! IN BATTLES TODAY St. John’s Faces Hoya Cubs at Hilltop—Two Teams Away for” Tilts. (" T- JOHN'S will meet Georgetown Freshmen tonight in a basket ball game that promh‘gl to be well contested. The game will be played in ‘Ryan gym at 7:15 o'clock in a preliminary to the Hoya Varsity- Motfit St. Mary's contest. Three other games involving school- boy quints of the District area were listed this afterncon and tonight. Bliss will entertain Donaldson School of Baltimore in the Silver Spring Armory at 8:30 o'clock, while Central and Emerson are away for games, the former having an engagement With thog Navy Plebes at Annapolis and the latter being_booked for a tilt with Benedic- tine College at Richmond, Va. A host of schoolboy’ basketers were resting today following a big Friday, when seven games were played aside from the public high school ¢hampion- ship tilts. Keen competition was by no foe, Gonzaga, 36 to 29, out at Garrett Park in & game that had plenty of zip. ‘Western fell before Maryland Freshmen, measure of Fredericksburg Collegians at Fredericksburg, Va., 22 to 10; Friends easily downed Landon, 22 to 6, on the Friends’ floor: Woodward handily de- feated Rockville High in the Central Y. M. C. A. gym, 41 to 19; PFriends lightweights defeated St. Albans little fellows in the former’s gym, 21 to 3, and Eastern scored over Gonzaga, 54-to | 33.’1 a lightweights’ game on the East- ern”court. the start. It was the Garrett Parkers’ having been to Central. At half time the home team held a in the closing minutes to count 8 points while holding their hosts scoreless. Dick Heekin led the winners' atack with 7 points. McVean and Bussink were high scorers for Gonzaga. ] -] g P — 2l onsacocucons i sooussmsons; Totals ....16 4 36 Referee—Mr. Haas. Maryland freshmen rallied in spirited style in the final quarter to turn back Western. It was the third win in four starts for the Old Line yearlings. After trailing, 4 to 6, at the end of the first quarter, Western came back to ead at 10 to 9 at The schoolboys boosted their Old Line cubs then got busy in the B ko, Jed Margiand's "wh and Freeman his title, and the high jump, ought to be settled above 6 feet Morang, George Keuhn, Clarence Fla- ‘hive, Gail Robimson and George P} sky, ' and club are scattered through the program. whic amon o | Moty g means confined to the public high play. | pap Georgetown Prep conquered its old | cre 24 t0 27, at College Park; Devitt took the | £ Blai If time, | M argin to | W 19-14 during the third quarter, but the | Wool Annual “C” Club Meet Invitations Sent Out All public and private high schools and prep schools in this section of the country are invited to enter ath- letes in the twelfth annual inter- scholastic track meet under the auspices of the " Club of Central High School to be held Saturday afternoon, May 17, in the Central Stadium at 1:30 o'clock. Entry blanks and information may be obtained by writing the “C” Club, :llre of Central High School, this ty. Last season Tech High won the meet, with Staunton Military A emy, second, and Devitt, third. Jake Edwards of Tech made the only new meet record when he stepped off the 440-yard dash in 50.1 seconds. the Devitt foot ball team, also is a basket ball player of ability was demon- strated in Devit'’s win over Fredericks- burg Collegians. Keefe led his team's drive on the cords with 10 points. Rufus Vincent was close behind with 9. It was Devitt's first win of the cam- paign and its third game. G.P.Pts. Frederic's. G.F.Pts. 5 Onlfl mmpn‘n. 1. ° . ooouorse | omocuse | oo vone! Totals Arar T . - 8 Totals ... Friends outclassed Landon all the way. At the half Friends' lead was 13-2. Fairbanks, Craighill and Legge did the bulk of Friends’ scoring. Landon. ts. lends. QPP o Landon Bouc! Quinn, g. " | soescc oo, céneosaace 10 332 Totals .. Referee—W. D. Thompson. Groff was the standout for Woodward in its easy victory over Rockville High, scoring 23 points, four more than Rock- ville's total. He scored nine goals from scrimmage and five from the foul line. Woodward. G.F.Pts. oore, 1. 0707 stin M Georgetown Prep led Gonzaga from | Joore fourth win in five starts, their lone loss | Gocbel 20-to-11 lead. Gonzaga rallied gamely | Fr¥: Totals . Totals ... 8 319 Boyle and Eakin were the big guns for Friends’ Lightweights in their handy. win over St. Alban’s little fellows. Referee—W. D. Thompson. Eastern’s lightweight quint had little trouble defeating Gonzaga's little team, though it was not until the second half that the Lincoln Parkers showed marked ‘superfority. Metzler, Taylor and Holland did most of the winners’ scoring. Sowish 2| wwoe! PRO HOCKEY RESULTS. London, 2; Toronto Millionaires, 1. ‘ Detroit Olympics, 1; Hamilton, %, g That Tom Keefe, crack iulM on vertime). Cleveland, 3; Windsor, 2. Tulsa, 1; Minneapolis, 0. 8t. Louls, 0; Paul, 0 (overtime). Kansas City, Woltz Photographers stand first and second, respectively, in the Community Center Basket Ball League race, several other teams in the loop by no means figure themselves out of the pennant running. Among these are Mount Vernon and ‘Walter's Whirlwinds, which last night defeated Petworth Mets and Tremonts, 25 to 19 and 51 to 18, respectively. Six games are scheduled tonight in the Sunday School Basket Ball League at the Central Y. M. C. A. Mount Ver- non M. E. tossers are holding first place in the league parade with 11 wins against no defeats. They have a two- game margin over the runner-up, Cal- vary M. E. quint. Tonight's card: Mount Vernon M. E. vs. Calvary Baptist Sekards, Calvary M. E. vs. Hamline M. E, Mount Pleasant Con- gregational vs. Petworth M. E., United Brethren vs. St. Paul's Lutheran, Atonement Lutheran vs. Calvary Bap- &sclbnkes, First Brethren vs. Trinity Fl'\HOUGH Potomae Boat Club and Team Standing. w Eonsamnwewnst Mt. Verncn M. E. M. E. [RER— Princeton Varies Cut-Back Attack Princeton_took the cut-back at- tack that McNichol invented and worked it In a slightly different way. Instead of the first man through going down and cutting back to the foul-line, the Tigers sent their first man, No. 2, only about half way, when he cut-back near the side-line he was nearest to. He would swing back to the rear of the oppoment of one of his teammates, No. 1, take a WHEN B BLOCKS 1- 4 CUTs FOR BASKET- TAKES PASG FROM 1, DRIBBLES AND 6HOOTS Bl Py — l-lf‘“ pass 'as he did so and as quickly re- pass the ball to No. 1, as the latter broke down the side-line to be free. The rub was that the opponents of No. 1 and No. 2 countered by the men they covered. Princeton countered with this stunt. men the Tigers brought their forward on the opposite side-line into the play. He would break down for the basket at speed, take a pass from No. 1 and dribble in for a shot. cut-back has revolutionized attack, no doubt as to that. Penn ; Duluth, 0 (overtime). has developed it along far different lines than before in & way that will prove of inf every fan and player, \ Mount Vernons and Whirlwinds Stubborn Pennant Contenders Prince Georges County, Md., teams are, eligible to compete in the District A. A. U, Association basket ball tourna- ment to be conducted here, starting March 10, it has been announced. The individual players must be registered with the South Atlantic Association, however. All teams desiring to enter the organized Independent Basket League must have their nfl:!luflona in ‘the of President Bill Fletcher by tonight at 8 o'clock. Fletcher may reached at French’s store at 721 Fourteenth street. Jewish Community Center Regulars are without a basket ball game for tomorrow night because of a cancella- tion. The Center boys have a , and Manager Stein at Lincoln 5159 would like to book an unlimited class op- ponent. Anacostia Eagles, 33-to-21 victors over Surrattsville High tossers, last night at Surrattsville, Md., have the use of the Eastern High gym from 7 o'clock tonight and would like to list a 145-pound quint. Call Lincoln 3859. De Molay basketers, who fought Wal- lace Memorial to & 26-all tie last night in the Macfarland Junior High gym, have booked a return game with the National Guard team at Laurel, Md., tomorrow. newly Ball Company C basketers, District Guards, have carded a game wigh the Fort Humphreys post team af Fort Humphreys tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Militiamen will face Na- tional Circles in the Bolling Field gym Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. Results of other games last night: Centennials, 19; Stewarts, 18. i Monroe A. C., 64; Western A. C., 24. St. Stephen's, 37; Calvary Eagles, 22. Corinthians, 40; 'Montrqge, 29. Y. M. C, A, 43; Mount Vernon, 7. Gunton-Temple, 35; Chevy Chase, 12. Company F Reserves, 23; G. P. O, 9. RUN STRING TO 34 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 325.—Loyola's University basket ball squad today re- turned to Chicago bearing a record of 34 consecutive victories, a collection started during the 1928 season. The most prized scalp on the string was taken last night when the Ramb- lers defeated Butler's Bulldogs at In- dianapolis, 32 to 14. It was Butler that administered the last defeat suffered by Loyola, & beating that wrecked another promising victory string. Loyola, which defeatcd Dayton Uni- versity and St. Xaxier, in addition to Butler, during its three-day trip, will be idle until it meets its toughest foe, Pur- due, at Lafayette, Ind,, January 31. TABERSKI ANNEXES CUE MATCH WITH GREENLEAF Frank Taberski, 1928 world pocket billiards ~champion, defeated Ralph Greenleaf, the title holder, in exhibi- tions both yesterday afternoon and last nlll":: at the Lewis & Krauss billiards room. Taberski was always in front. He won the afternoon ma 100 to 50, the evening encounter, 100 to 72. Taber- ski had high run of 38 in the after- noon and 26 in the evening. WYOMING COACH QUITS. LARAMIE, Wyo, January 25 ().— George McLaren, for the" ‘Qfle years coach . of athlef at the University of Wyoming, today presented his_res . to -take. effect at the 'E‘;"l‘ra. ©of. his; present contract this SPORTS NONE RETIRE ON INCOMES IN WESTERN CONFERENCE Maj. Griffith Defends Professional Teaching Plan in Foot Ball—Says Athletics Helpful to a Nation in Scoring l enough to retire and live on ti Carnegie Report. N the Western Conference there are between 30 and 40 athletic coaches who have been engaged in athletic instruction for from 20 to 40 years, and as yet have not been able to save much or heir incomes. Most of these men are engaged in coaching foot ball now, or have coached foot ball during their careers as instructors in athletics, e facts are furnished by of the big nine, who says: “I do not know of an athlet! been able to save enough money Maj. John L. Griffith, commissioner ic coach who in his lifetime has from his salary to enable him to live on his income in his declining years.” Would Stop Kentucky U. From Outstate Play FRANKFORT, Ky, January 25 (#).—Threats to prevent the Univer- sity of Kentucky from playing ath- letic teams from other States after it dropped Centre from its foot ball schedule materialized in the Senate yesterday in the form of a bill to carry them out, but apparently little will come of it. Senator H. D. Fitzpatrick, Repub- lican, Floyd County, a graduate of Centre, introduced a bill to prohibit State-maintained colleges from play- ing athletic games with teams out- side Kentucky, but after some focu- lar remarks by senators, Lieut. Gov. Breathitt, also a Centre graduate, referred the bill to the Senate fish and game committee. Kentucky announced last Fall that it dropped the Centre team from its foot ball schedule in order to in- crease its Southern Canference schedule, and Qentre thereupon re- fused to play Kentucky in any ath- letic games. . ALL HOCKEY LEAGUE TEAMS IN CONTESTS By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 25.—Every team in the National Hockey League will swing into action over the week end, but only in the International sec- tion is there any threat of a change in the standing. Six games ig all are to be played, four tonight and two tomorrow night. Pittsburgh and Chicago will give At- lantic City its second taste of pro- fessional hockey tonight as the Mon- treal Maroons meet Ottawa on the lat- ter's ice; Boston travels to Montreal to play the Canadiens and Detroit sallies forth at Toronto for a duel with the Maple Leafs. Tomorrow night the New York Rangers will play the Cougars at Detroit, while the New York Americans are entertaining Pittsburgh, Neither Boston nor the Montreal Maroons can be pushed from the lead in the American-and International groups, respectively, but there may be some shifts in e relative standing of the Canadiens, Ottawa and Toronto, who are battling furiously for second place in the International group. The Canadiens now hold the runner-up posi- tion, with Ottawa two points gcmn and Toronto another point behind Ot- tawa. Of these three, only Toronto looks ‘like a safe bet to win. The Leafs should be able to “take” Detroit, but the Canadiens will have to be at their best to stop Boston's Bruins, who have chalked up 23 victorles in 27 games this season, and Ottawa also will be faced with a big task in tackling the husky Maroons. CONCORD BOOTERS PLAY CRACK BALTIMORE TEAM Three Washington soccer teams have fallen before the Locust Point Rangers of Baltimore this season and a fourth will try its skill and fortune tomorrow, the Concord club having a National Cup game scheduled with the Rangers I.nAthe Monumental C"{‘.“ " protest made by ashington Soccer Club of its defeat by the Rang- ers last Sunday has been denied by the national committee, which at the same time called upon two Washington Soc- cer Club players to explain their al- leged misconduct in the ;-me. They were ordered from the fleld by the referee. The players have been threat- ened with suspension. The protest was based on the snow- sloppy condition of the field. It was ruled that the referee was the sole judge of whether the fleld was in con- dition for play and that his decision was final. ALEXANDRIA TO SEE NOTED CUE EXPERTS ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 25.— Ralph Greenleaf, world pocket billiard champion, and Frank Taberski, former title holder, will appear here this after- noon and tonight in two 200-point matches at Astryke’s billlard parlor. Hugh Travers. Alexandria High School basket ball star, has been sus- pended pending an investigation by offi- clals of the third athletic_ district of Virginia into a charge that he has been playing basket ball with an independent team. Knight's five, which trimmed the Al- toona Overlands, 23 to 18, Thursday night in one of the fastest games played at the Armory Hall this season, will clash with the Fort Washington team at the post Monday night. St. Mary's Celtics will battle the Woodlawn A. C. of Fort Myer, Va., here tonight at 8:30 o'clock in Schuler's Hall, with the Clovers appearing in the preliminary engagement against an un- named team. ' ‘Tomorrow_afternoon the Celtics will engage the De Luxe A. C. of Washing- ton in Schuler’s Hall at 3 o'clock. The Clovers likewise will play a preliminary. PALACE A. C. FIGHTERS WILL GIVE EXHIBITION|c Palace Athletic Club boxers will put on a five-bout exhibition intra-club program ‘Tuesday night for the Stuart Waleott American Legion Post at the City Club. ‘The card: Vernon vs. Yeatman, 145-pound class; Regan vs. Pell, 120-pound class; Smith vs. McDermott, 125-pound class; Felix vs. Burke, 165-pound class, and Healy vs. Perron, 135-pound class. All Dates Are Barred By Basket Ball Coach EAST LANSING, Mich., January 25 (#).—Coach Ben Alstyne of the Ml‘::.hldlln State College basket ball 5q making and athletics do not mi; Accordingly, he has asked that mem. bers of his squad refrain from mal ing “dates” during the remainder of the basket ball season. he said - Sxpatning "Bl requesh expl g “There are little quarrels. m are fellows who do not know when to go home. There are some girls who know how to inspire a fellow to do his best the basket ball floor, is of the opinion that love- || There are, of course, some out- standing foot ball coaches who are making salaries today in ex- cess of the salaries paid college presidents or prominent educa- tors, but they are few in number and will hold their high-paying positions only as long as they are ?ble .',o produce great foot ball eams, The suggestion made by the Olmefi Foundation that foot ball coaches amateur workers is scored by gh:e rnw‘ N'};e wmx?u’:hner. ‘-‘m min- ister of el a professional in that e, Tollowing the "Bible. precept that the laborer is worthy of his hire, accepts & small salary for his services,” says Maj. Grifith. “‘The college fessor is a professional. ask him to serve gratis, manner our coaches are professionals. They have made a study of athleties and are qualified to teach. Calls Proposal Unsound. “This Fall a number of critics Have suggested that colleges should pay the foot ball player and athlete. From an economic - standpoint the proposal is unsound. “If all the men who competed this Fall in Western Conference foot ball were paid at the rate of $100 & week, and if all the men who compete in other intercollegiate sports were pal at the rate of $50 a week, the uni- versities in a year would expend the appalling sum of $1,357,000 in' salaries. “It has claimed that publicity is bad for the boy and stimulates con- ceit. While it is fine that we attempt to throw as many safeguards around tion heaped upon them because of their :thle;lc prowess,” o the ‘publidey b And in speaking publicity at- tendant on foot ball, the Carn Foundation suggests that the coll boy is. subjected to publicity to enable some ue-nouund young reporters to make a living. “No college man has the remotest idea of promoting sport to furnish em- ployment for newsoaper. reporters,” continues Maj. Griffith. “At the same time I am not sure but that the best sports writers of the day are making a literary contribution that might com- nare favorablv with the literature of Homer when that sports writer certain memorable Greek games, or of Scott, who so excellently reported. the events connected wi‘h the tournaments ! |and contests of medieval times. Praises Sport Page. “I gometimes think that the page Is the oleanest page in the da) newspaper.’ While tho columns on other pages are frequently devoted men who have made a-failure of the criminals, suicides and.others, the sports deals with accounts of the men who have won. Very little atten- tion is given to the losers. “In my day Jesse James and Old King Brady were youthful idols. The p ster of today admires, yea, even - never given the salutation that was ac- corded the victors in that period Greece luced her greatest scl philosophers, artists and statesmen. “The backward nations of the world are in no sense of the word athletic nations.” The majority of the eritics of foot ball, it is pointed out by Maj. Griffith and others in defense of the sport, are those who read the attendance and financial reports of the biggest institu- tions engaged in foot ball. A But where Notre Dame played to 583,000 fans this past season on nine Saturdays, there were between 300 and 1,000 other teams not faring so well, some ';Ie %&m ncu'nny hl:ll nwneye. And g profits, when are such, go into the furtherance of other athletics chiefly. BOYS’ i}LUB SCRAPPERS TO BATTLE FEBRUARY 7 Southwes’, Boys' Club boxing team will engage Northwest Boys' Club mitt slingers Priday night, February 7. In a previous meeting the Northwest club was a winner, five matches to four. Matt Twoomey is the coach of the Southwest club, and Joseph White is the Northwest club tutor. Several prominent persons have heen invited to attend the bouts, UNDER-DOG QUINTETS CLASH IN MIDWEST By the Assoclated Press. CHTCAGO, January 25.—Leading tcams in the Western Conference basket ball championship campaign will rest tonight while the under: do some- thing toward a umry settlement of th~ last place situ: . ‘The three teams still without ‘s victory in conference competition— Minnesota, Ohio State all will be in action, wit and Buckeyes battli at_Columbus, Ohio. The other contest will be the first installment of the season of Chi- cago's civil war, when Northwestern 1nr\‘r’|du Patten gymnasium to- meet icago. ‘The Minnesota-Ohio State contést appeared to be a toss-up, while North- western, although .erratic, seemed too strong for Chicago's luckless five, Ohio State will face Minnesota with & re- vised line-up, due to injuries and - ness. Minnesota will be at full strerigth for the test, and was hopeful of break- ing into the victory column. Chicago, crippled by the loss of Sid Yates, its high-scoring f line-up against a western five, If Walter is out, and 1 at lolglr& guard positions under the shift. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Gallaudet, 43; Maryland State Nor- mal, 33, North Dakota Aggles, 23; South Dakota State, 17. ia, 28; but they are the minority.” ™ ey