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SP ORTS. D. O, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 10%0. SPORT Sarazen Wins Most Money in Winter Golf, but Joplin Pro Is Most Consistent H. SITH TOPS ALL SCORING VICTORIES Gene Pockets $11,500, Hor- ton $9,500, Though Worse Than Second Only Once. BY HERBERT W. BAKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, January 27 (®). —Gene Sarazen, stocky New Yorker, may have won the most money, but the real leader of the Winter golfing troupe is young Horton Smith of Joplin, Mo. Thanks to his victory in the rich Agua Caliente open, Sarazen, former open title-holder, has en- joyed the most profitable Winter of all his golfing brethren with cash prizes aggregating close to $11,500. Smith, however, has given a sensational display of consistently brilliant play ever since the troupe left for the West late last Fall. In the eight major Winter tourna- ments in which he has played the Joplin professional has won three. placed second once and tied for second twice, being worse than second only once. And in compiling this imposing Tecord Smith has earned nearly $9,500. Sarazen did not follow the same trail as the majority of the pros. He won $600 by finishing fourth in the Hawaiian open; jumped back to Florida to win the Miami open and $750, and then snared the big prize of $10,000 in the Agua Caliente open. Some Other Winners. Smith, on the other hand, played in practically all of the California tourna- | ments and nearly always with con- | splcuous success. He won the Pasaden: Berkeley and Portland, Oreg., open: laced second to Craig Wood in the \walian open and tied for second at Agua Caliente and in the Los Angeles open. These two were the big money win- ners, but some of the others did not do badly at all. Al Espinosa of Chiufo, won about $4,400 by tying Smith fo; second at Azua Caliente and finishing fourth in the Los Angeles open. Denny Shute, young Columbus, Ohio, pro, won $300 by finishing sixth in the Pasadena open and then added $3,500 to his bank roll by capturing the Los Angeles open. Olin Dutra of Los Angeles tied for first in the Long Beach open, placed second in the Catalina Island open and tied for fourth in the Agua Calientt event, for prizes of about $3,000. l‘,cuhex- earnings approximated the fol- Crale g Wood, Bloomfleld, N. J., $2,600; Billy Burke, New York, $1,850; Mortie Dutra, Tacoma, $1,550; Tommy Armour, Detroit, $1.5¢ Tony Manero, New York, $1,500; Joe Kirkwood, Philadel- phia, $1,500; Bobby Cruichshank, New York, $1,300; Ed Dudley, Wilmington, Del.,, $1,100. Diegel, Hagen Slump. Leo Diegel and Walter Hagen have had no luck at all. Diegel won the Professional Golfers’ Association crown again, but has won little or no money in the open tournaments. With the California season over for another year, the pros were heading to- day for San Antonio for the $7,500 Texas open. Here's how the Winter tournaments have gone so far: Agua Caliente—FPirst, Sarazen; sec- ond, Smith and Espinosa. Eflrflmfl ond, Harry Cooper; third, Dudley. Berkeley —First, Smith; second, Burke; third, John Perelli. second, rn. Smith; second, Johnny Golden, Dudley and Eddie Loos. Long Beach—First, Kirkwood and ©Olin Dutra; third, Clarence Clark. Los Angeles—FPirst, Shute; second, S hmwmlianFiry, Craly Wes awaiian—] ‘ood; ond. Smith; third, Burke. Oklahoma City—First, Wood; second,. Armour and Dick Grout. [ ——— WON BY PHOENIX A. C. One of the best basket ball teams in this section is that representing Phoenix A. C. This quint has been showing well since the season started, but today there is no question as to its strength following its 40-37 victory over the fast- me French A. C. in a red-hot overtime battle. It was the eleventh straight win for the Phoenix boys, and the first defeat of the campaign for the Prench outfit, This game was the preliminary to the encounter at the Silver Spring Armory in which Skinker Eagles turned back the Richmond Blues in a 47-35 game that also was packed with thrills. From the outset the Phoenix-French game was nip and tuck. At half time, Phoenix held a 15-14 edge, but the teams were tied at 29-all at the end of regulation time. After one extra five-minute period had failed to bring the tie, the count standing 34-34 at the end of this session. Phoenix came | through with the deciding points in the | second extra round, Lyles’ long looper clinching victory. Keen battling marked the Eagle- Blues game all the way. The invaders were trailing only 17 to 21 at half time, but the Birds held more of an edge in | the final half. Streeks and Swcorey did most of the Eagles’ basket-sniping. It was the second defeat in four days handed the Richmond quint by the Birds. The Eagles downed the Blues in the Virginia capital last Wednesday. Jewish Community Center basketers added another win to their season’s un- broken string, defeating Stewart tossers, 32 to 21, in the Center gym. W. H. West Co. and Rambler quints will face tonight in Central High gym at 8 o'clock. A game has been arranged between Pontiac and Crescent fives for Wednes- day night at 8 o'clock in the Central High gym. Pontiacs are booking through” Manager - Hayes, at Georgla St. Paul's basketers are seeking a game for Wednesday night, when it | has the Central High gym from 7 to 8 o'clock. Call Manager Carr, at Poto- mac 2621. Royal Arcanum and Pullman A. C. quints will clash tonight at 9:30 o'clock in Peck Memorial gym. De Molay basketters scored over the National 7iuard team at Laurel, 27 to 22, in a bitterly-fought game. bggsulu of other court games here- , 68, Club Humphreys, 25. Fort Humphi House Senators, Aladdins, 31; TITLE CLAIMANT “RASSLES.” CHICAGO, January 27 (#).—Charles (Midget) Pischer of Butternut, Wis.. claimant of tb‘e ';nolfld glflddlo:'(-zlfli wrestling championship, will mee! PBarbola of Mlll’lukMp at the Rainbo Jal Alai Fronton-tonight. ; Remeys, 40. Optimists, 30; Fort s, 54; Nelghborhood Bt. Martin's, 20. , Oreg—First, Smith; sec- [tennis. He might have. BY WALTER KOZAK, Metropolitan Professional Champion. | This 5 the twelfth of a series of articles written by jamous amateur and professional golfers, telling how they overcame outstanding faults in their play. IKE perhaps the majority of golf- ers, I soon discovered that my greatest weakness was putting. | It was a weakness T had to over- come, or my hope of taking a place | with the leaders would be dissipated. It was discouraging, attempting to | tron out the wrinkles which stubbornly resisted my best ef- forts. Being young, I sought the ad- vice of the recog- | 3 1 nized leaders. But | I was in more of & | ! quandary than be- | i fore, because each - 3 a _different remedy. 1 tried all and my putting ‘was as bad as ever. I tried putting with the weight on | i the left foot, then | € - on the right foot. I . tried everything, even down to Leo Diegel's _peculiar stance, and still I was & poor putter. ‘The cure came by accident and was & great surprise to me. I was standing in the shop one afternoon during a lul IDOWN T WITH W. O. Walter Kozak. a great fighter, while other: | O a great actor. national singles champion, as a tennis player. time. and more perhaps evén than the ciation. Mr. Tilden's attitude toward tennis has not been that of one who is playing the game for mere recreation. With- out having the exact statistics, I would venture to say that Tilden devotes more | time and energy to the game of tennis than Gene Tunney, professional pugilist, or Babe Ruth, professional ball player, have devoted to keeping themselves fit l;)r the games that are their profes- sions. Mr. Tilden always has insisted that he has two professions—writing and | acting. But in “Who's Who” it is re- ' corded that Mr. Tilden did not take up | writing for pay until he had become | men’s national singles champion. | Neither did he don the buskins until he was established as the king of the ten- nis courts. Of course, this might have been merely coincidental. Mr. Tilden might have planned to go in for the other two arts even if he had not reached the top notch in tennis. Also he might have succeeded better in both of these lines of endeavor if he had not devoted so much time and energy to I must confess that I never have seen Mr. Tilden act and that I hardly have read any of the athletic literature that has come from his fluent and busy typewriter. Perhaps I have missed something, but I have an aversion to the stage, and when I read I do not reach for athletic literature. I did read the autoblographies of John McGraw, Babe Ruth and Jack Johnson, and decided that I preferred non-athletic literature as a steady diet. But I have seen Mr. Tilden play ten- nis, and I am willing to say that he can crowd more drama in the than would be possible for him to put on the stage, even if he were another John Barrymore. In fact, on the ten- nis courts it struck me that Mr, Tilden was about one of the greatest showmen I ever have seen in sports. The only criticism I would find of Mr. Tilden’s performance on the courts is that sometimes the spectators get the notion that he is acting a part. I be- lieve that a dramatic critic would char- acterize as bad acting or over- acting, or something of the sort. I be- lieve that the actor never should let those on the other side of the footlights of the net feel that he is acting. Tilden seems to do this at times or it might that in my igno- rance of matters theatrical I get this impression. Moreover, I feel that no matter how much Tilden could learn about the writing game he could not write the tennis epics that he has played on some of the tennis courts here and abroad. But, again, perhaps I underestimate the other talents of this many-sided young man—young in years but comparatively aging in regard to tennis. When he is forced to give up active tennis com- petition he might shine as brilliantly in the other lines as he has in tennis. He might. Tilden and the Solons. | "TILDEN'S skirmishes with the United | States Lawn Tennis Association contributed no little to the gayety of sports in general, but not to the peace | of mind of the serious gentlemen who ruled the United States Lawn Tennis Association. Mr, Tilden’s portable type- writer, on which he played with profit | in the height of the tennis season, an- noyed the U. S. L. T. A. no little and for a considerable period. As a matter of fact, it still does. Whenever a mem- | ber of the U. S. L. T. A. hears a type- | writer he turns pale and instinctively looks up to see if Tilden has once more | | Kozak Found Cure for Putting W eakness Merely by Accident The Actor Athlete. NE of the standard jokes of the gladiator-Thespian, James J. Corbett, was that his friends told him that as an actor he was Mr. William Tilden, showman, but the actors will insist that as an actor he is a great To have won the men’s national singles six times and to have carried the brunt of the defense for the Davis cup indicates rather emphatically that Tilden has been the greatest tennis player of all At the same time Mr. Tilden has been the naughty boy, as far as the United States Lawn Tennis Association has been con- cerned, though at the same time he probably has done more for the development of tennis in the United States than any single person, in the almost constant instruction 1- ods of a professional’s life. One of the better players of the club to which I was attached, a player noted for his putting, strolled in and offered to putt me for a small side bet on each hole. I selected a putter at random from a long row of clubs, went out on the putting green and to sink them from all distances. I hadn't noticed until then that I had an aluminum putter, whereas before I al- ways had used a putting cleek. From that day on I have been known as a good putter. Naturally, T stuck to the putter I selected by accident. I gave it the first real test in the Metropolitan P. G. A. It didn’t fail me. thrilled at defeating such players as realize that if it had not been for sen- sational work around the greens n‘:ver would have won that champion. ship. ‘The right putter is important. The feel and the hylance mean a lot. The only way you §an make sure which is best suited to you is to try them all. I'm certain that if I went back io the old cleek I'd miss them again. I may be kidding myself, but you have to kid yourself a lot to get by in this e. It is certainly 70 per cent mental. I've proved that in my own case, and Leo proved it even more conclusively in his. Since he has learned not to worry he has become about the best money player in the game. (Next: Pennington Miller-Jones.) (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alllance.) HE LINE McGEEHAN s insisted that as a fighter he was 2d, six times men’s tennis player, has been a great United States Lawn Tennis Asso- position, unless, of course, he should | elect to work at illegal sports literature | for a year or so. But somehow, though he insists it has been a serious profession with him, Mr. Tilden does not stick at literature to| the expense of his tennis. Nor do the | footlights dazzle him when the tennis| tournaments are on. Fortunately, per- haps, the busy season in tennis is the dull season for the stage. The battle between Tilden and the United States Lawn Tennis Association has proceeded intermittently for a num- ber of years. The best that either side seems able to claim is a draw, and not a very satisfactory one at that. It seems the Davis Cup team. While he is that| there probably will not be any final decision in the merry feud between the No. 1 ranking player and the United States Lawn Tennis Association. All in all, William Tilden has been as great a champion at his own game as the sporting gallery has produced. If| one were a tennis addict, one might| champions. Certainly no sport ever produced more drama than was shown at German-| town when the Americans lost the Davis Cup to the French team. course, | William Tilden was the leading man of | that drama, and he seemed to be a| greater player losing than he ever did when he was winning. When Tilden | hangs up his racquet for good the world of sports will have lost one of its great- est actors. As to what the stage will have gained it will remain to be seen. NORTHERN GRIDIRONERS PLAN BASE BALL TEAM Northern A. C., which has been represented by a foot ball team for several years, plans to also go in for base ball and to form a permanent athletic club. It is hoped to obtain a club house. Members of the foot ball team wish- ing to join the permanent group are asked to communicate with officers of the club. A dance for club members and friends is planned for February 21 at the National Press Club Building. ALS A. C. GIRLS PLAY. Als A. C. girls' basket ball team of this city will meet Fredericksburg, Va., Teachers’ College sextet tomorrow night inlulm: Wilson Normal School at 8 o'clocl Niblick Held Best for Explosion Shot Here is a somewhat larger picture of what happens when one explodes a bail from the sand. The niblick plows through the shaded portion of the sand in the sketch, first striking it back of the ball. 'As in all shots, the club must follow through, 50 you have to hit this one with terrific force to insure this re- sult. Now, as the rapidly traveling head - of the niblick plows through the sand the latter is blasted upward into space, forcing the ball to rise PROBLEM OF EXPLOSION ™ 6 70 PLAY BALL A’ broken loose into illegal literature. The United States Lawn Tennis As- sociation undertook to define amateur- | ism to the nth degree. In congress as- | sembled the defender of amateur tennis framed what was called the player- | writer rule. The edict was to the ef- | fect that while amateur tennis players | of high ranking might write essays on | tennis they were not to report tennis tournaments in which they were en-| gaged actively. The essays, the conclusion was, would redound to the greater glory of tennis. | The mere journalistic work in connec- tion with fennis would mean that the | | player-writers were capitalizing their court prestige, and therefore were profit- ing, directly or indirectly, through their | participation in amateur tennis. This was very reprehensible. The rule was passed, and Tilden signed an agreement to abide by it. | But during the Davis Cup matches of 1928 Tilden drew his portable type- writer from its sheath and broke into a torrent of illegal literature. More in anger than in sorrow, the U. 8. L. T. A. | suspended him by cable in the middle | of the Davis Cup match. It took the| intervention of the Ambassador of | France to have him reinstated for the matches. Still Leads the List. 'WITH all his faults and despite all of the annoyance he has caused those | ‘zood men on the United States Lawn | Tennis Association board, William Til- |den, 2d, still is No. 1 ranking tennis| | player of the United States. There does| {not seem to be anybody on the near| horizon who 15 threatening him in that | FRoM LIE. IN SAND -TO GREEN ABOVE ON RIGHT "¢” Bt Wy B-FIRST POSITION OF 8 ' PosrioN o | ! BALL - SO G ahead of &t In other words the ball is exploded into the air. One thing 15 certain in this shot. It is that the ball will arise at & steeper angle than the angle of the face of your niblick. That’s why one can explode a ball to the green from right under the steep face of the trap at its edge. Get this picture clear in your mind as we delve into the ways of playing the explosion shot next week. Then you will better under- stand the reasons why our star golfers swing the club as they do. Unless you understand the pivot you cannot hope to shoot good golf. Sol Metzger has a new fllustrated leaflet which he will send to any one wishing it. Addr-ss Sol Metzger, 1 Gene Sarazen and Joe Turnesa, 1i~’“"‘°‘” High gym. § that Mr. Tilden still is the backbone of | Celtic: in care of this paper, and inclose & st*mpad, addressed envelope, SCHOLASTIC SPORTS PROGRAM THIS WEEK BASKET BALL. Today. Eastern vs. Gonzagé at Gonzaga, 3:30 pm. Woodward vs. Friends at Friends (Prep School Lightwelght League game). Raymond Riordan School (New York) vs. Landon, Epiphany gym, 3:30 p.m. ‘Tomorrow. Business vs. Central, basket ball championship games). First me, Business-Central, 3:45 p.m. ,‘Sb. Albans vs. Landon at St. Albans. ‘Woodward Juniors vs. Episcopal Jun- | Although 1 was | fors at Episcopal. Ben Franklin vs. Gonzaga at Langley pm. Emerson vs. Predericksburg Collegi- ans at Fredericksburg, Va. Hyattsville High vs. Woodward at Central Y. M. C. A, Strayer vs. Baltimore Strayer, at St. Martin's gym, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Georgetown Freshmen vs. St. John's at St. John's. ‘Business vs. Swavely at Swavely. Central vs. Episcopal at Episcopal. Georgetown Prep vs. Eastern at East- !rxl“iylltsvlfle High vs. Charlotte Hall at Charlotte Hall. Thursday. Gonzaga vs, Strayer, at St. Martin's gyg;ogdswollpd vs. Eastern at Eastern. Friday. Tech vs. Western, Business vs. East- ern, Tech gym (public high school bas- ket ball champlonship game). First game, Tech-Western, 3:45 p.m. Saturday. Central vs. Bethlehem High at Beth- lehem, Pa. Tech vs. Hagerstown High at Hagers- town. Ben Franklin vs. Bliss at Silver Spring Armory, 8:30 p.m. Gettysburg Academy vs, Emerson. SWIMMING. Friday. Baltimore City College vs. Central at Central, 3:30 p.m. BOYS’ CLUB BASKET SCHEDULES REVISED Races for the pennant in the various loops of the Boy's Club Basket Ball League continue interesting. ‘That the league has its share of crack basket-snipers is indicated by the large number of points credited to the leaders in the variousdivisions. Mid-year examinations in the schools and postponement of the club’s box- ing show from January 31 to February 7 have necessitated revision of the league schedule for this week. League standings, leading scorers and the revised schedule follow: LEAGUE STANDINGS. UNLIMITED. L. Pet. 1.858 Optimis 3 7715 Yorkes. 3 l600 w. Whirlwind. Good Sheph. Arcadiai insist that he was the greatest of the Xendal 100-POUND CLASS. w. 517500 wve House. "3 X e House.... 337800 Nelen. House Bt. Martin's 23 .400 85-POUND CLASS. . Pet. s.. 6 01.000 8 W.Br.C.. Noel Honse.: 43 687 Nelch. House Mohawks.. . LEADING SCORERS. limited class—Harry Cole (Celtics), "‘c{'gfi.‘,“‘e’”{.‘,'"f‘“' " (Geltics) has Ut of 11 ‘Tree tosses. “Ken Pisher (De Luxe), Miunbers: Dderstein "(Plashes)” nas 11 out of 27 free tosses. 130 pound class—Willlam Courtney (Good Shepherds) and W. Burke (Arcadians) both have 23 baskets; J. Bayliss (Good Shep- herds) has 7 out of § free tosses. d_cless—Levine (Arcadians) 6 free tosses out 2 ? has of 9 timist) rhood Silverstein (Arcadians) has " has made 4 out of ound class—8. 9 baskets and Iree tosses. REVISED SCHEDULE. TODAY. , Nye House vs. Spartans (100 pounds): fiA:r:,nuun- s Optimists n:?f 80, . Benators va. J. C. C. Flasi 3 gGotimist va Tt Tul Fanaer, “0a: ‘TOMORROW. Arcadians vs. 8. 50, Aztecs vs. Arcadia: ts ' vs. Noel House ( . Peeriéss (145). WEDNESDAY. Neighborhood House ais: W. Boys' s 8:50, limited). THURSDAY. ,_ St. Martin's vs. Nye House (100): 'S, W. Boys' Club vs. Spangler Post 50, Kendall Green vs. Meridians i 850, Optimists vs. Whiriwinds (un- ited). Spartans (100); erds vs, Noel De Luxe vs. J. C. C. Flashes (145). SATURDAY. B . Noel House (85): (100); 7:30, Meridian vs. Optimist (130); 8:30, N. H. Senators vs. Spangler Post (145). ST. LOUIS, January 27 (#)—Ap- proximately 47 players will be in harness when Manager Gabby Street blows his horn for work at the St. Louis Cardinals’ Spring training camp at Bradentown, Fla, in a few more weeks. Branch Rickey, Red Bird vice president, said only 30-odd had their names on card contracts, but the bal- ance are coming from the various farms operated by the club. ‘The list includes 20 pitchers, 12 in- fielders, 8 outfielders and 7 catchers, of whom the card roster shows 15 hurlers, 7 gardeners, a like number of infielders and 4 backstops. Rickey ex- pects Street to have cut the squad to 30 when the training trip ends. GIANTS’ TERMS SPURNED BY SOUTHPAW WALKER EAST ST. LOUIS, IIl., January 27 (#)—Bill Walker, who led the National League as the eficiency hurler last season, with an earned run average of 3.08, failed to affix his southpaw signa- ture to & New York Giant contract and returned the document to Gotham, he said yesterday. The salary terms are not what he wants, Walker averyed. The East St. Louisan finished the year with nine straight victorles for a season total of 14 won and 7 lost. _ FREEZEPROOF Radiators for all Damased tors repaire WITTSTATT'S RADIATOR, AND BODY WOR! 9 13th St N. %09 14Uh_St.. es. FENDER LW etr 3 Doors from Eastern vs.| Western, Tech gym (public high school | FOSTER BOOSTS LEAD AS MIDWEST SCORER CHICAGO, January 27 (#).—Capt. Bud Foster, Wisconsin center, today continued in the big nine basket ball scoring lead, with 51 points, an increase of 10 points over his mark of a week ago. The scoring leaders, including big nine games only: Player —Team. Foster, Wisconsi McCracken, Tnd S Walter, Northwestern..C- ‘Truskowski, Michig: - % 51 i i an 25 22 21 2 vy oo - | ouonsue5ss wousossnsel I TWO SET-UPS FACED BY MICHIGAN QUINT By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 27.—Michigan's basket ball team will have a rich oppor- tunity this week to do some repair work on its Big Nine record. ‘While most conference teams will be idle because of examinations, the ‘Wolverines, who have broken even in four games, will play two engagements with the cellar occupants of the league, Minnesota and Chicago. The only other contest of the week will be played Saturday night at Minneapolis, where Ohio State plays its return game with Minnesota. ‘The Woiverines will tackle Minnesota at Ann Arbor tonight and on Friday will invade the hardwood of the Chi- cago five, Neither Minnesota nor Chi- cago has been able to win a game in three starts, and Michigna, which apparently got going against Indiana last week, looks good for two victories. ‘The Wolverines opened their campaign for a second title by trouncing the Gophers at Minneapolis, but sagged and bowed to Purdue and Illinois. They came back in whirlwind style to run up a 45-t0-26 margin over Indiana, the highest scoring of the season. Nothing that Michigan does can alter the standings of the two leaders, Purdue and Wisconsin, Two victories, however, wouid put the Wolverines in a virtual tie with Ilinois for third position. i Lo Skiing is the Swedish national sport, but ice yachting, bob sledding and curl- ing are ‘also popular, | | Basket Ball Officials Named For Tournament at- Alexandria LEXANDRIA, Va, January 27.— A Plans for the opening of the | Alexandria Gazette Basket Ball League here tomorrow night in the Armory Hall were completed at a meeting of league officials at the home of Jack Tulloch. A board of governors, an official scorekeeper and timekeeper were named. The board of governors, which will handle all appeals, is composed of the managers of the four contesting teams, including Robert McDonald, St. Mary’s Ceiucs; Carroll Rush, Knight's Store five; Ted Miller, Del Ray A. C, and Owen Creegan, Whitestone’s Store. Carl Mueller was chosen to keep time and Jsk Howard to keep score. Both Mueller and Howard were officlals of the Old Dominion Boat Club basket ball team, city champions last season. ‘The Old Dominion is not represented on the court this year. Managers Rush, Knight's Store five, and Miller of Del Ray announced they had agreed upon “Hobey” O'Meara of the District of Columbia Approved Board to handle the opening game. in ‘which Knight's and Del Ray wiH clash. A preliminary game betwegn the Knight's Store Buddies, a girls’ team, and the George Mason High School sex- tette will be played at 7:30. Continuing the speedy pace that has marked their play all season, the St. Mary's Celtics hung up their seventh straight victory when they trounced the highly touted De Luxe A. C. of Wash- ington by 33 to 23. “Frenchy” Cohan and Wilbur Wright were top scorers for the Celtics with 10 and 13 poin#s, respectively, while Sammy Hook was best for the losers with two field goals and a quartet of baskets from the charity stripe. In the preliminary game the Clover A. C. of this city downed the Spengler A. C. of Washington, 21 to 18. “Hardy” Gensmer, Clover center, scored five field goals and a foul shot, while F. Thomas of the Spenglers led his team with two field goals and four foul shots. ‘The Celtics’ triumph was their fourth of the week. Four games are listed this week, the first tomorrow night at Fred- ericksburg, Va., in the new high school gymnasium with the Fredericksburg Collegians. All players are requested to meet at Hurshy’'s, at 400 King street, at 5:30 p.m. On Thursday night the Celtics will meet Whitestone's Store in their first Alexandria Gazette Basket Ball League game, while Saturday the Pontiac A. C. will come here from Washington. The speedy Richmond Blues of Richmond, Va., are listed for the Sabbath attrac- tion next Sunday. Knight's Store five will play the Fort Washington Soldiers at Fort Washing- ton tonight. “Buddy” Zimmerman, captain of the St. Mary’s Celtics quint, is laid up with a sprained ankle sustained Saturday night in the game with the Woodlawn A. C. of Fort Myer. “Doc” Fiddesop, trainer of the Celtics, sald today that although Zimmerman's ankle is in pretty bad shape he expect- ed to have the Green and Gold leader in condition for the majority of the Alexandria Gazette and the Washing- ton independent basket ball games. COCHRAN IS BRILLIANT DEFEATING KIEGHEFER NEW YORK, January 27 (#).—Wel- ker Cochran, former 18.2 balkline bil- liards champion, gave a brilliant dis- play of the three-cushion game yester- day to clinch his 700-point match with Augie Kieckhefer of Chicago. The final score was: Cochran, 700; Kieck- hefer, 614. Cochran averaged more than 2 points an inning in taking the afternoon block 50 to 24, in 24 innings and then easily won the night block as well, 50 to 34, in 40 innings. His high run was six in the afternoon and 10 at night. Kieck- hefer's best clusters were 5 and 4. MICHAEL J. HAWKINS DEAD. ALBANY, N. Y, January 27 (#).— Michael J. Hawkins, president of the Albany team of the Eastern Base Ball League, died here last night. He was widely known in base ball circles. Bronchial pneumonia, which complicat- ed a serious illness from gland trouble, caused death. ELDER AND DALEY IN NEWARK RACES A. A. U. in Meantime Probes Misleading Publicity at Brooklyn, By the Assoclated Press, EW YORK, January 27.—Jack Elder, Notre Dame sprinter, is to run in the St, Joseph's Cath- olic Club games in Newark ‘Wednesday night. Sponsors of the meet said the Notre Dame ace would com= pete in the Rupert F. Mills Spring series of 50, 60 and 75 yards. Jimmy Daley of Holy Cross is booked to oppose Elder. More attention, perhaps, will be paid to the progress of the investigation by the Metropolitan Association, A. A. U., into charges leveled against sponsors of | the Brooklyn College games ten days ago. Elder figured in this investigation as an “innocent bystander.” Publicity emanating from directors of the games intimated that Elder would compete in all three races of an Olympic sprint series, whereas he actually ran in one. It's a “Paper” Club. ‘The executive committee of the Na- tional A. A. U., has ordered the Metro- politan Association to make an imme- diate investigation of the charges. The committee at the same time suggested that legislation be prepared to make possible the “elimination from district members of inactive or so-called paper organizations having misleading names or organized or existing for purposes which do not, as an important part thereof, include A. A. U. activities, or where such A. A. U. activities are being capitalized for private or personal gain or advantage.” ‘This was interpreted as a blow at the Brooklyn College A. 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