Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1930, Page 69

Basket Ball, Bowling SPORTS SECTION The Sunday Shae - Golf and General | Part 5—4 Pages WA HL\'GTON. D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1930. Elder Breaks -World Sprint Record : Biloxi Regarded as Ideal Training Site COVERS 60 METERS INSEVEN SECONDS Also Is Winner of 50-Yard Race—Georgetown Wins Mile Relay. R the Associated Press. EW YORK, February 15—Jack Elder, fiying foot ball star from | Notre Dame, bettered the world | record for 60 meters at the Crescent A. C. games here tonight, running the distince in 7 seconds flat. | Elder's time clipped one-fifth sec- ond off the best previous mark in-| doors of 7% seconds, set in 1927 at| Brooklyn by Bob McAllister, ‘the erst- while “fiying cop.” Jimmy Pappas of the Newark A. C. was second and Frank Hussey of the New York A C. third. Elder's victory in the 60-meter event followed his tri- umph in a special 50-yard sprint a few minutes earlier. Elder announced after his record- breaking sprint that he would compete in_no more indoor meets this season. Elder won the special 50-yard sprint in 535 seconds, barely beating out Frank Hussey of the New York A. C. Jimmy Pappas. former Princeton runner, now gompeting for the Newark A. C. was third. Georgetown University's fleet runners, won the Sammy Reid Memorial, 1-mile college relay in 3:2645. The team con- sisted of. Burke, Cagiin, Shotter and Briggs. Colgate (Drake, Whitney, Nicholson!ana Lacey) was second, and Fordham (O'Shea, Smith, Hurley and Simmons) was third. Dr. Paul’ Martin, Swiss middle-dis- tance runner. captured the Metropolitan A A U 1000-yard championship. in 17%. SEXTON 0 F 6. U. TIES | Br the Associated Press. } BOSTON, February 15.—Eddie Blake, | Who wore a Dartmouth track uniform b-fore he donned the Boston Athletic | Association colors, provided one of the | Dbiggest upsets of the current indoor track seagon here tonight by beating Phil Edw *w York University’s great Negto. to the tape by a yard | in the 600-yard run of the B. A. A. | meat. | Edwards, running for th= Olympic Club | ©of Hamilton, Ontario, got off to a peyr Atart in the seven-man race. Pred Veit ©f the New Ycrk A. C. finished.a few | ;rhf behind Edwards. Blake's time | < 1 minute 1425 seconds. f PICK OF THE DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL'S BASKET BALL TALENT THIS Bos FREEMAN- OLDLINERS REPEAT ONVIRGINIA U. FIVE Hard Pressed in First Half, Though pressed hard by R. A. Dal- rgmple of ithe B. A. A. Ray Conger, | the Tilinols A. C.'s great miler, won the | Hunteg, mife event in 4 minutes 22 1-5 | #econds) rétiring the famous trophy | from competition. Conger won this | Tace last'.year and Joie Ray gave the | Illinols club its first leg several seasons | azo. 3 | There were 25 high jumpers in that | competition, which ended with Leo | Sexton of Georgetown and Jimmy | Stafford, the B. A. A.’s one-armed per- former. tieq at 6 feet 2 inches. G. V. V. Wolf of Yale was an inch short of them, landing third place. Fred Sturdy, former Yale vaulter, now competing for the Los An- | geles A. C.. won his event by clearing | 13 feet 7 inches. O. Sutermeiyter of Harvard landed second place with 13 fcet 4 inches, and Bill Cone of Yale placed third with a 13-foot vault. | BRITISH ARE ROUTED | BY YANK RACKETER By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 15—Paced by | the veteran pair of Clarence C. Pell and | Stanley Mortimer, the United States today made a clean sweep of the four | international racket singles matches | with Great Britain at the Racquet and | “Tennis Club. The rout of the invaders | today gave the United States the series | five matches to one, the English having won one doubles contest yesterday. | Pell, driving with the power that won him the national championship in 1928, | easily defeated his English rival, Lord Aberdare, 15—2, 15—1, 15—3. Aber- dare, lame from an injury received in his gold racket match with Pell at| Tuxedo Park, offered little opposition to his hard driving opponent. Mortimer also ~<ed in straight sets | over P. W. Kemp-Welch, winning | 18—10, 15—, 15—3; Dr. H. W. Leatham | of Great Brftain forced Hewitt Morgan, | the change-of-pace stylist, to five sets bpfop seing defeated, 1i—14. 815, 15, 15—11, 18—16. E. I. Edwards ympleted rning back Duncan Cambridge, the | uthful English sensation of yesterday’s bles, 4—15, 15—7, 15—, pole | EITTLE KNOWN SPRINTER | TWICE BEATS SIMPSON| EV2 STON, Ill, February 15 (#).— ~>.ge Simpson, Ohio State’s sensa- | al sprinter, suffered defeat tonight | the annual quadrangular meet at | rthwestern University, losing the 40- rd dash to Jo Ford, an almost un- own. Northwestern sprinter. Ford's | e was 0:04.6. Ford not only nipped Simpson by a in the final, but defeated him in a ifying heat. AKE AND JAFFEE TIED U IN ADIRONDACK SKATING TUPPER LAKE, N. Y., February 15! L’).-—Jlek Lake, amateur speed-skating | plon of North America, and Irving | §alies of New York today were tied. for rst place, on a point basis, at the con- | lusion of the first day’s racing in the df F lirondack championship meet here. jhes won the 220-yard dash and Jaffee 2-mile final, each earning 30 points. ? Shea was clocked at 0:18.1 for 220 ards. ‘This breaks the world record 0:18.2. Doubt was expressed, how- ever as to whether Shea’s time would be accepted by the Amateur Skating Union, because one timer’s watch went | out of order at the finisl.. Shea went over the line 5 yards ahead of Frank Btack. SETS DOG DERBY RECORD. OGDEN, Utah, February.15 (#).— Driving for a part of the distance over bare pavement, Earl Kimball of Reno, Nev., today made what was announced as new world record for 25 miles, when he won first day’s heat of the Wasatch Dog Derby in 1 hour 33 min- | to battle their hardest to go into in-| | termission on the long end of a 18-to- | the Americans’ sweep by Evans, P ihe | Chalme But Go on Scoring Spree to Win, 51 to 23. NIVERSITY of Maryland de- feated the University of Vir- ginia at basket ball at College Park last night, 51 to 29, to make it two straight over the Cavaligrs this season. It was the Old Liners’ eleventh win in 15 starts and gave them a record of six victories against four defeats in zames with fellow Southern Conference combinations. Virginia put up a sturdy fight in the first half and the Old Liners had | 16 _count. Virginia led three times, first at 5 to 4, later at 14-13 and at 15 to 14, | with less than a minute of the initiai | period to play. Then a foul shot and a basket by Evans, the Old Line cap- tain, put Maryland in the van and it was never overhauled. Maryland lost no time in going well into the van in the second half, hav- | ing a 26-10-17 margin after five minutes | of play and consistently widening the | margin to the finish. | The Old Liners displayed some clever passing in the second half, piling up their big total by stellar work in get- ting their men free under the basket. Renkin, who went into the game de- | spite an injured leg, was a prominent factor, Maryland also was good from the foul line, making good in 15 out of 21 shots, while Virginia was able to| pocket the ball in only 9 in 15 tries. Heagy, Maryland's stellar back guard, had a perfect average, sneaking down the floor for one basket and making all his four shots from the 15-foot mark. | Harrison was the main cog in the virginia team, keeping the Cavaliers | in the running in the first half by his clever work, and they were mflerlllly‘ weakened when he went out on per- sonal fouls early in the seconc p:riod. Mervland. GFPls Virginia. GrPu CasSoab! dice M Totals ....18 1 Referee r | o 51 Totals . Eberts (Catholic COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Navy, 45; George Washington, 18. Maryland, 51; Virginia, 29. Syracuse, 40; Georgetown, 18. Duquesne, 31; American U.. Army. 36; Johns Hopkins, 17. Davidson, 43; Elon, 30, Wooster, 40; Akron, 30. Purdue, 27; Ohio State, time). Indiana, 28; Chicago, 16. Western Reserve, 39; Case, 25. Duke Preshmen, 33; North Carolina Freshmen, 23. Florida, 40: South Carolina, 17. Ohio Wesleyan, 40; Miami, 33. Carnegie Tech, 23; Penn State, 11. Illinois, 26; Minnesota, 22. ‘Wisconsin, 29: Northwestern, 22. ‘Wittenberg, 29; Cincinnati, 18. Michigan State, 27; Michigan, 26. Rutgers, 37; St. John's (Annapolis), 6. West Virginia, 50; Geneva, 28. Nebraska, 34; Missouri, 3. 1. 25 (over- PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. Montreal Maroons, 3; Pittsburgh Pi- rates, 1. Detroit Olympics, 2; ‘Hamilton, 0. Bosf 5;’ Toronto ‘Maple WINS SECOND LEG ON CUP. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., February 15 (#).-—Joe Capo, local golfer, gained a seconl leg of the W. R. ir., GRIFF SIGNS YOUTH | l Sandlotter From New York Has Impressive Record in Independent Loops. ILOXI, Miss., February 15.—Clark Griffith has added a young first | baseman to his team in the| person of William Bradley, l‘ sandlotter from New York City. The | youngster has been playing ball with | the New York Independents of the Empire State Federation, an organiza- tion. yet to gain official recognition from organized base ball, but whose avowed purpose is to “aid in the or- ganization and development of sandlot base ball.” Bradley, who is not yet 21, hit for an average of .368 with the Independ- | ents and flelded 970, and was highly recommended to Mr. Griffith by George | W. Halpin, president of the league. | Nick Altrock and Al Schacht saw Bradley play one day last Summer, and Nick has added his recommenda- tion, Bradley stands 6 feet 1 and weighs 187 pounds. It is likely that the new first comer will get ample opportunity to demonstrate his ability in the pre- season games. The release of Boss to Chattanooga on a 24-hour option left | the Nationals with no substitute first base material, and the experience Grif- | fith has had with Joe Judge the last | two seasons made him especially | anxious to have an understudy avail- &ble for the Washington captain. ‘The last two seasons have been very good ones for Judge, and Griffith at- tributes much of this to the manner in which Judge prepared himself for the championship grind. “You will recall that in 1928 George Sisler did most of the first base work in the practice games, with Judge stepping in regu- larly when the season started. the first time in many years Joe went right through the season without injury and played great ball. Last year Johnson allowed Joe to take it rather easy, and again Judge had a year free | from that old leg trouble. I imagine | Walter will use this youngster when- | ever he can prior to the opening of | the season, and it was with this in mind that I decided to take a chance Kenan, Trophy here today by defeating Harold Weber, Toledo, Ohio, 3 and 1, in the utes and 8 seconds. final match of the annual St. Valentine golf tournament, [ with Bradley, and then, you know, you |never can tell when you have a bud- |ding star, This sandlotter comes L s EVERETT RusseLL- | Brookland last night. | out in first roun highly recommended by shrewd base I ball men, and he may make the grade.” CARL SEASON JIMMy HOMPSON MACCARTEE Joe | RoBEv- | C. U MITIMEN WIN OVERW.ANDL 43 | Blasi and Malevich Score . | Knockouts—Heavyweight | Clash Forfeited. | LTHOUGH it forfeited the: A University ring team won a| 4-to0-3 verdict over the Wash- | ington and Lee mittmen before a ca- | pacity crowd in the big gymnasium at | heavyweight bout, the Catholic | Despite the fact that Blasi and Male- vich, Catholic U. scrappers in the 160 and 175 pound classes, finished their men before the regulation three rounds, there was plenty of action, and the bouts were voted the best ever staged at Brookland. | Blasi and Malevich showed real class and had their foes helpless when the | towel was tossed into the ring. | Probably the best bout of the evening | was thet in which Di Como, clever | Brooklander, defeated Black of Wash-| ington and Lee after an extra round in one of the two 135-pound class enla;e_»‘ ments. Two bouts were staged in this | class in lieu of putting on a 145-pound tussle. - ek 115-POUND CLASS_De Pasquale (C. U.) | (W_ & L) by decision. O O UND, CLABS-Bchioabure (W. & L) defeated Scudert (C. U by decision n:fi'g'g;‘-]ck (W. & L.) by decision’ in’extra round. - $S—Roblson (W. & L.) guet Melkifney We & 'L by teennica | Knockout in second round. | = (€. U) won DN W& L) By technichl Enock: MEAVIWEIGHT CLASS — Forfeited to Washington and Lee. HENDERSON SINGLES NET CHAMPION OF BAHAMAS NASSAU, Bahamas, February 15 (#). —Alexander I. Henderson, New York, won the Bahamas annuel men’s singles tennis championship here today by de- feating Cedric R. Woodward, New York, 7—5, 6—8, 6—2 and 6—1, in the finals. Henderson’s shots proved exceptional- ly effective in the latter stages of the| match, with both players executing neat stroking of back-hand drives. over Heaps DUKE BOXERS SCORE. DURHAM, N. C., Pebruary 15.—Tak- ing four bouts by decisions and two by knockouts, Duke University pugs had little trowMle defeating the University of Virginia boxers hers, 6 matches to 1. P - - S Associated Pres: tition between amateurs and mitted completion of business in more than three hours. Providing the International Tennis Federation at its meeting in Paris March 21 approves of open competition, the first annual United States tournament will be held either the week of Septem- ber 15 or 22 at the Germantown Cricket Club, Germantown, Pa, New York was selected for the fiftieth annual meeting in 1931, at | which time the golden jubilee of the | association will be celebrated. The ‘me:ung also approved of a mail vote | by the executive committee on resolu- | tions. | Having provided early in the meet- | ing for the creation of the office of | second vice president, James C. Stew- | art of Chicago, the nominee for secre- | tary, was elected to the position ane | Joseph W. Ivy of Kansas City named | as secretary. Louis J. Carruthers of New York was named vice president |and Donald M. Hill of Waban, Mass., treasurer. On Executive Committee. Samuel H. Collom, retiring president | from Philadelphia, was named to the | executive committee to serve for one | year, along with George T. Adee, Jones W. Mersereau, Julian S. Myrick_and Henry W. Slocum, all of New York, | and ight W. Davis, Governor Gen- |eral of the Philippines. Davis was named as an honorary gesture for his promotion of tennis. Mrs. Prederick S. Moody, the former Helen Wills of Berkeley, Calif., was again ranked No. 1 in women’s na- ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor By DENMAN THOMPSON ITCHING versus hitting as the most potent force for success in a ball club ever will be a moot ques- tion among diamond addicts. It was debated in our hearing at luncheon yesterday for the 9,642d time and led to a bit of browsing among statistics for last season with the resultant conclusion that a generous ad- mixture of both is the best prescription. The best illustration of this was furnished by the Cubs who, in addition to a most formidable phalanx of boxmen, clouted opposing slabsters for a percentage in excess of .300 :1_)' Ieam their National League itle. And additional proof was provided by their conquerors in the world series for the Ath- letics, besides having the most effective curving corps in the American League also ranked second in sticking prowess with team only 4 percentage points removed from the charmed circle. Defense Has the Edge. But, as between the two Cardinal elements of attack and defense there is little doubt the latter, of which pitching is the foundation, is by far the most essential. Support for this contention also is found in the official figures for 1929 when it is con- sidered that the Phillies, hard- est thumping outfit in the par- ent loop, failed to land among the money winners, while the Tigers, who topped all com- binations in the junior circuit in sheer power with the flail also finished with the also- rans. This being the case, Wash- ington’s prospects for next se: son are brighter than if the re verse were true, for it seems much more likely the Nation- als will display greater im- provement on the mound than in bludgeon-wielding, consider- ing the material at hand. There have been instances where a club was so blessed with maulers that no weak spot was apparent from top to bot- tom of the batting order, such as the old Yankees with their “murderers’ row,” but usually most of the punch of a team is packed by three men, not nec- essarily those with the highest averages, qu! who produce the long and timely wallops that beget tallies. Our “Big Three” Wasn’t. Last season Washington was one of three clubs in the majors which failed to present a single performer able to furnish the motivating force for the scoring of 100 markers, the others being the cellar- bound Boston crews and the seventh place Chisox. Led by the contract-balking Goslin, who, despite his terrific hitting slump, knocked 91 runs over, the Nationals presented Myer with 82 and West with 75 as their best three in the all- essential business of batting in runs, and it so happens that their total of .248 entitled them to thirteenth place among the 16 big league outfits. This was just .170 under the total com- piled by Wilson, Hornsby and Stephenson of the National League’s front-running Cubs and 121 fewer than the Ameri- can hl{\le'l top trio of Yan- kees, Ruth, Gehrig and Lazzeri, who aggregated .369. How Manager Johnson can hope to find among such added talent as Loepp, McLeod, et al., the means for driving in a sub- stantial flock of additional tal- lies is not clear, but Barney has reasonable grounds for the hope that with an array of flingers comprising Marberry, Hadley, Jones, Liska, Brown, Burke and Braxton he can re- duce the run-making proclivi- ties of alien machines. And there is no law against the hitters he already possesses doing more hitting. It Must Be True, ACCORDING to Johnny Neun, the versatile sports official and scrivener of Baltimore, all the nice things being wafted to Washington about Biloxi, the new training camp of the Na- tionals, are fully justified. Neun sojourned at the Mis- sissippi resort town last Spring as a member of the Toledo Mudhens of the American As- sociation and asserts there is no danger of practice sessions being spoiled by bad weather, there being too little rain, if anything. It isn’t the weather, but the eats, that will most concern Griff’s athletes, however. They didn’t lose three full days of practice in the 10 years they worked out at Tampa, and the chow was first class, too. Neun, who will be remem- bered by American League fans vhrough his service with the Detroit Tigers, is to do his Spring training this year at St. Petersburg as a member of the Boston Braves. Removal of a troublesome appendix has im- proved Johnny's general health to such an extent that it should occasion only mild surprise if he runs old George Sisler right out of his first basing job at the Hub this year. el |MEHLHORN AND By the Assoclated Press, PENSACOLA, Fla., February 15.— Herman Barron, 21-year-old unknown from Port Chester, N. Y., swept through the driving rain today to tie with “Wild Bill” Mehlhorn at 143 for the half-way leadership in the second annual Greater Pensacola open golf tournament. Mehlhorn, who started the Florida “big money” golf season unattached, led the field at the end of the first 18 holes with a 70, one under par, but the Port Chester youngster, who yesterday won first place in the pro-amateur best-ball event, came back on the afternoon round to score a brilliant 69 and take a one-half share in the lead. Although he scored a 75 on the morn- ing round, Whiffey Cox, Brooklyn cam- paigner, conquered the wind and rain in the afternoon to duplicate Barron's 69 for a total of 144. Tony Manero of New York also shot the afternoon round in 69, but his 77 for the morning put him two strokes behind Cox and three back of the leaders. 4 Johnny Farrell, St. Augustine, Fla.; Harry Cooper, unattached, and Al Es- pinosa of Chicago were bracketed with | 145 each, while Gene Sarazen of New Y-}rk kept company with Manero at 146. KEEP SLATE CLEAN. CHAPEL HILL, N. C, February 15.— Carolina_State here tonight, 2¢ to 6, keeping ir @tate and Southern YOUTH| LEAD AT PENSACOLA' North Carolina wrestlers defeated North | DATE FOR OPEN NET MEET IS SET BY NATIONAL BODY Amateurs, Pros to Face in Fall if International Federation Approves—Public Park Title Play for Men and Women Here in August. BY J. H. ANDERSON, s Sports Writer. T. LOUIS, February 15.—The United States Lawn Tennis Associa- tion at its annual meeting today voted in favor of open compe- professionals, elected as president | Louis B. Dailey of New York and ranked William T. Tilden, 2d, first in the national list for the tenth consecutive year. Agenda for the annual session, prepared carefully in advance by a session of the executive committee and other committees, per- a harmonious meeting of slightly tional singles, and Julian Myrick an- nounced she would compete against England in Wightman Cup competition, The annual meeting went on record | as favoring a stricter check on expense accounts, voted to return $20,000 from the national association treasury to sectional associations for tennis "pro- | motion. $10,000 at once, and voted to hold the entry list to the national vet- erans’ singles championship to 64 play- ers to expedite running off of the turnament. The West Side Tennis Club of Forest Hills, N. Y., was awarded the women's national championships for the week of August 18 and the men's national | singles and veterans' singles for the | week of September 6. Other tournament awards: National intercollegiate, Merion Cric- | ket Club, Philadelphia, week of June 23. National clay courts championships to Missouri Valley Tennis Association, | probably the Rockhill Tennis Club, Kansas City, week of July 7 or 14. National public parks tournament to Washington, D. C., week of August 18 &mcl;ldln; women's events for first me). National doubles championships (men) to Longwodd Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill, Mass., week of August 25. National juniors’ and boys' singles and doubles, Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind., August 11 to 16. National girls’ championships( singles and doubles) to Ph Iphia Cricket Cluh, week of September 2. National girls' championships (singles ships to California Tennis Association, place and date to be decided by Cali- fornia, but date to be some time in September. National junior and boys' indoor championships to 7th Regiment Arm- wy, New York, week of December 26, Men’s national indoor singles and doubles, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, week of February 1, 1931, National women’s indoor champion- | ships, Longwood Club, Chestnut Hill, ™ass, early in March, 1931, U.S.Net Rankings MEN'S SINGLES., 1—William T. Tilden, 2d, PhiladsIphia. 2—Francis T. Hunter, Now Rochelle, N. Y. 3—John Doeg, Santa Monica, Calif. 4—George M. Lott, jr., Chicago. 5—John Van Ryn, Orange, N. J. 6—Prederick Mercur, Harrisburg, Pa. 7—Wilmer Allison, Austin, Tex. 8—Wilber F. Coen, Kansas City. 9—Berkeley Bell, Dallas, Tex. 10—Gregory Mangin, Newark, N. J. MEN'S DOUBLES, 1—John Doeg and George M. Lott, jr. 2—Wilmer Al and John Van Ryn. 3—Francis T. Hunter and W. T. Tilden. 4—J. G. Hall, Orange, N. J, and Frederick_Mercur. 5—Berkeley Bell and Gregory Mangin. ‘WOMEN'S SINGLES. 1—Mrs. Frederick S. Moody (Helen | Wills), Berkeley, Calif. 2—Helen Jacobs, Berkeley. 3—Edith _Cross, San Prancisco. 4—Sara Palfrey, Boston. 5—Mrs. L. A. Harper, San Francisco. 6—Mary Greef, Kansas City. 7—Eleanor Goss, New York City. —Ethel Burkhardt, San Francisco. 9—Marjorie K. Gladman, Santa Monie cosfi;)hlne Cruickshank, Santa Ana, alif. JUNIOR SINGLES. 1—Keith Gledhll, Santa Barbara, Calif. 2—Ellsworth Vines, Pasadena, Calif. 3—G. H. Boehmer, jr., St. Louls. 4—Robert Bryan, Atlanta, Ga. 5—G. F. Roll, Philadelphia. 6—Carl Kamrath, Austin, Tex. 7—High McArthur, San Diego. 8—Willlam Schoomer, Milwaukee. 9—Donald M. Frame, New York City. | 10—Doc Barr, Dallas, Tex. JUNIOR DOUBLES. 1—Keith Gledhill and Ellsworth Vines, California. 2—Robert Bryan, Atlanta, Ga.. and Wilmer Hines, Columbia, 8. C. 3—Karl Kamerath and John McDlar- mid, Texas. 4—Hugh McArthur, San Diego, Calif., and Willlam Schommer, Milwaukee. S5—Henry Clabaugh and William Jacobs, Baltimore. 6—Earl Bossong, Cincinnati, and Mar- tin Busby, Miami, Fla. 7—Frederick Brace, Pontiac, Mich., and Nate Ganger, Cleveland. 8—Harold Christensen and Roger Tay- lor, Summitt, N. J. 9—G. H. Boehn‘l:r. jr,, and J. P. Port- ul noy, St. Louis. 10—John Richardson and Jack Talbot, | Staten Island, N. Y. BOYS' SINGLES. | 1—Jay Cohn, Santa Monica, Calif. 2—George H. Boynton, Atlanta, Ga. 3—Frank Parker, Milwaukee. 4—Benjamin Friedman, Philadelphia. 5—Marco Hecht, New York. 6—R. K. Hebard, White Plains, N. Y. 7—Charles R. Hunt, San PFrancisco. 8—Samuel Lee, Berkeley, Calif. 9—Caldwell Russell, St. John's Military Academy. 10—J. R. Cheshire, Atlanta, Ga. NATIONAL BOYS' DOUBLES. 1—Jay Cohn and Charles R. Hunt, California. 2—R. K. Hebard and Marco Hecht, New York. 3—Prank Parker and Robert Hutchin- son, I..wrencehur!. Ind. 4—G. D. Morgan and Benjamin Fried- man, Philadelphia. uel Lee and Caldwell Russell. GIRLS' SINGLES, 1—Sarah Palfrey, Boston, Mass. 2—Helen Marlowe, Los Angeles, Calif 3—Evelyn Parsons, California. 4—Vi Rice, Boston. 5—Marion Hunt, San Francisco, 6—Muriel Adams, In lis. 7—Norma Taubelle, New York. 8—Hilda Boehm, Malden, Mass. 9—Mianne Palfrey, Boston. 10—Caroline Babeock, California. V. P. I.-.KEEPS TITLE. BLACKSBURG, Va., Fel 15— Taking three by m:-n and classes | g, ekl 3 co] e | tonight by defeating V. to NATS ARE TO DRILL INFINE BALL PARK Will Also Have Excellent Ho- tel Accommodations—No Kick on Climate. Special Dispatch to The Star. ILOXI, Miss., February 15.-- ‘That the Washington base ball club is going to be very well satisfied with this city as a training base and the ath- letes are to have offered them the same opportunity for condition- ing that was presented in the years that Tampa, Fla., was their sPrln; quarters is the firm con- viction of the club vanguard after a zhorou%h inspection of Biloxi's facilities for the conditioning of a big league ball club. Indeed, were it not fcr the proven value of thw city the Washington club has jus: forsaken, one could easily wax highly enthusiastic over Bilox. which has every earmark of being an ideal training spot. Three cardinal points suggest themselves as the test of the soundness of this statement—the climatic conditions here, the play- ing field and the hotel accommo- dations offered the players. Balmy Summer-like conditions were prevalent on the day that President Clark Griffith and his dplny checked in here. Those who should be in a position to know state that similar weather can be looked for in the 30-day period be- ginning February 26, when the first squad of Nationals reaches here, and statistics available as to the number of times that training was interrupted by poor weather when the Toledo team of the American Association trained here bear out this statement. The Mud Hens were here in 1928 and 1929, and there were only three days when rain curtailed practice. On one of these but a half day was lost. Praises Playing Field. » As to the playing field, it is doubtful if there is another such plant in any training camp in the country. In fact, there is no ball park anywhere—and the majors are not excepted—quite so commodious. There is a fine outfield and an infield which within two weeks should be excellent. A conception of the siz> of the field can quickly be ob- tained by a statement of the dimen- sions. From home plate to center field the distance is 660 feet. From the plate to the right-field fence, on the foul line, the distance is 475 feet, while {the left-fleld wall is 425 feet distant from the plate, It will take a mighty | wallop to reach these fences—and Maj. John Kennedy has a standing offer of $100 to the ball player who can hit a fair ball on the fly to any one of them. Underfoot the outfeld is great—just that. The fairway of many a first- class golf course is not much better. There should be no case of charley- horse blamable uj either the outfield or infleld of t! ball park. Add to these praiseworthy features two club houses, each capable of hot 35 players, equipped with lockers an showers, and you have a rllm capable of pleasing even the iculous Mike Martin, trainer of the Nationals. Outside of the park, skirting the fences on all sides except the entrance, are solid woods of pine and other trees. Making a background for the players to hit against which is sure to please them. The park is two miles from , and the city is to provide to transport the players to and fro. | Will Have New Hotel. | The hotel where the team is to be | quartered is a new hostelry facing the Mississipp! Sound, a body of water which separated from the Gulf of Mexico by a chain of small islands. | The hotel is modern in every detail with baths in every room, a feature which was lacking” at Tampa. The drinking water is excellent—and here again it is different from Tampa, where | :?:;1:« wl’xt:;r wu"uukd ‘emlre?; by the TS, e outlook from the hotel is quite beautiful. P While there are many recreational features which also were lacking in Florida, the management of the hotel has equipped the basement with fea- tures usually found only in clubs—bil- llard and pool tables, shuffie boards and a spacious card room, and the entire squad could easily be accommo- dated in these rooms after training periods. Cool nights are part of the boast of Blloxi's boosters, it being their claim that blankets are acceptable most of the year after sunset. The hotel is one mile and a half from the city proper, reached by busses and street cars, which pass the door. The ball players should find this city, in so far as their hotel accommodations are concerned, much nicer than their previous Spring head- quarters. Training periods at the best are arduous, irritaf times for the ball players, and the more pleasant the hotel facilities the easier it is for them to go through the tedium of the condi- tioning grind. Biloxi as a training camp should, in the ball player's ver- nacular, be “easy to take.” Climate Held 0. K. But, and most important of all from | the standpoint of the Washington base ball fans, Manager Johnson should have no difficulty getting his players into good playing condition here, and Johnson will have the added expecta- tion that the absence of radical differ- ence in the climate of Mississippl and Washington should not work against the team's physical condition in the manner it frequently has after its so- journ in semi-tropical Florida. Johnson’s _experlence last Spring, Wwhen an apparently dead-fit ball club in the South became almost over- night impotent after it reached Wash- ton, will not soon be forgotten either by t{n ball fans or the team manage- men COLLEGE WRESTLING. Duke, 17; Davidson, 9. Ohio State, 21; Cornell, 11. Indiana, 24; Northwestern, 8. Illinols, 21%2; Wisconsin, 4}5. Navy, 16; Lehigh, 3. ‘Washington and Lee, 23; V. P. I, 11, o COLLEGE BOXING. Duke, 6; Virginia, 1. o-uwn: U, 4; Ww and Lee, 3. Army, 4; Georgetown, 3. Pcnn’!l-lu. 4; Western Maryland, 3. Navy, 5; Pennsylvania, 2. - Pt L COLLEGE SWIMMING. Virginia, 34; Washington and Lee, 32. uwa':'mnm College, 45; Baltimore ‘Denison, 32: Ohlo University, 30, Columbia, 35; Navy, 27, i