Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1930, Page 25

SP ORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SBATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1930. SPORTS. ' Germany Handicapped for Davis Cup Play : D. C. Boys in International Stick Tilt HARD HIT IN L0SS OF MOLDENHALER Teutons Facing Problem of Finding Capable Partner for Dr. Prenn. BY VINCENT RICHARDS. This is one of a_series of stories n which Vincent Richards analyzes the chances of countries other than the United States in the Davis Cup competition this year. ICTIM of one of the cruelest misfortunes any nation bas suffered in tennis, Germany enters the Davis Cup matches for 1930 with her strength reduced almost in half by th tragic death of Hans Wolden- hauer, i | An automobile accident cut short the brilliant tennis career of this popular young player, one of | the two best racket wielders in hls] country. | It was the splendid play of Molden- | hauer and Dr. Daniel Prenn that made | Germany the sensation of the inter- national matches last year, when she fought her way through the European zone to a meeting with the United States in the intersone match. | pair defeated Spain, 3 to 2; Italy, 3 to 2: | Crechoslovakia, 4 to 1, and England, | 3 to 2. No nation had a better record | in_the preliminary play | The loss of Moidenhauer, who had | his best years of tennis ahead, was the | more deplorable because Germany was | just beginning to regain her old place | @3 one of the leading nations in the cup | to give aspirants a chance to show their | lacked classics. Otto Froitzheim and Otto Kreuzer were two of the head liners be- fore the war, and in 1914 they repre- sented Germany against Australia in the semi-finals of the international matches at Pittsburgh. Barred Following War. the war Germany was barred from Davis Cup play, and it was not until a few years ago that the In-| ternational Pederation readmitted her. By Froitzheim and Kreuzer | had out of the picture as first flight players, and a new generation Was coming up. 1 visited Germany in 1926, and was greatly impressed by the number of ex- cellent young players being developed. | I predicted then that in a few years Germans would make trouble for team in the world. was not far wrong, as play last year showed, and if Moldenhauer had not been killed I believe Germany might not only come th the European zone again this year, but that she might even reach the challenge Tound. But despite the loss of the popular hauer, Germany will be no set- up. In Prenn she has a player good enough to hold his own with any but Cochet and Lacoste, and there is a large group of other excellent players from ‘whom a second singles entry can be selected, though none of them, of course, has shown himself so far to be as good as Moidenhauer was. ‘These players include Dr. Heinz Land- mann, who impressed me on my visit to Berlin; Dr. W. Dessart, Dr. P. Buss, F. Frenz, Dr. Heinrich Kleinschroth and J. Kuhimann. These players rank in about the order named, with Froitzheim Just above them. do not believe Proftzheim will g:y any more Davis Cup tennis. He seen his best days on the courts, and Germany would be wise to use her younger players so they :l:y gain valuable experience for the ure. Doubles Also a Problem. ‘The problem of Germany this year is not only to pick a second singles player, but also to match a strong dolbles team, for Prenn and Moldenhauer shouldered the entire burden of the play last year. Dr. Landmann seems likely to g‘ the call in singles, and it would not surprising if he also paired with Prenn in the doubles. Unfortunately for Germany she was drawn against England in the very first round. England appears to be as tough & nut as there is to be cracked in the Buropean zone, and it probably will be too much of an assignment for Ger- many to beat her before Germany's new players have had the chance to rl.n confidence and experience in a pre- liminary test. But there is nothing certain in tennis, and it may be that Landmann, or who- ever is the successor of Moldenhauer, will rise to the occasion and give Eng- Jand more trouble than she is bargain- ing for. Prenn can definitely be counted on to make a strong bid for his two singles, and if a suitable partner can be found for in the doubles Germany can prove dangerous, regardless of how her second singles player fares. Next—Ttaly. €Copyright. 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) the ‘nl STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. OINCIDENT with the early robin and the first missed putt, senior golfers of the Chevy| Chase Club—members of that organization within an organization—be- gin preparing for another busy season.| Their activities start early in April and | do not end until snow flies late in NO-I vember. The Seniors’ Golf Association, open only to members of the ‘Chevy Chase Club, is one of the most active golf organizations of the Capital, keep- ing a steady round of tournaments go- | ing from mid-April through November, with at least a half dozen substantial trophies in competition each year, nsi well 4s a number of lesser tournaments. | This year the seniors plan their first| tourney for next Friday and Saturday, the tourney to start on the day of the’ annual meeting, which is scheduled for | next Friday at Chevy Chase. The| tournament will be a medal play event | at 18 holes with handicap allowance.| Competitors may play 18 holes on either | day or may play 9 holes each day. At/ the same time the seniors will start play in a ringer tournament which is to run from April 4 to October 25. En- trants in this event must make their | ringer scores in a complete 18-hole round. | Handicaps for the initial tourney of the seniors are to be revised prior to next Friday. On Saturday, April 5, & putting tourney is to be held on the ractice putting green of the club. In Bflh the putting tourney and the larger event prizes of golf balls will be given. Under the direction of Gen. D. C Shanks, U 8. A, retired, the seniors had & ve‘e"-cmo season last year. Sev- eral mem| of the association put up prizes to be competed for, and no sooner ‘was one tourney finished than another followed immediately. There was no cessation of events throughout the season and even during the ordinarily dull months of July and August two cups were placed in competition through the efforts of Gen. Shanks and his co- workers on the golf committee. A close BY H. C. BYRD. NIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA is planning a good deal of work Canada, today surveys a world of of Ruthian proportions, but both are Hoyas Win. and New Orleans. There are no less . | Ice Hockey, Spreading | Rapidly, Has Its Ruler Frank L. Calder, president of the National Hockey League, who five or six years age was the head of a five- club league operating only in Eastern sport geographically as large as that Kl;\'l‘l‘ :lnch KP'I'\;!!W bk‘/lfiuhlnin Lan- AN is, the czar of base , presides. 2agdi Bossibly the attendance is smailer | Greater Activity Planned for and the salaries of players ar hardly | d R General Student Body. Artificial ice rinks, of varying ca- pacities, now dot the United States from the most northerly towns down to Fort Worth and Houston, Tex., % than seven professional hockey leagues in this country and Canada, :‘nd others are in process of forma- | on. | o And Frank Calder, who is known | within the next year in the way b Canadians as a promoter of the | of improvements in its facilities b st in sports, is king of it all. Most |gor intercollegiate athletics and es- :';L.';If‘gff!fffi"?f'li.‘?fyi‘;.“,i‘&'.‘.:i | pecially in providing larger recreational | opportunities for the general student dian after all, as ice hockey had its origin in lacrosse—is due to his fore- sight. * SCHOOL CROWN GOAL OF CENTRAL NETMEN| Candidates for Central High's tennis team plan to start outdoor work Mon- day. The Blue racketers believe they have a first-rate chance of wresting the public high title from Western, which has lost several stalwart playes Everett Simon, who was a member of the Central team in 1926, 1927 and 1928 being captain in 1927, and who is now a student at George Washington Uni- versity, is tutoring the Blue racketers He is arranging a Spring tournament, the first event of its kind, at least in | recent years, to be held among the | Central squad. All students are eligible | for the tournament, which will be held | wares under fire. Leading members of the Blue squad | include Manager Clyde Smith, Leon Gerber, Bernie Jones and Cleveland Norcross. Central will open its schedule about the middle of next month. In addition | to the public high matches engagements have been carded by the Blue with the Maryland,, freshmen, Navy Plebes, Episcopal and other combinations, George McGinty, captain-elect of the | Central High 1930 foot ball team, h left school and enlisted in the Navy, has been announced. Louis J. (Ty) Rauber, coach of the Blue, probably will have no easy time filling this boy's shoes. MeGinty would have been only a junior next Fall. Though last season was his first on the Central squad, Mc- | Ginty showed class at center. Alexandria Notes ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 20— United Typewriter Grays of Washington will help the St. Mary's Celtics close their schedule of games in_the Wash- ington Independent Basket Ball League | tonight when the two teams tie-up at | Armory Hall in a league contest. Play | will start at 8:30 o'clock. ‘The Celtics hold two victories over | the Grays, while the invaders claim one | triumph over the locals. Two of the games were exhibition contests, with the Ceitics copping the only league game in_which the two fives have tangled. In a preliminary tonight two of Washington’s fastest teams will battle. Woltz Photographers will play Pratt's Whirlwinds at 7:30 o'clock. 8t. Mary’s Celtics base ball team has booked a practice game with the Engi- neer School Detachment of Fort Humphreys, Va. for tomorrow after- noon at 3:30 o'clock in Baggett's Park. Knight's Store five won fts final appearance in the Alexandria Gazette Basket Ball League when it nosed out the Whitestone’s Store quint, 32 to 31, Thursday night at the Armory. Bren- ner caged the winning basket for the Knight's five in an overtime period. Th!fl‘l"’;‘“ closed the league program. v scorer of the contest with 13 points, fol- lowed by Ellett Cabell, of Knight's, with 12 points. ‘The final standing of the league: Ralemerss 127687 Del'ra 05 ‘000 tone. . y Clayton Scyphers, a member of the school faculty and a former base ball star at Vanderbilt University, has been named coach of the freshman base ball | team at Alexandria High School by Athletic Director R. L. Reynolds. Director Reynolds is planning the formation of an intra-mural base ball league. JEWISH TEAM AWAY. Jewish Community Center’s basket ball team will take part in a basket ball tournament today in Newark, N. J.. against teams from New York, New Jer- sey and Delaware. Two evenings ago Ray Chapin went | out to Columbia, hoping he might get in a bridge game to while away the evening hours. Along came hig in- | separable friend—Harry Krauss—of golf | and bowling fame, with a proposition to | Chapin. Within the hour they had step- | ped into Krauss' car and were on their | way to the bowling tourney at Water- bury Conn., where they arrived yesterday | morning after driving all night. They are like that. One makes a proposition, be it bowling, golf or duck hunting, and off they go. Both have remarkable rec- ords on the bowling alleys and both are good golfers. J. B. Murphy, the putting miracle worker of Columbia, appears to have | lost his cunning (temporarily) around the hole. Yesterday we saw things happen to Murphy's ball around the | cup that never have happened before | in the memory of the oldest golfer. Murphy missed three putts of less than four feet, and if you think that is not a record ask Albert MacKenzie and Miller Stevinson. A public putting course, equipped with ; hazards and flood lights for night play, is to be opened tomorrow morning at Seventeenth and B streets. The course will be open from 7 a.m. to dusk every | day. A charge of 15 cents for 18 holes | will be made on weekdays and of 25| cents on Sundays. Fred McLeod, veteran Columbia pro and former winner of the North and South open, led the Washington con- tingent in that tourney, which ended yesterday at Pinehurst. McLeod added a total of 155 for yesterday's twin rounds to his total of 156 for the open- ing two rounds of the tourney, to finish far outside the money. Behind him by a single stroke was Bob Barnett of Chevy Chase, who scored 154 yesterday, to add to his total of 158 of the day previous. A. L. Houghton of Harper also scored 154 over the final two rounds of the tourney, to finish with a 72-hole total of 314. Alex Armour of Con- gressional had 162 yesterday for a total of 323, while A. B. Thorn of Wood- mont scored 159 yesterday for a total | of 325 Walter H. Hall, formerly of Annapolis Roads, and 8. C. Moore fatled to return their cards. check is kept on the handicaps of ths seniors, who are all men of 57 years of age and mofe, ‘homas, of the losers, was high | ui body. Improvements contemplated also include more practice flelds for varsity | teams. “We have been more cramped for space for varsity teams than any other school in the South,” said a prominent Virginia man this morning, “and I be- lieve our board of visitors is about ready to do some real worthwhile work along this line. Also the board is very much interested in providing greater facilities for general student recreation. These things have not received a good deal of attention from the university in past years, and as a consequence Virginia is lagging far behind less favorably situ- ated and much smaller universities. “The most encouraging factor in con- nection with athletics at Virginia, to my mind, is the awakening interest in the board of visitors. Those who have never . visited Charlottesville cannot realize how big are the disadvantages under which we have labored. Our squads have had less space in which to practice than any other university I know, and our students generally have the outdoor recreational op- porturiities they ought to have. 1 am not at liberty just now to say what is to be done, but I can say without much doubt that the next year or two will see Virginia stepping out to do big things along this line.” Virginia people here will be glad to get this information. They know, espe- clally those that have taken part in athletics, how the foot ball squad has been cramped for space in which to practice, how the base ball squads have not had sufficient opportunities to work out satisfactorily and in addition to | that the diamond and track and field practice have interfered with each other. The news that Virginia is about to build more practice fields, provide enough tennis courts to give students frequent opportunities to play and make other recreational improvements will fall as welcome words on the ears of those really interested in the university, Georgetown, after trailing for several innings on the short end of a 3-to-1 score In its game yesterday with Frank- lin and Marshall on the Army War, Col- lege grounds, jumped in and pounded out seven runs to give it an easy victory, 11 to 4. Things did not look so for the Blue and Gray throughout the first five innings, and there was some thought that the Pennsylvanians might slip one over, more or less unexpectedly, as did Davidson in the opening game away last week. However, the Hilltop bats got working well in that sixth pe- riod, ‘and hits, accompanied by some erratic play by Franklin and Marshall, turned the trick. Geo'town. A _P.andM. Sponsler.cf. Miller.if " Magloff.ib’ . Smoker'p. .. Horsturt Harner.! Dorsey. Darl’ton.3b. Grantt. Clark.p Staton. Totals . .2100001 00100712 x— MlcCarthy (2), Scalzl. 2). Rapp. Donovan (2). loff (2). Darlington. Er- van. Mazloff. Two-base hit- van. * Three-base hits—McCarthy, Maz- lofl. Stoien bases—McCarthy (3), Scaizi (3), Morris. Mooney, Mazioff *(2). ‘Sacrifices— McCarihy. Harner. Grantt. Left on bases— Georgetown. 8 Pranklin-Marshall. 6. First base on_bails—Off Poole, 2; off Smoker. 6. its—Off Smok: ¢ inniings: off Staion: . Hit by pitched ball—By Poole k By Poole. 8: by n. Passed balls— . Winning_pitcher— | pitcher—Smoker. Umpires— | and Watt. Time of game— | ABHOA 50 Meossomuo 2l orammsuonini Fa il orsmnemunos’ Totals®, Franklin- Georgetown T T—— whas el Poole. Miller, Dartmouth is here today for a game with Georgetown. The Biue and Gray hardly knows what kind of a team it is to face. It should have a big advan- tage in having taken part in four con- tests, while this is to be the opener for Dartmouth. However, Dartmcuth teams usually are able to take care of them- selves pretty well. The game is to be played on the Washington Barracks grounds at 3:30 o'clock. Walter Young, director of athletics at American University, says that he is much more fortunately situated in re- gard to Spring foot ball practice than any other college in the whole section, with the possible exception of George Washington. American University has no base ball and no track teams, and, in fact, pays little attention to inter- collegiate competition in Spring sports, and therefore has all its athletes free to throw into the grid:ron workouts. _“I guess I am particularly fortunate in Spring foot ball,” commented Young, “as we have no other sports to distract the attention of members of our squad. We do not have to worry about base ball taking some of the varsity grid- ironers, nor do we have other coaches grouching because we do not turn over to them all the material possible. We can do our best in Spring practice and can take plenty of time to work out our schemes for next Fall.” | TEXAS GIRLS DEFEND BASKET BALL TITLE By the Associated Press. WICHITA, Kans, March 20 —Fem- inine basket ball's most coveted honor— a national A. A. U. championship—will be sought tonight by the Sunco Oflers, defending titlists from Dallas, Tex , and the Sparklers of Sparkman, Ark.,’ who will meet in the final encounter of the national tovrnament here. One-point victories in the semi-finals last night_gave both teams their final berths. The national champions tri- umphed over their city rivals, the Dallas Cyclones, 29 to 28, while the Sparklers nosed out the Randolph College Kit- tens of Cisco, Tex.. 28 to 27, Both teams enfer the champlonship drive boasting several vears of impres- sive court records hearlded far beyond the borders of thelr respective States. The Oflers with a well balanced aggre- gation will be trying for their third consecutive national titie. Last year the Sparklers were climinated in the semi-fmals. High School golf team at a meetin, yesterday. Matches are to be arrang for the team with nearby private schools and Washington high schools, All the members of the team were formerly caddies at the Beaver Dam Country Club. They are: John Baden, jr., ma ; George Hamilton, Nelson Brown, Percy Wilson, Curtis Mullikin, ‘Woodrow Wilson, Cody Whittington and Clyde Tyler. Bob Barnett and A. B. Thorn were to leave Pinehurst today for Augusta, eastern open chesmpionship, in which Cecil Whittington was chosen cap- tain and coach of the Maryland Park Bobby Jones and Horton Smith will compete. The tourney will be played Monday and Tuesday. Ga., where they will play in the South- | Boe MacCARTEE- TRIBUTES ARE PAID TO A. U. ATHLETES Praising “courage” as the foremost virtue in life, H. C. (Curley) Byrd, di- rector of athletics at the University of Maryland, last night told the athletes of American University at their annual dinner that the experfences they had in | collegiate sports would stand them in good stead when courage was .aeded In the battle of life after college. Byrd paid tribute to the foot ball and basket ball teams of American U., be- cause of the number of victories they had won with teams selected from such a relatively small group of men. He called upon the athletes to carry ‘nto life after college the same spirit of courage, loyalty and determination to win that had characterized them in in- tercollegiate contests when backed by the enthusiasm and support of their in- stitution. Coach Walter H. Young awarded cer- tificates admitting the basket ball men who had played in half the games cf | the year to the “A” Association, and the men will soon receive their “A"| sweaters. They are Robert Fuchs, Or- ville ‘Targee, Warren Colison, John Woods, George Olsen, Oscar Sells and William Washburn, manager. Chancellor Lucius C. CI of Ameri- can University praised the coach and the two athletic squads. PURDUE IN RELAY EVENT. LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 20 (#).— Purdue, as Big Ten foot ball champion, will represent the Western Conference in the “foot ball” relay event in the Drake Relay games April 26. Army won the event, a quarter-mile test with four men running 110 yards each, in last year’s games. TAYLOR'S ARM IS BROKEN. British Uniteds will be without the services of Ernest Taylor, star goalie, when they face Marlboro for the city soccer title tomorrow afternoon on the Silver Spring fleld. Taylor has a broken arm. Bad Lies on Links Difficult to Control BY SOL. METZGER. Uneven lies! What are they? Let's visualize them in order to see what golf problems they present before deal- ing with Phil Perkins' methods for ne- gotlating them. The first is the up- hill. No hard problem to swing the club's face into the rear of the ball here, you'll admit. But the rub is that we tend to hook or pull such shots. ‘Then there is the downhill lle. uPHILL TEHOENCY 1S TO POLL TENOENCY 1S TO PUSH BALL T eaduy, PRy W PLAYES TENDENCY I8 e CoT OR SLICE e ...m%:""“‘w 3 Another problem! Here the hilt is somewhat behind the ball. How can one swing a club so it will pick a ball clean from such a lie? You m call your tendency to push or *glo" tha most ne most upsett! of lies, tI one where the ball is on‘nl‘ plane below your feet. Recall how you tend to fall into it or to either top or slice? Well, re- lice the shot can be made without dolng | that. A new free fllusf Art of Putting” has been pre, by 8ol Metager, Write for it. Address Sol Metzger, in care of this paper, and in- close a self-addressed, stamped envelope. (Copyright. 1030.) ted leaflet on “The | DISTRICT BOYS WHO WILL PLAY FOR ST. JOHN’S AGAINST BRITONS HERE TWO WILL OPPOSE BRITISHERS HERE MacCartee, Casassa to Play for St. John’s in Lacrosse Game Tuesday. flay for the St. John's Col- ege team when the An- napolis aggregation meets the Oxford-Cambridge lacrosse twelve of England in the Central High School Stadium here next ‘Tuesday at 4 o'clock. It will be the first of a series of games the Oxford-Cambridge combination will play in the United States. The Capitalities who will face the invaders are Bob MacCartee, former Tech High athlete, who is one of the outstanding attack men on the St. John's squad, and Paul Casassa, & Central product, who is a reserve of- fense player. Annapolis folks expect the British to encounter their greatest difficulty in this the first game of their 1930 invas- fon, in stopping MacCartee. Is Four-Letter Man. MacCartee is a four-letter man and the last of his kind at 8t. John's Col- lege, winning his insignia in foot ball, basket ball, base ball and lacrosse. In the Fall pastime he is considered a great performer, having been picked on several all-Maryland teams. best sport probably is basket ball, in which he won the sobriquet of “Dead Eye Dick” for his unerring accuracy. In lacrosse, MacCartee has utilized the shiftiness which made him a great basket ball player. In a practice game with a team from the Bautimore Lacrosse League Mac- Cartee defeated the clubmen single- handed. MacCartee is slight in stature, weigh- ing only 132, but in efficlency he is B i i 8) o year’s unl n . ’fi?fi. a junior and plans to enter the Dental School at Georgetown University year after next. —_— MILLS, SIMPSON SPEAK AT COLLEGE BANQUET Tom Mills, Georgetown University athletic director, and George Simpson, sports writer, of this city, will be among the speakers at the annual Southeastern TWO Washington boys will PauL C ASASSA- ROD AND STREAM BY PERRY MILLER. and an army of fishermen is prepared to invade widespread territory. THE trout season will be open in Maryland and Virginia April 1 s Be sure to have your license with you. The American Auto- mobile Association has them for the convenience of its members, and the Atlas Sports Goods Co. also is prepared to distribute both Mary- land and Virginia licenses. Virginia $2.50. This column called on the Maryland Conservation Department last week to explain about crabs being washed ashore in"the vicinity of Norfolk and received the following reply from Commissioner Swepson Earle: “Just in receipt of your note, inclosing clipping from Norfolk, Va., about crabs being washed ashore. In this connec- tion I feel that the very cold spell we had following the Wwarm weather in February is to blame for the crab mortality. Crabs move around as soon as the sun commences to warm the water to any extent, and these crabs | from the deeper waters moved into shoal waters during the warm weather and were caught there when the tem- perature dropped to around zero the first of March, which caused their de- struction. We have had the same thing happen in the upper bay, but, fortu- nately, this year I have had no reports to this effect.” PXKI anglers report little success dur- ing the last week. Too much cold weather has held back this species. Last week pike anglers had to break a thin coating of ice to get the their lines into the water. In every section of the country the ery of pollution of streams is heard. Coastwise steamers were declared to be responsible for the accumulation of debris and garbage on the beaches of New Jersey shore resorts at a_hearing brought by the State of New Jersey to restrain New York City from dumping refuse at sea. ‘Witnesses testified that 20 ships travel daily each way through the lane inside the city's garbage dumps at sea. The outgoing steamers as soon as Scotland Light is reached, they said, begin dump- ing the refuse accumulated during their stay in port, while the inbound vessels start clearing their holds and dump their refuse before reaching Scotland Light. During foggy weather as many as 50 ships anchor outside the harbor and continue to dump all their garbage and refuse over the side. Crates and barrels on outgoing ships are kept on deck until the harbor pilot leaves the ship and then are dropped off the Jersey coast, another witness testified. ‘The same conditions exist in almost every city in the United States. Here in the District 6f Columbia, with much being done to make the Capital of the Nation the most beautiful and the cleanest city in the world, the waters are badly polluted. The children are warned not to wade in Rock Creek and the waters of the Potomac and the Eastern Branch are so polluted that it scmething is not done to correct it all fish life will be destroyed. The question paramount in the minds of the committee on pollution of the Washington, D. C., Chapter of the Izaak Walton League is whether the exist laws on pollution are being enforced, and, if not, why not. This committee headed by Dr. Charles H. McEnerney, chairman, and com| entirely of doctors, will shortly make an inspection of the waters in the District and learn first-handed just what violations, if any, are taking place. The committee will have with it a map of the District and mark theron just what places are allowing waste products to enter the river. Moving pictures will be taken and, 'tis said, pictures don't lle. When this work has been completed a report will be submitted to the proper authorities. AST week 10,000 squirming fish ~ seined from the lake in Central Park, New York, were loaded on two big trucks and transferred to new homes in the reservoirs and lakes of Westchester County. Small-mouth black bass, some weighing three to four pounds, yellow and white perch and sunfish were among the varieties which the Southern New York Fish and Game Association scooped up from the shallow water after the lake had been drained. One of the prize catches was an eel four feet in length. In view of the determined effort being made on the part of conservation com- missioners in many States to eradicate the carp, it is curious to recall the in- troduction of that alien fish in 1850. Commissioner O'Malley of the United The Maryland license costs $5 and the States Bureau of Fisheries, speaking on the subject, said: % always assumed, up to the present time, that the introduction of carp was one of the sins of the first Commissioner of ries, Spencer Baird. I have, however, found in the transactions of the American Institute for 1850, the following statement: “‘Mr. Meigs—We are pleased to see us Capt. Robinson of Newburgh, who brought the carp from England several years ago—thus conferring a great benefit upon this country by the addition of a fish before that unkonwn in our waters. “ ‘Capt. Robinson.—I brought the carp from France about seven years ago, put them in the Hudson River, and tlzb:‘:lln(cd protection for thel:: Ill;m our egislature, which a law & fine of $50 for mmx wemm' “The Bureau of Fisheries has un- doubtedly been responsible at different times for transporting some of these fish to different sections upon request. The carp may be detrimental to game fish, but the instances where it has ac- tut driven out the latter from waters which are well suited to game fish are rare. ‘The disappearance of game fish and the abundance of carp may mean one of two things; & change in water conditions making the form that can live under the new con- ditions or the actual driving out of the game fish by the carp as an enemy form. In the great majority of cases the former condition prevails.” Years ago small suj by the Fed- eral Government were in such demand that the names of ponds in which the carp was placed for breeding purposes were withheld. The carp thrived, there is no question about that. A carp of 20 pounds produces upward of 2,000,000 eggs as compared with 20,000 by Amer- ican nest-building fishes. Despite anything that may be said in favor of the carp, instead of a fine of $50 for destroying them, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent in the last 10 years to get rid of them, without any permanent resuits, in dif- ferent sections of the country, and, to- day, the Bureau of Pisheries has placed them in the “undesired class of citizens of the deep.” T is customary for those who have not studied the situation to blame the sportsmen for the destruction of wild life and game in the country. The exact opposite is true. The organized sportsmen have become the leaders in every movement tending to protect and conserve game and fish. They have been the active element in securing protection for game animals, birds and fish in both Federal and State laws, and the most active interest in enforcing these laws. They better than any oth- ers in America, know the necessity of protecting our wild life and saving a remnant of our outdoors. It is not the sportsmen, but the “sport” and the game and fish hog against whom we need protection. The true sportsman is a natural conserva- tionist. Join the local chapter of the Izaak Walton League and become a true sportama KANSAS AGGlES PLAYER LEADER OF TWO TEAMS By the Associated Press. Alex Nigro, three ng:n man at Kansas State ltural College, is captain- elect of two teams next season, his third and last. Nigro has been named leader of both foot ball and basket ball teams for 1930-31. In foot ball Ni is & half- back. He forward in baske: ball, I“l!.d is an outfielder on the base ball m. BYNG ON NAVY NINE. Johnny Byng, Washington boy, was ted to lllyll"l. in center field for the Navy team In its opening ball game t| afternoon against Fra and Mar- shall at Annapolis. Byng is fast for a big fellow. He is an end on the varsity fcot ball squad. carp the only |° BASKETERS REACH TITLE SEMI-FINALS Basket ball fans here are beginning to buzz in earnest about the games ‘Tuesday night to determine the quints which will clash Wednesday night for the unlimited title in the District A. A. U. championship basket ball tourna- ment now in progress. ‘Woltz Photographers, defending cham- plons, and Montrose, and Potomac Boat Club and George Washington freshmen will be the principals in these semi- final clashes in the Tech High gym. Jewish Community Center Spartans and Boys' Club Optimists will meet in the 100-pound class final and Jewish Com- munity Center Flashes and St. John's will face in a 130-pound class semi-final in the other games Tuesday. Pratt Whirlwinds and the Chevy Chase sextet today boast tourney titles, having won, respectively, the 145-pound and girls’ junior class titles, Whirl- winds came from behind to conquer De Luxe, 31 to 20, and the Chevy Chase sextet squeezed out a hard-fought vic- tory over Knight's Buddles of Alex- andria, 18 to 15. Asztecs earned the right to battle the Arcadians Wednes- day night in @s the result of a 24-t0-20 triumph over Boys' Club Optimists, which came through a gallant rally. ‘The remaining tourney schedule: TUESDAY NIGHT. J. C. C. Spartans vs. Boys' Club Optimists (100-pound class final). 7 o'clock. C. C. Flashes vs. St. John's (130-pound semi-finals). 8 o'clock. Woltz vs. Montrose (unlimited class. semi- finals). 9 o'clock. Potomac Boat Club vs. George Washington Freshmen (unlimited class, semi-finals), 10 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 1 115-pound class final el Women's unlimited 130-pound class fna Unlimited class finals the 115-pound class final | University dinner tonight at the Central Y. M. C. A Members of the basket ball team dur- ing the season just closed will be award- ed letters” e TWO BOUTS FOR TUFFY. CHICAGO, March 290 () —Jerry (Tuffy) Griffiths, Chicago and Sioux City, Towa, heavyweight title contend- er, has signed to meet Jack of Boston in a 10-round bout at phia Mflnfl:‘{ night, and Sully Mont- gomery April 7 at Sioux City. . INNOVATION TO BE WATCHED. CHICAGO, March 20 (#).—Three officials instead of two will work each game of the University of Chicago Na- tional ‘H‘I:husih:ol Basket Ball Toure nament April 1- The innovation will be watched with interest by Western Conference coaches. The Duffer Speaks BY GRANTLAND RICE. This, I understand, is Spring, Where all lovers’ dreams come true; Where the golden wardlers sing. Underneath a sky of blue; Yet I will not hear their song, And I will not see the sky, As I curse the bitter wrong Of a blasted cuppy lie. In a heel print in the sand. Let the others jace the light As it drives above the hills; Let them find the world is bright With the rippling daflodils; I must face & ”gaer fate As I do my week end bit, Swinging with a deadly hate In some deep, abysmal pit. THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE. F the supply of set-ups runs «l ups never runs out. manage to slip by. The sum of, $150,000 in prize money was put up for golfers this last Winter and Spri the number of rounds played and out,” says an Exchange, “Carnera will have to go in for shadow boxing.” But the beautiful part about life is that the supply of set- That is why, possibly, so many of us professional ng. But figuring the number of tgnose who played them, this only amounts to $1 a hole. And no one had a chance to claim a foul on the second or third tee. A Revision. Full many a dub of purest ray serene The brooding depths of dismal bunk- ers take; Full many a duffer lifts his bobbing be: an In time to see & new ball hit the lake. Benny Friedman might also slip Yale a tip on how to use another Ooster- baan—if some one can only dig up an- other one. “A lot of people” remarked Joe Humphreys the other night, “still say that Gene Tunney never was so much. Well, he could box; he could hit and jolt with either hand: he could take it, and he was smart. How much do they want from one man?” Closer Races, Maybe; but— S far as any one can figure from base ball's training campaign up to date, there may be closer races in the American and National Leagues than there were a year ago, but no team yet in either league has shown enough improvement to be considered a serious rival when you come to ranking the Athletics and They are still the class, and unless a number of their best players drop an arm or a leg, they should be the class when the official count stops in September. There is a good chance that the gap between first and second place in each circuit will be thinner, and this will help. When it comes to a matter of at- tendance, there is another detail that could help a lot. This concerns the brand of Spring weather that will de- scend upon the various ball parks. Cold, wet weather drove away thousands in April and early May through 1928 his | and 1929, And it is in April and early May that all have a chance to draw good springs for a month or two and then dives into the nearest ditch. ‘The majority of ball clubs in both leagues_seems to have been strength- ened. But no bolstering process carry any of them up to the level of the "two clubs which won last year cantering down the stretch. A Saga of Pugilism. As they began to jab and block No foul was claimed on some low sock, And thousands fainted from the shock. Today’s Golf Workout. E point has often been discussed I as to why Bobby Jones kept his feet so much closer together than most good golfers. Even on full shots his stance is comparatively narrow, and on chip shots and short pitches the héels are only an inch or two apart. ‘The answer is fairly simple. He has found that with the feet closer together for lest body action and for body action and in this way gives hands and arms a better swing the clubhead. There always is ter tension the shorter spots, Wi one expects to get the ball fairly :lhs;nfuv' ug:nua body actiop is or as the hands, wrists and arms the work. Jjob. Body dis! reduced and put back in its place, wi s ex- actly what should happen on a short | pitch or ® chip shot. The ides is to work in as much ease as possibl as much torsion. - crowds before the melancholy crusher i—> besn placed upon the that - (Copyright. 1930, by North American Newse . Baver Allencer™ o Y