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SPORTS. THE EVENING ST.\R, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1930. SPORT o c-3 Danger in College Sports Is Declared to Be Underemphasis, Not Overemphasis THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE. DEVELOP MANHOOD, SAYS DR KEANEDY Princeton Man Makes Im-| pressive Address at Dinner to Navy Athletes. BY H. C. BYRD. €¢] T seems to me that the great danger in the intercollegiate athletics of the future is not overemphasis, but un- | deremphasis,” said Dr. Charles W, Kennedy of Princeton in an ad- dfess last night at Annapolis be- fore the “N” Club of the Naval Academy. It was on the occasion | of the annual dinner to the “N”| men, and Dr. Kennedy's address went into many phases of college sports, but none so diligently as the question of overemphasis. And when he finished, there was not one of his hearers who could take issue with him. And it would have been well if every college president in the United States, and every athlete especially, «could have been listening in. “These snipers in the dark” con- tinued Dr Kennedy, “who seem to find some pleasure in continually harping | on an overemphasis in college sports | that does not exist know not of what they speak. Of course, it would be pos- | sible to have an overemphasis placed | on college sports, but so far I have | never been able to find any evidence | that it has been or is. It seems to me that the real danger lies in an under- | emphasis on sports, because it is more | than possible that we can underempha- size those factors so abundantly found in college sports that build and develop character and courage and brawn and those other factors that play so big a part in virile manhood. Teach Valuable Factors. “I have no patience with these indi- viduals who continually harp on over- hasis and say we should carry on wm for sports’ sake. That too often is used to cover dilletante and half- hearted efforts, failure to give the best that one has to what one is doing. If in sports we adopt that attitude, it may follow that the same attitude will cover other things in our lives and de- velop something of carelessness in everything we do. Any competitor must realize that he owes & co-operative re- | sponsibility to his teammate and a com= petitive responsibility to his opponent to give the best he has, and in giving the best he will develop himself that quality of habit which will cause him to give the best he has to other things in life. Yes, I think there is greater danger of underemphasis 't'hnn overem- phasis in ‘college athletics. ‘Admiral Robison, who presented the awards to athletes, spoke briefly and reminisced somewhat on_athletics as played in years gone by. He told espe- cially of a game of foot ball in ‘which he took part ggainst Princeton in 1885 in whicl» he played against Cowan, characterized by him as one of the greatest of players of all time, and turning to Dr. Kennedy laughingly re- marked. “And, Dr. Kennedy, Cowan may not have been the direct cause of the appellation of ‘The Tigers’ by which your school now is known, but I assure you that he contributed toward it in small degree.” noGuu'-s at the speakers’ table included Capt. Jonas Ingram, who, so Capt. Paul ‘Dashiell said in his remarks, “has done more for Naval Academy athletics than any other man that ever lived,” and representatives of some of the other colleges in this section. Among those from other schools were Tom Mills of Georgetown, Dick Harlow of Western Maryland, John Pixlee of George Washington and M. T. Riggs of St. Jehn's. Georgetown's base ball team was kept idle_yesterday because of rain, and it so happens that Boston College was not met here early in the year for the same reason. However, the Blue and Gray faces the Bostonians today before they play Harvard. In other words, Georgetown has two contests today as a result of the post- ponement yesterday. Tomorrow the team goes down to New Haven to play Yale, which gives it plenty to do today and tomorrow. Not one of the three teams it must face is & set-up and, on the contrary, probably all are just about as strong as the best of college nines. Maryland's ball team goes to Phila- delphia tomorrow to play the final game of its season with Pennsylvania. ‘The Old Line outfit ought to stand about an even chance for victory. . COLUMBIAS TAKE GAME. Hitting opportunely Columbia Junior High nine squeezed ugh to a 7-6 triumph over Abbot School diamonders. Tolan Holds Simpson Has Clearly Established His Sprinting Superiority Over Wolverine Star. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO, May 27.—Eddie Tolan of Michigan officially may be the world's fastest human, but so long as George Simpson of Ohio State cruises the cinder trails the title will be rather meaningless. Simp- son left no doubt as to his su- periority over the Wolverine star when he defeated Tolan in the 100 and 220 yard dashes during the annual Western Conference meet at Northwestern University, Satur- day. Simpson has beaten Tolan fre- quently before, but_never more de- cisively than at Dyche Stadium. In both the century and furlong he broke the tape five feet in ad- vance of Tolan, after taking the lead around the 50-yard line. Simpson ran both races without starting Along the By Carrol Eastern Branch! l water. to investigate. We were rewarded by the sight of a huge triangular fin breaking the sur- face and a swirl as the porpoise sub- merged. At the same time we observed a similar phenomenon at a ater dis- tance off, and later at breakfast heard them swimming alongside. Later in the morning another (or maybe one of the same) was seen feed- ing in the grass on the flats in the up- per part of the Channel, and of this one we obtained an excellent view as he lay quietly near the surface for & m: ter of 10 seconds—probably chewing his cud. ‘These animals—for such they are, de- spite popular belief that they are fishes—rarely stray from salt water, and our only explanation is that the long dry spell has caused the Potomac to be very nearly salt as far as Indian Head, and from there it is but 21 miles to_the harbor. Now don't try telling us that what We saw Was sturgeon or carp—we ac- tually saw a trio of the gregarious catacea known as porpoise. Believe it or not! * * % x 'OW if your soul hankers for beauty and cannot find it in the canyons of F and G streets or in the wide open spaces of the Avenue, why, here's something else we saw and see quite regularly. Something you, too, may see if you are at the right place at the right time. The something, the R. B. Haynie. It's a boat. And what a boat it is! To see her in the early morning, her be KNOW you won't believe me, but my wife, myself and Barnacle, the cat, saw them with our own eyes. | On Saturday last we were awakened early—at | 5 a.m.—by a considerable splash alongside, followed by a sucking noise similar to that made by an oar ‘that is forced through the Again we heard the splash, and immediately rushed topside Hollow Title blocks, 80 met the Michigan man on_even terms. ‘Tolan is a splendid starter, and in each sprint led Simpson from the line. But once George worked up full L easily overhauled Tolan and made his victories look easy over the last 25 yards. In the furlong, Simpson seemed to ease up at the finish, and Tolan, with a powerful burst of speed, erased at least 5 feet of the Ohioan’s long lead. Between the two there can be no question as to Simpson’s superiority in form, power and natural speed. ‘The day precluded Simpson equal- ing Tolan's official 0:09.5 in the 100. A rav wind whipped across the track and the cinders were holding because of heavy rains on the pre- ceding day. 4 Simpson now will await the com- ing of the national collegiate games at Stagg Fileld here, June 7, for his final shot at the records in both the 100 and 220 as a collegian. Waterfront Klotzbach Porpoises! And in the tifully lined white hull low in the water, her graceful spars reaching skyward, her delicate tracery of rigging, her snowy sails against the background of willow trees of the park—aye, to see that is to see wmethtnil Her crew of two darkies are usually found busy on deck scrubbing her down, and her skipper grins proudly from her wheel in response to your shouted com- pliments. . . . “A top'sl schooner, telltale at the peak, Away wi’ the tide for the Chesapeake.” QUEER monster to be seen in the river these days is the one that pastures now in James Creek on the site of the new Corinthian Club Basin. | Steam snorts from its nostrils as it/ buries its beak deep in the mud and two stiltlike legs push it slowly along as it feeds. Its tail would outlength that of the most famed sea-serpent and as for its tongue and mouth—they're positively Molochian. And some beggar tries to fool us by placing a sign on its back—“The Dredging Co.” NE of the amphibians (not referring to a sea monster) was seen to be having a rough time of it as it ran before the squall, rocking and pitching in an ala manner at a very low altitude as it swept up the branch, g most of us into Dl't? ing to pick up the pieces, but as it neared the Maryland hills it evidently ran into & “bump” or rising current and gain- ing altitude fought back to a landing off the navy yard. J. H. U. RECOGNIZES ATHLETIC PROWESS By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, May 27.—Johns Hop- kins University is to recognize athletic l:}llty in the award of certain scholar- £hips. The announcement is contained in a_ pamphlet in circulation today in which it is stated that the plan has been given the full approval of the university authorities and that the in- formation is to be incorporated in the next university catalogue. 5 The scholarships, of a value not to exceed $500, are offered by the Varsity Club, an alumni organization. The awards are to be on the following basis: Scholastic ability and attainments, 50 points; qualities of manhood and force |® of character, 25 points; physical vigor, as shown by interest in sports, 2 points. At the same time announcement was made of & change in the university's policy toward the so-called blackl of athletes who fail in a single sub- ject, making it possible for such a student to continue compete in varsity competition, provided he is able to pass the bulk of his examinations. DUKE ELECTS D. C. BOY. DURHAM, N. C., May 27 (#)— Chester Freeman of Washington, D. C., and William Simon of Wilmington, N. C., have been elected co-captains of the Duke track team for the 1931 season, COLLEGE BASE BALL. Georgetown-Boston College (rain), ‘Wisconsin, 10; Minnesota, 5. Cagle Case Seen as Factor May Have Influenced Big Ten’s Ban on Teams Not Observing Three-Year Rule. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, May 27.—Action of the Western Conference Saturday in deciding that hereafter the existing stipu- lations that Big Ten teams shall not meet representatives of institutions which do not have the three-year eligibility rule may or may not have been a repercussion of the Cagle in- cident at West Point. The Western Conference is a very powerful influential organiza- tion. It has stood for high standards in the way of athletic purity in the Middle West, and the fact that in- tercollegiate ' sport holds its high state in that section today is chiefly due to the discerning and high- minded legislation of this group of great niidland institutions ‘This being so, the withdrawal of such moral support of the Army atti tude toward eligibility as is implied in meeting West Point teams on the considered as important. Illinois and Army next year will complete a two-year foot ball relationship and the West Point athletic authorities have been looking to further rela- tionship with the Big Ten. Manifestly -this will now be - possible while the Navy, which also has been reaching into the Big Ten fleld, will have & service monopoly in that direction. Meanwhile the Army relations with Notre Dame, Yale and Harvard have nots been affected and will not be so long as these institutions continue to meet the Cadets upon even terms, or better, so far as victory is concerned. So practically the Army can afford to pursue its present course. Whether other aspects may cause her to change, or whether changes will be Iorc;d upon her is for the future to Have your oil supply checked or your crank case flushed and refilled at the Star Service Station and notice the im- provement in its action. One Square South of Penna. Ave. s | Eddie HYATTSVILLE HIGH TO LOSE ATHLETES HYATTSVILLE, Md, May 27—Hy- attsville High School will lose 11 valu- able athletes through graduation next | month. f Notable among those to receive sheep- | skins are Douglas McChesney, Donnle | Bartoo and Stanley Lewis. McChesney is captain and the outstanding &er- former on the track team. He a sprinter. Bartoo is captain and short- stop of the base ball team, which re- cently won the Prince Georges County high school championship. Lewis captained the stalwart basket ball team of the past season. He played guard. Other_athletes listed to go include Bartoo, Frank Bowers, Brice Duckett, Frank Hawkins, John Haney, Vincent Pitzsimons, Rolph Jarrell, Roy Kerr and Dave Torrance. GIANTS RECALL LESLIE. ‘TOLEDO, May 27 (#)—Sam Leslie, first baseman, who came to Toledo from the New York Giants early in the Spring, has been recalled by the Na- tional League club. SCHOOL TITLE PLAY T0 END TOMORROW Eastern and Business Clash in Final—Central and Tech Face Today. I ‘, of the public high school base ball championship series Central Stadium at 3:45 o'clock. East- ern already has the title in the bag for the third straight year, having won three games in as many starts. West- ern will be battling for its second win of the campaign. The scholastics from out Georgetown way won the opening game of the serles, downing Tech, 8 to 4. Since then they have taken lick- ings at the hands of Business and Central. Central and Tech were to have it out today in the next to the last series game. It has been an unusual series alone for the heavy scoring. Much as their big-league brethren are doing these days, the boys have socked and rocked the pellet with abandon. Though at times good base ball has been played, the series play as a whole has been below the standard of the high school competition, Eastern has proved far and away the pick of the pack, having won all its games by decisive margins and maintaining a grade of play mark- edly higher than its rivals. Only one athletic contest, a diamond brush between Business and Emerson, on the Monument grounds, is carded tomorrow for scholastic athletes of the District group, aside from the Eastern- Western ball game. After being held runless and hitless until the seventh, Business High's nine rallied in that frame in resolute style to score four runs against Greenbrier Military Academy’s nine yesterday at Lewisburg, W. Va, but was then checked, and the home team went on to win, 7 to 4. Carney, Greenbrier hurler, fanned eight and held the usual- lly hard-hitting Stenog team to four hits. Two_of Business’ hits, singles by Clayton Schneider, second baseman, and Spencer Chase, pitcher, were big fac- tors in the Stenog rally. Chester Freeman, former High School high and broad jumper, has just been elected co-coptain of the Duke University track team for next season. Freeman was captain of the Central team in 1926. Willlam Simon of Wilmington, N. C., was elected a captain along with Freeman. TWO YALE MEN PICKED FOR LACROSSE TWELVE NEW HAVEN, May 27.—Winthrop A. Smith and Earle D. Stevens, center and first attack, respectively, on the Yale lacrosse team for two seasons, have been selected members of the American twelve which will meet the Canadian champions in the international games at Toronto June 12, 14 and 16. The American team is being selected by the Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. —_—————m Established 1893 For Graduation and : All Summer 2\ Wear . . 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Bobby Jones went out in 33 against an unknown artisan golfer named Roper, and yet was only 2 name of Tipple carried out Voigt t up. An unknown youngster by the 0 the nineteenth green, and Jimmy Johnston, the United States amateur champion, needed an eagle 3 on the seventeenth green to beat B writer. There were indications in advance of storms ahead. Jones opened his St. Andrew’s cam- paign with 3—4—3—2—4, & matter of 4 under even 4s for the first five holes, and yet had to face a hard fight. It has been said that the strain of an 18-hole golf match is as hard on one player as it is on another. pends on the type of player. John Ball was a great golfer, but one of the main reasons why he won the British amateur championship eight times was that he never got keyed up. On one or two occasions they had to hurry him out of his garden at Hoylake to start in time, where the first tee was only 200 yards away. In this connection Jess Sweetser, who won the British title in 1926, tells an interesting story about Brownlow, the golfer who took him 21 holes in the semi- final round and who last week lost to Bobby Jones by a stroke in the gold vase competition. “I never played in a match I enjoyed more,” said Jess. “Brownlow sauntered up to the first tee in his street clothes, street shoes, every day hat, and he was wearing gloves. This semi-final round to him was apparently nothing but an- other golf match. At the first good shot I hit he was liberal and enthusiastic in his comment. And I could see that he meant it. was soon_cheering him with the same feeling. Everything was casual. There was no tension, strain or even keen- ness at any point, “Naturally I wanted to win, and so did he, but we were not keyed up about it. No one could be in the face of his 1riendly, easy-going, just-out-for-a-golf- game attitude. Brownlow was out to enjoy himself, play as well as he could, and not bother about the result. “When I was 2 up and 2 to play he stepped up without a quiver and holed two long putts in a row without wasting y time. There wasn't the slighest Twelfth at F It all de- d ernard Darwin, a 54-year-old golf trace of disappointment in his voice as he offered his congratulations at the twenty-first green and said how much he had enjoyed the match. “I know I had more fun in that round 11 I ever d_in a championship match, and I can honestly say I felt no great strain as we went to the extra holes. He was such a nice fellow that wuc?l}:’ or losing seemed unimportant “ Where It Is Different. But no round of golf in a British championship can be a casual affair to Bobby Jones. He must know he is rated high enough to win, and in a way the world of golf is expecting him to win. Having won every other important title, he is bound to feel the heavy pressure of each match he plays this week, and it is this accumulated pressure which may lead to a costly lapse. He will have nothing but fine golfers to meet after today's schedule, golfers capacable of shooting a 71 or a 72 in 18-hole dashes. Others will feel a heavy strain, but not quite as heavy since mn quite so much is expected from em. EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR COLLEGE TEAMS ‘TODAY. Base ball—Georgetown at Harvard. TOMORROW. Base ball—Georgetown at Army, Base ball—Maryland at Penn. FRIDAY. Base ball—Georgetown at Yale. SATURDAY. Lacrosse—Maryland at Navy, 3:30. 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