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RING COMMISSION JGNORES STRIBLING Max: Must Accept Challenge “=Within Fifteen Days or Be Suspended. YEW YORK, December 17 (). \| —The New York State ‘N Athletic Commisison has 2 reshuffiéd the heavyweight | deck without affecting the rela- | tive position of the cards. The recognized champion, Max Schmeling of Germany, has been notified that he must aceept with- in 15 days a challerze from Jack Sharkey, tou sailor man. Schmeling was advised mission’s dction in & cablegram, sent by Chairman Jameés A. Fatley, which said: “There is on file in this office a chal- lenge directed at you by Jack Sharkey. Your six-month i which to de- fend thé title expired December 12. You afé directed to advise within 15 days from date your acceptance of the above challenge.” Sharkey thus once more is picked as the logical conténder and will gét an- othér chance to redeem himself for some of the miserable exhlbitionis he has put up in important watchss. qof the com-| PORTS. Schmeli won the title last June wheri Sharkey fouled him. Stribling Ignored. Schmeling's accéptance of the chal- lénge was consideréd certain, h“gd;dmu he refuse it, he will be m- prh comnission ignored thé some- what genéral view that W. L. (Youmg) fitribling of Macon, Ga., is this coun- try's best heavyweight at the moment. ‘The solons &) nrmflm! the position that since Sharkey beaten Strib- nng once, there was no real réason why he should be forced to battle him again. Ignored also wer‘;hgu rising efop of of younger héavywel among Wi Max Baer, Pacific_Coast slugger, vno makes his New York debut againet Ernie Schaaf of Boston Square Garden Friday night. Carnera in Bad. it with the survivo® klfl.lnl Under 128 ‘!pcncd arrangemeént, winfier ¢ April béut would hlve mét Séhm:"ing for the title in June. Bill Carey, \.nrdzn prefldent told the commiésion his was not Slckering at all for Garnera's serviges, Carnéra has m'begn lmd:r nsion here ever since bout with Bombo uhevalkr lt Oakland, Calif. LISTS WASHINGTON STATE Tulane Tentatively Arrangeés 1981 Game for New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, December 17 ().— athletics DP ‘Wilbur Emifil duec': :1 V. gy ] THE EVENING STAR WASHI GTON, D. ME LITTLE Lapy 16 ONLY (7 <~ JosT warT UNTIL. SHE GROWS HELENE eg'r \Z WORLD'S CORDS MID 27 ANERICAN MARKS. WS Year_ ./ MUCH POWER NOTED IN CENTRAL QUINTET Shows Fine Offense in Rout of Washington-Lee—Western Wins, Business Loses. That Coach Bert Coggins' Central High basket ball quint must be reck- oned as a_ contender for the publlc a4 Tulane, me had been tentatively ‘Washington ahh for December 5, 19:1 HOYA FROSH QUINT IN BENEFIT CLASH' Meets St. Mary’s Lyoeum in Head- liner of Twin Bill in Alex- andria Tonmight. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 17— Georgetown University Prestmen will | assist the St. Mary's Lyceum five in putting on its benefit basket ball pro- gram for the Alexandria Day Nursery tonight at the Armo~y Hall. The Hoyas and Lyceum teams will take the floor at 8 o'clock, with the | Moot St. Mary's Buddies and Alexandria High Sethool girls appearing in a preliminary at 7 pm. ween the Alex- The annual battle bet: S e [ inary game to tl Sechool boys' battle Saturday night at the will play at 7:30. Billy Schwartz, local protege of Praakié | Mann, will appear at Philadeiphia on & Christmas holiday boxing card. Schwartz is a heavyweight. Roland (“Speed ch ) Jones, one of best pitchers Alexandria dia- fimhm&y ‘Who a6 one wme was. the w‘m'\flfl American i Ny B g " hoeiial st wh'lchm Vl MUDM igh Central High . The girls disband tonight at a me for 128 s»ouflv.:xa Royal street at 8 o'clock. Pete Hoy and Earl Robey were ré- tarne ! winners in the blind-pig tourna- ment held at the Health Center. 22 IN EAST SQUAD JOYFUL ON JAUNT ' (Continued Prom First Page.) and Kerr will start this sort of & -up unxmt v.ne ‘Westerners: Ends, un.hwmrn) Silano (Fordham): Bruder (Northwestern), Hart (Colgate) and Macaluso (Colgate). Rosenwelg of Carncgie Tech. Wheeler of Michigan, Vincent and Linéhan of Yale and Bernar of Syracuse are sofe the others on the squad hlzh soheol championshi; % 4 the Blue whicl hld s!w'n gg'. "‘V‘b ’gmm fl;,shed a .!Ll‘olzelg enst downing Washington- M&hml.”w”,ontheo!nkfl was the most impressive of the m wh sotiool guints to play utan was the other team whnln‘overWOod- ward, Cst.ho to 1 ’Mmbyn m-ummdwmmzton proved fi6 pussle to the Oemnlm‘h ] mafy % vetetan for- forward, al6 had his eyes on basket, scoring 12 points. Thé bright spot of Western High's victory over Woodward was the play of ‘Yowell, center, who scored 11 points lnd ph];:‘le a fiucky floor game t.hmugh- 6f_Everett Buscher, regular forward. Business High ehoor berett of many of its veterans, almost won a basket ball game last night from Catholic University freshmen, but with a speedy forward, White, leading its attack, the frosh quint stepped out in the third qtulrur Mth:l &- lAcm'e 9 to 4 against o e gy ee fiel s NAVY LISTS WOOSTER. ‘WOOSTER, Ohio, December 13 (#).— Wooster Collegé has anmounced it has scheduled a foot ball game with the United Statés Naval Acad:my, to be played at Annapolis next November 28. It will be Wooster's fifst Eastern trip and its first game with a big institu- tion W it played Ohio S'-llfi in 1924 1 backs, Baker (Pitt), | 8€0. more, glum m INDIAN. LS —Del Fontaine, Win- Coast Squad Powerful. The Pacific Coast mn'\'“h being considered for the Univefllty of c‘fl fornia position left vaeant by the fes« tion of Nibs Price. Wiliam W. , California’s graduate man- ager, is headed East to interview several | potential candidates for the job. % nipeg, Oani stopped Johnny Wag- ner, Fort Scott, Kans. (8). ST, BURG, Fis CREEL BROTHERS 1811 14th St. N.W. __ Decatur 4220 TROUSERS Te Mateh Your Odd Coats Trail Schmeling With No Success MI he had left 1g:dnjulln and theéy gave it up e i TECH DINNER IS OPEN | Bader Grads Still Can Procure Seats for Foot Ball “nquu. 0. Phi'adelphia Arrows, 1; Boston Buffalo, 3; Pittsburgh Yellowjackets, 1. local stores. mmflmg‘: $7.00 to $350.00. THE LIONEL CORPORATION Dept. NP WITTENBERG PROBES ATHLETES’ CHARGES Disntissed Gridders Say Seheol’s Representatives Offered Spe- cial Inducewrents. By the Associated Press. induce- | ent of two Cleveland high school foot ball stars received the attention of school officials today. The lccuuuvns were made by John Sutwrl gpuln nn.'l:lewgod High 8chool tedm & yeéar ago, an mm scHolastic ', former all- Cleveland Cathedral Mh fl whom were dismissed 4 other members of the wu.unm !nn squad two Weeks ago. promisées made o ;uu by our repre- nnlaf,lvea [ Keyser sald that in writing the letter he was “metely giving formal assuf ance to Sutter that whatever promises had made to COLLEGE BASKET BALL. ©Ohlo Northern, 43; Bluffton, 11. layohol Baltimore, 81; Lafayetie, 27. A sories. Write fot thils interésting book today. 15-19 East 26th 8¢, N. Y. C LIQNEL TRAINS | iahuumo GOOD WRESTLING CARD Big Grapplers Matched for Show Tomorrow Night. A good scrap looms on the wrestiing menu tomorrow night at the weekly mat show at the Washington Audi- torium when Tiny Roebuck, glant Haskell Indian, and Toots Mondt, griz- zled veteran, clash in the feature bout. Should Roebuck, & comparative ‘youngster mh’l the game, get by Mondt, be shot at m’ml;.ck Shikat or vunml pres- Mlmof'rnuwmmlnsn- appearance here, tackling Mike Ro- mano in the semi-final. ll“!.muh and H:: Shaffer, the - latter & newcomer, are to meet, &8 Renato Gardini and George Hill. ENGLISH, CUB FIELDER, WEDS CHICAGO GIRL Never Missed Grounders When She Attended Ball Games, He Declares. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 17—The “most ible bachelor” on the Cubs’ base ball , Elwood “Woody” English, s no m&: W, ""n;'éiéw married Miss Helen Goleman of Oh Monday and lm 1t 80 sécret me news did not leak WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1930.’ BAER BIG FAVORITE IN GO WITH SCHAAF =2z Western Boxer Well Rated, but Opponent Is Not a Poor Fighter. BY ALFRED DAYTON. EW YORK, December 17-—One might well imagine, listening to the chatter in certain necks of the fistic woods, that Max Baer, the California heavywelght, is going to do a shadow boxing solo with himself at Madison Square Garden on Pridsy night. Iv's Baer, Baer, Baer up and Baer down and um'thh around the and then stop him along Clghtn Bold words on the surface, but rather ephemeral ones when put to the test, as was observed Tuesday when one of these talk sbout ders suid, “not me.” 1 dianrs. s | s dmfim-fiomws«fl:m‘% game fi that’s & record, I think.” AFTER SECOND WIN Ben Franklin Basketers to Tackle m.‘, Strayer's Tonight. Pranklin's basket ball tossers to- Strayers, senson, mymmmlomm uu"ruhll 'rm mumm ?fl‘fl\w gaas MMD”IB“. BY SOL METZGER. What 18 1t? What is the mystery of the swing? TFrom the miles of instructive material printed concerning it, from the hundréds of text books, from the millions of feet of slow-motion reéls and the count- less given the year round, too little is gleaned that helps us improve Wfi;"n Well, the fundimental ideas are clouded. Now that so many of -us are eon- finsd indoors durlnt the wmm it strikes ts a8 & good time to reason 1t out so we may ing up our games when IvAROON'S SWING [Me DoRe”Ir fi ! i) Tigtir=, he OHC- doors again beckon. Let us take the swing apart stép by stép and see just what makes it work. 'l'hcre B m bemr idea of wln it mll [ nnnln(falalmnu‘ Llll?ewhathermlhlfl‘ GOLF CLUBS and BAGS 309 or MATCHED SETS INCLUDED Standard ¥ SAVAGE RIFLES [ game 5 25l in't gy cinich with Schaef, lgr more “‘“;l‘ fair weight title within but from wltehlm him hé's n6t an éasy man ; Knows Boxing enouah o, Knew whak hurt. $ “To my way of thinkm Baer's only ¢hance is to win on a lnockuut. and m order to 4o this he must lmd that ter rific punch which every one is touting. He may be able to do it, but I have my %mm 1f he does get it over, though, 'll be right out Ma in front shouting him praises the loudest, for any one who can stop Schaaf tht now will have to be a pretty good fighter. dMn & I'mfie ‘hMGhL‘M and mal Beavy & tavorn & ponme Thath sun'yme perfectly. ' You know weat has happened to thosé favorites ‘e« eently.” NO COUGAR HOLIDAY Washington State Bleven to Drill Daily for ‘Bama Game. PULLMAN, Wash., December 17 (#).— Hopes of a holiday at home for Wash- h‘fim State’s Cougar foot ball team llnmm today when Coach O. [ flle vlthm at rul.l.n for Alabama Puldme‘nl on Newm;(:lt day. T8 were L] vacation from December np{:.‘mmm- ber 24 before starting south, but now they expect to be in Pasadena Decem« ber 22, leaving here Friday. LANDIS IS RECOVERING Base Ball Leader Hesting Well Fol- lowing Mifior Operation. OHICAGO, December 17 Kenesaw Mountain Landis mcomm sioner of base ball, rested well 1611 T reported his , who Largest Assortment in_City—at Reduced Prices ATLAS SPORT STORE mD&.N.W. Metro. 887 SPORTS. Sbhmelmg Is Ordered to Fight Sharkey : Minor Clubs Getting Out of Florida 20 Years Ago (In The Star) of Coach ‘lll undidat. Pol Qeorgetown Uni. egzy‘l m team will begin hlnlnl J-nunry 5 in the huuunt of 'Iul-ledy Bmfl.h‘ no less than !l mmu wlfl ln hu et ball last t Cars roll Institute def: mo-mm‘“%nfi- sity, 38 to 18; Eastern Bchflol drubbed Mercury A. C., to 12; Hldll flfiol,mm'm tern High to eamp, 29 to 20. CARRUTHERS PICKED AS LEADER IN TENNIS Will Succeed Dailey as Head of National Net Organisation in February. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17—Louls J. o-rrulmu, New York to become of took , Dadley said: o le declined to be & ollllflllle wm because eannot ue to um‘ nmnnn time mmymm elevated to the presidency & year ), made & strong 'klffll‘mflml .lnuum- standards and munnunmu le”mfl'm solieitor for gf m land [PORSY W— SCHOOL BASKETERS PLAY All Public High Teams Bxcepting Eastern in Action Tomerrow. ook in? gi‘;’&"fih‘%%‘“" 10 entertain i i g i gl Bt o m ee. 'mx“"'mny for & Landon over at mlzm mfimmm-&nmm 'ncnmwzam G f’“hM Hyattsville High in the Maryland town. PLAYS GEORGIA TECH Ben Franklin Basket Ball Quint Lists Game December 27. Ben PFranklin University basket ball team has ed a game for Satu with USED more complete ever makes are re, facs and La WASHINGTON he will the [nf! af TO0 NEAR MAJORS 10 GARNER MONEY Small Leagues Find "Gator State Unprofitable and Teams Scatter. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, December 17— When the minor leagues g0 into training In the coming year thére will be fewer clubs in Florida than has been the case in the past. The minors have made up their minds that there is little to be gained by playing in too close proximity to the majors. The révenue they hoped to derive from it has not been forthcoming. The Montreal club will go to Bren- B. | ham, Tex., which 18 a long way from Oanadaes They expéct to get exhibition games with the Chicago Americans and the New York Glants dnd hope to piek up something on the way home, but most of all they look for local support as there never has been a club in train- ing before at Brenham. Rochester Picks Greensboro. The Rochester club will go to Gireens- boto, N. C., instead of Florids. The Rochester club 18 changing quarters for much the same reason that Montreal haa left Florida. Montreal trained in the Beach. Thé mdk-.a ewark will AM unt the monwm J!l’le’ c than it elubhll s L 0 Arneriean Association ly vill féturn, most of umnm.vmm)r.v Com b cluic have their iraining ét-«wmmm?"m teams 10 CARS Each December we hold a Used Car Clearance Sale—cut« ting prices materially. In our stock, which this year is before—most of the standard ted—there are also 2 number of Cadil- lle models in various body types, Terms and your present car in trade CADILLAC CO. Open Evenings 1136.40 Connecticut Avenue Decatur 3900 0 VALUE »4. John Ruskin CIGARS -mm. Clurm ullo- ed to keep them ;{;&' numm -l l-v &%&?{,1’:‘.&5 LS S ke Moo The Washmgton Tolm:co Co. Wuhin‘!ou, . C. JohnRuskm BEST AND BPIGCGEST (1GAR »