Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 66

. Sandlot Base Ball Revival and Brilliant Campaign by Griffmen Feature Year - [ OUTSTANDING FIGURES IN GAPITAL ATHLETICS DURING PAST TWELVE NONTHS _| INDEPENDENTS GIVE | GAME ABIG BOOST ‘Basketers and Gridmen Also Experience Successful Campaigns. EATURING the District inde- pendent athletic season now drawing to close was the 3 return of base ball to its former high pinnacle of popu- larity. Basket ball and foot ball +campaigns also were highly suc- cessful. Not since the days of the independent series when the Knickerbocker, Domini- yean Lyceum, Shamrock and Mohawk teams furnished the fireworks on the & d has sandlot base ball so thrived. Interest in both organized and independent ball was high. One of the most successful sandlot ‘"nines was the Pullman A. C., city series and Terminal League champion. Pull- ,man for the second consecutive year breezed through week-day league cham- pions without a defeat. Pullman’s ou .lung:nl player was Fee Colliere, stocky o8 teher, Naval Hospital won the Government League title, Calvary Drakes were su- me in the Georgetown Church ,m&u, D. C. Repair Shop triumphed in the Departmental League, Tile S:t- ,ters were victorious in the Industrial League, and Capital Traction took the nnant in the Morning Terminal e. ':':ukom ‘Tigers, after a bitter struggle, won the Metropolitan area Capital City e unlimited crown. The Tigers, Montgomery County champions, emerged ! undefeated in the play-off series, which ineluded Dixie Pigs, Bauserman Motor Co. and Anacostia Eagles. C. A. O’Briens Win Title. C. A. O'Briens climaxed a thrilling ' tl.::yfi-:fl series to win the Capital City G e senior title from the Olmsted Acme Printers were victo- yious in the junior section. Sam Wests won the midget title. Spengler Post swept to victory in the American Legion -series, but was defeated in the firstg ame +of the regional play-off at Hagerstown. + Northern Red Birds were outstanding in District independent ranks. Going » through the season unbeaten by a Dis- « trict foe, the Northerns numbered uwu{‘ their victims such teams as the French A. C., Washington Red Sox and Silver Spring Giants. 9 ‘Wonder Boys captured the pennant in the French Insect League, while . 's Palace won the championship of + the Sport Mart Midget WJUQ. , Washington's champion Union Print- +ers relinquished their title at the Inter- .national Printers’ Tournament, losing jtwo games, one to ~.other to Cincinnati. It was their sec- ond defeat in eight years in the tourney. ++ In the indoor base ball leagues, con- ducted by the Boys' Club, the Optimist nines were champions in both the junior and senior loops. Calvin Hull held the police to three hits as the firemen triumphed in the ~ annual police-firemen game by 10 to 2. +Washington Railway & Electric Co. de- : feated Capital Traction in their annual ‘“game, 8 to 3. Fine Year for Basketers. ‘With several leagues furnishing fine +-champlonship flfin and -a host of . quints of worth piaying outside of loops, | basket ball had a bang-up season. District teams again participated in & tournament at the end of the cam- for A. A. U. honors. It was the p time that the District A. A. U. As- sociation conducted a tournament. Pre- viously the Washington competition had beén a part of the South Atlantic divi- " Winners in the tournament were: e Bt “iwhinwinds: "i30-pound, St John's Victors; 115-pound, Arca- dians; 100-pound, Boys' Club Opti- ., Woman victors were Chevy Chase in the junior class and Eagles in the un- , limited group. Because of the lateness of the sea- son Washington and Baltimore man winners were unable to play a city series. | Skinker Eagles, who as the Anacos- tia Eagles, have been supreme among | quints for several seasons in this area, | ‘were again just about the class of the field. They won the Independent League title and pointed the way to many strong outfits. _ Mt Vernon M. E. for the second straight season, won the Sunday School | ‘ League flag, defeating Calvary Meth- | odists in a play-off. ‘Woltz Photographers were victors in ghe Community Center League. .. Champions in the various groups of Boys' Club League were: Unlimited, ‘alter Whirlwinds: 145-pound, Jewish Commanity Center; 130-pound, Wolf Arcadians; 115-pound, Wolf Arcadians; ', 100-pound, Boys' Club Optimists, and ,_llm Good Shepherd. o ing the independent track ac- }tivities here was the annual national A. A. U. 15-mile run held in Potomac Park. It was won by Bill Agee, Emory- Y wood A. C. Baltimore, who was the " defending champion, in the record | time of one hour, 26 minutes and one- _fifth of a second. Agee added to his “"laurels here when he won the Takoma Park seven-mile run held July 4 for the second straight year, thereby gaining a second leg on The Star cup. Apaches Keep Grid Title. Apaches retained their unlimited class District sandlot foot ball title, defeating the Mohawks in the annual classic, 12 to 6. Until last Sunday Apaches had suffered only one defeat, that administered by the Irvingtons of * Baltimore by 3 to 0. St. Mary’s Celtics of Alexandria, however, defeated the Little Indians last Sunday with a line- dotted with Marine stars, 13 to 0. e Celtics previously had been peaten by the Apaches, 6 to 0. Championship laurels in the Capital ** Ofty League went to Mercurys in the ' ynlimited class and Centennials in the 150-pound section. In the Sport Mart League, Brook- land Boys' Club triumphed in the '~ 138-pound section and Noel House in ¢ the 125-pound class. “* Outside of the teams mentioned, other sandlot foot ball elevens of note were Seaman Gunners and Northerns. All-Marines defeated the Coast Guard eleven in the annual President’s Cup game at Grifith Stadium before t Hoover and other notables. ARCHERY GAINS FAVOR IN CAPITAL DURING 1930 Spring and Fall Tournaments Held Here, With Mrs. A. F. Taylor Topping Woman Contestants. Archery was more popular here this year than ever before, with many han- 3 dlers of the bow and arrow participat- 5 ing in omptu as well as formal , tournamen b the Potomac Archers, ing and tournaments were held +1 in West Potomac Park and comp:tition was keen. T. Cromwell of the Avondaie, Pe. Archers' Club was the best of the men's | JOHNNY THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 21, 1930—PART FIVE. SCALZI. HARRY KNIGHT. OUTSTANDING FIGURES IN CAPITAL ATHLETICS DURING PAST TWELVE MONTHS AL REICHMAN. | the Washing ENNIS probably flourished to & greater extent than ever this year in the District of Cn-; lumbia. It seems that nearly everybody who could rake up a racket indulged in the sport. Tournaments were numerous, leagues played through long schedules enthusiasti- cally, club courts always were busy in fair weather and the public courts were ever in d:mand. An indication of how extensively the | game was pursued here is seen in the | total of 229,489 tickets for the public courts issued and used. always thronged and the meny club and other private courts filled with players, the great popularity of the | net game is manifest. Two championship tournaments of a local character fields and were productive of an ex- the Washington city and the District of Columbia chal pionships. The Middle Atlantic chal plonships also were held at Congres- sional Country Club and there were renwals of the many fixed tourneys The national public parks tournament was held here, too, players got titles. Ranking players for the year are Bob Considine and Frances Krucoff, but_others Jahyea well enough to be highly rated. Tom Mangan, George meegognnk Shore, young Jock Mc Lean, Dooly Mitch ham, Frances Walker and Phoel Moorhead also were among those in the titie-winning class. Considine was the singles winner in the Washigton city championships and the District of Columbia tourey. In both tournaments he also shared the doubles title with Mangan. Frances Krucoff won the District woman’s singles, but the ashington _city singles were won by Josephine Dun- ham. Frances Walker was on the winning woman’s doublcs team in each of these meets. She shared the Dis- trict title with Ruth Martinez and n city title with Phoebe Moorhead. ®Miss Dunham, with Pat Deck, won the mixed doubles in the city event. Prank Shore again won the Dis-| trict junior title. It was his third suc- cessive victory in the annual affair and ot him the Dumbarton Bowl. Jock cLean again won the District boys' championship. In the public park championships, Dooly Mitchell garnercd the singles laurels, while Eddie Yeomans and Bud Markey got the doubles title in the men’s section. In the women's section, the singles event was won by Ruth SHOTS HAVE HIEF among the achievements of the rifie and revolver shooters of the District of | Colubmia this year was the| victory of the District of Col- | umbia National Guard in th: inter- club Jong-range team match at the national matches, Camp Perry, Ohio, in August and September. Matched against 10 other teams, composed of the leading marksmen of the country, the Guardsmen scored 769 against 761 made by its closest competitor, the National Capital Rifie Club, also of this city. The Guardsmen won the Remington Trophy and the Capital Rifle Club silver medals. Lieut. W. R. Stokes, D. C. N. G., in the National Rifle Association grand aggregate match. The high score in the event was 481. There were 713 entries. Sergt. H. M. Boudinot was sixth place in She Wimbledon cup match, | scoring 90 out of 100 at 1,000 yards. There were 1459 entries. scored 93 and placed seventh in the individual civilian club members’ match, in which there were 418 entries. A. V. Thomas, D. C. civilian shooter, scored 514 and placed sixth in the Na. rifie match. Lieut. Stokes scored 397 and placed fitth in the individual short-range match; scored 1,069 and placed fourth in the national small-bore champion- D. C. RIFLE AND REVOLVER t. W. placed forty-first with a score of 468 ALEXANDRIA BOASTS FINE : | D. C. McDougal, D. C. civilian shooter, tional Rifle Association individual free | ACTIVE YEAR in the national intercollegiate team ch-mpiomhlfl. ‘Western igh School and Central High School boys' teams placed second and third, respectively, in the national interscholastic team championship | match. In the girls’ high school team match, Central was first and Western second. The rifie team of Company E, 121st| Engineers, won the corps area military gallery rifle championship match. The 121st Engineers was second in the corps area regimental team match. In outdoor rifie and pistol matches. | Wwilliam Cook won the slow fire pistol | match and placed second in the free pistol event at 50 yards. | ‘William Green and Oscar Siegel were | the only District shooters to place in | any of the rifle matches. They fired | the two-man team match over the De- | war course and placed fifth. | Big Scores Made By Hugo Gridmen EVEN hundred - and twenty-six points against 19 laboriously garnered by nine opponents. Such is the showing of the Hu (Colorado) High School in the 1930 foot ball season. Or, to cite even more stupendous figures, Hugo in the past four years has scored 1,150 points against Conference op- porents and has had only four touchdowns scored by rival teams. Whoever heard of Hugo? Very few persons. They overlook it even in most parts of Colorado. Its pop- ulation is 700 souls. Lying out in the sage brush of the rolling cow- lands of the Eastern part of the State, where the -cows are tough and the cowhands ,tougher, engi- neers of transconfinental ' trains know it as a whistle stop, while it boasts a filling station which over- land motorists find as blessed as an oasis to a desert traveler. HERE was developed this year | the greatest array of teams ever | organized in Northern Virginia | and the sports loving fraternity | | of the area saw their idols capture four State and a number of lessr titles. | St. Mary's Celtics basket ball and | base ball teams, Episcopal High School ship; scored 251 and placed fifth in the small-bore free rifie championship. | D. C. National Guard team scored {2711 and finished sixth ( high N. G. team) in national placed ninth (high civilian team). |~ Washington Police scored 927 and | finished fourth ‘n police pistol team match (Division B). | D. O. Fletzher, Washington Police, fscored 60 and placed third in the Thompson sub-machine gun match. J. D. McNabb, member of the Na- | tional Capital Rifle Club, was the out- standing District shooter at the Sea Girt Eastern tournament. He won first place and a gold medal in the Eastern indi- }Vidull championship | score of 297 out of 300. McNabb placed in other matches, as follows: 100-yard individual, fifth; 200- yard individual, fifth; 20-shot, 100-yard | man team match, T. L. Harrell and T. A. Riley placed second. | 'The District of Columbia National | Guard team placed third in both the Eastern team champlonship and the | Palma_team match. | "Riley was first and winner of the | Prazee cup in the small-bore Spencer match, Harrell was third in the grand aggregate match. District of Columbia shooters repre- senting the civilian class, National Guard, schools and colleges placed high in the annual program of indoor rifie d pistol matches conducted by the National Rifle Association, William Cook of the National Capital Club placed third in the slow-fire pistol match at 20 yards. Cook also placed second in the .22 slow-fire pistol match {and third in the free pistol match at |20 yards. laces in the women's individual collegiate championship match. were: Pirst, Helen Orton, Maryland; second, Helen Taylor, George Washing- ton: fifth, Gladys Oberlin, Maryand: sixth, Pelicia Jenkins, Maryland, and eighth, Wilhelmina Kroll, Maryland. Harrell, George Washingto: high n, was the only local college shooter to place in the individual collegiate championship match. He finished tenth. William Collins, Western High School student, won the individual scholastic championship match. Six of his fellow students to place among the ten high were: Third, Robert Glass: fourth, Sam field in both murneu .Hl took two of gatoe A‘ 8 meet and women in the in the Fall with a score o i i Gor ton. rifie team at George won the women's inter- consecutive year. iversity of Maryland finished fourth dmfl: %fl team eh‘l.mmnlhlp match for { rifie team match. | D. C. civilian team scored 2.625 and | match with a | | individual, fourth. In the Eastern two- | Local college girls took five of the 10 | They | eleven and the junior nine of Alex- | andria Post of the American Leglon | | won Virginia crowns. which edged into the limelight were the St. Mary's Celtics and Virginia .vumoxs; PORTS TEAMS ARRAY OF § appearance in foot ball, did well in the Capital City League unlimited class, then defeated for Alexandria amateur unlimited laurels Del Ray, a Virginia club that had failed in the Capital City League. Iroquois Athletic Club downed Engine Company No. 5 of Alexandria for the city 130-pound championship and is now involved in a controversy with Alcova Motor Co. over the North- ern Virginia title. Potomacs won the Alexandria City Duckpin Bowling League title, whil® Other clubs | the Sculls got the Old Dominion Boat | several Club League trophy. ld Dominion Boat Club celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a golden li neighbor, Prince Georges County, | this year. There was plenty in- terest in basket ball, base ball, | bowling and other activitiés, and much worthwhile competition. Both inde- | pendent and scholastic athletes were | busy. | Basket ball had a fine season. In- terest centered in the Prince Georges County League, playing in the National Guard Armory in Hyattsville, and the Tri-County circuit, contests in which were staged on the armory floor at Laurel. Brentwood Hawks won the pennants in each league. Several teams in the leagues did well in outside competition, Company F playing a particularly hard schedule, in which it won approximately 75 per cent of its games Company F claimed the 1st Regiment championship of the State Guard following its victory over Company L of Crisfield, which previously had overcome teams repre- senting several other companies. Hyattsville High School’s boy basket ball team automatically again won the county scholastic championship, being | the only school represented by a quint. | Though they won 10 games and lost 11, | some of the victories were notable, par- “Icullrly those over Tech and Eastern Highs of Washington. Against Maryland and Virginia schools the Blue and Gold made a fine record, winning seven of eight games. | Hyattsville also was the only school |in_the county to have a girls basket | ball team. It won most of its games. Hyattsville High was represented by an indoor track team that scored in meets. Douglas McChesney, sprinter and captain of the team, was its_mainstay. | In the Prince Georges County Duck- | foot ball combinations and the basketers | jubilee, the high spot of which was the | pin Association, Company F, National of Alexandria High School which got | rowing regetta of the Middle States As- | Guard, titles of some sort. £ Episcopal’s annexation of the Virginia prep school foot ball championship. Washington-Lee High School's splendid showing on the gridiron and Alexandria High School's fine fight in the class B high school bask t ball 1ace in \\‘hlch‘ it finished second were highlights of | scholastic endeavor. Episcopal’s eleven scored nine wins |in as many starts, six over Virginia | rivals, Washington-Lee developed a fine eleven that scored several notable | victories, one being over Central of ‘Washington. Alexandria High defeated Waynes- | boro High in the semi-final of the| ! class B basket ball tourmament t Char- | lottesville then lost to Buchanan in the | | final. Episcopal managed to break even | in its court series, but little was shown by other school quints. The scholastic ball clubs, Alexandria, | Episcopal, George Mason a ‘Washing- | ton-Lee, played “in-and-out” all season and failed to flash winning form over any extended period. The same held true in track, with Episcopal's bright spot being a tie with Woodberry Forest in a quadrangular meet, in which Tome and Gilman aiso competed. Alexandria. as usual, took the third athletic district title from a poor fleld, then faded out |in larger gatherings. St. Mary's Celtics in basket ball won 61 of 69 contests in their successful pur- suit of Alexandria, Northern Virginia and State champlonships. Clover Ath- Jetic Club defeated Schreiner Brothers | for the Alexandria junior title. Knight's Store and the Alexandria, Geaorge Mason and Washington-Lee }fl*h Schools competed in girls’ basket b-ll. The Buddies won the Alexandria title. Columbia Engine Company of Alex- andria walked off with the amateur un- limited base ball championship of Alex- andria, while Bauserman Motor Com- pany won in the Arlington County sec- | tion of the Capital City League. St. Meary's Celtics were of | back with added strength to whip the Apaches, District of Columbia cham- a_series of early-season defeats. Vir- ginia Juniors, however, won the Dis- %o a good | start in foot ball, faltered, then came | plons. Virginia Athletic Club, after 10 8 years of activity, gave up foot ball after | Lai sociation. The club also held a closed canc», shell and swimming regatta in Parke Bell garnered the all- round aquatic championship. Charles V7. Rollins walked away with the men’s golf title at Belle Haven Country Club, while Mrs. J. W. Howard won the women's championship. Bill Burns took the President William S. Snow Cup. Belle Haven's 12-man team, which won the Tri-State Golf Associa- tion Cup last year, finished second be- hind Winchester in the event this year. J. F. Wilson, director of public recre- ation, formed three playground leagucs and several meets were held. Haydon Pield annexed the junior and senior | boys’ and also the girls’ track cham- pionships in the playground field day competition. Charles Nicholson displaced Roland | Goode as boys' champion on the munic- ipal tennis courts. Joe Duncan retained his senior title with a victory over Bur- ton Quigley. Goode won the Geor Mason High School boys’ championship and Teresa Carter triumphed in the girls’ tournament. Billy “Baker Boy" Schwartz, Alexan- dria boy, in the prize ring for the first time last January, grabbed some glory. He scored two knockouts and got four decisions and three draws in nine starts about the East. |GRIFFITH-CONSUMERS WIN Hook's Passing Big Factor in De- feat of Mercurys, 39-25. Griffith-Consumers conquered _Mer- cury, 39 to 25, in a Community Center Basket Ball League game last night at Eastern High School. Team play of the winners featured, ‘Tommy Hook's passing being especially noteworthy. It was the second league win in as many starts for. Griffiths, who have captured 16 games in as many engage- ments this season. Line-ups: Mercury (25) H. oSift, f Raede; Sande Le trict and Northern Virginia titles in their class and lost but mdunn both to teams of higher weight divisions. Alpha Delta Omega, making its first Gun ilshire, ... Goodenough. Totals...... »l ososnmncn ®l osorumoun Totals ... 8l svomause? and Washington Surburban Sanitary District Office were first in Sections 1 and 2. respectively, among the men. woman’s title. Mount Rainier Recreation Center took the pennant in the Mount Rainier Duckpin Association and Dixie Pigs | were victorious in the Mount Rainier ‘lelen League, University team landed top honors in the College Park Duckpin Association and Sigma Nu rollers won the cham- PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY SPORTS THRIVE IN 1930 | ("~ PORTS flourished in our Maryland | pionship in the University of Maryland | Inter-fraternity League. Hyattsville High School again won the Prince rges County annual track and field meet for the larger schools. held at the University of Mary- land, scoring 170 points to 57 each for Upper Marlboro High and Mount Rain- ier Elementary, which were second. ‘There was a record participation of 3,‘1?.'!. including 1,458 boys and 1,729 gir] Hyattsville High finished second to Hagerstown in the events for county schools of Maryland, held in connection with the University of Maryland South Atlantic interscholastic track and fleld meet. Upper Marlboro broke into the scoring. Hyattsville also counted in the open events. In the “C” Club meet, held in Cen- and Co-eds captured the | | torious. | tral Stadjum, Washington, Hyattsville High's relay team was third in the |event for Maryland schools. | Hyattsville also won the county high | | school base ball title. In its regular | | season the school nine took 13 of 16 | games. | " In the six-team county loop of the| | Capital City Base Ball League Dixie | Pigs were victorious. Hyattsville South- en Methodists, Pierce Athletic Club and various other teams, including several| in the southern section of the county, | played successful ball in independent ranks. Brandywine High girls won the senior title and Maryland Park High lassies the junior championship in the county volley ball tournament, held in connec- tion with the annual track and field meet at the University of Maryland. Maryland Park High surprised by winning the county scholastic soccer championship, defeating Hyattsville and other leading opposition. It was the first county athletic championship a team | representing Maryland Park ever won. Upper Marlboro's town soccer team | won the Washington League title, and now is engaged in the Washington and Southeastern District Cup tie play. In the field ball series among girl teams of the county high schools the Upper Marlboro combination was vic- | There was little activity in foot ball in the county. The sport is not en- | gaged in by the schools. There were a few good independent elevens, how- ever, including Brentwood Hawks, which made a strong stand for the 150-pound title in the Capital City League, Seat Pleasant Fireman and Dor-A Terps. | O Harry Fraser Saunders, a new- comer to Washington, belongs the distinction of having van- quished the largest field that en- gaged in any single sports event in this section during the last year. Saunders won the Metropolitan district horseshoe pitching champlonship, in which approximately 5000 competed. It was the second annual tournament sponsored by The Washington Star. Saunders scored a decisive victory. He swept through the Iowa Avenue Playground preliminary and the Iowa Avenue division meet without serious opposition. He captured the West sec- tion title, and then the Washington championship almost as easily. Not un- til the grand finale, in which the cham- plons and runnefS-up of Southern Maryland and Nérthern Virginia and the last four survivors of play in Wash- ington met, was he given a battle. He was extended to win from Vic Riston, the Brookland champion, and then was forced to use all his skill to vanquish Millard Peake in the final match. Peake, Metropolitan champion |of the previous year, had a 49-48 lead in the first game when Saunders tossed on a three-pointer to win. This was the closest Saunders came to losing a game in the entire tournament. He took the second skirmish from Peake with comparative ease. To stave off Riston in one sensational game, he put on 13 ringers out of 15 shoes. SHOE PITCHING 1S BOOMED ! HEREABOUT BY THE STAR Peake repeated his triumph of 1929 in the Southern Maryland section of the big tournament, but was given stiffer competition. But for a at fin- ish he would have lost to Charles A. Fort_in the Bethesda preliminary. In the State finals he met a tartar in Wal- ter Kolb, an unheralded star from Poolesville. 'HE rise of several youngsters was a featurc of the tournament. Clay- tor C. Henson of Arlington, 17 years old, won the Northern Virginia title, with the defending champion, Alexander Kirchner, the runner-up. Henson had no soft pickings. One of his rivals was George C. Thompson of Falls Church, the Fairfax County title holder, who had pitched sensationally ;lntll the State finals, in which he lost form. Two other unbearded youths, William Stant and Willilam Greiner, distin- guished themselves in the Washington division. Stant won the East section championship and Greiner was the runner-up. ~They were “unknowns” until the late stages of the tournament. game {tself bcomed. There were many more pitchers in the tourna- ment arid the standard of play was much higher, there being fully 10 times as many skilled performers as in 1929, when horseshoe pitching under ghlmplonshlp conditions was a novelty ere. A feature of the season was the con- gressional championship . tournament, With these | attracted sizeable | celient brand of tennis, These were | champlonships | but no District | Josephine Dun- | be | grounds Frances Krucoff Rate at Top. Martinez, and the doubles by Dorothy Kingsbury and Louise Omwake, Jock McLean scored again in the Middle Atlantic boys’' tournament, while in the men's class Considine and Man- gan_ won the doubles championship. Dooly Mitchell won the Maryland in- door championship. In the Army tournament, Lieut. John W. was singles winncr, and Maj. Robert C. Van Viiet, jr, and Maj. Thomas D. Finley retained their doubles laurels. Another title for Josephine Dunham occurred in the singles in the tourna- ment of the Women's District Tennis League. Doubles winners in this event were Frances Walker and Phoebe Moorhead, while the consolation singles w’nt to Goldie Crist. In the Suburban League tournament, James Thomas won the singles and with Deane Judd the doubles Washington’s Filipino colony had its own tournament. In the District of Columbia Filipino tourney, Felix M. Silva won the singles, P. M. Piniera the consolation singles, Rafael E. Garcla {and Mariano A. Erana the doubles and Mary K. Burke and Silva the mixed doubles. In the Pillipino Club tourney, Policarpo Rulloda took the singles and M. Zamora and M. Baradi the doubles. | Arana, who shared in the District Filipino doubles title, was singles win- {ner in the Veterans’ Bureau tourna- | ment. ‘There was a Capital City League tournament held for two classes. In class A the sirgles laurels went to Ed- dis Yeomans and the doubles to Pat Dack and Bill Seidll. Class B doubles went to George Considine, a_brother of Bob, and Carnegie York. The Ward- man tournament was well contested, with Bob Considine winning in men's singles and Frances Walker in women's singles. Winning doubles teams were Considine and Mangan and Josephine Dunham and Frances Walker. Donald Morrison, a Washington player, won the New York State junior title. Robert Ruth of Friends' School garnered the singles title in the Prep School League. Adele Ahrens was win- ner of the Fairmont School singles tournament. George Washington, Maryland, Catholic University and American University had teams in col- lege competition, while Western, Cen- John’s, Friends, Devitt, Gonzaga and Georgetown Preparatory put out scho- lastic teams. George Washington's team had the most successful season among the colleges, while Western won the high school title. American zone Davis Cup play at Chevy Chase Club brought stellar netmen of the United States and Mexico here. The United States team won. Other rank- ing racketers also performed on the Chevy Chase courts. ‘Washington's team won the Winter Indoor League title in Baltimore and racketers of this city defeated a Nor- folk team in Hotchkiss Cup play. Navy's team defeated Army’s in the Leech Cup tourney. A leg on the Aaron Strauss Cup was gained by the ‘Washington public %k‘ team through its victory over the timore municipal team. Several leagues enjoyed fine seasons. In the Departmental, War Department gained the title that had been held for five years by the Treasury team. Na- tionals won in the m‘. District Tennis League and Me: its' Bank & Trust won in the Bankers' League. Henry Park walked away with the inter- league championship.” CITY PLAYGROUNDS ENTERTAIN 50,000 Base Ball, Soccer, Track, Tennis, Basket Ball and Swimming Among Sports Enjoyed. Municipal playgrounds established themselves more firmly than ever be- fore as the leading recreation and sport organization of the city during the past year. More than 50,000 men, women, boys and girls took part in organized leagues of base ball, soccer, track, basket ball, dodge, tennis, swim- ming and horseshoes. Aside from the interplayground ac- tivities elementary school sports were conducted on a large scale. A few statistics will serve to show the scope taken in by the playground department under the supervision of Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes. In elementary schools, the play- organized and conducted leagues for 175 soccer teams, 220 base ball teams, 110 girls' schlag teams, 85 girls' dodge teams and in addition eight track meets were held for the 1,800 boys took part. For the first time three classes of | basket ball leagues were conducted. 110, 130 pound and unlimited. In these series 12 leagues composed of 56 teams played through schedules. Cooke | playground won the unlimited title, but the 110 and 130 pound honors are yet to be determined. Sixth and L Streets won_ both the senior and junior titles in the colored basket ball tournament. Interplayground soccer for two classes also were conducted, one for unior teams and one for. unlimited. In these games 16 soccer teams took art. B In the interplayground track meet Rosedale took the honors in both the boys' and girls’ meets by narrow mar- gins. In the colored meets Cardoza won the boys' and Barry Farms the girls' titles. Anthony Latonia of Georgetown won the boys' senior tennis championship, Clyde Smith of Bloomingdale won the boys' junior tennis, Grace Taylor and Catherine Griggs of Hoover won the girls' tennis doubles. In the colored tennis Jack Robinson of Cardoza won the senior, Wilson Jones of Willow Tree won the junior and Roumain Peters and Mar- garet Peters of Rose Park won the girls’ doubles. Rosedale boys won the interpool swimming meet and Georgetown girls won the other title. ~Monroe School won the city title in the elementary school track, both senior and jumior, Peabody and Gage divided the junior soccer title and Plerce won the senior soccer championship. Park View won the senior. base ball title and Ludlow the junior. Mrs. Rhodes and her staff of as- sistants have been widely commended for the smooth manner in which the numerous activities have been con- ducted this year. Vestal of Nebraska as runner-up. The final matches of this event, held at Grifith Stadium, were broadcast over the National Broadcasting Co.'s net- work. Senator Barclay, from Kentucky and Repr tative McLeéth of Michi- the contests P ‘h by ngressional and the Wetro- Georgetown, | tral and Tech High Schools and St.| grade school boys in which more than | cham, RACKET WIELDERS CROWD D Mt RACKET WIELDERS CROWD) (RED] FOR LINB Tennis Flourishes to Greater Extent Than Ever Before in District—Bob Considine and GIVEN T0 JOHNSON But for Mishaps to Stars Nats Might Have Beaten A’s in Pennant Race. N its second season under i Walter Johnson, the Washing- | ton Base Ball Club this year went through its most brilliant campaign since the pennant- |winning days of 1925. Never | credited as a factor in the fight | for the flag at the outset of the | American League seafon, the .Johnson band leaped into the ;thlck of the struggle at the be- ' ginning of championship play and down to the last two weeks of the campaign was a pennant pos- | sibility. The Nationals finished in second place an even eight games behind the ‘Athm\u. Twice during the season— late in May and early in July—they were at the top of the ieague and never in the last half of the season were they below second place. It was the as .500 in the victory rating. the fine performance of the mix- ture of veterans and youngsters wear- ::l!d th!’ w‘(‘hhm hn Hma.l! credit ue for the club’s st sucqess, but greater credit is due Johnson for landing in the runner-up position an vision n pre-season rec! ing of virtually every ball eritic of the country. | A Winner From Start. | In his second year as manager John- | son took up a club that had barely fought its way to fifth place in 1929, made a change here and there to start the season, then partially rebuilt it at almost the half-way point of the cam- paign. Under his 1nmlrlnl leadership | the” Nationals early developed into & | winning outfit. and. despite several set- backs that might have totally wrecked i‘ less game lot, Johnson's club car- | rled the fight all the way to the one ag- | gregation that beat it out. is year the Nationals finished lu:l"nl;uh[ percentage of .:‘llmlend e ull games ahead place Yankees. they bef bz they won in 1924 to capture the Ameri- can League title and were only two wins shy of their total in 1925, when they again won the flag. At home the Nationals played re- markab'e base ball, taking 58 out of 77 gam-s. Of the 77 games on foref fields, though. they won only 38. Nationals were strong on the lots of their East'rn rivals, taking 20 of 33 games. In th> West, however, they lmxtt 26 of 44 games. was the second trip West that just about blasted the Nationals' e hope. Then they took only :’T};:l tx;!“:yedie m before uze! start ip & leg ry put out of com- mission Heinie Manush, the club’s main punch in attack at the time, and his loss undoubtedly had & great deal to do with the Nationals’ weak showing. e Other Mishaps Also ' Felt. er mishaps, h, were: felf, Sam Jon's. before that & dependable veteran pitcher, had his arm go back on him, temporarily and some of the younger pitchers of whom much had been expected suddenly becamie e oough the 'struggled oug! * Nationals back into the flag fight for a time later by the | hl%l; with were loms o their” Fient-haad. phes loss o ight-hand ace, Fred Marberry. A mmmkm‘ sus- tained by him in a game in New York early in August kept Marberry out of action for a month, and after re- turn to the game he failed to show his former effectiveness. In mid-June there was considerable remaking of the Nationals through the medium of trades. Red Barnes, out- flelder with the club several seasons, went to the White Scx in exchange for Dave Harris, a right-hand-swinging gardener. Goose Goslin, long regarded a fixture with Washington and an out- fielder who only two years before had earned the American League batting championship, was given to the Browns in exchange for Manush and Al Crow- der, clever pitcher. Benny Tate, cl(c'|‘1!lr. :.l;ld Glfl':lld Braxton, pitcl went to the White Sox for Art 3 first baseman. g Manush, with his fine hlm.ng flelding, did much to keep the ¢! in the race and he led it at bat an average of .350. Crowder hurled ex- cellent ball after exchanging uniforms and finished among the best in the league. Harris, gruud into” outfleld service late in the cam , fielded well and hit satisfactorily. , after & brief trial in which his hitting was directly responsible for several victories, was retired to the bench until the final week of the campaign. Third in Team Hitting. The Nationals of 1930 were a well balanced club. They hit third among the | league -outfits and flelded in fine style. Outstanding players were Joe Cronin, shortstop, and Joe Judge, first . Cronin was the sparkplug of the club. He was virtual leader of the league's shortstops afleld, hit in sturdy and timely manner and in every way per- formed so cleverly he was voted the player most valuable to & club in the :.mencm Lclque at the end of the im| " league's leading first baseman and his club’s leading flelder. He came into a record by leading his club afield for the eighth season. After the campaign the Nationals dis- posed of two noted players. Unable to use Shires in a trade, the club sold him to Milwaukee of the erican Assoclation. Muddy Ruel, catcher, and perhaps the most popular player with the fans, after an eight-year stay with the Nationals was sold to the Red Sox. For the first time in years the Na- tionals did not go to Florida for their Spring _ training, choosing, instead, l, Miss, and Chattanooga, Tenn., as conditioning sites. They played few exhibition games, but swept their series of five with the Braves before the championship campaign got under way. D-[Gs SQUASH. RACKETERS WIN SHARE OF MATCHES More Than 100 Members of Rac- quet Club Active on Courts—De " Sibour Is Title Winner. Although fostered only by the Rac- quet Club, the game of squash rackets has enjoyed a good year. More than 100 members of the club were active on the courts and a number of-town organizations and the 1 sh e Amo! o trong r share. s opponenta were the mryhndumub and Balti- more Athletic Club. Racquet Club players also participated in the national championshipe. Henri L. DeSibour won the club ed in April, defeating won by Representative Fred Johnson of Nebraska, with Representative Albert H. trict tournaments, both Yager be repeat Y n | Allen C. 12—15, 15—13, , defending title holder, D—X;IMIH b p with ¢ |