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SP WILL SETTLE RULE OF COMMISSIONER Current Issue Is Seen as a Possible “Dred Scott” Decision of Game. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, February 7.—Fed- ‘ eral Judge Walter C. Lind- ley had retired to his day to ponder over a mass of evi- dence in an effort to reach a de- cision that may break or will re- affirm Kenesaw Mountain Landis’ dictatorship over organized base ball. Judge Lindley decided late yesterday home at Danville, I, to-| ORTS. THE EVEN NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, Landis’ Base Ball Czardom Up to Judge : Eastern Hopefully Eyes MARYLAND AN ARYLAND and Gallaudet play host tonight for the only local collegiate events. The Old M Liners have a boxing match | with Virginia Military Institute at Col- | lege Park at 8 o'clock and Gallaudet | plays Benjamin Franklin in basket ball at Kendall Green at about the same | | mi in the Milirose A. A. games in New | York, while its basket ball team will | g0 against a tough proposition in fac- ing Temple in Phiadelphia. | American University’s quintet, which | 1ast night beat the Virginia Medical College at Richmond, 26 to 24, goes | Georgetown has two teams away, its OFFER ONLY EVENTS HERE Old Liners Host to V. M. L. at Boxing, Kendall Greeners Have Court Tilt Tonight—College Parkers Extended to Beat C. U.—American U. Scores. M D GALLAUDET ARYLAND and Catholic University LOUGHRAN FLASHY IN'WIN OVER BAER Ten-Round Triumph in New York Arena Is Boxing Masterpiece. fiddled around through a slow | first half in their game at Brook- |land last night, with the Old Liners | leading, 12 to 6, at intermission. | 'Then in the second half the Cardi- nals came to life with a vengeance and | | finally worked their way to an 18-all | | tie. Maryland_again shot ahead, but | time. | a long toss by Sheary put the teams on | even terms a little later at 21 points ile relay quartet will strive for honors | api>ce with only a minute and & half | picture todey. to pla At this stage Shorty Chalmers, who | always is at _his best in a pinch, took a pass from Rankin and shot a telling two-pointer. He added a foul shot just afterward and enabled the Maryland rooters to breathe easily for the first to take under advisement the Milwau- |over to Hampden-Sidney College to- | time since midway of the second half. kee American Association Club’s pe- | tition for an injunction restraining | Landis from interfering with the trans- fer of Outfielder Fred Bennett to the St. Louis Browns. The plaintiff in_Thursday's session | asserted Landis had exceeded his | authority by ordering that Bennett re- main with Milwaukee, a St. Louis farm club, when the Browns attempted to recail him last Summer. Bennett pre- viously had been moved. around among several other minor league clubs con- nected with the St. Lous organization. Calis Landis Absolute Ruler. Attorney George Miller, the commi: sloner’s legal representative, yesterday | argued that Landis is absolute ruler of | organized bas> P11l by power given him | by the maj or leagues. | “As long . Landis is commis- sioner those clubs belonging to the or- ganization known as the National As- sociation of Professional Base Eall'| Leagues must abide by his decisions,” | Miller assert “The cvmm|5$innfir‘ does not have to wait for complaints. If he suspects anything detrimental to | the best interests of base ball it not | only is his right but his duty to inves- | tigate and take whatever remedial or | punitive action he deems necessary.” | In the case of Bennett, Miller sai Landis was well within his rights in ordering St. Louls to waive the player to the other 15 major lecgue clubs or | release him outright either to Milwau- kee or to any other minor club that | might want him. Even if that action | was wrong, the attorney insisted, the St. Louls and Milwaukee clubs would | be forced to accept it because of the | “absolute powers they conferred upon | the commissioner when he accepted | office in 1921.” | Note-Writing Duel. | He also presented arguments seeking to prove that Landis had been given absolute power. The hearing also revealed & note- writing duel between Commissioner Landis and owner Phil Ball of the St. | TLouis club, last Spring, after the former had become interested in the various shifts of Bennett K On April 9. 1930, Landis wrote to Bal asking when he had assumed control of the Wichita Falls club of the Texas League, one of the teams to which Ben- | nett had been shifted. | Several days later Ball wrote to ask the commissioner by what authority he was inquiring into the personal stock holdings of any one. Landis wrote again on April 16, sey- | ing he had no personal interest. but 1l came under his jurisdic- 11's reply was to ask again where the commissioner got his authority. Landis enswered by quoting the rules | of base ball, and Ball ended the ex- change by writing “since you are 8o | technical, T will have to refer the ques- tion to my attorney.” No Early Decision. Judge Lindley gave counsel for both sides ten days in which to file briefs, and indicated that he would need, con- siderable time before reaching a “deci- s | | on. Landis did not appear at either hea ing, and Bennett, the cause of the action, was called only briefly. His a torney, David Stansbury, argued briefl referring to the current issue as a EOE sible “Dred Scott” decision of base ball. BY R. D. THOMAS. OW for that “suicide set” in Campbell ~ Sweepstakes. Forty -nine of Washington's finest bowlers will finish the classic tournament with a five-game string tonight at the Lucky Strike, | starting at 7:30 o'clock. Carrying the burden of pacemaker and in what history has proved the | toughest spot a Washington bowler may occupy is Astor Clarke, out front with & total of 1,255 for 10 games. Only once since the tournament was fnaugurated in 1927 has the leader at | the two-third mark carried on to vic- tory. In the four previous events three different stars, with triumphs all but | sewed up, have had sensational rever- | sals of form and tumbled well down the | list. Jack Wolstenholme is only five pins behind Clarke, but perhaps the most feared contender is Eddie Espey, in | third place and 26 sticks behind. Espey has failen below 600 in only one of his last five-game performances, and in one instance he exceeded 700. A half dozen will enter the stretch with averages of better than 120 and | all with the temperament to do weil | under pressure. They are: Clarke, with | 1,255; J. Wolstenholme, 1,250; Espey, | 1220; Hokic Smith, 1226; Bradley | Mandley, former sweepstakes champion, | 1,203, and Paul Harrison, 1,201. Within striking distance of the top is Freddie Moore, with 1,195. Moore holds the | tournament record for a single game with 185, rolled in 1927 Others who may land in the money | are: Henry Hiser, 1,187; Ollie Pacini, | 1,182; Teny Santini, 1181; Bernie Frye, 1176: Max Rcsenberg, 1,172; O. Hiser, 172 Oscar Swain, 1,167; Charley Wal 1,161; B. A. Lyn, 1,159; Carl Stoner, 1,155; Glenn Wolstenholme, 1,153; Howard Campbell, 1,151, and Hugh' Crawley, 1,140, The first half dozn are in a fair way to establish a record for the 15- game stretch. Glenn Wolstenholme shot 1,844 for the high sccre, which has ziood since the original tournament. UT for a Frank Merriwell by Max Rosenberg, the King Pin team wou'" have scored a clean sweep over N: theast Temple in a battle at the Lucky Strike for leadership of the District League. As it was the King Pins took two games and remained in first place with a margin over Temple of one and one-half games, with Hyattsville a game behind Temple. ‘Rosenberg won the second game with a doubleheader strike in the ninth and tenth frames. To achieve victory it was necessary for him to count 10 on his final mark. His first ball cut five sticks cut of the middle and the situ- ation looked hopeless. He made good | round-up_enough splashers to try tol night to complete its jaunt. | In the only contest last night, Mary- | land's basket ball team, a heavy favor- | ite, found the going tough to mose out | the Catholic University five at Brook- land, 24 to 21, in a game enjoyed by a large crowd. Maryland feels that it has a fair| | chance of winning over V. M. L in the ring tonight, as the boxers who were beaten, 5 to 2, by Washington and Lee | the past week end would be better for the experience gained in their first bouts in_the history of the school. V. M. 1. has supported the sport for years and will have a more experienced | team of scrappers, which includes three letter men. Keener, Maryland's star, and Epps, one of V. M. L's outstanding men, will face in a welterweight bout that is ex- pected to feature the program. Hn”o-i way of the Old Liners and Dunn of the Cadets also are likcly to furnish a heavyweight battle that will be well worth while | A tentative line-up of teams follows: ‘ Maryland. Clas VML Decker or ke Deckes Burslem . Isemann . K:ener . Mech Robbins | Holloway Four More Bouts On C. U. Schedule ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY has four more boxing matches on its schedule, two at home and two abroad. Its next match is with Bucknell at Brookland next Saturday night and the others are: February 156—St. John's of An- napolis at Brookland. February 286—Temple at Brookland. March 7—Cornell at Ithaca. SETS TWO SWIM MARKS | Northwestern Team in Fast Time for 600 Yards and Mile. EVANSTON, T, February 7 (P — Northwestern's swimming talent is the owner of two new records and probably will hold them until some other groups | break them. Last night 18 men, 17 of them swim- ming 100 yards and the other one 60 | yards, covered. a mile of water in| 16:36.2, to better the previous mark of 16.52, set by Michigan. En route they did 600 yards in 5:20, three and two-tenths seconds faster than a Yale team was able to go at the | distance. QUINTS SEEK CONTESTS. Y. M. C. A. 115-130-pound quints have a gymnasium for Monday, Wed- nesday and Friday nights, and Manager Mars De Gast is booking at National | 5280. first skirmish for King Pine, 604 to 515, and his 124 coupled with Clem Weid- man’s 137 got the champions over in the third, 580 to 577, the Temples mak- ing a brave bid in the final box. Bernie Frye was high for the victors with 386, trailed by Campbell with 380. Dutch Newman topped the Temples with 353. A capacity gallery saw the match. The Lucky Strike wiil be crowded again tonight for the sweep:takes wind-up. LSIE ROMERO, secretary of the Washington Women's Duckpin As- sociation, urgently requests that every women's league in the city have a representative present toright at the| Arcadia, at 8 o'clock, for the associa- tion's annual meeting and election. Arrangements have been completed | for the American Legion Sweepstakes | to be held next Saturday night. at} 8 o'clock, at the Arcadia. The entry fee of $2 will cover the cost of three games and the remaining coin will go | into the prize fund | The tournament is open to all ex-| service men. The Dr. B. C. MacNeil trophy will go to the champion and the runner-up wiil receive a medal given | by the Stuart Walcott Post. The Crescents of Washington picked | up 122 sticks on the Baltimore Im- | perials in the first 5-game block of a| home-and-home series to be finished | next Friday in Baltimore. Cochrane's 135 was high game for the winners. The teams score was 2,516 to 2,394. QUANTICO BOUT DRAW Maya and Ice Fight Evenly in Main Contest of Program. | Six boxing bouts were staged last | night before 1,300 fans at Quantico, Va., | with the main fight, Taizan Maya vs.| Kid Ice, welters, resulting in a draw. Other results follow: Moore, 145, and Slaven, 144, drew; J. | Edware, 140, knocked out Holiey, 137, second round: Cave, 147, knocked out | Lawe, 150, fourth round: Adelac, 145, | won decision over J. Slattery; P. An- derson, 130, and Phelan, 131, drew. FIELD TRIAL WINNER. COLUMBUS, Miss., February 7 (#). Mary Blue, 7-year-old female pointer, owned by W. C. Teagle, New York, and handled by Chesley Harris of Hayne- ville, Ala., won the All-age Subscription Stake as the closing feature of the Continental Club's field trials at Mar- land’s Circle M Ranch near here. Varied Sports Indiana, 67; Purdue, 19. Indoor tra on a “monkey” shot that slid pins Nos. 2, 4, 6, 7 and 10 and gave the Temples £ one-stick margin, 595 to 594. Capt. Camphbell's 140 clinched the Penn State, 21: University of Chica- |~ Princeton, 39; Navy, 32, Swimm! Catholic U. apparently was keyed up to take its spite out on Maryland for wh2t Gallaudet did to the Brooklanders, for the Cardinals battled hard and played about the best basket ball in the second half they have shown all season. Line-ups Maryland (24) Chalmers, 1.. 1 0 Ronkin, f... Norris. ¢ | | Catholic U. Sheary. f..... Spinelli, | Fiynn, ¢ | C'ningham, | Oliver, | Cohan, Totals. .7 A big lead gained in the first half enabled American U. to down Vir- gin'a Medical College, 26 to 24, as the | Eagles wers limited to six points in the last 20 minutes and just did stall off & furious rally by the home team. Three late points by Olsen, a fiel goal and one from the foul line, save the day for the Eagles. Line-ups: American U d | d M. C. OF VA A. Bank: 8. Bank 5 | coomaionnd oocacmaliud Sl etnsewsl 2l wogmmmach \ HERE ON WAY HOME| Auto Speed King Leaves l‘lofidn: Next Week—Adds Record for Four-Cylinder Car. By the Assoclated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., February 7. —Having hung up two world auto- mobile speed records in two days, Capt. Malcolm Campbell, intrepid British race car driver, today began making prepara- tions for his return trip to England. He plans to leave about the middle of next week, stopping off for a day in Washington before proceeding to New York. Although not satisfied with his world land speed record of 245.733 miles an hour, established here Thursday in his glant Bluebird racing car, Campbell said he would not make any more straight- away trials until some one bettered his | mark. As a climax to his racing in this country, Campbell went out yesterday | in & tiny four-cylinder machine and established a new record of 94.031 miles an hour for automobiles with a piston displacement of less than 45 cubic inches. The previous record was 87.76 established in France several years ago. Campbell sald he was firmiy con- vinced automobile speed never would equal that of airplanes. The present airplane record is 358 miles an hour, which also is held by England. FORM HORSESHOE CLUB Horseshoe pitchers of the' metropoli- tan area of Washington will meet to- | morrow at 3 p.m. at the Greenway, on | Fourteenth street near Decatur north- | west, to organize a club that will be| affiliated with the National Horseshoe Pitchers’ Association. All pitchers who desire to have their names on the charter are requested to be present. Andrew Casper, secretary of the Met- ropolitan League, announces there is a franchise open to a strong three-man team. In a special tesm match last night, witnessed by a capacity crowd, Cherry- dale_defeated an all-star line-up, 406 to 268. eral matches will be piayed tonight by expert pitchers. | TITLE FOR F’RED]:',RICKS)!URG.1 BALLSTON. Va, February 7.—Fred- ericksburg High School clinched the | third athletic district of Virginia basket ball champlonship with a 26-t0-20 vic- tory over Washington Lee High here last night. More than 700 persons at- | tended the battle, Washington-Lee (20) G.F Ps. Ellis { Clements,! Goodwin.1 Ball,c Mortimer & Rosenberg . Chase. Totals. ... Referee 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. Fredericksburg (26) G FPts 0 0 Brownf . 00 06 el 1 1 Sheltong.. . ® 0 0 0 Middieto.s Totals ... 11 4 (Mercersburg). 2 20 Mr. Tulloch ANS are pleased that the Wash- ington base ball team the com- ing season will play a long stretch of games at home at the end of the campaign. Last year the Nationals took their final West- ern trip late in the season when they were fighting for fifth place, and dropped to s:venth before the jaunt was over. Having proved a better home team it is believed that Washington will profit by the string of tilts here at the close of the com- ing campaign Several improvements are planned at American League Park here be- fore the season opens. A new en- trance will be built across the pres- ent approach to the inclosure and automobiles no longer will be per- mitted to enter from Seventh street. A runway will be erected from the entrance to the center of the grand- stand and the leftfield pavilion will be extended to the foul line. Con- crete bleachers will be built next Winter. H. F. Krauss, J. E. Field, J. G. Brosnan, H. Waters, C. E. Lord, J. A. Hardie, A. C. Rodrick and J. Fritz of Washington scored in the Ameri- can Bowling Congress tourney last night at St. Louls. Albany and Troy alumni of Georgetown U. want the Blue and Gray crew restored. John Stuart, Bill Rice and Ed Fitzgerald, crew captans in '06, '07 and ‘08, are among the Albany and Troy grads active in the movement to have the Hilltoppers resume rowing, as is Tommy Stuart, former G. U. foot ball captain, carsman and base ball g0, 11. Wrestling. { ing. Navy, 57; Princeton, *l. Water po‘n. manager, By the Associated Press. EW YORK, February 7.—Thanks to the same deadly left hand that made him king of all the light-heavyweights, Tommy | Loughran, Philadeiphia dancing maste: | had stepped back into the heavyweigh! | The biggest crowd of the indoor fistic | season—12,000 persons—saw the Phila- | delphian jab his way to a ridiculously easy 10-round decision over Max Baer. willing but clumsy California youngster. in Madison Square Garden last night. | * The match was more than faintly reminiscent of Loughran’s masterful performance against Jimmy Braddock in defense of his light-heayweight crown here 18 months ago. Boxing Masterpiece. Stepping around with all his old-time | speed, Loughran stabbed Baer off bal- ance with a stinging left jab all eve- | ning, evaded almost all of the young- ster’s wild rushes, whipped over right | uppercuts when opportunity presented | | itself and won the unanimous decision of the two judges and Referee Jack Dempsey. The Associated Press score card gave Loughran all 10 of the rounds. So beautiful a boxing masterpiece did the Philadelphian turn in that Baer him- self was forced to laugh at his own futile efforts to catch Tommy lon encugh to rip home a solid belt. Only twice was Baer dangerous, and both times it was Tommy's own care: lessness that gave the Californian the chance he wanted. In the third round Tommvy tried to slug with the punching youngster, but went back to his hoxing after absorbing & few rugged clouts: The same thing happened in the ninth | round. Dempsey Does Well. The bout not only re-established Loughran among the heavyweight con- tenders, with a possible return ended the jinx that has spoiled Demp- sey's work as a referee here. Previously the old Manassa Mauler had officiated at the Scott-Von Parat bout, which ended when Scott took a tap on the thigh and went down crying “Foul” and at the recent match between Baer and Tom Heeney. Baer won that one on a knockout, when Heeney was pushed through the ropes and the timekeeper scrambled his count. Baer, weighing 200, pounds, had a 17';-pound edge on Loughran. SCHOLASTIC COURTS VACANT HERE TODAY Four Teams Have Engagements Out of Town—Eastern Battles St. John's Freshmen. So far as action on District courts was concerned, today was a total loss for schoolboy basketers of the District group. Four quints, however, were to show their wares on out-of-town hard- wood. A swimming meet is slated tonight. On the court Eastern will meet St. John's College freshmen at Annapolis, Central was to engage Virginin fresh- men at Charlottesville, St. Albans had a date with Episcopal in Alexandria and Emerson was at Woodstock, Va., for an encounter with Massanutten Military Academy. Central's swimming team is to meet Yale freshmen tonight at New Haven. In court battles in and about the cit yesterday, St. John's downed Wcodward, 22 to 19, at the Central Y. M. C. A. Gonzaga went down before the Bo Club, 16 to 20, at Gonzaga: Hyattsvil High turned back St. Albans, 25 to 16, at Hyattsville; Georgetown Prep scored a 29-16 win over Landon at Garrett Park, and Georgetown Prep Juniors drubbed Friends Juniors, 19 to 5, in the latter's gym. Woodward was no match for St John's first-stringers, who held a 16-4 lead at half time. Against the Kaydet reserves, however, Woodward got going and St. John's had to put back its regulars to save the day. Line-ups: 8t. John's (22) Woodward (19) GF Maniscalco.. o . ol cocoorrony G Augusterfer,t Parkhill.{. Breen,{. Smith,c. ] McCarthyc.. G. Bcheele,g M. Scanlon.g. Biuton.g. ... 8l cacomaron® ccocorooy cscmmuwon Totals .... Totals ... 5 118 In defeating Gionzaga the Boys' Club tossers added another schoolboy quint to their long victim list. It was the | eighteenth straight win for the club | team, which overcame a first-half Gon- zaga lead Line-ups: Boys' Club (20 2 Gonzags t y | ormeone? Gregorio ... Brienza,{ T. Panellaf Bruder.c. Panetta.g M. Paneila, Lassise. Totals .... Nolan.f.. Wills, f. Repetti.f Hester.c Perus Fitzgeral Hallg. snoowmal G 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 [} 0 0 2 1 ol cocosos. H Totals Hyattsville High contrived to hold Bob Fre:man, St. Alban's ace, to 6 points, and this just about teils the story of its win, Line-ups: Hyattsville 25) st Watson.f Fletcher,{ McGee,f Freeman.c... Chesley.g. Shippen,g Totals ... Albans (1 ) b Stevens.t.... Headley.{ Evansc.. ..., McChesney. g BYrdg....... | crmaans | comane Cogar.g. | orcccon » cownmnd~ ol cocese: Totals .. A second-half drive carried George- town Prep to victory over Landon. It was a 9-all tie at the half. Line-ups: G. U. Piep. ¢ o oWy coroscwlds Kessler, coudeoonca® Shields, & Totals. . 2 Totals..... d 818 After holding_ Georgetown _Prep Juniors to a 5-3 first advantage in the first half, Friends Juniors wilted and the Garrett Parkers went on to win handily. Line-ups: Georgetown ( wl scomnocoomoony a 3 2 g cocooomy® N Bl sooscooana® o, &l connoon® Sheehan, La Plant Keating, Johnson, Hayden,' 1. Litt: o Collins, '& Graham, g | moocccounwd »l sooncssrco: -l =l wut | with Jack Sharkey looming ahead. but | D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY %1931 SPORTS. SAMPLE OF HOW TOMMY LOUGHRAN DEFEATED MAX BAER Former light-heavy champion (on left) Is blocking one of rival's blows and at the same snapping the Californian’ head back with a stiff left-handed sock. Jack Dempsey i§ the third man in the ring and he is right o:pthn:joh.—A. P. Pho':o.. YANKEE TRACKMEN International Competition Will Feature Millrose Games Tonight. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, February 7—FPrance, represented by Seraphin Mar- tin; Switzerland, represented | by Dr. Paul Martin, and Can- | ada, with a long list of representatives | led by Phil Edwards, former New York University speedster, and Leigh Miller of the Hamiiton, Ontario, Olympic Club, furnish international competition |for United States stars in the twenty- fourth annual indoor track and field meet of the Millrose Athletic Associa- tion tonight. The United States will be repre- Illinois A. C.; Chet Bowman of the Newark A, C., Don Bgnnett of Colum- bus, Ohio, d Claude Bracey, former | Rice Institute ace. Eight college mile relays and two 2- mile events draw entries from 30 teams. The American debut of Sera Martin | of Prance makes the half-mile special }the leading event. Martin is slated to star; Dale Letts of the University of Chicago and Fred Veit and Pinky Sober of New York. Dr. Paul Martin, Swiss runner, who competes for the New York A. C., is undecided whether to face Conger in the mile or to shift his entry to the 1,000-yard event, in which he would face the 1930 winner, Bill McKniff of Penn; Nelson Greer of Rice and George Bullywinkle of C. C. N. Y., intercollegiate mile champlion. A bad cold is Dr. Mar- tin's reason for the possible change. In the Millrose 600 Phil Edwards will meet Eddie Roll of Newark, N. J., who won the race last year; Alex Wilson of Notre Dame and Clyde Blanchard of the Millrose A. C. Besides Edwards, Canada is represented by Miller and his teammate, Willlam Robinson, and Ralph Adams of Toronto University in the | 60-yard dash, Art Keay of the Toronto Police in the 2-mile miss-and-out race and by a medley relay team. “A PAIR Scores Over Phelps Trade School and Pleasant Plains A. C. Armstrong High basketeers won two games yesterday, trouncing the Phelps Trade School, 17 to 11, and downing the Pleasant Plains A. C., 40 to 33. Armstrong had to come from behind after trailing in the first half, 26 to 11, to_defeat Pleasant Plains. Line-ups: G.FPts. Pleas. N 0 Jacksc ARMSTRONG TAKES ] ] P). | Adams.t % reer——- ranSowaa Be Bruce.s. Totals. .. Referee—Mr. Temple. GF. Pis e | comommna | noscommco ol Totals ] onoocooy Armstrong. Fhelps {8 Taylor t Pr—-l | vooooummossns Totals....... Totals Referee—Mr. L LAUREL SCORES UPSET | Basket Team Gets Second League Win in Toppling Hoplites. LAUREL, Md. February 7.—Laurel Independents scored the biggest upset of the season in the Intercity Basket Ball League last night when they downed Ellicott City Hoplites in a 20-19 thriller. It was the second victory in 10 stasts for the Independent:. ‘The defeat threw the Hoplitss into a third-place tie with Western Electric tossers of Washington. In exhibition games Headquarters Company, National Guard, defeated the Montrose quint of Washington, 31 to 22, and Black Pirates drubbed the St. Phillip's Church Boys Club, 34 10 i TAKE ON INVADERS' sented by such stars as Ray Conger, | oppose Russell Chapman, Bates College | HILE Skinker Eagles are priming to tangle with five or more bearded men of the House of David basket ball team in the big game tomorrow, two court contests will headline independ- ent activities ‘tonight. Griffith-Consumers and Clovers, tled at the top in the Community Center League, will battle for undisputed pos- session of the loop lead tonight in the Central High School gymnasium, Play | will start at 8:30 o’clock. Naval Air Station and Marine Bar- |racks, the only two teams lacking at |least one victory in the Independent | League, will have it out in a game pe- | ginning at 8:30 o'clock on the Bolling Field court. Some of the Marine Barracks basket- ers have sore necks from watching bas- ket balls shooting through the rim in their game last night with Quantico Marines. The Quantico team won, 89 to 14, to register the highest court count in the annals of Marine quints. In totaling this score, Posik scored mings 11, Chili 10, Walker 8, Cornell 7 and Carmichael 1. . OT to be outdon | brethren, e by thelr service Battery C, Natiohal | other weird score, beating Company C, 26 to 3. House of David boys are stopping at the Silver Spring Armory Sunday en route to the South, where they'll train for the base ball season. Th - Wwhiskered gents are said to be Better base ball players than basket ball per- formers, but the Skinker Eagles, re- membering last Sunday’s defeat by the Kansas Tornadoes, are wary. The game starts at 3:30 o'clock. Maryland Avenue Baptists hurdled their last obstacle, the First Baptist quintet, to win the B. Y. P. U. pennant. The score was 32 to 29. Tommy Peck starred for the winners with 17 points. EMBERS of the Nationals are in- vited by Manager Bernie Peacock of the Birds to watch next Wednes- day's game between the Skinker Eagles | including Mickey Cochrane, Mule Hass, | Roy Sherid, Chapman and Black. Skinker Eagles, by the way, are sit- ting up and taking notice today of Census Enumeratcr. Walloped by Stewarts recently, the Census boys were not reckoned to down Frenchies, who | gave the champion Eagles a scare last week in the Indépendent League. but that's just what the Moser-managed combine did last night. Census won by 32 to 27, the same margin by which the | Eagles beat the Frenchmen. But Stewart Photographers won, too, beating Anacostia Eagles, 22 to 11, to keep in a tie for second place with Census. Basket Results Maryland, 24; Catholic University, 21. American University, 26; Medical Col- lege of Virginia, 24 Yale, 45; Brown, 24. Washington, 20; Drake, 26. Ohio University, 28; Marietta, 26. Catholic _ University, 32; Colorado Teachers, 22. University of Utah, 43; Utah Aggles, 39. Oklahoma A. & M, 28; Creighton, 24. Augusburg, 35; St. Olaf, 24. Furman, 21; South Carolina, 11 North Dakota University, 35; Morn- ingside, 31. St. Viator, 23; Illinois Wesleyan, 18. Millikin, 25; North Central, 19. Monmouth, 30; Lawrence, 22. Butler, 34; Centenary, 16. University of Washington, 39; Oregon State College, 30. University of Nevada, 31; State College, 27. University of California, 43; J. C. L. Fresno A, 39. University of Oregon, 33; University { Idaho, 20. of Central, 12; Luther, 9. Heidelberg, 42; John Carroll, 23. Ohio Northern, 31; Hiram, 25. Loyola of Baltimore, 28; Brooklyn Foly, 24. Manhattan. 36; State College, 20. L. 1. U, 44; Arnold, 25. Auburn, 44; Hiram, 25. Kentucky, 23; Washington and Lee, 18. 20 points, Ferrell 18 Williams 11, Cum- | and the Big League All-Stars, the latter | MO Bucknell, 30; Western Maryland, 28. o Consumers, Clovers to Clash- Tonight for Community Lead Potomac Boat Club will engage Y. M. C. A. at the Central “Y” at 8 o'clock nd Palace will face Boys' Club at 8:30 o'clock in the latter’s gymnasium in District of Columbia Basket Ball League games tonight. REUL'IS last night follow: Boys' Club League. Optimists, 46; Noel House, 20 (100- pound class) Noel House, 22; Optimists, 22 (130- | pound class); no play-off. ce, 23; Ravens, 9. Independent. Laurel Guards, 31; Monroes, 22, Northwesterns, ; Takoma Fire Department, 23. Crescents, 32; Petworth Mets, 22. Red Stars, 33; Calvary, 11. Olmsted Grill, 32; Comets, 12. Nativity Hornets, 31; Northern Tigers, 25. Petworth Juniors, 25; “Y"” Flashes, 20. COUNTY TILTS ONE-SIDED Takoma-Silver Spring, Chevy Chase Quints Win. Takoma-Silver Spring High defeated Rockville, 24 to 13, at Silver Spring, and Bethesda-Chevy Chase routed Guard, stepped out to hang up an- | Sherwood, 30 to 2, at Bethesda yester- day in Montgomery County high school basket ball championship games. In a preliminary at Silver Spring the Takoma-Silver Spring girls scored over the Rockville sextet, 28 to 14. Line-ups: Takoma-S. PR .- o socoarcocoiy: | socomacone? y Boziezick.1. onooCuwd »| soccoucored; ol = [ =1 Totals ... Totals Sherwood Pattie. ... Harding,{ Stabl Bethesda 2. »| soscsonscucsaiy B - "y coo0000m ooconoa® Furrell.t. Royer.{ Nichols, Bradle: Eovac! soooneo! ssbu X Guckeysan,c. Wells. Hobby.c. .. Thompson.&. L o -y | coowmes! Totals .. Totals BLISS QUINT IS WINNER Beats Takoma-Silver Spring High Alumni—Juniors Defeated. Bliss Electric School basketers, pre- senting their strongest line-up for the first time this season, downed Takoma- Silver §pring High School alumni, 33 to 26, last night at the Silver Spring Armory. Tremonts took Bliss Juniors, 46 to 36, in a preliminary. Bliss (33). GF P Rovegno. {. " Takoma (26 reh, f.... Millfken. ¢ Mulll n, Totals...... 10 ar. Hackerty, 1. Lund, .. Somusworomy | assmon-os Totals.. BLISS PLAYS STRAYER'S. Bliss and Strayer quints will meet in a Washington Collegiate Conference basket ball game tonight at the Silver Spring Armory, taking the floor at the conclusion of a contest between Eagle irls and the Strayer sextet, starting at :30 o’clock. GAME AT ...-EXAN'DBIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va, bruary 7.— Manassas High School will.oppose Alex- andria High here tonight'in a third Geneva, 27; Duquesne, 19. P. M. 39; Susquehanna, 30. Rider, 48; e Forest, 11, Lowell Textile, 28; St. Michael's, 23. athletic district series game on the Armory Hall court at 8:30 o'dlgek. Girl teams of the schools will t in a preliminary at 7:30. Bethesda- | | |gaining championships | game ' B—7 hree Titles QUINT CAN GET N WORSE THAN A TIE Light Blue Strong on Track and Diamond—Tech Now Chief Court Rival. EAST!RN. which started the public high school foot ball three major sports remaining on be an unprecedented achievement two titles in a year. Business, 37 to 30, in an extra-period BY EPWARD A. FULLER, JR. present school year by fin- ishing second to Tech in.the title series, has high hopes of in the the year's ealendar, basket ball, base ball and track. This would for Eastern, which never before has been able to win more than Following yesterday’s basket ball in which Eastern conquered struggle, after which Western overcame Central, 39 to 35, in another overtime | battle, the Lincoln Parkers today are assured of at least a tie for the court title, Adherents of the Light Blue are confident that Chief Guyon, who has turned out championship base ball teams for the last three seasons, will do it again the coming Spring, while Eastern, winner in the Spring cham= fllr)nshlp track meet the last two years, a heavy favorite to retain its laurels next May. In recent years Eastern and Tech have been dividing titles, the former triumphing in base ball and track and the latter in foot ball and basketyball. As fhatters now stand, Tech alone has a chance of tying Eastern for the basket ball championship. The race narrowed to these teams yesterday. However, it must be remembered that any prediction as to how Tech and Central will finish in the series must take into consideration the ssibility of the Central-Tech game of January 30 being ruled out or awarded to Cen- tral in view of Tech having used Ever- ett Johnson, an alleged ineligible player. The board of principals may consider this matter at its next regular meet- lng‘, to be held some time after the series. Test Comes Tuesday. Tuesday’s games, the final scheduled matches, will tell the tale. Should Business down Tech, and it did in the first round, 26 to 24, McKinley will be definitely out of the title running. However, should the Gray conquer the Stenogs it will gain a tie with Eastern at five wins and three losses each, if the Light Blue again bows to Central, as it did in the first round, 31 to 29. At that, though, if Central, on top of & second win over Eastern, should be awarded a forfelt over Tech in the January 30 game it would gain a tie with Eastern and Tech would be out of the picture. This situation also, of course, would be created if the Central- Tech game were ordered replayed after a second Central win over Eastern and Central won. Eastern could clear the whole business by simply trimming Central, which would give it the title without further ado. ‘Typical of the current series stirring finishes marked both games yesterday, the first of the set to go into overtime. The Eastern-Business battle stood 27-all at the end of regulation time. Ben Zola failed on a foul try in the Jast half minute that would have given Eastern victory. However, a floor goal by Bar- ney Kane and a couple of 2-pointers by Dallas Shirley in the extra period put the Light Blue ahead to stay. Fineran and Courtney of the lightweight team which Eastern used advantagcously dur- ing the second and third pcriods, and Kane of the regulars led the Lincoln Parkers’ attack. Esenstad, who zipped in nine foul shots in twelve tries, and Chatlen were Business leaders. ‘Western Spurts Ahead. After the regulation game had ended 32-all, Western stepped out in the extra period to score 7 points against 3 for Central. Latona and Yowell, who also stood out in foul shooting, led Western's offensive, while Cumberland was Cen- tral's big noise on attack. Eastern in trimming Business evened scores for the first-round 28-24 defeat the Stenogs handed it. Western also downed Central, 39 to 35, in their first &1 Bustness Esenstad. £... Sherman. f. Johnson, £, Duryee, 'c. Chatlen. §. oth, & Nemer'fsky, & (] | coommwmmmimw B ] onouaBAamwal 1230 Umbire—~ 337 Totals Referee_Mr. Joseph L Mr. Orrel M"Chell.’p o Western (39) G.F Totals. Central (35) P Summers, & Taylor. &..... Amidon, ... Totals.. Referee_Mr. Mr. Joseph Mite! 137339 Totals Orr@ Mitchell. hell Umpire— Complet;-, Record Of School Series Team Standing. Busl_‘r_us; vs. Tech, Central vs. Easte ern, Tech gymnasiu Business vs. Tech, first game, 3:30 o'clock. Previous Scores. Eastern 27; Tech, 31 Western, 28; Business, 22. Eastern, 32; Western, 26. ‘Tech, 26; Central, 25. Central, 29: Business, 20. ‘Tech, 28; Western, 24. Western, 27; Central, 21. Business, 28; Eastern, 24. Central, 39; Eastern, 31. , 30; 3 Tech, 32; Western, 30. Central, 28; Business, 24. NOTICE TO BOWLERS 25 FAST ALLEYS Stin A doing business at the old 9th and Penn. Ave. over Center Market Coliseum Health Center