Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1931, Page 39

- Che Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 4 : WASHINGTON, D, O, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1931, PAGE D—1 Heavy-Cover Ball Held Aid to Batters : Boxing Tops Week-End D. C. College Card NO GOOD IN SPHERE SEEN BY GRFFT Washington Boss Declares National League Pellet Won’t Curve Well. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor, The Star. ILOXI, Miss., February 27.— B Many reams of paper, bar- rels of ink and columns of space have been utilized by the gentry who write pieces for the papers in conjecturing on the effect the new base ball will have on the game. Guesses have run the gamut from little, if any, change on the part of the more conservative scribes to a whole- sale reduction of batting averages all aleng the line, with the home- run output greatly curtailed, the outfielders moving in and tossing out many more runners at the plate, and the infielders playing closer and flagging a larger per- centage of batsmen, etc. . Also_ the better grip obtainable on the sphere because of its raised seams has been cited as sure to result in greater efficlency among the boxmen, to provide the means for better control among those inclined to wildness and even to prove the salvation of many an old-time flinger nearing the end of his rope, such as John Picus Quinn, Bill Doak, Howard Ehmke and the like. Supposed Batting Curb. All, however, envisaged the so-called derabbitizing of the pellet as a curb on the activities of the stick wielders. But now comes one who can speak with a certain degree of authority to assert that these commentators are all ‘wet; that the “new” ball not only will fail to check hitting and reduce home runs, but actually increase both—and to a marked degree. The voice in question is that of Clark Calvin Griffith, presi- dent of the Washington ball club. Man and boy, Griff has been promi- mently connected with the national pas- time for more than three decades. Starting out as a pitcher even before | the gay 90's he not only attained de- scrvedly high rating as a moundsman, but served as manager for the Chicago ‘White Sox, the New York Highlanders, as the Yankees were known when the American League first invaded Gotham; the Cincinnati Reds and the Nationals before graduating to his present high position in the counsels of the sport. He should know a thing or two about the subject in guestion and in any event is entitled to a respectful he: 1% should be understood that the alter- ed sphere to which Griff makes refer- ence is the one which followers of base ball have bheen advised wiil be made with a thicker cover than formerly and which it is this writer's understanding will be used only in the National League of the major circuits, although the raised seam feature will be f]l.lndll’d for | e American League as well. "hn is not clelrwuwilh Griff, in the | knowledge that all base balls for the | iwo big Joops are produced in the same factory at Philadelphia, how the manu- facturers are going to make sure that the American League clubs are supplied with a type of ball unchanged from that of last year except for the prom- inent stitching while the National ers alone get the balls with covers m of thicker horsehide as well as the new style sewing: but of one thing he is positive—that in any circuit where heavier leather is used to wrap the ball the hitters will make merry at the ex- pense of the pitchers. And the reason is simple—a pitcher cannot hook a ball | with a thick cover—but let him tell: “Leaving the stitches raised as they naturally are when the ball comes from the sewing machine instead of ironing | them out flat as heretofore may well be calculated to increase the effective- ness of pitching, as it enables a hurler to get a better grip on it, thus improv- ing his control, adding to his speed and the break he can impart to his twisters. But this advantage will be more than offset if the balls are made with heavier leather, simply because it is impossible successfully to curve a ball with a thick oover. | Tough on Pitchers. “Why, back in the old days, when the balls were not made with as much pre- cision as later became the case, when- ever a pitcher got ahold of one with a thick cover he would rip a seam, de- liberately scuff it, or do anything to get it thrown out, because he found it al- most_impossible to use hooks effectively. “The reasons I have seen advanced for the insistence by the National League upon a ball made with heavier | leather was to deaden it to the extent that the pitchers might better be able o cope with the growing mastery of the batsmen, but the effect it will have will be just the opposite | “You imagine what is going to hap- pen to those flingers when the hitters find that what formerly were sharp, | wide-breaking hooks have been reduced | to mere wrinkles. They are going to slough the ball to all corners of the lot, and batting averages instead of shrinking will be fattened. “The National already is known as & curve ball league, in that its pitchers resort more to hooks than those in the American League. Hitting percentages individually and collectively, generally are higher in the National than in the American League and the home run out- put all is consistently far greater in the National, Will Hit Plenty. “Well, if that thick cover ball is used n the National League this year you can --bank on it that higher. figures both for batting averages and extra-base clouts will be the result.” If those who have the interests of the e at heart really wish to do something to enable the pitchers to offset the edge the hitters have ob- tained since the introduction of the lively ball, according to Griff, they merely need adopt the suggestion he made at the meeting of the Rules Com- mittee this Winter—permit the pitcher to stand with one foot back of the rub- ber instead of with both feet touching the slab while in the act of starting his delivery, as at present. ‘This, he contends, would give a slab- man just enough additional momentum t0 add to his effectiveness for all types of delivery and would not increase base- running for the simple reason that a . pitcher would not dare use this stance * except at such times as he now takes a full wind-up. It was for fear that men on the base | lines would run wild that his suggestion comprised no one technically versed in pitching, except its author, but if Grifft has the real low down on the in _some degree have | Robins’ Outfield Tough to Crash LEARWATER, Fla., February 27 (#).—Young Al Cohen, & prom- ising looking rookie from Macon, doesn’t think so much of his chances of breaking into the Brooklyn Robins' outfield at present. “It's like trying to break into a bank with a penknife,” he com- mented. “I've been looking up the aver- ages and I see Herman hit .393, O’'Doul, .383, and Fred-rick, .334, and they tell me Frederick had a bad year. Why, another Ty Cobb could hardly break in here." CUBS,ATRAINING FAS'I;; APT TO PLAY SUNDAY Hornsby Has 0ld League Champs Speed Work—Other Outfits Get Into Stride. AVALON, Calif., February 27 (P).— Manager Rogers Hornsby is rushing the Chicago Cubs along at such a clip their first practice game Sunday. ‘WINTER HAVEN, Fla., February 27. —The Phillies’ pitchers are divided in their opinion of the new ball. Some believe the raised stitches make little difference, while others say the new ball provides a better grip and appears less lively than the old one. TAMPA, Fla., February 27 (#)—The Cincinnati Reds are looking forward to a meeting with a former team mate eight days hence, when Manager Wilbur Robinson brings the Brooklyn Dodgers here for an exhibition. “Uncle Robbie” has promised to send | Adolfo Luque, former Red, to the box, with Lopez, another Cuban, behind the bat. BRADENTON, Fla., February 27 (#)— Manager Gabby Street of the Cardinals expected to take over direction of the Redbirds' training today after an ab- sence because of a stomach disorder. Outfielder George Watkins arrived yesterday, five days ahead of schedule, He was accompanied by Outfielder Joel Hunt, last year with Houston. PASO ROBLES, Calif, February 27 (#)—The Pittsburgh Pirates_indulged in another track meet today. So tickled was Manager Jewel Ens with yester- day’s footracing, something new Pirate Spring drills, that he announced the stunt would be repeated every day in_camp. The sprints replace the old dafly jogs around the field. Batting practice also was extended today. ACCEPTS TE)URNEY BID Alexandria High to Compete for State Championship. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 27. Alexandria High athletic officials an- nounced today that an invitation to compete in the tournament to be held at William and Mary College, Williams- burg, on Monddy, to determine the State basket ball title for class B schools would be accepted. Quints Open Play In Dixie Tourney TLANTA, Ga., February 27 (#).— On the hastily erected wooden court at the auditorfum here, 16 of Dixie’s cleverest cage teams start their quest today for the Southern Conference basket ball championship now held by Alabama. The title winning t'am of 1930 is schedulsd to make its first defense of its crown late in the afternoon against the Voluntcers of Tennessec, on:> of the two teams to down the Crimsons this season. Today's schedule (Eastern standard time), “follows: North Carolina-Vanderbilt, 2 o’'clock. Auburn-Virginia, 3 o'clock. Duke-Clemson, 4 o'clock. North Carolina State-Kentucky, 5 o'clock. Alabama-Tennessee, 6 o'clock. Maryland-Louisiana State Univer~ sity, 8 o'clock. ‘Washington and Lee-Georgia, 9 o'clock. Florida-Georgia Tech, 10 o'clock. In Training ILOXI, Miss., February 27.—With John Peregory, the Woodlawn, Md., pitching recruit, who was obtained from Hagerstown of the now defunct Tlue Ridge League, at present under the care of a Baltimore physictan and likely to be placed on the voluntary retired list, the advance squad .of Nationals training under the supervision of Manager Walter Johnson was completed with arrival yesterday of Catcher Pat Gharrity and Coach Al Schacht and both displayed as much pep as any of their mates in the initial | work-out. | Schacht is busy regaling all who will | listen about his efforts to elevate talking pictures during his all-Winter sojourn in California. He glibly details the plot of a half-million dollar, picture, in | which he was cast as the star in the | role of a ball player and which for some reason never was shot and asserts he | may be called back to the Coast at any time to go into production. | In the meanwhile he admits he has | been given a raise in the contract sub- | mitted to him by the ball club and | probably will condescend to sign it. Just how much work Al actually did on the motion picture lots isn't known, but that he prospered while in Holly- wood there can be no question. Proof of this is found in the fact thas while Schacht heretofore always has bor- rowed. some other athlete’s foot gear for base ball purposes he showed up this time with a brand-new pair of spiked shees: Cost—$16.50. IGHT on the heels of the receipt of Jim McLeod’s signed contract came the announcement that he had been released to the Chattanooga club subject to recall on 24 hours' notice, The Little Rock, Ark., youngster is a highly regarded prospect, who needs only steady dally toil for a complete season to polish off his rough spots and ‘make him ready for the big shuw, rather than sitting on the Wi and getting rusty as he did all last that he believes they will be ready for | What’s What With Griffmen VETS AREPEPPERY I AVERIAN LOOP Gray, Perkins Fast in Work at Camps—Some Rookies Already Impress. By the Associated Press. | IORT MYERS, Fla., February 27.— President E. S. Barnard of the American League was here to- day to watch the ‘champion Philadelphia Athletics train, He said nearly all the American League clubs were stronger this year and he looked for a close pennant race. Manager Connie Mack appeared par- ticularly pleased with the work of Hank McDonald and Jim Deshong, rookie pitchers, McDonald is 6 feet 4 inches tall and comes Irom Santa Monica, Calif. De-| | shong is from Harrisburg, Pa. NEW ORLEANS, February 27 (#).— | Howard Craghead is the first recipient | |of the early Spring enthusiasms in the Cleveland Indians' camp. The 23-year- old hurler up from Oakland of the Pa- cific Coast League has a world of nat- ural ability and looks like the most | ‘cartxain of the rookie moundsmen to | stick. Two infielders, Bill Hunefield and Carl Lind, Lave arrived and the rest of the Indians are due over the week-end. SAN ANTONIO. Tex. February 27 (7)—Bill Cissell used to be so thin they called him Spider, but the Chicago | White Sox infielder, who reported for training yesterday, came in from Iova weighing 185 pounds. Cissell's arrival | gave Donie Bush enough material for | an infield, including Ray Radcliff, rookie | first baseman: Irving Jeffries, infielder, recalled from Toledo, with Vic Siegel, a catcher, to fill in at shortstop. Bush ' welcomed the opportunity to get started with Radcliff, who appears to be the Sox's only hope for first base. SACRAMENTO, Calif., February 27 | (). —Charles Kennon Marrow, who won | |four sports letters at Davidson Coll=ge, | | North Carolina, is a Detroii Tiger pitch- ing recruit this year. % Camp_followers have predicted a big | league future for him. with more ex- | perience. He is a right-hander and | measures 6 fect 4 inches. He played | with Beaumont, in the Texas League, | | after leaving school last June. | |, WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., February | |27 (. —Sammy Gray, whos2 pitching | | record with the Browns last year was a | | decided disappointment, believes he'll | | have much better luck this season. | Gray, one of the first to report for training, 'ready was in condition to pitch, ha.ing limbered up his arm in ‘Texas. Yesterday Gray spent some time | throwing them up to batters. { ST, PETERSBURG, Fla. February | 27 (#).—Cy Perkins has tcuched the | 35-ycar mark, but you'd never know it |to watch the veteran catcher perform | |his daily chores for the New York Yankees. | He has as much zest for the game| | now as he had when he broke into it back in 1914. Perkins got his releasc from the Phil- adelphia Athletics not because he had lost his value, but because the A’s had a fairly good receiver in Gordon Coch- rane. 3 SHOE PITCHERS CLASH Cherrydale and Columbia Heights | Meet in League Match. | | Columbia Heights will meet Cherry- | dale tonight at the Greenway in a Metropolitan Horseshce League match. | Several all-star matches are booked for | tomcrrow night, also the American Legion tournament. The regular Sun- day_round-robin tournament will start at 3 o'clock. All pitchers are invited | to enter. t Varied Sports Swimming. Penn, 38; Dartmouth, 33, Water Polo. Penn, 44; Dartmouth, 14. on Gulf Coast a whale of a fielder, and with a throw- ing arm not equaled even Bluege, with his whip of steel, sured of the regular work that is ex- pected to bring out his latent possibili- ties as a hitter. And although it was as a shortstop that he came to' the Nationals on purchase from Little Rock, following the 1929 season, it is not at that position he will be used in_his new berth. From the time he reports, some 10 | days hence, to Bert Niehofl, the veteran | major league graduate who is the new | manager at Chattanooga, McLeod will | be second baseman and ii is in that capacity that he will remain all sea- son long. T is not that the Lookouts couldn't use Jimmy at shortfield, for he is by far the best man for the job that is available for them, but because he is to be groomed as a middle cush- ion guardian for a reasomn. And the reason is that the National board of strategy is looking to the future—to the time when McLeod will pair-up to Joe Cronin to patrol the terrain in the vicinity of the keystone corner, And what a wonderful center-of-the- ciamond duo they should prove. Peck- inpaugh and Harris, in their prime, would have nothing on the Cronin-Mc- Leod combination for sheer brilliancy in effectiveness if the expectations of President Griffith and Manager John- son are re d. transfer to Chattanooga of Mc- Leod, by the bye, raises to 15 the number of athletes sent by Wash- u;nl::hmto completely w‘ . almost a team of its class A type. In ition to McLeod, the players President Joe 1 has been assigned by the Na- Engel , include First Basemen Harley tionals, a With the Lookouts, MeLeod, slready | being Nationals’ Pitchers First to Do Real Toil HURLERS GET JUMP ON REST OF GANG AT BILOXI CAMP. ‘Trainer Mike Martin is “dissecting” new ball for the benefit of (left to right) Lioyd Brown, Bump Hadley and Bob Burk DISTRICT RACKETERS | IN MARYLAND TENNIS' Good Squ;\.d Will Seek Laurels on Indocr Courts in Meet at Baltimore. S TR | Headed by last year's champion, Dooly | Mitchell, a formidable band of local | tennis players will compete in the an- | nual Maryland indoor championship, | which opens tomorrow at 2 o'clock on | the wooden courts of the 5th Regiment | Armory, Baltimore. | That a Washington netman has a fine chance again to bring home the bunting was assured when it was| learned that two of the most highly | rated stars in Baitimore, Eddie and, Billy Jacobs, will bz unable to partic- ipate, as they now are attending the University of Pittsburgh. i Besidcs Mitchell, Ed Yeomans, Frank | Shore, Frederico Sendel, Colin Stam, | Anthony Latona, Clyde Yeomans, Man- | uel G. Martinez and Bill Buchanan will be local standard-bearers, Except for the. finals, which will be three out of five sets, -ali-matches will be decided in twoout'of, three sets. Finals in both. singles.and ‘doubles are scheduled for Sunday, March 8. GOBBLERS SHY TALENT | Tri-State Base Ball Champions Hit Hard by Graduations. BLACKSBURG, Va., February 27 (7). | —Virginia Tech has a Tri-State League base ball title to defend, and only a corporal's guard from the 1930 cham- pions to defend it. Reggie Mapp and Lloys Murden, aces of the Gobbler hurling staff, are back for their final amateur fling, and Johnny Blllingsley, who annexéd two Tech wins last year, is ready to help them. But six of the eight remaining positions on the team are left vacant by graduations. Outside of the mound staff, only Nelson Bibb, co-captain with Mapp, and Johnny Nicholas, shortstop, are left. | Basket Results St. John's (Brooklyn), 42; Catholic University, 25. St. John's (Annapolis), 17; American University, 16. Towa State, 39; Drake, 21. Louisiana Normal, 39; Western Ken- tucky, 34. University of Detroit, 24; Dayton, 22. Fart Wayne, 28; Toledo, 19 (pro.). Centenary, 21; Birmingham-South- ern, 20. Mount Union, 42; Oberlin, 23. St. Lawrence, 36; Hamilton, 28. Norwich, 26; Vermont, 18. Appalachian State, 33; King College, 29. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. ATHEDRAL SCHOOL and Georgetown Prep teams are regarded as the class of the scholastic basket ball quints of the District group. Whether they will meet before the campaign i3 over is not certain. Western High is taking an un- usual interest in the Georgetown Uni- versity track meet soon to be held. It has sent in eight individual en- tries and will be represented by five relay teams. Officials for the meet have been picked as follows: J. E. Sullivan, Edwin M. Abbott, J. McHugh, Ed- ward McLean, Theodore Straus, W, C. Thatcher, Charles J. Dieges, George Turner, W. L. Hawkins, Prof. Maurice Joyce, R. Le Mat, F. G. Hough, J. England, Claude R. Zap- itz Reuter, Emory Wilson, ward Carter, Charles McLaughlin, Norman L. Wymard and John M. Kingsley. George McBride and Clyde (Zeb) Milan of the Washington base ball team socked the bl:l‘ln En;:' exhibition game yesterday Springs, Ark, McBride & homer and Milan getting WALTER Rookie pitcher, TAUSCHER, drafted from Dallas of Texas League, is an elongated soul. Sunday School League Scrap Hot After Mount Vernon Win duels in the Independent and District of Columbia Basket Ball Leagues, the Mount Vernon quintet, in winning last night over United Brethren, 23 to 19, pulled the SOMEWHAT overlooked in favor of Sunday School League back into the| independent court spotlight. The victory gave Mount Vernon a tie with Eldbrooke for first place and the race now promises to draw plenty of attention from local cage followers as the season winds up. In the other game, in which little was at stake, Trinity conquered Calvary M. E, 26 to 21. Wiler was the star in the Mount Ver- non triumph. He led the attack with 13 points. LASHING the same stellar play that helped put a couple of Georgetown teams on the court map recently, Freddy Mesmer, taking plenty of passes | from running mate Mickey McDonald, put the French A. C. in a position threatening the Skinker Eagles. In its 25-to-24 win over the combined Census-Northern team last night, the French five was led by Mesmer, who pocketed the ball for 15 points—three fleld goals and nine fouls. By the same token, the Frenchles, whom Mesmer coaches in addition to playing for, practically assured them- List of Events For Collegians Basket Ball. ‘TODAY. Vi ia Medical College vs. George ;V;E&m at George Washington, Drexel vs. Gallaudet at Kendall Green, 8 o'clock. Maryland vs. Louisiana State in Southern Conference tourney at At~ lanta, 8 o'clock. Catholic U. vs. Seventh Regiment at Brooklyn, N. Y. SATURDAY. Drexel vs. George Washington at George Washington, 8:15. Vi Medical College vs. Amer- ican U. at A. U, 8 o'cloc] Catholic U. vs. Seton Hall at South ‘Temple vs. Catholic U. at C. U, Cat . C. 8 o'clock, selves of second place in the Independ- ent League if they do not succeed in stopping the high-flying Eagles. NSTEAD of being discouraged by two defeats in a row, basket fans over at the Boys' Club are regarding the recert losses of its Big Five, which wiped up 24 opponents in a row before bowing, as anything but ill omens. Taking the attitude that no team can go unbeaten forever, and that the losses to the Montrose five Monday and Tech High last night, by 43 to 27, are just two games in which the Big Five had chances to get the bad basket ball out of its system, Boys’ Club fol- lowers are looking forward with con- fidence to the Saks-Boys’ Club battle tomorrow for the District of Colum- bia League championship. ‘That the winner of this clash, which promises to be one of the outstanding of the independent season, will be the pennant winner was assured last night when the Saks Clothiers trounced St. Martin’s, the only other club having a mathematical chance, 27 to 19. ‘The Clothier attack was well dis- tributed. In a preliminary attraction, Astecs drubbed Spenglers, 24 to 20, o HY can’t they do all this earlier?” groaned A. A; U. officials last night as swarms of independent basket ball team managers made a next-to-last-night rush to enter their quints in the A. A. U. tournament which gets under way at Tech High on March 9. And tonight's rush promises even less rest for the officials who are attending to_the signing of the teams. ‘The dead line is tonight at midnight. Clever team work enabled the Quan- tico Marines to score a 30-to-28 victory over Medical Field Service tossers yes- terday. ~Harlow, forward, .counted 17 points for the losers, while the Ma- attack was spread out more evenly. G. P. O, the winner of the Govern- ment Printing Office League, is looking for outside games now and Manager Francis Schwoerer is doing the book- Call Columbia 1856-W. Here are last night's results: Monroes, 28; Heurich, 19. Fort Myer Juniors, 28; “Y” Flashes, 23. Pet;;orth Juniors, 50; Swann Motor First Baptist, 33; Fort Myer, 16. Fort Myer, 47; Mercury, 24, adlans, Arc: , 20; Takoma, 16. Calvaty Juniors, 26; Keller Church, 21. Bty Al United 2 Grays, 24; Grit- TEMPLEL, U, RING BOUTS TOMORROW Cards Aiming to Keep Slate Clean—Drexel, Virginia Medic Fives Here. BY H. C. BYRD. HILE several of the local college basket ball teams are due to take part in games over this week end, apparently the best spot for an evening's recreation, from the viewpoint of the spectator, will be the setto out at Brookland be- tween the Catholic University and Temple University boxers. Some of the basket-ball games may de- | velop some excellent competition, | of college sports seems to regard it as more worthwhile to watch seven pairs of men get into a ring and with great gusto pummel each | other for dear life. Catholic University has gone so far this season without a defeat, having won all its bouts with the exception of one, the tie with Bucknell. If it can come through tomorrow night's match with a victory it will make certain of going through the season undefeated, as the match with Cornell is all that re- %l:‘ns and that is to be a no-decision . | Coach Eddie LaFond has the satis- faction of having had the only winning team the Brooklanders have put out so | far this year. Unless Dorsey Griffith | goes through a winning track season, boxing will be the only successful sport of the year at the Brookland school. LaFond has worked hard and con- success, ALLAUDET'S basket ball game with Drexel ought to be about the best played this week end, although this ovinion is expressed with the full knowl- edge that it Ynay not be. Drexel is one of two teams visiting here to furnish four games for local schools, the other | being Virginia Medical College. | " Drexel plays at Gallaudet tonight and tomorrow night meets G. W. Some time g0 Gallaudet met Drexel at Philadel- phia and lost by 2 points, and poesibly the adventage of its home floor may give it the victory tonight. Anyway, if the two teams play as they did at Philadel- | & phia the game ought to be worth seeing. Gallaudet so far has won six games and lost seven, and it needs this one to_even up its record. Tomorrow night Drexel faces a tough game in playing George Washington. ‘The Colonials were the stronger on nrelxnel's home floor and ought to be azain. George Washington should not have 2 good deal of difficulty winning from Virginia Medical College tonight. Down in Richmond early in the year the Cclonials won easily and on their home floor ought to duplicate their other performance. While George Washington is battling | away with Drexel tomorrow, American | University will be entertaining Vir- ginia Medical College. Catholic University continues its trip You can most any desire in 'LORSHEIMS ... one men’s shoes . . ever in the $10 group! HIS “Hot” two-tone greater-than-ever— | but even so, the average follower | sclentiously with his men and deserves | p, North. Tonight it u) the Torl i 0% st e tomorrow faces Seton Hall at South Orange, N. J. OWN at Atlanta this afternoon the best 16 basket ball teams in the South are entering the first day's play in the annual Southern Confer« ence tournament. Maryland, Virginia, Washington and Lee, Duke, North Carolina and North Carolina State are | entered_ from tho South Atlantic sec- tion, | It is rather interesting to note that | each of the South Atlantic teams has paired against an opponent from the Far South, which may give something of a line on the comparative basket; ball worth of the two sections. Mary- | land and Louisiana State, extreme ends of the conference, are meeting in one | game. All 16 teams play today. | _Georgia is being picked by most of those that are familiar with its strength to win the tournament, but it may get | the surprise of its life tonight with Washington and Lee. The Generals have been going along at a in their last few games, and are just as likely as not to come through against any other five, Georgia has a great record, as it has won 15 conference games and lost only | one. Maryland is the other conference five defeated only once, but it has only eight victories to its credit, which is quite a margin from Georgia's 15, T Charlottesville the best college boxers in the South are lining up | for the annual Southern Confer- ence championship. Athletic Director | Jimmy Driver, who is managing the af- fair under the auspices of the Univer- sity of Virginia, is authority for the statement that more good boxers are competing than in any previous tourna- ment and some of the greatest bouts are expected. ATHOLIC U.'s basket ball team got off to a bad start on the first game of a three-tilt jaunt by losing to St. John's of Brooklyn last night, 25 to 42. | It. was the nineteenth win in 20 starts for St. John's, | % " Catholic U. (; | Shuckman, 1. | McNichols, ! o @ consssory Bassuscn? osnack, Stephen, &. K'brunne; Cusack, coorouNorooy ! Totals..... 11 335 American U. lost a 17-to-16 game to St. John's of Annapolis last night in Crabtown when McCartee, Washington | boy and former Tech High player, made ; a sehsational one-hand goal in the last St. John's (D). GP. | Dick. MacCartee, 2. 3 | ke, ] | wlesosons: 5 In a previous game dinals won in an upset. Dick King will head the Georgetown basketers next season. He is the junior who played consistently well this year. McGLL TOSSES KOMAR. | HARTFORD, Conn., February 27 (#): —Pat McGill won the last two falls t3 score over Bull Komar in & match last night. 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