Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1932, Page 10

A—10 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 AST FIVES INVADE YA, GARD COURTS West Virginia, Bucknell to| Test Home Teams—Eagles Tackle St. John’s. BY H. C. BYRD. OCAL college basket teams face the toughest kind of opposition again tonight. Three of them, Georgetown, Catholic University and American University, are to take the floor against West Vir- ginia, Bucknell and St. Johwu's, end, fept an easy evening. The Georgetown-West Virginia | and Catholic University-Bucknell games will be played here, the former on the Tech High School court and the latter in the Brook- Jand gymnasium. The games be- gin at 8 o'clock. versity meets St. napolis. Catholic University goes into its con- Pest with a good deal of confidence, gained through its victory Saturday might over Loyola of Baltimore. The John's at An- [Brookland five certainly did itself proud | City | team and if it plays as weil against | rousing | by trimming the Monumental Bucknell may attain another Buccess. Bus Sheary put up one of the gemarkable games against Loyola that pre credited to C. U. men of all time. And beating that Loyola team is not an easy task by any means, if one takes the opinion of teams that have played g|gainst it. Georgetown also has a victory be- hind it to produce confidence against West Virginia. The defeat of Western Maryland was not such a signal triumph as that of C. U. over Loyola, but, for 8 team that has been playing excep- ticnally, yet still losing. it may act as & tonic to change the whole status of the remaining part of the season. American University probably will meet its most difficult test tonight, and, if it comes back to Washington with another scalp, should b> excused for patting itself on_the back rather liber- ally. And it _certainly shcould get the pats of a good many others The local school barely beat St. John's here two weeks ago, and beating St. John's at Annapolis is going to be much more dificult. American U. has yet to be whipped and if it gets by to- night probably would stand a fair chance of not being defeated this Beason. West Virginia and Bucknell usually ere among the strongest in the East 1n branches of sport, and probably in basket ball measure well up among the others. Either the game West Virginia §s to play against Georgelown cr the one Bucknell has with Catholic U. ought to be an excellent exhibition. HERE will be no heavyweight bout in the boxing match tomorrow night between Catholic University and Miami University. In its place will be fought a second bout in the lightweight class. It seems that the Floridians do not have a heavyweight boxer and requested C. U. to neme an- other class in which there might be two bouts insteed of one. Catholic U. picked the lightweight class for the ex- tra hout because it has two excep- | tionally capable performers in that class. Coach Eddie Le Fond is rather proud bf the way his men performed against City College of New York and feels that they may do better on the season than anybody had much reason to expect. General opinion among those who watched the Catholic University-City &s that Di Giacoma of City College of New York is about the most finished boxer seen in this region in many moons. In fact, some go so far as to say he is the best 125-pound boxer who ever has repre- sented any college in a bout here. Be that as it may, one thing is sure, that the young New Yorker knew how to “handle his mitts” and any other chap who trims him will have to be very, very clever. HIS boy Keener, who boxes in the 145-pound class for Maryland and who has yet to be whipped in two years of intercol'egiate effort, has a real fighting heart. An army of his caliber could whip the earth, to use what is & hyperbole. In the boxing aturday night, in which Wash- ington and Lee won from Maryland Tour bouts to three, Keener was looked upon as certain w 50 close to taking a “slceper” that there no fun in it for him for two or thres minutes, although the people in the stands never realized it Mencher, the Washington and Lee boxer who opposed Keener, did not geem to worry about Keener's reputation as a fighter and in the first round at the tap of the gong tore into the Mary- Jand man in a way that caught the Marylander by surprise and almost swept him off his feet. Mencher could hit, too, and one of his swings caught Keener on the ja came putting him o1 the second r all Keener: Maryland After the match Keener what Teply was, battle, but h»‘uw that me ad tough golr Coach Whip asked pened and K hy that.chap cat about his thir dand I § N until the s 1 just ke, middle fight- s bou second. I gu by instinct.” And in that last remark Keener ex- lained pret v what the figh eart is. About the only way to whip a chap of tha liber is to kill him, figuratively in e kind of gam Last week a 1 Car:lin not t to be North wou Maryland goes t of next w t md game victors b fottesville Satu matches to one of the event boxer and forme Community Conte d the cleveres ith of his weight Conferer « rly boxed for the Incidentally boxer ir ast year champl wor nship ad & big day At Annap | urday. whipping Ohlo Btate ir by 2 points . fean - . o in Luw that A!r ball | if records count for any-| thing, may expect anything ex-| THE WEEK’S SPORT’S WASH. S e & AVERy,VERY PLEASING DEBUT ,4 American Uni- | most | \ @ A CLAIMS MEAN TomoRROW E)ugh Going Tonight for D. C. Colleges : Bobsledders Start 01ym§pic;' Contests MBLESTO0EFY B 10 HOPES HiH FORTHE OLYMPICS ~ w S|mpson Ace Candidate for U. S. Team—Indiana Has Nine Prospects. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO, February 8. The Western Conference promises to be well represented in the Olympic tryouts both by undergraduates and those who already have completed their participation in intercollegiate athletics. Foremost among the Big Ten stars who will try for a place on the United States team is George Simpson, the former Ohio State sprinter. Simpson now is running under the colors of the Los Angeles Athletic Club and is in splendid condition. Frank Hill, veteran coach of North- \xrstm‘.‘s track team, still insists that Simr and um if in his best form will win either of the two short sprints, Tommy Warne, the Northwestern pole vaulter, is another who ha tained fine form in his training Olympic tryouts, Warne suffered last year Irom an injured ankle, but once more is in excellent condition and has done some fine work on the indoor run- ways. Orval Martin, Purdue's great middle distance runner, also is a mem- ber of the Los Angeles A. C., and Dean Cromwell, the University of Southern California coach, believes the lorme: Boilermaker will b2 a point winner :or the United States. Eddie Tolan, the Michigan sprinter, and Edward Godron, Towa's broad jumper, are. two other Middle Westerners almost certain to win places on the American squad. the undergraduates of the to MONG Western Conference most likely ar in the Olympiad is Keller, the slat-like hurdler of Ohi State. Frank Castleman, who has de- veloped more star hurdiers than any other coach in the busi is of the opinion that Keller will break the | world record over the high timbers this year. Clarence Munn ¢ Minnesota most likely will be one of Uncle Sam's shot putters, and the Big Gopher al- ready is in training for the Summer games. Down at Indiana University, the Olympic team. Fuqua in the 100, 200 and 400 meter events; Rodney Leas, Henry Brock- smith and Clifford Watson in the 1,500, 5.000 and 10,000 meter runs and the 3,000-meter steeplechase; James Hat- field in the 110-meter hurdles, William Beecher in the high jump and pole vault. Noble Biddinger in the weights and Wilmer Rinehart in the javelin. UQUA, who has not yet.started his intercollegiate competition in track, is one of the best prospects to en- ter the Big Ten field in years, and was placed on the all-American scholastic teams of 1929 and 1930. Jack Riley of Northwestern, the pres- ent intercollegiate heavyweight wr tling champion, is another who should place on the United States team. Riley has been doing fine work in North- western's ea wrestling contests, and is favored to retain his national title this year. Northwestern also has a star swimmer in Schwartz, who re- cently broke two sprint records in practice, and its relay team is easily the fastest in the country The Western Conference was scantily represented in the 1928 Olympiad at Amsterdam, but this year stands a fine chance of landing five or six of its brightest stars on the United States mwmgw RUTH’S GOLF PAUSES FOR BIRTHDAY PARTY Babe Cuts Himself a Large Piece of Ciake in Observance of 38th Anniversary. Associated Pr PETERSBU! February himself a large 2 The occasion s thirty-eighth birthday anniver- to resemble a bmv ball dnnm fi +lines and ba were sea (l‘d with Mr. and Mrs Ruth. who were placed y cake was made in huge base ball. New Y Yankee short- and bride of several weeks gues stop. his were sses of con- 3 officials the Babe 1 he expected to keep up his home- stride for at least two more years played golf as usual in the morn- g and after the “surprise party” went cut for another round of 18 holes Ruth’'s complexion has ch within three days frcm a bleached white to a flaming red. which will turn > a deep tan before the arrival of the squad of his teammates, Febru- ary He BUNK GIBSON TO BOX Amateur Given Place wears no hat on the golf course. Washington on Kens A place on the amateur boxing card to be cffered by the Howitzer Company Nation | Guard. at its armory at Kens ngton Pebruary has been given Bung Oibson, lightweight. of this city Cih oppenent will be named later Ticket: for the show on sale o hu Wy, Vie's Sport Saop and th ngton Program. the A Kenalnglon armoyy. Venzke’s Great Mark Hung Up In Ra! ‘¢ From Which He Once as Barred; Gets Big Ov atmn BY WILLIAM C. TREANOR. EW YORK, February 8.-yGene Venzke brought forth one of the greatest ovations Madison Square Garden has ever heard | when he shattered the indoor record for the mile. The Millrose games Sat- urday night drew a capacity house, and | practically every person there let out a roar when Venzke's time was an- nounced after the running of the Wana- maker mile. Every one knew that the young man from Boyerville, Pa., had Tun a great race, but they were not quite prepared for the announcement of a_ “new world record.” ni held the old mark of 4:12. s superb performance earned him well merited laurels. There was a time not so long ago when the Mill- rose Committee saw fit to reject his entry in the fam ‘Wanamaker mile he was not vell enough knoyn. Vzr\zxs saw to that himself and last year he finished third behind Ray Conger and Leo Lermond in a rece, having made enough of a try accepted Saturday night he came back again, and this time Lermond and Conger, not to mention Frank Crowley and Orval Mar- tin had to take his dust. BASE BALL LEADERS AT DREYFUSS’ GRAVE Landis, Heydler and Harridge Among These Who Pay Final Tribute. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, February 8.—The base ball world—club owners, managers, players and just fans—mingled in grief as Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pitts- burgh Pirates and for three decades an outstanding figure in the sports world, was buried yesterday. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, high commissioner of base ball; John A Heydler, president of the Naticnal League, and William Harridge, president of the American League, were among these who paid tribute at the bier of Mr. Dreyfuss, father of the world-series idea Rodef Shalom Temple was filled to capacity as Dr. Samuel H. Goldstein, who conducted the service, praised the iead base ball leader for h air play, Hevdler and Harridge were y palibearers, as were President William Veeck of the Chicago Cubs, President Charles A. Stoneham and Secretary James J. Tierney of the New | York Giants, Emil E. president of the Boston Braves: President Frank B. York of the Brooklyn Robins, Presi- Sidney Weil of the Cincinnati Reds, President L. C. Ruch of the Phila- delphia Nationals and Treasurer Wil- liam O. Dewitt of the St. Louis Car- dinals. Dreyf died Friday in New York. 2d directed the Pittsburgh club since 1900, when it was organized. He was 67. SCRUB PLAYER BEWARDED. Deacon Cary. for four years cnly a scrub at Washington ollege, was awarded the 1932 gold foot ball for con- tributing the most to the team. | Al the Milirose laurels did not fall to the new mile record holder. George Spitz, performance in the high jump and also set a new world record for indoor com- petition. Spitz held the old mark him- self. having leaped an even 6 feet 7 inches at the Millrose meet a vear ago. This time he jumped five-eighths of an inch above that mark. Spitz, who com- peted unattached because of scholastic ineligibility at N. Y. U., even essayed 6 feet 8} inches after his record jump, but he could not quite take the bar at that height. PITZ, who is a New York boy, was applauded wildly for his record jump, but the crowd fell into a dramatic hush jast after he made tho leap. He had come down from the left side of the standards and cleared the bar cleanly. He walked back, and as he did so Ben Hedges ran down the runway to congratulate him. Hedges' movement on the boards shook the ards and the bar rolled off. Spitz was 10 or 12 feet away at the time, but for some reason the crowd was afraid the officials might not accept his jump. The atmosphere was nct cleared for several minutes, but when the an- nouncer stated that Spitz would try to leap even higher, everybody knew his previous performance had been ac- cepted SEMI PRO BASKETERS OPEN SERIES SUNDAY Vics and Howitzers Will fiattle in First Game for District Title Held by Eagles. Play in a series to determine the semi-pro basket ball championship of the District area will open next Sun- day when Vic Sport Shop and Howitzer Giants meet. The foilowing Sunday the Vic and Skinker Eagle teams will face, with the Eagles and Giants com- ing to grips February 27. It is expected that the teams will play around two or three times, Eagles are defending champions. Eagles. Vics and Giants all won yes terday. Eagles downed St. Wenceslaus Lyceums of Baltimore, 34 to 23, at Bolling Field: Vics ran away with the Easton (Pa.) Pals, 41 to 11, at the Silver Spring Armory and the Giants came through with a 31-23 victory over a Cumberland (Md) team at the Kensington Armory St. Wenceslaus offered Eagles plenty of fight in the first half. at the end of which they held a 13-12 cdge. but, led by Bill Evans and Ralph Beanie, the Birds opened a basket bombardment in the late stages that carried them ahead to stay. It was the first Sunday night game to be played by the Eagles and rew well. Pals were outclassed from the start by Vics. Frank Grube, Chicago White Sox catcher, who pilots the Pals, proved a wash-out as a courtman and his mates also were unimpressive. They were able to score just three floor goals as Vics, led by Cowboy Hayes, found the cords often Don McCann was the scoring ace of the Giants against the Cumberland quint. The winners put on a drive in | the second half to clinch victory. Doing Well for a Youngster OLYMPIC HERO AMASSES TwentySone-year-old ron opomore. who bas thrilled the 4 1500 meter Olympic events, home HUGE COLLECTION OF TROPHIES. butcher vith viste and Dartmouth Colle fes in both th 0 pnd Wide World Photo the New York University sopho- | more, came through with a smashing | FORTUNE AT STAKE INBILLIARD MATCH Carom Tltle Will Be Worth $35,000 to Kieckhefer or Reiselt. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, February 8.—Two old- | timers In the billiard business, Augie Kieckhefer of Chicago and Otto Reiselt of Philadel- phia, will play a round of three-cush- | ions tonight for a world championship and $10,000 in cash. This pair of angle artists, both for- mer champions, have reached the final match, tied for first place with 7 vic- tories and 3 defeats, and tonight will play for the big reward-$7,500 and 1€ per cent of the receipts, which w amount to another $2.500. The winne: also figures to collect as much as $25,- 000 more from exhibitions, IECKHEFER will be after his tenth title, which, should he defeat the fidgety Philadelphian, would tie the all-time mark of 10 champicnships, held by Johnny Leyton of Sedalia, Mo, It will be Reiselt's sixth title if he is able to overcome the left-handed Chi- cagoan. Each suffered a defeat Saturdiy and both lost by the same score in the same number of innings. Arthur Thurnblad of Chicago, took cere of Reiselt, while Layton de- feated Kieckhefer. The identical scores were 50 to 38, in 49 innings. Kieck- hefer was a slight, and probably a hometown, favorite at 11 to 10. He had 2n average of .983, from 472 points in 480 innings, while Reiselt had scored 448 points in 473 innings, for an average of .947. PLAYOFF for fourth place was scheduled to open this_afternoon among Leyton, Gus Copulos of Eugene, Oreg. and Frank Scoville of Buffalo, N. Y. with the latter two meeting in the first match. Layton will meet the loser Tuesday afternoon, and the winner Tuesday night, just before the loser of the championship match tockles Thurnblad for third place. The financial reward to the runner- up will be about $5100, with $1.800 going to the third-place ‘winner. The | winner of fourth-place playoff will re- ceive about $1,500, and the next two places will be good for $1,150 and $950, respectively. The last four in the standing will divide up about $4,500. COLUMBUS SHIFTS BOXERS Tardugno, quck to Replace Allen, Jahn on Team This Week. Two important shifts in boxing team personnel may occur at Columbus Uni- versity before its leather tossers meet Springfield, Mass., College glovemen at the Strand Theater Saturday night. Mike Tardugno, who has a large fol- lowing hereabout, is expecied to replace Capt. Harry Allen in the 128-pound division, while Bernie Quick, a 190- pounder, in all probability will edge out lean Prancis Jahn Following last week’s defeat, his sec- ond in a row, Capt. Allen has decided to abandon ‘the squared arena. He complains of being “burned out." Athletic books admitting bearers to the remainder of Columbus' boxing and basket ball attractions are available at | the Vic Sport Shop, Goldie Ahearn’s and Spalding’s. CYCLISTS HARD AT IT Five Teams Tied in Chicago’s An-| nual Six-Day Race. CHICAGO,. February 8 (#)—Five teams were tied for first place in Chi- cago's twenty-seventh international six-day bicycle race today. A hundred and one laps were gained during a wild night and early morning of jamming. the defending champion, | U.S. A(es Prlm New Records by Venzke, BY HERBERT W. BARKER, ' Associated Press Sports Writer. | EW YORK, February 8.—The figures tell the story of a determined pre - Olympic charge by America's track and fleld aces here over the week end —two world indoor marks smashed and another tied. Three youths—Gene Venzke, George Spitz and Emmett Toppino—unheard of nationally when the last Olympics were imn off at Amsterdam in 1928, accounted for these brilliant per- formaances. Venzke, a formidable runner only since Jast year, flashed the Wana- maker mile of the Millrose A. A. games in 4:111-5, shaving four- fifths of a second off the indoor mark_held jointly by Paavo Nurmi und Jmc Ra\ lt “BS the third best OLD DOMINIONS SEEK LABOR DAY REGATTA Want Annual Middle States Meet at Alexandria as Feature of Bicentennial Fete. ALEXA]\DRIA Va., February 8.—Old Dominion Boat Club is endeavoring to oktain the annual shell races of the Middle States Regatta Association, to be held next Labor day, as a feature of the George Washington Bicentennial Cele- braticn, it was learned here today. John W. Brookfield, chairman of the local club's Regatta Committes, has been mn communica‘ion with Champ Pickens, chairman of the Sports Com- mittee of the D. C. George Washington | Bicentennial Commission and has asked Pickens’ aid in procuring the re- gatta for this city. | _The races would be rowed over the George Washington Memorial course, which was decicated during the Middle States Regatta Association meet held | here two years;ago. | Columbia Engine Co. has organized | a strong team for the 145-pound South Atlantic A. A. U. basket ball tourna- | ment next month. Manager Robert McDonald has signed Louis Latham, Gene Zimmorman, Billy Travers, Bussy Brenner, Johnny | | Pierpoint, Pete Williams, Wilson Sin- clair, George Simpson and Bob Rober- son. | st. Mary's Lyceum, flushed by victory Virginians last week will strive for second place in the Alex- andria Basket Ball League standings Saturday night, when it meets Fraters' Five in Armory Hall The Frate: dropped into second place as a result of their defeat by Co- lumbia Engine Co. smumzy night. | PLAN FOR BALL SERIES American Leglon Athleuc Heads Will Meet Wednesday. Plans for the annual American Legion base ball series here will be furthered at a mesting Wednesday night at 8 oclock in the Transportation Building, | called by Daniel H. Pratt, athletic director for the District Department of the Legion. Six teams have announced that they | will enter, and at least two more are | excected to fall in line. Only four | competed last season. Managers of all quints interested in | joining the loop are asked to attend the meeting, along with post athletic | officers. COLRICK LEAVES G. U. Coach of Foot Ball Ends Will Go | Into Business. | The teams on even terms in first place | were: Reggie McNamara and Harry | Horan, Newark, N. J.; Alfred Letourner and Marcel Guimbreitiere, France; Charley Ritter, Newark, and Jimmy Walthour, New York City; Predent De Lille, Paterson, N. Mex., and Mickey | Rodak, Chicago, and Arturo Bresciani and Avanti Martinell Ilal} | _Resignation of Johnny Colrick, for the last two years end coach of the | Georgetown University foot ball squad, | has been announced. Colrick plans to retire from coaching and take up a business career. A successor will be named in the near future. Eastern, Tech F ives Battle Tomorrow for School Crown WO players who will be watched particularly when the Eastern and Tech quints come to grins in the deciding game of the pub- lic high school basket ball champion- ship series tomorrow afternoon on the Tech High court will be Barney Kane of the Lincoln Parkers and Everett Russell of the Eckingtons. They have proved the aces of their teams. They are different types. Both are stellar ots. Kane, a lightning-fast player, is the more spectacular. Russell, doubtless the best player in the series, is regarded as a better all-around per- former, though Kane is highly capable in all departments. Russell is the series’ leading scorer. Kane is the big shot of- fensively of his team There are other players, notably Waverly Wheeler, Bernie Reichhardt and “Knocky” Thomas of Tech, Waters, Bernie Lieb and Jack Bayliss of Eastern, who also are apt to grab a good chunk of the spotlight tomorrow. Every indication is that the Eastern- Tech g which will go on after the Business-Western tilt, which starts at 3:30 o'clock, will provide a great finish to a series whieh has teemed with drama. Tech conquered Eastern, 32 to in their first-round me2ting tern, which tied with Central for the title last season, will be shooting and Al' for its first since 1924 title in 1930. Georgetown Prep and Central will face at Central in the only other tilt slated here tomorrow for schoolboy quints. Play will start at 3:30 o'clock. Gonzaga and Devitt fives will en- gage college freshman teams tonight. The former will meet the Georgetown yearlings at Tech High, at 7 o'clock. in the preliminary to the G. U.-West Vir- ginia tilt, and the latter will face George Washington's first-year team at G. W, also at 7. Eastern was to try conclusions with St. John's freshmen at Annapolis and St Albans and Shenandoah Valley Military Academy were ‘to mix at American University in. games this afternoon. clear-cut championship Tech won the undisputed Gonzaga Midgets conquered George- town Prep Midgets, 19 to 18, yesterda at Garrelt Park Summary Georgetown (18) GFP g Gonzaga (19 pt Raedy 1 ‘ 1 i H Totals e for Olympmd Spitz; World Mark Tie by Toppino Reveal Great Track, Field Threat. mile in track history, indoors or out Surpassing it is the 4:10 hung by Nurmi indoors in 1923 and es la Doumegue's universal stand- ard of 4:091-5, set at Paris last Summer. Spitz, America’s chief hope for the high jump championship in the coming Olympics, bettered his own indoor record by five-eighths of an inch when he cleared the bar at 6 feet 7% inches. Toppino, rapidly developing into one of the greatest sprinters in the game, turned the 60 yards in 61-5 seconds, equaling the record first set by Loren Murchison and since equaled by'several others All three probably will be out- favorites in their spe- when the national indoor championships are held here February 22. Toppino beat Ira Singer, the national 60-yard cham- pion, among others on Saturday night. - DANGEROUS SLIDE {Teams of Eight Nations in Races—Speed and Figure Skaters Compete. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer. AKE PLACID, N. Y., Februar; 8—The 1932 Winter Olym pics rounded the first third of the course today, leaving argument behind and protests overshadowed, as the men who play the most dangerous game in |the world, the bobsledders of | eight nations, pitted chilled steel | nerves against the perils of | treacherous Mount Van Hoeven- berg. | There were other things on the pack- ed program of the fifth day of the in- ternational conflict, but nonme could compare for thrills, glamour and the pos- of sudden death with the thless sport that has grown from “n.“ youngsters' pastime of sliding down i Skaters Resume Contests. In the Olympic arena, comfortably housed on a flawless sheet of glassy ice, the men’s figure skating champion | of “cight nations, among them Karl | Schaefer of Austria, world champion | and his rival, Gillis Grafstrom of Swe- | den, Olympic title holder, gatheree for the start of their fancy maneuvers. Out at the Olympic Stadium eight speed skaters, Valentine Bialis, Irving Jaflee, Edwin Wedge and Edward Schroeder of the United States forces Alex Hurd and Frank Stack of Canad and the Norwegians, Ivar Ballangru and Bernt Evensen, twice chosen amid a storm of argument and protest for the | final of the 10,000 meter race, last of a men's speed skating ser faced nothing more dangerous than a cold wind. There were exhibition speed races between the women siars of Canada {and United States and a resumption of the hockey battles that Canada so far has dominated. but nowhere was the prospect to equal that out on the side " | of Mount Van Hovenberg. Zero Weather on Tap for Olympics By the Associated Press. AKE PLACID, N. Y., February 8 —Some of the coldest weather of the Winter Olympics was in prospect today for the final of the 10,000-met.r "speed skating cham- pionship and the start of the two- man bob-sleigh championships. The weather man predicted zero More snow, too, was on TRACK ACES LINE UP FOR CHICAGO MEE | Whole Nanun Con!nbutes Talent. | Running Game Back as Headliner. | By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 8.—Indoor track of front rank Importance, after Danger on Mountainside. For the past week or 10 days, the bob- he curves that rise fce, down grades that <hoot the 500-pound steel and oak sleds into the curves at speeds sometimes as high as 75 miles an hour. Many times the sleds have crashed, in fact scarcely @ man on the course evaded some kind of an accident And in_the hospital, but rtill batiered, lie Capt. Fritz Grau and Albert Boehme of the German sled thet crashed through Shady Corner go- ing 70 miles an hour last Tuesday That was in practice, when there | no pertiev premium on speed. dey the race 17 started between t man Dol of Austria, Belg Ttaly, Rumania, tand and th United States, and time really had come to take out of danger. Winter Olympics R me. Yesterday's Olympic results and maries at a glance sum- Hockey. 9: Poland, 0 Stetes, 7 v Standings. canada, United | a lapse of several years, will return to | Chicago February 25 National meet. Stars from all parts of the country, including George Simpson, former Ohio State sprinter; Bob Maxwell, Lee Sentman, Jimmy Hatfield and Wendell Smith, hurdling aces; Orval Martin Dale Letts and Ray Conger, outstand- ing middle distance runners, have been entered. A _pole-vaulting battle be- tween Fred Sturdy. Lee Barnes, Verne McDermott and Tom Warne, also is planned. Entries for the high jump have been received from Parker Shelby, and Max Conrad of the Los Angeles A. C., and Anton Burg of the Illmms A C. K. OF G. QUINT ON TOP Scores Over Prevluu(ly Undefeated J. C. C. in Stirring Game. Knights of Columbus holds the upper hand, at least for the nonce, over Jewish Community sa far as basket bal supremacy is concerned. The Case overcame J. C., previously feated, 20 to 19, yesterday at Silver Spring Armory. Heine Gubisch came through with a floor goal in the final minute to give K. of C. victory after it had waged an uphill fight. Other Results. Fort Washington, 46; Fraters, Athliso, 41: Phi Beta, 22 Premier, 33; Golden Eagles, Paramounts, 34; Nye House, 13 Swann, 25; Dixiana, 23. Fort Myer, 61; Howitzers, 29. Mount Rainier, 21; Swann Service, 10. J. C. C, 34; Clifton Barbe! Question Marks, 30; Laurel, Centennials, Olmstead, 20 Georgetown Boys' Club, 49; land A. C., 45. Bolling Field, 32; Post Exchange, Store, 18. SEEK FENCING MATCHES Y. M. C. A. Blnde‘men Yet to En- gage in Formal Combat. Matches with fencing combinations of Washington and vicinity ere sought by the newly organized team of the Central Y. M. C. A. of this city. The “Y” squ:d has engaged in no formal competition, but, under the tutelage of Mazj. Dyer, has come along well. Matches are being bocked by I S Kegeles, manager, 1914 I street. in the Illinois Guard and Naval Militia 34. 30. "Mary- Ross Jewelry, 22 28; Peoples Drug Brown, Slal) Ace, Signs at Biloxi Special Dispatch to The Star. ILOXI, Miss., February 8.—Clirk Griffith, president of the Wash- ington base ball club, who cr- rived only yesterday in the town where his Nationals will train, got right down to business by signing the left-hended Lloyd Brown, one of the pitching mainstsys of the club last season Brown, who came here early for a spell of fishing before starting training, seemingly has wintered well cnd says he looks forward to a great season on the hill With Brown in line, only Pred Marberry and Bob Burke of last year's Weshingt=n pitching staff re- main_unigne Crifith on srrival weather quite agreeable.. found the in a wow of a scrap | Dogsled Demonstration. le race. Saturday and Sunday— oy Bt Bt Goadura, Canada. A rd Seppald, third. Shorty _ " ld urth, Harry Canada, Norway, 8. Today’s ‘()lym‘pic Events Schedule By the Associated Press. 9:30 a.m.—Two-man bobsled races . on Mount Van Hoevenberg run. 9:30 am.—Men's figure skating championships with school figures, arena. 92:15 p.m.—Olympic hockey, Poland United States, stadium. 15 p.n—Men’s figure skating, schcol figures, continue, arena. 2:45 p.m.—Women's speed skating demonstrations, United States and Canada, heats and final, 500 meters, stadium 3 p.m—Speed skating, 10,000 meters, final for men, stadium. 8:15 p.m.—Hockey, Canada Germany, stadium. HYATTSVILLE GUARDS ‘SPLIT DOUBLE-HEADER Regulars Beaten, 23427, by Poto- macs—Reserves Defeat Dixie Pigs Prep Quint, 27-19. start vs. HYATTSVILLE, February 8-—Com- pany F split a double bill yesterday on the National Guard Armory court here. The Soldier regulars lost a hard-fought It to Potomac Boat Club of Washing- ton, an old rival, 27 to 28, but the Re- serves came througly with a 27-19 win over Dixie Pig Preps in a preliminary. See-saw battling marked the Com- pany F-Potomac game. The Doughboys outscored their rivals in the first and fourth quarters, but the Boatmen scored heavily in the second and third periods. At the end of the openinz quarter Com | pany F led 11 to 3, but Potomacs were in front, 16 to 15, at the half. The Bo: men were still ahead, 26 to 19, as the third guarter closed. and withstood a determined late drive by Company F. Everett Johnson of the winners, with 12 points, was the game’s high scorer. Company F Reserves led Dixie Pigs from the start, though the Dixies raliied to cut their adiantage a: the half to 12-10. In the late stages, however, the | Soldiers drew out to a comfortable lead. Sammy Townsend of the victors with 12 points led both teams. Double-headers have been arranged for the National Guard Armory court here for Company F basketers for | Thursday night and Sunday afternoon. Naval Reserves of Washington will mest the Guard regulars m the main | attraction Thursday, with the McLean, Va., the 145-pound quint opposing y P second stringers. Northern Preps of Washington wi here Sunday. Its first team will engage Company F's regulars &nd its 145-pound combination the Doughboy seconds be A meeting to form a ehurch athletio league has been called for Thursday night at 7 30 o'clock in the parish ha'l of Pinknel Memorial Episco | Chwreh here Hyattsyglle ang vieinity ‘e lvm'rl “ rend preseniitives, 1t I hoped o form g base ball And nest season bail g to -