Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1932, Page 31

The Zoen ASHINGTON, W * ng Sk, ‘WITH SUNDAY NMORNING EDITION D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1932. Features and Classified | PAGE C—1 _ . ————————————— ————— —————————— Biggest Basketer Maryland Foe Tonight : Sled Racers Protest Slowed Chute CRIEWANK 6 FEETS, W & L BULWARK Dispenses With Toss, Pushes Leather Through Hoop. BY H. C. BYRD. ASHINGTON AND LEE G. W. on Mettle. UNIVERSITY will present in its basket ball game with Maryland tonight in Ritchie Coliseum the biggest man playing basket ball in Amer- jca. Victor Griewank, center, stands 6 feet 9 inches, according to report from Lexington. Griewank is so tall that against Wil- liam and Mary last week in the first game in which he appeared he stood under the basket and pushed the ball down through it instead of tossing it up and over the ring. Last week Washington and Lee over- whelmed William and Mary 31 to 17 and no small part of the one-sided victory was the result of giant center’s handling of the ball at center and under the basket. It seems that with his height it was simply a case of Wil- liam and Mary, once he got his hands on the ball waiting to see what he would do with it. Against the de- fensive_play of the big middle west- erner, Willlam and Mary was able to make only four goals from the floor. OWN at Lexington in January Maryland _ defeated, Washington and Lee 40 to 39. ‘Tonight, it is claimed in Lexington. the should be 50 per cent stronger. largely | through the remarkable physical speci- | men they have at center and the great advantage given the team by his height. Both Maryland's games with Wash- ington and Lee were scheduled in Jan- uary, but the Old Liners agreed to post- pone the one here from January 9 to tonight so that Griewank would be eligible to play. The big center be-| came eligible at the begianing of the | second semester. in time to play for the first time against William and Mary. No man as tall as Griewank has ever plaved basket ball here, or ever been on any other kind of a team, not in recent George Washington's nds six feet five lest man any local had in its line-up. What feet nine will be able to and players especially are jous to know. ly that Maryland will start team against Washington five ever a center sl do. Mar rather It is li the same nd Lee that went on the floor against inia and which played most of the | against Washington and Lee at Washington and Lee will ve ption that Bailey has been moved center to guard to make room iewank. Bailey is the 200-pound ack of the Generals’ eleven of last "The game is to begin at 8:15. EORGE WASHINGTON'S basket ball team has gone to Pittsburgh to play its second game of the h Duquesne University. The won from Duquesne here, and won thout a whole lot of trouble. Out at Pittsburgh, though, Duquesne mey be a good deal harder to beat. In fact, it would not be a surprise, nor should it be accepted as a criterion of weakness. if the Colonials have their undefeated record shattered. Follower: of the local university, though. hoping for another victory. and expect- ing one, too. with the idea that if the team passes tonjght's test it may go through without the loss of a game. However, to do t George Washington will have to s ant two more diffi- cult hurdles, both St. John's of Brooklyn and Rider College of Newark, N. J.. have good teams, which must be met on their own floor: The greatest interest in the George Washington five right now centers in whether or not is can complete its sea- son without defeat. There is not much doubt that it will win the remaining games on its own floor, but these tests on foreign floors with Duquesne, St. John's of Brooklyn and Rider College are quite another thing. AMES G. DRIVER, director of ath- letics at Virginia, said this morn- - ing just before leaving here to re- turn to Charlottesville that he expects two of the greatest contests of the year in the South Atlafitic section to take lace this week end. These are the oxing match between Virginia and Yale at Charlottesville and the basket ball game between Maryland and Duke at Durham. these, Driver s: “Our boxing match with Yale ought to be one of the most brilliant affairs of the kind ever staged. Yale has lost only three or four dual boxing meets in the 10 or 12 years it has had the sport, while we also have a fine team. It ought to be one of the great- est intercollegiate dual meets of all time. And I think that the basket ball ame between Duke and Maryland is going to be the best the South Atlantic section will see this ve That Duke five Is a hard outfit to whip and. frank- 1y, I lock for it to win, despite the brilliant record Maryland has.” year Colonial as Boxing at Virginia, according to Dri is the most pcpular of indoor It is his expectation that the with Yale Saturday night acity of the big h the bouts are held. g meet at Virginia fills the gvm. which not only has first flocr, but also a gallery. and meet as the one with Yale nises to create a demand for tickets nd the supply. EORGE WASHINGTON ran up eainst Baltimore University aturday night the biggest margin by which any local basket ball team has won a game in years. and it may be the bizge y which anv team here ver has won. To make 72 points, even nst a weak five, means exceptionally irate voting, far more accurate n an average basket ball team uld do For about 10 minutes of the second half of the game between Maryland and Virginia the former gave about as bril- liant an exhibition of basket ball as could have been expected on any floor or by any team. Everything it did worked with machine-like precision, its passing and accurate shooting being almost uncanny. If they could hit that gait at the beginning of a game and keep it up, there would be no other college five able to take the measure of the Black and Gold. Incidentally, Mary- land’s wide marcin of victory over Vir- ginia was just as unexpected to Mary- landers as to Virginians, and the only factor that procuced it was that 10 minutes of perfect basket ball. BOWEN PILOTS VIBViNG. Johnny Bowen has been named man- sger of Henry Irving, Washington mid- dleweight boxer, it has been e Generals | the same line-up, too, with the | are | In giving his opinion of | THE WEEK’S SPORTS WASH. AN THIS OIYMPIC aiSEio ErTHER! I A TECH'S COURT™ \Qy BOYS MET BUSINESS AASN'T STARTED, [\ WITH AN DENT e By the Associated Press. ANOVER, N. H., February 15.— The National Foot Ball Rules Committee today announced six drastic modifications of the | playing code. | In an effort to check the “tendency toward increasing injuries” the com- mittee decided: 1. To restrict the formation of the team receiving the kick-off by requiring | that five players of the receiving team | remain on their 45-yard line until the | ball is kicked, and to allow the kick- or face with hand, wrist, forearm or punt or drop-kick. 2. To forbid players on the defense to strike an opponent on the head, neck o face with hand, wrist, forearm or elbow. 3. To liberalize the substitutions rule | to allow a player withdrawn from the game to re-enter once in any subse- quent _period. 4. To forbid use of the flying block or tackle. 5. To make the ball “dead” when any part of the ball carrier's body except 1 his hands or feet touches the ground | 6. To amplify the rule regurdln% equipment so as to require padding of {hard and unyielding substances with felt, foam rubber or other soft padding at least three-eighths of an inch thick. Changes Deemed Important. These changes were termed by Chair- man E. K. Hall the “most important, in making the game safe for the players, ;lgnr.? the modifications of 1906 and 07. Although it had been found that the “so-called fatality list accredited to foot ball was more than 50 per cent entirely misleading and _inaccurate,” Hall said. the committee had noted an increasing number of injuries, due, it | was believed, to the “intensive develop- ment of the open game.” | “The result.” Hall explained, “has been to bring into the game certain them entirely legitimate and within the | spirit of the rules, which are tending, in the opinion of the committee, to | bring into the game certain new sources of hazard to the players.” It is to combat this tendency that the modifications have been adopted. The new kick-off rule is aimed di- rectly at the so-called “flying wedge"” form of interference. With five men of the receiving side required to remain on their 45-yard line, there will be much less chance for an effective “fly- ing wedge” to form about the receiver. The rule also provides that the re- ceiving team must be given the op- portunity to make a fair catch without interference by members of the kicking ur;m. even though the latter are on side. Public Wrong on “Wedge.” Although public agitation last Fall over foot ball deaths centered on the “flying wedge” as the principal of- fender, Hall said “the facts show that this is not the case.” | The new rule regarding the use of | the hands by players on the defense | was adopted to meet the protests of | some coaches who said players were de- livering weakening and dangerous “rab- bit punches” on the necks of opposing linemen. Violation of the new rule calls for disqualification of the player and the loss of half the distance to the offend- ing team’s goal line. The liberalized rule on ,substitutes was adopted with the idea of allowing tired players to rest without losing their place in the game, | The new rule further provides that the team making a substitution is to be charged with a “time out" unless time already is out for some reason or unless the substitution is made for an iniured player. | The danger of the flying block or tackle, the committee found. involves principally the blocker or tackler him- self and not the opponent. Under the new rule it will be legal for the tac- | kler to leave his feet only at the instant | he makes contact with the opponent. | Given Time to Learn Play. The penalty for violation has been fixed at only 5 yards because the com- mittee felt that all breaches of the new rule should be penalized and realized, at the same time, that it would take fome time for players, coacHed to use the flying tackle or block, to become med to the change. s pointed out also that this vill provide a forward passer with | protection after he has thrown a pass. | I the offense is committed against a forward passer the penalty is to be enforced from the spot of the preced- ing_down. The new “dead ball” rule was adopted to prevent crawling and piling up, causes of frequent injuries. Hall explained that the rule had been adopted because of the danger of injury when the ball carrier keeps | struggling for distance until the whistle | blows. | “If he is partly on the ground his opponent has no way to stop him ex- cent to come down on him,” he said, “and he is in no position, under such circumstances, to protect himself.” In addition to providing for the pad- KICK-OFF RULE, BLOCKING CHANGED BY GRID BOARD Code Affecting Substitutions and Use of Hands by Defense Also Altered—Committee Considers Revision Most Drastic Since 1907. | quints | practices or styles of play. most of | |and Investigation will have it out to- | will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the | | Summing up the changes in the code, Chairman Hall said “The committee is gratified to believe that by the changes which have been made, a great forward step has been taken, not only in checking the tendency toward increasing injuries, but that we have made the game much safer than ever before. We believe these changes will not in any material degree affect the general style of play or the interest | in_or fascination of the game. | “Of course there always will be in-| juries in any game involving both physi- | cal contacts and speed, but we believe | that results will show that it has been possible to accomplish much by modifi- | cation of the rules alone “There are other things which can be done which will tend still further to| minimize the injuries, but they are out- | side of the jurisdiction of the Rules Commttee. “The committee purposes. however. to_make definite recommendations to | officials and coaches as to what in our | judgment they can do still further to | reduce injuries, and also send a letter of recommendation to high schools and unorganized teams as to ways by which | they may eliminate the number of seri- | ous injuries by better supervision and | prompt_intelligerit attention to trivial or minor injuries.” J. C. C. FIVE MAKES FLASHY COMEBACK Follow Loss to Caseys With De- cisive Victory Over Typos. Gobs Meet Commerce. That the Jewish Community Center basket ball team still musy be regarded as one of the foremost unlimited class in the District area is plain Their cne-point defeat at the hands of the formidable K. of C. quint recently has had the effect of pepping up the J. C. C. boys’ no end. Yesterday they handed Union Printers a 32-21 licking, overcoming an early Typo lead. ‘This K. of C. team continues on its winning way. The Caseys added North- ern Preps to their victims last night fitell:l a stiff fight. The score was 20 Naval Hospital and Commerce quints will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock at Central High to open second-half play in the Government League. Fort Myer and Union Printers and Bolling Field morrow night. Silent Five and Pullman A. C. quints | Terminal gymnasium. Results: Paramounts, 28; Golden Eagles, 16. J. C. C. Girls, 31; Parkway, 12. Premier, 25; Nye Heuse, 17. Fort Myer Cubs. 53: Business, A.Z. A. 28; Phi Beta, 15. 3ochevy Chase Grays, 42; Georgetown, Fort Washington, 35; Logan, 2. 5 Naval Reserves, 29; Swann's Service, 3. ‘Three Northern Prep quints will see action tonight on the Takoma-Silver Spring High School floor. The unlimited team is scheduled to meet Bethesda Firemen. In other tilts Northern 130-pounders will meet Ath- liso Club at 7 and the 145-pounders will engage Aladdins at 8. INCREASE S(.lCCER LEAD Concords Hang 3-1 Defeat on Sec- ond-Place Columbia Heights. Concord booters today have a firmer hold on first place in the Capital City Soccer League, the result of their 3-1 triumph yesterday over the second- place Columbia Heights eleven on the Monument grounds. All the scoring was done in the second half, with Herath, Beyerlin and Malloch counting for the winners and Hoffman for the losers. British United, standing fourth, con- quered the fifth-place Rockville team, | 1 to 0. Willie Bryden scored the lonc goal in the first period on & penalty ck. - League standing: r & s oo i Concord Columbia oro Rockville . Gaithersburi Brandywine Fort Myer Games won drawn count 1 point. it s RN Y HOWARD FACES MORGAN Old Foes Clash Tonight in For-| mer's Gym—Bisons One Up. Howard University basketers will face B oS! 8’ BoEREREEEA [N ] . § fe ding of hard substances used in foot ball accounterments, the new equipment rule forbids the use of hard or un- yielding elbow or knee pads and rec- ommends that soft knee be worn by all players. an old foe tonight in Morgan College, on the Howard court. The Bisons con- quered Morgan earlier in the campaign and the latter will be keen to get even. Howard figures to present its strongest UP. TR, FELD HOS TOATTACK HARSS Three Meets in East This, Week End Trials for Big Indoor Title Games. HOW HE SPENT LAST WEEK..~ By the Associated Press EW YORK, February 15.—The and field world, which have taken quite a bit of punish- 1932 season, face three more concerted assaults this week as the Nation's best | for the national indoor championships a week from today. gins Wednesday with the New York Athletic Club games in Madison Square Seton Hall College meet at Newark Fri- day and the Meadowbrook Club meet Gene Venzke, who has traveled a long way from Leaf Valley, Minn., and he steps onto a board track. and George Spitz, the young New York high jumper. A. C. field. Venzke will return to the track on mile in the Millrose meet for another crack at that time. Against him will some to beat Venzke's time; Carl Coan | of Pennsylvania, who won last vear's' the University of Oklahoma and Frank Crowley of Manhattan College. jump mark to 6 feet 8': inches at Boston Saturday. will face a strong other record-breaker is Leo Sexton of | the New York A. C.. the former George- pound shot 51 feet 11'¢ inches Satur- day for a world record. Herman Brix held the record. also is entered. Monty Wells. Boston’s hurdle ace. sprint star. face strong opposition in other feature events as they attempt | Iv enualed so far. Wells again meets | Percy Beard, national hurdle cham-| George Simpson of the Los Ang?lesi A Ira Singer. indoor champion, and records of the indoor track ment in the month and a half of the | performers wind up their preparations The campaign against the records be- Garden. The runners move on to the at Philadelphia Saturday. who seems to travel faster every time head the record-breakers in the N. Y. which he ran his record 4:11 one-fifth be arrayed Leo Lermond, favored by Baxter mile in 4:13: Glenn Dawson of Spitz, who hoisted his indoor high fleld that is out after his laurels. An-| town weight man, who heaved the 16- of the Los Angeles A. C.. who formerly and Emmett Toppino. New Orleans. | to shatter records that they have mere- | pion. while Toppino lines up against | a great sprint field. LAUREL WINS AND LOSES Guard Regulars Beat Park Bank, Reserves Bow to Colonials. LAUREL, February 15.—Laurel Na- tional Guard regular basketers defeated Park Bank tossers of Baltimore, 48 to 28. but the Soldier reserves bowed to Richard’s Colonials, 20 to 28. in a pre- liminary, yesterday on the armory court here. Laurel Guard regulars are after a third game with Bethesda Firemen. Each has defeated the other once this season. The Bethesda manager is asked to call Laurel 134 or 169 and ask for Lieut. Murphy. The Guard Boys’ Club, of which Capt. Julian B. Anderson of Headquarters Company is the head, came to Wash- ington Saturday night and defeated Boys' Club 100-pounders, 18 to 11. It was said to have been the losers’ first defeat. Basket Ball Tips Basket ball coaches frequently plan an offense with initial move- ments that are the same. But after these first movements, the play breaks in an entirely different man- ner. Thus a defense is hard put to break up such an attack. Here's such a play by. Illinois. Right guard (5) has the ball. His right forward (3) breaks backcourt toward him and receives the pass. No. 5 drives straight for the basket after making the pass to 3 and as 3 gets the ball he returns it to 5, who takes it on the dead run and dribbles straight ahead for a close-up shot. Of course, in such a play, the center (1), playing under the bas- ket, drives out toward midcourt to draw his opponent from that area, while the left guard (4) swings {2 postion 6. Kgard against sn tn- an in- tercepted : | o'clock at the Reflecting Pool, at the —By TOM DOERER AN UNDEFEATED SEasonN WENT OUT OF THE RING W THE ROEBUCK-LE WIS ENCOUNTER TO FEATURE THE SHOW... ROD AND STREAM BY PERRY MILLER: ITH the start of the trout fishing season only a few few weeks away, or to be more exact, April 1, Rod and Stream today is giving a few hints for the beginner on the first principles of fly casting. A Fly casting, many angling authori- ties concede, is very simple in its prin- ciples and is much easier to learn than bait casting. Its motions, at least, are exceedingly simple and may be learned in a few minutes. A practical fishing rod for the novice is 9 feet in length. It should be made of split tamboo and weigh about 5': | ounces. On the fly rod the reel is seat- ed below the hand grasp or cork grip, as differentiated from the bait-casting rod, where the reel is above the hand grasp. Theoretically the reel should weigh about one and one-half times the weight of the rod. Proper balance of reel, rod and line is important in casting. Of great importance is the line, for it is the line and not the fly that is cast. In fly casting the reel does not turn, it remaining motiorless except when the line is pulled from it with the left hand. The fly or lure at the end of | the line matters virtually nothing, so far as the casting is concerned. The line must be heavy enough to develop the power in the rod. That is. bend | the rod so that in resuming its normal | straightness, the rod may exert pull on | the line, which helps to start it travel- ing into the air behind and above the caster on the back cast—and out again ‘ over the water in front of him on the forward cast. It is not necessary to use a fly and gut leader for practice. For the sake | of simplication use the line alone. | You may practice on the lawn of your yard just as well as on the water, or better still. join the local casting club of the Washington. D. C., Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, which meets every Saturday from 2 to 5 foot of Seventeenth street northwest. 'OR assembling the rod, join the middle and tip first. Then match the butt joint. Be sure that all guides are in line. If ferrules are hard- fitting, a little oil may be used. Set reel on butt of rod with handle of reel on the righthand side and guides and reel on under side of rod. When these have been properly ad-| justed, draw off about 20 feet of line from the tip of the rod. The distance from the end of the line to the butt of the rod should be about 30 feet. Stretch the line out straight from the tip of the rod. A 30-foot length is practical for the novice. It is a good fishing distance and enough to develop the power of the rod. With the line lying traight out in front of you, pick up the rod by the cork grip. using the right hand. With the thumb and fin- ger of the left hand, grasp the line between the reel and the first rod guide, allowing about 2 feet of line between the rod and the hand. Hold the line with the rod slightly elevated. The hand grip must be firm, the thumb on top and extending along the grip and the elbow close to the body. It is im- portant that the elbow remain in this | position. L Then the back cast. This back cast means that by a smart upward twitch of the rod the line lying out in front Will be picked up and propelled up- ward and backward over the caster's right shoulder. A high backward cast is important. With a quick upward snap of the wrist, which brings the forearm into play secondarily, bring the rod tip up- ward toward the right shoulder. Dur- ing the upward snap the weight or feel of the rod will be in a pressure against the two first fingers of the right hand, curled underneath the cork grip, with a downward pressure exerted by the heel of the hand. Check the rod sharply when it reaches a point just beyond or back of the perpendic- ular. The power or spring of the rod, plus_the elasticity of the line will propel the line upward and bagk- ward. HE pause, as it is called, is an im- portant phase in fly casting. It starts when the rod is checked in its back-casting operation. It ceases at the instant the point of itest backward - tension of “live” is reached, as determined by the feeling in the rod tip. This point will be some- where before the line has straightened out above and behind the caster. At the beginning it will help to count: One, back cast. Two, the line moves up and back. Three, tension point is nearly reached. Four, tension point is reached | zahn and the forward cast begins msmntly'C on the count of four. Space the counts at a little less than a second apart, and wait until the Tourth count before start- ing the forward cast. The left hand remains as before— holding the line between the first guide and the reel. Start the forward cast. In “feeling sion on the line, the rod has moved very sion on the line, the rod has moved slightly forward, because there is no pause between this feeling out and the downward stroke of the forward cast. This- feeling out of the tension of the line makes it look as if the forward cast were started slowly, which is virtu- ally what happens, but is finished very snappily. The rod tip describes a swift and whippy downward arc, and the thumb on the upper surface of the work rod grip exerts powerful forward and downward pressure. In its down- the rod must be checked as it was checked in the smartly up- e are.. s the zod s checked the | Sobes , of its own life and momentum, continues on in is straightening of the | present the danger of breaking it while | affixing a fly before it has become Out rolling loop it has described in the air. From this point. if the line lies reason- ably straight before you, start and com- plete the process all over again These, in brief, are the first prin- ciples of fly casting, and with a little practice a reasonably fair line may be laid. N‘EVER allow your line to dry on the reel. String it out full length in a shady place and let it dry. Such methods will add to the wear of the line. A greater number of lines are ruined by incorrect methods of trans- ferring a new line from the spool to the reel than perhaps in any other way. The inexperienced usually will place the spool of line on the ground or flat.sur- face and wind on the reel. This gen- erally causes a «win i wic Hne at regular intervals, and when the line is cast it “loops” coming in contact with the guides. As a result a good line is subject to the friction of cross-pull at the start and retrieving of a cast, and this heavy strain and continuous abuse of the loop striking the guides will cause the fibers to break down. One of the best methods to prevent line twisting when adding new line to your reel is to place reel on rod, thread line through tip and guides, and fasten to reel. Insert pencil through hole in line spool and have some one hold the pencil so that the line will run directly off the spool. If no one is around to hold the spool for you, sit | down, then hold the pencil between | vour knees, which will permit the | spool to freely rotate while the line is' being transferred to your reel. By ob- serving these simple suggestions your : line will be transferred to the reel without a twist, which will result in your line giving longer service. UT leaders should be soaked be- | fore using. A dry leader will not cast_properly, and there is ever thoroughly _softened. Don't always blame the line when you lose a fish. ‘ Inspect your rod and mountings with a magnifying glass from time to time. | There may be a cracked guide that is causing your line to fray or break. Fly rod lines should be stripped off the reel immediately after using. Keep- ing them on the reel impairs their usefulness. as it tends to crack the finish and coil up the line, which ruins it for good casting. By placing the rod carefully against a tree near the bank of the water, the line can be let out enough to allow the gut leader to re- main in the water. By so doing it will prevent the leader from drying in the sun and cracking upon using again. | Always carry your reserve stock of | leaders in a compact leader box. This | will present the gut leader in a flexible condition for casting. Ed. C. Kemper, chairman of the Bass Protection Committee of the local| chapter of the I. W. L. A. informs us from Orlando, Fla., that the bass fish- | ing down there is just a little thinner | each year and states the reason is all menus read, “fried black bass” and the shippin gof 700 tons out of the State | each year. PARRACK HOLDS LEAD AS BASKET SHOOTER | @. W. Giant Averages 13.7 Points a Game—Burgess, Carolan Share Second Place. . Wick Parrack, 6-foot 5 George Wash-, ington forward, continues to head the | battle for scoring honors among college | basketers of the District area. He has | piled up 137 points in 10 games, an| average of 13.7 points per game. Forrest Burgess, also of George Wash- ington, and Tommy Carolan, George- town guard, each with 130 points, are | tied for second place. Then come Ed | White and Bus Sheary, both of Catholic | University, with 122 and 109, and Bozie Berger of Maryland and Wilbur Jensen of Gallaudet, each with 102. Scoring statistics for college teams of the District of Columbia area: TEAM RECORDS. W. L P 5 ct 10 1.000 12 George Washington. . American Maryland Gallaudet . Georgetown’ Catholic U.... George Washington. G. F.Pts. 909 857 63 636 429 412 Parrack Monaghan. Antil Antila Burgette Totals oY Berger Vincent Ronkin . Buscher Norris ... Chalmers .. Chase 558E5Y 2 counatofa P :PREP SCHOOL QUINTS IN CHAMPIONSHIP SET Eight Basket Ball Teams Enter Elimination Series, First of Bicentennial Sports Card. A prep school basket ball champion- Iship series for teams of the District | area will be held in the George Wash- ington University gymnasium February 122, 23 and 24, it has been announced. | Eight schoois will compete in the | affair, which will be sponsored by the | Post and George Washington University |along with the Bicentennial Sports Committee. Schools to be represented are Landon, St. Albans, Gonzaga, St. John's, FPriends, Georgetown Prep, Devitt and Emerson ‘The ser marking the first at- tempt in several years to settle definitely District area_ court honors for the | scholastics, will be a down-and-out af- fair. All eight teams will play the first | night. with the four winners compet- |ing again the second night and the survivors facing in the final the third night { | There will be no entry fee for the teams nor will spectators be charged | admission to the games. i The affair will be first Sports events of Bicentennial year. A fock of other competitions of note will follow, HALL VICTOR ON LINKS Wins Blind Bogey Handicap at Kenwood With Net 73. With a score of 84—13—71, Norman J. Hall won a blind bogey handicap golf contest yesterday at Kenwood Cluo. George A. Tew and J. W. Mitchell tied for second, each with 73. Tew shot 5 with a 12 handicap and Mitchell | 107 with a 34 handicap. Al Houghton, Kenwood pro, scored 69 in a best ball match against Nick Al- trock 2nd Tew. Houghton’s card: 444 In 5 TOSSER 6 FEET 9 INCHES AP- PEARS HERE TONIGHT. DISEUST PREVALS AS I 1S RENOVED Snow Track Base Eliminates Thrils—Fiske Leader in Opening Heats. BY ROLAND ALSTON, Assoclated Press Staff Writer, AKE PLACID, N. Y., Febru- ary 15.—The third Winter Olympics, officially closed Saturday, bid fair today to wind up in the same sort of bitter controversy that marked the days before their opening, with the Mount Van Hoevenberg sled run again the bone of contention. Disgusted with the condition of the run yesterday, when it was tran. d under an official ruling from a slic fast enough to test the nerve and skill of the most daring to a sluggish descent that would hardly baffie a kid on a sleigh, seven teams of nat in- dicated they would in upon some thzn{gos m(i; vy before racing the third and fou eats of the posiponed four- man bobsled races. e = “We came down so slowly,” said Pa Stevens, referring to the embarrassing slow times turned in by the contestants yesterday, “that I had time to get off in shady corner and get a drink.” ul HADY is one of the most treacherous curves of the whole torturous mile and one-haif down the mcuntain de, and a good part of the crowd of 25,000 thrill-seekers at the run yester- day gathered there to watch the bobs- | men take it Billy Fiske, defending the Olym title_he won for the United St | St. Moritz four vears ago. mad in 2:52 and 1:59.16, a whole lot than the two-man sled time of by Hubert Stevens last 3 the four-man teams s from 15 to 20 seconds faster The big crowd was wondering who started those stories about the thrills | of bobsledding on the $200.000 chute, conceded the. fastest and the best in | the world. as they watched sleds plow through several inches of s cut ‘|]hrou;;h to the sand below at times, and slow down almost to the stopping poir at others. e pic at 2 'HE Americar is that a well handled four-man sled can make the run in 1:40 in perfect But under the official ruling, the blind- ing speed of the course was taken out by discontinuing the icy base and making it a snow course instead of a | glassy one. Now it matches the much slower European runs. Olympic Results Yesterday. Four-man bobsleds, four heats: First_two heats, total elapsed time— Billy Fiske, United St 3:59.68; Henry Homburger, United States, 4:02.86; Hans Killian. Germany, 4:04.45; | Reto Capadrutt, Switzerland. 4:10.2 Count Rossi, Italy, 4:14.49; Walter von Mumm, Germany, 4:23.3 Al | Papana, Rumania, 4:23.41. Point’ standing: United States, 88: Norway ada, 49; Sweden, 28: Finland | tris 25: Ause 5; Prance, 10: Germany, 8: Hun- gary. 7: Switzerland, 6: Rumania. 3; Poland, 3; Ttaly, 1; Belgium, 1; Czechoe slovakia, 1, 'EAGLES, VICS BATTLE * NEXT IN D. C. SERIES ‘Columbia Firemen Defeated, 26 to 25, and Howitzer Giants, 37-21, in Title Openers. Skinker Eagles and Vic's Sport Shop quints, off to a winning start in the round-robin series for the semi-pro basket bal! champion of the District area, will meet next Sunday at the Silver Spring Armory. In opening games of the co the Eagles b: over Columbia Er | Alexandria. 26 to 2 t Bolling Field court. and Vic's easily de- feated Howitzer Giants, 37 to 21, yes- terday afternoon at the Silver Spring Armory. Eagles rallied strongly petition victory in the second after the latter held a 13-7 the first Ralph Bennie, for the winners, and Buddy Zimmerman and Ellett Cabell, for the losers. were high scorers Howitzer Giants offered Vic's a good fight for the first quarter. which ended with the latter in front by only 5 to 3. but in the second quarter the sports shop quint got its attack functioning and soon had the game tucked aw: Joe Sweeney and Mike Goldblatt led the winner’s offense. each with 11 po; Don McCann, with 9, was high for the losers. HOPE LANDERS LANDS HIS RIGHT ON KOCSIS Norfolk Boxer's Backers Believe Blow Might Check Opponent in Alexandria Ring. ‘Backers of Billy Landers, Norfolk ban- tamweight boxer, have high hopes that he'll be able to get over his poent right in his bout against Antol Kocsis, Hun- garian bantam and flyweight champion, tomorrow night at Portner's Arena, Alexandria. The encounter, scheduled ! for ht rounds, is the feature of an attractive card ot eight tilt Landers has not fough by decision to Midget W fiyweight champion. at Port wecks ago, but has kept training. Kocsis is said to be almost as clever |a boxer as Wolgast and to have a de- cidedly stronger wallop. Louis Jallos and Bobby Burns are put on a bang-up scrap in the semi-windup. In the prelims Gabe Navos will meet Young Kid McShea, Billy Essinger will engage Jack Lamar, Bingo Brodie will have it out with Johnny Brock and ! Young Van and Johnny Edwards will mix. GERMAN RUNNER WINS. NEW YORK, February 15 (#).—Paul de Bruyn, German marathon champior, in active Sophomore, who has just become eligi- | won a special 15-mile A. A. U. develop- ment race at Silver Lake Park, Staten terday in 1 hour 25 minutes