Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1932, Page 12

A—12 TACKLE COLUNBUS, g St NCC. STATE TEAMS [GaNlaudet, Maryiand Show at Home Tonight—3 of 5 Varsity Quints Lose. G pushers hold forth in their own fortresses to- night to beat back the sallies of Columbus University and North Carolina State College. These competitions mark the close of Gallaudet's basket ball | schedule and of Maryland's box- {ing season, except that Maryland | probably will have one man in the Southern Conference tourna- !ment at Charlottesville next week. The basket ball game and the boxing match begin at 8:15. The close of Gallaudet's court season |is about the same as the end of its fother schedules—the finish of a serles ¥of courageous efforts against odds. Gal- $laudet teams constantly are meeting {opponents that represent much larger ‘institutions, with far greater resources i1 man and money power, and it is an BY H. C. BYRD. ALLAUDET'S basketers and Maryland’'s mitt unending surprise that they make as | ship of the Western Conference basket 1 good records as they do. And they i E36id mot, were it not for & high group +morale and splendid individual loyalty 'and courage. Maryland will be without Jim Lough- . who has won his last two bouts the 165-pound class, in the match h the Wolfpack. The remainder of > team probably will be the same as t which defeated St. John's in the y match in which it has been vic- ASKET BALL teams from the B ‘Washington area were able to win only 40 per cent of their five games Jast night, American U., which beat Penn Military, 31 to 29, at Chester and Gallaudet, which downed Maryland State Normal at Towson, 37 to 20, being the victors. Maryland had its streak of 14 straight wins broken by North Carolina, the #Tarheels winning, 32 to 26, at Chapel 3ill; West Virginla proved too much IZor Georgetown, 50 to 28, at Morgan- {town, while Catholic University bowed, 128 to 35, to the 7th Regiment of New York in Gotham. All of these five teams see action again tonight, all on the road except !Gallaudet. Maryland is at Duke, iGeorgetown at Duquesne, American iversity at Villanova and Catholic ersity tackles Manhattan. Maryland figures to an even basis 4Wwith Duke, Georgetown, Catholic U. and American U. will be underdogs in itheir gemes with Duquesne, Manhat- ftan and Villanova, while Gallaudet “should dispose of Columbus U. i 3 ARYLAND'S defeat by North Caro- [ lina gave the Tarheels revenge for i a 26-10-25 beating suffered at Col- lege Park earlier in the season and in- flicted the first Southern Conference iermn of the campaign on the Old “Liners. The teams were tied at 18-all at the yend of the first half, but more accurate jshooting enabled North Carolina to fconquer. Maryland had plenty of shots jto have won, but just couldn’t sink the ball. Summary: N. Carolina. GP.Pts. Maryland. ines, £....,. 5 010 k] Slioanousdony 8l aoromcmcn® TAlexander, McCachren, ol woooronoud Totels...... 3 332 Referee—Mr. Knight (Durham). (YEORGETOWN simply eo\flhdml:.ol ing against West Vi 3 ountaineers taking the lead the very outset and never being \danger. At one time the winners were 30 points in front. Crowley, who scored 10 points, was ;the only Hoya who could find the bas- hms with consistency. get the at in | supooraasZasl MERICAN U. made a great fight to beat Penn Military after the score had been tied four times in last half. 1 The Eaglu ran up a 22-to-18 lead in sthe first 20 minutes of play, and never %wen ‘worse than on even terms in the final part of the tilt. Summary: Totals o...J1 931 Referee—Mr, Baetzel. f ATSON, substitute for the 7th [ Regiment quint, was the man 3 who spilled the beans for Catho- "Hc University. He made 7 floor goals ior the winners to offset the apparent- y better team play of the Brooklanders. White of the cards also had enough shots rim the basket to have pulled jthe game out of the fire had fortune ‘smiled upon him. Summary: 7Tth Regiment (35). G.P.Pts. ockafel'w, 1 {Hutchinser, Sheary,'g. ‘White, oMHocoNOMay | omocoo0000ms! | oo Roonons? | _ Referee—Dick Meehan (E. I ®ire—Harry Bennett (E. L A, SEN, with 15 points, set the pace for Gallaudet as Maryland State Normal was downed without trouble. ‘The Kendall Greeners forged ahead tmuickly and coasted along in the latter | ptages of the game. Summary: {Trocke: }g ins. &. il & urdett. % Totals .....18 737 Totals Score by halves—Gallaudet, 17: Normal hool. 9. Referee—Mr. Jory. Time of halves 20 minutes. AFHOLIC UNIVERSITY'S freshme had thelr streak ended GPPls, State Norm. 3 6 Pisher. . noroHooURy 7 0 5 0 = | 0 1 [ ornoonen@ Reubling. sl 8 en at 3 wins when they failed to cash in . ane of Sows ehances fsom ! | Indiana will meet Towa at Iowa City. : SQUASH RACQUETERS 5 | 23, at College Park. SPORTS. ‘TODAY. Basket Ball Columbus U, at Gallaudet. Georgetown vs. Duquesne, at Pitts- burgh. Maryland vs. Duke, at Durham. American U, vs. Villanova, at Villa- nova. Catholic U. vs. Manhattan, at New ‘York. Boxing. 4 ;lsort.h Cerolina State at Maryland, il Track. Georgetown and Catholle U, in Meadowbrook games at Philadelphia. SCHOLASTIC. TODAY. Basket Ball. Business at Greenbrier (W. Va.) Military Academy. Strayer at St. James' School, Hagers- town. Eastern vs. Episcopal, at Alexandria, BOILERMAKERS LOCK WITH BIG TEN LEADER Northwestern on Short End of 0dds in Struggle for First Place Tonight. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 20.—The leader- ball title race will be the prize when | Northwestern and Purdue meet tonight. The Wildcats, defending champlons, lead the league, but a defeat will put | the Boilermakers at the top. Purdue is | favored, with Northwestern showing signs of wear and tear. The contest paign, with a victory necessary to keep the Wolverines in the race. Ohio State probably will again cling | above the .500 percentage mark, its task being to defeat Chicago. In the other games Wisconsin will tackle Minnesota at Minneapolis and OPEN NATIONAL MEET Washington and Boston Entries Clash in First Round of Baltimore Tourney. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, February 20.—Cleve-| | land was matched against Baltimore in | team parings for the opening of play here today in the national squash rac- | quet championships. Individual and team competitions will continue until| Monday, with several matches scheduled for tomorrow. Other team pairings included: Bos- | ton vs. Washington; Hartford vs. Phila- | delphia, Atlantic City vs. Princeton University and Detroit vs. Buffalo. Pittsburgh, New York and Harvard Uni- versity drew byes for the opening round. ‘The defending individual champion, J. Lawrence Poole of the Harvard Club, New York, drew a bye in the first round of play. Pairings for individual matches were: W. G. Foulke, Princeton, vs. T. E. Jan- Boston; Harry Baugher, Balti- George D. Debevoise, New York, vs. de Sibour, Washington, vs. A. C. Ingra- ham, Boston; David M. Gilmore, Pitts- burg, vs. Beehman Pool, Harvard. In the second round of team play Harvard, 1931 team champ. . will meet Pittsburgh, and New York play the winner of the Clevelaid-Baltimore game. — BOYS’ CLUB AND SAKS Keen Rivals Tussle Tonight in City League—Delhuds Upset Casey Tossers. Boys' Club and Saks Clothiers, old rivals, will face tonight at the Boys' Club in a District Amateur Basket Ball League game that promises to provide fine battling. Play is scheduled to start at 8 o'clock. Delaware t& Hudson slipped over something of a surprise in defeatis Knights of Columbus tossers, 28 to ln'ig, on the Tech High court. Other results: Fort Myer, 29; Interior, 13. (Gov- ernment League.) Patent Office, 22; @. P. O, 13. (Gov- ernment League.) Levitan, 40; Medicos, 32. Boys' Club, 23; Centennials, 19. Y. Eagles, 70; Brightwood, 10, Arcadians, 41; Y Flashes, 37. St. Martin’s, 27; Jewish C. C, 185, St. Martin's, 26; Warwicks, 16. Congress Heights, 14; Warwicks, 12. Western, 28; Swann Service, 22. KEenllworth, 24; Laurel Guards, 32 (Intercity League). e ROCKVILLE GETS EVEN Trims Poolesville High, 20 to 12, in Lightweight Basket Tilt. ROCKVILLE, February 20.—Rockville High School lightweight basket ball team evened accounts with Poolesville High's little fellows for a recent defeat when it downed the team from the up- per end of the county, 20 to 12, here Yyesterday. Summary: Rockville Brewer. f..... C. Sterling. . ] Poolesville (12), F. ] ullessanesiissssss e wnoomowm | sosworonccccn Totals ..... | cosrcnooooooy an Referee—Mr. Becker. JOHNY DASHIELL SIGNS. BOSTON, February 20 (#).—The signed contract of John A. Dashiell, in- Aelder, purchased from the Chattanooga, Tenn., club last season, has been re- ceived by the Boston Red Sox. foul line in the last minute and were beaten by the Maryland yearlings, 24 to A late goal by McGaw gave the Old Line cubs their winning margin. Earlier in the year the Card yearlings beat the young Marylanders at Brook- land, 28 to 27. Summary: . U. Prosh. G F.Pts. | will be on the Boilermakers’ home floor. | Michigan will meet Illinois at Cham- | W. McCook Reed, Pittsburgh; ¥ - Q7 George H. Francis, Cleveland; Henri| IN FLOOR LOOP SCRAP - G_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1932. Blue Five, Terp Boxers End Schedules : Doctor Brands “Athlete’s Heart” Myth EASTERN FIVE MAY PLAY PREP WINNER Public High Champ Willing to Tackle Title Holder. of Tournament. HERE is a real chance of the Eastern High Public High School basket ball championship team being matched against the vic- tor in the prep school series opening Monday in a game that would deter- mine the unofficlal District schoolboy champion. 1t is known that Eastern is ready and willing to play the prep school victor, but only in the event that the proper authorities of the public schools take the first steps to bring about staging of the contest. T least one of the District school- boys entered in the Meadowbrook track and fleld games tonight in Philadelphia also will compete in the intercollegiate competition, in addition to_the scholastic tests this afternoon. Bobby Slye, crack Eastern hurdler, will compete in the high hurdles in both stages of the program. Jack Smeltzer of Tech may also compete in both scholastic and college sprint tests. Eestern was to meet Episcopal and Business to engage Greenbrier, W. Va., Military Academy quint at Greenbrier in the lone game carded today for schoolboy basket ball teams of the Dis- trict area. Tech High basketers set some kind of a mark when they routed Charlottes- ville, Va., Five, 101 to 29, last night at Tech. Summary: Tech (XDI\i’ Gregorio, 1. Wheeler, f. Gunthtr, ichardt, Gillen ol Charl. Five (29). G.F.Pts, wamnBoooabi “oowu~mooocoomed Thoma Aller, Totals ....47 7101 Referee—Mr. Keppel. St. John's routed its old rival, Gon- zaga, 28 to 8, on the Gonzaga court. Summary: 8t. John's turv P. Scheele, 1. Hartnett, f... A COWooWH O W Q) Totals .....11 729 Gonzaga (8) F. ] MISSISSIPPI BOUND YUEN ACHING MuSCLES INTERFRRE WITH THE APPETITE -THE TR \S A FAILURE .. TODAY. BAT WiLL FEEL LIkE THE EMPIRE STATE BUILOING ...« MESSRS. SCHACHT AND ALTROCK., A COUPLE OF BUFFOONERS WHO HAVE SOMETHING 7 DESIDES Fun GETWEEN ma&\ BARS, DILANNED HOW TO WIN THE FLAG, AS SOON AS THE TRAIN STARTED..... G 2 0 0 S0 0 1 o »l oo Totals ....12 4 28 Referee—Mr. Eberts. St. Albans quint bowed to Woodberry Forest School quint for the second time, in a 29-14 game at Orange, Va, Summary: st. Albans (4). PPts, Cornwell. & rton. & Craighill, ¢ McGee, Woodberry (29), 3 Satternield, 1. - Folger, & Totals ....4 614 Totals . Referee—Mr. Jefiries (Hampden-Sidney). National Training School went down before Naval Reserves in a 44-26 game. Summary: ol orommvo 8l Bl senwama’ GrPi 1 cmoSacom! artun Bohannon. Totals Referee—Mr. O'Malley. Episcopal Juniors downed St. Alban's Juniors, 21 to 10. Episcopal. ~ G.FPts. Williams.' £... 3 0 ol socsscosse: Lanier. g. ormoorHuo! Kelly, & Berkely. Totals ... Referee—Mr. Varied Elficsesons Bh Bllvnvosnans! g North gn.rtallrxx,wa!é:"e hgg&:& gg. West Vi 3, 50; , 28. G:.lslaudef‘,m::'l; Maryland State Nor- mal, 20. E:th Regiment of New York, 35; Cath- olic University, 28. Amorican University, 81; Penn Mill- tary College, 29. r]&arylangdmr‘;:‘hmE%S 2¢; Oatholic Universit; shmen, 23. Washington College, 28; Mount Bt. Meary's, 26. Knights of Columbus, 26; University of Baltimore, 14. Lynchburg, 34; Medical College, 31. Duke, 45; V. M. I, 25. Georgla, 39; Florida, 20. Tennessee, 27; Vanderbilt, 22. Millsaps, 29; Mississippi College, 23. an, 23; Clemson, 19, Notre Dsmai, EH’I..?Put.la'.n 32. Earlham, 34; Hanover, 27. Amarillo’ College, 19; Wayland Ool- lege, 18. Waynesburg, 46; Grove City, 43. ‘Washington University, 27; Ol ggies, 18. Monmouth, 37; Lawrence, 31. ° Kansas State, 30; Iowa State, 27. Cornell College, 35; Beloit, 25. University of North Dakota, 46; Bouth Dakota State, 28. Grinnell, 31; Drake, 20. Midland, 37; Nebraska Wesleyan, 32. St. John’s University, 2i t. Olaf, 20. Carleton, 23; Ripon, 22. Ohio University, 29; Depauw, 26. Mount Union, 44; Otterbein, 26. Heldelberg, 27; Toledo U,, 19. Akron, 41; Western Reserve, 32. ‘Washington State, 48; Idaho, 37. 19Colcu'aclo ‘Teachers, 28; Western State, Fort Hays State, 33; Prlends U. (Wichita), 25. Northeastern Oklahoma Teachers, 43; Central Oklahoma Teachers, 18. Northwestern Teachers, 31; South- western Oklahoma Teachers, 23. Abilene Christian, 48; Daniel Baker, Bethany, 33; Ottawa U., 18. Tarkio, 34; Missouri Valley, 26. Utah University, 36; Utah Aggies, 29. 22calurmh.7 College, 35; Colorado Mines, Northwest Missourl Tea chers, Southwest Missouri Teachers, 18. Baker U, 30; Aj College Track. ssylchisnn State, 73%; Ohio Wesleyan, College Hockey. Michigan, 7; Wisconsin, 1. College Wrestling. Iowa State Teachers, 34; Wisconsin, 0. —e DECLINES BADGER OFFER. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., February 20 (). —Ma)j. Robert Ney! i'e‘xlel;mmh’mm mohlm that he had rejected an offer to coach at the University of Wisconsin, @l cusoccal 2 z W = AHOSE ROOKIES WILL BE EXPECTING GRIFF To BE WAITING AT BILOXI WATH HOT ROAST BEEF SANDWICHES. THEY WILL LooK FOR- PALM TREES DEARING GOLF CLUBS, PANAMA HATS snD MAGROUAS . oy Nationals En Route to Biloxi To Take Kinks 28 | most frolicsome in the That boy Out of Muscles, Sweep Cobwebs From Domes BY TOM DOERER. HEY'RE off! There goes the advance guard of your Griffmen, chins up, hopes high, flag- conscious, bound for Biloxi, Miss., where they will gather to take the kinks out of their muscles, cobwebs from their shanties and to pay a lot attention to teacher. Only one player was in the group 10 | leaving Union Station here today, John Boyle, sandlot pitcher from Bayonne, N. J. Others in the party were Manager Walter Johnson, Coaches Nick Altrock, Al Schacht and newsa)-pzr men. En route to the Biloxi training base, Cliff Bolton, catcher, and Luther Thomas, recruit hurler belonxlnfi to the Chattanooga club, will be picked up. Bolton will be met at his home in High Pfi}nt, N. C. and Thomas at Charlottes- ville, others are converging upon the camp from their homes in many sections of the country. Mike Martin, trainer, and Frank Baxter, club house custodian, arrived at the prepping plot Thursday, while Pitchers Alvin Crowder and Charles TFischer arrived yesterday by motor. should be no holdouts this year and only the usual amount of quibbling with the front office on the part of the players. It's one of those years. Just as there may be very little battling for berths down there in the grapefruit belt, because Uncle Clark Griffith has planned well for his flag fight of 1932. But it is going to be an interesting slege, just the same. No matter how strongly entrenched a veteran may be you never can tell when an aspiring youngster will pop up to scatter ability and flash all over the training lot. ‘Those kids have a habit of doing that. And you never can tell when a vet is going .to develop earache, writers’ cramp or gout. When they show signs at camp there always is a flurry and & shifting around which makes the fans' ears le and their eyebrows’ arch. s few days the pitchers will be awakening to wonder where they picked up all of those extra hurling arms during the night. They will be arguing that no one arm could sting and ache like their salary whip. And when they go to raise their flipping member y will wonder who tied the Biloxi town monu- ment on it during the night. And when some of try to flex their limbs they will contend that all of the armies in the world are having hand-to-hand conflict within the muscles and that the Japanese are bom- barding the mter'-:cm‘a} sem:m( again, in the territory joining v shoulder blades. They will think the Japs are fighting with rélor blages, can- openers and dull saws and that the Chinamen are countered with tomato can lids, pick axes and broken bottles. It merely means that your pal pitch- i er is going for & sweet ride on a Charley horse. And that billy goat always is grapefruit belt. believes sll he reads. And stuft in a do it hasn't rained come next grass. Wflm that pitcher hops out of the hay and puts his foot on immediately the floor he will realize that the first round of the fight is merely on. His legs will feel as heavy as the national debt, as painful as paying & bill and as tutile as trying to borrow a dollar There will be blisters on_his 2 and bet him Biloxi in nine years, across the room he will think the street cleaning department spent the night strewing the floor with tacks, ice picks and needles. And_when he is in the throes of | those first-week pains, a rookie hurl- | er's appetite goes bankrupt on him— and that's the most serious thing that can happen to any one when the ball | club is paying the chow check. When a player cannot eat in the style to which he has not been ac- customed, the training trip has lost its main purpose. UT when the aching pitcher gets out on the lot to field a bunt you know that the fun has really just started. When he bends to welcome a grounder he cannot locate the ball with a road map. And when he comes to bat for the first time, you know that every comic movie you ever saw was a sad affalr. He knows something came down the alley doing an inter- pretative dance, singing , mammy songs and hissing venom, but re- serves judgment as to whether it was a base ball, a picture of Paul Revere or a letter from home until he can take the matter up with an oculist. Yes, gentlemen, this is going to be an interesting trip. even if Mr. Griffith announces his 1932 opening day batting order tomor- row night. This is the sizth of eight daily articles on the origin of the Olympic games and their traditions and an- cient customs. BY WALTER TRUMBULL HE stadium where the old Olym- pic games were held ran west- southwest to east-northeast. It was laid out in this manner be- cause of the contour of the gound, for there were no artificial seats. It is estimated that the hiliside to the north and ents built on the three other sides furnished room for 45,000 tors. ‘The stadium was gth by 35 in breadth. The length of the running course was 210 yards and it was marked at each end by limestone thresholds. The floor of the stadium ;vu of sand and provision was made for L Running parallel with the stadium and between it and the river Alpheus was the hippodrome in which the chariot and horse races were held. This ing point and approximately long. interesting to know that even days they used s bar- gate. The Greeks ap- & system of bringing horses to the line for & running start. The Olympian games were held every fourth year and the interval between two successive festivals was known as an Olympiad. The Greeks used these gwgp. as & basis for computing The season of the games was that of the first full moon after the Summer solstice, and while at first they lasted only one day, after the seventy-seventh feet, | back to pick histles bl in his joints T "N shunbone, o The First Olymp EATS FOR 45, Lope EyNON HAD THE TASK OF SEEWG THAT THE BAYS DIDN'T FORGET THAT EXTRA SHIRT W A FEW OAYS THE U. OF MARYLAND GIRL TAKES RIFLE HONORS Captures National Championship in Two Events—Has Score of 599 in Possible 600. A University of Maryland co-ed, Irene Knox. is the new women's natlonal in- tercollegiate rifle champlon. Miss Knox, 1t has been announced, achieved a rec- ord score of 599 out of a possible 600. The old mark was 595, made last year by Edith Pritchard of the University of Vermont. tory was made by the National Rifle Association, which conducted the com- individual 50-foot championship, s new |event on the association's program of | Winter indoor matches, v 'th a score of 398 out of a possible 400, another re- | markable achievement. Iouv. of a possible 1,000. University of Maryland, won tenth place |in both the intercollegiate and 50-foot | championship matches with scores of 589 and 392. Carolyn Seibert, 1817 Nineteenth street, and Virginia Sheffleld, 3055 Por- ter street, this city, showed impressively in the intercollegiate event, the former placing second with 595 to equal the previous record, and the latter g fourth with 583. In the individual scholastic cham- pionships for boys Stockton Strong of Western High with 399 was second, to shoot & perfect score of 400 to top him. Washington school shots captured half the 10 medals in this event. In addition to Strong, the D. C. boys to win the awards were Foster Wilkin- son of Western High, who finished third; Randolph Grimes of Western, fourth; Donald McGarity of Central, seventh, and Hal Clagett of Western, Therell be fun |ninth. Grimes was sixth in the individual Junior gallery championship match and ilkinson was ninth. ic Games of The Hague, the League of Nations and the World Court. Living on what was regarded as property practically owned by Zeus, the Eleans were a peaceful people—the Spartans doing their fighting for them— but at the time of the twenty-eighth Olmpiad they did have a little trouble with the Pisatans. Pisa originally had managed the Olympics, until Elis, feeling more com- petent to direct them, had taken over control. This was for the public good, Zuc the unappreciative Pisatans, with he 3 inistration twenty-eighth festival. That was as n\ae sts they ctgt. @ urning to power, the justly indig- nant Eleans declared that pa’rtlcull:r set of games null and vold and erased them from the official register. A lit- tle later they went over with the Spar- tans and destroyed Pisa, thus making the country safe for peace. (Copyright. 1932, by the North Newspaper Alliance, lm:.)‘mmnll Next: Rules for Ancient Athletics.) HYATTSVILLE CHAMPION High School Quint Leads County as Mounts Beat Parkers. MOUNT RAINIER, February 20.— Hyattsville High School's basket ball team today boasts the undisputed Prince Georges County acholastic champion- ship, following the 22-13 win scored by Mount Rainler High over Maryland Park here yesterday. The win gave the Mounts victory in a series with Mary- land Park. Hyattsville some time ago downed Mount Rainier in a series. Summary: Mt. Rainier (22). Md. Park (13). Pts. enosscouca? ™ ) #l ececconcony secoacron? wovets ... GOY¥Ys WiLl. BF SHOUTIWG THE LINIMENT UU-IE‘; . Announcement of Miss Knox's vic- | petition, and which also made it known | that the Old Line lass won the women's | ‘Thus Miss Knox dropped only 3 points | Josephine Knox, a sster, also of the | Donald Cook of Turlock, Calif., having | SPORTS. —By TOM DOERER MAKING HIS Q0™ invasion GRace & RUIT BBLT..... ~TomDosper. Bioxi Bownp.. Grid Star Scores In Tilt With Prof. By the Assoctated Press. NN ARBOR, Mich., February 20. —Willlam Hewitt, all-star full- back on the University of Mich- igan foot ball team, had a leather medal yesterday, a voluntary award by class mates as the originator of the best alibi for lack of prepared- ness in class-room work. The class of Prof. Jesse S. Reeves, of the economic department, had just been informed that the group would | operate on the lines of the law de- partment, and that if a student should find himself unprepared for recitation, he should say so in as few words as possible. Hewitt, called upon for recitation by Prof. Reeves, began an answer. Prof. Reeves showed deep disappoint- ment. Mr. Hewitt, he sald, “I see you are unprepared. Don't you remember we are operating like the law depart- ment—and that if you are not pre- | pared, you should say so, and not try to bluff?” Y as Hewitt's medal-winning ut would that be like a WESTERN STILL TOPS JUNIOR RIFLE SHOOT Finishes Third in Third Match, but Maintains Lead With Total Points. While it placed third in the third match, second series, of the national | junior rifie matches conducted by the National Rifle Association, the rifle/ team of Western High School still maintains a lead of 60 points in total points for all eight matches so far fired in the prone class. Fresno High, Fresno, Callf., was high with 500x500; Central High, Bridge- port, Conn., was second with 497, and Western was third with 496. In the expert division, in which both standing and prone shooting is re- quired, Western continued its fast pace by again placing first with 928x1,000. It has a 150-point lead in total points for all matches fired and & 60-point lead for total points in the second series. Western won the first-place trophy both in the expert division and in lflle highest prone class in the first serfes. Other local teams placed in the last match as follows: fourth; Central High girls, sixth; Tech, seventh, and Western girls, eleventh, in the highest prone class, and Central boys, fourth, and Central girls, tenth, | the player resumed activity. Central High boys, | & BASKETERS' TESTS SUSTAIN PHYSICIAN Unfavorable Reaction Not Noted in Experiments With Novice Team. BY FORREST C. ALLEN, Director of Ath “ad Nationslly Kriown Backes Ball Casns AWRENCE, Kans., February 19 (#.—What a good heart you must have to play the strenuous indoor game of basket ball! However, I am con- vinced the game is not too. stren- uous for a normal, healthy boy. Basket ball to a spectator seems more strenuous than it actually is, because an observer naturally follows the ball, which is the focus of activity. Cabot, English physician, declares athlete’s heart & myth. He denies the heart dilates after athletic contests and marathon races. In such circumstances, he insists, the X-ray shows it is gen- erally smaller than usual. Hypertrophy, or enlarged heart, does not result from muscular exertion, sc- cording to Cabot, no matter how great and prolonged, when diseases haven't affected the organ. “The cases of weak, rapid or irregular heart action, occurring in adolescence or later and wrongly supposed to be due to athletics, are, in fact, cases of nervous heart or post-infectious weak- ness, accentuated often by the alarm produced by a mistaken diagnosis of heart strain, dilation or athlete’s heart.” R. JAMES NAISMITH, founder and originator of basket ball, has con- ducted some scientific experiments which substantiate the above men- tioned statements. A squad of young men with no pre- vious basket ball team experience was chosen for the test. This group was given the same daily fundamental drill and team play that a group of \'l.rslt‘ players would receive for a period of 1 weeks. Daily tracings of the heart by the X-ray, both before and after play, re- vealed no increase" in the size of the heart. Indeed, in some cases the size showed a decrease. SECOND interesting test of & dif- ferent nature was made on four high school teams entered in a tournament to ascertain the actual number of minutes that the average high school basket ball player was in motion during an entire game. A separate waich was kept on each of the 20 boys in the games. Whenever a player stopped, the watch was stop) and the count was resumed again when The re- i;uu of the investigation were as fol- ws: 1. Average time elapsed for one 10- minute pericd of play, 13 minutes 8 seconds. 2. Shortest time of activity for any one player, 3 minutes 32 seconds. 3. Longest time of activity for any one player, 7 minutes 21 seconds. 4. Average time of activity for each player, 5 minutes 28 seconds. 5. Percentage of average activity of each player to the entire playing time, 39.6 per cent. — Beats Franklin, 20-18, for Fifth Conference Win in Row. Bliss Electrical School basket ball | team clinched the pennant in the Wash- ington Collegiate Conference series by trimming Benjamin FPranklin Univer- sity, 29 to 18, last night at the Sflver Spring Armory. It was the fifth win in as many series starts for Bliss and its second victory of the campaign over the Accountants. Bliss was ahead only 9 to 7 at the half, but stepped out in the late going. Summary: Ben Praokiin (1) G PFts Inderstein. f. Bliss (29 Minnect. ¢ Dean. £ Casassa. 1. hwab. Burke. ‘& Ch'berlin Totals ... 813 39 Totals Referee—Mr. Kreh (A. B.). . ALEXANDRIA SCORES Overcomes Hyattsville in School Basket Ball Match. ALEXANDRIA, February 20.—Alex- andria High basketers bested Hyattsville High's quint, 22 to 19, in & keen tilt here last night. Summary: Alexandria (22) GF | Hyattsville (19). Kidwell, 1. B. Cogar, 1. 7 in the expert division. »l corronnd »l cosoues; Bl comnuma? Norwegian Skaters Set Pace In World Speed Competition By the Associated Press. AKE PLACID, N. Y., February 20.—Norway held almost all the places of honor in the world speed skating champlonships going into the second half of the pro- gram today as well as the first two titles decided. Led by Ivar Ballangrud, the Nor- wegian skaters, who failed in their at- tempt to master the American style of racing in the Olympic games, held the first_three places in the point scoring for the individual title of “champion of the world in speed skating for 1932.” ‘The world championship events are heat. - plonship, and the low point total, based on the times made in the four events, decides the all-around championship. Ballangrud, who won the 5,000-meter race in 8:37 6-10 and skated the 500- with 97 points. Bernt Evensen was second with 974 points, Michael Staksrud third with 97.5, Eddle Schroeder of Chicago, Who | Rote) eiins vy bwu‘ul&h: ! s l0NoTs nd pl in the 5,000 mefizm. held fourth place with 985 points and Ossian Blomquist . | of Finland was fifth with 98.6. Yesterday's points were awarded on a basis of & point for each second of made in the 500-meter The winning times yesterday both were better than those made by Jack Shea and Irving Jaffee in winning the events at the same distances at the Olympics, but the edge was taken off the Norwegian triumphs by the absence of the Olympic champions. Evensen finished a second behind Pedersen in the 500-meter race with Engnestangen and Allan Potts of New York tied for third place. Staksrud was third in the 5,000 meters, well back of Ballangrud and Schroeder. . G. W. SWIMMERS AHEAD Rote Leads Them to Victory Over William and Mary Team. Max Rote, winner of two events, paced the George Washington swim- ming team to s 41-to-25 victory over William and Mary last night at the Amnbassador Pool. He also swam anchor on the winning relay team. Summaries: 200-yard free-style relay—Won by Georse Yeabingten (McMllan, Barnes, Garrett snd —Won by Cuddighy, (W, and Flickinger (W. an H tie between Heslep and Garrett (G. W.. T Bacy iving—Won by _Casey (W. and cy _ diving— A = " Hesien (G, W third, Meads 4 Burns_ (G. W.): second, Burnside third, Pree- man and M.). Time. 1 100-yard _backstroke—Won by Rote (G. W)’ geca W.): third, Hor- 50-yard di M.); secont