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Sports News ® WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Fhen g Star, Radio and Classified ohnson Speeds Up Training at Biloxi : G. W. Five TRAINER MAPS LIST OF DU AND DONTS Martin Revises Menus for Athletes—Griff Pays Trib- ute to Ainsmith. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss., February 24.— A Midsummer sun this| morning prompted Mana- ger Walter Johnson to tune up his training camp activities another notch, sending the squad of 15 pitchers and catchers into a drill usually reserved for the latter part of the week. Anxious to have the young pitchers | in top form ‘when the test of their abilities soon takes place Johnson called the squad for a conference with Mike Martin, trainer, who mapped out a list | of do's and don'ts for the boys who ! are eating too much of the food which the conditioner believes not good for them at this time. Mike furthered the talk by another | conference with the chefs at Hotel | Biloxi and from now on there will be | more of the sort of food Mike thinks the athletes should have, and less of the other kind. Johnson explained the situation by | saying that the appearance in camp of | S0 many boys in top shape causes him to guard against a set-back by stomach- aches or sluggishness. Today’s skirmish at the Biloxi ball | field consisted of a run around the park, some batting and a hand-ball battle in which the pitchers were | worked. | Medicine Balls Shelved. Medicine balls, on the shelves of the club, needed so badly in previous years to take weight off the boys who had gathered a crop of fat during the | Winter, are now sheathed in cobwebs. “Hard work soon will be the portion of the young pitchers,” said Johnson. “We expect to get one good boy out of the pack who can go in and help us when a regular is out. To do this we must work hard and fast to find out Wwho is going to be. There are two or three shaping up nicely. Griffith with Chattanooga last year is promising. So is Ragland, another Chattanooga boy. Weaver, of course, may be depended upon to produce.” Carl Reynolds, that long-sought right- hand-hitting slugger, is &ue in camp Sunday and he will undergo immediate tutelage in sliding, a deficiency which has caused Carl numervus leg injuries. Johnson plans to work persistently on the former Chisox fielder, hoping that his coaches can show the big boy how to get into a bag without bruising. Both Griff and Walter believe that he can be taught the slide correctly. Sun Finally, h, Just when the pertur] Ra- gusin, secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce, was about to admit yes- terday morning that the sun had left the Gulf Coast, it broke out into a headline attraction and caused the squad to get in overtime work in the | morning, sunning practice on the beach in the afternoon and some golf as a side dish. It was a real day. A volley ball drill featured the morn- ing workout, in which Al Schacht did the complaining and Frank Baxter, the | club house custodian, did the officiat- | | | | ing. ‘Walter Johnson and Eddie Ainsmith spent the morning posing for the pho- | tographers, handshaking and putting | on the old Sunday smile. It has been out on the field to do their stuff as battery mates. \ Grifl. “Why Eddie could reach out| there and grab one of Walter's dyna- | mite heaves with his bare hands.” Biloxi Bunts ILOXI, Miss., February 24—Listen to Uncle Clark and you'll be be- lie th sides of randstand to tuck in high flies, hopped among the cash custom- ers to grab off foul tips and went over | the centerfield fence to get the bunts. | Griff likes Eddie. But doesn't Griff cotton to all old-timers? Just another Connie Mack in this respect. And you | have got to tip your hat to him for his fidelity. “Very foolish young men,” says the Nationals’ head man of Bob Grove and Rube Walberg, the hold-out twins down | at the Fort Myers camp of the Ath- letics. “It is a bad year and those boys know they are neither going to| get great increases in their pay en- velopes nor gain the good will of the fans. Money is too scarce for players today to be putting on the high hat and sticking thumbs in their vests.” Vets of the club think Babe Ruth and his pilot, Christy Walsh, missed a great publicity bet this year by not an- nouncing _that, times being what they are, the Babe would take a cut in his salary along with the rest of the world. As it is, they contend, Babe is going to take one anyhow and get little pub- licity out of it. MOMENT with the rooks—Johnnie Boyle, the Bayonne Kid, is mak- ing good at the dinner table and on the field, feeling at home * * * Just as hard for me to understand s it Is for you to understand me is saying to Luther Thomas, the Chs lottesville, Va., boy, who Those two big boys from berry and Lloyd Brown, brown, but they , Ma are burned that back home his favorite ing Winston-Salem tobacco is steep herc * * * | erichs, the bey from Cincinnati, is a al of Tubba Farrel of Holy Cross foot Il fame * * * Frank Ragland is don ned in a Midsummer raiment, believ ing in Biloxi sunshine * * ¢ Monte Weaver, the erudite pitcher, enjoys the off hours by sitting it out on the veran- @a of the hotel * * * Howard Maple is » mignty speedy boy for a fat fellow ® * ¢ “Carl” Fischer’s Christian name is Charles. BALLSTON IS INVADED | Alexandria Quint Seeks Second Win | Over Washington-Lee High. BALLSTON, February 24.—Alexandria High basketers tonight will seek their second win over Washington-Lee High | tossers in the series for the scholastic title of Northern Virginia when the quints face here. | A game carded for Friday between Alexandria and Predericksburg High has | been canceled, it has been announced by Athletic Direct>r Given of the for- ' mer | the season bowed to the Purple. 14 years since Walter and Eddie walked | Ajati% ce. ¥. " Stewart. .. “Greatest all-time battery base ball | Heekin. &, ever saw—or may ever see again,” says | Ragland. t Ainsmith ran up the | St. Albans’ attack with 7 points. V(jupidr ar;(l Judge Make Alex Step ICHARDSON SPRINGS, Calif, February 24 ().—Dale Alex- ander, big first baseman of the Detroit Tigers, is married now and taking his job_seriously, lieves all married men should also has heard rumors that the Ti- gers are dickering for Joe Judge, Washington first baseman So he is taking special treatments from Trainer Denny Carroll for an old elbow injury, which he blames for his batting slump last year. FAVORED QUINTETS IN TOURNEY FINAL St. John's and G. U. Prep to Battle for D. C. Title in Game Tonight. S grips tonight in the George Wash- ington University gymnasium in the final and deciding game of the prep school basket ball championship series. Play is to start at 8:15 o'clock. There will be music by the Georgetown Uni- versity Band. St. John's downed St. Albans, 32 to 19, and Georgetown Prep was a 19-15 victor over Gonzaga in semi-final tilts yesterday. Georgetown Prep is one of the few teams to humble St. John's this season, having conquered the Purple, 12 to 11, several weeks ago at Garrett Park, and the Kaydets are doubly keen for a win tonight. Both teams are among the strongest that ever represented the in- stitutions on the court. Win or lose to- night Georgetown Prep's five is solid with the school. It was given a banquet last night, presided over by Father Lloyd, 8. J., headmaster. A cup offered by the Post will be awarded tonight to the victorious quint. Two other trophies also will be pre- sented. One will go to the “most valu- able player to his team,” showing in the series, and the other to the high-point scorer. The former prize will be awarded upon the judgment of the coaches of the eight teams that started the series, Referees Joe Mitchell and Ben Kail and Athletic Director Jim Pixlee of George ‘Washington University. T. JOHN'S and Georgetown Prep, seeded Nos. 1 and 2, will come to ‘Two potshots in the extra period | swept Georgetown Prep to its victory over Gonzaga. It was a sweet triumph | for the Garrett Parkers, who earlier in | Howard Ragland, who was rushed into the game yesterday especially to try for a long shot, in which he special- izes, made one of those vital goals in the extra period, while Bus Heekin caged the other. Both were made from long range. Regulation play ended 15-15 after both teams had blown chances to win the game on foul shooting. Lilly of Gonzaga missed two free tosses shortly before the end just after Allan had flivvered on one. Maurice Nee, Pete Nee's brother, was the big noise for the Garrett Park team. Tom Keating also showed well for the winners. Lao, Gonzaga's Filipino for- ward, again played in bang-up style, e. am George. Prep_ (1) Gonzaga (15, oraa? llan. Nurre, 1 OOy F 0 3 0 5.1 1 Totals ....'s 119 Totals , Referee Mr. Ben Kail (A. B.). St. Albans managed to give St. John's a stout fight for the first quarter, which ended with the Kaydets ahead, 11 to 7, but then St. John's got out in front by 2 substantial margin. Fred Scheele and Bob McCarthy did a deal of plain and fancy basket sniping for the winners, | while Johnny Breen's defensive play was of high grder. John McGee topped Summar; St. John's (32, Hartnett. ... G. Scheele, 1 Mahoney, 1 F. Scheele, 1.. soamaoncond [Te— Smith. c.. McCarthy, ¢ Parkhill, c. Scanlon, & Cassidy, Breen, MONOwmy nwonowoasom BoN—moooosly [ . ..13 632 Totals.. Mr. Joe Mitchell (A. B.). Totals Referee ‘Tech and Emerson quints had en- gagements on out-of-town courts this | afternoon. The former was to meet | St. John's freshmen at Annapolis and | the latter was to face Episcopal at| Alexandria. Western romped to a 44-to-18 win over Landon tossers. Tony Latona and Bill Payne led the winners’ bombard- ment on the cords. Many Western re- serves saw action. Summary Western (44) Landon (18) G.F. Latona, { ; Fimm: S Mot Torenran, Jecons: 1 i X ©] coosossssmoseny Totals so1s G. W. SWIMMERS BEATEN of Losers Is Star of Meet, Winning Two Contests. Although Rote of George Washington was the outstanding performer in the swimming meet with Virginia last night at the Ambassador pool, the Cav- aliers won easily, 44 to 22. Rote won two events and made a fine showing in the relay race. Summaries: 200-yard relay—Won b; tague, Marston, Page, 1410 | | | Rote (Mon- mpton). Time, Won by MeMurty (Va.): W.); third, Page (Va). Rote (G o (VA Fancy second. 50-; W) tag 201 diving— Love (G. third, Mo; e. | stroke —Won by Blumen- | W.); third, breast : second. Kinsler (G. Coehn (VY. ~Time, 2:514% 440-yard swim—Won' by Sayer (Va): sec- ond. Tarplee (Va.): third, Burnide (G. W.). Time. 6:13. 150-yard back _stroke—Won (Va): ‘second. Phillips (Va.); Mullen (G. W.). Time, 2:09. 100-yard daili—Won' by Rote (G. W third, Porter (Va.). second, Montague (Va.); LLOYD WANEL SIGNS. ADA, Okla., February 24 (#)—His contract signed, Lioyd “Little Poison” by Andrews third, Mc- | & slow starter. | season, and, as a result, WASHINGTON, D. G, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1932. PAGE C—1 JOHANIE BOYLE - BAYONNE , N.J. ROOKIE HAS A FIGHTING PROFILE. ~AND NEEDS IT MERE... JOHNNIE PAD A VISIT To GRIFF STADIUM IN 1930 =~ BUT THe Boss-Man TOLD HIM To CALL AGAIN LAst JONN Two BILOX |, M55 | WONDER (F THAT'S WALTER JONASON OR AL SCHACHT ? GRIFF ROOKIE’S AMBITION SIDETRACKED. WHY SHOULD THE WOQRLD BE FuLL ‘OF PITCHERS ? AT TOVGH QP, BoyLe YEAR, AT VILLANOVA,, NIE GOT INTO BUT GAMES:.. o JONN HAS BEEN PLAYING THE DINING Room CLoSE S WHEN HE WAS OLDER. EWS from the base ball front at Biloxi is cheerful, especially that regarding Marberry. This is the first opring in the recollection of this column, which goes back beyond 1923, when Fred made his bow locally that he has reported at camp unburdened by a lot of superfluous weizht. Heretofore Marberry always has shown up heavy and slow from pounds packed on during a Win- ter of idleness, and, despite pun- ishing daily toil inflicted on him by Trainer Martin, has been un- able to attain real pitching form until long after the campaign got under way. With Fred described as trim and keen looking at the outset of train- ing and with two months in which to prep he should be in prime con- dition by the time the champion- ship season opens. Having bolstered the attack of the club through the acquisition of Carl Reynolds, the management has it fig- ured that pitching will tell the tale for the Nationals this year, and Mar- berry is one of their main box re- liances. Another is Alvin Crowder, invariably The General, for some unexplained reason, has harbored the idea that he cannot win early in the it was June last year before the Griffs’ two mound aces started functioning properly. Provided Crowder can De talked out of his Spring inhibitions and Marberry is physically right when the bell rings, the Nationals should be able to get off to a flying start in the pennant scramble, something ab- solutely essential if they are to hold their own against the up-and-com- ing Yankees and ‘he still strong Mackmen. With both Macberry and Spencer 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. TALWART quint of the Central Y. M. C. A and the Rosedale playground team will meet to- night in a basket ball game. In the Stalwarts’ line-up will be Almon, Gorman, Matthews, Helmuth and Eliason, and Rosedales will use Foster, Lewis, Rhodes, Clements and Kehl Manager Clark Grifith does not want Catcher Nig Clarke from the St. Louis team and has so notified Owner Hedges of the Browns. Hedges has released Clarke to Washington, following negotiations, and despite Griff’s attitude says he will insist that he come here. N._T. Whitaker won the Washing- ton birthday chess tournament, de- feating Liebenstein. Unless A. W. Fox cares to dispute his honors, ‘Whitaker now can claim the District, Maryland and Virginia champion- ship. Cafe Republique bowlers defeated Chapin-Sacks in the Commercial League. In the winners' line-up were Burgess, Beak, Murry, Carl and Sister, and the losers were repre- sented by Simpson, Thompson, Abbott, Beckner and Moeller. Girard bowlers took two of three from Kenyon in the Mount Pleasant League. Girard used Milburn, Porter, Spencer, Weikert, Stone and Pierce, and Kenyon was represented by Pat- tison, Rabak, Zellers, Russell and Shirley. Shumans, rolling 2,512, ousted Fairments from the lead in the five- man team competition in class C in the city bowling tourney at the Palace alleys. Hartman, Beck, Ernest, Waner left his Winter home here last night for the Pittsburgh Pirate train- ing camp at Paso Robles,Calit, Desio and Shaffer rolled for Shu- mans. P. Page with 562 grabbed the lead in class C singles from Lewers. ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor By DENMAN THOMPSON. promptly falling into line, and with Manush, West, Myer and Judge not due to report until week after next. Burke has the distinction of being the only | hold-out_among the Nationals, some- | thirig hatd to understand in view of his | record. | Aside from the no-hit game he | 'hurled against the lowly Boston Red the lefthander accom- | plished nothing notable last Sum- ; mer, nor in any of his other four | preceding seasons as a Griffman | for that matter. | Bob is well liked here, and when he Sox lean | capitulates, as he eventually must, the | ‘Ians will be pulling for him to make | good on the promise he has shown for | s0 long. but they can't get excited about | the balking of a pitcher who has been able to win a total of but Z1 games over a stretch of 5 years. | Bobby Goldstein, District of Co- |lumbia lad at Virginia U. and | featherweight champion of the | Southern Conference, is an over- | whelming favorite to retain his | title in the sixth anntal boxin tournament of the organization “wmch opens at Charlottesville to- morrow. | Combining a vicious wallop with a high orde- of ring generalship, Gold- stein is conceded a good chance of go- ing far in the Olympic trials at Penn State College next month, and many predict he will make a name for him! self after finishing school if he follows | Brother Goldie Ahearn's example and | enters professional ranks. | . Princeton foot ball followers, in the doldrums over the low estat to which the one-time member of ‘the Big Three has fallen, have | taken heart with the prospect that Fritz Crisler will boss the Tiger squad next Fall. Crisler, Who learned his foot ball at Chicago under Amos Alonzo Stagg, in | the short period of two years at Minne- | sota earned high praise for his work in the dual capacity of grid tutor and director of athletics, and he will be hailed at Princeton as the medium for Old Nassau to regain the high plane it | formerly held in the Fall sport. | MT. RAINI Damascus’ ER NOSED OUT Last-Quarter Gains 20-22 Victory. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., February 24. —Mount Rainier High basketers faltered in the last quarter against Damascus High and lost a 29-22 game yesterday in the Montgomery County town. It was the Mounts' second loss at the | hands of Damascus | Damascus entered the last quarter 1 point benind, at 18 to 19, but I. Bur- dette, the home team's center, then stepped out to put on a one-man scor- | ing spree to score 11 voints. Damascus girls also scored over the Mount Rainier sextet. The score Was 50 to 24. Summary: Damascus (29) Spurt Mt. Rainier (22). GP. Bellman, f Emer: t oy €3 Watkins, &... | eBeosa? | sooso: Totals Mount Rainier A. C. unlimited bas- keters will play twice tonight on the Mount Rainier High School court, meeting Centennials at 8 o'clock and Levitans in the second game. YOUNGSTERS IN BOUTS National Training School to Meet Combined Team Tonight. National Training School boxers will face a combined team of the Boys' Club and Christ Child Society in a meet of 12 bouts tonight at the school at 8 oclock. The N. T. §. boys previously have scored over both Boys' Club and Christ Child Society. 5l canscoo; NCE WALTER JOHNSON TOLD HIM TO TAKE / —By TOM DOERER = T WAS BOYLES BoypAy DREAM 10 BECOME A CUSTODIAN OF TRAFFIC OANl THE MAIN STEM IN BAYONNE. 80‘\‘, INSTEAD, FATE HAS HiM DOWN HERE TRYING 10 SToP A FEW BATIERS WITH VICIOUS NTENTIONS INSTEAD OF TRAFFIC... \ N « = - Boyle Young but Ambitious | ILOXI, Miss., February 24.— | B Bayonne, N. J,, may lose a very good traffic copper and the Washington base ball | club gain a right-hand pitcher if {the tall, loose-jointed Johnnie Boyle can heave and curl a base ball over the soup plate to fit the | specifications demanded by Owner Clark Griffith and his manager, is going to pitch everything he has to Walter Johnson. But whether the curly-haired Jersey- ite rookie does or does not plunge into a place on the Nationals' pitching | roster, chances are that good old Bay- | johnnie's making the best of it down | | ; 1, both political and ' here where not even the lapping of the | Sunesthe oty ofcll s f Mexico disturbs | been in bed since. He was not present | | for lubricating purposes, is going to lose out on one traffic cop for a busy spot |on the main stem. 1f Johnnie cannot step into a Griff verth he is, nevertheless, going to keep plugging away in base ball until it can be proved to him that there is mot enough fire in his right hand to make the batters cut out chunks of ozone, boy's pet wish. When a youngster of |tender years finest strut their stuff at the corners, and secretly planned to hold down one of those berths himself, when his feet grew bigger and his body taller. But now that his feet have grown to traffic cop proportions and his body is towering slightly over 6 feet, Johnnie has discovered that he can heave over a curve and speed out a fast one well enough to cause his ambitions to take on another wish. Boyle wants to make the grade in base ball. He knows that the chances of taking the flying leap from the sand- lots of Jersey to the mound peak at Griffith Stadium is a very, very difficult task. But he is going to make the plunge down here, hoping that, if he misses his distance he will fall close to his goal, near enough for him to make the next step in another year. Unless the ‘big boy can unbutton something which few rook hurlers are capable of doing their first year at a training camp, his chances of being a Griff hired hand at 100 to 1. Anyhow, that is about the way Manager Walter Johnson fig- ures a sandlot pitcher's chance of stepping up on the hill for the Na- tionals this season. “Boyle may show us a lot of stuff. He is a good boy, no doubt, and he may get into a fine edge here. I hope he makes the grade,” says Walter. Boyle, who was 19 years of age early this month, came to the Griffs upon the advice of his high school coach, Billy Lee, former Tri-State outfielder of another age. Lee, a pal of Heine Manush, Griff outfielder, sent Johnnie to Clark Griffith in 1930 for a talk. Only a little over 17 years of age, Boyle was advised to take a whack at more school work and then come to the Griffs for a trial. He followed instruc- tions and stayed a year at Villanova College, where an abundance of pitchers prevented him getting into more than two ball games. Marty Gallagher, District heavyweight will refe I Beo advioed him fo 3oake the trip Being a traffic cop was the Bayonne | he watched Bayonne's | GRIFFS’ ROOKIE HURLER HOPES TO MAKE HOP FROM SANDLOTS TO BIG LEAGUE BERTH. with the Washington club this year and Johnnie again is following in- structions. Most of his playing has been on the sandlots of his home town and with nearby semi-pro nines. Now Johnnie is waiting for anothe: order, one that will either send him to| Marviand Frosh, 0 a farm club, back to the sandlots—or to a Griff berth. says this big, bashful right-hander, h the batters, stick a few pounds on his | McCaw sparse frame, and let fate and Clari Griffith do the rest. It is a lonesome job, being a rookit with the Griffs this season, bu waters of the Gulf o a rookie’s thoughts. In the meanwhile, | Hol'nesw'h. 1 | = st - onh’ ’ St. Joscph’s, St. John’s and Rider to Be Met—Old Liners Win Final. BY H. C. BYRD. EORGE WASHINGTON'S basket ball team leaves tomorrow on a three-game trip North, which ends its season. The Colonials play St. Joseph’s at Philadelphia tomorrow night, St. John's of Brooklyn Fri- day and Rider College of Trenton, N. J, Saturday. | No matter what the result of the remaining games, George Wash- ington will wind up with the best | season it has ever had. The local team has not been defeated on its | own floor, and has dropped only one game away, that to Duquesne | at Pittsburgh. | It is the general opinion among those | that have followed the Colonials’ basket | ball fortunes since the days when the | Colliflowers were starring on local courts that the team this year is about the strongest developed in at least two dec- | ades. In its three remaining battles George Washington may run into plenty of trouble. The team should win from St. | Joseph's, but against St. John's, and possibly also against Rider College, a | different story may be told. Competing against teams of the caliber of St. John's on that team's own floor is a far different matter from meeting the run-of-mine team on the home court. If George Washington returns to Washington with two victories out of | the three games it is to play away it should consider that it has done a good job. And if it wins only one of the three it chould not worry a good deal. If it can come back with three scalps, then its feat should be given a good deal more than ordinary praise. ARYLAND walked off with its game with Johns Hopkins last night in | the Ritchie Coliseum by a wide | margin. As a matter of fact, the Old | Line five won more easily than even the one-sided score of 38 to 24 indi- cates. It started out by getting a 9-to-1 lead, then allowed Hopkins to pull up until the score stood at 11 to 9, but that was the closest the two scores were all evening. After that the home five pulled away & little and had 16 points against 9 at the end of the first half. In the second half, Ronkin began to break loose for all kinds of shots and at one time Maryland was far enough in front to indicate the game might be a slaughter. However, players began to run in and out of the Maryland line-up and the scoring spree was slowed down. It was Maryland's last game at home and the final of its regular schedule, during which it won 16 games and lost 3. Maryland’s freshmen defeated the | Hopkins yearlings in an abbreviated | preliminary tilt of two 15-minute halves, | | 33 to 14. It was the final tilt for the Old Line cubs, who won 10 of 12 games during the season. | Summaries: Boomaaswal Hopkins. Kelly. f...... | Stude. 1., Camitta.’c Wood. ¢ | Siezel. | Russel. & Vincent. ¢ o wooumseem® ] Ssomnunooy | 1 Totals 16 638 Totals Referee—Mr. Neun (Baltimore). Hopkins Frosh GF.P Siverd. 1 r | cro: ; ¥l 5a bitt. D e | Yowell. ¢ | Breant. | DeVeas vise. 3 Mitchell. ... PYS PPN - ove Askin. .. k| Byrd & K AP Totals . 333 Totals ... 5 414 Referee—Mr. Keppel (D. C. Board). s OACH BURTON SHIPLEY came | back from North Carolina Sunday | morning with the “flu” and has| Srmomusoms e | t | |last night for the Hopkins game, and You would believe in luck, wouldn’t you, if you found a big, fresh, honest cigar for a nickel? Well then, walk up to a cigar counter, lay down 5 cents, and say: “Give me a ‘44’”. Do it today and know your lucky number for life. Friends. Gets Severe Test on Trip now seems unlikely to be fit to make the trip to Atlanta to the Southern Conference Tournament. Unless he re- covers more rapidly than last night seemed probable he will not make the journey South unless he does so con- trary to physician’s orders and with possible serious consequences to him- self. Shipley, although he would be greatly missed by the team on the trip to Georgia, would be foolish to risk his health, no matter how many confer- ence titles might be at stake, If Shipley is not able to go to At- | lanta the team will make the trip un- der direction of Jack Faber, freshman coach. Faber has worked closely with | Shipley the last three years and is fa- maliar with the play and abilities of the | varsity squad. ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY is building its indoor track this week, which consists largely of erecting the banks at the ends and corners. The track on the straightaways is nothing more than lines painted on the gym- nasium floor. Coach Dorsey Griffith is giving a lot of attention to the banks, because ‘it is there that criticism comes from the runners if everything is not just right. More growling would be heard in 15 minutes from the various runners if the angle of the banks were not just what they should be than would be heard from a big-league ball club if the dia- mond were not properly dragged and smoothed. CROWLEY ADMITS OFFER Will Give Iowa Answer on Grid Job in Couple of Days. EAST LANSING, Mich., February 24 ().—James Crowley. foot ball coach at Mochigan State College, has returned from Chicago and confirmed reports that he had been offered the job of foot ball coach at the University of Iowa. He said he would give his answer “in a couple of days,” but gave no in- dications as tc what that answer would be. Events Sél_leduled For Local Teams COLLEGE. TOMORROW. Basket Ball. George Washington vs. St. Joseph's at Philadelphia. FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Virginia Medical College at American University. George Washington vs. St. John's at Breoklyn, N. Y. Maryland in Southern Conference tourney at Atlanta. Columbia U. vs. Bliss at Silver Spring Armory (Washington Collegiate Conference game). SATURDAY. Basket Ball. Carnegie Tech vs. Georgetown at Tech High. George Washington vs. Rider College at_Trenton, N. J. North Carolina A. and T. at Howard University. C— e Track. Catholic University meet at €. U. gymnasium, 7:30 p.m. SCHOLASTIC. TODAY. Basket Ball. Prep school tourney final: St. John's vs. Georgetown Prep, G. . Gym, 8:15. Emerson vs. Episcopal at Alexandria. TOMORROW. Basket Ball. St. Jobn's vs. Hyattsville High, at Hyattsville Armory. FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Western at Gonzaga, 8 p.m. St. John's at Boys’ Club, 8 pm. Bethesda-Chevy = Chase High Albans at Camp Chesapeaks w. at St. : School, Gloucester, Va. « SATURDAY. Basket Ball. Tech vs. Georgetown Freshmen, at Tech, 7 p.m. (preliminary to Carnegie Tech-G. U. Varsity game). Western at Alexandria High. St. Albans at Christ Church School, Va. Track. Catholic University Gymnasium, 7:30 p.m. meet at C. U. INCHES 1]