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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-24
FOR BOXING IN COLLEGES
National Collegiate Association to
Discuss Sparring as Minor
5 Sport-Penn Favors It.

NEW YORK. December 24.-When
the National Collegiate Athletic AS
ISOLATION holds it's annual meeting
here on December 80 one of the sub
jects to be discussed will be a pro-
prosal to introduce boxing as an in
tercollegiate minor sport. College
physical directors said today that
boxing. probably more than any other
petus" during the war and that there
is a general demand among students
for the adoption of the manly art"
DR.. r. TAFT Mackenzie, head of the
department of physical educa ton at
the University of Pennsylvania, is
among the leaders in the movement.
Penn Backs Up Move.
PHILADELPHIA. December "a
The adoption of boxing as an inter-
collegiate sport will be urged by Uni
versity of Pennsylvania athletic au-
thorities at the meeting of the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton, in New York. next week In
making this announcement today,
Maj. NJ. ]. Pickering. graduate man
ager of athletics at Pennsylvania.
said he favored three-round bouts,
he added, would be long enough for
the average college boxer.
Maj. Pickering said there should be
two judges and a referee for these
bouts, the right of decision to be re-
served for the judges. and in case of
a deadlock of opinion either the ref
cree should decide or, if the bout is
unusually close, it should go an extra
round.
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NUMBERS FOR HARVARD
Pasadena Committee to Decide
Question When Team Arrives.
Difficulties Over officials.

PASADENA. Calf. December "a
Whether Harvard'S eleven shall wear
numbers in the New Year day game
with Oregon is one of the questions
which the tournament of roses 1oot
ball committee will seek to decide as
soon as the Crimson squad arrives FIJI
CAV. Oregon'S team, like other Pacific
conference elevenS, carried numbers In
all games of the past season, but oppo-
Sition to their SO doing in the New
Year game, unless Harvard also adopts
the system, is said to have developed.
Selection of officials also may cause
discussion when the fasteners make
their appearance, according to persons
close to "Shy" Huntington, Oregon
coach. Harvard's expressed wish for
A. G.. Van Surdam. formerly of Wes-
leyan and d. w. Merriman. Pennsyl-
vanian, referee, is said to be opposed
by Huntington. who favors Robert
Maxwell of Philadelphia for one. if an
eastern man is chosen, and either w.
S. KienholZ. Pasadena; George NJ. Var
Iell. Spokane, Wash. or Sam Dolan,
Corvallis. Ore. for another.
Meanwhile. however, Huntington is
bending every energy toward getting
his charges in the best possible con-
dition. The schedule of two workouts
daily, started Monday, is expected to
continue the remainder of the week
with possible lay-off Saturday after
noon TO permit the Oregonians to
watch the California interscholastic
foot ball championship contest here.
Bob Higgins, captain of this year
Penn State foot ball eleven is the cham
pion heavyweight boxer of the college.
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NOVEL RECOGNITION ACCORDED
ILLINOIS TITLE GRIDIR ON TEAM

distinct innovation in the way of
recognition of gridiron pre-eminence
was pulled off last Saturday night in
Chicago, when the championship foot ball
team of the University of Illinois was
presented with a large and exceedingly
handsome silver trophy cup, the joint
gift of George AIDE and f. c. Patterson
of Chicago.
This cup is to be competed for by
teams which are members of the middle
western conference, the aggregation
which wins it three times in succession
to become its permanent possessor. The
University of Illinois. which won every
game on it's schedule except one, will
have it the first year. The award is ac-
companied by NINA ture cups which are
given to individual team members and
which are theirs permanently.
The occasion of the first presentation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-24
9N DENMAN THOMPSO...

II develops that Rube Schauer. one
of the pitchers Clark Griffith is bank
ing on to help put the Nationals in the
pennant hunt next season. may not
sport Washington livery after all.
Griff has had his eye on this hurler
for some time. He has watched his
work in the American Association
carefully for the last two years, and.
becoming convinced that he was ripe
10 cut a big swath in the majors. ar
ranged with great care to obtain title
to him at the close of the 1919 sea-
son. To attain his object Griff had to
agree to loan his surplus talent to
Joe Cantillon. as he has been doing
last season included Ed. Hovlik, a
hurler with barrel of stuff. who
gives promises of some day making a
name for himself under the big top
Everything was arranged TO the SatlS-
faction of both Griff and Cantillon and
il seemed assured Schauer would be
numbered among the athletes TO go
south with the Nationals next spring
when along comes the player himSeiI
and gums the plan by refusing point
blank to listen TO the transfer
Why Schnucr Is Baking.
There is a general impression that
minor league performers are not only
willing but anxious to quit the cir
cults of lower classification for the
ma jors and in great majority of in
stances this is true. but not so with
Schauer. He has balked like Mis-
souri, mule and announced in loud
and unCompromiSing voice that he Will
not leave that dear Minneapolis
1t would seem there must be some
very good reason for such an unusual
attitude and there is, or rather, are
a couple of them. In the first place
riding on Pullmans and stopping at
first-class hotels is no novelty 10
Schauer. as he has had fling as
major Lacquer in both big leagues,
with the Athletics in the American
and the Giants in the National. with
both a decided tendency to wlldness
impaired his value and caused him. TO
he shunted back to the American AS
ISOLATION, but it appears Schauer has
mastered this fault. and it is for TINS
reason Griff is so anxious to get him.
as there never was much argument on
the score of whether he possessed
sufficient stuff to make go OF 1t on
big time.
The other and most important factor
in his refusal to return to fast COM
pany is a position he holds IN the
county auditors Office out Minnea polis
way. Rube likes that job and is
afraid he will lose it if he absents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-24
AL White, C. U. STAR,
PICKED UP BY GIANTS

Albert J. White. former star dia-
mond performer at Catholic Univer-
|, sity. may follow the precedent set
by Wally Pipp, the smuggling first
baseman of the Yankees. in gradual
ing from the Brookland institution
into the majors. White is one of two
young infielders picked up by the
New York Giants for inspection at
the training camp. in San Antonio
next spring, the other being Frank
Mcclure. a San Francisco boy, who
is a protege of Fred Snodgrass. for
mer Giant outfielder.
White was recommended to the Gil
ants by Arthur Devlin. the Washing
tonian and former Georgetown play
er who became one of the stars of
the game. while performing at the
! Polo Grounds under McGraw. White
was shortstop and captain at Catholic
University in 1916 on the best team
the Brooklanders ever turned out. He
| is a finished fielder. but not a par
| ticularly strong hitter. White has
been coaching at some New England
college for the past two years
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Grif LQ1ds Bush Phe1o Scauer Bas Yanks Gain Point
GRlFF MAY LOSE SCHAUER;
GETS A SLUGGER IN NIXSON
Latter Hit for 1862 as Outfelder in Texas
League-Rube Has Political Job That
Makes Minneapolis Attractive.

himself seven months in the year to
la Dor for the Washington club. He
may succeed in his effort to be per-
mitted to continue playing in Mime
apolis. but Cantillon will have to offer
the locals inducements in the way of
playing material decidedly worth
while or else Schauer's name will be
kept on the Nationals reserve list,
recorded as refusing to reDort. and be
debarred from playing with any other
team under the jurisdiction of organ
lied base ball.
Nilsson Fine Prospect for Griffs.
Schauer's one hope of getting by
with the stand he has taken in re-
fuSing to join the Nationals lies IN
the fact that there now is on the
roster of the Minneapolis club an
outfielder by the name of Nilsson
whom Griff is exceedingly anxious to
corral and to obtain whom he may
be induced to give up claim to Schauer.
if some other promising prospect can
be dug up for shipment in place OF
the RUDE. This Nixson is a young
Ster who created quite stir in the
Texas League last season with pro-
diEious featS of batting. and is Ia
beled by Billy Smith. the Shreveport
pilot. and other authorities as being
a coming big league star. With the
Beaumont club NiXson hammered the
horsehide for the eminently respecta-
BILE figures of 1862, and he is held to
be qualified in the matter of speed
and throwing ability t" make de-
termined bid for fame in the majors.
Acting on tips from his friends in
the south. Griff caused him to be
drafted by the Wichita club of the
Western League, run by Frank 1sbell,
with whom the Nationals have
working agreement. and Wichita in
turn passed him along to Minneapo-
lis. thereby observing the regula-
lions in force this year in the minors
in regard to the drafting of players
by leagues only of the next higher
classification. However. Griffith orig
inally figured on getting both Schauer
and Nixson, and it is by no means
assured yet that he will fail. Under
the agreement he entered into with
Cantillon he is to get the pick of the
Millers. which appears to be Schauer.
and the arrangement for obtaining
Nixson was Griffs own. SO he is en-
titled to both. and probably will in
siSt on getting both.
From what the pilot has heard of
Nixson's ability. he is hopeful the
Texas youngster will plug that hole
in left field. but he is going to line
up as many candidates as possible and
take them all to Tampa for a thor
ough inspection.
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1919 AII-American Pro Team.

The standard of professional golf
in this country is higher now than
il has ever been and it's history is
very interesting 1t is a fascinating
life. and yet. when We consider that
4 professionals hours are from early
morn to late at highland there are
sundays. too-the calling does not
seem quite so attractive. But there
always is the lure of the great out
doors. and the more fortunate pro-
fessionals follow the sun the year
around.
The professional is a wonderful man
to the caddies. l recall that when
was d caddie i quite idoliZed the pros
] met in spite of the fact that some
of them treated the boys rather bad
ly. 1t took me some time to asSo-
ciate the term professional golfer
with a man born on this side of the
water. for in my early days at the
game the pros We're all Scotch and
English fellows, who were very good
teachers. They found conditions very
different from the old country. but
they made good money. and those
who saved then are well-to-do now.
For Years these foreign pros con-
trolled the golf teaching of. the coun-
try. and all our amateur golf was
patterned after the great British mas
tiers of the game Their downfall
came from the little caddies in the
yards and the little fellows who
looked admiringly for hours into the
golf shop windows. The foreign pros
played splendidly. however, and from
the first open championship, in 1894.
down to 1910 their sway seemed su-
preme. OF course, il is a hard thing
TO keep ones game up through the
years. IL is easy to become slug
.ish and tired of practice. The fight
ing spirit leaves when you have been
at the top for long time.
Seven years ago we would not have
dreamed of considering an American :
born pro for champion. Then. in
the open championship of 1910. Jack
McDcrmott. a Philadelphian flashed
into d tie for first place. From that
time the American boys came on
pretty fast Competition grew hot
ter Some of the old pros hung on,
but new spirit was abroad and a
new pro among them-the little cad
die boy who used to look for hours
into the windows of the pros shop
and hurry oJt to caddie for him. And
so in Il little more than twenty years
a number of fine born pro-
feSsionals have come TO the front
This in y manner explains why. in
selecting a team of American pro
fessionals TO play British team.
would place Waiter Hagen. oper
champion of 1914 and 1919, at the
head I do this because he has the
hest all-rouHd game for all courses
Next o. the list I would place jock
Hutchinson of Glen View. d wonder
fully brilliant player from old Scot
land. He IL truly magnificent iror
PLAYER.
Next 1would have Jim Barnes Of
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of this prize. which is expected to add
great interest to future foot ball con-
tests in the middle west. was the ban
quet given by the Illinois Club to the
team at the Chicago University Club
Speakers of the evening included Coach
Zuppke of the Blue and Gold team
George Huff. director of athletics of the
University of Illinois. and Messrs AIDE
and Patterson, donors of the prizes
which had been kept complete secret.
E. c. Patterson is we'll known as a
foot ball writer for important publica-
tions, including Golfers Weekly. He is
the man who backed Ralph De Palma
the automobile racer, and is himself en-
gagged in a side line of the automobile
business. The keen and active interest
Of George AIDE. the humorist,. in western
conference foot ball is of long standing
He is a graduate of Purdue University
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-24
ORGANIZE INDEPENDENT
ATHLETICS FOR MAINE

NEW YORK, December 24.-Local
officials of the Amateur Athletic Union
were interested today in the move
ment started by Mike J. Ryan, an Army
athletic director during the war and
now in charge of athletics at Colby
College, to organize an Independent
branch of the union in the state of
Maine. Formal preliminary negotia-
tons already have been made. =
At present Maine is under the juris-
diction of the New England A. A. u.
with headquarters at Boston. Under
the plan outlined by Ryan the new
organizations membership will include
the college, high schools, Y. M. c. A
and Knights of Columbus branches and
American Legion clubs in the state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-24
BRITISH GOLF VISITORS
MAY SHIFT TITLE PLAY

NEW YORK. December 24.-The ex-
pected invasion of the United States
by British golfers next summer may
cause the United States Golf Associa-
ton to move the national open cham
pionship farther down on the calendar
than the position occupied last spring.
The association held it's annual meet
ing here on January 9. to select the
courses and dates for the golf fixtures.
Local golfers interested in reports
that Harry Vardon. J. H. Taylor, Abe
Mitchell. James Braid and other Brit
ish experts would come to America
said today that the national open cham
pionship might be held in the fall in
order to allow the Britishers a chance
to participate.
Walter Hagen. Tom Mcnamara and
other Americans plan to invade Eng
land next April and try for British
honors. and the reciprocal visits are
looked upon with high favor by golf
ing enthusiasts here.
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the Whitemarsh Valley Club. near
Philadelphia. These three are the
true American triumpirate. Look
over the open championships for the
last three years and you Will find
that it was the golfer who broke
through them who won out. There is
really SO little difference between
their games that it is only a question
as to who is particularly on" on
any given occasion. 1 would like to
see them tried against 'Vardon. Tay-
lor and Braid. They all represent
different styles of play.
Hagan's strength allows him to play
an all-carry wooden game that is a
wonder. Barnes is tremendous
driver and a fine example of crisp
playing. Hutchinson has a dashing
game of remarkable possibilities.
ern ideas of the game and they are
the models we all try to copy.
Following these splendid three
is a long list of fine professionals
who might on occasion. but not on
the averase. defeat the three.
Keen rivalry keeps the three al
ways on edge. and as a result we find
them making wonderful scores on all
courses.
Among other conspicuously good
professionals is Mike Brady of Mas
sachusetts. splendid player of grace
| and strength. Gil Nichols is another
| golfer whose game l have admired
! very much. i like his peculiar style
of playing, and for years / have eX-
pected him to win the championship
George Sargent of Interlachen. Min
| neapolis, deserves a place on any all
American team.
| There are a number of professional
/ golfers who are wonderful at times
! but on a team one must have depend
; able men. In this connection 1 am
| thinking of Bob Macdonald of In
| dian Hill. A giant in stature. he has
all the shots. but is inclined to be
| careless. Louis Teller is another fine
player who seems a bit lacking in
/ physical strength. Jim Donaldson is
/ a magnificent. spectacular player. 1,
/ is joy to watch him in practice
| Wilfred Reid Tom MacNamara, Ton
Vardon. Fred Mcleod. Emmett French
George Mclean. all have fine games
! and the man who would attempt Il
! choose between them would have &
| big job on his hands.
! Leo Dirgel. a young America n borr
hoy from the Country Club of De.
, troit. challenged the leaders in the
! western open at Cleveland. but h,
was led by Barnes by three strokes a
! the finish. Edgar, the Atlanta pro
formerly French open champion, wa.
disappointingly out of the running il
the national and western. but made
magnificent showing in the Canadian
iopen at Hamilton.
I George Duncan. the famous British
er. together with Abe Mitchell, ma,
visit America next summer. in which
tevent II will be interesting as com
pariSon. Nineteen nineteen still find
the old crowd in command.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-24

Bob Higgins. captain of this years
Penn State foot ball eleven is the cham
pion heavyweight boxer of the college.
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NEW BOY NET WONDER
IN CHARLES M. WOOD, JR

NEW YORK. December 24.-New
York boasts of new schoolboy tennis
wonder in the person of Charles NJ.
Wood, jr.. fourteen years old. of the
Dewitt Clinton High School. Playing
in the semi-finals of the junior in
door national championships here
Yesterday, the youth easily won his
match and displayed such powerful
service and speed at volleying that
experts among the spectators were
fairly daZZled.
Wood will meet Valentine Gress of
Peddie Institute of New Jersey for the
title Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-24
To Fix Power Boat Race Dates,

DETROIT, December 24.-Dates for
running the gold cup trophy races
here in 1920 were expected to be set
at the meeting to be held here today
of the gold cup committee of the
American Power Boat Association
The committee was also expected to
reorganize for the coming year and
to receive a report on plans for the
$4,000 Fisher cup race. to be held in
connection with the gold cup races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-24
Milwaukee Buys Gainor and Smith

BOSTON, December 24.-Del Gainor
and Paul Smith were sold by the Bos-
ton Americans today to the Milwaukee
club Of the American Association.
Gainor came to the Red SoX on a
waiver from Detroit in 1914 and, al
though first baSeman. was used
principally as utility man. Smith
is an outfielder, and came to the Bos
ton club from Montreal in 1917, but
WAA A00n called into military service.
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Seattle Must Get Waivers on Walsh

SAN FRANCISCO. December ga
Clyde Wares. manager of the Seattle
club in the Pacific Coast Base Ball
League. must secure waivers from the
other coast league managers before
his sale of Jimmy" Walsh, outfielder.
to Akron. Ohio, will be allowed. Will
liam H. Mccarthy. president of the
league, has ruled.
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Jim Thorpe to Play in Akron,

AKRON, Ohio, December 24.-Dick
HoblitZel, manager of the Akron Base
Ball club in the International League
has announced that deal has been
closed with the Boston National
League club whereby Outfielder Jim
Thorpe. famous Indian athlete, will
play here next year.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-04
LABOR IN THE PEACE LEAGUE.

WASHINGTON, April 29.--The
nine clauses proposed by the COM
on international labor legis-
lation for insertion in the peace
treaty as adopted by the peace con-
ference in plenary session at Paris
yesterday, we're made public here to-
day by the State Department.
Among the principles incorporated
are a standard eight-hour day, a
weekly day OF rest, the abolition of
child labor. equality of pay for men
and women workers and the right
of association for all lawful pur-
poses"
The text of the clauses as adopted
follows:
THE high contracting parties, re-
cognizing that the wellbeing, physi-
cal, moral and intellectual, Of in
dustrial wage earners is Of supreme
international Importance, have
framed a permanent machinery as
ISOLATED with that of the league OF
nations to further this great end,
They recognize that difference OF
climate, habits and customs Of eco
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-04
SPREADING TERRORISM.
En- Route


WASHINGTON, April 80. Dis
covery in New York today OF 10
bombs, each put together b. ex-
perts, resulted tonight in general
warning to government employees to
be on watch for what authorities
here believe to be an anarchist plot
to spread terror through the coun-
try.
While steps were taken immedi-
ately to deal with the situation al
ready developed, Postoffice Depart
ment officials frankly admitted that
there was absolutely no means OF
telling exactly how many bombs
might have been deposited in the
mails. The l6 picked up in New
York, were regarded as a catch find,
having been held for lack OF post
age. Coming on the heels OF the
damage caused by an internal ma.
chine mailed to former Senator
Hardwick OF Georgia and in the
same sort OF package, with the same
department store label, led to
prompt contiscation by the govern
ment and quick search for similar
weapons of destruction moving
through the mails.
Because of the character of the
men to whom the packages were ad-
dressed, the one thought OF the au-
thorities conferred in the motive. In
a general way the attempt on the
lives OF cabinet members, a justice
of the supreme court of the United
States, a governor, mayor and 9TH
ers, was linked up with recent agi-
tation and discussion of the Ques-
ton of after-the-war immigration.
But the authorities could not alto
gether agree on this as the reason
behind the wholesale attempts at de-
struction of life.
Word reached investigators here
that Gimbel Brothers. New York de-
partment store owners, whose mail
ing tags were on each package, in
Guiding that sent to former Senator
Hardwick. had declared the tag a
forgery