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Tech had a team which played well
as individuals and as team. The
"es, assets were I"ehler. at center.
and Hutchinson. at forward Both
these players outdid the others in
practicaily every contest, and there
was never a game in which they were
not the bulwark of the attack This
credit Is given them with all due
credit for the fine performances of
fosneil. Guide and Parker.
T,v" Places for Tech.
In picking an all-high quint, Tech
should sal :he two places filed by
'H"Se ni'yers. iO-hirr at center and
Hutchinson at forward.
AS a matter of fact. il is doubtful
II there will be much variance in
the membership of the all-high fives
selected by the several local newspa-
pers- When the season was less than
three weeks old the writer picked
Lemon and Hutchinson, forwards :;
Loehier, center and Dick Newby and
either Guide or Conard as guards, and
stated that it would be difficult to
pick better all-high quint.
The results of the season show
that those Sc sectionS still stand. with
the exception that Conard is given
preference over GUIDE, having de-
ve1oped more rapidly. Conard played
better basket ball for Western than
any other one man for any. other
team. He not only was the best bet
on the defense. but also did the most
OF the scoring for Western
Dick Newly OF Central was the
next best guard. His work stood out
in most of the contests but almost
entirely as a defensive factor. With
NeWby to play the back floor and
Conard to play the loose guard po-
sition. a scholastic team would have
almost an ideal pair of guards.
Lemon of Central stood out with
Hutchinson as the best guards of
the series. In some respects the Cen
trail man was superior to the Tech
forward. hut hardly was as steady.
T. in any event. without attempting to
enter into discussion as to which
of the two players was the better it
might he stated that the guards of
any scholastic quint who might op-
pose these two men would more than
have their hands full.
In all probability the all-star scho-
lastic combination picked this year
would be better than any like COM
bination in several seasons. possibly
since Bryan Morse turned out such a
star combination at Western several
years ago. The team would have every
requisite of good basket ball team
capable center. two accurate for
wards and two fine defense guards
one of whom is exceptionally accurate
in shooting baskets. would be about
all that any basket ball five should
ask for.
University of Virginia plans to get
back into the track game this spring
combination is sending nineteen men
to the Hopkins meet Saturday night
and intends to capture the south
\ '.~t:" championship events. ac-
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SHAMROCK " IN PERIL
FROM SH|PyARD BLAZE
Vanitie, Candidate for Cup Defense
Selection, Also Threatened as
Yachts and Buildings Burn.

NEW YORK. February % (by the
Associated Press).-Sir Thomas Lip
toms challenger for the America
cup. the Sha mrock ". and the cup de-
fender candidate Vanitie were threat
ened with destruction early TODAY by
& fire which swept through the ship
yards of Robert Jacobs. at City Island.
burning eight private yachts and
three buildings Early estimates
placed the loss at nearly $1.000.00
SiNty-five sailing craft were stored
ing wind saved the Shamrock w and
Vanitie. They were stored in sep
arate sheds. At one time the flames
came within twenty-five feet OF the
building housing the challenger.
The island fire department. rein
chester and a city fireboat. was han
dieapped in lighting the blaze by a
snowstornl and a high wind. Appa :
ratus was stalled in snow banks an
hour and the freboat had to buck
heavy ice foes before getting near
enough to throw water on the flames.
Explosions of gasoline tanks i'm
periled the fire fighters. The origin
of the fire is not known.
The boats burned were the Irolita
and Queen. respectively 81 and 12s
foot schOoners. owned by f. w. Clar k
of Philadelphia; the Mystery. 1885,
fcot schooner. owned by William II.
Farwel of New York; the Veona
owned by Mrs. George Luther OF
Philadelphia; the Aurora, owned by
Capt. John L. Peterson, ana three
smaller craft.
The bronze and steel hulls of these
vessels were considerably warped and
the interiors completely burned out
Falling embers also endanRefA d
valuable yachts stored at the adjoin-
ing shipyards of the Eevins conpSfiy
and the Woods company. ~
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DEADLOCK ON CHAIRMAN
Johnson and Heydler Cannot Agree
on Head for National
Commission.

NEW YORK. February a5-Presi-
dent Ban johnson of the American
League and John HeydIer. National
League president. held a conference
yesterday in regard to naming sue
cessor to. Garry Hermann as chair
man Of the national commission but
no decision was reached.
1t was said after the conference
that the names or the men under con-
sideration would not be divulged. 1t
is understood. however. that Johnson
still favors Harvey Woodruff Chicago
sporting editor. while the National
League has instructed Heydler to vote
for one of the three New Workers
who have been mentioned for the
place.
Johnson plans to leave New York
today and it is not likely that de-
cision on the Craftsmanship will be
made for some time. AS long as the
deadlock continues the two league
presidents will have to attend to all
commission affairs. but if the dead
lock is not soon broken. action may
be taken by National Leaguers to
force action of some kind.
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Why was it a foul BALI"

why was it a foul BALI
No doubt you have asked yourself
that question many a time. when you
saw the batter strike at the ball hit
it just in front Of the plate, make
break to run and then have the ball
hit him before he got away from the
batter's box.
ritory. then hit the batsman. and then
heard the call OF foul ball from the
umpire. In all probability had the
decision been left to you. you would
rave ruled that the ball was a fair
ball. and that the batter was out for
being hit by a batted ball.
Perhaps at other times you have
seen the bali hit in fair ground di
rectly in front Of the plate, rebound
and strike something your eye could
not follow. then see the ball roll into
fair territory ten. fifteen or twenty
shout foul ball. To you it seemed
there could be no other decision than
fair ball Perhaps you wondered at
the failure of the batsman to run. or
the team in the field to protest against
the umpire's decision
OF course, the umpire must have
been right in his deductions, or he
would have never gotten away with
the decision so many times. But why?
Well. in the first place the batter's
box is in foul territory. That is the
big reason. When the ball struck in
fair territory it was fair for that mo-
ment only. Remember, to be posi-
lively fair it must pass inside third
or first base while on the ground,
and a no time come into contact with
a runner. batsman or other PLAYER
who might be in foul territory. The
moment that the ball which was mo-
fair rebounds and strikes a
batter standing in his box. the hit re-
solves itself into a foul ball. since the
batter standing in his box is in foul
Evening star., 1920-02-25
WALTER HAGEN BREAKS
RECORD At PALM BEACH

PALM BEACH. Fla. February 25.-
Walter Hagen, open champion of the
United States. Yesterday hung up a
golf record for the Everglades course.
which has just opened. playing with
Malcolm Stevenson. New York, in an
mateur-professional four-ball four
some against F.. Roosevelt Scovel
New York. and William Robertson.
Everglades pro"
Hagen shot one bad hole. losing his
ball on the ninth in the pond, and
turned in an individual medal score Of
-. going out in So and back In 81. He
and Stevenson won the four all
match. 4 up and to play. Their best
ball was II. against ScoveTs and Rob-
ertson's best ball of II.
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RED SMITH MAY NOT LlNdER HERE LONG.

Acquisition BY the Nationals of Red Smith from New York
Yankees Is taken that the of nfed candidates
G1h viii have :. lamp. nest month will be increased The former
third the Boston
Hat!n via The waiver route obtained by Washington In the
some other club trade Huggn got him with the idea of
when deal through
difficulty obtaining all
him
leagues of and for nine His best
world triumph Athletics fractured
shortly before title
of fielder He hard hitter when at the his but
unitakable
ness as big ieaguer his batting mark Of B for last being
deal involving him Griffith have in mind known but
talent exchange Smith being
league club in for a option youngster
Roy Grover the nfelde obtained
and who hunted the failing
void second has been sold Washington
the American Association The purchase effected by
Alex Mccarthy Pirate nheld
asement when John Camel tossed the job oil
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AUSTRALIA ACCEPTS
j. S. DAVIS CUP Def
Entries Close March |, Following
Which Draw for Preliminaries
Will Be Made.

NEW YORK, February 2S.-Formal
for the Davis cup. emblematic of the
" ofld team tennis cftaiH pfohship was
received here today from Australia.
The cable message was addressed to
the United States Lawn Tennis Asso-
cia tion. by Thomas II. Hicks Of Sgd
ney. AS secretary. he acknowledged
the challenge forwarded after the
annual meeting Of the association. his
message reading: Challenge received
with pleasure"
Under the regulations governing
this competition challenges must re-
port the champion nation by March
!. the final date on which they can
be received this year. The champion
country. in this case Australia. then
makes the draw. The nations thus
paired then play their preliminary
matches and the winning team meets
Australia for the trophy.
This will he the first Davis cup
match for the United States since
1914. when the event was held in this
country.
As the draw for the preliminary
matches must be made following the
day Of close OF entries the national
expects to know early in March what
team it will meet in the preliminary
event
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VETERAN TRAINER DEAD
George Goldie, Former Champion
Athlete. Earned Fame at Prince
ton and the New York A. C.

PRINCETON. n. j.. February 25.-
George Goldie. Princeton University's
first physical director. who died at
his home here Monday. was widely
known in athletic circles both as an
athlete himself and trainer of ath-
letes. He was seventy-eight years old.
Mr.. Go1die at one time was the
holder of world records in the stand
ing broad jump and the standing
high jump. He is said to have inau-
surated the use Of the pole in jumping
for height and was known as the
father of the pole vault.
MIR. Goldie came to Princeton in
1869 from Montreal. of which, city he
was a native. He remained here un-
til 1885. when he became the first
coach of the New York Athletic Club
In 1898 he returned to Princeton and
was actively associated with the uni
versity's athletic affairs until 1911,
when he retired. During his first pc
riod with Princeton he turned out
several championship gym teams and
was the originator of number of
swings and twists. among them the
now abandoned ladder" From 1859
to 1885 he held the FIVE and the three
year all-round championship title
of the United States and the Gale
donia Club of Canada.
Evening star., 1920-02-25
HIGH SCHOOL TITLE
IS TAKEN BY TECH
Goes Through Season Unde-
feated, Being Record for
Manual Trainers.
DT n. 4. RXRU.

Techs victory over Eastern yester
day wound up the high school basket
ball series and finished what for Tech
has been the most successful court
season ever enjoyed The Manual
Trainers went through the year with
out defeat at the hands of scho-
lastic organization and it's seven con-
secutive victories against other high
school quints give it the scholastic
championship without even mur-
mur of dispute from anybody About
the only contest in which Tech even
was pushed to its limit was the sec
ond with Central. which 10 won by
two points
Final standing of the teams shows
Central In second place. with six vic
tories and two defeats:
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ONLY ONE EASTERN TRIP
FOR NOTRE DAME TEAM

SOUTH BEND. Ind. February 25-
Notre Danes 1920 foot ball schedule.
which has been a matter of conjecture.
especially since II was announced that
scheduled game with Harvard had
been Cancelled at tn" request of Notre
Dame authorities. was announced today
1t developed that decision of tho
faculty to allow only one eastern trfn
was responsible for cancellation of the
game with Harvard, set for October {?
The schedule follows: October ,. Kals-
nazoo at Notre Dame October 16
Nebraska at Lincoln October %, Val
paraiso at Notre Dame October 30,
Army at West Point; November 6.
Purdue at Notre Dame November 13,
Indiana at Bloomington November 20.
Northwestern at Evanston November
25. Michigan Aggics at Fast Lansing
Coach Rockne expected to f1il October
!. now an open date. with a game at
home.
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Ful,er to Coach Carolina.

CHAPEL HILL. n. c.. February Is
tSpecia .-Myron F.. Fuller. Yale.
1911, line coach at West Virginia Uni
versity last fall. will be head coach at
the University of North Carolina next
made today by Graduate Manager
Charles T. WoolIen. Fuller played
guard and tackle at Yale, and has
coached at Stevens Institute. Colby
College. Haverford School, Swarth-
more. Hog Island shipyard and West
Virginia. He will have fourteen let
ter men next fall besides promising
material from tie 1919 freshman
squad.
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KILBANE READY FOR vALGER
Featherweight Champion Meets
French Flash at Newark Tonisht.

NEW YORK. Februa~ " 25.-Johnny
kilbane and Benny valser will meet
at the Newark sportmen's Club to-
night In an eight-round bout. and If
vaiser IL fortunate enough TO score
knockou, the youngster will be-
come tho feathefwe eight champion.
There is small chance Of the French
Flash stopping the foxy kilbane. as
the Clevelander 10 a good boxer and
as crafty a man as ever pulled on
glove KiIbane restricts Va1ger to 124
pounds. and elects to go into the ring
at the weight that suits him. The
champion IL said to be guaranteed
IS. 500 for boxing the eight rounds.
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CARPENTER REWARDED
FOR HIS RING PROWESS

PARIS. February 25.-For the
prestige he has won for boxing IN
France and the help he has given In
the progress of physical training
weight and challenger for the world
championship title. has won a grand
prize of 10000 francs awarded by the
French Academy of Sports.
Carpenter. JEFF Smith, American
middleweight: Frank Brown and K.
o. Loughlin are to appear in a spe-
cial exhibition match here March 10
for the benefit of Louis de Ponthieu,
the French featherweight champion.
whose Arm WAS amputated recently.
Evening star., 1920-02-25
RING CAREER OF JACK
DEMPSEY THREATENED
BY INDICTMENTS DUE
San Francisco Grand Jury Votes True Bills
Against Champion and His Manager, AL
leging Conspiracy to Euade Draft.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

ACk DEMPSEY appears be for tough OF it From
Francisco /mation that bills alleging
- conspiracy voac the electve have been voted
the federal the heavyweight
world and his Jack kean, and that indictments
will Friday when made the United
The the predamen
himself if indicted draft dodger will be such
him regarding his future the world OF
preclude possibility him meeting Georges
Carpenter battle for the tlein end his
his ueuness box Office attraction will Immediately and
completely
their lives the call duty would bar who
efronery there thousands who
turned from France but still suffering
Reliance the public would
fallaeions in this
Evidence submitted United An
Adams Of his
Dempsey whom divorced which
alleged prove that Dempsey obtained deferred the
draft when his wife supporting him Other evidence offered led
of charges by the United States attorney
that Frank plman motion picture promoter had perjud him
self when called a witness for the government.
by Dempsey that he
Mrs Dempsey feraced these alleged
initial she signed
they keans and Speman Mrs Demp
before United
she had made but alleged federal
she admitted she had been
and then agreed to testify before the grand jury
Evening star., 1920-02-25
LOCALS LOSE At CHESS YALE QU|NT TOO STRONG
Dark Blue Takes Measure of
Georgetown Basketers in Easy
Game. Score 4e to II.

Georgetown's basket ball teanr play
ed the second game of it's trip last
night at New Haven and suffered a
rather one-sided defeat At the hands
Of the Yale Ave The score was As
the beginning Of the contest and at
the end of the first half led by 90
to T.
Fees shot nine baskets from the
foul line outsof as many attempts
However. the Georgetown forward
was pretty we'll covered in floor plav
and got only one basket from the
feld. Alderman Of Yale led in the
scoring with six goals
Lineup and summary:
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Manhattan Players Win Tele-
graphic Contest, SO. Over Cap
ital City Club Members.

Wound up by the adjudication of
ono game. which remained unfinished,
nd which was awarded to New York,
the return match by telegraph between
the Manhattan Chess Club and the
Capital City Chess Club of WASH
inEton resulted in a one -sided victory
for the Manhattans by the score OF
S to :. With the score of the first
match which was to 4. the New
York club gets the series by a grand
total of ~ to 6. The summary fol-
LOWS.
Evening star., 1920-02-25

cording to a report just brought from
Charlottesville. Pop Lanigan. track
coach at Virginia, is said to be bend
ing his energies toward building a
team to capture the championship
south Atlantic meet to be held at
Blacksburg. May S.
Evening star., 1920-02-25
Epiphany Juniors Lose.

Last night Epiphany Junior basket
ball team lost to the Olympic A. c.,
IL to Is, in an exceptionally fast game.
Daniels did the best work for Epiphany
and Mcpherson and wilkinson for the
winners.
Evening star., 1920-02-25
STECHER PINS HUSSANE
WITH A DOUBLE WRIST

PITTSBURGH. Pa. February 25.-
Joe Stecher. world Cs,-~h h-as-catch-ca
wrestling champion, threw Yussif
Hussane of Detroit in IS minutes here
last night with double wrist lock
while himself entangled in a body
scissors. Stecher tried frequently to
apply his own body scissors. but found
Hussane had perfected a good defense
against 1t.
Hussane protested the referees de-
cision. but ringsiders held that the
verdict of the referee. William Peet.
n local unortip0 Aditpr
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Marine Preps Beat ingram.

yesterday from the Ingram Quint by a
score of aS TO 81. in the gymna sium at
Eastern High School Fridinger
played hne basket ball for the win
Aing Ave-,
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Western Midgets Win Twice.

Western highs midget basket ball
team won two games yesterday. when
it defeated the Y. N. e. A. midEets.
35 Ia 10. End the Eaton School midgets
by IS to Is.
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stecher Meets Linow Tonight.

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. February
55.-JOe Stecher worlds catch-as-
catch-can wrestling champion. and
Ivan Linow. the Russian. will meet
here tonight with the championship
at stake. Linow weighs 24o pounds
and Stecher 215.
Evening star., 1920-02-25
Immaculate Tigers Win Easily.

Immaculate Tigers easily defeated
Technical Highs third-strihg basket
ball players yesterday by 22 TO g.
Sheehan and Minahan led the winners
in scoring. the former with five goals
from the floor and the latter with six.
Evening star., 1920-02-25

Stanislaus Zbyszko. the giant
Polish wrestler, will celebrate
his return to the mat. after an
absence OF more than four years.
next Saturday in New York
when he will wrestle Frank
Zolar, heavyweight champion
of Bohemia. Zolar. a six
footer and weighing 235 pounds.
should prove a fine comeback
test for /yb
Evening star., 1920-02-25

Doc White. Washingtonian.
former star southpaw of the
White Sox and ex-Texas League
maenate. who this year will
pilot the Muskegon club OF the
Michigan-Ontafio League, has
received some assistance from
the Nationals. First Baseman
Frank kelleher and Shortstop
John Lindsey having been
turned over to him.
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capital City G. c.

=
Capital city played white On the odd num-
:. -"J boards. Referee Justice Mahlon Pit
n "f Washington. Adjudicstor n. Helms.
NJ, York. Tmpires-A A. Link. New York.
and - II. Nerhsh. Washington.
Evening star., 1920-02-25

Van SlSck '3i, Cohen. FLYNN, Jameson. Goodeli
rAhe. Zazzal Fees. Innshak t2l. Goals from
foul Van s'tck H'. Crane. Fees ia,. Substi-
tntisns Jameson for Van Slrrk Crane for
Alderman Stanton for Hamill. keck for FLYNN
GOodell for Cohen
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MASONIC LEAGUE.
DISTRICT LEAGUE.

Totals $50 4S4 Totals. $50 B13 4sH
sNew Jerusalem v iii rol1-eR
Evening star., 1920-10-17
WILL HELP Y. W. C. A.

Mrs. Robert Lansing. wife of the
former Secretary of State. will short
iy resume the active work she was
doing on behalf of the Washington
T. w. c. A. before the war. She has
Just been reelected an active mem
ber of the BOARD of directors of the
association. and also has been chosen
to nil the position Of corresponding
secretary of the board.
Mrs. Lansing's active participation
in the activities of the board had to
be terminated temporarily for
period of years, owing to the accept
ance by her husband of cabinet
portfolio and by her own active and
varied war work. During that time
she was retained by the "Y~ how
ever. as an honorary member of the
board. Officials of the association
have expressed their qualification
over her return to the active list.
Miss Ruth Larner, daughter of
John B. Larner. has been elected to
sct.v" membership on the board of
,,-;.~.o1s " III. an CAiSlluS vacancy.
Evening star., 1920-10-17

School and Webster. Curtis and JEFF
ferson schools is very large. Resi-
dents of Washington are asked to
extend invitations to all men and
women wishing to learn to speak the
English language to attend these
classes.
Mrs. w. F. Rhodes sewing class at
the old Central was organized Thurs
day evening. and dressmaking in this
class already is under way. All
women interested are invited to at
tend.
Prof. Christiani of the Washington
College of Music will meet with the
members of the Americanization Or
chestra Monday evening at the old
Central High School. at 1870
A request has come from the Will
son Normal Community Center to
open an America niZation class at that
school. Men ando women interested
IN the opening of such a class should
see Mrs. kebler at the Wilson Normal
School
A class is open at the East Wash
ington Community Center, Eastern
Hlgh school, 1th and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast All foreign men
and women living in the Southeast
VINO wish to study English or prepare
80 ha III oiiZdllOH are invited TO JOIN
this class. Ask for Mrs. Hetfield or
Mrs. Hardy at the Eastern High
School Monday or Thursday evenings
1880 to $50.
Men and women preparing for natur-
ailzatlon are especially invited to join
the citizenship class at the Old Central
high School. Monday. Tuesday and
Thursday evenings, 7:30 to $50.
At tins Jefferson School, southwest,
there are morning classes Monday, Wed
nesday and Fridays from 10 to II
O'Clock People in the southwest are
invited to join Ask for Miss Burroughs
in charge. Evening classes at the JEFF
ferson School Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. 7:30 to $50
Evening star., 1920-10-17
Multitude Hear
Boy Of II Preach
From Clay Pulpit

WILMINGTON. N. c., October
16.-DeclarinG that he has been
commanded by God to preach
like John the Baptist in the
wilderness. John, the twelve
year-O1d son of Moses West
brook. a farmer near Clinton,
has fashioned a pulpit Of clay
beside stream and is attract
ing thr0ngs to hear his sermons,
Evening star., 1920-10-17

Let us spread the handsome pat
terms before you-and when you
make critical inspection of the quail
tiles and makes you will appreciate
how great the advantage offered in
the special prices we a-e quoting.
They are very decided reductions
for very desirable Rugs-in wanted
sizes.