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The lineup:
Evening star., 1920-12-12
MAY, Y,SHIFT NET CLASSIC
Rotation of Title Singles Among
Larger Cities to Be Recon-
mended to National Body.

NEW YORK, December 1.-THE
nations premier lawn tennis event,
the national singles championship
tourney. will be held in larger cities
in rotation if the plan advocated to-
day by three men prominent in tennis
circles before the executive commit
tee of the United States Lawn Tennis
Association is put into effect. They
were George r. Adee. Joseph NJ. Jen-
Eirgs and George w. Wightman. rep
resenting, respectively. New York,
Philadelphia and Boston,
1t developed that special session
had been held here Friday night, at
which c. S. Landers, president Of the
West Side Tennis Club. and Francis
White, Germantown Cricket Club,
Philadelphia, had conferred with the
committee named. This meeting was
harmonious. Philadelphia wanting the
tournament only If it is for the best
tee will make it's report to the ma
tional association meeting in Febru-
ary, its finding to depend largely upon
the result of the approaching Davis
cup matches in New Zealand.
Wherever the championship may be
held, an attempt will be made to hmit
the entry list. Delegates to the an
nual meeting will vote upon a new
rule to limit the list to those who have
been ranked among the first fifty dur
ing the past five years. or at any
period among the first twenty.
Julian S. Myrick presided at the
meeting. which was attended by r.
Norris Williams. I'd. Boston: A. Y.
Leech. jr.. Washington. D. c.; C. S.
Garland. Pittsburgh, and others.
Evening star., 1920-12-12
PH|LL|P'SHEAID|,|ss.L.A::A: D
lT7T 80 - = >.
Re- Elected President at Closing
Session Of 0rgauization-other
Officers Are Named.

GAINESVILLE. Ffa.. December II.
DIR. Henry Phillips of the University
Of the South was reelected president
and Birmingham was selected Tor the
next annual meeting It closing session
Of the convention Of the 6outhern Inter-
collegiate Athletic Association here 40.
day.
other officers named were:' E. T.
Holme, Gordon Institutes secretary
and treasurer; district vice presidents.
]. B, Coleman, South Carolina: 3. v.
Sanford, Georgia; Thomas w. Atktn-
son. Louisiana State,aand J. ]. Tygert,
Kentucky State.
The association voted to exclude all
men from college foot bali who played
in organized base ball under national
base ball commission rules. A motion
also was adopted prohibiting college
men from playing on teams playing
professional men from classes A, B, c,
D, AA, or major leagues.
A motion was adopted to interpret
the four-year rule as m3aning four
actual college years in athletics, elm
mating the clause providing for sue
cessive years Of playing"
The formation Of the southern uni
verstties conference will not mean the
withdrawal OF the state universities
from the s. I. A. A. or a change in
playing schedules; - according to a
statement today by Prof. 8. v. Sanford
Of Georgia, leader in the conferences
movement. ut merelyzsmeansy. he
said, "that these twelve schools are
taking a step ahead and inviting the
other institutions to join the confer
ence as they are ready"
Evening star., 1920-12-12

The sea sailors scored touchdown
IN each OF the first and second
periods and a pair in the final quarter
when the Engineers put over their
quarterback, who was a thorn In the
side of the Bridge Builders all dur
ing the fray, kicked three OF ine
goals, and Vidal, former West Potpt
player. of fame. and who was the
mainstay Of the Engineers onense'
failed in his try.
Brown IL Main Factor.
It was mainly Browns ability to
heave forward passes and intercept
them and to carry the ball on run
ming plays that enabled the Marines
to win. He was very efficient in all
lines. The Devil Dogs also had sew
eral other good backs and showed q
stellar pair OF ends in Sanderson and
Clemens in receiving the forward pass
as'well as on defense. They checked
Vidal and the other Engineer backs in
most of their forays around the
wings Claterbos' play at left tackle
stood out for the Engineers and 1t
was through openings made by MIN
that Vidal, Schaffer and Burns, who
did most of the advancing Tor the
Bridge Builders. got the bulk OF their
The Marines were not long in scor-
ing. Following their kickoff they
Intercepted a forward pass on their
own 43-yard mark. They marched to
the 14-yard line on straight plays. put
when set back Is yards on a penalty
Brown heaved the ball to Sanderson.
who got to the 1-yard line before
being downed. Palmer went actoss
on the next play.
Vidal received the next Marine Kick.
Off and ran it back to the Devil Dogs
4O-yard mark, getting through the
whole Quantico team, except Brown.
From this point the Engineers got to
continued headway in the running
game, and then lost the ball by for
ward passing it across the goal. The
Engineers made several other. threats,
but this was the closest they came.
until finally counting late In the con-
test.
~ Passes Under Difficulties.
The Marines touchdown in the Sec
ond period came after Brown inter-
cepted a forward pass In midheld and
dashed to the EnEinears' 4o-yard line.
Evening star., 1920-12-12
GR|DDERS BUSY TODAY:
Three Games Here in Which Five
D.. C.. and One Alexandria
Eleven Will Figure.

Three foot ball games with we'll
trained elevens involved are scheduled
for this afternoon. At American
League Park Navy Yard will face the
Knickerbockers. while Rex Athletic
Club will encounter the Dreadnaughts,
champions Of northern Virginia. at
Union Park On the gridiron at t5l7th
and d streets southeast Mohawk and
Washington athletic cubs wifi battle
for the city'E 140-poupA title, All of
the games are to start at O'Clock
In the Kntcks. the Gunmakers MilI
face sturdy opponents. The George.
town team has enlisted the services Of
number Of college stars. including
mon who have. performed with
Georgetown and Maryland eleyens
this year. Coach Hegarty has whip
ped into shape strong team that
should keep the Navy Yarders busy
Rex is to clash with an Aggregation
that probably ontwetghs any other
section. The Dreadnaughts have a
ponderous line that has withstood
terrific battering all season and q
backfield that hasr' shown enough
speed to roll up big total of points.
The fast Maroon eleven. however, has
done some hard drilling and is pre-
pared to lower the AIexandrian's
Mohawk Athletic Club has enjoyed
a successful season. but expects to
meet a worthy foe in the Washing
ton eleven. The latter. in the field
for it's drst season. has bowled over
several -aspirants to the 140-pound
title. =, -. -
Evening star., 1920-12-12

The 1920 transforming trip was a
flivver in more ways than one,> but
will linger long in the memories OF
those who undertook it. At the out
For their opponents the Nationals had
the best possible attraction-sfhe
world champion Cincinnati Reds.
Garry Herrmann's titleholders were
figured to pack the park at every
tank town and crossroads listed on
the most ambitious schedule ever
undertaken. The financial harvest
was disappointing. the returns, in
stead Of starting the clubs or with
a balance on the right side of the
for the preliminary conditioning.
Started Race In Poor Shape.
In addition. the jaunt, which in
secutive nights on a rattler, with
games played on antediluvian fields
and under divers and sundry climatic
conditions, SO adversely affected the
performers that some of them-not-
ably Walter Johnson-never fully re-
covered from the effects Of colds
contracted during these preliminary
skirmishes, the Nationals being in
poor physical condition for the in
auguration Of the regular campaign.
learned last April. his solemn vow
Of never again" having been voiced
with increasing vehemence with each
passing day of the tortuous trip
northward. The result Is a short.
sensible and compact schedule Of ex-
hibitions with McGraw's outfit for next
spring. extending over a period Of only
one week. The list which has been
arranged by Secretary Joseph D.
OBrien Of the Giants. calls for the
Nationals to hike from their camp at
Tampa for the first game at Jackson,
Tenn, wherever that may be, on Mon-
day. April 4. Where the following
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday =
been vouchsafed to Interested persons
In these parts. but the boss Of the
Nationals is inclined to believe that
the other stopping places will be
Knoxville, Norfolk and Richmond.
The Nationals hooked up with the
Evening star., 1920-12-12
cANNEFAx. AND LAYTON
REACH BILLIARD FINAL

pCHIcAGO. December 11-Robert
Cannefax, x,s-titleholder today defeated
Clarence Jackson- Of Kansas City in
the play -off~of the three-cornered tie
for the national three-cushion bill
lizard championship. IS to IS. and will
meet John Layton Of ST. Louis. Mon
day, in the game which decides the
championship. "a
The victory threw Jackson out Of
titular consideration. as he lost to
Layton yesterday. which left him in
third place. Had the. final round of
play not resulted in a tie jackson
would have held second place. which
carries with it a $1,000 cash prize and
a salary Of $1,000 for the next year.
Evening star., 1920-12-12

Proud of Nkir success in these
events. the Aloysius runners pointed
for the South Atlantic A. A. U. cham
pionship race held in Baltimore on
Thanksgiving day. for victory in that
meant more than in all the other con-
ers completed the rout Of the Mary
landers. They placed the frst four
men in the race, and Capt. Williams.
who led the field. ran the six-mile
Druid Hill Park course in 81 minutes
26 seconds, a record for the South
Atlantic classic.
. Heaiy. veteran harrier, finished just
five seconds later than Williams.
Montague was third and Lynch
fourth Unsold, one Of Baltimore's
best runners. was fifth across the
Hns but was fol1owed by Rowdabush
ant yDowney, Aloysius. men. The
Notwithstanding easily captHged the
against. 81 for Baltimore. It was the
most decisive victory ever scored by
a Washington cross-country. team.
Not q medal vas earned by a repre-
sentative OF any other organization
that had entries in the title race
:. active In Many Sports.
Started in the early nineties,
AioysIus Club has expanded until now
It occupies place among the fore
in the south Atlantic section. Quar-
tered In its new home, at - I, street:
the members enjoy the privileges Of
an tip-to-Nate. establishment devoted
mainly stos physical culture. An ex-
ce1lent gymnasil1m affords opportuni-
ties for recreation and the prepara-
lion OF. the teams that represent the
club sfi A3
The. equipment includes bowling
alleys, and keen interest displayed in
this amusement has led to the de-
velopment Of players who can COM
pete evenly with many Of the stars
on other drives in the city. Several
tennis courts were constructed last
summer and Aloysius racketers al
ready are planning tournaments for
the 1921 season with leading net
clubs.
Oficers who realize the RESPONSE
bility of their ppsitions and are vitality
interested in the welfare of the or
ganization have brought the club to
charge are Francis T. Hurley, presi-
dent for the past three years; Joseph
3. Fitzgerald, vice president: Charles
]. Considine, secretary; A. w. Neale,
IT., financial secretary, and Maurice A.
Wolf, treasurer. Rev. Edward ].
Sweeney is moderator.
Evening star., 1920-12-12

billions as recently as year before
last. when several games were played
between the two teams as they head
ed home from the sunny south. Most
OF the Washington players "goE
along" with McGraw on the field Of
battle much after the manner Of
strange bulldogs. SO their prospective
BRIEF period, OF consorting with the
Joe Grimm Of the diamond and base
balpAmost famous litigant should be
highly entertaining because Of. the
forceful. though perhaps inelegant, re-
partee sure to ensue.
Grin Goes Cunning for Talent.
Grin plans to jump right into the
middle Of tie big doings in New
tered on the la0dable purpose of ac-
quiring new talent for his 1921 entry
in the annual flag scramble. He adj
mits he would like to acquire ma
terial for both ends Of battery work,
the inf1eld and the outield. and the
1t. These requirements covering ali
departments of play, he is due to get
an earful of chatter while mingling
with the .magnates who are ever
ready to swap bat bag for a Sam
Rice. -
Advices sitting down from Gotham
are to the effect that the Yankees are
anxious to land an outnelder and a
backstop. and that Mifler Huggins
would not be adverse to dickering for
Bobby Roth and Val Picinich It is
even bruited about that Huggins has
. particularly high regard for Roth.
and would drag the names Of George
Mogridge and Duffy Lewis into a con-
versation concerning the rightfielder.
What Grifhth will demand before
letting go Of any Of his talent has
not been outlined but II anybody in
dicates willingness to offer per-
formers of any ability whatever for
either .Braggo or Valentine the local
sachem may be expected to hurriedly
summon wttnessSaTsfo see him WELD
RS fountain nenE fD1 the eve of his
departure Grin .a4eerts he has moth
ing .1pn the Ayei bpt3fs hopeful Of
pulling Of It 1SAStAohe deal Of some
ma8nitude before returning to the cap
.itaL
Evening star., 1920-12-12

Aloysius had only one basket ball
team last season. but it won its way
into a series for the District inde-
pendent championship. The North
Capitol Street clubmen were van.
struggle. This year the club has a
six-team league of its own and dou-
BILE headers. are played three nights
each week. Bob OLone. former
Georgetown University star, also is
coaching a regular club FIVE for con-
tests with District. Maryland and ytr-
ginia Quints. .
Harriers Advertise Club.
The long-distance. running team,
more than. anything else. has made
the club known. in. the south Atlantic
section thik faIl. Until recently
cross country running was not poDu-
lar with athletes south Of the Mason
and Dixon line, and few clubs have
cared to foster the sport. Carroll
Institute tried 1t for a while. but
when it went out Of existence wash
ington was left without an 'or6ap1xa-
Desiring to revive the. sport:
Aloysius Club invited q number Of
men closely tdentifed with tlong-dts-
tance running in this section to a
meeting held October S. Among those
attending were. FtaAldHiS,| ~ ASAss
Bland, Healy, MCCOY Montague and
Rowdabush. former Carroll Institute
barriers, who. had joined Aloysfus
Club. and SRiordan and, Holland. A
team was organized immed edfately, Dan
Hassett. one time shSAmertean Ath-
letfc club athlete; was chosen: coach.
and John Irving, sex-cafrou institute
team manager: named 1eadeH !
Within a weeks time the new
team had turned in a victory; NC
Coy was first across the finish line
of the Columbus day five-mile race
held in Baltimore. and Two more
Aloysius men completed the. distance
before a Baltimorean reached the
final mark. Other Aloysius runners
finished well enough to earn a team
trophy. It was the first win for a
washington aggregation over Bal
timore team in many day.
Turn I'm Two More Wins.
Then came the American Legion
race held here on Armistice day, and
the first seven runners to go the
route were members of the Aloysius
team. This time Rowdabush flashed
into first place, but he was closely
followed by Montague, Williams,
Healy, Alvey. O'Lone and Lynch. The
Baltimore contingent's only prize was
q THIRD novice medal.
Evening star., 1920-12-12
RACE TO BR0CCO-COBURN
Italian-American Team Wins Six
Day Bike Grind in New
York by q Lap.

NEW YORK, December 11.-Maurice
Brocco and William Coburn. ltsiian-
American team, won the twenty-nintn
six-day bicycle race a.
Madison Square Garden, which ended
at II o'clock tonight.
Coburn, who halls from Newark, N;
J., and his foreign partner retained
until the finish the Dne-lap lead tney
and under the point system had to,
tai Of 2,2s1, as they weresScredtted
with first place in each Of the sprints.
They had covered 2,2s0 miles. The
record for the 143 hours is 2.625 miles,
made by Dupuy and Egg in 1916.
oscar Debaets and Alois Persyn,
the Belgian team, took second place,
with total Of $40 points; venhexel
and Vandensburg. third. with SSS.1The
order of finish for the other pairs
was: Taylor-Smith. Egg-McNamara.
Piani-Leone, Vannek- Miguel, Bedell-
Thomas and Verrt-Belloni. s.@
Evening star., 1920-12-12


Brown: although apparently Shut. of
ny lopposing players, then got of a
heave to Clemens to place the ball
near the goal, and Palmer, several
plays LATER. went over the line.
Late sin the third period Brown took
Vtdaps punt and ran it back 25 yards
to the Engineers" 36Iyards line. ) He.
then shurled the ball to. SandefsoH.i
who WAS doWneds on thes11syard mark.
Three. rushes had placed the ball on
the 2-yard line. when the quarter
ended. but Brown went across on the
first play Of the fourth period. =,
The Engineers scored shortly after
yard. aftsE.. taking = snunteon the
foyced to boot from! behind his own
goal. becauseof q wen placed kick by
Vidal that travelled As yarda to the 2
yard line. A pass from Lewis to
Vidal netted 20. yards and run
around left end by the latter. gave Is
more: Then Burns plunged through
for the score. e.
A couple minutes later Whall grab
bed an, Engineer forward pass that
was not properly engineered and
raced across Humphreys goal. The
Engineers had forward passed their
way for about 40 yards and were
nearing the Marine goal when Brown
gathered in the ball on heave and
nearly got away for another touch
down for the Marines. He was stop
ped ON the Humphreys' 30-yard mark
and an interesting game ended there.
Evening star., 1920-12-12
SULLIVAN
HAYERH|L[ HIGH WINS
Massachusetts, Eleven Too Much
for Jacksonville, Fla, School
boys-Score Is ~ to 0.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. December II.
-Duval High School. champions Of
Florida, suffered their drst defeat
this season here this afternoon when
tne heavier and more experiences
team OF Haverhill. Mass, High School
won by the score Of 81, to 0.
Duval was outplayed by the visi-
tors in the first three periods, but
IN the last quarter the Red and White
defense stinened and HaverhilI was
gains.
DuvaI threatened but once. IN the
third period. when Jones missed a
neld goal from the 25-yard line.
z. Line-Up and summary
Evening star., 1920-12-12
EMORY RUNNERS WcT0Rs
IN CROSS-COUNTRY RACE,

ATLANTA, December 11.-Emory
University's athletes had a walkaway
in the Southern Methodist crose-coun-
try championship four-mile run here
today, the team taking first place,
with four of it's runners winning the
first FIVE places. w. l. Stokes, cap
tain Of the Emory track team, won
the event in 23iminutes and 25 sec
ondS. n5% - Sg
The team finished ssas follows:
Emory. II; Wofford. AZ; Emory, SEC
48: Southern College OF Florida, 81.
and Millsaps disqualified, as one run
ner did not finish. *y-s"
Evening star., 1920-12-12


Although outplayed when 1t came to
line plunging, Union won through the
medium of q successful aerial attack
and a blocked punt. The brilliant de-
fensive work OF 'Pud' Henry, the
former w. and J. all-America tackle.
and Bull" Lowe, who starred in his
undergraduate days at Fordham.
made the Union attack Of gigantic
strength.
Lou Hayes, who starred at Mullen
berg in his college days. played a
brilliant game for Union, scoring the
first touchdown on a forward pass and
the second when he went over on a
blocked punt.
Bob Folwell. Bill Hollenback.
Buck" Wharton, by" Dickson and
host of other foot ball coaches
viewed the game from the Union
bench. They were q unit in declaring
it was ono. Of the best games they
have seen. In many years.
Evening star., 1920-12-12
LANDS WILL. BE AIDED
zzBY PEPPER AND TOOLE
Judge and Heads of American and National
Leagues and Representative of the Minors
=. May Comprise New. Commission.

EW YORK December 11-Maor and committees
N engaged drawing national base ball agreement
= delegated Judge Landis high of
Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia and John Conway
of deciding the of the
me discussed of the
agreements today
wi the committees
me be Chicago Friday
probably be held
layed either in Chicago New York NewY
Evening star., 1920-12-12
RUMLER READY TO FACE
BASE BALL INDICTMENT

LINCOLN. Neb.. December IL
William G. Rumler. former outfelder
for the Salt Lake City base ball team,
who was indicted yesterday on
charges of criminal conspiracy by
the Los Angeles, Calf. county grand
jury, was located at his home at Mil
ford. Neb., near here today. He said
he probably would return to Los
Angeles as soon as officially notified
OF his Indictment
Evening star., 1920-12-12
HOOPER WILL MANAGE
THE CHARLOTTE CLUB

CHARLOTTE, N. c.. December IL
Eddie Hooper Of Baltimore, who won
two pennants in four years in the
Blue Ridge League, was today signed
to manage the Charlotte club of the
South Atlantic League next season.
Hooper coached Johns Hopkins Uni
versity: team for seven years.
Evening star., 1920-12-12

ANESVILLE Fa December llCompete reorganization
eligibility south
general realgnment of athletic relationship and policies
within the four months At
line the
reached in Atlanta the
prnc conference
Evening star., 1920-12-12
|ALOYSIUS CLUB FORGING
TO FRONT IN ATHLETICS
Success of Cross-Country Team Parallels At
tainments in Base Ball and Basket Ball
by Members of Organization.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

ECENT achieved by long distance runners OF
the oysius Club add brilliant the sport
histofy Of Primarily social and literary
club athletic activities perform
ranked ball and
basket ball. ~ .f&
Sandlot rivalry that existed
fifteen will remember the speedy
Aoyus
way city championships Basket bali long claimed
the always sturdy
omnetif
Evening star., 1920-12-12
Repulse Engineers :
in Title Grid Contest, 27-6
BY w. II. HOTTEl,

HE Devil Dogs of Quanico chased the Engineers Camp
Humphreys about gon American League
day afternoon for to Z victory that as
the service championship the Sd Corps Area Both teams
much better the ofense than
within distance
making closer robbne them
of the coming a the big. end. =
Evening star., 1920-12-12
Griffs to Play Spring Series
of Exhibitions With Giants
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

ULY impressed by the fine heaves nes cracking joints
and chaeyhorse acquired by his athletes in the famous Pull
- campaign spring. pre-
exhibitions The of the Nationals
York Giants who will
capital
edge the opening couple ofdays
Evening star., 1920-12-12
Gipp's Condition UNCHANGED.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. December Il
The condition Of George Gipp, Notre
Dame foot ball player, suffering from
a throat infection. remains unchanged.
Gipp rallied yesterday, but still is In
a critical condition. q