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The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
SCHOLASTIC CAGE
SEASON TO OPEN
Four School Quintets Get
Started in Double-header
Friday.

The Washington scholastic
championship basketball series is
due to get started Friday, when the
Business tossers meet Coach George
Green's proteges from across the
creek and the Central cagemen hook
up with the Light Blue and White
squad in the Coliseum, at Ninth
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Though all the high school quints
have been in action numerous times
this season, the dOuble-header Fri
day will really knock the lid off
the local scholastic cage season.
Coaches at all the high schools
have had their men out for the past
six weeks, and have shot them
through many preliminary games in
an effort to get a line on the boys
who will battle for their school in
the championship series.
The series, judging from results
Of early season games played with
various Independent teams in and
around the District, is sure to be
a closely contested one. On scores
turned in up to this time no sCho-
lastic team has shown enough to
warrant giving it the edge in the
present series.
Metzler's Central tossers have
shown the best form throughout
the preseason battles, but even
they have hardly flashed anything
that resembles championship form
they are the only scholastic
team which has not been defeated
as yet this season, still their floor
work has been so ragged and their
shooting so inconsistent that they
can hardly be rated any better than
the other schools.
Tech, last years tossing champs,
have gone through a stiff prelim-
mary period of games and though
defeated in one or two instances
will probably show
more class in the series, as Coach
Apple has kept the final makeup of
his team covered and undoubtedly
Is holding some of his most prom
ising players in reserve.
Eastern, Western and Business all
have fast quints and plenty of likely
looking material and will do their
share to keep the winner of the til.
tie series in doubt. From present in
diCatiOns any one of the five quints
has a good chance to step out and
cop the rag. with the team that
gets the breaks and takes advantage
Of them having the edge.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
rOLLYER'S COMMENT
y on the Sport of Kings
By BERT e. COLLYER

Lord Allen.
As promised and advertised in
this column several days in advance,
we did name and. did deliver the
winner of the first s-year-old race of
the year Now that kind of info
needs no bolstering. Under your
solid ivory, from the shoulders up;
gather closer. Just by way of rub
bing it in" 1 am setting you
another youngster for tOdays open
er that, barring accidents, will tow
rope her field. 1t is War Relief, a
trapping brown filly from the Clark
stable. and which has shown some
splendid trials. The contention
should come from Clopton's Grace E,
good looking daughter of Friar
Rock and Maud B; Evelyn White
should be third.
Reluctant, on which a good sized
commission was planted overnight,
is the persimmon to be yanked forth
in the second spasm. This bird is,
l believe, a trifle better than ordi-
narily rated. Brown Check has
worked extra well while Philander's
last was even a bit better than the
dope showed. In this order 1 fancy
them. There is liable to be a little
upset III NllC NlllL u lOI lne DONS Slid
me Beau Brummel. My suggestion
is don't ask too many questions but
go get yours. Ivanist and Madam
Byng for what is left. Barry Shan
non is my own private special. This
horse worked a shade better than
1.40 over the Jefferson track and Is
At to race for a kings ransom.
Sundials last was extra good for
a first out and the contention should
come from here. Chiefs last was a
sudden improvement" and il is
just possible he is back to that form
that made him more or less of a
Hindoo one year ago. Amaze is
more or less of a clockers' special
Fact of the matter is 1 can make
her seven points best. Walkuu had
been bet on the last two starts
That's an excellent line on his pres
ent form.
The good Rufus Riley goes in
the sixth. This horse is better right
now than at any time in his racing
career. His morning trials have
been sparkling Troitus was bet ON
overnight, which is very significant
tabbings.
Best bet of the day-Rufus Riley.
Best take-a-chance bet-ReIue-
tnnt.
Best pnrIay-Amaxe, War Relief,
Barry Shannon a place.
New Orleans Selections.
First Race-Wsr Relief, Grace e.
Evelyn white.
Second Race-Reiuctant, Brown
Check, Phflander.
Third Race-Benu BrummeI, Iynn-
list, Madame BynE.
Fourth Raee-B barry Shannon.
Sundial I'd, Chief.
Fifth Race-Amaze, walkup, Mas
ter Jack.
Sixth Race-Rufus Riley, Troitux,
Jock Scott.
Seventh Race-CoIonel LIE, Luz
cius, Lorenn Moss.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03

British golfers fear a formid-
able American invasion this year.
American golf enthusiasts are be-
ginning to raise a fund to send ten
American amateur and ten Ameri-
can professional golfers to Eng
land for the 1921 British golf cham
pionships
When leaving for home a few
weeks ago both Harry Vardon and
Ted Ray predicted that a strong
American team including such
players as Evans. Ouimet and Bobby
Jones would surely clean up" the
best British amateurs. Naturally
Vardon and Ray could hardly be
expected to be as enthusiastic over
the chances Of American profes-
sionals.
Evans, Ouimet and Jerry Travers
tried invading England before,
without much success, partly be-
cause conditions were then strange
TO them. and partly because OF
Harold Hilton and several other
great English amateurs who were
then at the top Of their form.
In 1920 Bob Gardner, playing be-
low his usual form. carried Cyril
Tolley to the thirty seventh green
at Muirhead in the British Amateur
Championship finals before the
husky oxford student could win.
In 1904. at Sandwich, Walter J.
Travis won the British amateur,
being the only American to turn
that trick. The old Roman Caesar
once said Of the ancient BritOns
that the only trouble with them
was they didn't know when they
were whipped. Modern Britons
have a trace Of the ancient char
acteristic Unable to believe that
the ancient and royal game OF golf
could be better played by an Ameri-
can than by an Englishman, they
blamed Travis victory on his use
Of a Schenectady putter'-an in
strument that has a heavy alumi-
mum head with a shaft sticking up
from the middle Of it. something
like a polo mallet. The British
promptly legislated the "SCheneC-
tady'' out of British golf, and still
bar the use Of it in their champion
ships.
British pro golf is no better OF
than is their amateur golf this year.
Many former stars OF the game are
feeling the stiffness and uncertainty
of age creeping on. Harry NardOn,
James Braid and J. H. Taylor, who
among them have Won ABOUT fifteen
open titles, are nearing the retiring
stage. Vardon, certainly, will soon
drop out. He Is now ffty. AID after
the American open at Toledo last
summer said that he woulj never go
through the strain OF another ma
tional tournament.
No American pro has ever won a
British open meet. Walter Hagen,
best equipped OF all the home stars,
tried last year at Deal, but finished
% strokes behind George Duncan,
the winner. Hagen fell victim. like
many other American golfers. TO the
changing sand Cune COnd tons and
high winds that make English sea-
side courses treacherous for sJrang-
ers.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Big International Year.

The new year that is clamoring
fore to the world at large will be
the greatest international season
golf has ever known.
Both amateur and professional
stars from Uncle Sans quarry will
descend upon British shores for a
series of team matches aided and
abetted by the keen desire to bring
one or both trophies home.
This assault will be followed by
a British counter attack that will
start some time in July and viii
continue through our last cham
pionships in September.
So, it may be said even now, in
so far, as competitive thrills are
concerned, the budding year will
take its place at the top of Times
long caravansary. -
OF the four big titles last year,
the two amateur and the two open
championships, Great Britain won
three. But 1921 may offer a slightly
different turn.
(cOpyrirht. 1891. New York Tribune, Ino.)
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
new FIGHT CLUB
PLANS TO BOOST
AMATEUR BOXING
Professional Instructor
VIII Be on Hand to
Teach Members.

Members of the Capitol City Ath-
letic Club, now in course of organi-
zation, will have an opportunity to
take advantage OF modernIy equip
ped club training quarters and box
ing instructions without charge, ac-
cording to Secretary Praether, who
has temporary Offices in the Met
ropolitan Bank Building.
A professional Instructor will al
ways be on hand and members will
have access to the clubhouse at all
times. There they will have the
use of dressing rooms, lockers and
showers and all equipment of an
up-to-date club. This no doubt will
increase interest in amateur box
ing.
with this in mind, the manage
ment plans to stage amateur con-
tests from time to time, the pro-
gram to include matches between
local stars and those of rival out
of-town clubs. Intercity bouts will
be encouraged and an effort will be
made to bring teams here from
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York
and other Northern points to en-
gage the local representatives.
OlllCldlS VI lle GluD nave Deen en-
couraged by the deluge Of requests
for more definite information as to
the plans and purposes and wish to
emphasize the fact that such in
quiries are welcomed. Announce
ment of progress in the work on the
construction of the clubhouse which
will probably get under way early
next month and also of the develop
ment of a card for the opening bouts
late in February. will be given out
regularly from now on so that pros
pective members will be kept in
close touch with the operations of
those to whom the task of arrang-
ing everything has been intrusted.
The clubhouse plans have been
drawn by Architect De Sibour, one
of the most ardent supporters of
the organization. This will dis
close many novel features that
will work for the comfort of the
fighters as we'll as the spectators.
That the home of the Capitol City
Athletic Club will compare favor
ably with the best of the country,
is now definitely assured. Mr.. De
Sibour has long been a close stu
dent of the fight game' and in
drafting his plans has taken par
ticular pains to provide every
thing looked for in a modern fight
club.
Ventilating, lighting and, heating
plants will be thoroughly modern
in every respect. The seating ar
rangement will be such that the
building can be emptied in less
than five minutes.
1t is not the purpose of the club
managers to close down in the
summer. With this in mind. a
ventilating system has been pro
vided that will assure comfort in
the heated term of the year.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Havana Results.

First Race-B. B. Johnson, 107 (E
Barnes), to 1, to 5, to 5; Ke-
wessa, 107 (Penman), to 10, l to 3;
Major Fiske, 107 (Francis), 1 to 2
Time: 1907. Flew High, Coombs,
Kate Kay and Senator James also
ran.
Second Race-Far East, 112 (Eames)
to 1, 2 to l, even; Dinty Moore
10S (Kelsay), even. l to 2; Sim
Feiner, lis (ButwelD, to 3. Time:
1920 3-5. Lama, Jack Dawson, Oke-
mus, Stiletto and Frank Burke also
ran.
Third Race-Le -Balafre, 10 (E
Barnes). 7 to 5, 8 to 5, to 4; Blanca,
11O (Ball), s to 2, 6 to5; Thornbloom
115 (Eames), 1 to 3. Time: 1:21.
Pokey Jane, Frank Keogh and Edith
K. also ran.
Fourth Race - Blazeaway, 1O7
Gancaster), s to S, 3 to s., to 3;
Guaranteed, 105 (Francis), to 5,
to 3; Fickle Fancy, 103 CE. Barnes),
3 to 5. Time: 1:13., Avion, All Aglow
and Frascuelo also ran.
Fifth Racc-Herron, 116 (But-
welD, 6 to 5, 2 to 5, 1 to 5; American
Ace. 121 (Kelsay), 8 to s, to 8;
Right Angle, 107 CPickens), 1 to 5.
Time: lis 3-5. Osgood, Azurita,
Betty ]. and Different Eyes also ran.
Sixth Rnce-Bul Hunley, los (E.
Barnes), 8 to 5, to 5, 1 to 3; Jack
Healey, los (Francis), 2 to /, even;
Doublet H., 103 (Fletcher), 1 to 3.
Time: 1853. wilfreda, Grey Rump
and Bulger also ran.
Seventh Race-Faux Col, 102
(Fletcher), even, to 3, 1 to 6; Sans
Peur IL, 107 (Barnes), even, / to 3;
Attorney Muir. 112 (ButweII), 3 to s,
Time: 1:52 as. All Smoke, American n
Soldier and American Eagle also ran
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
WALK0VERS WANT
ANOTHER CHANCE

Eats, hats, shoes and more eats
will figure in q battle royal when Sol
Herzog's record bowlers meet the
pin-spilling stars OF the Walkover
Shoe Store at the Recreation alleys
this week.
Herzog's proteges defeated the
shoe men some days ago. Now MI.
Wolf, proprietor of the walkover
store, declares Il was all a mistake.
and is going to wager FIVE pairs OF
shoes against FIVE hats that his team
can stop HerZog's gang. The eats,
most important part OF the wager.
will be in the form Of a banquet
paid for by the losers and at which
the winners will be the guests Of
honor.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
nempser out on Links.

Jack Dempsey is said to be under
going treatment for slightly
thickened ear resulting from wild
walIop landede by Mr.. Brennan in
the late meeting at Madison Square
Garden.
Not that a little thing like an
uBbeautiful ear would worry Demp-
sey. The truth OF the matter is that
Jack expects to spend several weeks
in California playing golf, and he
wants to be perfectly balanced on
rort and starboard sides so that
nothing will interfere with his
swing. Georges Carpenter, just be-
fore leaving for France, darkly in
timated that on his return he will
know much more about golf, and
that Jack had better look out II they
ever meet again on a course. Jack
isn't taking any chances.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
YANKS DEFEATED:
MARS RECORD
Congress Heights Five Has
Scored 637 Points to
Opponents PIG.

After your team had won ten
straight games in handy style and
was all set to breeze through the
season without a defeat, if some
alien goal shooters were to come
along and slip a monkey-wrench
into the machinery, wouldn't it jar
you?
Take it from the Congress Heights
Yanks, it would. The Muir Post, No
II quintet from Baltimore was the
first to plant a black mark on the
record of the Yanks this season
They slipped up on the blind side
of Manager Shaffers men Saturday
night and beat EN- clean, by a score
of q to is. For the only time this
year the nlChinelike precision OF
the Yanks in Caging the ball was
halted. They played a good defen-
Give game, despite the ultimate re-
suit, but missed R dozen or so easy
chances right under the basket.
In spite of this setback the
Yanks have a neat record behind
them. They have scored a total of
6s7 points in eleven games, to 2l9
for their opponents.
The chief feather in their cap Is
the way they made the Washington
Barracks officers team sit up and
take notice. The soldiers looked
upon their lighter opponents as
easy meat" but discovered that
they were the toughest mOuthful
they ever chewed upon. The score
was AZ to 9 in favor of the Congress
Heights lads. All of their victories
had been lop-sided affairs until that
Baltimore gang came along.
Sauber, center. is the best piece
of scoring machinery the Yanks
have to offer and just about the
best in the District. To date he
has Gagged 1877 goals in ten games.
an average of IS for each. Ingley,
forward. has tossed 81 and Ather-
ton, his running mate, has a total Of
55. Capt. Catlin is a classy guard
and Johnny GOetz, who would rather
play the floor game than eat, is an
other of the same kind: Johnny is
one of the wisest basketball per
formers in the District and a shifty
person all around.
Manager Arthur Shaffer has
booked a bunch of hard games for
the month CT January, chief among
which it a clash with the Collegiates
of Keyser, West Virginia on Janu-
ary 6. The Keyserites had a won
derful record last year. beating some
of the best college fives in the East.
Richmond Terminals will play the
Yanks on January Is and they have
game pending with the Navy.
The first championship game in
which the Yanks will participate is
that with the Epiphany Comets on
February in the Congress Heights
gymnasium.
Here is their record to date:
Yankees, 95; Linworth a. c., 13
Yankees, 81; Marine Preps, 81.
Yankees, SO; Atlantic A. c., 9.
Yankees, AZ; Washington Bar
racks, 9.
Yankees, 42; Allied Five, Balti-
more, 26.
Yankees, 81; Camp Humphries, 20.
Yankees, "a. Keene Council, %.
Yankees, "A: Y. NJ. c. A. Rebels, IL.
Yankees, So; Y. NJ. C. A. Arrows,
Is.
Yankees, 61; Peerless, 16.
Yankees, IS: Muir Post, No. II, 81.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
COLLEGE CAGE SEASON TO OPENSCHOOL SERIES STARTS FRIDAY
SOY TO TRY OUT
LAME INFIELDER

Earl skeeIey's career with the
White sox will be watched with
more than ordinary interest, as
s1ameo ball player is something
of a novelty in the majors As a
rule athletes without physical
flaw are demanded, and especially
are they required to have sturdy
underpinninEs.
Shelley several years ago had
his leg fractured just above the
ankle, and IL did not grow to-
gether properly. In short, the
fracture left him with a crooked
leg and something of n limp.
Naturally, this interfered with
his speed, and also somewhat
with his fOOtwork around the
bases.
Withal, however, he is n good
fielder, and his great height and
reach enabled him to handle the
bag better than some smaller
men, who are more active on
their feet. And he has developed
ints n great hitter.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
PARSON DEFEATED.
BUT PLAYS WE'LL

PINEHURST, N. C., Jan. 2.-Don-
aid ParsOn, of Chevy Chase, regis
tered a fine two on the blind eighth
hole and followed it with an equally
fine three on the dangerous ninth in
the course of a four-ball match
played on the championship course
at Pinehurst today in which Parson
and T. Staples Fuller, of Ardsley,
lost by one down to Morton l.
Fearey, Of Garden City, and Ned
Beall, Of Uniontown. the former
North and South champion.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
The Six Leaders.

From the list of Evans, Ray. Dun
can, Tolley, Miss Stirling and Miss
Leitch, at least five qualify among
the finest golfers in the world.
Tolley, the British champion, Is
hardly up to the remaining mem
bers when it comes to golfing class
and championship brilliancy. He is
not nearly as good a golfer as
Evans. nor yet in the class with
Francis Ouimet and Bobby Jones.
But nothing short of fine golf will
supplant any of the others. For
they have the game to go through
and all have proved their high worth
in more than one campaign.
Certainly there is no one in sight
now to stop Miss Stirling on this
side Of the Atlantic water hazard,
and no one at hand to check the
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
IleS of 49,
< @dHcide See
-&YsBy q GRANTLAND RICE

brilliant advance of Miss Leitch, the
remarkable British star.
While both may be beaten by
some whim of fate. neither is like
ly to fall. Both have been supreme
now in their respective realms for
many seasons, holding a consis-
tency superior to anything the mas
culinc field has been able to offer.
Evans and Ray.
Chick Evans ard Ted Ray. the
Chicago amateur and the British
professional, who hold our amateur
and open championships, have worn
golf crowns before, so they are not
debutantes among the elect.
Evans won the open and anna
teur championships in 1916, lost
the amateur crown last September
at Rosyln.
Chick last season proved to be
the best amateur golfer in the
world. Having won the amateur
scepter twice he will have more
than usual confidence at the next
test, where he will be favored
against any one man. no matter
VINO Indt man may De
This means that while the odds
against Evans repeating are about
five to one, he will be picked
against any other single entry.
Evans's two main opponents will
be Francis Ouimet and Bobby Jones,
the only two amateurs who have
anything like an even chance to
stop him. The 1921 battle will be
among these three, who just at
this moment seem to control the
destinies of American golf. There
is a chance that all three will in
wade British golf this coming May
or June, and If they do the odds will
favor an American triumph for the
first time in seventeen years.
Ted Ray, who has promised to
come back in defense of his open
title, again will be a formidable
factor. But Ray will find even
keener competition this next sum-
mer with eight or ten stars to
beat, where it is merely a matter
Of the one who happens to be on
top of his game.
He finished in front of Barnes and
Hagen at Deal in the British open.
and at Inverness in our own cham
pionship. AS Barnes and Hagen
have been two of our lest. this
alone is proof enough that Ray
belongs.
Ray. Hutchison, Hagen, Barnes
and Evans will be five of the lead
ing figures in the 1921 jubilee, with
the possibility that Great Britain
may send one or two other stars
to help out Ray. All of which
means that the next championship
will be another international carni-
val carrying supreme interest.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Breen Reelected.

Sylvester A. Breen was reelected
president of the Cardinal A. c. in
Alexandria at the annual election
of officers Saturday night. W. L.
Shafer was elected vice-president;
Joseph E. Owens, secretary -treasur-
err; Harvey c. Crump, manager OF
baseball: NJ. A. Howard, assistant
manager and w. F. Hodges, captain.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
CASEY" LEADERS
PLAY CARROLL "5''

Potomac Council, leaders of the
Knights Of Columbus Cage League,
will meet Carroll Council Wednes-
day night in the Gonzaga gym. A
battle royal is expected when the
two quints come together, as Man
ager Reed Of the Carroll five, has
pointed his team especially for this
contest and hopes to toppIe the
league leaders for the first time this
season.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
POtomacs to Meet.

All members of the Potomac Coun-
ell basketball team are requested
to meet at the Aioysius Club, to-
night, at 1880 p. m, for a prac-
tice game with the. Mayfiower team.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Yosemites PLAY.

The Yosemite tossers will meet the
Gonzaga Midgets in Ingram gymna-
SUM Wednesday, January S, at $50
D. m.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
The Right Man.

Baseball club owners are begin
ming to ask how Judge Lands will
run baseball and find time to retain
his bench seat in Chicago.
The judge says baseball must be
cleared of professional gamblers.
Who could perform this miracle
with less waste OF time than a gent
who has the habit of saying:
six months-neXt case"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
KBockouts Come HiEk.

Tex RIckard offered Lew Tender
$4,000 TO box fifteen rounds with
Champion Benny Leonard. Tender
refused to take the match unless
Rickard would pay him $4,000
Here is a fairly good lightweight
"A second rater compared with the
champion-whO wants more money
for fighting fifteen rounds than the
entire stake when John L. Sullivan
lost the world heavyweight title
to Corbett at New Orleans in a tight
TO a finish; more than three times
as much as the purse in the finish
fight at Carson City in which Fitz-.
simmons knocked out COTbett and
won the heavyweight title
Willie Jackson turned down an
offer Of $4,000 TO meet Leonard.
saying that he couldn't risk being
knocked out for any such mere
chicken feed.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Maybe That's why II. CHALLENGED.

why encourage buII-nEhteT"
anyhow? Judging the alleged
"ChallenEers" Of our present light
and heavyweight champions by the
warlike cries they emit, and the
way they sidestep a moment later,
we have enough Of the bull" eIs-
ment here already.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Letter for Kid Sullivan.

A letter addressed to Kid Sullivan.
manager of the -Ardmore Sporting
Club is held in this Office for the
owner.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03
Also the Bull Might Help.

Sanchez. the buIl-fghter, is stfl
challenging Jack Dempsey from
Havana All Sanchez might need
in the ring with Dempsey would
be his matador's sword and some
outside assistance given by a few
picked regiments from the Cuban
army.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-03

Professional "reformers" are max
ing a mass play on Gov. Miller Of
New York, trying to bludgeon him
into an attack on the States box
ing law. There is little danger OF
repeal, as the boxing law was made
possible by a Republican assembly.