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Evening star., 1921-12-25

Yachting is another sport that had
q great revival of interest. This game
was dormant following the difficulties
brought about by the war, but reached
its heights again during the year.
The Canadians beat US in the annual
race of the fishing schooners. and
carried away the trophy which the
Esperanto won the year before. But
the increased interest in the sport is
bound to have a good effect, and
there will be another international
race next year.
wrestling saw the defeat Of Ed
("StrangIer'') Lewis. who was beaten
by the 47-year-old Pole, Stanislaus
Zbyszko, in a marathon" bout at New
York city. The veteran Pole later
successfully defended his newly ac-
Quired title.
! Joe Moore Of New York easily car
ried off honors in-the ranks of the
amateur iceskaters. This 19-year-old
youth shattered two world records
in winning the international sprint
championship at Lake Placid last
February, and has been going fast on
the steel blades in every start since.
He should repeat. and as he has many
good years before him it is doubtful
If there Is any skater in sight at
present who will stop him.
William 7. Tilden. I'd, of Biila de1phfa.
who was largely instrumental in
keeping the Davis cup in this country.
is tho outstanding star of the tennis
world. The tall Quaker City star also
retained the hard and turf court sim
SIes championship.
The question of foot ball supremacy
Evening star., 1921-12-25
Yachting Experiences Revival

is widely discussed, and few agree
upon any one college for this honor.
However, this is sure-that never be-
fore has the gridiron game had such
a prosperous year. The open game
WAS largely responsible for the popu-
larity of this sport, and receipts
throughout the country exceeded all
expectations. In many instances
thousands were turned away because
there was not sufficient space to ac-
commodate them.
Among the leading eastern teams
were Penn State, Cornell. Washing
ton and Jefferson and Lafayette. Iowa
won the big ten. or western confer
ence, title. Centre was the leading
southern team and the University of
California captured the championship
of the Pacific coast
Notre Dame had a powerful eleven
and many believe that it was UNDER
estimated by the critics. The same
applied to Washington and Jefferson,
which showed surprising strength in
In boxing circles Jack Dempsey,
Benny Leonard. Jack Britton and
Johnny Kilbane successfully de-
Tended their respective championships.
Dempsey, it appears. will hold the
heavyweight crown for long while.
champion puts the last Of his rivals
out of his path.
Likewise. there are no other worlds
for Leonard, the lightweight king. to
conquer. Benny has beaten them all,
and handily at that. There is not a
boxer in tho lightweight division
that can extend the New York mauler
Not so much can be said for Wilson,
Britton and Kilbane, who are careful
to pick soft ones. Wilson is matched
to meet Harry Greb at Madison Square
Garden. New York, next month, and it
is an even money bet that the title
will change hands.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
Havana Race Results.

First race. three-year-Olds and up: six fur
lonEs-Machine Gunner. 100 (Walls). . to 1.
to TO- to s. won: All vezina, 100 (3ior-
risey). to 10. 1 to 8, second; Felix NJ. los
tMoore). to ., third. Time. 116 3-5. Tough
and Tight. Duke Of Shelby. Planatrede. Jack
Healy and White Crown also ran.
Second rsce. two-yeas.elds; six furlongs-
even. won; Navisco. 10 iHeupell. S to /, 4
to l. second Fictile, 110 CDoyle). to 3. third.
Time. LII Is. Oatex, Mrs. Grundy. Bitter
Biting. San Stefano. Big Noise and Stonewail
also ran.
Third race. three -year-olds and up: six fur.
l0ngs-Waterford. los tYerrette). 8 to ., to
s. to 5. won: Tarascon. III tPriblel. = to
even, second: Win All. 81 (McIauEhlinl. 8 to
5. third. Time. LIS. Inllaby. George W,
also ran.
and fifty yards-Wiseman. 1o2 (Priblel. even,
TO 3. to 8: won: Harry Glover. 10Y tGrn;
ber). 5 to I, 8 to 5. second: Msericorde. H.
G. McUintock. Summer Sigh. Whippoorwill.
Ravinsea and American Soldier also ran.
Fifth race. three-yesr-olds and up: one mile
MedTs. NE a.,s ,Ss lsRRta, NTH to pst e.
l to 5, second; Dolly c.. % tWalls). to 9,
| third. Time. 1.43 rs. Nav,jo. Toy Along.
Mr.. kruter. Pokey B. and Ollie Palmer also
ran.
Sixth race three.year-olds and up; one mile
Waking Dream, 100 (McLAughiin). to 1.
s to 5. Z to 10. second: Harold H.. 100 Pri
blel. / to 8. third. Time. 1.44 40. Carl Rob
erts. Chisca. Tom Goose. Mary Cowell and
Luimeme also ran.
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As for Fulton. he is crazy to get
| another crack at Dempsey. There
will be no trouble about signing him
up. The average fan will be tempted
to laugh his head off when he hears
! Of Fulton as an opponent for the
| heavyweight champion. but the wise
guys all tell you that with a little
more heart Fulton would be a real
contender. Maybe he has injected
himself with the sort OF stuff that
made the mouse stand on his hind
legs and ask, where is that cat
now" Or again he may have nr-
ured out way to beat Dempsey and
will thus enter the ring filed with
confidence.
Fulton Is Real Sore.
If he does he can be relied upon
to make a real fight Otherwise moi.
The lanky plasterer is clever and
he can hit hard. He has proved tina I
was a. dub that had chance to last
with him. Yet against a topliner he
himself has played the role of the
dub. Fulton has heard this sort of
talk all his life and he is plumb sore.
All he wants he says. is a chance
And Tex Rickard proposes to give
him that chance. There is no aues-
tion that the fight would draw, if
only for the reason that any time
Dempsey goes against a man IN de-
fense of his title the attraction is
bound to pay. He and Benny Leonard
are the only scrappers in the world
of whom this may be said.
Dempsey, according to 4 letter freH
Jack kearns. has been keeping HIM
Self as fit as his thcater work per
mitS. He has not neglected gym
nasium work, sparring and punching
the bag, but what he wants is a real
opponent. and he doesn't care whether
he is Fred Fulton or who it is"
Rickard has received word from
Carpenter that he would like to fight
Tommy Gibbons about the first week III
March. That suits Tex all right and
probably Gibbons. too. Rickard says
splendid "~aditinn and that tbs only
trouble with Hefn . fortnight ago vas
bad bronchial cold. No difficulty 10
expected with George Cook. whom the
Frenchman meets on January II. and
shortly after that bout the Frex<n
retinue will come to this country 80
train for the Garden fight.
Great disappointment was meesffest-
ed in this city over GibbonS showing
against Barley Madden. Gibbons Was
counted to push Madden out of tbs
way before the ten rounds were ever.
But BARLEY stayed the limit The
funny thing is that Madden gets no
credit for Improvement. while every
one lands on Gibbons as a false alarm
who has been knocking out twenty
! set-ups.
! One can never tell about those
things. Gibbons may have been off
form. Good fighters sometimes have
that falling. Or for some reason or
another he may have carried Bartley
along through the route. That has also
been known to happen. We shall see.
brothers. We shall see.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
RAIN FAILS TO DAMPEN
HARD|NCS GOLF ARD0R

The presidential game of golf is not
q bit bothered by the fact that the
links are wet. In fact, President
Harding-one of the most ardent
golfers that ever lived in the White
House-plays even more in inclement
weather than on days when every
thing about the links is dry and favor
able.
Yesterday afternoon the President
played round over the course OF the
Washington Golf and Country Club
with three of his boon golfing com.
Washington. Senator Frelinghuysen
of New Jersey and Senator Hale OF
Maine. And be it hereby recorded
that Notwithstanding a splitting down
pour Of rain that began even before
they had finished the first hole the
presidential party kept on and their
hopes were rewarded when the sun
came out as they reached the tenth
hole.
In passing 1t may be remarked that
the presidential ball cares not who
strikes 1t. President Harding was
heard to remark on the eighteenth
after he had hit a good tee shot with
ditch?'' and the caddie answered dole.
fully "Yassuh.' Just as he would II
any other golfer had hit hook.
Senior golfers of the CheVy Cnase
Club yesterday began the last of
series of tournaments which this year
have enlivened the golfing season for
the older members of the club. The
tournament will be concluded Monday
evening, and each senior will play
two rounds on which the best score
for each hole will be counted. Handi-
caps of the Seniors Golf Association
will apply. and the tournament will
be played under winter rules.
Children residing in the neighbor-
hood of the Washington Golf and
Country Club were the guests last
evening at a Christmas party given
at the club by the steward. H. A.
Linn, chairman Of the house commit
tee. represented the club members at
the party.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
MANY CUNTS HELPED
BY NEW BASKET COURT

Good basket ball courts for indie
pendent teams are SO rare here that
when new one opens club managers
lose no time arranging for the ac-
commodation of their charges. AS a
consequence the spacious Palace
court recently built at s14 f street.
practically is engaged for the basket
the most desirable type, the quarters
are clean and there Is ample room for
spectators.
Here are the assignments for this
winter Stewards Business College
boys and girls teams will play at the
ralace on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Wednesday nights and Sunday after
moons belong to Truxton Athletic
club, the Lexingtons will hold forth
on Fridays. the Manhattans on Satur-
days and on Sunday nights the Mer-
curies will take possession of the
floor.
Ihls arrangement assures these
qulnts OF splendid court for home
engagements, and enables them to
prepare more pretentious schedules
An establishment such as the Palace
should add much to Washington's
basket ball season.
Stewards Business College teams.
after strenuous week. will rest
through the holidays. The boys quint
games during the past six days. The
boys were defeated by Quincy Ath-
letic Club and the Alexandria Light
Infantry. but the girls vanquished
the AleXanudrfans and the Crusaders.
Both teams. which are being coached
by Jack Haas, are booking games.
For engagements, managers should
write Sam Harold or Eleanor Watt.
Stewards Business College, 18th and
F. streets.
Petworth Athletic Club. which is
to play the Congress Heights Yankee
Juniors at the Nichols avenue audi
torium Tuesday. wants more games.
Teams interested should telephone
Manager kluSt, Adams 1929.
Seminole Athletic Club. in the 10o-
pound division, is casting about for
games. Challenges should be tele-
phoned to Bernard Sparks, Lincoln
1884
Evening star., 1921-12-25
WASHINGTON HAS NOTABLE
YEAR FOR ALL ATHLETICS

Washington Soccer Club played q
number of engagements and was
quite successful.
The international fencing matches
at the Racquet Club attracted con-
siderable attention. The American
team, Of which several Washing
tonians were members, outpointed
the British swordsmen with foils and
epee before most distinguished au-
diences.'
Boxing and wrestling all but
dropped out Of the District sporting
calendar. The proposed Capital City
Athletic Club never became a real
ity, and the Ardmore Club, after sew
eral spasmodic efforts to promote the
ring sport, gave up the ghost. Wres-
things best inning was a meet be-
tween Washington and Baltimore
teams at the Washington Canoe Club.
Cyclists had their place in the sun.
Several amateur meets were conduct
ed on the Potomac Park speedway.
and the Amateur Bicycle League of
America road championships were
held here. In the latter competitions
Arthur Nieminsky of New York set
a record for the half mile at / min
ute 13 seconds.
Evening star., 1921-12-25

In 1922. The experience Of last season
told that.
With Mays and Hoyt travelling fair
ly well. with Bush and Jones winning
two-thirds Of their games, and with
Shawkey and O.Doul thrown in for
good measure. the Yankees will keep
the other teams guessing all year.
The Detroits. the Chicagos and the
something which will add to their
strength. and the Boston management
believes 1t will have a better batting
club next season. in spite Of the storm
of criticism raised by the recent deal
among Boston fans.
So far as the National League is
concerned. some managers already
have conceded the Giants the pen
nant as the result of the Groh deal.
That trade. together with the Psckin-
paugh-Scott exchange. demonstrated
pionship teams of the big leagues
were none too certain about their
clubs as they stood.
Why Giants Got Groh.
Why did the Giants need to
strengthen their infield? Because
Frisch is not a good third baseman
and Rawlings is not a top-notch Sec
ond baseman. That may sound funny
to some after their playing last sea-
son. but every experienced base ball
man realizes that that statement is
true. Frisch gets almost everything
at third base, and he is SO young and
fast that he is the handiest kind of a
ball player to have at third base. pro-
vided there is no regular third base
man available. But il there is a
sterling thirdsacker to be had 1t
would be better to put Frisch back at
second, where he is much more at
home and where he will be a much
better player than Rawlings would
have been If he had remained with
the Giants for FIVE years or so. That
is the theory of the New York club.
The Giants played to strengthen an
infield that needed more strength, TAX
ing chances on an outfeld that is
not overstrong, but which seems that
it can be patched up better than an
infield.
The Giants of 1921 were not as good
as the Giants of 1917, and the Giants
Of 1917 were not as good as the
Giants Of 1912. Yet the Giants of 1921
won the world championship where
two better teams failed simply be-
cause of the weakness of their rivals
in the box. So McGraw had to look
around to strengthen his team.
Evening star., 1921-12-25

Bowlers enjoyed a great year: Many
leagues were in operation and their
young duckpinners, The Washington
City Duckpin Associations tourna-
ment was a sizeable affair. although
play was not up to standard. Women
organized two leagues and held tour
naments.
Washington Gun Club kept trap
shooting alive. and its weekly tour
naments never lacked entries. Rifle
shooting also was fostered by clubs of
the National Rifle Association.
For the first time. horseshoe pitch
ing gained a place in the Districts
sport record. Some bureaus of the
war and Navy departments had clubs
and the city post office organized a
"barnyard golf" team.
Track and field athletics were better
than usual. The South Atlantic Inter-
collegiate Association meet at George
town attracted good talent The HILL
toppers. however. ran foughshod
lover the other colleges. Catholic Uni
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Coaches Plan Wide Fulton Nn Opponent Depy
SUCCESS OF PENN STATE
GRID TEAM is EXPLAINED

The Penn State foot ball team,
rated By most critics NJ the best in
the east this fall, wasn't q bit
superstitfous. 0n1ys
Nobody wanted to take No. IS.
Everybody took the same routo
to and from the practice field each
night.
Coed luck necktfes belonging to
some players never mlssed q day
during the season.
Everybody wanted the same
berth number ON each trip that was
taken.
Glenn KininEer always wore his
stockings turned inside out.
Tiny Mcmahon always discarded
his headgear after the nth play I'm
q game.
Graduate Manager Neil Fleming
wouldn't have missed a night OF
practice on a bet for fear OF break.
ing the charm.
Hugo Rezdek w0uldn't-oh,
what's the use, he used to be q big
league base ball manager!
Evening star., 1921-12-25

Just as the Giants took a chance
with their outfield in trading Burns
for Groh that the infield might be
strengthened. so the Yankees gambled
with the shortstop position in order
to bolster up their pitching staff.
From a fielding standpoint the Yam
KEGS will be as we'll Oft with Scott as
they would have been with Peckin-
paugh. There are many who think
that Peckinpaugh was beginning to
show signs Of slowing up. 1t did not
seem that he was as fast in the field
the past season as he used to be. and
even in a year of free hitting he did
not demonstrate that he was more
than an ordinary batter. Scott has
lot missed a game since 1916, and he
makes up in endurance what he may
lack in some other respects.
Discord Influenced Trade.
While it was not the deciding fac
tor in the exchange. the discord be-
tween Peckinpaugh and Manager Hug
gins doubtless had something to do
with 1t. 1t was an open secret all
season that Peckinpaugh was the
the team, and since the deal has been
announced Peckinpaugh has openly
charged that Higgins had him traded
because he thought he was after
Huggins' Job.
The Yankees. afraid to stand pat
with what they had. played their
hand smoothly. They got an infielder
who is about as good as the infielder
who goes away. but they also secured
two pitchers of whom one at least
should prove to be a winner for the
team next year.
Jones started the season in Boston
in 1921 as if he were about to be one
Of the best pitchers in the United
States. He did not finish badly. by
any means. although he was being
batted rather freely toward the end
on account of the way he was over
worked. Bush began the season poor
ly, but he was going better as the
summer passed.
Both Should Come Through.
Both Bush and Jones should come
through for the Yankees with a win
ming percentage of .667. 1t will take
the best that Cleveland and ST. Louis
can produce next year to pry the
championship away from New York.
because good pitching is going a long
way toward the success Of any team
Evening star., 1921-12-25
Bio Year for the Bowlers

versity conducted successful indoor
meet and the high schools had two
outdoor carnivals. Central won the
open meet, while Tech garnered the
freshmen laurels.
The playground meets were popu-
lar. Ross School team took the final.
Some meets were held by clubs, and
one promoted by the Aloysians Jared
well. Aloysius Clubs cross-country
team defeated the Baltimore Cross
Country Club runners for the South
Atlantic A. A. u, championship in a
race at Brookland.
The year was. indeed, good one
for sport, but plans now being for
mulated should make 1922 better.
There will be q closer relationship
among the colleges of this vicinity.
and the scholastics also will broaden
their schedules II proposed policies
are adopted. Clubs, too. expect to
increase their activities to help make
the.new year an entertaining one for
the sport-loytng folk of Washington,
Evening star., 1921-12-25

John teisman. chairman of the
ComInittee on rules and organization.
will submit his report and 1t is
limited that it will he most interest
ing. One may wonder il there will
he any reference - such extra func-
tions practiced by some coaches as
recruiting material for their teams
and interfering with officials in the
course of the game.
Arrangements between Harvard
will be pleasing to foot ball fans in
New England, particulari-' in Bos-
ton. which contains any number of
adherents of the Hanover institution.
In the bygone years, up to 1912, this
contest. between the Crimson and the
Green was. i'll every sense of the
word a big game and always a we'll
played one. Politically it is a mas
ter move on the part OF Harvard. who
in the past has not distinguished her
self for acumen of the sort. While
the agreement calls for but one game
there is hardly doubt that the way
is opened for an extended arrange
ment. The full significance of this
renewed alliance is likely to be made
clear along about the first Of De-
cember. 1922.
President Hopkins of Dartmouth,
who has been attaining stature year
after year. who now sees his college
.
hundred applicants are besieging the
faculty for admission. has emphatic
ideas as to the relation of foot ball
to the essential work of the curri-
culum. In a recent letter to an alum
nus angered over the showing of the
Green in the recent season, DIR. Hop
kins sets forth that foot ball is not
being conducted at Hanover to give
q thrill to alumni. but merely to give
students the benefit of manly eXer-
else and outlet for physical and men,
tai energy He doubts-with excel
lent reason-that the curve of UNDER
graduate enrolment is effected in
any way by success or failure on the
gridiron. And as for the advertising
phase of foot ball success Dartmouth
apparently doesn't need it.
On the other hand the plea for
successful foot ball is eloquently put
by DR.. John NJ. Thomas. the new
II believe In foot ball." he says.
because it fuses the college into a
unity. Before the first big game
home each year the college is only
a mass of individuals, but with the
long yell that greets the team for
it's first big fight a new and living
entity comes into being. 1t is the
college AS a whole
Here is the paen of one whose in
stitution developed this season, as
t0 the past, an outstanding team.
Cl1icagO alumni feels that the mid
way eleven will not be so strong as
TO personnel in 1922 as in the past
fall. Cole, the clever halfback. will
he missing and SO will Hermes, of
the regular backfeld, Redmon. the
guard. who opened the way for
Thomas. Halliday, Rodney, Miller and
Tatge, Mcclure, the great tackle, and
Fritz Crister, the indomitable end.
all will be graduated next June.
fConvri0bt 1901
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of the natators generally were good.
Among the scholastics Central cut a
wide swath. 1t won four Of six
championship meets and Jared SIM
ilarly in a like number of dual meets.
Women were especially active in this
sport and organized the United Ath-
letic Club to better prepare SWIM
ming teams.
Washington was treated to an
abundance of polo. The War De-
partment conducted two tournaments
for teams of the city and vicinity and
also had charge of the tilts between
the American and Cuban Army fours.
In these the War Department four
won handily. The Cubans were we'll
satisfied with their visit, however.
and plan a continuation of the rela-
tions in this great game for horse
men.
Soccer was well patronized. The
public schools developed better teams
for their annual title tournament and
the game was for the first time
adopted by high school. Central
organized an eleven and promises to
take up the sport seriously. The
Evening star., 1921-12-25

Each OF the nrst PAIR OF teams IN
the race has several men with aver
ages lettering 100. Nolan's 10S-37 sets
the pace for Optical, but Werner. For
ney and Boiler are not so far behind.
Hoover, Hough, Watson and Daute-
rich are in the 100 class with God
dard. on the Drawing team.
The sixth-place Miscellaneous team
has the champion strike maker. in
Weidman, who has made twenty one
in thirty six games. He also has the
best average of his team. with 1866.
Other team leaders are Nicholson
(East), 101-12; Brown (Broadside).
1o1-13: Miles (Erecting), 101-13;
Roudabush (Tube). ss-4. and Frazer
(TooD, 96-5.
The standing of the league teams
follows:
Evening star., 1921-12-25
BARNYARD GOLF PLAYERS
TO HAVE A NEWSPAPER

Ohio deyotees OF barnyard golf
will NO doubt be glad to learn that
n paper known ms the Horseshoe
World. which will be adopted as
the Oflcial organ for the state, will
he launched Mt Wilmington, Janu-
ary L. G. Il. Sturm, Clinton county
champion horseshoe pitcher. will
manage the paper. 1t In proposed
to carry everything of interest to
hOrseshoe pitching fans and even-
tualiy make 1t q paper OF national
scope.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
ATHLETICS PROGRESSING
AT HYATTSVILLE HIGH

HYATTSVILLE, Md, December "a.
A new athletic era has dawned TOR
Hyattsville High School. The local
institution, with an enrolment Of
something more than ESQ, is making
a determined effort to turn out teams
that may prove worthy opponents for
the ranking scholastic combinations
Of Washington and Baltimore.
By spring the new athletic field
will be ready for use. 1t is planned
to lay out a base ball diamond, a run
ming track, tennis courts and a volley
hall court