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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02
BIG TEN F|vES READY
Wisconsin Team, Which Plays
Northwestern Tomorrow Night,
is Dark Horse of Race.

CHICAGO. January with the
opening of the Western Conference
championship basket ball season Mon
day. the quint representing Wiscon,
sin looms up as the real dark morse
of the 1921 race.
The :. Badgers are pinning their
championship hopes on w. f. Mean
well. basket ball coach. whose AFFINITY
to develop fighting teams out OF Or
out the big Ten" In six years;
from 1911 to 1915. Coach Meanwell
turned out four championship teams
for Wisconsin. There has been a
scarcity of seasoned material IN the
Badger camp, however, Capt. Taylor
at forward being the only outstanding
player.
The brilliant Purdue five. which
finished close to Chicago in the race
last season, will enter the field with
out it's greatest asset-a high-pow-
cred scoring combination. Tillson.
Church and Campbell have graduated,
leaving Capt. White, a brilliant run
ming guard, and Miller. back guard,
as the nucleus for this seasons team
In the last five years no team in the
big Ten has won the title two years
in succession, and if the race devel-
ops into a tight struggle this season,
and recent tradition is repeated, the
championship won by Chicago last
season, will fall to another contender
in the 1921 campaign.
Wisconsin will take the field
against Northwestern at Evanston
on Monday in the only game sched-
uled. The other teams will not swing
into the. race until next Saturday.
when two games are to be decided.
bringing together Indiana and Ohio
and Wisconsin and Michigan. The
season will close March IA with
Northwestern meeting Iowa at Iowa
City. All of the teams have sched-
uled twelve games. the limit set by
the conference.
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RACING NOT DISTURBED
New Orleans District Attorney De-
cides to Investigate Betting
System Before Acting.

NEW ORLEANS, January DE
spite the threat Of wholesale arrests
of bookmakers and alleged race
track gamblers. the season was
opened at the Fair Grounds track
this afternoon with the largest at
tendance ever recorded at a local
track. Over $4,000 paid admissions
were reported.
District Attorney MARI stated on
Friday that he would payne attention
to the injunction secured by officials
of the Business Mems Racing Asso-
citation to restrain him from interior
ing with the system Of betting used
at the track. but later decided to visit
the track for the purpose of investi-
eating the system before proceeding
against the bookmakers.
Tippity Witchet of the Bauer sta
bles, listed at 10 to S in the betting.
captured the New Years handicap,
/ lie miles, the feature ofstoday's
card. The winners time for the course
was las 3-5, within second OF the
track. record.
Muskallonge, Bud Fishers $4,000
son Of Meelick; won the second event
through the superior craftsmanship
of Jockey Lyke.
Eddie Rickenbacker, champion
speed marvel of the season, captured
the Inaugural dash in e. canter, max
ing six furlongs in LIZ. This was the
fourth victory for Eddie in his last
five starts since early in December.
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Of the Olympic games last summer
was evident throughout the meeting.
1t was charged openly that there was
inefhciency in methods of raising
funds to finance the American tC1yn-
pic teams. that some of the men con-
nected with the committee had not
dealt abroad in SUCH a way as to earn
the respect of foreign competitors
that the Yankees were not properly
taken care Of in Europe. and that
proper methods were not employed
in the selection Of men to represent
the United States
An Olympic association, is proposed
to be composed of a group of elected
representatives from all the big ath-
letfc organizations, including the sew
eral college conferences, Y. NJ. c. A,
Amateur Athletic Union. industria
organizations and similar bodies
College athletes made Up great deal
Of the strength Of the 1920 Olympic
team. yet the colleges had little or
no say about their management, as
most Of them represented big athletic
clubs. .E.-
Furthermore, in hitting at the big
athletic clubs, the n. c. A. A. unani-
mously passed a ruling to prevent
college athletes representing any club
in the summer without such repre-
sentation first being sanctioned by
the faculty athletic committee of the
athletes college or university.
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, California on the offensive. had
dazz,inp assortment of passes. long
and short, and on the defense got IN
the way and broke up most OF Chlo
throws intercepting them away
when the Middle Westerners threat
ened.
shows Varied Offense.
Coupled with the phenomenal call
sfornia display of passing was an Of
Tense as varied as any ever seen IN
the west Coach Andy Smiths men
.sIashed the Ohio line at WILL circied
:the Ohio ends and with double passes
'and criss-crosS plays banned tnelr OPP
,ponents.
( The story of CALIFORNIA; victory. in
"a large measure, was the story or the
tplaying of Brick" Muller California s
brilliant end. Muller was stone wall
ION defense. and on the offense- played
"a remarkable game. Three OF Call-
result of Muller's mastery of the
.aerial attack, both in passing and
receiving.
Pete Stincheomb. Ohio States repre-
sentative on the mythical allan eri :
lean eleven, did everything expected Of
him and more. but the California de-
,ferse which had been perfected to
!stop him. was impossible. Although
.Stinchcomb gained probably more
,yardage than any other player today,
mis- WoTk demonstrated tHdl Ohc
cannot win from trained varsity
I. Winners Line Strong.
! California's line outcharged its
rivals. and often opened tremendous
holes through which its backs
plunged for large gains. The Ohio
forwards were unable to cope with
the fiercenesS of this attack, anf when
the secondary defense came to back
up the forward wall. California opened
up and forward-passed its way to
victory. 'Tarsan" Taylor and Capt.
Huffman were the outstanding stars
of the Ohio line. while every man on
the Berkeley line starred. Capt
'Cort" Majors playing his last var
sity contest, put up a great game. On
many occasions he broke through the
Ohio line and shattered plays In their
incipiency.
southern California sun blazed
down on the turf and probably ham
pered the Buckeyes, who came from
q cold climate. but it is doubtful IL
snow. rain and slush could have halt
ed the Californians.
Statistics Of the game showed Cali
fornia made sixteen first downs to
ten for Ohio and gained considerable
more yardage both on straight and
open play.
Gains at punting were about even.
while Ohio drew one penalty The
FunIbieS were about even.
Scores in Seven Minutes.
Z Seven minutes of play saw the first
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KANSAS SHADES M'CANN
Ten-Round Main Go at Fort Myer
Decided on Points-Five Bouts
Ended by Z. 0.'s.

Fort Myer soldiers and their friends
were well entertained yesterday aft
ernoon by the holiday offering of the
posts boxing club. Seven bouts,
headlined by the Chick Kansas
Shorty Mccain contest for the Army
featherweight championship, were
fought and five were terminated by
knockouts. The main engagement
went the scheduled ten rounds. with
Kansas retaining his title.
The Camp Holabird boxer always
was able to keep Mccain at bay The
latter forced the fighting in the third
and fourth rounds, but took deal
of punishment in the others. NC. G..
Cam rallied in the last pair OF ROUNDS
and finished strong. but Kansas came
out of the scrap with a comfortable
lead over the champion OF the I9tn
Field Artillery.
Two of the knockouts were scored
in first rounds. Kid Halderman,
Fort Myer welterweight. scheduled to
go eight rounds with Sergt. Frank
Stacey of Camp Holabird. dropped his
man after a minute of fighting. Trem-
bling Trimbley of the 18th Field Ar
tillery finished Red Totten, Sd Cav
alryman. before their mill was Two
minutes old.
Sergt. clyde Sharp. boxing in
structor at Camp Meade, was too
much for Kid Chicarico' Of Camp
HoIabird and the latters SECONDS
tossed in the sponge in the second
round. Bat Tarkenton of the Sd Cav
airy stopped Jack Anderson of Wall
ter Reed in the second round. and
Lightning Sparks of artillery head
quarters handed a sleep punch to Joe
Robichaud, 18th Field Artillery. in
the third round. Pug Thompson, a
Camp Holabird product, earned de-
cision over Stanley Trazach. Sd Cav
airy. in a four-round match.
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.PITTTO ENGAGE NAVY
IN DUAL TRACK MEET

University Of Pittsburgh's varsity
track schedule contains seven dates.
as follows:
April 29-30-Pennsylvania relays at
Philadelphia.
May 7-Triangular meet with SYRIA
cuse and Colgate at Syracuse.
May 14-Dual meet with Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
May 21-Pitt annual intercollegiate
and interscholastic meet.
May 2S-I. c. A. A. A. A. meet.
June 4-Dual meet with West Vir-
ginia.
June 11-Dual meet with Penn State
at State College.
Pittsburgh's track prospects are
only fair, as but six of eleven letter
men of 1920 are available. They are
Shea, the quarter miller. who is COM
peting for his last year; Brickley,
Thornton, Hartman, Capers and Bovard.
Tom Davies, the foot ball phenom,
will be out for the broad jump,
alternating between. track and base
BALI He is captain Of the nine.
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The !Gallaudet players proved adept
at caging the ball and were strong de-
fensivelys in games decided last month,
but lacked team work. Much, was left
to individual brilliancy and this handi-
capped the development of d consistent
passing game. This weakness was evil
dent in the meeting with Loyola. which
was beaten. At to II, and almost robbed
Gallaudet Of IS to SO victory over
the Camp Humphreys aggregation.
Improve in Passing
Coach Cooper has been. striving to
correct the fault, and in their last con-
test before the Christmas Vacation the
Kendall Greeners showed an improved
passing game. The Engineer five of
the Washington barracks was the trial
horse for Gallaudet in the enga cement
and the Soldiers suffered a 53-to-9 drub-
bling. In their trio of games. the Ken
dali Greeners have totaled 1876 points
to 60 for their opponents. .....----
Gallaudet will need all the coaching
1t can get. for it will encounter some
formidable floor combinations before
the end of the campaign. Following
the Lebanon Valley game, Loyola Col
lege will be met for the second time
this season. Fordham is to be played
here and two contests are listed with
George Washington University. The last
named is the only local college Gallau-
Diet has scheduled.
five-game trip will be taken dur
ing the third week in February. Ur-
sinus will be played at Collegeville, Pa. !;
Temple at Philadelphia. and Fordham,
New York Silents and St Johns at
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EWSTRAW TOP SKATER
CAPTURES Two National Titles and
Finishes Third in Another
Championship Event.

NEWBURGH, n. Y, January l.
Charles Jewstraw OF Lake Placid was
the leading point scorer in the ma
tional skating races here today He
won the 22O and 440 yard events and
was third in the $50.
22O-yard national championship Jewstraw
first: Joe Moore. New York; second Russell
Wheeler, Montreal. third. Time, 90 20
first; Bobby Hearn. fremont. second; Martin
Brewster. Lake Placid. third Time, osO 10.
SSO-yand national championship-Al Leitcbr
Lake Placid, first - Joe Moore. second JeE
straw, third TIME, 1.52.
One-mile national championship--Joe MooI
New York, first; Don Robinson. New YORK;
ond: Al Leitch, Lake Placid. third I1mt
4.OS rs. IT,
Five-mile championship-Leslie Boyd, Ire
mont (25 yards). first; Joe Moore sscra t c
second: West Booker. fremont SKATING Cub
l1oO yards). third Time. "a . 81;
Mile, novice-warren Drake Newporgn,
FIRST: @. A. Tiger PoughkeepSe. second; Hoy
Plox Arlington. third. Time. 4: II
440-yard women's championshipLEi :.
Muller New York;, first: Otillie Barth (Brook-
Iynl, second. Time. Lon
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New York. A game with Roanoke Col
lege is being negotiated.
While material is not abundant at
Gallaudet. that available. is of high
quality. Seipp, Danofsky, Baynes,
Bouchard and La Fountain, who have
been playing regularly, are versatile
fioormen. All except Capt. Bouchard,
who plays a safety guard, have the
baskets well located and every mem :
Der of the quint possesses the knack
of covering his opponent.
There is little reserve strength.
So far Steinke and Benedict have
been the only substitutes used. The
former is an active forward and. can
follow the goaI-caging pace set by
the regulars. Benedict generally is
used at guard and is an efficient de-
fensive player.
George Washington and Catholic
University as we'll as Ga1laudet, have
games here this week. The Hatchet-
ties will inaugurate their season at
the Coliseum in a game with Will
liam and Mary Friday night. St.
Johns of Annapolis will be the guest
of Catholic University at Brookland
Saturday night.
High school quints will take the
floor at the Coliseum Friday after
noon in the opening games of the
annual championship series. Business
will encounter Western in the first
contest and Central is to play East
ern in the nightcap. The early en-
gagement will get under way at $3.50
o'clock.
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WOULD INVADE minors
New Continental League Plans to
Recruit Players From Or
ganized Base Ball.

BOSTON. January George H.
Lawson. who organized the trouble
some Federal League some years ago.
is head Of a new combination that
threatens to disturb the peace of
base ball. He is president Of the
Continental Base Ball Association.
for which Incorporation papers were
filed yesterday. The capitalization is
$50. 900.
According to ]. Nelson Barry.
treasurer of the circuit. teams will
be placed in Boston. Camden. N. j.;
Baltimore. Pittsburgh. Cleveland.
Detroit. Indianapolis and either
Brooklyn or Buffalo. An effort will
be made to take over some of the
larger minor league clubs Players
will be recruited from organized base
ball
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CORNELL TO INTRODUCE
BRITISH BARRIER SYSTEM

LONDON, January 1.-Introduction
of the English system of cross-country
running at Cornell University. with in
clusion of similar water jumps. plowed
land and hedges in tho course. will prob
ably result from the visit to England
of the Cornell cross-country team, sai
Coach Jack Moakley of the American
team. on the occasion of his departure
from London this morning
The creditable showing made by the
Ithacans at Roehampton. where they
were defeated last Thursday by an Ok
ford-Cambridge cross-country team, 26
to %. has given rise to the hope that
the Americans would win return match
after training on courses similar to those
used in England.
Another probable result of the visit
of the Americans team will be a trip
to Ithaca, N. Y. next spring by COM
pete track teams and boat crews from
the English universities to meet Cor
nell An invitation to this effect has
p~en issued in the name or undergrad
yates Of the American institution.
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Earl Caddock Challenges
New Wrestling Champion


Earl Cadd0ck, the @'man Of a
thousand holds" now In seeking
n match with "StranEler" Lewis
for the world wrestling cham
pfOnship. Gene Melady, man,
aEer Of CaddOck. has wired jack
Curley challenging Lewis ON
any terms that will suit the
champion. All he wants Is u
chance for the crown.
CaddOck defeated John Pesek
q few nights agO in Des MOines.
and TINT victory convinced him
that he was ready for Lewis.
CaddOck also holds a victory
over the "Strangler." having de-
feafed the champion In n match
last May. Lewis now is ON the
coast enjoying the holidays, md
Curley, ms SOOn ms he can get in
touch with him, will offer him
the match.
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TAKE THEIR ANNUAL DIP.

SAN FRANCISCO. January 1.-Ap-
proximately 100 members Of the OIym-
pic Club participated in the annual
New Year dip in the Pacific ocean.
The members. after a half-mile run.
plunged into the breakers and later
continued to their country club for
lunch. The temperature of the air
was So degrees and the water was
much colder.
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FOR PRO COURT TITLE.
Play in Tennis Event Starts al
Philadelphia January 10.

Play for the professional court ten
mis- championship of America starts
at the Racquet Club in Philadelphia
January 10. The leading profession
ais of the country are entered in the
event, which will continue through
out the week They include r. Duston
of Boston. who will meet J. Miss.
Philadelphia, in the preliminary
round: Jack Soutar, Philadelphia, who
will play Otto Checker. Boston. in the
first round, and C. j. Fairs. former
champion of the world. who drew a
bye.
Jay Gould, open champion of Amer
lica and amateur champion Of the
Horld. will defend his title in a round
~ tha winner Of The Tournament
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Harry Wills Is Puzzled
How Fighters Figure Ages

"It's most remarkable" says
Harry Wills, 1.-THE tricks time
plays ON q man. I'm twenty
eight years old now. Well, when
was n kid riding horses Mt
state fairs and around the race
tracks L used to see Sam Lang
ford fight once in a while. Sam
vas q grown man then. Ten
years ago, when I went with
Jack johnson from Reno to Chi
cagO, after the Je6ries fight, I
saw Jess willard for the first
time. Jess looked to be about
twcnty-eight years old. What
I'm getting at In that the other
day I looked mt q record book
and saw that Sam and Jess are
now thirty-three years old. I
seem to be catching up ON 'em
rapidly, but. to save me. can't
figure how it's being DONE"
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Mails and Myers Carry
Win Streak Over to 1921

When the American League
season opens next spring two
pitehers-Duster Mails of the
champion Indians and Elmert
Myers of the Red SOx-wiH each
carry winning streaks over from
last season. Myers won the
last nine contests he pitched last
season and Nails was credited
with seven consecutive victories
when the season closed. The
Cleveland Ieft-hander did not
meet with n single defeat after
he Joined the Indian star OF
tWirlerx.
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N. C.. A. A. Arbitration Board
Should Be Boon for Sports
BY II. G. BYRD.

HlCAGO Ill., January 1What should be the most arreachng
action taken by athletic body the United
the establishment of OF. arbitration National
Collegiate Athletic Association its meeting here this The
A., will function
of professionalism
fndn no the public
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GRAND AMERICAN SHOOT
SOUGHT BY TWO CITIES

The grand American handicap. the
premier classic of the trapshooting
season, will be awarded at a meeting
of the general committee of the
American Trapshooting Association,
to be held in Chicago January and g..
The general committee also will dis
cuss changes in the rules for 1921.
The Cleveland Trapshooters' Asso-
citation, which staged the grand Amer
lean event last season, will make a
strong bid for the 1921 event. The
South Shore Country Club of Chicago
also is after it.
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YANKEE QUINT BEATEN
BY. BALTIMORE TOSSERS

Muir Post, American Legion, of
Baltimore sent a formidable basket
ball team against the Yankees in the
Congress Heights Auditorium last
night and got away with the better
end of a 81 to IS count.
The legionnaires played a brilliant
defensive game and were proficient
at passing and goal throwing. 1t
was the first loss of the season for
the local aggregation.
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WHEATLEY, TITLEHOLDER,
LEADS D. C. CUE TOURNEY

With the final week of play in the
District pocket billiard title tournament
at Grand Central Palace at hand. George
Wheatley, the playing-through cham
pion, is leading the field of eight en-
trants He has won five times in six
starts and has but one more match
to play. William Parsons, with four
victories and two defeats. is in second
place.
Wheatley also retains the high run
record for the tourney with his mark
of Al. Sergt. Henshaw has the second
best record with a string OF 81. The
tournament standing:
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NAVY QU|NT EXTENDED
Finds Worthy Foe in Union Tos-
sers, But Speed and Team
PLAY Tell. 80 to 10.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. January l.
Union put up a fast and well planned
game OF 5aske: ball this afternoon.
but lost to- the Midshipmen by 80 to
10. the Navy five having a slight
edge in speed and team play. The
Navy also had a great many more
chances to score from the foul line,
and this proved an important factor.
Union led for a short time, but was
soon overhauled. the Midshipmen get
ting the better of the first period by
closer.
Brucher played a splendid game in
all departments for the visitors. while
Au1t AMI Mckee led il the Gcori1S 3, Cor
the Navy.
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CLAPP is GOLF WINNER.
Washington Player Takes Handi
cap Event at Pinehurst.

PINEHURST. N. c., January l.
Lucien WafIer. IT.. last years inter-
collegiate champion. won the mid
winter golf tournament at Pinehurst
today, for the third time in succession,
by defeating John d. Champman Of
Greenwfcts2 and /.
John Is.Clapp of Chevy Chase car
ried off sthe prize in the handicap
division 2se Washington golfer play
ed from -ghih.
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How the Gridznen Faced
in Big Game on Coast

California touchdown. An Ohio
tumble. recovered by California and
followed up with versatile attack.
/ resulted in Sprott going over the
line.
In the second period Muller tossed
a 50-yard pass. probably the longest
ever thrown in the west. to Stephens.
who went over for the second
score. The third came. in the same
quarter when an assortment of plays
put Sprott over with an end run.
No score was made in the third
period. but in the fourth Sprott cir
cled the Ohio left and to the 5-yard
line, where Deeds in two bucks went
over.
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Centre Gridironers Rout
Texas Christian u, 63-7

FORT WORTH. Tex, January
1.-Centre College Of DanvilIe,
Ky. brought it's seven native
Texas foot ball players home
today and they, with the ns-
Si~tance of four from other
states. showed under the Texas
Christian University of Fort
Worth, 63 to 3.
The Christian University play
e-s gained their seven points
when Jackson carly i'm the first
period xnatched n forward pass
and dashed ninety yards Tor
touchdown. From then on. how
ever, the game WAS n rOut.
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WOMAN GUEST TO PLAY
AGAINST TWO MEN HERE

Miss Frances Anderson of Richmond.
Va. champion woman cueist of the
south, will meet George Wheatley.
District champion, and Charles Bar
telmes in exhibition matches at Grand
Central Palace on January IL and Is.
Miss Anderson is an expert pocket
billiard player and is credited with a
high run Of Al.
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CENTRAL "REGS" AHEAD
Overcome Big Lead of Alumni
Tossers by Rally in Last Quar-
ter. Winning. 27-25.

Central Highs regular quint nosed
out an alumni team in a 81 to 25
game played yesterday in the Mount
Pleasant Schools gymnasium. The
scholastics rallied in the last quarter
and overcame a heavy lead that had
been obtained by the graduate
basketers.
Dick Newly, star of the 1s1s-1920
Central five, and Solomon played
spectacularly for the alumni combina-
ton, while Lemon was best of the
regular team.