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Evening star., 1922-02-20
yANK FIVE FA[TER|NG
ON EVE OF TITLE TILT

Congress Heights Yankees, District
basket ball champions, probably will
not find the going so easy in Gonzaga
gymnasium Wednesday night, when
they tackle the Aloysius Club quint
in the second tilt Of the series for the
local title The Yanks barely man
aged to take the measure of the I
Streeters in the first match played at
the Coliseum last month, and on the
same floor yesterday were defeated de-
clslveiy by st; Andrews Athletic AS
sociation of Baltimore, holder of the
Maryland independent laurels
In taking their 32-to-16 drubbing
from the Marylanders, the Yanks at
times played listlessly and gave every
indication of staleness. The District
star aggregation, which has been
through strenuous campaign, was
really no match for st. Andrews. The
latter jumped into the lead at the
outset and with a short-passing game
completely baff1ed the Yanks. 1t was
the locals second loss of the season
to the Baltimoreans.
The Yankee forwards, Atherton and
Heddons, had few chances for bas-
kets and missed q number of them.
Ingley, at center, was shaded by Nc
Carthy, the Baltimorean. but Ford
and Catlin. local guards, did well.
drew's would have registered a more
crushing defeat. Holeow's work at
forward, and the floor play of Lentz,
former st. Johns College star, had
much to do with the success of the
visitors.
Troop IS, I. C. s., wants games with
ninety-pound teams possessing floors.
Send challenges to T. McQueeney, 436
Rhode Island avenue.
Adath Athletic. Club. which van
ouished Troop 73, Boy Scouts, 1S to 2.
will play Premier Athletic Club Fri
day at the Palace court.
Roamer Athletic Club put a crimp
in the Junior championship aspira-
tions of the Kanawha Props when
made II points for the winners.
St. Teresa tosser. gave the Knights
of Columbus quint sturdy battle be-
fore losing, % to %. Walsh and
Spurskowski starred for the victors,
between the reserves Of both clubs,
the Caseys won, 81 to %.
Grace Athletic Club Reserves down.
ed the Palace Athletic Club quint,
"a to %. J. Gollan made seven scrim-
mage goals for the winning five.
Warwick Athletic Club easily dis
posed of the Langdons in 51-to-10
engagement Bennie pocketed eight
shots from the field for the Warwicks.
Navy Yard Marines went to Indian
Head and defeated the five of that
town, AZ to 81. The home team held
a ten-point lead at the. end of the
first half, but could not withstand
the Marines late rally.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
TRIO OF GUESTS LEFT
IN RUNNING FOR TITLE

PHILADELPHIA, February 90
Either Edouard Roudil of France or
Percy N. Collins. Chicago, will be
eliminated today as a contender for
championship honors in the interna,
tional 1872 balkline amateur billlaro
tournament They oppose each other
this afternoon. Each has won Two
games and lost one and the loser OF
todays match will be out of the run
ming ming SO far as the title is concerned.
Edgar T. Appleby. New York, ma
tional champion. with three victories
and no defeats. held a commanding
lead as the second week OF the
tournament started. He has two
games yet to play: Tonight he will
meet the loser of the Roudil-Collins
match and tomorrow he will oppose
the winner of that contest. The otner
match tomorrow will be between AIRY
Bos, the Hollander. and ]. h. Cope
Morton, Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
JUDGE lands, ROOKIE,
TO TOUR MAJOR CAMPS

CHICAGO, February 20.-Judge X.
NJ. Landis is mapping out tour of
the training camps of both big
leagues. He wants to see some of
the minors in action. too.
I'm rookie at this game myself"
he said. Il want to study the train
ing systems. There has been some
complaint that promising rockies
have not been given a fair show
Some of them claim that they
have arrived but are not given an
opportunity to prove it. Some OF
them. on the other hand. think they
have arrived when they are not ripe.
want to have a look at this spring
training system and study it,"
Judge Lands also said he would
devote more time to the American
Legion.
THE American Legion is the great
est insurance policy this nation has"
he said. 1T is our standing guaran-
ty OF peace and liberty. l am deep
ly devoted to the legion and shall
help in whatever way 1 can"
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Y. N. |. T0SSERS HERE
FOR PAIR OF CONTESTS

Virginia Military Institutes basket
ball team arrived in Washington this
afternoon for a two-day stay. The
Lexington Cadets are to invade the big
Brookland gymnasium tonight for a
game with Catholic University and to-
morrow night will be guests Of George
Washington University at the Coliseum
The Brookland match tonight will fol-
low one beginning at 1880 o'clock be-
tween Central High. scholastic Champ
ion. and the Catholic University fresh
men.
On past performances. Catholic Uni
versity and Virginia Military Institute
are evenly matched. Each has played
Virginia Polytechnic Institute this win-
ter and the Brooklanders lost. % to 29,
while the Cadets were defeated, 26 to 25.
Georgetown tonight opens its three
game northern trip~with a game against
Crescent Athletic Club at Brooklyn
New York University will be played
tomorrow and Rutgers Wednesday.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
WH|TE:JACKS0N winner
WILL BATTLE LEONARD

NEW YORK, February 20.-Charlie
White, nimble- footed lightweight
pugilist of Chicago. and Willie Jack
son will meet in Madison Square Gar
den tonight in a fifteen-round bout
under American Legion direction.
jackson and the left-hooking Chi
cagoan both aspire to the lightweight
title held by Benny Leonard. Benny
is under contract to meet the winner
Of the bout in a championship con-
test.
White floored Leonard once during
a bout in Benton Harbor, Mich, in
1920. but Benny, tired of being teased
with Charles left, came back, and
sent Charles away for the count in
the ninth round.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
thurman FACES CROOK
IN |NTERC|Ty CUE PLAY

Allen Thurman will endeavor to
boost the Washington teams lead
when he encounters C. H. Crook Of
Baltimore at Sherman's Academy to-
night in the third block of the inter-
city 1872 balkline billiard match.
They are to meet in a 200-point block,
starting at o'clock.
with but two matches remaining in
the 1,2o0-point contest, the local team
is out in front by a margin Of 101
points at 500 to 699. The final 200
point block will be shot at Klein's
Academy. in Baltimore, Friday night
between G. N. Poulief of this city and
DR.. r. M. Roscow of Baltimore.
The Baltimore team in the first
block of 400 points played here last
Friday assumed a substantial lead
over the local combination, but the
latter went ahead in the Monumental
City last Friday. This is the seventh
match in thirteen years between
teams of the two cities. Washington
never has been defeated in them. =,
Evening star., 1922-02-20

The Pittsburgh team. which has not
changed a player to date, in spite of
the fact that as far back as last
October it's owner was ready to make
reasonable and suitable shifts, ripped
over the course in 1921 a seeming
winner Suddenly it crumpled and fell
in a heap. or approximately that, be-
cause it failed to win the champion
ship. and in Pittsburgh second place
does not count for much when the
base ball populace has blown itself
pennant.
Take the pitching records of five of
the Pittsburgh pitchers, Adams, Glaz-
ner, Morrison, Cooper and Hamilton,
and see If you can find anything as
good in the National League that be-
longs to any other one club. The
Giants, who beat them out, failed to
do as well by mile from a pitching
standpoint.
Had Fine Joint Average.
The five men who have been named
on the Pittsburgh team Jointly had an
earned run average Of 2.98, which is
a little less than three runs per game,
and will always stand up as one of
the best marks ever made by pitchers
in the history of base ball in view of
the slump that was raging every
where else.
The significance of Pittsbureh's
strength lies in the fact that every
proposition which has been made to
Barney Dryfuss to trade something
that he might like for something that
he has, also has included in it q re-
quest for one Of these very good
pitchers on the Pittsburgh pay roll.
Evening star., 1922-02-20

If Johnny Is as elusive when abroad
as he is here the European sports
will have all their troubles for moth
ing, and Criqui will go without a
chance to cop the world plumes poids
title, as they call featherweights in
Frogland. This Criqui. by the way.
is touted by Americans who have
seen him in action recently as real
scrapper. They refer especially to
the speed with which he slowed
Charles Ledoux away. He has what
they call over there the American
lied English style with a real fare
thee-well wallop and a sharp-shoot-
-er's eye. When he lets his fist go he
usually knows where it is going. He
wants Kilbane and SO Johnny's trip
across the pond may provide real ex-
citement for him, if he is looking for
the same.
If Dempsey goes over to England
he English fans will be most inter
ested to look him over. but If he
expects to pick up easy money by
dropping Beckett, Cook. Smith, Lloyd
and the rest of the heavies of the
British Isles he will be disappointed.
I'VE should like very much to see
Dempsey in action" writes a London
expert, but it would be cruelty to
match him against any of our own
heavyweighAs."
But the campaign for the Dempsey
Carpenter bout Is proceeding apace,
abroad. despite reports in this coun-
tr yto the contrary. ''If," says one of
the leading boxing sharps in Eng
land, a man who saw the Dempsey
Carpenter battle, ''the second fight
should take place in a larger ring
than that at Jersey City and the
French champion were to refrain
from mixing it at close quarters with
his heavier and stronger opponent
the fight might last long enough for
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Apportfonment of aMrk,
AMERICANS TOP CUBANS
IN A SERIES OF SPORTS

MIAMI, Fla, February 20.-By cap
turing the water sports events, Miami
Beach won the series of athletic COM
petitions from Cuba 25h points to
221s.
The tournament included contests
lin golf, tennis, polo, basket ball,
track. swimming and diving.
The Miami Beach athletes will sail
for Havana On March 6, where they
will stage a return series in the
seven sports.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Nine MIDWEST COLLEGES
PLAN new CONFERENCE

ST. PAUL, Mimi. February 90
Representatives of nine colleges of
the middle west and northwest will
meet here today to discuss plans for
forming a conference along the lines
of the big teH
institutions interested are Mar
'quette University, North Dakota
State College. North Dakota Uni
versity, Morningside College, Creigh-
ton University, st. Thomas College,
Michigan Agricultural College, South
Dakota University and South Dakota
State. ~
Evening star., 1922-02-20
MARKS BROKEN
BY AMATEUR SKATERS

SARATOGA SPRINGS. N z. Febru-
ary 2O.-Three new international
amateur skating records were estab-
lished in races here.
Leslie Boyd Of Lake Placid lowered
the 440-yard record by four-fifths of
a second, his time being O.43 As. Joe
Murphy of New York reduced the
220-yard record from O.241- to
023 As. Boyd also set a new record
over the twelve-lap mile course, his
time being 3.22 3-5, against record
mark of 1923.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
RECORD ENTRY EXPECTED
FOR MEET AT BALTIMORE

Z A record number of entries is ex-
pected for the annual 5th Regi-
ment-Johns Hopkins indoor track
and field games to be held in the
5th Regiment Armory in Baltimore.
Saturday night. The list now totals
nearly 700 and many last-minute en-
tries are being received
Among. the latest organizations to
enter is the Meadowbrook Club of
Philadelphia. 1t will be represented
in two relay races and has named
twenty-four athletes for individual
competition.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
AMERICANS HOLD MARKS
In 81 OF 9O.ODD EVENTS
Britons Next in Line With g. While Finland and
Denmark are Tied for Third With Seven
Each-Yankees Also Most Versatile.
By the Associated Press.

AsOiat Press
EW YORK. February 20The athletics of the United States lead
the world holders of field analysis
the latest list of world marks by the International
Athletic
athletes
hryseven
bned total of other nations.
Americas leading
holders Britain
the best time distance in wenty-eight
Evening star., 1922-02-20
CUBS, FIRST TO TRAIN,
GET INTO ACTION TODAY

CHICAGO. FEBRUARY 2o.-The Chicago
Nationals, first major league club to
action on Catalina Island, off the Cali
fornia coast. today, according to special
dispatches published here
The Cubs arrived late yesterday and
found Grover Cleveland Alexander, staI
heaver. in fine condition from his win
ter training.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
$780, 900 Separates Base Ball Oune1s Zoou Leads World A
WHAT'S THIS, MESSENGER
BOYS OF D. C. TO RUN?

A team Of Warrington messen.
ger boys will sfe with those of
Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Buffalo,
Philadelphia, Brooklyn. New York
and Newark in ono OF the feature
relays Of the Western Union A. A.
indoor track and field games at
the I'D Regiment Arm0ry in New
York tomorrow night. The WIN
ming team will gain the undlsputed
honor OF having the fastest mes-
senger service In the east.
The local team will include TheO-
dOre Kettner, j. Stanley, N. ID.
Smith and George Melnberg.
Stanley also will run in q mile
rnce and kettner in the 22O-yard
dash. Roland Nisewander will
start In the 6O-yard dash. The
squad, which leaves tomorrow
morning, will be i'm charge of H.
NJ. GOldxtein. delivery supervisor
% the local Western Union ONCE.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
KITTY LEAGUE WILL PLAY
SCHEDULE OF 115 GAMES

PADUCAH, KY. February 20.-Dr.
Frank Bassett of Hopkinyille, KY, has
been elected president and secretary of
1.-The new Kitty Base Ball League at a
meeting here. A schedule Of lis games
also was agreed upon. the season to
open May 16 and close September 4.
Cairo, ILL.,; Hopkinsville, Paducah and
Madfsonville, KY, and Paris, Tenn, will
have clubs in the league, and it is ex-
|pected that the remaining three berths
will be taken by Bowling Green, May
field and Owensboro, KY.
Evening star., 1922-02-20

Denmark and Finland are tied for
third place, with seven records eacf.
No other nation approaches the ver-
Satility of the American athlete. for
the United States performers have es-
tablished records in six out of the
seven groups of competition into
which the worlds records events nat
urally divide themselves.
Lacks Walking Record.
This country is without a record
holder in tie walking events, in
which Great Britain and Finland hold
all the records. America is tied with
Great Britain in the running records.
each nation having thirteen to its
credit. The United States holders are
confined to the sDrints and the short
er distance. Great Britain's stars hold
majority of the long distance run
ming records
The records as published in the Of
nclal athletic almanac t,Ire adopted
at the conference of the i. A. A. +.
last May. Since that meeting several
American and foreign athletes have
bettered records now listed. but these
cannot be officially considered world
marks until accepted by the /. A. A.
r, which acceptance may be delayed
another six months or year. Such
an example is that of the running
broad jump record credited to T.
OConnor of Ireland, with a leap of
"A feet 11I inches, made in 1901
Tfls record was surpassed last July,
when +. o. Gourdin of Harvard jump
ed 25 feet inches in the dual meet
between Oxford Cambridge and Yai--
Harvard at Cambridge.
BritOns Good Mt Distance.
Iaking the records as they appear
IN the latest official list. however. il
rs SHOWN that the American athlete
is better in more events in the record
IIst lnan any one other nationality
livery record from 100 yards to one
ihiie is held by United States ath-
iete. From two to twenty-five miles
English runners hold sway, although
most OF these times We're made in
the early nineties. In metric run
nlng records Finland, Sweden and
france hold all but the sprints. which
go TO American athletes. Walking
records are held by pedestrians of
Great Britain. Canada and Denmark
substituting Gourdin's new record
IN place of OConnor's. all the jump
ing records are in the hands of Amer
lean athletes. and the same is true
or the weight events. Finland,
SWeoen and the United States divide
honors in the discus and javelin COM
petitions. Canada gets two hurdle
records. as E. ]. Thomson of Dart
mouth College was born across the
border. All others are held by United
States hurdlers. OF the ten relay
race records, eight are held by Amer
lean teams; one by a Great Britain
quartet and the other by a Swedish
combination.
APpOrtfonment of aMrks,
The apportionment of world records
among the seven holding nations is
as follows:
Evening star., 1922-02-20
PLAYERS ARE MONEY.MAD,
! SAYS HUSTON OF YANKEES
Performers Dreaming of Autos and Silk Shirts
Again, According to New York Magnate, Who
Asserts Present Situation Is Unprecedented.

Ii the players the world dreaming of automobiles and silk
~ shirts according Co. Til Huston, of the owners
of the New York Americans. Col Huston declared that his
short ball he knew when
such OF the clubs and the players
1912 before thousand dollars
difference offered in their
the did
patch the difference started practically
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Will Train at Plantation.

MACON, Ga, February 20.-Sixteen
pitchers and catchers of the Roches-
Ter Internationals will >arrive at
George Stallings' plantation. at Had
dock, near here, this week to begin
training.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
|ONLY BROWNS UNSIGNED
| ARE JACOBSON AND DAVIS

ST. LOUIS, February 20-Bill
Jacobson, outfelder, and Dixie"
Davis, pitcher, are the only two of
last years regulars still unsigned for
the coming season by the Browns.
Manager Fohl is making preparations
for the teams departure for the
training camp Wednesday.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Dies of Foot Ball Injury.

MOBILI'. Ala. February 20.-Robert
Franklin Boyd, eighteen, of Emelee.
Ala, a student of Alabama Polytechnic
Institute. died at Montgomery yesterday
from injuries received in a foot ball
game between class teams more than
week ago.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
ZBYSZKO WOULD HAND
MAT TITLE TO BROTHER

NEW YORK, February 20.-Stan.
islaus ZbysxkO, world heavyweight
tire undefeated In May and to
place his title in the care OF his
younger brother Wladek.
The younger of the graphing
ZbyszkOs Is to cngage'J0e Stecher,
former champion. in a bout In
Madison Square Garden tomorrow
night. If WIndek wins, his older
brother will make immediate
plans for retirement.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
WOMEN ROLL 1854 SET
IN MATCH AT TENPINS

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, February
2O-What is believed to be q ma
tioqal bowling record for Ave-
woman teams was made here BY
the Central alley quint Of this
city, which rolled q score Of 2,534
in a special match with . Cincin.
natl team. In their first game the
local women shot a total Of 900
pins.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Declared Skating Champion.

CHRISTIANIA. Norway, February
20.-Harol Stroem, the skater who,
on Saturday, broke the record for the
5000 meters, has been declared the
world champion. Stroem is a Nor
wegian artillery officer. He is twenty
five years old.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
RACE TO GU1LLEM0T.

PARIS. February 20-Josef Guillemot,
the French Olympic champion runner,
won the twenty-ninth running of the
cross s-country championship of, France
yesterday. There were 342 starters. His
time for the heavy ten-mfle course was
IS minutes Is LIS seconds,
Evening star., 1922-02-20
PIRATES RICH IN PITCHERS.
BUT WEAK in THE INFIELD

are five clubs the National League aching until they
to get Gzner the Pittsburgh pitcher In Pittsburgh they think he
the pitcher of the
trade and the Barney Dfus the Pitts
burgh pulls his hat down
Fourth of Iuly
Evening star., 1922-02-20

Glazner won fourteen games and
lost five in 1921 and his earned run
average was PIT. A statement was
made the other day by some chap
that Glazner is lucky. If he is other
folks would like to buy some of his
luck. Any ball player who is making
his first year in a major league and
who almost leads that organization
at the finish of the season is possess
ed of the same kind Of luck that leads
some folks straight to a gold milne
in the desert.
Bellies the Lively Ball.
The success of the Pittsburgh pitch
ers bellies the argument that a lively
ball had so much to do with the
games of the 1921 season. If only one
of them had pitched well lively ball
might have had some foundation for
its presumabIe existence. but all of
the Pittsburgh pitchers did we'll and
held their speed to something like
normal. That was because they were
trying all of the time.
If the Pittsburgh pitching stan can
duplicate its performance in 1922
Dreyfuss again has a chance to win
the championship with his team. He
knows it, too. That is the reason
why he won't talk with any one when
a pitcher deal is suggested to him.
Glazner cannot be bought for $780,
900 unless Dreyfuss is ready to quit
base ball. The Pittsburgh owner
reckons him as the nearest approach
to a Mathewson that the club has
ever had and, Of course, he is the
logical successor to Babe Adams.
When it is ascertatned that the
poorest pitcher on the Pittsburgh
star finished with an earned run
average in 1921 Of 800 some idea may
be had as to the strength possessed
by the Pirates on the pitchers plate.
because most of the clubs did not
have any pitchers who were not 500
or worse.
Team Needs Inhelders.
What Pittsburgh wants is third
baseman and a second baseman. Barn.
hart looked good in 1920, but in 1921
the conclusion was reached that he
was too light for a third baseman.
Yet he will go back to third if Drey.
fuss can't improve on him.
Tierney, who played second, can hit
quite a lot, but he naturally is slow
and he won't speed up any because he
is too far beyond the meridian. -.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Warner Heads Association.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, February 90
|Honus Wagner. former shortstop of
the Pittsburgh Nationals. has been
elected president of the Greater Pitts
|burgh Base Ball Association. an or
|Eantzation composed of most of the
amateur clubs Of the city.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
FRENCH BELIEVE CRIOUI -
COULD MASTER KILBANE
BY FAIR PLAY.

EW YORK February 20-Frenchmen Engshmen all
visit Johnny klbane to Europe IN the
according received from the French capital
looking forward eagerly the visit OF
lodging champion that they believe they have little boy
naturally take the Cleveland boxers title
they already pickering
whether the murder shall take place in
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Golf Champions to Play.

ton Country Club midwinter golf tour
1nment starts today with professional
events. Jock Hutchison and Jim
Barnes, British open and national open
cf1amDions, are entered.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
RECORD ON MOTOR CYCLE
FO2. .&.E ;H1lCE BROKEN

-AMI, Fla. February 2O-The
world One-mile motor cycle record
for a 's.en-Inp trc:,eof l minute
nnt was Isvered w. yesterday
when ret-O MARI. OF Montreal,
Quebf made the distance in 50 3-5
secOn Sk, and when 4. Il. bOOtsD
Murphy Of Miami went him one
better by making the mile in 80
seconds.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Two Net Titles to Bastian.

MIAMI. Fla. February 20.-Fritz Bas-
ths south Florida singles championship,
wAh Paul Barnett captured the doubles
kils,
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Bout for Mike Gibbons,

Mike Gibbons, St. Paul middle
weight boxer. probably will meet
Frank Carbone, Newark. N. j., at
Philadelphia on March 10 in a ten
round bout
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Peoria Gets Regatta.

The Central States Rowing Asso-
citation has awarded the annual re-
gatta to Peoria. Ill, with the date
not determined.
Evening star., 1922-02-20
Jumps 81 Feet on Skis.

MONTREAL, February o0-I Ander.
son OF Berlin. N. H., won the amateur
ski jumping contest here with a jump
of ninety-seven feet,
Evening star., 1922-02-20

Dempsey's known weakness-blow-
ing up after four or five rounds-to
level up matters. Whenever Demp-
sey's contests have lasted beyond the
fifth round the other man has been
able to make a good showing and in
some cases stay the distance"
What do you say about that, Jack!
Copyright. 1927