The Washington herald., 1922-12-19
SIX MANAGERS
WILL MEET TO
TALK TERMS
Promoter Aims to Avoid Repe-
: tition of Knick.Mohawk Fl
asco Last Sunday.
By BILL COYLE.

N ATTEMPT will be made to
jam . couple Of football
- games on the sport calendar
before cold weather forces the 125
and 1l5-pounders TO hang up their
molsskins for the year. g..
Z. Lawrence Phillips, Of Union
League Park, viii make an attempt
TO stage . short elimination series
to decide the championship Of the
two sets.
: He has issued q call to the man
Ayers Of the Mohawk Props, Stan
ton A. c. and Kanawha Props,
u the 1<s-pound division, and the
pilots of the Stanton Juniors, Mack
m A C. and Havoc Juniors. to
meet tonight at O'Clock to ar
range for the games. The man
ayers viii meet At the Post.
: Phillips idea Ia to have the three
managers Of the contenders Of the
l4S-pound class to agree to meet.
The team that draws the bye viii
meet the winner Of Sundays game
at Union League Park. The final
games would be played Sunday.
December 81. The same rule win
8Qply 70 inc uIIlS IeliOW8-
. The question as to whether the
managers can agree or not will be
decided tonight. The managers can
Mohawk-Knickerbock A. c. fias-
% last Sunday afternoon.
-sandlot. or independent. football
10 the District was riding along
Without signs of q real friction to
mar what would have been other
wise q season devoid of any real
Fumpus. But the Mohawk-Knick
affair wound up the unlimited class
competition by smirching . clean
date.
Both teams laid themselves open
to q breach that was blamed for
the failure to stage the game last
Sunday after more than 100 spec
f1tors had paid their way into the
park. OF course. the money was
returned to the fans. but even at
that they were disappointed
The fuss could easily have been
avoided IL the managers had gotten
together last week and submitted
m eligibility list. They didn't have
the foresight to do this. and as
the result the teams did not get
together.
some say the row over the status
Of the two Knickerbocker players
was used only as loophole to crawl
out of the game. 1t must be admit
ted that the grounds were not fit for
football. or any other sport for that
matter. To add to this neither Of.
ficial appeared. This naturally would
have led to further argument had
the clubs decided to go through with
the game
The Knicks were eager to play.
They had everything to win and
nothing to lose. On the other hand.
the game meant little or nothing to
the Hawks. A victory would have
added a bit more prestige to the
club. A tie or defeat would have
given the skeptical fans more chance
to cry that the Hawks are on the
downgrade.
II the Knicks were guilty of try
ing to use ringers" they would not
have been the first to get away with
II on the Southeast clubmen. In fact
the Hawks made little or no attempt
to prevent their rivals from pad
ding" except with Mercury. The
Southeast clubmen must be admired
for their sportmanship in this re-
apect-
They were the champions until
tky met the Mercurys. but seldom
dictated terms to the others. Bring
out the best you can get togethe-
sad we'll play you." was the attitude
Of the Mohawks. 1t is a safe gamble
TO say that every team that had a
chance at the Hawks this season,
except the Aercurys, padded their
lineup or at least saved their best
for the fuss with the Southeast grid
derp