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Evening star., 1923-12-30
KENNEL AND FIELD
by GEO. H. kERNODLF

A review Of dog activities for the
past year must answer the question
which of the local dogs developed
prominently? An answer to this
question must resolve itself into a
discussion Of the relative value of
the field and the show dog. In our
opinion the brilliant field dog must
score over an equally brilliant show
dog, and for this reason first mention
is given to Frank oBurrows' setter,
Master Ben B.. This dog started In
ten open field trials and was returned
winner in six, while he drew a sec
ond and a third in the remaining
starts.
Considering the varying conditions
which the field dog must work under.
this is remarkable record. Second
place ,,nI must ss,., 60 to the n.,aO show dog;
Frank p. Leach's Newcoin kennels.
This dog went to his championship
in eastern competition and at the age
OF seven years, when most dogs have
already retired from the ring. Third
great pointer bitch. Nelrs Ozark
Lady, who gave good exhibitions Of
field running In all of her starts, but
was not SO fortunate in finding birds
as Master Bell. COuiIu pldCS 10 q TIC
among terriers. which will un-
doubtedly complete their cham
the bullterriers, Victoria Patricia.
/, owned by Mrs. Inez Hyler, and New
coin Tempest, owned by Frank P.
Leach, and the Boston terrier, Aspin
Hill Flapper,. owned by Mrs. r. c.
Birney.
Premium Lists are out for the COM
ing Washington show, and Charles
A. Watson, chairman Of the commit
tee, gives out the Information that
many Of the special prizes offered
have been omitted from the lists. A
corrected list may be had by apply
ing to the office Of the committee, at
2130 P street.
Frank p. Leach reports the breed
ing of his crack young show dog.
Newcoin Comixit, to Ffeldstone
Countess, owned by NJ L Garvey Of
Winona, W. Va.
Mis- Sarah L. Mcqueen announces
that her imported shepherd bitch.
Blanka Won Rittersturx Sch, has been
mated to the Herzland kennels ALI v.
d. Lindentuft.
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POLO TO FLOURISH
ON PACIFIC COAST
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

NEW YORK, December 2e.-Harry
East, the polo player who has been
In Spain with an American four,
starts for California today. heading a
migration OF crack eastern polo play
ers. Every prospect is that polo on
the Pacific coast this winter will be
conducted upon a broader scale than
ever before.
East, who will be located at Coro-
nado, says he expects many of the
highest goal players in the country
to be at Coronado, Del Monte and 9TH
er California polo centers in the
course of the winter season. Chiefly
interesting Is the possibility that the
Duke of Paranamba will come to
California with a Spanish team.
This Is the outfit upon which the
King Of Spain plays, but, of course, he
will not make the trip. East. how
ever, says that the combination will
take q lot of beating from the best
fours that can be knocked together on
the west coast.
SO far as indoor polo is concerned.
the American indoor association has
just received word from England
that no team will be sent over the
Atlantic this year to play for the
Townsend cup. But there Is every
hope that a number Of middle western
teams will be seen in action at the
national tourney in Squadron A arm
mory later this winter.
Evening star., 1923-12-30
PENN CORNELL 'WAR"
TO BEGIN ON COAST

With the passing OF Glenn Warner
from Pittsburgh to Leland Stanford.
one Of the most successful veteran foot
ball coaches of the east is thrown out
to the Pacific coast section.
1t also brings Warner, a Cornell man,
in direct opposition to Andy Smith, a
Penn man. who has wrought such won-
ders at the University of California.
Warmers coming will arouse a new
hope at Stanford, where, for too many
seasons, their teams have gone up
against great-almost insuperable-odds.
He comes at a time when Stanford's
material looks far more promising than
of late years, and when California; 8
supermen have graduated.
Altogether this new rivalry will add
immensely to the interest in foot ball
on the coast.
Evening star., 1923-12-30
CITY POST OFFICE FIVE
is GIVEN A RUDE JOLT

The holiday season upset matters
in the Washington Ladies' Duckpin
League. There not only were several
matches postponed. but the bowlers
were way off form and the scores
in the contests rolled were below the
average. This was particularly true
OF the City Post ONCE quint in it's
match with the Independents, when
they dropped three games. after a
winning squirt that brought them
from the ruck to a tie with HILL
toppers and Mount Peasants for first
place. N
The Independents have shown great
Improvement recently, coming with a
rush from a lowly position to strik-
ing distance of the leaders. This
ouint has taken a new lease on life
since Captain Ida Helm has been
in charge.
Recent winners of movie tickets
We're Elizabeth Rawlings, Pauline
Thomas. Emily Nell. Elizabeth Ack-.
man, Ann Newman and Catherine
Quigley,
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They discovered that with the
catcher back a ball dropped in
front of the plate would be safe
because nobody could field it.
When they first started doing
that the result was really funny.
You modern-day fans probably
never saw big catcher running
fully twenty feet to the plate
trying to field a bunt, and the
pitcher running in from the other
direction.
That play naturally brought on
the sacrifice hit. Then the
swinging bunt
When this idea began to take
hold the catchers saw that the
only way to offset it was to
come up when they saw a foxy
batter coming to the plate. In
turn, that brought about
change iu the rule where the
catcher must stay up all the time.
That. naturally, shortened the
game. There, / have given you
an illustration OF. how the game
has developed.
When the players gradually
found it to their advantage to
think out new offensive and de-
fensive plays the development of
their thinking capacity made
them see how foolish it was to
always quarrel with umpires and
spectators. They could much bet
ter spend their time in improving
their game. After all, it was the
base ball playing that counted.
The neWspapers Joined in the
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FRENCH WOULD INVITE
GERMANS FOR CONTESTS

MAYENCE, December 2s-The
success OF the Frnnco-German As
sociation foot ball matches in
auEurated here ON December 3 and
since continued mt Coblenx, Wies-
baden and other RhiReland cities,
has been such that the French
ts Nms have decided to invite the
Germans to meet them either I'm
Metn OF StrasbourE, provided the
French foot ball federation CON-
Hcnts.
All the matches played thus far
have BEEN outside the Jurisdiction
Of the federation, which is delib-
Grating before II takes final de-
cfsion CONCERNING the holding Of
Franco-GernAn games ON French
territory.
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Fail Change Rules Maryland u Track Team Keep Busy
HANS WAGNER.S STORY

development by printing fairer
stories of the games. Instead of
being rabid fans the reporters got
to where they looked on it as a
scientific contest. They told of
the new plays and praised the
smart work of the players. That
made the players wapt to be
smarter. The spectators, in this
way, gradually were educated
into approaching the game for
its science rather than as a bat
tie where everybody could take
a hand.
In other words, base ball de-
veloped by educating itself. 1t
developed just like young coun-
tries do-by instruction and a
matching of brains.
AS base ball got to be more of
serious profession to the play
ers tiran a scrap they were not
SO excited in their efforts. The
spectators also took it more
calmly and were more critical,
even of their own team.
More Appreciation Today.
] can well remember the time
when such a~thing as a home
crowd applauding a visiting play
er for a great play was unheard
of. In some cities a man who
did that would have been consid-
cred disloyal to his home town.
The sportsmanship of it never
occurred to anybody. They
didn't want to see a good ball
game. No, they wanted to see
the home club win, and at any
cost.
The first two cities where the
crowds were inclined to show
fairness toward the visiting play
ers were New York and Boston.
To this day there are some cities
where the crowd will not give a
visiting player credit for fine
work.
In New York they seem to look
on ball game just as they would
an outdoor theatrical perform
ance. They applaud everything
that is good, whether it be a play
by the home club or the visitors.
Boston is little more reserved
and dignieed, but the fans there
always I've the visiting player
the credit that rs due him.
l always liked to play before
crowds in those two cities.
always was treated royalty and
good naturedly. They might josh
me, but it was done in good
humor.
Another development was in
the umpires. At first they under
stood their. business to be mere
ly the deciding of plays. They
had to show great nerve at
times, especially when there was
a close one at the plate against
the home club. They did not
have protection from the police
and you couldn't blame them for
looking out for themselves.
Gradually it dawned upon these
umpires that they were masters
of the field and that a most i'm
portant part of their duty was to
have the game run off snappily
and orderly. They were respon-
sible to the public for the game
being presented properly. Their
duties developed into a sort OF
stage direction. They had to pu,
on a ball game just like a stage
director does a show. They rep
resented the dignity of the
league. They know that now.
Has it improved? Well.
should say so!
Tomorrow: There Was Team
nnrk In Thnsa n.e
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AGGlE PINSPILLERS
STAGING CLOSE RACE

After taking a short holiday vaca-
tion. the Agriculture Duckpin League
will resume bowling Wednesday.
% rse ss TO sn
the teams are approaching the half
way mark closely punched. There
are but four games. difference between
the first and fifth place teams. and
istry at the top and Plant Bureau in
Hevener of the Economics team
rolled 343 set last week. helping
his team take two out Of three from
the Soils Chemistry leaders.
Interbureaus opened little wider
gap between last place and themselves
by taking two out of three from For
est Service, the tailenders-
Gowan still y leading the indi- &
pressed pressed by Tucker ke1' Of the Property
team. who has gone trifie beyond
the 1O2 mark
Capt. Locknane of Secretary's ONCE
brought out an extremely promising
bowler last week in the person Of
Swenson. The latter looked pretty
good, with a better than 500 set for
his first nights work.
Ready, the young anchor man Of
Conner" @ This is his frst season as
a regular, and he Is leading his team
with an average OF 81.
MDIvDuAL AVERAGES.
soiIs-C lo3; Whelan. 100;
". Gersdor1, 90; McKerieher. e; Adams, s7i
Plant Bureau-Tovle, SeI Ferran. %; Rose,
ss; Mathew, q; N r. Smith, ss; Brown.
foonomics-Edisr, Is; Beelsy. s5; Barber,
%; Hsvener, "a; Dixon, 81; Pitts, 7i oo1. s6.
6ecretary-Nurphy, 90; L0oknane, 81; Me-
ss:.sh; 81; Dansidsaa, 50; Gray, IS; sw'n.on.
ftopsrty-Tucter. 1os; Nelson. %; De
Giants, -; Harris, %; Taibert, %; Casper,
Farm Nanaxement-Miller 100; Cooper, %;
Nairn,. 90; Humphfiss, es; Scott. sS; jamie
Forest Servioe9Ksttler, %; sparhawk. ss;
Williams. %; Z. Eli6, 80; Rousseau, %; Q. z.
Eli6, e5; Burch. s6. -.
oonklin, el; NcCarthy, 80; Holmes, %; Phil
tpps, o.; pameron, 86.
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All of the school teams will be see
in action this week. Central High will
oppose the Blue and White Alumni team
on the formers floor tomorrow, while
Eastern will encounter its alumni toss
ers in the Light Blue and White gym
nasium- Tech. unsuccessful in its first
effort, will tackle the Y. NJ c. A. Alumni
team in a second meeting Friday on
the Boys Y court Anacostia Eagles
will be the opponents of Business at
the Central Coliseum, while Tech plays
the Y team. Central also is scheduled
to entertain. Charlotte Hall Saturday.
Western has several games pending
with local teams
defects in his teams play against the
Y alumni. In the game with the alumni
tomorrow he will strive to remedy them.
Joe O'Day, Cardwell, Faber, Boyd and
Boetler will compose the alumni line
up. Eastern would have shown to bet
of Kessler and Hook against the Y
tossers. The former Is suffering from
a sore foot Hook has been ailing with
a severe cold.
Coach Sotxin Of Tech is not salts
fed with the team play Of his quint
although the Manual Trainers displayed
considerable Improvement in the game
with the Y. M. G. A. Alumni. Gooch
and Adams have done good work and
appear to be the mainstays Of the team
Central, Business and Western are
progressing. The Stenographers will
bend every effort to trounce the Ana
costa Eagles Friday. When they
last met Business was given q rude
jolt. Moser, Watt, Clark and Furmau
are being counted upon heavily BY
Coach Kelly.
Western seems to have developed
q sturdy defense, but its passing and
shooting has not been SO commenda-
BILE. The same could be said Of Cen
trail, although Coach Coggins has
insisting on q short-passing game.
Frank Hartig, former Georgia Tech
bask eter, will coach the Emerson In
stitute team. An attractive schedule
has been arranged for Emerson. Fol.
lowing are the teams to be met:
January 4. Alexandria High; 8
Hyattsville High: 10, University Of
Maryland freshmen; Is. Business
High; 1s. Episcopal; "a, Tech: "a
Hyattsville High: rs. Leonardtown
Prep: 20, Dewitt Prep; 81, st. Adams
February Q. Charlotte; 5. Central; 8
University of Maryland freshmen; IL
Business High; Is, Georgetown fresh:
men: 20. Tome Institute; 81. George:
town Prep; March l.. Alexandra
High; 6, Georgetown freshmen: IL
Central High; IS, st. Adams: rs, Con
zaga; %, Peck Memorial
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cialists, captured the I. c. A. A. A. A.
meet held at Franklin Field, Phila-
delphia, rolling up 391z points.
Princeton was second. with 33 points.
Michigan triumphed over the Uni
versity Of Illinois In the Western
Conference meet. held at Ann Arbor.
by half a point, and the Wolverines
also won the National Collegiate A.
A. meet at Stagg Field with 81 points.
Leland Stanford was second, with
14h points This meet was featured
by the performance of Charley Brook
low hurdle record. He did the route
around one turn in OBS $40; this In
a trial heat. In the final he did the
distance in 0.23 $40. but the record
was not allowed to stand because he
knocked down one hurdle.
In the Drake relay games Milton
Angler established a new American
record for the Javelin throw, sending
the spear 203 feet 9k inches, thereby
bettering his 1922 record Of 2o2 feet
9h inches.
Oxford Quartet Defeated.
Oxford sent a two-mile relay team
to the University OF Pennsylvania
relays to try for the two-mile relay
championship. But this fast quartet
was defeated by thirty yards by the
Penn State four, who as we'll set a
new mark for the distance, 7.48 As.
Harold Lever Of the University OF
Pennsylvania broke the world IS and
75 yard dash records on Franklin
Field in the Alumni day meet, doing
the sixty-five In 0.6 $40 and the sew
enty-fve in OF 6-10.
The Southern Intercollegiate meet
held at Atlanta was won by the Mis-
sissippi A. and M. The Mississippians
won also the half-mile. the one-naile
and the four-mile relay events. c<eor-
gia Tech won the half-mile relay for
freshmen.
Boston College won the Eastern
intercollegiate Athletic Association
meet and Rowdoin won the New Eng
land College meet.
Pennsylvania won the Eastern In
tercollegiate indoor meet ana Michi-
gan captured tho Western Conference
indoor meet.
Evening star., 1923-12-30
CHAPTER 70.
Why Base Ball Has Developed
in Thirty Years.
BY HANS WAGNER.

CINCE the first chapter of base
- BALI "reminiscences began to
appear / have received hundreds
of letters asking if ! think the
game has improved since / started
IN some thirty years ago. A lot
of these questions, especially
those from old-timers, are. asked
in an argumentative way.
Certainly base ball has inn
proved. To one who has any
powers of observation at all the
development of base bali has
been remarkable. Those old
timers who have failed to see
improvement either are preju-
diced or have not kept their
eyes open.
For example, when first broke
in, the bunt, the sacrifice and the
swinging bunt were looked upon
as a novelty and given the razz
by most of the fans and specta-
tors.
In 1897 the catcher stood far
back, allowing the ball to hit the
grandstand until there were run
ners on base. A foul ball was
out on the first bounce then.
1t seems funny now when / re-
member how the catcher used to
stand waiting for the ball to
bounce.
In those days the game was
much rougher. The umpires
could not and did not enforce
discipline as they do now. 1t
was not uncommon then for the
spectators to get out on the field
and mix up in the arguments.
In most of the cities there was
no such thing as fairness. Ball
players took every advantage
they could, and the worse they
got the more the fans urged them
on.
The gloves we wore were not
much protection / often padded
mine with duck feathers. The
catchers had no protection at all
for their legs. In those days the
basemen should have had their
legs protected. Runners thought
nothing of stepping on the base
men or humping them off the
base. Everything went that a
fellow could get away with. Sew
eral of the first basemen had a
trick of sticking pins into a run
ner so as to make him turn the
wrong way or run out of line.
Discipline Is frightened.
The biggest and most important
development in base ball, to my
mind, was moving the grand
stands farther back, SO that the
spectators would not be right on
top of the players. Then players
were taught not to talk back to
spectators. AS things went along
the necessity of discipline be-
came more apparent, even to the
players, and the umpires were
given more power. They de-
manded and got more respect.
The improvement was gradual,
but certain, in every direction.
Back in 1897 there was no rule
calling foul a strike. A player
could stand up and foul them off
as long as he wanted to. Occa-
sionally an umpire with unusual
nerve would cali a strike on a
batter for delaying the game, but
they would never call a third
one.
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WEATHER is "T00 GOOD"
FOR WINTER OLYMPICS

CHAMONIX, France, December
29.-The weather man responded
10 graciOusly to the French Olym-
pic Ofncials' prayers for snow that
this mountain town, where the
winter sports events of the 1924
Olympics are to be held, has been
cut on from the rest Of the world
for the last four days. Railroad
Communication was re-established
today.
Sixty men are at work In three
shifts removing the ave feet Of
snow from the imAense uncovered
skating rink, In order that the
speed skaters and hockey players
may resume practice.
Evening star., 1923-12-30
DISBURSERS SURPRISE
IN VETERANS CIRCUIT

There were no sweeps In the Vet
erans' Bureau Duckpin League last
week. There was one upset, when
Disbursing Division. which previous
ly had lost six straight games to
Accounting Division, took two out
of three from this team. chiefly
through the good bowling Of Rosen-
blatt, who turned in a game Of 138
and set of 343.
surance Division, was in his old-time
form, for the frst time this season,
and helped his team take two games
from Fourth District by bowling .
set of 32l.
Although Nolan of Chief Clerks
ling the naples for . S3s count, the
Chiefs were unable to stop the Sup
ply Division from taking two games
and Westcott OF the winners had 3
game of 11s and set Of S17.
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new GAME FATAL TO ONE
AND MAKES Fifteen I'LL
BY the Assoclated Press.

Cue AsSoCIuVSu
AACHEN, December 29.--A new
game which has become popular in
Belgium recently resulted disastrous
ly for the Dienst Gymnast Club. One
member died and seventeen others
narrowly escaped the same fate.
Participants in the game are locked
in a motor truck and taken for a long
ride. Then they are released and the
first to reach a designated place is
declared the winner.
When the chauffeur was about to
release the Dienst club members he
found one of them dead, fifteen un-
conscious and two bordering on that
the closed car.
Evening star., 1923-12-30
COLLEGE PARK ATHLETES
WILL ENTER MANY MEETS
Preparing to Take Part in Indoor and Outdoor
Games-Collegiate Basket Ball Squads Re-
sumo Activities This Week.

UNIVERSITY MARYLAND take an active
part in the coming indoor heabou
- this section in the spring Maryland also will
represented Penn Philadelphia
likelihood will the
al Birmingham in the middle of May.
Coach Bill Gates former Georgetown luminary has promising
the season, hrsta the
Maryland
modified in
Atlantic championship Monumental city
onD December
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uSudiy uetermineQ winning frame
The old contention between Mile.
Suzanne Lenglen and Mrs. Molla NAL
lory was so effectually settled in
favor of the former as probably not
to arise again.
In the women's national Miss Helerf
Wills defeated Mrs. Mallory, and
while every one was sorry to see the
latter, who had been our standby in
the courts, go down to defeat, all
equally realized that 1t made our
tennis prospects far more promising
to have the younger girl come
through and display such superb
stroking and court generalship as she
did in this contest.
Marred by an Argument.
The tennis season has been marred
recently by rather heated discussion
between William T. Tilden, the world
champion, and undoubtedly the man
who has done the most to win victo-
ries for US on sthe courts, and a MEM
ber OF the Davis cup committee, How
far this divergence OF opinion will
carry the parties and AFFECT our
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chances Of victory Is a question for
later consideration.
The main point is that 1t brings to
the front in, the most emphatic man.
ner the weakness Of our governing
authorities in developing doubles ten
mis-. 1t brings out the point that in
a game which is essentially a team
game. where there must be the closest
cooperation and development of the
highest grade of understanding as to
the duties of each player Of the team
on the court, we have simply taken
at the last moment any two stars and
thrown them into the court.
It IL almost as bad as IL one took
an all-Amerfca team in foot ball, pro .
vided the quarterback with no sig
nails and threw them in to play q
team that had been working together
all the year. But aside from that.
the greatest thing that could happen
for the development Of doubles play
throughout this country would be the
placing of q premium upon II by se-
lecting real doubles teams for the
Davis cup matches. $3.50
Evening star., 1923-12-30
MILAN AMONG PLAYERS
MINNEAPOLIS RELEASES

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., December
29.-Mike Kelley, manager of the
Minneapolis American Association
team, began plans for reorganizing
the Mlllers for 1924, hen he asked
waivers on fifteen players, including
Clyde Milan. Bill Morrisette, Roy Mas
sey, Earl Yingling and Rube Shauer.
This leaves twelve players on the
Minneapolis list for next season.
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MORAN TO BOX sHUaRuE.

+ NEW YORK, December 2s.-Pal
Moran. New Orleans lightweight, and
Johnny shugrue Of Waterbury, Conn.
who recently checked the sensational
advance OF Luis vicentini by OUT
pointing the Chilean in a twelve
round match. will meet next Friday
night In q hfteen1round contest at
Madison Square Gakden.
Evening star., 1923-12-30
COACHES ORGANIZATION
CONSIDERS SUGGESTIONS
Debates for Long Time on Four Recommendations
by Rules Committee-Athletics Are Entolled
by Two Leaders i'm Sport
BY the Associated Press.

TLANTA December The convention of the Foot Ball Coaches
- tonight without formal action
the the regarding
changes the foot ball during todays sessions
The deiberated long time the recommendations of
their eliminated;
ackg below
abolished
complete period
bal hin hn- ~, 1Q-uard linz
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SCHOOL CUNTS TO PRIME
FOR TITLES SERIES GAMES

GH school basket ball funconng effectively should
produce competition title
will under Tuesday January the Central Coliseum.
Practice rough evident in
Business Tech
this week The will help their
Evening star., 1923-12-30
RATHSKELLER QUINT
SETS BOWLING PACE

Bowling consistently, the Rath-
skeller team Is setting the pace In
the National Capital League, having
four-game margin on the Linwood
Qujnt. which is second in line. Bel
monts are close up. Six of the ten
teams are under the 800 mark.
STANnYHG 0P TFAKS