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The Washington times., 1923-12-29
VIRGINIA 500 n
To USE NEW
GYM

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Dec,
29-Success of Virginia's indoor
athletics for the 1924 season will
depend largely upon the time OF
completion of the new student me.
mortal gymnasium. Unless the big
building Is ready for use soon after
the winter term opens on January
practice on basketball, boxing,
indoor track, and wrestling will be
carried on under a great nandlcap.
Throughout the fall the drills for
winter sports were carried OUT IN
the cramped quarters Of the old
Fayerweather gymnasium with the
expectation that the new building
And the managers of these various
teams counted on the use of the
larger floor in arranging their 1874
schedules.
The student memorial gymna.
stun. which was started March II,
1929, was to have been completed
last September, but the eontrae-
tors were unable to stick to their
original schedule and there have
been delays from month to month.
Now, with the work practically
complete except for some details, 1t
seems that the tying OF these lose
ends may make 1t impossible Tor
the building to be used for several
weeks longer.
First of the 1924 basketball games
is scheduled to be played against
Randolph Macon College on Janu-
airy II and games with Lynchburg,
Richmond, Virginia Military Insti-
tute and possibly the University OF
Georgia, will follow in quick sue
cession.
Pop" Lannigan will have charge
OF the quint and he has 0een
hoping that the work after the
Christmas holidays could be start
ed on the larger floor. Vtrglnia's
basketball prospects are so bright
this season that the students anu
the management have been hoping
that the quint would not again be
cramped into the now outgrown
FayerWeather floor.
For the last several seasons 1t
has been impossible for more Than
a very small number of students
to see the basketball games, SINCE
the capacity of the old gymnasium
was limited. But with the expee-
tation of being able to use the
larger floor Thomas Carruthers,
manager of basketball, arranged a
schedule for the quint that should
draw crowds large enough to fill
the new building.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

An excellent fish for the table
is the hardhead. ranging from one
half to five pounds. Being sound
of mind except Tor the stone in his
head and firm in flesh, there IL no
better fish caught in our waters,
than this species. for sailing pur-
poses.
The largest hardhead caught dur
ing the year, in fact, the biggest
fish Of it's kind, ever known to be
taken, was landed near Cape Henry.
the latter part Of July, by A. r..
Green, of Michigan City. The REQ
ord fish weighed nine and three-
quarter pounds.
Spots are very much in evidence
during the summer months. The
fact of the matter II, they are too
plentiful for the angler who is
fishing for larger brethren, their
continual peck, peck at the bait
becoming monotonous.
OF course, there are exceptions
20 all rules, ana this holds good
I'm angling, so when 3 school Of
big "NorfOIkss put I'm their APP
pearance there Is never q MUIR
muir about "Iet's move" or pull
up anchor" all hands being con-
tent to catch this famous swim.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
Lincoln May Get
Sioux City's
Franchise

KANSAS CITY, No., Dee. 90.
The Western League, az far
as can be learned here, has
abandoned its idea of putting
the wandering Sioux City fran
chise in the Kansas side of the
two Kansas Citys, due to OBJ
lection of the American Assoc
citation, though George Muehle-
bach, owner of the Blues, was
willing, and the committee
named at Chicago Is said to
have about decided on Lincoln
as the location for the Sioux.
Residents of Lincoln who were
interested in the franchise that
city held in the Nebraska State
League are said to be willing
to finance a Western league
team.
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GONZAGA HIGH LOSES
TO ST. JOSEPH FIVE

The st. Joseph Props. OF Philadel-
phia, experienced little difficulty In
winning from Gonzaga High In
their annual court clash at Ryan
gym last night, the visiotrs coming
out on the long end of q 20 70 10
count.
The Quaker town lads presented
a defense which the. Eye street
boys were at a complete loss to
fathom. McNichol. of the Props,
the contest,
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HOW ABOUT JOHN O'REILLY?

MID all this stir among Georgetown University Alumni with
this football getting his into the
possible Jackie Maloney before the latter
the gate happen mention made
of John D. Oeiy football coach for the ltoppes? Looking
back Silver his duties
Georgetown
he has of the eleven but eleven has been
turned Hilltop without OReis assistance
than No football player has started campaign
player has through without seeing much of the
tall physical winning
to
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
''Y" ALUMNI CUNT
DEFEATS EASTERNERS

With a more or less patcheI.up
lineup Eastern High lropped its
game with the "Y' Alumni five in
the Y. NJ. c. A. gym, Yesterday
the final count being 90 to &c.
Harrison Dey's gOal from scrim-
mage during the last minute of
play proved the deciding factor.
Coach Guyon repeatedly shifted
his lineup and it was probably
due to this fact more than any
other ono thing that the high
school lads went down in defeat.
The game really meant nothing
to Eastern and Guyon throughout
the game made substitutions.
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After This He viii
Attempt to Swim
the Atlantic

BOSTON, Dec. 29.-Henry
F. Sullivan, the Lowell, Mass,
swimmer who was the first
American to swim the English
channel, says that he will try
to swim from New York to
Atlantic City next summer.
He already has been offered a
: trophy for the event by Sir
Thomas Upton, the British
sportsman.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
CLARKE NOW WORKING
FOR SPALDING & BRO

Fred Clarke, former manager of
the Pittsburgh Pirates, has accepted
Il position as an assistant manager
with A. C. Spalding & Bro, the
sport goods merchant. in New York
city.
1t was Clarke who led the Pirates
to a world championship in 1909
and broke the pennant winning
streak of the Chicago Cubs, under
the leadership Of Frank Chance.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

The United States has become q
great golfing community, with the
country club a necessity wherever
sufficient groups of people have
come together to compose a city.
These clubs are making healthier
and happier men and women, and
therefore are doing a great good.
AS time goes on this will be felt in
general way in our population,
and business will be better done,
and children will be better pre-
pared physically for the battle of
life.
In speaking Of the new golf
courses which have been built !
wish to impress upon my readers
the fact that they are not hastily
constructed pastures, but are mostly
well done, modern, and interesting.
A strange situation developed in
the big championships this year,
scarcely man winning a big title
who had held it before. Bobby
Jones' great victory at Inwood was
q splendid achievement, and the
Georgian came into his own, as it
were. The professionals made q
great fight to stave him off, and
those who were clustered around
the eighteenth green at Inwood
when Bobby Cruickshank made the
beautiful midiron shot for a viii
never forget him.
Sarazen, the playing through
champion, finished far down the
list, but later in the year won an
especially fine victory in the Pro-
fessionaI Golfers Association
championship. which title he held
last year.
There was less exhibition golf
this year than usual, probably be-
cause Bobby Jones, an amateur,
held the title, and he hardly played
an exhibition match. He came to
Flossmoor looking like a winner,
but Max Marston was playing ex-
tremely well and stopped him
from winning the two premier titles
in the same year-a feat which
consider the greatest distinction ]
shall ever have In the game.
For years Max Marston has been
playing fine golf, but no one
thought that he would win cham
pionship. One reason for this doubt
concerned the fact that he uses a
full swing for half-shot distance.
However, he won handily-and he
came down the hard side of the
draw, and that means much. 1t
is another thing we have thought
could hardly be done.
In the finals he beat Jess Sweet
ser at the thirty-eighth hole, and
surely there is no greater all
around golfer In this country to-
day than Jess Sweetser, who is
perhaps little better match player
than a medal player. All these
facts rebound to Max Marston's
credit.
Copyright John r. Ollie Col
The Washington times., 1923-12-29


II EMEMBER that little notice
X appearing in this column
49, for the boxing and rassling
show Thursday night up on Sew
enth street? Well, following is
the report of it, coming a bit
late for yesterday. We're print
ing it without a change:
"The 4th Smoker and Sport
Night Program staged in the
spacious Armory of the D. C.,
Navy Reservists was a big sue
cess.
Johnny Cruchfield the Red
Headed Colored Bantam knocked
Bo Tenley for row Of zeros in
the third round of the curtain
raiser and won a tremendous
hand from the crowd which
packed the Auditorium. "Dencio
take notice" Then out came
two Lightweights Rhoma Holsell
and Bobby Holmes, they were
the stellar attraction of the eve
ming and really did sock for 4
rounds. From time to gong they
stood toe to toe and gave an
| excellent account of themselves
much to the satisfaction and ap-
plause of the spectators. Vim
cente Messineo and Eddie Fitz-
simmons put up a game exhibit
ton until the last few seconds
when Messineo let go that deadly
left and Fitzsimmons somehow
or other got his kidneys in the
way and had to take the count.
Next was a SUGGEST between
Greenwood Mills who is reeog-
nized as the Colored heavyweight
wrestler of the South and an
other big boy from Southwest in
the person of Black Diamond,
they simply slugged and slugged
simply until the second round
when Mill sent hard right to
Diamonds jaw, it Jared his
head one sided and as the bell
tapped, for the third round Mills
again was in Diamonds corner
before he could rise from the
stool and socked and socked un-
til his seconds threw in the
towel as a token of surrender.
All of the boxing was really good
and the wrestling exhibition be-
tween Fred Byrd, manager and
trainer of AL Jones, and Young
Bull Montana was full of action,
above the average in so far as
the science of game is known.
The basketball game ended after
the Y. M. C. A. had given the
crack Manchesters sound
trouncing. Fred Byrd, the pro
moter is dickering for the con-
sent of a bout between Young
Dencio and Buddie Javiar on
General Washington's birthday
at the Armory."
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
APACHE AND WAVERLY
PLAY OFF FOR TITLE

The Apache and Waverly clubs
will clash at Union Park tomorrow
in a game that will determine q
15O-pound sandlot champion, unless
there be a tie. The contest is the
play-off OF a seoFeless game. The
Apaches were champions of their
class in 1871 and 1922 but the title
is disputed this season. A victory
over Waverly would make the
Apaches champions again without
argument.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
GOLF ENJOYS A YEAR
OF PROSPERITY
BY CHARLES "CHICK'' EVANS

The golf 1923 the of series Of wonderful
which followed after another
More golf played ana interest shown in the game
than before Also there probably golf
of than in other
this notable
being added the already great total In the smaller
dare to estimate the number of golf clubs in the whale United
there them that
would the by hundreds This is gratifying
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Trims fremont Five.

In a rather one-sided game the
Boys Club Celtics handed the ire
monts a S7-7 lacing. Payne and
Enyart played stellar games for the
winners, while Simmons looked best
for the Tremonts.
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DEMPSEY COMING BACK
THROUGH ROPES GIVES
BOUCHER BIG KICK
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

always trying to get ife," Jack Dempsey.
And gave greatest thrill when he bated Luis Angel
Epo, the "Wd Bull of the Pampas at the New York Polo
Grounds last September
champion and his challenger heard the bell
from the high Thousands and tens of thousands OF
and held their reahs the gdators darted toward
each other. The fight
With beeing Dempsey into
the Argeninan There wasn't moments
delay Fpo meeting ring the
lights hook the body missed
his knee and thousands seated around the
the ball were bowling and yelling
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Mt. Vernons Win,

The Mt. Vernon court five handed
the Parkview -hasketers a setback.
27 to IA, in their contest Mayed
Yesterday. New looped q half
dozen through the hoops from the
field OF scrimmage.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
Close Rifle Match.

Two teams, one composed of Cen.
trial alumni and the other of under.
graduates, staged a close rifle
match, the alumni winning by one
point. The final score was 494
to 1913. Miss Adelaide Cottsr had
q perfect. --....~.--4-.--..
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Takes to Wrestline,

Tex Richard, long connected with
boxing in New York. has now taken
to wrestling. He is planning to put
on q lot of the heavies, including
Stranger Lewis. the worlds title
holder,
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
When Jokes Were New.

Whatever trouble Adam had,
No man in days of yore
Could say when he told a joke:
give heard that one before"
-Wallaces' Farmer lDes Moines,
Iowa..
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
Pfann for West Point.

George Pfanp, CorneIl's all-Amer-
lean quarterback. is said to be
headed for West Point where he
will be eligible for four more years
on the gridiren.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29


nized coach in Boston when he
signed to come to Georgetown.
His English high school elevens
had been champions for five con-
secutive years, ending with 1918,
the last year O'Reilly led them.
They played high-class football,
too, those school teams. 1t is fool
ish to hint that O'Reilly knows no
football, but is merely a coach of
track, baseball and basketball
players.
1t is admitted that AL Exendine
ranks with the wisest football
coaches in the country. The big
gest argument for this or that
Georgetown graduate as Maloney's
successor is the fact that che
learned his football under Exen-
dine"
All right. Exendine came to
Georgetown with O'Reilly. They
worked closely together as long as
Exendine was here. 1t is folly to
believe that O'Reilly is the only
man given an opportunity to learn
Exendine's system who failed to
do so.
If John Jones is being touted for
this job of instructing the Blue
and Gray elevens because he
''knows Exendine's system" how
about O'Reilly, who aided Exen'
dine In teaching it?
| His 7 ffe'a Rusiuess
| As a schoolby and at Holy
| ~ Cross College, O'Reilly
- played baseball and football
with more than average success.
Leaving college he began to make
coaching his life'e business and,
II looking merely at his record
with Georgetown, it must be said
he has been successful.
In almost ten years O'Reilly has
been supreme in basketball, base
ball and track athletics at George
town. His teams have won tFi
umph after triumph for the Blue
and Gray. Over the same period,
even with the great 1916 eleven,
it is doubtful if the football teams
have done as well.
Since 1914 O'Reilly's track
teams have lost one dual meet.
His varsity mines, playing more
than 300 games, have been de-
feated but sixteen times, meet
ing the best varsity teams in the
country, including Princeton, Yale
and Holy Gross, which usually
rank high. Out of 1872 basketball
games O'Reilly's teams have been
defeated three times at home and
only eight times on Strange floors.
1t would appear that John
O'Reilly knows something about
putting the winning spirit into
his young charges.
| O'Reilly has always been in
charge of the Georgetown scrub
elevens. If you've watched those
"bloody Wednesday" games dur
ing the season, you know that mis-
scrubs have many and MANY n
time fought the best Georgetown
varsity teams to a standstill I'M
der the whip and spur of the
"SilVer Fox"
O'Reilly is not a graduate of
Georgetown, but he has been ac-
lively engaged in coaching at the
Hilltop long enough to have ac-
lQuired the spirit of those who
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have brought fame to the Blue
and Gray before passing on into
the wide world without.
It does seem odd that, with his
marvellous record as q coach,
O'Reilly's name has not been men,
toned as successor to Maloney.
He has a far greater claim to
the position than many whose
names have crept into the news
papers.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

Sailor Burke Farmer,
TEAR TAD-Out here in the
wilds Of Brooklyn where ]
~ live, Sailor Burke has a lawn
on the side Of his house in which
he keeps vegetable garden that
you could cover with your hat,
He wanted to keep his seed po-
tatoes from freezing this winter
so he asked a friend who is in the
FERTILIZER business to help him
out.
The friend told him to dig a
hole, cover his potatoes and then
cover that with fertilizer. He
promised to send the sailor some
fertilizer free Of charge.
Two days later five loads land
ed on the Sailors lawn. It
reached to the second-story VIA
dow, The neighbors put up an
awful squawk, but the Sailor is
only an amateur and you can't
blame q guy for trying.
Yours,
JAKE SMITH.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

HOBOKEN, N. J.
TEAR TAD-Kindly let me
know through your valuable
" column how many times
Jack Dempsey engaged in benefit
bouts at Madison Square Garden
during the war.
Thanking you in advance, l
remain,
Yours truly,
J. FOLEY, a Fan.
Dempsey was billed for benefit
bouts twice at Madison Square
Garden during the war, but I'M
fortunately did not box at all. In
the first show he was billed to
go on with Billy Miske for a six
round fight, but claimed a
sprained ankle and could not go
on. He did limp into the ring,
however.
At the next show he was billed
to box Joe Bonds, but some jealous
managers persuaded Bonds to
stay out of the ring and offered
Kid Norfolk and Joe Jeanette
as opponents for Dempsey. The
latter's manager refused to let
him hox either Of the colored men
and the act fell through.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
DO You Remember

When Walter johnson was
insured for 100000 By the
Washington American League
club?
I'm the Shade Of the Old
Apple Tree?"
The. FIRE IN the old Anaeos-
tia car harm?
When John Brooks oasis
just over the line was q pop
ular resting place for almost
any old kind Of csravaua
When You hoped q freight
and rode to Shepherds Land
ing, opposite Alexandria?
When Dan o'Connell ran
barefpoted through the sweets
of Foggy BottOmf
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landed again,
"Dempsey's on the ropes" was
heard and almost Immediately came
the gasping, "Dempsey's outf
HE knocked Jack through the
ropes
ats all over
HELL never come back.
These sentences. shouted fever
fmhly, came from all sides.
We had seen that last blow land
20 be followed at once by Demp'
!. sey's feet flying in the air as the
worlds titIeholder disappeared into
the darkness outside the range OF
the arc lights.
II was all. over. The crude
Argentfnian was the champion:
n man who had been flattened
again and again during the first
round. q man with nothing but
Firht hand, had knocked out the
great Jack Dempsey. What was
there to this ring game, anyway:
that educated experience sh0uls
auccuulb before wild Bun OF
1Zthe PamDas."
A flash Of white appeared on the
left side of the ring, 1t was
hare leg. It reached over the lower
Tope. to be followed at once by the
hlIiIx of q man in ring, tights. WITH
gloves on his hands. -,
Firno. standing behind TIT
referee, peered down into the dark
ness. He saw that gloved GLADIATOR
crawling through the ropes and
moved as through to pass the ref
zee and end ii all. But the refere'
vnoved. too, keeping between F1rp.
and the fallen Dempsey.
THE champion had been knocked
a,,f of the ring. But he had CONT
hack, he had come back with deter
Tnination written in every move o.
his crouching body. He was on on
knee. taking the full count, bu
facing F1rpo.
A surge went through US. Al
though the heart had yielded tt
some deep-driven spur; we wer'
looking at the impossible, the re
er,ru OF a man from the depths,
N Again Dempsey was attacking
Nrivfng his man across the ring
ienAIng blow after blow on hi
head and face The bell found
g-trno against the ropes close t.
As own corner, a bewildered, puZ
Ied look on his face.
That's al. Dempsey came out
after his minutes rest and knocked
ant the South American with those
terrific hooks and jOlts. but the
thrill had come before that. when
fj1e indOmitabIe Dempsey had come
crawling back through the ropes
"a face that piIe-driving right hand,
20 assimiIate a dozen blows on the
law and body and, finally. to take
command Of the battle. driving his
opponent across the ring and into
the ropes.
A woman was sobbing near us.
"Ouit yer weepin'." said her escort
n sporty-looking individual. Jack
got him.
mo, he went through the ropes.
The woman sobbed.
"But he came back, he cam
Nback."
Yes. he came back, giving us tn
nWeatest thrill, not only for the pas
4 year, but for many q year gone ant
20 come.
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"HARLEM TOMMY" MURPHY
US A PIP

"Frayne didn't know whether ]
was getting ready to do business
with him or not. / was so groggy
! didn't know what / was talking
about and while Frayne was look
ing at me in wonderment came
to and later on got right. After
that first round the fight was
mine. He almost had me but
didn't follow up his advantage"
For the Discriminating Diner.
DEAR TAD-In case you want
to chuck the swell some
night, want to tell you
that the difference between a
small steak and sirloin at the
Creeks is 10 cents.
Yours,
BILL McGOVERN.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
WALTONS IDEALLY
SITUATED FOR ANGLING
BY r. A. ANCLER.

anglers ayearround fishing
afforded them also fortunate in having the bny deep
hand they months Of the
other words the migratory salt water nny tribes arrive April
big portion Of the in which follow Of the leading out
ravsng to put appearance
spring with
All Fools d0ary
month June 1t then that the anglers make their large cats
ofaoloct hsh
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When Dan O'ConHelI ran
barefpoted through the sweets
of Foggy BottOmf
mer. As . food fish he has few
equals his meat being sweet and
tO0thaOme.
The largest catch OF apet ever
made In Virginia, according to re-
ports, was hauled ashore by Cant.
James II. Lambert. The fish were
piled three feet high In q hear ex-
tending one hundred feet long and
thirty fest wide. 1t was necessary
to place q boat under the net,
which extended q hundred yards
along the shore and buIged q alIn-
liar length, to keep II afloat. The
work Of hauling was begun at 5
D. M, and concluded at &. M,
the following day, fifty men helng
kept on the Job all night.
Among all Of the fish that pay
their annual visit there are none
more handsome In appearances or
gives greater delight e. the eye of
the angler than the sporty trout.
Making his initial bow toward
the middle Of July. he remains
until the latter part Of October
when migration starts Southwark.
Though lacking the pOWeg af
some Of our .fFesh.WateF game
sters, he Is . stFeng fighter and
on light tackle win give 3 good
battle for his freedom.
For his worth as q table fiah, he
has few sunertnrs.
Founders and blue fish ftafiors)
in recent years have been OF the
scarce variety. Although d few are
taken each season, their percentage
is very low when compared with
the other saltwater species. A a
tempting dish for the festive beard
they ara eagerly sought.
Toads, known far and near as
the ugliest and most unaought- for
fish among anglers, have 8 won.
deTful appetite and win take any
bait offered, In fact they have
been known to be caught on q
piece of chewing gum. II one
should hear profanity being used
he can rest assured that one Of the
creatures has just been landed.
One Of the most extraordinary
Of the fish which have been en-
tered in Field and Streams fish
ing contest Is q rainbow trout
taken by Fred A. -stutsl1e, in
Cold Brook creek, near bath,
n. 7. This magnificent rainbow
was taken on fly tackle, weighed
pounds, 10 ounces, was e0N
inches long and 1864 inches "a
girth.
Bath is a town of over 5000 in.
habitants, and a trout Of this great
weight would be sufficiently re-
markable il taken far back In the
forests of Canada If we had only
the record of this fish we could
appreciate the success Of the tn
production Of Western trout into
Eastern waters. Taking into &C.
count where Mr., Stutske's splendid
trout was caught, the catch is
most remarkable.