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The Washington times., 1924-01-21
ALEXANDR|ANS
PLAY PALACE
QU|NT
Light Infantry Team to Be the
Attraction at Coliseum
Tomorrow Night.

The Alexandria Light Infantry,
the leading basketball team Of the
Old Dominion town across the
Potomac, comes to town tomorrow
night to play the Palace Laundry
team at the Coliseum. The Alex
andr1ars. organized by "Rosey:.'
Hayden. boast a record Of 1O3 wins
and seven losses in the past three
years.
They have one Of the most wen.
known athletes in this vicinity
playing guard for them in Carl
Dreifus, better known to Washing.
ton and Alexandria basketball fol.
lowers as "Ike" Dreifus. Dreifus
played football in Washington with
the Mohawks and Georgetown
team, and won praise by his fleet.
ness Of foot.
a reputation as being a fast floor
man in this section. The Rich
mond Dispatch quotes Dreifus az
being the fastest floor man IN
dribbling a hall up the court that
had ever been seen in action in
that city. preifus, besides playing
with the Alexandria Light Infantry,
played with Tulane University in
New Orleans.
The captain Of the soldiers, Fred
Petit, who jimps center for the
team, has been competing in inde-
pendent circles the past two years,
last year being Pettit's first wear
with the local lads. He is fast Of
foot and an accurate shot. This
lad playing against the Yankees
last season. when the soldiers were
.nosed out by one point 34-33. was
the outstanding feature of the
game.
He is ably supported in forward
by Stanley 'Dreifus, a brother to
Carl. Dreifus and Petit played
three years Of high school basket.
ball together, and were the main
stays of the team. Last year
Dreifus played with Union College
in New York State. He left school
this season to enter In business and
centered his basketball playing with
the soldier five.
Jimmy Alexander, playing for.
seen in action in basketball against
the Yankees and other strong
teams in this vicinity for the past
four years. Alexander is consid.
cred one Of the most versatile for.
wards in this section and can al.
ways be counted for his defensive
ability in team play. Alexander
formerly played with Fredericks.
burg Collegians.
Bernie Seiple. formerly Catholic
High. star, has played with the
local five since its organization.
Seiple plays forward and is con-
sidered an accurate shot. This lad
has just started playing this sea.
son and is rapidly rounding into
form. Much is expected of this
boy when he gets into shape.
jeff Williams. one Of Alexan!
dria's oldest basketball players, can
still be seen in action with the
local five. Jeff was coach Of the
A. L. I. five last season and In
still playing around this season.
Williams formerly played with
Gon2aga College in Washington
and is still holding his own with
the Youngsters of today,
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
HIS TEAM TRIMS
IRISH; NOW
FIRED
Dawson Relieved As Head
Coach of Nebraska
Gridiron Squads.

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 21.-Fred
Dawson, head coach Of the Unit
versity of Nebraska football squad,
was discharged yesterday by the
faculty committee on athletics. The
reason for the disnissaf< was not
made public. -
Dawson, who coached the Col
umbia University eleven when the
New York institutions resumed foot.
ball activity, after a lapse gilmore
than ten years, came to Nebraska
when his health failed In the East.
He helped restore the game to
popular favor at Columbia, and was
released from his contract there in
order to permit him to come west
for his health.
Dawson has been coaching
Nebraska for several years and
his most notable achievements 4have
been the defeats of Notre Danes
formidable teams in the last
two seasons.
There is much speculation on Daw
sons next stop. Princeton is said
to have made a bid for his services,
to replace Head Coach Bill Roper,
who will resign after tho 1924
season. With his health regained
it is likely that Dawson would ac-
cept q Princeton offer
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
Princeton viii Train
On Same Medicine
Harvard Picks

No sooner did Captain
Greenough, of the Harvard
football eleven announce that
he was going to take up box
ing to keep himself in shape
for next years gridiron sea-
son, than the whole Princeton
squad was ordered to report to
the gym and put on boxing
gloves.
The line of thought is sound,
for if boxing is going to help
Harvard football, it will also
help Princeton football. Yale
is still to be heard from.
From this move at Harvard
and Princeton, it is not to be
assumed that football and box
ing have anything in common.
Nor will the players be permit
ted to bring the gloves to the
gridiron next fall.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
,]EFF'S CROUCH
:: :. :. HAD OLD BOB
|. STOPPED

Many seem to think that Jim
Jeffries's crouch was natural with
him. Not so. Jim Jeffries was
naturally a left-hander. When
Tommy Ryan discovered this he
act about COUGHING the big fel
low in the art Of extending that
left, his body bent low to a crouch.
That was the stance that fooled
old Bob Fitzsimmons, who had
, been used to the school Of straight
stand up from the shoulder kind
Of fighting. The hardest man in
the world to hit is one who
crouches and doesn't come to you
Jeff waited for his victims and
they were victims any time they
0started after jeff. carrying the
: fight to him. The only, time that
jeff forgot his crouch was in the
second fight with Fitz. He stood
straight up that night and Bob Sairly
knocked his head Off
He went back to the crouch
in the seventh and nailed the
Hreckled one in the ribs and it was
aIf")oVer. Bob was far too old to
withstand Jeffries' body wallor
and he crumpled, with all his senses
intact, but unable to keep his feet
Dempsey crouches but weaves and
shifts continuously, ready to hi
from any angle and with either hand
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
NO FLAG RAISING
FOR NEWEST
LEAGUE
Both Champions of Combined
Circuit Forced Out in
Reorganization.

Here is an odd wrinkle in minor
league baseball. The revised West
ern Association. made up by consoli-
dating last years Western Associa-
ton with the Southwestern League,
will not have a championship flag
raising next spring. The reason is
good one. There is no pennant
winner.
During the consolidation both Ard.
more, 1923 champion Of the Western
Association, and Coffeyville, cham
pion of the Southwestern League,
were forced out. Therefore, the COM
bined league can raise neither the
association nor the Southwestern
League pennant. 1t is one Of the
most unusual situations ever pre-
sented in minor league baseball.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
Specialized Trainers
Handle Olympic
Candidates

It is almost as difficult a
task to pick the best special
lists among the trainers as it
is to pick the best Olympic
candidates among the ath-
letes. The United States has
an advantage over other coun-
tries, inasmuch as training
methods have been brought to
a high standard in this coun-
try. There are available for the
Olympic athletes trainers and
coaches who have specialized in
particular sports.
There will be coaches for the
sprinters, for the distance rum
ners, the jumpers, the weight
throwers, the marathon run
ners, and, in fact, each branch
of sport will have a particular
trainer. One trainer will do
nothing but look after the diet
ing of the athletes, which is one
of the most important features
of the Olympic trip.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21

ting interesting to Ogurkewicz. Lift
ing Caddock high over his head; he
succeeded in releasing himself from
the head scissors. Throwing Cad
dock free and into the ropes, Ogur-
kewicz opened up an attack on the
american that completely baffled
the clever Iowa grappler.
Caddock and Ogurkewicz continued
the match for tho duration of ninety
minues, when 1t was stopped and
declared a draw by the referee.
Ogurkewicz recently arrived in this
country and issued a challenge to
meet any heavyweight in the world.
His meeting with Lewis here should
undoubtedly prove real thriller.
Lewis Is said to be showing signs
Of slipping" this season. The head
lock king has held the title for over
two years and has been defending
his crown against all comers.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
STRANGLER WILL DEFEND
TITLE HERE TONIGHT

heavyweight wrestling champion of the world Stranger
Lewis appears at the tonight defense against
josef Ogukewcz young from the fair Poland
tumbng themselves
within of losing his to Mike Romano,
big Italian Chicago Tuesday night winning only
superior stamina and greater experience Chicago writer's claim
that Lewis be cracking under the strain Of defending his cham
week in his preparation big with Joe Stech who
horor tlv at Coliseum.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
DUNPHY AND GoSS WIN
PALM BEACH TOURNEY

PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan. 21.--
Chris Dunphy. Of Washington, and
Arthur Goss, professional Of the
Everglades Club. turned in the best
ball card Of the tournament held
here yesterday, in which a large
number of well known amateurs
and pros competed.
Dunphy practically won the match
single-handed as he had a card of
o8. one over par for the course.
But for five on the par four
fourteenth hole. the Washington
golfer would have equalled the
course record. a mark made by
several weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21

Eastern is easily the class Of all
Washington high school quints. The
statement is made without reserva-
ton, even in view Of the fact that
the Light Blue and White team
has yet to match speed and &C.
curacy with Central. These two are
scheduled to meet tomorrow. East
ern should win by ten points or
more.
Coach Guyon has been quoted as
saying that he feared Central just
as much as he feared Western.
Which to our meagering way Of
reasoning is nothing more or less
than a lot Of apple sauce. II the
truth were really known 1t would
be found that Guyon fears no
team in the series.
And, why should he? Eastern
has demonstrated beyond ques-
tiOn Of a doubt that IL is the
smartest playing basketball team
in the championship series. They
have Out-maneuveTed, out passed.
Out.dribbIed and Out-shOt their Op.
position in each Of their titular
contests.
Eastern has it's weakness-it's
lapses. What really good basket
hall uuint hasn't. But Eastern has
the happy faculty Of discerning its
fnults, just as soon as committed,
and then correcting them. They
showed this in the Western game.
Trailing at half time. 13 to 6,
last years champions switched
their tactics in the third quarter
and instead Of playing the ball
resorted to a defensive game which
completely smothered practically
every attempt of Western to get
within shooting distance Of the
basket.
The result Of this switch was that
during the third quarter. Western
had hut three attempts In arch the
hall through the hoops. Two were
pot" shots and the third was made
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
ALoYsIUs BIG FIVE
TRoUNcEs MUIR POST

Coach George Colliflower's cham.
pion Aloysius Big Five unleashed
an attack in the second half OF
their game against the Muir Post
team, of Baltimore, in the. Con.
zaga gym, yesterday. which corr.
pletely swept the Baltimoreans Oft
their feet. The final count was q
to 16.
The champions took matters
easily during the first half with
the result that they were leading
at the end Of half time, by the mar.
row margin of but 13 to 10.
Frank Duffy and Fitzgerald led
in the scoring with a trio Of field
goals apiece.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21

from a reasonable distance. None
counted. Eastern's defense was so
impregnable that Western made
but one point during the period. a
goal from foul.
1t is just within the realms Of
possibility that some team may yet
knock off Eastern. but the one that
does will have to show 25 per cent
more than they have shown in any
game to date and Eastern will have
to play rs per cent less effective
game than they have SO far.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21

Lewis and Ogurkewicz will meet
tonight in finish match, best two
fails in three. In addition Joe
Turner, Washington's middleweight
performer, will tackle Joe Shinkus.
young Lithuanian from Wor-
cester, Mass. Shinkus has been q
pupil of Waino Ketonen and is
said to have much OF the latters
style on the mat.
Ogurkewicz, who meets "Strang-
ler'' Lewis tonight, Is one OF the
latest European heavyweight ar.
rivals in this country. He weighs
215 pounds and is said to be one
of the strongest men in the crap.
pling game. One Of the outstand-
ing bouts in the career Of Ogur-
hewicz is his match with Earl Cad
dock. former champion. Caddock,
who was entered into a tourna'
ment in Paris shortly after the
armistice was signed, was matched
to meet Ogurkewicz.
CaddOck, who had been winning
over all his opponents with COM
parativd ease was picked as an
easy winner over OgurkewicZ
when the men crawled through
the ropes. Much to the surprise
Of the spectators, and especially
to CaddOck himself, Ogurkewiecz
started after the American crap
pier with q determination to fin
ish things In q hurry.
The match had progressed just
thirty.three minutes when CaddoclS
succeeded in clamping on his favor.
lite head scissors. The spectators
had already started to cheer Cad.
dock, believing that q fall was about
to be scored against Ogurkewicz.
However, the match was just get
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
MANHATTANS SCORE
EASILY ON IRO0UOIS

The Manhattans ran wild on the
Iroquois basketers the final count
Of what was predicted to be a
close and exciting game being 30
to s.
At no stage of the game were the
Iroquois sharpshooters ever really
dangerous. They failed to score in
the first half and were trailing IL
to 0. Swan looped a half dozen
through the hoops.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
MANHATTANS SCHEDULE
TRIO OF COURT GAMES

The Manhattans have a pretty
tough week cut out for them. To.
morrow night the clubmen meet the
Delta aggregation, Thursday night
they play the Alexandria Light In.
fantry and on Saturday they will
clash with the Boiling Field Avia-
tors.
Tomorrow nights game will be
played in the Ingram gym, that
with the Light Infantry at Alexan-
dria and their contest with the
Boiling Field Aviators will take
place In the Congress Heights gym.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21

Some of them played semi-prt
ball, were it judged by the Ma
tional Federation, and some were
amateurs. The federation's defini
tion Of a semi-pro Glass AAA) is g
player who does not earn hi!
livelihood by his services as q
player" In the case of many in
dependent players in Washington
they took what they could get III
the way Of money.
washington sandlOtters are in
teresO ed particularly i'm the finan-
Cial obligations incurred in enter.
ing the federation.
Here they are: "All city associa
tons desiring to enter the cham
pionship series must file their ap
plications on or before July l with
the secretary and accompany them
by forfeits of $50 for each classifi
cation; all forfeits to be returned
Immediately after club has been
eliminated or the series finished
unless defaulted.
;:An entry fee of 500 must be
deposited by the Glass AAA (semi
pro- entry bf each city association
in 1.-the inter-city championship
series. In case the percentage
from ilie>Scity games turned in by
any city association amounts to
one-half of the above-named maxi
mum, or $500, the entry fee OF
500 originally posted shall be re-
turned to the said city association.
sss'An entry fee of $50 must be de.
posted by, the Glass AA Gndustrial)
entry of each city association, said
fee to be deposited on or before
September /. There shall be no
entry fee for Glass A (amateur)
entries"
The federation takes Is per cent
of the gross receipts of all inter-
city games, but mo association is
to be assessed more than 81 600.
Those associations not charging
admission for inter-city champion.
ship series games shall contribute
r15r per cent of the gross receipts
Of the game or games arranged for
the purpose of financing the said
inter-city championship series, the
minimum to be $780," The fedora
ton will have a representative on
the gate at each inter-city contest.
=. -.
If the independents are to enter
the national federation, they must
associate themselves first with the
District Leagues body, which has
taken the national franchise. No
city can have two franchises in the
federation. The N. B. F. left 1t to
Washington to straighten out its To-
cal difficulties in the event both the
league and independent teams be-
come federation members.
The federation's financial problem
Ia one of the toughest. Baltimore 8
plunge into the federation series last
year was costly, but Baltimore
blamed it's isolation from other fed
Grafton cites. The view is taken that
with more federation cities III the
East to compete among themselves
interest would be greater and so
would gate receipts.
Cleveland perhaps is the strongest
sandlot city in the federation. In
addition to handling it's finances
neatly in the federation, it is able
to pay it's local officers well. The
secretary receives $1,000 a year and
the treasurer $500. The president is
given $100.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21


thing to do is change boot
leggerS.
LIGHTNING-A man by the
name of Bill Jones is the only
survivor to ever drive a swarm
of bees across the Sahara des-
ert without losing a bee or get
ting stung.
WAITING-The last public
appearance of your actor-hus-
band was in Judge McMahon's
court. The judge detests va
grancy and seldom lets the
same case get before him more
than once in ninety days.
RADIO-Possibly a sneak
thief has stolen your antenna.
HICCUPS-B e fore going
home in that condition you
should always phone to see if
your wife is entertaining her
club. Smooth it over the best
you can, but let this be warm
ing.
PENNY ANTE-The player
who puts excess chips in his
pockets usually takes 'em out
again.
CHOP STICKS-Mah Jongg
can be played on an ordinary
checker board or on the kitchen
linoleum. It is bad manners
to speak, laugh, cheer, or show
any signs Of animation. The
winner always looks the sad
dest.
ETIQUE TTE-As fingers
were made before forks you
can eat your pie with either,
depending on what kind of pie
it is.
KIDNAPER-If the ransom
is not paid by sundown tonight
return one of the twins and
reduce your demand by so per
cent.
ANXIOUS-The betting in
Wall Street now is 9 to z that
neither the tax reduction nor
bonus will be granted.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
CENTRE COLLEGE TEAM
WAS POPULAR ATTRACTION

DANVILLE, KY, Jan. 21.-Centre
College, according to the size Of its
student body, which consists Of an
enrolment of about 400, was one of
the best gridiron drawing cards last
fall, playing before more than 100.-
900 persons, according to figures
compiled here.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
EASTERN OUTCLASSES
HIGH SCHOOL FIVES
By LEONARD w. COLLINS.

The School Board might just well send the
the trophy embematc of the high school basketball championship
and have inscribed thereon
School, 1924 Stranger things have happened
than for Eastern to lose this championship
title.
There have been doubt in the minds of few
OF Eastern other the ntegh school
SERIES but surely those doubts have dspeed with
playing of Saturdays when the Capitol Hill lads scored
most impressive victory Western 26 to 20.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21


Among the HAS Beens' were
Bernard, who writes so entertain
ingly about this match: Edward
Blackwell, Robert. Harris, Major
Hutchinson, and s. Hoomans. The
total result was that three matches
were halved, and Of the four others,
each side won two. Which would
seem to prove that the HAS
Beens" and. the Never Wasers"
managed the old-fashioned bali with
equal skill. The balls had been
especially manufactured for the
match, and it is fair to assume
that they were as good as those
used in the olden days.
In regard to the drive, Mr..
Darwin says: "As far as l could
see at >WOking, we all drove
prOpOrtiOnately, of cOurse-aS long
or as short in distance as usual"
The longest drivers were
still the longest drivers"
1t happened that the course
was slow from recent heavy rains,
and there, was not much wind.
The former condition shortened the
drive, and the latter 4, made it
impossible. to tell whether the
hard ball could, in a ..cross-wind
be kept more easily in the straight
and narrow way, but Mr.. Oar.
win seemed to think that the
comparative shortness Of the hard
ball had the effect Of making
the rough more distant so that
1t was really easier to keep the
ball in the fairway.
1t seemed; too, that a little over
200 yards was the limit attain
able with the use Of a hard ball
on slow course by, the mightiest
drivers. AS for iron club play,
at was simply question Of talk
ing a far more powerful club than
usual
Mr.. Darwin thought from the
experiment that there were two
shots easier with the hard ball
then the lively one vented by Mr..
Haskell. One was the short pitch
with the mashie niblick, and the
short putt Of a yard or so.
7 Mr.. Wethered staged very
interesting exhibition Of his own,
for he not only played with
!. the .3OId-fashiOned. bail, but he
propelled it with a prehistoric
club. and achieved the best golf
Of the day. He began the use
OF the club as a Jest and con.
tinued it because. in spite of it's
general appearance. Of seniIity,
il served his need well.
It is interesting to know that
in the scoring competition Mr..
Wethered had n. Mr.. Harris 70,
and there were two sos. one 80,
one 83. and this years French
champion had 93
All of this story, told in Mr.
Darwin's inimitable manner. Is of
great interest to golfers. We are
glad to. learn at the present as
much as possible concerning the
relative merits of balls, for they
are continually reaching out in
distance and we are lengthening
our courses to meet their demands,
and are occasionally led to won
der Just how much good and solid
earth there is in the world.
Copyright John F. Ollie Company
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
INDEPENDENT PLAYERS
MUST NAME STATUS
!: = TO JOIN N. B. F.
By r. b. THOMAS.

TO be question confronting Washing
the they affiliate
through the Baseball Association
Baseball Federation.
class mateu player according to the federation rules
the
for his services player during the current season.
The Independents made being
has been understood at the of each independent
the last three that club could handle its financial
understanding public
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
OLD AND NEW GOLF BALL
TEST PROVES LITTLE
By Charles "fCHICK' EVANS

Not long 49, to be ball "test match"
played at Wokng England endeavor to prove bv
the relative adequacy of the old percha
There matches in the morning those
had played the hard ball
never known from experience it's hnty class Of
were furnished with the saddening Of as Beens
latter by Wehered FOLEY Mr. Hoderness md
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
Immaculate Props Win.

In a closely played contest the
Immaculate Props defeated the
Knights of Columbus five, yester.
Conner was the star Of the game.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21

AAA VA NOA Va us
lance from the
sun. This year
it will be 35,-
100000 mile S
from the earth.
Its chief export
is twinkles and
is soon expected
to import rock
cts from this
hemisphere.
ANATOMY
If your knee
cap insists on
popping out of
nlacA the hast
The Washington times., 1924-01-21

Unless Brooklyn. recalls waivers
on Ray Schamndt. firstsackor. he
win 60 to the Boston Braves.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21

D U BIOU S-Mars is the
fourth planet in order of dis
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