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Evening star., 1924-01-21
FINDS MANY STARS
UNJUSTlY CENSURED

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 21.-charges OF
"professionalism'' should not be care
lessly applied to athletic stars who
are Induced to attend certain schools
by enthusiastic alumni. Maj. John L"
Griffith, athletic commissioner of the
Big Ten" conference, says.
A recent survey of scores Of prep
schools proved. he said that not a
single instance OF improper influence
had been brought to attract promis-
ing talent to any particular school.
Three investigators for the commits
Sion,r uutZZed hundreds of prep
school coaches and athletes and
found not one who had been offered
extrava giant Inducements.
1t should not be considered wrong.
Mai. Griffith declared. for an alumnus
to urge a boy OF his acquaintance to
go to his alma mater. or even to ofrer
assistance in finding work to help him
through college. Only when such ef-
forts are the work Of organized
alumni clubs, which bid for athletic
talent. are they detrime ntal.
Almost every school. he said. has
star athletes from distant states.
drawn there through the efforts of
some alumnus or often by the boytsh
desire to play the winner" A good
"profe ssional' merely because he
chooses a school farther away from
his home. he said
The Gerber case. which stirred Big
Ten foot ball circles last fall. vas
cited by the commissioner to show
the injury caused by hasty action in
volving charges of proft sstonalism.
When faculty representatives Of the
Big Ten had studied reports Of Ger
ber's efforts to pay his way through
school by teaching boys swimming
classes he was entirely cleared. The
University Of Wisconsin was denied
his strength in the line in several i'm
portant games last fall. he says. be :
cause the cry OF professionalism had
been raised unjustly
Evening star., 1924-01-21
JAP NET CHAMPION
is COMING TO u. S,

NEW YORK, January 2i.-Takeo
Harada. new tennis champion of ia
pan. intends to come to the United
States this spring and play in a mum
Der Of tournaments leading up to MS
probable participation in the Davis
Cup contest as a representative Of
the oriental nation.
This was revealed by ZenZ" Shi
midzu. captain and star of the 1922
japanese Davis cup team. who said
IIstrada would come here primarily L"
study in an American university.
Shimidzu and MaSamoSuke Fukada
former Japanese champion. who also
was Il member Of his country's 1872
Davis Cup team, both now live in New
York and will be available for inter
national competition again this year
Harada is heralded as one of III.
best net prospects developed in ia
pan in several years. one of his no
table achievements was a. straight
set victory over Ichiya Rumagae. for
mer interna tionalist. who ranked
among the first ten in this countr.
for several years. soon after he cay
tured the Nipponese championship.
Evening star., 1924-01-21


An air-tight Palace defense proved
too much for the Rambiers. They
! failed to register a single point
during the first half. Evans and
ONeil Of Palace Laundry were big
factors in their teams victory. being
strong defensively and clever at pass
ing. The local quint showed consid-
erable Improvement in team play and
never was in danger
Paully Byrne, former luminary Of
Georgetown, appeared in the Alloy ysius
lineup yesterday. Aloysius failed to
! make an impressive showing in the
first half. but in several drives later
Capt. Frank DufTy and Leo ritzger-
aid each contributed three baskets
! to the winners totals
Aloysius is to meetthe immaculate
Conception five tomorrow at Gonzaga
Hall.
Manhattan basketers are TO be
quite busy this week, according to
Manager ger Chris in Antchinso1; Hut % Tomor-
letic Club on the Ingram court. Play
will start at $3.50 o'clock. Manhat-
tans have booked a tough foe in
Alexandria Light Infantry tossers
Thursday night at Alexandria. Sat
urday night they are due to battle
the Boiling Field five on the Congress
Heights floor
Anacostfa Eagles made it ten in a
6. Nader and Clark each tossed
seven court goals for the Ea giles.
Player. OF the Park view-Mackin
Athletic Club are to practice tonight
at 7:so o'clock. in the Central High
gymnasium. A club meeting will be
held tomorrow night.
Hutchinson of the Manhattans
enabled their team to trounce the
Iroauois tossers. aS to 8.
Immaculate Conception Props were
forced to battle every inch of the
way to beat the Knights of Columbus
basketers, 81 to IS. Mills Gagged six
field goals to lead the field Myers
end Foley played well for the win
ners.
Fort Humphrey quint that showed
the way 20 Milan Athletic Club, 81
70 81, will encounter the Washington
Barracks five in d service series game
place will be at stake and a stirring
match is expected. In other service
series games this week, Fort Wash
ingten is to meet Walter Reed Wed
neSday. while Boiling Field will en-
gage Fort Myer Thursday night.
Veterans Bureau sextet formerly
known an the Hurricanes, will make
their 1924 start against Princess
Athletic Club tonight in the Wilson
Normal School gymnasium in a game
beginning at S:46 o'clock.
After downing Central Athletic
Club. ~ to IL. the Aloysius Midgets
are confident they can take the meas
IRE of other midget quints. Send
challenges to Manager Clifford Fox
at Sl1 1st street.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
TIGER TOSSERS HAVE
CHANCE TO ADVANCE
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 21.-Prince-
ton, tail-ender in the Eastern Inter-
collegiate Basket Ball League so far,
Will have an opportunity to improve
it's standing this week. Only two
league contests are scheduled before
the midwinter recess and the Tigers
appear in both. opposing Yale, 1923
champions. on Wednesday at Prince
ton. and Cornelrs strong quintet at
Ithaca on Saturday.
Columbia is leading the circuit
with two victories and one defeat.
Yale and Cornell, by downing the
Tigers, also have a chance to share
the top with the New Workers.
Pennsylvania and Dartmouth, the
other league members. each Of which
has won and lost a game. will be idle
this week.
The fight for individual honors so
far rests between Fafer, Columbia
guard. and Kneass, Pennsylvania
forward. Playing in one more game
than his rival, Farer has anna ssed
"a points, three more than the Quaker
star.
Evening star., 1924-01-21

Now. true yacht racing requires
aple sea room. and while a COM
paratively narrow river course might
afford some thrills for enthusiastic
thousa ands-although the witer can
not imagine a yacht race giving
thrills to any save those who know q
lot about the intricacies Of navigat-
ing race, sail handling and the like
1T would have to be at the expense
of any real test Of seaworthiness or
seamanship. As a consequence ii
seems unlikely that Americans ard
the British will enter any Of the
races. leaving the the thirty foot and
twenty sloop events to
those who like mill pond navigation
The one way to hold great in
ternattonai yachting event is I" Sc
lect large lake, or bay or ocean.
craft to carry the spectators, who
what with alcoholic refreshment, fucd
; and dancing might be expected 10
have a real good time.
According to q story from Nebras-
ka. w. III. Mum, six feet five inches
tall, tipping the beam at $50 pounds.
who was star forward on the Grl-
versity OF Nebraska eleven. known
to fame as set-up for the topnotch
the adyices say, by Jack Clifford. in
two rounds. SO much for his am
! bition-
Every man to his trade Jack Delnp-
sey says there isn't money enough to
induce him TO play foot ball. Prob
ably Jack Clifford. playing opposite to
Mum in a foot ball game. would fare
as badly as did Mum in the ring. There
are too many rules that protect a man
in ring combat. Tie writer recalls
that Pete Francis, the former Yale cen
| ter, while serving in ths Navy In the
war, swept some deck wash down on
the head of fellow seaman who in
peace time was rather a we'll known
scrapper. Pete apologized. but the
fighter wanted revenge. He led with
lis left. whereupon Pete made n foot
ball tackle. picked up the man. raped
Evening star., 1924-01-21
PAIR OF WORLD RECORDS
SMASHED IN SWIMMING

FORT WAYNE. Ind. January 21-
Two new world swimming records
were made here in an exhibition by
five swimming stars of the Illinois
Athletic Club.
Johnny Weissmuller clipped As
seconds off the record for the 400
yard free-style swim. held by Nor
man Ross. making the distance in
minutes "a As seconds.
Miss Sybil Bauer broke her own
record for the 100-yard back stroke g
or / minute Is seconds by and 1-5
seconds making the distance in 1
minute II 4-5 seconds.
Evening star., 1924-01-21

This year only two meets arc avail
abie in the south Atlantic section.
Eoth come within one week bad
arrangement from the point of view
of athlete and from point Of view
or the coach who desires to keep up
interest in his squad. Georgetown
hoidS It's meet the night before WASH
1ngton's birthday. and Johns Hopkins
IS 10 stage its games the day after
the holiday. Georgetown's meet falls
on Thursday night and Hopkins on
saturday.
An attempt is being made TO ar
range matters so that a meet may be
held AT AshevilIe, \. G., this winter.
out II IS doubtful ii much will come
OF II. Until few years ago there
were fiNe indoor meets in the south
Atlantic section. Johns Hopkins held
Que IN Baltimore. George Washing
ton and Georgetown held their an
hual competitions here and the Fed
cral meet also took place on the same
local floor. Convention Hall Also it
was customary for the University of
Richmond, then Richmond College, to
stage meet in the horse show build
ing at Richmond.
These FIVE meets offered athletes
or the south Atlantic section excel
lent opportunities FOR competition and
coaches then had no difficulty keep
ing up the interest Of their charges
There is no rea son why there should
not De more meets. Catholic Tuiver-
sIty might revive the games 1t for
merry held at BrOOklAnd, although
almost purely confined to local ath-
tetes No dire obstacles appear
against George Washington or Cni-
Nersity OF Maryland staging q set Of
INDOOR games at Convention Hall. II
IS TO be hoped that it will be only a
*ttutionS beside Georgetown awakers
70 the possibilities of at least one
more indoor meet
Z: p. Miles, graduate manager of
sthletiCS at Virginia polytechufr had
the misfortune to lose the sight Of
one eye as the result of cunning
trip just before Christmas. Miles was
accompanied by Ben Cubbagc. foot
naI' coach. and it seems that "A bush
lie" back and a thorn tore its way
across the eyeball. sally" as the
athletic director is known to his many
friends here. is one of the best liked
men in athletics in the south. and his
accident Will be much regretted by
men who know him from Maryland to
Florida.
John O'Reiliy. physical director and
track coach at Georgetown has
started as If he is going through an
other very successful year. At New
York last week his athletes: acquitted
themselves with great credit. In
fact. SO well did they run that there
- not much doubt OF their ability to
stack up near the top in any kind OF
competition. So far. as appears at
present, no other squad in the south
Atlantic section has little chance
TO accomplish much against the Blue
and Gray. ORciilyS work in track
and field athletics at Georgetown is
worthy of more than passing
praise. He has had good material, il
IS true. but certainly not any better
than some Of the big schools in the
north against which he has placed his
men.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
CENTRAL'S SPEED LIKELY
TO WORRY EASTERN FIVE

NASlER their the high
r basket ball championship when
qun tomorrow Ill Central Coliseum the first portion OF the
doubhead Play viii start o'clock Western tied with the
es second place will be opposed occupying
cellar position in the final
While the Georgetown school
Business Eastern with three consecutive victories its credit find
stuon to have the edge far passing
the
Evening star., 1924-01-21
DIRT TRACK AUTO RACE
is, WON BY LICKLEIDER

Los ANGELES. January sl.-Fred
Licklefder Of Dayton. Ohio, won the
feature event Of dirt track auto
mobile race program, which marked
the opening of the new Ascot Speed
way here yesterday, covering eighteen
laps of the scheduled forty on the
nve-eighths-mile oval In IL minutes and
"a seconds.
Fred Horey of st. Paul, Mimi,
American dirt track champion, finish
ed second, and Arthur Davidson Of
Indianapolis came in third.
The race was stopped after the
eighteenth lap on account of dust.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
TWO D. c. GIRL kATAT0RS
WILL TRY FOR OLYMPlCS

Washington will be represented in
the Olynptcs by two girl swimmers
If Florence SHADING and Ena Pet
tingill are successful in the tryouts
to he held at Newark, y. j.. June t3
AMI IL
While Miss SHADING has definitely
made up her mind to enter the 22O-
yard dash only. Mss PettinGill still Is
undecided whether she will compete
in the tryouts.
Miss SHADING has been training
under Coach Drummer Of Central High
and from her recent performances she
Is apt to make the Olympic swim
ming team.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
RAY SEEKS REVENGE,

NEW YORK. january 21.--Joie
Ray, Chicago distance runner. who
Saturday night won the mile invita-
,ion run at the annual Fordham
meet, intends to compete in the
Sanaclar A. A. games on February
13. Ray has asked that a special
1.500-meter event be added to the
program to give him an opportunity
Of again meeting Lloyd Hahn, who
beat him in the Silk A. A. games.
Evening star., 1924-01-21

This will be the first time in the
series that Eastern will be pitted
against q speedy combination, and
scholastic followers are manifesting
much interest in the match. Should
the Light Blue and White down Cen
trail it will be we'll on the way to the
title. If Hook, Smith and Bennie dis
play the same brand of play that
proved thorn in the side OF Western,
then Central is in for a re-. Job.
Tech baskcteIs also will be seen in
sction tomorrow. meeting Emerson
Institute on the formers floor.
Gonzagu High. which has been set
ting Il fast pace this year. is due to
tackle Hyattsville High School on the
MarylanderS' floor tomorrow
Just what action the board Of high
schoI principals viii take on the two
major-sports rule at a meeting We'd
nesday afternoon is probIematical.
The school heads have avoided COM
ment thus far because they were not
formally instructed that the board of
education favored the rule. Secretary
Hines of the board is to submit a
report to the principals Wednesday,
however.
After it's game with Hyattsville High
tomorrow afternoon Gonzaga is book
ed to meet Tech Thursday at Gonzaga
Hall. Sacred Heart tossers of Balti-
more will be the opponents of Con
zaga here Friday. Mitchell and Fill
Illus, forwards: Pepper. center, and
Genau and Sullivan. guards proba ably
will play for Gonzaga in these en-
gagements.
Atlas tOsser,. 1923 champions Of
Baltimore in the 125-pound class
easily disposed of the st. Teresa quint
in a 40-to-15 engagement Games
with Washington teams can be ar
ager David Kalonsky, 255 South Caro-
line street. Baltimore.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
BRITISH GOLFING STARS
DEFEAT SARAZEN-BLACK

SAN FRANCISCO, January 21.-
ternationally known American golf
professionals. bowed to the superior
tactics of Arthur Havers and James
Ockenden. British stars yesterday at
Lake Merced links, where they were
defeated by the invaders one UP In
36-hole match. Ockenden is also
French open champion.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
SKATER, PACED BY AUTO,
DOES 100" IN a is SECS

Gy the Associated Press.
PITTSFJELD. Mass, January II.
Paced by nm automobile. Everett
NctsoyDn. professional speed skater
Of st. Paul. MiEn.. skating over n
IOO-yerd course on AnOta lake. was
timed for the distance Mt LIS see
onds. He kept up with the car.
which, over q part Of the distance,
attained q speed 81 mile min
ute.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Alloy AND PALACE CUNTS
CRUSH BALTIMORE FOES

SERIES city basket bali title thrilling than
before here likely this winter Both Aoysius Club and
gclass basket ball right When they the latter
month and early March the should hy
yesterday disposed supposedly
nidab Baltimore
for the Ramb in a iraN
Evening star., 1924-01-21
TWO CUNTS UNDEFEATED
IN MISSOURI CONFERENCE
By the Associated Press.

By tho Ass0ciated Press.
KANSAS CITY. January s1-Disas-
ter befell Nebraska last week after a
flying start In the Missouri Valley
conference basket ball race. The
Cornhusters dropped three games in
a row, and left Washington and
Kansas the only undefeated teams. '
Kansas, by defeating Nebraska 10
to 18, made its thirtietl1 consecu-
tive conference victory. 1t has not
sustained loss since 1922.
The standing:
Evening star., 1924-01-21

his head :,gaint a stanchion and thr.v
him overheard
Perhaps If Mum Of Nebraska hstu
been Permitted any great latitude. JacL
! clifford might have been in a SorricT
plight after their meeting than proved
10 be the case
Ma to- know Just
what arc the financial terms under
which IIaughton is coaching at Colum
bia The best information the writer
was ever able 10 get was that he re-
ceivcd si5,0O from the athletic asso-
citation and another S1J. 900 from alumn;
and that out of this h. paid his assist
ants and living expenses in New York
Evening star., 1924-01-21
ONLY TWO WILL BE HELD
HEREABOUTS THIS WINTER
They Are Georgetown Affair at Convention Hall and
Hopkins Games in Baltimore and Both
Come in Same Week Next Month.
BY h. c. BYRD.

the south the south Atlantic
will have indoor Not for years. nor
this competition to build up rea
and
athletes north
only half the bigger
Evening star., 1924-01-21

PHILADELPHIA, January 21.-Max-
well r.. Marston, national amateur
golf champion, is under the care Of
a physician and may have to undergo
an operation for the removal OF his
tonsils. His physician at first feared
he might also have to submit to an
operation for appendicitis.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
KERNODLE TO BE JUDGE
IN LANCASTER DOG SHOW

George II. Kernodle Of this city
will be one of the judges at the
Lancaster. Pa, County Protective
Association dog show. which Will be
held tomorrow and Wednesday,
Kernodle will pass judgment on the
shepherd dogs.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
AMERICANS, LIKE BRITISH.
NOT TPLEASED WITH HROIJTE
Place Selected Seine by French Authorities l.
Declared to Lack Sufficient Room for
Satisfactory Competition.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

I EW YORK. January 2lWhether
objections the
" Of the Olympic sports schedule remains to be
Certainly leading wind specialists
talked the
Mureau location than the British and both be
English and American yachts than the Olympic
The selected by French
reaches the Seine and the fact
Evening star., 1924-01-21
HILLTOP FROSH five
WILL BE KEPT BUSY

Nine games remain on the schedule
OF the Georgetown University Fresh
men basket ball team. three of them
with local high school quints. The
fllltoppers are to meet q trio of teams
on foreign floors. The schedule follows:
- xJanuary-2b. Business High: 26, Mount St.
MARY freps at Emmitsburs. Md.
Febnary-l. Georgetown Preps; Q. Western
High; 8. Tech High: 9. Navy Piebes at An
napolis, Md: is. Emerson Institute; Is, St.
Johns; 20. Georgetown Props at Garrett
Evening star., 1924-01-21

Members Of Southern Athletic Club
are to consider organizing a basket
ball team at a. meeting tonight At
1914 ~ street southwest, MomDefU
are to report at O'Clock.
Evening star., 1924-01-21

When the man with the ball is
near a sideline and can outjump his
opponent and can, in effect. execute
an t-of-bounds play he should try
for a held ball. When play is get
ting quite rough a held ball may
give a time to calm things down
without calling time out" thus
making for a better and cleaner
game.
Copyright, 1924, Associated Edtors.J
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Inside Golf
BY CHESTER HORIZON.

Golfers are always cautioned
never to jerk the club at the top
OF the back swing, and my inn
preston In that most players think
Of this jerk as an exertion, which
takes place just as the club IL
starting down. The, more dis
nstrOus jerk may introduce itself
just as the clubhend IL nearing the
top Of the back swing.
There are really two places mp
there where the club often IL Jerk
ZONE LHrHE CLUE
IS <4OSy o<-5s1y
cEFkEo
Evening star., 1924-01-21

College baskefers of the local group
are to indulge in only three games
this week and but one of them is
scheduled in the District. That will
be between Catholic University and
Maryland at Brookland, Saturday. On
the same day Georgetown will face
Navy at Annapolis. Gallaudet is to
go to College Park Wednesday to en-
counter Maryland
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Answered by
E G. w. A. ZAHN

Coach. Dartmouth College, where he
has been successful in turning out
fast, fighting teams.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Georke Washington University Girl

are to organize a swimming team
and may arrange both indoor and
outdoor competitions. Beatrice Wood
ford and Daisy Robson are in charge
of the Hatchetite mermaids. The
swimmers will be coached by Fred
Drummer
Evening star., 1924-01-21

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Evening star., 1924-01-21

Vetefans' Bureau SeXtet formerly
known an the Hurricanes, will make
their 1924 start against Princess
Athletic Club tonight in the Wilson
Normal School gymnasium in a game
beginning at s:45 o'clock.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-10
NOTICE or FINAL SETTLEMENT
AND DETERMINATION OF
HE1RSHlP

Estate of Edward Mcdonald. de-
ceased.
Notice Is hereby given tina, on the
10th day OF November A. ID. 1894.
the undersigned viii present To the
County Court OF Rio Grande Coun-
~. Colorado. his accounts for final
settlement OF administration OF said
estate. when and where all persons
In interest may appear and object
TO them. II they so desire.
Notice is also hereby given that
application for the determination OF
heirship Of said Edward Mcdonald.
deceased has been made and that
the Court will on said date herein.
before mentioned, or at any time Ia
which the hearing may be continued.
proceed to ascertain and determine
who are the heirs OF tn. said Ed.
ward Mcdonald. deceased. and as
such entitled to inherit any lands.
tencments, hcreditaments or other
property. real or personal. ronsti-
tutins NIL or n part OF tho Estate OF
the said Edward Mcdonald. de-
ceased. and enter n Decree accord
insly. at which hearing all persons
claimi nk TO be heirs at law of said
deceased may appear and present
their proof.
J. N. LAWRENCE.
Administrator.
Oct. i0-Nov. Z.