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Evening star., 1924-02-09
BROWER new HEAD
OF N. Y. BOXING BODY

NEW YORK, February 9.-George
E. Brewer was elected chairman Of
the New York state athletic commits
sion yesterday.
The choice was not unanimous, the
vote being two for Mr.. Brewer. William
Muldoon, unquestionably disappoint-
ed at not being re-established as head
of boxing in the Empire state, de-
clined to vote.
When Muldoon, Brewer and James
A. Farley met to elect a new chair
man Farley, recently appointed to
the commission by Gov. Smith, placed
Brewer in nomination.
We'll, I move that Mr.. Brewer
be made permanent chairman of this
commission" he said.
'All right said Brower
do you wish to vote on the mo-
tion?" Muldoon was asked.
No, no. AS long as you desire it
that way, let it CO.
And SO it came about. Muldoon
was hurt to the quick. His remain
ing on the commission is problemat-
ica1. When Brewer was asked if
there had been any friction over his
being named to head the board and
whether his being named would bring
about the resignation of MuIdoon, he
said:
There was no friction. Mr.. Null
doom will be with US I don't think
he will resign. He's a pretty big
man and good sport
Evening star., 1924-02-09
VARSITY ATHLETES
ARE ACTIVE TODAY

Athletes Of the local varsity group
are to participate in six competitive
events today, one of them a basket
ball game at Georgetown. The Hill
top quint will be host to the Lebanon
Valley tossers at Ryan gymnasium
tonight in game beginning at $3.50
o'clock.
Maryland and George Washington
basket ball teams have out-of-town
engagements, the former meeting
Richmond in Richmond. and the
Hatchetites tackling Loyola in Balti-
more. Catholic Universitys swim
ming team will encounter the Johns
Hopkins natators in the Maryland
metropolis. Georgetown runners are
in track meets at Buffalo and Kansas
City.
George WashinEt0n's quint was
turned back for the second time this
season by the Georgetown team in
the game last night in Ryan gymna-
sium, the Hilltoppers winning easily.
81 to 8. Federico of the victors was
top scorer. with nine field goals and
a pair of good free tosses. The
Hatchetites counted only twice from
scrimmage and that not until the lat
ter part of the game.
Lebanon Valley visited Gallaudet
last night for basket ball game and
was swamped under 47-to-21 score.
With Boatwright and Riddle leading
the attack, the Kendall Greeners soon
forged to the front and won with
ease.
Maryland took n 26-to-13 trouncing
from Virginias basket ball team at
Charlottesville last night. The Cava-
liers won over the Old Liners in the
second half. after the teams had bat
tied on even terms in the first twenty
minutes of play. Both teams used a
number of substitutes.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
SWIMMERS SKATER
TWO BIG Ten MARKS


IOWA CITY, February 9s-Two con-
ference swimming records were brok-
en- last night when the Iowa team
defeated Minnesota in conference
dual meet.
The Gophers were leading 80 to 90
in the fnal event, when the 100-yard
free style was started, but Iowa
swimmers took nrst and second in the
event, giving the Hawkeyes the
meet.
Capt. Ivan Klingaman of Iowa.
broke the conference record In the
4O-yard free style. when he swan the
distance in 1914 seconds. The previous
record was held by. Blinks, Chicago,
at 1876 seconds.
The Minnesota relay team, composed
OF johnson, Richter. Hamft and
Schonek, swan the 160-yard relay IN
1 minute 1876 seconds, breaking the
record held by q Northwestern Uni.
vstsitY team at 4 minute -1ss1 seconds.
Evening star., 1924-02-09

Aloysius players. who will play
Palace Laundry in defense of the
championship of Washington, will at
tend tonight's game to get a line on
a preliminary that will get under
way at 1880 o'clock the Southends
will tackle the Mount Vernon Mid
gets Southends received a beating
at the hands of Mount Vernon in
a. recent clash and are anxious to
fcome back"
First Bartfst tossers were offered
little opposition when they took the
msssgre nsats9 Sc Of TO the e. EpTorth o;, League
Schultz performed well for the win
ners.
AnAcostia Eagles made il fifteen in
row by downing the Dominican
Lyceum five. 33 to IL. The losers
failed to threaten throughout.
Circle Athletic Club was forced to
victory over the Apache Props.
Boys Club ba.keter. disposed q,
the fremont FIVE. 81 to IS. A clever
PASSING game paved the way for the
Boys' Club Yankee. took both ends
OF OF .aouble-header, showing the way
20 T. ana Winton Athletic Club, 2e &c
Is. Close guarding aided the win.
ners in both, games.
Comforter junior. added anoths,
victim to their list, beating Hines
Junior High School, IL to- IL. Cocbrans
OF the winners starred.
Arlington Athletic Club is cast,ne
| ABOUT for games with teams in the
| unlimited class, according to Manager
Wood'at Clarendon 34-J-2.
st. Alban Athletic Club tossers are
to meet the Army Boys Club To-
night on the Washington barracks
floor.
Manhattans expect a real battle 70.
night with the Hyattsville National
Guard tossers on the Marylanders'
court. Play will start at 7:45 O'CLOCK.
One Of the hest games of the sea.
son Is expected in the Paramount
Athletic Club-Chevy Chase tilt play
will start at z o'clock. All Saints
| Church gymnasium.
Olympic ba.keter. are seeking
games with the Congress Heights
Cyclones, Twin Oaks, De Molay and
Paramount teams. Telephone chal-
lenges to the manager at Columbia
8008-J after 6 o'clock.
Two Arst-class games are billed
for the c0ngre;s aeighss aed NsvsY gymRasiIm
ing Station will take the floor in the
main attraction, while the Mount
Vernon five will encounter the Wash
ington Props In a preliminary match
at 1880 o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-02-09

so that another meeting between them
was out Of the question.
Turns to south America.
But for the big, war the chances
are / would have completed the es-
tablishment Of the largest cattle
ranch in the worldly far the larg-
est-and would never have got into
the fighting game as a real business.
My first efforts at promotion, as
have related, were to me more like a
making money. 1 wanted to put a
big fight over just as a man wants
to make his pet thoroughbred WIN
some great stake race. -,
Some time after the Jeffries-John-
son fight 1 went to South America as
the representative of European capi-
talists to buy up an immense tract
OF land for a cattle ranch the like
of which the world had never seen.
Belgian, French, English and other
capital was interested.
In fact, l actually did buy or take
option on five million acres of land
in the great chaos of Paraguay. l
lived down there several years. 1
had bought sixty thousand head of
cattle and had the great project in
working way when the world war
broke out. That, of course, ended it.
Many of the capitalists, starting in
as friendly co-investors. had been
made enemies by the war.
Cost Dollar An Acre.
Those 100000 acres, incide ntally,
would have cost approximately 81 an
! acre. The opportunity still is there IL
somebody wants to take 1T up when
the world finally settles down to busi-
ness. There is no doubt in my mind
but that il would pay. The world
always will need beef. South America
for constructive effort in industry.
Incidentally there is big interest in
boxing down there and, as the world
now knows, South America can de-
velop men with a punch.
In my next installment I shall try
to answer a question which many
have asked me often: ''Who goes to
fights?" Probably few OF my readers
can guess just who the greatest fight
fans are.
TOmorr0Ws Who Goes to FtGhtsf
Evening star., 1924-02-09
WILLIE OGG TELLS
Putt Which Won Championship

There is no doubt that the new
conner in golf does not pay enough
attention to his putting game. He
gets his thrill from long drives or
hefty shots from the fairway. and.
while anxious to reduce his total of
strokes for the eighteen holes, for
gets that one of the best places for
| doing SO is on the green.
Conditions make it possible for
any one to become decent putt
maker. Age. overweight, stiffness,
ETC.. are not handicaps. Other
strokes may be hard to acquire, but.
no matter how clumsy the tyro may
be- he can easily learn to hit the
ball as II should be hit when putting.
The trouble is that he generally is
careless in his attempts for the cup.
If you have ever seen a professional
play, you have noted that before
putting he carefully examines the
surface of the green to find out its
slopes. Also he. gauges the distance
the ball must roll with the greatest
accuracy. Having done SO, he then
concentrates on hitting the ball with
exactness.
haps he suffers from a. false modesty
and doesn't care to make himself
conspicuous before his fellow play
ers. Or perhaps he doesn't consider
that the effort is worth while. What
ever the reason, he hurts his game
appreciably.
L have seen championships won
and lost through putting. The gall
1ery which hung around the eight
eenth green at Inwood last sum-
mer will never forget the great putt
by Bobby Cruickshank which enabled
him to tie Bobby Jones for the ma
tional open championship.
In the play-off, of course, Jones was
winner. but in that brave and precise
effort Of the previous day Cruick-
shank. for the time being. had avert
ed defeat With better luck on the
morrow he could have captured the
title. In that event he would have
had to thank his putter.
| Playing in the Maine open tourna-
ment at Poland Springs, last year
tconno pro. and I found ourselves
tied for low total when we reached
the final tee.
The eighteenth hole at Poland
Springs Is $40 yards long. Lagerblade
laid his second on the edge of the
by a full 10 yards. Lagerblade ran
/ his ball up SO that would be easy,
and 1t was up to me either to sink
| my ball or go on to another hole and
possible defeat.
The green was rough and bunny,
but I said to myself, Bobby, Cruick-
shank is not the only one that can
sink these long ones. took great
care, and, obtaining desired results,
| holed the ball after a 5D-foot journey
| in which 1t crept on ala off the line
| like a snake, That putt save me the
title, with q total of 28y strikes for
seventy-two holes, only over par.
Before quitting the subject of put
! ting, please let me say that Cruick-
/ shank is one Of the best of living putt
makers. One which I saw him sink at
Inwood Is the. greatest in my memory.
| In the East VS. West match preced-
| ing the open championship he and
were pitted against Bill Mehlhorn and
| Jack Burke. Playing best ball, we
| came to the last green all even. Bobby
| won the match by holing his ball for
from the back edge of the green,
| a 60-foot putt over a side-sloping,
down -the-hill surface. 1t was a peach!
- -5---- :. fCspssssht, 19o4-l So
Evening star., 1924-02-09
CLUBS Join HANDS
FOR GOLF PURPOSES

Affiliation for golf purposes of the
City Club and the Beaver Dam Golf
Club. at Landover, Nd. has been ef-
fected, consummating negotiations
lasting more than two months.
Under the arrangements Beaver
Dam Club will accept 200 member
ships from persons already members
Of the City Club at a small initiation
fee and payment Of the regular dues.
The total may be increased to 800
if that number of applications is re-
cefved during the five-year term of
the agreement.
A new clubhouse is to be erected
by the golf club. beginning the middle
of next month. which will have all
modern country club facilities
Edward S Brashears is president
of the club and it's board of COVER
nors is composed of Washington
business men.
Evening star., 1924-02-09

But the fans would have beef
thrilled, as well as pleased. had Mark I
put up less of a defensive battle. Th9
whole affair was merely a problem irf
the shock-absorbing qualities of thS
, human system. 3
In the end Marks proved that f1esls
of abuse without going under. But
that is about all he did prove. villas
kept after his opponent so unceasinglA
that Marks never had a chance to sc q
himself for a start. even had he hads
ambitions in that direction. But thez
! Californian. as said, did prove game.
| and willing enough. !
In the fourteenth round, also, its
was demonstrated that George coult
, hit, when in sheer desperation, as the.
yellow boy came in, Marks let out "
right that caught Pancho flush. Fos
a time it looked as though Panchs
was going to follow the long trait
! in the wake of his late lamented Mex .
lean namesake. But his head cleared
just in time and the champion was
able to finish the bout with all sailss
set.
The nearest Villa came to puttings
his man away was in the sixth round
but Marks survived a shower of lefts.
and rights, albeit blood-smeared and
weak.
Villa, as said. was energy itself; !
though wild as hawk. But then anYs
boy who throws gloves about so prod a
/ igally as Villa must necessarily haves
| good percentage go astray.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-02-09

OF all the Athletic batters none has a
: fancy for hitting into the right field.
The result will be a deep left oppoSi-
tfon from every nine in the league
when the Athletics come to town. The
AS will lombard all the left-field
fences in the circuit if they turn out
rs well as Mack hopes.
Macks May Rival Indians.
Cleveland will start with one of the
most formidable arrays of batters
that ever began big league season,
but they will find these right-handed
Athletics running them a tight race
IL the bushers who have been pro-
moted to the City Of Brotherly Love
come through anything like they did
in the minors. The Athletics have a
possibility of a $40 batting outfield.
It will be found that Simmons is an
improving batsman. He has never
gone back since he started and he
started only little while ago.
The greatest amount of interest
will center in Strand. He is a player
who has been made by the environ
ment of the Pacific coast, which bet
ters ball players who find their way
out there. Strand left the majors
years back. with no reputation for
being a frequent hitter or any other
kind of hitter.
He ended as leader of the coast
league. Granting that he had a long
err season in which to make his rec
ord, his average for a. standard sea-
son is as good as that of, the sluggers
who have their Roman noses por-
trayed daily in the big-town shows.
If he can make his accomplishment
last him in 1924 the Athletics will
have a smattering of the punch which
they lacked last season. And be it
known that Mack, long before the
his team was without that one big
whack which makes a championship
nine. He started on the road to find 1t,
and he travelled all over the United
States of America, with his nose to
the scent.
Copyright 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-02-09
COURTNEY MONUMENT
ERECTED AT CORNELL.

ITHACA, n. Y, February ?.-High
UP in picturesque Lake View ceme
terry. overlooking Cayuga lake, on'
which the Grand Old Man of Amer
lean Rowing" passed much of his life.
old-time Cornell carsmen have erect,
ed a monument over the grave of
Charles z. Courtney. The final rest,
ing place overlooks the finish of the,
course on which his famous crews
were developed.
The monument bears an epitaph by.
A. w. Uncle" Pete Smith, Red and'
White oarsman of bygone days and,
former dean of engineering:
He dwelt among US without blame,
or fear,
And trained his oarsmen many a.
Jealous. year;
He taught them manhood also;'
how to meet their fate,
Unspoiled by triumph or defeat"
Courtney's death in 1920 ended a.
long reign over Cornelrs rowing des,
TIMES.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
FIRPO-WILLS BOUT
NOT FOR new YORK:

NEW YORK, February 9.-The pros
posed Firpo-Wills boxing match wils
be held July 10, either in Pennsylvania
or Connecticut, it has been announceds
by a spokesman for the syndicate pro q
noting the match A stadium seatingz
125, 900 will be built. :
1t was understood that Morrisville,s 2
Pa, and Hartford, Conn, were unders
consideration, with selection favorings
the former, which is opposite Trenton.
N j., on the Delaware river, fifty-fves
miles from New York and 30 FROM !
Philadelphia, reached by two railroads.
and several excellent highways. .
The spokesman said the syndicate
would post a $500 guarantee withins
Firpo would deposit a forfeit of $25,000s
in Buenos Aires bank. Z
Firpo Offered Big Sum.
BUENOS AIRES, February 9-Luiss
Angel Firpo, Argentine heavyweight
announced last night that a New Yorks
syndicate offered him 81 10000 for hist
exclusive services in the United States
for one year. This time would CONS
mence with his retuIs TO America neXtt
month, but the contract would leave,
him free to arrange for another fight
with Jack Dempsey through other pros
/ moterS.
The offer of the syndicate, accord:
ing to Firpo. embraces a bout withs
| Harry Wills, negro heavyweight,
an exhibition tour and moving picture
rights.
Doubt is being expressed as toI
whether the fight between Firpo and
| Farmer" Lodge will take place on.
February 16. In sporting circles it is'
, intimated that there is a possibility the,
bout will be forbidden by the newly,
I created boxing commission on the,
ground that Lodge is not a fit antag..
onist for Firpo.
Evening star., 1924-02-09

What I forgot to say, and what
want to say, is this: There never was
a gamer man in the world than Frank
Moran. Gameness is not the most
common quality in the world; I
credit is due. While a lot Of fans
there that night criticized his judg-
ment, they were open in the praise for
his courage. At the sound of the
gong Frank waded right in. He
didn't even try to feint out the cham
pion to see how the land lay. He
simply walked in and let go his old
punch. Moran had a way Of tele-
graphing his blows so that an ad-
versary could see what was coming.
Willard had no trouble in keeping
him off. But nobody could keep Mo-
ran from trying.
Wins With Broken Hand.
In one Of the rounds willard. in
trying for the famous uppercut that
won him most of his battles, landed
on the point of Moran's elbow. The
collision broke the knuckle Of his in
dex finger. He had to fight the rest
of the way with one good hand. Even
so. he won with comparative ease.
Always there has been q tendency
to say that Willard was not game.
That is unjust, unfair and untrue.
Any man that can fight through with
broken hand and win must have
courage. In fact, 1 think willard un-
usually courageous from the fact that
he got to be champion without hav-
ing any particular liking for the box
ing game. He never wanted to hurt
anybody.
After that fight Moran told me:
'I realized that my chance was to
rush willard and give him knock
out. i knew ] could take punishment,
and that. 1 figured. would help me
out. ] wish the fight had gone long
err ! feel sure that my physical pow
ers of resistance eventually would
have overcome the champions supe-
rior reach"
That statement is another evidence
of Moran'S gamenesS, his confidence
in himself. Very few agreed with his
statement. In fact, SO few thought
Evening star., 1924-02-09
VILLA WINS "a OF IS
ROUNDS WITH MARKS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 9.-Decisive-
ly outboxing and outpointing his
opponent in fourteen of the fifteen
rounds, Pancho Villa, world fyweight
champion, won a. judges decision
over George Marks, California fly
weight, in colorfuI bout at Madison
Square Garden last night. Villas title
was not at stake, Marks forfeiting his
right to battle for the crown b.
weighing in at 1161a pounds, four
and one-half pounds over the fly
weight limit.
In addition to losing the verdict.
Marks lost his weight forfeit fee of
$3.50. Villa weighed III.
The champion was the aggressor
from the start and Kept on top of
Marks throughout, the challenger ap-
pearing lost against the whirlwind
attack.
Villa was unmarked. while Marks
was bleeding from his mouth and
nose. Marks had an edge in but one
round, the fourteenth, when he took
the lead from his rival and showered
Villa with a tantaliZing jab which
seemed to puzzle the champion for a
short spell.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
SIX BOUTS ARE CARDED
FOR SHOW AT BARRACKS

A boxing show of four six-round
bouts will be staged by the Enlisted
Mems Service Club at the Washing
ton barracks Wednesday night.
AL Ward of Fort Myer will figure
in the main attraction, meeting
Jumbo Eggleston of the Mohawk Ath-
Ietic Club, or Bob Merritt of Camp
Holabird. Jack Cafoni of Walter
Reed and AL Neil of Baltimore will
meet. while Joe Rivers will swap
punches with Kid Hogan.
Johnny Conroy of the Mohawk Ath-
letic Club will encounter Willie
Ptomey of Fort Myer in the opener
A battle royal also will be staged
Evening star., 1924-02-09
TITLE GAME ON TAP
IN SCHOOL SERIES

Eastern and Western High School
basketers meet in the all-important
game of the championship series to-
day at Coliseum in the first portion
of the double-header. They will take
the floor at o'clock. Tech and Busi-
ness will clash in the final engage
ment.
A victory for the Eastern tossers
would give them the title they won last
year, while Western, should it win,
would tie the Light Blue and White
tossers for top place.
Emerson Institute baSketers, who
received a 39-to-12 beating at the
hands of Swavley, were to encounter
University of Maryland freshman five
this afternoon at College Park. Nc
Reynolds Gagged ten court goals for
SwaVley-
rally late I'm the game enabled
Georgetown University freshmen to
down Tech, 26 to 81. Flavin of the
yearlings led the field with five
baskets.
Central easily disposed of Dewitt
Props, 81 to 13. Dean and Hale ac-
counted for nine baskets. Collins
and RibnitZki played well for the
losers.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
MODIFIED MARATHON
HERE DRAWS. STARS

Distance runners Of note, among
them several who will represent the
United States in the Olympic games
In Paris this summer, will compete
here on WashinEton's birthday :. in
the Posts modified marathon.
Such runners as Frank Zuna, Al
bert Nicholson, Bill Kennedy and
others will try for the major prize
in the 10-mile hike.
Besides these celebrities Of the dis
tance game, there are more than a
score OF local runners entered. There
also are entries from the leading
clubs of Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York and Boston.
Although there are more than
seyenty.five entries now on hand,
this number is expected to be greatly
increased before the list closes on
February 20.
Evening star., 1924-02-09

amuch less grip Is called for.n 1t
is this shortening pivot that causes
those who have observed his play
to wonder why it Il he appears to
hit the ball almost without moving
mt all. Too much pivot, he dis
cerned, gets the club out OF pnrAl-
lei with the line of flight mt the
top of the back swing, while 1T
opens up, perhaps more readily
than anything else In the swing.
the opportunity to get or balance
mt some point. The pivot, Evans
found, yvA% the hardest thing for
him to master I'm his years of daily
application to the golf swing. Then
1t dnwned on him that the club
head should do the work, and that
the ideal swing would be some
thing like "mAximum clubhead,
minimum pivot" That theory, out
of "Chick Evans head, In q won
def-wori<er for any golfer who
puts 1T to work.
Copyright. John r. Ollie Co.J
Evening star., 1924-02-09
AIMS TO BOOM POLO.

NEW YORK, February 9.-The
United States Polo Association has
announced hat it would offer
trophy for all-American competition,
designed particularly to stimulate in
terest in a championship polo series
between the United States and Ar
Rentna.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
CITY TITLE BOWLING
EVENT ENDS TONIGHT

The District individual duckpin
championship tourney ends tonight
fand many of the best bowlers of the
city are to take a shot at the high
mark of 61S registered by w. L.
Harley.
Ed Rommell, the star pitcher of the
Athletics, who resides in Baltimore,
'came over last night with a big
bunch of Oriole pin spillers and came
within two pins of equaling Harley s
high record. His opening game of
152 was big factor.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
BIG TEN LEAD AT STAKE.

CHICAGO, February 9.-Miohig2n
and Chicago meet here tonight for
the first time this season, with the
Maroons having chance to take the
Western Conference basket ball lead
now held by the Wolverines. Ohio
and Iowa meet at Iowa City tonight
but the game plays no part in the
conference leadership.