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Greb, the man from the town Of pig
iron and steel, was rough and violated
the rules of the ring throughout the
contest. So manifest was his roughness
that he was on numerous occasions
greeted with jeers from the fans.
After the first few seconds Of the
bout in the first round Greb showed
that he had thrown all science Of the
game to the discard and Norfolk strove
to maintain a measure Of regard for
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PETERSBURG WINS CLOSE ONE 'FRONT.' Y. j.
HOWARD BEATS HAMPTON IN ONE INNING

PETERSBURG, VA, April 20
Union and V. N. l. l locked horns
Saturday at Mckenzie Street Park
in one of the best games that was
ever played in the local park. Each
pitcher allowed three scattered hits.
An error by Gregory gave Ross
first, he stole second on first pitched
ball. Epps hit fielders choice and
was thrown out Coward hit a ny
scoring Ross. This ended the scor-
ing for both sides.
Epps beautiful catch OF twisting
Foul was the fielding feature OF the
game.
Petersburg and Union had played
a sensational IL inning game last
week in Richmond, which went to
Union, with Merritt Against Arm4
stead. The fans are anxious TO
witness a third game to break the
tie, if the same is possible.
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much needed? The Receivers assert that they Cannot determine this
until al The Of Tie have been nedm and balanced To meet
condition the pesaor meeting assembled unanimous decided share
liability the mo already ascane This relieves the situation and enables the
Receivers strike balance and submit the the Court with such recommendation
may IN hen judgment be fair the people whom they represent
This then will necessarily end the delay the Receivers have been uaoy epeedo
favor the Bank and wiling Do al he help The f people
this community The plain Psoaalfe and anmess should not this
matter Let reopen the Mechanics Savings Bank order that those posors
gently need then mny may able get and those who wish deposit their
permitted do The epeseB stand The Bank
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time business again Let ascertain the approximate amount liability the
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save his prestige as a fighter Harry
Greb white middleweight champion OF
Pittsburgh lost to Kid Norfolk on a
foul the other night in the 6th-l ound
of a scheduled 10--round bout at the
Faneuil Hall A. @.
Greb was guilty Of striking Norfolk
after the bell sounded the end of the
round, which was about the tenth time
he had violated the rules Of the ring
in divers manners. The contest goes
down in ring history as one OF the
toughest, toughest maulings ever wit
messed. It is said, however, that Nor
folk once struck Greb after the gong
had sounded but it was evident that
the kid" had not heard the bell.
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PATIENTLY WAITING.

Yes the the Mechanics Savings Bank representing approximately three hundred
individuals the depos representing about three thousand not including the holders Of
Christmas Savings Club Cards. the white and cfed people this city, who vitality inter-
retaining confidence Of the cored people this community and the good opinion Of
the white cored people the United States waiting
They all know the approximate amount the assets the Mechanics
Savings Bank The stated the following extract from the decree signed the able
Judge Of the Richmond Chaneery Court )
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Totals. . % 3 81 I l TOTALS. 80 o 3 p IL 80
Score by innings:
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KID NORFOLK WINS OVER GREB
IN A RIOTOUS BOUT.

preston News 1ervies)
BOSTON, Mass, April 30.-Forced TO
resort to every possible measure to
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SPORTS ON PAGE 8
Evening star., 1924-01-01

always must be in position to go in for
a slow-hit ball. In other words, he
mustn't start too quick. Otherwise the
batter might cross him. Study how to
time your movements and never be SO
overanXious as to let everybody on the
field know what you intend to do.
Some batterS are liable TO hit any
kind of pitched balls in any direction.
Those are very difficult to play, but,
luckily for the infielders. there are
very few Of them. Still, if everything
could be figured out exactly there
Surprise and unexpected things make
the game what il is.
The shortstop in fielding a ball to
his extreme right must be sure to put
himself in position to throw 10 first
base as the ball hits his hands. AS
his back is turned to the bag when he
swings to make the play he must
have good line in his mind on where
the bag is. You see. he must throw
with the same motion that he fields
the ball, and he hasn't time to take
aim. If he does the batter will beat
the ball.
A fine piece of fielding was done by
Frank Frisch in the last world series,
but the spectators, missing the real
point of greatness, applauded his
catch rather than his throw.
His Rapid-Fire Shift.
With a. man on third a Texas
Lacquer was hit back of second. 1t
looked impossible, but Frisch started
for it.. On the last two jumps he saw
he would get the ball, and he knew
that he would have to make a throw
to plate. He suddenly shifted and
jumped to the other side of the ball,
so that when he caught it he could
peg to the plate without turning
again or looking. Can you imagine a
Evening star., 1924-01-01

man thinking that fast in a situation
like that?
But Frisch made the catch, and also
nailed the runner who tried to score
on the play. 1t was a great catch, but
a greater throw.
Now on a slow-hit ball the short
stop must learn to throw accurately
while still on the run 1t takes long
practice to get that. Handling balls
of this kind makes it necessary for
him also to learn to field a ball with
one hand and throw with the same
motion. He must learn to throw from
any position and get the ball away
quickly. If he has to straighten up
to throw a runner out at first he
| never will make a big league short
stop.
This thing of infielders stumbling
into the ball and having a lot of luck
figured it that way. There is some
luck. of course, but it usually breaks
about even.
Taking throws from the catcher or
other players, for that matter is an
entirely different subject The short
stop also has to learn that part of
his job and learn it well. / will have
to go into that more fully in another
article.
The main idea always is to give the
runner half of the bag to touch You
can determine which to give him the
moment the ball starts Be careful
not to hog the whole bag. 1t is not
SO much that you want 10 be fair as
that you don't want to get your leg
cut off. In this day and time a runner
knows his rightS> and won't hesitate
to take all that is coming to him.
Tomorrow: Some More Tips on De-
Tense
Evening star., 1924-01-01

mighty big difference. IF the bate
should hit a ground ball, for instance,
ii will be right at the Shortstop nine
times out of ten. If he should stand
fiatfooted and not know in which direc-
tion he intended TO start the shortstop
be with the crack of the bat. Other
wise he is not a big league shortstop.
Now. if the pitcher throws the ball
outside of the plate--away from the
right-handed batter-the shortstoo must
be ready 10 jump to his left with the
the batter will hit that ball toward
right field. If he hits a grounder the
chances are it will go between the short
stop and second base, or directly over
the bag. If il goes farther than that
the second haseman can get it. But,
remember, the second baSeman is also
playing the game He has set himself
to get far around toward first base.
BY anticipating ground hit like that
the shortStOp often gets credit for mar
velous stops of balls hit directly over
second. AS a matter of fact, they are
not hard. The shortstop, having antic-
ipated the play. is over there with a
leap or two. He has made the hard
chance easy.
LajOie Was There First.
/ suppose you who are old fans re-
member how easy all chances used to
look to Napoleon Lajoie. Often he made
stops that. did not get applause because
they looked so easy. Other players who
had to race for the ball would be ap-
plauded for making phenomenal stops.
That was because Lajoie figured out
where the ball probably would go arfd
always was right on top of it.
These simple directions, naturally, are
simply reversed for a left-handed hitter
In either case. however. the shortstop
Evening star., 1924-01-01
WESTERN BASKETERS
SHOW TO ADVANTAGE

Western High Schools quint ap-
pears to have the edge on the other
title series contenders, if compara-
tive scores mean anything. Western
is the only one of the five teams that
showed the way to the formida oIe
Y. w. C. A. Alumni five. Business
was the latest victim of the Y
tossers yesterday, it being trounced
23 to 18.
Much interest is being manifested
in Westerns second game with the
quint to be played tomorrow on
the Y floor.
Shanks probably will not be in the
Y lineup.
Western was scheduled to meet
Hyattsville yesterday, but the game
was cancelled.
Much Improvement was shown in
Business play against the team
yesterday. Both teams used a five
man defense and the going was
rough throughout. Superior experi-
At half time the Y combination
was leading. 16 to IL.
Lafsky. Furman and Mudd played
well for Business, while Walker and
Chadwick performed creditably for
the Y.
Central has a game today with the
Blue and White Alumni. Action was
to start at $3.50 o'clock
Coach Charley Guyon sent his
Eastern tossers through the PAGES
yesterday. A practice game was
booked with the Eastern Alumni, but
1t was called off because the grad
uate qulnt could not muster five
players.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
STRIBLING BATTLES
ROSENBERG TONIGHT

NEW YORK, January 1.-Young
Stribling, Georgia schoolboy, makes
his metropolitan debut with the New
Year tonight by meeting Dave
Rosenberg, Brooklyn middleweight,
in twelve-round fistic encounter in
Newark, the feature card in a list
of boxing matches arranged for the
holiday.
Stribling has been training at the
New Jersey farm Of Freddy Welsh.
under the direction of his pa" and
ma" and Jack Dempsey has had
hand in his ring education, too. He
faces a stiff opponent in Rosenberg,
who once was recognized as middle
weight champion in this state. The
Georgia lad, however, has shown he
is made of no mean stuff, for he held
Mike McTigue, world lightweight
champion, to draw last fall.
With other attractions for the
metropolitan fans are the bouts be-
tween Kid Williams of Baltimore,
former bantamweight champion, and
Midget Smith in New York; Eddy
Brady of Brooklyn and Bobby Garcia
of the Army, featherweights. and
Bud Taylor, Chicago, and Sammy
Nable. New York bantamweight.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
MolLA MAY REPRESENT
NORWAY IN 0LYMPICS

NEW YORK, January LII the
r,,,as will not permit her to repre-
cent the United States in the Olympic
tennis championship next summer
,Irs NoIla Mallory will compete in
Norway. the land Of her birth. the
-. sta renresented in Olympic COM
netition ,atu before she came to this coun-
try in 1915. - .,.,
..nr,;on did not directly offer that
for publication noni nss YESTERDAY te day
o,,ssinee her 1924 plans with a friend,
asserting . that she had no intention
"f being a woman without q coun-
trv" even from an Olympic games
pG She expects to sail for Europe
about June 1.
Mrs Mallory will participate in the
ulay against English women for the
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman trophy
and also in the Wimbledon tourna-
ment before deserting this country's
colors.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
FRENCH NET EVENT
is WON BY LA COSTE

PARIS, January 1.-Rene La Coste
defeated Jean Borotra in the final
match of the covered court tennis
tournament for'the Christmas cup Of
fered by the Sporting Club of France
The score was 6-4, GO, 4-6, 3-6.
GO.
The manner in which La Coste de-
feated Borotra after the latter had
disposed of Cochet left no doubt in
the minds of experts that he is the
best exponent of the game in France
at the present time and that he will
be the brightest hope on the French
Olympic team this year
La Coste told the correspondent that
his trip to the United States. where
ne met the best American players
had taught him more about tennis in
two months than he had learned be-
fore in a like number of years.
didn't know what tennis was be-
fore L entered those American tourna-
ments," he said.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Neither coach showed any desire
TO talk before the game, but while
the rain was falling last night, news
paper men managed to pry loose
from Enoch Bagshaw, Washington
mentor. the remark that wet wealth
er will not bother US" and from
Coach Bob Folwell of the Navy, the
assurance that his men know what
to do in the mud and will be there
doing it,
Foot ball critics here, however
predict that a wet field would favor
the huskies. with their advantage in
weight of approximately ten pounds
per man over Navy. Ind powerful
attack built around the plunging
ability of their giant fullback, Tes-
reau.
The Navy is rated fast-charging
eleven, with a clever, speedy back
field that might, given a dry field,
defeat the Western team with su-
perior strategy.
The, kicking honors, experts fig
ured, ought to be about equal.
ahIe Iinelln.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
WASHINGTON
BATTERYMEN OF REDS
TO TRAIN FIVE WEEKS

CINCINNATI, Ohio, January l.
Battery men of the Cincinnati Ma
tional League base ball club will
have five full weeks at the spring
training camp at Orlando, Fla, this
year, according to plans announced
today.
The first delegation. including all
pitchers and catchers. is to leave
Cincinnati for the south on March /
and start work March 3. This squad
viii be in the personal charge of
Manager Pat Moran.
The second squad, consisting of all
regulars and utility men, other than
battery men, leave a week later The
team will remain at Orlando a week
longer than it did last spring, and
start north on April 5, playing five
games with the Detroit Tigers en-
route.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
DIR. FORREST ALLEN,

DIR. FORREST ALLEN,
Kansas. His team won the champion
ship In it's section last year and has
been undefeated for twenty-seven
straight games.
Players should avail themselves of
these opportunities to recuperate
from necessary fatigue. Wet tow
els, sponges and gargling water
should be resorted to quickly.
This finished, the players on the
offensive should get their heads to-
gether to perfect their further at
tack. Such questions as these should
be in order:
"Are our plays working as they
should?" If not, what man in the
offensive chain is the weak link?
"Are we breaking on offenSe
quickly enough? Are we holding
the ball too long before passing it?
Are our shots too 1ong?"
Men on the defensive should also
spend every second of the "time
out" with their heads together. The
team will probably need their con-
certed efforts to defend their goal
when the game is on again. Ask
such questions as these of one an
Other: as this a smashing or
strategic team? Are they all clever
floor men or have they got two or
three aces?"
Above all, since "time out" is
often called to break going
streak" strive to keep up the old
drive mentally while you are tenn
porarily out of the fray physically.
Copyright, 1928, Associated Editors.)
Evening star., 1924-01-01
BOOTS LEVER WILL TRY
TO MAKE OLYMPiC TEAM

PHILADELPHIA, January L.
Harold Z. (BoOts) Lever, captain
OF the 1923 University of Penn
syIvania track team and who holds
the intercollegiate IOO-yard cham
piOnship and a number of other
titles, has announced that he would
try to make the American OlSm-
pic team.
His first step to get back In con-
ditfOn will be taken Thursday,
when he will start work under
Lawson Robertson, Pennsylvania
coach, who guided him to his fame
as a runner.
In competition he will wear the
cOiOrs of the Athletic Association
of the Insurance Company Of North
America, with which company he
fs employed.
He will take part i'm meets in
New York, Newark, Boston, Balti-
more, Washington. Buffalo, Louis
VILE and other cities during the
winter.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
Inside Golf
CHESTER HORTON

When the ball in the trap lies
in very loose sand or is, say,
partly buried in such sand, the
player is called upon for the max
imum of mental discipline called
for i'm any golf shot. Also, he
must understand that here he
plays the sand rather than the
ball.
Practically n full swing Is used,
with the feet planted firmly in
the sand. A sort OF "squeeze
play, is now called form which
the clubhend squeezes the ball
out and up. The blade must hit
directly into the sand about two
inches hack Of the ball, and it
must hit hnrd-sO hard that the
impact Of iron against the sand
will force the ball up SO that the
blade, passing quickly through.
Will catch 1T and loft 1T up and
onto the green
The great trouble that players
hnve with this shot is due to lack
of mental discipline. They fear
some of the sand will shoot into
their eyes. 1t will-but the player
must learn to Disregard that, and
the head must be kept stationary
throughout the stroke. BE care-
full never TO lose the sense of COM
pIete relaxation mt the beginning
of this shot, which PERHAPS more
than any other requires delicacv
and precision I'm the back swing.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Coz
Evening star., 1924-01-01
OPPOSES QUALIFYING
In JUMP AND VAULT

NEW YORK, January 1.-What
amounts to the elimination of quail
flying rounds in the intercollegiate
high jump and pole vault has been
recommended to the Intercollegiate
A. A. A. A, by the Association of
College Track Coaches of America.
Under the existing scheme quail
fying rounds in these events are con-
Quoted on the first day of the annual
eastern college track and field cham
pionships. and the final rounds on the
second day. The coaches would con-
fine high jump and pole vault COM
petition to a single day.
1t was pointed out that qualifying
competition in the two events differs
from that in all other field events.
In the high jump and pole vault the
qualifying marks do not hold good
for the finals, whereas in the broad
jump, shotjut, hamer throw and
other field events, the individual
marks made in, the qualifying rounds
stand to the credit of the contestant
until and unless he surpasses them in
final round competition.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
FEDERATION WOULD GIVE
OLYMPIC BODY FREE HAND
Resolution Adopted i'm Convention Here Directed
Against Foreign Influences Now Affecting
Older National Organization.

HLE the Amateur Athletic Union undoubtedly will
wv be the authority field
this country probably will not be authoritative
selection OF the team that the United Om
pad Paris
likely be the result resolution
Amateur Athletic Federation of America meeting
building resolution
Olympic committee free hand in the assembling of
and all control the
In all likelihood the proposition Of the will accepted
Olympic committee
ranking member OF that In effect
of the A A U body United
Amateur Athletic Federation
ide by its laws
Evening star., 1924-01-01
$4,000 EXPECTED TO SEE
BIG BATTLE AT PASADENA

Calf. January 1-East
ball today with mdshipmen from the
Academy the ukie
University of Washington.
More than $1,000 fans the kickoff 25
the heels nights All
hopefully bright sky
field would confound the official weather prophets
esiened tn familiar rsNttt the oil
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Against every team which the
Huskies encountered in the Pacific
conference series Washington showed
tremendous power in the way of line
smashing. In the course of the game
against California the team several
times marched down the fled. oniv
to lose the hall at crucial moments
through ill-advised plays.
The Bears defeated the Huskies
not because of superior ability in
straight foot ball, but by bamboo
zling them with trick plays. 1t would
thus seem that the Navys great
chance is to keep the ball in the air
and. masking with great Cleverness
the trend of rushing attack.
The real weakness of the HGSkieS
has been in the domain of general
ship. 1t is understood that Ba-shaw
has been working to correct this de-
feet
Team Also Can Pass.
Washington has other offensive assets
than smashing through the line. Her
forward pass attack is rated as both
precise and deceptive. Against CAL
ifornia, some long gains were made
via the aerial route and both receiv-
Evening star., 1924-01-01
ST. PAUL HOCKEY STAR
TO GO WITH U. S. TEAM

ST. PAUL. MinnA January l.
Clarence 'Taffy" Abel, defense man
on the st. Paul Athletic Club hockey
team, has announced that he would
accompany the United States hockey
team to the Olympic games at Cha
monk, France.
Abel had been selected by officials
of the United States Amateur Hockey
League as one of the Americans to
make the trip but he declined at first
because of home ties and business
reasons.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
AUSTRIAN TEAM APPEARS
IN CONTEST IN FRANCE

PARIS, January 1.-For the first time
since the war an association foot ball
team, representing former enemy
country, was seen in action in Paris
yesterday and was victorious,
The eleven, composed Of Austrians
and sporting the title First Vienna"
defeated a Dutch team. Ave goals to
nothing. The French team, the Red
Star, defeated another French team,
the Stade Francaise, two to one. The
attendance was very large.
Red Star meets the Viennese today,
Stade playing the Dutch team
Evening star., 1924-01-01
LEO DIEGEL TELLS:
Back Spin That Put Me Out of Tournament

degree OF expertneSS that render
This is not so. There are times
SO good.
In 1922 / set a course record Of
few months later, at Asheville. N. c..
hold-a 135-yard one, at that! AT tha
for eighteen holes.
OF course, 1 didn't do as badly at
that Nevertheless, this one mis-
played hole. which 1 have since called
out Of the running in tournament
which was much worth winning.
Strangely enough, this nightmare
followed tee shot which was. so
far as distance and direction, were
concerned, as satisfying as one would
want.
The incidents that led up to and
attended the play were amusing.
Hackney. the Atlantic City expert,
playing the hole-which was the sec
ond-I had kidded him numerically
because he ran up five strokes.
You'd better be careful" he re-
number tomorrow"
When I reached the second tee, the
next day, had completely forgotten
Clarences warning and had no pre-
monition of disaster. There was a
heavy wind blowing directly toward
the tee, but I was not worried by
| that.
AS I said before, my tee shot was
perfect-so far as distance and di-
rection were concerned. had made
only one mistake. I had put too
much backspin on the ball.
Dropping within easy putting dis
tance Of the hole, 1t hoped back
ward. rolled OF the sloping green
] aud landed In . drain hole. II lay In
Evening star., 1924-01-01
MULDOON is THROUGH
AS BOXING BODY HEAD

NEW YORK, January 1.-The New
York state boxing commission met
yesterday, with William Muldoon oc-
cupying the chair for the last time.
When the session was over Null
doom cleaned out his desk, packed up
his belongings and left for his home
in White Plains without saying
word to newspaper men, who had
gathered to listen to his swan song.
According to other members of the
commission, Muldoon had said his
farewell and would not return.