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BURROWS Is VICTOR
IN GUN CLUB EVENT

Burrows flashed a keen eye to cop
the added handicap target event Of the
Washington Gun Club yesterday, but
he won the honor only after a shoot-off
with Monroe. Each broke 46 Of the clay
pigeons.
Midyette, Taylor, Reamer and Maj
Smith tied in the handicap spoon. but
in the shoot-off the last mentioned won
with 43.
Britt and Parsons tied for top hon
ors in the doubles, each registering 10.
Scores, so targets being fired at in
the singles, follow:
Burrows, 46: Monroe. As; Midyette
45 Taylor, As; Reamer, As: Deringer,
Az Smith, Az Britt, AZ; Horton, 40
Parsons, 80; Monroe, jr., 81 Cain, SO
Gillett, 26.
Results in the doubles: Britt, 10;
Monroe, 10; Monroe, II; Smith, 16
Burrows, "A.
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CLUB FOR COACHES
Is FORMED AT YALE

A unique organization4-the A. A.
Club, described as. "of the coaches,
for the coaches"--has been organized
at New Haven.
Formation of the club, which in
cludes in its membership coaches of
most of the Yale athletic teams, was
heralded by a meeting and dinner at
the "Y' Club
Among those present, in addition t.
the various coaches, were Chairman
Mendell of the Yale Athletic Associa.
tion: Blossom, the graduate director
of athletics; Prof. Nettleton and DR..
Greenway of the board of controls;
Woodstock and Barnett of the ath.
letic association, and Maj Arnold
commandant of the r. o. T. C.
1t is planned to hold dinners ant
discussions at the "Y" Club, and az
athletic problems and mako sugges
tions for their solution.
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Loren Murchison of the Newark
Athletic Club, national sprint cham
pion, was one of seven 1923 Metro
politan champions who successfully
defended their titles. He repeated his
victories of last year by taking the
100-yard dash in OBOE and the go
yard dash in 0:21@. The latter figure
equaled the track record.
Herb Meyer, also of the Newark
Athletic Club. was the only other
double victor of the meet, winning the
120-yard high and the 220-yard low
hurdles in 0:153 and o:26S, respec-
lively.
S. Cholpp of the New York Athletic
Club. also a 1923 champion, esta ablish-
ed the only two-meet record in win
ming the pole vault with IL feet 5
inches.
The other titleholders who repeated
were Dick Landon of the Los Angeles
Athletic Club. who leaped feet 5
inches in the high jump; Willie Plant,
New York Athletic Club, who took
the 3-mile walk easily; X. Gest. who
won the hop. step and jump with a
distance of Al feet. and r. r. kram
of the New York Athletic Club. who
won the 440-yard hurdles in O:564.
Willie Goodwin of the New York
Athletic Club defeated his teammate,
Ed Kirby. former Cornell star, by
2 yards in the milo run, in 4:2S.
Kirby came back in the sSO-yard run,
which he took in 1883. Gunnar
Nelson of the Fipoish- American
Athletic Club, won the smile run in
26:41A.
Bob Legendre of the Newark
Athletic Club, world record holder in
the broad jump. took second place in
that event, which was won by f. A.
Wooley of the New York Athletic
Club, with a mark of % feet IS inch.
Legendre also tookshird place in the
Javelin throw. which was captured by
his teammate. John Leyden.
The discus throw was won by C. J.
Vrettos of the Pastime Athletic Club,
with 13S feet 6A inches. Orville
Wanzer of the New York Athletic
Club, national champion. won the shot
put with A feet 7ss inches William
Lynch of the United States Army
captured the 56-pound weight throw
ing event with a distance of % feet
lis inches, and George Taylor of
the New York Athletic Club threw the
l6-pound hammer Al feet inches, for
first place.
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PRINTERS ADD GAME
TO WINNING COLUMN

Union Printers nine administered
beating to- the G. A. o. team of the
Post Office division for the second time
yesterday, winning, to o. in the Gov
eminent League elimination games Of
the Washington Base Ball and Athletic
Association series.
Smons of the Typos pitched
puzzling brand of ball and never was
in danger. He also was effective with
the stick, together with Ford and War
rem
Ritnour toed the mound for the G. A.
o. combination.
According to reports. the General
Accounting Office nine of the War De-
partment has decided to protest its
defeat at the hands of the General
Accounting Office nine of the Post
Office division. The former players
are reported to have questioned the
eligibility of one of the Post Office
tossers. If the protest is upheld by
Accounting Office of the War Depart
ment still will be in the running.
Two strong rivals will meet when
the Hess Athletic Club will face the
Elliott Juniors today at o'clock on
the Rosedale Fairgrounds. Under
wood, who will hurl for the Elliotts.
VIII Dc OppOSeQ Dy Deuterman,
Guethler, Bopp or Burton. Hess
players are to gather at 1890 O'clock
at 921 G street southeast.
Western Athletic Club battled for
10 innings before it downed the
Paramounts in a 7-to-6 engagement.
Darnes pitched in fine style for the
winners after Mcdonald was driven
to the showers. Donoghue and
Grady hit creditably for the victors
Alexandria DreadnauEhts will
tackle the losers of the St. Joseph
Union Printers match today at 3
o'clock at Alexandria, The ST.
Joseph's and the Printers are to bat
tie in the morning.
Handley Athletic Club will play
host to the Fire Department nine to-
day at 2:30 o'clock on the HandIey
field.
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BASKET BALL CODE
OF PLAY CLARIFIED

Minor changes in the basket ball
code to assure greater uniformity
In Interpretation and to eliminate
wholesale fou1ing have been made by
the joint basket bah rules committee
representing the A. a. T.. the Inter
national Y. NJ. c. A. and the National
Collegiate Athletic Association.
While the changes will not nateri-
ally affect the style of the amateur
game as it now is played. they will
tend to clarity the code by shifting
the burden of proof to the offense
instead Of the defense. thereby CIV
Ing officials a. tangible basis for a de-
cision instead of making technical
violations a matter of judgment.
The most important change from
the players point of view makes
guarding from the rear, where there
This makes the rule more binding
and decision becomes mandatory in
stead of arbitrary.
The rule pertaining to running with
the ball was clarified by specifying
that the ball must leave a player s
the floor. The word "pivot" was de-
fined for the first time to enable an
official to discriminate against pivot
ing and making progress with the
The jumping rule, which compels a
player to have his hand behind his
back while jumping was modified SO
that in the event the offended team
gets possession of the ball after the
violation play shall continue without
Interruption, but in the event the
team making the violation gets pos
session of the ball, the infraction
shall be called.
A substitute who has been sent into
the game must actually participate
before he can be withdrawn. The
time element in games played in quar-
ters was changed so that between
the first and second and third and
fourth quarters but one, minute shall
elapse.
The duties of the umpire were ex-
panded SO that an umpire can call out
of bounds on his side Of the court and
can also toss the ball up in script i
nage; but in divisions of opinion as
to rulings pertaining to fouls the
referee shall be supreme.
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SEVEN GRID BATTLES
LISTED BY MARINES

QUANTICO, Va, August 23.-Seven
big games will be played by the
Quantico Marines foot ball team this
Fall, according to the schedule as an
nounced by Big. Gen. Dion Williams,
commanding officer. The list is eX-
pected to stand as arranged.
Two of the games will be staged
in Washington, Catholic University
being booked for contest in the
new Brookland stadium on October
4, while Georgetown will be engaged
two weeks later at American League
Park
The list follows:
October 4, Catholic University al
Warrington
October IL, Vanderbilt at Nash
vile.
Ocotber Is, Georgetown University
at Warrington.
November 4, Dickinson College nj
Philadelphia.
November 10, University of Detroit
at Detroit.
November -, Carnegie Institute nj
Pittsburgh.
December 6. Third Corps, L. S
Army, at Baltimore stadium.
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One man Catholic Unfversfty will
miss, no matter how many other good
men are in it's squad, is Ed Lynch
Lynch was just about as good foot
ball -player as one could find any
where, the kind that is not easily
replaced. Whoever plays fullback
for the Brooklanders, the position is
not going to be filed as well as it was
year ago.
University of North Carolina Will
have two men available for its back
field, who were counted on heavily
year ago, but were not able to play.
One, Sparrow, was out with a broken
leg. sustained in the opening game:
the other, Merritt. did not return to
the university. However, both will
tain to be regular members of the
backfield. Both are fast and heavy.
In fact, SO well does Coach Fetzer
think of Merritt that he made the
unqualified statement last Summer
that the famous Reds johnson
would be eclipsed by him. Merritt
is about 20 pounds heavier than
Johnson, weighing between 1856 and
1so
The Third Army Corps is not. let
ting the Marines get much of a start
on them in the matter of early prac-
tice. They already are working out
at Camp Meade, having started only
two days after the Marines first got
on the field. With one or two ex-
ceptions, the entire squad of 1928 is
at work, with some acquisition since
that time, that should prove of con-
siderable value Among the most
prominent of the new men who are
to be members of the squad are
Devin and Smythe, both backs, who
played last season at West Point
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an equestrian SIanuarQ nlSn enough
The contest is held on a reguia-
tion course sixty by twenty yards,
boarded up at one end by q high
fence. In the middle of the field is
small pocket into which the balls
have to be thrown. On either side
of this pocket are movable discs.
up and down. The last two discs
are marked with a cross, and it is
not until one Of these has disappeared
that the game is decided.
A number of red and white balls,
one of each crossed to correspond
with the discs, are thrown in before
the game begins. Then the players.
eight in red and eight in white. all
dressed in old-style native costumes,
with saddles and accouterments to
match, ride in alternately in stately
guests and begin the game.
Captures Ball In Net.
Each player carries a short bam-
boo wand with a small net attached
to the end and his object is to
stoop and capture a ball In this net
corresponding to the color of his
begins riding and dashing at its OPP
moments from all sides, cutting in
ing them In every way possible.
The crisis is reached when nothing
remains but the last two crossed
balls. by which the game is decided.
Here the horsemanship and skill of
tho players ID developed to the fullest
and 1t is described ~ no mean feat
to secure and carry . ball in q little
net through crowd of skilled play
ers, yelling. galloping and interfer-
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ILLINOIS A. C. WINS
MIDDLE WEST MEET

CHICAGO, August 23-The Central
A A. L. championship field and track
meet held today on Stagg Field was
won by the Illinois Athletic Club
which garnered 120 points.
The Chicago Athletic Association
was second with 62 points.
TheF meet was sponsored by the
Chicago chapter of the Knights oi
Columbus.
New divisional records were made
in the mile relay and the discus
throw. The /. A. <. quartet stepped
off the mile in 3.25 As, lettering the
old mark by 10 seconds.
Tom Lieb of Notre Dame and Olym-
pic fame. now with the ]. A. c., heav-
ed the discus 1872 feet, shattering the
mark Of 143 feet Il inch, made ir
1915 by Mucks of the University OF
Wisconsin.
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Out in Seattle they expect to see
Stanford. guided and inspired by
Glenn Warner. defeat the Blue and
Gold But what is more important,
they expect the Huskies to beat Stan
ford to the honor.
Washington lost very few men last
year from the team which California
was extended to beat 9 to 0, at
Berkeley and which tied the Navy,
IA to 4, at Pasadena on New Year
day. In fact so far as regulars are
concerned, practically the same team
will take the field next month which
played against the Middies and the
Bears.
Enoch w Bagshaw. the coach, is a
graduate of Washington and in the
two years he has been coaching at
his alma mater. has won 16 gahes,
lost and tied ,.
Last year the Huskies scored 301
points to opponents 60. 1t will thus
be seen that Washington is not spe-
cialiZing in rowing alone: as matter
of fact in the Pacific Coast conference,
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MUST TAKE TWO GAMES :.
TO REMAIN In RUNNING.
Battle of St. Josephs This Morning, With Victor to
Tackle Mount Rainier in Afternoon-Other
Good Contests Are Scheduled

CUCCESS for the Union Printers today well on the
way to the the unlimited division
Ball and Athletic Association Joseph ossers winners
section OF the Potomac League will the Typos
at ii clock at the Washington
loop.
victory will
kaer aggregation at o'clock of the aimpoant
This Rainier
held and record crowd expected to out.
Manager Heinle Webb
the victor the Typo pilot Hutchinson the
- -
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D. C. ATHLETES TO ENTER
SOUTH ATLANTIC GAMES

Washington athletes plan to be
well represented in the annual track
and field cham pions ships of the South
Atlantic Association, to be held at
Homewood Field, Baltimore, on Labor
day, September /.
The Washington Canoe Club, the
Aloysius Club and Dewitt Prep Pre-
paratory School, expect to send their
most talented runners TO the Oriole
City games. The first event will get
underway at 2 O'clock.
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Many expect Shapley to be one of
the great college backs this Fall.
stamina, it is difficult to find a back
with more natural ability. Shapley
With strength, weight speed and
weights over $50 pounds and is 6
feet in height. Well built and very
speedy, with a fine attitude toward
to the front and was admittedly
the Nays most brilliant back last
year.
An An-Around Athlete.
Toward the latter part Of last sea-
son. Shapley started in every game,
playing either at quarter or full.
This meant that he took the place of
either Mckee or Barchet, and that
he should be preferred to such strong
and experienced players speaks well
for the regard in which he was held
by the coaches. He played with par
tieular ability against Colgate, his 60
yard sprint being the longest run
from scrimmage of Navy player
during the campaign.
Shapley came to the Naval Academy
from Peddfe. where he had made a
reputation in many lines of sport.
He is a member of the field and tack
team at thssAcademy, hurdling being
his speciality. and a brilliant guard
on the basket ball quint. Since the
graduation of Mckee, he is unQues-
tionabIy the Academy's best all
around athlete.
Flippen is one of the few recruits
from college foot ball received at the
Naval Academy. He played at Centre
College, Kentucky, before becoming a
midshipman, but was used in the line.
Upon entering the Academy, Folwell
thought he was better made up for
q back and he has been used regular
" behind the line. Weighing 176
pounds and very fast and strong.
Flippen was as good q line plunger as
the team hsd last year. and Is ex-
pected to be even better during the
coming season
Other GoeA Men ON Hands
Those two are expected to be the
stars Of the Navy backfleld, but
the SQUAD will not be without other
promising backs. Wellings and Hirst,
both playing on the squad for their
/ fourth season, are expected to- rise
! to the occasion, while Forsberg. a
member of the nine, appears to have
the makings of powerful defensive
! back. Albertson and Lewis are
] promising recruits from the second
| team of last season.
I The pIebe elevens Of last year will
furnish q fne quota OF prospective
backs to the varsity squad this year
Among them are Caldwell, Hamilton
Maloney, Born, Condra, Organ and
Hubert Jones. Caldwell. Hamilton
! and Maloney appear to have the best
chances of landing . regular beEth,
while others will be valuable subsd-
| tute players.
While the losses from the line
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ILLINOIS GETS OLANDER
TO HELP COACH ZUPKKE

Milton Olander, former Illinois foot
ball star, who has been coaching at
Kalamazoo Normal College, has re-
turned to Urbana as one of Bob
Zupkke's assistants.
Olanders place at Kalamazoo has
been taken by Earl Martineau of
Minnesota one of the outstanding
backs of the western conference in
the past two years.
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JAPAN ALLOWS ATHLETES
TO DELAY ARMY SERVICE.

To encourage athletics, and in the
hope of raising Japan's international
athletic status. the government has
announced changes in the regulations
governing conscription for military
service.
Hereafter young Japanese who go
abroad for athletic competition win
have their conscription terms post
poned until their athletic tour is FIN
ished.
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REMARKABLE BALL GAME.

One of the most remarkable games
in the earlier history of professional
base ball was that played August IT,
1882. at Providence. r. l., between the
club of that city and Detroit. Not
q run was made on either side until
the last half of the eighteenth inning,
when the famous Radbourn put =
home run over the fence and won for
Providence.
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WOLVERINES GET TIGER

!, Harvey Emery, captain of the
Princeton track and wrestling teams
and tackle on the eleven, has been
added to the athletic department OF
the University Of Maryland. He will
assist in the coaching of the foot ball
team this fall but his work at Ann
Arbor win be principally in the T.
year course Mn physical education.
athletics and school health, which
Michigan conducts.
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were serious. more experienced play
ers were left and the additions from
the plebe squad were so great. that
there is little anxiety about the for
wards. Competition for the tackle
and end positions will be particularly
strong and there are a number of
good men for center and the guards
OF course, work with the forwards
will not be neglected, though the
big task lies with the backfeld
1t will be necessary to get to work
promptly as the season opens at
Annapolis with William and Mary on
October 4. On the 11th Marquette
plays here, but the chief reason for
an early and effective start lies in
the fact that Princeton will be met
On it's own grounds on October l8.
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the Seattle institution is regarded as
healthy competitor in many
branches Of major and minor sports
In 1S23-24 the Huskies won over 70
per cent of all their contests.
One OF our magazines contains an
article asking why are Americans
backward in contributing to the
Olympic events%'
Unfortunately the article does not
answer the question, although it does
show that the United States Tennis
Association paid all the expense of
the team, whereas the polo team
members paid their own expenses,
1t sets forth that up to within a
week of the time set for the Olympic
athletes to sail it was announced that
the total subscriptions were S121.000
short of the quota of s350,o00, and
finally the suggestion is made that
wealthy public spirited citizens es-
tablish. a fund the interest from
which during the period of four years
shall be sufficient to raise the total
amount.
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PENN FACES A TASK.

PHILADELPHIA, August 23.-
Fifty-one candidates for the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania foot ball
team will go to Cape May. n. j.,
September 2, for a three weeks pre-
liminary training, Louis A. Young,
head coach of the team announced
today. With - of the % letter men
of last season lost, Coach Young said,
he had a task ahead of him to de-
velop a winning combination.
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NAVY is PINNINC HOPES J..
ON TWO ,BACkFIELD MEN

NNAPOLlS, August 2Two awart backhed Alan Shapy
~ and Royce Fppen, be the backbone
Academy foot bali attack this Indeed,
really fit with the situation by strong
for the season.
have
much ball
should be really valuable
sterling
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COL LUMBIA u. GRIDDERS
REPORT SEPTEMBER 3

NEW YORK, August 23.-F'irst call
for candidates for the 1924 foot ball
season at Columbia University was
made today by Head Coach Percy D.
Haughton. The men selected for the
preliminary work outs have been asked
to report on September 3.
Walter fKoppisch will captain the
varsity for the third time In success
sion and have about 20 OF last years
varsity squad to turn over to the
coaches ut the start Of practice.
The frst varsity game takes place
on September 81 with Hayerford
College at Bakerfeld.
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SPEEDY FAME IN RING.

One of the greatest regulations in
the annals of the English boxing
championship is based upon a pugil-
ist who entered the ring only thrice.
met and defeated Mendosa, the first
Jew Of any note ~ = boxer, who was
the champion, he had only. fought
twice Before.
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WASHINGTON u. CRIDDERS
ON CALIFORNIA; TRAIL
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

OF with winning the Poughkeepsie
N forth Wallace
tennis world athletic authorities OF the University Washington
looking forward to the ball
They hoping Seattle to be the break CALIFORNIA;
The Huskles the
Incidentally this the last defeat registered the
ley ball
In the statement that Washington hope
Caifornia To
explicit Washington California November
Evening star., 1924-08-24
PADDOCK BREAKS WORLD
RECORD FOR 25O YARDS

EW YORK. August 23Charey Angeles
broke the worlds
the distance S u.
track and field championships The
New York A &, 81 The
Paddock. fhs o in
1883 by Charles Sheriff.
from mediocre field the gradually
to at the tame
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MARKET GRIDIRoN STARS.

Stars are purchased by the British
professional foot ball clubs in much
the same way that base ball players
are bought and sold in America, ex-
cept that in England it is customary
to refund a part OF the purchase price
in case the player fails to make
good with his new team
Evening star., 1924-08-24
CoLLEGIANs LIKE TENNIS.

Tennis is rapidly becoming a favor
ite sport with college students. 1t is
estimated that 1000 undergraduates
in more than 100 colleges take part
every season in dual tennis matches
with rival institutions for the months
of April, May and June.
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.New Grid Coaching s
GEORGETOWN HAS MADE
4 MOST RADICAL CHANGES
oc Little to Bring His Own Staff to Hilltop-Ceorge
Washington Pins Faith in Crum-Trinity and
N. C.. State Also Have New Mentors.
BY II. G. BYRD.

EW coaching will be tried
leges during the foot bali
when practically gdron squad the
due hard practice players squads will
who South Atlantic
of the four head coaches having
capacity below the Mason-Dxon line
lima State Trinity and George Washington the
reuvenatng their gdron lives by the
complete overhaulng of their organizations
Most prominent OF the coaches to the section Howard Jones
9ashmE years his best record having been made
defeated Yale two Trinity looks to Jones take what
build machine
North Carolina University Virginia and
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"CHICAGoED0 IS NOTHING.

During the res a. base ball team
was said to be "Chicagoed" when it
was defeated without being able to
score a single run. The term owed
its origin to the reputation of the
Chicago team for shutting out it's
opponents.
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BOXERS WILL ORGANIZE,

International amateur boxing cham
will be organized begin
ming next year in North and South
Amreica, Europe. Africa and Oceania,
under the auspices of the Interna-
tional Federation of Amateur Boxing.
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FISH FIGHTS TAKE PLACE
OF FISTIC ENGAGEMENTS

Prize fighting fishes are very com
mon on the coasts of Japan and Siam.
Their pugilistfc tendencies are most
pronounced, so much so that the natives
take them in place OF boxers in Siam.
and arrange matches in glass bowls
between two Of the species, heavy
bets being laid on the result.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
ODD ANGLE TO TENNIS.

An oddity of tennis is the fact that
although the ball is restricted as to
diameter and weight, the racket may
be of any size, shape or poundage.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
DAKYU COMBINES ESSENCE
OF MANY YANKEE SPORTS

OVERS of almost popular enjoyed would
find appeal in Japanese polo, "dkyu called the
combination of golf lacrosse, blr bowling
players.
originated
and still reserved largely for nobmeH
of the military staff who practically the able