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Number of European Athletic No,v Are Seeking Hon01s 7h
SCAFFE WILL REMAIN
AS ST. JOHNS COACH

ANNAPOLIS. December 22.-Leut.
Thomas c. Scaffe Of the Navy, former
gridiron star of the Naval Academy,
who was head coach at ST. John 3
College during the past season. will
serve in that capacity again next year,
it has been announced by President
Enoch B. Carey and the faculty ath-
letic committee. Lieut.. Scaffe Is assist
ant instructor in the Naval Reserve
unit at st. Johns.
Scaffe, who was an All-American
tackle in 1918, his senior year at the
academy, is among the games biggest
enthusiasts.
Scaffe took charge of the Orange and
Black gridders for this years cam
paign. He had a mighty difficult task
on his hands. having few players of
experience on hand. He went at his
work in earnest. and before the sea son
closed he rounded out team of
spirited youngsters which came back
to prominence with State colleges.
Notable achievements were the tie
game with the ancient rivals of Johns
Hopkins and the defeat of Delaware
Scaffe likes his pupils and the feel
Ing Is mutual, and with this state of
affairs existing, bigger things are being
looked forward to next season
Scaffe also played lacrosse at the
Naval Academy, and will handle the
st. johns stickmen in the Spring.
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GERMAN SWIMMERS
WOULD REGAIN TOP
By tho Associated Press.

BERLIN. December 2f.--In an ef-
fort to regain the swimming laurels
won in the 1912 Olympia games at
Stockholm, the last in which the Ger
man athletes participated, the Ma
tional Swimming Association of Ger
many is attempting to enroll every
swimmer of promise in preparation
for the 1928 games at Amsterdam.
The most promising candidates for
the team have been started training
under Walter Binner and Kurt Ben
rens of Madgeburg, both Olympic vet
Grams. Binner doubts whether he can
produce a free-style star to compete
successfully against Johnny Weismul-
Ter of America. and Arne Borg Of
Sweden.
On specialized strokes, in which the
Germans have always been more pro.
1ctent, Binner banks on such veterans
as E. Rademacher, who two years ago
set world indoor breast stroke records
for 200 and 400 meters. and Heinrich,
Berges. Schugert and Heitmann. Erna
Huneus, a 17-year-old miss, who re-
Gently set a world indoor breast stroke
of / minute 30 seconds for 100 meters,
is considered the better of the woman
ca ndidates.
In the 1912 Olympics German swim
r,oers won the 400-meter breast stroke:
first. second and third places in the
ono.r1eter breast stroke and fancy div
ing. and second places in the back
stroke, the relay and high diving.
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FORT WAYNE QUINT
PLAYS HERE SUNDAY

Irish night Is to be celebrated at
the Arcade next Sunday to mark the
return Of the Washington American
Basket Ball League team. Heading
the program will be the game be-
tween the Palace Club five and the
Fort Wayne Knights of Columbus, the
team led by Homer Stonebreaker
and recognized as one Of the strongest
quints in the circuit.
George p. Marshall, owner of the
Washington franchise, is arranging a
preliminary game between two Irish
fives in District amateur ranks and
promises that Irish songs and dances
will be put on during intermission.
Dancing will follow the big game
Manager Lou Sugarman Is keeping
his players busy every night to have
them in trim for the tussle with the
Caseys. Instead OF returning home
after humbling Boston last night. the
Palace tossers Will remain in New
England all week for q series Of ex-
hibitions.
The Fort Wayne club has played in
only three games to date and has won
out in but single contest. The club,
however, Is looked on as the one that
will give the most trouble to the pen
nant winner in the first series.
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RACING PIGEONS
LOWER RECORDS

Washington racing pigeon enthusi-
asts broke longtime existing records
in their old and young bird races dur
ing the Spring and Fall seasons Of
1925.
Louis Hofer. president of the Wash
ington Racing Pigeon Club. won the
200-mile young bird race from Con-
nellsville, Pa, with bird which aver
aged 2,046 yards, or better than l Is
miles per minute. This is one of the
best records ever attained by pigeon
over any difficult course in the world.
Another record which fell was that
for average speed in races from 100
to 500 miles. w. S. Hixon's loft. with
an average Of / ,346 yards, carried off
this honor
While remarkably fast records were
made under favorable conditions, even
more remarkable races were flown in
bad weather. In the bad weather
races, the lofts Of C. and W. r. Pen
nington won the two most difficult
races, one at 200 and the other at
500 miles.
The Pennington lofts had another
great victory in the all-American con-
course race of 500 miles, when their
famous hen Congaree won the single
nomination prize.
Prominent among the other fanciers
whose birds made fine showings were
w. f. Dismer, J. II. Holmead. r. A .
HUNT, Phil krouse, d. r. Matthews,
Fl. c. Burke. F. II. Crown, F. j. North
and II. f. Thomas
Washington breeders of fancy
pigeons also won high honors during
the year. Among those who exhibit
ed their birds with success are Elisha
Hanson, whose fantails won the cham
pionship of every show at which they
were entered, A. NJ. Boyd, H. NJ
Blandy, w. P. Mcdowell. C. A. Peters.
Morris E. johnson, and the Finottis,
father and son.
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Then came the 2O-gauge. It was
considered a nice gun for feminine
hunters, and a curiosity. Then some
body discovered that il was a fine
gun for jacksnipe. 1t began to be
used by quail and grouse hunters
Then it began to appear among the
duck men. Now il is considered a
gun suitable for any feathered game.
A gun which gives the game a better
chance, requires finer shooting.
The .4l0-gauge shotgun is coming
along. Like the others, it was at first
curiosity. But each year sees more
and more men using this little gun, a
miniature besides the others. for gen
eral shooting. Recent tests have
shown that it has fine shooting quail
ties. Its range is up 10 80 yards. and
1t has good penetration.
Not many years go hunters univer-
sally used 10-gauge guns for all wild
fowl. Some used S-gauge cannons
Look at the difference. And speaking
of differences, wherein does the differ
ence lie? In finer craftsmanship. The
small guns require finer shooting. You
miss more. but you constantly train
yourself TO flne shooting. The larger
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His mashie niblick play was strong
SO that this ball ended up at the very
rear edge of the green, near the bank.
Il now had a definite mark to shoot
at. l must not play short. because l
might find the trap in front Of the
green. No, l must pitch my ball some
where between the cup and Gallett' 8
tho first putt. This would give me a
good opportunity to judge how 1 must
hit my own putt. Any one who played
that green viii tell you how hard it
was TO Judge ones puts. too.
We'll, l succeeded in my purpose,
although I was a bit further past the
cup than l wished. My ball stopped
four feet short of Galletts.
by chance / laid him q stymie, and
lifted while he played.
Results Justified Tactics.
Right here, let me say that Francis
played his putt exactly as / would
have played it had our positions been
| reversed. But the result justified my
tactics. The terrace had a slight down
ward slope at first, and then there was
distinct decline where ii was joined
| to the lower level of the green The
whole surface was slippery, and Fran
els ball slowly glided down hill, past
the cup and to the front edge OF the
green. almost to the bunker.
This meant. of course, that my putt
must be delicately handled. The whole
championship rested on IT. For a mo-
ment after | hit my ball / feared II
would not get off the terrace 1t did,
however. and then drifted gently down
10 spot not more than IL inches from
the cup, at one side.
Many a one-foot putt is missed
Perhaps 1t was fortunate for me that
Gallett, before again putting, lifted
my ball. l then saw that 1t was rest
ing in a little depression, made by
some ball dropping from a mashie
nibiick shot. | was able to observe the
slant of this depression and to play my
fourth accordingly. Using No. iron
l holed the tying stroke"
Copyright. 1929
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place MIN dlOHSSluC oODDy JoHSS III
How often have the great and the
near great Of the golfing world been
confronted by such a situation only to
small blame to be attached to such a
failure. Elsewhere In sport there is no
such drain upon the nerves as that
final drive down the stretch in ma
tional golf championship.
The very fact that the player can
act deliberately adds to his tension,
which might be lessened were quicker
action demanded.
At Worcester, Bobby Jones had
turned in a 2s1. Macfarlane, after
three great rounds, had slipped a bit
on his final trip around the course.
The breaks had not come his way, and
when he left the seventeenth green he
had amassed 2S7 strokes for II holes.
Responsibility Was Heavy.
Four strokes to tie Bobby Jones.
And after that, what?
1t was a heavy responsibility that
rested on Macfarlane's shoulders, for
! in addition to his own hopes he car
ried those of the whole professional
golfing world, which admires and likes
Bobby Jones, but naturally does not
relish the great amateurs annual
threat in what is to the professionals
the big event of the year.
Macfarlane rose nobly to his re-
sponsibility. He tied Jones and beat
him in the most memorable play-off in
the history Of golf in this country.
The whole world paid tribute to his
gameness, but 1t is doubtful IL many
of those who witnessed or who read
about his play on the seventy second
hole realized that Willie had executed
strategy which Is almost unrivaled
in golf lore.
The eighteenth hole at Worcester is
a par hole. measuring 1886 yards.
which apparently presents no great
difficulties. but those who sat about
the green during this championship
and witnessed the number of 5s taken
on it by crack players know that Mac
farlane faced a real task in getting
par. His mechanical skill and his
heart must be given full credit, but
without full use of his head he might
not have won out.
MacfarIane Explains Play.
I asked Willie to tell me how he
played the hole.
ITO begin with" he said, recall
the layout on the eighteenth. 1t is a
drive and pitch to the green.
From the tee you shoot over a de-
preston to a hill. Then you play to
the green over a trap that runs clear
across its front. The green is trapped
on both sides, too, while the rear half
of it is terraced. A steep bank at the
rear of the green is covered with thick.
short grass.
Il played the last round with Fran
els Gallett. When l reached the final
tee with four strokes left to tie Bobby
Jones 1t was apparent that my STRAIT
egy was to base my own plays upon
those made by Francis.
The key to the whole strategy was
to get a longer shot off the tee tina n
Gallett. l put everything l had into
my drive. l was greatly relieved when
my ball reached the hill, several yards
in front of his. This brought the very
condition l desired. Francis had to
make the first play to the green,
enabling me to regulate my pitch shot
according to his.
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BURGESS OF G. U. TEAM
TO RUN IN STAR FIELD

Cecil Cooke of Syracuse, Jimmy Bur.
CESS of Georgetown, Vincent Lally and
Johnny Gibson of New York will toe
the mark in a quarter mile sprint In
Brooklyn tonight.
Cooke is the national champion.
Burgess the national senior and junior
title holder of 1924, Lally holder of the
600-yard championship and Gibson the
metropolitan quarter-mile king
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Qetedt.
jackson has one more game to play.
1t was scheduled to clash with Curtis
Hyde yesterday, but rain made post
ponement necessary.
Curtis Hyde has two more games
exclusive of the Jackson contest. Fill
more and Corcoran are yet to be dealt
with. Should Curtis Hyde win from
Jackson, it would jump into the lead
and the other two games on its sched-
ule would he all-important in deciding
the title Should it lose. then Jackson
will he undisputed champion.
Trinity succumbed to Curtis Hyde.
25 to 81, in the last game played. All
of the contests are staged on the
Georgetown field.
Corcoran will oppose Fillmore the
latter part of the week, when Curtis
Hyde meets Jackson in the double,
eader
West Baptist basket ball tOsSerS and
an unlimited playground team hattled
TO standstill last night in a practice
game staged in the Peck Memorial
gymna SUM The score was Is to 13.
A return game is planned after
Christmas il the Eastern High School
gymna stun.
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head of the club that drives the ball
and he must let this weight do all
the work. That Is, swing with the
club, as against swinging the club
a vast difference in that. If you catch
what l mean. If you Swing with
the club your swing will be
rhythmic. II you try to swing the
club you probably will press and the
swing will be jerky. Take it back
slowly and evenly, give it time to
turn-then let 1t swing naturally for
ward, gathering pace as it goes.
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ASdN weight. ID CApSNlSu ilSlN HINiiii
But Americans must face opposition
rom abroad in several other sports as
follows:
Skating-Class Thunberg Of Fin
land, called the Nurmi of the ice"
Track-CharleY Hoff of Norway,
champion pole vaulter; Herbert Hou-
ben of Germany and Adrian Paulen
of Holland sprinters; Albin Stenroos
of Finland. Olympic marathon cham
pion.
Golf-Archie Compston, professional
champion of Great Britain and the
outstanding British linksman of 1925;
Arnaud Massey, open champion of
France.
SwimminS-Eric Rademather and
Gustaye Froelich, respectively, breast
and back stroke swimming champions
of Germany.
Thunberg-One can almost hear the
ice rumble when his name is men
tioned-arrived on the Leviathan yes
terday prepared to compete in various
championships in which he will en-
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PLAY CONTEST IN SNOW.
USING RED FOOT BALL

SAN FRANCISCO. December %
P).-Using a foot ball painted red,
two United States Army teams
played game i'm a deep snow near
Nome, Alaska yesterday
Company f, 18th Infantry, de-
feated Company +, 6 to O.
There were occasional delays"
the report said. when the polar
bear mascot tried to eat the ball
and while players were being
treated for frost bite. Otherwise
everything was satisfactory.
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CENTRAL AND EPIPHANY
DEFEAT VISITING CUNTS

OCA showed the the outsiders in last nights triple
header basket ball bill the Arcade Coggn Central
High In the members of CenraIs
championship showed themselves the Calvert Hall
bnaton which rated the Baltimore IS to TO-
formed at Central during the by the "a 8 and
the Epiphany surprised the by the Alex
andria Cetics by 2l-to-13
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JUNIOR TENNIS EVENT
ATTRACTS COLLEGIANS

H. B. Wells Of Harvard, Robert
Kaufman Of Yale, Irving Sampson of
New York University, Caesar Tone
of the University of North Carolina
and Edward Jacobs of Baltimore City
College are among the entrants for
the national junior indoor tennis
championships starting in New York
Monday.
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BASKET BALL GAMES.

At Athens-Georgia. So; Atlanta
"Y." 20.
At Observation-Disclosures, az; Mich
igan State, Is.
At Ames-IlIinois, 35; Iowa State,
13.
At Omaha-Creighton, q; Mime
sofa H.
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counter Americas speediest blademen.
Like Nurmi, who came last Winter,
Thunberg is an Olympic champion. He
Is 80 years old.
Invitations have gone to Hoff,
Paulen. Houben and George Goodwin
of England from the Amateur Ath-
letic Union, and these foreign track
celebrities are expected to participate
in several indoor meets this Winter.
Compston and Massey. who should
provide one of the most colorful golf
teams ever to visit America, are sched-
uled to sail from England today, and
the first match will find them opposed
to the American amateur champion,
Bobby Jones, and his clever little
protege. Watts Gum, at st. Angus
tine January 8.
Rademacher holds several world
breast stroke records, while F'roelich
has made back stroke time that has
been beaten seldom in America.
Two British horsemen, Fred Darling
and Frank Looton, are about to visit
American race tracks and farms.
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effective driving
weapon when the
player observes a
few simple nat
ural rules regard
ing it's use. The
fact that m . s t
club manufacture
ers. who eXpend
thousands of dol
lars experiment.
ing with clubs.
lean to this type
of wood is a sort
of guarantee in
itself for the aver
age player. The
player should I'M
derstand, h o w
ever, that 1t is
thia xx-aj0hr IN tha
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guns permitted offhand shooting into
fiocks and general loose marksma n
ship. Not so with the smaller ones
Thus we find that skill. experiences in
the art of hunting, are gradually re-
placing the size of the bag as the cri-
terion of a mans worth as A Nimrod.
1t is fine tendency. 1t BODIES we'll
for the future of hunting, the future
Of our wild life.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-22
LISTS ST. LOUIS ELEVEN.

NEWTON, Mass, December 90
CP).-The 1926 Boston College foot ball
schedule just announced includes a
game with st. Louis in the Mound
City October %.
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Central's regular lineup, composed
of Capt. Macdonald, Merle Dunn, Bill
Banta, Earl Moser and Bill Swift,
went through the game intact, and al
though held on even terms during the
opening half, which ended with the
score at 5-all. pulled away from their
opponents during the third quarter.
All of the Blue and White players
had hand in the scoring, Banta lead
Ing both teams with total of points
gained with two court goals and three
shots from the foul line. Each Of the
others contributed points.
number of names well known in
Central High athletics in recent years
are found in the lineup Of the Col
| legiate Five which took beating
from the Yankees. Those who got
, into the game were Don Childress,
Whitley Scruggs, Jim BirthriEht, Guy
Harper, Dick Newly. Harrison Dey,
Leslie McFadden. Walker Hale, Thurs
ton Dean and Otis Dezendorf.
Both teams representing Calvary
Methodist Church We're forced 10 bow
to superior play of the Hyattsville
National Guard fves. The Regulars
were nosed out. II to 16, in an extra
| period game, while the Reserves took
the short end of a 32-to-27 count in an
| engagement with the Militiamens sec
| ond team.
Clover Juniors continued to add to
their victories by trimming the Wood
side quint. al to IT. A recent win
over the Alexandria Celtics gave the
| Clovers their fifth straight, and last
nights victory brings their string TO
an even half dozen.
| After several delays Mount Rainier
| Seniors pried the lid off their basket
! ball schedule and took the LehiCh
/ quint 10 camp, % to ~. Bellman
led in the scoring with eight court
goals.
! Joe Holman's Royals. who dropped
a close game to the Naval Receiving
! Station five by the count of Sc to 81,
| tackle the Epiphany Big Five tonight
at O'Clock on the latter's floor.
Roamers were leading all the way
| in their battle with the Brookland
| Athletic Club. which ended "a TO
/ for the former.
! William Sutherland Of the nth
| Company, 5th Regiment, is hooking
| games for the Indiana HoOsiers at
| the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va.
/ st. Martins tOssers nosed out the
! ColleSiates, i to l6, in the formers
! gymnasium. Mealy's free toss decided
! the game.
Healy contributed 10 points to the
winners total when the St. Joseph's
five won from the Ottawa Juniors.
% 10 10.
Fort Myer Juniors ran up a 73-to-
! 81 score on the Trinity Juniors
/ st. JOseph's Props bowed to the
| Washington Barracks boys FIVE, 40
! to 10.
| Teams i'm the 125-pound class having
/ the use of gyms and seeking opposi-
| ton should communicate with The
4 manager Of the Cleveland Park five
| at Cleveland 1881.
| Games may be arranged with the
! Pirate Midgets or the Pirate Cubs by
| writing Manager J. W. Hammond at
| 80 North Pitt street, Alexandria,
Va.
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WOMEN in SPORT
CORINNE FRAZIER

HE Dodge Ball League practically the only
the municipal Fairgrounds which has
be played with Jackson
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BY Sol Metzger--

Some centers In basket ball adopt
very unfair tactics when the ball is
tossed up by the referee to start
play.
A very apparent foul not tolerated
for an instant by competent official
is for the center to put his hand on
the shoulder of his opponent, forcing
him down and himself up so he will
get the jump.
The correct method is pictured in
the illustration on the left. The In
correct method in the illustrate on
the right.
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WaIIach School basket ball squad,
winner of the Garfield division cham
pionship of the Elementary School
Playground League. was presented
with "a silver loving cup in an as
semhlv yesterday by Evelyn Howard,
director Of Garfield. in behalf of the
playground department. The trophy
was received by Dorothy Fisher. cap
tain. and Doris Hutchins, manager, in
the name of their team.
4 special assembly will be held at
the f. V. Brown School Immediately
after the Christmas holidays to pre-
sent to the basket ball and dodge ball
squads the various trophies they have
earned during their most successful
sea son.
The school basket ball squad will
he presented with the Columbia
Heights division trophy for the Ele-
mentary School League title which
they captured. In addition, the 7B
basket ball team will be awarded the
pennant for winning the Chevy Chase
Playground series. and the 6B dodge
ball tosserS Will receive a similar pen
nant for their stellar performance in
the Chevy Chase Playground dodge
bail loop.
Maud Parker, director Of girls play
ground activities in the District met
all playground directors at the Wilson
Normal School this morning for the
last time this year. Following the
regular business meeting a basket ball
game was played.
Washington Athletic Club basket
bah tosSers viii hold their regular
workout this evening in the Marjorie
Webster gymnasium from . TO
o'clock. The two practice games
scheduled tonight-one between the
w. a. c. Recreation League team and
the Acacia Mutuals and the other he
tween the Athletic Council sextet and
a George Washington group-have
been postponed.
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InSideGOlf
BY Chester Horton

The wood club with a head that
inclines to heaviness-that is, enough
weight so that it can be felt in the
fingers usually makes the most
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SHADE MAY FIGHT TODD.

Dave Shade. Pacific Coast weller
weight, may meet Roland Todd of
England at Madison Square Garden
January l.
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MANCHEsTERs WIN.

Manchester Athletic Club took bss-
ket ball game from the Community
five last night at Twelfth Street Y. NJ.
c. A., IA to H.
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WOULD TRIM AMERICANS
IN VARIED COMPETITIONS
Fighters, Skaters, Track and Field Men, Golfers and
Swimmers From Foreign Lands Here to Match
Prowess With United States Best
BY the Associated Press.

EW concentrating attack
ship with of
dvdual
Maart of and Roland
of their home
France former
Spalla ays
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BY WILL III. DIG.
President Izaak Walton League of America

USI anglers
the hunters OF birds looking with increasing
OF small remember only few when the 10
considered
deredt