Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20

prominence in foot ball. SO excellent
was his game at fullback for the Hill
topperS that he was named in several
al-America squads. Mythical ma
tional team honorS also went to John
Hough and Conner Lewis. Maryland
erS placed on the all-America Ia
cross twelve.
Title for 6. L. Team.
Georgetown earned a national
championship with its track and field
team that captured the indoor inter
collegiate title, In golf young Ro-
y land Mackenzie OF Columbia Country
Club, gained countrywide prominence
when he became the medalist in the
national amateur tournament at Pitts
burgh.
Sectional honors also came to the
District. The track and field team of
the University of Maryland, an insti-
tuition generally regarded as being in
this sports demain although located
bevond the political confines of the
capital, bagged the South Atlantic
y. \. L. title meet. Martin w. Gal
lagher won the ght-heavyweight title
at the South Atlantic boxing tourna-
ment. luke Supplee of Maryland
played so we'll at end that he was
named for the all-Southern foot ball
team.
lied, public sports exhibitions We're
above the standards of other years,
generally in character of competition
and excellence of performance.
There was marked improvement in
sandot base ball; basket ball was
better and more enthusiastically
played by the greater number of in
dependent teams about the city; col
lege foot ball was of "a decidedly inn
proved grade: polo was of higher
quality: there was renewed interest
in aquatics. and golf enjoyed its
greatest year in the history of the
game here.
The public was afforded many OPP
portunities to watch personages of i'll:
1ernational fame perform. PaaVo
Nurmi. Finland's great distance run
ner. ran away from his field in a
8 00O-yard race at the Georgetown
University games in Convention Hall,
and his time of I minutes As 20 sec
onds was an indoor record for Amer
lea, if not for the world. AT the same
meet world records were made by
Lloyd Hahn, who ran 1900 meters in
8 minutes SO As seconds, and Alan
HeIffrich who ran 800 meters in l
minute 54 seconds.
Noted Performers Here.
Among the golfing visitors were
Glenna Collette, national champion;
Willie MacFarlane, holder of the ma
tional open title, and practically all
other pros of national note. Bill III
den. Watson Washburn, AL Chaplin,
Norris Williams and the Japanese
Harada and Fukuda, came TO snow
Washington their Wonder1ul TENNIS:
Willie Hoppe and Jake Schaefer gave
exbibitions of their marvellous skill
with the cue.
So il would seem the District has
not lacked interesting entertainment
in 1925 and that it has garnered a
fair share of laurels even though the
one it most desired to retain was
. wrested from it.
But even in the base ball campaign
that ended with defeat at the hands
~ the Pittsburgh Pirates in the an
u1,al diamond classic, the Nationals
added to their glory by the magnln-
cent fight they made to win second
T. successive American League pen
opant. and had the honor of having
one of them, Roger Pecklnpaueh'
ii-sHoteda the most valuable player 10
club in the JohnSonian circuit.
With the exception of the pltchlns
d; staff, the club that Stanley HARRIS
piloted to it's second pennant was
shout the same that triumphed IN
1924 The mound corps was bols'ereu
by the addition of Stanley CoFeieshie'
procured from Cleveland in a trade
Walter Ruether, bought from Brook
lvn, and Alex Ferguson, waiver
route ACQUISITION from the Yankees
Coyev and Ruether started the sea
son with the Nationals, but FerS uSoH
did not Join them until August
Men of many years of service In the
big leagues they hurled in eXceptlonaIi
manner. Convey performed so Wen
that he finished the season at the
head of the pitchers in his circuit.
Toe Harris and Hank SEVERED, vet
Grams procured after the campaign
was under way, did much to strength
en- the club.
Battle for League Flag.
After a four-month duel with the
Athletics that was one or the most
thrilling in the annals of the major
leagues, the Nationals had compara
tivelv easy sailing toward their second
successive flag. Following tae col
1apse of the AS in August, 1t was
only a question of time when the
washington team would repeat as a
title winner 1t clinched its league
championship on september -, ~
davs before the league season closed:
After the Athletics Nationals ana
Indians had each taken turn at
leading the league during the early
stages of the season, the AS gained
uudisputed possession of first place on
Nav S. Thereafter the first-piace
battle was solely between Grlnmen
and Mackmen.
The biggest lead which the Athletics
were able to get during the entire sea
son was four games, and that was the
margin that separated them from the
Nationals after the games of May 81.
Nv June that lead had been reduced
10 two games, but throughout the re-
mainder of the month the struggle
was keen.
The Athletics assumed q leaQ OIL
three games on June ., but by June
IL their advantage had been cut to
game and a half. On June IA the
Macks were only half a game in front,
hut on the following DAY they In
creased the margin to full game.
Three days later they were two games
ahead. and on June 81 they widened
the gap to two and a half games.
Then occurred a tive-game series be-
tween the teams, in which the Ma
tionals went to the front The rivals
broke even in two games played in
Philadelphia, but in the three games
nIayed here June $3.50 the Nationals
won. 81, Al, 10, with Walter Johnson
allowing the maulng Macks but two
iufield singles in the last encounter.
That victory of June 80 put the Macks
ont of first place for the first time
since May and the Griffs at the top
by half a. game.
The Nationals continued to increase
their advantage until by July they