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Evening star., 1925-03-10

~ What appealed to him as signif-
lcant, he said, was the fact that
among those dickering with him on
the dSel were prominent Los Angeles
business men, interested not so sxnuch
from sporting point of view agfrom
the point of view of community ad-
Vertising. These non-professional
promoters, he explained, believe that
a championship bout in the Coliseum
during Shrine week will add a huge
impetus to the customary Spring
travel into Southern California.
i Should the Coliseum not be avail
-abIe, an outdoor arena will be erect
ed he added. and possible sites al
ready are being inspected with this
eventuality in mind.
kearns admitted he was anxious tn
see the fight staged in Los Angeles
because of the New York Boxing Com.
missions S recent action in hurling an
ultimatum at Dempsey.
BY insisting that Dempsey fight
Wills or Gibbons, without at the same
time finding me n promoter willing
TO stage the mafeh," he explained.
the New York Boxing Commission
has forced me to go out and find
some one around here who is willing
and capable of putting it through"
kearns will leave for New York
" ednesday to appear as a witness in
the Federal Court action there in
Folving Teddy Hayes and others in
the interstate transportation of
Dempsey Carpenter fight films.
Fails to Excite New York.
NEW YORK, March 10.-Jack Demp-
sey, heavyweight champion, has Is
days in which TO accept the chaI-
lenge of the negro, Harry Wflls, car
ried to him by the New York State
Athletic Commission by telegram on
Friday, and the regular meeting of
the eastern governing board today is
very likely TO sidetrack the issue for
the time being.
From all indications, the New York
officials will await the arrival here
of Jack Kearns, manager of Dempsey,
before taking further steps. Kearns
is expected some time next week
Reports that the champion would
engage in a bout in California this
Summer failed to interest boxing fol-
lowers here to any extent.
Today Boyle's Thirty Acres stands
idle. The great saucer in Jersey
City will seat 100000. There is an
other stadium in process Of erec-
tion at Long Island City. destined To
care for 10000, and the Yankee sta
dium is in the hands OF Tex Rickard
for the coming outdoor season.
Moreover, it is argued, a fight in or
near New York draws from millions
of citizens rather than thousands,
making it the most likely spot for a
heavyweight championship battle.
Just what verbal and written agree
ments may exist may be made known
when Kearns arrives in the East.
Charles S. Henderson, who is build
ing the crater" in Long Island City,
insists that the champion will box
for him Tex Rickard has intimated
as much, and the latter controls both
the great arena in Jersey City and
base balls largest ball park in New
York. Dan McKetrick, manager Of
affairs for Kearns and Dempsey in.
the East, is the matchmaker for
Henderson.
Evening star., 1925-03-10
2-MllI0N-D0LLAR GOLF
MATCH FALLS THROUGH

NEW YORK. March 10.-Wau
Street learned today OF the failure
Of plans for a two-biIlfen-dolIar
foursOme on the golf links mt
Jehyl Island. Georgia.
j. p. Morgan, George r. Baker,
Charles E. Mitchell, president Of
the National City Bank. and Alvin
w. krech, chairman OF the Equi-
table Trust Co., were involved In
the plans for the match
Efforts were made last weeR to
bring together the four, who rep
resent Institutions with axxets well
Shove two billion dollars.
The proposal failed through the
opposition of krech, who is skep-
tfessl regarding the merits oS golf
rs pastfme. The other three are
enthusiastic shout 1t, and Baker is
playing II holes n day en- the
island, or four more than John ID.
Rockefeller does Mt Ormond Beach.
Bakcr, who fs 81 years old. learned
to play golf after he was 30 years
old.
Evening star., 1925-03-10
Coach Marine Gridmen: Bout Coast Likely
CENTRAL FIVE PAIRED
IN u. P. COURT EVENT

PHILADELPHIA, March lo.-Draw-
ings for the fifth annual interscholas-
ito basket ball tournament at the
University Of Pennsyivania, starting
next Saturday. were announced today.
Among the leading games Of the
opening days are the Washington
Central VS.. Coatesville High School;
Baltimore City College VS.. Souderton
High: Scott High. Toledo. Ohio, VS..
Perkasie High: Baltimore Poly High
VS.. Ephrata High; Staunton, Va,
Military Academy VS.. Bethlehem Pre-
paratory School and the wenonah
Military Academy VS.. Rome School.
On March II teams which drew byes
will meet They include the New
York Military Academy We. York Col
legiate Institute and St. Johns Prep.
of Manlfus, n. Y, winner of the
prep school title last year. VS.. Frank
lin and Marshall Academy.
Whether or not Central will make
the trip Is dependent upon granting
Of permission by the board of prfnci-
pals.
Evening star., 1925-03-10
ALEXANDRIA CUNTS
TO PLAY IN BENEFIT

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 10.-Co-
lumbia Athletic Clubs basket ball
team will oppose the strong Iroquois
senior quintet here Thursday night
in a benefit game for the Alexandra
High School library fund.
The game will be played in the
Alexandria armory hall and is slated
to start at . o'clock.
In the preliminary attraction the
Columbia "Buddies" will play some
fast independent sextet.
Alexandria High school will play
the Maury High School, at Norfolk,
Friday night in the final game for the
State high school basket ball cham
pionship, conducted each season by
the University of Virginia The To-
Gals won the right to represent this
section of Virginia by humbliing
Charlottesville in a semi-final game
last Saturday night in the Alexandria
Armory.
Old Dominion tossers and Knight
Store five will settle an argument Of
long standing Saturday night when
they meet in the armory hall at 8
o'clock. Each team has won one
game in the two games played so
far in the local unlimited series and
the winner will be entitled to wear
Alexandria Champions" on their
uniforms next season.
With the return of Coach Lionel
Levy from Miami. Fla. Alexandria
High School base ball candidate
started practice here today. About
35 players. including nine letter men,
are working out under Levvy's direc-
tion. Ralph Shorty" Scrivener will
captain the team.
Evening star., 1925-03-10
500 SCORE Is SHOT
BY G. w. GIRLS TEAM

Girls rifle team of George Wash
ingtun University again has shown
championship tendencies by repeat
ing the perfect score of 500 made in
the recent shoulder -to-shoulder match
with Drexel Institute.
In a telegraphic match with Mich
igan Agricultural College goods, the
George Washington goods shot 500 to
4s4 for their opponents. With 10
girls shooting for the Hatchetite
team, the five high scores counting
in the final tally, seven girls shot
targets of 100.
Eleanora Barroll, Kay Edmonston,
Mae Huntsberger. Edna Fitzpatrick,
Katherine Shoemaker, Genevieve
Johnston, Louise Tucker, lib Owen
and Ernyntrude Walden made the
high scores.
A telegraphic match with West Vir-
ginia University is scheduled for
March 81.
A score of 9SS in q possible 1000
was made in the first stage of the
women's intercollegiate championship
matches being conducted under the
auspices of the National Rifle Asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1925-03-10

McGowan Flynn, Alexander, Fox
and Garner are expected to appear in
the Aloysius lineup. while Streeks,
Siemon. Diehl, Hogarth and Essex
will bear the brunt of Rosedale's part
in the fray.
fed as semi-finalists in the senior
tournament by defeating the Young
blood and Pullman quints. The
Churchmen eliminated the Young
bloods by a count of 80 to 16, and the
Northeast aggregation trounced the
Pullman representatives, 80 to IS.
The two winning teams are sched-
later in the week the victor will play
the Anacostia Eagle five for the sem
ior championship.
Bsys' Club. Warwick Props, and
Epiphany Juniors eliminated their
opponents in the fourth round of the
125-pound tournament at Congress
Heights gymnasium. Tremonts were
defeated. 32 to 81. by the Boys Club
five, Warwicks trounced st. Patricks,
25 to 10, and Kanawhas fell before
the Epiphany Juniors, 21 to IL.
Cardinal Juniors and Immaculate
Conception Juniors are matched for a
game Thursday night at Immaculate
Conception Hall at o'clock. Both
quintS have won numerous victories
over junior fives of the city
Peck Reserves and Comet Athletic
Club tossers are scheduled to meet
on the Peck court tomorrow night.
The fast Dominican Lyceum five
will engage the Argyles tonight at
$3.50 in the Dominican gymnasium. On
Friday the Southwesterners take on
the Glover Athletic Club Quint.
With Manherz and Duvnll leading
the attack, Second Assistant basket
ers defeated Equipment and Supply
"a to II, and clinched the champion
ship of the Post ONCE Basket Ball
League.
Evening star., 1925-03-10

The cockpit of the craft is just
about large enough to permit the
Eskimo to get in. The cockpit is fitted
with an oilskin cover that comes UP
around the Eskimo's neck. Then the
paddler ties a hood of the same ma
terial over his head, drawing it tight
around his face and neck with strings.
What happens when the kayak tips
over? The Eskimo hangs head down
in 1t, under water. But he doesn't
hang very lQng. He knows how to
tip it right Side up again by using
his paddle as a lever against the side
OF 1t. In fact, he turns right side up
so quickly that when a kayak turns
over the ESKIMO simply keeps it turn
ing and it makes a complete revolu-
ton. Then the hunter wips the icy
water from his face and he's away
again.
Hunting the walrus and the seal
and other marine animals of the
North is a sort of combination be-
tween hunting and fishing. The har-
poon once fast. and the rest is a tug
of-war to land the animal on the ice.
Evening star., 1925-03-10
BY the Associated Press.


n 7 EW YORK, March 10.-Lloyd
IN Hahn of the Boston A. A.
clipped two -ffths of a second
off Pavo Nurmi's record for the
three quarter r-mile run at the Man
haitian College games here last
night, when he covered the distance
in minutes 5 2-5 seconds.
Running on the 102d Engineers
track. Hahn easily defeated Willie
Goodwin of the New York A. C. by
Is yards. Far behind came Thomas
Cavanaugh of Boston College Leo
Larrivee of Holy Cross and Abel XII
Wat of the wilco A. c., the other
starters, dropped out after six laps
of the race. Hahn won the race
last year.
Nurmis record for the distance was
made January 81 last.
A Boston College relay team es-
tablished a new world record for the
2. .400-yard race, defeating Holy Cross
and Pennsylvania in 4:54 3-5. The
old record, made February 5. 1910, by
the Irish American A. c. team, was
sos LIS.
Wins In Final lap
A great sprint by F. L., McCloskey
Boston's anchorman, snatched from
Holy Cross the victory which Walter
Mulvihill had all but won.
w. T. Mckillop and p. NJ. Billion KEEP,
the lead for Boston College for the
first two laps, but Leo Larrivee, Holy
Cross speedster, snatched the place
from r. j. DAILY of Boston as the
third started.
Larriyee turned over the baton to
Mulvihill with plenty to spare, bu,
the latter was unequal to McCloskey' s
supreme challenge.
De La Sale relay quartet estab-
lished a new indoor interscholastic
record for the mile. beating Brooklyn
Tech, and Flushing High in 8 min
utes 81 2-5 seconds. The old record
was 1888 AS, made by Mercersburg
Academy two years ago.
Harold (Boots) Lever of the New
York A. G. was a triple winner, taking
the 60-yard dash in 2-5 seconds, the
50-yard dash in As seconds, and a
70-yard dash handicap event in 3-5
seconds.
Willie Plant, American walking
champion. easily won the mile handi-
cap, defeating L. Remer of New York
who had 10 seconds advantage, by a
quarter Ian Plants time Was At 2-S
Evening star., 1925-03-10
G. w. SIX WINS FROM
WILLIAM AND MARY

Swarthmore girl tossers, who come
here Friday night for an encounter
with the George Washington Uni
yersity sextet, are likely to meet
some tough opposition If the Wash
ington six can be judged by caliber
of play shown last night when they
defeated the William and Mary
basket ball team, 80 to %, and got
revenge for a reverse suffered earlier
in the season on the Williamsburg
court.
The Virginians started off with a
rush and took the first quarter of
the game, to 6, when the George
Washington six stepped out in front,
and at the intermission held the ad-
vantage. II to Is.
During the third quarter the visit
ors had their own way. and collected
IL points while holding the home
in the final period the Washington
forwards completely lost the visiting
guards and found the basket for IL
more counters while their op-
ponents were collecting a single
pair.
Jimmy" Cate again proved to be
the mainstay of the Hatchetite six
while Alys Ewers, playing at for
ward, scored 10 points for the
winners.
Miss Love led the William and
Mary attack, and took high scoring
honors with a total of 26
Business Night High School girl
tossers- were defeated by the Mar
jorie Webster sextet, So to II, on the
Webster court in Washington
Women's Basket Ball League con-
test.
Grace n. Sunderland, former Ma
deira School basket ball star. is
making good with the Sweet Briar
College team. In a recent encounter
with Westhampton the accurate
shooting OF Miss Sunderland carried
the Sweet Briar sextet to q 29-to-26
victory after trailing during three
perfodE
Evening star., 1925-03-10

The British at the forthcoming Paris
gathering will record their vote in
favor Of the admission of Austria
and Hungary to the international as
sociation. but will take no action In
Germany's case. The British have
also decided to support membership
applications from Ireland, India,
Egypt, Greece and Ecuador
After consulting with the United
States Lawn Tennis Association and
leading British players, the con-
trolling body on this side has decided
to submit the following wording of
an amended foot-fault rule to the
federation:
Rule 6.-Immediately before COM
mencing to serve, the server shall
stand with both feet at rest behind
lie, farther from the net than the
base line) and within the ina aginary
continuation Of the center-mark and
side line, and thereafter until the
service has been delivered the server
shall (a) not change his position by
walking or running; (b) maintain
contact with the ground; (c) keep
both feet behind the base line"
Evening star., 1925-03-10

team of last Fall. which held Yale to
a 6-to-7 score. was developed dur
ing the latter part of the Winter and
early Spring of the previous year"
A Univeryity Of Alabama aiumnus
last Fall became obsessed with the
idea that the backfield of his school
was not as well coached as the Uni
versity of Georgia backfield and con-
sequently desired to hire a Notre
Dame player to help out in that
direction next season. Where he got
the opinion, though, is almost impos-
sible to imagine. as in the game from
which he drew his comparison the
University of Georgia backs gained
a total of four first downs, while the
Alabama backs made four touch
downs.
The above paragraph calls to mind
an incident of recent date which re-
ball. A certain Northern college
which desired to form an alumni
foot ball committee sent out a ques-
tionnaire to a great many institu-
tions, asking what had been done
along that line and what suggestions
might be offered. The reply from
one school went back. I'VE haven't
any such committee and think we
are better off without one"
All local college base ball squads,
excepting George Washington, which
is due to get back in the sport again,
were out for long drills yesterday.
and Catholic University
staged impromptu games, while Mary
land and Gallaudet went through
batting and fielding workouts.
Weather permitting, coaches will
send their squads through some in
tensive workouts from now on, as,
at best, they have a big task ahead d
in getting the men in shape to open
the season within the next three weeks.
Evening star., 1925-03-10

equaled the record. incidentally, /
made a 33 on the second holes In
the first and second rounds, and in
the third round got over the same
territory in 80. This latter figure
broke the record for coming home
held by Walter Hagen.
If you will add up the totals for
the second, third. fourth and fifth
rounds, too-a total of ~ holes, you
will find that my medal score
amounted to 2S1, low figure for a
championship course like La Boulie.
When the French open champion
ship was played over the same course
Tolley won it with a medal of 290,
nine strokes more than 1 took for
the same distance, while Hagen, with
293, was IL strokes behind me.
But the most unusual part about it
all, and the feature that caused the
most discussion, was that from the
seventh hole of the third round to the
second hole of the sixth and final
round I lost only one hole.
This hole was won by G. J. Castel,
the Belgian champion, on the eighth
hole of the fourth round, when he
sank a 4o-foot putt and got a birdie
three.
His wonderful putt was all that
SlOOu octW cen lHc anu d record OIL
having played 40 successive tourna-
ment holes without losing one.
Castel did not win another hole. In
the fifth round my opponent, H. A.
Read one of the best of the British
amateurs. failed to collect a single
hole. =
peculiar circumstance was that
Read and 1 halved the first seven
holes in par.
1t was in the third round, against
Andre Vagliano, who has held the
French closed amateur champion
ship three times, that I made my first
20 and equaled the record.
Going out, Vagliano was shooting
wonderful golf, making medal OF
80 and placing me three down at II .
ninth hole. / remember that his wife
came up to me and asked: How are
you doing?
I'm doing the best can," re-
piled Il had made a 3S), but your
husband is performing I nperfect style.
Evening star., 1925-03-10
FIGHT TITLE Event
NARROWS TO TRIO

NEW YORK. March 10.-Three light
weights stand forth after second-round
battles in the New York State Athletic
Commissions tournament to name a
successor totsE.enny Leonard.
They are Splly Seeman and Benny
Valgar of New York and Jimmy Good
rich of Buffalo.
Charley O'Connell of Cleveland, K. O.
Jackie of Toledo and Basil Galiano of
New Orleans were the losers in three
bouts at Madison Square Garden last
night.
The match between Seeman and
O'Connell was called a draw at the end
of the twelfth and, under the rules of
the commission, three more rounds
were necessary.
scribed II rounds.
Evening star., 1925-03-10

1t was reported at one time that
some man just out of college would
coach the Quantico men, but the Judg-
ment of those in charge of foot ball
in the service organization in getting
a much older and experienced man
undoubtedly is good. Men are play
ing on the Quantico squad who un-
doubtedly know lot more foot ball
than, any player just graduating from
college, no matter how brilliant a
performer that player may have been.
1t is more than possible that Bald
win, who leaves Lehigh this year,
may go back to Duke University, for
merly Trinity College. Baldwin was
at that institution prior to taking up
his duties at Lehigh, and it is under
stood that the Duke people are anx-
ious to have him return to succeed
Howard Jones' who has gone to the
University of Southern California.
Graduates of the Durham institution
are accepting the more or less infor-
NAL Ieave-taking of Jones rather
philosophically. AS a matter of fact.
from statements made to the writer
by coaches whose teams played
against Trinity last Fall, Jones did
not show with this team anything
that seemed to stamp him as out of
the ordinary run of coaches.
Down at the University of Georgia
they have a very decided feeling that
Spring practice is one of the best
steps toward the development of good
foot ball. Director of Athletics Siege
man of that institution gave this as
his opinion
Spring foot ball is a great thing
to develop a good system. l firmly
ha1isve that the prartice we had for
six weeks last year, during February
and March, was the reason for the
Improvement shown by our eleven
last fall. In other words, our strong
Evening star., 1925-03-10
MOUNT RAINIER JUNIORS
ON DIAMOND TOMORROW

Mount Rainier Junior base ballers
get their second workout tomorrow
afternoon in preparation for their
opening game with Hyattsville High
School Friday afternoon.
Twenty-Five players turned out for
the initial practice and Coach Hip
Canvin is optimistic over the pros
poets for the season. In a practice
game on Sunday the Regulars de-
feated the Yannigans, 15 to Z.
Evening star., 1925-03-10
CRESCENTS, TOURNEY
FAvORITES, DEFEATED
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, March 10.-The first
big sport OF the National A. A U.
basket ball tournament came when
the Crescent A. c. team Of Brooklyn
n. Y, was eliminated by the Southern
Surety Co. quintet Of Des Moines
Iowa, 33 to %.
The Crescents, Metropolitan cham
pions, were picked as tournament
favorites.
Kansas City placed at least one
team in the running when the
Schooleys, champions, defeated the
Kirkville' (Mo) Osteopath College
team, 80 to 23
The Leacock team of st. Louis elm
mated st. Marys College of st. Marys,
Kans., 80 to 21
In the final game the Hillyard
quintet of st. Joseph, Mo-, defeated
the Cripe Barry team of Hutchinson.
Kans., 35 to 80.
Evening star., 1925-03-10
ROCKNE PESSIMISTIC
OVER GRID OUTLOOK

ST. PAUL, March 1e.-Prospects for
the 1925 Notre Dame team "are not
very rosy hight now according to
Coach Knute Rockne, who drove the
-four horseBen'' to gridiron fame last
Fall.
1T looks like we will have a fair de-
fensive teanS but will not be very
strong on the offensive" said the vet
eran mentor. who is being entertained
in the Twin Cities by Notre Dame
alumni.
81 lost II of the 1924 first-string men,
Of the second string and from the
third squad. You can't lose that many
men in one season and expect to do
much the following year"
Evening star., 1925-03-10
NINE RECORDS SHATTERED
IN PAIR OF TRACK MEETS
NE ILWAUKEE, Wis, March
Wl 10.-Willie Ritola, Finnish
= distance runner, established

M ILWAUKEE, Wis, March
M 10.-Willie Ritola, Finnish
= = distance runner, established
two world records here last night,
running 1900 yards in l0:4l $40
and finishing the 2H-mile race in
IL 40 Is. Paavo Nurdni, his Finnish
Olympic teammate, ran the three
quarter-mile race in 8:03 Is.
Other world records were broken.
H. Wallace, running under the colors
Of the Chicago A. c.. established a
record in the 50-yard low hurdles
when he went over the sticks in 3 3-5
seconds In his preliminary heats
he tied the former world record of
6 seconds. doing both events in 6
seconds fiat.
Harold Osborne of the American
Olympic team set a record in the hop,
step and jump with 81 feet inches.
The former record was held by Dewey
Alberts at 81 feet inches.
Girl Breaks Records.
The record ma king was not con-
fined to the man competitors Helen
Filkey. Midwest A. c., Chicago. did
the low hurdles in 2 1-5 seconds, a
record for women. and then topped off
her nights work with is seconds
for the 50-yard dash, also a world
record for women.
The crowd came to see Nurmi, who
worked through his race with the
finished polish that was expected. but
to Rftola went the mad cheers when
he cut into lap after lap in his tour
of the track at an astonishing speed.
The two entries running against
Aim were Tapped frequently as the
tfreless Willie went at his work with
seeming added speed until the starter
fred the final gun, indicating one lap
to go. Ritola flashed a burst of
speed totally unexpected, and burst
against the tape with two new world
records. applauded by roaring cheers
of the spectators.
Evening star., 1925-03-10
MANY SPEEDY RUNNERS
IN COLLEGIATE RANKS

College runners, by their showing
In the intercollegiate indoor cham
pionships o.. in New York Saturday,
threaten the quarter and half mile
records held by the great Ted
Meredith
Georgetown's record-shattering re-
lay team displayed a quartet OF half
milers running the distance in
about 1853.
In the mile relay, Gage, running
anchor for Yale, delivered 40 2-5 for
the quarter, and the time of Cook of
Syracuse must have been near -.
Evening star., 1925-03-10
JOHN ANDERSON TELLS:
My Record-Breaking Run in French Championship
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