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Evening star., 1925-12-02

ledger The longest scoring run in
his category was n race of - vard:
by Schuyler +. Widener of the New
York AGGies against Manhattan.
The long distance forward paSsir--
artist of the American cridiron this
Fall has been Andrew j OherIand
of Dartmouth. Against Cornell this
mighty centurion Of the greensward
flung pass of - wards which wa
completed by Henry A. Sage. the Dart-
mouth end. and by the latter carried
10 q touchdown. In this same comha;
Oberlander threw another pass Of -
yards which was completed by George
TullY and carried forward for d touch
down. These two ia asses present tho
longest complete passes Of the wear
II should not he Surprisinc rhere-
fore. 10 he told that Dartmouth al-a
captures the honor Of having pulled
off the longest distance scoring fur..
ward pass play Of the wear ia = plus
the run. 50 Yards. This play incurred
against Hobart. OberIander threw u
pass Of 81 yards TO Tully. and tho H.,
ter Calloped 81 yards for The tuI,l-
down
Field goal scoring has been NOR"
ahunda nj this Fan han even before
Each year for the past 10 wears h1-s
seen an increase in the number %
goals kicked from he teld The long
est goal 10 he scored hy i drup-ii,A
- Yards. was achieved hv hi-h
school boy. John Cavosie. of he Iron
wood High School of Michigan
SO amazing is this performance L.,
school hoy that il can only he ap-
preciated when ii * stated that onl'
two collegianS in the anu'Is of foot
hall have kicked longer scoring drop
kicks than this high school boy C.-
voSie is 2 native Of Shenan n. Pa.
He is feet > inches high and c'pah HI"
Of making the fullhack position on
any college team in the United states.
Cavosie's goal was scored against the
Menominie High School.
The collegiate record for scoring
long-dstance drup-ki"k i - yard.
Felix J. McCormick of BUckneli
achieved such a record -ainSt George
Washington. and John EroderiCk "f
Villanova duplicated the performance
against NuhlenherG.
The longest place-kick scoring
goal in the United States this Fall
was a shot Of - yards by Lloyd u.
Trimmer Of Bucknen against George
aShinCton Thus BuCknell presents
the extraordinary instance of present
ing both the champion long distance
drop-kicker and the champion lon-
distance place kicker Of all college
teams in the United States ara,
stranger still 10 chronicle. both "f
these record kicks were achieved in
the same game. BuckneN vs.. George
aShingt0n.
The drop-kickers and tho place
kickers will have 10 divide the honor
Of having scored the most goals from
the field in q single game. Again~'
Gettysburg. NcC0rmick Of BuCkneIl
kicked three goals hv drop-kicks from
the 81 20 and % ward lines. respec-
lively. incidentally this performance
equaled the record Al BuCknell for
such featS. a record which has been
held for p years by the late Christi
Mathewson. who was 4 fullback al
Bucknen in his undergraduate DAYS
The single game place kicking cham
pion is Andrew Gustafson Of Pitts
bursh. who against the highly formi-
dable Lafayette eleven kicked goals
from the So 33 and Fl yard lines. re
SpecriVelv.
Evening star., 1925-12-02

Two factors are named as reSpon-
Sihle-the forward pass and the shift
plays. which so many teams have
taken up following Notre Danes sue
ceSsful Use of baCktield maneuVerinc
before the swapping of the ball
OF these two elements of modern
foot ball. the forward pass has been
10y all odds the mos important Scor-
ing influence.
Should anything he done Ia clip the
wings of this play" This is u question
which the rules committee may he
called upon to decide when ii meets
in February.
II is delicate matter To handle and
I'll the chances seem To he that the
ClIStOdianS Of the cod" nf the game
will play safe and let the overhead
game alone in spite Of whatever pres
sire may 10 brought To bear in the
interest of maxim" forward passing
more difficult as a ground gaining
play.
For il is undeniablc that the pres
cnt popularity of foot hall is due to
the Spectacular quality which the rule
permitting the forward throwing of
the bah brought into the game.
Small college teams are brought
into closer rivalry with the big fell
lows and there is never season that
does not witness the downfall OF some
Goliath At the hands of a David.
The fact remains. however. that as
ecnoolhOyS, who since childhood have
heen practiCing at throwing and re-
cCiring the foot ball. come UP To col.
lC@e in this generation facility in the
forward pass is increasing hy leaps
and bounds. and the time will come.
if it has not already arrived. when
some stipulation designed L. make the
overhead pass less effective will have
to be devised. Otherwise foot ball Of
fense is likely to develop into Il helter-
SHELTER. ChanCe-tdklnc metnCd of Oper-
alton.
One suggestion that may he made is
that an incUmpletCd forward pass go
to the defending eleven where the ball
falls. This might work our very well,
indeed. and should lie regarded as rea-
sonahle. iuaSmuCh aS where the adj
vantage To he gained through success
is so great there should he compen-
sltinC penalty for failure.
As to plays in which the hacktield
or the line, or both. shit before the
ball is snapped. n"thtn" i necessary
to ne done but I" make certain that
the players at the end uf their shift
come to full pause.
This might be effected by requiring
the players To bring Il hand t. the
ground at the end uf their shift thus
insurlnC against any motion whatever
of feet or body before the swapping of
the ball. As the mattcr now stands. il
rests entirely with the referee to de
eide whether OF not players are in
motion. At times. i'll fact very often.
IT is to be feared. the Judgment of the
officials is at fault. and at Uther times
they lack the courage to call what
they see.
Some change in the rule designed to
make it clear whether on not men are
in motion is quite essential.
Evening star., 1925-12-02
150-P0UND ELEVENS
TO PLAY FOR TITLE

Palace Athletic Club and Ana
costa Eagles will clash Sunday at
Washington Barracks in the first
game of a l50-pOund foot ball cham
piCnshiD series arranged last night at
a meeting Of team managers.
National and Waverly teams will
meet in the second game on December
Is.
The .hpaCheS get into action on De
comEer 20 against one of the winners
of the first TWO tIlts The victor will
play the team which drew the bye in
the final on December p.
Pops Dulin's Crescent foot ballers
have been booked for Sunday after
noon by the Mount Rainier Seniors.
The game will he played at o'clock
on District Line field.
Mercury ana Mohawk elevens play
their annual clash Sunday at Ameri-
can League Park.
Winton foot ballers will attempt to
spoil the Northern clubs record sun
day at , o'clock on F'airlawn field.
Evening star., 1925-12-02
o11Uod Pass Regulations Unlikely Surprises 1925 Grid Records
so CANDIDATES OUT
FOR WESTERN QUINT

Fifty candidates reported at the
new Western High gymnasium yes.
terday when the first call for basket
ball practice was issued by Dan
Ahearn, coach of the athletic teams
at the Georgetown school. Although
inexperienced in the workings OF the
cage game, II WAS an enthusia site
crowd of ball tossers that turned out
for "a two hour turn at shooting at the
six new baskets that have recently
been installed in the big gym.
With only three members of Ia st
years squad back in uniform again
the Western coach faces a task If he
intends building up team that will
give the other quints in the high
school loop any real competition.
Captain-elect Albert HeaGy Is still
suffering with injuries received on
the cridiron and can hardly take his
place on the squad sooner than the
start of the second semester. This
leaves only Hugh McDiarmid. Peewee
Walker and Ford Young as the foun-
dation for a new combination. There
also Is possibility that Shorty
Hilleary may choose to follow the
court game this year. instead Of hold
ing off until base ball season.
With so much green material on
hand, Coach Ahearn intends looking
more to the future than concentrat.
ing on the almost hopeless job OF
bringing in q championship this sea
son. He hopes 10 carry squad OF
80 players throughout the season and
give every man q chance To prove his
worth.
The Western quint plays its first
game on December Is with George
town Prep at Garrett Park. The
schedule being arranged by Manac ger
Jack Stodder is not vet completed.
Games have been listed however.
with Maryland. Georgetown and Cath
clio University freshmen fives, Alex
andria and st. Johns.
Evening star., 1925-12-02
GRANGE GAME TEAM
RECRUITING is TASK

Organization of a team to he sent
against the Chicago Bears. piloted by
the tlashy Red" Grange. in a foot
ball game at Clark Griffith Stadium
next Tuesday is somewhat of a job.
according to AL Stern, who is promot-
ing the exhibition.
There is no dearth of applicants for
positions on the eleven that will face
the Illinois star and his cohorts. but
generally those seeking places are not
so desirable to the promoter.
However, good start has been
made in the formation of the eleven,
Stern declares. Mike Palm. formerly
of Penn State; Bill Kenyon. one-timc
Georgetown star. and Ira Mckee. who
performed brilliantly for Naval Acad.
emy teams, already have agreed to
come here to tackle the Bears. and
several other former Sridiron lumi-
naries are likely to fall into line soon.
Tickets for the contest next Tues
day were placed on sale today at
Clark Griffith StaCium.
An additional box Office will be open
ed tomorrow morning in Spalding $
store at 1898 G. street
Evening star., 1925-12-02
c. u. AND MARYLAND
TO PLAY GENERALS

BY the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON. Va. December =
Eight Southern Conference basket ball
qunts appear on the court schedule of
Washington and Lee. according TO the
program announced by Graduate
Manager Dick Smith.
Maryland. Virginia Poly, Georgia
Kentucky, North Carolina and Nir
ginia are the South Conference
teams To be met, two games being
played with each of the first two.
An innovation this year will be the
starting of the sea son before Christ
mas. Heretofore the generals have
not opened their season until after
the holidays. but this year Maryland
and Catholic University are to be en-
gagged in December.
December 1s-Maryiand Al College Park
December - Catholic UniversIty at
Washington.
January S-Bridcewster COLLEGE
}snnaIy Ianasry l4-NMaryland, Nsn!l,
January Is-I.ynrh burg
January 23-EirsInIs PoIy.
January 3o-Rlchmond
February 5-Kentucky. AT I.erNEton. Ky
February s-Mar-hall College" at Hunt
IngtOn. W Va.
February S-Weet Virginia. at Charles
ton W Va
February Il-North Carolina
February l3-Vir-ini5 Poly. at Blacks
burg.
February lS-Csrson- Newman
February 3O-VirCinia.
February 3631 - southern Conference
tournament at Atlanta.
Evening star., 1925-12-02
STANTON FIVE OPENS
ITS SEASON TONIGHT

stanton tossers open their basket
the Comets starting at 7:3O on the
Arcade court. II will he the second
start for the Comets. their schedule
having been opened week ago with
IA 34to2 win over Palace Athletic
Club.
The Stanton lineup will include
Gooch, Sweeney and Tripp forwards:
Burch. center. and Hanback, and
Mitchell, guards. The Comets will
have Sawyer and krumm at forward.
ONeil at center and Sumner. Guide
and Sency at guard keppel and
Handiboe form the Stanton reserves.
Both teams expect to bid hea Willy
for District unlimited honors.
Boys Club CeltiCs. coached by Bill
Sanderson. make their season debut
in the court sport tonight at 7:30.
when they tackle the St Martini :
nasium. Tomorrow night the Celtics
play the Condor Athletic Club at $50
on the National Guard floor.
Pullman t0ssers Of the Washington
Terminal Railroad Y NJ. c. 4. loon
handed q setback to the Government
Printing Office five last night in the
Terminal gym. l3 TO II. Mills of
Pullman led the teams in scoring
with three baskets from the floor and
one foul goal.
Emerald tossers won from the
Civerton Athletic club. 76 to 8. at
Epiphany gymnasium.
Evening star., 1925-12-02

The longest scoring run made in
any manner upon all the collegiate
rridirons of the United States during
the past season was dash 0f %
yards reeled off by Edward l.. O'Con-
nor. captain Of New Hampshire,
against Tufts. Very drama tically.
this run was in the initial kickoff Of
the game, and. equally dramatically.
it won the game. as the score final
" terminated New Hampshire, 9:
Tufts. 6.
Similar to running back a kick off
for touchdown is running back a
punt. Two players tie for the honor
of having made the longest scoring
runback of punt. These two players
are Richard S. Converse Of Worcester
and Robert Maniere of the University
of Detroit. Converse ran put -
yards through the formida bile Mass4-
Chusetts ACgies, and Maniere covered
the same distance with punt gainst
St. Louis.
out of the thousa nds Of scores made
by dashes from scrimmaGe the run
Gf Jacob w Sla gle of Princeton Or
% yards against Yale was the luncesl
scoring run of this Chara ter i'm the
United States. The press Of the coun-
try. following this game. reported the
length Of this run VariouSlv from s.
y y !
in many instances was due to differ.
ence in method, some observers meas
urinG the run from the point where
the ball was put in play: others from
the spot on which they Judged Sla -le
received the ball
The ball on this play was put in
PLAY Is yards from Princeton's goal
line. Sla gle fell back as though To
put and therefore. received the ball
yards from his own goal line. or 90
yards distant from Yale's goal line.
Two players tie for the honor nj
having made the longest scoring run
with completed pass. August Cab
rinha of Dayton received a pass Of
10 yards from Louis r. Mahrt and ran
63 yards through the Haskell Indians
for touchdown, which carried with
II the victory, as il was The winning
score of the day.
Charles VI. Spangler Of Gettysburg
received pass of yards from Jones
and likewise ran So Yards through
Crsinus for a touchdown.
Similarly two PLAYERS tie for the
honor of having made the longest
scoring run with All intercepted pass
Cecil Barron Of Milligan University in.
tercepted A Tennessee Wesleyan f1in.s
and ran 96 yards for a touchdown.
Charles Sweeley of Dickinson College
likewise intercepted naSs thrown bv
Pennsylvania Military College and ran
80 yards through his adversarieS for a
touchdown.
More scores have resulted from
blocked kicks in 1925 than in any
other preceding season in years if
never before. More kicks have been
blocked behind an opponents goal line
than out upon the field of play. There
are. however. a few instances of long
runs with blocked kicks.
The longest of these was dash of
IS yards by Thomas l.. Dixon Of
Maine. who blocked 4 kick df the
Connecticut Aggies and with his prize
raced that long distance not only for
A touchdown. but for the winning
score of the game.
Scoring runs with fumhles in 1925
fortunately were comparatively few in
numbers. nevertheless there were
enough of these fiukes TO fill sub
stantially large page in foot balls
Evening star., 1925-12-02
CENTRAL FIVE TO PLAY
BALTIMOREANS MONDAY

Bert Coggins, basket ball coach
at Central High, announced that
the opening game for the Blue and
White court team has been shift
ed to Monday night, when the Dis.
trict champions will encounter
Baltimore City College i'm the pre-.
liminary to the Palace-ROchester
tilt at the Arcade.
The Raltimoreaus were to have
been played Friday afternoon at
Central gymnasium. but as several
teams which were i'm line for the
Monday clash refused to come to
terms the City College five was
listed for the clash. Capt. Stearn
of City College played here re-
Gently with the Baltimore Allied
Five against the Washington
Nnnl,n npS
Evening star., 1925-12-02
BASS BOXES D0WNEY,
REPLACING STOVALL

Nick Bass of Baltimore will oppose
Joe DoWney. middleWei-ht champion
O. the United States Navy tonight. al
the Aloysius Club smoker. Bass will
replace Te,: StovaIl. who tore a li-a-
rncnt in his LEG while working out at
t!t MohaWk club and has been forced
|" fUre@O the bout.
Local fans remember how Bass
EruCked out two mon in Tho same
evening at The Arcade last Summer
enc of them was Billy Shaftuck. who.
although outwei@hod. recently went
the limit of six rounds with Henry
Lamar at the Manor club. In his
match with Bass. Shattuck was put
ON in two rounds.
Others who appear on the Aloysius
boxing card, which is scheduled to 20
- at SIS. are Willie Morrison of
Fort Myer. Lew Mccarthy of Balti-
ncre, Joe Dillon of the Shenandoah
Valley, Jimmy Sullivan of Baltimore.
Dick Richardson of Kenilworth
Jimmy Connolly of the Seaman Gun.
rcrS' School. Eddie De Simon of Fort
Myer and Gypsy Smith of Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1925-12-02

My father was as awe. stricken as
the bartender. He looked down the
bar at the array of soft drinks. gazed
1T the silent line of men slipping them
and finally leaned over TO me and
asked:
Don't any Of these ball players
ever take a drink"
mo, certainly not" | answered.
Saints an ages. an what a foine
lot o young mem commented my
father.
Continues i'm Mines.
/ continued working in the mines
through the week and plavinc at
Lehiehton on Saturday afternoons.
When the base han season ended.
went along with my mining. driving
mules and picking up coal in the bla ok
tunnels. The next Spring Webb Clauss
came to MooSiC and told me he wanted
me to he his regular catcher and live
in Lehighton. He also wanted O'Hara
another miner. who pitched for the
Moosic team, to come with me. O'Hara
and | were to he the battery of lie.
hlghton. We both accepted
Clauss had promised us each S75 A
month. Clauss could not pay all of
this. He had an agreement with the
merchants of the town that they were
to pay part of his players salaries
and the players We're to earn the other
part by working when they were not
playing ball. Clauss explained to us
that he would pay us $35 a month out
of the merchants fund and that he
would set us jobs where we could earn
the other $40 to make our total S7J
This arrangement suited us.
Work and Play Also.
When O'Hara and | got settled in
Lehighton, the jobs were ready for us
] was a painters helper and O'Hara
became a plumbers apprentice. When
not playing ball the Lehishton battery
was painting and plumbing.
Having my fathers fun approval. |
went right ahead with my mind free
He was satisfied that | was engaged in
an occupation that earned more for
me than mining ever could nd that I
was associated with sober nd industri-
Gus men who spurned liquor and be
haved themselves.
! stayed in Lehichton through the
season OF 1890. | did the catching
ana O'Iiara did the pitching. O'TIara
never advanced. but that was not his
Evening star., 1925-12-02

d smile.
fault. lie hurt his arm. and the in
jury ended his career O'Hara might
now be listed with the pitching stars
Of all time had he escaped injury. for
he had much speed and an excellent
curve ball. He was also uuusualIv in.
telliSent.
The O'Hara case impressed me with
the gamble that base ball is. 4 player
never knows when his career will be
stopped An injury seemingly slic ht
and the kind that the layman would
pay little attention to can halt a base
ball career. 1t is A precarious busi
moss. no matter how carefully the
player may look after himself.
Gets Louisville Offer.
In 1891 I received an offer from
Louisville, then in the American As
sociation. jumped at the chance to
play big league ball. Who wouldn't?
My position with Louisville was not
certain. | was signed to play short
stop and first base. had never
played either position. In Moosic and
Lehighton was always a catcher.
wanted TO play big league ball. and IL
made no difference to me where |
played as long as | got A chance to
play.
As member of the Louisville club
! was not a huwlinG success. l was
weak batter. My fielding was not
exceptional. When I say that / did
not go big with Louisville | am plac
ing myself rather low, for Louisville
at that time was a weak team. If
man had chance anywhere in the
big league, he had it at Louisville
But while ] did not burn up the league
at Louisville, | never lost hope. and |
kept on trying. While not good,
was just about good enough TO hold
on, and that. in the end, proved good
enough, for I did not stay with Louis
Vile many seasons.
tCopyriEht. 1a25l
Evening star., 1925-12-02

Five of these were shut-outs and
three of the victories were scored over
teams in the High School League. In
the nine clashes the GonzaGa gridmen
totaled 1874 points while their oppo-
nentS were scoring only 81.
The st. James combination. which
halls from Haverhill Mass. claims
the championship of New England
and has made a name for itself that
might well be the envy of any schol-
astic eleven. Besides having an un-
sullied record for the present season,
the school has put out teams during
the past seven years that have
emerged triumphant 56 times in
total of 50 battles. Only two defeats
were charged against the Haverhill
gridders, while two tie games were
played.
GonZaGa is continuing daily drills
at Georgetown Field in preparation
for the final appearance of the year.
The visitors, who arrived here today.
Evening star., 1925-12-02
PARK VIEW TOSSERS
MEET WALTER REED

Park View basket ballers usher in
their season tonight in A game with
the Walter Reed Hospital five in the
Medicos' gym. The tilt is listed for
Sis
The Park View team has been show
in@ we'll in practice under the coach
Ing of Pop Hog and during the last
three weeks has outCla SSed three
Uuints in practice scrimna-eS Buck
Peck. Ed nieste and George Gass
have been consistent scorers and are
being depended on To outpont the
Soldier forwards tonight
Members nf the squad and rontcrS
who will make the trip tu the Army
post will meet 1T Park road and
Georgia avenue at o'clock
Teams in the 1851 pound class
wishing to arrange games with Park
View may call Walter r. Harvey at
Columbia S529-J, after 6 o'clock.
Evening star., 1925-12-02
c. u. WANTS MCAULlFFE
TO STAY AS GRID COACH

While the contract of Jack Nc
tuIiffe TO coach the foot ball squad
at Catholic University expired with
the conclusion of the T st sridirOn
season and the athletic mentor has
returned to his home i'm Worcester.
Mass. to re-entcr business, new
contract probably will he offered
him. u is known that BrOokland
authorities are more than eager to
retain his services.
Although defeated four times.
the 1925 season of the Catholic
University team was regarded as
highly successful. Three of the
losses were by narrow margins.
and victory over George Washing
ton climayed well-played cam.
paicn.
Evening star., 1925-12-02

also will keep in trim with light drills
at the ball park each afternoon.
The | StreeterS' great backfield
quartet which gained the limelight in
the victory over Central High, Dis
trio Scholastic League champions. will
he ready when the whistle blows Sat.
urday. The team came through its
Thanksgiving day meeting with 10y
ola of Baltimore without scratch
and will be able to present its strong
est front to the enemy.
Johnny BoZek, Matt Twomey. Jocko
Lane and Paddy Byrne make up the
roster of GonZaSa's first string ball
carriers. Johnny O'Malley, another
capable back, also has seen plenty of
action in recent triumphs and will be
sent in against the New Englanders.
GonZaga's regular forwards are
Alexander and Tracey. ends: Tobn
and Himmelberg. tackles: Capt. ker-
ans and Nolan, guards. and Farrell,
center.
Evening star., 1925-12-02
99-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN
LONGEST OF ALL DASHES
BY PARkE h. DAVIS,

interesting diversion ball the who
have records all
the fellows who
scoring i'll all departments OF the running attack.
he
longest goal from the field by opkck and with the PLAYER who h
longest pacckick. and let What
have kicked the goals during the Fall Our
ball will be
Evening star., 1925-12-02
WASHINGTON field hockey

Washington field hockey teams
will practice tomorrow afternoon from
To on the Ellipse field. Unaffiliated
hockey players are invited to join the
group in its weekly practice games.
For the benefit of any who may not
he familiar with the city. il is stated
that the Ellipse field is Immediately
south of the White House and
stretches from Fifteenth to Seven
t.>nth streefs