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Evening star., 1925-02-09
BINGHAM, YALE GRID
LEADER, MAY FUNK

NEW HAVEN, Conn, February g.
Whether Capt. John Shepard Bing-
ham of the Yale foot ball team will
have to give up his studies at Yale
and also his captaincy. Will proba-
bly, be determined by the faculty OF
Sheffield Scientific School today
Bingham is a Junior and his name
is said to be on the list of those
studentsA who have failed to pass
the midyear examinations.
The list will be considered by the
faculty, called the firing squad" by
the student body.
1t is understood that Bingham has
packed up his effects. He was
unanimously elected captain after a
season in which he played brilliantly
at end. 1t is pointed out that Bing-
ham might make up his standing
and apply for reinstatement. If ad-
mitted, he would be available for
the team next Fall, but he would not
be the captain.
Eddie Cottle, halfback, and Dan
Allen, fullback, were among those
mentioned as his successor.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
SCIENCE FILMS WAY
TO BETTER PUTTING

Lumbricus Terrestris, otherwise the
common fishworm or angleworm. is
due for short shrift at the hands Of
green keepers of golf courses as soon
as it becomes generally known how
he can be eradicated. And the De-
partment of Agriculture has taken
steps to disseminate the information.
The process Of education has just
been started with production of a
motion picture film which shows how
Sir Lumbricus can really be killed.
First showing Of the picture was
given Saturday III the projection
room Of the Department of Agricul-
ture, and reels of the film will be
shown at clubs throughout the coun-
try The Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club, according to DR.. r. A Oak
ley, director of the picture, is soon to
show the film at the clubhouse. The
picture was made as part of the
extensive educational plan being pre-
pared by the department and the
greens section of the United States
Golf Association.
Just how to eradicate the earth
worm was long a problem. but sci
ence discovered that bichloride of
mercury, in solution of water,
sprinkled on the grass, was sure
death to Sir Lumbticus, for the poi
son removed the mucous covering
from the earthwork, without which
he couldn't get back into his hole.
Thereupoh he could be gathered up
and dispatched.
The entire interesting process is
shown in the motion picture film re-
leased by the Government. 1t heralds
the early demise Of Sir Lumbricus,
according to the Department of Agri-
culture, and the consequent better
ment Of putting greens on golf
courses.
The showing of the film heralding
the passing of the earthworm from
golf courses was accompanied by
films showing life in the West and
Winter sports in New Hampshire,
Evening star., 1925-02-09
Good Reasons Working Out Alone Cesertoln FUe Plays Here
PITTSBURGH QUINTET
is EASY FOR PALACE

Downing the Second Story Morrys
Of Pittsburgh on the Arcade floor by
a 37-to2S count proved an easy task
for George Marshalrs Palace Laun-
dry five last night.
Cooney. Conaty. Bushman, Benzoni
and Haggerty had big evening
romping around the court, giving an
exhibition of passing, and dropping
the ball through the hoop often
enough to keep ahead of the visitors
by a good margin.
Holding a 25-to-11 lead at the half,
the local pros went into the final pc
RODS with nothing to fear from the
Smoky City amateurs. The substitut-
ing Of Wallace at the visitors back
court post speeded up the game near
the close. but the result was never
In doubt
spectacular shot by Conaty gave
the audience the biggest thrill of the
evening, and Haggerty entertained
the fans with a bit of trick passing
Bushman and kilzzing shared scor-
ing honors, each registering 10 goals
from scrimmage.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
SCHOOL FLOOR FIVES
IN CRUCIAL BATTLES

High school basket bail fans are
expecting thrills aplenty tomorrow
when the three teams involved in a
triple tie for the lead In the scholas-
tic championship series swing into
action on the George Washington
University court. Central and West
ern. members of the leading trio.
Will clash after game between
Eastern, the other party of the triple
tie. and Tech starting at 1916 o'clock
is concluded.
Should Eastern triumph over the
Manual Trainers IL would have to
meet the winner Of the Central-West-
ern game for the league title.
GOnxaGa High couYtmen travel TO
Alexandria tomorrow for return
game with the Alexandria High
School five. In former meeting the
street team was victorious, 20 to
10.
Coach Bert Co6gins' Central High
five is scheduled to take on the Mary
land University freshmen Thursday
and the Lancaster, Pa, quint, at
Lancaster, Friday.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

Except for four events which are
open, the average athlete will be more
or less out of luck in the Johns Hop
kins meet. That meet has scheduled
the 100-yard dash, 440-yard dash. $50
yard-run and mile run in which all
athletes may enter, but when one
considers the number of athletes of
average worth who like to compete,
il seems that their chances are going
to be slender indeed. Georgetown has
been much more considerate OF local
athletes and is endeavoring to make
its games at Convention Hall some
thing Of a happy medium, in which
the local athletes Will be given plenty
of opportunities to show their worth
and in which the public will also get
a chance to watch some OF the great
est stars of trackdom in special COM
petitions.
Two big universities still lack foot
ball coaches for next Fall-Columbia
University Of New York and Wash
ington University of st. Louis. Both
are willing to pay big salaries, set
do not seem able to land the type
of men they desire. Both institu-
tions probably will pay $4,000 to
the right men, and the writer was
told while in New York recently that
Washington University had signifed
its Willingness to go as high as
10000 per year to certain men.
1t is difficult to understand why
Columbia has so much difficulty at
tracing good man, because no col
lege in the east has better material
but it is claimed that Washington
University is not the most desirable
spot in the world for a coach to hang
his hat. In connection with the job
at Washington the writer also was
told that it was a doubtful spot be-
cause in the Middle West it generals
was regarded as the graveyard of
coaches.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
DISTRICT GYMNASTS
SEEK S. A. lAURELS

Honors in the South Atlantic gym
nastic championships. held at the
Naval Academy in the Spring is the
goal toward which the Columbian
gymnasts, a recently formed or
ganization of young men, headed by
Charles Wannan, physical director Of
Friends School. is working.
Gordon Patterson, a performer on
the flying rings: Richard Nash, tumb-
Ter, and George Skadding. horizontal
bar expert, are being counted on by
the locals for first class exhibi-
lions. Practice for the coming cham
pionship events is being conducted
each Tuesday night at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Director Wannan is president of
the organization, Lewis Everard,
former coach of gymnastics at Yale.
is vice president, and Richard Nash
is secretary treasurer.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

For, after we had ceased to be aston
ished by it and 1 had turned to study
ing my second shot, realized that
being teed up like that in the long
grass was going to be very advan-
tageous. l was still 40 yards from
the pin. On a direct line between me
and the pin was tall fir tree, not
more than 80 yards distant from my
ball. Probably / could not have exc
cuted the shot which followed had
my ball been resting on the ground.
Give me my No. iron, lad" 1 told
my caddie. Then, shooting SO as to
just miss the left side Of the tree, I
gave the ball enough OF q fade to
bring 1t back to the line. 1t reached
the green and l got my par 4. went
on to win the tournament.
In playing I scarcely moved the
under ball My No. 3 iron soraped
the top of it, taking off some paint
Because of this I judged it had spent
the whole Winter there, waiting to
help me out in my hour Of need.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
LIBERTY CLUB TO PLAN
FOR BASE BALL SEASON

Plans for the base ball season will
be made by Liberty Athletic Club
next Monday at the clubhouse. 71s
Taylor street. Af1uiation with the
Washington Base Ball and Amateur
Athletic Association and the annual
field day at American League PARK
Will be discussed. Prospective mem
bers of the organization are to re
port at $40; members must be on
hand an hour earlier.
Liberty has three basket ball en-
gagements for the week Peck re
serves Will be met in the Silver Spring
Armory Wednes sday, Independents vii
be encountered Thursday at the Ma
tional Guard Armory and Frida
Naval Receiving Station will be plan
ed al Washington Barracks.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
SIX CLASHES THIS WEEK
IN GIRLS BASKET LEAGUE

Teams OF the Women's Basket Ball
League get plenty OF action this
week Tonight at $3.50 o'clock Busi-
ne"s High Night School seXtet will
ne entertained by the Walter Reed
Nurses Wednesday the Busine
High six meets Capitol Athletic Club
on the Majorie Webster court, Wash :
ington Athletic Club tackles the
St,ayer team at Central High and the
Motropolitans face the Princess Club
on the same court.
Friday the Nets take on the walter
Reed Nurses at the Webster School,
and Saturday the Webster girls en-
tertain Strayer's Business College.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
LA COSTE is SENT FIVE
SETS TO BEAT COLBERT

PARIS. February Sin the finals
Of the French covered court tennis
championship. Rene La Coste defeat
ed Andre Colbert in the mems singles.
and Nine. Billout won from Mile.
Conquet in the singles event for
women.
The score in the La Coste-Gobert
match was 3-6, 6-l, 6-1, SIS and
6-4.
As. 6-3 and 6--1.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
JAMES RIVER REGATTA
WILL BE HELD JULY rs

RICHMOND, Va, February S.-The
annual regatta of the Southern Row
ing Association will be held on the
James River here July %, it was an
nounced today by William E. Craw-
ford, newly elected president of the
association. Boat clubs in Washing
ton. Baltimore, Alexandria, Richmond
and other cities will enter shells in
the various division races. it was
stated
Evening star., 1925-02-09

The local clubs probably will have
real task to take the measure OF
the Purple tossers. Nine straight
wins Is their record and their slate
In clean in so far as competition with
District teams is concerned.
A date with the formidable Wash
ington College Guint for Wednesday
night has failed to materialize.
A .arprisinG upset came when
Quincy Athletic Club beat the Stan
tons. 26 to II. Hitherto unbeaten by
Washington club, the Stantons
have been travelling at a fast pace.
but trouncfng such as was admin
iStcred on the Gonzsga court may
put quite crimp in their champion
ship ambitions. Tew and Smith led
he winners attack, the former
taking high scoring honors. with FIVE
goals from scrimmage. Gooch played
brilliantly for the losers.
Epiphany big hve opens a week Of
activity against the De Molay quint
on the Boys Y. NJ. G.. A. court to-
night. Manager Laurence Boerner, at
Franklin s162, Is booking games for
the church quint.
P.Ilman Athletic Club and the
Quincy five are to meet in the Ter
minal r. r. Y. NJ. C. A. at s o'clock
tonight. Manager Dogget of the
Pullman quint wishes to schedule
contests with clubs having the use
OF gymnasiums. He may be tele-
phoned at Main 1880. branch III.
Rasketers OF Company r, Hyatts-
Vile, are scheduled to meet two
Washington teams on the Hyattsville
armory court tonight. The regulars
tackle Washington Athletic Associa-
tion after a preliminary in which
the reserves clash with the Clovers.
General Accountants and Second
Assistant fves OF the Post Office
League clash tonight to decide the
lead In the first half OF their series.
Each team has a record of four wins
and no losses.
Mount Vernon Athletic Association
and Warwick Props are scheduled to
furnish the main attraction at Con-
gress Heights gymnasium tonight.
Mount Vernon Midgets and Calvary
Midgets clash in a preliminary start
ing at 1:30 o'clock.
independents and Frienaship ives
will mingle on abe Wilson Normal
court at O'Clock tonight.
American Railway Express downed
Naval Receiving Station, % to 16.
Reavis kept the sailor five in the
running.
knights of Columbus basketers
lost to Noxter Athletic Club in a 80
to-2o game. For games with the
winners call Lincoln 4s.
F0rt Humphreys caGers will oppose
the Knight Store five on the Alex
andria armory floor Saturday night
in a game that will have an i'm
portant bearing on the 1925 unlimited
basket ball title OF northern Nir-
ginia.
Columbia clubmen will oppose the
Red Shields Wednesday night in the
Alexandria armory:
John Colbert and Bernard Panetta
starred for Dixie Athletic Club when
their team downed the ST. Paul's In
sects, % to Is.
Lithuanian Athletic Club of Balti-
more was defeated. 26 to %, by Con-
ways Carlisles in the Murray Casino.
hnrd game fs ahead of the Alec
Athletic Club, colored basketers. to-
morrow night, when they tackle the
Leondi Big Five from Pittsburgh in
the Murray Casino. The Smoky City
representatives are the class of their
Of 10
Evening star., 1925-02-09

Boy" asked myself. whats hold
ing that ball up so high?'
got down and peered through the
grass to find the answer to my ques-
ton At first I thought there was
stone under the ball. but lookin g
closer the stone turned out to be
another golf ball.
This latter ball was not buried. 1t
was resting right on top of the
ground, with my ball balanced atop
Of It as neatly as you please. Very
close examination showed that stubs
of grass sticking up around the under
ball reached to the lower side of the
upper one and maintained its posi-
ton.
/ found that to be very lucky lie.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
C. u. is ADMITTED
TO SWIMMING BODY

SWARTHMORE. Pa, February g.
A new constitution, bylaws and rules
OF competition were adopted by the
Eastern Collegiate Swimming Asso-
citation at a meeting here.
Important changes in the rules sp-
ply to the eligibility for individual
championships and the point scoring in
the relay, which was changed from
eight points to five.
The change regarding eligibility
makes il necessary for a competitor
to he a member of team that has
met at least two other association
tef ms in dual meets.
Catholic University was admitted to
membership in the association.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
STANDING OF TEAMS.
INDIvIDUAL SCORING LEADERS.
HILLTOP MEET TICKETS
GO ON SALE WEDNESDAY

Tickets for the Georgetown Uni
yersit!- Athletic Association games
to be held in Convention Hall Febru
ary 81, in which Paavo Nurmi and a
host of other track and field celebri-
ties will compete, will be placed on
sale at Spaldings store, 1888 G street,
Wednesday morning at II o'clock.
Mail orders for tickets, which the
association has been filing at the
university, will be discontinued after
requests mailed UP to tomorrow
night are honored.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
CUNTS STILL TIED
IN COLLEGE LEAGUE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press
NEW YORK, February s-Dart-
mouth and Princeton. although idle
for the past two weeks, continue to
lead in the Eastern INTERCOLLEGIATE
Basket Ball League with three vic
tories each in as many games
Cornell has lost all of its three
starts. while Yale has met a like fate
in four games.
Carmack OF Pennsylvania holds the
individual scoring honors, having
made "a points in five games, but is
closely pressed by Laub of Columbia
with %.
Field goal honors are split between
Laub of Columbia. Suisman of Yale
and Cleaves of Princeton, each having
eight.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
BOWL MATCH TONIGHT.

HYATTSVILLE, Md, February q
Tonight maple-topplers of Snyder.
Farmer Post, No. 3. American Legion
of Hyattsville will invade Washington
to battle the combina ton of McGroarty
OConnell Post on the kingpin No.
drives. The Washington legionnaire,
will give the locals a return match late
on the Arcade alleys here.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
ALOOF1NESS NOT SIGN
OF A SWEZLED HEAD
Films Learned Lesson When The,
Were Victims of Yankee Joking
at Stockholm Meet.
PAAVO NURMPS STORY
AS Told by Him to Charles E. Parker
Chapter s.-Why Nurmi Works Out Alone

n avoiding athletic rivals
the subject
In conducting his preliminary workouts
rivals uppsness
Pavos aceabe His
our language has something to do with it habit OF keeping his
who would continually his
another
the 1912 games make a fourth
Those the OF OF
tiors IL the meet
Evening star., 1925-02-09
KEARNs COMING EAST.

NEW YORK, February SACK
Kearns will arrive in New York about
March l to consider offers made by
various promoters for Jack Dempsey
Summer campaign, Promoter Charles
Henderson said. Henderson is head
Of a movement to erect q stadium al
Long Island City which will seat
10000 people.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
BOOKS MANY MINES.

MACON. Ga. February 9.-Notre
Dame of Indiana and Kentucky ap-
pear among Southern colleges listed
on the Mercer schedule for the base
ball season. Oglethorpe, Florida,
Georgia. Furman, Stetson and South
Carolina and others are on the
schedule
Evening star., 1925-02-09
GEORGE DUNCAN TELLS:
Freakiest Shot in My Memory

1920 the the British
II pionshp Deal had play which could but the
4 4 oil a thousand
qualifying round Playing off the OF the
the wind the ball
off the down rough
trouble when the ball
acakt aun
Evening star., 1925-02-09

lFhen is d blackboard shot most
feasible?
BY MAURICE KENT
Basket Ball Coach. Northwestern
UniversIty
Use the blackboard shot when
greatly hurried. because daring such
times II II almost impossible to get
anytb,nE except one line ON a basket
and that Is the back board. and you
are forced to shoot for II. when un-
hurried, try for = clean shot. An
other place where II in sensible TO
use the back board Intentionally In
from the side Of the hoor when there
IL an extremely sharp angle to the
shot. The reason for this In that Ii
In almost impossible to ace the bask ct
well from sharp angles and judge
distance correctly though IL il quite
possible to judge this distance II you
use the blackboard in aiding your
shot.
tCopyright 1927
Evening star., 1925-02-09
TOSSERS FACE
UNBEATEN QUINT TONIGHT
Washington College Will Visit George Washington
Tomorrow Night-Few More Meets on Program
of Strong Georgetown Track Team.
BY II. G. BYRD.

WASHINGTON Navy and
wv has ii other
today for basket ball Tonight the undefeated FIVE
the Sho plays the University OF Maryland College Park
Hat hour.
that good enough beat Navy good stand
about even change against any qun with which throws its hat
1t would be from the
Shore of Maryland both although usually
Evening star., 1925-02-09
LEAGUE FIVES CLASH.

Pennsylvania meets Columbia al
New York Thursday, and Cornell
faces Dartmouth in Hanover. N. H.
Saturday, in the only two games
scheduled for this week in the
Eastern Intercollegiate Basket Ball
League.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
POWERS WINS AT SQUASH.

MONTREAL, February 9.-R. A.
Powers Of Boston defeated S. P.
Clark of Philadelphia, in the final
round Of the Canadian amateur
squash racquets championship. 15-1e,
15-s and 1o--5.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
FIVE FORMIDABLE FOES
ON Alloy QUINTET'S CARD

courmen Yosenitcs
~ full
Mount Vernon Quincy will the Con-
Friday American Railway will entertain
Terminal X. r. Y M. C. Saturday be
Nativity
The home
Evening star., 1925-02-09

Immaculate Conception had little
to offer the Baltimore Orioles in the
preliminary to the Palace-Morrys
game and was defeated, "a to o.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

Three-lnp tracks are being used in
all parts of the country except Balti-
more, where the track is only two
laps to the quarter. The 9th Regi-
ment Armory of the Maryland Ma
tional Guard, constructed by the State
some years ago, gives a floor space
larger than can be found anywhere
else for open meets. 1t is the only
building in which 100-yard dashes are
run, and when Nurmi steps on that
track he will find that he has to make
many less turns-two less for each
quarter-than he has been compelled
to make on the tracks on which he
has been running. In the 2-mile run.
IL Nurmi runs miles in Baltimore,
he will have to take fewer curves by
16 than on a three-lap track. On a
track 12 laps to the mile Nurmi would
have to run around turns As times
while on a track S laps to the mile
which the 9Th Regiment track is, he
would have to go around turns only
80 times, which should make consid-
erable difference in time. Nurmi
ought to make faster time in the
Baltimore meet than on any other
track on which he has competed since
coming TO the United States.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

hard game fs ahead of the Alec
Athletic Club, colored basketers, to-
morrow night, when they tackle the
Leondi Big Five from Pittsburgh in
the Murray Casino. The Smoky City
representatives are the class Of their
section of Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

Lithuanian Athletic Club of Balti-
more was defeated. 26 to %, by Con-
ways Carlisles in the Murray Casino.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

No doubt the Washington five would
rather defeat the University Of Mary
land than to win all the other games
on It's schedule. On the other hand,
Maryland would not relish especially
q beating at the hands OF Washing
ton College. And further, Maryland
is not soft picking for any other
FIVE. Consequently the result should
be a fine game of basket ball
George Washington Is getting set
for its game tomorrow night 1t
knows 1t will be against one Of the
strongest, if not the strongest. quints
it has met this year. The Hatchetites
are priming themselves for a real
struggle and are hoping TO be the
first team to give the visitors a set
back.
Georgetown has only one more
track and field meet in which to ap-
pear before it sends its athletes into
it's own games next week. The Blue
and Gray squad goes to New York to
take part in the New York Athletic
Club meet Saturday night and ex-
poets to win in any race in which either
it's mile or two-mile' relay team takes
part.
The announcement from the Hill
constructed for use in Convention
Hall week from Saturday night in
it's own meet VIII be hailed with de-
light by local athletes, even if the
announcement makes a point OF the
eact that the work is to be done
mainly to give Nurmi an excellent
rack on which to run. AS a matter
Il fact, the building of a new track,
"Xactly three laps to the quarter and
with easier turns than the old one,
ihould make every race on the pro-
gram easier for all athletes. Also the
footing probably will be much better
than would have been the case had
the actual floor of the hall been con-
,inued in use as the track. The new
board track will enable the runners
to make use of short spikes, which
have never been allowed on the old
door.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

TOmOrr0w-Nurmf's own choice OF
his greatest races.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

John Colbert and Bernard Panetta
starred for Dixie Athletic Club when
their team downed the st. Paul's In
sects, 20 to Is.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-10-31
TO THE YUKON
SOUR DOUGHS

SOUR DOUGHS I've done just as you told me to that night l read to you My simple Yukon verses and
 you said, By God!
 they're true"' But 1 can't report much progress in a literary way, For the folks down here don't banker for the things l have
 to say. 1 read my verses to some men officially quite high, Who could give you boys up there relief if they would
 only try; But i couldn't t make them smile or weep or even once relax Perhaps they don like poetry that's based on solid facts. l read them to the statesmen who combined and formed d To monopollze >luice roObing and to confiscate your dust, And shipped to Nome last summer a gang of hired hands To drive you fl um your plactrs ard to gut you: golden sands 1 held them with my glittering eye and read ny very best, Just as the Ancient ,luriner
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-10-31

held up the wedding guest; But just before I made my point they vanished with
 the ''Nhips' To re0rganiZe the army and to subsidize some ships. 1 tried to get my verses in the daily picturepres But the men who guard it's " columns sent them back to
 my address, With the gentle intimatiOn, We've no room for news
 from Nome; We're too busy with our nejghbors 60 consider crimes .-.:. at home" So I've had my verses printed, and 1 send them up to you, Who for years have borne the burden, but are yet aS
 staunch and true As hen first you blazed the pathway to the white and
 silent land; And l know that when you read them you will feel
 and understand.
 Dunham