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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
HOLSTERS GET JOLT
IN COURT CONTESTS
by LAWRENCE PERRY.

NEW YORK. March AT this stage
of the basket ball season in the East
and Middle West champions already
have been decided BY defeating Column
bia on Saturday Princeton solicited
her claim to the Eastern championship,
while in the Middle West. Ohio State,
by beating the supposedly invincible In
diana quintet. assured herself of the
first title the Buckeyes have ever won.
That game must have been a hair
raiser. Contests that end % to 26 are
conducive to the furtherance of develop
ment of cardiac maladies. Tradition is
a strange element in sport-ihe Buck
eyes have not lost a Big Ten game at
home in two seasons. Wisconsin should
prove easy for Ohio State next Satur-
day night, but even should form be re-
versed and the Badgers win the Scarlet
and Gray cannot be ousted from their
well won throne.
Saturdays games saw great Hoosier
downfall. Indiana by beating Ohio
and also provided Wisconsin We're to
beat the Buckeyes-could have tied the
Columbus team for the title
And Purdue, by beating Illinois last
Saturday night and winning against
Wisconsin next Wednesday. and. fur
theFmore, playing and winning a post
poned game against Michigan. had a
chance to tie for the championship. But
Illinois beat the Boilermakers Saturday
night, and so Purdue's hopes have gone
glimmering.
Wiseacres were inclined to concede
the Ohio-Indiana game to the Hoosiers.
Not only was the contest to be played
at Bloomington, but their 81 to-33 vic
tory over Michigan week ago indicat-
ed that the team had attained unbeat-
able form.
Until Ohio State clinched the cham
pionship she shared with Northwestern
and Indiana the doubtful honor of being
the only conference colleges that had
neither won nor tied for Big Ten
basket ball henors
1t is pity that quintet which has
played so finely together as that of Ohio
should have to be broken up, but the
fact remains that at commencement
three of the five. viz. Miner, one of the
best forwards ever produced in the Big
Ten; Capt. Cameron and Shaw will re-
ceiVe their diplomas.
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1t would be pleasanter to write the
joys of marine angling from some
Florida key, preferably Long Key,
where the Gulf gale rustles in the CO.
coanut palms, bends and waves the
great leaves into soothing music. or
where the eternal trade winds whis-
per softly.
The average person, unacquainted
with the wondrous fishing to be had
in the Southland is apt to think that
tarpon are plentiful in December,
January and February. Far from 1t.
1t is pra ctically impossible to take
tarpon until late in January, and
then almost entirely by night fishing.
During January, 1915. the first two
tarpon taken at Long Key were
hooked by the writer at night There
is nothing particularly pleasant about
fishing at night in either fresh or
salt water. These tarpon were small
and were taken in one evening, and
then there was an interlude of some
days before more were captured.
The real tarpon fishing in Florida
begins in March, and by April and
May is very good. continuing until
late in November. To be certain OF
tarpon one must at present travel as
far south as Tampico, Mexico There
are some taken-at least so 1 am
toId-in Dece mber and January about
Panama, but one would be more GER
tain of results to try below Tampico
Before the discovery OF oil at this
point there were countless thousands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09
MEEHAN, GRIDIR0N'S
"LITTLE NAPOLEON
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 9.-John Francis
Meehan, New York Universitys new
head foot ball coach. can justly be
dubbed THE Little Napoleon of Inter
collegiate Foot Ball.
One of the youngest of the major foot
ball coaches. he has slipped from the cup
Of victory as well as defeat, and has
treated criticism and praise with equal
stoicism.
It was in the waning days of the foot
ball season of 1923 when the steel of
the Meehan makeup was given its most
severe test. At that time he was coach
of an Orange eleven at Syracuse which
had swept the East. Not a rival jersey
had crossed its goal line. and only one
goal had been kicked between its goal
posts.
Alabama Pittsburgh, William and
Mary, Springfield, Penn State and Bos-
ton University had faltered before its
attack And then came Colgate, a time
honored rival. The Maroon tornado
swept Syracuse before it, reaping a har-
vest in a startling 16-to-7 triumph.
Syracuse was shocked at the result, a
storm of criticism resulting, but the
Little Napoleon" carried on.
A journey to Lincoln, Nebr., for tilt
with the University of Nebraska, faced
the team. Undaunted by criticism from
all corners, Meehan picked up the rem
nants of d shattered eleven, mended its
morale, welded together a new unit and
tossed it into the lists against the Corn
husker rival which only two weeks pre-
vious had shattered the rising ambitions
of Notre Dame. Again came an upset
when the Orange triumphed over it's
Western rival, to 0, and ended the sea-
son in a blaze of glory
When New York University started on
a hunt for foot ball coach last season
'the athletic committee settled upon
Meehan, and called him from his alma
mater to take charge of the Violet squad
He responded, and is now organizing his
work at the metropolitan institution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09

In execution. The safe way always
is to use an iron. and one with n
deep face like ~ mashie or mashie
niblick. When the ball fs I'm tall
grass-grass. 10 inches deep or so
the player should use a p-fa ced
club and n short jab stroke. The
club should be taken mp more d.
rectIy I'm the back swing and not he
swept low along the ground. Take
the ball more OF the right toe. You
use the quick, chop stroke 10 keep
the blades of grass from tangIiBg
with the shaft. A very firm grip Is
required, too. since the grass will
Interfere a great deal with the blade
ms 1T goes into the ball.
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FAIR SEX BASKETERS
IN ALEXANDRIA GAME

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March g.
Student and faculty basket ball sex
tets of Alexandria High School will
clash for a second time at the armory
hall tonight at s o'clock. In a for
mer meeting the teams played IA
Il tie.
Arrangements are under way for
a second game between the Virginia
Orioles and the Alexandra High
School boys team.
Columbia and Iroauois cagers are
scheduled to clash in the armory on
Thursday night with the Columbia
Ruddies and the Princess seXtet of
Washington appearing in the prelim-
mary.
n. r.. knight 4 sons store five
will play the Old Dominion Boat
Club quint here on Saturday night
in the deciding game for the unlim-
tied championship of the city.
Local business men and civic or
ganizations are hoping to bring the
semi final between Alexandria High
School and Maury High of Norfolk
for the scholastic championship of
Virginia to the Alexandria court. The
date of the contest has not yet been
decided.
Dreadnausht and Cardinal base
ball Teams both had large turnouts
for their initial practice sessions yes
terday.
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In its first season. and with green
boxers as rule, it was to be eN-
pected that no great Roadway could
have been made against Webb's men,
.but it must be remembered that such
teams as Notre Dame, Pennsylvania
State and the combined Canadian
universities could do no better than
get one bout out of seven from the
same Navy team. The midshipmen
were in splendid fettle last Saturday,
and few teams in the country could
have done better than Catholic.
webb Is Enthused.
After the match Webb took occa-
ton to go to the visitors dressing
room and tell them that he thought
they had done splendidly. Today he
repeated his praise of the gameuess
of the visitors and expressed his
pleasure over the fact that so good
q team was near at hand. and his
hope that the match would be an
annual affair.
Another thing that made favor
able impression here was the strict
observance by the rooters OF Catholic
University of the practice of abstain
jng from any sort of applause or
comment during a bout. This is a
hard burden on enthusiastic youths
who are backing their team, but was
carried out TO the letter ny d Soou
crowd of Catholic University youths
who were in attendance.
1t was the first time the Naval
Academy boxers had opposed team
from nearby, so it was the first oppor-
tunity of observing the way a crowd of
visiting rooters carried out the rule.
The conduct of the students of Catholic
University was above criticism.
Expecting Great Match.
The Navy is expecting a great match
with Yale here next Saturday The
heavyweight bout will be omitted at
the request of Yale, which does not
favor settos between the big fellows.
Yale drew with the Navy at New Haven
last year, and the local contingent has
been longing for a chance to try con-
illusions again. Extreme interest is
being taken in the meeting.
While the evening will be devoted TO
the boxing with Yale, there will be a
splendid program of sports In the after
noon, including a swimming match be-
tween the freshmen Of Catholic Uni
versty and the Navy plebes.
This is the offering of varsity events:
Gymnastics, Princeton; swimming,
Rutgers: fencing, Columbia.
The plebes will have their only mat
match of the season. meeting the team
of Franklin and Marshall Academy,
while the varsity wrestlers will finish
the season with a match against West
Virginia at Morgantown.
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OHIO STATE ANNExES
BIG TEN COURT TITLE

CHICAGO. March 9-The Western
Conference basket ball championship
race entered its final week with Ohio
State secure in first position and one
game standing between Illinois and
an undisputed claim to second place.
The Buckeyes clinched the cham
pionship by winning from Indiana,
Is to 26. The Hoosiers wound up
their season with an undisputed
claim on third position and a posi-
bility of tie with Illinois for second
The only remaining game having a
bearing on the first three places in
the championship race is the Illinois
Wisconsin contest at Madison to-
night. If Illinois wins this game, its
last, it will land in second place
with nine victories and three defeats
An ulini defeat will leave them tied
with Indiana for second and third
positions.
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METROPOLITAN SIX
TO PLAY TOMORROW

While the Mount Vernon NJ E.
basket ball FIVE, which was victorious
in the first game of the South Atlantic
tourney at Baltimore Saturday night,
does not get into action again in
the Maryland metropolis until week
from tonight, when the Lithuanian
Athletic Club team is met, Company
+, Metropolitan girl tossers. and
Epiphany Juniors are slated to take
part in the championship play this
week.
The Hyattsville Guardsmen meet
the Baltimore 5th Regiment team to-
night in the fight for the unlimited
title, and the Metropolitans clash
with the Baltimore Y. w. c. A. sex
tet tomorrow.
Should the Hyattsvilie soldiers
come out on top they will encounter
the Baltimore Athletic Club five on
Saturday, and a win for the Nets
will place them in the final with the
Bryn Mawr six that defeated the
Washington Athletic Club delegation
Saturday night.
Epiphany Juniors play on Saturday
night, taking on the winner of the
CumberlandVagab bond game sched-
uled for tomorrow.
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WILLIAM AND MARY SIX
PLAYS AT G. w. TONIGHT

A return game with. the William
and Mary Sextet tonight on the
George Washington University court
opens the weekly basket ball sched-
ule of the Hatchetite girl tossers.
The local collegians Will be out to
avenge a 45-to-S7 defeat suffered at
Williamsburg on February 20.
On Friday evening the Swarth-
more coed team will be entertained.
and on Saturday Gallaudet's sextet
is encountered at Kendall Green.
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Coach Laud Catholic Boxers Holds Sport World Suspense
DISTRICT GOLF BODY
TO AWARD JOURNEYS

Dates for the golf Journeys about
Washington this Spring will be as
signed and a club and date selected
for the playing of the local amateur
and junior championships at the an
nual meeting of the District Golf
Association to be held tonight at the
Racket Club.
The meeting will open at 3 o'clock.
with President II. T. Shannon in the
chair.
The Washington Golf and Country
Club, according to DIR. J. r. McClena-
han, chairman of the greens COM
mittee, will ask for May Z, s and 9.
This tournament ordinarily opens
the Spring season and is followed
each week by the other local tourna-
ments.
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of tarpon to be had in the beautiful
Panuco River every Winter Never
was there such fishing for the daunt
less silver kings of the sea as there.
Those who fished in this region in
the good old days know it was
veritable paradise for the marine an
gler. Now, alas, 1t is no mor.!
There are, however, many other
game sea fish to be taken along the
Florida coast, and among these are
barracuda, a beautiful fish with a
fight in every inch of him. This fish
looks like our fresh-water muskel-
lunge. They grow much larger. In
the Caribbean Sea they are found up
ward of - feet. Anglers who have
fastened hook in these monsters
have never been able to hold them.
Broken tackle is said invariably to
be the result. Tomorrow the column
will be devoted to barracuda, and
each day for some time there will be
sketches Of the sporting fish of the
Gulf and Florida coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09

Suppose. for example, the New
York body puts the champion on the
blacklist and a Gibbons-Wills fight is
steamed up? Well. arrangements for
Dempsey fight on the
coast, the writer hears, are further
along than most folks realize and
since there are ample accommodations
out there and plenty of money and
hosts of fans, New York could not
the fight, than could. say. Los Angeles.
And, since the Milk Fund Show is
being named as the affair at which
heavyweight bout must be held,
the charity aspects of the bout would
put the West coast promoters in a
better position to win the fight
More and more there is talk that
kearns is not in full charge Of
Dempsey any more. At the same time
the writer fails to see where Demp-
sey has worked himself into bad
position or been worked into one.
The most level-headed man on the
New York commission, former Chair
man George Brewer. has publicly as
serted that he thinks Wills and Glib
bons should meet for the honor OF
tackling Dempsey, and here is a
weapon the champion can use no
matter what the rest of the commits =
sion say.
There Is one sure way of forcing
Dempsey either to fight Wills or
Gibbons or else retire and that is the
way Brewer points out-Gibbons and
Wills must meet and then Dempsey
meet the winner.
If Wills were to beat Gibbons then
Dempsey could not Withstand a pop
ular demand that he face Wills. At
least he could not withstand the de-
mand and remain champion.
One thing looks certain; the action
of the New York commissions in issu-
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The ninth Is a 39o-yard affair. The
tee is on the crest OF a hill and you
drive down into a valley. Then, on your
second shot, you play over another hill
and upon a green that is absolutely
blind.
The green falls away from the hill.
so that it provides a very difficult
mark at which to shoot.
Chick" had the longer drive, so I
was first to play on the second shots.
My effort looked to be pretty good, but
one never knows what has happened
until he gets over the hill
Apparently Evans also did well. Then
we climbed the slope, came to the crest
and looked at the green.
Both balls were on it-one 90 feet
from the cup and the other only feet
from it.
Which was which? Each of us
wished nightly that the ball nesting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09


Later in the week the winners of
tonights games will meet to decide
which team will clash with the Ana
costa Eagle five for the senior title.
In the final pairings the Eagles drew
a bye and will remain idle until the
championship contest.
Aloysius Juniors and Rosedales VIII
fight for the junior championship
Wednesday night. The 130-pound
representatives Of the Aloysius Club
earned their right to consideration in
the finals by trouncing the Comforter
Juniors, Il to II, yesterday.
With Jnck Smith. former Eastern
High Star, scoring over half their
points, the Anacostia Eagles. fnalists
in the fight for the senior champion
ship. turned back the STATIONS on the
Arcade floor in the preliminary TO the
Corby-Aloysius tilt by a count of 80
to 81 Bonnie also scored heavily for
the winners, while Sweeney, j. Mitch
ell and Hanback, each contributed a
pair of double counters to the total
OF the losers.
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called for. That is
pc rhaps the rca-
son why so many
players "bite on a
wood" when they
are in the rough,
only to- see another
shot dubbed. 1t Is
always bad prac-
tice to play a
cod when the
ball LIS I'm grass of
any length unless
the ball has n
h n n n I N y e
These I'm nging lies
make the sh . I
look easy, but as
n matter of fact
they call for the
osf Accuracy
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BROOKLANDERS' SHOWING
FINE FOR A GREEN TEAM
Followers of Washingtonians Also Are Praised for
Their Observation-Disclosures Will
Tackle Yale Scrappers Saturday.

NNAPOLIS. 9Spike Webb coach of the Academy
II o of
Olympic championships enthusiastic his
OF of the Catholic University
tives. VIII his here Saturday night.
While the the Mdhpmen all the bouts might indicate
who by
college coaches and
differently about realize that the Wash
which
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HAHN WILL ASSAULT
MARK FOR 3-4 MILE
By the Associated Press.

Lloyd Hahn of the Boston A. A.
will assault another record owned
by Paavo Nurmi at the Manhattan
College games tonight in New York
whe n he starts in the Jasper three
quarter mile.
Few expected such IRENE ndous per-
formances from the Bostonian when
the season started. but he has come
to he one of Nurmi's most feared OPP
ponents.
NurmFs aecompIis hment in running
the mile at Buffalo in 4.12 was out
of order" as he himself had re-
marked that he would need rest be-
fore attempting such a feat
Yet he ran to the new record in
the midst of a tour which makes
necessary thousands of miles of rail-
road tracel
He will return from the road in
time to participate in a two-mile spe-
cial at the Greek American A. c. meet
in New York on Thursday.
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so near the hole was his. That would
be great.
We had been walking slowly. Almost
simultaneously we now began to speed
up. First 1 would edge forward and
then Chick" Faster and faster grew
our pace. When we reached the green
we were almost running.
The jubilation was mine and the sor-
row my opponents when we arrived
My ball was the close one.
1 was down for a birdie g. which
made me 3 up This was margin
"Chick" couldn't remove, and l went on
to the title.
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EASTERN AND RAILWAY
BASKETERS WILL,BATTLE

Eastern Athletic Association bas-
keters meet the American Railway
Express five at the Railroad Y. NJ. c.
A. at o'clock tonight in the sec
ond game of their annual three-game
series.
Easterns got the decision in the
first contest.
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LAMAR IN BOXING EVENT

Henry Lamar, Western High School
athlete, is entered in the national
junior boxing championships, to be
held in Baltimore on Wednesday and
Thursday under the auspices of the
A. A. Y. Joe Bateman has beer
Lamar's mentor in his conditioning
for the coming championship events
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KINsEY WINS NET FINAL

TAMPA, Fla, March 9.-In a match
featured by brilliant playing on the part
of both participants. Robert Kinsey of
California defeated Douglas Waters of
Florida, 6-4, Is. GO. for the mems
singles championship in the Dixie tennis
tournament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09

Last Saturday night, teamed with
another youth, Freddie Spencer. the son
OF an accomplished father became the
hero of the throngs at Madison Square
Garden watching the end of the last
race of its kind the old structure will
know.
Praises His Partner.
And Bobby came OUT OF that grueling
test with the statement that Spencer is
the greatest partner he has known He
has ridden with All Goullett, Reggie
Mcnamara and Franco Georgetti, and
with the latter finished second in the
December six-day grind on the same
track.
walthour is slender. of the physique
that ordinarily falters under long
distance competition. but nevertheless
the last night of race finds him riding
down the veterans, despite every trick
known to the cycling profession.
In December the Italian mite, Georg-
eta often carried the teams colors in
front during sprint while Walthour
won his full quota. but they could not
match the final squirt of the veterans,
Mcnamara and Van Kempen, the latter
one of the fastest men in the game.
Van Kempen bore the burden in that
final hour Few months ago. when vic
tory was matter of points rather than
distance. and he flashed ahead of the
field until all opposition was left far
behind, aided by the logged persistence
of Mcnamara, who came to this country
several years ago from Australia.
Last Saturday there was no Van
Kempen, and Walthour and Spencer
nervous lads both, undoubtedly would
have driven their wheels to first place
had the flying Dutchman'' been along
side them. So the kid" won, and the
hearts of a capacity throng went out
to the conquerors of a modern day. AS
Nurmi has attacked the track game, so
has Walthour invaded cycling.
Mother Explains Success.
Bobby's stamina is marvellous, but
his mother explained his success. She
said
Il will tell you why Bobby won the
six-day race. 1t can all be SUNNI ed
up in a few words. and that is listen
ing to his mothers advice and living
a good, clean life"
Mrs. Walthour went on to say:
When Bobby took up the sport of
cycling as an amateur 1 said to him
| Honey, IL you want to make good,
live a clean life and always listen to
your mothers advice Bobby has
done both. He is in bed every night
around the house listening to his ra-
dio. He Is the best behaved boy in
the world. and there never was a son
any better to his mother. After the
December six-day race Bobby gave
me all of his money for a Chris mas
present, while with the money. he
earned by winning the last six-day
race in Chicago and this one in New
York he is going to buy me a house
in Arlington, n. j."
The race this year in New York
broke all records, with So laps stolen
during the week. The BeIgians-
Stockelynch and Goosens proved
adept TANNERS and finished in a tie
so far as distance was concerned, but
could not obtain the sprint points.
The foreign riders will leave for
home this week, and Mcnamara also
will go to Europe to team with
Brocco, Italian veteran, in a six-day
race in Paris next month.
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Inside
BY Chester Horton

Golfers try for distance shots when
they are I'm the rough because of the
natural liking to see the ball go far
with every shot where distance Ia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-09

Club team will open the play in the
l25-pound championship tourney
games at Congress Heights audito-
rum tonight at o'clock. Warwick
Props and st. Patrick's are scheduled
to clash an hour later, and at 3
o'clock Epiphany juniors will en-
counter the kanawhas.
Going into the van at the start the
Eastern Athletic Association five led
the Fort Humphreys tossers to a 30
TOGO defeat on the Soldiers court.
Sawyer and O'Neil led the attack for
/. the Easterns. running up rs points be-
tween them.
with a record OF 90 wins in 81
starts, the Boys Club Rangers are
claiming the 100-pound title of the
city. The Aces were the only team to
defeat the Rangers. keefer, Brodie,
Curradi, Shapiro, FRANKIE. Bragg,
Brodsky and Hill make up the squad.
Eastern Athletic Association Jun
| Tors defeated the Warwick Props, 20
IN 81