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absolutely takes the game out of the
hit-or-misS category and makes 1t as
exact and scientific as foot ball or
any other sport.
The short, swift passing, the shut
the ball is worked under the oppo-
nent's goal, the precision of every
phase of play. have not only resulted
in greatly enhanced effectiveness, but
from the standpoint of the specta-
tors it has added to the pleasure of
the game as a spectacle.
There is nothing uncertain about
any move that the Princeton and
Dartmouth teams make, every phase
involves either the working out of
a pattern of offense or the confound-
ing of the plans of the enemy. Splen-
did as the two teams are on attack,
they are equally formidable when the
rival quintet has the ball.
Neither team has yet lost a game.
each having won six. The writer
saw Princeton defeat Pennsylvania
and Dartmouth defeat Columbia, and
as between the two he cannot form
any conclusion as to the winner when
they meet at Hanover Saturday night
The Tigers may have more high
grade substitutes for every position,
but otherwise there seems no ground
upon which to base a choice of
favorite. One thing is certain, that
meeting in the New Hampshire hills
should be well worth seeing.
oh
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Nn HELPS Distance Running in e. Tien Favored Head
PEERLESS MIDGETS
SIGN Ball PLAYERS

Gulrich. Bryant. Anderson. Curtin.
Mahoney, NJ. Geiger, Histon, Dixon.
Mitcheller, Kraft and Healy have
been signed by A. Geiger. newly
elected manager of the Peerless
Midgets base bali nine. c.. Anderson
will captain the team during the
coming season.
Charles Hoy, manager of Jerrys
Athletic Club, is organizing an insect
base ball league and wishes to get
in touch with all insect mines in the
northwest section. Call Adams 1853
Glover Junior base ballers will
meet at the home of Edward Coli
flower on Saturday night. Manager
Cowhig is booking games at Main
$500, branch 1870.
Manager Edwards of the Ariel
Juniors wishes to get in touch with
Biddle, Bardoff, Ward, Wesley, A
Loeffier, r. Moffett, Showalter, Graves
and Xanton. The Ariels will prac-
tice at the Benning field on Sunday
afternoon.
Base ball will he discussed at
meeting Of Mount Rainier Junior
Athletic Club tomorrow night ac
Mount Rainier School
Members of the Kanawha nine are
meeting at Seventh and Is streets
tonight at o'clock.
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In the thick of another fray, the
tall Philadelphia will be a favorite
to emerge again at the top, in spite
of such obstacles in his path as the
veteran William NJ. Johnston, always
a formidable foe, and the dynamic
young star, Vincent Richards, who
looms as Tilden's most dangerous
rival. Richards gave the champion
his stiffest battle in 1924 and if he
improves as much this year as he
did last, may reach the mark.
These three again dominate the
field, though a formidable crop of
young talent is coming forward rap
idly. The champion already has
gotten off to a characteristic start
with two indoor tournament victories
to his credit.
Tilden Remarkable Player.
Tilden:s racket wizardry is the
product of one of the most versatile
characters that ever invaded the
sphere of sport. He has fought his
way to the top and held 1t against
all attacks by remarkable combi-
nation of concentration, confidence
and tireless physique.
He has an uncanny ability to pull
himself out of the most threatening
situations. His amazing battery of
shots is at It's best under fire and his
knowledge CT psychology has helped
him many a time to conquer an
opponent. Few keener students of
the game have never trod the courts
than the 33-year-old title holder
Tilden first won the national
singles crown in 1920, after twice be-
ing runner-up. Since then he has
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GRANGE, GRID STAR,
IS "0FF THE WAGON"

DETROIT, February 25.-HaroId
Red" Grange, all-American halfback,
who made an ice wagon job famous
as a conditioner for foot ball prowess,
is "off the wagon" he told friends
here last night
He was guest Of Illinois men at an
impromptu dinner while on his way
from Richmond, Mich, to the Uni
versity of Illinois. With "Mumps" and
friend, Grange plans to see the
wide open spaces" along the general
direction of the old Santa Fe trail.
His fame as an iceman will have to
rest on the last two Summers, he de-
clares.
"Mumps," the new companion of
the star Illini halfback. is a Michigan
fox of about the general color of
Reds" tawny thatch, given Grange
while suffering from the Illness re-
membered in the name of the new pet.
"Mumps," in addition to being travel
ing companion, is to be the personal
mascot of Grange at foot ball games
next fall.
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CENTRAL BASkETERS
MEET HYATTSVILLE

Conquerors of the quint represent
ing the Virginia School for the Deaf
by a count of Al to 81, Central High
courtmen are hoping to down the
Hyattsville High School basket ball
five a second time on the Central
floor this afternoon.
Although outclassed in passing, the
Virginia players gave the Washing
tonians a close run in shooting, MAX
ing good on practically all their
tries at the basket from scrimmage.
Outclassed from the start, the Tech
High basket ball team was defeated,
~ to 25, by the Mount st. Joseph's
five at Baltimore. Zahn and Brist
accounted for five field goals each.
wilkins and Collins led the Dewitt
Prep five to a hard earned victory
over ST. Johns College. After going
behind several times, the Dewitt
tossers took the decision, 81 to 32.
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Somewhere, North, East, South or
West, 1T may be that the American
Nurmi is now making his first flights
over the long routes.
Material Is Here.
With the material that the United
States can produce, young men of
the distance running type are as easy
to find as any other sort, and now
that Nurmi's exploits have been
blazoned forth from day to day, dis
tance running here will profit COM
mensurately.
In this way, as in others, y. A. u.
ofhcials feel that Nurmi's presence
has been boon to the cause of dis
tance running in the United States
For despite the efforts that have been
made from time to time and the
schemes tried in various sections,
practically no Improvement has been
made in distance running in this
country in the past five years. In
the Olympic games in France last
Summer, America did not have place
winner in any of the fat races above
500 meters.
1t Is not that the country has not
had the material, but there has been
no real interest in distance running
and now there are signs everywhere
that this condition is being rectified.
So far as the East is concerned,
Princeton and Dartmouth fves are
playing a brand of basket ball that
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athletics at the University of Penn
sylvania, is in favor of the reported
movement at Harvard. Yale and
Princeton against high -salaried coaches.
Il think the idea behind the move
to enable the smaller colleges to COM
pete on an equal basis with the larger
is a good one" Cozens said today
1T is perfectly natural that the
larger colleges, having more means
to employ the best coaches, enjoy an
advantage.
AS far as Pennsylvania is con-
cerned the foot ball coaches have been
confined exclusively to former Penn
sylvania players and the university
never has entered the bidding for an
outside coach. This policy, 1 am sure,
will never be changed"
Cozens said the salary paid foot
ball coaches often was greatly ex-
aggerated and he doubted whether
more than half a dozen college foot
ball coaches received more than $4,000
a year.
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There has been no meeting since
that of the Harvard committee, but
the Transcript story says that it wili
be considered by them at the meet
ing on March T.
The story says that If ratified by
Harvard the agreement will go into
effect in September, 1926, and that in
any case 1925 salaries will not be
affected.
In fixing the limit, according to
the Transcript, it was decided that
the maximum amount should not ex-
ceed the pay of a full professor at
Harvard or Yale, which is $4,000. No
alumni bonuses will be sanctioned.
The Transcript says that limit was
agreed upon for the entire foot ball
budget and that tacit agreement to
limit expenditures in other branches
of sports was arrived at.
PHILADELPHIA, February Is
Ernest Cozens, graduate manager of
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WEBSTER GIRLS BEAT
PRINCESS BASKETERS

In defeating the fast Princess sex
tet, 40 to 33, Marjorie Webster girl
basketers showed that their crowding
of the strong Metropolitans last week
was no mere streak of luck. Tonight
the Websters tackle the Gallaudet
team that recently held George Wash
ington University goods to a 22-to-22
deadlock
Against the Princess girls the Web
ster six kept the lead throughout the
fray. although threatened at the
opening of the second half, when the
score stood % to 26, and again near
its end. The expert tap-off work of
Miss Langenfeld, Webster's center
was a deciding factor of the contest
Miss Zeigler and Miss Bradford
counted heavily for the winners,
while Miss Totten and Miss Douglas
shared scoring honors for the Prin-
cess team.
Eastern High Sophomore girls show
ed the Juniors a thing or two in
keeping just ahead of them all the
way and getting the decision, to 5.
Freshmen ard Juniors clash this aft
ernoon.
Washington Athletic Club girls and
the Metropolitan seXtet, leader in the
Women's Basket Ball League, meet at
Central High School tonight at s
o'clock.
Acacia Mutuals and Salvationists
furnish the Women's Recreation
League game at Epiphany gymnasium
tonight at 1880.
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Entries for the kid" affair will
close on Saturday, when eligibility
lists must be submitted to the
athletic department of the Columbia
Road Church, and play will begin on
Thursday or Friday of next week, all
games being staged in the Calvary
gymnasium. Each organization en-
tering the tourney will be allowed
squad of nine men who average 1l2
pounds. No player weighing over l25
pounds will be eligible TO complete.
The StantOns having Withdrawn
from the Aloysius Club senior tourna-
ment, only four contests are scheduled
for this evening at Gonzaga gym
nasium Mount Vernon Juniors and
Comforters open the program at $50
o'clock, and are followed by two
senior teams, Argyles and Waverlys.
Boys Club Celtics and Columbia
Juniors take the floor at $50, and
Epiphany Seniors and Senecas figure
in the final game.
fremont Juniors, who eliminated
the Eastern Props in the first round
of the junior championship series,
clash with the fast South End Juniors
tonight in Immaculate Conception
gymnasium at 1880
While the regulars of Company F,
Maryland National Guard, are booked
for a meeting with the QuincyS to-
morrow night on the Hyattsville
court, the reserves are without an
opponent Manager McClay, at
Hyattsville 37s, is anxious to book
some fast quint.
Calvary vi. E. basketers downed the
DAl+ LN,-af far ~ 20 nf
town University, 27 to %, on the
Calvary court.
Friends and First Presbyterian,
United Brethren and Eastern Presby-
terian quints will furnish the action
in the Christian Endeavor League at
Calvary gymnasium tonight.
Hap Farley of Georgetown Univer-
sity, Scanlon of Catholic University,
Livezey, Frederic, McNulty and Smith
have been added to the roster of the
Aloysius Big Five for the Aloysius-
Corby series, scheduled to open Mon
day night at the Arcade.
Columbia Athletic Club and George
Mason High School fives are sched-
uled to clash on the Alexandria
Armory court tonight. Allen, Broad
dus, Langley, Rollins and Heflin are
expected to perform for the school
boys, while Pierpont, Wiley, Scriv-
ener, Allen Myers. Anderson and
Kelley will be seen in action for
the Columbias.
Court performers of the Liberty
Athletic Club will end their season to-
morrow night in a meeting with the
Calvary NJ. E. Reserves at the Ma
tional Guard Armory at $40. Base
ball will be discussed by the members
of the club at the home of the man.
ager, us Taylor street, on Monday
night Prospective members are in
vited to attend.
Winton Athletic Stub tossers meet
the Eastern Props at Eastern High
gymnasium tonight, and play the In
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GAME ENDS IN FIGHT.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, February 25.-The
Cleveland-St. Paul hockey game last
night broke up in a row in which
H. hasten, a spectator, was knocked
down by Nelson Stewart, Cleveland
player, and his head gashed by
blow from a hockey stick which he
charges one of three players swung
at him as he was falling.
Evening star., 1925-02-25
HOUSTON GOLF TOURNEY
Is CAPTURED BY GOLDEN

HOUSTON, Tex, February 25.-John
Golden of Paterson, y. J., with a score
of 2SS for Y holes. won the Houston
open golf tournament
Golden's 81 for the first round yester-
day set new course record, and put
him ahead Of John Rogers of Dayton
Ohio, who finished the first two rounds
strokes ahead Of the field
Rogers slipped, but managed to tie Al
Watrous, veteran Grand Rapids profes-
sional, for second money with 291
Jack Burke of Houston was fourth
with 294
Evening star., 1925-02-25
ALEXANDRIA CUNTS
TO CLASH TOMORROW

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, February Is
St. Mary's Juniors and Iroquois Ath-
letic Club cagers will meet here to-
morrow night in the local Armory
hall in what should be one of the
fastest basket ball games OF the sea-
SON Play will start at o'clock, the
Columbia "Buddies" and some sextet
from this city, probably the st. Mary
girls, appearing in a preliminary an
hour earlier.
The Saints probably will line up
with Meades and L. Brenner, for
wards; Cronin, center; Wingheld and
r. Brenner, guards. The Iroquois
regular five, composed of Guiffre and
Craver, forwards; Whitestone, CEN
ter; Owens and Cornell, guards, will
start the game.
Alexandria High School and Dewitt
Prep will meet here on Friday in the
second battle of the year between the
two quints.
Columbia A. C. base ball candidates
will hold their second practice of
the season Sunday morning on the
Alexandria High School athletic field
at IL o'clock.
Old Dominion Boat Club tossers and
Arundel Boat Club of Baltimore will
meet in the Armory tonight for the
second time in the history of the two
clubs. A preliminary game between
the George Mason High School and
Columbia A. c. will start at 1880 pm.
Alexandria High school base ball
Candidates will receive their first call
for practice next Tuesday afternoon,
Capt. Ralph Scrivener and Coach Lev
Wy announced yesterday. Two players
of last years squad, Claude Ballenger,
outfelder, and Bill Langford, pitcher,
will be missing from the lineup.
II. L. knight q Sons store will be
represented on the diamond this sea-
son. Herbert knight will handle the
business end of the team, while Wal
ter Disbrow, old-time sandlotter, will
coach the squad.
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Games officials at the time were not
aware that a new mark had been
made. as modern books gave no record
for such a distance. However, careful
search since has revealed that the
best time for 5000 yards ever before
recorded was minutes 5s 1-5 Sec
onds, made by W. G.. George of Eng
land And Nurmit bettered that by
IL As seconds here.
The Flying Finn will be credited
with the record If papers concerning
the race now being completed by
Georgetown meet authorities are ac-
cepted by the A. A. u. According to
those in charge of the games, the
track over which Nurmi Travelled was
measured at II laps to the
mile, and he ran a full 5000 yards.
Affidavits prepared and signed by the
proper officials will be handed the
A. A. u. in substantiation of claim
for Nurmis new world record.
George Washington basketers are TO
swing into action again tomorrow
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RITOLA rs CLEARED.
Rr the Associated Press.

AbhUCIHItU ItHS
Willie Ritola, middle distance star
of the F'innish-American A. C, stands
cleared of charges that he failed to
keep an agreement to race in the
American Legion meet in Boston
Monday. The A. A. U. is satisfied that
Ritola failed to appear through a
misunderstanding in which he had
no part.
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JAPS IN NET EVENT.

NEW YORK, February 25. The
first formal challenge for the Amer
lean zone Davis cup play was re-
ceived today from Japan by the
United States Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton. Canada and Australia also have
indicated their intention to compete
fR- this division.
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FINN'S SUCCESS REVIVES
INTEREST IN LONG RACES
United States Soon May Challenge Baltic Nations
Supremacy ON Flat Courses of Mile or More.
Tiger-Creen Game Promises Thrills
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

EW YORK, February 25-Paavo Nurmi
VI numbered. Finland
which stands the development dis
o a mile will be challenged
in
athletics
Nurmis heret this Winter
For the first time the history of here boys and
consider
other words has popular and track coaches studying the
ltV neye
Evening star., 1925-02-25
HAND BALL VET DEFIES
ALL HIS AGE AND SIZE

By the Associated Press.
Matt Hannah, 61-year-old Detroit
hand ball artist, who weighs 215
pounds, has issued challenge to any
man in the United States who can
make his weight and age.
Hannah, practices thrice weekly on
the Knights of Columbus courts in his
home city.
Evening star., 1925-02-25
OTHER AFFAIRS UNLIKELY
TO AFFECT BILLS TENNIS
Champion Expected to Defend His National Laurels
and to Be Main Link in Davis Cup Play.
Career Has Been Notable.
BY the Associated Pless.

EW YORK, February 2Wlar T. Tilden king nearly all
VI has survived the world
pes-ke Jack Dempsey position where varied outside
may affect his 1925 campaign.
Although victorious his fight Of
onam from payerwring THden still faces
he drama
1 o yoft
American tennis for the sixth again
link in the Davis
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night, having a date with the quint
of Salem College in the Hatchetite
gymnasium in II street near goth.
Play will get under headway at 8
o'clock.
Maryland's basket ball squad left
College Park today for Atlanta, where
they are to participate in the annual
championship tournament of the
Southern conference. The Old Liners
meet Alabama tomorrow night in the
opening round of the tourney. Fa-
Der, Ensor, Supplee. Cardwell, Beatty,
Boyd, Stevens. Burger and Troxell
are making the trip with Coach Bur-
ton Shipley and Manager Harmon
Baker.
George Mnrsters and Walter Gegan,
Georgetown University runners, fin
ished third in races at the A. A. ".
meet in New York last night. Gegan,
who substituted for Willie Sullivan
In a 1,000-meter run, was beaten by
Joie Ray and Willie Goodwin. In an
SSO-yard special event, Alan Helffrich
and Ray Dodge beat Marsters.
Evening star., 1925-02-25

dependents and Clovers at Congress
Heights tomorrow. On Saturday the
Apaches will be encountered at East
ern High
Members of the Sherwood Athletic
Club quint wish to book 112-pound
teams for a double header in the
Sherwood gymnasium on Friday
night Challenges may be telephoned
to Manager Mcdowell, at North 100S3
between $50 and $50
Manager GIaScock of the Ace Mid
gets wants games for Friday and Sat
urday nights. The Aces have their
own floor. Call Lincoln 7714.
Evening star., 1925-02-25
TIE FOR HOCKEY LEAD.

ST. PAUL Mimi, February 25.-The
st. Paul and Eveleth Clubs went into
a tie for first place in the United
States Amateur Hockey League,
western division, standings when the
two defeated their opponents last
night.
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MARTIN Is OUTPOINTED,
BUT RETAINS HIS TITLE

CLEVELAND, Ohio. February Is
Carl Tremaine. Cleveland, won Referee
Matt Hinkel's decision over Eddie (Can-
nonbalD Martin, champion bantam
weight pugilist, in a slashing 12-round
bout last night. Martins title was not
at stake, however, as both men were
over weight.
Evening star., 1925-02-25

Perhaps just to remind the Amer
lean public that he still is a runner
of parts, little Joie Ray of Chicag go
set a mark of his own in the 1000
meter run, a distance raced indoors
for the first time. Ray conquered
Willie Goodwin of the New York A. G..
Nurmi ran miles for a medi-
ocre showing, his 9:l4 Is appearing
slow against previous performances,
although 800 2-miles were few
and far between before he came TO
America. The Finn was about II
seconds behind the record he estab
lished on the same boards in the New
York A c. meet 10 days ago when
he startled the track world by COM
pleting the distance under minutes
One of the most interesting con-
tests of the meet, which furnished
funds for the building of the Cathe-
dral of St. John the Divine, was that
between Phil Granville. Canadian
walker, and Ugo Frigerio of Italy
Olympic champion.
Granville won. calling upon
seemingly inexhaustible reserve
whenever the Italian threatened
throughout the mile and a half. On
Saturday night Frigerio and Gran
willie rubbed elbows on a turn and
the Canadian was disqualified.
Alan Helffrich of Penn State con-
tinued his sensational running and
captured the half mile, while Willie
Plant. American champion walker,
had little opposition in his event and
failed to set any new times.
The new records follow:
Made Former Formerly
Distance Time by time held by
* A.0l a
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FORM CHESS LEAGUE.

NEW YORK, February 25.-Har-
ward, Yale, Princeton and West Point
have organized an intercollegiate
chess body, the Army replacing CO.
lumbia. The organization is to be
perpetual, although other colleges will
be invited to participate in tournament
Evening star., 1925-02-25
PENN FOUR GOING WEST.

Pennsylvania will send a two mile
relay team to the University of Illi-
nots track meet on Saturday, COM
posed of Strarratt, Rogers, Barnshaw
and McLane.
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THREE GIANTS REPORT.

NEW YORK, February 25.-Hank
Gowdy and Grover Hartley, catchers,
and Ernest Maun, pitcher, are the
latest arrivals at the camp of the
Giants in Sarasota, Fla.
Evening star., 1925-02-25

held nearly every important title
here and abroad, including world
championship victories at Wimbledon
in 1921 and 1922. He and Johnston
brought the Davis cup, emblem of
team supremacy, back from Australia
in 1920. In this competition, Tilden
has never lost a singles match. His
consistent supremacy has had few
parallels in sportdom.
Evening star., 1925-02-25
RITOLA SETS TWO MARKS.
WHILE RAY HANGS UP ONE
By the Associated Press.

the
YORK, February 25-Three world
last night Madison Garden
\ Finland, IA O
for A. C.
his shoulders
sO00eter established full
for 3r,ie
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$4,000 is URGED AS LIMIT
SALARY FOR GRID TUTORS

OSTON February 2The Boston Transcript stated yesterday that
agreement limiting the salaries OF head coaches of foot ball at
Harvard fort
night by the chairman athletics the big Three
New Haven and has already been accepted by the athletic committees
Evening star., 1925-02-25
DERBY DRAWS BIG FIELD.

Entries for the $4,000 Kentucky
Derby, to be raced at Churchill Downs
May 13, promises to be a record
breaker.
Evening star., 1925-02-25
BASKET BALL RESULTS

At Roanoke, Va.-Davfdson, III
Roanoke, ID.
At Proyfdence-Harvar 25; Brown,
10.
At Gainesyille-F1orida 81; South
erT, Fl.
Evening star., 1925-02-25

Soccer is the national sport of South
America, and is played the whole
year round.
Evening star., 1925-02-25
FLOOR TEAMS
TO STAGE TITLE TOURNEY

decide the ll2pound championship of the
basket ball circles Eighteen hyweght
Calvary NJ E last night discuss the
that be the biggest
Evening star., 1925-02-25
FINN MAY BE CREDITED
WITH RECORD RUN HERE

+ AAVO NURMI, Fnand distance has been setting
such unusual length this
athletic do readily recall
bettered the Abo Antelope
world record the
Hall Saturday
when he 40 rs
Evening star., 1925-02-25

Winton Athletic Stub tossers meet
the Eastern Props at Eastern High
gymnasium tonight, and play the In