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Evening star., 1925-03-28
FRIGERIO AND PLANT
TO WALK FOR TITLES

NEW YORK, March 2S.-An Olym-
pic champion and his greatest rival,
who was unable to compete in the in
ternational games of 1920 and 1924,
will settle the question of world titles
tonight.
Ugo Frigerio of Italy, Europe's best,
and Willie Plant, Americas champion,
will face each other in a 10,000-meter
walking contest, the distance at which
Friegerio earned his laurels. For six
years the little Italian was unbeaten.
Then Plant came into his track life
and he lost three successive races.
Phil Granville of Canada captured
two others from him.
Frigerio has made his reputation
in the outdoors, but has announced
that he will not remain for cinder
path competition in the United States
this Summer. He has planned to sail
for Italy on April II,
Evening star., 1925-03-28
SWIMMERS CONTEST
FOR TITLES TONIGHT

Eight members of the Capitol Ath-
pete against large field of stars in
the South Atlantic swimming cham
pionships at the Congressional Coun-
try Club pool tonight
Baltimore swimming clubs will
have 20 representativ in the seven
South Atlantic and the two national
events, and New York, Atlantic City,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh. Boston and
Homestead, Pa. have entered teams.
Florence Skadding, Winifred
Faunce, Esther Taylor, Ena Pet
tingill, lone Whaler, Alma Whaler.
Elizabeth Whaler and Martha Feland
will carry the Capitol colors.
Those competing in the 1oe-yard
pionship are Ruth Thomas. Catherine
Nichols and Olive Filler of the Am
bassador Swimming Club of Allan
tic City; Helen Briscoe, Women's
Swimming Association of New York
Mildred Laird and Eleanor Gogo, Car
negie Library Club of Homestead
Pa, and Loretta Cannon of the Bay
Shore Athletic Club OF Baltimore.
In the other national event, the
fancy dive, the following are entered
Catherine Nichols, Olive Filler, Helen
Briscoe and Marie Hillegrass.
Baltimore organizations that will
be represented tonight are the 7. NJ.
c. A. the Maryland Swimming Club,
the Bay Shore Athletic Club and the
Playground Athletic League.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
STARS TAKE DRIVES
IN A. B. C. TOURNEY

BUFFALO, March IS. Thoma
brothers of Chicago, two-man cham
pions, and Jimmy Smith of Milwau-
kee, winner of two all-events cham
pionships, bowl tonight in the five-man
event of the A. B. c. tournament.
There are many national. sectional
and State champions on the drives
this afternoon, among them the lei
gler Chocolates of Milwaukee, who,
bowling under the name of the Nell
son Mitchells, won the championship
two years ago; Meyers Recreation
five of Milwaukee, 1925 Wisconsin
State tiueholders; w. Reppenhagen
and E. Hartman, winner of the Cen
trail State two-man, and w. Roloff,
who won the recent Midwest tourna-
ment.
There is nothing extraordinarily
high for these champions to overtake.
A score of 2,937 leads in the tiveman
event. The Intercitys of New York,
with a total of 1898, and the Lincoln
Life Insurance Co. team of Fort
Wayne, Ind, 1922 A. B. c. champions,
who tailed 2,s77. placed among the
leaders last night in the five-man event.
The leaders:
Evening star., 1925-03-28
DUMBART0N COURTS
TO OPEN TOMORROW

District tennis gets under way to-
morrow with the opening of the
courts at the Dumbarton Country
Club. A busy season is ahead of the
Dumbarton racketers. a match with
Yale on April IL opening the schedule
and another with Columbia University
coming two days later.
The annual District of Columbia
championships in mems singles and
doubles. mixed doubles and ladies'
singles and doubles will be staged at
the Dumbarton courts again this year.
Tournament play will take place dur
ing the week of June 29-July 4.
A. o. White has been elected presi-
dent of the club. Other officers re-
Gently named are: Elmer Dyer vice
president; ]. r. Ballinger, secretary;
Louis Bates, treasurer; Thomas Man
gan, chairman of tennis committee !;
r. S. Burwell and Louis I. Doyle, ten
mis- committeeman.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
NURMI AND RITOLA
BOTH EASY VICTORS

PITTSBURGH. Pa, March 2s-
Paavo Nurmi, Finnish racing marvel,
won an easy victory last night in
the two-mile race, one of the feature
events at tire indoor track tourna-
ment OF the 107th Field Artillery.
His time was 1854 2-5
Nurmf finished half a lap ahead of
Verne III. Boothe, Melrose A. c. Jim
my Connolly, Georgetown, finished
third.
Willie Ritola also was an easy VIC
tor in the three-and- a-quarter-miIe
event, his time being 1929 Gunnar
Nillson. Finnish American A c., was
second and Clyde Lies of the Univer-
Sity of Pittsburgh was third
Ritola and Nillson gave Lies a
handicap of e-quarters of a lap.
After finishing the three and a
quarter miles Ritola continued on for
another quarter mile IN an effort to
establish a new record for three and
a half miles. He failed by several
seconds. his time for that distance
being 17:42 3-5. The two-mile run.
featuring Nurmi, seemed to disap-
point the crowd.
Pittsburgh's team won the one
mile relay for colleges, with Geneva
second and Carnegie Tech third. The
time was 1856.
Evening star., 1925-03-28

He probably can do this for several
more years If he wishes But the
question is whether his temperament
Will stick it out under the strain of
dieting and constant training. VIII
he not some day throw fame over
board, relapse into plain, fattish
George Herman Ruth and let the
dead past bury it's dead? It is tor
ture for some fat men to keep within
limits.
Ruth's weight is not seriously af-
fecting his playing for the moment
He came in the other day on a short
fly and made a beautiful catch. He
goes around the bases on his toes, and
when he hits he slams the ball TO
regions that 1t never visited before
He will bang many a home run this
season, no doubt. But-the pitchers
Will pitch to Ruth now, where once
they were loath to do it.
Combs to Replace Witt.
None the less, Ruth stands out as
one of the prominent cogs in the ma
chine with which Manager Miller Hug
gins processes his hope and confidence
OF winning another pennant With
Meusel. Ruth and Combs (who re-
places WitD in the outffeld, the
some of the other classy outf1elds of
the American League set of out
fields, by the way, that outclasses the
National Leagues outer gardeners
The substitution of Combs for Witt
was one of several important changes
made by Manager Huggins this year
In the long run, Combs should prove
more valuable man than Witt, ow-
ing to the fact that he is taller
rangier and perhaps a little faster
than Witt. Wits position as lead
of batter has been taken by Dugan,
and Combs, who hits behind him, thus
far has shown skill and adaptability
10 that position in the batting order.
Another of the changes was the
trade which brought Urban Shocker
to the Yanks and sent Joe Bush to the
st. Louis Browns. Both Browns and
Yankees profess to believe they prof
tied by the trade. In any event, il
Shocker comes through with a good
season he may put the Yanks in the
pennant fight by a fine margin.
Shocker Not a Batsman.
Many persons are inclined to think
Shocker is the best pitcher in the
American League. Maybe he is How
ever, he does not combine pitching
with batting ability, as Bush did He
is not likely to win any of his games
with his bat.
Shocker may win for the Yanks as
many as 25 games. If he does. the
fanks should figure in the pennant
chase. And Miller Huggins says he
expects not only to figure in it-he
expects to win it.
1t Will be a tough race" he con-
cedes, but we are better team than
some managers seem to think, and
well show them so when the season
starts"
(Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1925-03-28
LAFAYETTE A. C. Nine
HAS BRIGHT OUTLOOK

Lafayettes will play the Congress
Heights base ball nine in a. practice
game tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
on the Congress field, at Nichols ave-
nue. and Portland street. Lafayette
players are requested to report to the
diamond not later than l o'clock.
The Lafayette team that made a
great showing last season has been
greatly strengthened by the acquisi-
ton of w. Edinger and Z. Edinger.
former Hilltop players; +. Wesley,
Shamrock second baseman; Welde,
star pitcher of the Naval Air Service
team of last year. and Bangs of the
Lehigh Athletic Club.
Senior and unlimited teams want
ing games should communicate with
Melvin Henderson at 1912 K street
southeast, Lincoln 393.
National Midgets of Alexandria
wish to book games with District
mines in their class. The Linworths,
Southends and Hornet Midgets espe-
ciaIly are challenged. Write to Man
ager Robert Lynch at Ill North
Payne street, Alexandria.
Alexandria Dreadnaughts are plan
ming for the most successful season
in their history and will hold prac-
t1c6 tomorrow. Manager Ii. X. Alien,
at 726 North Washington street, is
booking games.
Bucky Juniors are meeting tonight
at the home of Raymond Britton, 731
Q street, at 8 o'clock. F. Britton,
John Gegowitz, Ralph Beall. Edward
Bernard, Victor Stable, Walter Sol
omon and Joe Amity are requested
to report.
Northern Juniors were scheduled to
open their season today in a clash
with the Crescents at the Monument
Grounds at o'clock.
Liberty Athletic Club and Texas
Athletic Club teams will meet in a
practice game tomorrow afternoon at
the Rosedale field at Q o'clock. The
Libertys are scheduling games for
Saturdays and Sundays. Call Man
ager kremb at Columbia 4165-J.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
OWN JUMPING MARK
BROKEN BY OSBORNE
Ry the Associated Press

BY tha Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, March 2S.-One Of
the greatest collections of track and
field stars ever gathered in the South
west performed here yesterday at the
University of Texas Stadium in the
nrst southwestern relay games
Harold Osborne of the Illinois Ath-
letfc Club, world champion aIl-around
athlete, set q new world record in
the running high jump. clearing tho
bar at feet 1916 inches. The old
mark made by himself was feet SL
inches.
Osborne performed in an exhibition
against Sheppard of the Texas Uni
Yersity freshman team
Side by side with Osborre's feat
was the flashing speed of the Butler
College relay team, which captured
three events. This team is composed
of kilgore, Carraway, Phillips and
Gray.
One of the exhibition events. the
mile race between the Texas star,
Jim Reese and Joie Ray of the iii
nois A c., Chicago, Americas cham
plon middle distance runner, proved
a misfortune for Ray. The race was
going pretty, with Reese slightly in
the lead on the last lap, when Raw
pulled tendon and limped in prac-
tically Withdrawing. Reese won in
4:29 3-5.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
FRENCHMEN PICKED
TO TAKE U. S. TITLE

NEW YORK, March 2s.-The pros
pect of the national indoor tennis crown
passing into possession of an invading
European player for the first time in
the history of the 25-year-old net COM
petition appeared as the annual tourna-
ment opened here today.
Failure of Vincent Richards, presen,
holder of the title, to enter, and the alb
sence of first 10' players among the
So starters, left Jean Borotra, sensa-
tional French racketer and 1924 Olym-
pic champion, as an outstanding
favorite.
Watson M. Washburn, Percy Kynas-
ton, Herbert Bowman, Fred Anderson
and Jerome Lang are among the best
of the American entrants.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
GS Busy GetAway Day at Camp Ruth Unlikely Set Ne1v
FOUR MARINE ATHLETES
MAY ENTER GEORGETOWN

Neal. Brunelle and Ryckman,
scintjllaffnE backheId stars OF the
QuanticO Marine foot ball team,
and Duncan, n cloutinE ball player
with the Devil Dogs for several
years, are declared to be slated to
enter Georgetown University next
Fall. Under the Hilltop rules they
will not be eligible to play I'm
varsity games until q year after
their entrance.
tional ability, and should a0d
greatly to the power of the Blue
and Gray aEgreEations. There
probably are NO three men I'm this
section who, as a trio, could
match the strength Of the three
Marine gridmen. while Duncan has
been hitting the hOrsehfde at a
400 clip.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
D. C. WELL REPRESENTED
IN ANNUAL MARATHON

Seven Washington barriers and two
University of Maryland runners were
scheduled to start in the annual
Laurel-to- Baltimore marathon at
noon today.
Carroll Brooks, Grattan Montague.
James Montague, Leon Hammond and
Mike Lynch were to represent the
Aloysius Athletic Club.
Leon Heinrich was to carry the
colors of Gallaudet College and Louis
Stemple is a Marine Corps entry.
Maryland distance runners in the
event are Wiifred F'roehlich and AL
bert Patruska.
Forty eight marathoners were ex-
pected to start.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
SHAMR0CKS TO GATHER
ON DIAMOND TOMORROW

Nance Steele, manager of the cham
pion Shamrocks, will put his base ball
squad through another stiff workout
at II o'clock tomorrow morning on
the diamond at Fifth and l. streets.
The Shamrocks will open their sea-
son on Easter, probably against the
Alexandria Dreadnaughts. champions
of Virginia. The two clubs are old
rivals, and for the past four years
have opened their schedules together
Any unlimited team wanting a prac-
sice game for tomorrow should COM
municate with Willie Glascoe, at Lin
coin 493-W, after 5 o'clock. Glascoe
also is arranging the season schedule
Evening star., 1925-03-28
REED PLAYS THOMPSON
IN GOLF TOURNEY FINAL

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March Is
Kenneth NJ. Reed of New York faced
Stanley Thompson. Canadian amateur.
in the battle for the title in the Ponce
de Leon golf tournament here today.
Reed figured yesterday in the sec
ond big upset of the tournament
when he defeated George Morse, Rut-
land, VT, after the latter on the pre-
ceding day had ousted Frank Thomp-
son. Canadian amateur title holder,
from the event. Stanley Thompson
came into the finals by triumphing e
over Eddie Van Week of Garden CITY,
Long Island. former Yale pitcher.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
OXFORD CREW LOSES;
SHELL is SWAMPED

By the Associa ted Press.
PUTNEY, March 2S.-The annual
Oxford Cambridge boat race ended
sensationally this afternoon when
the Oxonians, after rowing about 2
miles in very rough water, were
forced to abandon the contest owing
to the waterlogged condition of their
boat. Cambridge finished the race,
winning in 81 minutes 81 seconds.
miles long.
Cambridge, which started the gen
eral favorite, was lucky in winning
the toss, which enabled the Light
Blues to select the north shore for
their station, thereby gaining pro-
lection from the strong north wind,
which not only was bitingly cold, but
badly roughened the water of the
river.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
YOUNG SHARKEY GIVEN
PLACE ON FIGHT CARD

Young Sharkey has been substi-
tuted as the opponent of Eddie Bowen
at the Washington Barracks next
Wednesday night to take the place of
Eddie Leonard of Baltimore, who has
declined to meet the Washington ban
tam because of a difference in weights
Sharkey has fought Lew Mayors,
Benny Schwartz, Peter Mack and In
dian Russell, and is reputed to be able
to take all Bowen may give him.
The other bouts of the cards will
feature Jack Turner and Young
Reno, AL Forum and Andy Bowen.
At o'clock tonight Renzo will be
seen at the International Athletic
Club, 90s Pennsylvania avenue, DEM
onstrating to the public that he is in
the best of condition for his match.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
RANSDELL DIAMONDERS
WILL WORK TOMORROW

Base ballers of the Ransdell In
corporated nine, champions Of sec
tion G of the Washington Base Ball
and Athletic Association, will hold
their initial workout tomorrow after
noon, at o'clock, at Eighteenth and
Newton streets northeast
Besides having all of last years
team members back on the diamond,
Manager Bickerton has signed Harke,
Sager, Pete Peterson and Jimmie
Dunn. Games may be arranged
through the manager at the Postal
Telegraph Co., Evans Building
Evening star., 1925-03-28

Tunney gave Greb as thorough a
beating as he has ever received. So
completely was Greb outclassed and
outfought in of the 10 rounds that
he resorted to a defensive fight after
the third. and thereafter was guilty
of persistent holding, varied only by
a rare fash of offensive fighting,
which Tunney quickly terminated by
a devastating body attack.
Tunney concentrated his fire almost
entirely on Greb's heart and body,
landing with deadly accuracy and
telling effect. To Greb's credit he
showed remarkable assimilative pow
ers in standing up under Tunney's
vicious attacks.
After a fashy start, Greb went on
the defensive, and let entire rounds
go by without making more than a
weak show of attack, without landing
a decisive punch, even on those rare
Evening star., 1925-03-28

occasions when he undertook to do
the leading.
Greb, with a reputation of thou
sand punches, used all of them last
night in attempting to smother Tun-
ney's body attack, and wasted at
least thousand of them.
Apparently discouraged by his fail
ure to land and alarmed over Tun-
ney's power and persistence, Greb
thought only of protecting himself
and resorted to holding that brought
warnings from the referee and boos
from the crowd.
Tunney fought a clever and an in
tense fight. His left hooks to the
body seldom missed and his occa-
sional use of short rights to the
body and jaw scored whenever he cut
these blows loose. 1t is doubtful II
the bounding Greb, rated as one of
the elusive boxers of the ring, ever
received as many solid blows in any
given 10 rounds.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
HARGRAVE CALLED HOME
BY ILLNESS OF MOTHER

TAMPA, Fla, March cS.-Bill
HarErave, one OF the Nationals
catcher~, upon receipt of q mes
sage TINT his mother was dying,
left Tampa this morning for his
home, I'm Fort Wayne, Ind, and
may not reJOin the squad nntil 1T
arrives In Warrington April o.
HarRrave said before leaving
that his brother Eugene, who is
Arsf-strinE catcher for the Gin
cinnnti Reds. already was ON his
way to Fort Wayne.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
QUIT TAMPA AFTER GAME
WITH GIANTS THIS EVENING
Nationals Prepare for Eleven-Day Transforming
Trip Back to Washington-Martina Earns
Serious Consideration for Retention.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

TO ohaveth
continually Prior game
the world to
morning filled with activity the of swngers
athletes
hrsts on the day journey Washington.
North with the Giants the little
of October with the that the National
differently Walker Hene Groh who did
Evening star., 1925-03-28
PASSAIC AGAIN BEATEN.

PATERSON, n. J., March 2s.-
Hackensack High Schools basket ball
team repeated it's victory over Pas
sale High in the local armory last
night, before a crowd of 12,500, stag
ing fast finish in the final quarter
to win by 81 to IS. 1t was Hacken-
sack. in a league game earlier in the
season, that broke PASSAGES streak of
159 straight with a 33-to-26 triumph.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
GIBBONS IS WILLING.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, March 28.-A
match between Tommy Gibbons, st.
Paul, heavyweight, and Gene Tunney,
American light-heavyweight title hold
er, for the Polo Grounds, in New York,
June IL, is step nearer as a result
of conference between Matchmaker
Jimmy De Forest and Gibbons The
challenger for Jack Dempsey's crown
promised to favorably consider De For
eSt'S offer
Evening star., 1925-03-28
CRIGSBY, CUB OUTFIELDER,
BREAKS HIS COLLARBONE

HICAGO -Calamity which struck the Chicago Cubs
ago Maranvle ankle has scored
~ Grgby, intended regular fielder broke
He will able play until the middle
of May.
casualty the outhed double in
5o4 Vernon club.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
TO STAGE DUAL MEET.

ANN ARBOR, March 28.-Michigan
and Cornell will top their indoor
track seasons with their annual dual
met here tonight. in which the Yost
field house will be used for the first
time for an Intercollegiate track
event. The meet will be the fifteenth
in which the two schools have par
ticipated.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
GOWDY FIELD OPENED.

FORT BENNING. Ga, March 2s.-
University of Georgia and the Infan-
try School mines, with the aid of a
mule bedecked in blue and the red and
black swathed bulldog, officially open
ed Gowdy Field. said to be the finest
base ball diamond of the Army.
Georgia won, rs.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
AMERICAN TEAMS SAIL.

Two American athletic teams sail
today for international competition
abroad. Pennsylvania's relay team
departs to match strides with the Ok
ford and Cambridge runners, while
the American Army polo squad starts
across the Atlantic to oppose Brit
ish officers in June for the interna-
tional military championship.
Evening star., 1925-03-28
EXCESS OF WEIGHT is DUE
TO BALK BABES AMBITION
Slugger Now Faces Constant Fight Against Handicap
of Fat-Combs Should Prove More Valuable
in Yankee Outfield Than Witt.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

JACKSONVILLE Fa Ruth is not HkeIy to break
his homun record 1921 this
The SO mark that he
stand as his high-water mark
The Babe getting fat Unquestonaby
at the Hot all
could do with loss of 10 pounds hurting that
the high bit be
the KIND that always bring a of
For Ruth from the S not much making
- - rN'-"e
Evening star., 1925-03-28


One of the hardest plays in which an
outfielder must perfect himself is where
a ball is hit directly over his head. You
need instinct TO get started almost as
soon as the bat meets the ball. Like
wise you have to have speed to reach
| the desired spot in time to make the
catch.
A good sense of direction will be of
much help to the youngSter breaking in
as an outfielder If he has it he will
break to one side for the ball and then
go straight to the spot where he can
make the play. The danger for young
sters to avoid is turning from side TO
side while running. You can't follow
circles and make many catches.
Outfielders have to make many
catches while on the dead run But
wherever possible, be set to get the ball
and thus eliminate the danger of over
running or undermining the play. Also
use two hands, if you can get them up
to make the catch.
The so-called shoestring catches are
difficult for youngster to perfect. If
you have plenty of nerve you can make
this play as well as any other 1t is
generally to be saved for an emergency
When you have to dive forward for a
ball be sure you keep your head and
hands up. Otherwise you may miss the
tain to take an extra base.
Young outfielders should take all the
throwing practice they can. They need
to learn to line the ball to the plate and
to all the bases Drill until you get the
Dali TO the receiver on the bound. 1t will
arrive just as fast as on the f1y and
there is less danger of it getting away
from the catcher or infielder making
I the play. The ball should get to the re-
ceiver on the first bounce.
Youngsters need to learn the differ
ence In the bounce in thrown ball that
hits the turf and one which rebounds
from the dirt of the base paths or the
pitchers box. A ball coming up from
the turf does so at much faster rate
than one rebounding from the dirt of a
diamond. Outfielders should make al
lowance for this difference when they
| throw.
The boy who perfects himself in han
ding ground balls will have a big ad-
| vantage over many young outfielders.
Very often an outfielder foolishly thinks
that If he is good on fly balls he is a
| f1rst-clasS player. Unless you can play
balls on the hop or when they are rolling
| fast almost as good as an infielder you
| will never reach the very top as an out
| fielder.
| The outflelder isn't supposed merely
| to block the ball when 1t comes on a
| fast bound. He must get his hands on
| 1t. Otherwise the play is almost certa in
to be messed up. If your ball field is
| rough and spotty you probably will miss
many plays by not trying simply to
knock the ball down. But do your best
to get your hands on the ball Don't ac-
| quire bad habits. They are often hard
1 to cure. Learn to do a thing in the
proper way. 1t pays.
Remember that you need a powerful
| batting punch to go ahead as an out
| fielder. Sometimes a club will have two
| heavy hitters in the outer garden and
be able to carry a great defensive out
| fielder who may not come quite to the
| desired standard as a hitter. But be
sure you can hit the ball if you take up
| outfielding.
(Tomorrow-The Three Positions of
| he 0ufAalAArl
Evening star., 1925-03-28
HOW TO PLAY BASE BALL
oUTFIELDER: I-NEEDED QUALIFICATIONS.
BY Stanley (Bucky) Harris

hoping be successful outfeder will need be
| his throwing
fly ball will land
balls almost and nelder. He
hitter and good baerunner
This large bill to FILL And is If find
markedly the have
mind for other position than that ouder Your
much You
if ar able well the things that arene