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THREE ARE UNBEATEN
AMONG BIG TEN FIvES

-
BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO. December Michigan,
Ohio State and Indiana teams stand
out in the Big Ten basket ball field to-
day as unbeaten in their early games
against non-conference cagers, with
the first conference game of the sea-
son--Illinois at Minnesota just two
weeks away.
Notre Dame plays Iowa and Michi
gan State engages Northwestern and
Illinois meets Drake in games tonight
Notre Dame already has beaten one
Big Ten five. Minnesota. Michigan
state lost to Chicago Saturday.
Drake, leading team of the Mis-
souri, valley conference. met disaster
at NorthWC stern last week.
Waba &h has given Northwestern
and Iowa beatings. and Franklin, aft
er losing to Indiana, whipped WiScon-
sin. Purdue has been beaten by an
other Indiana non-conference school,
Depauw.
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~ tiio kASSpcldLcQ fFeeS.
= IZE should not stand in the way
of the youth who aspires to be
base ball player any more
- than it handicaps the fellow
who wants to become Presi-
dent. a successful business man or
plumber, thinks Ray Schalk, veteran
catcher of the Chicago White Sox,
and newly chosen manager for next
year.
The Cracker, Is years in the major
leagues, is but feet inches in
height and weighs less than $50
pounds.
Schalk is one of the smallest men
in the ranks of professional players,
especially in the backstopping job.
where it is commonly believed a
rugged sixfoOter is more desirable.
Schalk came from the Milwaukee
American Association team in the
days of Big Ed Walsh, a spit ball
pitchey and one Of the hardest men
to catch In the game.
Dwarf Among Catchers.
When Schalk made his debut the
major league teams had for catchers
such giants as Roger Bresnahan,
Frank Bowerman, Larry Mclean,
Chief Meyers, Johnny Killing, Bill Sui
Ivan, Bill Carrigan and George Glib
son.
Schalk caught 12S games In 1918,
and for IL consecutive years was the
wonder man of the mask, topping
base balls record OF 151 games in
1920.
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kANAWHA FL00RMEN
FACE CALVARY FIVE

Two basket ball games with four
topnotch ae®ations appearing on
the floor will open the holiday week
for the amateur Courtmen tonight.
The games viii be played in Congress
Heights Auditorium.
The opening tilt will be between
kanawhas and Calvary Methodist
tossers at S o'clock. Arrows and
Clovers will clash in the second en-
gagement an hour later. Calvary will
seek to wipe out two previous defeats
by Kanawha,
The latter five came from behind
in a game at the Arcadia last night.
to win from the Park View quint rs
to "a. while in another Senior League
contest at Congress Heights the Ar
rows nosed out the Boys Club Celtics,
Is to 13.
Park View led at half time and at
the end Of the third period. but was
nipped at the wire when Chatlin
threw the winning field goal.
Arrows led, to s, at half time in
the Celtics' games, and always held
a slim margin.
Besides the Park View Kanawha
clash Chevy Chase and the Arcadians'
girls combination were winners In
the triple header staged at the Ar
cadia Auditorium. Chevy Chase
showed the way to Elliotts. II to IA,
and Arcadians routed Capitol A. c..
maidenS, sc to g.
Anacostia Eagle tOssers gianed a
40-to-15 verdict over the Yosemite
quint in another game played at the
Congress Heights gym. Eagles were
always in the lead and uncovered a
fast attack in the last quarter that
sWamped the Yosemites by it's speed.
Chevy Chase C0urtmen scored a
21-to-14 victory over the Elliotts last
night at the Arcadia
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LICHT-HEAVY CHAMPION
TO TACKLE LARGER FOE
Title Holder Will Face i'm German Experienced Ring
Campaigner Who Never Has Been Knocked Out.
Rosenberg in Tune-Up Bout.

Harry Person, Sweden foul, five
rounds. and Jack Sharkey, 10 rounds.
He beat Sharkey a year ago. but in a
return fight lost on foul in the first
round. German was In the a. +. F.
and lost a bout to Gene Tunney.
Later he was one of Tunney's spar
ring partners.
The 10-round semi-final will give
Charley PhiD Rosenberg another
tune-up fight before he defends his
bantamweight crown next month
against Bushy Graham OF Utica, n. Y.
The titleholder expects to play his
fistic music on Petey Mack, local
featherweight.
The Delaney German bout is the
first Of two heavyweight eliminations
this week. Harry Person will meet
Jim Maloney of Boston at Madison
Square Garden, New York. Wednes-
day night. NIaloney is a 2to-1
favortte
Elky Clarke, British fIyweight
champion, arriving here in quest of
world honors, expects to see how
Americans hand out their padded
thumps at tonight's bouts in Jersey
City He is matched to fight Ffdel
La Barba in New York next month.
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LITTLE BACKSTOP STAR
FOR Is YEARS In MAJORS
Ray Made Debut When Rangy Receivers Were
Thought to Be Only Good Ones in Base Ball-Has
Made Brilliant Record With White Sox.

Catching is what a catcher make
out of It," Schalk said in giving his
views. Catching is one of the mos
important cogs of winning ball clut
It's up to the catcher to bring GU
the value OF the job. He can't loaf
BackstOp is Games Pivot.
ITO the fan in the bleachers the
catcher has a cinch. Let me tell you
the catcher is the pivot with all the
plays before him. The game centers
around the pitcher, and it's up TO the
catcher TO keep his pitcher on edge.
When the pitcher has control you will
see the team hustling. Nothing dis
courages a team so much as a wild
pitcher. Look how the boys play be
hind Grover Alexander and Walter
Johnson
Schalk has the distinction of having
| made a putout at every base. Sew
eral times he made them at first and
third, and made one at second base
years ago when the White Sox were
playing the st. Louis Browns.
Schalk's record in the ma iof
leagues follows.
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LADIES' DISTRICT LEAGUE.

High team set--King PIN. 1.463.
High team game-king Pin and PetWorth,
High individual set-Frere Convention
High Individual .game--Frere lConvention
HALL and A. Burkhalter (Petworthl. 12o.
High strikes-Baiiey tking PM 3.
High spares-Frere Convention HALL go:
High average--Frere Convention HAM,
9S-10.
King Pin girls offered little opposi-
ton to the strengthened Temple team
and as result lost first place In the
Ladies District League last week.
Convention Hall now leading with 8
two-game advantage.
King Pin had an off night, while
Temple had several good individual
scorers, namely: Miss Goodall. ia;
Esther Burton, 10 and Captain Linn
erick, 10S.
Convention Hall had to work t.
beat Petworth two games, for the
Georgia avenue girls tied two league
records in the last game. the team
turning in a game of Sill to equal
King Pins game and Anna Burk
halter's scoring 100 to equal Marie
F'rere's high game.
The Arcadia team sporting green
sweaters and brown pleated skirts
with shoes and hose to match. won
the first two games from Meyer Davis
with Edith Knoeller and Maxine
Fleming contributing games of Ill.
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BY RAY KENNEDY,
Iptain. Washington Basket Bail c
American IaarlIe

When a basket ball squad first
comes together, the chances are that
the coach knows every one of the
players by reputation. He has seen
some Of them play. and has been told
about others. The experience and
record of each man is recorded in
his head. should the players not
realize that
But when the players take the floor,
each man is put on an even basis
and competition for the positions is
started from scratch" The coach
must forget all his preferences, and
give every player an equal chance
to try for the club on his ability.
This should be realized by the
players. and no boy should think
that he has more or less chance to
make the club than his rivals. With
this in mind, it is up to him to do
his level best.
The first duty Is to listen con-
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HELEN SAYS SUZANNE
HAS LOST ANIMATION
By the Associated Press.
AyT-yuy vnDTy

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 20.-A
mechanical Suzanne Lenglen has
taken the place of the animated
F'renchwoman of the Riviera in the
opinion of Helen Wills, who in her
first article today as a staff member
of the World discusses professional
tennis.
Mile. Suzanne Lenglen of the
Riviera and the Lenglen of the pro-
1essional tennis courts are two very
different persons. she writes. THE
spirit, the animation of the play
which / watched in France seemed
10 be strangely lacking. 1t was as if
u butterfly had been snatched out
Of the sunshine and set down under
the glare of the electric lights.
Instead of giving the pleasure
and thrill which | felt in watching
her on the Riviera last Winter her
play, by comparison. was almost de-
pressing. The wonderful spirit was
gone and in its place there was
sort of mechanical production of
stroke
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With the Bowlers

the Young Mems Shop, and The
Evening Star team got all its games
from Dulin and Martin.
Baum Of The Evening Star team
rolled high set, with $50, while Bill
Cox of Washington Battery rolled
high set for the week, with 361. Cox
also got high game, 1872. while
Mincosky of Sworzyn's was right be-
hind him with a game of 131.
Parker Bridget team improved It's
standing one notch by taking all three
games from Cats, that, however, did
not drop in standing as Dulia and
Martin, right on it's heels also suf-
fered the same fate.
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1000 SEE GRID GAME
ALTHOUGH 100000 PAY

CHICAGO, December 20 P).-The
Chicago Bears and Green Bay Pack
ers played q -3-3 tie foot ball game
Yesterday on a sleet-swept field for a
Christmas-fund benefit. Purdy Of
Green Bay kicked a 55-yard field goal
In the third period and Paddy Driscoil
OF Chicago kicked one for 90 yards at
a sharp angle in the fourth quarter.
One hundred thousand tickets were
sold for the contest, but hardly more
than $4,000 We're present because Of
the rain and sleet.
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~ Offers at the Washington
Golf and Country Club next
season will find two marked
~ improvements on the course
which will result in speed
ing up play and generally more salts
factory conditions. The owner of the
property back of the fourth green
has loaned 1t to the club, and the out
ofbounds restriction has been re-
moved, so that a ball going into the
wooded area in the rear of the green
may be played where it lies without
penalty. The second big improvement
concerns the short eleventh or pond
hole-a hole usually playing about
1875 yards-but one of the best one
shooters about the city. Some COM
plant has been made of the diff
Guilty in finding balls driven into the
water hazard which surrounds the
green on two sides. DR.. J. T. Nc
Clenahan, chairman of the greens
committee, has under consideration
a plan for placing netting just under
the surface Of the water to prevent
lost balls and avoid delay.
Mr.. McClenahan has not yet decided
whether the par of the course will be
II or 20 next year, a possibility that
has arisen In connection with restric-
ton of the length of the eighth tee
by construction of a new road through
part of the club property. The road
has taken off about 25 yards OF the
old tee and reduced the length of the
hole by that much. making it we'll
under the $50 yards assigned by the
United States Golf Association as the
maximum for par 4 holes. The hole
from the rear of the old tee was only
459 yeards in length. but was a very
difficult par 4. A change in the par
will not be made until the hole is re-
measured from the rear of the present
abbreviated tee and until it is seen
how 1t plays with other changes. A
large hickory tree at the right side
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By the Associated Press.
Y ERSEY CITY, \. j., December
20.-Jack Delaney OF Bridge
port, Conn. tonight rides to
~ the heavyweight elimination
wars. with husky Bud German
OF KenoSha, Wis, as the first# trial
horse of his campaign.
They meet in the feature bout of
10 rounds, with no official decision, at
~ benefit show at the Jersey City
Armory for a Christmas fund under
the promotion of Humbert J. F'ugazy.
Delaney rules a 2-to-1 favorite. al.
though German will have a weight
advantage of more than 20 pounds.
While the fight marks Delaney's Of
fetal enlistment in the heavyweight
cause, his record shows previous ex-
per1ence in the ring with heavier
men. Prior to his lift - of the light
heavyweight crown from Paul Ber-
lenbach, Delaney defeated King Solo
mon, Romero Rojas and young Bob
FftzsimmonS, heavyWeightS.
German, n ring campaigner of 10
years experience. has never been
knocked out. His record shows vic
tories over Bob Lawson. two-round
knockout: over Carl Carter. 0 rounds;
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High team set---West Washington. 1872
High team game-Christ. 500.

High team set--west Washington. 1879.
High team game-Christ. 500.
High individual set--De Lashmutt tChriT).
High individual game-Birgfeld tchrist).
High individual aversse-De Lashmuts
Christi. 1859.
There was some good bowling In
the Georgetown Church League last
week when Peck No. had to fight
hard all the way to take three games
from the Peck No. 2 team, winning
the first game by one pin and the
second by five pins.
Clark, Peck No. anchor. was re-
sponsible for pulling these games out
Of the fire, getting a strike in the
last box of the first game with g.
pin count and sparing in the last box
of the second game.
Arlington won two games from the
West Washington team and tied in
the third game only to be beaten in
the roll off.
Christ Church took three games
from Covenant, while Calvary took
two Of three from Grace.
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COLLISION WITH POST
IN COURT GAME FATAL

FALL RIVER, Mass, December 20
R>.-James Connors. 81, died in a
of the brain received in a basket ball
game in Central Falls, r. l., Satur-
day night. Playing In semi-pro-
fessional game he stopped to pick up
the ball from the floor after low
pass.
Turning sharply he swung into a
post, one Of several on the small play
ing surface. The force of the blow
dropped him to the floor, but he re-
assured his manager that he was all
right. He did not continue play, but
returned to Fall River, refusing medi-
cal attention.
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MAY PASS UP LONG SWIM.

NEW YORK. December 20 R.-
Mrs. Lottie Schoemmell, New York
distance swimmer, who prefers bath
ing suits of axle grease, may not
participate in the Catalina Island
marathon after all. Her main objec-
tive, says Manager George Mains, was
to defeat Gertrude Ederle and Mrs.
Mile Gade Corson, Channel con-
querors, who have announced they
will not compete.
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SANTA MARIAS LEAD
K. C. DUCKPIN LEAGUE

Santa Marias are leading the 10
team knights OF Columbus Duckpin
League. but only with a game ad-
vantage over the Genoas. And the
latter nre but three games ahead Of
the Christophers and Trinidads. who
are tied for fifth position.
Complete statistics of the leagues
lowing follow:
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BRITISH BOXER ARRIVES.

NEW YORK. December 90 OP-
Elky Clarke, flyweight champion Of
Great Britain. has arrived here. He
VIII begin training two days hence
Tor his world championship fight
against Fidel La Barba of California
IN Madison Square Garden on Janu-
nry Il.
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PRO COURT LEAGUE.

LAST NIGHTS RESULT.
No games scheduled
GAME TONIGHT.
New York at Fort Wayne.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Washington at Detroit.
Baltimore at Philadelphia.
New York at Fort Wayne
GAMES WEDNESDAY.
Rochester at New York.
Washington at Detroit.
GAMES THURSDAY.
Washington at Chicago.
New York at Baltimore.
Detroit at Cleveland
Fort Wayne at Philadelphia.
GAME SATURDAY.
Washington at Rochester.
GAME SUNDAY.
New York at Washington.
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GREECE GETS IN LINE
FOR NEXT TROPHY PLAY

NEW YORK, December 20 Rl.--
Greece has Joined the international
tennis drive for the Davis cup.
Her challenge for next years tour
nament increases to 81 the total of
nations which have sought the Gov
eted net trophy since the series was
in 1900.
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HUNTING IN IRELAND
AGAIN IN ITS GLORY

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, December 20.-Hunting
IN ireland is recovering its former
giories, and the % packs of fox
hounds and u packs of barriers have
attracted not only native huntsmen
but many visitors from England
William r. Cosgrave. president OF
the Free state executive council, Is a
keen followers of the hounds
In former DAYS there was occa sional
trouble with the farmers over whose
lands the hunts passed. This has
seemingly disappeared. the people
welcoming the packs in all districts
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Twenty.three scores lettering 1.15O
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE.
Team Standing,

When the Commercial League
rolled it's final games before the holi-
day recess, the standing Of the first
division teams were affected consider
ably.
Carry. leader, was knocked for two
games by the Times Herald team,
WASHINGTON Battery took two from
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BOOSTING McKECHNIE.

NEW YORK, December 90 R.-
3ase ball men are trying hard to
land Bill McKechnio @ managerial
post. His name has been close behind
avN<y shift.
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Gently in the Federal
League, the Aggies rather took the
heart out Of State when Dixon led
Off with strike. De Glantz followed
with q spare and Cooper added sec
ond strike. The Aggies won this
game. Just to show their versatility
they allowed state to assume COM
manding lead in the second game
when that team registered no fewer
than marks in the first 10 boxes.
Then the Aggies rallied and totaled
the best team game Of the leagues
season-5SS.
DeGlantz of the Aggies in this
match apparently had the high in
dividual set honors OF the season In
his hip pocket when he started with
games of 11S and 1873 and registered
four successive marks with high
counts in the first four boxes of his
third game. Then he proceeded to
run into a string Of impossible splits
that held him to a $50 total; plenty
good enough under ordinary circum-
stances. but just four pins below the
lea gues high mark
Twenty-three scores lettering $50
for a 10-game string have been rec
orded in the qualifying round Of the
annual elimination tournament at the
King Pin drives. Wister is leading
the lot Of bowlers with a total Of
.453, that includes n high game of
166. McGolrick, sixth in the stand
ing, has bowled the best game, $50.
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AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC LEAGUE.

High game-Barber. ia.
High set--Barber. 374. 49,
High team gsme-Center Market, goo.
High team set--Center Market, 1878.
During the past week in the Agri-
culture Economics League, Barber &C
complished his high game Of LA with
only four marks
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FIGHTS LAST NIGHT.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA-HaTTy Shackles, Bel
GUM, beat frankie Osners Tulsa
Okla, (12).
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w YHY duckpin shooters never
suffer from ennui: In the
NV Agriculture-State Depart
partment match, bewled re-
renflv in the Federal
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TWO BIG IMPROVEMENTS
AT WASHINGTON COURSE

~ Offers at the Washington
Golf and Country Club next
season will find two marked
~ improvements on the course
inI L.,
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Copyright. 1926. ]
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08

Smoky Mountains and Mammoth Cave
National Parks. The area of the new
Shenandoah National Park, in Vir-
ginia, is $4,000 acres; the Smoky
Mountains National Park, in North
Carolina and Tennessee, Is 704, 900
acres, while the Mammoth Cave, in
Kentucky, Is 1858 acres. The total
area Of the 10 national parks now in
cluded in the system is 7,277,70 acres
and with the three new parks It will
be 8,643,945 acres, or approximately
1896 square miles.
Cornelius Hedges, a pioneer Mon
tanan, Is credited with being the first
to advance the national park idea at
a campfire discussion of the Wash
burn expedition in the Yellowstone re-
gion on September evening in 1870
Members of the expedition proposed
that they take up quarter-sections al
the most prominent points Of interest
Mr.. Hedges idea was that there
should be no private ownership OF
any portion Of the region, but that
the whole Of 1t should be set apart
as a great national park. and that
each member should aid in the e.or,
to have this accomplished.
The suggestion met with quick re-
spouse. Two years later the park was
established. Since then the national
park Idea has grown until today Con
gress by special legislation has created
% additional national parks, 20 in
continental United States, 1 in the
Hawaiian Islands and / in Alaska
Last year more than 1900, 900 people
visited the national parks.
The geysers and buffalo of Yellow
stone. the gorges Of Grand Canyon
the giant trees of Sequoia, the
glaciers Of Mount Rainier, the falls OF
Yosemite. the prehistoric dwellings OF
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partment engineers built the Alaska
railroad, the only Government owned
and operated road in the United
States. The road was completed In
1923 at a cost of $60,000.000 and ex-
tends for a distance of ACT miles into
the interior of Alaska.
THE DEPARTMENTS activities today
are so widespread that 1t has
become known as a great Federal
university, it's faculty" including
hundreds Of scientists, professional
men and specialists, its student body
the people Of the United States.
The departments school of research
includes the official records Of the
Pension Bureau. where there is a
mass Of data relating to the Revolu-
tionary War, War Of 1912, Mexican
War and Civil War. and where a
library Is maintained for the use of
students Of genealogical and historical
research The General Land Office
records contain historic Information
Of titles and land grants to many men
prominent in American history and
the entire story Of the pioneer move
ment to the West in its files is avail
able to students of history.
Similar to American colleges or In
situations Of higher learning, the In.
terror Department has many schools"
of instruction. 1t has schools Of edu.
cation, botany, engineering, geology,
geography. anthropology. zoology.
psychiatry. chemistry and research.
Propagation Of knowledge on these
subjects by the various bureaus and
branches Of the department comprises
their major duties in many Instances
The Bureau of Education is a ma.
donal clearing house for general edu-
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Potato Has V1ta.nin z.

THE lowly potato is an important
source Of vitamin B-the anti.neu.
rite vitamin. whose lack causes the
disease known as beri-beri. According
to F. j. Lyman and Inez Blystone Of
the laboratory Of applied chemistry
at Ohio University this essential
element Is distributed about uniformly
throughout the potato and is stable
both during cooking and storage.
Measured in calories. the white potato
furnishes about IL per cent of the
American dietary. Mr.. Lyman and
Miss Blystone have conducted a series
OF experiments in which they have
fonud that rats throve and grew at
normal rate on diet containing "a
much as so per cent potatoes. when
put on a diet OF only 40 per cent
potatoes from which other foods con.
tanning vitamin B were excluded the
rats showed a rapid decline in con.
dition; which disappeared as soon as
a sufficient quantity of vitanin 3 was
again supplied.