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High Expects Formidable On Due Succeed Speaker
MORE FIGHTING, LESS
HANDSHAKlNG, DESIRED

NEW YORK, December 3 CP).-
POliteness has been carried to ex-
tremeS In New York rings. the
State Boxing Commission has de-
citled. In the future there will be-
no llandshalsing to interrupt the
fray.
Minor infraCtiOns of the rules,
such as unintentfOnal low punch
ing. hitting with back of the hand
and on brealIaways. have called
for so much pOliteness that boxers
now are doing more handsl,al1ing
than fighting. the board believes.
Referees hereafter will permit
just two shakes, one before the
mussing begins and the second
when it is over.
Lets have a little fighting for
a change" said William MuldOOn,
senior member of the board.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
MONDY TO CAPTAIN
1927 v. M. |. eleven

LEXINGTON Va, December s.
Eighteen varsity monograms and 81
freshman numerals have been award
ed to Virginia Military Institute foot
ball players.
The varsity letter men elected
Joseph Sheppard Mondy of Richmond
captain of the 1927 Flying Squadron.
He has been the regular cadet center
for the past two seasons.
J. r. Cooper of Atlanta. was elected
manager of the 1927 varsity. and S.
l.. Williamson of Bluefield, Va, ma n
, ager of the 1927 freshmen.
A gold foot ball was voted to
Berkely Mills of Richmond for eff
cheney as manager during the past
season. A similar emblem, generally
reserved for players who have won
monograms for two consecutive sea
sons. was awarded to Carleton F.
Walker of New Britain Conn, V. NJ.
/. fullback who was injured in the
Thanksgiving day game while COM
pleting his first season in the cadet
backfield.
Monograms and numerals were
awarded as follows:
va vAFGsTY7cap GspI s7ec : Md0oT TaG kicbmana BTse
hSnshburs' w.: II. t" kaie: Roaneke' n %sn Van
m man j. BARNES e
Msker NeT BEta Gonn Marner
L., B. Hewlett. Louisa, Ky: W. r. Moss
5ohnsoq nohn city Tenn L. Flint G ThGfnhil 2 RoH
E. Moor Independents. Mo: F. P. Har-
ringtOn. Norfolk; o. w. Gfroerer. st. Elmo.
Tenn.
FREsHMAN-Capt. W. F.. Haase. Rich
mond; 6: II; Haase Richmond: A; M. Haw-
R.m5fon Sfow Wy vayncRouys Mcrax KiehmanS HenSnS
c. j. Swank. Winchester. Va; j. B. Kosis
Windber.. Pa: E. B.. Carney, Churchland
Va: L. G. Chadwick Norfolk: P. P. Fulton
Wise. Va: P. s. Willard. johnson City.
Tenn: A. NJ. Straughan. Charleston. W. Va;
H: G. Ford, Le.xington. . Va R X Sim
folk; J. F. Moody. Roanoke: H. S. Kittel.
Miami. Fla: c.. c.. Berkely, Newport News,
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GIANT SET RAISES TO19
GRIFF EXHIBITION DATES

With the booking of a third sue
cessive Spring series with the Giants
the Nationals now have arranged
definitely for 10 engagements prior
to the opening of the American
League championship campaign
next year. Thirteen games have
been scheduled with the New York.
ers, i'm addition to Ave with the
Cardinals and one with the Braves.
The bookings with the Giants fol-
low:
March 11.12, at Sarasota, Fla;
1919, at Tampa, Fla; 1926, at
Jacksonville, Fla.
April 4. at Birmingham. Ala: 5,
at Atlanta, Ga; 6, at Augusta. Ga;
7.8, at Clark Griffith Stadium; 9.1O,
at Polo Grounds, New York.
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NEW YORK. December N,.-A
youth who four years ago started
singing for money to buy bats and
balls for his sandlot base ball team, 10
day had an opportunity at the Metro
politan Opera House TO show his vocal
achievements.
Joseph 7. MACPHERSON of Nashvllle,
Tenn, bass. was cast in the role OF
the king in Verdi's Aida" for his
first appearance on the boards of the
Metropolitan at a special matinee.
He was 26 years old last June.
Three years before that he did not
know he had "A voice. except when he
told an umpire what was what.
He is tall. has a lean. athletic body
and a drawl that not even the king $
whiskers in his role of an Egyptian
ruler singing in Italian could COM
pletely disguise. He coddled a 2-year-
old son as he told his life's story in Is
minutes at his apartment.
"A bunch of us had base ball
team, and we needed some money to
buv bats and balls. We got the idea
that we could put on minstrel show
and make some money that way. One
nash1 when we were playing IN a
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VIRGINIA j. LISTS
NINE GRID GAMES
Eight Contests Are Carded
With Conference Teams.
Maryland Included.

UNIVERSITY, Va, December 81
Attempts to revise the University of
Virginia foot ball schedule for 1927,
which were made at the Southern
Conference meeting in JacksonVllle.
did not meet with success. and the
list of nine games will stand, accord
ing to D.. f. Brown, graduate man.
ager of athletics.
1t was hoped by the Virginia man.
agement that some of the dates might
he shifted to better balance the sched-
ule. but this was found to be impOs-
Sible without calling for changes by
other Southern Conference members
Has Big Home Games.
Virginia will meet eight Southern
Conference teams. for the opening
game with Hampden- Sidney Is the
the only non-conference contest to be
played.
Four. and possibly five, Southern
Conference games will be played on
Lambeth Field for the contest with
Washington and Lee, scheduled for
Lexington, may have to be moved on
account of conflict with the V. NJ. l.
North Carolina game to be playeo
there the same day.
Tennessee is the only new team on
the schedule. for the Nirginians will
so to Knoxville to dedicate the new
stadium on October 90. South Caro-
lima was shifted from this date to the
third contest. which necessitated leav-
ing off Lynchburg College.
Is Difficult Schedule.
Virginia has undertaken what is in
many respects her hardest schedule
for her thirty-ninth year of gridiron
sport, for from the first to the last of
the season there is not what Is known
as "rest game"
The complete schedule follows.
September 24-Hampden-SidI
October 1-GeOrgia at Athens,
Ga.
October 8-SOuth Carolina.
October 15-Virginia Military In
stitute.
October e2-Virginia Polytechnic
Institute.
October 29-Tennesse at Knoxville.
November 5-WaShingtOn and
Lee (place undecided).
November 12-Maryland.
November 24-NOrth Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
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LATZO RISKS TITLE
IN BATTLE TONIGHT

NEWARK. y. j.. December s 0P).--
Pete I4atzo. welterWeight champion of
the world. meets Rugged Joe Simo-
Mich of Butte. Mont. in 1O.round no.
decision bout at the Newark armory
tonight.
The contest, while LatZo's third en-
counter since lifting the title from
Mickey Walker last May. will mark
the return of the Scranton miner to
tisticuffs after an absence of six
months.
While the bout is scheduled at
catchweights, the husky Western
puncher can win the crown by a
knock out or foul if he is within the
class weight limit of 147 pounds.
Latzo's previous matches since
winning the championship resulted in
a five-round knock out of Willie Har-
mon of New York and victory on a
foul over George Levine of New York
In four rounds.
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With the B0wLers

That Washington might have the
best possible representation in the
bowling match with the Orpheum All
Stars, to be staged here and in Brook
lyn on December 90 and January 8.
respectively, John Blick, promoting
local interests in the contest, has de-
cided to send into the fray an all.star
cast instead of depending solely upon
his Convention Hall squad Of the Dis
trict League.
which the Washington team will be
drawn for the clashes in Convention
Hall here and the Orpheum Bowling
Academy in Brooklyn will include
Howard Campbell. Walter Megaw and
Harry Burtner of the King Pins and
Percy Elicit of Stanford Paper Co
and Odd Fellows League fame, as
we'll as Glenn Wolstenholme, Al
Work, Joe Mulroe. Jack Whalen and
Arthur Urban of the Convention Hall
aggregationt
These nine would make about as
fine a squad of duckpinners as could
he found in Washington. And a
team of five drawn from them ought
to be able to make matters more tha Il
interesting for any team any other
city could put forth. Wolstenholme
and Campbell are remarkable pin
shooters. the more so under pressure
Work. Burtner and Elicit also are> of
the sharpshooting class and quite de
pendable in big battles.
Megaw and Urban are of the heavy
counting class prominent in local
duckpinning ranks for years. Mul
roe and Whalen, while of the younger
lot of bowlers here. are rapidly work
ing their way into the ranks of the
best. The nine duckpinners men
toned ought to provide Washington
with a great team for the struggle
with the Brooklyn bunch.
King Pin b0wlers are knocking the
| naples galley West this Winter
Last week in the District League
they set city record by toppling a
set of 1877 and at the same time
tied a record of three games of the
500 class in a set established by the
Waverlys several sea sons back. Last
| night. the King Pins toppled the
Arcadias in National Capital League
| match with a set of | 1856 and again
| had three games in the 500 class
The National Capital King Pin per
sonel differed from the District King
| Pin lineup in only one PLAYER, Harry
| Weideman. who assumed the position
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FIRPO NOT TO RETURN
TO AMERICA FOR BOUTS

By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. December S.
Luis Angel F'irpo. Argentine heavy
weight, today denied reports circu-
lated in New York that he would soon
return to the United States to seek a
match with Gene Tunney, champion
of the division.
F'irpo's business interests keep him
so busy that he hasn't "even time to
think of boxing" he said.
Miguel Ferrara, Argentine heavy
weight. who accompanied F'irpO on
his last visit to the United States. an
nounced that he would leave New
York Immediately after his match
here with Victorio Campolo. former
South American heavyweight cham
pon, late in January.
Ferrara intends to wage a strenu.
Gus ring campaign in the hope of en-
tering the elimination tournament
Tex Rickard is staging to select a
challenger for Tunney.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
BRITONS FORM CLUBS
TO SAVE GOLF LINKS

LONDON, December s R).-To
save golf courses near London, the
American country club system, with
residential districts constructed around
them. is being adopted.
Home builders have encroached
upon or crowded out golf links in
many suburban districts. Raynes
Park, a famous course, has dis
appeared: footing Bee, one OF the old
est near London, is menaced, and
Greystroke will close down in the
Spring The opening of new roads
from London to the country also
ruined numerous golf layouts.
New developments. some of them
as preten,iOus as the American cOun-
try club districts, are springing up
near London. Wentworth. st. George s
Hill and Moor Park. where Bobby
Jones, Walter Hagen and the other
American stars played matches last
Summer, are examples of the new
type of London's golfing suburbs.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ASHEVILLE, n. c., December. s.
Endorsement of Commissioner X. NJ.
lands administration of base ball
by the National Association of Pro
fessional Base Ball Leagues was
halted abruptly here when Walter
Morris, secretary of the Dallas club
Of the Texas League, objected to the
resolution because the reelection of
Landis would continue the ma jor-
minor agreement, including the draft
clause, which Morris termed thor
oughly Objectionable"
The resolution. introduced by John
d. Martin. president of the Southern
Association, called for the unqualified
Endorsement of Commissioner Lands
and his administration.
After a heated discussi oni7at the
opening meeting of the national as
sociation the resolution was referred
to the resolutions committee.
After Martin introduced the reso-
luton and w. G. Bramham and j.
Cal Ewing had seconded it, Morris
asked if the resolution meant that the
association approved of the present
agreement. which was adopted to re-
main in force as long as Commits
sioner Landis holds the office of COM
missioner.
Martin said he was of the opinion
that such would be the case.
"In that case then, / am opposed
to the resolution and will vote against
it," Morris said. Il am sick and tired
of the draft rule. and while I am
heartily in favor of Judge Lands re-
election, l think some action should
be taken whereby the leagues now
suffering from the draft would be re-
lieVed."
"Prying" Is DeplOred.
President Sexton of the National
Association turned early in his ad
dress to the young and old in base
ball. He deplored the practice of en-
ploying scouts to "pry through the
colleges and even high schools of
this country in search of base ball
MATERIAL
Il think the time has come to put
a ban on such practices" he said.
Base ball managers who have ad
vanced to the stage of the sere anC
withered leaf also claimed attention.
II am of the opinion that this as
sociation, at this meeting should see
that class d leagues observe their
salary limits, do away with decrepit
managers and cleanup their affairs
in general.
"Throughout base ball there is a
movemSent to see that salary limits
are observed and / know of no place
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JUDGES WILL SERVE
AT ILLINOIS FIGHTS

-, =,
CHICAGO. December S.-Illinps
today joined New York and Penn
sylvania in providing for boxing de-
cisions by two Judges, with the ref
eree's help If they disagree.
The State Athletic Commission de
cided upon this method after they haG
voted to uphold Referee Benny
Yanger's decision, awarding the mid
dleweigth title to Mickey Walker, in
his 10-round match last Friday with
Tiger Flowers
Flowers manager Walk Miller.
stayed here for the commissions de
cision and then set out for New York
in pursuit of the return match, which
he declared would return the cr0wn
to the Georgia Deacon.
March 3. in Madison Square Gar
den. New York. is the probable date
of the return tight. Miller said,
Flowers left for his home in At
lanta the day after the contest are
Walker and mis- manager. jack
kearns, went to New York. !c1vin:
none but Miller to receive the boxing
boards statement.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
.COACH'S ELEVATION
WITH TRIBE LIKELY
Cleveland Scout Is Equipped
for Field Leadership of
the Indians.

A SlIEN1LLE, y. c.. December
~ SACK McAllister of the
"A Cleveland base hall club.
4 A scout for some years with sue
cess and a successful coach In
other years. will lead the Cleveland
team in 1927 as the successor of Iris
Speaker, according to present indica-
tons.
Cleveland could have gone farther
and Jared worse much worse. in fact.
McAllster knows base ball very we'll.
lie has had that kind of experience
which equipS men to lead ma jOr
league teams. He has been with
Cleveland long enough to know init
mately the ball players with whom
he will be associated.
1t may have been in the minds of
Cleveland club owners to appoint Mo
Allister ever since Speaker resigned
as manager. If that We're the case
they did not make ii public before
they left home. but on arriving here
for the convention of the minor
leagues. where the traffic in ball plFr-
ers is heavy. they agreed To center
upon McAllister to make trades and
do other managerial tasks. =
Hickey Successful Official.
Thomas ]. Hickey. who has one
the American association was re
elected for three years beyond the
expiration of his term. This was in
line with other Endorsements given
to officials who have met favor with
the organizations which they serve.
Hickey is president of the most com.
| pact leagues in base ball and one nf
the most successful.
| The Boston Braves are seeking a
4 fRsls
| Burrus is too slow. Two years ago
he played we'll for Boston. This year
| he was not so successful.
Jack Dunn. who is here represent
| ing Baltimore. admits that the loSsuof
| Boley will hurt him another year, >;
'He is a fine ball player" said
Dunn. when l let him go to the
Athletics it hurt my team and.
knew that it would, hut | would like
to make it very plain that BOley
went to Philadelphia at his own de
sire. | decided that it was time H.
was promoted"
BisOns Need ShOrtstOp.
The Buffalo culb would like To find
shortstop to take the place of Sam
Crane. Perhaps the New York Giants
may be induced to let Cohen go 40
Buffalo for another year in the
minors. Cohen is fighting ball
player and the Buffalo club would be
a good place for him.
The meeting at Asheville bids fair
| to be one of the best the minor
! leagues have ever held The at
| tendance is large. Some of the dele
gates travelled out of the blizzard that
ragged in the North. to find the sun
beaming here and Judge Landis play
ing golf with all the Zest for. which
he is famous. The magnificent loca-
tion of this city of western North
Carolina, which is making such rapid
progress in base ball. was a great
revelation to some of the visitors
who had not ina agined there were
such beautiful mountain peaks in the
Appalaa1tian range 'E34
| Te%F tCopyriGht 1920
Evening star., 1926-12-08

held by Harry Rurtner in the Dis
trict circuit King Pin outfit. In piling
up last nights big score. Howard
Campbell. anchor roller, shot a set
of 434, highest this season for the
city and just II pins shy of the Dis
trict record bowled by Harry Dixon
of the Agriculture Interbureau League
last year.
Hitting the NAPLES for count of
] ,483 the BeeQues took all three games
from the COlumbianS on the Coliseum
drives last night and wrested the
Washington Ladies' League lead from
the latter club. Bronson Quaites'
Broncho's now head the circuit with
game advantage over the Columbia n
crew. Lorraine Gulli. anchoring for
the Beeques, shot set of 335. Rena
Levy at anchor for the Columbia MS
did the best bowling for her team,
getting 309
n team scored the only sweep in
the Young Friends League, which
bowls three.man teams. The Ms took
all three from the F's. The d crew
took the odd from the Us, trio did
the same to I. and E got two of three
from r. The team designations are
the initial of the first name and all
the letters of the second name of the
Young Friends Club.
Commenting on Flick Hurd's re.
markable shooting in compiling a 1914
duckpln game in practice on the
temple alleys recently, an old time
bowler insists that it would make in
teresting reading if a notice were
given now and then of some of the
unusual stunts pulled in practice
matches. For example, he tells that
in single afternoon last week he
saw these two shots made: First a
3-S9-10 and second, and a shot for
spare at that, a 4-7-s9-10. If you
do not believe these We're some shots
study a diagram of the pin spotting
and try to figure out how they could
be made. Both shots were registered
on straight rolling-no caroms from
the sides Of the alleys.
Mike German must be reading
these columns attentively. Attention
was recently called to the remarkable
consistency he had shown in his bowl
ing in compiling eight sets ranging
from 323 to 1925. Shooting with the
Aggies in the Federal League shortly
after these figures appeared in print
he totaled another 1926. This is not
Il coincidence at ALL 1t is merely an
example of the astonishing power OF
| mental suggestion.
| While Handley was taking two OF
three games from W. A Dunigan
! in the Suburban League Bittenbend
er, anchor of the former, rolled the
record set Of the leagues season with
! 131, 142 and 119 for 392.
Recreation slammed the naples fo,
set of 1916 in taking three games
from Georgetown Athletic Associa
ton in the Athletic Club League
| Pacini led in the heavy scoring with
a set of 143-120-136-399. Pratt's 10:
count was the winners smalles,
game, but he hit a set of 372.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
RICHARD TO LEAD GROUP
IN VENTURE IN MEXICO

DALLAS, Tex, December 8 R).-
Charles Mumm, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce of Laredo.
Tex, says that Tex Rickard and a
group of New York capitalists have
obtained a concession from the
Mexican government to build an
amusement park and racetrack at
Nuevo Laredo, opposite Laredo.
He quotes promoters as saying
the race course will be completed
during 1927, with Mexican derby"
to be the annual feature.
The plans cali for an investment
of. about s3.00o.0o0, Mumm says.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
RACING DATES ARE SET
FOR MARYLAND TRACKS

BALTIMORE, December P).-
Representatives of Maryland race
tracks have agreed upon the follow
ing 1927 dates. subject to approval OF
the State Racing Commission.
Bowie. April l-13 and Novembe,
1925.
Havre de Grace. April 1890 and
September 81, October /.
Laurel. October 4-29.
Pimlico. May 214 and Novem-
ber liz
Evening star., 1926-12-08
DELANEY HAS AGREED
TO GO WITH SHARKEY

NEW YORK. December (R.--
Humbert j. Fugazy announced today
that Jack Delaney, world light heavy
weight champion, had agreed to meet
Jack Sharkey of Boston in the match
which Sharkey is under contract to
fight for F'ugazy before next Febru-
AIRY /.
Tex Rickard announced Monday
that Sharkey had been signed to a
long-term contract to appear after
February / under Richards promotion
in an elimination tourney to determine
challenger for Gene Tunney.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
DEMPSEY SHOWED POISON
SYMPTOMS, DOCTOR SAYS

five days before the battle. He
fought them for two and a half hours
in a swamp while avoiding unwelcome
visitors atAhis bungalow, the Ledger
says.
Recently the Baltimore News pub
lished story by Capt. Mabbutt. one
of Dempsey's handlers. declaring that
the former title holder, along with
several members of his retinue, was
poisoned before the fight.
Gene Normile. manager of Demp-
sew. recently had something to say on
the poison" subject.
Yes, Dempsey was poisoned" he
remarked poisoned by writs. law
yerS and law suits
Evening star., 1926-12-08
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT.

BY the Associated Press.
Reading. Pa.-Babe McGorgary, Ok
lahoma, beat Jack Palmer, Philadel-
phia; eight.
Youngstown, OhiO.-Willie Davies,
CharlerOi. Pa, shaded Happy Ather-
ton, Indianapolis; 10. Roy Fay,
Charleroi, outpointed Bumbo Myers.
MassilOn, Ohio; six.
Fresno, Calif.-F'idel La Barba, fly
weight champion. defeated Delos Will
liamS. New Orleans; 10.
Portland, Orpg.-Leo Lomski. Abfr-
deem light heavyweight. knocked out
Harry Dillon, Winnipeg: seven. d
Evening star., 1926-12-08
BELGIAN FINANCIER
IS AMATEUR BOXER
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, December S.-Alfred
Lowenstein, the Belgian banker. who
some time ago offered to loan $50, 900,
600 10 Belgium without interest. is
an amateur boxer of great ability and
fencer Of no mean repute. He is a
short, thickset man and would jus,
about make the middleweight boxing
division.
Lowensten, referring to high finance
needs nerve and muscles. 1t is al
ways profitable to have your enemies
know that you are prepared to fight
Evening star., 1926-12-08
PRO BASKET BALL.

LAST NIGATs RESULT.
+. Baltimore. a.: Detroit. 25.
Fort Wayne. 30: Philadelphia. 20.
GAMES TONIGHT.
Baltimore at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Fort Wayne.
Washington at New York.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Fort Wayne at Detroit.
Baltimore at Rochester.
GAMES SATURDAY.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Baltimore at Rochester.
GAME SUNDAY.
Chicago at Washington.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
DAUGHTER BEATS MOTHER.

PINEHURST. ~ G.. December 8
C1. Mother and daughter battled for
first place in the qualifying round of
the Carolina womens golf champion
ship here and youth was victorious.
Dorothy Doyle of Philadelphia won
the medal with an S9, defeating her
mother, Mrs. Francis j. Doyle. by two
strokes
Evening star., 1926-12-08
DUNCAN SAYS GOLF SHOTS
RULED BY SOLES OF FEET

ing the American golfing invasion last
Spring he remarked to Duncan,
George, this is our meat"
so it turned out" Duncan added.
you know what Bobby Jones. Brit
ish open champion, does to drive-and'
pitch holes.'
Evening star., 1926-12-08
ROCKNE MAY BE AUTHOR.

CULVER CITY. Calf. December
s LFD.-knute Rockne, foot ball coach
at Notre Dame. is considering writ
ing foot ball thriller" for the
screen. An offer for film story,
based on his technical knowledge
of foot ball, has been made to Rockne.