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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

J" HERE we're just az many lucky
breaks in the past foot ball
season as in any preceding
seasOn-just as many in
stances Of teams getting by on
a, nraver and a fanciful gesture OF the
hand of fate. But any one VINO III
the presence of Michigan coach
makes; so bold as to- say or inter that
the Maize and Blue beat Minnesota
and Ohio state by virtue of favor
able turn of the wheel of chance is
likely to have an argument on ms
hands, or fight, or both:
Listen to what Jack Blot. former
all.American center and now assistant
coach at Michigan, has to say about
the element Of luck III the games
against the Buckeyes and the go
pliers. Incidentally his words throw
additional light upon the etfcacy OIL
excellent scouting.
Our scouts, he SAID. ptou6h'
hack word from Ohio states games
that they handled punts erratlcaiiy'
taking them on the run, the poulice-
almost any old way.
so Michigan altered her play on
punts for this game. sending thi'e
men down the field under KICKS with
the idea of harassing the receiver as
much as possible
The history of that game RECORDS
that Ohio States safety man, Malek'
was considerably halaSSed by tn" VOL
VERNE doWn-field players, as IT. alSo
sets forth the fact that tumblc ~
Marck inside the 10yard line was con
verted by Michigan into the touch-
down that won the game.
Now as to Minnesota: According TO
Blot. members of the Ann Arbor
scouting staff brought word that
while Minnesotas shift was fofrnl-
dable. it was very likely 10 produce
an occasional tumble.
Thereupon Michigan players were
schooled long and hard in retrieving
loose balls. On the Friday afternoon
before the game at Minneapolis the
team spent an hour III the Minnesota
stadium doing nothing else but drill
in picking up the half dozen balls
that were kept constantly bouncing
and rolling over the turf. 1t was alb
solutely the Princeton idea OF grab
bling the ball and running instead OF
falling upon the pigskin, so called.
Blot states that after this monoto-
nous drill had been going on for a
long time Oosterbaan in deep disgust
announced that if 1t continued much
longer he was going to cash in. None
the less he was kept at work, and,
as many will remember. it was the
fleet and resourceful Oosterbaan who
picked up a loose ball in the Mime
sofa game and ran for the touchdown
which. when the extra point was
made. gave Michigan the victory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
BASKET BALI.

Dixon, California; 5 best guard last
season, was an expert in keeping
the opposing shooter out of the
play around the basket on free
throws that were missed. His
method is a good one to copy, as
it is most effective and legal
When the opponents had free
throw the ball continuing in play
in case the goal was missed. Dixon
invariably lined up at the intersec-
ton of free throw lane and circle
tNo. 4 in the diaEraml When the
ball was thrown he rushed into
the circle ward or so in front of
the shooter. turned rapidly toward
the basket and ran forward in or
der to prevent fouling the shooter
should he follow up his attempt.
This prevented the shooters get
ting into the play under the basket
unless he ran around Dixon. That
gave DiXon's team a big advantage
in securing the ball and getting it
away from this end of the court,
always the dangerous one for the
defense.
The Illustrations show DiXon's
position when the foul shooter is
ready upper and his move to po-
sitiOn when the ball is in play (be-
low.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
BATTERY WILL COACH
GRIDIR0NERS AT v. M. |.

LEXINGTON, Va. December %
P).-William 6. Raftery, backfield
coach for the past five years at the
Virginia Military Institute and for:
merly head coach at Washington and
Lee, has been elected head coach of
the flying squadron.
Blandley r. Clarkson announced
that he did not wish to he considered
available as coach next year. Mai.
Garrison will continue AS graduate
manager and the athletic council
voted unanimously to recommend him
for the office of director of athletics
should such a position he created by
the board of visitors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
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Light.
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A nicSeled parking light
for all cars. Can be seen
from n verv considerable
distance. Easily instailed.
SpEIIAI-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
MICHIGAN EXPLAINS LUCK
IN TWO CLOSE VICTORIES
Practiced to Take Advantage of Just Such Breaks as
Occurred i'm Battles With Ohio State and
Minnesota. Assistant Coach Tells.

Reports from Washington have it
that motion pictures of the Army
Navy game show that Harbold did
Kick the ball after Ransford had
muffed the punt which the Army end
converted into a touchdown.
Why any one who watched the
game, especially those who were sup
posed to observe it critically. should
have missed the fact that the ball
was kicked is beyond comprehension.
The explanation of some of the
critics has been that the glass win
doWs behind which they were shell
tered were covered with fogGy mois
ture when the incident occurred.
This calls to mind that, comfortable
as the press boxes are in the great
Western stadiums, the matter Of low
visibility due TO frost and moisture on
the window panes is Il decided draw
back.
Otherwise there may he nothing
but praise for the pains which the
athletic authorities of Western uni
versities have taken to make certain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
ALL-AMERlCA BACK
GIVES LINE CREDIT

BY the Associated Press
oWATONNA. Mimi. December %.
Take it from the virtually unan-
imous choice for alI-American full
back. Herb Joesting of Minnesota. il s
the linemen who do the work, and
the backfield that gets the credit
Iinemen work hard carving holes
in the enemy defense. Joesting told a
hometown audience, and the back
field man then ''stumbles through
with the ball. That's why it was pos
sible for him to make an average of
s u yards every time he carried the
bali last FAN. Joesting said.
Johnny MCGOVern. who was an all
American quarterback more than a
decade ago. while playing for Mime
sofa. bewailed the tWo-second stop
rule adopted by the Big Ten. II
means the death of the shift play, he
said, and will throw the game back
% years by reducing the spectacular
in the Offcuse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
SQUASH RACQUETERS
PLAN FOR REVENGE

Squash racqueters of the Racquet
Club of Washington plan deal of
stiff practice in preparation for their
engagement ON the local courts with
baltimore \. G. on January 8.
The local netmen will strive to
avenEe a decisive defeat handed them
Last saturday in Baltimore, when the
Monumental City team won IS of the
IL matches.
Saturdays was the second engage.
lnent of the new season for tbs
Washington Clubmen. They route
Green Spring Valley club netmen g.
Baltimore, S to ], on the courts hen
recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
AUSTRALIA DISCOVERS
ANOTHER TENNIS STAR

SYDNEY, Australia, December %
R9.-Amateur tennis in Australia is
apparently to lose Jim Anderson, but
it has found another Jim in Sydney.
He is James Crawford, who reached
the final of two Victorian champion
ships at Melbourne and won one of
them. incidentally. he and his part
ner, J. Willard. defeated Patterson
and Hawkes. in the final doubles.
Crawford is probably Australia s
most promising young player. He
won the Junior doubles title at AIDE
laidc a few months ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
AMERICAN L. BASKETERS
SEEK SIXTH WIN TONIGHT

est spot of the evening, came with
q rush in the closing minutes and
were threatening TO wipe out the Col.
onials precarious lead when the
whistle blow. TIaun. Carey and Ais
house led g. VS. attack on the cords.
Wallace played sturdily at guard for
the locals.
The Colonial continent will not
show their wares again until January
:. when they engage Gallaudct i'm the
Kendall Green gym.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
LINEMEN WILL LEAD
MOST DIXIE ELEvENS

BY the Associated Press.
Southern Conference members have
turned to the line for gridiron cap
tains n1927, a complete tabulation
of leaders from the % institutions re-
vealS
Tackles and guards are tied in posi-
tons from which leaders are called
with five each coming from those
ranks. Guards. centers and ends
stand next at four-all, while one cap
tain will he a quarterback and three
play as halfbacks.
Not a conference fullback was
chosen to lead his eleven.
The 1927 CAPTAINS:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Fine Type OQo
Spotlight. OCO

Beautifully shaped lens.
with word stop clearly
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lance. With switch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
layers From Camps 81 AAmera Eeuens Are Teachers of Rme

that games shall be reported in com
fort, not TO say luxury. Capacious
chairs, individual typewriters. hot
coffee and sandwiches make the crit
ic, accustomed to the hardships of
chrbnicling games in the nipping or
storm-tortured outdoors of Eastern
arenas, suspect that he has been
transported to some gridiron elysium.
1t is almost, if not quite. worth
missing an important break in foe
ball contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

HERE we're just az many lucky
breaks in the past foot ball
season as in any preceding
SeasOn-just as many in
,+,,,oe. nc toa,,1S c~pftjpp- nv on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Trouble
Light.

With 10 feet extension
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tscted by a wire guard.
Fits any dashboard socket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
BY the Associated Press

by the Associated Press
" EW of the men picked by Wal
- ter Camp as outstanding foot
bail players through more than
L a third of a century of foot
ball history have remained in
the game as teaC hers
In the makeup of camps 81 teams,
j. names arc found that also are in
cluded i'm the most complete available
list of college coaches for the season
just ended. From the standpoint of
their all-America selections these
coaches include two ends. a tackle. a
guard and a center from the line. and
four QuartelbackS, three halfbackS
and two fullbacks. one of the latter,
however, having been named also as
all end
Most at Different Schools.
Excepting Dartmouth. represented
by two of it's II all-America. seleC-
lions, and Yale, with two of its IS Sc
iections on the list. each coach repre-
sents a different school.
Harvard. with II. and PennsylVa-
mia. with SO, have a single representa-
tive. while Princeton. with SIS all
America selections, is not represe Mt
ed. Eight coaches come from East
ern schools, five from Big Ten terri
tory and two from States on the Dor
derland between North and South.
Eleven teams of the nineteenth cen
fury are represented by one coach
only, A. A. Stage. He was named an
end on Camps first mythical choice, in
1899, being one of the four Yale men
honored that year. With him on that
first team was iIeffeltinger, of line
man tradition, and the first of the
Poes. both from Princeton.
Ralph Glaze, Dartmouth. named an
all-America END in 1905, is coach OF
athletic teams at st. Viator's College.
In Illinois. Glaze, like Stage, was a
great base bah player and pitched in
the big leagues several years before
devoting all his time to college ath
letics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

You'll find them On the
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VUrk autaniattca liy after
being installed. SPECIAL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

A MEXICAN Tnlversity's court
n siz3s ylG5o ,. N -, s %% I
entertain BridgeWater College
hasketers tonight at o'clock in the
big new gym on Massachusetts ave
nue..
. Massachusetts in their first tilt OF
tho season deciSively scored over
Bridgewater on the latter's floor.
After tonight's encounter the in
vaders from the Old Dominion will
shift their battle-ground to Kendall
Green, where they come to grips to-
morrow night with Coach Teddy
Hughes Gallaudet cagerS.
The Buff and Blue tossers looked
mighty nifty in their seasons debut
when they handily took the measure
Of Arnold College of New Haven
Conn, on the local court Saturday
night and probably will make things
more than interesting for Bridge
water.
A squirt in the early stages Of the
second period that gave them an S.
point advantage over the visitors last
night enabled George WASHINGTON
baSketerS to exc out a 29-to-2S victory
over University of Delaware Both
teams showed a lack of polish char
acteriStic of early season games The
invaders led by Barton. little forward
whose sharpshooting was the bright
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
TODAY'S
SPORTORIAL
By Kirk Miller


It has seemed this season that
the Washington club must have
on the average of nearly one
slip-shod day out of every series
which visiting clubs have come
here to stage and SO long as
this narrow margin Of bad days
against good ones was kept
within reasonable limits there
was no cause for either alarm
or chagrin.
But when The boys get to
grouping these off days In
punches such as the last two
days with the Cleveland Indians
then there is real reason to look
askance at the pace which the
New York Yankees have set and
are managing to keep going
with q minimum Of faltering.
Nobody expects the Washing
ton club or any baseball team
wearing a uniform to win all
its games, but, sandwiched be-
tween two threatening aggrega
tions as it is now. there lis
little opportunity for second
guessing at any stage of the
procedure, and it was second
guessing that lost Yesterdays
game with the Cleveland In
dianssecond guessing and
nothing else.
The game was barely minute
old when McNeely collected him
self neat double which might
well have been a triple had he
essayed to keep going, but he
stopped long enough around
second base to think il over be-
fore trying to stretch it, and
it was this pause for the second
guess that cost him his life at
third.
AS things materialized, Rice
tripled to the wall before the
inning was out, which would
have insured another run and
had Judge ever gotten to the
plate with a club in his hand
it's an even chance that he'd
have scored Rice home.
No doubt McNeeley realized
his bad judgment almost before
it was exercised and no doubt it
affected his playing during the
remainder of the game. His
fielding was so erratic that it
was directly responsible for
Cleveland's two runs of the
fourth inning.
Earl tried to make amends
in the fifth by doubling again
and Harris did sacrifice him to
third, but the hit to drive him
home did not develop that time,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19

ting streak reach nine games and
stop. johnson had the veteran on
his staff from the very first time
up when he famed. Cleveland s
veteran firstsacker is hitting well,
but fielding wretchedly.
Ossie Bluege came through with
his daily bit Of brilliancy, hopping
over behind the bag in the third
for Luke Sewell's hot bounce. get
ting It In both hands and rifling
it to Judge to head off the bats
man.
During the fifth frame a thunder
storm got busy over the park,
necessitating a halt of twenty min
utes while the Pullman porters and
hot dog merchants dragged out the
big cover, spread 1t over the dia-
mond and Immediately dragged 1t
off again.
A shaver attired in white sailor
trousers entertained the fans with
a Charleston over in front OF the
Indians bench. He was accorded
the days title, as Reds" Cohen
the Griffs' Charleston champion.
was without his dance uniform and
could not be coaxed to swing into
action.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
ARMY NAVY
SEAT DUEL

Unless the South Park commits
sioners 81 Chicago permit the Great
Lakes naval training station to
handle the sale Of 10000 Army. Navy
football game tickets, Chicago or
the central West never again win
get the annual gridirOn classic,
Representative Fred Britten (Rl Of
Illinois declared today.
Britten led the fight to get the
game for Chicago. Under present
plans, which are not final, Britten
said, the South Park commissioners
would distribute the tickets.
"AlI the Senators and Representa-
tives who signed my petition ask
ing that the game be held in Chi
cago were promised that their dis
tricts, particularly in the central
West. would get a full and just
share OF the tickets" said Britten.
IF that ii not done they will think
that those in authority are break
ing faith.
SThis is a central West PROPOSE
ton, not alone Chicago and north
ern Illinois.
IT suggested that Great Lakes
handle the tickets SO that there
could be no chance OF saying there
was scandal or graft OF any kind in
the ticket distribution.
81 feel sure the South Park COM
missioners will turn over the sale
to Great Lakes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
GIVE 8 TO |
ON mickey

. SCRANTON. Pa, May 10. Mickey
walker. arriving here today with
all the pomp and ceremony that
befits his position as one of the
rulers OF the boxing world will be
confronted by a pleasant faced.
mild hammered CzechOslovak youth.
determined to wrest the weller.
weight title from him tomorrow
night. Pete Latzo, the breaker bog
from the mines, will step into the
ring tomorrow night with srntiing
Mickey ruling a to 3 shot but
determined to prove that he is
worthy contender.
Three years ago, Walker. then
4 sWashbucxling young champiOIi.
cIt and sIasIled LatzO to ribbons
IN Newark, M. j. Since then, the
mine boy has fought his way
through, the other cOntenders, mn
nrOviI1g with each start while
walker has done some philander-
ing along the way.
Latzo viii be fighting before Il
crowd Of 5000 to 10000 YOUNGSTOWN
ars who have seen him polish OF
ether invaders with regulations and
who cannot visualize him going
down to defeat before the champion.
Fans Of high and low degree will
be at the ringside, great majority
of them miners who have tOiled
hard underground to meet the price
OF admission. which IS pretty steep
for Scranton.
Walker IS getting flat guararf.
tee for this shot and the tariff had
to be boosted for him.
The prices range from IS ID
SIS. and the advance sale last
night passed $50, OOO The bulk
81 this small fortune has been
contributed BY the diggers Of an.
tI1racite. who have only recently
gone back to work after months
Of idleness.
There isn't mucI1 betting The
weight Of the title makes Walker
the favorite. While Latzo Is g.
|busybody in the ring and q tireless
puncher, he is not credited with q
kick that may lay the champion
low suddenly. Few think that he
win win, but all hope to see Pee
go the ten-round route.
Jack Kearns, always confident
and inclined to be boastful. says
Mickey is fit to make the fight Of
his career, and predicts he will stop
Latzo inside OF five rounds IL
Mickey doesn't do that. he may
find the going rough in the last
five.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
HUGE Be S
CASHED IN

Il. RI Bradley, the man who 1irst
warned ali interested Of what ne
intended to do and then went ahead
and did it, won between one ana
two million dollars when Bubbiing
Over made cross country finish
out OF the Kentucky Derby. accord
ing to conservative estimates filed
with the writer today. This may
sound like a lot Of Missouri, pro.
vided you don't know e. r. Brad
ley, which may be your loss, 1T
that
He is the turf's greatest pIunger,
the "bet-you-a.f1illion" Gates Of his
day, with this exception, he doesn't
play lunches, form sheets and kin
dred decisions. No blind stab. No
shot in the dark. He knows. Ask
dad. m ,4 sst
Testimony from any one &c d
race track would lead you to sus-
pect that turf addicts are body
Of men completely surrounded by
intellect. IL they are only half
as smart as they claim TO be,
then Bradley is mental Goliath.
He most certainly has Outsnart-
cd every racing man who has
cared to take issue with him dur.
ing recent years.
His racing judgment and expert
ence told him that he had the
Derby winner early last winter and
he conducted himself accordingly,
cashing in on advance knowledge
possessed by no other man.
Every future book that opened
got big bet from Bradley and II
was said that he got down more
than a quarter OF million at odGs
that ranged az high as IL TO and
as low at IA to i.
In all. he is said to have bet
$50O, 900 on the result OF the race.
many OF the Wagers being horse-for-
horse deals. at which pastime the
Kentucky turfman stands alone.
He has been doing that kind OF
thing for years, and even when he
failed to get one of his horses in
the money. he has cleaned up
handsomely on the derby.
OF course, every hOrse-fOr. horse
bet was won ON Saturday, for the
reason that all Of them this year
were made on Bubbling Over. In
other years, when his faith in his
own entries was not so high he
played the hOTse-fOr- horse racket
10 the llHMt, letCing MS rivals
name their choice and then bet.
ting that his selection would
finish ahead Of IL. He is away
ahead Of this game.
All in all, he seems to make
about as many mistakes as a rub
Der stamp. Many thought he was
talking merely to hear his teeth
rattle when he said he would run
one-two with BubbIing Over and
Bagenbaggage. Many smiled know
ingly when Bagenbaggage ran
terrible race In the Preakness, fin
ishing all Of fifteen lengths behind
the winner.
That's all right" was BradIey's
reply. II still declare that Bub-
bling Over and Bagenbaggage will
run one-two in the Derby
1t is matter Of record that they
did, which is quite all right and
that sort Of thing. The real kick
in the situation, however, is that
Bradley knew they would.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
SCHOOLS SCORE
ON TRACK

The John Burroughs School and
the Wallach- Towers School track
teams scored lopsided victories IN
BloomingdaIe and Garfield division
Fairgrounds meets for elementary
schools.
Brookland finished second To the
John Burroughs school The latter
scored ~ points, while BrookiaIid
could do no better than 3S Wal
Iach-ToWers had a total Of SIS. while
SmalIwood- Bowen had 80.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
Tax Too High, Vienna
Calls Off It's
Turf Meet

VIENNA, May 19.-In collse-
uuence Of the high tax levied
by the municipality, the Austrian
Jockey Club intends to cancel
its races for the season. De-.
spite the depression this would
bring to business with the style
shops the municipality has de-.
cIined to reduce the luxury"
tax.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
BUSH TACKLES TIGERS,
INDIANS BEAT WAL TER
By Louis A. Dougher

Bullet Joe Bush will ascend the mound today and DO his best
Griffith Stadium Bush pitched wonderful ball against the
drive Combs
hat On his return to action he complained Of
showing the effects in his hurting Sent against his old
with all his old
briancy Bucy confident will deliver the goods
TO-DAY against Tigers.
George Dauss finger excellence Johns
Cobbs the
Dauss usually hhers the Gffs considerably
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
WHEY: Oh, THAT MAN!
HE'S DRIVING ME
CRAZY!
RAIN HALTS WARDMAN
PARK TENNIS PLAY

Rain stopped all but few of
the matches in the Wardman Park
Tennis tournament for men. Two
singles matches were played. and
the start OF the doubles play was
made. The matches will be re-
sumed today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
DUFFY TWIRLS CENTRAL
TO c. U. FROSH VICTORY

With Duffy pitching in very good
form, the Central High School base
ball team slipped one over on the
Catholic University freshman base.
ball team, IL to 4. The Blue and
White school packed a mean wal
lop in every bat.