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Evening star., 1926-12-27
MARLBORO IS VICTOR
IN SOCCER CONTEST

It now seems almost certain that
the Walford club, defending champion,
and Marlboro will fight it out in the
plav.off for the Washington Soccer
League title. Led by Pollock, VINO
scored three goals, Marlboro yester-
dav routed Army Medical School boot
ers. 8 to 0, to virtually clinch frst
honors in Section 2. The match be-
tween Walford and Monroe eieVens
in Section was postponed because
of the muddy pitch.
In the game that attracted the larg-
est crowd yesterday the young but
fighting Rosedale eleven went down,
to 2, before Concord booterS and the
latter still have an outside chance to
overcome Marlboro in Section 2. Tne
other two matches also developed keen
battling. British United Club, that
has shown marked improvement re-
Gently, fought Fort Myer to 1-to-l
deadlock, and Clan MacLennan, with
Jack McGinity playing a great all
around game, scored its first league
triumph over Rockville, to 5.
Although yesterdays games were
the last on the league schedule, II
probably will be at least month be-
fore the hooters doff their uniforms
for the season, as a number or post
poned engagements are to be played
and competition completed in the cup
tie tournament.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
WOMEN In SPORT
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

splendid thing to show good sports
manship. 1t is best of all to play the
game with an active conscience"
To play the game with an active
conscience. The coach who teaches
this principle to his players is not
merely turning out good athletes. He
is making men. Fitting them to play
the game of life with q conscience,
for If they learn the value OF practic-
ing self-control, sacrifice, team play
and honesty on the athletic field they
are building character which will not
fail them when the scene OF action
shifts to Office or workshop.
And to the coaches who have girls
to train the same thing applies. The
coach who puts character above all
else in drilling her squads is molding
women who will be broadminded,
honest and we'll fitted to play the part
of teammate in the home or OF the
level-headed business woman. The
sense of fair play is a quality which
must be developed while the char
acter is in the formative stage, and
athletic coaches, more even than par
ents themselves, have the opportunity
to develop this trait.
And this is the answer to What
price sports?" Sometimes parents are
apt to become impatient with Mary
or John for their enthusiasm in
sports, which may seem out of proper
ton to their love of books. If Mary
and John happen to have the right sort
of coach-and most of them are that
sort today, then let them become as
enthusiastic as they will over their
! games. They may learn something on
the athletic field of far greater and
more permanent value to them than
they will ever CLEAN from Ovid or Vir
| gil, as valuable as these studies may
be as stepping stones to culture.
Evening star., 1926-12-27

or base ball knew how to handle him
self and made a good soldier or officer
Gen. Leonard A. Wood told me him.
self That he found the foot ball play
ers always made good in the Army.
Starting from Johnny Poe, their
names are legion. Even year or so
ago the commandant of the Marine
Corps, Gen. Leieune, told me he
would like to have any members of
our Princeton teams who wanted to
go into the Army or Navy come to
the Marine Corps.
"It has been my experience" he
said, that a good foot ball player
makes a good officer
Without claiming that foot ball
works miracles, / can emphatically
say that O. first-class player simply
cannot be cad bully or a crook.
If the war taught us nothing else, 1t
should have taught us that. Men
whose youth holds no training in the
ethics of manly sport grow up to be
men who can drown babies and shoot
unarmed civilians for fun, and men
who have graduated from foot ball
and cricket play the dirty game OF
war so cleanly that it almost loses its
instructive horror. There is not much
room for debate on this point, at least.
I have never met a man who was
real foot ball player who did not have
qualities which went far toward re-
deeming his defects.
(Copyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-12-27

Washington's professional basket
ball team, beaten SO to 80. in an extra
period game by New York Celtics
here last night for the second time
this season, left today on a Western
trip that will continue until January
s, when Cleveland will be met in the
Forest City. The following night
George Marshalls proteges will play
hosts to Baltimore at the Arcadia
Auditorium.
No league games will be played this
week by Washington. Tomorrow
night the locals will begin series of
exhibition games in Ohio. at Lorain
Wednesday night they will stack up
against Cincinnati.
The next night Akron will be visit
ed and New Year night the Washlng-
ton team will engage Canton jan
uary 3, Ray Kennedy will lead his tos-
sers against the Youngstown team In
that city.
Washington will play its first
league game on jaunt on January
5, against Fort Wayne.
The next night will find the Capital
City boys taking on the Warren team
in that Ohio city.
On the succeeding two nights
Washington will encounter its stern
est tests, being carded to swap baskets
with the league-leading Cleveland
team.
Kennedy's charges battled the
crack Celtic outfit to a 31-to-31 dead
lock for the regulation game last
night, but the invaders from the big
town unleashed an attack In the extra
period that was not to be denied to
win the stirring struggle. SO to 80.
Washington started strongly and
ran up points before Nat Holman
and company registered. During this
time Washington had generally out
classed the visitors. The local five
maintained a big edge throughout
the half, which ended 19 to IL in its
favor.
In the third period. however, the
with John broadway
Barry, who had been jumping center,
shifted to guard and Dutch Dehnert
inserted at the pivot job, began to
find themselves. With Jonny Beck
man breaking loose to score a number
Of baskets and Barry and Holman
Evening star., 1926-12-27
10 COMMANDMENTS
WRITTEN FOR lands
Rv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, December 27.-Ten
commandments, intended as suggeS-
tions for Commissioner Kenesaw
Mountain Landis. have been prepared
by DR.. William l.. Stidger. pastor OF
the Iinwood Boulevard Methodist
Church here.
DR.. Stidger, who formerly occupied
a pulpit at Detroit, announced the
commandments last night in connec-
tion with criticism of Judge IIand1s
for revealing details of the lnVestiga,
+ion of the records of Ty Cobb and
Iris Speaker on information Iur'
nished by Hubert Dutch) Leonard:
The commandments are based FOR
the most part on DIR. Stidgers con-
ception of court procedure as applleH
to base ball regulations and. ne sald'
on his knowledge of the sport and ms
friendship for Cobb and Speaker. He
told of becoming acquainted with the
nlavers while ut Detroit and said ne
held them in the highest regard as
sportSmen.
The first commandment urges Judge
Iandis mot to leave it to the pubic
to decide that which you are PAID
$65. 900 q. year to adjudicate.'
Eight commandments are devoted
tn q. DIea. for careful consideration OF
the evidence, carrying the theme that
"a. reasonable doubt of any mans
guilt is the basic principle OF legal
procedure" The tenth warns against
discharged and disgruntled players.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
CASH FOR WINNERS ONLY
AIM OF SOME MACNATES
Conservatives Oppose Award of Prizes to Second.
Third and Fourth Clubs in League Pennant
Races as Result of New Scandal.

1919. game between Detroit and Cleve
land was e have been thrown" go
Detroit by rhe Cleveland club I'm OF.
der to give Detroit third place. o.
course that would nlso have given the
Detroit players enough extra cash e.
pay their car fare home and a littlo
more
Alleged Cause for Dlcker.
AS Cleveland was sure to be n
second place. the Detroit club by "a.
feating Cleveland was to he helped o.
get third place and money DuteA
Leonard. former Detroit pitcher, whf
gave the evidence about the gamblins
appears to be trying to make thai
point the reason for the dicker b.
ween Cleveland and Detroit players ty
which the latter club was to win.
Despite the fact that Detroit won
that game, the New York club go'
third money. 1t is also quite certafr
that the September % game betweeu
Detroit and Cleveland, which was the
last between them for the year. wouJ
not have settled third place. although
1T could have had a very great bea
ing on 1t.
On the same day on which the 2
legged fixed" game was played the
New York club defeated the Ath
letics, to 0. On September 25 New
York lost and Detroit won. The fcl
lowing day Detroit won again. but
New York won q double-header from
Philadelphia. On September 23 d.
troit defeated Chicago and was bach
in the fight again for third place
On September 90 New York wor
from Philadelphia and clinched thiro
place.
Hughie Jennings was mana ger o.
Detroit at this time and with g. team
which was not going very well he
finally got the players together and
for the greater part of August the
Tigers were running neck and neck
with Chicago. On the last Eastern
trip Detroit backed up and finally
dropped to fourth place.
Meant $3.50 Per Player.
That measly $3.50 per player to the
/ clubs finishing third in 1919 may MOI
have actuated any betting. but II aC-
tuated benefit for Detroit. accord
ing to the testimony of Leonard, by
which Cleveland was to trade over t.
Detroit
Whether L.eonard's testimony is be
lieved or not, 1t has at least proved
that there can be a motive for game
trades" so long as there is money In
volved in first division places.
This is the point on which the base
ball conservatives will argue. and
apparently they will do plenty OF
talking in the coming months.
(Copyright. 1926
Evening star., 1926-12-27
NV 25 Years on the CridirOn
BY WILLIAM H. ROPER,
HEAD COACH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
XXX-My Coaching Days at Swarthmore.

left Princeton In the Spring
| of 1912 and gave up all active con-
nectfons with foot ball, except that
offlciated in q few games that fall
though never taking the work seri-
| ously.
Much to my establishment. Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson appointed me
United States appraiser OF merchan-
disc at the port of Philadelphia. Never
up to that time, had l taken an active
mart in politics, though ! had been
great admirer of the President at
Princeton. He always was interested
in foot ball and whenever | met MN
on the campus he would stop and ask
how the team was coming on.
Shortly after I got in the customs
service the Secretary Of the Treasury
asked me to serve on an efficiency
committee to examine the various
United States appraisers oHlces
throughout the country. l spent
very interesting two years travenng
all over the United States and visited
every mort of entry Of any size in the
country.
was astonished to find there were
customhouses in ~ the principal
cities of the countr~-inland as well
as on the coast. | always associated
n customhouse with salt water be-
fore I got in the service. Now | was
surprised to find the United States
government collected consldefaoie
duties in all the large Middle west
ern cities. The reason for this was
TO facilitate the importing public. on
the whole. I think 1t can De 1alrly
said the customs service has for years
been we'll run. Compared to munlc'
;pal government, Uncle Sam is effi-
clancy personified.
Again Feels Call Of Game.
I missed foot ball very much indeed
and in the Fall felt lost without It.
SO much so that I went out to Swarth-
MORE and coached the team in the
Fails of 1915 and 1915. Swarthmore
was tust outside Philadelphia. l could
leave my office by o'clock in the
afternoon and get to the field In time
for practice and had no difficulty In
getting home In time for dinner. we
had a very strong team in 1915 ana
won from Lafayette and the CniVer'
sitv of Pennsylvania on successive
SATURDAYS This was pretty good
record for a school of not over 30o
bovs. They had fine foot ball tradl-
tions at Swarthmore and, while the
waterfall is limited, their record every
Fall is impressive for college OF It's
size.
After President Wilson was re-
elected I resigned my government po-
sition. / wanted to take an active
part in politics and found my sym
nathies more with the Republican
party. So it certainly was not fair
TO hold office under a Democratic
president. After my experience in
the customs service I am convinced
the Democrats are wrong on the
tariff. The low cost Of production or
war was simply astounding. We do
not want to be surrounded by a Chi
nese wall. but we can never effective
ly operate here in absolute compeu-
ton with foreign manufacturers.
War Ends All Foot Ball.
The war put an end to all foot oaii.
Put there is no doubt athletics made
the Job Of developing the Aemy much
easier. The boy who played foot ball
Evening star., 1926-12-27
ACCJJSED DIAMOND STARS
COMING FOR CONFAB
Former Detroit and Cleveland Managers May Seek
to Institute Federal Proceedings in an
Effort to Obtain VindicatiOn.

respectively, asked Harry A. Williams.
president of the Pacific Coast League,
to bar Leonard forever from all parks
under the jurisdiction of the league.
ANY man." the letter said. who
cOnceals for seven years the evidence
of an alleged unlawful act and then,
for n money considera ton and ad-
mittedly for revenge, sells it to damn
the reputation of pNen without pre-
vious blemisb is not fit to be the
associate of decent men"
Williams Course Undecided.
Williams. informed of the letter,
said he would take no action against
Leonard until he received from Com
missioner Lands a full transcript of
the evidence.
"I have known Cobb and Speaker
personally for many years, he
added, 'and it is inconceivable that
either should be guilty of the things
intimated."
Williams said that Lands did the
cumstances, as the charges would
have become known from other
sources. In Chicago, Charles A.
Comiskey, owner of the Chicago
White Sox, also came to the defense
of the commissioner.
Comiskey Hits at Navin.
Comiskey, chief sufferer from the
world series scandal of 1919. coupled
his Endorsement of Lands with
criticism of President Ban Johnson
of the American League and Presi-
dent Frank Navin of the Detroit
Tigers. These two men, Comiskey
said, should have made public the
facts as soon as they learned of them.
so that the players. If guilty, could
have been punished Immediately.
Replying to the "Old Roman,
Navin said Comiskey was talking
through his hat"
"As soon as learned of the state
ments attributed to Leonard" Navin
said, II reported the matter TO john
son. who in turn reported to Landis.'
Evening star., 1926-12-27
BY GEORGE CHADWICK.

n YEW YORK, December 81
The base ball public may
VI look for a concerted drive by
4 the conservatives of the
major leagues to defiate the
world series money bags and end the
awarding of cash prizes to teams fin
ishing in the first division, as a result
Of the astounding scandal story last
week which dragged the names of Ty
Cobb and iris Speaker through the
mire of an alleged fixed" game.
Base ball will be in a healthier situ-
alton, so the conservatives say, when
the world series is reduced to its
proper place in base ball, and not
made a greater objective than win
ming a big league pennant, and when
the players are asked to play ball for
their salaries and not for bonuses In
order to win their honors.
Many men interested in the welfare
of base ball have watched with appre-
hension the mOney-mad scramble for
the right to play in the world series
and for second, third and fourth place
money. 1t provokes animOsities be-
tween club owners and tends to
cheating on the part of the players
who have not been in the habit of
having large sums of money, and who
become local millionaires" for the
time being by the acquisition Of $1,000
or so.
Money Has No Place I'm Race.
The earlier days of base ball con-
vinced smarter men than some OF
those now controlling clubs in the ma
tional game that money had no place
in a pennant race, and that its up
rightness must be developed by bring
ing forth the fighting spirit Of ball
players without paying them more
than actual salaries to come down to
the finish as they should.
In the world series Of 1919 that
odorous compound of poisoned sport
resulted In the expulsion of players of
the Chicago Americans who were de
clared to have been bribed by New
York gamblers. The share going to
the teams finishing in the race was
S39, ,062.46 The Clevelandmclub won
half of it. Cleveland had second place
firmly established before third place
had been settled. The third place
clubs received $26 ,034.96. This money
was shared by the New York Amer
leans and the Chicago Cubs.
Each player of the second place
clubs in 1919 received about $500 and
each player of the third place clubs
received about $3.50. The race be
tween Detroit and New York for third
place was more protracted than that
for the championship and for second
place. In the scandal evidence made
public last week by Judge Lands II
was inferred that the September %
Evening star., 1926-12-27
RESIN CURBS HITTING
IN NATIONAL LEAGUE

NEW YORK, December q R.--
Pitchers came back with resin-dusted
hands in the National League last
season.
The home-run total for the league
found the lowest level it has touched
since 1920. AS against GA homers in
1926, the eight clubs bagged only 459
this year.
Circuit hitting was steadily on the
increase before the resin bag came
back last season. With its return.
the "Jackrabbit" ball passed oNt.
Thus the home-run epidemic. which
had spread to an alarming degree
from a modest total Of 261 in 1920.
apparently is definitely curbed.
Run-making and general team hit
ting also saw a decline. A winning
team average Of .290 prevailed last
season, as against .307 the year be-
fore, while there were only 11,755 hits
this year, as against 12,495 the sea
son before. Runs dropped from 6,165
to 5.612.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
BASKET BALL.

Breaking up Doc MeanWell'S
short pass attack, which featured
a reverse pivot, was one Of the jobs
the Western Conference coaches
faced for many years. One of
Meanwell's former Wisconsin play
ers, II. G. Olsen, worked out a fine
defense for this attack that helped
Ohio State win the conference title
two years ago.
Olsen would have his guard rush
at the player receiving the pass,
stop a yard or SO short of him,
balance himself with legs spread
end feet fiat on the floor and his
arms spread straight out. From
this position the guard could move
in any direction with almost equal
speed. When the player with the
ball pivoted to the rear this guard
would move toward him and to the
side he was most likely to pass the
ball. Then he was in q position to
bat the ball to the ground or secure
a held ball. All these movements
are illustrated above.
The diagram shows how the play
was worked out. No. l represents
the player with the ball. "a" the
defensive player who had figured
out that No. would be the next
man to receive the pass. Thus
when No. l made his reverse pivot
"A" was between No. and No. 3.
(Copyriaht. 1885,
Evening star., 1926-12-27
Due Scandal Due End Base Ball Bonuses Likely
TWO ELEvENS LEFT
IN115-POUND RACE

Mohawk Prep gridmen and Northern
Juniors will face Sunday to settle, 115'
| pound city supremacy. The fight
| narrowed to these elevens yesterday
when Mohawk Props handily downed
Monroe eleven, 80 to 0, and Northern
Juniors subdued Peerless, 6 to 0, in a
stirring battle.
Monroe held Mohawk Props score
less in the first period, but after the
latter had scored their first touchdown
in the second session they got the
habit and Monroe never had q look1n.
Smithson Preps' right halfback, scored
three of the touchdowns.
1t was the generalship of Quarter
back Sorrell that was largely respon-
Sibe for the Northern triumph over
Peerless. Shifting his attack to what
had proved the most vulnerable part
of the Peerless line after pummeling
the other side, Ensor, aided by excel
lent interference on the part of Sorrell,
streaked 55 years to the lone touch
down.
third period Peerless had succeeded in
repulsing the Northerns' repeated
forays into it's territory.
Winton A. c. grid warriors, Dis
trict 150-pound title holders, today are
looking about for more worlds TO con-
quer after yesterday vanquishing
Irvington Yellow Jackets of Balti'
more. class of the Monumental city
at that weight. in a hectic 1-to-O
struggle at Union League Park.
\ week ago yesterday Winton
downed Clarendon Lyons, outstand-
ing 150pound team of northern Vir-
ginia. The break that gave Wintons
victory Yesterday came when Stroeh-
las punt went straight up in the
air and backward and was snugged
by Timmons behind the Yellow Jackets
goal Bruder dropkicked for the
extra point. Prior to this play had
been on an even basis, with each
eleven threatening the others goal
seriously only once.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
EASTERN FIVE PLAYS
AT YORK TOMORROW

Charley Guyon's Easter High bas'
ket ball squad leaves tomorrow
around noon for York, Pa, to meet
the York high team there tomorrow
night.
Allentown High may be encoun-
tered by the Lincoln Parkers the fol-
lowing night, although Coach Guyon
says this team probably will be en-
gagged along with a number of other
nearby Pennsylvania high school
f1ves on a foray into the keystone
state to be made later this season by
the Light Blue and White.
Resides Eastern the only other
schoolboy five hereabouts listed for
action this week is Central High, that
has carded a game with the Blue and
White Alumni for Saturday in Cen
trail gym.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
ROUGHNESS IN SOCCER
| IN BRITAIN DEPLORED
By the Associated Press.


ETON. December 27.-Foul play in
the combination association and rugby
foot ball matches at Eton has become
so prevalent that the committee has
adopted drastic rules for its preven-
ton.
Every foul is to be charged against
the team whose member commits
the foul by giving the opposing
team a free kick, in the hope that
the advantage Of deliberate kicking
will be questionable. If this prelim-
mary restriction does not prove
fruitful the offenders are to be or
dered off the field.
Viscount Furneaux, son of the
Earl of Birkenhead and one of the
keepers of the field. in a statement
in the Elton College Chronicle de-
plores the alarming increase in un-
fair play" adding, ut is distressing
to see in the house ties (games) at
Eton deliberate kicking and listing.
which would not cast iuster on any
flfth-rate soccer club"
Evening star., 1926-12-27

slant up and If medium or low they
will slant down.
The english on a ball varies and
the receiver will not catch it in the
same place each time.
The fingers, wrists and arms should
be relaxed until the ball is actually in
the hands.
The force of the pass is taken on
the heel of the hands and is gripped
by the fingers. The arms and hands
should give with the ball. just as they
do in catching a base ball. If you do
otherwise you eight the ball.
You can readily see that if the play
er has to drive his hands and arms
outward he will continue to tumble
That is what we coaches call fighting
the ball.
The action of the game is so fast
that the coach doesn't always know
why such and such q player is con-