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Evening star., 1926-03-08
BASKET BALL SECRETS
BY Sol Metzger
When Breaking Away From
OpDOnent.

The success of any system of at
tack in basket ball depends upon
the ability of each player to break
and run at the proper time so he
can receive a pass without having
it Knocked down or intercepted by
an opponent.
In order to break clear in this
way player must be able to watch
the ball and at the same time
watch his immediate opponent out
of the corner of his eye. Watch
your opponent so YOU can get the
jump on him and htIve up speed
before he moves
When that is done the PLAYER
will receive a pass from a team
mate, AS in the illustration on the
left. When he watches the ball
and starts without watching his
opponent pass to him is usually
caught by this opponent. as Illus
trated on the right
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Houghton won the Manor champion
ship last Fall in impressive fashion.
wading through a field of the clubs
best players without being pressed at
any time. His margin in the final
round over w. +. ConnOrs was S
and :.
Earlier in the season the young star
had accomplished the finest feat ever
credited to a golfer registered from
the municipal courses here in going to
the semi-final of the national public
links championship at Salisbury, Long
Island. Houghton surprised the pub
lie links world with the quality of his
golf at Salisbury, and only succumbed
in the semifinal to the new champion
through supergolf and a let down
from the crest of the game of previous
days.
In previous years no Washington
golfer had done so well. although in
1924 Earl McAleer, a clubmate and
the man he succeeded as champion at
Manor. had won the public links cham
pionship qualifying round at Dayton
and advanced well into the match play
rounds.
Houghton had won the East Poto-
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THE STANDING
PALACE FIVE STICKS
TO HEELS OF RIVALS

Washington kept close on the heels
of the first place Cleveland quint in
the American Professional Basket
Ball League race last night by win
ming easily from the Buffalo Germans
on the Arcade court.
The District tossers gained a 43.
to-29 decision without having to put
forth their best efforts In the open
ing half they ran up a 22-to-s advan-
tage and had brought the count to
40 to Is in the second before the Wis
itors began to hit the basket with any
regularity.
Both clubs did well in foul shooting
the Palace quint making good on Is
out of II chances and the Germans
sinking II baskets in Il tries. Ken
nedy, the Washington manager, top
ped the list Of scorers with six goals
from scrimmage and a trio of free
tOSSeS
ashington's next start is against
Rochester Saturday night in the New
Workers gym. Cleveland has two
chances to increase its lead before
then. as Fort Wayne is being played
on Wednesday and Chicago on Thurs
19V
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fication.' he said. without hesita ton
The official shook his head 1t was
obvious that if Hagen picked out his
ball the crumbling particles of the
stump would fall together and when
he replaced it, it would be in more
favorable position than before.
But the shrewd Walter knew his
rights.
The rules say that If YOU play
more than one stroke with the wrong
ball in medal play you re disqualified
he said.
"He insisted on examining the ball
and the official had to WELD It turn
ed out that it was Walters all right
and when he replaced it it was in a
better position than before. However
this was inevitable and not Walter s
fault
Got Out of Stump.
"He got out of the stump in one
stroke and his next put him on the
green. Two puts gave him a five,
while Mike was down in four. Walter
was still a stroke to the good and he
held the margin on the eighteenth
hole, which they halved in four.
Walter had II to Brady's 7S and, for
IIiC SCtoIid tiAiiC III Ills NpiCNi. "''7
national open champion.
Il have heard many folks say that
Walter used the rules that day in a
clever trick to get his ball into a bet
ter lie. I've never agreed with them,
but have felt always that he was JUST
fed in taking the stand he did take.
'Ife had no means of knowing that
the ball in the stump was his. Sup
pose that he had PLAYED it out and had
found it was not his. To have been
DISQUALIFIED and TO have lost the cham
pionship would have been manifestly
unfair.
I've always admired him for being
so thoroughly Conversant with the
rules and for remembering the neces.
sarN ore in an emergency. His quick
thinking rescued him from possible
tragedy. That he profited from get.
ting his ball into better lie. saving
possibly. a. stroke or two. was beside
the point.
His headwork kept him on top in
one OF the most thrilling champion.
ships on record
tCopyright, 1920
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While the American Walker cup
teams have been invariably success
full, the best American players upon
three ocCas sions in the past siS wears
have made organized efforts to win
the British amateur championship and
have failed.
If they can be beaten piecemeal in
individual contest, why can not they
be beaten as team? Again why?
Amateur golf in Britain. say the
English golf authorities, comprises
just as good material as can be found
in the United States. Then Cre critic
trembles on the verge of a great dis
covery.
The Americans have gained their
team triumphs in the past" he says,
not because they are superior as shot
players, but by greater consistency
and certain measure of fitness.
which has carried them to victory IN
close finishes.
And right there, if the British but
knew 1t. Is the answer. In the last
two contests with everything nip and
tuck the Americans came through
with Garrison finishes and won the
prize.
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Like many Hagen strategies this
play did NOT involve the handling of
club And vet ii decided national
open championship.
1t was at the Brae Burn Country
cub. West Newton. Mass, in 1919.
Ouimet had been = contestant. but,
with many other stars of the game,
had transferred his activities to the
callery after Walter Ilacen and Mike
B,ady hpd tied at tho end of the regu-
i3tion = holes o" play with scores of
301. Ecre's how Francis tells it:
Neither Waller nor Mike was quite
ae efficient in the play-off as in the
regular rounds. Perhaps it was the
-tr3In.
Hagen Was Leading.
AS they came UP to the l1th hole.
Hagen was leading Brady by two
strokes. y pr"-ty good margin. but one
.thjch he soua was in danger of losing.
The i7th hole at Rrae Burn meas
urcd 80 odd Yards, and the play from
the tee was down hill. The fairway
vas fast and at that time it was quite
possible to reach the green. although
the wind was in such d position that
it was necessary to use driver or
equally powerful club.
Mike pulled his ea-Shot to the
left and followed this up by putting
his second back of q trap beyond the
green. But he still had good chance
for Il four while. after Hagens tee
shot. ii was impossible to tell il Wal
ter might rot take q six. or maybe lose
the match then and there.
II Was standing IN the gallery along
the fairvtfv on the right side rs Wal
ter drove off. He sliced his bah rather
badly and il came down near the spot
NJ the edge Of = woods that skirts the
locality.
The ball hit the ground with a
peculiar dead sound and when we
looked to see where il was 1t couldn I
be seen There was . lot of con
fusion and milling around before some
one finally discovered it imbedded in
an old stump so deco we'd that il ma de
a mere shallow mound of rotted wood.
1T was at this minute that Hagen
and his caddie came up. An official
who happened to be near spoke up.
Is Barely Visible.
There is your ball, Hagen he
said. pointing TO where the top OF the
pellet barely projected above the cork.
like particles of wood.
Where asked Walter, not seeing
"'There right there
Hay looked CLOSELY. He could
see AL. but il was so nearly com.
ple.s.. concealed that his next words
were JUSTIFIED.
"'1 want to lift my ball for identi-
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LIBERTY BASE BALLERS
WILL GATHER TONIGHT

A special open meeting of the Lib
erty Athletic Club for the purpose of
completing the 1926 base ball lineup
has been called for tonight by Man.
ager kremb. 71S Taylor street Play
ers and candidates will report at 7;30
o'clock.
The Libertvs plan to begin their out
door work Sunday at 2:3O on Plaza
diamond. Manager kremb may be
phoned at Columbia 4165-J
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SENIORS

Now get the ball into that space.
Every one is a strike. For Juniors
boys IA and under-the space is II
inches wide and So inches high. the
bottom of the frame being 10 inches
from the ground. For seniors-oVer
1.-THE bottom of the frame being
90 inches from the ground and it is
~ inches high. This represents the
space between knees and shoulders
if there was a batter standing at the
plate. Mark it off on the side of a
shed.
Tomorrow. Tug Wilson of North
western University has something of
interest to tell the followers of track
especially those preparing for the
clubs athletic carnival. There are
other track articles coming, and all
by experts.
Elsewhere on this page there is an
application for membership. Clip il
out today and mail it addressed:
Chief Boys Club. The Evening Star
Washington, ID. G.
Evening star., 1926-03-08
\ a /ELL, by now every boy in
Wv Washington and vicinity
has turned over in his mind

has turned over in his mind
the prospect Of a good base ball
team.
You start your base bali club by
rounding up bunch of fellows your
own size. in your own neighborhood,
and ones you like to play with. Then
the first thing you think OF is the
election. You need a captain and
you need manager.
The captain of your team should
he a fellow possessing squareness
and force. He should not be notion
ate--that is, changing his mind every
line YOU meet him. Neither should
he be Dig-headed. And he should he
a good enough player to inspire the
whole team. Who is such a fellow
as that? He is the one you want
for captain.
The manager is the boy who oh
tains the privileces-gets grounds to
play on: gets games at the right
terms; gets publicity in the paper:
makes the announcements and
handles The money-if any. You
want a fellow for manager who has
a business head.
When you elect your captain swear
allegiance, respect him and obey him.
He's in charge of the training, picks
the team and generals it on the field.
Get Your crowd together and elect
your captain and manager by writ
ing the names on slips of paper and
putting them in hat. The one who
gets most votes wins the office, of
course.
Then send in the name Of your
team. the name of your captain and
the name of your manager, and his
address and telephone number, to The
Evening Star Boys Club chief and
they'll be printed.
Pitching Control.
State average age of team and
whether or not you have grounds to
play on.
We've talked so much about pitch
ing now lets start some workouts
Evening star., 1926-03-08
COLUMBIA TOSSERS
NEAR CHAMPIONSHIP

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. March S.-Columbia
with two games to play. needs only
one victory to gain the championship
of the Eastern intercollegiate Basket
Ball League for 1926
Columbia's remaining games are
with Princeton and Yale, the latter at
the bottom of the standing.
Rothenfield. Columbia forward, by
netting II points against Yale las
week, gained second place in the indi-
vidual standing, displacing his team
mate, Lauh.
Capt. Loeb OF Princeton still leads
with II points. Rothenfeld has so and
Laub Sc.
CT a,to
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mac Park champion nship before going
to Salisbury, so that today he holds
two titles, although his public links
championship might be considered va.
Gated since he is a member of a pri.
vate club. HouGhton entered the
Manor Club on the eve of the District
championship last year and finished
well up in that event.
One of the finest putters in the
ranks of the amateur golfers around
Washington, HouEhton backs up his
skill on the green's with great ability
in approaching. lie is not an en-
tremely long hitter. hut is consistent
from the tee and one of the straightest
in the game.
HoughtOn has a pleasing style. al
though some critics might say he
crouches "A bit too much for conss-
tency. The answer lies in his record.
Evening star., 1926-03-08
FOUR FIvES MAY TIE
FOR BIG TEN HONORS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March S.--The final
week of the Western conference
basket ball race finds the teams ap-
parently headed toward possible
quadruple tie for the mpionship.
Purdue leads. but only direct
reversal of form will keep Indiana
and Michigan from making the claim
- the title a three-way affair and
Iowa with two games to play also
has q chance for first place. Wiscon- :
sin. whom Indiana must meet. has
lost the last seven starts and North
western. blocking MichiGan's path TO
a joint claim TO the pennant, has
dropped four straight.
The Hoilermakers closed their sea-
son last week. defeating Illinois and
Northwestern TO take the lead.
Evening star., 1926-03-08
ALEKHINE DEFEATED.

SENINTERING, Austria. March s
CP).-The first round of the interna
tiOnal chess tournament was contested
yesterday with IS players competing.
The outstanding result was the defeat
of DR.. Alekhine of Paris by a. Mem,
ZoWitsch of COpenhaGen.
Evening star., 1926-03-08
WAGNER HEADS LEAGUE.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. March s CP).-
John Honus) Wagner. whose name is
synonomyous with base ban because
Of his prominence as a diamond star
In years past. has been cleo el presi-
dent Of the Association Of Indenend-
ent Baseball Clubs of Western Penn
SYLVIA
Evening star., 1926-03-08
NEW LEAGUE FORMED.

SAVANNAH, Ga. March CP).-
Cliff Green Of Montgomery was elect
ed president Of the Southeastern Base
Ball Leacue a the orCa nization meet.
ing here. Savannah. Montgomery,
Albany, St. Augustine, Jacksonville
and Columbus will he included in the
loon,
Evening star., 1926-03-08
MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED.

ROME, March 8 CP)-Gahriele
D'AnnunZiO's motorcycles. Basso. was
killed by fall while taking part in a
race on the Ostia road. Two other
contestants. Biondetti and Boris. col
lided with Basso's machine and are
thought to be lly injured.
Evening star., 1926-03-08
BRITONS ARE PERPLEXED
OVER WALKER CUP MATCH
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

EW YORK, March 8Golhng authorities and of England
n all tied up in perplexing problem
| representing the United and
Great Britain for the Walker the
golf trophy for
And Why? The
the poignant inasmuh both the u A and Great
Britain have each other for the famous
Evening star., 1926-03-08
HIS CHOICE GIVES LOOP
FIRM HOLD ON NEW YORK
Big Bill Should Be Able to Put Circuit Across if 1t
Is to Be Accomplished d-Ciants May Find
Going Rougher Than Ever.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

EW YORK, March SWith Big Bill Edwards pourng the
high Professional Foot Ball League
which C. C. Pyle Red Orange
looks promoter Champaign Ill., is bidding to
handsomely New York City.
ed Grange actively the Yankee Stadium
lending prestige his intercollegiate and the
New York
League should the lions share
those who o look bail
may the directors OF the New York Giants, the
in field though Jack Dempsey has
an.k o. their several chins
Evening star., 1926-03-08


Had it not been for the visit of
Grange with his Chicago Bears last
year, the New York Giants would
have lost on the 1925 season quite a
material sum.
How they will fare against the com
hination Of Big Bill and Red Grange
seems simple matter to determine.
Secs Public Interest.
In announcing his new connection,
Edwards. who won 2 reputation on
the collegiate Gridiron that has never
heen permitted to Wane, states that
the tremendous interest in foot ball
now makes it the property Of the puo'
lie 1t must be played by others than
schools and colleges"
Just why the fact of immense puo
lie interest in a collegiate game played
by college teams should make the
game of foot ball the property of the
public is difficult to see.
Big Bill was captain of the lS9S
Princeton foot bali eleven which de
feated Yale and he was regular
member of the 1898 eleven which also
defeated Yale.
lie coached for two or three NeArs
after graduation. both at Princeton
and Annapolis, and then came to New
York and took mp insurance. hen
the late Mayor Gaynor was elected 10
office he appointed Edwards street
cleaning commissioner.
Edwards fame as former loot
ball star and a picturesque personality
which readily lent itself TO publicity
stood him in stead in his career a s an
Office holder. and he bacame a s proml-
nent figure in the political life u
New York as he had heen-and in fact
still was-in the world of interco!'
legiate sport.
His appointment as high commits
sioner of pro foot ball may we'll he
regarded by those who oppose the
mercenery game as a menace TO col
lege foot ball as q calamity. For II
any one can make a go Of CONNER
cialized foot ban Edwards can.
And if he does make it a 90, and
the collegiate game which gave to
Edwards his reputation suffers ac-
cordinGly. he will be sustained by the
conviction that foot bah now belongs
to the public.
Evening star., 1926-03-08

The blOOdiest battle ever fought
since glove contests superseded the
old bare-knuckle fights was furnished
by Billy Papke and Stanley Ketchel
on the oCcas sion of one of their four
meetings in the ring
Evening star., 1926-03-08
CAREY IS RECOVERING.

ST. LOUIS, March s (P.-BarrinG
a setback, Max Carey, star outfielder
and captain of the world champions
Pittsburgh Pirates, will leave the hos
pital here the latter part of this week
for the clubs training camp al Paso
Robles. Calf. He has been suffering
from severe case of grippe.
Evening star., 1926-03-08
Pro Grid League Makes Telling Step Selecting Edvud President
WONDER FIVE WINS
OVER YANKEE QUINT

With a lineup including the stars
OF three high school quints, Joe Hol-
mans Wonder Five showed the Yam
kee quint a thing or two about the
game Of basket ball last night in the
Arcsd de net in the preliminary to the
Washington Buffalo professional tilt.
The schoolboy tosserS turned in a
o4-to.14 win over their more expert
enced opponents with apparent ease.
The Yanks took the lead at the start
when Ingley found the basket for
two-counter. but the Wonders soon
began bombardment that carried
them into the van, where they re-
mained throughout. At halftime the
count stood Is to s for the youngsters.
Scoring was we'll distributed among
the players of both teams. Banta and
Macdonald of the Wonders each ac-
counted for two baskets, while 1ngley
registered the same number for the
YankS.
1t was the Holman teams first start
before District audience, and a large
crowd was on hand early to applaud
the work of the scholastic stars.
Washington Terminal tossers play
their first round game in the South
Atlantic tourney tonight at Baltimore.
They tackle the Loyalty Club in Cross
Street Hall at SI5.
Joe McCann, manager of the St.
Martins Club basket ball five, is
anxious to match his team with the
Anacostia Eagles again in an attempt
to avenGe a 22-to-17 defeat suffered
yesterday at the hands of the Dis
trict senior champions at Congress
Heights Auditorium The Saints put
up stiff fight against the Birds. and
were close on their opponents heels
At all stages of the game. Bennie of
the Eagles led the scorers with four
court goals.
Tommy Hook led the Aloysius Club
tossers In shooting yesterday when the
Comet 'quint was trounced. As to II. at
Gonzaga gymnasium. Hook accounted
for eight field goals to take top hon
ors from Duffy. who registered half a
dozen.
Immaculate Conception basketers
trimmed the Montrose five, as to 35.
Phi Alpha courtmen took two games
of A uble-header played in Ryan
gymnasium. Alpha Omega was de-
feated, 81 to Z, and Phi Alpha Delta
beaten, 27 to -.
Evening star., 1926-03-08
Epents for Boys Club Track
Meet Soon To Be Announced

The athletic
blanks, will be published within day
hoped that possibly will send in their
sending entry blank little part in
Alter make determined
good condition. that will be able
Evening star., 1926-03-08
HAHN WINS 1,O00-YARD RUN

WALLINGTON. New Zealand,
March CP).--Lloyd Hahn of Boston
today won the 1.000-yard handicap run.
His time was minutes 3S 3-5 seconds
which lowered the New Zealand record
bv one-fifth Of second Rose, the
New Zealand champion. did not COM
pete.
Evening star., 1926-03-08
WILL JOIN HELEN WILLS.

NEW YORK. March S lfN Mary
X. Browne will join Helen Wills IN
Europe next month. The American
women's doubles champions will play
tennis together for a month hcsc"e
they participate in the French cham
pionshipS beginning June >
Evening star., 1926-03-08
CHERRYDALES TO MEET.

Candidates for the Cherrydale base
ball nine are requested to meet tomor.
row night at s o'clock in the home
of Mickey Johnson for election of of.
fcers and the selection of team man
ager for the 1926 campaign.
Evening star., 1926-03-08

Larry ("Nap" Jaioie. who has been
chosen as supreme arhiter Of the Ohio
and Pennsylvania State League, was
he highest salGried player in base ball
in the days when he held down second
base for the Cleveland Indians
Evening star., 1926-03-08
Tbe Gbering Star
BOYS CLUB
Conducted by ROBERT C. MCCLELLAN

for the hurlers. The most important
thing is control. You've been warm
| ing up now several days and should
begin shooting at the target. Here
it is:
Evening star., 1926-03-08
OUR CLUB CHAMPIONS
Manor C1ub-A. L. Houghton.

ougrowth of the tremendous go
~ Washington result of establishment
link golf here, A L. Houghon, champion
the heights solely by application
its full growth the public municipal
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Bunker

Il golf dope find how Of the
the deeds Walter Hagen when they search
their of heady playing
For Hagen the me1o Of golf.
without parallel the
OF the
with Of
found that he like
outstanding quick
Evening star., 1926-03-08

We've talked so much about pitch
ing now lets start some workouts
Evening star., 1926-03-08

Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-03-08

Washington Terminal tossers play
their first round game in the South
Atlantic tourney tonight at Baltimore.
They tackle the Loyalty Club in Cross
Street Hall al S15.
Evening star., 1926-03-08

Phi Alpha cOurtmen took two games
of double-header played in Ryan
gymnasium. Alpha Omega was de-
feated, 81 to 7, and Phi Alpha Delta
beaten. 27 to u.
Evening star., 1926-03-08

Immaculate Conception basketers
trimmed the Montrose five. As to 80.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-24
GRAIN MARKET
(By plspatcn A. p. wIrel

CHICAGO, March 23.-Spirited buy
ing developed in the wheat market
today and gave a sharp upturn to
values despite the fact that earlier
the September delivery had dropped
to the lowest price yet this season.
The world supply showed a decrease
of 4,780,000 bushels and there were
indications of export business in
United States wheat by way of Gulf
of Mexico. Wheat closed strong, 1c
to 3asc net higher May (new) $1.57
to $1.57B and July $1.36 to $1.361s,
corn at &c to nc advance, oats I'M
changed to Nc up, and provisions
unchanged to 10c down. 1t was es-
timated that 100000 bushels of North
American wheat and 100000 bushels
of rye were taken today for ship
ment to Europe. In addition to the
stimulus from this circumstance was
the fact that he Liverpool market
today was firmer than was expected
and the minority Of trades here were
disposed to look for a rally on ac-
count of recent severe declines. For
awhile, however, the upward trend
of the wheat market here was i'm
peded by weakness of corn values
and by reports that 100000 bushels
of wheat had been ordered from in
terror elevators to Minneapolis and
Duluth.
Fluctuating rapidly within range
of about 4c the wheat market began
to move upward in earnest as the
day neared an end. At this juncture
houses with eastern connections be-
came aggressive buyers and there
was also active purchasing on part
of previous sellers. Among the fac
tors which attracted notice was a
reduction of 3O,OOO,OOO bushels in {,
British estimate of the Argentine
exportable surplus of wheat. Some
talk was also current of foreign de-
mand United States new crop wheat.
Corn and oats rallied with wheat
in the late dealings after selling at
a new low price record for the sea-
son. Some Chicago firms that were
recently active sellers of corn were
good buyers today.
Increased selling from commission
houses weakened the provision mar.
ket toward the last in the face of
higher quotations on hogs.