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SOCCER TO CONTINUE
FOR ANOTHER MONTH

1t In probable that victors In both
sections and 2 OF the Washington
Soccer League will be determined an
the result of Sundays tits, the last
on the schedule. Competition, how.
ever, will continue at least another
month. in order to play of postponed
matches and complete cuptie play.
The Walford Club, defending cham
piOn, that appears an odds.on favorite
to again triumph, will encounter the
youthful but doughty Monroe eleven
Sunday at 2:5o O'Clock on the Monu.
ment lot.
. In section q Concord and Rosedale
kickers will come to grips, also at
$50 on the Rosedale playground.
Supporters Of the Marlboro team are
pulling for Rosedale triumph, as
this would just about enable the
southern Marylanders to win sectional
honors.
Soccer elevens Of Clan MacLennan
OF the Washington League and Clan
Mackenzie. Of Baltimore will not clash
tomorrow. The Baltimore team has
notified the local club that the Foot
Ball Association of Baltimore. a
branch of the United States Foot Ball
Association, controlling national soc.
Ger body. has refused to permit 1t to
play the local eleven. as the latter Is
not a member Of the national or.
ganization. Washington league Off
Gals applied for a charter in the ma
tional body more than a year ago but
when informed that they would have
to operate as branch of the Balti-
more organiza ton decided to with.
draw the applica ton.
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UZCUDUN DRAWS LINE
IN FIGHTING BULLETS

Uzcudun, Tiger OF the Pyrenees." is
willing to fight with any man with his
fists. he says, but he draws the line
when 1t comes to gloves against
bullets.
Pepe Conte, a Havana sports writer,
and the Tiger were taken to a police
station last night after an argument
which began while Paolino was work
4ng out before a. large crowd of fight
fans. Conte. the fighter said, COM
mented caustically or his ability as
boxer, and. when Paolino jumped
across the ring to demonstrate. drew
a pistol. A policeman then interfered.
Both men were ordered to appear in
court.
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HANSEN OR ERLENBACH
WILL BATTLE MALONEY

NEW YORK. December "a R).-
Tex Richard has given his heavy,
weight fistic deck another shufYle,
bringing to the top Knute Hansen of
Racine, Wis, and Paul Berlenbach.
former light heavyweight champion.
as prospective opponents for Jimmy
Maloney Of Boston.
After signing the conqueror of
Harry Person to a contract for three
fights, Richard announced that either
Hansen or Berlenbach would be the
next to meet the Hub contender. Ber-
lenbachs chances hinge on the out
come of his bout with Mike McTigue
next month.
There looms a subsequent fight for
MaloneY with the winner of a battle
between Jack Sharkey and Paolino
Uzcudun. The. Spanish contender,
only remaining European entry in the
tournament, will meet his Boston foe
early next year.
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Ny Is Years on the Cridiron
neutrality-suspicious. at Sewanee, Tenn.
BY WILLIAM n. ROPER,
HEAD COACH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

other member OF the team. Nothing
has ever been gained by trying to
teach more than one play at once, and
1t is time wasted to overload any
team with too many plays.
This process begins the actual Gre
alton OF team attack and Is the first
real manifestation OF that all-essential
quality of winning foot ball, team play.
To build this peculiar unanimity and
sifnultaneity Of action on the part Of
IL men IL one of the hardest and
most important individual parts Of
field coaching. The spirit behind the
team In perhaps more effective In uni
flying 1t into this smooth, correlated
machine than even drill itself. There
is nothing 20 curiously contagious as
the spirit of the mass, which makes
the good soldier and the good foot ball
player. But II Ia drill and more drill,
In scrimmage and out. which perfects
the thing and applies 1t.
Tigers Use Few Plays.
It Is impossible to get the required
team work II the entire season is
spent learning signals and plays.
have kept a pretty accurate record
and doubt IL we have ever used more
than 10 plays in our big games.
For the past two years have been
teaching foot ball at Springfield Col
lege. The course is mostly attended
by high school coaches. 1t Is astonish-
ing how many Of them think it neces-
sary to give their charges a great
many plays. And am firmly con-
WINGED Of the futflity Of such q course,
I spend considerable time trying to
demonstrate my position. Each Fall
I have received several letters from
coaches who attended the class stating
they had better results than ever, and
they frankly attribute their success
to having reduced their plays to a
minimum.
(CopyriEht. 1881
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DEPOSED PLAYERS ASKING
CHANCE TO FACE ACCUSER
While Leonard Leaves Matter to Base Ball Heads,
Friends of Former Pilots Continue Attack
Upon Officials of Big Leagues.

dered Cobb in recognition of the part
he played In spreading the name of
Detroit throughout the land.
The affair was sponsored by Mayor
John w. Smith. who also presented to
Cobb as gift from the city a 81 900
hall clock.
Eavin. President Ban Johnson Of
the American League and Connie
Mack. manager Of the Philadelphia
Athletics. were high figures of the
game who attended. and 1t was at this
event that Navin presented Cohh with
check for $4,000, which he said was
in recognition of Cobh's contribution
to the success Of the Detroit base
ball club.
Cobb, now that his integrity has
been questioned. has charged that the
900 was not a gift, but actually
part of his salary.
The financial success of the Detroit
ball club has been marked during
Navin's regime as president and
Cobb's years a. player. Navin in past
years has let 1t he understood that
he attributed much Of the popularity
of base ball in Detroit to Ty Cobb,
and that Cobb. therefore, could stay
on the Tiger pay roll as long az he
wished.
Dep0Sed stars ,lndOrSed.
Expressions Of confidence in Cobb
and Speaker continued to come from
many sources. Among the latest was
a resolution passed by the Philadelphia
Sport Writer'S Association.
At Augusta, Ga. citizens went
ahead with plans for a testimonial
banquet for their fellow townsman,
Joe Wood told his story yesterday
to Burnside Winslow. chairman Of the
base ball committee of the Yale Ath
letic Association. by whom Wood IL
employed as coach. But no statement
of the university's attitude was made
known. Wood told Winslow he had
never bet on q liked" ball game In
his life,
Ban Johnson said he did not think
this unfortunate affair" would have
any effect on the American League
fortunes next year. when new man
ayers will pilot the teams Cobb and
Speaker led during 1925.
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Any player desiring to try out for one
OF these positions should get in touch
with Mr.. Mcnamara at the center,
Sixteenth and Q streets northwest.
Marjorie Webster School tossers
have booked games with GalIaudet
and Fredericksburg Normal School on
their varsity court schedule and ex.
poet to complete arrangements for
one or two additional games.
Indie Sinclair, coach. has decided to
allow this brief interscholastic sched-
ue at the conclusion of the class
games, although 1t was rumored
earlier in the year that Marjorie Web
ster would not compete in any out
side games. The Junior-Senior series
will be a lengthy one this year, as
each class has about Ave teams, &C.
cording to Miss Sinclair. and for this
reason only a very brief outside Sc
ries could be contemplated. A var.
sity team will be selected from the
ranks of the class performers.
Metropolitan Athletic Club has.
keters expect to have a fast moving
sextet on the floor when the Recrea-
ton League teams swing into action
next month. According to Gladys
Mills, manager. Mary Reed, Dora
Tape and Ruth Bierchert have de-
veloped into good players. Miss Mills
herself, who has undertaken the
coaching Of the squad. is recognized
as one of the best side centers who
ever has performed on a local court.
The Metropolitans are observing the
holiday season during the next 10
days. but plan to resume practice i'm
mediately after the first of the year In
st. Paurs Church gymnasium at Eff
teenth and v streets.
The Girls "C' Club Of Central High
School entertained at tea dance
Wednesday afternoon In the school
armory. The three faculty advisors.
Charlotte Galpin. Louise Hart and
Katherine Kanebel, chaperoned the
affair.
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BREADON DEFENDS
TRADE OF HORNSBY

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. December 24.-Defend-
ing his trade of Manager Rogers
Hornsby to the New York Giants,
Sam Breadon, president Of the world
champion st. Louis Cardinals. said he
would have been gambling with the
clubs financial future IL he had &C.
coded to Hornsby's demands for a
three-year contract at $4,000 a year.
"Hornsby had bad playing season
last yeaH" he said. I'VE were will
son. Our winning the championship
will guarantee us good crowds in
1927. We could AFFORD to take a year
to look Hornsby over and see IL he
was worth 1000 as a player and
$4,000 additional as a manager
But what about 1928 and 1929?
Could I pledge our 400 stockholders
to pay $50. 900 each OF these two years
to- Hornsby. when he might he finish
ed as a player and q failure as a
manager?
IF things went wrong I'd have
to pay the checks. own IS per
pected to meet deficits In order to
save my investment couldn't see
myself taking such a gamble for three
years.
A great deal has been said about
my watching the nickels. but what
about Hornsby? Since 1922 he Shas
been the highest salaried player in
the National League. With the ex-
ception OF Babe Ruth. would say he
was the highest priced man In the
big leagues. When he made demands
Tor salary increases in the past I'd
tell him. 'Rog. be reasonable. We're
not making money. It's all coming
out Of the club And he'd renly
! don't care. can get II some place
else II II was strictly business with
me. 1t was the same with Hornsby,
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COLLEGE BASkETERS
NOW TAKING A REST

Basket ball players of the District
college teams are resting right now.
but within a few days will begin
energetic preparation for the hardest
tests on their schedules.
University of Maryland tossers will
he the first to get In action follow
ing Christmas, being carded to begin
preparation on Monday for an in
vasion week after next of the Mid
west to encounter a group of formid-
able opponents. The other combina-
tons of the District collegiate circle
soon will follow Maryland in resum.
ing training. as all face engagements
early in January. The first tilt for
bring together Gallaudet and Catholic
University on the court at Brookland
on January s.
Georgetown, the only college Ave yet
to display its wares, will open it's cam
paign January ~. entertaining Lynch.
burg College at the Hilltop, and by
this date all teams of the college
circle will have seen post holiday
action.
Coach Teddy Hughes probably will
get plenty of drilling before enga ging
the Cardinals. The Buff and
Blue showed plenty Of fight and felt
the absence Of Capt. Miller, sturdy
guard. when they succumbed to
Bridgewater last night on the Kendall
Green court In the Anal college game
hereabouts Of 1925.
Trailing Bridgewater from the first
Gallaudet kept hard on the heels of
the invaders all the way. A brave
bid for victory was made by Hughes
proteges in the dying moments. Need.
ing just one court goal to tie the
count Dyer, Buff and Blue forward,
blew" two shots at the netting by
the narrowest margins.
MARCEL, Leavell and Payne flashed
bang-up, all-around exhibitions for
Bridgewater. Dyer. Bilger and Hok-
anson were Galiaudet's most consist.
ent performers.
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Cobb and Speaker Fight Eoneruton Basket Ball Haze Bgg
LANDIS' OPINION ASKED
ON COBB AND SPEAKER

DETROIT. December "a P.--
Fans here wish Commissioner Lam.
dis to say whether he believes Ty
Cobb and Iris Speaker guilty.
After an impr0mptu meeting OF
friends Of Cobb last night q tele-
gram was dispatched to the COM
missioner by Joseph BENJAMIN. q
merchant, crificising his failure to
make known his views.
The message concludes:
You conducted this investigation,
and the public IL entitled to know
your opinion. III you have SUN.
cient proof that Ty Cobb and Iris
Speaker are guilt~ Of the charges,
then please let the world know. II
you are Of the opinion that Leon
ard. I'm q spirit Of revenge, sold out
his former leader by reading into
letter ideas that were not therein
contained. then I'm justice to the
men who have given their all to
base ball. please tell the base ball
fans and the people Of America.
Are these men guilty. or do you
believe them to he innocent Of the
charges?"
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| Our record at Princeton in 1895
was not particularly brilliant. Yale
again came back in the second hall
and defeated US, IL TO s.
After the season I received an In
vitation from the University Of the
South at Sewanee, Tenn, to pay them
a visit for a period of 10 days and
| hep coach the team for the Wander
bilt game. AS the season at Prince.
| ton had been q trying one. l was glad
Of the opportunity to go and accepted
with a great deal Of pleasure. Sewanee
is beautiful little place on top OF
mountain. The people are very cordial
and I was treated with real Southern
hospitality during my stay.
I arrived In the morning and In
the afternoon went out to get my first
glimpse of the team. They were a
very likely looking lot of boys, very
eager and enthusiastic. The coach
said he would run the team through
signals. 1t seemed as IL after every
signal the II players ran in IL diff
ferent directions and headon collisions
happened with amazing regularity. /
asked the coach how many plays the
team had. He replied:
Between so and TO-"
And then asked me IL thought
that was enough.
Plays Reduced to Seven.
After the practice the coach asked
me to make suggestions. My reply
was, that In my opinion, the entire
repertory Of plays ought to be scrap
ped and the signal system with 1t, and
replaced with not more than seven OF
the most elementary plays imaginable.
Al ArrA Iva nd
two passes. I went on and said the
signal practice clearly showed the
team did not know many Of the sig.
nails, and that 1t was impossible for
any team to master so different plays
and the various assignments.
First, I had quite time selling this
idea to the coach. He tried to argue
that what the team really NEEDED
was a few more good plays. There
were couple Of old Sewanee players
assisting the coach and they backed
up my side Of the argument. We
finally won him over to our way of
thinking. We then went oveH'a1 the
plays and kept just seven, and they
were the simplest Of the lot, Ave run
ming plays and two passes.
The team seemed to expand in one
11-sided smile as this decision was
announced, and for six or seven days
they perfected the seven plays as II
their lives hung on them. We did not
have any more heads cracked at
signal practice. BY the time Of the
Vanderbilt game avery player on the
squad knew his assignments perfectly.
System Works Well.
The Vanderbilt game ended in a
tie. to s. Sewanee gained more
ground and made more first downs
and certainly did not have the worst
Of the argument. Had they not dis
carded the unwieldy and varied as
sortment Of plays, am confident they
would have been badly beaten.
It Is most remarkable how many
coaches load UP their teams with too
many plays and then wonder why
they do not have successful seasons
Plays can only be learned by patient
repetition until each mans place and
part in each play In intuitive with him
and thoroughly familiar to every
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" VERY indication points to the
- conclusion that basket ball II
I'm for its greatest season In
IL terest in the game in several
sections viii rival that en-
thusiasm which foot ball evokes and
the f1nancial returns will make the
sport Increasingly significant in those
collegiate centers where adequate IA
cilities for seating spectators exist.
Indeed the game has reached a
stage whore the attendance IN limited
only by the seating capacity. The
Middle West ana Rocky Mountain
sections ate far beyond the East In
this respect Huge field houses with
accommodations for spectators rang
ing in numbers from five to ten thou
sand have been erected and more are
projected.
Growing In East.
Economically 30 far a. the East In
concerned. the game VIII show an
upward impulseA Of the opening on
January 1 Of tip new nillion-dollar
indoor stadium at the University OF
Pennsylvania T,his building, which
enjoys the name SPalestra, will seat
ten thousand and q the twenty eight
rows OF the seats nineteen are OF
concrete and therefore permanent.
But in the West ! the game In
strongly established as n paying
sport. A preliminary game at North
western University the other day
drew six thousand spectators, a def
mite augury of what may be ex-
pected later when the weEtern confer
ence season gets under way.
The quality OF basket sball In the
West Is certain to be high. All the
Big Ten institutions, with the posi-
BILE exception Of Chicago. wfll present
formidable outfits, Of which the
leader will probably be Indiana
Indiana Fond Of IT,
Basket ball is something more than
a game in the Hoosier State. 1t In
passion. They neglect foot hall at
the State University in favor Of the
court game. a reflection of tha en-
thusiasm throughout this common
wealth for q sport which every zone
plays from Sunday school days zip
ward. Material for excellent teams Is
never lacking in any school or college
In the state.
Purdue, where foot ball also sur
fers In comparison to the brand Of
basket ball annually played, also Will
have a leading Ave. Iowa, Illinois
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By the Associated Press
~ HICAGO. December 24.-The
FIRE of base halls Christmas
scanda smoldered today. Base
~ balls masters are content to
let II go out. The fire vic
tims-Ty Cobb and Iris Spea ker---
also want the blaze extinguished, but
complete exoneration il the only ex-
tinguisher they want used.
Both Cobb and Speaker, generally
rated as the two greatest players OF
modern base ball, continue their pleas
for chance to face the man who
started the fire-H. r. Dutch)
Leonard, former Tiger pitcher.
Leonard. the recipient of letters
from Cobb and Joe Wood. once a
Cleveland pitcher. continues non
committal regarding the charges link
ing the names of Cobb and Speaker
with a game between Cleveland and
Detroit, September 25. 1919, which he
said was fixed for Detroit to win.
Let base ball authorities do the
talking" Leonard said. at his ranch.
near Fresno. Calf. When the time
comes, I'll issue a statement"
League Officials Attacked. h.
Meanwhile, there are rumblings that
pTeSdkG COuIAef-tHdikSS IIpih 1Obb
friends. Cobb, home in Augusta, Ga.
said American League officials were
equally guilty" with Leonard in this
"rotten business" because they paid
$20,0 to keep the details of his story
from leaking out" The reference Ia
to the price reported to have been paid
Leonard for letters written by Cobb
and Wood which form the basis of the
charges on which Cobb and Speaker
ere linked with the questioned game.
Departure of Cobb from base hall
under a cloud after % years, during
which he established more records
than any other player. has revealed
the existence as long a. a year ago of
q rupture between Cobb and Frank
Navin. president of the Detroit Tigers.
Cobb, it now is revealed, was slated
for removal as manager OF the Tigers
at the end of the 1925 season. The
blow was checked. however, by
great civic testimonial banquet ten
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Ube Gbening Star
BOYS CLUB

in the first place, they are easily in.
tercepted. and a long pass cannot be
thrown with the speed and accuracy
of short pass.
The first practice for short passing
should be taken with all men station.
airy. Suppose there are six men on
the floor for practice. Let three line
up on line, about 8 yards apart,
and the other three on a line just CD.
posite, about 4 yards from the first
line. Pass from one side to the other,
up and down the two lines and back
again until tired.
Then try the same thing in a slow
Jog, gradually speeding 1t up. When
ball Is missed the two lines should
form again and start the drill all over.
When you are able to make every
pass on, the run, then you can prac-
ttce something else. But as long as
you miss, keep at this one drill.
In the short passing game there is
much to learn besides passing and
catching the ball. There is the stop.
ping and turning, for instance. But
they are lessons that will require
whole day or SO.
Next-Shooting Baskets.
(COpy1ght. 1921
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ton.
Fair hockey stars received their ma.
jor emblems at the assembly. Miss
Hilda Wordsworth, physical training
director, presented letters to Elizabeth
du Boise, Elizabeth Bryan, Marie For
mad. Eloise Hopkins, Jeanne Rich
ards, Polly Foote, Elizabeth Hoover,
Katherine Hoover. LOUISE Hoover. Ell
len Kelly, Ruth Rogers, Setsuko
Matsudaira, Helen Ann Selecman.
Margaret Goodwin, Josephine Lee, Ida
Clagett, Elizabeth Gates and Mar
jorie Provost.
The varsity basket ball squad. which
has just been selected, overwhelmed
the alumnae. 81 to Is, in the tradi-
tional clash which is staged each year
at this time.
Members of the winning squad,
who will represent Friends in it's brief
interscholastic schedule after the New
Year, are Margaret Berry, Betty
Tressler, Mildred Burnham, Ida Clag-
EFT, Josephine Lee, Louise Hoover,
Mildred Clarke and Jeanne Richards.
Capitol Athletic Club mermaids plan
an intensive practice schedule after
the holidays in anticipation Of their
program Of indoor meets, which will
include competition with the Dolphin
Club Of Richmond. the Maryland
Swimming Club and the Bayshore
Swimming Club in addition to the an
nual indoor south Atlantic meet.
Dates have not been set yet, nor the
place announced for the south Allan
tic affair.
Coach McNamara OF the Jewish
Community Center has announced
that several players are needed for
his junior and senior girls basket ball
squads, which will be entered in the
Washington Recreation League loop.