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The Washington times., 1926-11-19
Cobb Denies He VIII
!. Buy Red Sox and
Make Iris Boss

ATLANTA, Nov. bly,
Cobb, former Detroit manager
today wired international News
Service that there is absolutely
nothing to the report that he
was negotiating for the pur.
chase Of the Boston Red Sox,
with iris Speaker as manager.
"Emphatically no." Cob b
wired. 'TheFe Is absolutely
nothing to It"
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ready accomplished. they look dan.
Eerous, indeed. to the rival clan.
Action will start at o'clock. It
is one OF the seasons most un-
usual bowling wars. whichever
team wins win be open to chal-
lenge by any family In Washing.
ton and nearby cities with five
bowling brothers.
Just when the boys believed
Huber Settler, of the Arcadians in
the National Capital League. was
due for g drop In average, he
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However, battered and SCARED
though the Bulldog may be, II
clings to the philosophy Of Its
breed. It will take hold of Har-
ward and hold its grip to the end.
Yale's morale is high. Defeat at the
hands of Princeton has not shaken
it's confidence.
This Is q new game. q new week,
and Harvard's record, scanning II
with an eye to comparative scores,
Is nothing to brag about. Moreover,
Yale il stronger for this muchly
Wanted battle OF the field than II
has been for any since early In the
year.
There Is much uncertainty both
at New Haven and i'm Cambridge
concerning the opening line up for
this game.
It IL probable. however. that
Yale will take the field with the
same team that heard the opening
whistle In Palmer Stadium last
week. According to advices from
Cambridge, the only Harvard fen az
all sure Of their jobs are Capt.
Glen Coady, Pratt, Simonds. Gam
ache and Sayles. The others are
wondering how long they will warm
the bench.
There Is chat here and there
under the New Haven elms that
Bruce and Caldwell may be able to
get into the game. This is gener-
ally doubted. About six weeks ago
Caldwell snapped a bone In his
ankle, and he has not been able
to do anything In q football way
since. Six weeks Is all too short a
time for broken bones TO mend
properly,
Kline and Noble probably win
start for the Blue in the bacISfIeld.
and OF course. Capt. libby Bun.
nell VIII call the signals. Whether
HOIabird will start or not Is q
question. This young man just
won his letter against Princeton.
He Il senior. Cox, who also won
his letter against Princeton. never
was regarded as varsity oak.
Tad Ionaa II nlaa cad with tina
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EARL BRITToN EAGER
TO BECOME FIGHTER

Earl Britton. famous from coast
to coast as the running mate for
Red Grange when the latter waa
tearing through collegiate teams,
wants to become a boxer. Britton
is playing fullback for the Brook.
lion. Horsemen, which will 60 against
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AND DONALDSON BROTHERS SPILL PINS

Brick MulIer's Los Angeles Call.
fornians at Ebbets Field Sunday
afternoon. Britton made hts re-.
quest to Humbert Fugazy, presi-
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i picked up q tough point and now
has an average Of 40. He 10 we'll
in the lead for the individual cham.
pionship.
Settler, who IL one OF the few
curve ball slOoterse with q really
fat average, carved out . set OF
366 when the Arcadians white
washed Internal Revenue. Ht was
Settlers finest performance Of
the year.
Nobody believes for q moment.
not even Seltzer, that he can carry
that average through the entire
campaign. However, It means q
lot to have fooled the experts this
far.
Settler IL q veteran Of many sea
sons but this IL the first In which
he has won q place among the
city's foremost. He was q member
Of the old Garrison team Of the Dis.
trict League. Once he all but quit
the game. IL pleases the Arcadians
that he changed his mind. He "a
the backbone OF their team.
Red Megaw. Of the Kingpins. IN
within striking distance Of Setter.
Megaw's averages Il lis. This ia.
nous pin nlauler IL having . singular
experience this season. He's 9
whifiwind in the National CapitaI
League and q zephyr in the District
loop. where his speed Is about 10.
An average of 10 would bring
Joy to q majority Of bowlers. but
not to Megaw who Is used to q
place among those fighting Il out
for the championship. He was q
leading contender IN the District
League last season.
Rolled with the same lineup, on
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It OUT
IN BOWLING FEUD
BY r. D. Thomas

bowling between Vehmeyer and Donaldson clans,
which has become with each clash to decisive end
tonight q
Twice have thsy met and each team Of five brothers hes
enough to make them heavy favor It il fresh in mind that the
when the Donasons naples back in the second
set and whitfield down this advantage 50 pins
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ms N0BROn01 C9p1t0A maEks ElguES
out that. Red admits he can't.
Comes a big match In the Dis
trict League tonight at the Kiugpin,
with the Kingpin and Stanford
Paper Company, teams meeting.
They are among seven that are
closely punched In the hottest pen.
nant race known to the grand old
circuit In years.
No matter who wins the Govern.
ment Printing Office team is az.
sured Of holding on to first place
for the remainder Of this week.
The typos are just enough ahead
Of the pack, following q clean sweep
victory over Cornell LUNCH to be
uncatchabTe for q spell.
When the season started Govern
ment Printing Office wasn't counted
In the running for the pennant. is
franchise was the last issued. The
typos slipped into the big time
league almost unnoticed.
Convention HALLS crack team, one
that must be reckoned with when
pennant-doping the District League,
helped its standing handsomely by
taking three games from the
Temples. It wasn't very difficult
feat. Glenn Wolstenholme had the
high set Of $50.
What turned out to be q human
being Of vast proportions attracted
much attention at Convention
Hall several nights this week.
Al Gardner, the manager, took q
long look ct an unusual Opcupant
Of an alley and decided e WAS
human, although doe MulrOe and
Al Works, not to mention Joe
T0Omey, offered argument 20 the
contrary.
Works insisted It was an elephant
in disguise and everybody agreed
but Gardner.
The manager screwed up his
courage and verified his own con.
viction by putting It up 70 the
object In question. A thunderous
voice answered him. II belonged to
Straaka. the wrestler. who was
appearing In competition at the
Arcadia.
Straaaka is Q real giant, stand
ing feet s inches. and Is set.up
quite in proportion.
DO you think bowling Is good
exercise?" ventured Albert.
Not for me-" rumbled the giant,
picking up q duelkpin ball and
fondling 1t like an apple. because
these balls Amt heavy enough 20
make my muscles work. Can't
hardly feel the weight of EN-. Il
could play marbles with en-"
II reckon so." agreed Albert. and
he didn't seem a bit doubtful
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dent Of the Rrooklion.Horsemen.
When you get that indoor arena
OF yours started" he told Fugazy
the other day, I'D like to take 8
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crack ct the game. | understand
Muller was working out against
Monte Mum. and he went pretty
good. Maybe can get started toO.i'
The Washington times., 1926-11-19

virtually the same alleys. set after
set. Megaw's District League
average Is eight points less than
his National Capital mark. Figure
out that. Red admits he can't.
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Tad Jones is pleased with the
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picked up q tough point and now
has an average OF 40. He is well
in the lead for the individual cham.
pionship.
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Gr Would With Brouns Today Reds Making Came for Flag
AUTO STARS STRIVE
FOR GOLDEN GROWN

Adding zest to the automobile races
at the Laurel Speedway on Saturday
afternoon is the fact that the bitterly
waged contest for the golden crown,
emblematic Of the national champion
ship, will be settled when the flag
drops on the final event of the three
race program.
With Jimmy Gleason, winner of the
so and 100 mile races at the Maryland
track in June, in the van, and with
Fred winnai, Russell Snowberger and
two other drivers within striking dis
tance, Saturdays events are certain
to produce the hardest, closest driving
Of the entire National Motor Racing
Association season.
Gleason's edge in points is not SO
great that it could not be overcome
by either Snowberger or Winnai, and
both are out to wrest the honor from
the Celtic daredevil before the curtain
is rung down on the seasons racing
finale.
The 100-nlile race on Saturday will
feature the greatest array of fast
cars even entered in an automobile
race on the Laurel bowl
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MJJRRAY IS DUE TO HURL
in FINAL in MOUND CITY

&c Murray was to draw the pitching
4 the final game of the year with the
as his slab rival Jez Zachary. Man
nned to use Zachary yesterday, but
,uthpaw, at almost the last minute.
the third inning, he chased to the field
boxes back of third base and leaned
across the barrier to get Harry Rice's
foul fly.
In the same round with Bennett on
second and two out Boss Bucky ran
far back and across the chalk line for
q fancy catch Of Miller's foul.
Concrete stands mean nothing to
Moon Harris. In the fourth he crash.
ed against the National dugout and
caught Gerber's foul to end the inning.
Goslin had plenty of trouble in
making two catches in the NTH. He
had to come in fast to get Bennett's g
low one, then lost Harry Rice's loft
in the sun, but 1t was so high that
the Goose managed to get back for
finger tip grab.
CrOwder's balk in the seventh was
pure carelessness. Moon Harris paid
no attention to the slow Vangilder,
who was on first. and at that Elan
took no more than yard lead Off the
sack. Crowder turned and apparently
without looking for his first baseman
started to throw. Not seeing Harris
on the bag, Al checked the heave,
then lobbed the bali to Moon. Evans
promptly waved Vangilder to second.
Stan Harris had o fine day at bat
against the trio Of Browns who went
to the slab. He got double and
single in three times at bat against
Falk, q single the only time he faced
vangilder and another single the lone
time he batted against BAliou.
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At the time Bill McKechnie, Pirate
leader, remarked: I'VE are paying no
attention to st. Louis and Cincinnati
We are watching New York
And a month ago Rogers Hornsby
also could see nothing in front Of hin,
but the Pirates.
pittsburgh is the club we must
beat" said Rogers. Cincinnati Is a
poor road team. and the Reds will
bump themselves Off when they play
their last road trip"
However. showing remarkable
spirit, the Reds cling on. Pitchers are
volunteering to pitch out of turn. and
the club when I last saw II did not
show as much signs Of a strain as the
Cardinals. Donohue's work in New
York IL an indication of the wonderful
Red team spirit. He pitched the first
game Of the Giant series. four-hit
shutout. He went in the next day
as relief pitcher, a game which the
Reds lost. to 4. Then, when Mays
reported i'll for the third game. Pete
volunteered again for box duty. But
he attempted too much. and the Giants
knocked him out, but not until he had
pitched scoreless ball In 21 successive
innings.
Phils Soft for Reds.
Cincinnati is about to tackle the
Phillies In final series OF three
games. This club has been especially
easy for them all year. as they have
15.to.4 edge on the Quakers.
While Cincinnati is playing the
Phillies the Cardinals will be playing
their final two games with the Giants
And the Giants are playing no IA
vorites among these Western con
tenders. McGraw Is giving them all
the best he has. which Is as IL should
be. And his best has been plenty.
The Cardinals have suffered little
on this trip from the strain, but
give them an even chance to pull
through. The club Is the Nations ia
vorite. and its victory would be in
tensely popular. Last Sunday, wher
40 900 saw them play in New York
the greater part of the crowd rooted
for st. Louis.
While I rate both the Cardirali
and Reds at 500 in the weekly pen
nant chances percentage table. should
the pennant hinge on st. Louis fina
game in Cincinnati. I would back the
Reds. They have won 13 out of q
from st. Louis and have been es
pecially effective against the Car
dinals in their own park.
Pirates . Disappointment.
Pittsburgh, great club, blew ur
with dull thud in Greater New
York last week. They started In wei
with the Giants, taking a. double.head
er. Then they lost two Of the next
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CARDINALS PLANNING
STRONG JUNIOR FIVE

Cardinal Athletic Club of Alex
andria, Va. plans to put a strong
junior basket ball team on the floor
the coming season.
Wallace McGarry. for the past few
years an athletic mainstay at the high
school at Hampton. Va, has joined
the club and will be a candidate for
the team. and it is hoped the follow
ing others will be on hand when the
quint organizes shortly:
Lester, Murphy, j. Burke. Tangora.
Buscher, Fillius, Berger. Clark and
Ellis.
The Cardinal senior base ball team
this season was not a representative
Of the Cardinal Athletic Club, which,
1t is explained, did not organize a
nine because most of the players had
signed with other teams.
Evening star., 1926-09-22

three and followed that by dropping
three straight in Brooklyn.
That Dodger series especially was
feeble finish for club which start
ed out with such great prospects.
With the Giants toppling over both
the Reds and the Cards. cleanup
in Brooklyn would have kept Pitts
burgh i'm the running. 7 am sorelv
disa ppointed with this club. as ! still
think 1t is the best all-around club
In It's league.
Had the Yankees spilled the Ameri
can League pennant. after leading the
race all year. they would have been
the laughing stock of base ball. Even
though New York does stagger in.
believe the manner in which they
frittered away most of a 10-game lead
is without precedent. On September
% they led by 10 full games. with a
month and day to go. Regret was
expressed at the time that there was
no race in the American League; II
looked as though the Yanks would
breeze in as easy as Huggins team
Of 1928
Yanks Hit General Slump.
Then Gehrig. one of the big "bust-
ing trio" stopped hitting. Ruth soon
followed and Meusel fell into tho
land game the Yankees looked no
more like the slugging outfit Of the
early season than Bill Klein rcsem-
bles the late Valentino.
In the "a days from August 20 to
September II ia games were melted
from their lead. and that Gotham
gang knew 1t was In battle. How
ever, the big lead was enough OF
reservoir to offset the slump. II was
bent. but Il held.
Even though the Indians are beaten,
| they take their place with the real
courageous clubs of base ball. Their
| fight deserves a place OF It's own In
base ball history. They fought on.
even when II looked as though their
cause was hopeless. and provided the
closing days OF the American League
| campaign with most unexpected
thrill.
Washington and Philadelphia still
are having their fight for third
money. Fighting for third place will
spur the Mackmen In their efforts
when they tackle Cleveland this
| week. Third and fourth place prob
ably will remain in doubt until the
Athletics and Senators fight out their
| three-game series next week, after
all Of the other clubs have closed
| shop.
| (CopyriRht. 1927
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RAIN, THOUGH, MAY DELAY
CLASH UNTIL TOMORROW
Nationals Keep on Heels of Athletics by Taking
Third Straight Game, ii to 6, Drubbing Trio
of Manager Sisters Twirlers.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

LOUIS sepenbe5 a2-one more game and the Nationals will be
the weather would be kind enough the Champs let them
this this afternoon.
Uncle weather has that this
sckrs and galoshe In that Nationals will
witt Sismen
by winning
IS i'll Fl
kept right heels OF the would
losing White SoX. who c the fifth perch
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Fashion Shop yesterday took the
first game Of the proposed three game
series from the Accountants. COUNT
ing two runs in the fifth inning to
give them their winning margin in
the six-inning contest.
Nedfeldt. losing hurler, lost his own
game. hitting a batsman and then
heaving to center field in trying to
force him at second after the next
hitter had attempted sacrifice.
Although found for seven hits In
the abbreviated game Mcintyre, on
the mound for the Clothiers, famed
seven.
Jack Mattingly, Fashion Shops
third-sacker, was the only one to get
more than two hits. gathering q pair
of singles in three tries.
Both teams gave loose fielding ex-
hibitions.
Today's game will start at 4:45
o'clock on South Ellipse diamond.
Howard King, hurting for Claren-
don Baptist nine, and Milburn. West
Washington Baptist slabman, fur
nished a nifty duel yesterday when
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*Batted for Falk In the fifth.
*Batted for Van Glider In the eighth.
$Batted for Ballou In the NINTH
Washington .., 00do30 Ill
Two-base hits-S. Harris. Crowder. Ruel.
Three-base hits--RObertsOn. burst. Home
runs--(ioslin. Stolen bases--Schang. Ben
net, Myer, Goslin. Sacrifces-Myer. CrOwaer.
McManus. Double plays-(erber to MIC.
Manus TO SISTER: Robertson to McManus to
Sisier: Ballou to schang Il" sisler. Left to. or
base on balis-Off Crowder. o: of Marberry.
81 FaIk. q Of Van Glider; /: Of, Bsiion' ssiIsn
:: by Van Glider. I. Hits-Of Crowder. o In
sh innings: on Falk. 3 In . inninGsi. on
Van Glider g. in 3 innings; Of Ballou; 3 in
1 inning. Balk-CrOwder. Winning pitcher
-Crowder. Losing pitcher--Falk. Cmpires
|--Messrs. Evans and Geisel. Time OF game
3 hours and : minutes.
Evening star., 1926-09-22

, the box in the fifth. told the story Of
the Reds downfall in Boston.
The New York Yankees battered
Chicago, IA to 0, while Cleveland was
picking on the Boston Red Sox, 6 to l.
Babe Ruth ciouted his fourty-fourth
homer. The Yankees need two more
wins in Ave contests to clinch the play
while the Indians are losing one out
Of Ave. The standing:
Team. Won. Lost. r. p. Pct.
New York. ..... SO 60 .a91
| Cleveland ...... So 63 5 .51s
! Washington pounded four st. Louis
| pitchers for an 1l-to-6 victory.
Ehmke Of Philadelphia held Detroit
to FIVE hits yesterday. and his team
won. 8 to 9.
| Fitzsimmons boosted his total of
victories to 13 for the season when he
pitched the New York Giants to a
| 5.to-2 victory over Chicago.
Philadelphia took a 7-to-2 fall out
Of Pittsburgh. Cy Williams belted his
eighteenth home run.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
HANG ON CARDS HEELS
AS YANKEES STACCER In
Cincinnati Deserves Mich Credit for Fine Scrap II
Has Put Up, as Does Cleveland But Pirates
Have Been Big Disappointment.
BY FREDERICK q. LIEB.

the 1926 draw close the St Louis CARDINAL
~ more o be
decided the clash OF the these clubs
Cincinnati Sunday
League slowly staggering They
in
l3 hits scored
their the ndian
through
their last eight with Chicago and ST. Louis.
National credit Reds
for which have hung despite the fact that
refused take them seriously.
As late six weeks John McGraw remarked I'VE
particular the Reds and Cardinals II the
Evening star., 1926-09-22

series.
the Clarendon boys took a flve-inning
game, 4 to o. King yielded but two
hits against four given UP by Mil
burn. but the Clarendon pitcher had
better support. Cochrane. at bat
twice. got both Of the losers hits
Leigh's triple, for Clarendon, was the
longest drive.
Hayes yesterday pitched Oxon Hill
Midgets to victories over Apollo and
Friendly Pastimers, limiting the
former to three hits and the latter
to four. Hayes also got three hits
in five times at bat during the after
noon.
Coca Cola Midget ball tossers will
tackle Crandall's Appolo nine Sunday
at 3 o'clock on Fairlawn Field.
Evening star., 1926-09-22

Brooklyn. 10 >.
st. Louis fans already are planning
demonstration when the team comes
home after games with Brooklyn. New
York and Cincinnati.
A Cincinnati defeat and a Cardinal
victory mean a guarantee for St.
Louis Of at least tie for the pennant.
If st. Louis wins two games. the best
the Reds can do Is tie by winning all
four. The standing:
Team. Won. Lost. I. T.. fct:
st. Louis. ....... 81 63 $50
Cincinnati 49,. 85 65 4 .567
Bill Sherdel. who had tanned the
Robins many Zines. weakened in the
eighth yesterday. and although Grover
Alexander rushed to the rescue, four
runs put the game on ice. There was
q belated st. Louis rally for two scores
in the ninth.
Three double plays when trouble
was brewing and determined assault
on Pete Donohue that drove him from
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SOCCERIsTS TO GATHER.

Franchise fees Of teams planning to
play in the Washington Soccer
League must be paid at the loops
meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in room
2 District Building, when two repre-
sentatives from each team are expect
ed to attend.
Evening star., 1926-09-22


appeared field general the Iatchetites rolled up 1s
points successive Saturdays against that were
by means. "push.overs" either. .
Besides shining the gridron Sapp is base ball
ball performer of note. When not pitching
for the Hatchetmen he is picking EN- out OF the dirt
around first. On the team he Is guard and Is a
consistently sturdy player.
COACH.
H. W. MAUD Crum George Washington Univer.
sity director athletics rapidly pushing the Hatchee
institution to the fore in the world Of sports While
Crum now tutors basket ball and base ball at George
Evening star., 1926-09-22
SOCCER PLAYERS SOUGHT.

A soccer ball team to be composed
Of boys between the ages of 13 and Is
is being organized by jolly Antler A.
G. The team is In need of players, and
those wishing a tryout ARE asked to
write Mike Dibelia, 322 Third street
Evening star., 1926-09-22


a
of
when considered that of his attend during day
High Stadium otherwise indicated, follows
College
9-Buknel Iewisburg
16-Bue Ridge College.
October 23-Wnlam Williamsburg,
October 30-Penn ar State College
November 6-Ursinus College
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shifted to Chester Falk. another S
Manager Harris had hoped to use
irving Hadley. National who had been
farmed to Birmingham the greater
part of the season, in the wind up
here.
Hadley, though. was sent home yes
terday after it was learned that the
Injuries he received in a railroad acci-
dent last Friday had left him UNIT for
work.
Crowder's first seven pitches yester-
day were wide of the plate. Then ne
frightened and Bennett, who had walk
ed, never left the initial sack. A
good stop of Miller's hot grounder by
Moon Harris helped the general out
of the difficulty.
Sam Rice came through with
corking catch of Robertson's low liner
in the second session. He had to
run in. veering toward center field, to
spear the ball.
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Cridiron Leaders Of 1926
Interesting Facts About Foot Ball Coaches and
Captains Of Big College Elevens for This Season
CAPTAIN.
No. 24-Ce0rge Washington.

ENRY O. (CICERO) SAPP, JR OF Wnston-Saen, n c. will
- this of captain of the George Wash
while sophomore.
striking tribute his grdron prowess He
Winston Salem where he crack
athlete holding ball. base ball. basket ball
and track
aternatd quarter and half back for
performer generally his best when hurting
AS proof Of his adershp
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BIG LEAGUE LEADERS.

JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,. September
q CP.-An interpreter. standing be.
side an Associated Press telegraph
operator. will give details of the
Dempsey -Tunney boxing contest to
deaf mutes of Jacksonville. tomorrow
night
Evening star., 1926-09-22
CARDS GET NEARER FLAG:
LOSE, BUT REDS DO ALSO


overhaulng ST. Lotus the National Lea
to play
The yesterday Cincinnati to in the
fifth defeat The Cardinals meanwhile lost 10
Evening star., 1926-09-22
FASHION SHOP CAN TAKE
TITLE In LEAGUE TODAY

MOTHER victory this afternoon for Fashion Shop Commercial
League champions General Accounting Office
League tihoder will the aberdahers gonfaon
Evening star., 1926-09-22

iron team. he came to the school in
the Fall Of 1924 only as foot ball
coach. The following Spring he was
named director Of athletics.
Crum was one Of the outstanding
stars Of the redoubtab1e 1922 Prince
ton eleven which swept through the
season without a single defeat and