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The Washington times., 1926-12-14
{. v. GIRLS
l)PE:NSE.R|ES
BY GERRY" Martin

The George washington | Untver-
sity interclass basketball series viii
be inaugurated tonight at 7:3O
o'clock. The freshmen and juniors
clash in one game and the seniors
and sOphon1oFes meet In another.
on Thursday evening tonight's win
ners and losers will meet In another
game.
The class managers who are pilot
ing the teams are as follows: Ermyn-
trude Walden, seniors: Louise
Omwalxe, juniors; Julia Denning.
sophomores; Naomi Crumley, fresh
men.
The varsity team and manager
will probably be announced after
the close Of the interclass series.
Practice for the varsity Is booked
for Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. This year
the girls VIII play heavy schedule
which follows: February 4, Gallu-
Diet; February 12. Western Maryland
College; February 10, SwarthmOre;
February rs, Westhampton; March
4. Galludet; March Z. william and
Mary. ana March IA, Western
Maryland College.
The Capitol A. G. win hold an Inn
portant meeting tonight in the Will
son Normal School at 5 o'clock. AL
members are urged to be present.
Fair members OF the George
Washington University hockey var
sity will receive their letters at the
university Saturday. For the first
time In the history OF q. w. u. the
girls will get major rewards. This
Is the first wear that hockey has
been made q major sport at the
downtown school.
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for an individual set today is 445.
yet this has been beaten times in.
Vulnerable in independent matches.
Harry B. Haley. now general nan.
ager OF the Harry /. Carroll down
town bowling alleys. twice did bet
ter than $50 for three games and
on successive days.
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RICAN
FIVE OFF

American Universityss quint, with
three straight victories behind It.
left at noon today for Gettysburg.
Pa, where II tackles the Gettysburg
College five tonight. Coach Spring
ston was in charge of the squad.
For tonight's contest Tom Sawyer
and Leon Schloss will start at the
forward positions. Jim Birthright
at center and Bruce Kessler and
Bill Banta at guard. Herb Elliott,
Art Gerth and Hill Caples went
along to serve in emergency roles.
Thursday night American Uni
yersity will dedicate its new gym
nasium in the first college contest
Of the season in the Capital. Mary
land win be Americans rival, the
Old Liners appearing in their first
contest Of the year.
Double honor has been conferred
upon Tom Sawyer. Recently he
was elected captain Of the basket
ball team and last night he was
chosen to lead next years Ameri-
can University football eleven. Saw
yer, whose right name is Verdon
A. Sawyer, by the way. played a
great game at. full back this past
season, featuring his work with
many long runs for touchdowns.
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His exact score are not re-
called but he Is said to have
averaged better than 100 for
six games, three rolled In n
blind pig Tournaments at the
Royal and three IN another
tournament at Michaud's.
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NJ GRAW ST OPS
HIS RIVAL

JERSEY CITY, N. J., Dec. ~.
Phil McGraw. spectacular light
weight from Detroit, had added
to his prestige today by virtue OF
his clean victory Of Johnny Rocco,
of New Rochelle, in the fourth
round Of a scheduled 10-round bout
here last night.
A terrific right to the heart
floored Rocco in the fourth, and
the New Rochelle fighter failed to
The early knockout was some.
what of a surprise. as the bout
had been fast and furious from
the start. Rocco had successfully
ducked McGraw's ferocious right
from the beginning. and had given
good blows in return.
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Like the VISIDI6 pOFLIOH OF Oh
iceberg, only the league score Of
the crack bowler. is noticed. The
spotlight of publicity seldom is
turned on his other games. Yet
the most brilliant achievements of
nearly every duckpin star in Wash
ington have been In Independent
matches.
Some phenomenal scores and
series Of scores have been made
outside the leagues Of which no
record has been kept. They make
the highest marks ever achieved in
organized competition appear medi-
OGRE in comparison.
For instance, the league record
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Reds Hartigan, who was
counted on as a regular, is I'M
likely to lay basketball this sea-
son. Hartigan severely sprained
an ankle when playing football
and has been advised to give 1t
q long rest.
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Totals. 1925 544 612I

Totals.515 $50 53s
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Totals. ATS $50 S31
Totals. ATT 479 49,

Totals. 451 468 "a
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.EGASS|S
SH|NESAS
MENTOR

Whipped by Gonzaga for the inter-
scholastic football championship,
Dewitt Prep is bent upon recouping
lost laurels by cleaning up in basket
ball.
Bolic Degassis, who won his spurs
as an athlete at Georgetown Uni
versity. is getting off to a sharp
start as coach. it appears. This is
Degassis' first year in the profess
sion and right off the bat his teams
become championship contenders in
two sports.
Dewitt fought it out with Gonzaga
for the gridiron title and is ready
now to make 'em all step for basket
ball supremacy. The present team
In said to be the strongest that ever
represented Dewitt.
Degassis gives every indica-
tfOn Of becoming a highly sue
cesSful coach. His knowledge of
sports is keen. His talent as a
teacher seems pronounced and
he has won the thorough con-
of his youngsters. From him
they have acquired the winning
spirit.
when we were taking it from
Gonzaga, said Degassis today, sit
was good to see our boys out
there trying hard all the time,
even though there was only the
ghost OF chance to come out on
top. They didn't stop trying It'll
the last whistle blew"
Three of Devitt's regulars hail
from Asbury, N. j., high school. |
They are George, Barlow, Joe Bill |
koyic and Tom Moriarity. Pat |
Moyna, who was an outstanding
star on the football team, was
named on the all-New Jersey schol
astic basketball team while playing
Boyd made good on the Severn high
team at Annapolis. These are new
corners to Devitt's basketball squad
yet they all are sure Of regular
places. r
The veterans from last year IN
clude Frank Bascable, whose selec-
ton as captain has just been an
nounced; Bill Fisher. and Bert
Kennedy.
Reds Hartigan, who was
counted on as regular, Is un-
likely to lay basketball this sea-
son. Hartigan severely sprained
an ankle when playing football
and has been advised to give 1t
long rest.
Mickey Harris, another Dewitt
luninary, has passed up basketball
to devote all his effort to track.
Degassis figures Harris will be more
valuable in spiked shoes than sneak
ers.
Names familiar to those who fol-
lowed the football career of Gonzaga
through it's last two mighty sue
cessful seasons will see 'em all over
again and many times during the
winter. Jim Farrell. Johnny Bozek,
Monty Gaghan, Pat Byrne. Ed Du-
gan and Tom Fitzgerald all have
won places on the quint.
Make yourself the proud possessor OF
a car of your own. Buy 1t today from
the good selection made in Times and
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for an individual set today is 40,
yet this has been beaten times in.
Vulnerable in independent matches.
Harry B. Haley. now general nan.
ager Of the Harry i. Carroll down
town bowling alleys. twice did bet
ter than $50 for three games and
on successive days.
His exact score are not re-
called but he IS said 70 have
averaged better than 100 for
six games, three rolled IN
blind pig tOurnament at the
Royal and three m another
tournament at Michaud's.
Haley once lost an Individual
game with score OF 173. This
was on the famous old Palace
alleys. He finished third in com
petition with half a dozen stars.
Harry Stanford won with 1856 and
John Eiker was second q few pins
behind him. HaIley's 173, only 10
pins behind the present league
record. wasn't so powerful in that
contest.
The total Of any five Of the scores
I'm the memorable game at the
Palace would have beaten by per.
haps 100 pins the league record
for a. team game.
Speaking of HALEY losing with
173. here's an experience even more
unusual. LOnnie Krauss, the
Coliseum manager, averaged better
than 100 for 10 games and won
exactly one Of them. His opponent
was Perez Elicit.
Perez was training for the
individual matches that caused
such q stir last year. He used
LOnnie for a trial horse, as IL
were In five successive games
he tOtaled us. That was 3
grand total Of lao for 10 games
and an average Of LA. No star
has ever come close to that In
any sort Of organized play.
Thorough familiarity with par.
ticular set OF drives has helped
much in turning out big scores.
The old regulars at the Palace
knew every inch Of the boards
there, as did the regulars at the.
RathskeIler, where some mighty
games were rolled.
Some of the experts were ever
willing to wager on their ability to
beat 125. Yet, in those days, q
bowler with a 10 league average
was a brilliant star.
OF course, the league records
never will come up to the indie
pendent marks. In independent
games. as a rule, the bowler is
almost constantly In action, keeps
warmed up and retains a more ac-
eurate guage Of the pins. The long
waits between turns in the league
match il ruinous to some bOwlers
and helps none.
Perhaps the most remarkable bit
Of bowling ever done in Washington
was Al Works independent game
Of 208, rolled several years ago at
the Recreation.
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the good selection made in Times and
Herald Classified Section.
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P 10 (QuNT
VACATES

Ray Kennedy takes his Wash
ington Palace quint away today. not
to appear in action again at the
Arcadia until the night after Christ
mas, when the powerful Celtics, now
representing Greater New York,
make their debut here as members
of the American Basketball League.
Tonight the Palace lads play their
first game of the season in Philadel.
phia, and are expected to have plenty
of trouble turning back Chick Pas
sons outfit. Thursday will find
them battling DIR. Lou Sugarman's
Orioles in Baltimore. and with the
Orioles entirely rebuilt since the sea-
son started, the Washington .quint
won't have any picnic there.
The Palace team plays its first
game in the West next Tuesday
night at Detroit. Two contests are
scheduled for the Motor City. and
then the Palace lads will hike out to
Chicago for lone game with the
Bruins on December %.
Quite the most thrilling game
of the season was last nights
battle between the Chicago
with victory finally going to
the home guard. 26 to 22.
Two preliminary games were
played. In the first the Epiphany
Roses. with a thrilling rally in the
second half, defeated the Indepen-
dents, 80 to 16. In the second the
Cartons won the rubber game from
the Arcadians girls team, ~
to O.
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JOE MAKES
GOOD ON
BOAST
BY r. d. Thomas

Joe Toomey, Of smokeball fame,
broadcast to ali who might be In
terested and some who really were
not, that he'd win the prize for be-
ing the first participant to reach q
1 ,4O0.total In the qualifying round
Of the Convention Hall elimination
duckpin tournament.
And now he's done it.
Today the hugaboo OF all pinboys
with vulnerable skulls can point
with an I-told-you-so to his name at
the top of the list. His mark Tor
10 high games is 14O3.
He is so far In front after the
first weeks competition that
Toomey can now, without fear Of
humiliation, predict victory for
himself at the finish Of the round.
None OF his rivals has yet passed
the 1900 point. Joe Mulroe, In
second place. is two pins short of
that.
However, the experts have
until December 20 to Overtake
TOOmey and several are deter
mined to give him q battle. The
speedbaIIer's high game Is 156
and his low. l26. He figures to
improve considerably on that
126, and often, thus increasing
his total possibly to record pro-
portion.
al Works, who won the roll-off a
year ago IN the Convention Hall
tournament, Is among the present
leaders with q total Of 1,267, and q
skinny low score to work upon. His
high Is las.
George Isemann. former president
Of the Washington City Duckpin
Association, Is climbing steadily and
is tied with Walker for the high
game. with 164. Isemann's total -
1,271.
Thirty.two will qualify for the
roll-off. Here are the leading 20 up
%N today
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Totals .5I7 53s 52s
Totals..574 SAL $40

Totals. .475 65I 632
Evening star., 1926-10-10
Fix Bayonets Story of the Marines in Critical War StruSSl

The first - barked. clear and incl
sive, and the shell Whined away E.
the next gun, and the next.
| The little puff balls. ranging shots,
burst very near the BOChe column.
Then the battery fired as one gun-a
| long rafale of fire. wherein no single
gun could he heard. hut Il drumming
thunder.
Smoke and fire flowed hideouslv
over the Bache column. A cloud hit
1t for a space. When the cloud lifted
the column had disintegrated; there
was only far-Oft swarm OF fleeing
| figures, failed by shrapnel as they
ran. And the glass showed squirm.
ing heaps of gray f1attened on tha
ground. E.
The gunner officer looked and saw
that his work was good. Bon, ehr
Soixante -quinze"' With an aIl-em-
bracing gesture and white-toothed
smile. he went. Already his battery
was limbered up and Galloping, and
when the first retalatory shell came
from an indignant Boche 81 the 75s
were quarter Of a mile away.
That afternoon the Boone had the
air. He dropped bombs and otherwise
did the best he could to make up.
with planes. for the artillery that he
had lost that morning. On the whole.
he was infinitely annoying. There's
something about being machine-
gunned from the air that gets a mans
goat, as the files remarked with pro-
fame emphasis. Much futile rfie-flre
greeted his machines as they came
and went. and away over on the right
toward VierZy the lieutenant saw one
low flying fellow crumple and come
down like n stricken duck. This
plane. alleged to have been brought
down by q haut-chaut autOmatiC
rifle, was afterward officially claimed
by four infantry regiments and a
machine gun battalion. Late in the
afternoon the French brought up
anti aircraft guns on motor trucks
and the terror of the air abated some
what.
As dusk fell. the French cavalry
rode forward through the lines. The
lieutenant thoughtfully watched tha
blue squadron pass-"Tf spirits walk.
Murat and Marshal Ney an all the
Emperor's cavalry are ridin' with
In the early dawn Of the next day
the cavalry rode back. One squad
ron went through the company's posi-.
tion. II was a very small squadron,
indeed. this morning. Half the troop
ers led horses with empty saddles. a
tall young captain was in command.
IneN were Drawn ana HdBBdIu ltOiil
the nights work, but the men car
ried their heads high. and even the
horses looked triumphant. They had.
1t developed. been having perfectly
wonderful time, riding around behind
the German lines. They had shot UP
a transport, and set fire to ammuni-
ton dumps, and added greatly TO the
discomfort of the BOche. They
thought they might go back again to-
night. They did.
The night Of the 18th the gafieys
got up. and the men had hot food.
Early in the morning OF the 10th the
division was relieved and began To
withdraw to reserve position, while
fresh troops carried the battle on. The
1st Battalion OF the 9Th Marines 1,
marched back. In a misty dawn. '
across the ground they had fought
over two days before. In the trampled
fields. where the dead lay unburied.
old French territorials were moving
the ripe wheat and shocking II up.
The battle was far away.
tCopyright. la2Gt
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sault companies halted here to re-
form. few Boche shells howled over
them, but the Boche was still pound
ing the wood where the support bat
talions followed. The tanks debouched
from the forest and went forward
through the Infantry.
In a hollow just ahead of the re-
formed line something was being dealt
with by artillery. directed by the
planes that dipped and swerved above
the fight. The shells crashed down
and made great, roaring murk of
smoke and dust and Pickering flames
of red and green. The lieutenant, his
report to the major dispatched and his
company Strengthened out, along with
men from other units and a handful
of Senegalese who had attached them
selves to him, ran an expert eye along
his waiting squads and allowed his
mind to settle profoundly on break
fast
THE officers whistles soon shrilled
Il and the attack went on. The
woods fell away behind. and for miles
to the left and right across the roll
ing country the waves of assault
could be seen. 1t was a great. stirring
pageant wherein moved all the forces
Of modern war. The tanks, large and
small, numbered in advance. Over
them the battle planes flew low.
searching the ground. roweling the
Boche with bursts of machine gun fire.
The infantry followed close: assault
waves deplOyed. support platoons in
| column American Marines and Regu-
| lars, Senegalese and the Foreign Le-
giOn of France, their rifles slanting
forward and the sun on all their bayo-
nets And behind the infantry strain
ing horses galloped with leanmuZzled
15s, battery on battery-artillery. over
the top at last with the rifles. On the
skirts of the attack hOvered squad
rons of cavalry the Marines had seen
the day before. dragons and lancers.
marked from afar by the sparkle and
glitter of lance heads and sabers
And forward through the wheat the
Boche lines broke and his strong
points crumbled. standing stubbornly
in one place, running in panic at an
other. and here and there attempting
sharp counter attacks but everywhere
engulfed-and the battle roared over
him.
Then, without being very clear as to
how they got there. the lieutenant and
his company and a great many others
| were at the Vierzy Ravine, in the
cTOSSHFe Oh tne machine guns Inat
held 1t.
The ravine was very deep and very
precipitous and wooded. A sunken
road led into it, and while the rife
| men stalked the place cannily a tank
came up and disappeared down the
sunken road. a terrific row of rifles
and grenades arose and a wild yelling.
Running forward. the Marines OBJ
served that the tank was stalled it's
guns not working: and a gray, frantic
mass of German infantry was swarm
ing over it. prying at its plates with
bayonets and firing into such open
ings as could be found. One beauty
Of the tank is that, when 1t Is in such
a difficulty. you can fire without fear
ing for your friends inside. The auto
matic-rifie men especially enjoyed the
brief crowded seconds that followed.
Then all at once the farther slope of
the ravine swarmed with running
Boches. and the Americans knelt or
lay down at ease and fired steadily
and without haste. As they passed
the tank a greasy. smiling Frenchman
emerged head and shoulders and in
Evening star., 1926-10-10

piece of ice on the other side of a
large crack. The dogs. scenting camp.
which means the end of the day and
something to eat, put forth final
burst OF speed.
We dashed around large boulder
of ice and came out on a level eX-
panse. at the end of which was the
traders big tent. pitched as snugly
as IL it were in a sylvan glade. Smoke
Curled from the tent, but no one was
in sight. We pulled open the flap and
found three of the crew rolled in
skins. They opened their eyes wide
a sight of me and burst into laugh
ter. One old fellow rolled over on his
back and kicked his feet in the air in
uncontrolled merriment.
X X X x
TWENTY-FIVE hours | had been on
the trail, and most of that time
had been spent in jogging. I Topped
on skin for sadly needed rest,
motioning to every one to help him
self to my peace Offering of tobacco.
Each one took his exact share. | was
sure to he popular as long as this
particular chewing toha lasted.
After resting for half hour.
sought the trail to the edge of the ice.
The tent was pitched about a quarter
mile or half mile hack from the
water, so that no noise would reach
the ears of possible whale Every
little sound is teleera phed underneath
the ice and is maGnified as ii travels.
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"You"-to painting half-dozen
down the log-"craWl back to the
stump and shoot into that clump of
green bushes over there, where YOU
see the new dirt-it's in there,
Everything you've got. and watch for
me up ahead Slower Sergt.
Robert Slower. small. fiery man
from TenneSSee-"Come on.
They crawled along the tree. Back
toward the stump the Springtields
cracked furiously. Somewhere be-
yond the machinegun raved like a
mad thing and the Roches around it
threw hand -grenades that made
much noise and smoke. The two of
them left the protection of the trunk.
and felt remarkably naked behind a
screen of leaves. They craWled
slowly. stopping TO peer across at the
bushes. The lieutenant caught the
dull CLEAN of a round gray helmet,
moved little. and saw the head and
hands of the Roche who worked the
gun. He pushed the sergeant with
his foot and. moving very carefully.
got his rife up and laid his cheek
against the stock. over his sights.
the Germans face. 20 meters away.
was intent and serious. The lieu
tenant fired. and saw his man half
rise and topple forward on the gun.
Then things happened fast. An
other German came into view strain
ing to tear the fallen gunner off the
firing mechanism. Slower shot him.
There was another, and another
Then the bush boiled like an ant
heap. and feldwebel sprang out
with grenade. which he did not get
To throw. 1t went off, just the same.
and the Marines from the other end
Of the tree came with bayonets.
Presently they went on.
Later, working to the left of his
company. the lieutenant was caught
up in a fighting swirl of Senegalese
and went with them into an evu
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1t is said that a whale feeding 10
miles away can distinguish sounds
made by human beings.
Half way along the path I met Jim.
His greeting was typical. ''My God"
he roared. What in the name Of
heaven are you doing here?" He did
not know whether to laugh or swear.
I trotted back to the tent to help him
get something to eat.
Between bites Of the frozen raisin
pie and the roasted ptarmigan that l
had brought out. he ranted about what
would happen to me If the ice broke
and we had to take to the canoe. The
point was that, in sudden danger, the
crew have to aban ndon the camp, in
cludng dogs and everything else. and
live in the canoe until they can reach
safety. 1t would be rather hard for a
woman.
The camp was quite shipshape. The
oomiak was concealed behind a shield
Of ice, in position to he slid into the
water in less than second. The
men also were behind windbreaks Of
ice They had cut out large pieces
of ice for seats. Halt the crew slept
while half kept watch. Not word
was spoken audibly. If any man
moved at all. he did so on tiptoe.
Everything seemed peaceful and un-
real The slush-ice moving north
with the current made friendly little
noises beside me. MY eyes closed,
and my weary body relaxed without
struggle.