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BOYS CLUB

Each man should learn to catch and
pass from the waist. If a man knows
where the ball is coming he need not
slow up to get 1t.
In executing the short pass the
player should be crouched forward
with one foot toward the receiver and
the bali close to the hip. The receiver
should take the ball as one foot
.ouches the floor and with the same
motion advance the other foot and
pass, or pivot on his back foot. IT he
pivots he then will be in a position
to pass to anotheY direction.
The receiver should have his feet
well apart and his body slightly for
ward when receiving the ball.
CTo be continued)
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.OLDLOOP SEEKING
|. GREATER HARMONY
National Magnates Aim for
Smoother Relations In
Conduct of Game.

By the Associated Press.
n TEW YORK, December 15.--In
the selection of William l..
VI Baker of Philadelphia.
i Barney Dreyfuss of Pitts
burgh and William l..
Feeck OF Chicago, to work with 1,
committee chosen by the American
League for the purpose of smooth
ing major league relations, National
League magnates see cause for re-
joicing.
Some of the duties Of the new
steering committee" as outlined by
President John A. Heydler, will be
the establishment of closer relations
with Commissioner K. NJ. lands,
whose benevolent despotism" has
proven mildly irksome to the owners.
The committe. on which Lands will
act as an ex-Officio member, will re-
place, in effect, the advisory commit
tee that has failed to function since
friction arose between Commission
er Landis and Ban Johnson, presi-
dent of the American League, two
years ago.
The committee is not seeking To
curtail Landis' powers, President
Heydler points out, but will act as
an intermediary between the minor
and major leagues with the special
duty of codifying anew the present
minor league agreement. In fact.
the entire purpose of the committee
is to maintain harmonious relations
throughout base bail, President
Heydler says.
Action on Schedule Deferred.
Action on the 1927 schedule was
deferred at yesterdays National
League meeting pending a confer
ence with American League officials
In Chicago tomorrow. Both leagues
are said to have agreed to a 1897
closing date about October 2, a week
later than last season, with the
opening games on April IL.
Use Of the resin bag for pitchers
during the coming year was indorsed
by the National League after Presi-
dent Heydler had reported an increase
in pitching effectiveness since adop-
ton of the rule last season. The re-
port of the president revealed that all
records for attendance were shattered
in 1925 when 4.500,000 spectators
clicked through the turnstiles in eight
parks. This was an increase of 600,-
000 over 1925, also a record breaking
year.
A proposal to fix a minimum of
games in which batsman should ap-
pear before gaining recognition as
leading clouter of the circuit was re-
jected. The league completed its
business yesterday and a meeting
scheduled for this morning was can
celled.
No Trades Develop.
No trades developed at the National
League meeting.
The Boston Braves are not to get
Bill Terry. clouting first baseman, In
exchange for Joe Genewich, clever
young pitcher, Manager McGraw Of
the Giants declares. You'll have to
add something before Terry goes"
McGraw told Dave Bancroft, Boston
pilot. Bancroft then switched his at
tack to DOME Bush, Pittsburgh man.
ager, but DOME has 16 pitchers.
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is by far the most important.
Jack Winn, our end coach at Prince
ton, was on the lookout for end ma
terial all Fall. Toward the close of the
season Nelson Poe. the scrub coach,
remarked that Lawler, a husky look
ing young sophomore. might be Just
the fellow Winn was looking for. Two
days before the Swarthmore game
Winn took Lawier in hand. He worked
over him like Trojan. Lawler was
big, strong and willing. The day Of the
Swarthmore game Winn suggested
we play Lawler part of the game. We
gave him a good chance in the game
and he handled himself very well.
The next week Lawler started the
Harvard game. and the following week
the Yale game. He played through
both games and did very creditably.
(Copyright. 1926.)
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
|NDORSES lands.
Re-establishment of Advisory
Board Sought by Conferees
at Chicago.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
~ HICAGO. December 15.-Much
4 Christmas shopping but very
few purchases was the net
~ result of the first day of the
annual meeting of base ball
magnates here. Many prices were
asked and given on players contracts
and some of these bargains likely will
be negotiated before the end of the
gathering.
Between the bidding on players, the
American League club owners decided
to re-elect Commissioner K. M. Lands,
and then get him to re-establish the
advisory board, and the leagues COM
mittee of three started today in search
of Lands to talk over the situation.
The National League at New York
took similar action.
Three Owners on Committee.
The American League committee
consists of Col. Jacob Rupert of New
York, +. S. Barnard of Cleveland and
Phil Ball of st. Louis. Ball is known
as a strong partisan of President Ban
Johnson of the league, and 1t was
differences with Johnson that caused
Landis to ignore the advisory board
for the last several years.
he tINS new IiidIIdSCIS HI CLC lCuso uC
made the player market unusually
brisk, with ST. Louis in receipt of the
most offers, and Ray Schalk of the
White Sox we'll in the lead in bids.
Schalk talked trade for McManus
of ST. Louis. Ward of New York,
Peckingpaugh of Washington,
ORourke of Detroit and several other
inflelders who might be able to fill
Eddie Collins vacant shoes.
Detroit offered three players for
McManus. and Bucky Harris of Wash
ington offered to take over some of
ST. Louis surplus catchers.
Mack Silent on Collins.
Connie Mack said he had signed
one minor Lacquer, but declined to
discuss his relations with Eddie Col
Inns.
The American League executives
had left on their formal program to-
day the various proposals submitted
by counsel for revision of the consti-
tuition, and decisions on the opening
and closing dates of the season. A
closing date one week later than last
year, October 2, seemed likely to be
agreed upon, to avoid too many double
headers within the 154-game limit.
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HOCKEY TEAM TAKES
EIGHTH GAME IN ROW
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December Is. The
undefeated Ottawa Senators, already
enjoying a commanding lead in the
National Hockey League. ran their
victories to eight for the season by
shutting out the New York Ameri-
cans, 20, here last night. Eleven
thousand fans saw Ottawa play a
sparkling defense game after chalk
ing up two early scores.
Montreal Maroons shattered a
string of seven straight defeats by
taking the ST. Patricks into camp,
80, at Montreal.
The victory put the Maroons In a
tie for second place with the New
York Americans in the Canadian Sec
ton despite their losing streak The
Boston Bruins likewise crashed into
the win column by overpowering the
Detroit Cougars, 7-2.
The Montreal Maroons, skidding
this year from the world champion
ship place they held in hockey last
season, have acquired three new play
ers in an effort to fight back to the
top of the circuit All three, Walsh,
goalkeeper; Donnelly, defense man.
and Woodruff. center, recently play
ed with Detroit in the American
Hockey League.
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Some nifty bowling is being done
IN the qualification rounds of the holi-

Some nifty bowling is being done
in the qualification rounds Of the holi-
day elimination tournament for won-
an bowlers at the Arcadia. The is
fair rollers who turn in the best 10
games between now and December 25
will be eligible for the next flight.
The field then will be narrowed on
succeeding nights, with the finalists
facing December 81. The winner will
receive a prize of $40, runner.up $40
and $40 will go to the third best.
There also will be awards of SIS each
for highest number of strikes. high
est number Of spares, highest set.
highest game, best qualifying score
and best qualifying game.
Some of the contestants who are
hitting 'em hard and often include
Miss Fay Morgenstein, who has rolled
two games Of 106 and others of los,
SO, SO, 1O3, 49,. 95, 103 and "a; Miss
Marie Frere, who has collected counts
of 80, 100, lit, 113, 108, 124 and 1o1;
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With the BowIers

Mrs. Ackman, with 80, 1OS. 104, 1o2,
80, lot. 107; Mrs. Leda Amidon. 80,
LOG, 112, 11S, 81, "a, 95; Mrs. MischOu,
80. SO, 95, 10S, and the redoubtable
Miss Lorraine GULL, who has rolled
for los, 11o and Ill SO far.
With q high game of 166 and low
game of 121 Warren Wister, with a
total of 1,404, is topping the maple
smashers in the qualifying round of
the tournament at King Pin drives.
Wister counted games of 1866, 151 and
I121 to assume the lead.
Riggs quint scored a three-game
triumph over Metropolitan pastimers
last night in Bankers League.
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MY 25 Years on the GridirOn
BY WILLIAM A. ROPER.
HEAD COACH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
I-Time Required to Develop Good Player

often am asked how much time
Il takes to develop a good foot ball
player. My answer ordinarily would
be that boy should start In as early
as possible to play foot ball and that
he could only become really proficient
after several years Of play.
Ordinarily such is the case, but /
have seen some remarkable excep-
tions to this statement. In my sopho-
more year at Princeton / saw Eddie
Holt. the Princeton line coach, de-
velop a guard in 10 days. When /
was coaching at the University of
Missouri. boy came out on the field
who had never played foot ball at
all. In fact, he didn't know the
rules, and in three weeks time he
was on the team
This Fall at Princeton saw Jack
Winn our end coach, take scrub
tackle on Thursday and on Saturday
he piayed end against Swarthmore
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MONOPOLIES I'm BASE BALL
ARE DUE FOR ELIMINATION
System by Which Clubs Control Services of Players
Indefinitely Termed Blight the Pastime
Which Should Be Stamped Out.

major outfit are we'll looked after
when the proper time comes.
All major league clubs do that.
Some of them have little to send out,
and the reason is because all the
ball players are tied up here and
there and everywhere. Then when
the season comes for taking players
out of the minors by purchase, some
clubs can't find a player who isn't
already tied up.
The commissioner Of base ball
knows all about this. He is power
less as long as there is any semblance
of legality in the thing. He would
like to kick it overheard. 1t should
be kicked.
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BY JOHN B. KELLER.

~ H1cAGo; December 1s;-Ru,
had pitched his last game IN
~ big league base ball that-were
freely. circulated this morn.
ing around the hotel here where the
American League is holding its an
nual meeting were discounted by all
members of the Washington delega;
ton present at the conclave. 81
According to the report current, the
premier pitcher of, 1.-The American n
League, if not the premier pitcher of
the big time. base ball, since, 1907, was
ready to retire on the laurers that he
had earned in his 20 seaSons.of effort:
This report, however, failed to dis.
turb President Clark Griffith. Secre-
tary Edward Eynon or Manager
Stanley Harris of the Nationals, who
are here in the interests of their club
AS Manager Bucky stated, walter is
with us as long as we want him in
big league base ball and l am willing
to gamble that he will be a mighty
valuable asset to us in the 1927 sea-
son.
Many RumOrs Current
This Johnson rumor was but one of
the few that were passed around the
lobby of the hotel where the American
League is holding its session here at
Chicago. One of those directly af-
fecting the Nationals was that invOlv-
ing. the exchange of a catcher for
another backstop now belonging to
the st. Louis Browns.
Now the Browns have on their ros-
ter an even half dozen receivers head
ed by Leo Dixon and Steve O'Neill.
The st. Louis club has in reserve, Wal
ly Schang, Bill Hargrave, formerly
a member of the Nationals, and a cou-
pie of young catchers practically un-
known to big league base ball. 1t is no
secret that the Nationals are in search
OF an experienced catcher for of this
class Of receivers they have on their
list only Muddy Ruel and Benny Tate.
There also is on the National re-
serve list catcher named John Ber-
ger, who was drafted from New
Haven Of the Eastern League. How
ever, Manager Harris is not quite cer-
tain that this backstop possesses big
league qualifica and is in a fine
mood to consider any prospects of
trade that will bring to his club
catcher that may measure up to big
league standards.
1t Is known that the st. Louis club
is ready to trade some of its catchers
for pitchers it may regard worth while.
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BY ROBERT BURGITT.
School

G0Ac1 OF fauOUB AoW@s AASA
School.
Bad passes have lost more basket
ball games than any other one evil.
Passes are the bugbear of the coach
and something he tries to eliminate as
soon as possible. The first thing is
to learn to pass and to catch basket
ball correctly. A team that masters
passing and catching will be dan
gerous.
Several systems of play are used by
successful teams, but all of them de-
pend on the ability of the team to
pass. These systems are:
The long pass system Of attack.
The short criss-cross style.
The combination features both long
and short.
The dribble and pivot style OF at
tack also use the short pass.
A team that uses the short pass
mostly should mix in few long
passes to throw the other team off in
it's defense
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SCHAEFER VII ! TAKE
LONG Bl ARD JAUNT

: Jake Schaffer's ard tour of Eu-
rope, for which he ails today on the
Berengar1a, calls for the most exten-
sive foreign competition by any Amer
lean cue star since Willie Hoppe went
abroad 20 years ago to bring back the
balkline titles.
Young Jake expects to visit most
of the European capitals in q two
month trip. He has called off a pro
jected jump to South America to re-
turn to the United States in time for
the worlds championship tournament
in March.
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all in 1898, was asked by the coaches
to come out TO fill in on the line in
case any one got hurt, as we were
shy in substitute line material that
year.
The first day Craig came on the
field / overheard Eddie Holt, The line
coach, remarking he thought he
would make a very good guard.
Craig always had played end and
never had had any experience at
guard. In three days from the time
he came on the field he was in one
OF the regular guard positions. Bill
Edwards was the other guard. Craig
didn't weigh over ITO pounds.
In the Yale game I never have seen
better guard play. Craig was all over
the field. He made the first five
tackles. and Yale gained very little
ground through him. With remark
able endurance he lasted well into the
second half. Had he played guard all
his life / doubt If Sam Craig could
have put up a better game than he
did that day at New Haven.
A Missouri Rockies Case.
When was coaching the Missouri
team in 1909 young fellow by the
name OF Thatcher came on the field
one afternoon and said he would like
to try to.play foot ball. / asked him
where he had played before, and he
e<....it,ed he never had played at all.
He looked fairly big Ind strong, and
hS oly- material was none too promis-
ing / got him q suit and asked him IL
he could meet me at the field for an
hour In the morning. ] wanted to
give him some individual instruction
before / let him come out with the
squad.
was rather interested in him, he
seemed so anxious to play. And felt
he might be discouraged If he was put
right alongside of fellows who were
old hands at the game.
When ! met Thacher ] asked him to
try two things. First. to fall on the
bali and then to tackle the dummy.
was astonished at his ease and grace
and at the manner in which he han
died himself. He fell on the ball as If
he had been doing it all his life, and
when he hit the dummy he tackled
like an old timer. In Is minutes !
was convinced that he was a natural
foot bali player. He handled himself
with perfect coordination. That after
noon he came out with the squad, and
in q short time he was playing one OF
the guard positions.
Favors Big Wingmen.
] always like to see big ends on a
eoot ball team. A big, strong end can
hold his own on the offense with the
tackle, and the offensive part Of end
play. while it Is the least conspicuous.
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RocKNE IN HONOLULU.

HONOLULU, December Is 90
Knute Rockne, veteran mentor or the
Notre Dame team, has arrived TO
teach Hawaiian foot ball coacnes now
to win games. He Will INSTRUCT tnem
two weeks and also referee three
games.
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HANSEN SCORES ON MAT
AFTER LOSING ONE FALL

Charles Hansen won two straight
falls to annex mat match from
Harry Stevens at the Arcadia last
night. Hansen dropped the first fall.
Hans Steinke and Giuseppe Mas
setti wrestled as minutes to a draw
in the semi final while Harry Smith
Of Kansas threw Dan Burke of
Washington in the opener In 13 min
utes.
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SOCCER LEAGUE PLANS
TO CHANGE ITS BYLAWS

Members. Of the executive commit
tee OF the Washington Soccer League
will meet tonight in Room 2. District
Building. to discuss a change in the
bylaws and hear committee reports
w. q. Birch, president Of the
league, requests that not more than
two representatives from each club
be present.
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SCHEDULE
FOR BASKET BALL LOOP

Palace A. C. basketers will meet to-
night at the clubhouse at o'clock,
to discuss the game tomorrow night
with the Hyattsville National Guard.
Y. nj. III. A. basketers will practice
tonight at 1880 at the Jewish Com.
munity Center. Players are urged to
report at the hour named.
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MAT SHOW IS ARRANGED.

Bobby Mainfort will grapple with
Zeke Smith at the Mutual Theater
Friday night. Billy West and Sol
dier Williamson will clash in the
curtain-raiser to start as soon as
the regular performance is over.
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and played a very
creditable game.
These instances
60 to show that
foot ball players
can be developed
under high pres,
sure in a very
short space of
time, provided the
player has the
proper win and
determination.
In 1899, 10 days
before the Yale
game. Sam Craig,
who had played
end In '97 on
Garry Cochrane's
team. and who
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HoDsK1N WINS WITH CUE.

N. B. Hodskin defeated g. w. Har-
sin, So to 20, in the first match OF
three cushion tourney last night at
Elmer's billiard parlor.
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Favors Big Wingmen.

I always like to see big ends on a
foot ball team. A big, strong end can
hold his own on the offense with the
tackle, and the offensive part Of bnd
play, while l. Is the least Conspicuous
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n IRECT, ownership of minor
league. clubs by major league
r. "cltibs and. the existence of
49, the working agreement" are
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WUrKHIB AgTtcMtHI 7AISU bau.
"The working agreement" is al
most as bad. For example, the Cleve-
land club comes to an agreement
with the Nashville club by which all
Cleveland players to be sent on op-
ton will be placed with Nashville.
The minor club, being under obliga-
tions because of this trade, will be
glad to see that the interests of the
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~ HICAGO, December 15.-4su-.
4 mors that Walter Johnson.
had pitched his last game IN
big league base ball that-were
3-
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(To be continued.)
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w. III. West Company quint downed
the Terminal "Y" courtmen last night
in the Terminal gym. ~ to s.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-28
Tablet ThrosOs Light
on Noah and the Ark

In 1872 George Smith of the British
museum found an interesting tablet in
Nineveh. The inscriptions were de-
ciphered by psychologists soon after
ward, but Paul Haupt, professor of
Assyriology at Johns Hopkins univer-
sity, has recently rendered more
complete translation. He first re-
stored the tablet to make it legible.
Professor Haupt told the American
Oriental society at Philadelphia that
the inscriptions relate the story of
Noah and the ark. According to this
account, Noah cut trees down in the
jungle and made an ark consisting of
six decks which were divided into sew
en- compartments Two-thirds of the
ark was under water. when it was
afloat. Part of the translation reads:
"For our food l slaughtered oxen and
killed sheep-day by day. With beer
and brandy, oil and wine, filled large
jars, as with water of er."-Path-
finder Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-28
MORE TULAREMIA

a FTER a new disease has been
"A discovered and its symptoms
carefully described and published in
medical journals, it is generally
found that 1t exists much more wide
ly and commonly than was at first
supposed. This has been the case with
tuiaremia, peculiar disease that was
first recognized only few years ago.
To speak Of any disease as new"
is. of course, not correct. No disease
is literally new. So far as we know,
every disease germ Of any kind has
been in existence for ages, just as
every form of animal or vegetable
life, so far as our present knowledge
goes, has always existed. Theodore
Roosevelt Jr., and his brother Kermit,
went to far-off Tibet. to get head
of the rare owls poll, an animal that
has probably never been seen out
side of the Tibetan mountains. But
tie animal isn't new. The species has
been living there for centuries.
So when the germ of tAlaremia was
found in southern California, 1t wasn't
new. Men and animals had been
suffering from it for ages. But this
infection is so like many others that
until special kind of bug was found
as the cause there was no way In
which this particular infection could
be distinguished from any other. But
ibis germ is different from the ordi-
iiary germs which, forty years ago,
were found to be the cause of the
ordinary forms of pus infection. 1t
is what is called a spirochete or
spiral growth, something in shape,
perhaps, like bed spring on small,
scale. This is the family Of germs
to which the germ of syphilis be-
longs.
Now it has been found that these
spirochetes for some reason are only
affected by some form of arsenic.
The form most generally used Is
neo-arsphenamlne or 6O6 as It is wide
ly called
In a recent issue of the Journal
of the American Medical association,
DIR. John L. LAWN. city epldemiologlst
of the Kansas City (Missouri) health
department reports FIVE cases OF
tularemia in that city, all resulting
from infection received in cleaning
rabbits. In one case the patient, while
cleaning rabbits. scratched his thumb
with a sharp piece of rabbit bone
Another. woman, had a sore spot
on her hand which became infected
while she was cleaning a rabbit. Two
others were infected from sharp
bones and the fifth patient had two
sores on one hand. MI these patients
recovered after the administration Of
neo-arsphenamine.