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Evening star., 1926-12-13
LANDIS TO REMAIN,
BUT CALLED DESPOT

NEW YORK, December FIX. NJ.
lands, high commissioner Of base
ball, will be reelected for 81 seven.
year term at the joint meeting of the
National and American Leagues in
Chicago. Thursday. in the opinion OF
National League Club owners in New
York for their own league poWwoW
tomorrow and Wednesday.
The circuit is expected to vote for
Landis as q unit.
But the magnates of both leagues
are chatting under the benevolent
despotism' of Commissioner Lands,
the New York World said today. Dis
satisfaction is felt over the belief thai
the high commissioner has ignored
the existence of the advisory council.
for no meeting has been called in the
past two years, the paper says.
While club owners can not be
quoted in criticism of each other or
Commissioner Lands under their mu.
tual agreement, the magnates are
represented as considering the sug-
gestion of q steering committee" to
advise with the commissioner during
the off season for joint meetings.
The advisory council consists OF
Commissioner Lands, President John
Heydler Of the National League and
Vice President Frank Navin OF the
American League. who replaced Ban
Johnson, American League head, two
years ago.
An effort to bring about amend
ments to Lands working agreement
with the leagues seems likely at the
joint meeting, the magnates indicate.
The club owners expect that no in
crease In the $4,000 year salary al
ready paid the commissioner, will be
granted at the Chicago powwow.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
MONTGOMERY FIvES
SEEK SCHOOL TITLE

ROCKVILLE, Nd, December ID
Six Montgomery County High School
basket ball teams win begin u series
January for the county champion
ship. Each quint will play 10 games.
Rockville, Bethesda, Poolesvllle. Sill
yer Spring, Sandy Spring and Cath
ersburg will be represented.
The schedule:
January r. Rockville at Bethesda. Pooes-
Vile at Gaithersburg. sandy SpTinS at silver
spring: IL. Bethesda at Poolesville Gathers
b1rg al Sandy Spring. silver Spring at Rock
viiie; IA. Sandy Spring .at Poolesyille. ROCK Ok
thesda; Il. Pooiesvile at Rockville, Bethssds i.
at Sandy Spring. Gaithersburg at silver
Spring: @6 Bethesda at GatthssrsbnFg eass sandy
vile: 2S. silver Spring at Sandy Spring,
Gaithersburg at Poolesville. Bethesda at
February Q. Rockville Ct Silver Spring,
Poolesville at bethesda, Sandy spring AT
GstheEsbare II, Gaithers5urs st KoGl,
y: s;is sandy spng a. silver spring at GATH
ersburg. Rockville at Poo1esville, Sandy
Spring a Bethesda: 23 ROCKVILLE 2. at Sandy Sandy
Spring Poolesville at Silver Spring, Gathers
burg at Bethesda.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
TAD JONES LAUDED
AT OLD ELI BANQUET
By the Associated Press.


NfONTCLAIR. n. J., December
13.-The old Yale barn in Montclair
today re-echoed tribute to Tad Jones
as a teacher of the finest brand of
foot ball in the United States"
Referring to criticism of the Yale
coach by apparently misguided
alumni" E. K. Hall of the foot ball
rules committee asserted at a recep-
ton to the Blues 1926 eleven that in
Jones, the New Haven University
''has not only one of the best experts
on the modern game, but the kind of
a man you and 1 would want our sons
to be coached by"
Hall. Dartmouth graduate, told
200 Yale alumni that the greatest
menace of foot ball today - the man
who coaches to win at any ODDS" He
admitted Yale craftsmanship, he said,
because he had seen the college take
its lickings without alibis.
Preceding his address Phil Bunneli,
captain of the 1926 team. scored
alumni who had been as ''credulous
as many youngsters in kindergarten"
The effect Of their criticisms, he said,
had been felt by the team, which this
year lost four games preceding a final
victory over Harvard.
Receiving the distinguished service
cup of the Montclair Alumni Associa-
tion of Yale for conspicuous public
service rejecting credit on the uni
versity, w. w. Atterbury, president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, added
a note of regret at the breaking up
of the big Three" through the Har.
ward Princeton split.
"If we are consistently licked and
we don't take our medicine without
showing a yellow streak, III be sorry
for YALE" he said.
Evening star., 1926-12-13

The 1921 Princeton-Harvard game
at Princeton was one of the most
spectacular Of my career and it end
ed the tie which had prevailed for two
years between the two elevens. In
1919 and 1920 the teams were dead
locks, the former ending 10 to 10 and
the latter II to IA. This fact added
tremendously to the interest OF the
game and the coaching staff Of each
eleven concentrated with all power
in an effort TO develop each team to
the highest pitch for the crucial con-
test. All else was disregarded.
On an ideal day that year both
highly trained elevens took the field
with little to choose between them
as to brilliancy of individual players.
Harvard had such noted stars as
Charlie Buell., George owen and Keith
Kane, while Princeton had the fam
GUS Don Lourie, Hank Garrity and
Stan Keck, the latter particularly
brilliant interferer.
Two plays during the game settled
the final score-the first failure
through hard luck, yet that which
made the second possible and sue
Evening star., 1926-12-13
WOMEN IN SPORT
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

The regular bimonthly meeting of
the Capital Athletic Club will be held
tomorrow evening at o'clock at
Wilson Normal School following
basket ball practice, which is sched-
uled from to o'clock.
This evening gym classes will be
held at o'clock in the Columbia
Heights Community. Center gymna-
SUM at Wilson Normal. The Cap
itolites will swim Wednesday evening
in the Y. NJ. G. a. pool from 740 to
$50
During the Winter months. while
hockey fields are blanketed with
snow, Washington Field Hockey club
members plan to turn their attention
to basket ball. 1t was decided at a
meeting last night to meet every We'd
nesday evening in the Holton Arms
gymnasium, on Church street, for
practice. A few games probably viii
be arranged by the group with local
sextets later in the season, although
no formal schedule is being planned.
Last year one game was played
with the Baltimore Field Hockey AS
sociation, which also organizes basket
ball squads each Winter, and the
local club expects to play the Orioles
again this season.
The Arcatlian basket bali quintet
is carded to meet the Cartons this
evening at s o'clock at the Arcadia,
Fourteenth street near Park road, in
the third game of their three-game
series with this aggregation of boys.
The CARTONS won the first tilt and
the girls team captured the second.
The game tonight will precede the
regular Washington-Chica contest
on the American League circuit.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
PALACE FIVE, WINNER,
FACES BRUINS AGAIN

Victory for Washington's Palace
Club entry in it's scheduled contest at
the Arcadia tonight against the Chi
cago Bruins would bring 1t a notch
nearer the Cleveland club, leading in
the professional loop with a clean rec
ord of seven wins and no defeats.
Washington has lost one game, to the
Celtic club of New York. Play to-
night starts at S:15.
Although the local club was pushed
to the limit in its game with the Chi
cago tossers at the Arcadia last night,
the Palace fioormen got an early lead
and were on the long end Of a 37-to-33
count when the final whistle blew.
The game was hard fought. with Ken
nedy, Ripley, Glasco and Kiley star
ring for the locals and Mahoney,
Wickhorst and Tierney shining for
the invaders.
Washington led at half time, 10 to
a. A blanket offensive in the first
few minutes of play held the Bruins
scoreless from the field. Wickhorst
finally opened the scrimmage, count
ing for Chicago with q brilliant toss.
Jumping into the second half. Chi
cago hurried it's play until the Windy
City tioormen pulled right up on the
heels of Washington toward the end,
with Palace leading only 36 to 81.
Palace then started freezing" the
ball, and one free toss for each side
represented the remainder of the
scoring.
Dick Smythe, newest member OF the
Washington quint, got In the latter
part OF the game for d few minutes.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
MAJORS JOINT SESSION
DUE TO BE SHORT AFFAIR
Not Likely to Last More Than One Day-National i
Now Declared as Not s'All for Landis,' But No
Real Upheavel Is Anticipated.

have anything to do with a possible
election of any candidate for commits
sioner as the agreement expressly
stipulates that individual clubs vote
and not leagues.
1t isn't sure there will be an cleo
ton. Commissioner Lands simply
recommended an election. Ws his term
OF office expires prior to the date of
the next joint session in 1927. No
one knows whether the commissioner
would accept the ONCE X they do re
elect him. He hasn't been heard
from in any way. It is possible he
may want some things changed IL he
is to be reelected. but it is very i'm
probable that he would consent to any
diminution of his powers.
While there were few deals OF con
sequence between the minor and ma
jor league clubs in Asheville. there
may be transfers OF players between
some of the major clubs in Chicago
next week.
Bob GillSs. who secuted for the New
York Americans for some years and
obtained many good players for then
--Gilks found Addie joss years ago
has quit the Yanks and will be with
another major club i'm the East with.
in q short time. Gilks in his time
has unearthed ball players who have
been transferred later for sums
amounting to more than q quarter cl
million dollars.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
SEVERAL CLUBS ANXIOUS
TO DO SOME SWAPPING
New Pilots Need Men to Fill Shoes Left Vacant bv
Loss of aying-Managers-Eddie Collins
Due to Name Team He Will Join.

National League owners meet in New
York Tuesday and President Heydler
will bring his magnates here for q
joint session Thursday. lowering
around these two groups will be other
club owners ready to buy and sell.
Three of the five new American
League managers, Ray Schalk of the
White SoX; Jack McCallister of Cleve-
land, and George Moriarty Of Detroit,
will at least need some high class
players to fill the vacant shoes of the
three playing managers they sue
ceeded. The SoX lost Eddie Collins,
premier second baseman. the Indians
lost iris Speaker and the Tigers lost
Ty Cobb.
Only Schalk May Play
Dan Howley at st. Louis and Bill
Carrigan at Boston are the other new
faces in the Johnson circuit, and
with the possible exception of Schalk,
none of the five will be playing
managers.
The first open talk of a trade to
fill the yawning holes in the lineup
left by the departure of these stars is
the rumor of a White Sox dicker for
Aaron Ward, Yankee second baseman,
in exchange for some pitching talent.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
CAVANAUGH IS NAMED
COACH AT FORDHAM

NEW YORK, December 13 R.-
Frank w. Cavanaugh, coach of sew
eral outstanding foot ball elevens dur
ing his eight-year reign at Boston
College, will guide the destinies of
Fordham University for the next
three years. He has accepted a con-
tract offered him shortly after he re-
signed at Boston this Fall.
Cavanaugh, q major with bril-
liant record during the World War.
and a graduate of Dartmouth College
in 1899, first came into prominence
as coach of his alma mater from 1910
to 1917. While at Dartmouth he pro-
duced several powerful elevens. He
has coached at Boston College since
1919.
Boston College was undefeated this
season, while Fordham won but three
of its eight games. Frank Gargan.
who resigned leadership of the Ford
ham squad at the close Of the season.
had been coach for five years.
Cavanagh probably will bring with
him "Hiker" Joy, his chief assistant
at Boston College.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
PRO GRID SEASON ENDS
In SNOW IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, December 13 H).-
Professional foot ball, soused by rain
in the East on five Sundays early
In the season, ended the local cam
paign scuffiing about in snow.
The New York Giants of the Ma
ton League slipped and slid all
around the Philadelphia Quakers
American League champions, $40,
amid snow and ice at the Polo
Grounds yesterday.
Walter Koppisch, backfield star of
the Giants, was rescued from
snowbar1k when showed off-side at
midfield, and the Quakers. taking the
ball on downs at their goal line,
once were allowed to kick from the
1O-yard mark because Of snow 3 feet
deep behind the goal.
Evening star., 1926-12-13

Presume their offense gets into a
jam, one of the forwards being
driven to a corner where he cannot
get an opportunity to shoot for the
basket. Nine out Of ten times q
teammate will rush across in front
of the basket, parallel to the end
line. take a pass from his cornered
forward, and as he passes the
basket curl one In with Il one
hand hook shot. Such play is ex-
planned in the diagram above.
Fig. shows this player catching
the pass from his teammate. Fig.
2 shows him just after starting
the hook pass. He holds the ball
with fingers spread and starts the
pass waist high and makes it fol.
lowing his Jump into the air, by
swinging his fully extended arm
right up over his shoulder. 1t Is
q great scoring shot once a player
has mastered it. 1t takes more skill
in execution than any other basket
shot.
Copyright. 1o26.l
Evening star., 1926-12-13
ding Activities Expected To Feature Base Ball Meetings This Week
GRIFF BOSSES START
FOR SWAPPING BEE

President Clark Griffith, Manager
Stanley Harris and Secretary Ed
ward Ii. Eynon of the Nationals
are leaving this afternoon for Chi
cagO, where they will attend the
annual American League meeting
to be held tomorrow and Wednes-
day and the annual joint session Of
the major base ball leagues sched-
uled for Thursday.
While none of the trio would
commit himself this morning as to
amy deals or trades the Washing
ton Club might have in prospect,
President Griffith again announced
that practically all of the material
ut present held in reserve by the
Nationals could be considered for
trading purposes.
However, the ancient wheeze
fhat "new broOms sweep clean"
makes the Washington trio believe
that because of the presence OF
many new managers there will he
many swapping opportunities at
the meetings. And the National
heads will be on the lookout for
advantageous deals.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
LEAGUE BASKETERS LIST
MANY GAMES FOR WEEK

Organized amateur basket ball here
viii get under way In earnest this
week. with several Washington Bas.
lIet Ball League games billed and the
Jewish Community Center League
scheduled to open its series of games
In the Washington senior loop, Col.
legiates and Columbias. scheduled to
play Wednesday. have moved the
game to Friday night, while Column
bias and Auths have taken the We'd
nesday date.
kenawhas encounter the Temple
Alumni in the opening clash of the
Jewish Community Center League on
Wednesday night at the Jewish Cen
ter. A league meeting will be held
tonight at the center with Jim Nc
Namara, league head, presiding.
Arrows trimmed the kanawha five
in q senior league game played as a
curtain-raiser to the professional
game last night at the Arcadia, 26 TO
81. The game was marred by rough
ness. with IS fouls being called dur
ing the melee.
Eniphany Roses will meet the Inde-
pendent a. G. in u senior loop game
tonight at the Arcadia.
PArk View DaSkeferS registered 4
10 to 12 win over Woodside floormen
last night, with Jasper leading III the
Park View attack.
Stanton A. e. basketers will meet
tonight at 232 Il street northeast to
organize for the season.
Petworth Senior League basket ball
PLAYERS will meet tonight at 1880
o'clock at 610 Rock Creek Church
road.
Basketers of the Army Medical Cen.
ter will meet the General Tire five
tonight at the Walter Reed gym
nasiun.
Elliott A. &. will play Winton floor
men tonight and tomorrow night viii
meet the Nativity five.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
YANKEE YACHT CUP
SOUGHT BY SWEDES

OSLO, Norway, December 13 L40.
-Yachtsmen here are preparing for
representation next season in the
races for the American Gold Cup.
Three yachts-6 meters-are under
construction. Special consideration is
being given to sailing conditions on
Long Island Sound in the building
of the boats.
After a series of matches here the
best boat will be selected as the Nor
wegian challenger. Crown Prince
Olav will permit his 6-meter boat to
take part In the elimination races
and if it wins it will be sent over
to the American races. The prince
himself will not make the journey,
however, as other plans for the Sum-
mer will prevent him from doing so.
The gold cup races are exciting
great interest in yachting circles
here. They are considered the main
event of next Summers yachting and
everything win be done to have Nor
way represented through a first-class
yacht with selected crew.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
ALEXANDRIA SCHOOL
FIVE PLAYS TONIGHT

ALEXANDRIA. Va, December 13.
Alexandria High School basket ball
quint makes it's debut tonight at the
Armory Hall, with the Medical De.
tachment, Quantico Marines as its op-
ponent. Play starts at $40 o'clock.
Capt. Bernard Cohen will start at
guard post and Lester McMenamfn
and Billy Travers in forwards, but the
other positions are undetermined.
Wilson Davis may jump center with
Sisk, Williams. Travers or West play
ing the other guard.
Episcopal High School has added
four games to its cage schedule and
negotiations are under way with
Western High. Of Washington, and
st. Mary's Celttics of this city. The
new games are:
january IL, Tech at home; 10,
Western (pendingl.
February 16, Central High, at home;
10, Christ Church Prep, at home; %,
Baltimore Poly, at home.
st. Mary's Celtics will face Western
High tossers. next Saturday night on
the Armory Court at $50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
LEAGUE FOOT BALL
IS PLAYED INDOORS

CHICAGO, December Is CP).--
Steam.heated foot ball was offered
Chicago yesterday by the Midwest
Foot Ball League.
Thwarted by inclement weather
from finishing it's season in the open
the league sent it's semi-finalists to
the 124th Field Artillery Armory's
tanbark arena to decide which
teams will meet next Sunday for the
league championship.
In one game the Washington
Parks defeated the Armeros. 14-0,
while the Audubons trimmed the
Tenth Congressional Boosters in the
other, BAT.
The steam-heated game is played
the same as the regulation outdoor
contest, except for slight restrictions
necessitated by the size Of the in
closure.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
OFT IS HIGH BOWLER
IN LUTHERAN LEAGUE

Best average in the Lutheran Duck
pin League has been bowled by T. V.
OFT Of the circuits leading Incarna-
ton team, according to the latest
league individual records. He has hit
the naples at a III rate in his Is
games.
OFT also holds the high game record.
1862, but high set has been rolled by
Barnard of Reformation at 3S3.
Schackelford Of Georgetown is the
best spare maker so far with 6S, while
Bieber Of Georgetown, Ball Of Refor.
nation and Croft of st. Marks have
smacked 18 strikes each to lead in
this respect.
The individual records Of the circuit
follow:
Evening star., 1926-12-13
- OLUMBIA Junior High School
athletes will engage In an
outdoor program of sports
this Winter for the first time,
~

~ OLUMBIA Junior High School
athletes will engage in an
outdoor program of sports
~ this Winter for the first time,
according to Ruth Brigham.
physical training director.
Formerly, when cold weather ar
rived, the girls at Columbia betook
themselves to the school gymnasium
for their sports, but this year they
have donned warm sweaters ana de-
fed the chilling breeZes to halt their
plav in the spacious outdoor feld
which is several times as large as
their indoor quarters.
Captain ball, end ball, basket ball
and volley ban are the main features
of their cold-weather program. END
ball and captain ball are games de-
signed mainly to drill the players in
the various departments Of the more
complicated sport--basket ball. End
ball teaches passing and guarding.
CAPTAIN ball develops speed ana ac-
curacy in finding the basket.
Actual basket ball practice VIII not
begin until after January !. A CLASS
series in this sport will wind up tne
Winter season, according TO MISS
brigham. A volley ball series also IL
being planned.
Basket ball practice schedule at
Tech High School has been changed
according to Jeanette Cavanaugh, tne
new physical director. MISS lava
naugh replaces Mrs. Annie Irenls'
who has been transferred to western
YTieh school. Following the ne"
schedule. the Juniors will practlce
Monday afternoons, the Freshmen
and Sophomores Thursday and the
Seniors Friday.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
Hoosiers Play
Hard Hook Shot
BY SOL METZGER.
BALL

Indiana boasts Of more good
basket ball teams than any other
State or province of America. The
Hoosiers know the game, too, es-
pecially how to roll up scores.
You Will find more players that
State skilled in making the one
hand hook pass for u basket than
in any other. Many teams use
this overhead loop pass purely for
long passing after recovery of the
bali from the blackboard, but in
Indiana they use it to score n
basket from the floor and most sue
cessfully.
Watch a good Indiana team play.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
MUCH SCORING DONE
IN SOCCER CLASHES

Marlboro hooters, led by the Wyvill
brothers--Carl, Mike and Frank
scored a 2-to-0 victory over the dough-
ty but inexperienced Rosedale eleven,
and German AMERICANS, showing
marked improvement over previous
exhibitions, vanquished Fort Myer. 8
to l, In the most interesting matches
played yesterday in the Washington
Soccer League.
Walfords and Concords, leaders in
sections / and 2, respectively, regis
tered easy victories, the former over
German.American Reserves, Is to 0.
and the latter over Clan MacLennan,
8 to 0.
In other engagements, Monroe
trounced British Uniteds, to 1, and
Rockville took the measure of Army
Medical Center, 6 to /.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
G. u. is HOLDING GRID
DATE FOR FORDHAM

Georgetown will not meet Carnegie
Tech, conquerors this year OF Notre
Dame, on the gridiron next Fall on
November 10. On that date the Pitts
burgh eleven is to face Detroit Uni
versity and Georgetown Is expected
to engage Tordham In New York
This is the latest announcement from
che Hilltop schedule makers.
Coach Baillie Springston tomorrow
night will send his American Univer-
sity passers, who have won three
games in as many starts SO far
against Gettysburg College on the
Pennsylyanians' floor.
In the next game OF the week in
volving members of the local college
group, to be played Thursday, Uni
versity OF Maryland will start it's sea-
son by helping American University
open its new 100000 gymnasium.
Friday night Washington and Lee
will invade Ritchie Gymnasium at Col
lege Park to match baskets with
Maryland.
Two clashes are carded for Satur-
day night. The Generals from Lex
ington will face Catholic University
in the latter's opening game at Brook
land and Gallaudet will make it's bow
Of the campaign when it plays host
on the Kendall Green floor TO Arnold
College of New Haven, Conn.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~HICAGO, December 1S.-Little
fuel remained for hot stove
deliberations as American
League club owners gathered
today for Il weeks session.
Managers to succeed all the deposed
pilot stars have already been an.
uounced, though the future plans OF
some of the former field generals have
not been disclosed. Commissioner *.
NJ Lands apparently has only to
count the vote to learn his plurality
for another term as baseball boss.
Majors DO Little.
The player trading activities of
some of the seven new major league
managers promises the principal ac-
tivity of the week. The recent minor
league gathering at Asheville resulted
in very little dickering, so apparently
the majors will have to fall back OH
swapping payers among themselves.
The promised announcement Of
Eddie Collins. former manager of the
White Sox, that he would name the
american League club he will play
with next Summer, is one Of the few
definite events on the program. That
he will rejoin Connie Mack, his old
manager, is considered likely.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
ARMY ELEVEN TO PLAY
10 GAMES NEXT FALL

WEST POINT, N. Y. December IL
HD.-Two new elevens, Marquette and
Bucknell, appear on the 1927 schedule
of 10 games arranged for the Army
team.
Three games are away from home.
those with Navy and Notre Dame in
New York and Yale at New Haven.
The schedule:
September "a Boston University.
October I-University of Detroit: s. Mar
quette; 15. Davis Elkins: %. YALE at New
Haven. 20. Bucknell.
Noyember-b, Franklin and Marshall: IL,
Notre Dame at New York 10, Ursinus:
26. Navy. at New York.