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Evening star., 1926-12-08
STRAYER FIVE VISITS
ALEXANDRIA TONIGHT

ALEXANDRIA, Va, December S.
Strayer's Business College Of Wash
ington, headed by Capt. Tommy
David, former Western High School
star, will make it's bow before Alex
andria's basket ball public tonight at
the Armory Hall, playing st. Mary's S
CelticS, starting at $50 pm.
a preliminary game, in which the
St. Mary's Seniors will figure as the
home team, will also be played tonight
at Armory Hall, starting at 1880.
Old Dominion Boat Club meets one
of its greatest rivals in aquatic sports
Saturday night at the ArmOry Hall
in a basket ball game, when Potomac
Boat Club of Washington comes here.
Alexandria Fire Department and
Virginia Athletic Club foot ball elev-
ems will meet here Sunday afternoon
at o'clock in a game for the un-
limited gridiron championship of this
city.
Pirate Athletic Club foot ball team,
defeated Ia to by Alexandria Fire
Department Props Thanksgiving Day,
is planning revenge when the teams
meet again Sunday.
Alexandria High School basket ball
schedule will be opened Friday night
with the Medical Detachment, Quan.
tico Marines, playing here at the
Armory Hall.
Evening star., 1926-12-08

AS the result of q conference yester-
day between managers of the teams.
Mohawks and Apaches today settled
to serious preparation for their clash
next Sunday at Clark Griffith Stadium
for the unlimited sandlot grid cham
pionship of Washington.
Waverly, victor over the Mohawks
in an early season game, and hold
ing a contract to meet the Hawks on
December 12, agreed to meet the
Southeast aggregation on December
10. The game will be the rubber con-
test, as each has won in earlier
clashes.
The result of the postponement last
Sunday because of a snoW-covered
field has been to stir.up greater rivalry
between the Apaches and the Mo-
hawks, and to keep the players on
their toes for two weeks Of intensive
drilling. The postponement also has
brought back to the lineup, of both
teams players injured in other clashes,
who might not otherwise have been
available.
Capt. Morton Gooch of the Apaches
will have had added time to rest an
ankle, while Shorty O'Connell Of the
Mohawks, said by many to be the
leading kicker in local sandlot foot
ball, will be available for the Hawks
Evening star., 1926-12-08
AMERICAN U. QUINT
STARTS TOMORROW

American University's basket ball
squad, which has shown we'll in pre-
season drills. will leave in the morn
ing for BridgeWater. Va, to meet
BridgeWater College tomorrow night
in the Methodist's opening game.
Friday American will face Shenan-
doah College at Dayton and Saturday
will end it's invasion of the Old Do
minion with a tilt with the Medical
College of Virginia at Richmond.
Eight players. all of whom have
had considerable experience at the
court game, will take the jaunt, ac-
companied by Coach G.. Baillie Spring
ston and Manager Seeley Gray.
They are Schloss, Sawyer, Birth
right. Banta, Bruce Kessler Herbert
Elliott Gerth and CapleS.
Returning here Sunday, the Meth
odists will idle only one day before
going to Gettysburg, Pa, to engage
Gettysburg College on Tuesday.
December Is Coach Springston'S s
quint will play host to University of
Maryland in a game that will mark
dedication of the new 100000 Ameri-
can gym.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
FOUR TIE FOR TOP HONORS
WITH DASHES OF 90 YARDS
Some of Stirring Sprints Being Deciding Scores
:. Stevens of Maryland u. Gets Into Select Class
With Run Against Virginia.

two players, each Of whom not only
scored a touchdown at the end of this
long flight, but whose touchdown car
led with it the victory. Thus. Nicora
f New Hampshire State ran rs yards
rom scrimmage through Rhode Island
md won the game, and Thomas
Young of North Carolina went the
came distance and beat his traditional
rival, South Carolina.
There are, indeed, some famous
names in this class of scoring runs
70 yards from scrimmage. Nydahl Of
Minnesota has one to his credit
against Wabash. Almquist Of Mime
sofa has another against Butler, as
has Connor of New York University
against Fordham Rieger of Columbia
man of Notre Dame after such a race
scored on Minnesota, as did Greene of
Penn State against Michigan State.
Barchman Of Schuvlkill so scored on
Gallaudet. Maple Of the Oregon Aggies
will be immortalized at Corvallis for
such a run against great California,
and Sawyer Of American University
eleven hung up similar record
against Blue Ridge.
Stevens Among Elect.
Dropping down to the 65-yard class
Of scoring run from scrimmage, we
encounter at the outset Christy Flan-
nagan of Notre Dame, who with such
a dash beat the Army; Woscolonis Of
Pennsylvania, who with a similar
flight aided in tying Cornell; Russell
Daugherty Of Illinois, who scored and
won the game against Chicago; Con-
nor. again. of New York University
against Davis -Elkins; Farrell Of North
Carolina, who raced and lodged
through Virginia Military Institute;
Nicholas Kutsch Of Iowa, who achieved
such a score against Illinois; Mike
Stevens of Maryland, who dashed a
like distance against Virginia; James
Leary of Marquette, who scored after
such flight against st. Louis; Byron
Eby of Ohio State against Wesleyan;
Gotch Carr Of Syracuse against Yer.
mont; Edward Morgan of Tulane with
a similar record against Georgia Poly,
and Gilbert Welch of Pittsburgh, who
closes the roll with a line dash
through Westminster.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
SOCCER CLUB NAMES
CRAWFORD AS HEAD

James Crawford has been elected
president and manager of the British
United Athletic Club, under which
name the British United Soccer Club
hereafter will be known.
Other officers besides Crawford
named at the reorganization meeting
held at the British embassy were Will
liam T.. Rogge, secretary; p. 4. Buckle,
treasurer, and II. Smith, captain.
1t is announced that the protest of
German-American Reserves of the
game they lost on November 2S, by
l to ,, to the Uniteds has not been al
lowed by the referees committee of
Washington Soccer League.
Uniforms lost by the UnitedS
Thanksgiving day still are missing
Information regarding their where
abouts will be appreciated. A reward
is offered. Call Potomac 1888 or the
British embassy.
Any one playing soccer is invited to
try for the reserve team now being
formed by the Cniteds.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
IA GRIDIRON STARS
IN line FOR JAUNT
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. December S.
Fourteen Eastern and Middle West.
ern gridiron stars. including Slagle
of Princeton, Flora of Michigan and
Broda of Brown. have so far agreed
to play against a picked Pacific Coast
team at Berkeley, Calf, on New
Year. day, 1t is announced by Navy
officials in charge of Eastern arrange
ments.
Navy Bill" Ingram. the MILDLY
foot ball mentor, who will assist in
coaching the Eastern team, expects
to obtain. finally, a squad of from 80
to 40 men. The game will be for the
benefit of the Shriners' Hospital of
San Francisco.
Other players who will journey
across the continent are Connaughton.
Georgetown; Carey, Cornell; Amos.
Washington and Jefferson; Neal,
Western Maryland: Thayer. Butler
and Douglass, University of Pennsyl-
vania; Karow, Ohio State: McHenry.
West Virginia: Rauber, Washington
and Lee, and Desmond, Loyola (Bal-
timore).
Evening star., 1926-12-08
C. U. BASKET SQUAD OF Is
TOPOINT FOR BIG SEASON

in the first half with ,Hetzel the
spearhead of the attack, and the
Terrapins held the sparse margin
throughout.
Determined to crush the naughty
upper classmen and thereby remove
the necessity for wearing skull caps
the remainder of the Winter, fresh
men of Georgetown University went
against the sophomores today on the
Hilltop gridiron in their annual battle.
Even though practically the entire
personnel Of the sophomores team was
made up of varsity players. the frosh
were to take the field unafraid.
Georgetown University's 1927 foot
ball edition will be led from the back
field next Fall. Gerald Uerry) Thomp-
son, fast half back, Junior at the
Hilltop College, was elected team cap
tain last night at a meeting of letter
men. Thompson is 81 years old,
weighs 165 pounds and comes from
Mount Vernon, N. Y, High School.
He performed one of the outstanding
grid feats of the season in George
towns game with Lebanon, running
80 yards for a touchdown. Before don.
ming foot ball togs, Thompson had
gained considerable reputation as a
track man, pushing Charlie Paddock
to a world record in 22O-yard race.
Five foot ball games for 1922 have
been definitely arranged for Ameri
can University. The Methodists will
open their campaign on September
"a against Gettysburg College at Get
tysburg, Pa.
Other dates settled are:
October 8, Shenandoah College here
IS, Blue Ridge College here.
November II, Bridgewater College
at Bridgewater, Va; Thanksgiving
Day, Gallaudet at Kendall Green.
Negotiations also are on for a con-
test with Dickinson College, at Car
lisle, Pa, on November 10, and George
Washington and Western Maryland
NAV he met
Evening star., 1926-12-08

With only Is candidates remaining
in the squad as the result of a prun
ing process last night, Catholic Uni
versity tossers have settled to serious
preparation for a basket ball season
that will send them into more than a
score Of contests on local and foreign
floors.
Coach Fred Rice reduced the squad
from 80, wedding out all but two OF
the ambitious freshman graduate tos
sers, and retaining Capt. Long, Foley
Harvey. Carney, Shields, Linskey
Kenney, Keale. Fountain, Mccarthy
Manfreda, Schmidt, Mcdonald. Curry
and McMullen.
Foley reported for his first practice
last night, almost completely recov.
cred from a dislocated shoulder re.
ceived in foot ball.
Rice announced that daily drills of
hard work in the gym will be held by
the squad beginning today.
Catholic University's athletic coun.
Gil met yesterday and awarded letters
to IS players on the gridiron squad
and the manager. Those honored
were: Shields, Linskey, Foley. Har.
vey, Manfreda, Lafond, Carney
Smith Schmidt Geyer, Saffo, Hiener
McGovern, Connors, Du Four, Long,
Tierney. Howell and Manager John P.
Dickinson. A captain was to be
chosen today by the letter men. r.
F. Murray, jr., of New Haven has
been named manager for next year.
Mike Stevens, foot ball captain, and
a basket ball letter man last year, and
Floyd Schrader, hefty fullback, max
ing his first try in the court game,
have Joined the varsity squad at
Maryland. This leaves only Donald
Adams, center, to report. He is re.
covering from an injury received in
the Hopkins foot ball game.
Freshmen tOssers at Maryland
nOsed out the Baltimore Poly five
last night in the Monumental City
and Maryland rolled up a 9.to-7 lead
Evening star., 1926-12-08
BY SOL METZGER.

When q defense drives a dribbler
into the corner of the court away
from the basket, as shown in the
diagram at the top of the illustra-
tiOn, the latter is usually in diff
cult position either to shoot or
pass. An excellent shot for the
basket when so cOrnered is the
tWO-hand one from over the ShOul-
der, pictured In Figures /, and
3.
MeanWell's Wisconsin teams that
won Western Conference titles
have long been masters of it, and
Leslie Mann used it at Springfield
College last season with much sue
cess, his five winning victories
over Harvard, Amherst and Massa-
chusetts Aggies. a rather appro-
pirate string for the institution,
that gave birth to the game Of
basket ball.
The shot is made by bending the
arms at the elbows and lifting the
ball over the shoulders, diagOnally
across the face and looping it for
the basket. Often the shooter
jumps as he delivers the ball. 1t
Is the one shot from this position
that it is almost impossible to
guard, as the movements I'm max.
ing it carry the player away from
the guard and the loop is made too
high to be stopped i'm the air. The
ball should be aimed to carOm off
the back board, striking it well
to the side and above the basket.
Copyright. 1926o
Evening star., 1926-12-08
MONTROSE BARELY BEATS
STURDY PECK BASKETERS

WOOdlOthians of Woodward &
Lothrop will appear in their first
court game Friday night, facing the
Junior High School quint at o'clock
at the Wilson Normal gym.
Coca Cola Midgets are forming d
basket ball squad to play in the 1876
pound division. Manager katzman
has called a meeting for tomorrow
night at his home.
Auth Seniors will be put through
a drill tonight in the Epiphany Chapel
gymnasium under the watchful eye
Of Manager Sanderson.
A meeting of the Y. NJ. II. A. team,
organized by Charles Newman and
composed of many players of the old
kanawha five, will be held tomorrow
night at the home of Ellis Goodman,
Lafayette apartments, at 7:30 o'clock.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
COURSE AT BROOKLINE
WILL HAVE 27 HOLES

RROOKLINE, Mass, December 8
R.-The Country Club golf course,
scene of many national and interna-
tional tournaments. is to be extended
from IS to 81 holes to do away with
congestion.
The cou!Se viii be of :hree nine-hoie
units. inte IA sSss BILE n order of
play. Work VII ne started immediate
ly to clear 80 acres of land for the
extension. The development will cost
S'0O 900
Evening star., 1926-12-08
W0MEN'S GOLF TOURNEY
LISTED FOR SEPTEMBER

NEW YORK. December s GR.-The
date Of the 1927 Women's national
golf championship to be played over
the Cherry Valley Club course at
Garden City, Long Island, N Y, has
been set for September 1923.
conditions for the event remain un-
changed with an 1S-hOle qualifying
round to determine the 32-match play.
ers: All match play will be IS holes
with the exception of the 36-hole final.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
BY HI. l.. HAMILTON.
Basket Ball Coach. Bridgeport Olll Hig
SchOOl)

Basket Ball Coach, Bridgeport Cll.l High
School.)
"Old Lady Luck" is myth in
basket ball and every other amateur
sport. 1t Is an everest mated quantity
and has very little to do with ath-
letics.
Practice and lots of it in the study
of form, practice in which you try
your best at all times. practice at
game conditions as nearly as possible.
brings results that the opponents term
good luck" but which isn't. Dismiss
from your mind the thought that
good luck" will make you a great
athlete.
Instead of looking for four-leaf
clovers use that time for shooting
baskets.
In basket ball game a few years
ago I saw a ball shot, hit the rim of
the basket, rebound about nine feet
into the air and hit the ceiling, then
drop through the net. That was what
I call luck"
Evening star., 1926-12-08
NAVY QUINT TO START.

ANNAPOLIS, December CR-
Navy's basket ball team opens it's
season against Western Maryland'S <
quintet here tonight. Capt. Tom
Ham Hamilton. recent gridirOn star
at center, and Graf, at guard, are
the only remaining regulars, but a
wealth of substitutes and plebe stars
of a season ago are said to make the
Middies' prospects bright.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
MARYLAND is INCLUDED
ON HOPKINS SCHEDULE

BALTIMORE. Md. December S.
University OF Maryland, for the an.
nual THANKSGIVING day at the Balti.
more stadium. is included on the
eight-gare schedule of Johns Hop.
kinS University.
Five of the contests will be played
in this city. The list:
October, University of Rich.
mOnd; 8, Syracuse at Syracuse: Is,
HaverfOrd at HaverfOrd; 22, LOyOla;
90. Delaware.
NOvember-5. Columbia at New
York; 12, st. Johns; "a, Maryland.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
Tbe Gbeni1g 5tar
BOYS CLUB

the best form will do the right thing
easily and gracefully and become a
regular performer and not a hit-and.
miss type of athlete.
Try to improve with each game
with each practice. Never do any
thing in athletics without trying to do
a little better than you did the last
time. You will be surprised at the
results.
Let the other fellow try to coax
Lady Luck" You'll beat him on
your own form.
Tug Wilson's athletic test for mem
bers of The Star Boys Club is next.
Copyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-12-08

Montrose quint last night upset
Peck's five in the gym of the latter
aggregation, 81 to 36. MontrOse led at
the end of the half, II to IA. King,
Florence and Smith starred for the
victors, while Corcoran and E. Saul
were prominent for the losing team.
MontroSe wants games with senior
and unlimited teams for Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. Calling
Manager Jeffries at Main 705 between
10 and 4 o'clock.
Hefelfinger shot a basket in the last
minute of play, enabling Epiphany
Chapel to score 22-to-20 victory over
| the Hartfords in the latter's gym.
Epiphanys are seeking a game for
Friday night. Manager McCartee may
be reached at North 1SS,
A brace of the outstanding games
of the Washington Basket Ball
sion on the Washington Barracks
floor tonight. Calvary Seniors will
| clash with Park View five at o'clock.
An hour later Epiphany Roses will en-
counter the Kanawhas.
Opening game of Washington s
newest basket ball loop, the Jewish
Community Center League, will be
played December Is on the floor of the
Jewish Community Center at 9 o'clock.
NNVarwick A. c., leader in independ-
ent ranks a few years ago, is being
reorganized by Bus Freed. Freed
wants to get in touch with former
Warwick players to make up his
team and may be reached at Lincoln
$3.50.
Two court battles are billed tonight
in Petworth Basket Ball League, with
Cardinal Seniors meeting York A. c..
at Z o'clock, and Tremonts clashing
with Park View an hour later. Both
games are billed for the Wilson Nor
NAL gymnasium.
st. Paul scored over the Aztec
Juniors, SO to 16. Leonard gathered
eight field goals for the victors.
An unlimited class basket ball team
has been organized by the w. II. West
booked. They may be arranged by
calling Main 5000 between am. and
8 pm.
Palace Juniors want a game. Satur-
day night with a team having a gym.
Manager John may be reached at Lin
coin 1896 at dinner time. Team men,
bers will meet at the managers house
tomorrow evening at 7 O'Clock.
Games are wanted by the Woodside
Juniors, a newly organized club.
Manager Ferguson may be reached at
WoodSide 25 after $50 o'clock
Pontiacs will meet at 1902 South
No. N.~s
tice will be held Saturday night at
6:45 in Eastern High School gym.
Games i'm the 1O5-110 pound class
are wanted by the Park View team.
Games may be arranged through
Adams 762.
St. .IOSenheS haSkeferS doWned ST
Evening star., 1926-12-08
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
KEEPS TEBElL AS COACH

RALEIGH. N. c., December OP.-
G.. K. GUS Tebell will be retained
as head basket ball and foot ball
coach at North Carolina State College.
He was given an increase in salary
and authority to select his assistants.
Evening star., 1926-12-08

worked so II Il T =
nioniously togeth-
ar that it was
1nighty difficult to
pick out any sin
Cle outstanding
player. They play
ed us at Princeton
the last Saturday
in October. Notre
Dame had defeat
cd the Army the
w e e k before in
New York and we
had been fortu-
nate enough to
nose out in our
game against the
Navy.
After the Army
Evening star., 1926-12-08
MILLER GETS LICENSE.

BALTIMORE. Md, December s.
The license of Heine Miller, Washing.
ton, as boxing referee for the Mary
land State Athletic Commission, has
been renewed. Miller is the only ref
cree from outside of Maryland licensed
by the commission.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
SCHEDULES ST. XAVIER.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., December Z
@.-The Providence College foot ball
team will meet the st. Xavier College
eleven at Cincinnati, Ohio, October %,
1927
Evening star., 1926-12-08

One of the smoothest running teams
] ever have seen was the NOtre Dame
eleven of 1924. While this team was
an all-star aggregation, the players
Evening star., 1926-12-08
MILLERS GET PARNHAM.

Milwaukee of the American Asso-
citation has bought Rube Parnham
pitcher, from the Baltimore Orioles
Of the International League.
Evening star., 1926-12-08

st. JOseph's basketers downed St.
Martins juniors. 23 to 21, in a warm
battle on the latter's floor. Brewer
and Farrell starred for the victors.
Evening star., 1926-12-08

Games i'm the 105-110 pound class
are wanted by the Park View team.
Games may be arranged through
Adams 1852.
Evening star., 1926-12-08
BY PARKE III. DAVIS.

1t has been intensely interesting
this Fall to compile the data of the
individual performances in foot ball.
This particularly is true in the de-
partment of scrimmage runs. Each
Saturday new names have f1ecked
foot balls ledger and now and then
an amazing performance has caused
a complete realignment of the order.
So hume Gus have been the stars
upon the Nations gridirons that sew
eral players must divide each honor.
Thus when you ask what player
has made the longest scoring run
from scrimmage the answer will
Startle you. for four men arise to
share the feat. They are. O'Keefe Of
Marquette. Wilson of Rochester,
Amos of Washington and J fferson.
and Welch of Pittsburgh. Each one
Of these players dashed 80 yards from
a, scrimmage formation and scored.
O'Keefn made his run against Law
renee. Wilson executed his long drive
against Rensselaer,. Amos swept over
the lime line against Carnegie, and
Welch made his dash through Wash
ington.
Three of IS Yards.
1neSe TOUR long ruHS from SCTlln-
mage are distinguished because of
the bristling background of other
runs which they accentuate. Nearest
10 them in length are three other
scoring runs from scrimmage. George
Wilson of Lafayette covered 85 yards
through Muhlenberg. Harvey kerns
Gf Albright ran the same distance
through Juniata and Edward Melan-
son of Villanoya Scampered over the
same trail against st. Joseph's.
The 80-yard perch affords a resting
place for five players. Eugene Gunter
Of Richmond against Randolph
Macon. Avad Crofut of Wisconsin
against Kansas, Russell Tuckey of
Gettysburg against Lehigh, John J.
Shane of Villanova against st. Johns
and AL Weston of Boston College
against Gettysburg.
Entering the file of the 70-yard men
we instantly come face tG face with
Evening star., 1926-12-08

But those things don't happen often.
A beautiful basket made from either
a perfect bank or a well aimed loop
throw isn't luck. It's the result of
fine form attained by lots of practice
and work. It's coordination of mind
and muscle. made possible by much
practice.
My idea is that the boy who is we'll
Evening star., 1926-12-08
WILL PLAY CELTICS.

Washington's pro basket ball team
will face in Brooklyn tonight the orig
inal Celtics. a few years ago recog-
nized world champions.
Evening star., 1926-12-08

POntiacs will meet at 1902 South
Carolina avenue Friday night. Prac-
tice will be held Saturday night at
6:45 in Eastern High School gym.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-01

ton and Mrs. Margaret Ward and
daughter Rosamond Of Tacoma
were entertained at dinner Christ
mas day at the y. Harrison home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Greer and sou
Vernon of Wallula, Wash. spent
the holidays at their Doekton
home.
The Ladies Aid Of Doclston, will
meet at the home of Mrs. A. }
Stukey Wednesday, January 9th
Mrs. Il. Turnhull and Mrs. w
Bentley Of Burton, spent Tuesday
with the formers mother, Mrs. y
Barclay.
Mr., and Mrs. +. Harrison anc
sous John and Tom, are spending
the week with Mr., and Mrs. X
Andersen in Seattle.
Mr., and Mrs, G. M. Ruhlcn Cor
don Ruhlen, and Mrs. Boothroyt
of Mileta were entertained a
Christmas day at the home Of Mrs
Horace Keen.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ], Eddy spen
Christmas with relatives at Sc
attic.