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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11


Their fine victory over West Viz
ginia Tuesday bolstered the spirits OF
the Hatchetites considerably. and 1t
probably will be a far more impressive
George Washington team that tackles
{. L. this time than was the case in
the former meeting. The Brookland-
ers, however. do not intend to be
caught mapping. Their easy success
has not made them overconfident and
they'll be looking for anything to.
night.
Duke will come here for two games.
being scheduled to tackle Maryland
after its meeting with the Hatchetites.
Not SO much is known of the proWess
Of the Durham institution on the bas-
,;et ball court. Georgetown is expect
ing a keen game with Penn State, but
if Maryland plays UP to form 1t should
not find West Virginia especially diff
cult to handle.
Catholic University swimmers are at
Newark today for a meet with the
team Of Delaware. Tomorrow the
Brookland watermen will shift to Phil
adelphia to compete with the tankmen
Of 1he Garden City Club.
GEORGETOWN will have eight athletes
n the Crescent Athletic Club meet In
Brooklyn tonight. The mile relay four,
that includes Ascher. Burgess. Nc
Claim and SWinburne. will run against
the quartets Of Syracuse and New
York University. Haas will run in the
hurdles, Gegan in the half-mile. Plan.
sky Will compete in the spr!nts and
shotput end Norton in the high jump
and pole vault. Haas and some of the
other Georgetown men will remain for
the Wico games Saturday night.
Maryland will have two track
squads in action Saturday night, one
in the Wilco meet at New York and
another in the University Of Rich.
Inond games at Richmond. Mary
lands regular mile four will run
against Columbia in New York. At
Richmond. squad Of nine Old Liners
will compete. Charlie Pugh is en-
yered for the sprint, Whiteford for
the hurdles. Blanz. Doerr and Neunam
for the half-mile. Fahey for the high
lump and Gadd. Middleton, Hill and
Neunam for the mile.
Catholic University boxers are pre-
parine diligently for their match with
the Washington and Lee team Mt
Brookland Saturday. 1t will be the
first home appearance Of the Brook
tanders this season.
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FRENCH TENNIS TRIO
IN U. S. FOR TOURNEY

NEW YORK. February 11.-W lille
Helen Wills, American woman cham
pion, holds the tennis spotlight in
their own country. Rene Lacoste,
Jean Borotra and jacques Brugnon
the French international team, arrived
here yesterday in quest of the ma
tional indoor championship 10 be
played at the 9TH Regiment Armory
next week.
The three French stars, all members
or the Davis Cup combination as well
as the indoor international team,
sought the Eth Regiment courts and
put In strenuous afternoon of
practice soon after they reached port
The success Of Borotra in winning the
title last year has made the invaders
doubly determined TO carry off the
crown from a field which includes
more than so American players.
Among the representatives of the
United States who will oppose the
Frenchmen are three former title
holders, William T. Tilden I'd, Vincent
Richards and Francis T. Hunter DR..
William Rosenbaum and Fred Ander-
son, both Of whom have been runners
up for the championship, also are en-
tered.
The French players will put in the
rest of this week in practice and prep
aration for the indoor championship
of using the 18th Regiment Armory
courts. while the Americans will work
out at the Heights Casino.
In addition TO the French and Amer
lean stars, Manuel and Jose Alfonso
Spa nish Davis Cup performers, add
further international import TO the
coming event.
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BY Sol Metzger

Every basket ball player should
avoid the side-lines whenever 1t is
possible. The reason Is obvious.
When near a side-line you have but
one-half the usual space to ma
neuver in that you are accustomed
to. Therefore. you are much more
easily guarded.
In guarding a player near the
side.lines. when his team has the
ball, take your position directly in
the court almost at right angles to
him. as ins the upper illustration.
Then you can intercept all shots
aimed at him and you can also
cover him better II he breaks into
the court.
Do not place yourself along the
side.line with him even II you are
between him and the ball, as shown
in the lower illustration. The rea-
son is obvious. He can rush into
the court ahead Of you and also
run away from you along the side
line
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HATCHETITES VISIT C.. L,
TONIGHT FOR COURT TILT

LETY basket ball will be offered by colleges the local
tonight and night Tonight Catholic University and
Washington University will have the themselves,
but hreesa will be on
Brooklandr Fatchetes will clash for the second this
taking Bookland
showing Saturday
$50 o'clock.
Duke will George Washington
and West Virginia Maryland basket bail
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MURCHISON INJURED;
TAKES Two EVENTS

NEWARK, y. J.. February IL
Loren Murchison. Illinois A. c. sprint
star, who has been beaten but once
on the board in two years in a
scratch race. defeated De Hart Hub
bard. the colored runner; Chef Bow
man OF the Newark y. c. and Cyril
Coafee Of the Illinois A. C. in that
order in the 50-yard dash of the
Olympic sprint series. which fea-
tured the Newark A. G. games last
night at the LIST Regiment Armory
Murchison was off like a fash and
though Hubbard pulled up fast in
the short sprint down the lanes. the
former Newark a. G. star led by
n half foot as they flashed over the
tape. The time was ) % seconds.
Murchison scored another brilliant
victory in the 60-yard sprint. but
finished with a pulled tendon. He
barely beat Hubbard. with Bowman
third and Coafee fourth. The time
was 35 seconds. Murchison was
off fast. but Hubbard rushed up in
the last 20 yards and was barely
beaten.
The injury to Murchison's right
leg prevented him from running the
10-yard dash. the last of the three
sprint series, and probably meant
he would be out of competition for
d week.
Eddie Kirby. Newark \. c. star
and former Cornell captain. showed
a great burst of speed after a hard
race in winning the first Of two mile
handicap races. The field was split
into two because of it's size. Kirby
allowed big handicaps. but gained the
leads in the last four laps and held
it to the tape.
Jimmy Connolly. former George
town ace. now wearing the colors of
the New York A. c.. finished first in
the other mile event. Alfred West
OF LAFAYETTE was second and another
Lafayette man. P. o. Farnham. was
next to Kirby. Kirby won in 4.33 and
Connolly in 4.29.
I. Morgan Taylor of the Illinois
A. c., intercollegiate and national
champion, went down to defeat i'll
the 70-yard high hurdle final, finish
ing third to Carl Christensen of the
Newark A. c. Ray Wolff, Pennsyl-
vania, was second. The winners
time was 9 seconds.
Adrian Paulin of Holland met the
third defeat of his second American
invasion in a special 600-yard run.
trailing in a field Of four. Henry
Reichman of the New York a. G.
won the event in I minute IS 3-5
seconds. nipping Willie Reich of the
Newark A. c. at the tape in a sensa-
tional finish. Pincus Sober of the
City College of New York, in third
place. was 40 yards ahead of the
European runner.
Manhattan College runners took
the 1-mile college relay. with New
York University second. G. c. y. Y.
third and Lafayette fourth.
Alan Helffrich. half-mile champion.
was unable to race. notifying the off,
Gals that he could not make train
connections on account of the storm.
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FOOT BALL CARRIES
SPORTS AT HARVARD

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, February II
P).-Harvard foot ball was virtually
the sole support of the long list Of
other sports last year.
Gate receipts for the 1925 foot ball
season totaled S557.l57, of which
1922 .S63 was a net profit.
Base ball showed a favora BILE bal
ance of S15.90f.
Tennis courts made a profit Of
$1,747, but the varsity team ate up
$4,000 in expenses.
From the earnings Of the foot ball
eleven came the money necessary to
support the varsity crew. track.
hockey, soccer. squash, fencing, wres-
Ting and the host of other minor
sports which claim little or no pay
ing attenda nee.
Deficits Of the crew alone amounted
to close on to $4,000. while track
took in only $4,000 and spent three
times that amount.
Basket ball took in only a third of
its cost.
Total income from Harvard ath-
letics for the 1925 season amounted
to $6S5,O2S.
Cost of all sports amounted to
$632.1s8. leaving a favorable balance
in excess of 1000.
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HOPPE is Confident
HE IS NOT THROUGH
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February l1---Twenty
years champion, whose skillful use
of the cue has at various times lifted
him 70 the peak In every department
of professional billiards, Willie Hoppe
has begun preparation to defend the
last of his titles.
His final stand, u defense of the
1871 balk-line crown, will be made
| against the Belgian, Edouard Hore-
mans. whose sensational matches in
Chicago against Jake Schaefer for
the 1872 title are still fresh in the
recollection of billiard followers. VIM
ner Of the championship in his first
series with Schaefer, Horemans held
1t for only few weeks before the
American star wrested back the title,
but in those two matches the Belgian
displayed so marvellous a cue that his
drive for Hopes only remaining
crown has taken added Importance.
Preparation for defense has caused
Hoppe to abandon threecushion play,
the game he blames for the loss of
the 1872 championship.
Hoppe lifted the 1871 title from
Maurice VignauX at Paris in 1906,
at the age Of IS, but 1t was not until
three years later that>he gained pos
session of the most coveted of the
balk line honors, the 1872, by defeat
ing George Sutton in this city.
Later Hoppe extended his suprem-
acy to the 14.1 balk line realm, easily
defeating all Corners. This was the
first title to pass from him, however.
for the al game, never popular
among players, was discontinued
| more than 10 years ago.
In 1921 Schaefer deposed Hoppe as
1872 balkline king, but Willie re-
gained the crown a year later and
defended it successfully against all
challengers until last March, when
Schaefer again obtained il.
Hoppe refuses 10 consider that he
is through or anywhere near that
stage.
AS a matter Of fact he still has
hopes of winning back the 49, laurels
he held for nearly II years, and has
announced that he will file chal-
lenge against the winner of a match
between the present champion and
Hagenlacher OF Germany, March 8,
10, II.
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MARKS ARE SMASHED
IN SWIMMING MEETS

CHICAGO, February Flour world
record swimming marks were set in
the dual exhibition tank meet of the
Illinois A. {. and Chicago A. 4. last
night.
Johnny Weissmuller, I. A. c. star,
clipped Is second from his old mark
of 1895 for 200 yards in a 60-foot
pool.
Arne Borg. /. A C.. middIe-distance
swimmer, set a mark of 4:o2a5 for 400
yards in a 60-foot pool. as against his
former world record of 4:2925.
Gilbert Brainerd of the c. A. A, in
an effort to smash the lOO-meter
breast stroke record held by J. Farley
OF the l. A. G., splashed the first 80
yards in % seconds, seconds less
than Faricy's mark
A five-year-old record of 1:I445 made
by the !. a. c. in the 160-yard relay
was cut to 1l4s5 by the c. A. A.
ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla. February
II P).-With five world records
broken in the past two days, swim
mers entered the third days program
of the National Amateur Athletic
Union today confident that more rec
ords will fall
Miss Martha Norelius. New York.
chalked up a mark OF PASS for the
220-yard free-style swim yesterday.
while Miss Agnes Geraghty's record
was 2:5S*5. Tuesday Miss Norelius
and Miss Geraghty established new
records in the 2o0-yard swim and the
oO-yard breast stroke, respectively
Eleanor Garatti of San Rafael, Calf
broke the 50-yard swim record
The events for today are the 100.
yard free style and the 400-yard relay.
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PALACE SOON MEETS
FORT WAYNE AGAIN

Washington'S Palace five gets an
early chance to even scores with the
Fort Wayne Knights of Columbus
team. which trounced the local toss
ers, 27 to "a. last night on the In
dianians' home court.
The knights come here on Sunday
for their last league game with the
District pros. AS the two quints split
even on their pair of contests during
the first half of the series, Washing
ton will be obliged 10 cop the honors
this time If season percentage Of
800 is TO he maintained.
Homer Stonebraker is the featured
player Of the visitors. and is now play
ing at forward, while his old position
at center is being filled by Chadwick,
a former Celtic, who. with a team
mate. Witty. has recently been
placed on the Fort Wayne roster.
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RADICE TOP SCORER
IN TITLE CONTESTS

Capt. Julius Radice of Eastern tops
the scorers Of the scholastic basket
ball league at the end Of regularly
scheduled games. He is well out in
front, with a total of 66 points. 10
more than have been registered by
Harry Councillor, Tech captain. who
was tied with Radice for the honor
at the close Of the first round.
Angus Heeke of Eastern takes third
with a total of SO counters, while
Earl Moser and Capt. Mickey Mac
donald. Central's star performers. are
holding fourth and fifth positions.
Peewee Walker. who comes sixth
on the list. is the only member of
Westerns quint to rank with the big
ten" Of the point scorers. Bill Evans
was high man for Business.
Radice leads the schoolhoy players
in scoring both court goals and points
from the freethrow line. He aver
aged Sl4 points per game.
Heeke leads the foul shooters on
percentage. With only 10 tries at
the basket he registered counters
for an average Of 100.
Records OF the 10 high scorers
follow:
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PRACTICE IN LACROSSE
STARTED AT VIRGINIA

UNIVERSITY. Va. February IL
Lacrosse practice has been started at
the University of Virginia. under the
supervision of Coach Allen Noshell,
who Is getting his squad of men
ready for the opening of the outdoor
season against Randolph Macon. on
March 81.
Until the weather permits practice
on Lambeth Field the drills will be
held three afternoons a week in the
Memorial Gymnasium, and intensive
training will be given in the funda-
mentals of the sport, which is in its
second year at the university.
Last Spring the lacrosse players had
only two games with the L'Hirondelie
Club Of Baltimore, but this session
several intercollegiate games will be
arranged.
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VIRGINIA BASKETERS
FEAR ". M. |. QUINT

UNIVERSITY. Va, February IL
Virgtnia's basket ball team is getting
ready for the last scheduled home
game with Virginia Military Institute
Saturday night.
In the week that follows three
games will be played away-with
Maryland at College Park on Tuesday,
with the Navy in Annapolis on We'd
nesday and with Washington and Lee
in Lexington on Saturday. Febru-
a. wrenn. who has been paired at for.
ward with Capt. Holland. has been
honored by being elected captain of
base ball to take the place Of Harvie
Luther. who failed to return to the
university.
In spite Of the fact that he is sew
eral inches shorter than any other
member Of the Virginia team Wrenn
stands second in scoring to Capt. IIol-
land and is the fifth high scorer in
the State.
Virginia is expecting a hard game
with V. NJ. I. here at the end of the
week, for the Cadets will be anxious
to even up things.
Tyler, regular center, may be able
to get back in the V. NJ. 1. game. but
If he does not his place will be taken
by Cabell. who worked so well
against Maryland. Tyler's ankle was
sprained in the Cadet contest in Lex
ington.
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Coaches Of tt two teams also are
anxious to get The matter settled an.
have declared themselves in favor OF
bringing their charges together a.
soon as possible.
Any possibility Of a three game Sc
ries for the title is precluded by the
fact that both quirts are at present
playing a heavy schedule of outside
games and would have difficulty 4. Sc
Letting days that would be mutually
agreeable.
Central will not enter the University
OF Pennsylvania scholastic tourna-
ment this year. With such good show
lngs having been made in the last two
years, Central having been runner-up
both times, followers of the team had
been hoping that the Blue and White
would again strive for the tourney
championship.
Eastern. however, is likely to take
part in the event. Coach Guyon has
accepted the invitation to bring his
team TO Philadelphia on condition that
1t Will not interfere too much with the
scholastic work of the players.
Eastern's quint gets action today
against st. Alban on the Lincoln
Park court and tomorrow goes to
College Park for a game with the
University of Maryland freshmen
tossers. Central opens three-game
out-of-town schedule tomorrow night
with the Staunton Military Academy
five at Staunton, Va. Two games
are listed for Saturday at Lewisburg.
W. Va. Greenbrier Military Acad.
envy being met in the afternoon and
Greenbrier High at night.
With Pete Nee and Bill Banta back
In the lineup. Central yesterday
nosed Episcopal High out by a 29-to-
IS decision. Banta was responsible
Tor the point that won the game.
With the count at 2s-all, and pros
poets of an extra period in sight, he
sank foul shot to give his team
the contest, getting a total of u
points.
Gonzaga and ST. Johns quints won
out in their games played yesterday,
the I StreeterS taking 39-to-5 deci-
sion from I-oyola High of Baltimore
and the Saints trimming Tech High.
% TO %. Johnny Bozek accounted for
20 of Gonzaga's counters. Councillor
of Tech was high scorer of the clash
played at st. Johns. He registered
Is points, while Rosinski led the win
nerS with q total OF 9.
81. IAiDdn > cOuflinen look the meas
ure Of the American University five
in a free-Scoring game, A 20 Al.
COnnors, Blackstone. Pugh. Wilson
and Quinn will carry Tech High colors
fn the scholastic events at the Univer-
sity of Richmond track and field
games Saturday. Kenneth Smith of
Central has been ramed to take part
IN the 100-yard open event at the
N-ilco games in Brooklyn the same
night.
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AS the days 90 on the writings Will
It won't be long before the snow has
left us and Spring sports will have as
sumed their place in the world of play.
Track and field and base ball, Spring
and Summer pasimes, are gradually
sneaking in. Today Walter +. Cobb,
athletic director in the schools of Bal
timore, Is introduced TO the club.
Coach Cobb is an accepted authority
on track and field work for younger
boys. Today the first of his track
stories is published. Start at the be
ginning of these writings, SO as to not
miss a thing. Running. like boxing,
is one Of the most primitive exercises.
There are very few boys, however.
who know anything about the sport,
as it Is known in competition.
Running is important. because il is
the basis of all action in every sport.
No boy has ever been a good athlete
who could not run. You must be
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BASKET BALL GAMES.

At Annapolis-Navy, 80; West Vir-
sinia, 20.
At West Point-New York Uni.
versry. 90; Army. 20.
At Raleigh-North Carolina State,
81; Wake Forest, Is.
At Lexingt0n-North Carolina, 80;
V. NJ. L., 90.
At Newark--Davis and Elkins. IS;
Delaware, 25.
At Acknowledgements, 20; Ran
dOlph Macon, 90.
At Williamsburg - William and
Mary, IS; Roanoke, "a.
At KnOxviIle-Tennesse SO; Cen
tire, Is.
At Athens-Georgia So; Florida, 81.
At EiOn-Elon, 26: LenOir. Rhyme, l6.
At Urbana-IllinOis, 20; Purdue, %.
At Conway-.Arkansas College, "a;
Hendrix, 49,
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., A.: Qua
chita, 81.
At Observation-Disclosures 80: Uni.
versity of Cincinnati, 40.
At Des Moines-North Dakota, IA;
Des MOines University, 10.
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AnacOstia Eagles, led by Bonnie and
Madigan, handed q setback to the s.
J. Meeks quint, 81 10 26, at Congress
Heights.
Rallying in the second half, Army
Medical Center basketers handed "a
setback to the Naval Dental School
five. % to 10. AT half time the count
stood 10 to for the Sailors.
Second Assistants took a Post Office
League game from the Fourth Assist
ant quint, "a to IL.
WintOn baskefers invade the knights
OF Columbus gym tomorrow at 8
O'Clock.
Comet and Epiphany teams are list
ed for game tonight at Eastern High
court.
Ace basketers annexed q close game
with the Mount Vernon Juniors, -
to "a.
Indian tOssers, who number Don
CARRIER and Bob Wilson of Western in
their lineup, are booking games
through Manager Somehow at Adams
1881.
WO0dSide cOurtmen took the short
end of 30-to-2S count in a battle with
the Columbia Heights five.
Company 4 and Stanton quints are
to clash tonight at the National Guard
Armory. starting at 49,.
Epiphany Chapel Midgets downed
the Cuthberts, AZ TO %.
Social Friends Midgets trimmed the
Washington Barracks Midgets, IS
to Is.
Bethesda tOsSers announce that they
will he unable to meet the Cortez five
tonight.
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JUNIOR HIGH COACHES
WILL MEET EACH MONTH

Directors of boys physical training
in the junior high schools have or
ganized and are meeting on the first
Saturday of each month at the City
Club, where they transact business
pertaining to Junior high athletics.
Ridgely W. Axt of Langley is presi
dent of the body; T. c. Downing Of
Powell. vice president, and G. ]. Mil
Ter of Jefferson. secretary.treasurer.
Downey IS chairman Of the soccer
committee. while the track commit
tee is headed by H. j. McDermott Of
Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11

French critics who have seen fit to
make sarcastic comments upon Helen
Wills decision not to play in the Nice
tournament singles and her hesitancy
about remaining on the Carlton lists
since the selling Of the motion picture
rights has been announced, show
very unbecoming attitude. They should
be the last to complain of Miss Wills
decision in either case, in view Of the
fact that their own particular star
remained out of two events. and with
drew from n third after her name had
been placed upon the cards only to
re-enter when it was made certain
that Miss Wills would not play.
Obviously, from a comparison OF
scores. Suzanne Lenglen cannot be en-.
PERTAINING any overpowerinG fear of
her youthful American rival. 1t seems
far more probable now that the rea-
son for the delay in their meeting is
purely commercial. The French Of
ficials, as one foreign writer stated.
felt that early meeting would cause
slump in gate receipts for the re-
mainder of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, they
are doing all in their power to post
pone the long-awaited event.
1t is probable that they persuaded
Mile. Lenglen not TO play in the first
two events in which the American
champion appeared. When the French
star protested at the impression which
was being created by her idleness, the
officials are said to have introduced
the English ball to put another obsta-
Gle in the way of the meeting.
If this is really the case. as has
been suggested. international tennis
is falling far below its standards. Ten
mis- cannot hope to hold its high place
in the sport realm if such gross COM
mercialism is allowed to creep in.
The disagreeable publicity to which
Miss Wills has been subjected ever
since her arrival in France would be
reason enough for her to give her
worst instead of her best performa nee
credit is due her for having kept her
balance as we'll as she has.
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HAND BALL TOURNAMENT
LISTED FOR BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE. Md, February IL
Four-wall hand ball championships of
the South Atlantic A. A. L. will be
held here February 10 TO % on the
Central y. NJ. G. A. courts.
Both singles and doubles titles will
be decided, with gold, silver and
bronze medals going to the winners.
The singles champion also will be
presented with the McAllister prize,
given by James G. McAllister. chair
man Of the hand ball committee.