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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
TITLE SOCCER TILTS
TO BEGIN TOMORROW

Park View, Western section cham
pions, and Pierce. Eastern section
title holder, will come TO grips tomor-
row afternoon in the first of a series
OF three games for the senior NUM-
cipal playground elementary school
soccer championship.
Gage and Emory lexington teams
will meet in another contest tomor-
row to determine which shall meet
Park View in a match for the junior
Western section crown. Peabody is
the Eastern section victor.
Park View and Pierce are to come
together in the second game of their
series Wednesday. and Thursday Pea
body and the Western title holders
are slated for the first Of a three
game series for the junior champion
ship.
II a third game is necessary he
tween Park View and Pierce it will
be staged Friday.
All the weeks contests are to be
PLAYED on Plaza playground at $50
o'clock except that between Gage and
Emory lexington, which is set for
the Bloomingdale playground at $50
o'clock.
Incidentally, the play this season
marks the thirteenth annual elemen-
tary school soccer title competition to
be conducted by the Municipal Play
ground Department. officials of that
department arc highly gratitied at
the success which has rewarded their
efforts Hyde School was the first
city champion in 1915.
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ONE TRACK CUT OFF
IN CHICAGO CIRCLE

CHICAGO, December 10 (P).-EHmi-
nation of the Washington Park
race track from the five which center
around Chicago was decided on today
by officials of the Illinois Turf Assoc
citation as one way out of the conflict
of applications for dates next sum
MGR. The American Derby. revived
from former times by the Washington
track officials. will be held next Sum
mer at the new 81 900 900 Arlington
Heights track, under the program
tentatively agreed upon.
Pending q formal vote of the Illinois
Turf Association, in which all tracks
in the State have membership, tenta-
tive dates have been assigned as fol-
lows:
Aurora, open May /, to run for &c
to 80 days.
Arlington Heights, open early in
June and run for "a days.
Lincoln Fields. open early in July
and run for "A days.
Hawthorne, open late in July and
run for "A days.
All tracks except Aurora will have
another short meeting in the Fall.
The dates which would have fallen
to Washington Park have been split
among other tracks. The Washington
Park track will remain closed, it was
said until a 100000 Improvement
program can be carried out.
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BACKS UP MISSISSIPPI u.
ON PLAYER CONTROVERSY
Resents Ban on One of It's Members and Relations
With Teams in Rival Body Forbidden I'm
less Action Is Rcscinded.

conference members said that while
they would be sorry TO have such
games. some of them of many years
standing. discontinued, they would he
willing to do so in order to protect
what they regard as a conference
principle
The action of the Southern Confer
ence probably will result, unless the
s. |. A. A. rescinds its action IN re-
gard TO the University of Mississippi
eventually in the brea'-ing up of the
S. I. A. A., because some of the indl-
vidual relationships of the best teams
in that organization To conference
schools probably are stronger than
their organization relationships.
What the resolution amounts to Is
that the Southern Conference has raj
lied to the support of the University of
Mississippi in its controversy with the
Mississippi College following the sup
porting Of Mississippi College by the
organization of which it is a member.
the s. |. 4. A. The Southern Confer
ence is the stronger Of the two organi-
cations and from this distance it
seems there can he only one end to
the controversy. either the resembling
Of the action by the s. /. y. A. or Il
gradual ACKNOWLEDGMENT of that or
ganiZation.
1t was the first time the Southern
Conference has been put to a real
test in a matter of this kind, and, de-
spite its rather wide flung organiZa-
ton, its action was taken after only
brief discussion and was passed
unanimously without a voice having
been raised in the discussion against
the contemplated action.
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= CHOOLBOY basket ball teams
here Will figure in ten games
this week. No contests are
- Cardcd tomorrow or Wednesday,
but there will be brisk activity
every other day.
Business will scrimmage American
University varsity tossers in the lat
ter's gym in the nearest approach
to a contest tomorrow. \ trio Of
tits is carded Tuesday. Tech. which
has defeated Emerson and st. Albau $,
the only teams it has met so far, will
hook UP with Woodward, which bowed
to Eastern last week, in a contest at
the Boys Club gym. Central, which
has downed st. Johns, Benjamin
Franklin University and Emerson in
it's three starts, takes on st. Alban $
in the Columbia Heights School gym.
and Emerson Which has yet to win III
three aGements, engages Business
on the Stenogs floor. Business scored
over Emerson last week. The Insti-
tute boys. though they have failed
to land a game so far, have given
each opponent stout opposition and
are apt to get started on a winning
streak any time.
Business will stack up against an
all-star quint and Emerson will travel
to Alexandria to meet Old Dominion
Boat Club in games Thursday.
Eastern and Central are slated tc
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DEMPSEY is INVITED
TO VISIT THE ORIENT

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 10
Japanese have heard much of the feats
of Jack Dempsey, and would now like
to see in person the former heavy
weight champion, who has been pic
tured in some remote parts of the
country as an S-foot giant with flow
ing side whiskers.
This information lis conveyed in an
invitation to Dempsey to visit the
Orient. sent here in care of Moose
TaussiC Taussig is friend of Demp-
scy, and also is known in Japan,
where he was one of the first to take
a stable of American boxers.
Prof Yujiro Watanabe, who fought
here years ago and is known as the
father of boxing in Japan, extended
the invitation. Watanabe, now a
teacher of boxing in two universities
in Toxic, assures Mr.. Dempsey that
people will come from miles around
to sec him"
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YANKEES AND JACKETS
PLAY A TIE GRID GAME

PHILADELPHIA, December 10 H').
RED" Oranges New York Yankees
forward-passed their way to a 6-to-6
tie with the Frankfort Yellow Jackets
in the final game of the national pro-
fessional foot ball season here today.
Tho forward pass, from Baker 70
Malcncy, went 20 yards for a touch
down in the last period. and saved de
feat for the desperate Yankees.
The Jackets scored In the second
period when Adrian Ford crashed the
hne for 2 yards after a forward
passing attack and long runs by Ted
Mercer had placed the ball in an ad.
yantageous position.
Grange, who appeared in the first
half Of the game, bore no resemblance
to that devastating ghost who gal.
loped over Franklin Field in 1925 and
crushed Pennsylvania in the game
with Illinois
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DUE TO FIGURE IN TEN
CONTESTS DURING WEEK
Will Be Only Two Days in Which Tossers VIII Not
Be Active-Seyeral of Games Will Be
Played Away Frcm Home.

travel Friday. The Lincoln Parkers
are booked with Reading. Pa, High
in that city. and Central is to engage
Alexandria High at Alexandria, Tech
cntertains St. Johns at the Eoys'
club and Dewitt and Georgetown
freshmen meet in other Friday Tits.
A game between GonZaga and Bliss
Electrical school in the lone contest
carded Saturday.
Centrars swimming team. which
scored an easy victory over Baltimore
Friends school Friday, will match
strokes with Catholic University
freshman natators in the pool at
Brookland Saturday afternoon
Hyattsville High School is this sea-
son for the first time going in for in
door track. Under direction of Coach
Paul Smith, several boys have started
training and the squad is expected to
grow right along Hyattsville has De,
veloDed numerous clever track and
field athletes and it's representatives
have won the annual Prince Georges
County school meet for several years
in row. Lack of facilities Is the
big handicap to adjustment OF in.
door track at the Maryland school.
but there is plenty Of enthusiasm and
the boys are making the most of
their meager facilities. Practice Is
being held in the school corridors.
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[ OppoNEh1- 20 NAPOS
NNEARER- CAUGHT 1RAP
JONES -AMAY- PFC HE'D
70 PIN

thing like 80 yards. Yet Jones won
the hole. Why, you may well
ask?
The secret is in Jones uncanny
Judgment of distance. 1t makes no
difference TO him if the approach is
90 or 100 yards. He drops it some
where on the green on line with
the pin. Often he is within sink
ing distance-result, birdie and
another hole In the bag.
Bobby rarely goes for greater dis
lance on two-shotters. He figures
that the surest way to win is to
plug them out straight without the
desire to press that leads to trou-
Bile, and does so. On great long
holes? Yes. He win clout them.
When behind. as in Pittsburgh,
during the last United States Open,
he will clout them. But clouting
has never helped him in the long
run. Bobby keeps them on line
and depends on that deadly eye to
lay the next one dead,
There is a little Noral in this
tale concerning the golf-age.oh de-
sire to hit 'em a mile. 1t doesn't
pay. s-- ---------..
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TIA JUANA RESULTS

Lord DouSiss Ios Wilson,. SY2a IS IS SO
s., Won: Var salaaam, Io3 4Pennddergrass.,
y Brisn Lanm rari Lai9ellai TTadffwlnd
Bunch Miss Wyoming and venture also ran
SECOND RACE. 3-year-olds and up: /
mS sGd g Sar9 - "a Falc04eP
ber Bill l07 Hooper,, $3.50. third. Time
nonard, Greenhiils: transplant. Foreman
KIickitat. Bum. Chiapas And Bosada II alsc
THIRD RACE 3-Hear-olds; s. farlongs -
S3A0, won: Shasta Comet. 104 tPhilpotl
i.3uie's LucF shoe Shine, Greenshieid, sirra,
orci' Sweeping Ray and Little Sadie alst
FOURTH RACE. 3,year-olds: 8 furlongs-
won, .oharnan, io2 1inzeloneC, S3. So so
second =. Edward, s.. 1O7 lstevensl, SO 30
third. Time. III. Lost Lady. Waikiki and
FIFTH RACE 2,year-olds mp; 5 4 fur!o9gs
won EsrndF 1I a IPendergrass sSI9 So S.
Ihird Time Time, 02 Lachen Merry Man
Paul Leake. Frank S. and Miss Lester also
SIXTH RACE. Swear odds up; mile and
81 90. So 50 40 won. Gondolier 10 phil
potl $50 so. SO 90 second; Cirvenna. los
lSqlasl S4G0 third Time, ,l:49a4 Wise
Girl Tender, Seth. Buzzer. Indian Tales and
SEVENTH RACE, 2-year-olfs: mile
Rolling Star 1od61 fMEc a,la SiqqS0 Stt440o
second Frank Light 104 (Stevensl 81 go
third. Time, l As. Kischef Macher. Clint
o Gold and Honey Nook also ran.
EIGHTH RACE 3-ycar-olds m; Clubhouse
course--Con8o. 105 Bunch }. 50 so So go
Ss41 s Sao b Second Fine ao2 Msnaea
BurlSelf 81 20. third Time. IS Rosetta
Stone, Jack Fairman, Paula Shay. Shasta
Negra and Portola also ran.
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WILLIAMS is BEST
IN TRAPSHOOT EVENT

SCATTERING 90 targets out of 100, f.
p. Williams yesterday won the class
A trophy in the weekly Washington
Gun Club trapshoot at Benning. Will
liamA broke AZ in the first so, then
went back to % yards to powder 45
out of the last so. Handicaps for the
second so birds were based on the
competitors score in the first round.
A string of SO was good enough to
give II. II. Shelton victory in the
class b competition. DR.. Parsons rang
up As in the first So but, laboring
under a handicap, contrived to count
but 81 in the final round. Frank Bur
rows was in the van with 40 at the
halfway mark, but he, too. fell down
when handicapped.
j.. M. Green bagged the class c
prize with ~.
Next Saturday two spoon trophies
will be awarded, one for high gun at
so targets and the other to the rank
ing handicap contestant. Legs will
be awarded on the four months
trophy. This contest closes December
81. Frank Burrows holds seven wins
in the race and has a comfortable
lead.
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HAVANA RESULTS

FIRST RACE, 3-year-olds and up; 8 fur
longs-Tommy Foster 100 (Fisher). 3 to /,
even. to ?. won; Successor 10 Smith E,
4 to D.; : to 5, second. ,Guerriere,. 106 (How;
Gold staug4stinca, Sleepy. Dick, Clinging
Vine, Pindar Peel. Tamale Dick. Splinters and
sEG6Sb kf }Sg 56Essaarrsomass3 ffar3nsf
to >, l to, 4. won; Partake, 1Q55 lCollinsl
to 5. third. Time, 1907. Otto Berz,
P9F#RD F RHGR 3Hd B1f A s@d a also r
longs--Belascoain. 100 (Horyath) 3 to J..
| even, ! to 2, won; Aversion IL MANN 5
nerl to 1 third Rhine Time l:27 l Eyer.
NFouRTH I'll SRAcE 'u Syear %e 81 fur
longs-Bedford Saint. 100 (Fisherl, Is to
/. 8 TO / 3 to /. won: ondora, % (Waln
sGhsr t. third a Time HaEa Merida
Tea Berry. All Silver and Erin Go Bragh
'''f FIFTH III RACE. all ages: fb furlongs-
., out, won: Reputation. lis tClellandl. l
4 W9 t., Third jrdo I'll Time % = Downcast and
hG sT2TH pl RAC C1H syeaf,olds and up mile
--Hanly Rice. l13 lFisherl; Z TO. 10, to 3.
/ to 6. won: Michael B.. Ito Miami 2 to
|. even, second, Three rs. los Smith. 2
low Funny Bunny, jingle Press Gang and
-n? sEvEENT f. RACE ,s-yesr,olds and up; ]
mis ard 20 Sard Is 4 ta dS, l 4s
third Tri' Tine me- :48ss Hon f ST. john Up.
setta and Future also ran.
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BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
n yEW YORK, December 10.--The
United ties will issue it's
VI 1928 challenge for the Davis
Cup. embematic of the worlds
tennis supremacy, in the
American zone.
Agitation by William T. big Bill"
Tilden, ranking American player, for
challenge in the European zone.
found no official recognition in the
business of the executive committee of
the United States Lawn Tennis AS
ISOLATION at it's regular December
meeting here today. The IS members
present voted unanimously to adopt
the Davis Cup committees recon-
mendation to challenge in the Ameri-
can zone.
Tilden. whose demands for a Euro
pean zone challenge are said to have
gone as far as refusal to represent
America in case Of an American zone
challenge, has not so notified the
Il. s. l.. T. A. officially, but it is
understood letters and kilograms from
Americas leading player to other
candidates seeking support in his
stand have intimated that he might
take Sucn a course.
Decision to challenge for the famous
trophy that France won last year in
the American zone means that
Americas first opponents will be
drawn from North and South America
as we'll AS any other nations which
NAV decide to challenge here. Last
year Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Japan
and the United States comprised the
zone.
A second recommendation of the
Davis Cup committee, also unani-
mouslv adopted at today's session,
provided that if the United States is
victorious in the American zone the
Davis Cup team be organized to leave
this country not later than the middle
Of June for the European inter-zone
matches.
The Davis Cup committee also
unanimously authorized to arrange
for the Wightman Cup matches in
England in 1923 and to arrange with
tho Austria liam Tennis Association for
series of team matches between
Australia and tho United States in
this, country some time in 1928 pro-
vided the Australians return from
European Davis Cup play by play OF
America
Although no official notification has
been received, the executive com
mittee has been given TO understand
that France plans TO send one or two
players, assumably Lacoste and an
other ranking French star, to the
United states to participate In the
American national tournaments,
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TINDELL TOPS FIELD
IN CUE TOURNAME NT

Tindell is heading the field in the
District pocket billiard championship
tournament at the Arcadia with three
wins and no losses. Kelley. Talbutt
and Reynolds are tied for second at
two victories and no defeats each.
Maynard. Newlin and Davidge. each
of whom has triumphed once but lost
twice, are next in line, followed by
Fray and Campbell. neither Of whom
has won in three starts.
Play will continue each night this
week. except Saturday starting at
3 o'clock. The tournament will con-
time through the second week in
January.
This weeks schedule:
Tomorrow, Maynard. VS.. DaVidge;
Tuesday Reynolds VS.. Bray; Wednes-
day. Kelley w. Newlin; Thursday,
Talbutt VS.. Campbell, and Friday,
Tindcl vs. Bray.
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ference as With Ia A. SchooI Flies to Be Busy This Week
STEVENS WILL LEAD
CENTRAL GRID TEAM

Gene Stevens. dashing little half
back, was last night unanimously
elected captain of the 1928 Central
High foot ball team at the annual
Gridiron banquet at the school. Next
season will be Stevens third on the
team. lie also is a clever pole vaulter.
Alden Folke was chosen ananager of
next FAILS eleven.
Featuring the banquet were talks
by Alvin Miller Central principal:
Robert y. Maurer, former principal;
stephen Kramer. another former
principal and now assistant superin-
tendent Of schools in charge of high
schools; Sylvan King, president of the
Graduate G Club; President Shaw of
the alumni association. Coach Mike
Kelley and these captains of 1927
public high elevens: Bob Wilson,
Western; Arthur Kriemelmeyer Tech;
Frank Holland, Eastern, and Bill
simmons, Central. Capt.-elect Stevens
falSO spoke briefly.
Sixteen viii be awarded foot ball
letters at an athletic assembly at
Central Wednesday. it was announced
by Joe Howard, retiring manager.
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Jones' Uncanny Eyes
Pick Exact Distance
BY SOL METZGER.

When you hear about the deeds
of Bobby Jones in golf you read Of
his eagle 3 on a 512-yard hole at
Minnikahda, of his par at In.
wood, etc, ad infinitum. Yet when
you come to analyze the game Of
this modest young father from
Atlanta, the greatest golfer the
game ever produced, you will find
that at no more recent date than
last August at this same Minnikah-
da. Bobby was being outdriyen on
various and sundry holes by yari-
GUS and sundrY opponents. But
they did not outscore him.
ITO what do you attribute Jones'
superiority?' / asked Charley Mid
dletOn, a young Scot pro now in
America. ITO his unfaiIing iudg-
ment Of distance. He has keener
eyes than others" was his reply.
ThereN is much to this theory.
For example, on one hole at Min
neapolis, where Jones ran amuck
in the recent United States Anna
teur, Ouimet outdrove him some,
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kid" Mccoy had BEEN sparring
partner for Ryan when Tommy train.
ed at Detroit for his fight with Jack
Dempsey at New Orleans. They
worked out together day after day in
thu gymnasium of the Detroit Athletic
Club. Ryan was mean and made life
miserable for his sparring mate.
Many times I heard Mccoy squawlI.
Don't be so rough" when Ryan was
slamming them into him.
Naturally Tommy was cocky. He
would say to me, II wonder if that
long geeZer really thinks he has a
chance with me. Why, I'll just stick
this in his puss shooting out a
straight left, and III whip this over
on his car knocking a right, and III
make him yell for the police"
Old Friends! What of It?
|. One day Ryan showed me letter
from Mccoy in which the willy kid
reminded him that they had always
been friends, admitted that he didn't
have chance to win, and wondered
if Ryan would consent to cut the purse
in half
Tommy tore up the letter and never
answered it.
Again I expressed fear things didn't
Fitzpatrick that Mccoy had been
working hard every day at the Man.
haitian Athletic Club. New York. with
big fellows like Steve O'Connell, a
heavyweight.
I'm goinG to see how good 1 can
fight when I'm fat" said Ryan, con-
fidently
Well the tale has often been told
how Mccoy plastered Ryan. and
| finally knocked him out in the fif
teenth round. / was one of TOmmy's
seconds. / never saw a man get
such licking as Mccoy gave him.
And ! never knew a fighter to be af
fected as Ryan was after the scrap.
He was unable to walk without help
Going down the road long after the
crowd had gone home, Charley White
on one side and / on the other,
Tommy Ryan was like a man in
trance.
We came to a saloon, and White
asked me to hold Ryan while he went
in to get a beer. l was pretty thirsty
myself. and after White had been
gone awhile, l asked Tommy, "Can
you stand alone now?"
yeah" he mumbled, like a man
drunk.
"All right" I said. "Just wait here
until 1 come back"
l started away, leaving Ryan lean
ing against a fence. l turned back
to see how things were going, and he
had fallen to the ground. l picked
him up and held him until White re-
turned. Then | let Charley do the
holdins while L went in and got mine.
CNext-Kid Lavigne Gets the Title)
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| OMMY RYAN and I never en-
gagged in a real fight, partly
because we were warm per-
sonal friends and partly be-
cause l realized that Ryan.
when he was in condition, was TOO
big for me. But Ryan and l often put
on the gloves and went at 1t WIN
plenty of vigOr.
| met Tommy in a four-round eXhl-
hition in Grand Central Palace, New
York, in 1895. 1t was beneht per
Torrance for me. boxed Harry W oods
of San Francisco three rounds JUST
before going on with Ryan. ne
weller champion tried to make a
showing against me. but Tor ali ms
clevernesS I kept him busy.
Sam F'itzpatrick was referee. | toio
him / was going right in after Ryan
and when | was making 1t too not loI
Tommy to call time. / think L gave
Ryan a surprise by my boxing ana
speed -
In our dressing room after the bout
RYAN said: kid, you are getting 70
be a much better boxer than you useu
to be.
short time later a benefit was
given for Tommy in his home town
Syracuse, n. Y. and al his request
went there ana DONeO nm "st.i =.
RYAN was then matched TO fight 'kld
Mccoy at New York two weeks later
The Crafty MeCOy.
RYAN could fight at 142 pounds in
those DAYS. but Mccoy had crafty
insisted on the weight being 1856. lie
knew Ryan was fat and out of con
dition. and he didn't want Tommy to
take off weight. Tommy weighed lo4
He was in no shape at all. lie had
saloon in Syracuse.
Don't you think you'd better post
pone your fight with Mccoy until you
get into condition." 1 asked Ryan.
"Why in hell should 1 be in condl'
ton to fight McCoy?" he replied.
| said ''Weu. 1 think you'd better
be in shape. You've got legs like an
old woman. Mccoy is fast, and he
will cut you to pieces the way you
are"
But this only made Ryan sore.
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R0UTIS, FRENCHMAN,
SCORES OVER BROWN

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. December 10.-Adre Routis,
former featherweight champion of
France, tonight defeated Al Brown,
bantamWelght, of Panama. in a slash
ing s10-round bout. Routis won on
points.
AT the ringside We're many women
in jewels and furs and men in eve
ming dress, who saw Browns hopes
for the bantamweight crown against
Bud Taylor of Terre Haute, Ind, so
glmmering.
1t was a wicked hattTe-one of the
fastest between little men ever wit.
messed in Paris. Routis' America n
experience in the past year stood him
in good stead and he optsIugged the
nimbTe-fOoted negro. Brown had the
better Of the first three rounds, but
the Frenchman kept boring in and
had Brown hanging on. right at the
verge of a knockout when the fight
ended.