Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02

tues OF teams ana ln0lNiuudlS Oh the
National Capital to keep them and
their home town in the eyes of the
sports-loving public at large, and To-
cally there was enough entertainment
to delight population rather par
ticular in it's choice of pastimes of a
sportive character.
|. Color is plentiful in the panorama
of sports here during the past IL
months. And the series of pictures Is
filled with figures heroic, too-some to
the Nation generally and many to
Washington particularly
AS the panorama of the year I'M
folds there first may be seen those
deyotees of the sport that has proved
more attractive than any other here
the sport of duckpin bowling One
may see the men and women who gain
so much pleasure from this pastime
smashing records right and left
smashing them with such abandon
that eight new marks are registered
in the annals of the game.
Basketers i'm Limelight.
Farther along in the picture there
comes into view the host of basket
ball players, men and women, BOYS
and girls, who made 1926, the greatest
year ever in this particular form of
athletic endeavor. A bit later may be
seen the squash racqueters gathered
from many cities of this country and
from Canada competing for national
laurels. Among them may be recog-
nized Eugene M. Hinkle, District
champion, and David NJ Key, Racquet
Club members, who helped the United
States team turn back the Canadians
in New York.
A bit farther and one comes to the
wrestlers of Washington Canoe Club,
who were mighty enough to garner
South Atlantic A. A. u. titles in the
annual mat meet at Baltimore. Then
the marksn1en and markswomen take
their places in the picture. Carrying
their rifles at the alert are the sharp
shooters of George Washington Uni
versity, intercollegiate champions of
the country, and the George Washing
ton girls, too, second only to the Uni
versity of Mary1and's fair shots, who
may well be considered as belonging
to this sports area. And with them
are the keen.eyed militiamen of the
121st Engineers. who annexed so many
prizes.
Then the picture is filed with girls,
young and old. engaged in many ath-
letic activities on the District play
fields, for 1926 saw great advance in
such activities among the fair sex
here. And the municipal diamonds
are thronged with players. showing
that sandlot base ball may be on the
wane in other cities, but certainly not
in Washington.
Golfers Are Prominent.
More of the panorama reeled off
and the golfers are presented. Roland
Mackenzie, young but ardent follower
of the ancient Scottish game. helps
his fellow countrymen successfully de-
fend the Walker Cup in conflict with
Britons on British links. And there
looms George j. voight. who after sea-
sons of struggle has definitely estab-
lished himself as the leading tourney
golfer of the District. There, too, is
Dorothy White, who fought her way
to the woman's title.
Then follow the tennis players,
quite an army of them. Foremost
among them are Tom Mangan and
Frances Krucoff. generally recognized
as the foremost opponents of the net
sport here. From the tennis court the
picture winds to the cycling track,
where may be seen 15-year-old Chester
Atwood and Robert Common winning
national championships at the Sesqui-
centennial in Philadelphia after earn
ing District lalirels.
Then to the cinder path. where
Georgetown's husky athletes, the
game barriers of Aloysius Club and
the speedy youngsters of Tech High
School are prominent in the fore
ground. Above all the others rises
the figure of Anthony Plansky. Hill
top luminary, who won pentathlon
honors at the University of Pennsyl-
vania relay carnival.
Swimming Honors Plentiful.
Away from the tracks to the water,
where Washington boys and girls
splashed to many swimming triumphs.
There may be seen the youthful Helen
Streeks and the sturdy Rae Edmon-
ston, the latter of George Washington
University, who are wearers of Sec
tional crowns. There are canoeists,
too, of Washington Canoe Club. who
garnered international and national
championships. And there are scenes
from the Presidents Cup swim. the
national A. A. u. championship swim
and the national power boat regatta
held here.
Out OF the river into Potomac Park.
as more of the panorama unfolds. one
may see Immediately clad riders,
mounted on fleet little ponies. gallop-
ing about the polo oval. They are
men of the War Department Polo As.
ISOLATION and of Fort Myer. who Jared
so wei at the venerable game during
1926.
And last come the giants. the var
sity gridironers, and greatest among
these giants is Harry Connaughton,
Georgetown's wonderful guard. al
most a universal choice for all-Amer-
lea honors and generally regarded one
of the greatest linemen college foot
ball ever has produced.
1t is a pleasing panorama, with one
exception. That part depicting the
progress of the Washington repre-
sentative in base ball in the American
League leaves something to be de-
sired. For, instead of champions. the
National Capital had at the end of
somber campaign fourth-place club
a club finishing eight games behind
the leading Yankees and but one and
one-half games in front of the fifth
place White Sox.
Grihs Beaten OF Early.
1t was not a particularly glorious
finish for club that had set the
pace for all others in the circuit in
1924 and 1925. At the outset of the
1926 campaign, the Nationals pros
poets for repeating in the struggle for
the championship were Quite bright.
but they were beaten off early in the
running and never regained consis-
tent winning stride.
The Nationals doomed as repeaters
in the first three weeks of the cam
paign. They bowled over their OPP
ponents In great style and in the first
part of May were eight games above
the 500 mark Biit the tide turned
against them and during the first week |
In June they were struggling to keer