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JUNIOR RACKETERS
BATTLE FOR TITLE

BALTIMORE, Md, January /.
Julius Seligson of New York, jun
Tor singles title holder, was to engage
Frank Shields. also of New York, this
afternoon in the final match of the
boys singles and Junior doubles in.
door championships tournaments on
the Fifth Regiment Armory courts.
Wilbur f. Coen, jr., of Kansas
City yesterday added the boys indoor
title to the outdoor championship won
by him last year when he conquered
Sidney Wood of New York, GO. "a.
A pair of Boston youths, Malcolm Hill
and Henry johnson, won the Junior
doubles title for the fourth straight
time, vanquishing Alphonso Smith and
Edward Jacobs Of Baltimore, Sc,
ca, e., 6-2.
Following the Eeligson- Shields
match this afternoon q doubles exhibi-
ton was to be staged by Edward
Jacobs and Alphonso Smith against
William Tflden and O. partner
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BALL

When Lon Jourdet, former basket
ball coach at Penn, and DR.. Walter
r. Meanwell, present incumbent OF
that Office at Wisconsin, invented
and perfected, each at about the
same time, the five-man defense,
their teams were invincible for
few years thereafter. Then all
fives studied it or adopted 1t and
countless varieties are in existence
today, with one type almost stand
ard, a two-line defense at the
middle of the court, with three men
on the front line and two back of
them, very much as pictured in the
illustration.
The principles of the five-man
defense are the same. 1t rests the
players while the opponents have
the ball in the far half of the court.
There are today many ways of
playing this defense, but the two
illustrated in the diagrams above
are most common. In the diagram
to the left (A), the method used is
for the three forward men to take
the first three opponents to break
by the center of the court. In the
diagram to the right (B), the
method employed is for the two
rear men to take the first two op-
ponents to break through. Then
there is a man-to.man method and
the good scheme used by Chicago
last year Of having two men on the
forward line and three on the rear
The question of the best one is
more a matter of material than
anything else. problem that each
coach has to solve for himself.
lcapYrIght. 1nczQ
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NEARLY $1,000 WILL SEE
GRID CLASH AT PASADENA
Coast Team Declared to Have Big Edge i'm Reserve
Material-Every Important Broadcasting
Station Will Radio Contest

By the Associated Press.
- The Stanford t I University ':
Cardinals, oiled with speed
Il and trickery, faced a Grim.
son Tide of Drawn and de-
termination from DiXieland here to-
day as the University of Albania foot
ball team invaded the West in
search of honors in the twelfth an
ual renewal of the Rose Bowl inter-
sectional foot ball classic.
A clear, Summer day was forecast
for a mighty effort by the Cardinal
horde, which, under the guidance of
Coach Glenn Pop Warner toppled
the best in the West before it to
bring home the mythical gridiron
championship from Alabama, which
Coach Wallace Wade took with
another Dixie team year ago today.
About $1,000 will see the game.
Expect Tide to Ebb.
Foot ball fans, critics and writer's
gathered from far and near, foresaw
the tide ebbing before the dashing
Cardinal attack, and the odds stood
at 10 to on Stanford.
Thousands who have applied for
tickets and failed to get them con-
soled themselves that they could sit
beside their radio and hear the play
by-play return from the big game.
for every important broadcasting
station in the country will be hooked
up by telephone with a central sta
ton in Los Angeles, which will re-
port every movement of the ball.
Unusual precautions have been
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In reasonable anticipation OF
. harvest of local, sectional and ma
ftonaI sport laurels during the next
IL months. e.
prospects are exceedingly bright for
q second national intercollegiate gal
lery championship to be prougnt
home either by the present ttlenoiu-
ers. the University of Maryland sharp
shooters, or by the firing squad from
George washington University, VINO
now hold second honors. Both teams
have showed impressively in their
initial matches this Fall, and II they
fire consistently as they have begun,
each should make a serious bid Tor
Ton honors. The two teams seem
to be well matched and it is fairly
certain that whatever record tney
make. one will follow close on the
Others heels.
sectional swimming titles should be
brought back to Washington again
this year by members of the Capitoi
Athletic Club, the city'ss crack aggre-
CATION Of mermaids. Helen StreeKs'
The voungster who so readily out
eIa ssed I,oretto Cannon In the 50-yard
free-style last Summer to wrest from
her the South Atlantic crown IN TINS
event. gives promise of even greater
achievements next Spring. In addl'
ton, Florence SHADING can DE count
ed upon to retain her breast Stroke
fifIe. unless some unexpected dark
horse appears in sectional competi-
ton.
Competition in local and sectional
tennis during 1927 should be especially
interesting so far as the Capitol far
racketers are concerned, for they have
an uphill fight ahead of them. The
District crown was taken out OF the
city last Summer by Eleanor Cottman
of Baltimore, and judging from the de'
cisive manner in which the Oriole star
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WOMEN IN SPORT
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

established her claim, Washington s
ranking netwoman, Frances krucon,
will have her hands full II she turns
the tables and retrieves the crown tnat
slipped from her brow last June. Luise
Kelley stands out as another nope lot
the recovery of the women's singles
title by a local representative. MISS
Kelley did not compete last year. she
is rated alongside of Miss KrucoH,
with perhaps a slight edge on the ex-
champion.
Miss Kelley's chop game possesses a
battling quality that has proved the
undoing of many a drive player who
might appear to have more speed or
greater variety of strokes. If Miss
Cottman is to be halted by q District
star next Summer, it probably will be
by one of these two players. Judging
from past performance, there Is no
other feminine racket wielder In
washington who would stand much
chance of out-steadying or out whiting
the canny little Baltimorean.
Virginia State tennis honors were
taken from the District last Summer
also, and by a Baltimore player. 1t is
| up to Marywill Wakeford to stage a
comeback or some other local rack
eter to step in and bring home the
bacon once more in an event which
has been won so often by Washing.
tonians that they had come to regard
its annexation as the natural course
| of events.
It would be impossible to prophesy
the champions In basket ball circles
either of collegiate, seminary or club
circuits, as so many new teams are 10
enter the field this year. But 1t is
certain that the George Washington
tossers will give all-comers a stiff bat
tie in the college loop; Holton Arms
and National Park Seminary will have
strong sextets competing for seminary
hcnors and the Princess Athletic Club
| will have more than even chances OF
carrying off honors in the new ID. G,
Girls League.
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BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
~ HICAGO, January 1.-The New
Year may usher in still an
other base ball scandal If
~ Commissioner Lands is con-
WINGED by the promised reVe-
lations of Charles (Swede) Risberg, for
lner White SoX player.
The commissioners invitation to
come to Chicago with expenses paid
and fair compensation" was accepted
by Risberg, who boarded train for
Chicago at Rochester. Mimi, last
night. Risberg works on dairy farm
near the Minnesota town.
Himself one of the victims of the
1919 world series upheaval when six
of the Chicago Americans were barred
from base ball. Risberg said he had
"inside information" of far greater
importance than the Cobb-Speaker
tangle.
Not After Reinstatement.
He maintained he was not seeking
reinstatement. 1T is too late for
that" he said as he boarded his train.
If Risberg's story relates to crooked
ness in his own base ball days, the eX-
pected bombshell will be at least as old
as the alleged plot which caused COBB
and Speaker to be invited out of big
league base ball. He was a member
of the Chicago White SoX from 1917
TO 1920 until the Cincinnati-C Chicago
world series fixing" was exposed.
Another of the banished White Sox
said today that "Risberg knows plenty
If he wants to talk" Buck Weaver,
the SoX third baseman who was fired
in the Fall of 1920. said:
s"If Risberg wants to talk, he can
tell a mouthful. What he may tell
will hit hard and may dispose of
manager or two who expect to lead
clubs the coming season. | refuse to
talk Let Risberg tell what he knows.
He knows plenty"
When the Sox scandal broke Wea-
yer refused to talk of it, except to
maintain his innocence.
CObb-Speaker to Act.
AS preparations were made for the
new base ball hearing, attorneys for
Cobb and Speaker issued a statement
I'm Detroit that definite action would
be taken to fight charges against the
former American League pilots, the
form of that action to be announced
later.
After full discussion of all matters
affecting Cobb and Speaker. we are
prepared to say that there will be COM
plete cooperation and unity of action
on behalf of both. We will not be pre-
pared to announce the form which
such action Will take until at least
some time next week" said the state
ment.
Speaker departed from Detroit for
Cleveland after the conference with
the attorneys, and Cobb planned to go
to his home in Ugus, Ga. While the
meeting was in progress the Detroit
city council drew up a resolution of
confidence in the players.
A new angle to the base ball s1tua-
ton was presented with the statement
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Brief Sport Items

Rufus Haggard, Texas University
athlete who last year set a world
collegiate record OF feet IL inches
in the high jump. will not compete in
1927, but hopes to make the 1928
Olympic team of the United States.
Haggard is working in Texas oil
field. and saving part of his earnings
In order that he may return to Texas
University in the Fall of 1927. In a
letter to Coach Clyde Littlefield, Hag-
training.
unless Haggard loses that powerful
spring so essential to champion
jumper. he should in 1928 be able to
equal his 1925 achievement" Coach
Littlef1eld said.
Foot ball is said to be one OF the
oldest Of outdoor sports. The game
became a national pastime in England
in 1850. 1t was played in American
colleges as early as 1900. The first
intercollegiate game was played in
1863 between Princeton and Rutgers.
Mexico has 10 Tarahumara Indians
1928. These healthy natives from the
mountains In Chihuahua can easily
run ITO miles without stopping, and
some have even been known to run
more than 200 miles without stop.
There are 5000 active gum clubs IN
America tossing clay birds to the
trap-shooters. Over 10000 900 "pi-
geons" were trapped this season. A.
j. Stuber. Los Angeles. Calf, is high
average amateur Of America. He has
heard the call of dead ,473 times in
1850 shots. His mark is 1890. Art
kitlam, st. Louis, Mo-, leads the pro-
fessional shooters of America with
1888. He has shot at 1900 and
broken 1,180.
What couple Of leading heavy
weights and a retired lightweight
champion are saying:
Gene Tunney Tin reply to an inter
viewer who asked, 'Is 1t possible for
Dempsey to be knocked out?'D: "Oh,
yes. 1t can be done. 1t is merely a
matter of hitting him with exactly the
right force in exactly the right place"
Jack Dempsey (who wants to flight
Tunney again: IF we meet again, /
can name the round the heavyweight
title will come back to me-
Benny Leonard: I'm coming back
to tight because the public demands it,
Bill Webster of Connecticut is Yale's
new foot ball captain. Never has a
Blue eleven led by a player from the
Nutmeg State failed to capture cham
pionship honors.
big BilP' Tilden's trick" knee is
sound again. Minus the fioateng car
tilage that cost him his national sin
giles title last Fall. Tilden probably
will be in something like his old-time
form In his coming European tour.
Lacoste, Cochet, Brugnon and the
rest, beware!
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DUCkPIN EVENT WON
BY LORRAINE GULL

Rolling consistently all the way.
Lorraine GULL. star woman bowler.
last night handily vanquished Mrs.
Morris Goodall to win the holiday
tournament for fair maple spillers at
the Arcadia. Miss GULL copped three
games and was pressed in only one.
F1nalists I'M the King Pin down
and out" tournament who will take
the drives tonight are Morris GoodalI
and BIZ Jones, high men in the cham.
plonship flight, and Jimmy Simmons
ana Jack Wolstenholme, who are
topping the consolation field.
IN Iast nights competition Slicer
fell by the wayside in the Champion.
ship group and Meyer and Fellows IN
the consolation flight. Rosenberg
Mulroe. Mandley and Harrison are
to take the drives tonight I'm the fanaI
or the Convention Hall tourney.
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TWO PROS GET 68'S;
ARMOUR SHOOTS SO

LONG BEACH. Calf, January l.
A card of 6S, under par, made yes
terday by William Mehlhorn of Chi
cago and George Joe" Martin, Vir-
ginia Country Club pro, was the tar
get at which the remaining 40 en-
trants in the 81 500 Long Beach open
golf tournament aimed in tOday's
final play of the qualifying round.
Mehlhorn's brilliant play makes him
favorite to repeat his victory of
last year.
Thomas Armour of the Congress
sional Country Club, Washington, d.
c., and Bert Wilde of Bellingham,
Wash, turned in cards of 50.
George Duncan, famous British pro
fessional, was among those whose
cards yesterday fell below rs.
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taken by police To prevent a Tepeti-
ton OF last years scenes, when y
crowd stOrmed the fence at tho open
end of the horseshore stands. ON
GERS in charge announced that tear
bombs would he placed i'm readiness
in case water from the fire depart
ments hose fails TO reach any would
be gate Crashers.
Unless Wade and Warner change
their minds before the zero hour
each team viii have its heaviest
artillery in the bacttieId at the Kick
OF
Some Clever Backs.
Surrounding "Biff' Hoffman. the
Cardinal reversing and passing ar
| fist. probably will be Bogue, Hyland
and Post, while the Dixie backfield
will likely be Capt. Barnes. Brown
Vines and Caldwell. working behind
a line conferred on Gordon Holmes.
If the battle becomes ono of reserves
Stanford will assume an advantage
over the Tide, for Warner has many
seasoned men on his extra list.
The urphab Ia Iinn-un.
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BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
N VIEW YORK, January l.
N If Morton Kaer of South
VI ern California and Bill
1 Y Kelly of Montana follow
Wally Marks of Chicago to
the United States Military Acad-
envy, West Point will not have to
worry about ball carriers on its
foot ball teams for several seasons
to come. All of the trio have es-
tablished regulations as backs.
Dispatches to the New York
American from the Pacific Coast
said Kaer and Kelly had accepted
appointments with prospect that
at least one other backfield star,
Jimmy Underhill of ST. Mary's
might complete a complete new
backfleld.
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SEVERAL NOTED CRIDMEN
HEADED FOR WEST POINT

Captain Harry Wilson and
keener eagle. next Autumn will be
among the veterans backs who
have won their spurs in Army
uniforms, and with incomplete re-
turns showing evidences of an cpl
demic of new backfield veterans,
Coach "Biff' Jones seems likely to
find himself in the enviable posi-
ton of being able to confront the
enemy with fresh backfield for
every period.
No information has been given
out at Annapolis of any naval re-
cruits to match the Army rein
forcements, although advices from
the South have been that Bill
Boyd, captain and star center of
the University of South Carolina,
was seeking an appointment to the
Naval Academy.
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BY FRANK II. BRIDGES.

AthIetlc UlfbctOrt bdyIUF NIIINNIS 1F1'
You may have "a basket ball, place
10 play and nice shoes and equipment,
but what's the good of all of 1t II
YOU can't get the ball in the net!
Here's how to do it:
TO make closeup push shots on
either side of the basket the player
should:
First-Keep the eyes on the ball
until it is caught.
Second-Jump, locating the basket
with the eyes.
Third-Shoot, by placing ba
against the blackboard. In doing this
he should carry the ball overhead
with one hand so as to make q short
shot of it and give the ball English
by rotating the hand toward the
basket
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CENTRAL HIGH TOSSERS
ARE TACKLING ALUMNI

Central high passers were to come
to grips with the Blue and White
alumni this afternoon at o'clock in
the Central gym. The grads had as
sembled a crack lineup in an effort to
avenge defeats of the past few sea-
sons.
Taking the lead at the outset and
always holding it, Business High
courtmen yesterday overcame an
alumni five, 81 to %, in the Stenogra-
piers gym. Bernard Jones, for the
victors, and Harrington, for the "old
boys" We're high scorers.
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NEXT HEAVYWEIGHT GO
is SLATED FOR SUMMER

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 1.-Humbert
J. FugaZy and George L. Richard,
rival promoters of boxing, are prac-
tically even today, so far as" converse
tons with Gene Tunney are con-
cerned. Fugazy conferred with the
champion Thursday. Richard and
Billy Gibson, Tunneys manager, who
was present but not voting when Tun-
ney met Fugazy, talked yesterday.
All agree that there will be no heavy
weight title bout before Summer.
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hell May Explode Base Ball. Stanford 100 Choice Ouer Alabama
SIX SOCCER GAMES
CARDED TOMORROW

Six matches are carded in the Wash.
ington Soccer League tomorrow after
noon as the first of number of post
poned games are played. The regular
league schedule was completed last
Sunday. 1t is thought that the post
poned games can be played off in
about four Sundays, when the tie-cup
series competition will be resumed.
Games tomorrow will bring together
German American and British United
elevens at Washington Barracks. Wal
ford and Fort Myer on pitch No. J.,
Monument grounds; Monroe and Ger
man American Reserves at Rosedale,
Rockville and Marlboro on Monument
field No. 2, Concord and Army Medical
Center at Walter Reed, and Rosedale
and Clan MacLennan.
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Fights Tonight

By the Associated Press.
Wilkesbarre. Pa-Pete Latzo, well
terweight champion, VS.. Sammy
Baker of New York. No title in
volved Q0).
New York-Red Chapman, Boston
featherweight, VS.. Benny Bass, Phila-
delphia Q0). Babe Herman, Cali
fornia, VS.. Al Winkler, Philadelphia
dO). Robert Servain, France, vs..
frankie Fink, Texas Q0).
Cincinnati-ChuckW Virgins. Indian
apolis light heavyweight, VS.. Billy
F'reas, Grand Rapids Q0).
Indianapolis Alte, Indian
apolis, VS.. Joe Ortez, Milwaukee (8).
Tommy Loughran VS.. Johnny Risko
Q0).
Philadelphia-Car1 Tremaine VS.. Al
Foreman Q0).
Newark, N. Jack Hood VS..
Young Jack Dempsey Q2). Willie
Harmon VS.. ALI Mancini az.
Kansas City, Kans.-Pete Sarmiento
VS.. Joe Rivers.
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CHANGES RACING METHODS,

NEW ORLEANS, January l LR.-
Adoption of the Australian system of
patrol judging, reduction of the mu-
tuel take-out from S to 4 per cent
ard abolition of the professional
valet" are among the chief innova-
tons introduced for the opening to-
day of the Winter race meeting of
the Louisian9 Jockey Club at the
fair grounds.
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BIG CITIES ARE RIVALS
IN CHAPMAN-BASS BOUT

NEW YORK, January / OP.-
More than chance for the feather
weight boxing championship is at
stake tonight when Red Chapman
and Benny Bass seek to establish
rights as leading contenders
A rivalry of cities is involved, with
Boston standing solidly behind Chap
man and Philadelphia roofing just as
enthusiastically for Bass.
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out a carefully typed plan of cam.
paign for the afternoon. The mana
ger or one of his assistants, who al
cate, while a third copy Is posted on
the bulletin board of the clubhouse.
In my opinion no coach can get the
best results from his squad unless
he knows definitely in advance just
what he is to do every minute OF the
time.
Overwork Bad for Players.
My first coaching experience at v.
M. I. also convinced me that in my
own playing days we had been given
too much work. ] doubt If we had
quite enough time in one hour OF
practice, but I would rather have one
hour than three. Also I would much
prefer a team undertrained than over
trained. The average college foot
ball player has not the temperament
nor has he the age or strength to be
handled like professional prize
fighter and the surest way to kill a
team is to overwork. it.
also was very much impressed by
Olcott's statement to me after the
Carolina game, in reply to my query
why he was not using the Yale tackle
back offense, when he said he did not
think it was adapted to his material.
am firmly of the opinion that this
is one of the most important things
for a coach to remember. No two
squads are exactly alike and what
suits one may not suit the other.
Copyright. 1879
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NO DIXIE GOLF JAUNT
FOR GLENNA COLLECT

NEW YORK, January CR.-
Glenna Collett of Providence, r. l.,
former national women's golf cham
pion, will winter in New York,
interrupting her stay only to play in
the Nassau tournament.
She does not intend to compete at
Florida resorts and Pinehurst. n. c.,
where she has figured in outstanding
matches In past Winter seasons.
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STANTON A. C. QUINT
TO PLAY AT VIENNA

These Stanton A. G. players are to
report tonight at $50 o'clock at 232
+ street northeast for a trip to Vienna
Va. to engage the five representing
that town: Diehl, Streeks, Trip, Han.
back, keppel, Connors, Gooch and
Chase. STATIONS are after games with
other Virginia teams and also want
to meet Maryland quints r. w. Dix
on, 1901 L street southeast, is receiv-
ing challenges.
A contest between Y. NJ. c. A. drib.
blers and Manhattan Athletic Club,
starting at $3.50 O'Clock, was to feature
open house" today at. the Central
Y. M. e. A.
Takoma Tigers scored their fifth
straight win of the season yesterday,
when they visited Frederick, Md, and
trounced the st. johns five, 26 to 25.
Wilson, center, led the Tigers attack.
With Harries and Hendricks as
their big guns, Takoma Remsons
swamped Park View basketers, 80 to 3,
Yesterday at Takoma Presbyterian
Hall.
IroquOis basketers proved easy
prey to the Colony five yesterday
H1L0TuOOH III Il JEWISH community Zen
ter Junior court clash. The score was
SO to 10. Norman collected "A of the
victors' points.
Following their 39.tO-22 win yeSter.
day over Handley A. c., Mount Pleas
ant A. G. passers are after more
scalps and 125-pound teams are being
booked at Columbia 8575-W.
Y. Nj. G. A. Junior basketers will
play hosts to Cinnamon Juniors of Pet
worth tonight at 1880 o'clock, at the
Y. These Cinnamon players are to as
semble at Georgia avenue and Upshur
street at $50 o'clock: Fisher, Murphy,
P. and G. Harvey, Buchanan, Brown
and Croft.
In an overtime game Sherwood
Betas downed Brookland Hilltops yes
terday, "a to %. Capt. Tilley's court
goal decided.
Two Pirate A. c. teams We're vic
torious yesterday. The big combina-
ton trimmed Oakton High. SO to II,
and the AIidgets showed the way to
the Celtic Midgets, "a to IT,
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A pair Of sturdy Washington box
ers were to face stern tests this after
noon. Al Foreman, featherweight.
was carded to clash with Carl IRE
maine of Philadelphia in a 10.round
bout at the Philadelphia arena, and
Young Dencio was to swap punches
with Marty Gold at Reading, Pa.