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Evening star., 1927-12-08

Mac Smiths accurate driving had
much to do with the victory he and Gene
Sarazen won over Armour and Farrell
recently for $4,000 prize. Mac is fat
swinger, too, not being tremendous fel-
low in either height or strength. He
takes a full pivot as a result. That 10
what keeps him up with the more robust
and taller pros when 1t comes to dis
tance. Smith consistently belts them out
23O to $50 yards Off the tees.
Smith grips with his left hand well
over the handle of the shaft and takes
the club back well inside the line, hts
left arm keeping straight and his left
hand holding control ON the backswing.
He winds up until his hips and shoulders.
are at right angles to the lire OF flight.
He breaks his wrists quite bit ut the
top so that the club IL well beyond q line
parallel to the ground. As q result the
toe of his club Is pointing In to the line
at the top. This is one cause of his 0c-
casiOnally hooking from the tees. He did
SO at Oakmont and caught traps. Usual-
iy, courses are more heavily trapped for
slices.
Mac Smith hits from the inside on
through, and sometimes across the line
of flight. That Is when he hooks. Notice
in particular how his left leg braces his
body on the downswing. II IL purposely
done to avoid letting the hands get In
ahead-about the one idea he has to
think about. Smith gets a ball Of fair
height with no great run. unless 1t is
hooked.
Next we will get into the matter OF
shifting the weight and balancing the
body during the swing.
------. lCopyright. 1e17.k .xzkals&..
Evening star., 1927-12-08
SCHOOLBOY TOSSERS
TO PLAY TOMORROW

Three basket ball games are carded
for shoolboy tossers of the local group
tomorrow. Emerson will engage Cen
trail at Central, Tech and st. Adams
will face at American University and
Business and st. Johns will clash.
Two tilts were carded today. Cen
trail and Benjamin Franklin Univer-
sity We're to come together at Central
and. Eastern and Georgetown fresh
men to mix at Eastern.
Central Highs swimming team,
which meets Friends School natators
in Baltimore tomorrow afternoon at
3:15 o'clock. will comprise Capt. James
Bates, Richard Stephan, John Harde.
Max Rote, William King, Edward
Hickey, Bob Varela, Frank Gather,
Sam Mears and Roy Bodine. The
team was picked yesterday in trials
conducted by Coach +. J. Brunner
Central's FISH will engage Catholic
University freshmen, December II at
$3.50 o'clock at Brookland and will
take on Central Alumni December &C.
Richard Watkins, Frank Mcnamara
and Edward Rickhoff, members of last
seasons Georgetown prep basket ball
team again available, are looked up
as possibilities for the captaincy. The
post will be filled in few days. Props
open January 13 against Emerson.
Scholastic quints figured in two
sharp battles yesterday. Business
nosed out Emerson, 81 to 25, and
Eastern bowed to Kanawhas, 80 to 81.
Central lights routed Woodward,
20 to s.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
GOLF GOSSIP

purcellville, Va, is to have an 49,
hole golf course. DR.. Thomas j. w.
Brown Of Bannockburn, who is one OF
the leading course architects around
Washington, back after several days
spent at Purcellville, said that the en-
tire course will be finished by June.
Thirteen water hazards to be crossed
on that number Of holes will be one
of the distinguishing features OF a
course whose terrain lends itself read
lily to golf. The club is the Loudon
Golf and Country Club. -
Strict regulations on the size and
weight of golf balls will have to be
made effective If courses are to be pre-
vented from adding to their yardage
made necessary by the increased
length of the ball, in the opinion of
Edward r. Dunlap, golf engineer of
Washington. Most courses will have
to change their yardage if they don't
pull together and have the United
States Golf Association make strict
regulations in regard to golf balls"
he says.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
MICHIGAN AND CHICAGO
MAKE GRID AGREEMENT

CHICAGO, December @.-The
Universities Of Chicago and Michigan,
whose foot ball rivalry in the early
years Of the twentieth century became
so sharp that gridiron relations were
broken, have arranged five-year
series, starting at Ann Arbor, Mich,
in 1880.
Coach Stage Of Chicago, in an.
nouncing the new contract, explained
it was the result Of mix-up in sched.
and the Chicago Princeton home and
home games in 1929-30.
BY starting the Michigan-Chicag
series in 1880, he explained, both
teams have made room for the games
with Eastern teams.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
BY JOHN b. FOSTER.

n YEW YORK, December S.---Minor
MI league men attending the an
VI nual convention of their ma
i Y tional organization this week
at Dallas, Tex, are reported
to be in a more jubilant mood as a
result of the decision Of the national
board of arbitration upholding with
out qualification the right of each
League to its territory.
The future of minor league base
ball Is less precarious than 1t has
been at any time in its history be.
cause of this ruling, which puts an
end to the controversy that followed
the withdrawal of the Tulsa and Okla
League and their attempt to enter the
Texas League.
It had been feared that the national
board Of arbitration would pass the
buck to Commissioner Landfs in this
dispute, for in former years the ma.
tional board had been prone to tenn.
poriZe in emergency. Commissioner
Landis has no jurisdiction over mat
ters wholly in minor league territory.
The minors are supposed to settle
their troubles among themselves.
Judge Landis could have been called
in to act as arbiter, but so could any,
body else, for that matter.
Shows Up Texas League.
OF course the Texas League is not
placed in a very favorable light in
accepting the Tulsa and Oklahoma
City clubs before it's right to do so
had been established. 1t is pity that
the Texas League did not tell the
owners of these two clubs that they
must show a clean bilf Of dismissal
from the Western League before they
could make shift.
In the old days in base ball 1t was
the custom to reach out and grab
territory regardless Of rights and feel.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
CADETS GREAT DEFENSE
MADE ELEVEN POWERFUL
In All Fundamentals, No Team Was Better and Few
Teams Cood-Yae Seen Best of Group
Following West Point i'm Ranking.

duce it intact until the Cornell game.
But for this the Quakers would have
| done better than they did in games
preceding the final contest. But the
| inherent strength of the eleven may
not be denied.
| Georgia was a pitcher that went to
| the well once too often. The Georgia
Tech game found her over the peak,
with the complication of wet, heavy
field, which provided the worst pos
sible condition for the accomplish
ment of that perfect rhythm and CO.
ordination which her peculiar type of
defeat at Atlanta, the Bulldogs were
really strong-much stronger than
they looked last Saturday.
Even so, Georgia Tech rated closer
to Georgia all season than many be.
lieved. The team made a miserable
showing against Notre Dame, and this
colored the impression of the yellow
Jackets in way that did them in.
justice.
Alabama Below Par.
Alabama's poor showing was sur
prising, in view of her material. She
lacked a key man at quarterback, and
in this seems to lie the explanation of
20 lose morale after the trouncing by
Georgia Tech.
Some splendid offensive foot ball
was shown in the Southwest this sea-
son, notably in Texas. The surprising
reversal that occurred there may be
ascribed to the fact that the defense
had not been brought to parity with
the offense.
The Eastern section saw an unu-
usual number Of high-grade elevens-
Army, Yale, Princeton, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, Dartmouth. New York
University and Washington and JEFF
ferson.
The Western Conference has not
in years shown mediocrity so unvary-
ing. Some were good, but there was
no eleven that approached brilliancy.
Minnesota would have beaten Illinois
had it met Zuppke's team, and so
could have" Notre Dame, a non-con-
ference team The Pacific Coast
elevens were below par, too, except
Southern California.
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-12-08
WILLIAM AND MARY
LISTS C. U. AND G. W.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, December
S.-Ten games with one open date ap-
pear on the William and Mary 1928
foot ball schedule.
Five home games with the same
number on foreign grids have been
scheduled.
Two teams from the National Cap.
ital will play William and Mary,
Catholic University coming here for
night game on alumni homecoming
day, October 20, and the Braves jour.
neying to Washington on November 8
to Play George Washington.
The schedule:
September 90. Lynchburg College.
September 90 Marshall College
October 6. Syracuse University, at Syracuse.
October 13. Wake Forest,
October 90 Catholic University.
October 27. Emory and Henry College.
g, Noyember 3. George Washington. at
November 10. Roanoke College tplace
November a. Hampdon-sidney College
November 20. University Of Richmond. p
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Evening star., 1927-12-08
TEXAS-WESTERN RULING
LIKED BY LITTLE LEAGUES
Decision Favoring Westerners Upholds, Without Any
Qualification, Privilege of Each Circuit to
Control Affairs Within Its Bounds.

ings. This cannot happen in the
future. If it does, the organization of
base ball will diSband itself by in.
voluntary consent. The Texas League
cannot take clubs from the Western
League simply because those clubs
wish to move into the next block.
The Texas circuit has been taught a
lesson regarding expansion which 1t
should bear we'll in mind. If teams
of one league wish to enter another,
the way to go at it is to compensate
the first league for it's territory.
The major leagues, in addition to
their national agreement rights. also
have private agreements by which
their circuits may not be changed. 1t
Is good thing that is the case.
Were 1t not. some club would be
voted out, or in, every two or three
new moons, for there are clubs in the
majors which are about as welcome
to their circuits as tack in a tire.
Brush Stopped Practice.
It was the custom some years ago
to read club out of the majors if 1t
failed to carry the base ball burden.
John T. Brush stopped that in the
National League when he slipped a
little clause into the constitution that
gave the tail-end club as valuable
rights as the championship team d
also took the control of major leaS
base ball away from Boston, Ne
York and Chicago, where 1t had CEN
tered for years. In their day these
three clubs, abetted by the Phila-
delphia club, did about as they
wished to do.
There wasn't as much money in
base ball then as now. Most of the
National clubs were assessed at the
end Of the year to make both ends
meet, and the tailenders sometimes
cared very little if they were read
out of the league, although they hated
to lose their transient Importance in
the world of sr1orts.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
GRIDDERS SELECTED
FOR ALL-WEST TEAM
By the Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, December s.
The complete list of Western players
invited to participate in an East-Wes
game here December 26, as a benefit
for the Shriners' Crippled Children's
Hospital, has been announced as fol.
lows:
Ends--Sikes, Texas A. & M; Schum,
Washington; Douglas, Washington.
Tackles-Yoder, Olympic Club for
merly Carnegie Tech); Hicks, ST..
Mary's; Kuhn. Washington; Matthews,
Texas Christian.
Guards-Brewster, Olympic Club;
Diehl. Idaho; Wright, Washington;
Heiser, Southern California.
,Centers-Carrothers, st. Ignatius;
Coulson. Army.
Quarters - Meeker, Washington
State; Mann, Southern Methodist.
Halfs-Hunt, Texas Aggies; Kaer,
Southern California; Kutsch, Iowa;
Tesreau, Washington; Gilmore, Army.
,Fullback-Wilson, Washington.
Officials in charge of the contest
pointed out that II stars had received
invitations to play, although the COM
plete squad will only number 20. One
Of those receiving bid, however, has
been placed in the doubtful class.
Evening star., 1927-12-08

N VEW YORK, December S.-xWith
every important foot ball
VI eleven in the country tied or
Il beaten in one or more of its
games. any attempt at rank
ing teams, either on sectional or
national basis, would involve an impu-
dent and far-fetched essay in magma
i've gymnastics.
In the course of the recent gridirOn
season the writer travelled well over
10000 miles and saw % teams either
In games or hard scrimmage. Out
of this experience has come a definite
Impression of the strength of all the
leading foot ball outfits. And so, with
out trying TO rank them on the basis
of games won and lost, the writer begs
leave merely to give his personal
opinion concerning several that stand
out in his mind.
OF all the elevens in the country
the writer is inclined to think that
the Army was the strongest. This
Idea is born of the fact that the West
Point defense was so militant, so
savagely potent, that in all but an
early season game with Yale it
amounted to offense and thus sup
plemented an attack which, while
good, was not so good as the defense.
IA all luIludulcIltdIS no SlcNcU WIS
better and few teams as good.
Yale i'm Big Group.
Next in line Yale, Minnesota, Pitts
burgh, the University of Southern
California and Notre Dame stand
pretty well together. with Yale prob
ably the strongest Of the lot by virtue
OF line as powerful as Minnesota's
and more alert. Princeton could
easily be included in this group had
she possessed one back, say, like Cald-
we'll or Garvey or Hammersly or Aim
quist or Welch or Drury. The Tigers
would have stood out as the one un-
defeated and united big eleven in the
country had they had single back
OF the qualifications of those named
above.
Then come Illinois, Washington and
Jefferson, Pennsylvania, Stanford and
Georgia. Pennsylvania had her back
field pretty well wrecked in the Penn
State game and was unable to pro-
Evening star., 1927-12-08
STOVE LEAGUE STUFF
How Jay Kirke, Mighty Bats
man, But Sour on Curve
Balls, Walloped Second Base
mans Throw Just for Change

A steady diet of curve. ball pitch.
ing paved the way for Kirke's re-
turn to the minors. The opposing
pitchers had actually Curved him
out Of the league"
Louisville was his next stop. On
his very first appearance at the
plate, Kirke displayed the mood Of
desperation that had gripped him
as q result of facing the constant
curve-ball program OF the Ameri.
can League.
Louisville had runners on first
and third when the big sOuthpaw-
swinger stepped into the batter's
box. The opposing catcher had just
signaled for q "pitchout" with the
idea of thwarting possible double
steal. The backstOp was right in
his deduction. The runner on first
dashed toward second with the
pitch. The catcher grabbed the
pitch and shot 1t to second base.
On toward home came the runner
from third. Then came the return
throw to the plate to head of the
impending score. The throw was
perfect, about to cross the plate
belt-high, but it failed to reach its
destination.
The mighty Kirke stepped in and
viciOusly wall0ped the second base
mans throw on q line over the
fence. Much confusion followed.
Base ball followers never had seen
anything like that before.
you're out for interference"
yelled the umpire. "Why in Sam
Hill did you hit that thrOw?"
The vicinity of the plate became
a setting for violent protest, but
i'm the midst Of the disorder Kirke
stood there calmly, like base ball
Napoleon who had Outgeneraled
the opposition.
"Why did / hit it," Kirke re-
peated. "Say, that's the first fast
ball I've seen i'm the last two
years."
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Evening star., 1927-12-08
RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
TO HOLD GOLF JOBS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December S.--Reing an
officer in a golf association runs in the
family of former Judge Charles 8. Cut
ting.
Cutting today was 2 down to his
son Bob and daughter-in.law by rea-
son Of his nomination, equivalent to
election, as second vice president of
the Illinois Seniors Golf Association.
The son is president-elect of the West
ern Golf Association and Mrs. Cutting
heads the Women's Western Golf AS
sociation for the second time.
The elder Cutting, a rugged octo.
genarian who plays golf almost daily,
was backed by many for the senior
association presidency, but this Office
was awarded for the third time to
Lewis w. Pitcher, another "boy In the
S0s," Civil War veteran.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
COACH WOOD FAvORS
SPORT SCHOLARSHIPS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December s.
Bill Wood, foot ball coach at Wes-
leyan University, Middletown, Conn,
is in favor Of athletic scholarships.
Wood, former star athlete at Penn
State, where such scholarships recent
" were abolished. came here to ad-
dress the Philadelphia alumni of
Wesleyan.
"Tf an athlete has developed his
body through sport while in high
school," he said, "then it is fitting and
proper that the youth should be
given an opportunity to develop his
mind at college.
Most colleges are willing to give
scholarships to those who excel in
studies But for some reason a few
coaches, among them Hugo Bezdek
of Penn State, have frowned on the
idea.
"It has been my observation that
a trained athlete makes as fine a
scholar as a boy who devotes all his
time to studies, and if by granting
scholarships to those who excel in
athletics it is possible at the same
time to develop scholars and gentle
men, then am on record as being in
favor Of athletic scholarships"
Evening star., 1927-12-08
SECOND TEAM FORMED
I. TO AID FIRST ELEVEN

COLUMBUS, Ohio, December R).
Getting more men interested in foot
ball. and consequently developing
stronger teams rather than having
two varsity squads of equal caliber,
Is the object Of Michigan's 1.-TWO foot
ball team" plan, according to Fielding
Fl. Yost, director of athletics at the
University Of Michigan. He spoke at
the University Club last night.
Yost said that under the second
team" arrangement potential foot ball
men, who otherwise would not at
tempt to try for the squad, would be
encouraged to turn out, with the pros.
pect Of meeting men of their own abil.
ity from smaller colleges or from SINH.
lar teams from other larger institu.
tions.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
ByCEORCE
MORIARTY
Manager Of the Detroit
Base Ball Club
NHE alleged lack Of curve-ball
rffchinsr In uarioi1a Lea rIIaa re-.

TIME alleged lack Of curve-ball
pitching in various leagues re.
calls one of the funniest in
i cidents that ever happened on
the ball field. The episode
dates back to the days when curve.
ball pitching was at it's height.
Jay Kirke, a first baseman, was the
central figure. Kirke was one of the
great sluggers of the past 20 years.
He was base-hit mad, common trait.
Kirke counted his day perfect or
otherwise according to results with
his bat. being content to ignore his
fielding mistakes.
ANY possible doubt about his ash.to.
apple artistry is dispelled when one
gazes at the mark Kirke hung up
in 1921. AS a member Of the Louis
vile club. he crashed 2S2 safeties out
of 730 times at bat. That is the rec.
ord for total hits in one season.
Among his hits were AZ doubles, II
triples and 81 home runs.
Yet Kirke had one outstanding
misfortune as a batter. He was
known as a "fast-ball hitter"
That, of course, means he could
slap the straight pitch with more
telling effect than he could wallOp
the curve, or what is commonly
known as the "hoOk." In other
words, Kirke was q sucker on
curve ball.
It came to pass that Kirke shook
off the minor league dust for the
more lucrative job of playing first
base for the Cleveland Indians. Then
his troubles began. The American
League pitchers had the '1ow-down"
on him as a fast-ball hitter, and they
made it their business to pitch any
thing but that particular delivery to
him in a pinch. Consequently, each
time Kirke appeared at the plate he
saw nothing but the "hook" breaking
in and down like shot from the
right-handers, and the reverse from
tha left.handerxs
Evening star., 1927-12-08

~ WAS telling a friend,
one day, how I couldn't get
a cigar that I felt like stick
ing to. He suggested l try
a Bayuk Philadelphia Hand
Made Perfecto. And he
went on to explain what
was different about it.
eft seems there's a lot of
difference in the tobacco
leaves on any one plant.
Those at the top are under
ripe, while the ones at the
bottom are old and over
ripe. Neither makes much
Of a smoke. But the leaves
in the middle are exactly
ripe, and give a wonder
fully mild, mellow smoke.
Instead of mixing all three,
Bayuk uses only the ripe,
middle leaves.
"That sounded good to
me, so I bought a 'Philly.'
And believe me; it tasted
good too. I haven't
switched since. And Pm
not going to. Try one
yourself, and see what a
difference that ripe tobacco
makes"
Evening star., 1927-12-08
D SOX SEND QUARTET
ITO THE -NOBILE TEAM

q bfSSTON, December 8 CP.-The
e&AAkDn Red Sox have released four
III Mrs to the Mobile club of the
SolShern Association in part pay
heW for two pitchers and an out
,A&1&r.
M Ff3e trade will send to Mobile Wal.
|4arS Shaner, outfielder; Tony Welzer,
4SM handed pitcher; William Moore,
'Afcher, and Elmer Eggert, infielder.
4he Red Sox acquired Ward Morris,
s right-handed pitcher; Merle Settle
myre, a left-handed pitcher, and
Johnny Williams, an outfielder, who
batted for $50 last season.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
BIG TEN FR0SH GAMES
ARE URGED BY HANLEY

CHICAGO, December R.-Inter.
school freshman foot ball games by
Western Conference members was
suggested today by Coach Dick Han
ley Of Northwestern University.
Each Of the conference schools
already train a large freshman squad,
Hanley pointed out, and most of the
schools divide their freshmen into
teams, which play regularly scheduled
games among themselves.
AT present the Western Conference
rules prohibit freshman interschool
competition.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
CAPTAIN AT PENN STATE
HEADS THIRD GRID TEAM

STATE COLLEGE. Pa, December 8.
DOM D. Greenshields, Penn State
foot ball captain for next season,
ought to be an expert in calling the
toss Of the coin by the referee by
the time the next gridiron season gets
Under way. Greenshields will te cap
tanning a foot ball eleven for the
third time next season.
He was captain Of his team at Glen.
vile High School. Cleveland, where
he was a teammate Of Benny Fried
man, later quarterback at Michigan,
and was captain Of the freshman team
here in 1924.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
Ciuen Top Ball Rating Territorial Protection Assured Minors
CUE CONTESTS.

In cue tournaments last night, ]. r.
Leonard defeated r. A. Reel. 35 to So,
at Elmer's Academy in a three e-cushion
competition, and George Kelley earned
tie with Tindell and Reynolds for
first place in the District title pocket
billiard event under way at the
Arcadia by downing Frank Maynard
100 to II.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
AMOS TO STAY AMATEUR

WASHINGTON, Pa. December s
N).-Bill Amos, fullback of the
Washington and Jefferson eleven
and an all.America candidate, says
that he had not signed contract
with the Montreal Club Of the Inter-
national League. Amos said he in
tended to participate in all Washing
ton and Jefferson athletics until the
end Of the school year.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
WACO SIGNS MOLENDA.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, December 8
fP.-John "Bo" Molenda, former Uni
yersity Of Michigan fullback, who has
lust completed seasons play with
Red Oranges New York Yankees. has
announced that he had signed con.
tract to play with the Waco club of
the Texas League next year.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
WARREN TO BE PRO BOXER.

CHAPEL HILL, S. c., December 8
@.-K. o. (Add) Warren, University
Of North Carolina foot ball tackle and
holder Of collegiate title of junior ma.
of the United States, will enter the
professional ring, having signed with
Jimmy Bronson, New York, who is
associated with Gene Tunney.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
TANKS WIN ANOTHER.

CAMP MEADE. Nd, December 8
@. - The Tanks Of Camp Meade
brought their foot ball season to an
end yesterday by scoring their fifth
straight victory. The last victim was
Langley Field. which lost by a fail
ure to kick goal after touchdown,
Z to 6.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
G0PHERs ELECT GIBSON.

MINNEAPOLIS, December 8 CR.-
Herb Joesting's successor as captain
Of the University Of Minnesota foot
ball team will be lineman-George
Gibson, guard for the last two years.
He was chosen at the annual "M"
banquet.
Evening star., 1927-12-08
10 SEEK TURF STAKE.

SAN DIEGO, Calf, December
R).-Breaking all records for the
event, 110 nominations have been
made for the Coffroth Handicap, turf
classic Of the Pacific Coast. The race
of mile and a quarter will be run
at Tijuana March 18, 1928, and will
carry an added money value Of $85, 900.