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

The Washington Printers first sub
dued the Indianapolis team, Q to 0.
then brushed aside the Pittsburgh
aggregation. 8 to 8. Meeting st. Louis
In the final on August %, Washing
ton won. ID to 2. The veteran Heinie
Wood pitched to victory over Pitts
burgh, but it was mainly the fine
hurting of Norman Hutchinson that
brought the Washington team its
triumph. 1t was Hutchinson Who
bafiied the indianapolis outfit and J
easily vanquished St. Louis.
Club CUNTS Are Active.
Basketers and track athletes drawn
from club ranks were exceptionaNx
active during the Winter. SeveT&h
basket ball leagues were in operation,
while there were numerous teams in
all weight divisions free-lancing. AL
though title claimants were many
several of the teams by their fine ef-
forts appeared to be entitled to rank
ing well above the other~.
In the unlimited basket ball dfvi-
sion. top honors probably were earned
by the Anacostia Eagles, a team com
posed mainly of former Eastern High
School stellar court players. The
Eagles waded through formidable op-
position to a challenge series with the
Aloysius Big Five. an organization of
veterans. In this the Anacostia boys
won the first game and the Streeters
the second. Meeting in the decisive
clash on April 4, the Anacostia
Eagles triumphed. % to IT.
Main players of the Eagle squad
were Ralph Bonnie. June Radice.
Emory Nader, Lee Cardwell. George
Madigan. Morris Clarke and Bert
Thompson.
Calvary Methodists put out
sturdy team that won the title in
the Sunday School League. Fast
playing leagues also went through
good seasons at the Terminal r. r.
Y. NJ. G. A. and in the Post Office
Department.
Epiphany Juniors, generally re-
garded as the best of the 145-pound
teams of the city, entered the South
Atlantic championship tournament ia
Baltimore in March and vanquished
the DeMolays, another Washington
team, Is to II, in their class final.
A dozen other District quints in the
tourney failed to reach finals.
An oddity of the season was the
big score rolled up by the Boys Club
Flashes, who defeated the Fort Myer
Boy Scouts, 1876 to 6.
AlOysius Club Prominent.
Aloysius Club played the most
prominent part in track athletics.
although Washington Canoe Club
scored in meets. The Aloyslans
staged a 10-mile modified marathon
here February %. in which a Balti-
morean triumphed. but local runners
were well up in the order of finish.
Bill Schaub, an Alloy, ran third In
Emorywood Athletic Clubs 10-mile
run in Baltimore on January /. In
the South Atlantic 10-miIe race in
Baltimore in February, Aloysius men
finished second and third
Washington Canoe Club had a re-
lay team in the Johns Hopkins games
at Baltimore in February that tri-
umphed over four from Baltimore
Athletic Club.
Foot ball titles were not decided
until last month, when the field in
the running for the unlimited class
championship had narrowed to three
elevens--Mohawks, Waverlys and
Apaches. The Mohawks disposed of
the Apaches after a hard fight and
later met the Waverlys, with whom
they had divided wins in two games.
Playing on a Snow-covered field in
Clark Griffith Stadium, on December
10, there was TO scoring until The
idSL perlO0 OF the MohaWk-WaV erlf
fray. AT the outset of the fourth
period the Mohawks found them
selves within fair scoring distance,
however, and hustled into the game
Shorty O'Connell, who for some time
had been on the beach nursing in
juries.
O'Connell negotiated a field goal
from the 25-yard line and a short time
later Abbatichio broke through to q
touchdown that gave Mohawks q g.
too victory and the championship
for the third successive year. The
champions were coached by DeGassis,
q former Georgetown gridiron star,
who also played brilliantly for the
Southeast club. ~.
Championships also were settled In
the 150-pound class that operated as
the Capital City Foot Ball League
and in the 125-pound class. The
Wintons, for several seasons strong
on the gridiron, were the 150-pound
winners, while the lighter class
laurels went to Friendship Athletic
Clubs eleven.