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and Hyattsville High. close deci-
sion was lost by Coach LoWrey's hope
fulS to Strayer's. that has proved
Tartar to many Of the best scholastic
fives of the section this campaign.
After slow start Coach Dan
Ahearn's Western High toSsers un-
corked u flashing attack yesterday to
overcome a l0-to-0 advantage gained
by StraNer's and achieve "a lead that,
was never relinquished. At the end
Of regulation time the Georgetown
schoolboYS had amaSsed IS points to
Strayers' 20. Western looked mighty
impressive and convinced some OH
servers that it has an edge on Cen
trail, that with Ahearu's combination
is looked upon generally as having the
best chance for the public high
crown.
Eastern and Emerson. both of which
suffered defeats Yesterday, were 10
meet this afternoon in the LINCOLN
Parkers. gym at $3.50 o'clock. A.
practice brush between st. Johns and
Dewitt tOssers on the Saints floor
also was carded for this afternoon.
Coach Charley Gnyon when his
Eastern tossers dropped II 44-to-I6
contest 10 Gonzaga Yesterday again
used many players. Adherents of the
Lincoln Park team refuses to attach
much significance 10 the size OF the
score. pointing out that Guyon is not
particular whether he wins pre-series
games. They are confident that when
the mentor gets through juggling his
players he will have a sturdy quint.
Business High i'm its last game be-
fore the titular series dropped Il hot
battle to st, Mary's Celtics. - To %,
last night in Alexandria
/ AT meeting last night this exec
utiNe committee for the &C" Club Of
Central High School was named:
Sylvan King, Robert Newly, Eugene
Casey. Allen MinniX. Robert Acorn.
Alfred Stern. Sam Solomon, Edward
Jones and James Springman. These
committee chairmen were appointed:
Eugene Casey. foot ball; James
Springman. base ball; Alfred stern.
track: Sam solomon, basket ball:
Hubert King. swimming: Larry Phil
hips. tennis: Edward Duffy, publicity.
and Edward Jones. &C" Club funds.
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from the Bureau of Fisheries arrived.
loaded with special containers Soon
all hands were busy putting on hip
boots and WadinC out into the cold
waters of the lower Potomac to bring
IN the bass to be transpla nted in the
Basin. AS each container received it's
quota it was placed on the truck.
There were big fish and little fish in
the cans, but the smallest was not un-
der pound and half, and the larg-
est weighed in the neighborhood of
BIZ or 4 pounds,
If the money to purchase the bal.
ance or the bass can be obtained the
project OF having one of the best if
not the best, municipal fishing pond in
the United States will be well adj
vanced. More than 1000 fish have
already been planted. all adult, some
! of them before their spawning season
last Spring. Of course, when the
Spring fishing starts in with a great
number OF anglers getting their bag
limit day after day, it will be neces-
| sary to plant additional bass TO take
the place of those captured To pro
vide for this it has been suggested
| that a small fee for the privilege OF
! fishing be charged--25 or 30 cents a
! day. The revenue thus derived will
be used for the sole purpose of pur-
| chasing additional bass.
This column would like to hear from
| those who are interested in this propo-
sition of q fee system for the Tidal
! Basin. Those of us who have been
| working on the project for several
| years would like to get the concensus
of opinion as to whether or not fee
should be charged. If no fee is
| charged. then it will put an addi-
| tional burden on the Bureau of Fish
| cries to see that the place is kept
| stocked, and it is not an easy matter
| to get adult bass for the purpose OF
| propa CATION and stocking u pond or
| stream as il may seem to some.
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YANKEES, ON COURT AGAIN,
WILL TACKLE ARMY FIVE

son tonight in game with the Alex
andria Pirates at Alexandria.
Independent Juniors will play the
Pontiacs tonight. o'clock, in the
tangle with the DE Molays- at 8
o'clock.
Holy Trinity Midgets trounced the
Ottawa tossers. Is to 6.
Yosemite flO0rmen seek a game for
tomorrow night in the Congress
Heights gym. Call Main 1924 during
the day.
Petworth Tremonts are seeking
court games, with Manager Clango
booking contests at Columbia 92l4-W.
jolly Antlers team members will
meet tomorrow night at the home Of
Manager Di Bella, 322 Third street
northeast, at 1870 O'Clock.
Mohawk Prep basketers are after
game for Saturday night with a
Junior quint for the Eastern High
gymnasium. Write Manager Quinn
Mcpherson at SIS Eleventh street
southeast. The Props are hopeful of
making a showing on the court COM
parable to their fine work on the grid
iron during the past season when
they captured the 115.pound city title.
sherwood A. &. basketers are seek
ing games with senior quints. Call
I Manager Jack kimball at Atlantic
425
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HIGH SCHOOL FLOOR
DATES ANNOUNCED


Official dates. for the 1927 public
high school basket bah championship
series was announced today Each
team will play the other twice. Tech
will meet Business III the first game.
of the double-headel that Will open
the schedule tomorrow afternoon at
the Arcadia Auditorium. starting at
%:15 o'clock. Western and Central
will clash immediately after this con
test.
Remainder of the schedule. which
includes dual sketches each Tuesday
and Friday afternoons until February
8 follows:
January IL. Eastern vs. Business.
Tech. VS.. Central; ~, Eastern We.
Western, Business vs.. Central: I8.
Tech VS.. Western, Central vs.. East.
ern; FL. Western W. Business. Tech
vs.. Eastern: %. Tech VS.. Business,
Wetern vs.. Central: %. Eastern VS..
Business. Tech vs.. Central.
February 1; Eastern VS.. Western,
Business vs.. Central; 4. Tech vs..
Western. Central Us. Eastern: &, West
ern VS.. Business. Tech VS.. Eastern.
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~ ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY and
4 American University. which
have been making brilliant
~ records in basket ball this
season. today practically com
pleted arrangements for two basket
ball games. one to be played January
"A. at Catholic University. the other
at American University. either Febru-
AIRY y or -.
Negotia tionS have been under way
for two weeks for the two contests.
as it was realized that meetings be
tween the two schools. especially with
American University having quint
that has not yet met defeat. should be
very attractive.
Last night both G.. L. and Ameri
can t.. scored victories. The former
took the measure Of Gallaudct, not
withstanding IT went into The game
with no practice since the holidays.
and the latter beat High Point COT
legc of North Carolina without diff
Guilty. The score Of The former con
test was ~ to - and the latter 81
To =.
Gallaudet rallied in the second half
and made a game effort To overcome
the big lead held ny Catholic t. hut
could not reach its goal against the
experience and cleVerncSs Of the squad
coached by Fred Rice.
American University got away to a
good lead and gradually Increased its
margin against High Point. which is
practically a newcomer in athletics,
although it had the reputation Of
possessing a good basket ball team.
no doubt the first game between
Catholic L. and American University
will attract big crowd To the e. L..
NY ma SIl1 Tn nh a In {,
ket ball as Is likely to be seen in any
of the contests here this year may be
shown. On both teams are good play
erS. though on the American L. five
the men are not nearly so experienced
as are the Brooklanders.
Incidentally. American University
deserves good deal of credit for the
team it has. In the first place. the
team is not q collected bunch Of trans
fers from other colleges. but the
whole squad is made up almost en-
tirely of boys from the local high
schools. -Four of the five regulars
are former Washington high school
men. Perhaps the best of the men on
the team is Banta. who was a star at
Central. Bert Coggins. coach Of Cen
trails basket ball squads, says that
Banta is the best basket ball player
that ever came out of the high
schools in Washington, and the rec
ord he is making against college
teams pretty we'll bears out the stat
ment. The team. as Il whole. IS
young. and when il takes the foo
has more of an appearance Of furry
good high school comn:ua sion than
il does a winning college quin: But
there is a lot OF fine spirit, Il good
fighting determine ton, Intelligence
and ability to shoot and consid rable
knowledge of the game
George Washington gets into action
again tonight for the first time since
the holidays, meeting High Point
College. The HatchetiteS ought To
win. if they so into the contest feel
ing theX have to put forth real effort
10 TO SO. The High Pointers. though,
arF~ s6keiy' 10 llalt up much better
game tonight. as they Will be Stung
TO even greater endeayor by their
defeat of last night.
George Washington team will line
up with Iiaun at center. Bland and
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BRITONS RESENT FLOW
OF PLAYERS TO AMERICA

GLASGOW, Scotland January 6
P)-A serious view is taken in Brit
ish Foot Ball League circles of their
players going to America, John Nc
Kenna, president of the league. says.
I'VE cannot allow players to go
abroad and then, having become dis
gruntled at their treatment over there.
return and expect tie fatted calf to
be killed. There is no difficulty with
player who has played straight with
his club, but we must look after our
clubs interests. and this chase to
America cannot be accomplished with
out our taking note Of the case when
the player returns"
In ireland the feeling on the mat
ter is reported to be even stronger.
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BOOTERS CLASH TODAY
IN SEMl-FINAL MATCH

Lenox School hooters, champions
of the Virginia Avenue Playground
and of the Southeast and Southwest
sections, were to engage Peabody
School kickers this afternoon to
determine which shall encounter
Park View, Western title holder, for
the city municipal Fairgrounds ele-
mentary school soccer crown, in a
three game series
Park View defeated L.angdon,
4 to 0, yesterday to gain Western
honors. Both Park View and the
Eastern champion will receive cups
offered by the Walford Sporting
Goods Co.
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Reorganized and ready for a strenu-
Gus court season. the Yankees VIII
open their schedule Sunday at the
Gonzaga gym, meeting Fort Hum
phreys' Doughboys at $3.50 O'Clock.
Although the lineup of the strong
team of other years is different this
year. nothing of the skill of the old
time Yankees has been lost, judged by
the men who make up the team.
Nate Sauber alone of the old Yankee
team remains, but around him are
gathered Mickey Macdonald, Central
Highs star player Of last year, and
Joe Sweeney and the Mitchell broth
ers, formerly of the Stantons.
A preliminary game to the Yankee
Fort Humphreys clash will find the
Park View and Collegiate teams of the
Washington senior loop clashing.
AnacOstia Eagles, in their second
trip away from Washington within a
week. will meet the Virginia A. c.
basketers of Alexandria tonight in
the Alexandria Armory. Eagles were
trimmed by the Frederick. Md, five at
Frederick few days ago. They will
play GL. sNlcptlSH ; SuHudN AFTERNOON
at the Congress Heights Auditorium.
Arrows and Calvarys won games at
Washington Barracks in the senior
loop. Arrows trouncing Columbia
A. G., so TO 10, and Calvarys winning
% 10 Is game from the Auths.
Epiphany Roses trimmed ST. Ste.
phens at American University gym.
nasium, Roses winning. - to is.
Glover \. {. jOurneyed TO Fort
Washington TO drop game 10 the
Army tossers Of the post. SO TO 81.
Potomac Boat Club quint heat the
Parkway Motor Co. five, 43 20 u, with
Rosinski leading the attack.
Peerless Juniors overwhelmed the
Meigs Juniors, 40 TO l6.
Calvary Reserves n0sed out the
Chevy Chase Centrals in Central High
gym, 20 to is.
HamIines and COlonys, TWO midget
teams, fought a 60-to-60 tie on the
Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church
gym.
RIacl6haWk Midgets of Georgetown
will meet the Mount ST. Joseph s
High School five in Baltimore Sat
urday,
Boys Club Celtics added to theil
winning streak. trouncing the Nativ
ity quint, &c to 10.
Kanawhas virtually clinched the
title in the Jewish Community Center
league by" heating the Y. NJ. III. a
Ave. 3S TO Is. KanaWha Juniors de
feated the Locusts in a preliminary
rs to II.
Sam0set Props will ppen.4heirsea
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TECH SENDING GREEN FIVE
INTO SCHOOL TITLE Tits
Only One Veteran With Light Team That Will Start
Against Business Tomorrow in Championship
Series-Western Squad Improves.

Z" ECH five basket ball team that
encounters Business in the
first tilt of the double header
Il opening the public high school
title series tomorrow after
noon at the Arcadia. is laboring under
just about the same handicaps as did
the Manual Trainers foot ball eleven
OF last FAN in that it is .woefully shy
of seasoned material and is exceed
ingly light.
There is one quality. though. that
Coach ]. }. Lowrey's proteges pos
sess that is characteristic of Tech
athletic combinations. They have an
abundance Of fighting spirit, and it
may be that this will carry them
farther in the series than expected.
Capt. Auggie Terneak, Il stalwart
guard, is the lone member of last
Winters court team at hand. He, IS
almost sure to start tomorrow with
Edwin Barney Smith. last season
with Coach Melvin I'yfe's Boys Club
Flashes. at the other back-COurt post.
Although OF stocky build. Smith is
one of the smallest tossers ever to
gain berth on a local high school
quint. He is. however. q fast and
clever tOsser. especially proficient at
handling the leather and has Il keen
eye for the basket.
Buck Gaslins. another product of
the Boys Club Flashes, probably will
be at center for the first tap-off.
Henry -W.eigel, still another Boys
Club Flashes player. likely will be
at one of the forward stations. Tie
is a graceful and aggressive youth.
whose chief handicap is lack of
weight. Like Smith. though he is
speedy, an adept ball-handler and can
cage wei. Louis (Bozyl Berger, a
promising player will, in all likeli-
hood start at the other forward.
Bud Kopp and Danny Galotta,
guards, and Willie I.eyking and
Eugene Heiss. forwards, are other
members Of the Tech squad that may
break into the lineup.
In its last game prior to the series
the Manual Trainers yesterday
squeezed out an lS-to-15 victory over
the older and heavier Emerson 1nsti-
tute team in overtime. Tt was Emer-
sons first game of the season. Tech
also this season has scored, among
others. over Woodward School tossers
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ROD AND STREAM
by PERRY MILLER

TIME District Commissioners
have received from United
States Commissioner OMalley
l. of the Bureau of Fisheries a
letter sent him by the 1zaah
Walton Chapter of the Potomac
Anglers Association, requesting a
longer closed season for bass in the
District of Columbia and also prohibit
ing their sale here during that period
In his letter of transmittal Commits
sioner OMalley said the. recoplmenda-
ton of the Izaak Walton League had
his hearty Endorsement, and asked the
Commissioners TO recommend to Con
gress that the District Code relating
quirements requested. 80.
The leagues letter asks that the
closed season for bass. large and small
mouth. be from January TO May 80.
instead of from April to May 80. the
present law. 1t also asks the code be
changed TO prohibit the sale. barter
or offer TO sell or buy any. bass during
the closed season in the District
The proposed change has been APP.
proved by the District Commissioners.
The past week was productive in
planting bass in the Tidal Basin.
Several hundred bass were planted by
the Bureau of Fisheries
The writer made the trip down the
river to see just how those fish We're
handled Clothed with authority from
the Bureau of Fisheries to catch the
bass, Capt. Davis and his crew of
men have been working overtime. to
locate the bass and succeeded so we'll
that at present they have a good many
more than was ordered by the bureau.
1t is hoped that way will be found
to purchase all the bass Capt. Davis
has. either through the Bureau Of
Fisheries or by a personal gift from
some public-spirited angler OF anglers.
Shortly after our party reached the
place where these fish We're a truck
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Tbe Gbenil1g Star
BOYS CLUB

cause it is coming at greater speed.
The short pass need not be
thrown with such force. 1t doesn't
have far to so. 1t is therefore accu-
rate and the receiver has d fine
chance to handle 1t clearly.
The short pass may be gotten off
quickly without the passer getting
set to make a long, hard throw as
in the long passing game.
So in the short passing game the
passer doesn't delay and give the
opponent a better chance TO rush in
and intercept.
On the, long throw. however, he
must take more time to get the pass
off. And every fraction Of second
he delays winding up an oppo-
nent, or opponents. can rush in and
be in IA position to intercept.
am heartily in favor of a short,
snappy passing game and recommend
it to you boys.
Next--New Year Athletic Records.
.tcopyrighL 1920
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CATHOLIC L. BASKETERS :"
WILL PLAY AMERICAN L.
First of Two Contests to Be Staged at Brookand on
January l4-Both Score Victories by Good
Margins i'm Games Last Night.

Carey. forwards aud Wallace And
Levin. guards one game NNs
played hy George Washington bsiul&
the holidays that resulting in 81 -
tory over Delaware University ~
to -. The game will u" played iu
the George Washington =ymuH~l'lrt
at $50 pm.
Gallaudet. while il lost to Crttc'..
University deserves c"uSider.td
credit for its showing No person
familiar with the strength of tb'
Brookland eleven had any though
that the Kendall GreencrS would cunI,.
90 near To the score of tire winners
The game Indicates that Gtllaudct
has a much better team than WA
expected. and Coach Hughes is 10 Is.
congratulated ON what ne has arr
comVliShrd 81 far
Navy won from Pennsylvania yes-
ter,lay 1T Annapolis by virtue HUt
tactics which are likely To win mos,
of its contests thcre-that of uSif.-
one team during - part OF the :lrSi
half end the early part ui the SO
old and then winding ~ each htii
with the strongest offensive combine
ton. The Navy floor * Of ~uch".r
natuve-concrete. covered with "''I''-
puSition-that ii Is Impossible Ton a'AV'
one team 10 - through a whole gan.
without their legs becomin-; dead ~
ward the end of the second half
ESpe cially Is this true if The teanI
is the visiting team and not used1tt
playing ON that Kind Of uUOl
Nays score over PENNSYLVANIA was
- 10 L. notwithstanding that many
thought Penn should lie favorvd
Navy always has been Il hard team t.
beat on amy floor, and especially al
home. In all justice to the Naty
though, it never has desired The. 81
vantage it has on its own floor. aI'i'.
has sought and been refused several
times permission to hay a board floor
on which to stage its basket 6al;
games.
s-G~
Robert CabelI has been elected cpi,-
tain Of the University 4 Virginia mas.
ket ball team 10 replace Watt TYltfs
who did not return to school last FALL,
Cabell played forward the last two
seasons. but this year Is holding
down a position at guard Cabe.l also
is base ball player. havin. held
down a berth at second base tor two
years.
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INDOOR TRACK CAMPAIGN
SOON WILL CETUNDER WAY

Knights of Columbus in BROOKLYN this
Saturday, and fire the gun Tor the
start OF the 2-mile race
OF rhe honebred track stars the
New York Athletic Club has corralled
another formidable array in it's bid
for team honorS. To reinforce such
veterans as George Marsters ana
Johnny Holden, former Georgetown
runners. the Mercury foot organi-
cation has obtained Paul Herlihy.
Georgetown quarter-miler and Alar
Granting. Colgate half-mi!er. Loeb
nicht. fast Buffalo Quarter-niler also
may join metropolitan ranks
Roland Locke, crack Nebraska
sprinter and world record holder. for
the 220-yard dash. declined invitations
to come here III preference 10 finishing
his college course. Hank Russell. Cor
nell star and 1926 champion of the
Intercollegiate A. \. \. A, is making
his headquarters at Philadelphia.
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.KUTSCH TO HAVE TALK
WITH IOWA U. OFFICIALS

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, January 6 CAp).
Mick Cowboy Kutsch. Iowa Uni
versity foot ball star, whose con-
tinued absence from school has led
20 reports that he has been invited
not TO return, will go to Iowa City
for talk with university officials.
lie said he had received a letter
from an official Of the university, but
stated ii was an invitation to go to
Iowa City for talk, rather than an
invitation to remain away from
school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-06

By the Associated Press
n YEW YORK January with
the approach of the indoor
VI track and field season, New
York is fast becoming the
mecca for athletic stars from
various parts of this and other coun-
tries.
The foreign talent is represented
chiefly ny Edwin Wide. the slim Swed-
ish schoolmdSter. who has established
training quarters at the Newark Ath-
letic Club and plans to take a shot at
some of Paavo Nurmi's indoor marks
by February.
Wide already has started training
He had his first workout last night
in the Elizabeth, y. J.. arnlory. He
has accepted an invitation from Muir
ray Hubert, president of the Anna
teur Athletic Union. to see the sea-
sons opening meet. held by the
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HUDKlNS DUE TO FIGHT
DUNDEE-ROBERTS VICTOR

NEW YORK. January (P):-Ace
Hudkins, the Nebraska wildcat. -
who has shifted his fighting activ-
tiles from the lightweight TO the well
terweight division. has been offered
a match with the winner of the
return tile between Toe Dhndee Of
Baltimore and Eddie Roberts of
Tacoma. Wash. at Madison Square
Garden January IA.
LINCOLN. Nebr.. January LP).
Clyde Iludkins. brother manager
OF Ace IIudkins. the Nebraska wild
cat" said they probably would ac-
cept the offer for a fight with the
wilmer. of the Joe Dundee Eddie
Roberts bout in New York Janu-
airy T.
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THREE NOTED 0UARTETS
MAY MEET IN ONE RACE

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January Ga
three -cOrnered one-mile relay race
bringing together crack runners OF
the Illinois A. G.. Chicago A. \.
and Boston a. A.. is in prospect as
a feature of the Millrpse track and
field carnival at Madison Square
Garden February ..
The Illinois quartet. which holds
the national championship. and the
Boston team. inrludinc Waiter
MulvillilI. former Holy Cross star,
already have accepted invitations.
So far 26 college and club relay
teams have entered the MillrOse
carnival.
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0LYMPICS OF 1928 ;.
.
TO RUN TWO WEEKS.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press .i..
MEM YORK. January The
dates for the 1928 Olympic games at
Amsterdam. Holland. have been def
nitelE fixed for a period OF t%o
weeks. July IS To August l.. inclgs
size. . -
This announcement was made fr~
Frederick w. Ruben. SecletaiN54
treasurer of the American Olympt'
committee. after cabled advices had
been received from the international
Olympic committee by Gen. hatk.
II. Sheriff., American member ~
that body.
dav All All. VIII Ii,e5 = oscupied by IL
customary Ceremonies, preceding The
actual start of competition in track
and field sports on sunday. july ID.
After a week OF track conpetitie
the rowing. swimming. tennis and
other, major features. of the program
Will he conducted simultaneously