Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-19

N yOI untll oFnClaI government
N sentiment with respect 10 the
Arny-Navy break has crystal
4 li2ed into definite decision for
or against mandatory action
may il be said With assurance that
teams OF Annapolis and West Point will
not meet at Franklin Field III Phlla-
6elphia next November.
Just at present various ConereSSmen
are taking pot shots at the situation.
When the Sniping is over the issue is
almost certain to be taken seriously in
hand
Until 1t is settled one way or the
other. Princeton could hardly be en-
pected 10 sign with the Navy for a
game that may have to be withdrawn
AS the writer apprehenoS the situa-
ton, this is all that stands in the
way Of meeting between the Tigers
ana the MldShipmen at Franklin Field
on the date reserved for the service
game II the inlpaSSc between the two
academies IS not removed. il may be-
Set down as a moral certainty that
Princeton ard the Navy elevens will
meet
II would be just as we'll if the
American crew which is selected TO
represent the United States in the
elght-oar rowing events at the Olvm-
pic games il Amsterdam do its final
practice in this country on the Rari-
tan Canal al Princeton, or some other
extremely narrow waterway. for the
aquatic features Of the olympiad will
be held on canal just wide enough
To- two crews rowing abreast
Right through the heart of Amster-
dam runs the AmStel River. which is
D,,t -
has coDvolutionS no more numerous or
sharp than the Schuylkill. the Charles
ana the Housatonic. the Dutch have
o"cloco that an absolute straightaway
essential. This canal is miles
out Of the city. running through the
most open sort of open spaces.
While on the subject of rowing it
nigh: be said that Russell Callow late
successful coach at the University of
washington Is so popular in Seattle
that there was nothing but satisfaction
ooth at the university and in the city
over his good fortune in receiving the
oreT which caused him TO sign with the
university OF Pennsylvania No rowing
coacn-and. as a matter of fact. no
loot ball coach-eVer signed a college
contract enbodyinc terms SO fatterine
Ii might pay Eastern and Middle
$4,000 year for FIVE wears. the ex-
penSes OF the Callow family will be de.
1rayed 10 and from Seattle on two trims
Q year. and in addition Callow will be
financed IN starting a Summer camp IN
New England which he has projected.
~ was this inducement in the contract
when Is said finally to have caused
Callow 20 sign IT,
IL might pay Eastern and middle
Western basket ball mentors 10 run out
70 BozeMan. Mont. and observe the Of
iensiVe methods employed by the Mon
tana- State quintet. which is said to be
tne last word III dazzling speed and
scoring effectiveness Thompson. one of
the Montana forwards. seems to b.
quite IN Benny Oosierbaan's class as ?
DaSEet shooter. In recent game.
thompson scored total Of IL field
goals. The opponent was Washington
state, and at one juncture this bali Of
IRE tossed three baskets within 90
seconds a feat so signal could be
CITED no doubt as national record for
game Between big teams.
Ken Rouse. the University Of Chicago
captain and center. cited as the West
eTn Conference player who as a man
ana an athlete performed the greatest
service 10 Western Conference foot bali.
had one exploit 10 his credit in the
course OF the late season which places
MIN N an all-American class by him
EeE Ken did not once throughout the
ran look at a sporting page. He
thought that II he did, 1t might hancj-
cap him in leading the eleven. II there
was any art Of self-restraint in the foot
ball season Of 1927 which bears a,1v
comparison with this. the writer would
be interested 70 hear Of Il.
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