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Evening star., 1928-12-31

THAT Skinker Bros Eagles, who
last season as the AnacoStia
Eagles ruled supreme in the
Il independent unlimited basket
ball field here, are headed for
another championship appears prob
able. Thus far the Birds have been
polishing off opponents in workman
like style and it is becoming increas-
ingly apparent that the District team
that trims them will have no easy task.
Yesterday the Eagles scored over the
sturdy Hoffman Clothiers of Alexandria,
"a to 27 The visitors started strongly
and we're ahead at the quarter, 8 to 3.
The Birds gained the lead shortly there
after, however, and were in front at
the half. 81 to II, and led by Ralph
Bennie, gradually widened their margin
as the game progressed. Brenner and
Cronin played we'll for Hoffmans.
Washington Grays will be met We'd
nesday night by the Eagles in the first
regular Wednesday night attraction in
the Congress Heights Auditorium. New
ark Pleasure Club of Baltimore will be
entertained in the auditorium next
Sunday.
Led by Smith, who scored % points.
Potomac Boat Club basketers journeyed
to Fort Washington and downed the
post team there, Al to 80.
Tivoli Whirlwinds squeezed out 38-
35 triumph over st. Martins tossers in
an eXtra-period match in the latter'S
gym last night. The score was 34-all
at the end of regulation time.
Peerless basketers succumbed to Jew
Evening star., 1928-12-31
CUNTS IN BIC TEN
|. TO SEE REAL ACTION
IS Games Carded This Week,
With Title Series to
Open Saturday.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 31.-The Big
Ten basket ball season jumps from its
holiday lull into furious action this
week with card of Is games, capped
by the start of the championship cam
paign on Saturday night.
Every team gets into action at least
once, and all but Indiana and Chicago
begin their quest for the Conference
title. 1t is the busiest schedule of the
entire season.
Marshalling in the championship
campaign Saturday night, Wisconsin in
vades Minnesota, Chic State clashes
with Iowa at Iowa City, Northwestern
invades Michigan and Illinois tackles
Purdue, co-champion with Indiana last
season, at Lafayette.
The preliminary campaign of the
week brings competition from Penn
State, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, Mis-
souri,, Butler and other strong conbi-
nations.
washington University of ST. Louis,
which stunned the Big Ten by upset.
ting Indiana three weeks ago, invades
Illinois and Penn State invades North
western to start the weeks heavy card
tonight. Northwestern, Illinois and
Wisconsin, which tackles Carleton Col
lege in its preliminary season finale
Tuesday night, are the only remaining
undefeated teams in the Conference
thus far.
Indiana will attempt to hand Pitts
burgh another defeat tomorrow night
at Pittsburgh, while North Carolina
tackles Ohio State at Columbus Wed
nesday Penn State meets Michigan
tomorrow night to close its unsuccessful
Big Ten invasion.
Missouri, always dangerous team
tests Indiana at Bloomington Friday
! night Other games on the schedule
this week are De Pauw at Purdue, Tues
day; Beloit at Chicago and Cornell
College of Iowa at Michigan, Wednes-
day, and Butler at Chicago, Saturday.
Evening star., 1928-12-31
HINKEL STILL is KING
! OF YANKEE WALKERS

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 31.-Harry
Einkel still is Americas outstanding
walker.
The husky New York A. C.. star won
the National A. A. u. seven-mile walk
ing championship for the third success
EiVe time at Macombs Dam Park yes
terday, leading Mack Weiss of the
Newark A. c. by nearly three-quarters
of a length at the finish. Hinkel's time
was 54 minutes Is AS seconds. Will
liam Carlson of the Finnish-American
"A. c. was third.
The 15-mile national running cham
pionship, staged at Forest Park, went
to Frank Titterton of the Millrose A. A.,
with Arthur Gavrin, New York Uni
Versity. second, and Willie Kyronen,
Finnish American A. c., third. litter
ton. who also holds the national 10
mile championship, ran the Is miles in
] hour 81 minutes 442-5 seconds.
Evening star., 1928-12-31
HOFFMAN BASkETERS
LIST STRONG TEAMS

ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 81
Hoffman Clothiers' basket ball team will
be busy this month.
Y. M c. A. will be played at Wash
ington on Thursday night, followed by
a game here Saturday night in the
Armory Hall with Company F Regulars
of Hyattsville, Md.
Skinker Bros Eagles of Washington
will appear here on January 10, the
Jewish Community Center of Wash
ington January 16 and the Knights of
Columbus of Cumberland, Md, jan
uary 26.
Clothiers also have the armory for
games on January 16 and 80 and will
endeavor to schedule Washington
teams.
Ajax A. c. has organized and is anx-
ious to card games with junior class
teams. Phone Manager Bobby Vogt at
Alexandria 1893 between 5 and 6 pm.
Hoffman Buddics have the Armory
Hall for game Saturday night at 1880
and would like to book contest. Phone
Murphy Baggett at Alexandria 1855.
A 220-yard board track at Episcopal
High School has been completed.
Evening star., 1928-12-31
CENTRAL PREPARES
TO FACE WESTERN
Will Play Two Games Prior
to Figuring in Series
Clash Friday.

Central High basketers will engage
the Blue and White Alumni in their
annual game tomorrow afternoon in
the Columbia Heights School gymnasi-
UNI at 2:30 o'clock. Last seasons game
between Central and it's alumni proved
a corker, the latter finally triumphing,
30 to 20.
Players from which the alumni COM
bination will be selected include such
stars as Mickey Mcdonald, Bill Banta,
Bill Howard, Pete Nee, Harrison Dey
Dick Newly, Don Childress, Arthur
Dezendorf and Whitley Scruggs.
Wednesday afternoon will find Cen
game when the Blue and White en-
tertains the Freshmen quint of High
Point, N. c.. College in the Central
gym at $3.50 o'clock.
1t is the game with Western, how
ever, to be played Friday, one of the
opening matches of the public high
school basket ball championship series,
in which Central is most interested.
Eastern will clash with Tech in the
other game of the double-header that
will mark the series start
Just where the series games will be
played is undetermined. It is not at
all certain the spacious gym in the
new Tech High School, which was
planned as site for the series, will
be ready, as baskets and other equip
ment have not yet arrived.
Business will engage ST. Johns tossers
Friday night at $3.50 o'clock in the
Saints gym and, Hyattsville will en-
tertain the Oakton High quint of Fair
fax County, Va, Friday afternoon, at
HyattSyille, in other scholastic court
games during the week.
Should the Prep School Basket Ball
League, which opens January 16 and
which will include the Gonzaga, Dewitt
and st. Johns teams, prove a sue
cess, it will, it is hoped by its sponsors,
result in the formation of base ball and
foot ball circuits in the prep school
group, including representatives of most
If not ali of these institutions.
Orrei Mitchell, an active figure in
athletic circles here, has led the move
ment to get prep school athletics or
ganlZed. One of the main objects is to
have the prep school champions in
each part meet the public titleholder
SO that city scholastic laurels may be
determined in clear-cut style.
A cup has been offered by the Wash
lngton Post to the winner of the Prep
School Basket Ball League.
Evening star., 1928-12-31
GRID DUEL IS SEEN
IN CHARITY CLASH
Beavers and Howell, Great
FuIIbacks, to Battle in
Game at Dallas.
BY the Associated Press.

bS bHe ASSOCldLtQ EleoS,
DALLAS, Tex, December 31.-A bat
tie of fullbacks, when the Southwest
Conference all-stars and Blk Six all
stars meet here tomorrow in their Scot
tiSh Rite benefit contest, was forecast
today.
Although both elevens are made up
of the pick of the senior stars of their
respective sections, interest will be CEN
tered on the play of Garland "Bevo"
Beavers, big Arkansas University full
back, and Blue" Howell Nebraska Uni
versity line Smasher, who gained all
America mention.
Both were outstanding men in their
conferences. Beavers, who tied with
Redman Hume of Southern Methodist
University for high-scoring honors dur
ing the 1928 season, each with SO points,
was an almost unanimous choice for
al1-Southwest honorS, and was selected
by sports writer's of the State as the
most valuable player. The Razorback,
a triple-threat player. is expected to
lead the Southwest offensive.
Stars in Coast Game.
Howell's superb play with the East
All-Stars in Saturdays classic at San
Francisco has impressed fans, who also
recall he was the Big Six Conference
leading scorer in 1928 The big Husker
ace scored two touchdownS against the
Western stars and was leading figure
in his teams 20-to-0 triumph. He was
expected to arrive here late today by
airplane from Ell Paso, having made an
air trip from the coast in order to line
up with the Big Sixers.
Beavers was injured in Saturdays
game at Fort Worth, where the South
west All-Stars downed a picked team
of minor conference players, IA to 6,
but Coaches Clyde Littlefield and Matty
Bell said he would be In shape by to-
morrow.
Both squads will take their final
workouts today. Coaches Ernest Bearg
and Bo McMillin of the Big Six camp
reported every man in good condition.
The young giants from the Missouri
valley have had almost week of hard
practice and shape up like a unit that
had played together for months. They
are expected to spring a deceptive at
tack.
Members of both camps are taking
the encounter seriously and the sec
tional slant has been developed to a
remarkable degree. It is the first real
test of strength between the two con-
ferences and the players feel obligated
to make good for their sections. Visi-
tors to the Big Six workouts, in par
ticular have noticed a tenseness and
determination ordinarily missing in all
star contests.
Evening star., 1928-12-31
GAME WILL BE RADIOED
BY THREE ANNOUNCERS

NEW YORK, December 81 R.-
Three radio ann0uncerS are to cover
the California Georgia Tech foot
ball game for the audience of the
National BrOadcasting Co.'s system
tomorrow.
Graham McNamee of New York
already is on the Pacific Coast. The
other announcers will be Carl Hav-
erlin of KFI, Los Angeles, and Bill
Nunday of WSB, Atlanta, Ga.
More than 35 stations are expected
TO join in the broadcast, the COM
pany said. They include:
WEAF and WIZ, New York;
WCAE, Pittsburgh; WTAM, Cleve-
land; WWJ, Detroit; WOW, Omaha;
KSTP, st. Paul, Minneapolis;
WTMJ, Milwaukee; KOA, Denver;
WHAS, Louisville; WSM, Nashville;
WSB, Atlanta; KVOO, Tulsa; KPRC,
Houston; WOAI, San Antonio;
WBAL, Baltimore; WJR, Detroit;
WLW, Cincinnati; KYW, Chicago;
KWK, st. Louis; WREN, Lawrence,
KanS.; KPO, San Francisco; KGO,
Oakland; KFI, Los Angeles; KGW,
Portland; KOMO, Seattle; KHO,
Spokane; KSL, Salt Lake City, and
WBT, Charlotte.
Evening star., 1928-12-31
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

NEW YORK, December 31.-Basing
his opinion mainly upon grounds of
psychology, the writer is inclined to
think that Georgia Techs Golden
Tornado will defeat the California
Bears in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena
tomorrow.
When Southern team invades an
other section its spirit is that in which
Lees army invaded Pennsylvania. The
pleasures of California. its muniffcent
hospitality, its splendid scenery mean
nothing to these Dixie boys until after
the day. They are in an enemy's
country with the high mission of show
ing the country that foot ball south
of Mason and Dixon's line is about the
best there is. They play like devils,
and the Bears will need a lot of shots
in their arms, metaphorically speaking,
to meet Techs elan.
Virginia came up to Princeton last
October, band of dervishes, nothing
less. They were so far over their heads
that even their coach did not recognize
them for his team. Or, to go back to
California, Washington several years
ago won the Pacific Coast champion
Stanford and broke it right in two.
No team could stand against it.
Rises to Occasion.
Well, in the absence of other availa-
BILE elevens, Alabama, winner of the
Southern Conference title, was invited
to come to Pasadena to meet the
Huskies. And it was laugh. The
Seattle team was counted upon to win
by six touchdowns. The rose bowl
was not more than three-quarters filled
when the team took the field. Wash
ington scored two touchdowns in the
first half, and the comedy aspects of
the game increased-until the second
half when Alabamans made three
touchdoWnS in about 10 minutes, and
in the end took the game, 20 to 10.
Next year with Stanford the Pacific
Evening star., 1928-12-31
.TILDEN WILL PLAY HERE
IF HE is REINSTATED

Should William T. (Big BID Tilden
be reinstated by that time in the United
States Lawn Tennis Association, the
famous net ace will play an exhibition
here March 2 in conjunction with the
Entertainment being arranged for the
inaugural crowds.
Tilden yesterday accepted the invita-
ton with this proviSo. The invitation
was extended by Winfree Johnson,
athletic supervisor of public parks.
Tiiden, according to Johnson, ex-
pressed confidence that the ban would
be lifted at the February meeting of
the u. S. l.. T. A.
He will, if the ban is lifted, enlist
Francis T. Hunter and two or three
nationally known stars to take part in
the exhibition with him here.
Evening star., 1928-12-31
GOLDEN TORNADO PICKED
TO WIN PASADENA GAME

Coast winner, it was decided to teach
Alabama lesson. So the Tuscaloosa
team was invited to come to Pasadena
to meet the Cardinals. They came, and
the best Warmers outfit could do was
to get away with a 7-to-7 tie.
So there you have it. It is always
Picketts charge brought up to date
when these Dixie lads turn loose in
alien territory. Psychology in modern
foot ball is fearful and wonderful
thing. 1t plays a part in every game
these days.
Is a Great Outfit.
But metaphysics aside, this Tech
team is he-outf1t. It knows foot ball
inside and out, it is co-ordinated; the
line is stalwart and fast and in Thom-
asson, Mizell and Lumpkin the team
would want. Tech has a beautiful in
side attack; there is a quick line charge,
an instantaneous opening of holes, with
the backs ever ready to flash through
them. The eleven has a forward
passing attack and very good one, al
though there has been no great neces-
sity of employing it thus far.
If the history of the past season re-
peatS itself California's running attack
will not be up to that of Techs. OF
the II touchdownS which the Bears
made in the late season six were scored
on forward passes, one on picked-up
tumble and one on an intercepted pass.
OF the three touchdownS made by rush.
ing, none was made against Stanford,
Southern CALIFORNIA; scorelesS tie-or
against Washington.
So the chances are that California
will place her main reliance upon
passing and that Tech will drop Pund,
her great center, out of the line on de-
fense. A lot will depend upon how well
Pund does his work. Much also will
depend upon how fully Techs players
have recovered from recent illnesses.
All things being equal, the game
should be hummer, with Tech having
an edge
Evening star., 1928-12-31

- me- Va OOId dIlSCoU GIlA1lSo AI1
4 world of athletics is the Sec
tional aspect of basket balls
~ popularity. In New England
the game is played, but does
not attract as much attention as
hockey. In the Middle Atlantic sector it
is eagerly followed by about third of
sport lovers.
But in the Middle West the game is
in it's element. 1t has proved i'm
possible to build arenas sufficiently
large to hold the people, who are al
ways willing to fight for seats. In
popularity this game is probably second
to foot ball in that section.
It is true that Pennsylvania has con-
structed the Palestra, seating 10000
people, but it is not filled more than
two or three times year. II this
building were transferred to a big
Ten" town it would be filled for every
Conference game.
Just why the game seems to lack
appeal in the East is question. Basket
bail as played in the West Is thrilling
sport. The action is continuous and
very rapid. Both men and ball fly about
the court at top speed. Basket ball
is in it's essence a game Of speed. The
rapidity with which things happen Is
what gives the game its main appeal.
Anything, then, that tends to cut
down on the speed of the game robs
it of some of its attractiveness. In the
game as played in the East there are
possibly three things that seriously de-
tract from the speed of basket ball, and
it may be that they are in large part
responsible for the games dearth OF
followers in this section.
In the first place, the five-man de-
fense was largely taken up in the East.
1t may be sound basket ball, but it is
the most boring device ever to appear
on the court. The moment one side OBJ
Evening star., 1928-12-31
VIRGINIA SCHOLASTIC
GRID TEAMS CHOSEN

Three teams have two men each on
the first all-State eleven of the Vir-
ginia class A high school conference
picked by vote of athletic directors and
coaches of the larger Virginia high
schools that are members.
Norfolk. Newport News, Portsmouth,
Petersburg. Danville, Lyncnburg, Roa-
noke and Salem are the schools In the
conference.
The first and second teams picked
follow:
FIRST TEAM.
End-Tarrell of Norfolk
Tackle-Urick of Roanoke.
Guard-WhItsell of Newport News
Centcr-Clark of Lynchburg.
Guard-GOldenherg of Lynchburg
Taekle-Price of Salem.
End-Price of Newport News.
Quarter-Lemon of Roanoke
NaNbaek-WeSt of Newport News
Halfhack-CaSey of Portsmouth
FuEback-Lavinder of Salem.
SECOND TEAM.
End-Draper of Roanoke
TackIe-Williams of Portsmouth.
Guard-keith of Salem.
Observation-Disclosures of Roanoke
Guard-Ward of Roanoke.
Taekle-Webster of Petersburg
End-Dukc of Roanoke.
Quarter-J0ynes of Newport News.
Halfhack-Smith Of PetershurE
Halfback-Williams of Roanoke.
FuIlback-RObinson of Portsmouth.
Evening star., 1928-12-31
SHORE, D. C. NETMAN,
PLAYING IN DOUBLES

BALTIMORE, December 31.-Frank
Shore, Washington, and Donald Frame,
Harvard, were to face Richard Murphy,
Utica, N. Y, and S. P. Hayes, jr, early
today in semi-fina1 junior doubles
match in the national tennis tourna-
ment in progress here.
The winners were to meet the Jacobs
Covington combination in the final later
today.
Kendall Cram, Nashville, Tenn, and
Harry RoSenthal of Philadelphia yester-
day became the new boys indoor double
champions, defeating Leo Lichtenstein
and Morris Schwartzman of Baltimore
in the title round.
In the other match yesterday Billy
Jacobs of Baltimore and Richard Cow
ington, University of North Carolina,
downed Sidney Seligson and Stanley
Harte, both Of New York, GO, 60, to
advance in the junior doubles play.
Evening star., 1928-12-31
LEARY SCORES IN TWO
TRAPSHOOTING EVENTS

With 20 hits, Whitney 1eary yester-
day won the sweepstakes. the feature
event fthe Congressional Clubs trap
shoot yesterday on the club range. Jack
McCarron and DR.. Taylor were second,
ron was next with "a.
DR.. Taylor. with perfect score. led
the field in the 25-bird event. McCar-
ron was newt with "a.
John Koons and Leary won the two
man team match over DR.. Strine and
Col. Anderson, 25 to "a. McCarron
took the doubles over Leary, to S.
Evening star., 1928-12-31

You don't see all the good basket
ball played by college and amateur
teams associated with leagues.
High schools often exhibit grade
that takes your breath away. Take,
for example, the quick scoring play
from center tap that Atlantic City
works so splendidly in many of its
games when it's center controls the
tap.
The play is perfectly timed. AS
the centers jump the No. 2 forward
drives in back of him for a back
ward tap and takes the ball well
over his head He no sooner gets
it than he lobs it quickly into space
back of him.
Meantime his guard, No. 4, starts
as the ball is tossed up by the
referee on dead run so that he
passes to the rear of No. 2 as the
latter secures the tip. No. takes
the overhead backward lob of his
forward, No. 2, and dribbles at top
speed for the basket.
Note how No. forward pulls his
opponent up court so the latter can
not be in a position to break up the
play. It's a darn dangerous play
unless you have absolute control of
the tip at center. When you have
then it's whiz-bang.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-12-31
CALLAUDET FIVE PLAYS
FLINT SILENTS TONIGHT

strong athletic teams and probably
will offer the Hoyas highly interest
ing evening.
Followers Of collegiate basket ball
here are awaiting the G. W.-High Point
game with interest with view to see
ing what kind of a team Coach Maud
Crum of the Colonials will have this
season. Handicapped by the loss of
several dependables Crum has been
busy the past several weeks trying to
assemble capable combination. Sew
eral newcomers of worth have Joined
the squad and it is hoped by Crum
that he be able to round out Stalwart
quint.
University of Baltimore in appearing
against Gallaudet will be showing here
for the third time this season. The
team from the Maryland metropolis lost
to Georgetown, 26 to &c. in the Hoyas'
opening game, but later drubbed Cath
olic University, "a to II. Saturdays
game, therefore, may afford some idea
of the comparative strength of Gallau-
det and Catholic University.
Only those Georgetown tracksters
whose home is in New York or vicinity
will compete in the knights of Colum-
bus track meet Karl Wildermuth,
sprint star, will strive to repeat his win
of last season in the special sprint
series. He will lineup against crack op-
ponents, including Babe Daley of Holy
Cross, 70-yard indoor title holder; Ken
meth Wibecan, former University of
Pittsburg star and national junior
sprint champion, and L. Friedman of
Brown University
Capt. Eddie O'Shea and Eddie Hoe
tor, members of the Hoya mile relay
team, will compete in the Gov Smiths
$780," one of the high spots of the
meet. A freshman, Victor Burke, also
will appear in this event. Jerry Cor
man, veteran distance star, will enter
the 1000 yards event along with two
other yearlings, Ulrich and Kennedy.
Evening star., 1928-12-31

r lentS tonight in the Kendall
~ Green gym at. 8 o'clock. The
game will mark the start of
an active week for college athletes of
the Capital group. Five other court
games and track meet are booked for
the collegiates.
Georgetown will play Wednesday and
Thursday in the Yale University basket
ball tournament at New Haven and
Saturday will end its foray into New
York and vicinity, which began last
week with a game against New York
Athletic Club in the big town.
George Washington and Gallaudet
quintS have engagements on their home
floors Saturday night, the former being
listed to open its season by playing
host to the High Point, N. c., College
team. The latter will entertain Uni
versity of Baltimore.
Track and field athletes of George
town will start the indoor season for
colleges of the capital area when they
appear in the annual Knights of Co
lumbus games in Brooklyn.
Gallaudet will engage a clever team
in the Flint Silents. The invaders,
made up of employees of the Fisher
Body Co., and including several for
I1eT GdllduQeG SbdES, llIllSIleu tl1S1 III diI
industrial league, at Flint. last season.
They are on an automobile tour Of the
East.
GeOrgetown'S tOsserS will enter the
Yale Tournaments with their record still
unmarried by defeat by college op-
ponent. The Hoyas were polished off
by Crescent A. G. Saturday night in
Brooklyn for their first reverse of the
season, but this setback will not be con-
sidered when collegiate rankings are
compiled at the end of the season.
Just how strong a foe Georgetown
will find. New York A. G. is not certain,
but the Gotham clubmen usually have
Evening star., 1928-12-31
OHIO STATE DECLARED
TO BE SEEKING ROCKNE

COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 81
R.-Reports were current here to-
day that Knute Rockne, famous for
Is years as a foot ball player and
coach at NOtre Dame University, is
being considered as coach at Ohio
State University as successor TO DIR.
John w. Wilce, who recently re-
signed.
L. w. st. John, Ohio State ath-
letic director, is expected back Tues
day from New Orleans, where he at
tended the annual meeting of the
National Collegiate Athletic AssO-
citation and the basket ball rules
committee. Reports from New Or
leans are that st. John spent most
of day in conference with Rockne
behind closed doors.