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Evening star., 1928-02-07
GOPHERS SEEM SURE
OF CELLAR POSITION

BY tho Associated Press.
CHICAGO. February 7.~~Alth0ugh
final leadership OF the Big Ten basket
ball race remains something for future
games to determine. the cellar today
seemed. barring upscts, to belong TO
Minnesota.
The Gophers sank dccpr last night
when they lost hard game to Iowa.
80 to q. Out of six games played, Min
nesota has won only one. The Iowa VIC
tory put that team in seventh place,
leading Ohio State, Illinois and Mime
sofa.
Chicago's off-and-on- -again team pulled
to the head OF the second division last
night by beating Ohio State q to "a. in
a ragged game.
Two of the contcndcrs for the Big Ten
championship practiced shots and won
non-conference games last night pur-
due, leaders of the race with three
Victories and no defeats. won from
Franklin College at Lafayette. Ind. 46
to 33. 1t was the first game for the
Boilermakers in two weeks, and it gave
their substitutes chance at the basket.
Michigan, whose three consecutive
conference victories are worrying Pur-
due. Northwestern, Wisconsin and IN
diana. conquered Coe College OF Iowa.
81 to IS. The majority of the Wolverine
regulars sat along the sidelines during
the game. resting for the important
game with Purdue Saturday.
After a three-week rest. Wisconsin
will take the floor tonight. meeting
Notre Dame at Madison. The Badgers
have been strengthened considerably be-
cause of the semester examinations.
three former incl!gibles. Tenhopcn. Mil
Ter and ChmcilcWski. having satisfied
the faculty scholastically. They arc not
expected to get into tonight's non-con-
ference game, however but may break
into the Minnesota-W Wisconsin game
Saturday.
Evening star., 1928-02-07
CENTERS SET PACE
IN BASKET SCORING

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. February 7.--Sevcral years
ago 1t was news when basket ball
center tossed In a field goal. Today 1t is
news, especially In the Big Ten Con-
ference. when center fails to tally.
SO far In the present Big Ten title
chase, the heaviest scorers are playing
the pivot position and are far ahead Of
the forwards and guards In the number
OF field goal Gagged.
Unofficial statistics compiled by the As
ISOLATED Press reveal that not only are
the three leading point-gainers In the
conference playing center. but that the
pivot men so far have averaged trifie
less than IA. Five Of the 10 leaders in
the individual scoring race are centers,
and their totals outnumber the remain
ing five. 218 to 13l.
The three leading centers are Nc
Cracken, Indiana, with 81 points: Wal
ters. Northwestern, with AZ. and Foster
Wisconsin, with 43. The other two lead
Ing centers are Gist Of Chicago and
Van Heyde of Ohio State.
Conference guards, who in previous
years spent most Of their time watching
the home basket, are also gaining on the
forwards. To date In the conference
they have averaged II points each
against "a for the forwards.
Evening star., 1928-02-07
OLYMPIC VISITORS
NOT TO BE GOUGED
By the Aascciated Press.

By the Aasociated Press
AMSTERDAM, Holland. February z.
Residents who have registered rooms
for Olympic games visitors have agreed
TO prices from 3 forms (about 1926
TO 5 forms for each person for bed
and breakfast, says an announcement
Of the housing section Of the Neither
lands committee
An official bureau has been opened
at No. 100 Reguliersgracht, Amster-
dam. for the convenience Of persons
who desire TO make registrations IN
advance for rooms In private families
in preference TO staying at the more
expensive hotels.
For those visitors who will have to
seek accommodation in surrounding
towns and villages ample means Of
conveyance will be provided by the
running of special trains ard extra
motor bus services.
Nearly all the hotel rooms already
have been booked :or the duration Of
the meet. and 1t Is likely that many
Of the foreign athletes will be cared
for on ships.
Evening star., 1928-02-07
WOMEN in SPORT
by CORINNE FRAZIER

at the Y. w. c. A. Entries for the con-
test through that organization should
be sent or reported verbally to Miss
Meigs.
February Is Is set as the closing date
for all trials in Washington. Results
must be reported to Dorothy Greene.
chairman of the local committee, on or
Immediately after that date.
Records made locally will be filed
with the world committee to be COM
pared with those made by girls Of other
cities and countries. World records will
be announced on March Is, according
to Miss Greene.
Entry blanks may be secured by ad-
dressing the Washington committee.
world basket ball frce-throw tourna-
ment the Washington Post.
First Baptist Church tOssers romped
on the Second Baptist squad. "a to 8.
at Wilson Normal School last night In q
Columbia Federation b. Y. p. u. League
game, featured by the work OF Ina
Sieeist. First Church forward, whose
accurate eye was responsible for the
bulk of the scoring
Fifth Baptist sextet s,lccumbed TO the
consistent passing of the Columbia A. c.
aggregation. 10 to IL, in q second B. Y.
P. u tilt last night.
Evening star., 1928-02-07
BY "NIBS" PRICE.

Rashet Bali Coach University OF California.
~ ASKET BALL is much improved
l. this season on the Pacific Coast,
and the officials are doing bet
IL ter work. due to closer study OF
the rules. Their improvement
may also be attributed partly TO the
fact that there have been no vital
changes in the code.
This gives the ofiicials a surer atti-
tude on the floor. The crowds seem 70
understand what they are calling and
have let up In unsportsmanlike booing.
But 1t seems We can't get away without
some booing The game is so fast and
the crowds get excited. They don't
mean 1t the way 1t sounds, sometimes.
You can hardly blame them when the
games have been going as they have.
In the Far Western Conference st.
Mary's played st. Ignatius. 32-3l. In
the first game. St. Ignatius was ex-
pected TO win, due TO its previous rec
ord st. Mary's. with a good team. was
trailing one point with only seconds left
to play. y
Sinas. sophomore at st. Mary's.
was In the middle Of the floor with the
ball. He let 1t 90. It was hard TO tell
just what he intended, but the ball hit
ST. Ignatius man and was detected
in a high arc. The ball went through
the basket, and as 1t hit the floor the
gun sounded. So st. Mary's won. ]
call that some finishl
The last game between Southern Cali
fornia and the University of California
In the Pacific Conference had the people
on their feet most OF the time. II you
wanted a substitute the latter part OF
the game you had TO go get him Call
ing his name did no good. He couldn't
hear because OF the noise.
u. s c. started out we'll The first
half ended l7-i5 In u. 8. C.s favor.
The second half opened with California
catching them and going ahead The
game was tied, 23-23, the middle OF
Evening star., 1928-02-07
EPISCOPAL TO ENTER
GAMES AT RICHMOND

ALEXANDRIA, Va. February s7.---
Cts,ch C. v. Tompkins has named the
Episcopal High track team. which he
will send into the University OF Rich
mond games.
The Maroon and Black will also be
represented by a 1-mile relay team
which will be named after time trials
Thursday
Following are the Episcopal entries:
45-yard dash-Gasson. Hand, Wilson
45-yard low hurdlcs-~Cauthorne. Okie,
Bryant. 880-yard run-Owen NJ. Cary.
l-Mile run--Nevius. High jump
Moreman. Williams. s. Nelson. Shot
put-Hand, Bryant.
Alexandria High will engage WASH
intgon and Lee High OF Baliston, va,
In two games on the Armory Hall court
here tonight. The boys game will
start at $50, preceded by a girls con-
test between the sextcts OF the insti-
tuttons.
Old Dominion Boat Club. which split
even In It's games with the Virginia
Medical College. at Richmond. and the
Atmospheric Nitrogen Corporation, at
3fEIhDutk. lhDt Week emo, VIII nike 10
Quantico tonight for game with the
Marine Aviators OF the East Coast Ex-
peditionary Forces.
Alexandria Amateur Base Ball Fed
Grafton will meet Friday night at 730
In the Alexandria Gazette Building, 3l7
King street. The meeting has been
called by President Edward A. SWeeley.
% M.sv,s v.rtn~s -. .fs.. .a.,,..
Phone Manager Tommy Lucas at Alex
andrir 1885.
Announcement has been made that
the Packard basket ball club would en-
ter the local unlimited field next Win
ter. The new outfit will give a dance
In the Potomac Town Hal Building on
February Is.
Columbia Engine 60. basketers will
workout In Afmory Hall tonight at .
o'clock.
Evening star., 1928-02-07
DAVIDGE PLAYS NEWLIN
IN CUE MATCH TONIGHT

William Davidge meets Gene New
lin tonight at o'clock In the pocket
billiard tournament a. the Mayfair
Academy. With high runs Of le. Rob-
ert F0utz defeated Ed Reynolds, 100 10
81. In last nights league match.
George CLARK, clever visiting billiard
LIST, defeated dreeklnw. 100 10 ~, NJ
Curtis Academy yesterday. but lost 10
Kelley IN Il I00-t0-H4 match.
Clark, Il cueist 'of considerable fepI-
tation. gave an exhibition OF fancy
shots after each match lie meets I'D"
die Tindeii, District champion. today.
There IL no admission charge,
Evening star., 1928-02-07

rs 1905 there occurred the fore
runner of the differences that were
70 arise between Ban johnson and
i Charles 4 Comiskey and were
eventually " cause an open break
between The Two men who had done
most u make the American League q
going concern IN rs infant yearS.
C<Jrl!Ekey. the "Old Roman" Of the
CiRa2o White GoH. had been the
principal counselor and adviser of tnf
American League president from the
start ot the Csgan!zat!1n Coniskey
kSe seen the possible future success OF
q secot1 major league before Johnson
had rea!izec that one nigh, be organ
.zea The "C.c Roman" had been IN
the lhnk of ha6e hail battles long be-
flge Johnson. and ne knew NJ The
vyxrp!ing and differences between The
GzT}ll5i League atad the American AS
bf,cszt.or and. later. - the fight be
tween the pis&ere' League anc The Ma
t4csla! League.
Had Been htnng OHse.
Cor.!akey h2d been through the fire
ane hac been stotcfec The bcorcbing
had taught hin. much When The
p.ayeyS j<ag6e was fprmed Ia the
'g1s {le EtieaQo ci1D lad been site~
fiz{y We'll takesl cale ~ heGaiI1- TIE
ofpzf4sze;A II the !eag&e t;pg4gilt tfitif
IaYCsH1 tRht tpF saittAa& @Gi3lo he In
Fi5fsapg , j}A1e tsF Rational IAalue
Jsn tlptn ,iltT@br!.ef tpf years. CoIn-
;sley va asktG ~ !fac the Chicag0
ls.aSetS' lsaglaH e.4D II Wan tfDught
i5ia1 IT. NaA ~ pnlJ lHdiYlouhl in
bazt- DsI aHa cDl.d %Dcetaaf4Uy nIni~
s,st ,ist tane ii "i'yp" Ei@Hi aitn tiif
gjttEe3p. III 1jIat Gif EathU.a! kagie
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.5es4E4bj fDf T!lcapp
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Wa. ~ !rle ysts' itaHiIe Was st}biit tht
teJ4.ts1t It s}ef i3sG IA !ia Ills, !sul TIE
t!.4Nle cse hs galntG u Da5e Da!i night
:Eg snc ine ffiefcA fls made On Ch!~
t4a1A t1pgtn s5lqF Iattf DfoVed W ke
sc1:rsb.s advantages ~bfn ne entered
arosnsf bsbe bsii WaE ~ establish him
EEL. III LrlGhgo i.e ~ert UiioiT"
Essflfcly DeflinG Johnson 10 make the
Emef.caf4 League d aEiecff& The Ma
t4Jnsl !Aae - clsspYtftf tnat this fgnt
Nkk ciftFgeHt fTcf} any Gtnet ia ~hicb
il.at Lfts}lG fiJcUlf ilad been engaged r.
EDd TDnilekey Won his pDje'tiFe
Eafly ~ tlae season ~ 1909 jGhnbfhi
sncltAd EDugitsEy III Bullying Umpire
Evening star., 1928-02-07
Bi OSWALD TONER.

Srui your queries to Mr.. Tower II vnu
Wish n uctannaI answer scDu the query with
sril addressed STAMPED envelope to him at
Andnvtr Mass
question A. having a lead.
arc stalling by forming small circle
and handing the ball to each other.
Team B cannot reach the ball with
out personal contact. Can Team A
kill time indefinitely this way?
Answer--Players Of Team B ought
to get as close as possible without
fouling to the players with the ball,
whereupon the referee should call a
held ball because closely guarded
players are withholding the ball from
play. Although Rule Z. Section 3.
mentions one closely guarded player.
1t makes no difference in this case
whether the ball Is withheld by one
or several closely guarded players.
The effect Is the same.
icnpvriTht 1923 in all countries nv North
American Newspaner Alliance,
Evening star., 1928-02-07
Sure WAY to Get Rid Of Dandruf

] here - Gns stae way that never
fails 10 remove dandruH completely
and that is 10 dissolve il. Then you
drsifoy ii entirely.
10 DO THE, just get about four
ounces Of plain, ordinary i1uid afvon !.
apply II ii night when reliring: use
enough 10 uris'fn the scalp aud rub
II IN gently with the finger tips.
BY morning. mosi, II 40. all, II
your dasdIuH viii be gone, and two
~ three more applications will com.
pleteiy dissolve and entirely destroy
eyefy single sign and trace II il, no
matter how much faipdfuH you may
have
You viii find, too, that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop
instantly, and your hair will he
ms'fous, glossy. SILKY and soft, and
Evening star., 1928-02-07
Most Astonishing
Golf Occurrences
ny MAURICE MCCARTHY. JR.

GEORGETOWN University studcnt, ~, winner OF
six amateur tournaments IN W.. nm
auaiflcr IN national amateur Championship
As my father is q professional golfer.
have always been interested In pro
golf and get lot OF pleasure playing IN
open golf tournaments. Having done so
frequently. I have seen many surpr1s-
ing things on the links.
Probably the one that made the great
est impression on me was 1eat acHieVeo
by Willie Klein, blond young pro from
Whcatlcy Hills. It was in the shawnee
open In 1925. just about week aitcI
Willie MacFarlane won the natlonai
omen after a great play-on with Bobby
Jones. .. 49,.
MacFarlane was "hot." With the
greatest prize In American golf IN MS
possession, he felt he had to put MS pest
foot forward. He played fine golf. ana
being among the early finishers ne sat
by the eighteenth green Watching the
others come in and feeling pretty Ger
tain that he had the tournament won:
Klein, who had been up among the
leaders. siumped on the first nine holes
OF the last round. but coming In he shot
as superb golf as this world ever saw.
Shawnee Is pretty tough layout, with
plenty Of water hazards ana Iots OF
length.
Despite that, Klein did the last zine
holes in 20 shots. two over even SO. He
wound up with birdie 2 on the last
hole to get tie with MacFarlane, but
was beaten .on the extra 18 holes.
In the Metropolitan open In 1925 Tom
Harmon, young Hudson River ace. card
cd 30 for the first nine at Grassy Sprain.
.fpd this course Is also long and tough.
He played grand golf. but 1t seems to
me that Klein's. aside from the differ
cnce OF a stroke, was much more sur
prising Bill was making a finish
against the American open champion,
and his rally, after taking 43 on the
first nine. is well worthy OF being writ
ten into links history.
lCopvright 1923 by North American News.
paper Alliance.b
Evening star., 1928-02-07
Speaker viii DO More in 1923 Than Cobb Did 1927
G. U. BOXERS PREPARING
FOR SYRACUSE INVASION

Georgetown boxers are busy pre-
pairing for their meet with Syracuse
here February Is. There is no dan
ger Of the affair being hampered
through interference of the ANA
teur Athletic Union, as that body,
10 was declared by Lou Little. direc-
tor Of athletics at Georgetown, has
no control over collegiate boxing.
No admission IL charged to the ring
program In which the HiIltoppers
participate.
Evening star., 1928-02-07
Basket Ball Speedy on Coast
With Work of Officials Good

the second half. The rest OF the game
was little advantage to either side. It
just depended upon when the gun ended
the game.
The gun came when the score was
27-27. This meant an extra period.
Again. at the end OF the first overtime
period. the score was 29--29. The u
s. G. got two buckets from the middle Of
the floor and California let defense 90
to the winds to try TO get them back.
But u. 8. G. won. 39-29
Mortinson mighty good forward,
broke the tie with a flne, side-court,
long shot.
tCopyright 1898 by North American News.
paper Alliance
Evening star., 1928-02-07
CHICAGO HOLDING FREE
TRACK AND GYM MEETS

CHICAGO, February P.-So as to
popularize track and gymnastics at the
University Of Chicago, Coach A. A.
Stagg has adopted free admission poll
icy for meets of those classes OF sports.
The policy brought crowd OF $500
to the Chicago Indiana meet last week,
the largest that has ever seen an indoor
meet at Bartlett gymnasium.
Evening star., 1928-02-07
ANOTHER TOSSER LOST
TO THE ILLINOIS TEAM

URBANA. ILL.,. February Z R.-
Coach Craig Ruby of the University
OF Illinois lost his third basket ball star
within a week today when Frosty Lind
say. towering center, was ruled ineli-
gible for further competition because
of scholastic shortcomings.
Coach Ruby also lost Capt. Olson and
Short, veteran members of the team,
because of scholastic difficulties.
Evening star., 1928-02-07
THREE SCORE WITH CUE.

NEW YORK, February tP).-Alfred
de Oro. Harry Wakefield and Otto
Reiselt turned in victories In the Ameri-
can Billiard Leagues three cushion
tournament. De Orc defeated Augie
Kieckhefer. so to AZ. in SO innings;
Wakefield beat Clarence Jackson. so to
81. in 81 innings and Reiselt defeated
Johnny Layton. so to 81. in 80 innings.
Evening star., 1928-02-07
GAIN HOCKEY HONORs.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia. Feb
ruary LR.-Winning last nights game.
7 to 2, against the Victoria Capitals.
the Vancouver Monarchs annexed the
British Columbia coast senior amateur
hockey championship and the right to
meet the Kootenay League champions
In the play-off for the provincial title.
Evening star., 1928-02-07
SKATING DATES SET.

TORONTO, Ontario, February F1.-
The Canadian amateur speed skating
championships. twice postponed because
of bad weather conditions. will be held
at Toronto February "a and 25.
Evening star., 1928-02-07
FRITZIE sTIFEL LEADS.

CLEARWATER. Fla, February Z R.-
Fritzie Stifel Of Wheeling, w. Va, turn
ing In an s5, was medalist IN the quail
flying round Of the Clearwater Country
Clubs women's invitation tournament.
Evening star., 1928-02-07


dav with doublc-header in
the school gymnasium. Will
play through a double circuit round
robin schedule in three sections. III or.
der to give the exceptionally large num'
bcr of tossers who have turned out this
season an equal opportunity for play.
First. second and third team sched-
ules have been arranged. each team
playing every other in its section twice.
First teams clashed yesterday In the
openers Senior Firsts defeated the
Freshmen Firsts. 16 to S. while the
Sophomore Firsts registered the same
count against the Junior Firsts.
The work of Sally Abel and Jane
Mapes. Senior center-field combination.
was the outstanding feature Of the
Senior Freshman TIT. Betty Hartman
and Betty Shipp. Sophomore forwards.
exhibited some scientific team play.
Freshman guards. Catherine McClan-
dish and Mary Lee. put up game fight
to check the Senior scorers, succeeding
in halting count under the
basket
Evening star., 1928-02-07
Summarizes:

Gnals~-Fasierton 6 twos, T.nnn, ! two
ONE / foul tn'cman. ! two, l foul; CRAZY
Evening star., 1928-02-07

w WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL bas-
n bet ball tossers, who opened
NV their interclass series yester-
Y Y day with a doublc-header IN
Evening star., 1928-02-07

George Washington University and
the Y. w. c. A. each have entered
SQUADS in the Washington free throw
tournament, a part of the world free
throw event now in progress.
Eugenia Davis. basket ball instructor
at G. W., reports that she hopes TO
have her entire basket ball group of
$50 tossers trying out for goal throw
ing honors The Post has offered
100 per cent participation trophy to be
awarded the school. club or organiza-
ton having its entire group Of basketcrs
or members entered in the tourney.
The Coionials hope to win this cup.
Marion Meics will conduct the trials
Evening star., 1928-02-07

GOals~-H1ftMhn, 3 tw"%. : UI1'" N,ItlVU. i"
twus . fouls Colby, l two. one; Hefzoe'
Refcree--Miss &. Belle Meyers Umpire
Mrs TrnniA.
Evening star., 1928-02-07

n yEW YORK. February Where
base ball men fovcgather the
" leading topic of discussion at
A the moment rcvclveS around
o,,ax Spcs TT
Evening star., 1928-02-07

Marion Meigs will conduct the trials
Evening star., 1928-02-26
BATTLE FOR AUTO I
SALESF0RECAST
1923 Campaign Begun, With
Favorable Business Pros.
pect, Cram Declares.

The battle for sales in the auto
mobile industry is on and early indica-
ttons are that the 1928 results will be
very favorable, according to B. H. Cram
president Of Grams Automotive re-
ports. Inc.
OF course, there Is always a posi-
bility OF an unforeseen adverse develop.
mcnt. but at the moment. there Is
nothing that suggests this taking place
The closing week OF January and the
first week Of February disclosed a
marked sales improvement IN practically
every section Of the country. and in q
number OF instances, the automobile
business done in the first month OF
this year exceeded by substantial
margin that which was done in the
opening thirty days Of 1927
This first return Is significant, and
certainly tends to strengthen the opti-
mistic predictions Of a record year that
have been making rounds In industry
circles since the opening days OF the
New York show.
Favorable Factors Noted.
Several favorable factors have been
responsible for the upward swing that
has characterized automotive business
during the past couple Of weeks. The
most important among them have been
the generally improved weather condi-
tions. the clearing away OF uncertainty
that marked the 60 days prior to the
Evening star., 1928-02-26
Standardization of Auto Bumpers
Urged to Achieve Full Usefulness

Automobile bumpers will achieve
their full measure OF utility only when
they are standardized as to dimensions
in accordance with the specifications
recently set forth by the division Of
simplified practice OF the United States
Department OF Commerce. In the opin-
ion OF Rudolph Jose, veteran automobile
dealer. who long has been interested In
the various efforts to make this device
useful.
Delving back into bumper history
Mr.. Jose points out that the device
came into somewhat general use as far
back as 1904, when car buyers. deciding
that the front Of their machines looked
too bare. began to attach crude cross
members in front OF the tenders. Fac
tories were not manufacturing bumpers
In those days says MIR. Jose. so the car
buyer usually went to the nearby black
smith to have the unit made. The
early bumpers, of which there were
many In Washington. were made OF any
metal that the blacksmith had handy
and In addition to being Of various
shapes and sizes. we're crudely attached
to the front of the car.
plain utility brought the bumper
into widespread use in 1919" he SAYS
Traffic congestion made 1t evident that
the device was necessary to protect the
tenders and other front and rear units