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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05
CLASSES IN BOAT
HANDLING LISTED
Free Instruction by Power
Squadron to Be Started
on February rs.

Potomac River power squadron will
hold it's annual Reconstruction classes
for yachtsmen at George Washington
University Medical School starting Feb
ruary Is and continuing each Monday
at 7:30 pm. through April Is.
The schedule of classes follows:
February 25-HandIing Of boats
and their relation to each other. in
Guiding rules of the road, whistle
signals, etc.
March lights for all classes Of
boats: day marks.
March 11-Aids to navigation, such
as buoys, Government navigation
lights, etc.
March 18-Motor boat equipment;
flags and colors; yachting etiquette;
Government publications.
March 25-The compass.
April How to use the compass;
how to determine and correct COM
pass errors.
April s-Charts and navigating
equipment.
April 15-Practical navigating;
how to determine and plot the
course; plotting the vessel.
Supplementary topics will be included
in the class work, including knots and
splicing ropes, ground tackle, anchors and
and cables, storm clouds and the barom-
eter, restoring nearly drowned persons
fire hazards and fire extinguishers on
small boats and tides and tidal currents
Special instruction also will be given or
March 8. March % and April 8 at
pm. at the Corinthian Yacht Club.
Further information as to the clasSe:
may be had from j. Nelson Nevius
commander of Potomac River squadron
1860 Columbia road. or L. W. Walker
secretary. Buick Motor Co., Fourteenth
and L streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05
GEORGE MASON USES
GYM IN ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, February S.
George Mason High School will play its
next four games on the armory court
here. Alexandria will be encountered
by the suburbanites Friday night In
third athletic district of Virginia
series game. Manassas High School will
play here on February IL, Charlotte Hall
Academy February Is and Fredericks-
burg High on February Is.
George Mason's girls team will play
the sextets of the same schools in
preliminary games with the exception Of
February II, when Oakton High School
of Fairfax County will be met.
The girls team has been weakened by
the loss of Capt. Ruth Gary, who Is Ill.
Alexandria High cagers will entertain
the speedy Eastern High quint OF Wash
ington here tomorrow night at $3.50 in
Armory Hall. Alexandria High was to
play the University of Maryland Fresh
men at College Park today.
Old Dominion Boat Club will hold its
monthly business meeting tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock in its clubhouse.
Final plans for the organization Of
crew at Alexandria High will be worked
out, the club having invited the school,
boys us it's clubhouse and shells.
The Old Dominion will not make ar
rangementS for it's rowing and canoeing
until March 6.
RemsOn A. G. Of Takoma Park has
Cancelled its game for tomorrow night
with the Ajax A. C. of this city and the
locals are anxious to I'LL the date with
some major club having gymnasium.
Phone Manager Robert Vogt at Alexan-
dria 1893 between and 6 pm.
Two local unlimited basket ball teams
have been strengthened by the return
of players. Buddy Zimmerman hav-
ing rejoined the st. Mary's Celtics,
while Billy Travers is back with the
Hoffman ClothierS.
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Two Games Carded Tomorrow
In Prep School Court League

contests today in which scholastic
quints of the District group were to fig
ure Gonzaga was to entertain George
town Prep In the Eye Streeters' gym,
Alexandria High was to tackle Uni
versity of Maryland Freshmen at
College Park, and Hyattsville High was
to play host to Charlotte Hall at
HyattSville.
Dewitt was handicapped in its game
against George Mason High by the alb
sence Of group of dependables, in
Guiding Vincent, Depro and Tangora.
Led by Scott and Williams, the visitors
hung up a big lead at the start and
held a comfortable edge the remainder
of the way. Galotta of Dewitt with 16
points was the high scorer of the game.
Both Catholic University freshmen
and Tech played without leading per-
formers last night. The freshmen did
not have Eddie Kane and Tech was
without Capt. Jake Goldblatt. It was
sweet victory for the C. u. youngsters
as Tech defeated them by a single
point several weeks ago for the fresh
mems only loss Of the season.
Ralph Tibbetts and McAree we're
leaders Of the G. u. attack, with Brown
and Johns doing most of Techs scoring.
Business gained an early lead in their
game with Swavely. At the half the
Stenogs were in the van, IL to z. PAYNE,
Lucas and Neumann were aces of the
Business offense, with Wilson doing
most of the home teams scoring. Bust
ness exhibited, perhaps, Its best passing
game of the season.
It is likely that Benjamin Franklin
and st. Johns tossers will replay their
game of last night, the outcome of
which was in doubt as the result of a
m1x-up among scorers.
Devitt's lightweight tossers, who were
to meet Episcopals little fellows this
afternoon in the Epiphany Church gym,
tomorrow will engage st. Adams In the
Dewitt gym at $3.50 o'clock and on Fri
day will entertain Northwestern A. c..
on the same floor
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BUTLER FIVE BIDDING
FOR NATIONAL TITLE

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 5.--The Butler
Bulldogs from Indianapolis have made
another leap toward the mythical ma
tional basket ball championship for
1929.
Although handicapped by injuries. the
Bulldogs added another scalp to their
already impressive collection last night
by drubbing Illinois, 80 to %, in flu
riously fought game at Champaign.
They already have conquered such pow
erful teams as Purdue, Pittsburg, Mis-
souri, and North Carolina.
Chicago, the cellar team of the Big
Ten, upset the Bulldogs early In the sea-
son for their only defeat.
Carl Hildebrand, center and scoring
ace, was absent from the Butler lineup
last night because of an injury suffered
at Evansville, Ind, Saturday night,
while Capt. White ran into wall and
had to be taken out during the game.
Northwestern and Indiana fight 1t out
for possession of sixth place in the only
Big Ten game tonight Northwestern
viii be handicapped because of the alb
sence of "Rut" Walter, its star center,
who has been out for two weeks because
OF an injured knee. Russell Bergherm
will take his place. The game will be
played at Bloomington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05
ON THE SIDE LINES
With the Sports Editor
BY DENMAN THOMPSON

toughest single job confronting Man
ager Johnson.
We are strongly inclined to the
belief that Os,Uald Bluege will proUeI
thoroughly capable as q stortstopper,
despite the many seasons 5nteTUen-
ing since he Uas concerted into
third bdSemGn. He has the speed
OF foot, the fielding skill and the
arm for the more Grduous Job, but
aohetl1er he 1Diu function effectively
in the Gll-imp0rtdnt business of ere
cutting dual deaths is matter OF
conjecture.
And that's not because of any
doubt Of Ossie's adaptability or apti-
tude for brushing up on mechanics
grown rusty through disuse, but sim
ply because he will comprise but so
per cent of the combination and
must stand or fall as a double play
factor on what the other half
achieves.
At this writing it is not known
who will hold forth at second base.
The job would seem to lie between
Jack Hayes and Stuffy Stewart.
Both have points in their favor,
Hayes as fielder and Stewart as a
hitter and base runner, but to what
extent either will prove able to CO.
operate with Bluege in wholesale
erasures of alien runners remains to
be seen.
Neither, OF course, eUer has had
the opportunity OF collaborating with
OSs in defensive tactics around the
middle cushion and, at best, all the
intensive drilling planned by Boss
Barney tOiu be needed to dchieUe
Smoothness OF operation, Dith the
likelihood that full season OF daily
association 1UiH be essential before
proper coordination is attained.
Just one master hand in the GEN.
ter of the infield won't do, so far as
putting over double plays is con-
cerned. Stan Harris stayed on for
two years after Roger Peckinpaugh
was shifted to the White Sex. He
slowed up a bit afield, it's true, but
retained all his knowledge Of double
play finesse, and yet Washington
remained under par in that regard
through inability to find an efficient
partner for him.
The athletes who were experimental
with included Grant ellis, Joe Gro
min, Bob Reeves and Jack Hayes,
all at shortstop, with Harris holding
forth at second, and other combina-
tons were tried such as ellis Reeves
and Cronin- Hayes.
As manager it UGs to Buckys
interest to eUolUe a woodworking
combination. He demonstrated the
most approved methods for SCOOP
throUs, bnckhcnd- and one
motion piuoting. And his pupils tried
hard to master the intricdcies OF
these n,aneurers. but proved un-
equal to the task.
On these returns, then, it would
seem that Walter johnson, although
apparently well situated at first
with Judge carrying on, and at third
with Myer back i'm the fold is facing
knotty problem in the center Of
the infield.
How successful he proves in solv-
ing 1t may well determine the meas
ure of success he enjoys in his first
fling at major league managing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05

w YHILE followers of the
M Nationals are figura-
Wv lively patting them
selves on the back
over their outfield prospects for
this year, chuckling that such
a keen observer as George Mo-
riarty should paint their pitch
ing outlook in SO rosy a hue
and viewing with satisfaction
the most promising corps of
catchers assembled in many a
season, it might be well for
them to consider the infield
situation as sort of counter
check for unbridled enthus-
iaSm.
Cornelius McGillicuddy, a
keen student of base ball as it
is exemplified at Shibe Park
and elsewhere, has it figured
out that the failure of the Ath-
letics to win the 1928 pennant
is directly traceable to defen-
sive deficiencies of the inner
Gordon, which was not the
weakest in the league by long
shot, and cites the official sta
tistics in support of his conten-
ton.
In the case made out by this
veteran authority. it is not the
infield as a whole that is in
dicted, but the athletes who ca
vorted around the keystone
sack, and the specific count is
that the AS in 1928 were the
poorest in execution Of double
plays in the circuit.
Connie Mack's angle is that the
Athletics finished only two and q
half games behind the Yankees and
that they would have landed on top
had they made an additional batch
of twin killings. which prove such
an important factor in curtailing
the run-making activities of the
opposition.
The ralue of the double play can
not be operestimated, in the ioords
of Jimmy Isaminger, tuho presents
the analytical TndtngS OF tHe Autt
Tactician, and in the process pays
this high tribute to a pair OF er-
Grifs:
observers Of base ball will tell
you that Washington won two pen
nants because of the facility with
which Peckinpaugh and Harris could
complete double plays. In a three
way double play it's the second man
handling the ball who makes the
coup possible. Either Harris or Peck
could cover and take the throw
without collision with the runner
and snap 1t with the same motion to
first"
Getting back to the Nationals of
1929 and with due regard for the
merits of optimism, this column can
merely hope along with all loyal
supporters of the Griffmen that the
accomplishments of whoever is as
signed to the keystone sector will
enable it to point with pride. In
the meanwhile. although not dis
posed to view with alarm. the middle
cushion situation constitutes the
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Surprised Traded
CALIFORNIA WOULD HOLD
OLYMPIC WINTER SPORTS

NEW YORK, February S tP).-
California intends to settle all dis
putes as to where the Winter sports
of the 1882 Olympic games will be
held by conducting them herself.
Col. William M. Garland, president
of the California Tenth Olympiad
Association. has advised the Ameri-
can Olympic Association that there
are facilities for holding Winter
sports in the northern part Of the
State, and that the association be-
lieves they belong to the State where
the main Olympic games will be held
as long as the conditions meet with
the approval Of the international au-
thorities.
His announcement was made to
forestall applications by other parts
of the country which were UNDER
stood to be seeking the Winter
games.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05
IDLE FROM INJURY,
JOE RAFTERY FRETS

The indoor season seems unusually
long this year to Curley Joe Raftery,
one of Washington's popular junior stars
of amateur athletic circles. and it will
be longer Summer season unless he
gets good break"
Curley led the Sam Rice Junior base
ball team to championship last Sum-
mer. hitting nearly 500 and fielding
perfectly. Last Winter he topped the
scorers of the Merrimac five. Last Fall
he played foot ball, sustained serious
injury, and has been unable to play
basket ball this season. Worse than
that are his prospects, for 1t Is probable
he will be unable to play base ball. That
would be the worst blow possible for
Curley. He loves the diamond pastime
For three years Curley Joe has led the
Sam Rice nine in batting and he has
high hopes of crashing to fame in the
diamond sport. He is hoping against
hope that he can don his sliding pads
and spikes when the base ball season
starts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05

1.-TWO games are planned tomorrow
afternoon in the Prep School
Basket Ball League at the Boys
i Club gym. st. Johns is to meet
Gonzaga, league leader, at 3:15
o'clock, following which Dewitt and
Emerson, which was admitted to the
league last night, will face. Eastern
will meet Alexandria High at Alex
andria and Tech will entertain Wood
ward at Tech in other games tomorrow.
In games yesterday Dewitt bowed to
George Mason High in 1921 match
in the Epiphany Church gym, Tech fell
before Catholic University Freshmen In
35-32 game played as a preliminary
to the c. U.-Mount st. Mary's Varsity
tilt at c. u, Business defeated Swavely
at Manassas, Va, 25 to IS, and St
Johns and Benjamin Franklin Uni
versity toSsers played a game in the
cadets gym, which both claim to have
won.
Emerson became member of the
league last night following change In
the age limit from 20 to 81 years, the
same as that governing public high
school championship play. Players who
have performed with high school teams
also will not be eligible for competition
in the prep school loop. Emerson came
into the league despite that 1t will have
to play without Colley, Buscher Galotta
and others because of the rule barring
former high school players. Dewitt also
will have to get along because of this
ruling without Louis Depro and others.
Gonzaga now is leading the league
with two wins in as many starts, Dewitt
has won one and lost one game, and St
Johns has dropped both its engage
ments.
Alexandria furnished Eastern a "a
% battle the first part of the season and
tomorrow's match also may prove inter-
esting. Tech drubbed Woodward soundly
in an earlier meeting.
Central and Eastern and Business
and Western were to meet this after
noon. in the Tech gym in the final
games of the public high school basket
ball championship series. In other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05
ALEXANDRIA CUNTS
LIST TITLE SERIES

ALEXANDRIA, February 5.-A series
of nine games for the city unlimited
class championship was arranged among
Old Dominion Boat Club, defending title
holder: Hoffman Clothiers and St.
Marys Celtics at meeting last night.
Each will play the other three times.
The following schedule was arranged:
February 20-Hoffman C.othiers VS..
st. Mary's Celtics.
February 23-Oid Dominion Boat
Club VS.. Hoffman CIOthiers.
February 28-Old Dominion Boat
Club VS.. st. Mary's Ceitics.
March 9-HO1fman ClOthiers vs.. st.
Mary's Celtics.
March 14-Hoffman Clothiers vs.. Old
Dominion Boat Club.
March 16-Old Dominion Boat Club
VS.. st. Mary's Celtics.
March 20-Hoffman CI0thiers vs.. st.
Mary's Celtics.
March 22-St. Mary's Celtics VS.. Old
Dominion Boat Club.
March 27-Potomac Boat Club Va.
St. Mary's Celtics.
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CLEVELAND ANNExES
FIRST HALF HONORS

NEW YORK. February CP).-Per-
sonal fouls, the bane of basket ball
players existence. have given the
Cleveland RoSenblumS the first half
championship of the American Basket
Ball League. 1t was personal fouls that
gave them the victory in the deciding
game with Fort Wayne last night, after
a brilliant victory over the New York
Hakoahs Sunday had put them in a
tie with the Hoosiers.
There were two fine teams battling
for the championship. the only aggre.
cations that had held together through
out the season, and neither broke until
pair of Fort Wayne stars, Chadwick
and Saunders. were sent from the game
for inf1icting an overdose of personal
contact on their opponents.
The Rosies took advantage of this
break to cut down Fort Wayne's mar
gin in the last five minutes of the con-
test and win, 10 to II.
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w
r1etta Hobson, are leading
the field in the Columbia
Federation B. Y. p. U. League. Calvary
Baptist also has a percentage of 100,
but has won only two games. First
Church has scored three times, but suf-
fered one defeat.
First romped on Fountain Memorial
last night, ST to 81, while Bethany nosed
out Fifth, Is to IL. in tight contest.
Both games were played on the Wilson
Normal School floor.
West Washington and Calvary, sched-
uled to play in the third game of the
weekly triple-header, postponed their
affair, which would have decided
lish a substantial lead in the loop or
whether Calvary would take top posi-
ton. Much interest will center around
this contest when it is staged at later
date, as these two are the only un-
defeated teams In the league.
Georgetown Playground basket ball
squad defeated the West Washington
team, % to IA, In practice game last
night. which was substituted for the
regular B. Y. P. U. game which was
showed good teamwork and a keen eye
for the basket.
/ Fairmcnt School basketers have been
granted the use of the George Washing
ton gymnasium for their game with
Gallaudet Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock, according to a decision of the
athletic council of the University an
nounced by II. Watson Crum, director
Of mems athletics.
Rasketeer, Columbia and Roxie A. C.
sextets were the victors In the three
games played last night on the Wash
ington Recreation League circuit.
Basketeers 1losed out Gypsies, "a to %;
Columbians defeated the Eagles, "a to 8,
and Roxie triumphed over ST. Paul's by
a 24-to-12 count.
Gypsies almost overlook Basketeers
after the latter had established a long
lead in the first period of the inter-
mediate division contest staged at CAL
vary Church gym.
Roxie and st. Paul's Academy tossers
had an evenly matched argument on
the Hine Junior High School court. st.
Paul's lassies were right on the heels
of the Rookie six until the fourth QUAR-
ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05
COLLEGIANS ARE MAKING
PLANS FOR BASE BALL

All of last years players and any
newcomers wishing to affiliate with Col
legian A. G. Senior nine this year are
asked to attend a meeting Saturday
night at 7:30 o'clock at the home of
Don Grist, 655 B street northeast. Col
legians were one of the outstanding
junior teams last year.
Among those already signed are
Dingle Wahler, Tom Dale, Tex Holt,
Leslie GLADDEN., Dick GLADDEN., John
Harvey, Willie Ryon and Manager
Grist. Wahler will be remembered as
the lad who famed 80 batters In two
successive games last season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05
EAGLETS.
Basket Ball Problems
BY OSWALD TOWER,
Member Joint Rules Committee.

Question: player makes q good
pass, but the referee gets In the way
and defects the ball out Of bounds
Whose ball Is 1t?
Answer-The ball Is awarded to an
opponent of the player who. made the
pass. This Is hard luck for the player
who has made good pass. but it is
an event that happens SO rarely that
1t would be unwise to make an excep-
ton to the rule. In fact, to do so
might defeat the purpose of the rule,
as the official would be required to
decide each time the ball strikes him
whether 1t would have gone out Of
bounds. General rules involve hardship
in some cases, but exceptions bring In
confusion and sxeAtex haydships
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05
MEHLH0RN, WITH 70,
WINS GOLF PLAY-OFF

BY the Associated Press.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, February s.
Trailed by score or more of COLTS out
standing luninaries, wild Bill' Mehl-
horn trooped out Of Hot Springs last
night with the major portion Of the
$1,000 prize money in the annual South
Central open tournament tucked away
In his pocket
The victory yesterday after an l8-hole
play-off with BOBBY Cruickshank and
Horton Smith, was Mehlhornls third
major win in few weeks.
Mehlhorn had little trouble yester-
day in distancing his two rivals. finish
Ing 2 under par 70 TO lead Smith by two
strokes and Wee Rabby by six. After
the three had tied at AGO strokes ct the
end Of the 72-hole play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05


Refcree-Mr. Lambert (v. NJ II
Coach Swede Eppley has selected the
one-mile relay team which will repre-
sent University of Maryland in the Mil
rose games Saturday night in New
York. Two Old Liners also will compete
In the Meadowbrook meet in Philadel-
phia next Tuesday.
Bob Remsberg, the only man left
from the speedy quartet of last sea-
son: Urban Linzey. Bill cinnamon and
Dick White will comprise the relay team
which will carry the Old Gold and
Black in the Millrose affair Bob Quinn
In the sprints and Al Myers in the two
mile miss-and-out will also compete
in this meet.
Quinn, who will run in the 50-yard
invitation and the 50-yard handicap,
and John Mcdonald, who will take
part in the 12-pound shotput, will figure
In the Meadowbrook games. Quinn won
In this meet last year.
Ted Entwisle, captain of the Eastern
High track team last year, and star
middle distance runner, has matricu-
lated at George Washington.
With Joe Croson, Washington boy,
now at center for it, Duke University
feels it has decidedly stronger bas-
ket ball team.
With Fred Schaffiey, veteran heavy
weight and Bob Greeves. middleweight,
ready for action, Georgetown's boxing
team, which meets Navy Saturday at
Annapolis, will be stronger than the
combination which represented the
Hoyas last Saturday against Army at
West Point.