Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
ON THE SIDE LINES
With the Sports Editor
BY DENMAN THOMPSON=

ington for five years, I am an ardent
follower of the gridiron sport and
have witnessed all the big games
played by Navy and Georgetown in
this vicinity. These two institutions
: are, the outstanding big league"
foot ball clubs of the South Atlantic.
Thus the meeting of such tradi-
tional and worthy rivals arouses
healthy interest among all sports
followers.
had the pleasure of witnessing
one of the finest foot ball battles
of lifetime when Georgetown met
Navy in 1926. Before taking up my
residence here I had occasion to
: spend periods of time both In New
York City and the Middle West
where I made 1t my business to take
in all the big foot ball attractions,
and none thrilled me any more than
the meeting between Navy and
Georgetown that November Saturday
in 1926. 1t was one of the clean
est though hard-fought engagements,
I have ever had the good fortune
to witness. Good craftsmanship was
paramount on both sides and the
contest was credit and hearty in
dorsement to intercollegiate competi-
ton. I have always thought Navy
lucky to win, as all the breaks went
against the Blue and Gray gridders.
4 and believe that Georgetown at least
deserved a tie, instead of being de-
feated by field goal In the last
minute or two of play. AS remen-
Der G. U. outclassed Navy in yard
age gained in both first downs and
forward passes.
Whether or not the game is played
at Griffith Stadium next Fall as
your other correspondents urge, it
will be but a matter of a year or
two that this will have to be the
case, as the vast number of people,
not only in Washington, but nearby
Maryland and Virginia, that are
anxious to see this great spectacle
cannot long be denied. A friend of
mine attached to the Naval
Academy has told me that already
requests have been made the ath-
letic officials there for tickets for
the Georgetown game.
Therefore, it seems that proper
publicity would crystalline this vast
public sentiment for playing the
game in Washington. 1t is "a
natural in every respect. May the
District of Columbia receive this
classic next Fall and other coming
Novembers as this plum" rightfully
belongs to her.
HARLEY p. GREENE.
X X X X
Congratulations, Bucky.
THE following is submitted by a
i Jersey City contributor:
eff the Detroit Tigers seek any
tales concerning Dale Alexander,
their new first baseman purchased
from Toronto, for the big fellows
exploitation as Babe" Ruth's logical
successor, there is an interesting,
and also true, episode at West Side
Avenue Park, Jersey City, which they
can fall back upon.
lone Sunday when the Leafs were
playing the Jerseys Alexander en-
joyed such a field day in the first
game of the usual double header
that Eddie Kunesh, playing right
field for the Jerseys, sported a swol-
len left palm and a queer-shapen
base ball as souvenirs of the only
time at bat in which Alexander
failed to hit safely. Oddly enough,
1t was in this turn at bat that Alex
smote the ball hardest.
1.-THE spheroid travelled on dead
line straight at Kunesh. II Eddie
had misjudged it or muffed it, 1t
was coming so fast that his life
would have been endangered. How
ever, he had his glove in the right
spot and the ball stuck. 1t was
the third out and he held the ball.
Coming in from the outfield,
Kunesh was observed to be examining
with startled look the ball he had
caught. When he reached the Jer-
seys' bench. he silently passed it on
to his teammates for their inSpec-
ton. There was no hallucination
or his part, they assured Kunesh.
The ball was knocked into a shape
resembling that Of an egg. Kunesh.
despite hands hardened to catching
line drives, suffered an aching left
palm for days afterward."
Now you tell one.