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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-20
ALEXANDRIA ROLLERS
TO HAVE A TOURNEY

ALEXANDRIA. Va, February 20
Bowling sweepstakes for those who
average 100 pins per game or less win
be held at the Health Center bowling
alleys Monday night. Manager Stanley
DreifuS announced last night.
The entry list will close Saturday
night at o'clock.
Manager Dreifus also said that sweep
stakes for bowlers having averages Of
100 or more will be held later In the
season, as will tournament for ladies.
A meeting Of the Virginia A. G. will
be held tonight at 8 o'clock In the No.
Truck and Engine Company meeting
rooms to discuss the proposal Of open
ing the membership to every citizen Of
Alexandria.
President Sylvester A. Breen has
called a meeting of the Cardinal A. c.
for tonight at o'clock at 1922 King
street to prepare plans for the impend-
ing base ball season.
o. A. Houston established a new mark
for local bowlers to shoot at last night
in match at9tlle Health Center bowl
ing alleys. Houston spilled the pins for
$50 game mark.
A meeting of the Rosebud A. C. has
been called for tomorrow night at Al
fred and Oronoco streets at Z o'clock
to make plans for base ball.
Alexandria High School tossers cap
tured twin bill from Fredericksburg
High School at Fredericksburg. Va, the
boys winning, "a to 81, and the girls
triumphing, 26 to %.
Herbert knight will present a trophy
to the player adjudged the most valu-
able in the Alexandria Basket Ball
League which will open Saturday night
with Hoffman Clothiers playing Old
Dominion Boat Club in Armory Hall at
$3.50.
st. NTary's Celtics win meet tomor-
row night at 1880 in Lyceum Hall to
plan for base ball.
George Mason High School girls will
play Hyattsville High School at Hyatts-
vile, Md, tomorrow afternoon.
Ajax A. C. booked . game with tbs
st. Martins Juniors to be played SUM-
day night in the ST. Martins gymnasium
at Washington.
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J0BE WILL HANDLE
SCHOOL BALL TEAM

EVANSVILLE. Md, February 40
William T. Jobe, a member of the fac
ulty of Maryland Park High School.
will coach the base ball and track teams
of that institution. Jobe. who came
to this county from Tennessee. will call
a meeting of diamond candidates the
latter part of this week or early next
week.
With last seasons nine. which showed
well. virtually intact and several new
Corners available. Maryland Park Is look
ing to successful diamond campaign.
HyattSviTIe Old Boys, made UP Of
bowlers more than so years old. viii
roll a team of Washington veterans
Thursday night at the Coliseum. WASH
ington. starting at 1880 O'Clock In the
first block of a slx-game home-and-
home series. Composing the Hyattsville
team will be Wolfe, Reeves, Koch, Ross
and Joy. It will be the first match
for the local outfit this season.
william (Ducky) Needs, secretary
treasurer of the Prince Georges County
Basket Ball League, has compiled offi-
cial figures which show that Bob Lyles
Of Dixie Pig A. G. led scorers Of the
league during the season Just closed.
Lyles, In II games. scored q total Of
TIA points, including rs floor goals and
% foul losses. Johnny Wanley Of
Brentwood Hawks was close behind.
In the same number of games he regis
tered 166 points. including ~ floor goals
and % foul losses.
Leading scorers:
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Catholic U. and G. W. Quintets
To Meet at BrOOkland Tonight

games in Pennsylvania. Tomorrow
night the MethodistS will engage Juni-
alta College at Huntingdon in a return
title and Friday night will hook UP
with Duquesne at Pittsburgh.
In games here A. U. defeated Juni-
alta handily. but the Methodists bowed
to Duquesne. 40 to 40.
Coach @. Baltic Springston expects to
start this A. U. lineup in both games i:
Sloss and La Favre, forwards; Lich-
liter. center, and Burgess and Kessler,
guards. Elicit. Field, Levine and wash
burn are reserves.
With the track squad already out
doors and lacrosse and base ball aSpir-
ants slated to get out within the next
few days athletic fields at the UNIVERSE
ty Of Maryland soon will present busy
scenes.
More than 80 are in the track
squad which Is drilling under Coach
Geary Eppley. The lacrosse candidates.
who have received their equipment, and
Will start official practice Monday, and
VIII again be tutored by Jack Faber.
Burton Shipley will coach the diamond
ers. SIMPLIFY, who also coaches the bas-
ket ball team. however, is not through
yet In that sport as the Old Line Ave
will not end its schedule until Satur-
day when 1t meets Johns Hopkins In
Baltimore.
Whether the Maryland quint will 20
to the Southern Conference tournament
at Atlanta, which starts March 4. is
not certain. Only 16 Of the % teams
in the organization are invited to COM
pete and whether the Old Liners rec
ord In conference competition has been
good enough to get them a bid, has
not been announced.
Coach Dorsey Griffith has more than
so candidates for track drilling at
Catholic University including several
dependables from last seasons team
and group of promising newcomers.
With the exception of the mile for
which no seasoned material Is at hand
Griffith seems fairly we'll fortified.
Old men at hand are Capt. Champa,
who runs the 100. 220 and 440: Male
vich. discus, javelin and shotput spe-
cialist: Healy, Splinter, and Juten, pole
vaulter.
Newcomers at work include Johnny
Lyons. clever Splinter: Joe Harrigan,
quarter miller. and Dan Hickey, former
st. Johns College student, a broad
jumper.
Catholic University's battery candi-
dates were slated to begin work today
In the Brookland gym, but Coach Jack
Clark does not plan to get his whole
diamond squad In action until March .
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son, all-high guard selection; Hunt,
Capt. Woods and Baer.
However, Bob Freeman, all-high CEN
ter choice, and Jimmy Thompson, clever
forward, will again be at hand, along
with Hatfield and other reserves of
promise.
Western may enter the Washington
and Lee University tournament at Lex
ington next month. it has been an
nounced by Coach Clifton Moore. In
cidentally, most of the Western players
also have fine scholastic records.
Two matches involving scholastic
quints of the District group are carded
tomorrow afternoon. Western is to en-
terrain Alexandria High and Gonzaga
and Georgetown Prep are to face at
Garrett Park.
In floor games yesterday Western de-
feated Georgetown Prep, 80 to 81, in
the Western gym: Friends scored over
Dewitt LightweightS, IS to ID, in
Epiphany Church gym to clinch second
place in the Junior Prep School League,
and Strayers boys and girls teams de-
feated Herndon, Va, High boys and
girls. as to Z, and 20 to II, last night
in st. Martins gym.
Gonzaga with four victories In as
many starts has won the District Prep
School Basket Ball League flag. st.
Johns and Dewitt we're to meet this
afternoon in the Boys Club gym in the
final league game. Emerson, which was
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By LAWRENCE PERRY.

~ URROUNDING the foot ball rules
committee at its meeting at Alb
secon, on the Jersey coast, when
- four changes were made In the
foot ball code were several sue
cessful coaches.
Now, successful coaches are never
keen for changes in the rules. They
are doing very well as things are, thank
you; so they are fundamentalists. Any
thing that is new is suspected. Why do
anything that might serve to turn the
course of fortune?
OF course, no successful coach would
oppose new rule making a fumbled
ball dead at the point Of recovery, as
Stunning recovery was made by the de-
fenSive eleven. A fuInbled ball Is the
bane of a successful coach. You see,
the team Of an unsuccessful coach
might grab loose ball. run for touch
down and upset all the dope. The thing
to do about an unsuccessful coach Is to
see that he stays SO.
And so it was with the committee of
officials who also sat In with the foot
ball solons. They have hard enough
time interpreting and administering
rules as they exist without balling
everything UP with changes. So at
Absecon a pleasant time was had by
all. Having ruled that fumbled kick
off and free kick are to be treated like
a fumbled punt. having put some teeth
into the screen pass rule, the heavy
thinkers came up to their masterpiece.
A Masterpiece.
They ruled that try for point after
touchdown shall be made from the
two instead of the three-yard line. This
chnage, they believe, will still further
reduce the kicking element in foot ball
end inspire teams to try other methods
of getting that extra point. That was
mastery, was 1t not?
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~ ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY and
George Washington quintS are
primed for their basket ball
~ clash tonight at 8 o'clock in
the Brookland gym.
Georgetowns basket ball team was at
Annapolis for Its annual battle this
afternoon with Navy and Catholic Uni
versity's boxing team was at Lexington,
Va. where tonight 1t will engage Wash
ington and Lee leather pushers.
C. U. and G. w. may not put on the
Smoothest exhibition of the floor game
tonight, but the battle is sure TO be
waged with spirit, as are all athletic
meetings between these old foes.
Neither the Cardinals nor the Colo
mails have shown much this season,
each having been able to win only one
game. They appear well matched, how
ever, and are expected to stage close
encounter.
Prior to the main game there will be
a tilt between the G. U. and G.. w.
Freshmen. Both have done well and
also are expected to put on keen bat
tie.
George Washington Varsity will begin
tonight with the same lineup which
faced Virginia Medical College tosSers,
over whom the Colonials scored last
Friday night.F inc and Thacker will
be at forwards, Snow at center and
Gray and Lamphere at guards.
It is probable that Reilly and Han
ley will be at forward for q. U. at the
start of the game with Amann at CEN
ter and Welsh and Mullaney at guards.
Georgetown ruled the favorite to de-
feat Nays five this afternoon in view
of the more impressive record to date
of the Hoyas. Many adherents Of the
Blue and Gray planned to make the
trip to Annapolis to see the game.
Catholic University's boxing team
was putting in final preparatory hcks
today for its meet with Washington
and Lee.
In the c. U. squad are Riccardi, De
Pasquale, bantamweights: Di Giacomo,
featherweight: Capt Mickey MCGUIRE,
Russo, lightweights: Blast, Bell, welter-
weights; Fullam. middleweight; Camp
bell, light-heavyweight, and Malevich
heavyweight.
Capt MCGUIRE was sick when he left
yesterday and probably will be bencned
tonight in favor of Russo. Ricardi
is slated to take De PaSquale's place,
should the latter be unable to make his
weight.
Coaches Teddy Mitchell and Eddie
La Fond are with the Cardinal battlers.
American University's basket ball
team will leave tomorrow to play two
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c CLUB WILL DISCUSS
PLANS FOR ITS MEET

Plans for the annual club track meet.
to be held May Is. will be discussed at
the February meeting of the Graduate C
Club OF Central High School, to be held
tonight at the school at 8 o'clock.
Committees for the various sports for
the ensuing year also will be named
and other business transacted,
Motion pictures win be shown.
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Climate and Condition.
BYSTANDER wishes to know
why 1t is that all good long-dis-
ka, fpnVNH colder

61O1ANOEtL WISHES 10 hIlOW
" why 1t Is that all good long-dis-
n climates. Figure it out" he
writes. "Nurmi. Ritola, Stem
roos, Conger, Lennon, Ray. Purie and
others lived long way from the warmer
suns. The colder climate must be better
for condition, something foot ball has
also proved"
There was a pretty fair long-distance
runner from Italy known as Dorando.
There also was a pretty fair runner
named Oufai. or something to that
effect. who did most of his training over
the desert sands where they have few
light frosts A song hit once referred to
the sands Of the desert getting cold, but
this miracle hasn't transpired yet
AS for foot ball and the colder cli-
mates. how many foot ball teams last
Fall turned out higher class work or
play than Southern California and
Georgia Tech? 1t takes tremendous
ambition and a great sturdiness of soul
for any one to adopt long distance run
ming In tropical zones. It isn't natural.
The inclination to walk 400 yards has
to be developed, much less the idea OF
dashing four or five miles.
Nurmi. from Finland, no tropical re-
sort, won the 10000-meterS race in
Paris, 1924, with the thermometer reg
istering 101. He wasn't able to run as
fast 10 days ago In New York for the
simple reason that five years demands
certain tax or toll. Climate hasn't
lot to do with condition as long as one
can keep outdoors. The big point is
that one will keep outdoors more fire.
quently In pleasant weather than I'M
pleasant weather.
All heavyweight champions haven't
come from colder zones. Jim JeffrieS
and Jim Corbett came from California.
Jack johnson came from Texas. Strib-
ling, from Georgia, says he intends to
remove Sharkey of Boston from the
heavyweight plateau. Which is yet to
be decided. At least here Is another
test OF colder and warmer climates when
1t comes to the matter of producing
winner.
A Pugilistic Ranking.
r N the milling pugilistic gathering at
Miami Beach I ran across an old
time fight fan, trainer and manager
who had his definite ideas of the top
spots of pugilism. Here was his rank
ing: Fastest of all with head and hands,
Young Critic; fastest Of all with body
and feet, Jim Corbett; best combina-
ton hitter and boxer, Joe Cans; best all
around fighters, pound for pound,
Lavigne and Fitzsimmons; most agrees
sive. Terry McGovern and Jack Demp-
sey.
when you figure Fitzsimmons win
ming the heavyweight championship be-
yond 35 years Of age and weighing less
than ITO you get some idea of just how
good this Cornishman was. In my
opinion 1t was the most impressive per-
Torrance, all handicaps of age and
weight considered, in the history Of the
ring"
It's tough game, and at 81 you can
see how far back Tilden and Nurmi and
others have slipped at less tough games
The lightweights have furnished most
of the class. What other weights
have turned out such a parade as Cans,
Lavigne, Critic, McAuliffe, Nelson. VOL
CAST, Welsh. and Leonard? There have
been some sour spots among the heavy
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may help the offense little, the change
In the rule governing the screened for
ward pass makes the job Of the often
sive team Just little more difficult, in
that 1t puts all the burden on the Of
Tense.
Suppose, for instance, a defensive
back Is cutting across the field rapidly
to try to cover some offensive player
and another offensive player, eligible to
get a pass, Is running down sideways
looking for the bali to be thrown to him
and he is run into by the defensive
player who has been cutting across to
cover another man. Under the rules
the offensive man suffers all the penalty
for something that was not his fault.
This was in measure true last year
and the change does not affect it much
except in length of time man may be
exposed to such contact in which ne
may be subject to penalty, but 1t just Is
mentioned to show how all the trend Of
the present rules is toward helping the
defense, and ! think it should be the
other way, because people like to see a
lot of ground gaining and scoring"
Some Penalty Deserved.
Jack McAuliffe, who coaches the foot
ball teams at Catholic University, be-
lieVeS the rules committee acted wisely
in making consistent the handling Of
fumbles, but still feels team should
suffer some penalty for not handling
the ball properly. However, he does not
think the rule revision affecting the
handling of fumbled ball or the other
revisions Of the code will change the
game materially.
Nov that the defense is not per-
! mitted to run with a fumbled ball 1t
has recovered, the game in this respect
has been made consistent throughout.
Heretofore fumbled punts and fumbled
passes made the ball dead and 1t is
well, under the circumstances, think,
| that other fumbles should net the de-
Tense nothing more than possession of
| the ball at point of recovery.
However, I still am OF the opinion
| that the offensive team should incur a
heavier penalty for fumbling. The
| players of a college team are drilled
! thoroughly throughout each week of the
foot ball season in holding a foot ball
and when they get into games should
| be able to hold one well. The error in
base ball, the wild pass in basket ball,
count strongly against the offending
players team Why should the fun
bling player in foot ball be more pro-
tected.
However If one instance of fumbling
is to receive some rule protection all
instances shonld. The committee has
done well to ike the code consistent.
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BEN FRANKLIN CAGERS
BOW TO OLD D0MlNIONS

Benjamin Franklin University basket.
ers fell before Old Dominion Boat Club,
% to 80. last night in Langley Junior
High gym. 1t was the first defeat for
the Accountants in seven starts.
Heberig. with II points, led the win.
ners' attack. Sherman was best for the
lnSerS>
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ChIllum and Mount Rainier teams will
meet In section In the Prince Georges
County Duckpin Association tonight on
Sligo will face In section 2 and In the
woman's loop Arcades and Hllltoppers
will clash.
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PROCTOR GOES TO PHILLY.

Joe Proctor, Washington heavy
weight boxer, will leave today for Phil
adelphia. where he plans to challenge
the winner Of the WeinerNgRck Gross
bout
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Old Teammates Will Be Rivals
In University-Eagles Contest

the Boys Club Celtics Saturday night
for the Boys Club title, De Luxe i30-
Founders are to meet Lightning A. G.
cagers in Boys Club gym tonight at 7
o'clock.
Teams with aspirations to the 145-
pound championship throne will have
to meet Brentwood Hawks, the man
ager of the latter team has made it
known. Cappeli, Mccullough, Weigel,
Wanley, O'Donnell, Smith and Carroll
are ready to meet all corners. Call
Hyattsville 1879 after o'clock for
games.
p. C. Candy toSserS seek senior or
unlimited foes at Columbia 562. Y. M.
G. A. Juniors will card contests at At
lantic 3l47-J after 7 o'clock, and Klon-
dykes seek 140-pound foes at Adams
10475.
Planning diligent practice sessions in
preparation for the South Atlantic
tournament. National Press Building
Cardinals have Cancelled their game
scheduled with Klondykes for tonight.
French A. c. basketers defeated a
fortified w. H. West Co. quint in Gen.
trail gym last night, 81 to II. Dave
Keppell's accurate shooting aided the
victorS.
Led by MoeIler, National Circles
downed Herndon courtmen In Langley
gym last night, 90 to IS. Robey shone
for the losers.
Malone and Trundle scored freely yes
terday to enable Peck Juniors to down
Eastern Yankees, 40 to IS. Malone COL
lected II points.
Urquhart counted goals to give
Montrose cagers a 32-to-25 victory over
Columbus U. five last night.
Much Of the credit for Wallace Me-
mortal five's 21-to-17 win over Ecking-
ton Presbyterian last night went to
Hancock. He gathered dozen points.
FIoOrmen Of the Bank of Brightwood
continued their winning streak last
night by downing Twin Oaks tossers,
81 to 16.
Pontiacs chalked up successive win
No. IA in Community Center League
last night by trouncing Trinity M. E.,
rs to 81.
Arcadians dOwned Optimists, "a to
Is; Speakers halted Fort Myer, Is to
IL, and Frenchys bested Meridians, 20
to 6, in the Boys Club l15-pound
league games last night.
Stead was the leading scorer for
Pullman A. c. last night as Ramblers
took an 18-to-13 reverse in Terminal Y
gym.
Lam0nd and BealI each counted five
baskets last night as Woodside cagers
trounced Fort Myer, 81 to IS.
G.. p. o. Federals, who doWned Brook
land B. c. five last night, 26 to 25, will
meet Lightning A. G. tomorrow night in
Central gym.
LOlar and Waters led Whelans in
downing Noel House tossers last night,
81 to 10.
With Shugrue and Breen pointing the
way, st. Johns Flashes humbled
Cyclones, % to "a.
Y. M. C. A. Aztecs recorded their
! fifteenth consecutive win yesterday in
downing Woodward Lightweights, At
to 4.
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Planning diIigent practice sessions in
preparation for the South Atlantic
tournament. National Press Building
Cardinals have Cancelled their game
scheduled with Klondykes for tonight.
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French A. c. basketers defeated a
fortified w. H. West Co. quint in Gen.
trail gym last night. 81 to II. Dave
Keppell's accurate shooting aided the
victorS.
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COLLEGE BASKET BALL.

Princeton: 80: Hayerford, 10.
Newberry, IS; Erskine, 16.
LenOir- Rhyme, IS; EIOn, 81.
Guilford, 80; Wake Forest, 81.
Roanoke, 80; Hampden Sidney, rs.
Wofford, 81; Ciradel. IS.
Virginia Poly, %; Carson Newman, 10
Virginia, 46; Marshall College, 81.
Pennsylvania, Is; Yale, 20.
Western Maryland, 80; Loyola, 80.
PRO BASKET BALL.
Fort Wayne, "a; Trenton, 26.
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Led by Moeller, National Circles
downed Herndon courtmen In Langley
gym last night, 90 to IS. Robey shone
for the losers.
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PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY.
Montreal Maroons, 4; New York Amer
leans, 0.
Boston Bruins, 1; Pittsburgh Pirates, O..
Ottawa Senators, 2; Detroit Cougars, l..
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Malone and Trundle scored freely yes
terday to enable Peck Juniors to down
Eastern Yankees, 80 to IS. Malone COL
lected II points.
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p. C. Candy tossers seek senior or
unlimited foes at Columbia 562. Y. M.
G. A. Juniors will card contests at At
lantic 3l47-J after o'clock, and Klon-
dykes seek 140-pound foes at Adams
l0475.
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w WESTERN HIGH will lose sew
eral leading members Of its
wv sturdy basket ball team by
graduation next June. In
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~ INCE organizing the University A.
c. unlimited class basket ball
team, Ham Adams, former Mary
. land court star, has had visions
of plotting the newcomer to a
District title He believes the quint he
has banded together can turn the trick
and tonight's engagement with Skinker
Eagles win provide the test he has
sought.
Eagles and University dribblers will
clash In Congress Heights Auditorium
at $3.50 o'clock. An individual battle
between old teammates will prove one
of the features. Adams and Fred Link
Gus of the University A. G. five and
Jack Faber, Eagle forward, formerly
played together under coach Burton
Shipley at the University of Maryland.
Boys Club Standards are to meet
some foe In a preliminary game. Mount
Vernon Juniors were to meet Standards,
but were forced to scratch the engage
ment. A 13o-pound foe will be booked
at Franklin 1881.
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Urquhart counted goals to give
Montrose cagers 32-to-25 victory over
Columbus U. five last night.
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Another promising court engagement
on the slate for tonight will bring to-
cether American Railway Expressmen
and Hoffman Clothiers of Alexandria In
Terminal Y gym at 8 o'clock. These
quints apparently are well matched.
AsanI al h NTH
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Much Of the credit for Wallace Me-
mortal flve's 21-to-17 win over Ecking-
ton Presbyterian last night went to
Hancock. He gathered a dozen points.
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To tune up for their final clash with
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FIoOrmen Of the Bank of Brightwood
continued their winning streak last
night by downing Twin Oaks tossers,
81 to 16.