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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
ON THE SIDE LINES
With the Sports Editor
BY DENMAN THOMPSON=

T IKE the plan for number
ing base ball players
which this column heart
- lily indorseS-the proposal
Of John Heydler to permit
pinch hitterS for pitchers has
been received with a notable
lack of enthusiasm by major
mogulS.
But nothing conclusive on the
merits of the idea is reflected
by that fact. It simply fur
niSheS additional evidence that
the diamond magnateS are an
ultra conservative group and
that any suggestion for a re-
vision Of the rules gives them
an aggravated case of the
shiverS.
Probably the most effective
argument against the SuggeS-
ton is the appeal to sentiment
made in the assertion that base
ball having been a nine-lnan
game since its inception, any
change designed to make it a
ten-man sport would complete
ly alter it's character and strike
a fatal blow at its popularity.
That such tommyrot as per-
hitting the son to enjoy the
national paStime just as it was
played by the father should
prove a powerful factor in
moulding opinion on the sub
ject is as unfathomable to us
as Me. Einstein's profunditieS
on the face of the returns
which show from year to year
a steadily increasing number of
athletes employed in games.
There was a time, of course,
when big league clubs carried
only II or IL players through
out a season and when the nine
men who started a contest
went through to the finish re-
CARELESS of what transpired in
the course of the combat. In
fact we are told that it was
some time after 1891 when the
rules first permitted player
substitutions that the man
ayers took advantage of them.
But nowadays a big league
battle in which only 18 players
participate is rare indeed and
1t is a matter of record that as
many as IS performers have
gotten their names into a nine
inning box score with nothing
in the rules to prevent the total
being made so If sufficient
bench warmers are available.
***
It Is our personal view that
the attractiveness of a ball
game Is not enhanced by a
veritable parade of relief pitch
ers, pinch hitters and Substi-
tute runners which tend to slow
up action and lengthen the
total playing time, and it seems
to have been rather widely
overlooked that the plan of the
National League boss would not
infrequently result in decreas-
ing the number of performers
employed, rather than the re-
verse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

George Washington will play much
less difficult foot ball schedule next FAIL
Fordham, Lafayette and Penn state
have been dropped by the Colonials, ana
In their stead Dickinson, Junlata anu
st. Joseph's will be met.
In arranging an easier card it is felt,
according to H. Watson Crum, q. W..
director of athletics, that it Is useless
for the Colonials to continue meeting
teams out of hteir class if they desire
victories on the gridiron.
The feature attraction Of the seven
kane card is the annual battle with
catholic University to be staged
Thanksgiving day. This year It Will be
played at Clark Griffith Stadium in
stead Of at Brookland.
The opening game OF the schedule
will be with American University on
October IL.
The schedule:
october 12-American University.
October Hutchinson at Carlisle.
october 26-City College OF New YORK
ht New York.
November William and Mary at
Williamsburg.
November e-St. Joseph's.
November 16-Juniata.
November 28-Catholic University at
Clark Griffith Stadium.
Georgetown's boxing team will be
handicapped in its meet with Navy
Saturday at Annapolis through the abb
eence of Charley Fish, 145-pound bat
tier. Fish suffered a broken hand in
practice yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
RICHMOND U. REPORTS
TO WAKE FOREST HEAD

RICHMOND, Va, February z R.---
Coach Frank M. Dobson, director OF
athletics at the University of Rich
mond, said he had forwarded letter
to DR.. Francis P. Gaines, president of
Wake Forest College, informing him of
what was described as unsportSmanlike
conduct of members of the Wake Forest
basket ball team following game with
Richmond here Tuesday.
Wake Forest players are charged with
attempting to attack the referee, James
r. Holiday.
No definite steps, Coach Dobson said,
will be taken toward severing athletic
relations with Wake Forest by the Rich
mond institution until an answer is re-
ceived from Wake Forest authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

Take the case Of Pitcher
Jones being sidetracked to per-
NIT Smith to hit for him, for
instance. Under Heydler's plan
Jones could resume his place on
the mound and carry on and If
that happened to be the only
substitution made but 10 men
would appear in the lineup,
whereas under the present pro-
cedure a minimum of II players
would see action as a new box
man has to be used whenever a
pitcher gives way to a pinch
hitter.
1t is a fairly well-established
fact that many an otherwise
satisfactory hurler Is yanked by
a manager gambling for runs
via the pinch-hitter route with
a resultant succession Of Twill
erS less effective by comparison.
And when a pitcher does bat
for himself and happen to get
on base time invariably Is lost
through the necessity fanciful
or otherwise, of protecting his
Tipping wing with a sweater or
coat toted from the bench.
y y y X
AS for the contention that the
Heydler plan would have de-
prived the game of many Of its
greatest hitters - the mighty
Babe Ruth among them, not to
mention Goose Goslin and Sam
Rice of the local array-who
broke in as fingers, that would
indeed be a calamity, if true.
The fact is, however, that
good hitterS are born, not made,
and that natural aptitude for
batting is one Of the first things
that asserts itself in a player,
regardless of his position on the
field. This was true of Ruth,
Goslin, Rice and practically
every other player who started
out as pitcher and eventually
was assigned to some other job.
X y X \
It was shortly after Heydler
announced his advocacy Of the
so-called 10-man team that
some one obtained an interview
with Charles Albert Bender in
which the famous finger of the
celebrated old Athletics pointed
out this alleged weakness of the
plan.
Bender's comments made it
seem he had the impression
that the Heydler idea called for
a substitute always to be in
jected whenever a pitcher was
due at the plate and general
discussion with persons of no
fame in the game but keenly
interested in the capacity Of
fans has developed that many
have the same misapprehen-
sion.
The Heydler plan, of course,
would not prevent a pitcher
doing his own hitting. It mere
ly would make it optional with
the manager to use a pinch
hitter in place of the mounds
man without the latter thereby
automatically becoming in
eligible for further play.
President Heydler'S plan
would seem to merit a trial
solely on the promise that it
would reduce subStitutionS and
II this resulted in widening the
field for exercise of MANAGERIAL
skill so much the better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
FIELD TRIAL BODY
ELECTS C. R. KINGLA

Charles r. Kingla Of this city was
elected president of the Northern Vir-
ginia Amateur Field Trial Association
at its annual meeting held Tuesday
night at Fairfax, Va.
Other officers chosen were H. 3.
Mitchell, Herndon, Va, first vice presi-
dent; Thomas B. Baldwin, Washington,
second vice president: Judge William S.
Snow. Alexandria, third vice president.
and G. w. Williams, Herndon, secretary
and treasurer.
April 10 next was set tentatively for
the running of the puppy trials at Gen.
terville, Va, and october IA as the
tentative date for the Fall field trials at
the same place.
A delegation made UP Of Charles r..
Kingla, Liamond Ballou, H. B. Mitchell
and j. william Tomlinson will represent
the association at the Virginia amateur
field trials to be held Monday at Peters
burg, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
COLLEGE BASKET BALL.
n. AZ: Gallaudet. %.

Georgetown, AZ; Gallaudet, 20.
Fordham, Al; Catholic University. 20.
Maryland, 30; v. M. l., ~.
Georgetown Freshmen, 22; Tech High,
IS.
Catholic University Freshmen, rs;
Central High, FL.
New York University, 80; Navy, 81.
North Carolina Freshmen, "a; Wash
ingt0n and Lee Freshmen, 30.
Hampden- Sidney, So; Bridgewater, rs.
Duke, "A; South Carolina, 80.
Dartmouth, Al; Columbia, 81.
High Point College, 4S; Medical Col
Iege of Virginia, 30. -.
Catawba College, SO; Guilford, 28.
Lenoir Rhyme, So; Marshall College,
20.
Cornell, 40; Hobart, IS.
Harvard, 33; Holy Cross, rs.
Army, 43; st. Stephens, 20.
Connecticut Aggies, IS; Providence
College, 33.
St. Joseph's College, 20; Penn Mill
tary College, "a.
Dickinson, "a; Mount st. Mary's, 20.
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SCHOOLBOY CUNTS
IN SEVEN CLASHES
Six of Games to Be Staged
on Courts Here-CentraI
Visits Portsmouth.

M EVEN games are booked for
scholastic basket ball teams of
the District group tomorrow,
~ making it one of the biggest days
of the campaign for the school
boys.
Gonzaga defeated ST. Johns, SO to 81,
and Dewitt overcame Emerson. 81 to 90,
in Prep School League matches in the
Boys Club gym, that featured the
scholastic floor card here yesterday.
In other matches Central bowed to
Catholic University Freshmen in 20
81 game played as preliminary to the
c. U.-Fordham game in the G. U. gym;
Eastern defeated Alexandria High, %
| to IA, at Alexandria, and Tech Reserves
scored over Woodward basketers, 43 to
10, in the Tech gym.
In games here tomorrow afternoon
Western will entertain Georgetown
Prep in the Western gym, st. Adams
will play host to Forest Park at st.
Adams, Gonzaga and Eastern will face
at Eastern, Hyattsville and Dewitt will
meet and Tech will engage University
of Maryland Freshmen at College Park.
Night matches here will find Emerson
entertaining Staunton Military Acad-
envy quint at $3.50 o'clock in the st.
Johns gym and Bliss playing host to
Cresap's Rifles of Frederick in the ar
mory at Silver Spring, Md.
Central Is to travel to Portsmouth,
Va, to engage Portsmouth High.
Two scholastic floor games were card
ed here today. Dewitt lightweight team
was to entertain st. Adams at Dewitt
and Georgetown Prep was to play host
to Mount st. Mary's Prep of Emmlts-
hl1rC Md ar Garrett Park
Just about all the games listed to-
morrow should provide keen competl-
ton. Western and Georgetown Prep:
Gonzaga and Eastern and Teen ano
Maryland Freshmen probably Will of1er
particularly lively matches.
Emerson will be meeting Staunton
| tomorrow night for the second Time
| this season, having defeated the Vir-
ginia boys on a recent trip IN vlrglnla'
| Calvin Robinson Griffith, adopted son
| of clark G. Griffith. president of the
washington base ball team, Is one Oh
the Staunton dependables.
ABILITY to come from behind carried
both Gonzaga and Dewitt to victory
Yesterday in their Prep School League
matches with st. Johns and Emerson,
Gonzaga now is heading the league
race with three wins against as many
defeats. Dewitt is second with two
Victorious and one loss, followed by
Emerson and st. Johns, which have
vet to win and have dropped one and
three matches, respectively.
Gonzaga was behind, 5 to 6, at the
end of the first period, but got its at
tack functioning in the second quarter
and at the half was in the van, 10 to g.
Thereafter the Purple held safe lead.
Emerson was heading Dewitt also by
6 to S at the end of the first period
but the latter came back to gain the
edge at 1912 at the half.
Bussink and Pyne for Gonzaga and
Schlegel for st. Johns were top scorers
in the first game Of the double-header
Gleason led Dewitt on attack with Cor.
don proving most consistent for Elmer
son.
| Scores:
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MORRISON CONSIDERING
VIRGINIA u. GRID OFFER

DALLAS, Tex, February Z R).-
Coach Ray Morrison of Southern
Methodist University has admitted
that he is considering seriously" an
offer to become head coach at the
University Of Virginia.
After a long distance conversation
with officials Of the school, Morrison
said his change depended on the
outcome of conference, adding that
certain requirements must be met
before he would be interested.
Morrison said definite answer
was not possible by telephone because
the matter had to be taken up with
the Virginia ATHLETIC committee.
Morrison said IL the committee
acts favorabIy, he would go before
the Southern Methodist Athletic
Council and ask to be released from
his contract, which has one more
wear to run,
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DRISSEL is PICKED
FOR TECH QUARTET

Homer Drissel has been selected as
the fourth member of the Tech High
one-mile relay team that will compete
next Tuesday in the Meadowbrook
games in Philadelphia.
Drissel will be the only newcomer on
the combination, the other three. Capt
Jack Edwards, Alfred Reichmann and
Frank Nobel, having been members of
last seasons stellar quartet
What teams the Tech four will face
have not been announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
COLLEGE TOSSERS
IN TRIO OF GAMES
Maryland and GaIIaudet in
Home Trays, Georgetown
InvadeS New York.
~OLLEGE basket ball teams of the
District group will idle tonight
for their only off night of the
~ week, but three quints are to
snn actintn fOr,nOrr0N, NIGHT fur0

NOALE16 UdSkct jail tcdIlS VI tIle
District group will idle tonight
for their only off night of the
~ week, but three quintS are to
see action tomorrow night, two
on home floors and the other away.
Maryland will entertain University OF
North Carolina at College Park, Gallau-
Diet will play host to Old Dominion Boat
Club of Alexandria at Kendall Green,
while Georgetown will travel to New
York to engage New York A. G. and will
remain over to play New York Univer-
sity Saturday.
feated Gallaudet. AZ to 20, in the Amer
lean University gymnasium, Catholic
University fell 47-20 victim to Ford
ham and Maryland vanquished Virginia
Military Institute, 80 to 81, at Lexington.
All three Of the games tomorrow night
likely will prove lively. North Carolina
appears to again have a good team and
Maryland probably will find the Tar
heels tough nuts to crack.
Old Dominion Boat Club Is apt to Of
fer Gallaudet stout competition, while
Georgetown likely will find New York
A. c. a tough opponent.
GaIIaudet offered Georgetown more
OppoSlClOn laSL ulSHL tLLdll was seASA .A-
" expected. At one fleeting stage the
Kendall GreenerS were leading the
Hoyas, and they contrived to keep not
far behind all the way. 1t was about
midway of the first half that Gallau-
Diet went to the front, 10 to g..
Here Meenan was substituted for
Dunn. and the Hoyas took the lead to
keep it. Georgetown had a 23-14 edge
at the. half.
Mesfner, Dutton and Shea were lead
ers of the Georgetown drive on the
cords. Ringle and Cosgrove did most OF
Gallaudet's scoring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, February 7.-On the
same fat track where his rival
VI from Finland, Paavo Nurmi,
/ won his first handicap race at
two miles a week ago, Edwin
Wide of Sweden, holder Of the worlds
two-mile record outdoors, will attempt
to defeat almost the same field in the
feature event of the Newark A. G..
games at the 18th Regiment Armory,
Newark, tonight.
Sweden's fastest student of education
will allow handicaps up to 100 yards in
the two-mile event. The strongest COM
petition is expected to come from F. G.
Bayley of the New York A. c., who
finished second to Nu-mi and Irving
Totten of the Millrose A. A., who, took
third in the same race. The race
should furnish lot of advance
dope on the prospective Of the dyipe
Finn and the SWpdash5 eehn olnaastHgip
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AL ESPINOSA MAY LAND
GOLF JOB IN THE EAST

CHICAGO, February OPAL Espi-
nosa, one of Chicago's leading profess
sional golfers, may locate with an East
ern club this year.
His former club, the Illinois Golf Club
has signed Bill Hartshorn of Chicago to
take AIS place.
Espinosa has been in the money at
several Western and Southern tourna-
ments this year.
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NORTHWESTERN TO TAKE
LONG SWIMMING JAUNT

CHICAGO. February z LP.-North-
western University's swimming team to-
night starts its invasion of the West
where it will compete against eight uni
versity and athletic club teams.
The team will cover 1000 miles be-
fore returning on February %. Eight
men are on the team.
The Oregon Aggies will furnish the
first opposition at Corvallis, Greg,
February IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

Wv YHEN two undefeated teams
clash a spirited battle may
NV be expected. Such meet
ing is scheduled for Silver
Spring armory Sunday aft
ernoon, where Silver Spring Service
Company basketers will make stand
against the unbeaten Jewish Community
Center unlimiteds.
Brook Grubb's Service Company
cagers have an unbroken run OF nine
victories while their rivals have not
lost a game this season. Miami A. c..
of Miami, Fla. holds a victory over
Grubb's team, but no local qulnt mas
turned the trick.
Stanley Passaic, Woodside A. c. and
Blair Red fives are to engage local
teams in preliminary contests.
Anacostia Eagles, who are booked TO
battle Tremont's in K. of G. gym to-
night at 8 o'clock, are without foe
for tomorrow night due to cancellation
of a game booked with University A. G.
| Manager Bus Scanlon will make ar
rangements at his home to meet any
fast unlimited team.
Kennedy Red Stars, who last night
downed Company c., d. G. N. G., 20 to
20, in Central High gym, have scratched
the contest booked with Peck Memorial
tossers for tonight. Kennedy have list
ed Metropolitan Props for Monday
night in Central High gym at o'clock.
YIN. C. A. and Wolff Photographer
quints are listed to play washington
City League game in Y Gym tonight,
starting at $50 o'clock.
United Typewriter Grays, formerly
Washington Grays, are to battle Pet
worth Nets in Washington City
| League game tomorrow night In Mac
| Farland Junior High gym at 8 O'Clock.
Games and players are sought by
| Clark Griffith 100-pounders. A foe is
sought for Saturday night at Macfar-
land Junior High gym. Two capable
players are wanted Call Manager
Hunter at Adams 257.
Saks Trojans will book 130-pound
| foes at Main $3.50. Brentwood Hawks
would like to hear from local unlimited
| teams at Hyattsville 1879. Newly or
ganized Printers A. G. five wants to
hear from 145-pound foes at National
5670.
Getting but two goals from scrim-
| mage, w. H. west GO. courtnlen TOOK
5-to-17 setback from Skinker Eagles
last night.
Two victories were added to the
Monroe A. c.. string last night. 0Lionels
took a l9-to-47 drubbiEg and Mount
Vernon Juniors bowed, % to 80.
BY defeating West Washington five
last night, Kendall tossers tied with
Second Baptist for the lead in B. Y
P. u. League. Kendalls ran up a 40
to-22 count.
Kreh and De Mol starred for their
respective teams, as Blair Reds spurted
| to down Rensens at Silver Spring last
night, % to %.
In Boys Club League contests last
| night Good Shepherd cagers downed
Colonials, II to IS; Corinthians
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Wide and Williams i'm Events
In Newark Track Meet TOnieht

the national championships, or at some
other time later in the season.
Second only to Wide as an attraction
at the meet Is Percy Williams of Can
ada, double winner in the Olympic
games. The 19-year-old sprinting SEN
sation will give handicaps up to two
yards In special 50-yard dash.
In 1,000-yard race, Ray Conger OF
Chicago, National 1,500-meter cham
pion, will match strides with Phil Ed
wards, New York University ace; Jimmy
, Kennedy Of Georgetown, who holds one
decision over Edwards this year, and
Sam Martin and Harold Cutbill Of the
Boston A. A.
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PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY.

Boston, 2; Philadelphia. 1.
St. Paul, 2; st. Louis, /.
Windsor, 2; London, /.
Tulsa, O; Duluth, 0.
Kitchener, 3: Toronto MiliiOnaires, 2.
Buffalo, 2; Hamilton, 0.
Niagara Falls. 4; Detroit 0lyunicsa A
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CELTIC FIVE HERE SUNDAY.

Bernie Peacock's Skinker Eagles will
entertain st. Mary's Celtics Sunday
afternoon at o'clock in the main at
traction of the usual Sabbath floor pro-
gram at Congress Heights Auditorium.
There will be preliminary at o'clock
between teams to be announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

Referee-Mr. Sumner Umpire-Mr. Simp-
non. Time of halves-20 minutes.
Goals by Radice and Gaylor in the
final minute swept Maryland to victory
over v. M. I. last night at Lexington
It was a thrilling, close game all the
way At the half the home team was
In the van, 10 to 16.
Radice and Evans played particularly
weIl for Maryland, both on offense and
defense.
Barnes. Scott and Hewlett turned In
strong exhibitions for V. M. l., Scott
being the games high scorer with IL
points.
Scores:
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SWIMMERS REINSTATED.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., February
7 (P).-Rutgers has reinstated George
Kojac, Olympic backstroke swimming
champion, and John d. Dreyfuss, short
distance swimming star. The students,
both sophomores, were barred from the
team when they competed for outside
organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

Fordham toyed with Catholic Uni
versity in scoring its nineteenth straight
win last night at Brookland. With all
the regulars, Landers, Adams. Sweet.
man. Reardon and Capt. Daugnerty
finding the scoring range consistently
the visitors early rang UP command
ing lead, which they maintained to the
end. -,
Daugherty led Fordham scorers with
II points. Walsh and O'Brien with z
and 6 points, respectively, did the bulk
Of the G. u. counting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

Auto Bodies, Radiators, Tenders
Repaired; also New Radiators
Harrison radiators and cores In stock
Wittstatts, 1909 14th North 7177
Also $40 18th. n Block Below Ave.
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LEADS MISSOURI TEAM.

COLUMBIA, Mo-. February (P).-
Irving Epstein Of Brooklyn, N. Y, has
been elected captain of the 1929 track
squad at University of Missouri.
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SCORES OF GAMES.

GonZaga, 20; st. johns II.
Gonzaga, IS; Dewitt. a.
Dewitt. 23; st. Johns. IA.
GonZaga, 80: st. Johns. al.
Dewitt, 81; Emerson, 20.
Central High led Catholic University
Freshmen by Z points early in the
second half when the scholastics lost
Romig and Lampson by the foul route
and the Cardinal Yearlings came with
rush to gain the lead. Tibbets and
Clemens led the G. U. victory producing
rally.
Cross, with 7 points. was the lead
ing scorer Of the Central team, which
showed unusual accuracy in foul shoot
ing.
Led by Mccullough and Capelli, who
scored 10 and points, respectively,
Eastern gained an early lead which 1t
held in its game with Alexandria High.
Ensor and Cassassa were big guns for
Tech Reserves in that teams easy win
over Woodward. Croft was high scorer
for the losers with points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

lionel A. C. has called off the game
booked with Crescent Juniors tomorrow
night.
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LOYOLA ELECTS GALE.

NEW ORLEANS, February Z R).-
Clarence (Brute) Gale, big tackle, has
been s|ssssG lee \! feet ss|ell .csatasa as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

Lovechick accounted for 80 points last
night as Army Headquarters tossers
ran rough-shod over Red Cross, 66
to %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

An individual scoring duel between
Sanders and G. Essex featured Tivoli
Whirlwinds' 29-to-22 win over Metro
politan A. G.