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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-16
APACHES MAY PLAY
OR|OLE CHAMPIONS
Washington and Baltimore
Foot Ball Titles Are
Decided Same Day.

Wv YASHINGTON'S undefeated
sandlot foot ball champions,
NM the ApacheS, with the Scalps
of the MohawkS and St.
Mary's Celtics included in a
lengthy string, pointed tomahawks
threateningly today at the LanSdowneS,
who yesterday defeated Homestead for
the championship of the Baltimore
league. while the Apaches were polish
ing off the Celtics, II to o.
However, 1t was the Lansdowne team
that challenged for meeting next Sun
day. Manager Seymour Hall, the
Apache manager, had said the Celtic
game would be the last for his team.
but nevertheless Is considering the
Baltimore challenge. A victory over
Lansdowne would give the Apaches a
clear right to the South Atlantic title.
The Apaches got a touchdown in
each of the first two periods, both
through steady driving, McCabe and
Mccain scoring. The winners threat
ened to score on three occasions in
the last half. 1t was thoroughly de-
cisive victory.
In the third quarter, little Bill
Thomas of the CelticS ran As yards
across the Apache goal, but the ball
was called back and his team penalized
for holding. Later he was taken 10
Garfield Hospital with an injured
shoulder.
Near the finish, Coach RUDE Hayman
ofthe Celtics and Boots Brown, Apache
end, we're ruled out for swapping
punches.
Five thousand paid to see the game.
A scoreless battle was fought in Bal
timore by the Mohawks and Irvingtons,
but it was a moral triumph for the
Irvingtons, who early this season took
a beating from the Washington, team.
The Irvingtons came closest to a touch
down, putting the ball on the 4-yard
line TWO Mohawk field, goal attempts
were made in the last half.
BY virtue of 32-to-6 victory over
the Northeast Temple eleven, the Tro-
jams appear to have sewed up city
honors in the 115-pollrld class.
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BASKET BALL CARD
FOR SCHOOL TEAMS

TODAY.
Business VS.. Catholic University
Freshmen, at Brookland preliminary to
the G. U. Varsity High Point game).
Business VS.. Woodward, at Business
(afternoon).
Eastern VS.. Alexandria High, at Alex
andria.
Landon VS.. Faculty, at Epiphany
Church gym.
TOMORROW.
Emerson VS.. Business, at Business.
Alexandria High VS.. Western, at
Western.
Potomac Boat Club vs.. Eastern, at
Eastern.
Central VS.. Silver Spring High, at
Central (afternoon).
Central VS.. George Washington
Freshmen, at q. w. gym preliminary
to G. w. Varsity-Shenandoah game).
Y. M. G. A. College VS.. Ben Franklin
at Langley Junior High gym.
Oakton (Va.) High VS.. Hyattsville
High, at Hyattsville.
WEDNESDAY.
Central VS.. Catholic University
Freshmen, at Brookland preliminary to
the C. U. Varsity-Maryland State Nor
NAL game).
Business VS.. George Washington
Freshmen, at George Washington.
THURSDAY.
Emerson VS.. Central at Central.
Business VS.. woodward at Woodward.
Western VS.. Rockville High at Rock
vile.
Emerson VS.. Western at Western.
Hyattsville High VS.. Tech, at Tech.
Episcopal VS.. Eastern, at Eastern
(practice game).
Landon VS.. Georgetown Prep, at Gar
rett Park.
Central VS.. Gettysburg High, at
Gettysburg.
Strayer VS.. Baltimore Strayer, at
Baltimore.
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WEEK END SPORTS
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
AVALON-Tony Manero wins Cata-
lima Island open golf tournament with
54-hole score of 1876, IL under par;
DIN Dutra, California, Is second. .
COLUMBUS, Ohio. - National Pro
Foot Ball League season closes with
Green Bay Packers as new champions.
CHICAGO.--Chicago Cubs manage
ment opposes Hack Wilsonc contem-
plated boxing match with Art Shires;
Wilson says he won't fight unless given
permission.
MEXICO CITY.-Cuba wins last two
singles matches in Hidalgo tennis tro-
ply matches captured by Mexico, three
victories to two.
LOS ANGELES.-Southe California
foot ball team smothers Carnegie Tech,
As to Is.
BOSTON. - Massachusetts, Boxin 9
Commission absolves Champion Jackie
Fields Of blame In bout with Gorilla
Jones, which was halted In seventh
round and declared no contest.
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It was his opinion that foot ball
is nothing more nor less imam a
cross section of American life anu
that as such it is subject to the
same tendencies to erro'. and, as
such a human agency, cannon pc
expected to be perfect. With thaI
as a promise, DR.. TigerS discussed
the values and the undesirable
factors in foot ball, and showed
that the former are seldom men
toned. while the latter are accen-
tuated far beyond their true pro-
portion. 49, :. =
unfair to the game to lay so mucn
emphasis on one undesirable factor:
which the colleges all recognize ana
understand and are trying TO eilmlnaCe'
until it seems that foot ball Is all wrong
What. rather, should be done, accord
ing to DR.. Tigert, is to recognize that
the patient as a whole is organicaiiy
sound and that the little sore on the
end of a finger should be cured by the
best means available and as rapidly as
possible. It also was his opinion that
to make the open charge that foot ball
has reached a point where 1t is under
the control of alumni and the sports
writers simply Is not stating the facts.
Others Defend Game.
DR.. Dinwiddie, president of Tulane
University, said he believed tnose IN
charge of athletics should be trusted TO
manage athletics and that they would
effectively handle all problems tnat
Rave to do with foot ball, including
those problems that are concerned WIN
SCHOLASTIC requirements.
DR.. Knapp, president of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, was OF the opn-
ion that boy who is an athlete ougnI
10 be allowed to receive legitimate ala
to go through school Just as 90 otneT
bows who are not athletes, and that ne
did not consider the scholastic part OF
the problem a very big one, because at
his school the athletes averaged higher
IN their school work than the remainder
of the student body.
Other college presidents. including DR..
YicVey of University of Kentucky and
DR.. Morgan of University OF Tennessee,
smoke pretty much in the same vein, all
stating frankly the various problems
that have come out of foot ball, but
not one speaking word against foot
ball itself, all apparently accepting as
q general premise that the game Z; Is
holding a solid and desirable place IN
the colleges and that such undesirable
factors as are concerned with it must
be eliminated as quickly and in the
best way possible.
Bob Neyland, coach of the Univer-
Sly of Tennessee's great team. says that
McEver. his star back, is the greatest
ball carrier that ever stood In foot
ball suit. Neyland's opinion Of McEvers
ability is worth giving:
"McEver Is the greatest ground-gatn-
ing back I ever have seen, and that in
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ing at west Point I played against
Thorpe, but the Indian was not as
hard to stop as McEver. There Is
nothing on a foot ball field that Nc
Ever cannot do. He weighs 1873 pounds,
is a hard runner and at the same time
is clever in the open field. He is
great defensive player, and altogether
is the best man in foot ball uniform
ever have known"
Mai. Neyland, who besides coaching
the foot ball team at Tennessee Is de-
tailed by the War Department to Ten
nessee as professor of military science
and tactics, was the center of big
laugh on the part of many to whom
he was speaking about the tie game his
team played with Kentucky. Tennessee
had clear road to the Southern cham
pionship if it could bsat Kentucky in
the final game. However, Kentucky
tied Tennessee, or Tennessee tied Ken
lucky, according to whether one looks
at it from Tennessee or Kentucky eyes,
and Neyland, in talking of the title he
did not win, spoke thus:
I'VE did not mind at all about Ken
lucky tying us. think 1t really was
good thing for foot ball. The 6-to-6
score was a credit to both teams. Ken
we. Probably 1t Is we'll that we do not
have to bother about Southern cham
pionship. 1t is not good thing for any
team to be too successful, and we are
just as we'll satisfied as it is"
Pausing at that point for half
second or so, but before anybody else
could speak, Neyland continued:
But, gosh, how would like to have
got that extra point"
There is not much doubt that in
future years many more foot ball games
will be played between schools in the
northern end of the Southern Confer
ence and the schools down near the
Gulf Coast. Had schedules of the teams
in North Carolina, Virginia and Mary
land not been filled already they could
have listed as many such games as
they desired It is understood that
several commitments were made for
contests in 1881. It is certain that
Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Florida and
Tulane will be on the schedules of
schools in this section at that time.
Catholic University and George Wash
ington open their basket ball schedules
tonight and tomorrow night. The
Brooklanders meet the High Point,
N c., College quint this evening at
Brockland at 8 o'clock, while tomorrow
George Washington entertains the
Shenandoah College five In the Colonial
gymnasium. Both Catholic u. and
G. w. are expecting to turn out good
teams and figure on opening their
schedules with victories. OF course,
Fred Rice always has a good five at
c. U. and probably no other school in
the section has been so consistently
successful in basket ball for the last Is
years.
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lust as we were discussing some in
teresting reports, written the Car
negie Institute by Capt. Ault of the
institutes famous ship, the Carnegie,
there came news over the radio of the
destruction of the vessel and the death
of her gallant commander. We were
particularly touched by this grievous
accident, being present when she de-
parted on her last voyage, and, our
good Swan had shared the pier with
her for the Winter preceding, so she
was really an old friend. Ericsson, the
old sailing master. was always much
amused at our, and others, efforts with
boats, old square-rigger men are that
way.
Notwithstanding he was our good
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Dixie College Defend Ball. Brandt Miss
COAST COLLEGES PLAN
NEW ELIGIBILITY RULES

SAN FRANCISCO. December Is [P).
Graduate managers and faculty rep
reSentatives of the 10 Pacific Coast
Conference colleges will open a three
day meeting here today to draw up
1880 foot ball, base ball and track
schedules.
With foot ball dates the outstanding
matter of business, the delegates also
had before them a question of appoint
ment of a commissioner of foot ball;
advancement of the opening date of
practice from September Is to Septem-
Der 10, and revision of eligibility rules.
Members of the conference are Cali
fornia, Washington, Southern Califor-
MIA, Stanford, oregon, Washington
State, oregon State. Idaho, Montana
Angeles.
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JAP DAVIS CUP NETMEN
SEEKING EUROPEAN PLAY

TOXIC, December 16 (P).-The ex-
ecutive committee of the Japan Lawn
Tennis Association decided today to is
sue its 1880 challenge for the Davis Cup
in the European zone instead of the
American zone, as it has done hereto
fore. The committee said the action
was taken because the European zone
offers greater variety of competition.
The Davis Cup team for 1880 named
today includes Takeichi Harada, Yo-
shire Ohta, Tamia Abe and Ytotart
Sato The. first three are veterans of
international matches, while Sato Is
rated as the best of the newcomers.
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Like Willie Keeler's batting, you try
to hit 'em where they amt. AS an
example, take look at some of the
stuff Barry'S teams pull In the up
per panel Gig. - the defense has
been made to think the player with
the ball Is about to hand it to his
teammate who is rushing by, pur-
sued by his immediate opponent. In
Siead he shoots 1t to another Gig
%.
In the lower panel the defense has
stopped the player with the ball
Zig. az. This forward makes a fine
bluff of throwing 1t over his oppo-
nent's head to another. Like flash
he changes to a bounce pass to a
second teammate Gig. b.. No
chance of such pass being de-
flected. Basket ball players are all
ways thinking ahead and passing
the ball to unexpected spots. They
are trained that way. The game is
a mental one almost entirely. If
not, the five playing with its mus
Giles goes down to defeat.
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VINO can Qanule the JOD. NOCre Dame
lines are nearly always strong-strong
Tom Leib around to look after line play,
there will be little weakness from tackle
to tackle.
Pound for Pound.
T F. G. writes in to ask the best
10 fighter, pound for pound, meas
ured by pounds and ability, in the his
tory of the ring.
There are several candidates to be
entered in this parade. One Is Jimmy
Wilde, the British fyweight, a great
boxer and hard hitter, at l08 pounds.
Another is Joe Cans. Still another is
Bob Fitzsimmons, the only fighter in
the game to be middleweight, light
heavyweight and heavyweight champion.
FitZ was the best of all the heavy
weights, pound for pound. Weighing
less than ITO, often under 100, he was
still terrific puncher and one of the
SmarteSt boxers that ever dabbled in
the leather trade.
Another great fighter for his weight
was Harry Greb who at his peak could
have come close to whipping any heavy
weight living.
Not to forget a certain fighter by the
name of Sam Langford, who is still
picked by many experts as the greatest
of them all whenever he felt like open
ing up with his full line Of stuff.
1t won't be surprising now to see any
number of golfers attempting the Diegel
Elbow Spread for putting. Leo has a
spread of feet from elbow to elbow
when aiming at the cup from the putt
ing green. 1t isn't bad idea for any
one troubled with locked wrists or the
tendency toward nervous jabs around
the cup.
did Hagen, taking three puts from
a foot's distance, set a world record as
far as champions are concerned?" asks
Ripper. Few champions have at
tempted to keep or turn In any records
of this sort. The best method % to
forget them as quickly as possible.
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AMERICAN GROUP.
YOUNG GARDINI ON MAT
WITH TURNER THURSDAY

Joe Turner, District veteran middle
weight wrestler, will grapple with
Young Gardini in the main match of
the regular Thursday night mat card
this week at the Strand Theater.
Dick Gravely will meet Gene Spiller,
Canadian. in another middleweight bout
and Bull Martin and Able Kaplin,
heavyweights, will clash in the curtain
raiser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-16

Hyattsville Highs basket ball team,
which was to meet st. Adams School
.tossers this afternoon on the latter
court in Washington, will entertain
Oakton, Va. High tossers on the armory
floor here tomorrow afternoon. Hyatts-
Vile High girls will open their season
tomorrow afternoon against the Oakton
High lasSies.
Hyattsville boy tossers also will play
two more games this week, playing host
to Rockville High here wednesday and
going to Washington Friday to meet
Tech High.
Managers of Prince Georges County
Basket Ball League teams will meet to-
night at tbs o'clock in the National
Guard Armory here to map a schedule
for the leagues second half, which opens
January 6. and also to pass upon the
eligibility of proposed new players.
HyattsyiIle High School is proud Of
the athletic record being made at the
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CANADIENS ATTAIN
PRO HOCKEY LEAD
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 16.-For the
first time since the start of the season,
the international group of the National
Hockey League has a new leader, but
the American section still is plodding
along in the wake of the champion
Boston Bruins.
Taking advantage of Ottawa's slump,
Les Canadiens of Montreal, one of pro-
fessional hockey's most brilliant teams,
turned in victories in two of their three
games last week to take first place.
After downing Detroit Tuesday in a
So overtime game to get a tie, the
flying Frenchmen took the deciding
contest from their rivals Saturday night
by a 6 to count on the strength of
Pete Lepine's shooting Lepine scored
five goals and assisted in the other
The standing, including last nights
games:
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Value of Feinting
Most Important

I think it was Sam Barry, former
Iowa coach, who claimed that basket
ball developed more initiative than
any other sport. Many agree with
him. It's up to the individuals in
this game. The coach perfects them
in fundamentals and gives them
what game strategy it is possible to
pass on. After that it is up to the
boys.
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PALACE ELEVEN WINS
135.POUND GRID TITLE

Having won the Capital City League
l35-pound championship and defeated
the Northern Props, 1870, for independ-
ent honors, the Palace A. c. today con-
siders itself a city title holder.
Eddie Helm fell on a fooled punt
behind the Northern goal for a touch
down and another was scored after q
long, hard drive.
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STUART WINS TITLE
IN SOCCER LEAGUE

BY beating Columbia, 3 to o, the
Stuart team clinched the championship
of the Junior American Soccer League.
A 30-yard goal by Fitzpatrick was the
feature shot of the game. The entire
team Of youngsters played well. Lewis
and Mckenzie were the Columbia stars.
In the Washington Soccer League the
Gaelic Americans fooled the dopesters
by holding RoSedale to a III tie and
Concord trimmed the Washington Club,
2 to /.
In the Capital City League, Marlboro
pasted Gaithersburg, 6 to /, and Hyatts-
vile forfeited to Fashion Shop.
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DOZEN AMATEUR BOUTS
ON AT COLUMBUS HALL

knights of Columbus, Nehi, Ward
man A. C.. and Catholic Boys Club
boxers are scheduled to be represented
in q program of IL amateur bouts to be
staged tonight at Columbus Hall, start
ing at $50 o'clock.
lube Sullivan, Casey director of ath-
letics, has arranged the program.
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ALONG THE WATER FRONT
BY carroll KLOTZBACK.

e" AREWELL, old friend, may your stout frame
l. Find comfort in Old Oceans arms;
Safe you are from hurricane,
And the Thunder Gods alarms.
To the long roll call adds another name,
OF q gallant ship her cruise non done;
Time will but add to CdrnegieS Jane,
Secure her place in the Sun.
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alexandria High Quint Opens
Against Western TOMORROW

cock, Edgar Martin, Harry Spear and
Jimmy Luckett.
st. Mary's Celtics have arranged two
court games for New Years day play
ing Woven Mills at Martinsburg,
w. Va, that afternoon and the Cum
berland knights Of Columbus at Cum
berland, Md, at night.
Alexandria All-Stars were defeated,
10 to 0, by the Arlington Props, at Ar
lington, yesterday afternoon. Jerry
Augustine, Seat Pleasant Fire Depart
ment star, was the outstanding per-
former for the winning eleven.
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THE SPORTLICHT
GRANTLAND RICE
By GRANTLAND RICE.
Helpful Mistakes.


ONE foot ball should
the goal-ne tumble" In
Booth fumbed Harvard
picked the ball finally
when long reaching hand Snagged his Jersey
the Pennsylvania Cornell
right at his goal line
bounded back the line Gentle
yards for touchdown The odds that Booth
Gentle had handled both ceany
cornered and stopped with little chance get But
bed kickoff close to the breaks
oloI the field
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Golfers Confused
By Term Straight
BY SOL NIETZGER.

BY SOL METZGER.
The swing for the pitch to the
green is the same as is used for the
drive. True, it is shorter and more
compact; but the same basic princi-
Piles are involved.
Many golfers are confused by the
term, Take the club straight back
from the ball. They attempt to
move the clubhead on a straight line
from 1t, on the line extended from
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leading Brentwood Basketers
Play Tonight in County Loop

University of Maryland by one of its
graduates, Bob Gaylor of Berwyn. Gay
Tor has made his mark both in basket
ball and base ball. He started the pres
ent court season, his second on the
varsity squad. in impressive style, hav-
ing scored Is points in Maryland's
winning game against william and
Mary last Friday night.
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the flag through the ball. This is
not the idea intended to be conveyed.
Bobby Cruickshank might well say
he takes his iron straight back from
the ball. In reality, though, he does
not mean quite that. The idea to be
conveyed by this expression is that
you take the clubhead back under
control of a straight left arm and
without bending the wrists. That
brings it back on an arc inside the
line of flight. as the Illustration
shows. NeXt-a further explanation
of this point.
The pivot is the least understood
ger has prepared a leaflet on The
ger has prepared a leaflet on The
Pivot" which he will gladly send to
any reader requesting it. Inclose a
stamped, addressed envelope.
(Copyrisht, 1920
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The scattered mass begins to close in
on the runner, who usually starts
straight and then swerveS off to the
right or left. Booth ran into a mass
and swerved to his left. where no one
remained on guard. Gentle ran into a
mass, and then swerved to his right,
where he found open territory. Once
the ball carrier. can get the majority of
the other team into mass he has a
great chance And apparently this is
just what the goal-line tumble does.
Next Fall it might be a play worth
working out. 1t won one big November
game, and it came within one step of
winning another.
one Of the queer features of foot ball
as it is played today is that often an
error might work out better than a
f1awleSS play.
Putnam ran a fumbled or badly
thrown lateral for touchdown in the
Michigan game, where a perfect pass
probably would have been good for 10
or Is yards at most. No wonder coaches
spend most of their Saturday afternoons
gnawing at benches or biting their
wrists.
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GOOD FAR EXCEEDS EVIL
in SPORT TICERT AYERS
Other Southern Conference School Presidents Join
Florida u. Leader in Praise of Came. u. and
C.. w. Start Basket Ball Seasons.
BY H. C. BYRD.

all right and filling big place In campus
e according to presidents OF six universities who were IN az
annual convention Of the Southern
last week All six Of these men made nTieI
admitted that ball times
places productive of undesirable things but not to any greater
of its size and Importance
FurthemoTe it was pointed ball holds such val
undesirable
weighed be almost negligible - os,oo
DR. John Tger United States commissioner OF educa-
University of Florida made one OF the
franke and talks foot ball that ever has come
executive What he said in an executive
sion of the publication but he later
the salient points OF his remarks
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CARDS BEAT WOLVERINES.

Scoring two touchdowns in the FIRST
defeated the Wolverines, IL to o.
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N
T Asst Fall Georgia Tech, after tough
- schedule that included Notre Dame
and California, never lost contest.
This Fall Tech lost Pund, LumpKin
and one or two others. But MiZell,
Thomson, Jones, Maree and several
other stars remained.
Yet this Fall Georgia Tech lost SIX
games. Which shows the difference
Just one or two men often can make
to a foot ball team If available reserves
are not ready to Jump in and fill the
gaps. With Pund back at center and
Lumpkin at fullback, Tech might have
saved at least three or four OF her lost
battles.
Next Fall Notre Dame loses Moyna-
han, Cannon and Law from the center
and these three made up as strong
center trio as foot ball has known for
many years. 1t isn't likely that even
Rockne will be able to find three men
to fill their places without some loss OF
strength, but he will have men there