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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
MAX'S PILOT LIKELY
TOPLEDGE ACTION
Jacobs viii Face New York
Boxing MoguIs Tuesday
to Answer Order.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, December 24.-MaX
m Schmeling, through his man
ager, Joe Jacobs, is expected to
tell the New York Athletic
Commission next week that he is ready
to defend his heavyweight title against
the best available opponent in June,
not necessarily Jack Sharkey of Boston
The commission recently ordered
Schmeling to agree, within IS days, to
title fight with the Boston sailor,
but Schmeling's reply was that Jacobs
was his manager and qualified to speak
for him. Jacobs has been under sus-
pension here for some time for his part
in the controversy over managerial
contract Arthur BueloW held on
Something's services.
Must Prove Ability.
Jacobs is to go before the commits
sion next Tuesday and probably will
pledge his protege to a title defense in
June whether it be against Sharkey,
Young Stribling or Victoria Campolo.
If the commission accepts this prom
Use, the way would be paved for a
match between Sharkey and Stribling
or Sharkey and Campolo early in the
Spring. Unless Sharkey can prove
conclusively in actual combat that he
is the best challenger available, experts
feel Sharkey-Schmeling bout Is fore
doomed to financial failure.
Chicago promoters have offered
Schmeling 100000 to fight Stribling
there in June, but present indications
are that the title bout, If and when
it Is held, will be staged here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
BY WALTER R. MCCALLuM.

- OFF course construction work
and much of the maintenance
has been suspended until
warmer weather makes 1t
possible to work the ground and grow
ing grass brings the same old problems
to greenkeepers, but there is no lack
of thought going into these matters.
Two years ago there was organized
the Middle Atlantic Association Of
Greenkeepers, a body made up OF the
greenkeepers and their assistants. Re-
member how your putting green's were
last Summer and compare them with
the greens of five or ten years ago and
see if you cannot visualize an i'm
provement.
Now it cannot be truthfully said
that good putting green's came about all
of a sudden because of the formation
of this organization. However, there
is no doubt that the formation of the
greenkeepers' association has had lot
to do with the interchange of ideas
along lines designed to improve putt
ing green's and golf courses generally.
New Ideas Developed.
Out of the meetings OF this CrganlZa-
ton have come some rev ideas which
have gone into practical use on the
golf courses about Washington and
have aided in keeping them in good
condition. And out of the deliberations
of these men charged with the job of
keeping up an expensive investment has
come the virtual admission that only
two kinds. of bent grasses are suited
for putting green grass around Wash
ington.
Some 8 or 10 years ago the late Prof
c. v. Piper discovered on the old and
abandoned fourth green at the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club an en-
tirely new variety of grass, which hac
not been noticed before. The grass was
developed and put through tests to de-
termine its resistance to the then new
disease-brown patch. 1t was found
that this grass was highly resistant tt
brown patch and that If it was kept
free Of the fungus shortly after sun-ur
it would not develop brown patch tc
the extent that other grasses were af-
fected. That grass now is the chief
putting green grass around washington
and the greenkeepers regard the Wash
ington strain of creeping bent and the
Metropolitan bent as the finest grass
for putting green's in this locality.
The grass stands up we'll under SUM-
mer heat, comes back fast from 8
drought. and both strains are highly re-
sistant to brown patch. But nowaday:
brown patch is fairly we'll under cen
troll. with the exception of the sma'
variety, which does comparatively Nttl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
KNUTE HELD LIKELY
TO CUT EXTRA TOLL
Friends Divided on How Far
He viii Go in Taking
Doctors Advice.
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

HICAGO, December 24-The
a Knute Rockne of 1880, "a man
Y with a thousand duties" is a
figure of the past.
That was the consensus of the famous
Notre Dame foot ball coach's closest
friends today, after reading the advice
Of his physician to quit 1.-The too siren
uous life"
Just how far Rockne would go to
appease the worry of his family, ply
sician and friends was matter of di-
vided personal opinion. Many believed
he would retire from active coaching
and become director of athletics at
Notse Dame. Some guessed he would
take a years leave of absence, while the
majority were quite certain he would
merely refrain from his many extra
activities and devote all his time and
attention to Notre Dame foot ball.
The latter belief appeared most cor
rect. Upon his return from the Notre
Dame-Southern California foot ball
game December 10, Rockne told the
Associated Press that he planned to
stop writing, speaking over the radio
and to luncheon clubs and all the extras
that have been trying to handle"
Suffered From Fatigue.
"All this extra activity, along with
the natural worries a foot ball coach
has to contend with, has me fatigued
he said I've got to stop it or it's all
going to stop me. don't mean to COM
plain, but really I am kept jumping too
much. Look at me now. I'm all in and
really i'll, but I can stay home but two
nights and then have to keep a date
| in New York for the charity foot bal!
game between the New York Giants
and the Notre Dame all-stars. After
that I've got some speeches scheduled
Then will go to Rochester, Mimi, fol
physical check-up and then jump out
to Los Angeles again for another charity
game. It's a hard job to get required
| rest"
Rockne kept his other dates men
| toned, but it was doubtful today whether
| he would disregard his physician
advice by making the second trip Il
Los Angeles for the game December 81
| He was to fly out, but his physician
| warned him not to try it.
| Notre Dame officials today refused t.
make any comment, believing none was
necessary until Rockne himself brought
the matter up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24

"a YEW YORK, December "a
M The last championship
| Y boxing bout of the year
will be staged in Madison
Square Garden on Friday night,
when Midget Wolgast of Philadel-
phia meets frankie Genaro, one
of Father Knickerbockers boys, in
a 15-round battle for the flyweight
title.
They are the only survivors of a
whole gang of champions" clain1ino
the title in the last few years. and the
one who emerges with the victory will
pass unchallenged into the hall where
titleholders sit upon their thrones.
WolgaSt, as far as this State is con-
cerned, will be defending the title, as
he was recognized by the New York
Boxing Commission when he won a
tournament staged here earlier in the
year.
Real Champ This Time.
The National Boxing Association,
which manages to disagree with the
New York body on every possible occa-
sion, refused to look upon WolgaSt as
king Of the little fellows, reserving that
honor for Genaro. Thus a New York
boxer will carry the colors of the N B.
A. and boxer from a State belonging
to the N. B. A. will represent the New
York Commission.
This bout has been postponed several
times, first one and then the other prin-
cipal bobbing up with some excuse. Let
us hope they finally settle their argu-
ment this time.
Wolgast should be right on edge, as
he took the nod last Friday night in
Toronto over Willie Davis, who used to
be top-notch hyweight, but now oper-
ateSsa as a bantam.
Should Genaro win, the firm Of ia
cobS g. Mccartney would have two
champions, one at each end of the line.
as that outfit also manages Max
Schmeling, heavyweight titleholder. Ja-
cobs has devoted most of his time to
Schmeling, leaving it to Mccartney to
guide Genaro, and thus far the old
professor has done a very good job
of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24

George Norris, rs, former track lu-
minary at Central and Pennsylvania,
was elected president of the &c" Club
at the annual Christmas meeting and
buffet supper at the Racquet Club. ca
Dick Newly, 81, was named vice
president; Albert Contradis, 10, twas
reelected secretary, and Charming
Walker 81, was reelected treasurer.
Newly. in addition to Getting as vice
president, will represent the &C" Club
on the board of managers Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Association Of the
A. A. u.
The &C" Club scored the undergrad
uate student body for its lack Of school
spirit
The program last night wound up
with wrestling and boxing exhibitions,
in which Bonnie Bortnick, Champ"
Goldberg. Leon Shub, Mike Tardugno
and Jocko Miller of the Jewish Com
munity Center and Myles Mclean Of
the knights of Columbus participated.
A good preliminary to the Benjamin
Franklin Georgia Tech basket ball game
at Tech Saturday is expected when Gen.
trail High Schools quint and the Cs"~"us
Enumerators team composed o. Gen.
tral alumni, clash.
Earle Moser. Mickey Mcdonald, Pete
Nee, Jim Birthright and Bill Banta are
to play against the current Central
| team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
20 Years Ago
In The Star

Company x, I'd Infantry, D. C.
National Guard (Y. M. G. A. Ca
dets), holds a handicap turkey shoot
at the National Guard rifle gallery
winners are Pvt w. r. Seltman,
pvt. J. #. Hutchinson, Pvt. P. w.
Gibson. Sergt. W. r. jenkins. Capt.
L. B. Ernest commands the company.
Crew practice at Georgetown Uni
versity will start about January is.
Coach Dempsey will be in charge.
Writer in The Star predicts bright
future for Golden after his surprise
hurdles in the annual track meet in
the Georgetown University gym
nasium.
]. Ed Grille, The Stars sports ed
itor, refers to Ty Cobb celebrating
his twenty fourth birthday ami
versary at Atlanta, Ga.
Pittsburgh Pirates buy Walter
NageI, Los Angeles southpaw, who
had been sought by draft by Man
ager McAleer OF this Washington
ball club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
INGRAM TO REMAIN
ASCOACH AT NAVY
Contract Has Year to Run
and He May Sign for
Two Seasons.
NNAPOLIS, Md, December
"a William a NAVY Bib

A NNAPOLIS, Md, December
~ 24.-William A. Navy BilD
"A Ingram will coach the
Naval Academy foot ball
squad for another year at least
and may contract with the ath-
letic officials of that institution
for the next two years.
This information was sent to An
napoliS by Coach Bill himself, together
with denial of the report that he had
applied for the job of coach at the
University of California, as reported.
Should the Naval Academy officials
offer a two-year contract to Ingram,
they will be going beyond what they
do for any other coach, as the settled
policy for years has been to engage
coaches for one year only.
These details will be settled shortly
after the first of the year, when Ingram
will be in Annapolis for a conference
with the representatives of the Naval
Athletic Association.
Leaving Annapolis after the compile
ton of the foot ball season, Ingram has
been at his home, Jefersonville, Ind,
ever since.
Upon the whole, the news that Ingram
will remain as head foot ball coach
will be well received at the Naval
ACADEMY. There is an element that
expects victory in every game and
grumbles If it is not achieved, but most
Navy people realize that the Academy
team is taking upon itself harder sched-
ules than ever before and has done well,
everything considered.
The outlook for next season is reason
ably good and the Nays schedule
among the best. Such hackfield stars
as Kern, Tschirgi and Hurley will be
on hand, while the line has a strong
nucleus in TIttle, captain elect; Under
wood and Bryan.
Besides, the material from this year S
plebe squad is unusually good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
STAUNT0N QUINTET
PLAYS FRENCH A. C.
Invading Team Is Made Up of For.
mer Collegians Who Have
Become Coaches.

One of the best basket ball games of
the season is expected Friday night
when the Staunton Collegians and the
Howard French A G. tossers clash in
the Georgetown Washington gym.
The Stauntons might well be called
an all-Southern coaches quint. Each
of the regulars are former college stars
turned mentors.
Harrison Dey, who starred for Central
High and Dartmouth and who is now
coach Of the Staunton Military Academy
will lead the invaders.
Bill Flester, manager of the Trenches,
will choose his lineup from Tripp,
Gubisch, Barry, Zimmerman, Nc
Menamin, Cabel, Bremen and Mesmer.
Mesmer, former G. U. star and now
coach Of the frosh, also is coaching the
French team.
The game will start at $50 o'clock.
A preliminary will be played.
Griffith Consumers won their eigh-
tenth straight victory last night, beat
ing War College, So to 25.
Mercury A. c. and Eastern Preps won
victories in the Community Center
League last night at the expense of the
Pont1acs and Monroes, respectively. The
scores were 1922 and 1921.
Saks won its ninth straight by handilv
trouncing Alpha Delta Omega cagers
by 22-15.
Phi Theta Lambda tossers want
games. Call Lincoln 10299.
Eldbrooke M. e. wants a game for
Friday night. Call Hank Duryee at
Cleveland 1892.
western Electric won its second VIC
tory in the Intercity League last night,
defeating National Guard by 80 to IS.
Olmsted Grill tossers defeated Head
quarters Battery, 40 to 81 last night at
Fort Myer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
EVANSVILLE DEFEATED
High School Quint Makes Strong
Fight in Losing to Central.

Fight in Losing to Central.
EVANSVILLE, Md, December "a
EVANSVILLE High Schools basket ball
team lost its second game of the sea-
son TO Washington public high school
team when it succumbed to Central in
an 1918 encounter on the National
Guard Armory court here yesterday. As
against Business recently, the Hyatts-
vile scholastics put up a stubborn night
until the late stages, when they were
unable to repulse a determined attack.
Hyattsville contrived twice in the
third quarter to tie the score at HILL
and 1918, but in the final going
Downey Rice. center, shot two floor
baskets and Henry Broadbent, forward,
scored from the foul line to give the
Washingtonians victory.
Central scored points at the start
of the game before Hyattsyille was able
to register a single marker but the
home uuint got its attack functioning,
and at the half was behind by only
8 to 9.
Rice with 7 points and Burke, for
ward, with 4, we're Centrars top scorers,
while Alvin McChesney, forward. with
8, and Warren Evans center, and Bur-
dete Cogar, guard, each with 4, did all
the home teams scoring. Curley Byrd,
r., Hyattsville guard, played fine de-
fensive game.
The game ended Hyattsville's 1890
schedule. The Blue and Gold will re-
sumo activities on the hardwood Janu-
airy against Tech High, at Wash
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
Warner Declared
Ready to Change
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

GAN FRANCISCO, December "a
- (C.P.A.) With university OF
California marketing for a win
ming foot ball each and rumors that
Warner may quit Stanford for an
Eastern post, the gridiron game has
not yet been wrapped up in the Win
ter's moth balls around the san
Francisco Bay district.
William Monahan, graduate man
ager at California, is in the East
shopping around for a successor to
"Nibs" Price and until he returns or
makes some announcement the fol-
lowers of the Golden Bears can do
nothing but guess.
The list of possibilities for the
California Job now include Dick
Hanley of Northwestern, Harry
Mehre Of Georgia, Clarence Spears
OF oregon, Tad Jones, the former
Yale coach, and Jess Hawley, who
turned out winning teams at Dart
mouth some years ago.
Pop Warner may quit Stanford Tor
an Eastern post, the gridiron game
has not yet been wrapped up in the
Winters moth balls around the San
that he might seriously consider a
good offer from the East, such as
Pennsylvania Is purported TO have
mado.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
EAST, SOUTH TEAMS TOLL
Get Ready for Benefit Game in
New York Sunday.

NEW YORK, December "a LP)-
Rival squads of the North and the
South rapidly are rounding into form
for their benefit foot ball game at Eb-
bets Field Sunday.
Hanson, Temple; French, Penn State;
Karcis, Carnegie Tech; Margolies ST..
Johns, New York, and Antos, Boston
College, have starred in the Northern
backfield in practice behind line COM
posed of Obst, Syracuse; DornoH and
Andrews, Marquette; Tully. Pittsburgh:
Kaplan and Shawley, Penn State, and
Stickles, st. Lawrence.
The South has been picking a back
field from among Bethea, Florida
Hackman, Tennessee; Davidson, Geor-
gia: Bell, Oglethorpe, and Phipps, Ken
lucky, and a line from Williams, Ken
lucky: Bodenger and Holland Tulane
Magner. North Carolina; Spier, Georgia
Tech; Brandt and Thayer, Tennessee;
Church and Fulton, Oglethrope, and
Forquer and Rose, Kentucky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
10 Steam for Cougar Bqle Gena1o in Last 1880 Title CO
Much Aid to Golf Here GiUen
By Greenkeepers' association

harm, anyway. Those fine putting
greens at Burning Tree and the Army
Navy Club are largely of Metropolitan
bent while most of those at Washington
are Of the Washington strain,
Some Interesting Experiments.
The greenkeepers' association has had
some interesting experiments with poa
annua, the putting green grass which
used to be condemned as a weed and
now Is coming to be regarded as q high
ly desirable putting green cover. Many
OF the green's at Washington become
poa annua green's during the growing
season in April and May, and then go
back to bent when the poa annua seeds
and fades out. Such green's as the
sixth and seventeenth at Columbia are
almost pure poa annua during the sea-
son. When the grass Is killed by frost
the bent remains in good condition.
The greenkeepers are working to de-
velop this poa annua as an adjunct to
the purer strains Of bent, realizing that
it makes an excellent putting green sur
grasses require to grow and the time
the poa annua seeds and practically
dies.
This is just one Of the phases Of the
work of the greenkeepers. Every golfer
around Washington is indebted to this
association, which is working along lines
designed to make your golf course as
foolproof as possible and capable OF
being kept in fine condition day in and
day out, regardless of weather.
The next meeting of the green
keepers association will be held at the
Hamilton Hotel the evening Of jan
uary IL.
THE Congressional Uemtry Club dele
l. gates to the annual meeting Of the
United States Golf Association
early in January may be instructed
to make a bid for the national
open championship two or three
years hence, and may be requested not
20 bid for the amateur championship.
Although no report has been brought
in by the committee empowered to in
vestigate the prospect of securing the
amateur title event for 1882, there is q
disposition on the part Of some infiu-
entail members of the club to regard
1882 as a bad year for a big tourna-
ment, in that not enough time will be
given the club to prepare for the event.
The Baltimore Country Club is pre-
pared to bid for the amateur champion
ship in 1892, in case the Congressional
| Club does not make bid, and If the
award is made to Baltimore it will be
played over the famous Five Farms
! course. The Baltimore club will defer
however, to the bid of Washington
| club, holding that Washington will be
| the center of a national celebration in
/ 1892 and a big tournament would be
more fitting near the Capital in that
wear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
NEW POOL is OPENED
Nct-l Aquatic Stars Perform al
New Shoreham Hotel.

With Gertrude Ederle. "Stubby"
Kruger, Herman Ringler. Dave Russell,
Walter Spence. Joe Wohl and George
Kojac, national known swimming stars,
performing, the new Shoreham Hotel
Venetian pool officially was opened last
night before a capacity dinner-dance
audience.
Herman Ringler and Dave Russell
featured the evening with exhibitions
Of classic diving. Russell is the junior
national high-board champion and
Ringler is the holder of all Middle
Atlantic States championships and Is
interscholastic national champion.
Joe Wohl Syracuse; Walter Spence,
Rutgers, national breast-stroke spring
champion, end George Kojac, also OF
Rutgers, teamed up and lowered the
national record for the 300-yard medley
from 3:08 3-5 to 3:06 is. They do not
plan to claim the record, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
TEAM HIGH SPIRITED
But TRAVEL WEARY
Alabama Eleven "LookS Big"
to neutrality-suspicious.
Mum on Outcome.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ASADENA, Calf, December
- 24-Scarcely more than a
punt and pass removed
from the Rose Bowl, where
the annual New Year day Tourna-
ment of Roses foot ball finale will
be presented, the Crimson Tide of
Alabama today started generating
power to be turned loose upon
Washington State.
Weary of travel, but fresh of spirit,
Coach wallace Wade's soft-spoken
Southerners sorted out their gridiron
trapping for a renewal of practice
periods, eager to begin final preparation
for the classic which marks their third
Western invasion.
A team of power was this Alabama
aggregation, which Displayed business
aggregation, which displayed business
through a short but impressive work.
out only few minutes after climbing
stiffly from a special train.
Make No Prediction.
There were no predictions to be made
by team or coach on arrival. Wade
said his men were in good condition;
that they would settle down to an I'M
interrupted grind of preparation and
that, while California weather was a
trifie warmer than that in Alabama 1t
would have no effect on the team. That
was all.
Capt. Charles "Foots" Clement regis
tered surprise that his team should rate
as favorites. II don't see why We should
be given the edge after travelling clear
across the country, but We'll sure put
everything we have, you all can bank
on that"
The Alabamans were pleased with
their reception. Washington State Of
ficials were in the crowd of more than
a thousand Even Coach Grin Babe"
Hollingbery left his team in the middle
of its second practice session here TO
welcome his foes
Gosh, they look big" he commented.
Cougars Speed Up.
The Cougars stepped right into stride
yesterday afternoon and started run
ming signal drill after considerable work
on fundamentals. Present plans call
for increased work through the re-
mainder of the week, with no excep-
ton made for Christmas day.
The Southern boys were no more tired
than their newly acquired mascot. AT
Phoenix, Ariz Poison" a black dom
key was presented the team. Just a
few hands high, the mountain canary
was too weary to travel under its own
power and was transported to the hotel
in the same truck with the teams
baggage.
Poison" probably will pay call on
washington States cougar, Butch
Meeker.'' today or tomorrow. The
meeting is expected to be very informal,
with no festivities planned, for the
mountain lion has been hungry and
moody since arrival.