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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
MASONIC BOWLERS
IN STAKES TONIGHT

Bowling members of the Masonic
fraternity of the District and nearby
Hyattsville, Silver Spring and Claren-
don swing into action tonight in the
first block of their handicap sweep
stakes. Five games win be rolled oil
the Convention drives and as many
more at the same establishment next
Saturday night.
Nearly $50 duckpinners will shoot for
the prizes. Four of them will roll from
scratch.
other sweepstakes are carded for To-
night. A women's event OF this nature,
which will be q weekly affair, will be
inaugurated at the Arcadia, both King
Pin drives are to conduct open sweep
stakes for men and District League
members will compete in another on
the Northeast Temple alleys.
Hyattsville's clever entry scored in the
brother doubles concluded last night OH
the Lucky Strike drives. The HiSeI
brothers, Oscar and Henry, rolling 1,lS6
in the concluding block. made their
total for the 10 games 1884 to cop the
main prize.
Northeast Temple bowlers pulled the
unexpected in the District League last
night by taking the King Pins three
ways in a well contested match and
cutting the lead of the latter to one
and q half games Now the Temples
are very much In the running for the
lead laurels.
Sports department bowlers of The
Star have been challenged by repre-
sentatives of the Herald sports stan and
q match probably soon will be arranged
The ambitious Herald crew also is eager
to tackle the teams of the Times and
News sports stats on the drives.
A meeting to consider a proposed
tournament for the Eastern Star League
will be held tonight at Lucky Strike
at 7:30 o'clock.
King Pin team goes to Baltimore to-
night to complete a home-and-home
battle with the Happy Five. The kins
Pins assumed a substantial lead last
Saturday night here in the opening five-
game block of the match.
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BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TORONTO.-Sammy Hackett, To-
ronto, outpointed Leo kid Roy, Mon
treal Q0l; Jackie Phillips, Toronto
outpointed Jack Purvis, Indianapolis
QO).
BOSTON.-Sammy Fuller. Boston
won on foul from Benny Bass, Junior
lightweight champion, Philadelphia (5)
(no title).
CHICAGo,-Clyde Chastain, Dallas,
Tex, outpointed Harry Ebbets, Brook
lyn, N. Y. uO): joey Medill Chicago,
outpointed Spug Myers, Pocatello, Idaho
Q0): George (Supergreat) Trafton,
Chicago, knocked out Battling Criss,
lockwood, Mich. 90.
PITTSBURGH.-Tiger Joe Randall,
Elizabeth, Pa, knocked out Larry
Madge, Cleveland a..
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-Bob God
win, Atlanta. Ca, outpointed Mike Nc
Tigue, New York; QO).
MINNEAPOLIS.-Di Daniels. Min
neapolis, outpointed Matt Adgie, Phila-
delphia Q0).
SAN FRANCISCO.-Johnny Spino,
stockton, Calf, outpointed Lynn Jor-
dan, Akron, Ohio (6).
SAN FRANCISCO.-Gorilla Jones.
Akron. Ohio, and Eddie Roberts, Ia
coma, WASH, drew QO).
HoLLYwooD.-Johnny Lamar. Los
Angeles. outpointed Cecil Payne, Louis
vile (l0).
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BROWN FACES ERICKSON
OVER 15-ROUND ROUTE

NEW YORK, February R.-Al
Brown. slim Panama Negro meets
15-round bout at the Olympia A. G.
tonight. with Browns more or less syn
thetic bantamweight championship at
stake. The Panama Negro is recognized
In New York State as the defending
bantamweight champion" but the Ma
tional Boxing Association holds that
the 118-pound crown is vacant and
Brown simply the leading contender.
Brown rules a 2-to-1 favorite Sr
Erickson, who has shown little except
an ability to take plenty of punish
ment without leaving his feet
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WALKER-L0MSKI SCRAP
PLANNED BY MONTIETH

CHICAGO, February 8 P-Scotty
Montieth, matchmaker for the Olympia
Arena, Detroit, expressed hope TODAY
that he would be able to induce the
National Boxing Association to approve
the Mickey Walker-Leo Lonski flgh-
set for Detroit February II. The
". 3. A. had refused to sanction the
match on the ground that Walkers
suspension in Illinois had not been
lifted.
Montieth conferred with Maj. Gen.
John ". Clinnin, chairman of the
ulionis commission, yesterday, and the
appeal to have his case reopened.
walker was suspended after posting a
$4,000 forfeit to defend his title and
having failed to do so within the time
limit set by the N. B. A.
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! possible exception of his manager, Will
liam A. Brady.
The match was arranged as the cli-
max of three-day fistic carnival at
New Orleans. The purse would have
been refused by a third rater of the
industry and the winner was to get all
1t would hardly keep John L. Sullivan
month and naturally the champion
| spent most of 1t in advance.
The incredible happened in that
bout-as it frequently has happened
in the fight game. The experts once
more were baff1ed. The Ghost" fitted
around the corpulent champion, stab
bling him with jabs and tantalizing him
| as fat bull in an arena Is tantalized
by the banderillas and the picadors.
| Then when the bold champion was
utterly exhausted Corbett finished him.
1t was very buSinesSlike job. Cor
bett only Sneered when Sullivan bel
lowed to him to stand still and fight.
Corbett had no more notion of stand
ing still and being battered down than
Gene Tunney had at Chicago He was
going to do his fighting in his own good
time-and he did.
And yet there was no loud cheering
over the victory. In fact, young Cor
bett became for a time the most I'M
popular man in the country, or at least
| in the sport world. because he had de-
stroyed the great illusion. Some of the
old-time ring followers have not for
given him to this day.
An Unreliable Expert.
Gradually they started to accept in
Corbett the inevitable. They conSoled
themselves with the thought that he
was bringing some of the refinement to
the game which later was so much
sought after by Tex Rickard. They
called the new champion Gentleman
jim" He could wear dinner coat and
he could speak the English language
without dialect or profanity.
Those were the days of infrequent
championship bouts, and Corbett
turned toward the stage as a side line.
Gentleman Jim went well as an actor
from no less critic than George
Bernard Shaw, who later journeyed TO
Brinni Italy, to visit him.
1t took long time to build up" the
bout with Ruby Robert Fitzsimmons
Prize lighting still was fugitive sport
and the only place they could find to
stage 1t was near Carson City, the
capital OF comparatively free Nevada.
1t was there, while he was chattering
gayly and sure of victory, that Corbett
was dropped by the celebrated solar
plexus punch. 1t kept him down Just
long enough to lose the championship.
At that time the elder Corbett was surer
than ever that James j. Corbett used
bad judgement when he gave up his
good job in the bank.
Since the ring passed behind him.
Gentleman Jim has had varying good
success at everything but developing
prize fighters and at prize fight expert
ing. Mr.. Corbett sought to teach other
husky young men to do what he did
IN the ring, but ne found that the only
way that this could be accomplished
would be to have the Corbett brains.
developed south of the slot, grated into
the skull of the aspirant. This would
force Mr.. Corbett to the necessity of
using the other fellows brains.
Mr. Corbett, naturally. was loath to
part with his own gray matter. "a he
contents himself with watching the
lighters and picking them wrong with
euncanny consistency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08

Inere are now 40 or more teams using
the Notre Dame system, under the di-
rection of Notre Dame players. The
good DIR. Rockne can't keep on shoot
ing the same stuff against defenses pre-
pared to check his attack. So he must
rig out changes in his attack each year
Sitting out under a Florida sun, you
may see him peering intently into dis
tant spaces. and it Is to l he is map
ping out some new twist for his shift
to follow. He can't afford to stand pat
for any reason.
Little to Worry About.
d OCKNE faces the hardest schedule
N any team ever tackled. He opens
l0-game campaign against Southern
Methodist. one of the strongest teams
of the strong Southwest, and he closes
against Southern California at Los
Angeles In between his men must face
| Army and Navy, Pennsylvania and
Pittsburgh. and a few others of this
type.
Yet he isn't worrying. He loses three
great center men in Moynahan, Cannon
and Law, the strongest center trio in
foot ball last Fall. But he has good
stuff coming along and his backfield
will still carry Carrideo, Brill, Savoldi
and Schwartz, with one or two others
who will be heard about in loud tones
before the year is over He needs about
20 reserves to tackle this schedule and
he will have them. Spring practice
starts at Notre Dame in a short while,
and Spring practice at Notre Dame is
no "Maypole" dance on the lawn. 1t
is here that Rockne not only builds UP
most of his offensive plans for the Fall,
but it is also here that he hammers in
the fundamentals that have made his
teams famous. This carries a long
hard siege Of scrimmaging to polish of
the instruction.
Rockne rarely has any pre-made stars
He develops his own talents and you
rarely ever run into a star sophomore
wearing Notre Dame colors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08

The Hardest Game.
A T one time or another" Rockne
"A said, II have tried most games
foot ball, base ball. tennis. SQUASH, etc,
but golf is the hardest of them all to
learn-especially after one has passed
80. 1t seems simple enough, but for
some reason it doesn't work out that
way. I've worked on it and played and
practlced, but I can't seem to improve
l get better and just as / begin to pick
up some encouragement I am suddenly
worse again. A youngster can watch
good golfers and initiate a good swing,
but as one gets older and bad habits
become fixed they are hard to change,
A backf1eld shift isn't any too easy to
time perfectly. but 1t is simple compared
to the correct timing of a golf swing,
where the tendency to tension is be-
yond anything else in sport. At least,
I've got an easier job than these golf
teachers, who must need all the patience
there is left in the world. Golf is a
constant challenge to q mans brain.
nerves and muscles, working as a team,
and maybe this is one of the reasons
why 1T has appealed to many millions.
Many OF them may hate it, but they
can't leave it alone"
The Flying Texan.
N the last year or two Texas has con-
tributed more than its quota of
sprinters in Cy Leland and Claude
Bracey. These two are willing to run
against a picked pair from any other
State. Leland was one of the best
backs of the year last Fall, just as Elder
was at Notre Dame, and these two
could start something by settling the
matter of foot balls fastest runner.
Leland is all set to make his Eastern
debut indoors and 1t will take lot of
raw speed to outstep him. He is a
stronger, faster runner than he was last
year, when no one ever thought of
comparing him to tortoise or a Grip
pied sloth.
Sooner or later it may be necessary
to match Camera with Niagara Falls,
Washington's Monument or the Grand
Canyon.
Mccarthy has strengthened Cubs
considerably" Is the big idea to close
out the National League pennant race
in August instead of September?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08

All 10 holes on the Rock Creek
golf course and the short nine-hole
course at West Potomac opened to-
day and probably will remain open
as long as the weather is favorable.
East Potomac's 27-hple course is
undergoing extensiveH repairs. 1t
will be opened early In March.
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WHITE MAY BOX AGAIN
AFTER 6-YEAR LAY.0FF

CHICAGO, February (P).-Charlie
White, 81 years old, and six years retired
from the prize ring, apparently is serious
about making a comeback effort. White,
whose famous left hook came within
seconds of winning him the world light
weight championship from Benny Leon
ard in 1920, has been granted boxer S
license by the Illinois State Athletic
Commission and may make his return
in a 6-round bout on Promoter Jack
Dempsey's card at the Coliseum Febru-
ery 81.
Commission physicians who examined
White said he is in excellent condition.
He weighs 143 pounds. 10 pounds more
than the lightweight division limit when
he was campaigning as headliner.
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YANKS TO MAKE FIGHT
THIS YEAR, MACK FEARS

MOUNT PLYMOUTH, Fla, February
8 R.-Connie Mack, manager of the
world champions Athletics, believes "its
going to be hard fight for us this
year.
Those Yankees are going to be in
there fighting hard. So are the Cleve-
land and st. Louis teams. But I think
it's going to be the Yankees that give
us the real competition. They lost last
scar because they were overconfident.
They had been winning regularly and
just got careless This year they are
going to seek revenge"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08

out or the driver for long wallops on a
line for the pin. In short, don't rush
the shot, as most of us do because of
anxiety. In other words, concentrate on
what you intend doing.
The action of the knees, the hips, the
arms on the backswing and at time of
impact is well described in Sol Metzger's
leaflet on the Pivot. He will send 1t to
any reader requesting it. Address Sol
Metzger. in care of this paper, and in
close stamped, addressed envelope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
No. s-The First 15O-Game Catcher.

No. S.-The First 15O-Game Catcher.
TINE first catcher to play in $50
games was George Gibson of
Pittsburgh. He thought he had
made a record that would stand,
maybe forever. Eleven years later it
was broken by catcher who is a lot
smaller physically than George Gibson
He was Ray Schalk. He caught ISL
games for the Chicago Americans in
1920. Gibson caught the first $50 games
in 1909. Gibson would have caught 1854
II he hadn't hurt his hand.
To add to this, Schalk browsed around
until he had annihilated all the catch
ing records that ever lived, and finished
MS catching career SO gummed up with
records that they stick out all over him.
Scnalk was inhun1an enough to catch
Total OF l,720 games. In II consecu-
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YANKS GET BOB WALSH,
BIG EDS SECOND SON

NEW YORK, February 8 (P.-An-
the major leagues in the hope of EMU
lating the pitching feats of his father
Robert e. Walsh. % years old, feet
inches in height and tipping the
beam at 205 pounds, has been signed
by the New York Yankees. His brother
Ed Walsh, jr., already is pitching for
the Chicago White Sox. Both boys
landed in the big leagues direct from
the University of Notre Dame.
Ed Walsh, ST., now is scout for the
White Sox.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
Base Balls Biggest ''Firsts"
Series Describing the First Records of the Biggest Plays
Rn Inhm r Easter
By John B. Foster

that they wanted to catch what they
threw. John Milligan was one of the
biggest men who ever played base ball
or ran a brewery. Pitchers always threw
the ball as confidently to him as they
would have thrown it into a frog pond.
Schalk still is catching pitchers in
coaching practice. He is a spry little
chap who stands back of the plate,
| talks in a voice of deep conviction and
| the fact that they are lucky even to
swing at the ball. To hear Schalk en-
gage in conversation behind the bat
one might imagine that the principal
thing in life for a batter Is to strike out
"How did you come to catch $50
games?" he was asked.
at was easy, and I couldn't think of
anything else to do. 1t isn't hard to
catch. It's fun"
what is the hardest thing catcher
has to do?"
guys who come sliding into home plate. u
Ever get them marked up much?'
referring to his shins.
yep. wouldn't let the batters know
it. If they found it out they'd pick on
those shins until they would be black
and blue"
Think anybody ever will beat your
record?"
Maybe. It isn't so hard to beat the
record as it Is to hold job that long
If hadn't had the job couldn't have
made the record"
The first catcher of promise who set
out to do things was big chap in
! Cleveland, years ago, by the name OF
Charley thinner. He undertook to catch
! 100 games, and did so. A great catcher
Nothing could daunt him in his pur-
pose-not even the manager OF the
team.
This is the manager talking to the
captain: Get that big Dutchmarl to
give UP the idea of catching 100 games
That's all he thinks Of"
The captain replying: Let him catch
The other guy isn't thinking Of any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
FINE PLANS MADE
FOR 1882 TOURNEY
Huge Stadium, Auditorium
and 100 Meter Pool to
BE Provided.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

NEW YORK, February S.-Jackson
V. Scholz has reported to the New York
Athletic Club that while Los Angeles
Is thoroughly Olympic game conscious
and that while the Olympic committee
could. If necessary, stage the great in
ternational meet six months from this
date, preparations are designedly pro-
ceeding in very leisurely manner.
Scholz was told to come back in a
year and a half or two years and he
would see and hear plenty. Meantime
the Olympic organization is complete.
With williams NJ. Garland, the man
who did most to secure the 1882 meet
for the coast, as chairman, the COM
mitee consists of some IS citizens prom
inent in various walks of life. Just
now quarters are temporary. but when
work starts in earnest a building will
be erected for several thousand Olympic
workers.
Seats for 10000.
The Coliseum at Los Angeles, where
all big foot ball games are played, has
a capacity of $4,000, but by the time
Olympic athletes and spectators come
pouring into the city there will be
some Is miles of seats-with backs
holding 100000.
The Olympic Auditorium. built by
indoor games in mind, will be used for
boxing, wrestling, weight fitting and
other features. 1t has a capacity of
$4,000. The swimming stadium will hold
10000 spectators-15, 900 more than the
Amsterdam Stadium, and the pool will
be 100 meters in length. This. struc-
ture will be built in Exposition Park,
Just outside the main stadium.
The inner channel of Los Angeles
Harbor will be the scene Of the rowing
events. 1t lies within 80 minutes by
motor of the Coliseum.
Other Interests Protected.
Scholz also found that an exceptional
effort vii be made for the success of the
Olympic fine arts competition in litera-
ture, painting, sculpture and music.
The aim of the Los Angeles commit
tee is to have foreign athletes leave
their countries and return without hay-
ing experienced the least worry. Eff
forts are being made to simplify every
thing. They are even arranging sim
plified trafic system in the marking Of
street cars and in the devising of maps.
In this tenth Olympiad all the short
comings of past Olympics will as far
rs possible be eliminated. If all goes
well this great meeting should stand as
q model for all succeeding Olympiads.
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HOUSTON GOLFERS
SHOOT LOW SCORES

HOUSTON. Tex, February a.
Entries in the second days play of
Houston's $4,000 open golf tournament
had a high mark TO shoot at today,
with yesterdays record of 20 teams
with cards of II or better on q par 70
course.
Ten of these, teams turned In cards
under 70. Craig Wood Of Bloomfield,
N. j., paired with Joe Greenwood,
Houston, junior amateur champion of
1928, and w. H. Cox, Brooklyn, paired
with A. K. Newly of Houston, led the
way with scores of 81 each in the pro-
amateur best ball opening event.
A burning sun yesterday promised to
put the 6,100-yard bayou-bound course
into top-notch shape for the 72-hole
grind starting today and lasting through
Sunday.
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COLE, JUNIOR SKATING
CHAMPION. DIES AT II

NEW YORK YORK c February r. -
Hospital yesterday Of an infection re-
sulting from an injury received month
ago in competition at Madison Square
Garden.
Cole, who was born in Sackville, New
Brunswick, was junior speed champion
Of the world. He also held the Ca
madam national Junior and intermediate
championships and the Middle Atlantic
intermediate championship. The body
will be taken to Sackville for burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
CONTRACT TALK AVOIDED
AT DINNER GIVEN RUTH

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. February Q
R.-Babe Ruth celebrated MS thirty
sixth birthday at q dinner g!veE ~ his
honor here yesterday. A greSG platter
of congratulatory kilograms Sss on the
liable.
Reference 10 the Babes contract dis.
pute with the New York Yankees was
sevupulously avoided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
KID CHOCOLATE DRAWS
NEW YORK SUSPENSION

NEW YORK, February (P).-Kid
Chocolate. Cuban featherweight star,
mas been indefinitely suspended by the
New York State Athletic Commission
until ne goes through with a match
originally scheduled with AL Ridgewsy
OF Jersey City at Madison Square Gar
den February 81.
chocolate insisted on postponcment
on the around of illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
Take Club Back
Slow for Balance
BY SOL METZGER.

Don't overswing or don't swing too
rapidly in taking the club back, might
well be the motto Jimmy" Johnston
follows in playing an explosion. Either
fault would tend to spoil the shot. Re-
member that you cannot gain power in
taking back the niblick any more than
you can cause a gun to shoot with
ing the trigger.
The niblick requires the same nicely
Of balance and timing for successful ex-
ploding as does the putter for holing
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MACKMEN WILL START
where THEY LEFT OFF

Connie Mack. manager of the Ath-
letics, in setting to rest rumors that
some OF his veterans would not play in
1880, says:
1T is my intention to play Joe Boley
If he should be in shape to play, and he
surely was In shape during the world
series, and see no reason why he
shouldn't be able to start the season
with us.
II intend to play the players who
took part In the world series, but in
event Of accidents win have others TO
substitute"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
ALTIZER, FORMER NAT,
AFTER SHERIFF POST

PITTSFIELD, Ill, February 8 Dr.
Dave Altizer, former member of the
Washington club of the American
League, and Minneapolis of the Ameri-
can Association, has announced his
candidacy for sheriff of Pike County.
I'LL Altizer now operates farm near
PittSfield,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
THE SPORTLICHT
by CRANTLAND RICE
ROckne's Main Problem.

R0CKNE is sometime more than builder of foot
ness h ana He too good maker of foot ball
while ago baking out his bad leg under Florida
field material for - ~
His main problem involved the Dame coach
ing In the fS place he has
coaching STAN intact About the
ranged in order outside universities them awav through
the offer OF more gold Tom Leib his and lieu
the last to face the draft this the
Notre Dame foot ball lore
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BARNARD TO SEE JUMPS.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, February q
R.-E. 8. Barnard. president of the
American League, will leave here to-
night for . conference with umpires in
chicago February IL and IL. He said
ne would start back to Florida Feb
ruary is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08

1--WE years ne caught
100 games or more.
In IL years h e
caught 100 games
or more. In jury
prevented him from
making 1t IL con-
secutive years.
q But he made rec
ords enough. He
carries them easily,
and he is one OF
the S m all-size
catchers of base
ball. Always there
have been average
size catchers in base
ball. T ere also
have been big, bur-
ly catcheI's-plenty
of the latter pic
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BARNES BEATS DOEG,

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, February 9
P1.-Bruce Barnes, University of
Texas tennis star. eliminated John
Doeg, Santa Monica, Calf, in straight
sets In the quarter finals of the San
Antonio Country Clubs first annual IN
vitation tournament. 81. g..