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HYATTSvILLE GUARDS
WILL PLAY CRISFIELD

HYATTSVILLE, Md. February a.
Company F, National Guard. of Hyatts-
vile will entertain Company L of Girls
field on the National Guard Armory
floor here Sunday ,fternoon in basket
ball game billed for the championship
of the 1st Maryland Regiment.
The game will be played at $3.50
o'clock following a postponed Prince
Georges County League contest between
Berwyn A. G. and Dixie Pig A. c. start
ing at 2:30 o'clock.
There has been no formal competition
for the 1st Regiment title. but Company
l. claims the championship and issued
challenge to Company F, which was
accepted.
Hyattsville Highs basket ball team
will end its regular season against an
alumni team of the institution tonight
on the National Guard Armory floor
here. The game will follow a pre-
liminary in which Company F Reserves
Will participate, starting at 1880 o'clock,
Hyattsvtlle High in its latest en-
counter bowed to Rockville High, % to
26, at Rockville.
The alumni will present a line-up,
including Frenchy Cohan. All Lewis
Jack williams. Wilbur Wright Sammy
Crosthwaite, JEFF Dix, Harry Dobbs and
others.
Hyattsville High girls basket bail
team lost to Park High sextet of Balti-
more, ID to %, yesterday at the Armory
here.
A return match may be arranged
with Park High in Baltimore next week.
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of the gripping battles of the tourna-

of the gripping battles Of the tourna-
, ment.
Tilden lost the first set and it was
not until 90 games had been played
that he won the third by the drawn
out score of 1912. That third set was
the occasion Of some of the most dra-
matte moments the championship had
crowd was so Fundamentally with
Shields that Tilden almost threatened
to leave the court and default.
Frank showed how game player he
could be in this match. He was seized
with violent cramp in his leg when
he went spinning to the ground in try
ing to get to the net in the face of one
of Big Bill's" slams, and 1t was some
time before he was able to get on his
legs again. Instead of slowing up or
losing courage, as some players might,
he fought all the harder and gave TIL
den a terrific battle before finally 60
ing down in the fourth set.
Success Means Sacrifice.
Any one who can play tennis as
magnificently and as gamely as Shields
did in this match should have big
future, and there Is no question he has
this future If he wants to make the
sacrifice called for and settle down to
business.
Shields won the national Junior
championship in 1927 and 1928, and
in the latter year he was ranked as
the tenth best player in the country.
II he could rank tenth without making
any special effort, how much higher
could he so If he tried hard?
That is the question 1890 will answer.
I believe Shields may be expected to
show an entirely different attitude from
now on. After all, he still is in his
teens, and he has at least 10 years of
his best tennis ahead.
Shields inclusion in the Davis Cup
squad should do great deal to put
him in the proper frame of mind, and
II he gets the chance I would not be
surprised to see him beat out some Of
the better fancied candidates for the
team.
Tilden is the only one who would be
a clean-cut favorite to beat Shields at
his best, and am not sure big Bill
will be able to turn the trick this
year. Frank gave him so tough a bat
tie last year that, with the added conf
dence Shields should have gained from
that showing, he might go out in the
court any time and turn the tables on
Tilden.
Keep your eye on this young man
from now on, and don't be surprised If
he makes the team.
Copyright, 1880. by North american News
paper Allianee9
Next: Gregory Mangin.)
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When George Isemann was
making up his all-time all-star
list and searching records that
covered the history Of duckpins
he found many bowlerS who stood
out for a season or two, but those
who shone for 10 years or more
were few.
McAlwee has gathered a team that
need not confine itself to competition
with the younger set. Wolstenholme is
averaging lit, with the King Pins;
Harrison 116, with Northeast Temple;
Smith 116, with Stanford Paper Co.;
Espey lis and Dunworth lot. with the
Arcadians. The youngsters fell few
pins short of averaging 800 a game in
the first set with the Baltimoreans, who
also are under voting age, and that
brand of bowling brings victory in any
company.
Some thought McAlwee's selection of
Dunworth was open to criticism, but
Ben's judgment appeared indicated
when the lad with a puny league av-
erage shot 641 for the first five games
of the series that ends tomorrow.
The Washington team will go to post
with lead of 1873 pins, having rolled
1895 against 1858 in Baltimore
McAlwee goes into a paroXysm of
oratory when extolling the merits of
his charges, but the District League Of
fetal readily admits the Baltimore
youths are worthy of their mettle.
IF you wanna see the makings Of a
real bowler. if he's not that already"
said Mac today, come up and lamp
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would finish at the top of the second
division, fifth, a gain of two notches
In the standing. President Bradley of
the Cleveland club opined that we
would finish third, proving that he
knew more about base ball than Billy
and myself, despite his meager expert
ence Of two years in big league ball.
The Cleveland club, as fandom
knows, did finish third. and possibly
we surprised even ourselves. Our fine
showing was due to FonSeca's great
batting, the superb work of Averill In
center, who delivered from the very
first day; the fine pitching Of Terrell,
Hudlin and Miller; Hodapp's good work
az second and fighting spirit that
couldn't be denied.
Great Fighting Spirit.
feel that am very fortunate as
manager of the Indians to have the
type of men under me who make un
the personnel Of the Cleveland club.
During all my career in base ball was
never connected with q more harmon
iouS or better behaved club. It had
! me VIII 70 win and did. A great fight
mig spirit was one Of our best assets.
Finishing third last season, a Jump of
nve notcheS in the percentage table
while mighty pleasing to myself. PLAYERS
ana omcials Of the club, has tended to
make my taskvfor 1880 all the harder
some OF the critics who picked us to
nnish last in 1929 have. ALREADY az
planned our showing by saying We play-
cd over our heads. I don't believe IL
PIT It Is true. then the burden is
Al the heavier. Having finished third,
winning Of the pennant to shoot At If
we are to show improvement,
am not predicting where we win
nniSh In 1880, but I honestly believe
that we have enough strength to stick
around In the first division. Frankly.
II we finish third, I will be perfectiv
satisfied. However, my dope is that a
club that is able to stay up there in
the frst four IS not only interesting. but
dangerous, with a good chance to upset
the wei known dope bucket.
Reasons for Optimism.
have several reasons for feeling on-
ttlniStic for 1890. One is that Luke
SeweH Is certain to be a much better
catcher. Luke In 1929 had one of those
on years that come to every player.
feel that he will be IS per cent more
emcdent the coming season, which
should help our chances considerable.
AverH was a great ball player last
D9s Will year IN the majors
behind him should be even better. Dick
Porter, away to a bad start, hit his
stride during the final six weeks of
play, and during that time there was
no more valuable player in the Ameri-
can League. His showing in the Fall
leads me TO believe he viii be Of much
help to Us this Summer.
am hopeful that from our list of
about 40 prospects We will be able
70 Gull two or three players who will
help us. am almost sure that Pitcher
Clint Brown, with New Orleans, will be
one of them.
II we get the hoped-for help from
the youngsters, we will be more in
teresting than last year and equally
dangerous, II not more so.
(Conyrfrht faSoO
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PRO CHARGES HURLED
AT GERMAN NET CHAMP

BERLIN, February 20 (P.-Daniel
Prem, German tennis champion, has
been summoned to appear before the
rules committee of the German Lawn
Tennis Association to answer charges Of
violating the amateur rules.
He is alleged to have demanded 5000
marks and 35 tennis racquets as pay
ment for advertising the equipment
made by a German company. When
the company declined to make the pay
ment Prem is reported to have accepted
the agency in Germany for the sale of a
well known English tennis ball. He also
is alleged TO have handled the sale In
Germany of the "Cochet" racQuets.
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SCHMELING'S TRAIN LATE,
MISSES FIGHT RETURNS

BERLIN, February % (P-Max
Schmeling, who probably will meet Jack
Sharkey in next Summers big heavy
weight fight, missed the radio news of
the Boston sailors triumph over Phil
Scott at Miami, Fla.
While most Of Berlin's fight fans were
listening to a broadcast, relayed to
Berlin via Vienna, Max was on the train
coming from Garmish in the Bavarian
Alps. He had intended to come to
Berlin in time to listen in, but missed
his train.
The fight results, first broadcast in
English, then translated into German.
came over clearly through the first and
tnlrd rounds. but reception was blurred
during the second.
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MILITARY POLICE FIRE
ON MEXICAN POLOISTS

MEXICO CITY, February % R)-
Gen. Espiridion Rodriguez and several
other members of the Mexican Army
polo team had a narrow escape from
death yesterday practicing at q field
near Mexico City.
They were fired on by three members
OF the military police who, it is all
legged, were drunk
One Of the polo ponies was killed by
a shot intended for the general. The
military police, who were arrested, said
they fired simply because they disliked
soldiers.
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BY VINCENT RICHARDS,
International Tennis Star and Former
Davis Cup Ace.

Davis Cup Ace.
THERE is no player in this coun-
try, might even say the world,
more splendidly endowed for
tennis than Frank Shields,
New York
He has everything needed by cham
build Tilden haS-tall, slender, long legs
and long arms.
He has the strokes, with not a single
weakness in his repertoire; he has had
the benefit of the best coaching; he has
beautiful form, and he has an even
tempered disposition. What more
could one ask?
Why, then, isn't Frank the best pros
pect among all our young players? The
answer is that this young man has not
shown the desire to take the game quite
as seriously as some of his less fortu-
nately equipped rivals. He likes the
game for the fun in it, and will not
take it seriously enough to go into
strict training.
That is his own business, and perhaps
he is wiser than those who criticize
him. I am not judging him on this,
but in weighing his future, and particu-
larly his chances Of making the Davis
Cup team in 1880. a great deal of con-
sideration must be given his mental
attitude.
If Frank took the game as seriously,
say. as Berkeley Bell or Johnny Van
Ryn I don't think there would be any
question of his reaching the top within
a couple of years. He has splendid
ground strokes; he is to be feared when
he goes to the net because OF his reach
and height, and he has one of the fin
est services. When he is primed and
on top Of his game not even Tnden
can take chances with him.
Getting Down to Business.
During the last year or so Shields
has shown signs of taking the game as
seriously as the tennis officials would
wish. And it may be that this coming
season will find him getting Gown
strictly to business. If he does, then
all the other candidates for the squad
can take warning and watch out for
him.
Last year in the national champion
ship at Forest Hills this tall, spare
young man showed what he can do
when he wants to play in earnest. His
match with Tilden stood out as one
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this kid Snyder on the Baltimore team.
| He's beanpole, but not gawky. Shoots
cross alley curve that's q pip"
Snyder dropped 632 sticks in the
opening set.
The Recreation JUNIORS are proteSes
OF Sidney Friedberg, Baltimore bowling
promoter. They are the select young
pin shooters OF the Maryland metrop-
oils.
Competition in the italian sweep
stakes will end tonight, with five games
at the Rendezvous. starting at $50
o'clock. Ollie Pacini. with SIS, is quite
a cinch to win the Glass A title. Tony
Maley leads Glass B, with sos. Frank
Maley rolled 585 to spread-eagle the
field in the opening set, but was ruled
out when 1t was found his league av-
erage was trifie above the limit for
Class B.
The Westport, Conn, Y. M. c. A..
team will meet the Washington "Y'
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock on the
latter's drives, and some heavy scoring
is the prospect. Cahill of the visitors
has a high game of 1877 and top set
of 440 in league play, and the team has
a mark of 1879 for set. The New
Englanders' averages range from los
to ia.
Representing Washington will be w.
Light, B. LORI, E. Farnan, B. Ferney-
hough and the incompatible southpaw,
Al Work.
westport will take on the Baltimore
~" in Baltimore tomorrow night.
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TRAPSH0OT AT BENNlNG
CONTAINS FOUR EVENTS

Four events will be shot tomorrow
afternoon to wind up competition on
the Parker Gun trophy in the regular
weekly Washington Gun Club trapshot
at the Benning traps Spoons will 20
to high scratch score and to high
added-target score at so targets.
There will be programs every other
Saturday during March at Benninq.
with an intercity match between the
washington and Oriole Gun Club team
OF Baltimore March Is as the high spot.
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It Means Something.

T ONCE asked the dean Of leading
Eastern university If winning foot
ball team meant anything to the stu
dent body.
he said. 1T means a much higher
morale. Glass room work is better and
there is less general restlessness. The
interest of the student body is caught
and held when the team keeps winning.
This interest naturally begins to wane
after one or two bad defeats. have
watched the situation closely and am
sure that class room attendance and
class room work show an improvement,
not only through the season, but for
some time afterward, when the foot ball
team Is q winning one"
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Adam Smith has proved before that
the wealth of nation can be measured
only by its happiness. This applies also
to a city. Also to an individual. Con-
ME Mack, through his ball club, brought
a Spring and Summer of excitement
and happiness to hundreds of thousands
of Philadelphians. There must have
been at least soc, 900 Of Philadelphia
population interested in the playing and
the success Of Mack'S team. And this
is putting it mildly. He began with a
whirl in April, and he finished with a
whirl against the Cubs around the mid
die of October. An artist or a writer
may have appealed more to the esthetic
side, but the sum total of results Is the
thing that counts. Connie Mack did a
fine job for his city through the ball
club he finally assembled and sent into
action. He also proved that after IS
years of campaigning, Is years Of fall
ure or non-success, had not cracked his
spirit or brought on any discourage
ment
An award Of this sort could not have
happened 10 or 20 years ago. But there
is at last an understanding that clean
sport has meaning beyond the salaries
paid ball players and club owners.
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ready behind the opposing center.
No. takes advantage Of this tenn
porary block of his immediate op-
ponent by coursing around him with
agile feet for the basket. Meantime,
No. 2 has no sooner gotten the bali
than he deity passes it to No. 4,
a guard, who rushes at top speed
past him on his left.
Another rapid-1ire pass follows,
for No. 4 gets rid of the ball like
you do a hot plate, only different.
With nimbleness of wrist he re-
passes to No. l, coming in under the
basket. Two more points for old
North Carolina! Thunderous APP
plausel
Copyright. 1930)
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N. Carolina Takes
Daring Chances
BY SOL METZGER,

One who dares is to be admired.
The Tarheels Of the University of
North Carolina are just like that in
basket ball. They are out to ring
up points and they use some daring
plays to gain their ends. One Of
their center tap plays Is o wonder
for quick handling Of the ball and
neat legal blocking.
No. taps to No. 2, who Is al
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ARMSTRONG BASKETERS
LIST WEST VIRGINlANS

Armstrong Highs basket ball team
will entertain Kimball High of West
Virginia Monday night in the Howard
University gym in a game bringing to-
gether outstanding quints.
Armstrong has won Of 10 games
this season while the Kimball dribblers
have triumphed in 20 out of 81.
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SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
BOXING TOURNEY OPENS

UNIVERSITY, Va, February 2s (E).
The boxing tournament of the South
ern Conference will get of to a swift
start this afternoon in the memorial
gymnasium Of the University Of Vir-
ginia.
The IL teams oficially entered
Clemson, Duke, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana State, North Carolina,
Sewanee, Tulane, Virginia, v. M. L,
v. P. I. and Washington and Lee--wili
all try to scrap their way into the finals
by Monday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-28

CagO OF CaCchel
Autry for Bib Falk:
bought Dick Porter,
star outheIder of
the Baltimore club
of the international
League; also re-
called a number Of
our young pros
poets, among them
Pitcher Wesley Fer
rell of Terre Haute.
I am very frank
to NIT that
neither Bully Evans
nor myself felt we
had improved quite
enough to insure a
first division berth.
Both Of us eX-
y1pocenra afYrcaIIyau aS
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N. L. LEADS IN HOMERs.

In spite of the clouting activities Of
Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, AL Simmons
and Jimmy Foxx, the National League,
registered 754 home runs, leading the
American League Sluggers by 154 circuit
blows during the 1929 season.
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FRANK SHIELDS IS HAILED
AS POTENTIAL NET CHAMP
YOungster Has the Build, Strokes, Form and Dis.
position, Lacking Only the Ambition Needed
to Reach Top in Tennis.

This Is one of a series OF stories
IN which Vincent Richards is ana
lying the playing ability OF the men
chosen for this years United States
DdUtS Cup squad.
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THE SPORTLICHT
BY CRANTLAND RICE.
The New Era.

The New
possibly those still wondering
the OF professional ball
given $4,000 for having rendered his city through
1929 than elSe
When figures what might from craftsmanship art
things embatted
brows there the
Connie Mack Philadelphia
world championship base ball team He gave his city five
every all had be the level Connie
Collins and others connected with the situation.
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FEW NATIVE WREsTLERs.

Nine out of ten heavyweight wrest-
lers are foreign products. Gus Sonnen.
berg, the champion; Charley Fox Of
Cleveland and Bibber Mccoy Of Boston
are among the exceptions.
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Inc EaStese Game.
A QUERY has come in to help de-
eide one of the old arguments be-
tween A and B as to which is the fastest
game played.
For continued speed and action the
answer is hockey A hockey player
travels at much greater speed than a
foot ball, base ball or tennis player.
And his action is more continuous than
in either OF the first games. A polo
pony can outrun a hockey skater, over
a longer route. by shade, but even a
polo pony won't start as quickly or work
as much speed in few yards as star
skater on fast ice.
Basket ball is faster than foot ball or
base ball. But hockey is faster than
basket ball. This, Of course, doesn't
include automobile racing.
Hockey has begun to spread with a
rush. It Is now invading warmer cli-
mates. The big appeal the game has
made in such cities as New York, Bos-
ton, Detroit, Chicago, etc, is enough to
show that 1t can lure out the populace,
and any game that can lure out the
populace is sure Of q trial and q prob
able success.
Yank wignall, who knows his leather
and who has seen Camera In action
more than once, figures the italian
pyramid a cinch to whip any fighter
now in the ring. If this is true, it
would be at least interesting to see how
he looks over here against third-rater,
or possibly a second-rater. It is hard
to Judge any one after a bag-punching
exhibition, whether the bag be made
OF leather or human flesh.
"It is doubtful" says an exchange.
whether Spring foot ball practice has
any real value" 1t may be doubtful
to some. but 1t will be hard to con-
vince Notre Danes opponents from
year to year.
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BY ROGER PECKINPAUGH,
Manager Cleveland indians.

BY ROGER PECKINPAUGH,
Manaser Cleveland Indians.
TIME Cleveland club surprised
in 1929 by finishing third
and am very hopeful that
we will be just as interest
ing this season, also continue to
surprise.
The Indians finished seventh
in 1928. Before that season was
half over it was apparent that our
club sadly lacked a punch. If we
were to get anywhere in 1929 we
must have men in our lineup
capable of hitting for extra bases.
During the Winter we made
several deals, purchased Averill, lead
ing outfielder of the Coast League, from
San Francisco; made q trade with Chi
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FREEZEPROOF Radiators for all makes.
Damaged Radiators repaired.
WITTSTATT'S RADIATOR, FENDER
AND BODY WORKS.
2IS So 18th 81: NV. MetroDeIitan gu.
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They Eddie Dunworth Hokie
and Jack that should sports
the
years. should have exceptionally long
brantS having attained the
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INDIANS ROUND Up
70 NEW PLAYERS
Roger Confident Cleveland
Again viii Prove to Be
First Division Club.

This is one of a series of rs stories
on the prospects for the American
and National League races tDritten
bv the leaders of the RIVAL clubs.
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WASHINCTON'S STRONGEST
MEET BALTIMORE'S BEST
McAlwee's Flashy Lineup Goes Into Return Mattel
With Orioles Tomorrow With 138-pin Lead.
Visitors Have Beanpole Star.

YEN McAwee League "colts" to-
NA night for action
Baltimore at the Lucky Strike the five finest