Patsy Donovan Named Brooklyn Manager in Needing Open Hand
From the New York Sun, Brooklyn hires former Washington manager Patsy Donovan to lead next year. Donovan, inactive since resigning from Washington, is expected to develop a fast, talented group from minor league material, but will need financial backing to yield quick results and a winning season.
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Washington bowlers aim for Louisville tourney attendance
Washington bowlers plan three to four five-man teams for the American Bowling Congress tournament in Louisville next February. Bureau, District League, and Florists teams may participate while New York debates rules and aims to align with Philadelphia for future congresses. Louisville's tournament process faces issues but is expected to succeed.
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Jacobsen Likes Trade Pushes Pitcher to Browns
Pat O Connor reports Albert Jacobsen welcomed his trade from Decatur to the Browns in exchange for Sudhoff. Jacobsen says Washington atmosphere harmed his form and forecasts his best season yet with Browns teammates Barney Petty and Harry Swalm, both ex Three Eye Leaguers, near home and better pay.
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Change in Eligibility Rules at Southern Intercollegiate Assn
At the SIAA annual meeting in Atlanta on December 17 officers led by Vanderbilt's Dr William Dudley were re elected. Rules governing college sports were amended to allow disputing charges of ineligibility and to impose penalties for insulting language on the field. A student playing off his college team during summer vacations or receiving more than actual expenses for vacation play will be disqualified from college team participation. Grant Eby of Buffalo reportedly set a world pool run record with 89 consecutive balls against W H Clearwater in Binghamton New York.
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Amateur Athletic Union to Hear Local Suspensions
South Atlantic Association’s registration committee meets December 2 to decide the status of local suspended athletes. Dr. Grant, committee chairman, expects broad attendance as the group enforces rules and considers penalties, countering speculation of leniency.
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Americans Face European Lead At Ormond Daytona Meet
Automobile Gossip by F ed Spooner discusses the Ormond Daytona meet with European cars leading expectations. American makers plan to respond with high horsepower machines and new designs from Ford Vanderbilt Green and others, while many entries aim to push racing speed and hill climbing.
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Raging Game Gleaner Judges Frank Bryan on Racing
The Benning meeting hosts Judge Frank Bryan of Crescent City Jockey Club who defends clean racing and explains why crooked methods have dwindled since the Jockey Club reorganized. He cites lucky breaks, horse moods, and the unreliability of handicappers in shaping race outcomes.
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Unity Club hears Scotch Second Sight talk in Pythian Temple
Unity Club met at Pythian Temple on Thursday evening with Miss Virgie Sullivan providing a piano solo before Hamilton Gay Howerd of California present a paper on Scotch Second Sight and Its Possibilities. The program was led by Mrs A C Bartlet. Also notes include travel details to Asheville via Southern Railway with Pullman service and a preview of four pages of color comics in The Post on December 24.
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Fitzsimmons OBrien bout odds far from even in San Francisco
Special to The Washington Fest reports a December fight between Bob Fitzsimmons and Philadelphia Jock O'Brien attracting wide interest. Odds shift from 49 to 1 toward tighter bets as Beht night approaches. An in-gym exhibition showed Fitz at forty five in surprising form though with labored breathing after rounds, while O'Brien, seventeen years younger, showed steadier respiration.
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Coach Reilly Urges Five Yard Rule To Open Football
Georgetown alumnus Dr J A Reilly argues for a rule keeping the defense five yards from the line until snap to promote open play. He opposes 10 yard gain changes, cites danger and crowd interest, and predicts more end running with lighter, quicker backs.
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Indoor High School Meet Set for Convention Hall
The third annual indoor track and field meet for local high schools is planned for Convention Hall in late January or early February. The program mirrors last year with a new two mile interscholastic championship race and gold, silver, and bronze medals for top finishers. Teams are preparing after holidays with Central sprinters training in the school basement and Orange and Hive athletes using a new gym building.
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