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The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
NAVY FIRST BOXING
MATCHES FEBRUARY Is

Annapolis. Nd Jan 5--Gymnas-
tics. boxing. basketball. wrestling.
swimming and fencing will make
up a remarkable schedule Of sports
for the Midshipmen during Feb
rusry and the first half of March.
-Four or hve events will be heId on
each Saturday. and the opponents
will be representatives Of the lead
ing Eastern institutions. The gym
nastic team will have matches as
follows:
February 1l. Pennsylvania: Feb
ruary II. Massachusetts Tech;
March s. Harvard. March 10 Yale;
March IL. Princeton.
Two good matches will make up
the FIRST boxing schedule the aca
deny has ever had. Penn State will
send its team to Annapolis on Feb
ruary 2l. and PennSylvania's boxers
viii be here on February 2s.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
CUBS TO PLAY 30
EXHIBITION GAMES

Chicago. H.. Jan. 3l.-If the Cubs
are not in good physical trim by thu
time they officially start their 19ea
baseball career il will not be the fault
OF their president. Bill Neeck. The
north side boss arrived in Chicago
this afternoon after a three weeks
soJourn on the Pacific coast. where
he arranged or opened negotiations for
approximately thirty exhibition games
the Bruins are TO play as part of
their six week training period before
April Il
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
WHITTEMORE LOWERS
! PNEHURTS RECORD

I Pinehurst, N. c., Jan. 31.-Parker
W. Whittemore, of Brookline. es-
tablished a new low mark for the
feason on the championship course
1T Pinehurst today with a round, of
f35. 34-69S His card included two
holes played in a stroke over par,
-four holes under par. and twelve
in par figures. Par on this course
is SO, 35-71. Whittemore's final
round was played in the tin whistles
February medal score tournament.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
BARNARD GOLFERS
TO HOLD TOURNEY

ST. Petersburg. Fla. Jan. s1.-Young
and old men from all sections of the
country are gathering here for the sec
ond annual horseshoe pitching tourna-
ment for the United States to be held
the week of Feb. %, under the aus
pices of the National Horse Shoe
Pitching Association. The great pop
ularity of the old-fashioned sport.
which is enjoying a nationwide re-
vival under the name of ''barnyard
golf" is attracting all sorts of inter-
est in the big meet mere.
Many State champions are entered,
including Fred Brust, Of Columbus.
Ohio. present holder of the United
States championship.
II. p. Pilsbury. the local flour mer-
chant, of 30 New York avenue north
west, will be Washington's represen-
tative in this championship tourna-
ment.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
PAL VS.. ROY MOORE
0RIOLE FIGHT CARD

Baltimore. Jan 5l--What looks to be
the most attractive pugilistic event OF
the season is announced for next Fra
day night by the American Athletic
Association. when Pal Moore. of Mem
phis, and Roy Moore. of this city. en-
gage in a twelye-round bout 20 a de-
cision at Albaugh's Theater. From
every angle the bout is exceptionally
attractive.and a record d-breakinS house
is bound to he on hand 10 see tht
pair Of great little men try conclusions
in the squared circle
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Eight Club Circuit.

Portsmouth, Va, Jan. 81. Con-
trary to expectations. the expansion
lists won in the Virginia League
meeting held here, and the circuit
in 1920 will consist of eight clubs
instead OF six. Franchises have
been granted to Rocky Mount and
wilson, both in North Carolina.
President w. B. Bradley was re-
elected president of the league and
his announcement that the leagues
rating had been raised to Class r
was greeted with enthusiasm. for
1t means faster baseball for the
fans.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
UMP QUIGLEY MAY
QUIT OLD LEAGUE

st. Mary's. Kan, Jan. 1.-E. c.
Quigley. National League umpire
and widely known in Missouri VAL
ley collegiate circles as a football
and basketball official. may pass up
baseball. devoting his officiating al
together to football and basketball.
ouigley is running a thriving mo-
torcar business here. Recently he
placed an order for $4,000 worth of
trucks with a st. Louis concern. II
he gets full delivery on this order
Quigley has passed out the informa-
tion with a positiveness that is final
that he will resign as a National
League umpire. He expects TO
know within the next three weeks.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Hunt for Chsspfen.

Hunt for Chsspien.
Bottomley has Commissioned A. G.
Haies. a leading authority on boxing.
and Eugene CORR. worlds famous ref
cree. to institute a still hunt until a
suitable recruit for the hstic crown Is
found Bottomley will provide for
training and maintenance Of the
find"
America now holds the worlds
heavyweight crown. and France has
the European honors," Bottomley said.
Although We have only the friend
Hest sentiment for these countries. We
prefer to see one Of our own boys hold
the laurels. Therefore. / have COM
missioned Hales and CORR TO scour
the British Isles for a potential Brit
ish champion OF the world. II they
hnd a man Of sufficient promise he
shall lack nothing in the way OF train
ing. instructions and maintenance
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
One Year Ago in Sports

National League schedule out.
Season to open April q.
Eddie Foster. the National third
baseman. signs his contract
Races at Hot Springs to start
March &
Johnny Dundee matched to box
Richie Mitchell at Milwaukee next
month
Eddie McGoorty matched to box
Sergt Rolph. Of Canada, the bout
to take place in London
Fred Fulton defeated Willie Nee
han in four rounds at San Fran
cisco.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
LOANS AND CURRENCY
TO PLAY PECK STARS

The Loans and Currency basket
hall team. after sustaining their
first defeat by only two points are
not discouraged but are coming
back Monday in a contest against
Peck Memorial. The game will be
pIayed at Peck Memorial Chapel,
street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, at p. m, Feb
ruary 2.
In addition to the regular line
up, some ne wfaces will be seen
consisting of McClay, McCasslin,
Schaffenberg, O'Connor. For games
address Mr.. woldenberg. Treasury
Building, Accounting Section. Loans
and Currency.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
BROOKLYN PLAYERS
OBTAIN INCREASE

New York. Jan. 3-Salary in
creases OF 30 per cent to all the
brooklyn regulars were announced
here tonight by Charles Ebbetts, pres
ldent of the club. At the same time
the chief of the Dodgers made public
that Roger Robinson and twenty of
the twenty -eight players on the club
roster had signed.
Details of the training trip and the
schedule OF spring exhibition games
were also made known. The club is
to report at Jacksonville March 1.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
CLERGYMAN GIVES
$1,000 FOR BOXING

Hanover. \. H. Jan. 31.--An en-
dowment of $1,000 to be used ior
prizes for promotion of boxing has
been donated to Dartmouth College
by Rev. j. +. Johnson. Sc. Or
johnson is one Of the largest pene-
factors of college organizations.
He has made many donations to
the Dartmouth Outing Club, Of
which he is now honorary presi-
dent
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

England on a Still Hunt
For Heavyweight Champ
By CHARLES NJ. MecANN.
Especial CabIe)

London. jan 3I-Btain. the home capital
OF the puge world feels keeny Inundated playing third fiddle
in the boxing For years of champions
summariy put by scrappers from countries
Now British sporting to make supreme
effort to unearh real champion bring back
to the British Isles Horao Bottomley prominent sporting
circles and editor of John Bull string of other
has started searching expedition potential champion
the championships from the United States
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Junior Athletic Trials
To Make Olympic Teams
Secretary Ruben An
nounces Events for Buff
falo, February 2l-Ex-
pect Keen Competition.

New York, Jan. 31.-National
junior indoor championships, the
first of series of athletic meet
ings that will determine the wear
ers of Uncle Sans colors in the
Olympic games. are to be held in
Buffalo. February 81.
The list of events for the gala
meeting Of the season among the
juniors was made public here to-
night by Frederick w. Ruben. Sec
retary of the A. A. u, and Edwin F.
Schaeffer. secretary of the Niagara
association. under whose auspices
the meet is to be held.
Championships in the following
events are to be decided; so yards
run. 300 yards run. 800 yards
run. 1000 yards run. mile
run, one mile walk, 70 yards
hurdles, standing high jump. stand
ing broad jump. running high jump.
16 lb. shot put and the relay race
of one and three-quarters miles.
Must BE Novice.
Competitors will be limited to
athletes who have not won hrst
place at any track and field or cross
country championship meeting ol
the A. A. U. or of the International
Olympic Committee. the Inter Coll
legiate Association. the Pacific
Coast Inter Collegiate Conference.
or of Canada. Australia or any Tor
oign country. %.a
A gold medal, emblematic of the
Junior indoor championship of the
United States. will be given to the
winner of each championship event;
a silver medal to second; and
bronze medal to third. A silver cup
is to be given to the team or any
club or college scoring the highest
number of points.
The track OF the 74th infantry
A. A. under whose Immediate
auspices the games are to be held'
ia said to be one of the fastest in
door paths in the world.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Dark Horse MAY Land.

New York. Jan. 31-The inevitable
dark horse" is about to enter the
field Of early starters in the national
commission futurity The individual
In question-George J. Corbett presi-
dent of the New York Athletic Club.
noted sportsman and prominent in the
financial worid-has already been made
the object Of strategic approach" I"
and. naturally enough. has lent some-
thing OF a willing ear to the song of
the siren.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
ALOYSIUS DEFEATS
MARINE PREP FIVE

The Marine Props and the Aloysius
Club hooked up in a fast battle last
night in the latter's gymnasium. the
final scoring being 81 to 81 in favor
of Aloysius. The Club at times play
ed ragged basketball and but for
Byrnes, in center. would have been
hard put to to win.
The Alopsius Club will meet
Epiphany on Monday night at the
Gonzaga Gymnasium. The game
should be a fast one. The sum-
mary:
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Virginia Boxing Bill
Gets Hearing Tuesday

The boxing bill to 1eralize the
game in the State of Virginia will
be given a hearing before a COM
mittee at Richmond on Tuesday
afternoon. Those behind the bill
are sure the committee will favor the
issue and quickly introduce it to the
floors, where. if it is passed, it will
become a law within thirty days.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Gonzaga Issue Def.

The Gonzaga High School basket
ball team has several open dates for
the month Of February. and would
like TO arrange games with the other
high schools i'm Washington and the
vicinity. Address all challenges 10 ].
]. Kilroy. 1oS Eve street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
KILBANE SIGNS TO
BOX BENNY VALGER

Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 31.-Johnny
Kilbane, featherweight champion of
the world. has signed to meet Benny
Valger, of New York, in an eight
round bout at Newark. n. j.. on
February 16. Valger is to weigh 124
pounds at o'clock. Kilbane will
box at catchweights.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
TOLEDO PURCHASES
WILHOIT FROM SOX

Toledo, Ohio. Jan. 31.-President
Bresnahan, of the Toledo A. A. Club,
announced he had purchased from
the Boston Red Sox Outfielder Joe
Wilhoit, Pitcher Dumont and Catcher
Normal Mcneil,
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Cuteheon on Finance Board.

President Wilson yesterday sent
to the Senate the nomination of
franklin w. M. Cutcheon. of New
York. to be director of the War Fl.
nance Corporation.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

Woodruff Dngle who given the buns at Wimple
College, will matriculate Penn. He the snappe full back
signed check will study
of flowers His diploma calls for five thousand year
original football team including Pocahontas Deer
foot Geronimo Singing Bull Hawatha Mime
haha and Beer again represent
Carlisle graduating forty
years technicaly
Drinking dropped major sport at Harvard The
walters won't anybody less than colonel.
The spangled cubes reduced from major to a
private Members pnoche allowed to wear
their letters on their bath robes.
match between Princeton and the University of
Cuba will be held quick
Through munheenee of wealthy benefac,or, the Inter-
national Correspondence build dormtores on
top of every letter box in the country.
Veterans of Students Army Training Corps are requested
not to wound stripes for the
village abator.
constabuay have been appointed to referee
this springs ctizensuden riots New Haven
In stop nemperance the sophomores
still continue to use bear their haircus.
Bryn Mawr and Matewan Seminary joint debate
Subject rs wood alcohol a o drink"
The college professors pay is going strong
The of $IIoS45 The with
the hgnres All they want to do the point
Nobody why Pointers wear their full
dress uniforms with the suspenders The outside
Last years Columbia strong enough to win the
championship of the Thousand Islands coaches will re
has the ball the lines stretched to twenty yards When
boys grab the ball the lines up three Yards Science
always triumphs brute strength.
The Purdue Weeee of the strongest in the
Middle West You East the Middle North
or the Middle South it looks if Purdue grabs
dered whisk-broom
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
President Griffith Will
Introduce TwoNewLaws
New Moreland Series
JAKE STENZIL

Beginning tomorrow The Herald
will start a story by George L.
Moreland Of how he found Jake
Stenzil. the Cincinnati German,
out in the wilds Of California,
and signed him for the Pittsburg
club.
This is another Of the great
stories Of how great ball players
have been discovered by The
Herald's Sport Statistician. Don't
fail to get all this series.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
&TWO .aa THREEnNa
EeD ruh.ia6 n'.N.zt ose ovrr WITH W &
-. &BUGS' RAERh -M-S
COLLEGE NOTES.

Elmer Norhp Bmbo the famous double
will leave the University
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

Woodruff Dngle, who given the buns rush a Wmpl
College will matricnate Penn He the snappe full back
signed check Dinge will study
OF flowers His diploma calls for five thousand
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

Prohibition has the blinkers ski jumping Darmou
There is ski
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

Nobody seems to know why the West Pointers W
1ress uniforms with the suspenders on the outside
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

Drinking has been dropped major sport Harv
walters won't anybody less than a colonel.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Kid Lenguers Busy.

II there are any clubs with play
srs weighing less than los pounds
zach and under IA that would like to
ioin a very good little league just
organized for boys I would advise
them to get into communication
with President Alfred II. Bellman.
s715 Thirty-third street northeast,
where they will be able to get all
he information required. The league
will start its season about the first
Of April.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

The Purdue Weeee Board strongest in the
Middle West You East the Middle North
the Middle South, it looks grabs the
dered whisk-broom
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

The spangled cubes have also been reduced fro
private sport. Members of the pnochle team will be
their letters on their bath robes
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

The original Carlisle football including Pocahontas
foot Geronimo, Singing Bull
haha and Rasins-in-
Carlisle the football field graduating
technicaly
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

The campaign to boost college professors pay gone
The average pay OF $IoS45 year The profs satisf
the figures All they do remove the decimal
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

lawr and Mattewan Seminary will in a joint debat
wood alcohol summer or a winter drink"
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

settled weather. according to the
weather prophets, and at White
Sulphur Springs there is a represen-
tative colony to enjoy the many di-
versions to be found. Many people
are there to take the rest cure be-
fore launching forth on a busy sum-
mer at the Northern resorts.
Forming the Washington colony
there are Capt and Mrs. Henry G..
Warren. who recently went down
for a fortnights stay: Mr.. and Mrs
]. E. McCauley. who went down
Monday. and Mrs. and Mrs. A. w.
Sherman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick c. Hicks,
OF Port Washington, n. Y, stopped
at the Greenbrier as they passed
through the State last week. Mrs.
Hicks was Miss Marie Christie Ste
vens before her marriage to Repre-
sentative Hicks in Washington last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Frederick
Waters, of Boston. who have been
at the Greenbrier for several weeks,
came to Washington yesterday,
where they were met by their
daughter and a party who motored
down from Boston. The entire party
will make the return trip North by
automobile. taking the trip by leis-
urely stages.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
MRS. TILLER TO ENTERTAIN
FOR MRS. ISAAC PEARSON.

Tie coming week promises to be
very lively socially for the League
Of American PenwOmen, as Mrs.
Isaac Pearson. national president
OF this organization Of women writ
eTs, artists and musicians. is re-
firing cfter a three years admins
tration of phenomenal success and
is to be the recipient of much en-
tertaining. One Of the largest and
most interesting events that will
be held in her honor will be a tea
given by Mrs Theodore Tiller at
her new home. 3409 Mt. Pleasant
street northwest Mrs. Josephus
Daniels will head the receiving line
with Mrs. Tiller to welcome the
gu ests who have been invited rot
only to meet Mrs. Pearson but bid
her farewell. as she leaves for South
Dakota TO join Mr.. Pearson as soon
as her term of ONCE expires as
president OF the league on May 10.
Others receiving with Mrs. TiIIer
will be her sister. Mrs Philip Gan
cy. OF Niagara Falls: Mrs. Sarah
Agnes Farrar. of Bainbridge, Ga;
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
GEORGE JULIAN ZOLNAY
HEADS ID. &. ARTS CLUB.

The Arts Club of Washington. at
its annual meeting on Thursday,
April %. elected to the presidency.
George Julian Zolnay. the sculptor;
| for corresponding secretary. DIR. w.
! Z. Stafford: for recording secretary.
DR.. Mitchell Carroll. and for treas
urer. Mr.. Roy L. Neuhauser.
Mr.. Zolnay in accepting his cleo
ton. after paying high tribute to
Mr. Bush Brown. his predecessor in
office, spoke of the extraordinary
growth of the club which necess,-
tated either the acquisition of a
larger home or a stop to all further
development. The latter. he said.
seemed out of the question as II
would be a serious loss to the ar
tistic and intellectual development
of the city.
Because of our peculiar pOlitIcai
situation" Mr.. Zolnay continued,
Washington depends for its cultu-
raj expansion upon the activities
and influence of just such civic
bodies as the Arts Club. whIcn
alone can voice the artistic needs
of the city and impress Congress
with the crying need OF such cultu-
raj necessities as an adequate place
lOI all tNHlDlllOH
playhouse, public concert hall, ali
of which are essential toward max
ing Washington the artistic and in
tellectual center of the country ana
an example of how the great art
possibilities of the nation can best
be developed.
Then" Mr.. Zolnay continued.
When We think of the club we
must never think in individual
terms, but in national terms and
feel that every step forward is an
advance in American civilization"
Mr.. Zolnay further asserted that
other cities solve such problems by
municipal action or private munifi-
cence, neither of which can be an
ticipated in Washington. as long as
the city is not self-governing,
which it never will be. There
fore" Mr.. Zolnay continued. The
only solution lies in the achieve
ments of our civic bodies which
must be made strong enough to
carry weight with Congress. The
assertion" he said. that our ma
tional legislators are Indifferent to
the cultural needs of the city is al
together unfounded: but these men
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
SOCIETY

Carolyn Nash, Mrs. Frederic L. RAN
some, Mrs. Edward w. Sturdevant.
Miss Cartherine r. Thompson and
Miss Elizabeth H. Tinker. Among
the Washington patrons and patron
esses are Vice President and Mrs.
Marshall, the Secretary OF War and
Mrs. Baker. the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Daniels, Major Cen
eral and Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs.
Louis ID. Brandeis. Professor and
Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles ]. Bell. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Joy Edison. Mrs. Stephen
b. Elkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert II.
Grosvenor, Mr.. and Mrs. Farrar-
Smith. Mrs. Francois Berger Mo-
ran. Mrs. Adolph c. Miller. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Walker Holcombe. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Breckenridge Long.
The May Day revels are an ac-
curate representation of an Eliza
bethan rustic May festival, and will
include a pageant, a Maypole dance
of five hundred dancers. dances of
milkmaids. chimney sweeps, Old
English country dances, Morris
dances. six Old English plays and
two masQueS.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
MISS MARJORIE HAMILL
TO WED REV. L. p. wROTH.

Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Hamill
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Marjorie Virginia, to the
Rev. Edward Pinkney Wroth, asso-
ciate rector of the Church of the
Ascension. The wedding will take
place Monday evening. May 81, at S
O'Clock, at the Church Of the Ascen-
sion. The ceremony will be per-
formed by the Rev. f. w. Wroth.
of baltimore, father of the groom.
assisted by the Rev. Peregrine
Wroth. d. D., of Baltimore. uncle
OF the groom. and the Rev. J. H.
Nelms. d. D. rector of the church.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
ICOLLEGE wOMEN's CLUB
ELECT OFFICERS TOMORROW.

The annual business meeting of
the College Women's Club for the
election of officers and the report of
work will be held at the club house.
1922 i street northwest, tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock. As the proper
carrying on of the club work in the
scope attained during the present
administration depends on careful
selection now. all members are
urged to be out in their thinking
caps.
This afternoon the walking sec
ton of the club will stroll through
fields about Hyattsville with a sup
per at Chestnut Crest" as its OBJ
jective. Friday night they had a
brisk moonlight walk down the
ridge from College Park. Nd, to
Hyattsville under the leadership of
Mr.. Chestnut.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
CUSTOMS RELIC
OF BARBARISM

Throwing old shoes after a bridal
couple dates back to the Old Testa-
ment When a man transferred a
piece Of property he took on his
shoe and handed It to the purchaser
to seal the bargain. In the mar
riage ceremony. 1t has come to
mean that the parents give up all
dominion over their daughter.
The throwing of rice is an old
Hindoo custom emblematic of life
and fruitfulness. At present, II Is
a symbol of good wishes.
In ancient times when the young
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
MRS. CAPLEs TO ADDRESS
wOMEN'S CITY CLUB HERE.

The program of the Women's City
Club for Thursday evening. May 6.
will be one of unusual interest.
Mrs. Byron Mcbride Caples, of Wis
cousin, formerly Miss Grace Stelle.
of this city. a well-known journalist.
will give a talk upon Versailles and
Its Romantic History"
Mrs. Stelle. Mrs. Caples' mother.
will accompany her with a short
program of appropriate SlTsic by
French composers. Mrs. Laura Brad
ley, treasurer of the club. will be
the chairman of the evening.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

ing the bride to the altar. when .
woman married. she sacrificed her
self. her liberty. and her life 70 TN
man. The ring now is symbolic of
the transference Of property and
when Il Is placed upon the bride,s
finger. IL indicates that the man en-
dows her with his worldly goods.
The wearing OF orange blossoms
originated with the Saracens and
was brought TO Europe by the Cru
saders, IL sifnifed fruitfulness 10
the Orientals. when the western
nations adopted the flower. u be-
came significant Of wealth and high
station since the scarcity Of these
flowers placed them beyond the
reach of poor people. ("