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The Washington times., 1920-03-29
CHICK FEWSTER IS NOW
IN BALTIMORE HOSPITAL
Fear Is Felt Lest He Be Permanent
ly Injured BY Pitched
Ball.

BALTIMORE. March 29.-Wilson
(Chick) Fewster, former Oriole, now
with the New York Yankees, who
was hit on the head with a pitched
ball by jeff Pfeffer during an ex-
hibition game with the Brooklyn
Dodgers at Jacksonville, Fla, last
week, arrived in this city early to-
day and is a patient in a local hospi-
tai.
Fewster had a fairly comfortable
trip but was somewhat restless on
his arrival.
Fear is felt lest he be permanently
injured. The ball struck at the base
OF the brain and Fewster is now I'M
able to articulate.
The Washington times., 1920-03-29
LOOKING EN- OVER
LOUIS A. DOU G H Err
Iris Fears OVercOnfidence

iris Speaker the lone
working
Indians. This hoodoo is overconfdence.
travelling experts"
win Most the
weather. playing
using the Southern association Orleans
with weather. excellent hotel perfect
playing Right appear get
with But the doughty oufedermanagr
effect of overconfednce his mates.
The Washington times., 1920-03-29
Griffs Play Dodgers
In Double Bill

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Mar.
ga doubleheader is marked
here for today, with the Wash
ington Griffmen meeting the
Brooklyn Dodgers and the
worlds champion Cincinnati
Reds hooking up with the New
York Yankees. However, it is
possible that the weather man
may cut in and call the whole
thing off.
The Washington club will
start home tonight, playing
small towns in Florida and Car
DINA before arriving in the
Capital next Saturday.
The Washington times., 1920-03-29
FORMER HILLTOPPER IS
WITH PENN MAT SQUAD
Bill Ward. All-South Atlantic
Tackle, May Go Out For
Eleven.

PHILADELPHIA, March oo.-With-
in the last few days A star football
prospect has been discovered at Penn.
lie is W. III. Ward. a go FOUNDER.
who turned out for the wrestling
team early in the week and repre-
sented the Red and Blue in the cham
pionships.
Ward formerly played football at
Georgetown and will be a tackle or
guard candidate in Coach Heisman's
squad next fall. He was shot over
the heart during the world war but
shows no i'll effects of the injury.
The Washington times., 1920-03-29
THE KINK" INTERESTED
IN BIG OLYMPIC GAMES

ANTWERP, March 29.-king Albert
of the Belgians, who is taking keen
interest in the Olympic games to be
given here this summer. has called
upon authorities between this city
and the stadium to repair all roads
SO that tho people can attend the
great athletic meet.
This district is still showing the
effect OF the German bombardment,
and considerable work will be neceS-
sary to put the highways in good
condition
The Washington times., 1920-03-29

over a span OF six months. He is
battling to keep his players on edge.
from first to last, never overlooking
a single little thing, knowing only by
this course, coupled with baseball
luck, can he march in with his first
pennant.
And here's hoping he succeeds.
The Washington times., 1920-03-29
FOSTER AT THIRD.

Eddie Foster is playing third for
the Red Sox and. with Oscar Witt
holding out may remain there. Foster
does not want to play second, he has
told Ed Barrow.
The Washington times., 1920-03-29
BLACK CATS WIN.

The Black Cat midgets, of George
town, newly organized team, had a
good start this season when they de-
feated the Volta midgets yesterday by
a score of Is to II. The pitching of
Reilly was too much for the losers.
The Washington times., 1920-03-29
STAN MAKES. START.

NEW YORK, March 29.--Stanislaus
ZbysZko and John Olin will meet in
finish wrestling match here tonight
at the Seventy.first Regiment Armory.
In a preliminary Jim Londos will
meet William Demetral
The Washington times., 1920-03-29
&c" CLUB WILL MEET.

Central High school club c" mem
bers meet tonight at s;30 o'clock at
the school to talk organization plans
and track meet details.
The Washington times., 1920-03-29
WILL PLAY INDEPENDENTLY.

After declaring his contract "per-
fectly satisfactory" Rolla Mapel. a
young southway pitcher, has turned
down the Browns flat to play indie
pendent ball in Colorado.
The Washington times., 1920-03-29
MATHERS WILL COACH.

III. l.. Mathers, OF Penn state, has
recently been appointed coach OF
track at Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute. lie will take charge at once.
The Washington times., 1920-03-29
BYRD WILL GO UP.

Francis Byrd, OF V. y. l., Is being
eroomcd TO 70 20 Franklin Field for
the pentathlon April AZ
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
ERAN1I H. NWpeRz/P
NEW OWNER or
SRHRTH
SRR7H

2blYe prints" he said, "and study the de-
tails Of an old structure and how it
may be made useful without destroying
the charm Of its exterior or interior
like to take old things and make
them new"
Mr.. Vanderlip's inclination in this
direction is indicated by the furnish
inea in his private Office in one of the
tall buildings overlooking Trinity. His
desk was writing table that might
have served when New York was still
a colony. Behind it sat Mr. Vanderlip,
smoking his pipe and entwining and
loosening his fingers IS he told Of his
plans for Sparta. His attitude and the
tone Of his voice a. he spoke Of the
many nice things he plarned for the
old homes of his neighboring town were
sufficient evidence of the mans en-
thusiasm in the project.
at is little something | have had
in mind for some time" he continued.
"There are number of nice homes in
the town which are worth saving, and
these will be saved" Some folks there
! will likely remain, Mr. Vanderlip in
'imated, but most Of he citizens Of
Sparta will be compelled to move to
| otaer parts. After the houses have
been altered some new homes will be
erected
! Upward of $4,000 will be represented ID
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
'Financier Bought
Entire Town to
Wipe Out Bad Spot
and Now He will
Indulge His Hobby
of M aking Over
Dwelling Houses
SHHR7HS AHNeTMeN7
HOUSE MAoE OVER
81 AYZE< H7U 81

and directly across from it will b,
large bay window.
At the other end Of the house will h.
the kitchen and the dining room. An
entrance to the kitchen is provided
directly from the street at the come,
of the house. At the rear of the hot.l
section will be erected sun parlor and
sleeping porch.
Bringing Back Old Times
Another interesting development will
be the changes which Mr.. Vanderlie
will make in the old house at the
junction of Liberty Street and Rock.
ledge Road. The house, set on a sr.
angular site, presents Mr.. vanderl;a
and Mr.. Harmon with new and inter.
esting problems. By building out On
one side and tearing down at another
the house has been changed into one
of much charm, as may be seen by tn.
accompanying illustration.
In the old section of the house will
be the dining room and kitchen. A
side flight Of steps within the line o.
the old section will take one to fine
old door with silver knocker. Admis-
sion will be directly into a large living
room with brick floor laid herringbon.
fashion. In the ceiling will be exposed
beams with wide spaces between.
A fireplace close to three feet deep
and about twelve feet wide, with built
in bookcases on each side, will be found
at the far end of the room. Almost
directly opposite will be an arched
doorway leading to the dining room
The fireplace in the dining room has
been placed on a direct line with tn,
one in the living room, giving a mos'
cheerful view.
OFF the dining room will be porca
two stories high. The upper floor will
be used for sleeping purposes. Th'
kitchen will be located in the rear o.
the dining room. The dining room ais:
will have a beamed ceiling.
Charming dormer windows In from.
and little windows in the side walls
will light up the bedrooms on the
second floor.
A house nearby is to be made into an
artists studio. Every house is to CONS
in for attention.
The roads are to be relaid and th.
fences along the highways remoTed
and new ones erected.
1t is Mr. Vandcrlips hobby, and fol
the next year he will give most Of the
time not needed in directing business
affairs to the restoration of his lit'l'
town in Westchester.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

addition will be erected to the other
sioe Of the building, and in this and
ii part of the old house will be the
third apartment, with an entrance
reached by walk through the garden
This will be duplex suite.
Each apartment will be provided with
an individual laundry and drying place
for clothes. The rooms will have elec-
trio light and will be heated from a
will be large despite the fact that three
families will be provided with attrac-
tive living accommodations in one
house.
The change that will be worked in
the exterior of the old house will be
astonishing. The feel Of the old place
will be recovered by the use of Colonial
fsnlights over the doors and a winding
stairs up to the entrance porch to the
first floor apartment. At the head of
the stairs will be pair of old-fash-
details will again wrap the house in an
atmosphere that will cause one to think
of the days of long long ago.
Hotel To Be Home
Up the road will be the dwellings
The old Washington Hotel will be util-
lied as the central part Of one of the
little homes. Additions will be built on
each side of the building following the
line Of the road, which will give the
little house graceful, curved facade
The building will be of red brick, two
stories high, with sloping roof, out of
the center of which will be a chimney
capped and with exposed flues.
The entrance to the house will be on
the curve. On each side of the door
will be half windows with curved tops
to correspond with the door. They will
light. the entrance hall, which will be
SIX feet wide. The staircase will be
directly opposite. To the right will be
the living room. which will be in the
old hctel building An open fireplace
six feet wide will be built on one side
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT ut ZhSee7X. Szsnd
ROCKL EDGE RCHD

edge just under Ossining brought some
more settlers who were not Of the most
desirable class.
So down through The years has come
little Sparta, shorn of all the things
that made it a fine little home place
in the days when George III ruled this
country and for many years after.
Major Andre no doubt remarked the
cosiness of the little Sparta home
settlement as he passed it on his way
from Stony Point, where he had met
Benedict Arnold to arrange for the
delivery of West Point to the Brit
ish. A few miles down the Post
road he was accosted by three pa
triots who refused to be bluffed by
him that he was an emissary of Wash
ington. They searched him, and every
one knows the rest; he was hanged
as a spy.
1chabod Crane, who told of the head
less horseman who galloped across
Sleepy Hollow bridge in the dead Of
night, knew we'll old Sparta.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Twelve.Story Loft
In East 18th St. Sold
Structure Taken Over by Cor
poration Trading in Business
Buildings Downtown

The twelvestory loft, 25x103.3, s
East Twelfth Street has been sold by
the 8 East Twelfth Street Company to
the s-12 Holding Corporation.
The Benson Manufacturing Corpora
tion bought from Herman Rieb the
four-story building 212 East Twelfth
Street, 20x106.G.
Grace H. Phillips and others sold to
232 Sixth Avenue Inc the three e-story
building with stores 232 Sixth Avenue,
19x70, adjoining the northeast corner
of Fifteenth Street.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of
st. Mathew sold through Peter Bicgc
to Giradi Brothers, tenants, the four
story building with store 296 Bleecker
Street, northwest corner of Barrow
Street, 16.11x81.
The S. S. White Dental Manufacture
ing Company bought from the Market
Street Realty Company the seven-story
building, 12Ox26.5. on the east side
of Market Slip. between Cherry and
Water streets.
Max N. Natansons resold to the II
". G. Corporation the five-story build.
ing with stores 204 Delaney Street
25X1OO.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
SZAY7ER HOUSE BUX7W 1873 WAYCH IS 70 1E
H1ADE WV7lO THREE EAH1/LI ELAT

Sin some of the altered houses. Some
places will not represent that much.
That money is not the big factor is in
dicated by Mr.. Vanderlip's willingness
to sell any Of the houses after altera-
tions have been made for 20 per cent
less than he will put into them. Three
or per cent on his investment will be
all that Mr.. Vanderlip will take from
those who would like to be his tenants.
No one can have the audacity to charge
him with profiteering.
Three houses are now being altered,
or will be started shortly-an apart
ment and two private dwellings. Long
before they have been modernized 9TH
ers will be taken over. 1t is estimated
that the entire town will be remodeled
and stucco will be used literally in
making the Transformation.
The three houses under way are about
as interesting as will be found in the
entire transformation and will illus
trate the wonders which the we'll
known banker and Mr.. Harmon are 60
ing to bring in the appearance and
character of Sparta.
The Slayter house, on Liberty Street,
built in 1852 and perhaps the largest
dwelling in the town, is to be made
into an apartment house for three fam
lilies. The plan is very interesting, as
tenants will not have to meet unless
they so desire. Each apartment will
have its own separate entrance and
lawn or garden out in front The house
today is nothing more than big
frame box with a porch in front
One Apartment House
A door to be cut in one side of the
house will lead to the second floor
apartment, consisting Of living room.
kitchen, two bedrooms and sleeping
porch. The old porch will be utilized
as an entrance to the first floor apart
r:ent, which will be built around the
staircase to the apartment above An
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Pay S4,200,O0O
For Space in
Steamship Row
Anaconda Copper Mining
Go. Leases Two Floors in
Cunard Building Being
Built in Bowling Green

William A. White e. Sons have leased
for the twenty-five Broadway Corpora
ton, Bernard Wakefield. renting agent,
the eighteenth and nineteenth floors OF
the Cunard Building, now being erected
to the Anaconda Copper Mining Com
pany, Cornelius T. NJ Kelly. president.
The floors contain $4,000 square feet Oh
space, and the lease is for twenty-one
years, at an aggregate rental OF over
$4,000,000. These two floors had peea
previously leased by w. T.. Hartman
Co.. but as this firm recently purchasea
the CASTOR, Williams & Wigmore Build
ing, at 80 Broadway, for their business
home. they did not require the Cunaf0
Building space.
The Anaconda Copper Mining Com
pany is composed Of the Anaconda Sop'
per Company, Montana Power Com'
pany, Andes Copper Mining Company;
United Metals Selling Company sn1
Greene Cananea Copper Company any
for many years has been located az -. >.
Broadway. The same brokers recenu'
leased the fifteenth floor to the Roy
ertson Cole Company, automobile u
porters. ,
The recent acquisition by the stanc.
ard Oil Company OF the property aelos'
the street, at to 20 Broadway, whlss is
1t is rumcred, will be extensive.
altered in the near future, and sns
purchase of l Broadway. two doo's
south Of the Cunard Building, py NV
International Mercantile Marine oo'n.
pany, who are now converting the pfUp,,
erty into an Office building which VIE
be managed by William A. "hise =
Sons. are indicat ions of the interes,;,as
transformation which the bow,ins
Green section of Broadway is onos''
spcinO
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Thirteen More
Astor Houses
InHarlen1 Sold
Dwellings of Late Baron
William Waldorf in West
l29th Street. Adjoining
5th Avenue. Disposed Of

The estate Of the late Baron William
Waldorf Astor has sold through TIC
Farmers Loan and Trust Company. as
trustee. thirteen dwellings at to %
West i29th Street. The houses arc
all OF the four-story and basement
type, each on lot 20x100. The sale is
understood to have been made through
L. J. Phillips g. Co., brokers, but at
their office yesterday it was said that
Charles A. Peabody, representing the
estate, has authorized no statement
concerning the deal.
The houses were erected by the As
tors many years ago, and the land had
been in their possession for more than
half century. The house adjons the
Hawarden Hall apartments, at the
northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and
1c9th Street. A week ago James H.
Cruikshank, operator, bought from the
Astors the the abutting row Of ten
three-story dwellings at 8 to 26 West
130th Street. and a couple of days ago
he purchased the ten dwellings at Al
to 62 West 130th Street, on the same
block, from the New York Savings
Bank. This was also a former holding
of tho Astors.
Another Clark Estate House Sold
The Brown, Wheelock Company, Inc.
sold for the Clark estate 81 West
Eiehty-fifth Street, four story dwell
ing, 176x102.2. The new owner will
occupy after extensive alterations have
been made.
Gladys F. Rousseau sold to Nathalie
H. Swan, the tenant, the five story
dwelling 18 East Eighty-third Street,
2ox102.2.
james M. Beck sold to Marguerite Fl.
Day the FIVE story dwelling, 100 East
Sixty-fifth Street, S17x1005.
Isaac Baker sold to Joseph H. Blu
menthal the four story dwelling 70
East 106th Street, 17x90.
The Pierre & Golden Company sold
A. West Seventy-sixth Street, four
story dwelling, 20x100, for the L. Sutro
estate to Mr.. Daily.
The Fort Tryon Holding Company
sold to the 1856 West Seventy-sccond
Street Corporation the four story
dwelling 1875 West Seventy
Street, 22x102.2.
Other Dwellings, Change Ownership
Henry v. Allen solda Salvatore A.
Cotiilp the three stoM dwelling 235
East 116th Street. 16.8xf0o.
&ax Smyth sold to Harry 1. F. WAl-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Little Hudson RiyerY
inlet, Long
Fallen to Decay, To
Be Rehabilitated
and Made Attrac-
tive to Seekers of
Cozy Rural Homes
IvFxA7 ms S4zVC,ToH HO7El
WNZ LOOK Ike. WHEN
MADE OVER

The. world, which knows Frank A.
Vanderlip as \ marshal Of finance, q
man Of achievements Of. great COM
mercial merit, may. be interested to
know that he also is a home builder.
Nothing gives the former president OF
the National City Bank and one time
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury of
the United States more pleasure than
.estorfhg to dilapidated old homes
their former charm and attractiveness
The world came upon Mr.. Vanderlips
rnsuspected hobby last week through
the filing Of legal papers placing the
ownership Of the little town Of Sparta
cn-the- Hudson, next door village to
lives, In the hands Of the well-known
banker
Purchase of the little town was ac-
ceptsd Immediately by the public as
the first move in philanthropic prof.
ect. which aimed to alleviate house
shortage or advance some pet scheme
of the bankers. But this was not
true. In denying that the public
had guessed correctly his plans for
Sparta, Mr.. Vandrelip admitted that
the purchase Of the century-old town.
near Beechwood, his Hudson River
estate. was made to afford him the op-
portunity Of enjoying his hobby, and
at the same time providing charming
l'ttle homes for folks who would like
10 live in the lee Of Westchester's
beautiful hill country.
Twenty-Five Homes in Town
Had the Sparta purchase escaped the
attention of the public Mr.. Vanderlip
would have continued to enjoy his
hobby unknown to most folks who know
him personally or through newspaper
columns. He would have made over
the little town and its complement Of
homes into modern attractive living
places, which he would have sold or
rented TO folks who would appreciate
the beauty Of the surroundings much
more than most of the present Sparta
folks do.
There are about twenty-five houses
and 200 acres in the town of Sparta,
which extends practically from the
Hudson River over to Revolutionary
Road, about a quarter of mile north
OF the country estate of Mr. Vanderlip.
Folks who have turned off the Albany
Post Road and passed through the
hamlet will question the ultimate
success Of Mr.. Vanderlip's efforts to
restore to old Sparta its charm and
position OF 100 years ago, which is his
aim. and which he says he will accom-
plish and get lot Of fun out Of the
doing of it. Mr. Vanderlip has over
come greater problems than this.
For years undesirables have found
refuge in Sparta. State constabulary
troopers have been called often to the
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

lace the two story dwelling 4OS Pleas
ant Avenue, 16.8x64.
Clara Margulies sold to Irving Hordes
the three story dwelling 1875 West
120th Street, 19x1O0
Mrs. Marietta Starks sold to the John
II. Pierce Realty and Holding Company
148 West 1920 Street, a three story
dwelling, 14.8x100. Ellen B. Thompson
was the broker
The three story dwelling 511 West
149th Street, 17.6x1OO, is to be taken
over by the 5l1 West 149th Street
Realty Company.
Eleanor r. Bennett sold TO Mary f.
Frazee the two story dwelling SIS West
1850 Street, 16x104.11.
John G. F'roatz sold to Sydney T.
Paris the three story dwelling 211
West 1920 Street. 17x99.11.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Trading in Flathouses
On West and East Side

The Duress Company sold for the
Elizabeth Colcy Ross Corporation the
four-story fiat AZ West Tooth Street,
19.4x100.3, to Samuel Pricss.
Rose K. Spicgel sold to Malvina
Friedman the fvc-story fiat 1865 St..
Nicholas Avenue, 1Sx858.
Albert A. kirch sold to Rose Kert-
man the four story tenement 1896 Sec
cnd Avenue, 20x8O.
Henry V. ALLEN sold to Salvatore A,
Cotillo the four-story tenement 1857
First Avenue. 29x7S.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

little place off the beaten path to sup%
press disorder, drunken brawls, or to
search for gentry wanted for breaking
the laws of the commonwealth. Au-
thorites at Sing Sing Prison, to the
north, invariably make post haste for
Sparta when "boarder" has made
break for the open and just as invari
ably get their man there. Many escapes
from the gray prison to the north have
been Matched in Sparta. Such condi- /
tions do not make for a wholesome,
clean and attractive town.
Pretty Homes Badly Maintained
Such misrepresentation Of energy has
lowered the position of old Sparta, de- |
stroying its attractiveness as home
and countryside Homes that once
were among the best along Westches-
ter's' river edge have been desecrated
and decay has been permitted to go
unchecked. Half century of this has
left Sparta anything but a pleasant
little living place. 1t was a sorry sight
to Mr.. Vanderlip to see the structural
charm of homes built generations ago
being destroyed for want of some paint
and repairs.
Some ten years ago Mr. vanderlip
disclosed his interest in the neighbor-
ing town by making over one of the old
buildings into community center. He
established library and made modern
living acc ommodations above it, the
first to be provided in the town. He
employed social workers to direct the
interests of the people of Sparta into
channels that would result in the gen
eral Improvement of the place, but
they were not as successful as hoped.
Conditions contrary to those planted
fifty, sixty or more years ago were
not to be eliminated in a few years.
The folks who settled in Sparta fol- !
lowing the discovery of silver and cop
per in Ossining we're of the same cali
Der as those usually attracted by dis
coveries of precious metals, good, bad
and medium.
Refuge of Undesirables
The building of the Croton Aqueduct
in 1881 brought from various sections
OF the country many who were not
sticklers for law or order or things of
refinement or beauty. The construc-
tion of the state prison on the water
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
''Big Tim" Sullivan's Private
Race Course To Be Sold

Realty and personal assets of the
late "Big Tim" Sullivan, Tammany
chieftain on the lower East Side, will
be sold at auction in the Vesey Street
salesroom on November 23 by Henry
Brady through instructions of Hannah
sullivan. Among the realty to be Of
fered is an ci~ht-acre farm at New
Brunswick, N. j., where Mr.. Sullivan
trained some Of his fastest racehorses.
There are track and q judges stand
or the property.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Joeph p. Day Tells of Queen:.
Opnortunities for lndustrle'

Joseph P. Day was among the spes1a
ers at a luncheon conference Of 'ns
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce 1887
week. Mr.. Day explained the real "a
what onnortunities exist in Lons
island sR city not only for industt;,ss ~
expansion but also for the erection
of homes for artisans. Mr.. Day pro. pro.
duced a map which showed the fsd "a
Long Island City. By means of ns.,ss va
through the map at Grand Central sG 81
tion, comparative values couI4 q
readily seen by moving the strfa
s circular direction.