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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29
LARGER BALLOONS
 FOR COMING EVENT
Chicago Races in September Are Expected to Set New
 Distance Records

New York. August 25.-Greater gas ca pacity than heretofore and lessons oi construction learned during the war in' dicate that the national and interna. tional balloon races scheduled to start from Chicago in September and October will set up new records for distance in these events, it was said here today by Aero Club officials in charge sof. tho contests.
 The national event, due to start sep- tember Il, will see fifteen contenders lined up, each aspiring to be one of the three who will defend the Gordon Ben nett cup, which las sbeen In America since being lifted from France in 1915 by Ralph Upson,, of Akron, o.
 Among the fifteen are several who have brought fame to the United States through victories in the international bal loon classics. Upson, present inrerna- tionar titleholder, entered aN soon as the race was announced and is regarded by many experts as having an excellent chance to win.
 Three bags have been entered by the army air service, one by the navy and another bv the army balloon school, Fort Omaha. The other ten balloons have been entered by civilians.
 The entry of the balloon school will be piloted by A Leo Stevens, who, with
 
 won fame last spring by an attempt to pick up raido electric waves from Mars through a receiving station 5000 feet above the earth.
 The second race which is to start De- tober g will be the fourth time that the United States has defended the Cor don Bennett interpational trophy since it's foundation in 1906.
 The only other country which has won the cup more than once Is Germany. which will not enter in the 1920 race. The entries, eleven in all, are: France, 3: Italy, 8 United States, 3; Great Brit ain, 1, and Belgium, 1.
 Although America is the titleholder by virtue of winning the last race, France has an unbeaten record for distance, made in 1912 when Maurice Bienaime covered 1,361 miles without touching land beating the American record of 1172 miles set up in 19l9 by Alan R. Hawley.
 The balloon "Begica" of 1000 cubic meters capacity has been entered by the Aero Club of Belgium. It will be piloted by Ernest Demuyter. who contested in the race of 1912. which was won by France and in which H. E. Honeywell representing America. took third place. MT Honeywell is entered in the national race this year and will try to qualify to defend the Gordon Bennett cup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

handling the Elgin Six and are doing very well with them. ..
 R. A. Bailey. Jr, vice president of the Motor Sales Corporation, got mar ried last week. He married Mrs. k. Ty- Ter Mitchell. the ceremony being per formed at Chattanooga. Mrs. Mitchell was a Gainesville, Tenn, girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29
STEEL MARKERS ON
 LINCOLN HIGHWAY
Rx AAaaalatrd PreN

Detroit. Mich, August 2S.-Before next winter comes enameled steel markers will have been placed at every confusing turn and cross roads on the Lincoln Highway from New York to San Francisco. making what Is said to be the longest highway In the world with such guide marks. according to announcement from headquarters of the Lincoln Highway Association here. The road from Omaha to san Francisco already has such markers and work of marking the highway from New York to Omaha now is in progress
 The Lincoln Highway is 3,223 miles long. It passes through Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Canton, O.. Fort Wayne and South Bend. Ind, Clinton, Iowa. Omaha. Salt Lake City. and Carson City. New, among other points. The highway never has been permanently marked between New York and Omaha.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29
CANNOT COMMEND
 AMERICAN PHONES
By Associated Press

London. August 10.-Announcement
 by Pike Pease, the assistant postmaster
 general. that the American telephone
 system Is now inferior to that In this country, Is disputed by Sir Joseph Du- veen who divides his time equally between this country and the United States. Tn an interview with the Pall Mall Gazette. Sir Joseph said;
 "The telephone service here can only be described as rotten. If the post master general does not realize the diff ference between the American and British services, he should send a few
 men to New York for a month and tell them to note the differences. and then leaHn how 1t Is done.
 Personally. in America, I practical 1, ly spend all my day on the telephone.
 Here I hardly ever use 1t. I have neith- CT the time nor patience. The service like MT. Pease's statement. Is joke"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

farm labor, coupled with the growing rural demand for city convenleHces. is responsible for the appearance on the
 electrical market of what is really a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

The general idea along Motor Row thesf days is that there still is plenty of b hsiness to be secured if one will go aftef it. Those dealers who have re- frai bed from letting pessimism walk aw1 1y with them are going about mak- ingt sales in the usual way even if the ba9fkers are trifle tight" about lend ing money.
 hat people continue to purchase aq omobiles despite the stringency of m tney only goes to show how necessary IN motor car has become. There is no st Rping the second business of the \N Franklin Motor Car Co.,, Knowing into their handsome Rarters at 21st Street and
 N as the week drew to
 ,S, Shur Burgin and c. E.
 inl .-dere busy individuals, in-
 ased, getting the Franklin and the
 Standard quartered under the same
 roof and consolidating the two
 firms. The Franklin, Westcott and
 Nelson automobiles will he hand
 led under the Franklin Motor Car
 Co.,, from now on.
 W. E. Ewart, of the Ewart- Brewer Motor Car Co.,, one of the newest com panies along the row, states that their first month in business has been a very good one and they feel very much en- couraged over their prospects. car load of Diamond T trucks has arrived and MT. Ewart is taking great pride in showing them. Ewart- Brewer are also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

Don Drennen attended the conven- ton of Buick dealers in Atlanta last week. He states that the meeting was an unusually good one and was large ly attended MT. Drennen also says that he has been making good deliv- cries on Federal trucks recently. "We have had an exceptionally good month on Federal trucks" said MT. Drennen yesterday. Tt shows that business is in a healthy condidtion for the truck demand is increasing. I know of sev- eral lumber men who are running their Federals twenty-four hours per day"
 1T. F.. Bissell left last night for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29
Mrs. Wards Estate

Tring, England. August u.-Mrs, Humphrey Ward. the novelist. who died here recently. has left estate valued at e11,36.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

miniature outdoor substation, says an illustrated article in the Popular Me chanics Magazine. The little substation is a switching and protective combina-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

the Rec factory nt Lansing, Mich, to see about the shipments of more cars md Speedwagons. "We can't get cars fast enough" was the com- plaint of Mir. BisseIl before he de- parted. "Business with us has been very good, indeed. the only conn plsint we have, being that the cars and trucks are not being shipped fast enough. I could use many more than I have been getting and find it imperative that I go to the fac- tory to see if I can't speed up ship ments."
 ". s. Edwards, IT,, of the Edwards Motor Car Co.,, has shaken the dust oi Birmingham from his heels for three weeks and has gone to the mountains of Carolina for rest. It looks as if the Chevrolet business is going to have to 'stagger" ~along without him for awhile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

ton, consisting of an adjustable horn gap lightning arrester. disconnecting switch, choke coil and fuse mounting, grouped in a single unit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

Suhstation for Farmers
 The scarcity and increasing cost of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

The POsner Tire Co., will continue to remain open on Sundays for the convenience of their customers, ac- cording to an announcement made by H. J. Posner yesterday. f"0ur customers have made many quests that we remain open on Sum days md give tire service" said Mir. Posner, "that we are compelled to give them that service. Oil, gas water and air and service will continue to be at their dis pOsal.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
GRIFFITH IS BACK |.
FROM CALIFORNIA
Washington Magnate Enthosl.
astic Over Outlook for Base
ball Next Season.

Back at his desk after . brief va
cation In Southern California. Presi-
dent Clark c. Griffith IL clearing
decks for action. He win attend the
big baseball meeting in Now York
next week and, unless everything
goes wrong, he, hopes to, snag q
player OF two 70 ut in with his ma
chine.
1--WE picked up one or two COED
looking youngsters last season" says
President Griffith, .and they may
como through In. good shape OF
course. n I can land an experienced
man or two. all the better. have
trading material and VIII listen 70
anything Ia reason" 10y
Griff is enthusiastic over tho pros
poets of baseball. He is satisfied that
the joint committee OF the major
leagues will succeed In turning out
a satisfactory agreement for the fu-
ture government OF the game and
that Judge Lands will be all the doc
tor ordered in handling every diff
cult situation that may arise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
CARPENTER SENDS HIS
PAL, LEDOUX, A CHARM
Will Take Rabbits Foot Into
Rinu AGAINST Williams.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 10.-The mail
man brought Charley LedouN' Euro
pean bantam champ. a package which
makes Charley think he's certain 10
lust about massacre Kid Williams
when they meet in n fifteen-round
Echampionship bout next THURSDAY
night here. The package came from
France, and in the upper left-hand
corner were tho mystic words: From
/ eorges Carpenter"
Inside was a rabbits foot and a
note from tho French champ to his
old pal. Translated, the note read:
"Dear Charley-I was hunting the
other day, and shot a rabbit. 1 was
thinking OF your bout with Williams,
and decided to sond you the left hind
fot for luck. I hope youll wear IL
in tho ring, and I'm sure you'll knock
Williams clean out of the ring. Good
luck. Your old friend. ~
GEORGES CARPENTIEE-"
Ledoux and Carpenter are friends
Of many years standing Long ago,
before the, war, when Carpenter was
a bantam, they battled fifteen rounds
to a.draw. Frequently after that they
trained for separate fights in tho
same towns in France. When the war
broke out. they enlisted in the same
division. Carpenter chose the air
service. but Ledou entered the infan-
try, and won n sergeancy for valor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10

TO Washington and the Charlottes-
VILE eleven will surely DO well
coined, IL it decides TO come here
and face George Washington on the
gridiron at American League Park.
Virginia has always been a staunch
opponent. playing clearly but fierce
ly, and it's return engagement VIII
attract more attention than any
other game scheduled for Washing
ton next year. bar none.
In arranging a game with Prince
ton, Virginia will make another call
after a long absence. Not since 1898
has Virginia team faced the Tigers
The first game between the Tigers
and Virginia was on October 8. 1895,
Princeton winning by score of SO
TO O. The following year, on Octo-
Der 81. the Tigers swamped Ntr-
ginia. As to 0. On October 81, 1897.
Princeton won, IS to o., and on No
vember ., 1895, the Tigers managed
TO score two touchdowns and won
by l2 to 0. The series scores show
n steadily strength on the part OF
the Virginians, for the Princeton
eleyens of those years were among
the best in the East. .
When next Virginia tried it's luck
with the Big Three. it was with Yale
and Harvard. Three games were
played at New Haven. the Orange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
M'GR0RY TURNS Up
IN HAWAII VALLEY
Former Shamrock Man Greets
/. Sammy Rice, Of AL
r.. ~. Star Team.

Washington amateur baseball fans,
followers OF the famous "Pipetown"
organization known as tho Shamrock
~ c.. will be interested to know that
Martin, A. McGrory. U. g. marines.
who started the Shamrocks on their
road to, fame in the amateur baseball
saries. is out in Hawaii. .....'
Writes Martin: "Just a letter from
Ia. Washington .homesick 'IIombre,"
who misses the Shamrocks. Baseball
here is all the go.
Though the season is over. you
can see a good game any day in
almost, any part Of the town, but at
present thov are combining themselves
to football Temperature about 10 in
the shaded. which is some hot for
Anything but baseball Our baseball
season will open on January 1. We
Lave very little material at this post,
but combining the same with the ma
val station, believe that we can SC.
cure avery good team ~ The Chinese
an / aIaha teams here seem to be
very good, and the team. putting
them. out of the running must be a
team of teams. 49,. ~. p
THE All Stars were down here last
week on their way to. the Orient, and
had with them Sam Rice. Their, eAhiS
.bition (Rice didn't -play) was the
worst ]. have ever witnessed though
III was to be. expected on account Of
them just disembaIking. from a
six-day trip on the high seas, and out.
side OF tho fact that had a chance
to SEQ and speak With our old base
stealing baby. l certainly would have
regretted depriving my family OF the
81 so they soaked me to sec comedy.
.'We are in the heart OF winter
here and ii is pretty cold? About %
in the shade in the morning am
living in the valley of the liquid sum
shine across from the famous Punch
Bowl Volcano IL rains every day
with the sun shining brightly. A
continual bath without towels, for
you dry almost before you get wet.
A cliff dweller has nothing on me,
as. have to walk about, three
flights down n side OF elm to get
to my mansion, and while sitting on
our front porch have beautiful view
of tho city OF Honolulu and the
ocean (but give me a Fourteenth and
Park or Potomac Park carr.
well, here's luck to amateur base
ball in Washington next year. and
double wishes for the old Shamrocks.
Give my best regards to everybody
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
REXMEN ARE PREPARED
FOR DREADNAUCHT LADS
Coach Martin Puts Northeast
Men Through Stiff Workout.

Coach Lee Martin isn't allowing
tho Dreadnaught A. C. eleven, OF
Alexandria, to scare him in the
slightest. Tho Rexmcn were
slammed through n stiff workout last
night and found to be in frst-class
shape following Sundays muddy en-
counter with the Navy Yard.
For Sundays. game the Rex coach
expects TO have all. of his men IN
the lineup. Carney is out with n
bad knee at present, but will prob
ably be ready for work.
The Dreadnaughts have n tough
line and n big one. The Rexmen.
however, are expecting to have the
stiffcst sort OF opposition, but are
depending upon Byers. Baldwin,
Gicbel and Cranston to deliver in
the pinch.
Tonight tho Rex players will put
in another session. They have sew
eral plays prepared for the Alex
andrians and are expecting to get
them in working order forS Sundays
game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
KNICKERBOCKERS LOADED
FOR NAVY YARD ELEVEN
Georgetown Club Corrals All Its
Members for Sunday Game.

The Knickerbocker Club of George
town has corralled all its members
and hustled them through n course OF
sprouts for Sundays game with the
Navy Yard eleven at American League
Park.
Early in the season the Knicks
maintained they would be there when
the time came for delivering against
the big ones of the city. The Knicks
got busy after baseball season, signed
UP DR.. Jack Hegarty, former Carolina
A. and NJ. and Georgetown coach, and
proceeded to put in heavy practice
sessions. ~ ..... ....
Today the Knicls Announce they
will have n formidable lineup for
Sundays engagement. Johnny Gil
roy, former Georgetown star, Harry
Harris, former West Virginia Uni
versity player, Mackert, Of Maryland
sullivan, former Carolina A. and NJ. (;
Tomlin, of Syracuse; Sinclair and Gill,
of the former Nigilants; Flaherty, of
Dean Academy and Babbington. Boet
Ter and Harper. of local fame ore
listed with the Knicks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
ON LOCAL FLOORS.

Gallaudet College opens It's basket
ball campaign tomorrow. night at
Kendall Green against tho Loyola
College team of Baltimore.
Peck Juniors, who average 115
pounds. want n game with any team
In tho District OF that weight. Prank
Athey Is manager and can be reached
at 1870 Twenty-flrst street northwest.
Epiphany Comets and the Belmonts
play at Epiphany tonight. The
Comets have won four in n row.
Gonzaga High School players start
their season today agains the Stew
ards Business College quint in the
GonzaRa gymnasium.
Rosedalo A. G. players. Weighing
125 pounds. want TO play basketball.
T. r. o'Brien. IS Bryant street, north
east Is manager.
= j.. Kennedy, 80 X street. northeast,
who manages the Sterling A. G. wants
to play Rosedals, Epiphany, Columbia
and other quints.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
FORT MYER BOXERS ARE
BOOKED FOR BIG SCRAPS
Lieut.. Mccall Arranges Ring
Show for Next Wednesday.

Under the direction of Lieut.. Charles
c. Mccall, personnel official, the Fort
Myer doughboys' will stage n big ring
show at the post riding hall next
Wednesday, the feature contest being
an eight-round bout between shorty
Mccain. OF the Nineteenth Field
Artillery, and George Myer, of the
Marine Corps. Mccain " is j. being
backed heavily to win from the devil
dog"
John L. Smith. or Walter Reed
Hospital, and Stanley Trazech, Third
Cavalry, will appear in the six-round
scmi-final bout.
Two four-rourd prelims are on the
card, Charles LaNotta, Fort Myor.
facing Battling Hinkley, motor trans
port, and frankie Francouor. Nine
teenth Field Artillery, tackyng Joe
Rodriguez. Fort Myer
A battle royal is also on the pro-
gram.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
SERVICE ELEvENS
READY FOR CLASH
Two Bands Will EnIiven Pro-
ceedings When, Marines,
Face Engineers.

Reports from the camps of The
teams indicating good condition OF
the players, and the. spirit and iHtcres.
in the game. exceeding .expectat ions,
the battle between the Camp Humph-
reys Engineers and the Marines from
Quantico "tomorrow at American
League Park should affotd football
fans the opportunity OF seeing, a
'trackerjacls game. With the, secttonnf
championship OF the service as tie re-
ward for victory, the two elevens will
undoubtedly put up one of the hardest
fought football contests Seen here this
season.
: The class of playing might wen be
judged from the fact that eleven for
mer football players OF colleges will
be in the game. Seven of them viii
play for the Marines and four for the
Engineers. Sandersen, of Washing
TOM Spicer and Jones, of the Naval
Academy; Lversedge, of California;
Brown, of Oregon; - Whalb OF Mime
sofa, and Palmer, of Ohio State, arc
the leathernecks; and the Humphreys
men are Andrews, Moreland. Burns
and Claterbos, former West Point
players. .... -.
Today the coaches drilled the men
in last-ninute signals and formations
thoroughly and advised Chem of weak
points and what they saw wrong in
their opponents. The players will ar
rive in the city tomorrow morning..
Major General LeJeune, General
March, the commandapt of, Camp
Humphreys. stan officers. and other
officials OF the service VIII be specra-
tors at the game. The entire person
mel of Camp Humphreys will be on
hand with a band.
Tho Marines are sending the camp
band and a large contingent, Of rooters!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
INTERsECTIONAL COMBATs.

healthy. sign OF the times is the
arrangement of so many Intersection
al football games for next year.
Indiana Will make its debut in the
Harvard stadium. Chicago will come
East to battle the Princeton Tiger.
Notre Dame will make its annual APP
pearance at West Point. Center Col
lege Will get another crack at the
Harvard eleven. Columbia may en-
tertain Illinois. Georgia Tech plans
to tackle Penn State in New York
and to face Notre Dame at Atlanta.
The Golden Tornado will also battle
West Virginia at Morgantown. w. Va.
Georgetown, which for years has
Travelled far for it's contests, think
Ing II nothing to hike TO st. Louis, to
New Orleans, to Atlanta. to Hayer-
hill. or to Boston or Detroit, will
have some more riding next fall. II
has already arranged to visit Atlanta
for its clash with Georgia Tech, and
VIII face Fordham in New York and
Boston College in the HUB.
In these days OF good transporta-
ton there is no especial reason why
a team cannot make long jumps to
meet opponents. II the riding Is not
continuous, thus interfering with the
training of the athletes, no harm Is
done. The Carlisle Indians, so Ear as
known, was the only football squad
in the history OF the game which
could do all it's training on Pullma MS
and still play 'high-class football.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
LACKOF PLAYING
FLOORS HANDICAP
Schools Need Suitable Gymna-
Sums for Basketball Con-
49, tests Here. ~.'
BY BRYAN MORSE.

A lack Of suitable playing floors
will be about the only handicap
offered to scholastic basketball this
winter. Every. school appears well
fortified in the matter of material. All
are possessed. OF frst-ciass coaches.
Poor playing facilities In a majority
of instances is the lone stumbling
block in the way OF development OF
iirst-class basketball campaign.
While Tech High romped through
the season last year, at least three
other scholastic quints Will boast first
class fives. Eastern's showing against
the Galiaudet College Ave gives q
slight indication OF what can ,be ex-
pected all along the line In the schools
this season.
Central, Tech. Western, Eastern and
Business will stack up unusually well
in the high school circuit Gonzaga,
GEORGETOWN Props, St Johns, St.
Adams. Stewards Business College.
Army and Navy Props. the Marines
Props and one or two" others lately
springing into prominence give prom
Use of making things unusually dill
eult'for the old line schools. ~ ="
The Baltimore schools. baltimore
City College, McDonough. Baltimore
Poly; Friends, Loyola High School. st.
Joseph's and Gilman will afford. local
CUNTS plenty or out-of-to~n NcDHIpeli-
ton. along with such schooIsaas Tome,
Episcopal High. Stauntor Military
Academy, Shenandoah Valley the'Vir-
ginia Freshmen and Woodbury.
Forest. ....,s =. ..,,,....
Taken all in all the floor Campaign
at the very outset OF the season gives
promise Of being the best that has
been experienced here in many years.
+ Unusual interest Is being dlsplayed
IA junior, teams at the var ious schools
At all OF the high schools and secon-
dairy schools the lightweight team
idea has taken hold ss't -
With the exception OF the out>of-
town schools, practically all OF the
institutions boast junior fives, which
are being scheduled for games. The
high school freshman circuit Is. ex-
pected. to flourish. the idea being
started two years agQ. -
With schedules OF sixteen and eigh
teen games being announced by the
various schools it would seem that
the winter is going TO: hold Abr 18th un-
usually fine competition. -
Plans are under way, II is under
stood. by several OF the high school
coaches TO hold an Interpretation
meeting shortly at which time the
rules will be thoroughly talKsd over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
T.B. DEFEATS BROWNE,
OLD WASHINGTON STAR

George Browne, former outhelder
with tho Washington club In 1909 and
1910. is dead of tuberculosis at hyde
Park, n. ", whore no has been bat
Ting for life through several months.
Browne was considered one OF the
fastest men in the major, Leagues
when with John McGraw's Giants IN
1905, playing the outheld with Nike
Doniin and Sandow Mertes. lie was
traded TO the Boston Braves in 1907
and let out when his batting fell TO
.23s. 10 then came to Washington,
playinC here until the middle OF 1910
when he was released to tho White
Sox. He ended his big league career
with Comiskey's team. ...