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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-10-15
OURANT WEEKLY NEWS

Mississippi, Nebraska, Rhode Island
Vermont and Virginia would lose one
each. All other States would retain
their present numerical delegations in
Congress.
City Gains Over County
While the census showed for the
first time in the history of the coun-
try that the farm-to-city movement
OF population has resulted in the
last ten years in the cities gaining
the majority population, the increase
OF strictly city movement of popula-
tlon has resulted in the last ten years
in the cities gaining the majority of
population, the increase of strictly
city members in Congress probably
Will not be great. Confined strictly
to the city boundaries only four of
the great centers of the population.
New York. Chicago, Philadelphia and
Detroi t--seem entitled to more men,
bers in the House than at present.
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MUST NOTs FOR TENANTS

After the city dweller has found
landlord who will permit him to oc-
cupy three rooms in an apartment
building for $500 a year rent, he
must agree to rules with conditions
somewhat like these contained in one
Detroit lease:
No children, no dogs, no cats. no
parrots or birds.
Visitors allowed only up to 10
o'clock.
No music or noise after 10 o'clock
No visitors allowed to stay longer
than two weeks in any one year.
Only two visitors allowed at a
time.
Not even a handkerchief allowed to
be hung out on a clothes line on Sum-
day.
Reading of Sunday newspapers on
the front porch barred.
And this is free country.-Ex.
change.
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South and West Gain


Examination of final census fig
ures Of the country, which place the
total population of the continental
United States at l05,683,10S, indi-
Gates that the West and the South
proportionately will gain more in a
political way than the East or Middle
West, through increased membership
in the House of Representatives, more
votes in the electoral college and in
larger delegations to the National
political conventions.
This result will obtain. whatever
basis of apportionment is adopted
by Congress next winter, fixing the
size of the next House, which in turn
is reflected in the electoral college
and the conventions of the big po-
litical parties.
As result of the increase of 49,
ITO, S42 in population during the last
ten years, fifty new seats must be
added to the House to prevent any
State from losing any part of its
present representation. Should the
present membership of 435 be left
unchanged by increasing the basis
of apportionment there will have to
be a transfer of thirteen seats, now
held by twelve States, to nine other
States.
Precedent to Increase MEMBERS.
For the past half century the
precedent has been to increase the
size of the House so as to prevent
loss of existing representation by
any state. As result, the House
has grown from 243 to 435 members,
with only three States, Maine New
Hampshire and Vermont, losing one
member each in the last fifty years.
If this precedent is followed this
year, five additional representatives
seats must be given to California,
four each for New York. Ohio. Pen
sylvania and Mischigan, three to ILL.,
| inois and Texas. two to Massaehu-
settles, New Jersey and North Caro-
! lima. and one each to Alabama. Ari-
2ona. Connecticut. Georgia and Mary
/ land. Montana New Mexico. OklahO-
/ ma. Oregon. South Carolina, Tennes-
see. Washington, West Virvinia. Wis
consn, Virginia, Arkapsas and Min
: nesota.
While the present basis Of aop"r-
tionment is 211,S77 inhabitants OF
| its majority fraction to The oonprcs-
! sionai district. Congress car in
increase the basis to 21?.427 wi,hou.
causing any loss. To advance be-
yond ,nr latter figure will near
tha, Maine would lose one seal. viii
the net result Of AZ new seats in Con
grcs".
Oppose Increased Apportionment.
Congressional leaders are ..rongiy
opposed to any large in,r"afe u
the House. as they regard th" f'r"-
ent mcmbrrehip of 435 a zoo IN
viedly. When the House census ron,
mittcc, headed by Repre-. rn'.tiv'
Siege. Of New York. begins vons d
era:..,. Of !hc problem, efforts VI!
hc made u hold down the Iri>a',
By holding the House membership
20 4%I. gain would be diNtri'dt"
with 'hrcr Il California. iva +
) Mich gan and Ohio, and one ra,n
!. Con..cuiltut, New Jersey, Noit
Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and Wash
inrton. To offc,t these calF Nj.
4 sou.i would be forced TO lose Nv
; Con r.ee.mcn, while Indiana. l""d
2 rau.a,. k.n'uv,y. Louisiana, Maine
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,,.l Partly Finished

uork Partly Finished .
WV" "'"nn,,,nrcment last week of
10 'rr. ar' total population, the
S'aH' - III, census, under Direc-
~. y. T. Rogers. has accomplished
sH ,aytion ~ of its tremendous
asi,b will continue to occupy
sa." t"rc, Of statisticians and
pr ~ ,be better part Of a num-
: ~ va.r,, But the primary OBJ
4. which the fathers Of the
,'' nr,vided in the Constitu-
II F.:., a counting Of the people
|, !. ,'s 10 mad, every ten years, has
/ '.'tisyrd. That object was to
/. ',l ,sr to..l population in order
1. W uou,c Of Representatives
| ',ror,i,nn,cnt of the members
y M made by Congress.
!, apportionment, as soon as
r.- Rogrrcs ccrtifies to Con-
.,s exact number of people
u state, will be taken up by
sn.e of Representatives at its
!, session. and during the COM
',,r the body will by law fix
..nber Of congressman from
r,,e There has been discus
;; 10 whether the membership
House of Representatives.
|s,.d a, 435, should not be re-
As that number is considered
re parliamentarians as too
md unwicdy a body. People
;, States are fearful that their
,n,ation in the House might
down and oppose any reduc-
100 the number Of Representa-
vs fixed at sixty-five, each
a.ing approximately 10000
The number has increased
a,h decade, based on census
y until each of the present
t,mbers Of the House repre-
rproxima,ely 2l1,877. The ac-
n,io Of representation varies
yas3 in Nevada to 228,027 in
ZION. Nevada, Delaware,
kng anu Arizona, whose popu-
were less than the number
zould rntitle them to one
s,Stiv, by apportionment,
.la given one under constitu-
rnyisiun that each State
ave a; least one Representa-
.hs House.
!. cta1gcs have occurred in the
3. he States and the District
...m,a during the ten years.
tc,.ic... ha> outgrown Washing
Uar Ia gone ahead If New
Silr 0rrgan has passed Maine
Ek,1t Of Columbia, included in
liking Of the States by the Cen
sssl, has Outgrown Vermont
Population by States.
z,sng of the States. with
y5lla,i,n. fOllow
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Wear Your Fourth Red Cross but
ton from November II to 25. To wear
it will represent self-sacrifice and
love for humanity. 1t will indicate
the spirit of true service.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-10-15
Bryan County Figures

The following figures for Bryan
County and its subdivisions are not
official but are probably correct:
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-10-15

Turn to page SEVEN and read
Perkins Bros. Cos. big editorial page
on merchandise conditions.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-10-15

Res, Perkins Bro. Cos. pag' ~ ~
this issuc on merchandising '"di'
tions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-28

RAIN HALTS CUP TENNIS
Americans and Australians to PLAY
First Matches Tomorrow.
Drawings Are Made.

AUCKLAND. New Zealand, Decem-
per 2S.-The first match in the chal-
lenge round of the Davis cup tourna-
ment, which was to have been played
today, has been postponed until to-
morrow, owing to rain
In the singles tomorrow Norman f.
Brookes of the Australian team will
meet William T. Tilden. the world
singles champion, and Gerald L. Pat
terson. Australia, will play William
NJ Johnston the California expert
Friday Brookes and Patterson will
play against Johnston and Tilden in
the doubles and Saturday Brookes
VIII meet Johnston. and Patterson
VIII play Tilden in singles matches.
That Tilden and Johnston are to
shoulder the entire burden for the
Americans comes as no surprise to
tennis followers in this country, but
the news that Brookes is to appear in
all five matches of the series is con-
tfary to all expectations.
The view was held here that the
captain of the defending team was not
strong enough physically to play
only doubt that remained in the minds
of. American tennis officials was
whether Brookes would elect to play
in singles or in doubles. Undoubtedly
Brookes, who has tho sole selection
authority, must be pretty close to his
best form. Were he not he would not
hesitate to make room for another
player. for the veteran, Thorough
would not permit personal
glory to stand in the way of a victory
for Australasia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-28
With D. c. Basketers

Company A. 9Th Infantry. d. c. n.
G., has organized a basket bali team
and is arranging a schedule. Teams
interested should write SerEt A. Il.
Alley, 472 l. street. or telephone Main
5201. branch 375.
Congress Heights Yankees lack an
engagement for Saturday night, now
that the Baltimore Y. NJ c. A. has
Cancelled. Manager Shafrer would
Like to hear from the Navy Yard,
Ingram or Capital Silents. His tele-
phone is Main 2416.
Peek Memorial tossers pointed the
way to tho Capital Silents in an IS
to IL game last night. ONein did
some stellar playing for Peck, while
Ferguson was the best OF the Silent
quint. ~
Epiphany basketers are primed for
their battles in Epiphany gymnasium
tonight. The Comets will meet the
Engineers of the Washington bar
racks and the unbeaten Tigers are
to encounter the Quincy five.
Navy Yards qnint has a game with
Peerless Athletic Club in tho Naval
Reserve Armory tonight. Play will
begin at SIS O'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-28
[)IKS
G:ZSa
[U.ZZIE
By Billy EVANS

Interference plays always. are a
source OF annoyance. Such plays are
question of Judgment. 1t is usually
possible to see them from two diff
ferent angles, but the umpire is
forced to reach a. decision and stand
his ground. Aside from the ruling on
the interference, the question as to
the advancement OF the base runners
always enters into the dispute.
Here is a rather simple play. yet
the cause of many a dispute. There
is d runner on first aud 20 one out.
The batter lays down a bunt with
the intent OF advancing the runner to
second. While the pitcher is fielding
the bunt down the first base line the
Datsman. running to first, so inter-
feres with the pitcher that he makes
a wild throw trying to get the runner
at second The runner on first goes
to third. The umpire declared the
batter out, but permitted the runner
on nrst to remain at third. Was that
the proper ruling?
Answer to Ycxterday's Play.
me run did not count Ruiz IS,
Which relates to the scoring Of runs,
says: NO run shall count ii the run
ner crosses the plate on a third out
in which the bstsman is put out be-
!ore reaching first base" Although
tho runner, who apparently stole
home, was half way to the bench be-
iore the pitcher delivered the ball to
the batsman. the start of the play
was the wind-up of the pitcher, and
on that pitch the batsman was re-
tired on a fly ball to the outfield for
tnlro out, hence the run could not
count.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-28
PLAN WIDE BOXING RULE

NEW YORK, December 2s.--Plans
for the formation Of national asso-
citation designed to control profeS
sional boxing in the United state
have progressed to a point where del
egates appointed by the governors of
eighteen states will meet at the head
quarters of the International Sport
ing Club January 10, ii and IL anu
lay the foundation for the organize
ton. The states represented are New
York, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Massachu-
sets, Maryland, New Jersey, Connect
cut. Colorado. Wisconsin. Montana.
Minnesota, Oregon, West Virginia.
Louisiana, Washington, Florida, Ten
nessee and Oklahoma. -
II is the intention of the. organizers.
to standardiZe the boxing rules for
each and every state; to adopt joipt
agreement to bar any delinquent or
offending boxer in all states, IL sus-
pended by the National Association.
and to compel champions to defend
their titles at reasonable fixed intet
vale under penalty of FORGETTING the
title 1t is also the intention OF those
interested to advocate the abolition
Of the huge purses and to work for
reasonable admission prices.
1t is further proposed to stop tlfe
filming Of boxing bouts as harmful TO
the sport. The new organization vii,
cooperate with the national boxing
bodies of other nations. with the idea.
of having one international code.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-28

In any event. since the American
League maguates voted at their re-
cent meeting to procure the best legal
talent available, it is likely that the
lawyers who are sicked Oh the eight
alleged Chicago conspirators will be
men whose names are known nation
ally.
The California Decision.
Just how significant the recent Los
Angeles decision. holding that it is
not criminal. merely breach of con-
tract. to throw a base ball game, will
be in regard to the Chicago cases,
would take a clever lawyer to decide.
And even he probably would throw
up the sponge on the matter.
In the course of the recent Ameri-
can League meeting in New York a
club owner told the writer that there
Is no great desire to set the White
SoX men down as criminals That is,
no one is out for revenge. What is
ganized base ball if they are found
guilty without leaving the players a
come back
Lee Magee's Case.
In this connection Chicago dis
patch to the World today points to the
failure of Lee Magee to win his case
last spring against the Chicago Ma
tional League club. 1t will be recalled
that Magee brought suit against this
club for releasing him Internationally
from a contract. The court held that
the unconditional release of a ball
player did not constitute grounds for
damages. With this decision standing
as precedent the White Sox octet
could. if the situation warranted it.,
be eliminated from base ball without
a chance of legal comeback.
Friends of Joe Lynch.
Three tough guys, men OF the tvpe
who used to clean out saloons in
rough and tumble fashion in the good
old days drifted into the office Of a
local sporting editor last night. A..
where's that English guy hang
out who said that Joe Lynch didn't
win the bantamweight championship
when he faded Hermann" asked the
spokesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-28

Series with Fordham, Pennsylvania,
Richmond and Maryland are to fea-
ture the campaign. Home-and-home
games have been booked with each
of these institutions. Holy Cross. Yer
mont and Cornell are among the
larger colleges that are to visit
Brookland, while Yale will be met
during northern trip. A home con-
test with Dartmouth is pending and
both Army and Navy will be en-
couutered. -
Open Season March 26.
The Brooklanders will open their
season at Catholic University on
March rs in a game with Holy Cross
and, with the exception of one-game
visits to the universities of Pennsyl
vania, Maryland and Richmond, will
perform on their native heath until
the end of April. During the first
week in May the Maroon and Black
will go north for quartet of en-
gagements and later in the month
will take on nearby Maryland mines.
Lafayette may be met at Easton.
while couple of the open dates on
the schedule will be granted George
Washington University.
Coach Charles Moran will have to
get his squad out early to prepare
Tor such strenuous program. He
Will not have much veteran material
W WI N Will, loi oil Ol
last years nine left the university in
June. Mark Jackson, the big left
hand pitcher. who will captain the
nine; Dollard, another hurler: Cor
win, backstop; Dunn, first sacker, and
Lyons. outfielder, are the only re-
naming members of the 1919 outfit.
Little is known Of the prowess of
the new material. but most of it was
used at foot ball in the pass cam
phign. and If it displas as much
energy on the diamond as it did on
the gridiron. Moran believes he will
develop a formidable combination.
Among those expected to report are
Fosce, Egberts and Lynch, former
gridmen, now with the basket ball
squad; Default, who starred at foot
ball: Currin. OBrien, McCusker and
Voor.
These men will need to travel at
top speed to play successfully
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-28
TO DISCUSS GRID RULES
Proposed Changes to Come Before
Intercollegiate Association
Tomorrow.

CHICAGO, December 2s.-Confer-
ences Of athletic officials of various
middle west. eastern and southern in
situations in session here this week
may change the tenor of intercol-
legiate athletics next year. The first
meeting will be held today by the
Athletic Research Society.
Tomorrow the Intercollegiate Ath-
letic Association will discuss pro-
posed changes in foot ball rules. The
elimination of the goal kick after
touchdowns and the suppression of
the forward pass have been talked of.
Barring of distance penalties within
ten yards of the goal line. except for
Intentional roughness sufficient to put
q player out Of the game, also has
been suggested.
Reports Of athletic committees and
the subjects of the national track
meet, now in the hands of the execu-
tive committee, will be considered on
Wednesday,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-28
CORNELL. barriers FIT
In Pink of Condition for Race With
Oxford Cambridge Team
: Thursday.
cAtlantic Cable Scryice tn 1yhe S1ar

Cross-Atlantic Cable Service to Tie Star.
LONDON. December 2s.-The~ Cor
nell barriers who will meet a COM
bined team of Oxford and Cambridge
runners Thursday have become fully
acclimated and are in the pink of
condition.
The race is expected to draw one of
the greatest crowds that has ever
attended an athletic contest in Britain.
The recent visits of the American
tennis and golf stars and the Prince
ton track team has made any event
IN which the Yankees participa te
popular =
Coach afoakley of Cornell sees con-
sidera BILE awakening in English ath-
ietic circles For instance. pole vault
ing is becoming more popular here
as result of the great performance
of the American: n. K. Foss. at the
Olympic games. t/t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-28

However, Californias victory over
Stanford, taken with the decisiveness
of many of the defeats inflicted upon
the northern teams and other visitors.
placed the Berkeley institution at the
top. Indeed. in the minds of most
followers Of foot ball on the coast.
the Blue and Gold is rated as one of
the best teams ever produced out
there; great credit accordingly goes
to Andrew Smith. the old Pennsyi-
vanian. who. with the assistance OF
DR.. Rosenthal of Minnesota. brought
the team to such a state of perfec-
ton.
In the middle west a conference
championship was rendered possible
by the defeat Of Illinois by Wisconsin.
after Ohio State and Illinois had both
gone through their season UP to next
to their final game without a defeat
When. therefore, Ohio State defeated
Illinois, ii gave them the undisputed
Big Ten championship It thus hap
pened that this New Years game at
Pasadena is a real contest between
the champion of the middle west and
the team that is reckoned by most ex
perts as at the top of Pacific coast
foot ball.
John Wilce. the ocoach of Ohio
State. is a graduate of Wisconsin and
played fuIlback on the team there
He has coached Ohio State for six
years and has made an enyiable
record. Andy Smith. who is the coach
of the California team. is the old
Penn fullback. and took up the coach
ing at California when it came over
few years ago from the Rugby game
Ranks Eastern Teams.
The contest is interesting in its
bearing also upon eastern foot ball,
for Smith is reported to have placed
Eastern teams as follows:
penn State. the strongest team of
the country; Pittsburgh comes next;
Ohio State third and Princeton
fourth.
Smith was very anxious that it should
for this new years contest because he
realized the prestige would be far
greater for California should they win
a game from the Tigers than from Ohio
State, in spite of his ranking of the
teams. 1t would also be peculiarly Sal
isfactory to a Pennsylvania man 20
coach a team that defeated Princeton.
But all told, this is really a big game
for the country and will mean much.
How Teams Size Up.
1t is generally believed that Ohio
State. while not as powerful in line
drive and sheer forward team work.
is one of the best in the country in
open play runs from kick formation
and. with Workman and Stinchcomb. in
the manipulation OF the forward pass.
Every day since the end OF the east
ern season Smith has been drilling tho
California team in defense or this style
of play and they should be pretty good
at It now. There were. however. several
teams in the middle west who knew all
about the Workman-Stinchomb combi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-28

land: he's the English promoter of the
" llde-Herman fight in London
In England" The faces Of the
Tough West Side trio fell. eve
send that blankety-blank telegram
VIII youse, tellin' him to come over
10 this side and make that remark"
Three Unpopular Champs.
The past year saw three of the
pugilistic divisions filed by cham
pions who. in professional sense, did
not hold the respect of fight fans
They were Johnny Wilson. middle
weight king; Johnny Kilbane, feather
weight champion, and Pete Herman.
bantamweight champion. Joe Lynch
Kicked Herman off his throne and
now with prospects of Kilbane being
nrawn into the ring to meet johnny
Reisler, there is IA good chance of the
| disappearance of a second alleged
champ. But no one seems to have
any hope that Wilson will be induced
to put up his dukes in title bout.
Mike O'Dowd's Plan.
Still, all hope is not lost. Mike
CDowd. from whom Wilson took the
title on a decision, is about to set
on foot a campaign to force Wilson
INTO the ring or claim the title by
default. There is only one way to
win a title by default, and that is
to have the claim backed by public
opinion. ODowd will have all of
TINS that is necessary. and a good
1t has been years since the real
champions were in the higher-up di-
visions. But it is so now. Jack
dempsey, as the heavyweight leader,
IS Simon-pure monarch. So is
Georges Carpenter of the light
= weights. But there have been a lot
OF better welterweight titleholders
| than Jack Britton. Johnny Wilson,
| the middleweight champion. already
! has been referred to. Benny Leon
| ard is the best of poor crop of
llghtweights. He could be improved
on. The featherweight king, johnny
kilbane, also has been discussed Joe
Lynch. the new bantam leader, is a
good workman, but no blazing star
Copyright, 1921