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The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Silent Regan Victor.

silent Regan. tho clever ENID agrees
sive deaf mute lightweight defeated
Kid Sullivan on points at the. wood
haven $. G. last night In a twelve round
bout. Regan had the contest his own
way most Of tho journey Charlie koh-
Ter won from Nell Alexander ~ twelve
round contest. Happy German stopped
Pete Clark In the third round ana
Benny Britman Knocked out Benny Vah-
torto In the first round.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Jerome Defeats Miller.

frankie jerome, the clever Bron1
featherweight, easily outpointed Terry
Miller last night In fifteen round bout
at the Commonwealth S. c. Jerome. had
the advantage In nearly every round.
Jimmy Burns and Eddie Marx boxed
ten rounds to a draw
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Little Betting on Big Bout.

Wagering In the financial district
on the Carpentier-Dempscy fight
scheduled for July 2 remains very
quiet. Betting commissioner are quot
ing 70 on the champion 90 defeat
the contender Supporters Of the French
invader are demanding go to !. and
some small hetr ere reported Il h7N0
hcca laid at odds of ta nn
American.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Con. Miller Signs Bill
Amending Boxing Lam

use in bad weather and an outdoor ring
for sunshiny days shower baths pull
leys, punching bag platforms and rnedi-
cine balls-in fact, everything is ready
to the last detail.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15


cine balls-in fact. everything is ready
to the last detail
In order 10 prevent abuses Of boxing
privileges in this State the commission
yesterday adopted this rule:
Amateur bouts must be sanctioned
by Amateur Athletic Union before such
contests viii be considered as amateur
bouts and only such bouts as are sane
toned and only such contestants as are
registered by the A. A. u. viii be con
sldered by tho New York State Boxing
Commission AS coming within the intent
of section 27 Of laws of 1920
The first public sale OF tickets FOR the
worlds heavyweight championship en-
counter between Jack Dempsey and
Georges Carpenter at Jersey City, July
2. was opened yesterday at Madison
Square Garden. Contrary to rumors,
there are plenty of choice seats to be
had. The only tickets not on sale at
this time are the admissions $3.50
The International Sporting Club an
nounces an entertainment AZ the Hotel
Commodore next Tuesday night. I'm
which military bouts win be the feature.
Corporal Dan Toomey and Sergeant
Banty Sharpe win meet In a bout for
the lightweight championship of the
army. and there will be other interesting
events.
The case Of Abe Attel. former cham
pion featherweight puglilat, was 'ad-
iourned yesterday IN the West Side
Court when Attel appeared on charges
Of being a fugitive from justice from
the State of Illinois. where, The police
say, he Is wanted I'm connection with
the alleged fixing OF the 1919 world
series. Bail OF $1,000 was continued by
Magistrate Robert G. Ten Eyck until
May co.
The adjournment was asked To await
arrival OF extraditon papers from
Chicago.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
College Tennis Results.

PRINCETON, May 1.-THE Princeton
freshman tennis team to-day defeated
the 1924 team Of Columbia by the score
Of to 0.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

sey will hit Carpenter, and then will
come the test as to the assimilation of
punishment. With the exception of
Gunboat Smith, none of Carpenters
heavyweight opponents have hit him
with any force. Smith landed heavy
right hand swing on Carpenters ear
in the sixth round of a bout in London
July 16, 1914, and the E'renchman went
to his knees and proceeded to take the
count. Smith stood over his man and
as Carpenter started to rise the Gun
ner swung again, CARPENTER dropped
back on his knee and the blow grazed
his head. Under the rules the blow
was foul, and that is how Carpenter
defeated Smith, a second class Ameri-
can heavyweight.
As middleweight Carpenter showed
inability to stand up under punish
ment. He was stopped by Frank
Klaus. Billy Papl.e and was beaten in
five rounds by Dixie Kid. a negro well
ter of considerable ability.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

4 HERsT. Mass. May 14.-Amherst
defeated University OF Pennsylvania at
tennis here to-day, 4 matches to 2.
The New York herald., 1921-10-23
Two Wonders of Nature Scarcely Known

A WHOLE mountain of soap has been
~ found in the northern part of
Arkansas by mining engineer,
Elmer Bird. who thinks the discovery will
add greatly to the mineral wealth of the
State. Mr. Bird, who has charge of the
laboratory of the Engineering Exploration
Company. with Offices at Little Rock. saws
the mineral is saponte, a natural soap. and
that such a vast bed has been discovered
that it is believed to contain several hun
dreds of thousands of tons.
SO great is the faith in this mineral
soap that plans have practically been com
pleted for the formation of company for
the mining and converting of the mineral
into cleaning powder and placing 1t on
the market
Saponite is composed largely Of magno.
sium, aluminium and silicate, a combination
known to have great cleaning Qualities
The discovery of the mineral was purely
accidental While making an assay of
ore small particles of the material collected
on Mr.. Birds hands. While washing his
hands he noticed that the mineral lathered
and functioned as soap.
Knowing that great bed of the material
was in the northern part of the State, Mr.
Bird began to make tests, and found " to be
saponite According to best references
saponite is not known to occur anywhere
else in the United States.
The New York herald., 1921-10-23

ing is INDUCED in it is, as matter Of
hard, cold fact, not practical and some
what dangerous.
1.-The development of water routes, how
ever, can Immediately be made entirely
practical as roads over which a vehicle
that has cruising speed of 120 miles an
hour can go in direct line between a
limited number of places. To develop
this, and this only, to a point where the
public will really use it and will acquire
therefrom real service in time saving
and convenience should be the entire out
look Of airplane enthusiasts. Because,
unless at least one such step Is made,
thoroughly developed and accepted by the
public as fact, the future development Of
aviation is practically useless to talk
about.
Practically all new developments such
as aviation have in their first few years
been subjected to ruinous overselling; but
it is fact that in the case of air travel
due to the danger involved in the attempts
made to do the impossible too soon, great
harm has been done, and, furthermore
the public has been educated to expect
most extraordinary results from air travel
which the past few years have proved can
not be achieved. with the result that the
public has lost interest. Whereas, If the
public had had pointed out to it the limita-
tions of air travel and had then found
that these limitations were reasonable and
could in many instances be exceeded there
would exist to-day an appreciation of
certain practicability for travelling by air
here and there which would be the funda-
mental solid basis upon which this great
new method of transportation from then
on would be builded up.
mo doubt the development of the steam
engine is of interest, but, as matter of
fact, the failures of present day airplane
engines are largely due to installation
features which, exactly as in the case of
the automobile, could be made extremely
reliable If sufficiently worked on. The
great crying need, therefore, Is not for new
developments but to laboriously finish
first what we have to state of perfection;
at least as good as the everyday motor car.
'This is the dull side of future airplane
work and appeals neither to the public nor
to brilliant aviation enthusiasts, like Sir
Arthur; but the cold headed, cold fact re-
mains that we must soon in aviation stop
the 'prima donna work and exhaustively
test and develop the boring details that
spell the difference between success and
failure"
The New York herald., 1921-10-23

In the after end of the vessel there will
be balloon well 100 feet long, 40 feet wide
and 33 feet deep. Further aft there will be
stowage space for another smaller balloon,
and also room for a plant in which hydrogen
gas to initiate the balloons will be generated.
The balloon wells will have protection from
the weather by sectional matches. The sec
tions will be shifted into position by a trolley
which will be run from the deckhouses to
the stern.
landing place for airplanes is to be pro-
vided by plating over a space between the
bridge and the forecastle decks, with room
enough for manGuvring while making a
landing. The Wright is to carry anchors
both at her bow and stern to facilitate land
ings With anchors fore and aft it will he
possible for plane to be certain of taking
off with her nose to the wind and to make
her landing in the same manner
At the forward end of the ship a large
machine shop will be installed, fitted with
everything necessary for the repair of the
planes and balloons. All the machinery in
the shop will be operated by electric motors.
Part of the lower hold will be used for stores
and magazines. but the major portion of the
ships interior will be given over to berth
ing and messing accommodations for the
The New York herald., 1921-10-23

have been projected in which this influence
would be far less unfavorable
For the early lines which expect to see
established it appears to me to be desir-
able to break the fight in two parts, max.
ing a stop at the Azores or Newfoundland
for refuelling. This stop need not be of
long duration and would permit Of
greater proportion of commercial load.
1.-THE great circle course from London
to New York would naturally lie in the
vicinity of Newfoundland, but in that
vicinity the percentage of favorable weather
conditions is much less than in the vicinity
of the Azores, although the latter would
involve greater distance and the stop
for refueling would also add to the time
of the trip
"The steam power plant has been mat
ter of interest for years, and, I believe,
will yet come through, principally because
of it's probable greater reliability. The
steam power unit still has quite distance
to go to compare with the economy of
weight and fuel consumption of the gas
engine. 1t would, appear that the lighter
than air craft afford more favorable field
for this investigation than heavier than air
. craft, principally because of the multiple
ity of propellers usually used with heavier
than air craft and the possibility of con-
centrating the steam generating plant into
one unit of a fairly large capacity.
II cannot help but feel that civilization
will suffer serious setback II the loss of
the ZR-2 is permitted to hinder the develop
ment of lighter than air craft, as so far as
can gather there is nothing concerned
with that disaster which is an inherent
obstacle"
'Sir Arthur Whitten Browns statement
with regard to air travel is particularly
interesting at this time as showing a gen.
eral trend of sentiment which many avia-
tion experts are beginning to look into
with considerable question" said Grover
c. Looming, aeronautical engineer.
"Sir Arthur, like so many people who
have been connected with aviation, is still
chasing rainbows.' There is no denying
that a great deal of public sentiment in
favor of airplanes has waned of late. Air
travel has ceased to be a novelty. The
public wishes to see it as a utility before
being further interested. But there seems
The New York herald., 1921-10-23

many disasters in Germany and England
before they made the progress they did In
aviation. The same might be said of ships
that float. If the early builders of ships
had quit because few of their first ships
were wrecked Columbus would never have
discovered America"
While navy men generally are finding
no fault with the economy policy of the
Government at this time, they nevertheless
are keenly anxious to avail themselves of
the first opportunity to go forward with
their entire aviation programme. And,
although only portion of them are con-
vinced that the battleship is obsolete, they
are convinced that the time is not far
distant when every ship Of any size in the
navy will be equipped with its own air
plane, for they consider the airplane an
indispensable asset in the matter of COM
The New York herald., 1921-10-23

crew. The Wright will carry 542 officers
and men. She measures 44S feet in length,
with So foot beam. She has a speed of
about IL knots.
The airplane carrier of the future, ac-
cording to those who predict that this type
of vessel will be foremost upon the seas,
will be considerably faster than the battle
ships, making from 80 to 35 knots an hour.
She will have at least two upper decks for
the carrying of airplanes, and may hold forty
of them.
Admiral Sims has pictured one of these
carriers receiving word by wireless that an
enemy fleet is 100 miles away The ship
need not approach any nearer to the feet.
She remains out Of the range of it's guns
and dispatches a squadron of her planes
These proceed to drop their bombs from q
height beyond the reach of the enemy's
anti-aircraft guns. Others will come down
to fifty feet above the water and loose
torpedoes.
Admiral Sims maintains that the airplane
flying only fifty feet above the water is not
the easy, target for the battleship that 1t
may appear to be. There is no means of
calculating the airplanes distance, and the
target presented is moving on a curve at
a speed of perhaps $50 miles an hour.
The New York herald., 1921-10-23

to be strange wave of impossible predic-
tions of what air travel might do made
even by men as expert as Sir Arthur Whit
ten Brown, which sets up entirely too high
a standard to shoot at, and failure in at
tanning which standard causes the public
to lose interest.
For the next twenty if not fifty, years
the expense of maintenance alone, disre-
garding the tremendous first cost, makes
rigid airships commercially impractical.
1t would no doubt be delightful to travel
in rigid airship from London to New
York in two days, 1t would be/equally
delightful to travel in a 1000 foot ocean
liner with 100000 horse power at forty
knots instead Of fifteen or twenty However,
the failure of ocean liners to achieve any
such magnitude does not render them i'm
practical in the public mind simply be-
cause conservative naval architects are
not wildly predicting what the future will
be, but are patiently and carefully working
out the present
The New York herald., 1921-10-23
Navy's Balloon Ship Almost Completed
THE United States Navys first balloon

TIME United States Navy's first balloon
and airplane carrier is nearing COM
pletion at the plant of the Tietjen G.
Lang Dry Dock Company. in Hoboken. This
vessel is being remodeled from the U. S. S.
Wright. designed originally for use
transport. The vessel was named in tribute
10 sthe late Wilbur Wright, from whose
genius the development of aviation derived
so much of its impetus.
The Wright is one of the ships built at
Hog Island for war service. In her new
capacity her chief usefulness will be in
handling balloons at sea, for the purpose of
giving greater range to the vision of those
in command of the manpuvres of battleship
squadrons. Although she will be used prin-
cipally as a balloon carrier her plans call
also for an airpane landing space.
To put the Wright into condition for car
rier work an amount of reconstruction has
proved necessary which does not fall far
short of the construction of new vessel.
Except for the engine and boiler room the
whole ship is being altered and fitted out to
meet the requirements of the Navy De-
partment.
The New York herald., 1921-10-23
REEN sea- on the ocean and green
water" on the Nile have two quite
different meanings. The clear,


unbroken wave that sweeps over the deck
has no relation to the unpleasant product of
the upper part of the great river.
About April Is the Nile begins its annual
rise. A month later the effect is felt at
Khartum. most curious phenomenon ac-
companies this increase in the appearance of
green water"
1t used to be thought that the color came
from the swamps Of the Upper Nile lying
isolated and stagnant under the burning
tropical sun and polluting the waters with
decaying vegetable matter. With the spring
rise this fetid water was supposed to be
swept into the streams to make it's appear
ance in Egypt.
This theory was abandoned some time ago.
The green water is caused by the presence of
innumerable numbers OF microscopic alge.
offensive to the taste and smell They have
their origin way up, in the tributaries, and
are carried to the Nile, where under the hot
sun and in the clear water they increase
with amazing rapidity. forming columns
from two hundred and fifty miles to five
hundred miles long.
The weeds go on growing and dying and
decaying until the turbid flood waters put
them to an end, for they cannot exist save
in clear water.
The New York herald., 1921-10-23

Llai in rpwelgwingyllgogevife
landisilicogogochf.
Not until on the boat coming home did
The balloonist discover an authority who
could give him an English version of his
landing spot. The literal translation runs:
Church by the shore of whirlpool that
is caused by the waters coming from two
directions together"
Still. Captain Upson feels that his third
prize in the race should entitle him at
least to first prize in any spelling contest,
including the Scandinavian
Commander H. c. Richardson, U. S. NJ,
of the naval aircraft factory at Philadel-
phia, had this comment to make on THE
New YORK HERALDs interview with Sir
Arthur Whitten Brown:
my principal interest being in heavier
than air craft, l feel some hesitation in
discussing the relative merits of heavier
than air craft and lighter than air craft,
but from such information as l have on
the situation as to the relative merits of
the two classes of aircraft for long dis
tance commercial purposes l find myself
in close agreement with Sir Arthur Whit
ten Brown.
The New York herald., 1921-10-23
Navy Men in Washington Hopeful

Special Correspondence to THE NEW York
HERALD.
Copyright by THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c., Oct 22.
IT HAT America can and will establish
an air route service across the
Atlantic, as suggested by Sir
Arthur Written Brown, is the firm convic-
tion of officers of the air section of the
United States Navy. They feel, however
that even experimental work looking
toward that end will not be carried for
ward for some time to come on account
of the need for economy in Government
expenditures.
The naval programme involved not only
the purchase of the ill fated ZR-2, which
was wrecked in England but also the con-
struction in America of a giant dirigible
capable of doing long distance service.
Already approximately $1,000,OO0 has been
spent on assembling materials for the
American made dirigible and 100000 more
is needed to complete her. That money,
however, is not in sight.
Admiral Mofett Looks for
American Air Route Service
Our construction programme is barely
making any progress at all on account of
the economy programme Of Congress-" Ad-
miral w. A. Moffett, chief of the air sec
tion, told a reporter for THE New York
HERALD in discussing the American situa-
tion. However we are holding ourselves
in readiness and when we get the money
we will go ahead.
Because we have helium gas we are the
only country that can really attempt long
distance flights, as Americans count dis
tance" continued Admiral Moffett "Our
idea is to consult as frequently as possible
with those interested in dirigibles from the
commercial standpoint, and we are fire.
quently receiving at the Navy Department
those who are engaged in this field.
"Our idea is that long flights should be
attempted overland at first and when they
become a commercial success we should
tackle the problem of crossing the ocean.
II is unthinkable to us that America
should stop experimenting simply because
of the disaster to the zR-2. There were
The New York herald., 1921-10-23
While Chasing Rainbows
Airn1en Lose Good Results

Aviation is in crying need of just ex-
actly this-of realization that within
quite limited boundaries it can offer some
thing of value and service to the public
if within these limitations it is patiently
developed to suitable state of safety and
reliability. But, unfortunately, the So
called airplane enthusiast feels that he
cannot interest the public unless he in
tends to fly to San Francisco or to London
in day, with the result that few, if any,
people in aviation are putting their noses
to the grindstone to work out the innum-
cradle details absolutely within their
grasp, when merely a quite ordinary de-
velopment thereof would make the pres
ent day airplane as we know it absolutely
practical for a certain limited use
"The limited use is, offhand, this: The
airplane is 120 mile an hour veh. le and
capable of being operated in any kind of
weather If operated over water, because
operating over water insures flying con-
tinuously over continuous roads, so that
even in foggy or rainy weather it is pos
sible to follow coast line or a river at an
altitude of only a few feet, ready at any
moment to land. If large airways were
established practically continuous between
cities land flying would be equally good.
But at the present stage of the develop
ment of aviation there are no such air.
ways, with the result that while land fly
The New York herald., 1921-10-23
Larsen Trophy to Be Annual
Prize Won by Three Victories

The Larsen trophy will be competed for
annually, coming into the permanent pos
session of a pilot only after it has been
won three times. Besides the main trophy,
there are cash prizes amounting to $4,000
first, $4,000 second and $1,000 third.
Mr.. Post said that the Aero Club of
America is urging strong national policy
for aerial development embracing an ex-
tension of aerial mail service, Federal laws
governing aviation, instead of the local,
municipal and State regulations now in
force, and the creation of an authoritative
and competent governmental agency for
the unifcation of the present scattered de-
partmental activities.
He called attention to one curious change
that may come with the increased activ
ity of the airplane-an extension of the
three mile limit. Originally this boundary
was placed in the belief that three miles
was as far as the cannon could shoot. Add
ing 81 miles all around the United States,
except on the Canadian and Mexican bor-
ders may be necessary to make the world
entirely safe for democracy.
"At the same time" said Mr.. Post, "it
will make Uncle Sam a little fatter. I
believe he could stand the extra weight"
The New York herald., 1921-10-23
Tribute in ZR-2 Case +.
To British Officer Aviators

Captain Ralph H. Upson, winner of the
James Gordon Bennett balloon race in
1913, has just returned from competing in
the same event for 1921 in which he was
awarded third prize. Captain Upson pays
a glowing tribute to the British officers in
their attitude toward the ZR-2 disaster
"They have absolutely come up to scratch
in every way, said Captain Upson. "They
are actually glad-if you could use such
word in connection with the tragedy-that
the accident occurred over there before the
ship had been finally delivered to the
American Government"
In spite of the sad wreck, Captain Upson
is the type that will eventually be used in
transatlantic aerial travel. He favors the
heavy oil engine on the plan of the Diesel
engine.
"As for safety and expense" he said,
the heavy oil engine surpasses all other
types. The chief fire risk is due to gaso-
lene, as witness the ZR-2. An internal
combustion engine using a non-infiam-.
mable fuel is generally regarded as the
safest engine. There are more heat units
per gallon and per pound in heavy oil than
in any other fuel.
81 do not believe helium will ever be
used extensively for commercial aircraft.
Military airships can use helium, but for
commercial purposes it would be too ex-
pensive."
In the course of Captain Upson's latest
flight in the James Gordon Bennett con-
test he took off from Brussels and landed
in Wales, near little village that goes
under the proofroom defying name of