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Evening star., 1921-09-08
RACKETERs PRACTICE.
Players Getting Ready for Start of
National Singles.

Two score or more tennis players
were here today to practice for the
United States singles championship
tournament, which opens tomorrow on
the courts Of the Germantown Cricket
Club.
A surprise Of yesterdays practice at
Germantown was the appearance OF
William +. Tilden, I'd, world cham
pion, who played a few games on
the courts Of his home club. He was
not expected until today.
Ichiya Kumagae, the Japanese ten
mis- star, will not compete. He was
taken iii Monday after his Davis cup
match with Tilden. 1t had been hoped
he would recover sufficiently to play
but he was still in such bad shape
that he had decided to default to S.
Howard Voshell Of New York, whom
he was to have met in the first round.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
HUNTER NOT TO BE PRO.
British Amateur Golf Champion
Plans to- Remain in q. S.

ST. LOUIS. September 8.-William
!. Hunter, British amateur golf cham
pion. here to play in the United States
amateur championship September IT.
"a, has renewed his denial of reports
circulated after his triumph that he
would turn professional, and added
that he probably would not return to
England, where he was in the postal
service.
It always have been opposed to
turning professional" said Hunter. Il
virtually have contracted to represent
a wooden company which has branches
in the states and in Canada. 1 will be
travelling most of the time, with my
headquarters in the east"
Evening star., 1921-09-08
Navy Has Big SQUAD.

ANNAPOLIS. Md, September $50
ambitious are the members of the new
fourth class to represent the academy
on the foot ball eleven that the squad
has grown to 216 members. Bill But
1er, back of the 1918 and 1919 foot ball
team. has reported as an assistant
coach. There are more big men here
than any new class has afforded pre-
viously and there is no difficulty in
making UP a line averaging 100
pounds. Powell. a strapping youth
who saw active service in France, is
making a good showing at center.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
WILSON TO ''EXPLA|N"
TO n. ]. BOXING BOARD

JERSEY CITY, N. J.. September s..
johnny Wilson Of Boston. holder
of the middleweight pugilistic belt.
was summoned to appear before the
New Jersey boxing commission to-
day to explain why he did not put
up a sitter battle in his Labor day
match with Bryan Downey, Cleve-
land claimant of the title.
The commission ordered Tex Rick
ard. promoter. to hold up Wilson's
thirty-five-t e-thousand-dolla share of
purse pending the hearing. Wilson has
let it be known that he intends to
bring court acticn to obtain the
money in the event the commission
decides to hold it up permanently.
NEW ORLEANS, La, September 8.
Johnny Wilson. midd1eweight cham
pion. has been offered $4,000, or an
optional so per cent Of the gross re-
ceipts, to meet Happy Littleton.
southern middleweight, in a twenty
round bout at the ball park here
October 10.
Evening star., 1921-09-08

Another event which. it is expected,
will be ended today. is the members
match on the 600-yard range. Capt.
w. H. Richards of New Haven. Conn,
is in first place, with a possible of
fifty and twenty-five additional bulls.
F. l. Gassman. Sherman. Tex, is
nearest to Richards, with twenty
bulls.
In the rapid-fire match on the 200
yard range there are more than 200
possible scores up to last evening.
Preliminary bulletins on the result
Of the auto-ordnance match gives
the following results: w. A. Adams,
Massa achusetts National Guard. first;
James Tupper. United States infantry.
second; Manansalia, Philippine Scouts,
third: L. A. Barego. Philippine Scouts.
fourth; c. B. Byrd. cavalry engineer
had possible fifty. and are shooting
off ties for their respective positions.
Preliminary bulletins on the Sig
mund- -Eisner match give John +.
Becker. Minnesota National Guard,
first place. with possible of fifty;
strings of forty-nine each; thirty-six
others had scores of forty-eight.
C. T. Carney, Des Moines, Iowa.
civilian. landed first in the Peters
match, with a possible Of fifty. and
thirty-one buil's-eyes additional, Civ
eyes. T. E. Vereer, United States in
fantry, was second. with a possible
and fifteen additional bull's-eyes. The
next three competitors had thirteen
bull's-eyes each over their possible
score.
Re-entry matches on the pistol
ranges are being continued daily, and
some high scores are being made.
The National Rifle Association of
America will hold its annual meeting
tonight.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
INDEPENDENT MINES.

Peerless Athletic Club is playing
the White SoX at Fredericksburg Va,
today and will face the nine at Min
eral, Va, tomorrow in a double-head-
er. Saturday. the Peerless crew Will
tackle the White Sox again.
Spartan Athletic Club desires re-
turn game with Commerce Athletic
Club. The Spartan manager may be
called over telephone. Main 3474.
= War Department Independents want
Saturday and Sunday games with
teams in the District and nearby
towns. Telephone challenges to Man
aeer Creamer, Main $500, Branch 1903.
Evening star., 1921-09-08

Bill Kenyon, end "Buck" Wise. emu
and halfback; Zazalli, end; McNa-
mara, guard. ...a hare
Coach Exendine is expected mere
ants will come Jackie Maloney ana
Dan O'Connor. Maloney was the
quarterback of the great eleven wnlcn !,
wore the Blue and Gray In 1915. anu
OConnor played a tackle position tne
same wear and was rated one OF the
best linemen in the east.
Georgetown is to open It's seasoi.
October l with Lebanon Vaiiey as i's
opponent.
Three more men joined the squad
Yesterday at the University or Mary
iand-Giibert. halfback; Bailey. cen.
ter. and Young, tackle OF the lsIo
freshman eleven. Another iignt prac-
t.ce was held. More Candidates are
ali the members of last fairs squao
due to return should be out.
Athletic Director Shipley OF Della
ware College made strong attempt
to get Ben Cubbage. now coacnlns az
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. 70
coach at Delaware this season. Dela-
ware. however, could not offer Cub
bage sufficient financial inducement to
get him away from Blacksburg.
Dawsou, nll-hfxh-schOOl halfback at
Western High School last season. Is
entering Washington and Lee UNI
versity this month. Dawson. oesides
being a good foot ball player. Is ex-
ceptionally clever on the diamond
with weight, strength. agility and
speed, Dawson has all the qualities
which go to make up the good college
athlete.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
BREAK SPEED BOAT MARKS.

TORONTO. Ontario, September s.
The world record for motor boats in
the displacement class over a five
mile course was broken twice yester-
day in races at the Canadian national
exhibition. Haldena III, a Canadian
boat owned by Fred Miller. covered
the course in 6 minutes and % sec
onds and Nick Mack, owned by Com
modore Birge of the Buffalo Launch
Club, was driven the same distance in
6 minutes and SO seconds.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
Formidable Grid Squad Fight Men ANXIOUS See
SWIM OF Jas MILES
IS MADE BY WOMAN

NEW YORK. September S.-Com-
pleting 145-mhe swim begun at
Albany last Friday, Miss Mile Gade,
twenty-five years old, a swimming in
structor at the New York Young
Women's Christian Associa ton, ar
rived at Battery Park at 1887 O'Clock
this morning. A lunch and a rowboa t
accompanied her down the Hudson
and she slept and ate aboard the
launch.
She left Albany at $3.50 o'clock last
Friday morning and covered, includ-
ing detours, approximately 153 miles.
She was in the water 63 hours IS
minutes.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
STAKE TO PETER DAW.

HARTFORD. Co1n.. September s.
Peter Daw. driven by Thomas w.
Murphy. won the PIP division of the
Greater Charter Oak stake yester-
day. after three close finishes. Muir
phys trotter won the first and third
heats, with Escotillo, contender IN
each of these, winning the second.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
SUES FOR 100000 HE
PAID FOR RACEHORSE

NEW YORK. September 8.-Harry F.
Sinclair. owner Of one of the largest
racing stables in the country, has
begun suit for the recovery of $780,
900, the purchase price of Playfellow.
three-year-ol thoroughbred, half
brother of the noted Man o. War Sin
clair charges that P!ayfellow was un-
sound at the time of his purchase
from James A. Johnson. a Brooklyn
horseowner, and was "cribber" and
"windsucker'
Evening star., 1921-09-08
MISS LEITCH IS ILL.

MONTREAL, September S.-Another
European woman athlete coming
to compete in the new world has
been put temporarily out of the
running by throat ailment. Miss
Cecil Leitch, British woman golf
champion, is suffering from tonsilitis
and has been ordered by her doctor
to cancel all her engagements UP to
the Canadian championship tourna-
ment at Ottawa on September 1924.
when she is to meet Miss Alexa Stir
ling, American titlehOlder.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
PLAN FOR GRID SEASON.

st. Theresa's Props have elected Of
dcers and are planning their foot ball
campaign. Officials chosen were:
Business manager, Conroy; captain
coach, Baxter, and team manager,
O'Donnell Candidates for the eleven
are to report to Coach Baxter this
afternoon at $50 o'clock at the Ana
costa field
Evening star., 1921-09-08
HOPKINS IS PLEASED,

S.-Coaches Van Orman and O'Rourke Q
state that they are we'll pleased with
the progress Johns Hopkins squad
of foot ball hopefuls are making.
ORourke expects to return to Home
wood with the making of another air.
tight line.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
ATHLETIC STAR DIES.

Dwight C. Tiny" CHM, twenty Eight
years. former Ohio State University
foot ball, basket ball and track star,
died yesterday at Boulder, Col. of tu-
berculosis. He was graduated from
Ohio State in 1916. His wife and a
son survive.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
TITLE RACES NEAR END
IN INDEPENDENT SERIES

CHAMPIONSHIPS in divisions of the independent mines
early week. according 10 the
~ schedule the executive committee IN charge
of the t started yesterday in the hna OF the
will action Satur
day Five the unlimited seo out IN ean OF
Evening star., 1921-09-08
MANY YOUTHFUL STARS
ENTER FRESHMAN CLASS
BY II. G. BYRD.

YEN the GEORGETOWN takes the field for
NV tice membership exceptional array OF
former high prep Ten are entering the
indicate they should make
GOOD varsity besides these several other lesser
LIGHTS have matriculated in the freshman class
Probablv the most incoming scholastic stars
nbo hafback position on the Dor
good competent
critics have given opinion that the only three on the
Ito, McQuade Giroy
Evening star., 1921-09-08
BANTAMs READY FOR BOUT.

CHICAGO. September s.-Midget
Smith. New York bantamweight. and
Joe Burman of Chicago today wound
up their training for their bout at
East Chicago. Ind. tomorrow night.
Each is to make 120 pounds. Jack
Sharkey of New York meets Ray
Moore Of Minneapolis in the other fea-
ture bout.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
McTIGUE MAY BE GIVEN
CHANCE TO GAIN TITLE
BY FAIRPLAY.

n YORK. September 8-Tex Rickard not, be
NJ through Johnny Wilson. In any other
judging by todys affairs chance
They real
mddeweght king will
uncrowned There something that
Evening star., 1921-09-08
WINS AT BARNYARD GOLF.

HAMLINE. Minn.. September s.
Fred Jackson, national horseshoe
pitching champion. defeated George
May of Akron. Ohio. former champion.
in the first round of the national
tournament, which has opened at the
Minnesota state fair courts. SO to 40.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
BRITISH GOLFERS SCORE.
Take Two Matches, Duncan Play
ing a Wonderful Game.

OMAHA. Neb., September S.-George
Duncan and Abe Mitchell, British golf
professionals, defeated Rudolph Knep-
per of Sioux City, Iowa. state cham
pion. and Francis Gaines of Omaha,
amateurs, and 2, in an eighteen-hole
match at the Omaha Country Club.
Duncan had a total Of So. Knepper 72,
Mitchell 76 and Gaines 80.
In the afternoon Duncan and
Mitchell defeated Ralph Peters and
Blaine Young. local amateurs. and 1.
Duncan displayed superior golf, shoot
ing 6S, two unde4 par.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
LINKS TEST FOR WOMEN.

NEW YORK. September S.-The
anal round of the national women's
golf championship to be played next
month over the Hollywood Club links.
at Deal, NJ j., will be at thirty-six
holes. Preliminary rounds will con-
tinue eighteen holes. All other wom-
ems championship tournaments called
for all efghteen-hole rounds.
Evening star., 1921-09-08
MAJ. FRAZER is AHEAD
IN BIG RIFLE CONTEST

CAMP PERRY Ohio, September SUnoAca figures give Maj w.
Artillery Corps place Leech
~ National Rifle being
possible IS of 1000
mat wi
Evening star., 1921-09-08

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, September S.-Joe
Dillon of New York was outpointed
by Patsy Flanagan of St Louis in
a twelve-round decision bout here last
night. They are flyweights.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-07-08
MARSHALL ALLEN
RETAINS TITLE
University of Washington Player
Defeats Phil Bettens of
San Francisco

SPOKANE, July 5.-Marshall AL
len, OF Seattle, member of the Uni
versity of Washington tennis team,
retained his inland empire singles
of San Francisco, in the final round
title by winning over Phil Bettens
Of play in the S. A. A. c. Inland En-
pire tournament here yesterday.
Allen won the first set 1910, the
second 6-3. lost the third 6-S, and
won the fourth 6-3.
Allen and Bettens won the finals
through the most impressive field
that has ever been entered in net
play in eastern Washington.
Mayme Mcdonald and Marshall
Allen, both Of Seattle, won the mixed
doubles finals, from Margaret Plas-
tino and Abner Muma, of Spokane,
in the three straight sets.
Miss Mcdonald also captured the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-07-08
REDUCE COUNTY
SCALE FOR LABOR
Commissioners Discuss Road Main.
tenance Work and Paving
DetOur Expenditure

The Thurston county commissions
ers in adopting q revised wage scale
for county road work have made q
reduction Of so cents q day. The
commissioners figure that this reduc-
tion is as nearly as can be estimated
in accordance with the reduced costs
OF living and is in line with neces-
sary economizing of county funds.
1t is the policy OF the commissioners
not to reduce wages any more than
living conditions and the labor mar
ket warrants, when considered in re-
lation to the county's financial con-
dition.
The new reduction is from the
scale the county has been paying for
two years during the high cost per-
Tod. Common labor Is now fixed at
So a day. but truck. grader and trac-
tor drivers will receive the $3.50
wage per day.
The commissioners yesterday dis
cussed road maintenance work and
paving detour expenditure with Dis
trict Engineer William Yeager, Jr.,
and Frank Weir, county engineer.
preliminary to the road program for
this summer.
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ladies' singles by winning from
Eleanor Hyslop, Of Spokane. 60, 81.
Herbert Suhr won the final match
in the junior singles from Armand
Mariop. Of Seattle, 6-1, ca, 81.
Bettens played In 140 games dur
ing the tournament and was fresh
in the finals for the mems singles
title as on the opening day. His play
was consistent throughout, and he
bowed to Allen only after one of.the
hardest fought matches Of the entire
tournament.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-07-08
HIGHWAY COMMITTEE
AWARDS CONTRACTS
FOR SEVEN UNITS
Portland Contracting Company Gets
Largest Award at Quarter
Million

The state highway committee yes
terday let seven contracts for grad
ing, paving, surfacing and othe"
highway work totalling $411,676.31.
The largest contract let was paving
4.81 miles of the Pacific highway be-
tween La Center and Woodland.
Other contracts let are:
Inland Empire highway. grading
6.57 miles from Buena to Dalton. to
Sloane Construction company Of Spo-
kane. for $33,25S.91.
Pacific highway. paving 4.S1 miles
between La Center and Woodland, to
the United Contracting company OF
Portland, for $230,698.
Pacific highway, 7.0S miles OF
grading, from Kelso to Kalama. to
Ray & Seydel of Portland. for $64.-
761.4O.
Inland Empire highway, crushing
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ADAMS COUNTY PLANS
IRRIGATION PROJECT

Dan Scott, director Of the depart
ment of conservation and develop
ment, will hold a hearing on July S
in Ritzville, at which time the Adams
county commissioners will present a
new irrigation project, known as the
Adams county irrigation district, be-
fore the director. The project en-
braces $4,000 acres of land. 10000
of which are worth irrigating. The
waters for the irrigation of this ares
will be taken from the storage waters
Of Rock lake. Marvin Chase, super
visor Of the division of hydraulics,
will accompany Director Scott to the
hearing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-07-08
MIKE GIBBONS
STOPS AL SOMERS IN
ELEVENTH ROUND

SPOKANE, Wn.. July S.-Mfko
Gibbons, st. Paul. stopped Al Somsrs.
claimant. Of the Pacific Coast middle
weight championship in the eleventh
round Of q scheduled hfifteen round.
bout at the Alan race track near here
yesterday.
Gibbons won every round and pun
ished somers throughout. In tho
ninth. tenth and eleventh rounds
Somers was repeatedly hoored but
gamely came back for more. Gibbons
showed all his old time Hash ana tho
Pacific Coast boy was helpless before
the variety OF attack that Mike e.
hibited, and fusillade Of left and
right hands showered upon him.
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SATIN FOR WEDDING GOWNS
Ivory Material with Soft laees Fav.
orlts-erids 10 0uty-6ound 70
Look Beautiful.

II there Is one day Of your life on
which you deserve to be the center Of
the stage, 1t Is on your wedding day.
And for your wedding which you
have announced, you must be now
prepared. Not only viii you plan your
wedding gown yourself but you will
plan the gown Of every maid and flow
er girl 50 there will be no disturbing
note.
1t Is your duty, your moral obli-
cation, to be beautiful on this one
day Of days.
For the gown itself nothing rivals
ivory satin and soft laces Of q thou
sand memories. Though the ways in
which 1t can be fashioned are legion.
some Of the ultra-smart brides are
affecting the mode which goes with
out sleeves altogether. Their skirts
are short and the lace draptngs hang
In points below the hem.
There u something classic about
the ivory brocaded velvet which some
brides are selecting and having fash
toned In the straightest and plainest
o( lines.
The neck IL most often cut quite
low. In that round giriish effect.
Wells are being vari0usly worn. but
the pfeference seems to- be for the
simple arrangement 4 lovely eject
IL achieved by q band Of pearls which
circles the head and holds the misty
folds a tulle beneath, forgetting en-
tirely any ruchings or sstand up" q.
fects.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-07-08
FORDSQN CARAVAN
W|LLPASS THROUGH
OLYMPIA JULY 10
Lieutenant Governor Coyle
Will Drive Leading
Chariot
TWENTY TRACTORS
WILL BE IN PARADE
Every Description Of Equipment for
Land Clearing Will BE
Displayed

With William ]. Coyle, lieutenant
governor, as the leading charioteer.
q parade Of twenty Fords0n tractors
and other farm motive power equip
ment used in clearing land, will in
wade Thurston county late in the at
ternoon Of Sunday. July 10, and
strike camp at Chain Hill, half way
between Olympia and Tenino on the
Pacific highway. G. e. Armantrout,
manager Of the Olympia house Of
the L. e. Titus Ford agency, is pre-
pairing to take an active part In the
Thurston county demonstration with
the use Of local equipment.
e. B. Stookey, county agricultur-
list, has induced the Vulcan ana Du-
pont powder companies to send dem
onstrators for stump blowing. and
the Bull Dog hand stump puller will
be ON hand.
The demonstration will be held at
Chain Hill on Monday. July IL, with
equipment for stump pulling by three
different methods-hand, horse and
motor-on display, in addition to the
explosive stump blowing. The cara
van left Seattle on July and is pro-
ceeding down the White River val
ley and through Pierce county dur
ing this week.
As the caravan files through Olym-
pia next Sunday evening you will see
logging and land-clearing equipment
manufactured by the Skagit Steel &
Iron Works of Sedro-Woolley hauled
by one tractor; another equipped
with a mower, and rakes, drills and
harrows are displayed in the mobile
exhibit. The pneumatic equipped
Casey trailer attachment, made by
Casey & Talbot of Portland, is feat
ure of the parade, hauling Fordson
locomotive for use in lumber camps.
This machine made the trip from
Portland to Seattle under its own
power.
Another feature of the parade Is
the Delco lighting outfit, furnished
by the Modern Appliance company OF
Seattle, which will furnish light for
the caravan during its night stops
An interesting feat performed during
the parade is the operation OF
tractor attached to a large Standard
Oil Company tank wagon being op-
Grated by a pair of reins similar TO
driving a team Of horses, the driver
being seated on the wagon and COM
handing the iron horse at will. This
outfit will make the entire tour OF
Western Washington. The tractors
are equipped with rubber tires and
music is furnished by an instrument
the power for which is furnished by
the tractor hauling 1t.
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CHAMPION PROVES HIMSELF
GREAT FIGHTING MACHINE
Two Vicious Rights to Jaw Ends Frenchman and Brings
Fight to Dramatic Climax When 1t Looked As If 1t
Might Last Many More Rounds

Dempsey was given tremendous
ovation. The hostility Of the public
toward him ON account of his war
record was expected to bring him
perhaps the jeers and booes that he
got when he beat Bill Brennan last
winter.
Carpenter also got great recep-
ton. He surely was a good loser.
He smiled wanly at the crowd and
walked rather dejectedly from the
ring.
The vast crowd, estimated at more
than 10000, fingered in their seats,
despite threatening rain clouds, to
see Billy Miske and Jack Renault, the
Canadian sparring partner of Demp-
sey, 60 through the eight-round bout
of the semi-windup.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-07-08
AIRPLANES REPORT
FIFTY-FIVE FIRES
Make Twenty-Five Flights and Cover
ESQ Miles During Month
of June

State Forestry Supervisor Pape re-
ports that the army airplanes sent
up each day to detect forest fires in
Western Washington, and especially
on the olympic Peninsula, made Is
flights during the month Of June,
covering $3.50 miles and during that
time reported IS fires. Most of the
fires reported were caused by burn
ing slashings or by burning under a
fire permit The planes did not
make their daily trip when the day
was rainy.
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rock at Thornton, to c. M. Payne Of
Spokane, $12,92O.
Olympic highway. concrete bridge
over the Satsop river to James
Movie of Montesano for $4,000.
Ocean Beach highway. 4.57 miles
of grading from Chehalis to Adna,
to Davis, Bigelow & Stratton OF
Olympia for $19,038.
Naches Pass highway, 10.1 miles
Of surfacing with crushed rock from.
The Dalles to White river crossing,
to Sloane Construction company %
Spokane, for $4,000.
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INHERITANCE TAX
YIELDS FOURTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS

During the month Of June $l4,-
O96.76 was collected in inheritance
tax receipts by the division of in
heritance tax and escheat Of the at
torney generals Office, all Of which
goes to the state general fund. The
largest single inheritance tax col
lected during the month was 3d.
1S2.O9 from the estate of Grace
Beebe Stone of Pierce county.
Six escheated estates diverted to
the state last month bringing in q
total Of $1,441.S0 to the permanent
school fund.
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Then there are knitted capes to be
seen On the street In New York almost
any day. They are In quiet grays
and tans and taupos usually. although
some brighter ones have made their
appearance. and with very good effect.
too. Some Of these knitted capes are
too long to cover up the whole Of the
gown. and again others Of chem are
short enough to extend Just below the
waistline. With the shorter one 1t Is
quite the smart thing to wear a dress
made of the same knitted material.
and that. too. must be on the severest
Of lines in order to fulfil Its part In
the necessary smartness.