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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-18

RACING SEASON
OPENS SEPT. Il
Ten-Day Meet Will Be Followed
by Laurel, Bowie and PimIico
Sessions.
TN HE season of autumn racing
in Maryland will be inaugu-
rated at the picturesque
Havre de Grace race course next
Wednesday, September FL, by the
Hartford Agricultural and Breeders
Association. The Havre de Grace
meeting of ten days duration will
be followed in October by practi-
cally a months racing at Laurel
Park under the direction of the
Maryland State Fair Corporation,
and that by short November meet
ings at Pimlico and Prince Georges
Park, Bowie. The Southern Mary
land Agricultural Associations fall
session will finish Thanksgiving
Day.
The Havre de Grace meeting will
be marked by the running of three
$4,000 stakes--the Eastern Shore
handicap, six furlongs, for two-year-
olds and overland the distribution
among horsemen Of matter of
$114,600. in stakes and purses.
The daily distribution will be up
ward of $4,000. The overnight
purses will run from $1,000 in ad.
I<zI a. l.
plenty Of first rate steeplechasing
over a course that has been regu-
larized in every way. The dates
fixed by General Manager Edward
Burke for the running OF the $4,000
stakes are: Eastern Shore. Septem-
Der 21; Potomac, September "a, and
Hayre de Grace handicap, October s.
Horses ut Havre de Grace.
There are upward of 500 horses
quartered at Havre de Grace and
most OF them will be racing through
the course Of the meeting. In Mar
tin Nathanson the Hartford Agricul.
tural and Breeders Association Is
served by a clerk of the course who
studies his available racing material
and finds means of bringing groups
of runners of all classes together
day after day in contests that de-
velop lively speculation and keen
racing interest. There will be no
two and three horse fields racing at
Havre de Grace.
The Eastern Shore. race that
was won last season by Careful, the
toughest and gamest of flock of
unusual clever two-year-old fillies,
stancy, Billy Kelly, Tippity Witchet.
Hourless, Slipshod, Gaelic and Ira
mid, will be the headliner of the
opening days racing, and Norwich.
the Juvenile sensation of the cur
rent seasons sport, will be the head
liner of the Eastern Shore. Benja-
min Block, the owner Of this bril-
iiantly fast California colt, which
manages weight as cleverly as Man
o. War did a couple of seasons back.
will finish out his two-year-old ca
reer in Maryland.
His first appearance in the Old Line
State will be in the Eastern Shore.
Potentional opponents Of Norwich in
Wednesdays race are the Futurity
winner, Bunting; the Champagne win
ner, Surf Rider; the Frand Union and
East View winner, Kai Sang; the
Nursery Handicap winner, Snob; the
Albany Handicap winner, Molo: also
Runstar, Little Chief Galantman,
Dream of Allah, Second Thoughts,
Frank Furst, Sunreigh, Junegrass,
Deadlock, Chesterbrook, etc. The
smartest two-year-olds on the Atlantic
seaboard will take part in Havre de
Grace racing.
Potential starters in the Potomac
are Touch Me Not. the Lawrence Real
ization winner, Sporting Blood; the
Travers Stakes winner. Tryster. the
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-18
MARYLANDERs scRIMMAcE
THEN CALL IT ONE DAY

Curiey Byrd's Maryland University
football players, thirty strong. had a
stiff scrimmage with the Delaware
College youngsters yesterday morning
and then called Il a day Byrd gave
his charges the afternoon off.
The Marylanders and George Wash,
ington University lads will work to-
gether this week In several scrim-
mage practices. The Hatchetites
expect several additions to the squad
this week. -f..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-18
Two Stances Good To Know

ITTING the ball all there
are two very important things to be considered before
take the position of the feet
win be necessary explain three stances in
gothe favored
and the closed = -7.'T'
good for this last position but as II
almost Of the stance
want Of q better description go
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-18

All you have to do is look at the
number Of games the Yankees play
on their home grounds and it is
easy to understand why knock SO
many there.
: In the other ball parks my home
runs are evenly distributed; three
each at Chicago, Detroit and Wash
ington. and four each at st. Louis,
Cleveland and Boston. have
knocked six home runs at Philadei-
league next to Washington, and yet
we have only played nine games in
4 the Quaker City.
Percentage About Equal.
Last season when I hit fifty-four
nome runs, the percentage at the
Polo Grounds and other parks was
approximately the same. But the
previous season when made my
first record OF. Twenty-Five as mem
Der of the Red Sox, naturally hit
the greater number at Fenway Park
IN Boston. Incidentally, drove more
over the fence that year at Detroit
than at New York, the so-called
short right field.
It Is a matter of record that two
ef the longest home runs ever made
both to the deep centerfield bleach
Sers and not to right. Both drives
measured around $50 feet, which was
enough to clear any rightfield wall
in the country with yards to spare.
The records, of course, never specify
what direction the ball was hit and
10 IL is taken for granted that a
left-hander knocked 1t TO the right
field.
Drives to Centerfield.
In this connection It has been noted
that more of my long drives have
gone to centerfield this season than
IN. the past. Few have mentioned
: the reason. which is because major
fly Of the left-handed pitchers have
been using a side-arm delivery
against NEE ms Q great many : in
stances serving up low outside balls.
the average left-handed batter would
drive 1t down third base. But I
have managed to straighten out a
lot OF their both to centerfield and
deep right. a-
: 1t does just 80 happen that official
measurement puts both right and left
field at the Polo Grounds as the
shortest walls in the American League.
New York and Cleveland are about
the same, around $50 feet, whereas
Boston. st. Louis. Chicago, and De-
troit are all punched together with
ebout one hundred feet added distance.
But that is about the distance of a
healthy bunt to first base, and figure
that any old ball have driven into
the Polo Grounds grandstand had
enough punch behind 1t to carry
smother few hundred feet IL necessary.
All Games I'm New York.
" One thing. II the Yankees and
Giants fight 1t out for the worlds
championship all our games viii be at
the Polo Grounds. .
viii probably enter into an agree
ment with George Kelly. home run
champion of the National League.
whereby he will do all his smuggling
north by east, and win confine my
drives to the southwest corner of the
field. - -
! At any rate. our batting duel would
be all I'm the same park with equal
.advantages to both.
stCopyright. 1921, by The Christy walsh
- Syndicate.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-18

NO golfer should play the game
without determining as early as posi-
BILE which 10 the best stance. I mean
that no one should be obstinate about
the matter. II you are getting no.
where In your game. one reason may
be that you have the wrong stance for
your swing. II IL an easy matter to
change and something that can be
done without any great study and
preparation on the practice tee.
Az the open stance 10 almost uni
versally used by the best players ]
win describe IL first. I believe this
II the natural position and nine out of
ten beginners win assume this posi-
ton when addressing the ball without
being told.
II you viii tee the ball and then
draw q chalk line representing the
line Of flight your right toe will be
much nearer to this line than the left.
The left tee will also be pointed out
more toward the hole-otnerwise you
would be standing pigeon-toed.
Can Choose Methods.
I adopted this stance years ago and
have seen no reason TO change II. !
think It Is the best of course. but
realize that II IL not the best for
everyone. One beauty Of the game OF
golf-and a great mystery as wen. IL
the fact that there IL more than one
way Of doing things correctly, 90 to
speak. Those who use the open stance
are slicers as q rule because this posi-
ton invites q slice. Nearly every one
knows that a slice Il produced by
oIAwins Inc iace od ene ciup aSfose
en1 pai.
Inc m, nao - W ne e uSca u,svar 49,
co.ne .as ~ y, s..Sps.s 60.
not worry over any lheeitec's irorn .
wi I open 1880 &C. 49,.
..,e p az hay a,,t 20 az
49, ~. .t, 1919 s.,Sc,s - 49,
shce On sSr - ~. !.
nce . psneve you oAh So 'se'
JAIL III wi.a .ns 1919 q. ...,,v ,,ra.r.
qu 800. .rs.t,~ sy,,es ~.
1900 Is-.S s
wore ,mpnes. D2.n soes ovo
WIN tns me " In a.. go az
LIE LIE $1,000 80, ~. he.n n The
~. 80 ,,s,nr $500 ,h.n draw, the
ns.u. -. s ,,ssia -
m. nsrt time yo,, piav. draw Il
- Wtt,. ,,,nr. ana ren.at avery
Sn mS you Ps ~
heS 49, su 80. ,,,.rv .,,r. tt.t
,.a tbe snuars stance or yariations
Of It. Chick Evans Is one Of them
and he has always obtained very ex-
cenent results
Cnicks toes are not exscuy on tne
Iine. gu, 30 near 70 II tnac .nere y
- .a,S =, - one who tsvors this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-18
MARLBORO RESULTS

FIRST RACE-Barette. won; sarafax,
second; Billow, third.
SECOND RACE-The Ciookme nder, won |:
Tricklette, second; Sir Mortimer, third.
THIRD RACE-Leoma, won; Pomerene,
second; Togoland, third
FOURTH RACE--Eternity. won; p. r.
BArnum, second; Tascorora. third.
FIFTH RACE-Arbitrator, won; War
Map, second; Reconteuse, third. FEg,ss
SIXTH RACE-Stir Up. won; lie Cor
dan, second; Rey Ennis. third.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-18
The Stance no HOOK.

Francis Ouimet uses this method
OF standing to the ball. Ouimet hits
a very long ball from the tee and
usually with little hook. Francis
Evening star., 1921-05-29

act. but I want to cite one more in
stance because it does we'll in prov
ing how far-reaching this measure
has been.
A man having an income of $4,000
net per year visited his bankers ask
ing them to review his income re-
port; it was found that he had given
a comparatively small amount of this
urge income to charity. and the bank
er SAID. fou could give away $500
to any charities that you please and
the gift would only cost you $4,000. -
ana so II has been all down the line
TINS idea of spending or using the
income IN any and every possible wa-
just so that the government would
not get IT Md if this is the attjtud-
OF the public toward the government
ana thiS particular measure then il
would seem that both the public and
the government have A mutual in
.erest IN getting rid of this leeis-
lation.
Allow me TO emphasize again the
enormous increase cost TO the con-
sum"r resulting from the arbitrary
charge against merchandise to Offset
the added overhead due to the ex-
cess prohts tax. When one consid-
ers the lines affected-food clothing
ana houses and allied necessa ries-:f
can he seen the bill paid by the CON
sumer because of this tax is NOT
short of $4,000 600. 900.
ARTHUR c. MOSES
Evening star., 1921-05-29
Excess Profits Taxation Initiates
Retail Prices,
To tho Editor Of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
1 noticed in your columns a few
days ago that Mr.. Archibald Harris
of Chicago urged the retention of the
excess profits tax before a Senate
committee. and YOUR report states
that he gave a broad view OF the tax
situation From his recommendation
II iudee that his view is broad and
does not come from knowledge IN
detail of the real situation; broad
knowledge, even .though the per
spectiye be accurate. is of little value
in constructive legislation. In other
words. if evils are to be corrected
We must have an intimate knowledge
Of the case with concrete examples
before us showing the evils or pit
falls against the advantages
want to cite one or Two instances
which have come to my own direct
knowledge, where all of the parties
were known to me, and l have reason
to believe there are thousands upon
thousands or parallel cases.
want to refer partieuariby ha ny 10 exnese xnese
nrofits tax to have been the greatest
single cause of inflated prices and of
hardship upon all the people of the
United states of any of the wartime
measures.
scribe occurred in one of the very
largest department stores in the
United States in the fourth largest
city of the country. The merchandise
man, Mr. B., notified the heads of
the various departments that from
that particular date an additional
overhead expense would be charged
against them of per cent; the buy
er in the particular department of
which l have intimate knowledge
upon receiving this notification said
VERY we'll, Mr.. e.. I will today ad-
vance all my retail prices 1-2 per
cent. enough to cover your five and
Il little extra to make better show
ing for my department" This de-
partment referred to does an annual
business of s1.200.O00. so that the
public has been called upon in the
last two years. because of the excess
profits tax, which made necessary the
to pay 1-2 per cent of 81, 400, 900, which
totals $1s0.00O. and it is safe to say that
in the fifty-odd departments of that big
establishment during each year that
the excess profits tax has operated.
the public has paid not less than
$1.000.000 increase upon a reasonable
price for its merchandise
Now multiply this by thousands Of
thousands Of cases in every retail
business of the country. whether in a
large department esta Enlistment or a
little grocery store and in all of the
many lines of retail and wholesale
trade and you will see that the eX-
cess profits tax is Il thoroughly vicious
measure from the standpoint of the
public.
It is impossible here to go into
,manXHof thk EaWi6cation8 lof this
Evening star., 1921-05-29

and each holding his favorite hunt
ing dog in leash This photographer
spent several days in their cabin in
the mountains. several miles from
Breeden. This photographer also
made photographs of several other
members of the two clans on this
trip. He photographed Edward Nc
Cloud. mounted on the powerful horse
he is said to have used on this re-
cent flight from the state police. when
McCloud rode in to attend a trial at
Wiliamstown. w. Va. last March. He
Photographed the Russell brothers.
Judd McCloud and Walter Williams
at their mountain homes. He was re-
ceived with the utmost cordiality and
hospitality at these cabins. he says.
and the members of the two clans.
while known to be hostile. appeared
to have arrived at tacit truce. How
ever. he commented:
'"They all die young in the noun
tains"
Evening star., 1921-05-29
PICTURE NEAR EAST
STILL IN DISTRESS
Arrival of Clothes From U. S.
Causes Panic-PitifuI
Children Described.
"Worn Clothing. L. S. A"


To the average American. who has
added one or two new suits to his ward
robe, this legend printed on a bundle or
bale of goods passes unnoticed.
To 100000 homeless refugees in the
Caucasus region Of the near east. how
ever, the same words cause multitudes
to riot In an effort to share the mite
dropped in their midst and frequently
result in the. calling out of armed
militia to pacify the motley throng.
according to word pictures drawn by
eyewitneSses and described to the
American public by Near East RELIEF
workers.
Several stories showing conditions
accompanying the advances of the
Turkish nationalists and bolsheviks s
into Christian territory are cited by
local Near East Relief officials in
connection with the bundle day
drive"
In one district where Greek refu-
gees are living from thirty to fifty
bales Of clothing are distributed each
month. and yet not tenth or tne
half-naked inhabitants have been
provided for, it is pointed out.
Misery Described.
\ typical group Of these homeless
wanderers eagerly awaiting the DIS
tribution of recently arrived bales or
American "cast-offS" is pictured as
follows: There are bare brown feet
many of them children's, shifting
painfully on the cold ground: there
are multicOlored ShrcdS and patches
pinned together with thorns and flap
ping in the wind like a scarecrow
Evening star., 1921-05-29

East Relief.
rags; there are arms folded across
J in his belt; there are exposed breasts.
quivering faces, intent fixed eyes, all
directed on the label of burlap-cov
cred bundle. Half the watchers are
children, thin-faced and blue-lipped,
many of them shouldering their little
brothers or sisters, so as to spare
them from standing barefoot in the
! mud
With the distribution of hundreds
of bundles of clothing among such
congregations last year through the
committee on Near East Relief, thou
sands Of lives were saved in the bitter
cold Caucasus district, it is declared.
The demand for clothing has not
ceased with the advent of spring
however.
Soldiers Guard Warehouse.
To illustrate ,his it is related how
six Greek so,.<ers were forced to
keep guard over the entrance to "A
warehouse in certain section of
Asia flinor to stem the tide of those
apply ing Tor practical aid.
Holding in their hands d yellow
! card issued by the Greek government
to the refugees of Jsmidt in dire need
of clothing, the preferred group liter
ally fought to be first at the counter
and buy the apparel SO carelessiy
the ocean. Since the term lin dire
need is deemed applicable to prac-
tically all of the thousands of utterly
destitute people in the district. the
sale becomes case of first come,
first served" and the rush that is
made as the doors to the warehouse
swing open needs all the authority
that soldier can command to keep
the situation under control. it is re-
ported.
Never Enough for All.
The scramble to obtain bargains sent
over by America through the Near East
Relief organization resembles d run on
d bank in this country. workers as
sert. Despite the generosity of the
American people last year, there is
never enough to go around, it is eX-
planned.
SO the armed guards are forced to
keep back the crowds, while Near
East Relief worker stands upon a
table and calls out the names given
her by the Greek government. AS
the names are made known. old
and young alike push forward. seek
| ing their meager quota, and followed
by the enVious eyes of those who be-
the stock on hand. An occasional
inSistent character, usually an elder
lN woman or man, creates disturb
! ance as the guards force the walters
! back.
! With the issuance of the last few
j armfuls of rags. the fifty or SO fami-
| lies outfitted are showed aside by an
excited mob, bent on salvaging even
: the burlap containers on the bales
and in number of instances men and
| justing about their bodies these bur
! laps, proudly displaying the STEM
| ciled words:
| Worn Clothing, u. S. A"
Evening star., 1921-05-29
SHERIFF DIES nF WOUND.
Deputy Also Shot in Fight With
Whisky Runners.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. May 2s.-
Sheriff a. q. Catron of Walker county,
Ga, was brought to d local hospital
early this morning desperately
wounded. as the result of battle
with blockade runners on the side
of Lookout mountain near FlintStone,
Ga. Jim Abney. a deputy, was shot
through the ear. The two blockade
runners escaped. but the officers be-
lieve one or both are seriously
An automobile with forty gallons
of moonshine was confiScated and
the liquor destroyed. The posse was
composed of the sheriff, several dep
uties and Deputy Marshal W. A.
Wardall.
The sheriff's posse had gone to the
side OF Lookout mountain in answer
to information that blockade runners
would be along there some time dur
ing the night or morning.
Evening star., 1921-05-29
BOTH DIVISION TO HOLD
REUNION IN PITTSBURGH
Special Trains to Garry West Vir-
ginia War Veterans to Second
Annual Assemb1aee,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLESTON. w. Va. May 2s.-
The second annual reunion of the
Eightieth Division Veterans Associa-
ton will be held at Pittsburgh on
August 4. and 6, it ia announced
by B. II. Stutler.. printing clerk of the
secretary ,, OF states office. West Vir-
two or three special trains to the
meeting. Mr. Stutler said.
The S0th Division was COM
posed of men from West Virginia
Virginia and Pennsylvania West
Virginia boys practically made up the
155th Field Artillery Brigade and the
31Sth. 314th and 315th regiments of
artillery. More West Virginians were
in this unit than the state gave to
any other single division overseas
during the world war
a committee for the southern sec
tion of the state has been appointed
to make plans for the convention and
organize the delegation. which will
attend from southern counties. This
committee is composed of Mr.. Stutler,
Fcnton l.. Morris. John b. McGuck en-
Evening star., 1921-05-29
MEDALS IN DEMAND.
Applications for Victory Awards
100000 a Month.

Adjt. Gen. Harris says that appli-
cations for the victory medal are be-
ing received at the rate of 100. 600 u
month, and that former service mon
are showing increased interest in
their distribution.
The objection Of many ex-service
men to part. even temporarily, with
their discharge certificates has been
removed by authorization of the ac-
ceptance of true copies of those Ger
tif1cates authenticated by any ReguIa r
Army or National Guard officer, or by
any civil officer empowered to admin
lister OathS.
Evening star., 1921-05-29
Charleston. and Clyde H. Shear.

Of Charleston. and Clyde H. Shearer
of Chesapeake.
All those who fought with the
sOth are eligible to membership.
There are two classes of members.
active and inactive: The active mem
bers pay small fee.
1t is expected that the attendance
this year will be near the 5000 mark.
4 movement will be started to bring
the convention to West Virginia next
year, and If this ia done it is said
Charleston will likely be selected as
the place for the meeting.
West Nirginians in the division lost
more than 100 of their number on the
lighting front. They We're in the
thickest of the fighting at st. Mihiei.
Evening star., 1921-05-29
ITALY HONORS AIR HEADS
Bestows Medals on
Gems. Menoher and Mitchell

The Italian ambassador, Senator
Rolandi Ricci. conferred Friday upon
Cen. Menoher, chief of the Army
alr service. ana Gen. Mitchell, as
siStant chief of the ARMY air service.
by direction of the King of Italy, the
Commenda of Saint Maurizio and
l.azZaro, in recognition of the dts
tinguished services rendered to the
Italian aeronauticS
Ihe ceremony took place at the
Italian embassy in the presence of
Gems. March, Wright, Haan. Jervey
Nolan; Coils. Buckley of the Army in
telligence, and Commander Henderson
of the naval Intelligence. Many Of.
fcerS of the air service staff were
present. together with all the air and
military attaches of the allied powers
Evening star., 1921-05-29
MARCUM- -McCLOUD FEUD
BREAKS OUT IN w. VA.
Killing of Three of First Faction
/. Sets Both Sides to
=; Aiming.
Special Dispat tch to The Star.

Special IrspAtch TO The star
I CHARLESTON. w. Va. May IS
The Morcum -McCloud feud. one of
the worst of the many vendettas that
have caused bloody battles in the
mountains of West Virginia. has
broken out again at Breeder. Three
Recommendation and John L.. cous-
ins. and another, .'Bill'-have been
added to the toll of dead.
State consta bulary are securing the
hills for Edward McCloud, who is ac-
cused of shooting William and John
l. Marcum at railroad pumping
station near Breeden. And the fac
tions are arming for the conflict.
which they feel sure is to come. it is
reported.
The McCloud- -Marcum feud. which
had smoldered for years and had
been thought to have died out. was
rekindled by the Staying of the two
Marcums at the pumping station on
May 5. The other. Bill Marcum.
was killed at the same place several
weeks before. but it was not thought
than that any McCloud had been re-
sponsible.
With the double Staying last week.
Evening star., 1921-05-29
DRIVE FOR BRITISH AID.

Plans were formulated for an in
tensive membership drive by the
Lincoln council of the
American Association for the Recog-
milton of the Irish Republic. at a
of the organization. at 1871
street, Thursday night. John Crowley
was appointed chairman of the COM
mittee in charge. The council mem
bership was urged to attend mass
meeting next Monday at GonZaga
Hall. when Miss Mary MacSwiney will
be the principal speaker. Rev. J. J..
Callahan presided
Evening star., 1921-05-29
RANGE OF MARKET AVERAGES


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