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New Britain herald., 1922-12-22
31 Bids Rejected as Too
 Low for Merchant Ships

Manila, Dec. 22.--Thirty-one. bids for ten vessels owned and offered for sale by the United States government have been rejected as too low by the quartermaster of the department of the Philippines. One tug was the only craft sold and it brought t3,l00. A bid for the transport Warren was t32,600.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-22
Johnson Has Plan to
 Stop R. R. Melon Cuts

Washington, Dec. 22.--No railroad could declare a dividend until the in terstate commerce commission had certificate that it was adequately equipped. under a bill introduced to- day by Senator Johnson, republican, California. It would require the com sion to hold public hearings and grant permits for declaring dividend Senator Johnson said he offered his bill to correct an ''intolerable condi- tion."
New Britain herald., 1922-12-22
DOLLARS ARE DEMANDED

Moscow, Dec. 22.---American dol lars are now being used nightly in Moscow's gambling casinos, where the play amounts into trillions of roubles at a single turn. Players at baccarat, roulette and chemin- de-fer, when they win, ask for their profits in United States notes.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-22
RELEASED AFTER SIX. MONTHS

Bridgeport, Dec. 22.-James Briggs of Greenwich. who on July 2 last, in his brothers cafe. shot and killed his friend. Arthur Doran, was paroled yesterday from an unexpired sentence of six months in jail. An affidavit by Jail Physician James Finnegan re- gently stated that Briggs health was poor. The matter was sumbitted to Judge c. l.. Avery who ordered Briggs released in care of Edward T. Palmer
New Britain herald., 1922-12-22
MRS. HARVEY SAILS.

London, Dec. 22.--American Am bassador Harvey today accompanied Mrs. Harvey to Southampton whence she sailed for Madeira to spend the holidays while he is in America. The ambassador sails tomorrow on board the steamship Berengaria.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-22
RAID MUNITIONS CACHE
L., S. Agents Find Arms That Were to Re Shipped for Use of Chinese RevOlutionaries.

Seattle, Dec. 22.---Expectation that the seizure here of 50 German-made Mauser rifles and 15,000 cartridges consigned to China would lead to ar rest of11embers of 2 ring engaged in getting mnnitions to rival forces in China Wa& expressed by federal agents today. HThe rifles and cartridges were detecteA#Ns they wore about to be taken aboard the steamer Protesilaus Hundreds. of rifles that are bought in GernHANsJor about s350 each are comin9 nto this city by mail and ex- press, acAprding to the agents, and are being bought up by agents of a Chinese faction.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-22
ISSUE STORM WARNINGS

Washington, Dec. 22.--The weather bureau today gave warning of a dis turbance of considerable intensity central off Cape Hatteras which will
 move rapidly northeastward attended by strong north and northwest winds
New Britain herald., 1922-12-22

J, T. Hart has returned from a ten day sunting trip In North Carolina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21

Those making the trip were: Capt.
Larry Brown of the Pennsylvania
team, i'ailins from Seattle; Elmer
Mci4aun of oklahoma. Sayman Kerr
OF Salt Lake City and Donald Head
and John Kerr of Philadelphia. The
team will BIO in charge of Under
gradual. Manager Howard Hovde
and Trainer Lawson Robertson. John
7. Mc'iovern of Cornell will accom-
p:tny the team as observer for the
intercollegiate Association of Anna
teur Athletics of America.
VIII Witness Boat Race.
After the arrival Of the team in
London several days will be spent
in light raining at oxford Uni
vcrsity. after which a similar period
will he spent with the Cambridge
undergraduate athletes. and finYl
training done at the Queens CLUB.
Tie Pennsylvania team will be the
guests of the English universities at
Tie annual oxford Cambridge boat
race to be rowcd at Henley on
April |.
Given proper weather and track
conditions. it is expected that the
winner of the race will establish a
rev world record for the four miles,
now held Jointly by the Cornell team
Of 1913. Both combinations ran the
distance in Il minutes, and 81 %
seconds. This tire gives an average
mile of IA trifie under minutes 2S
seconds. Past performances of the
Pennsylvania quartet would appear
Ia warrant an average mile iii 4 minutes
- seconds or bett"i.
Cambridge" is thought to have the
better of the two English universe
ties teams. with Fl. Is. Stallard as
the star. with his record of min
u.cs II seconds. made last sum-
rier 1t is considered doubtful. how
ever. if either Cambridge or Oxford
have another runner who can ap-
proach these figures, and aS' the
Pennsylvania team averages very
even four miles. American experts
are OF the opinion that the Quakers
have an. excellent chance to win the
FIRST race of this character ever run
in England and to set new Worid
record if sufficiently pressed.
Will Invite EnpsIIshmen.
in addition to recording the race
Mili cnGcavor to arrange. while
abroad. forces of Intercollegiate con-
1cstants which will bring Oxford and
Cambridge teams to this country and
s"l:d Yale Harvard. l'ennsylvania,
Princeton and Cornell teams 20 England
in annual fixtures for several years 10
come. These contests will include track
and relay meets. tennis. golf. lacrosse
and possibly crew races.
He also will visit France and con-
fer with the French Olympic games
committee regarding the meet Of
1924. His report. to be made to the
American Olympic Association on his
return, will have an important bear
ing upon the activities of the Amer
lean Olympic authorities in their
preparations for participation In the
next olympiad.
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GIRL $ PLAY FEATURES
WOMAN'S TITLE TENNIS

BOSTON. March 21.-A youthful and
promising aspirant for women's ten
mis- honors displayed her prowess IN
the first days play for the national
indoor singles at the Longwood coy
cred courts yesterday. Miss Lillian
Scharman of Brooklyn, n. Y. a
twenty-year-old girl. with limited
tournament experience. moved into
the third round by vanquishing Mrs.
Samuel NJ. FELTON,. Sd, Boston. g.
-6, g.. and by eliminating Mrs
Barger Wal.ach Of New York. ma
tional champion in 1908, 81, 10.
Miss Scharman relied largely on a
sizzling forehand stroke.
Mrs. Frank II. Godfrey Of Boston
recent winner of the Bahma singles
and doubles titles, played aggressive
ly in overcoming Miss Florence Bal
lin of New York. long a figure in
national tennis. GO. Is.
Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup, Miss
Leslie Bancroft. Miss Edith Sigourney
and other favorites won. Mrs Molla
Mallory. the champion, will play her
first match today.
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LACROSSE CLUB PLANS
SEVERAL GAMES HERE

District sport lovers may see sew
cral of the more prominent lacrosse
teams of the east in action here this
spring as the result of ii meeting
held last night at Spaulding's 14th
street store by former college players
Of the game A club was tentatively
organized. committees appointed and
a game Immediately scheduled with
the University of Maryland twelve.
Candidates for the team are to be
sent through their first practice to-
morrow at $50 o'clock on the Mary
land field.
Games now are being sought with
Princeton, st. Johns of Maryland.
Toronto and Cornell. A contest also
may be arranged with the Oxford
Cambridge team, which is to visit
the United States this season. The
local team will be coached by Will
liam Andrews of Ottawa. Canada. r.
V. Truitt. University of Maryland
coach. will assist Andrews.
Among the candidates for the team
are ID. D. Lambert Yale; a. G. Hewitt.
Lehigh: Bert Coggins. Maryland: r.
NJ. Hyatt. Ontario; John 3. Cuno
Penn State: +. II. Lenschner, Penn
State. and Charles S. Elliott. d.
Prather. c. q. Brauner. Fl. J.. Smith.
T. J. McQuade and c. r. Wilhelm,
former Maryland athletes.
An effort will be made to affiliate
with some established District ath-
letic organization. Failing in this
an Independent lacrosse association
will be formed. Another meeting
will be held at Spaulding's Thursday
night at s o'clock.
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neAt year grooves were nodded into
9@e surface of this type OF ball md
varying degrees OF hardness md
numerous styles of cover and the Old
adtty was used until 1900. 1t wss
then that HR1'lsell invented ma :
Snlne 70 wind tightly stretched and
nlgnIy elastic thread around a core
OF Eurtapercha over which a semi .
vuIcaMzed cover OF rubber was mold
ca wnh pebbled surface. This ball
VIZ not readily accepted in America,
Wnere II was invented. but II was
Sken up In Great Britain, and soon
became sole possessor of che links
Us solid feel. when hit soon drove
Inc guttapercha ball with !ts brick
Hike impact out Of existeace. since
me rubber cored innovation various
attempts have been made with BIC
cess TO increase the length Of flight
ana the trueness OF the roll by bunch
ING the core and the hardness, and
tooehness OF the cover. In some cases
the winding was about q small bag
OF water, while in others the central
sack was filled with . heavy acid,
the latter plan proving disastrous
who dissected the globule.
another plan for increasing the eT-
nGiency OF the golf hall was the ap-
plication of an everlasting paint.
made OF some rubber Composition
which lasted well enough. but gataer-
ed up the dust which could not be
washed on. Heretofore restliency ami
Compatible. Bat = the Innovation of
1877 proves 10 be both lively ana life-
long the future golfer will need moth
ing. but 4 self retrieving attachment
to make ono golf TALL last him f.r.
ever.
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'Our best oarsmen are members OF
the glee club. Why? Well, I think
the answer would be found in the
fact that they have a highly de-
know rhythm is very important
element in sweep swinging. l per-
aonally have N rhythmic instinct. If
could have realized my two greatest
ambitions in life l should have been
commander of "A battleship or leader
of IL great orchestra ! think, per-
haps. 1 should have enjoyed the latter
more
May Have Inspired Idea.
1t will be recalled that Harvard
crew authorities installed phono-
graph in the room where the Crimson
oarsmen were working at the ma
chimes. Dr. Spaeth does. not assert
that this followed 4 magazine article
Of his in which he suggested some
thing of the sort, as the Crimson dis
carded the innovation, but he was
moved when his varsity and second
crews pushed away from the float
the other day to demonstrate the last
word in what may be termed the
practical rhythmic method of coach
ing.
Gentlemen" he said. rising into
the bow Of his launch. the old Nassau.
and gazing benignly down upon his
oarsmen, "our practice today will be
conducted along musical lines. You
are not to regard me as a coach per
Sc, but rather as a conductor.
Toscanini, say. Accordingly, instead
Of giving you the customary aquatic
commands | shall sound the note of a
musical call. and upon the last note
you will get under weigh"
Accordingly he voiced the inspir-
ing notes of 1.-THE Assembly," and. as
directed. the oarsmen bent to their
oars gracefully and in unison as the
call died away. Thereupon, after the
approved manner of an orchestra
leader, DR.. Spaeth moved his arms up
and down, backward and forward and
sidewise. Indicating at one time the
stroke oar. at another the men in
the waist Of the boat, then the bow
and so on.
In the golden nineties it was the
custom of young men who wished to
shine in drawing rooms to initiate
Sousa." DR.. Spaeth did more than
initiate Sousa. or Damrosch. or Tos-
canini. or other great orchestra con-
ductors. Standing up there in the
bow the launch. he created rhyth-
mic gyrations that seemed to set a
new standard in this highly ener-
getic art.
Have Good Time. Anyway.
And did his men row better? Well,
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MORE THAN 800 WOMEN
IN new ATHLETIC CLUB

An enthusiastic reception was &C.
corded Washington's newest project,
the United Athletic Club, at a meet
ing at the Government Hotel audi
torium last night. The plan Of this
proposed organization for athletic
ally inclined women was outlined and
more than 500 applications for mem
bership filed.
mer Washington Amateur Swimming
Club, the new club promises to be
the largest women's athletic organi-
cation in the south. 1t intends to
begin the construction of we'll
equipped clubhouse within a short
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D. C. SCHOOLS TO MEET
IN LEGION TRACK GAMES

Washington scholastic athletes will
compete in the second annual track
and field games of the District of
Columbia American Legion at Cen
trail stadium on May 6. Central. West
ern, Tech and Eastern will have size
able squads in the meet. special
half mile race will be held for local
schoolboys.
One of the features of the meet will
be q service relay for Army. Navy
and marine teams of this vicinity.
Several posts have announced they
will compete.
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FRED MCLEOD is SECOND
IN FLORIDA TOURNAMENT

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. March 81
George Kerrigan. the young profess
sional golf star Of the White Beeches
Country Club of New Jersey, won
the annual st. Augustine open cham
pionship yesterday with the fine
score Of 74-71-145 for thirty-six
holes.
Other scores:
Fred Mcleod. 7T4-14s; wilfrid Reid
7s-7t151; Charles Hofner. 75-71153;
Jack Gordon. 7S-76-154: Jack Rogers, TT
7S-155: Bob Mcdonald. 79-77-158; Tom
Kerrigan, 75-S1-l56; Arthur Reid, $3.50
159; Clarence Hackney. 75sS-160; Harry
Ellis, S2-7St16O.
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A. B. C. ROLLER GETS 1862
TO LEAD IN ALL-EVENTS

TOLEDO. Ohio. March 21.-H.
Stewart of Cincinnati rolled into
first place i'm the all-events of the
American Bowling Congress tour
nament yesterday with n score of
1852, just ten pins below the A.
b. C. record made by Edward Her
mann Of Cleveland in 1913, when
loaded balls were permissible.
Stewart rolled with the Potter
Shoes in the five-men event Sum
day night md gathered $50 pins,
in his doubles with G. Feis he shot
6s5, and i'm the singles his count
was 0S7.
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SEEK MIXED BATTLE,

PONCA CITY, OKLA. March 21.-Joe
c. Miller. one of the owners of the
101 Ranch near here. has wired an
offer to Jack Dempsey and Ed
(StrangIer) Lewis. providing a
guaranty anu percentage. il their
wrestling boxing match is brought
to Buffalo Park, at Miller's Ranch.
The park is on the main line of the
Santa Fe railroad.
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I'll Race With Btons Feathers Once Used Making Golf Balls
ANZACS WOULD PLAY ALL
THEIR MATCHES IN u. S.

DELAIDE, Australia. March 81.
THAT the Australian Davis rBp
team should play all it's matches
In America, to enable players to
become accIimatlzed. In the opinion
OF the sccretary Of the Australian
TeRnis Club. He gave Ills views
Mt q meeting. called to decide
whether Australia shnll Insist that
the preliminary matches be played
In the country where the cup now
In held.
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TIMES BOWLERS WIN.

Minions of the Times defeated the
Dashes Of the Post, 1.473 to 1859, in
a three-game duckpin match on the
Recreation drives last night Cole
man of the winners made high set
at 342. and Burrows, teammate.
high game at 1874. Newspaper bowlers
were to take the Recreation drives
this afternoon in the first round of
their individual championship.
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D. C. WOMAN BOWLERS
WILL ORGANIZE SUNDAY

An association to conduct their an
nual city bowling championships
will be organized by woman duck
Primers of the District at a meeting
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at Rec
reation Health Center. In past years
the Washington City Duckpin Asso-
citation, the mems organiza ton, has
supervised the womens champion
ships, but 1t has relinquished the
control.
Officers will be elected Sunday and
contests for several positions promise
to be warm. Numerous candidates
for each Office have announced them
selves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21
DOYLE MADE PRESIDENT
OF SANDLOT OFFICIALS

8. J. Doyle was elected president of
the District of Columbia Base Ball
Jmpires' Association at meeting
last night. Richard Woodward. vet
rran sandlot arbitcr. was chosen sec
rotary. A press committee. including
Edward Bratburd. Jack Huas and
Doyle. was appointed.
Ed Handiboe, former American AS
ISOLATION and International League
umpire and elder brother of Joe and
William Handiboe, we'll known local
officials, was made an honorary mem
Der of the association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21
TWO SKATING RECORDS
SET BY CANADIAN GIRL

MILWAUKEE,, March 21.-1liss
Gladys Robinson broke two world
skating records for women here
last night. She nrst did the Zz0-
yard dash in "a z-B seconds and
mot long afterwarA negotiated. the
mile In 8.S1 2-5.
joe Moore OF New York wen the
senior 22O-yard event in Fl sec-
Onds and the thfee-quafter mile
race in 2.2S Is.
Eddie Reed Of Chicago wen the
junior half mile in l-3l rs.
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MAT MEET TOMORROW.

Grapplers of Washington Canoe
Club. Gallaudet and several other
District institutions will compete At
the Washington Canoe Club toTnor-
row night in the preliminaries Of the
annual South Atlantic A. A. U. wrest-
ling championship tournament. Tho
finals will he held in Baltimore Sat-
urday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21
INDESTRUCTIBLE SPHERE
is LATEST CONTRIBUTION

~ HICAGO 2L-Folowng announcement that an in
destruc,blc golf bail had been perfected the nam.
today dug the of the evolution OF ball from the
time when Scotch hedsmen baed along the sea
almost OF a nn]c.
After golf thu which feathers .
within leather
with wood The feather ha 1856 when
pellet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21
WILL STAGE OLYMPICS
IN PERSHlNG STADIUM

PARIS. March 2l.-The gOverN-
ment ana the French Olympic cont
mittee have Informed the Paris
municipal council that they have
accepted PerShing's stadium mt
Vincennes ns the place for the
holding Of the Olympic games In
1924. The government will nd
vance 2O.OOO.OOO francs for the
<Rmes, 1O,OOO,OOO each in 1922 md
1898. The municipal council will
convene in special session today TO
take up the question of the Enines,
and It In expected that the cOntrO-
versy soon will he settled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21
GIRLS IN BOWLING MATCH

Girl bowlers of Washington and
Baltimore will conclude an intercity
duckpin match tonight. starting at Z
o'clock, at the Grand Central Acad-
envy. when the Original Five of this
city encounters the Red Blouse Quint.
The Original Five will start play
with an advantage of 40 pins gained
in Baltimore recently.
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SERVICE GAME DATE SET.

the Sd Army Corps will hold their
annual foot ball contest December 2.
Baltimore, Philadelphia or Washing
ton will be the scene Of the engage
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21
Bar Foot Ball Cantain.

Henry Toney. recently elected Bos-
ton University foot ball captain, has
been debarred from further participa-
ton in athletics for playing foot ball
with an outside team under an as
Sumed name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21
MEET IN CUE MATCH,

Joe Kennedy and Frank Keliii1er
will be opponents tonight in a pock ct
billiard tournament match at the
Grand Central Academy. In last
nights engagement. George Kelchner
defeated Ralph Purcell, 100 to 81.
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WORLD RECORD EXPECTED
. in CONTEST ON April, 8

EW YORK. March 2lMembe of the OF Punsy
" our-nc relay sailed today for April
will similar from Oxford and Cambridge
the Queens Club
will be the of The
of five of
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WILL PLAY GAS BoWLERs.

Accounting Department bowlers O
the Standard Oil Company OF Balti
moro will visit Washington Saturdn
their duckpin match with the WASH
ingtoh Gas Light Company team. Tt:
Baltimoreans now lead. l,5i0 to LAC
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PAYS $40. 600 for Race Horse.

LEXINGTON. KY, March 21.-Jef-
ferson Livingston of Chicago has
bought from McBrayer Moore Of DAN
vile and ]. S. Hawkins of Lexington,
the four-year-old chestnut horse Fire
brand for $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21

CHICAGO, March ei.-wflllam Mar
shall. for twenty-four years. asso-
ciated with the Onswitia Club At
Lake Forest, died yesterday. after q
long illness. He was one OF the first
Scotch golf professionals to come to
this country.
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assigned to eitherIBoston or Washing
ton on Labor Day.
Kfnglfke. who won six of seven
starts at Tia Juana. has only one eve
and is 'moon-eyed" in the other
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GAMMA SIGMA FIVE BEST.

Gamma Sigma basketers overoame
the St. Paul quint IN a 34-to-24 bas-
Washington counted heavily for the
victors.
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Leonard Clever in Exhibition.
Argentinian Heavy Scores,

NEWARK. N. j., March 21.-Louis
Firpo. OF Argentina, claimant of the
heavyweight championship of South
America. knocked out Sailor Maxted
in the seventh round last night Mo-
ton pictures were made of the bout
to be shown in South American cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21
|BURMAN WINS FIGHT
FROM MIDGET SMITH

NEW YORK, March 21.-Joe Bur-
man. Chicago bantamweight, defeated
Midget Smith Of New York last night.
receiving the judges decision after
their twelve-round contest. Bur-
mans cleverness Offset the punish
ing power Of the New York boxer in
majority OF the rounds.
Johnny Mendelsohn, Milwaukee
lightweight, received the judges de-
cision over Pete Hartley, New York,
in eight rounds.
Leonard Clever in Exhibition.
BOSTON, Mass. March 21.-Benny
Leonard. world lightweight champion.
boxed ten rounds in an exhibition
contest with Johnny Clinton, New
England lightweight title-holder. la st
night. No decision was given. Leon
ard outboxed his opponent without
extending himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21

1t is not truthfully to be recorded
that they did. Men cannot do their
best when they are laughing inor-
dinately. and when the echoes Of
Lake Carnegie are resoundfng with
stentorian cries Of allegro" ''adagio.'
"diminuendo," "crescendo" and the
like.
At length DIR. Spaeth's arms ceased
to move. He picked up his mega
phone and began to coach his men in
n less picturesque, IL more conven-
tional manner, thus showing he hard
ly intends to depart from precedent
for more than a fanciful and highly
diverting fifteen minutes
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MUSICAL ROWING LESSON
TAUGHT BY TIGER COACH

RINCETON. n j. March 2lMusical the
AT least this the theory of Dr. J. Spacth
of faculty atPrnceton One
careful about Dr. Spaeths theories.
twinkle his keen
he has said is to be taken with grain of
In under of
O was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21

PHILADELPHIA, March 21.-Bobby
Barrett, Philadelphia. knocked out
Hyman Gold. Oakland. Calf, in the
third round last night.