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Evening star., 1924-05-04

there is discussion on growing auto
congestion; every time prohibition Of
parking In downtown areas and other
radical plans are proposed II means
some motorists are not playing fair"
This WAS the reply Of Secretary
Holman of the Maryland Motor Fed,
Grafton when questioned regarding
the probable solution OF trafic tan.
giles here.
IF every driver considered the
rights of others there would be no
need of regulations" it was said.
Whenever q driver takes up twice
the room necessary for bis car he 10
inconveniencing some other motor.
lists The second person may be
forced to hold up q street car while
trying to find = parking space, incop-
veniencing fifty or more persons, not
mentioning other autoists held up
back of the street car.
IF people insist on driving on con-
gested streets when they could 3ust
as easily use q side street, they give
the calamity-howier @ chance" said
Secretary Holman. Some one sets
up cry for more laws.
The solution Is obvious
PLAY fair"
Evening star., 1924-05-04
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

- Is the publication of automobile
accident and fatality statistics help
ing to curb the evil of the misdirected
motor car?
This question has been raised by
many experts at q time when there
was never greater need for preven-
tion of traffic disasters. The country
is being flooded with figures that pur-
port to help safeguard motoring and
walking America through keeping
ever in mind the dire results OF over
looking this indispensable feature. but
it is pointed out that about all the
publication of statistics has created
is a mania for more of them.
: We've had the figures now. let's
have the facts, many are saying
More Reckless Drivers.
The only STORY" in accident sta
"tistics is the fact that the proportion
of undesirables at the wheel OF the
automobile is increasing. If any
thing else is read from statistics,
gross errors are quite likely to be
made, with accident prevention dan
gerously distorted as a direct conse-
quence.
For example. q majority of fatality
compilations are listing speeding
a the primary cause OF fatalities
where the fault lies with the driver
Most motorists who read such state
1nents will Immediately associate
speeding" with driving fast" Many
of them will decide to keep the car
below thirty. never realizing that
they may be speeding" at ten, de-
pending upon conditions.
Leaders in this movement to get
down to brass tacks on the subject
point to the fact that though sta
ttstics have been widely circulated
for the past five years or more, II has
accomplished. The statistics. instead
of producing results, are simply cor
roborating the fact that conditions
are getting steadily worse.
Vague Comment Useless.
There are those who believe that the
average driver hasn't the slightest con-
ception of why accidents happen. He
doesn't know that he is reckless, and
to talk TO him in terms of vague
classification Of accident causes and
numerals is to speak foreign lam
guage.
How msny motorists who read acci-
dent statistics ever ask themselves
what the story" in the figures means
to them?
Contrast the news that traffic deaths
in January and February of 1924
reached a total of 696, with the fol-
lowing incident in the driving of an
experienced operator and student OF
traffic safety:
Driving through a particularly quiet
street, he suddenly brought the car
TO a standstill and waited. though
there was no apparent need for taking
any such preeaution. In q moment
hoop came rolling out from behind
a parked automobile and stopped
when it struck the cars bumper. The
next instant a four-year-oId boy was
leaning over in front of the car to
Evening star., 1924-05-04

starts q. decent bookkeeping system
he begins to learn what his work is
actually costing him TO turn out.
Frequently he discovers that his
prices are too high On some opera
tions and that others are costing him
more than they should, due to i'm
proper methods or wrong equipment
A" hat-rats system of charging usually
results and that benefits the motor
ing public. II also benefits the
garage man because he can usually
gain increased business through more
favorable prices. and by quoting the
same price on the same job every
time he does it"
Evening star., 1924-05-04
REMAIN AT THE WHEEL.
With Driver in It, Car at Fire
Plug Is Not tParksdn

When stopping close to or directly
in front of fire hydrant in order to
discharge passengers don't leave the
drivers seat. When the driver is al
the wheel the stopping Of the car is
not necessarily parking. and this
point relieves the driver Of the pos
sibility Of arrest. II he steps out Of
the, car he may be accused Of parking
in front of the hydrant It's just Z
case of playing safe, and using the
open space at a hydrant TO discharge
or take on passengers.
Evening star., 1924-05-04

nal recklessness was the primary
cause of what happened, but If just
one of the contributing causes had
been eliminated the fatality might not
have happened.
This contributing cause was the
hardness Of the police in halting the
speeding car. An effort was supposed
to have been made in one town to
have the car stopped in the next The
distance is seven miles, the towns
well populated, the motor traffic con-
siderable. Statistics will never de-
velop the work of safeguarding the
innocent by enforcing the laws.
Let's have the facts!
(Copyrsht Is241
Evening star., 1924-05-04
INCOME TAX BENEFIT.
State Automobile President Says It
Compels Decent Bookkeeping.

"One good thing about the income
tax" says A. G. Zeller. president OF
the Michigan State Automobile
School, "is the fact that it forces a
great many small garages and serv-
Ice stations TO keep some sort OF
financial record.
"As soon rs the small garage owner
Evening star., 1924-05-04
MOTORISTS AT FAULT.
Held to Blame for Increase II
Regulations.

BALTIMORE, May S.-"Every time
Baltimore city officials decide on some
new traffic regulation; every time
The Washington times., 1924-10-24
COIN GS-ON
At the Theaters

POLI'S Charlot's London { revue.
with Beatrice Lille and Ger
trlIde Lawrence. 's-
BEI4ASCO--New play. "A steam.
Roller with Janet sBeecher,
Bruce McRae. !
NATIONAL Fourth week Of Tine
Ten Commandments.
KEITH'S--Mme Johanna Cad.
ski: others.
STRAND Vaudeville and films.
CiAYETY-"Talk Of the Town..
burlesque. Il.
MUTUAL Make 1t Poppy bur.
lesques
METROP OLITAN-"The Sea.
Hawk, !" with Milton Stills.
COLUMBIA--De Miles Feet OF
Clay" with Vera Reynolds.
RIALTO--Mary Philbin in The
Rose OF Paris: Jazz Arimba
band. added feature.
TTVOLI-Helene Chadwick IN The
Border. Legion; New York Male.
Quartet.
PALACE Glenn fIunter In '.Mer.
J, ton OF Athe Movies
AMBASSADOR - Fools in the,
Dark. .s.
CENTRAL,-Anna Q. Nilsson In.
"Vanity's Price"
SAyOY-Shirley Mason In, THAT
French Lady" d.
The Washington times., 1924-10-24
FOUR NEW PLAYS
ON RI 5 HEAD
SCHEDULE B

From the Rams Head office II.
the new Wardnlan Park Theater
comes announcenient Of this sea-
sons plays which are u follow
the presentation on Tuesday, No
yenber is: of, 'The Eaglst Bash
Davenport's recently completed
translation Of Edmond Rtistand's
q Aiglon. Z for which nineteen
year-old William kirkland of
Theater Guild fame win come
down to washington to play the
title role.
N In all probability the second
production win be, q new comedy
BY Bertram Bloch, author 81 last
seasons success, aCecily Ann.
Bloch's new play. as yet unnamed.
tells the story Of a dreamer who
lnarries into i .'gogetter'. family.
! voluntarily disappears IN order
that his wife may 60 her own
way and then comes back by
an unexpected and dramatic twist
Of circumstance.
A play that is expected to- fur
ilish considerable discussion Is the
new piece by Gilbert Emory,
author Of 'Tarnish. " It is The
Hero, and the author has Sc
Iected Miss Josephine hutchinson
to play the heroine, bringing
down from New York 81 number
/, OF other players !. for. the special
cast in the play. The Hero"
win be followed by a pantomin1e
to be ANNOUNCED shortly which,
1t is said, boasts music as de.
lightful as that written for the
i pantCmirie in "Beggars on Horse
! back" Robert Bell, whose pro-
duction of vi Enfant Prologue
during the first Rams Head sea.
son was so successful as to neces-
state many extra performances
feels that in this new pantonlime
the Players have found d worthy;
rival for |. Il Enfant's" popularity.
Also the keen interest mani
Tested two years ago in the preseIl-
tation Of The Truth by Clyde.
Fitch, has led the directors to con-
/ slider for production Fitch's Cap,
tain links Of the, Horse Marines"
1.-The play that started Ethel Barry
i more on the road to fame.
The players for this season at
the hew theatera have also just
& been announced by Director Robert
Ben, and include for the most part,
those members pf the company,
who have been with the group
from the start. BESIDES Miss Hut.
Crimson, they are Leona Roberts.
Il Ann Ives. Ranald, Slavery, and
Arthur Rhodes. "A new face win
be seen among the groups as
assistant director, Richard Elwell,.
a young English actor with q
4 long line of stage tradit Ions and
\ a few years of actual stage work
both In England and on our own
I West Coast.
@ Richard Elwells waa.a member Of
3 the Wheeler Hall Players in Ber-
kelley, Cal. so similar In many
ways to the Rams Head organize
ton and aims.
Robert BWne viii, as last sea-
son, he assistant art director of
1.-The company. with the business
asfaff and the stage staff practi-t
cally the same also3g George War
rem Purdy will be house manager
for Mr.. Wardman. The Rams
Head offices in the new theater
are now open, and all information
regarding season and single tickets
may be had there, the scale Of
prices for reserved seats being
500 and $3.50, plus tax, and q
special reduction to students. Sea-
sos tickets are $12 and 81. accord
ing to seat location.
The Washington times., 1924-10-24
:s::ss::ssz y Es.,tboa,;. csiiid .ns.=ss=.:=...
Z HE CAT b J II OST
81 Har0ld PhiIIipIlsI

When M Lutte johnson author 6f "The Maverick
town next week The GatPo win dispatch maybe
Of its pketa to interview him. The purpose Of the interview will
be- twofod; 70 record the personality Of who be IN
tereng fer end above the Of his foen and DO
attic who write plays that Houdihi even couldn't get ii
trunk.
II Bid Dudley Is Veracous he is interesting Mr. johnson
has been long time arngi delay in connections might
say He began writing plays about twenty-five years and
kept at il "The Maverick is the first be produced
After half lifetime of effort Mr. Johnson has mastered what
Edwin Hopkins il the every aspiant 70 successful play
writing must likewise the art Of writing play and the
art Of getting il produced Most of You will say Of such
capres kerng at twenty years long time
to angle in LIES brock without nibbIe.
On the other hand Mr. Johnsons Is exception Many
labor to the grave without compensation Again there the
conspicuous and chance sAbe Irish Rose what
Price Glory $780, af
AS with Mr. Johnson and the remaining playNrgs
laborng for love money both opportunity Unseen
the refuge just the kindred feeling the small
boys hazy belief that his excursions into alleys and strange back
yards yield treasures denied his brother Sppys that goads
them s:ss. ~ szs sss. @.@aS1 S
The Washington times., 1924-10-24

his office and aspiring play
wfights. \
u These editors are actually
soliciting manuscripts from un-
discovered and arrived talent.
They read plays submitted, sepa-
rate good from bad and forward
7. to Mr.. Golden the scripts which,
ia their opinions, have merit.
Every script which goes to Mr..
Golden Is assured Of professional
attention, by yirture Of its hav-.
ing got. put Of the preliminary
i reading stage.
The Times Is official receiver
Of scripts for Washington. Five
have been submitted thus far.
Where are the others?
!. Plays are being written so,
rapidly that If or tenth Of them
j We're produced there couldn't be
enough theaters to house them.
Thus the indifference by pro-.
drcers to reading lntried stuff.
Mr.. Hopkins suggests that
with every play submitted, the
author must donate one brick,
helping in q small measure to
solve the housing situation. His
observations emphasize the truth
Of Salisbury Fields rhvne.
Music Without Words. 81
The laundresa and the, chamber
Have been remiss for days;
And | have found the reason
why
They both are writing plays.
&C SIT .sfs1 y. xT4ss II esH.
The gardener has gone quite
mad Z
And sits up late Of nights;
He works upon the grass plot
And retains dramatic rights. :.
And only yesterday 1t lunch
The butler dropped his tray;
I And cried, AT last ! The climax
For the third act Of my playF'
And then he brought = platter in,
God pity me as ihost!)
- t=.s - :
/. With = review by Alan Dale
And deserved it as . roast!
The Washington times., 1924-10-24

b x j =
Suppose you write q plAyl I
Here are some Of the hazards
it encounters after you have
proved yourself one out Of one
thousand who gets his script
before 3 producers eyes:
One producer, after = cordial
note of'acceptanee without men
ton Of fiscal matters, may
pigeonhole It for from one to
five years. Another may pro-
dUee it Immediately, dependent
on within and necessity. This
latter producer may be Of the
Anne Nichols type who win
fight tooth, and nail, mortgage
the family plate and harangue
from soap box to interest the
!, public. Able" ran the first six
weeks, Under fearful paintings,
shonldering 4 heavy loss before
it caught. on. Earl Carroll is
another fighter. Or, the pro-
ducer may be Of william Harris
type, dignified, ayerse to bally-
hoo methods, content to rise or
fall by one or two weeks test,
AS. in the case Of Robert E. !
Lee"
Anyway your play IS pro-
duced. The public often doesn't
know q good play when it sees
one. Neither do the critics.
Many 4 play has been jerked
from the boards when il might
ehaEes caught on hys another
weeks stay "A east, Of course,
is all-important. And direction.
And staging. The processes
through which q new play runs
and the risks it encounters in
q hundred departments before
its premiere are so complicated
Z and manifold that the wonder In.
we, have as many good plays
as we do.
Mr.. Hopkins, in an article in
the New York Times, claims
credit for invention Of = play
reading machine through which
scripts will pass, dial on one
side recording the artistic value
and one on the other the box
office value.
/, John Golden's prize play con-
test makes prior use of this
idea. He has managed, miracle.
of miracles, to discover 800 dra-
matte critics tractabler enough to
agree to act AS buffers between
The Washington times., 1924-10-24
.CI0ria's Address

While In Paris Gloria Swanson
apparently Is not going to- suffer
much discomfort. as we. hear
that she has rented the private
hotel of. the Marquise de Rransss,
at 10 Place des, Etats Unis, which
she will occupy during the pro.
ducing Of Madame Sans Gene"
This house contains many inter
esting objects dart gathered from
all over. the world.
The Washington times., 1924-10-24
.We,rrick's Novel

George F4tzEnauriea's next pic
ture, A Thief Of Paradise" is
the antIthesis to "Tarnish." This
new effort was adopted from,
{ Leonard Merrick's novel The
Worldlingss and il Is said TO
81 fand sof, color and
movement, In AZ win be seen
polo matches airplane honey
moons and a glimpse of IN idea
of the South Seas. Doris Ken
yon, Ronald Colman and Aileen
Pringle play the chief parts.
The Washington times., 1924-10-24

!. AVENUE GRAND Spirit Of the
u. s. Al
APOLLlO--HoQt Gibson In H'rhe
EaWdust TraiI
KORK--Viola Dana IN Along
. Can1e Ruth. :, ]. u 49,.
Evening star., 1924-09-29
full Eeuens Visit This Week School Coaches Worry About Lines
BANNOCkBURN GAINS
LEAD IN GOLF SERIES

Bannockburn golfers advanced to
the top in the interclub series yes
terday, when, over their course, they
pointed the way to the Indian Spring
team, l3 to~5.
George Voight Of Bannock es-
tablished a new record for his course
when he broke a 6s in his match
with Baumont, which the former won.
and 4. n. Beaman and +. j. Doyle
of Bannockburn accounted for IS on
the final hole. The summary:
Tom Moore H. 81 defeated Cliff Mckimmie
'B.I, up: George voight b. defeated Bau-
mont Il. 81, and 4. Bes! ball, Bannock
burn. 3 and !.
A. n. speelmsn Il. 81 defeated Charles
Agnew 'Bp; and 2; l.. l.. Steele Il. 81
Indian Spring, and =.
Harry krauss us OBJ defeated ,1sdno H. 5 r@pe
feated s. E. Clark a.. s.. and =. Best
ball. Bannockbnrn. !, and l.
Lee crandall: jr. OBJ: defeated r. E: Earley
feated Il. X. Holmes Il. 81, and T. Best
ball. Bannockb I'm. 3 and =.
J. A: White. jr. tB.I defeated H. A.
Knox H. So, up: Reuben Hayes ,B) de
fes,ed feat h. j. T. Brawnell s ~ IT, s. and g. Best
RI. and md! ): T. J. DOYLE "teFIisp Ky de,eated t
&. Gehan Il. 81. and 3. Best ball, Ban
John L. Harris Of the Kedrick
the Bannockburn Fall invitation
tournament not later than 8 o'clock
tonight. Entries also can be sent to
the club up until o'clock
Ssne 400 golf FANS watched George
Won Elm, funner-up in the nationa !
amateur tournament, and Willie Hun
ter. former British titleholder, defeat
Guy Standifer and Chris Dunphy, 3
and =. yesterday. The first half of the
S6-hole match was played over Burn
ing Tree and the last half at Co.
lumbia.
After they were all square on the
nth. Won Elm sank 40-foot putt
for 4. while the others got 5s. the
first half of the match ending with
Elm and Hunter | up.
Hunter had d card of - at Burning
Tree and IS at Columbia, while Won
Elm shot a at Columbia and - at
Burning Tree.
Standifer turned in score of 1874
for the 80 holes and Dunphy regis
tered $50
Evening star., 1924-09-29
Supreme Strategies in Foot Ball .
SAYS by Beat Possible
No cogniion OF His

nation. Cole heSitated only momen-
tarily and then threw the ball.
However. there was trick in the
pass. Before and while he threw Cole
kept his eyes glued to the right in
the direction of Crisier but when he
made the pass il was diagonally
across the field to the left. Romney
grabbed the ball on the run
yards in front of Princeton's posts
and went ever for touchdown.
There was not a soul near him.
Princeton blocked our try for goal
after touchdown. We kept our own
line uncrossed and the field score
was to 0. 1t was the first time in
history that Western team had
lowered the colors of a member OF
the Big Three of the East.
And. so far as we were concerned,
the last. For the next year. when
the Tigers came out to Chicago on
a return engagement they beat US.
tThis is the concluding portion OF
the third of A series of articles de-
Scribing great foot ball strategies
told by the leading coaches of the
country in interviews. The first part
with an illustration of the play, ap-
peared in Sundays pink sheet. Other
numbers will include stories by Andy
Smith, Jones, Heisman, Haughton anc
otherS)
(Coryright. 1924 in United States and Canads
and Great Britain by North American News
paper Alliance. All rights reservedl
Evening star., 1924-09-29
No. eSecond Part.
TOLD BY A. A. stage,
Head Coach, University of Chicago.

IF we had not been able to get
through the Princeton line and
if We could not have hindered
the usefulness OF the great keck
on offense we might not have had
the opportunity to use the new play.
The Princeton left tackle, as fast
as he was powerful. had made a
great reputation in 1920. when he had
won his place on the ll-American.
He had been the main inStrume mt
that year in topping Yale and Har-
ward The Tigers seem to have con-
cluded that against US he not only
would be able to take care of any
tackle we might play against him,
but could put our end out, too.
CriSler Not Well known.
We had at right tackle Mcclure,
who. this same year, succeeded keck
on the All american. Princeton fol-
lowers expected that keck would
take him off his feet. Crisler, our
right end, was so little known in the
East that no one suspected what he
could do.
We drilled Crisler especially to
take care of Keck. On the defense,
he was to assist Mcclure. a task he
performed nobly. When we took the
offensive, of course, it was up to
him to attend to the Tiger alone,
Evening star., 1924-09-29

boxing him out" so that he could
not get near the play If he attempted
to get inside" it. and pushing him
still further out if he played wide
to get away from the Maroon. He
gave Keck the battle of his career.
He did we'll that right at the
start of the game we were able to
throw our plays at keck. And we
got through him. The moral effect
of this was splendid-for us. We
kept right on wearing him down.
Change Backs Frequently.
In furtherance of this scheme we
constantly changed our backs. We
had practically three sets of them.
each of equal ability. Consequently
we were able to keep fresh men
running the ball. For instance.
Timme, who started at fullback, was
succeeded by John Thomas and the
latter by Zorn.
In the late stages of the game
Clarity. the star Princeton back. who
had been unabl to play at the start.
went in at quarter. He made some
good gains. but these were offset
shortly when Van Gerbig. the Prince
ton fullback, made poor kick from
his own 10-yard line. We ran the
ball back until forced out of bounds
on the Tiger 35-yard line. 1t was
brought 20 yards inside the field and
out in play.
Ready for Crucial Move.
1t was at this point that Zorn took
his turn at fullback We were in posi-
ton to try and capitalize our previous
maneuvers.
Zorn was instructed to rush the ball
and. Crisler clearing the way for him.
Immediately went through Keck for a
5-yard gain. Fresh and strong, he re-
peated on the next plunge, making first
down on Princetons 25-yard line.
Our plan, now, was to use a forward
pass, but this would depend upon
Princeton's tactics. All afternoon, when
We had gotten near its goal, it had re-
stored Center Mittmer to the first line
Evening star., 1924-09-29

of defense. 1t was our hope that this
would be what it would do in this situa
ton.
used the forward pass and failed TO
complete it. we had sent Crisler down
the field 10 receive the ball. The pur
pose of this was TO prepare the way for
his role as decoy when our specially
pre- pared strategy was ripe for use. The
opportunity appeared to have arrived.
and we proceeded to uncioak our big
sest attack of the battle.
Make CIoaking Movement.
OF course. on the first plays we mere
ly executed a cloaking movement. Zorn
hit the line again, but was stopped.
Hurlburt subbing for Bryan at right
half, gained ) yards through Hooper.
Princeton right tackle. Zorn made ,
yards through keck.
1t was fourth down on Princeton s
2o-yard line with 5 yards to go. Quar-
terback Romney put our new pass in
play.
1t was extremely simple. Romney,
Zorn and Strohmeier, our left end,
dashed down the field on the left.
Crisler and Hurlburt kept pace on
the right. Cole, our left half. received
the ball from center and struck off
to the right as though for an end run,
but when he had gone 10 yards
stopped. BY this time Romney. Zorn.
Strohmeier, Hurlburt and Crisler had
reached their positions and We're
spread behind the Tigers in fan for
Evening star., 1924-09-29

/ fact they tackle Eastern on October
| II in Central Stadium.
! business il apt 10 give a good ac-
Coach Woodwork has a lot Of work
ahead of him with the Inexperienced
youngsters Deegan. Cooperman, NC
kOl Enright Graves and klanp, who
now are Ineligible. will be unable TO
play against Western October q.
These youngsters hope 10 remove
their deficient marks for the Central
Bu"iness match October 81, however.
Stewart is the most promising back,
while Capt. Cy Cummings is being count
ed upon heavily in the line. Other
promising backs are Durso. May. Sill
verstone and Rice. Taylor and Cross
berg are out for ends.
Eastern Highs coach. Charley Guy
on, should develop a sturdy eleven.
Capt. Tom Hook. who played in the
backtield last year, probably will be
shifted to center. Gregory. Gerard,
Howard and Sweeney are among the
good backs. while Madigan. Heeke
and Shaefer are being considered for
the line. The Easter rn grdders will
play host to the Apaches next Thurs
day in their new stadium.
Not much has been heard of West
With such stellar players as Hag. age,
Lamar and David in the squad. Coach
Ahern believes he has the material TO
develop team that Will give the best
Of the series rivals d struggle.