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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
Loss OF SHAPLEY IS BLOW
TO NAVY ELEVEN
u HUGH Z. RILEY.

ANNAPOLIS Nov Not often does athletic aggregation
encounter much misfortune has befan the Naval Academy
football this and i'll luck appeared to reach its climax
this with the that four regular players
number az valuable substitutes had failed reach the scholastic
guiemens tr the month and would not be allowed to participate
IA matches for at least one month more.
The overwhelming the team that Of Alan Shapey quar-
rback par and place kicker Of
Navy had been built around him. and he
given promise real performance the
baced The others under restrictions Fippen,
nnard and sknTnc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01

Guarantees, ever mounting
higher and higher, have choked
the life out Of the ring game.
When Jack Dempsey can demand
and get-a million dollars for
condescending to appear In the
ring, can you blame John Smith
for demanding $3.50 for his APP
pearance in another ring? Of
course not, though both Of them
are Fastening the end Of their
profession.
Tex Richard, the only promoter
in the country willing to take q
chance with the Firpo- Wills bout,
dropped $4,000 on the show.
Why? Because of the outrageous
guarantees paid the headliners IN
that show.
On the other hand, take Jimmy
Jones, a small town promoter
and there are more Of him than
there are Richards, let him guar
antee a couple Of pork-and-bear-
ers $3.50 and attract . $500 gate
and Jimmy has to 60 to work
himself. He il no Tex Richard
with q fat bank balance to carry
him along until the skies brighten
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
PhilIy Lads Lose Money.

A COUPLE Of promoters over
"a in Philadelphia thought to
- stage open-air contests.
They knew their business, too, but
though drawing $4,000 fans tc
look at Mickey Walker ster
through ten rounds, they lost
money. They gracefully retired
The Arena, in West Philadel
phia, staged one show at q loss
and has been dark ever since
The old Adelphia, also In West
Philadelphia, has yet to get un.
der way. Guarantees have killed
One more or less obscure club
the Cambria; gives monthly ring
shows in Philadelphia, but its pro-
moter viii not permit boxers ia
dictate terms to him, He knows
how much he can pay and live,
pays that and not one cent more
Eventually he win win out.
Two years ago there were eight
or; ten boxing clubs in Boston
Today two are IN the field. Guar.
anteed sums to boxers have killed
off the others. Boston fans gel
their boxing in the newspapers,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
MISS WEBSTER
HEADS Girls
COUNCIL
Athletic Clubs Are Unanimous
ia Choice for President at
Their Clubs
~ JACKIE" MARTIN.

Marjorie III. Webster has been
elected President OF the General
Athletic Council. There were no
Davises, la Foilettes. or others In
this election for the capable and
renowned Miss Webster was elected
unanimously by the girls who
represented the Metropolitan Ath-
letIc Club, the Washington a. O..
the Princess A. c., the Capital a.
c.. and Marjorie Webster school.
Those officers. WHO win endeavOr
this year to give the Council more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
What They're Worth.

AY0 boxer, whether he be Jack
I'm Dempsey or "Spud" Dooley,
one the champion Of the
world and the other q mere ham
and-egger, is worth one cent more
than he can attract to his show
and as soon as the promoters de-
eide this Is true, the better fOl
themselves, the boxers and the
fans.
Why should the promoter do ali
the gambling?
The promoter has to carry all
the expenses Of q proposed show
He hires the surrounding card
paying the boxers what he thinks
fair and what they win agree tc
take, sometimes having q hard
time coming to an agreement or
this matter. He has to nay the
attendants, the officials and take
care Of the advertising.
The night Of the show comes
It may be stormy and "Spud'
Dooley, or Jack Dempsey, It makes
little difference, doesn't draw
enough dough to cover the ex.
penses. But that poor Zoo
promoter has to pay the guaran.
teed sum to Dempsey or DooIey
just the same.
Now, pray tell us, where is tn.
justice In this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01

day contests et the Polo GROUNDS.
As the Giants win open the Ma
tional League schedule away from
home next April. they will get the
weekend dates before the inaugural
for exhibitions ct the Brush Sta
dunn. The Yankees win open the
American League season at their
stadium and In pursuance Of an
agreement reached last winter, will
not play at their park until the
opening of the championship race.
The decision Of the Giants to look
elsewhere for their training COM
panions induced the White Sox to
abandon Florida as their training
grounds after only one year down
there. The Sox are going TO Shreve.
port, La, where the Yankees trained
several years back. While the
Giants were at San Antonio the
White Sox trained ct Sequin, thirty.
five miles away. when the Giants
moved to Sarasota, Fla, last March,
the Sox moved to Florida, too, and
settled at Winter Haven. However,
conditions at Winter Haven were
very disappointing.
The washington club win train
again at Tampa, not So very far
from Sarasota. The proximity Of
the two clubs would permit Of
their playing home and home en-.
gAgemonts before joining forces
for the advance NOrthwafd. The
Giants and Senators made n trim
together In 1870, but Il was far
from happy one, and YVES full Of
wrangling, which cana 70 q head
at jackson, Tenn. Clark Griffith
called his club off the field in,
the third inning and forfeited the
game, an act which came near
starting . riot among Thousands
who had driven In from distant
points in the back country.
Mac and Griffith exchanged sharp
words then, but all that has been
forgotten. They fraternized dur
Ing the recent world series. A
Giant Senator series in the wake Of
the world championship contests
would be the higge6t attraction the
South yet has had.
While no official announcement
has come yet from the Yankees in
regard to their training trip ar.
rangements, It may he said on the
best Of authority that the Dodgers
once more win accompany the Hug.
gins troup northward.
The Yankees win be at st. Peters.
burg, Fla; right close to the Brook.
lyn camp at Clearwater, Fla. There
will be four or five games In
Florida and perhaps ten more com.
ing home. There viii be Saturday
and Sunday games at Ebbets Field
Just before the big league cham
ptonehip season opens.
There was some talk last spring
Of dissolying the old Dixie partner.
ship between Higgins and, your
Uncle Robbie. The players of both
clubs had come to be firm friends
and the games lacked snap ana vim.
However, the Dodgers have been
shaken up quite q bit In the last
year, and they may be- shaken up
even more before next March.
The Yankees will play a few
games at st. Petersburg with the
Boston Braves, who also will train
In that city. The camps Of the
two clubs win be- six miles apart,
as the Braves win be In town.
while the Yankees win be out to.
ward a place called Pasadena.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
1 LOUIS a OUGFIER


HlHE closer the boxing situation becomes
noticeable that the the country win have to
to work dreadful thought Tor most Of them too BY the way
boxing fans have been bd white They reached the bot
tom Of their united that's isn't that's an
condition Of affairs So those Baltimore Philadelphia and
Boston, cities where the ring game hourishng like bay
They AL the the greed
the boxer and manager Demands
frightened away the bgheaed @? promoters and lacking pro-
ot there isn't bO1ng that's ell Facing the terrible necss
and their greedy managefs yet the Mght In time
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
Peck Regulars Back

HI. Tucker, b. Hart J. TaIbert
and Charlie Kendrick. regulars on
the crack Peck Memorial basketball
team last season, have returned to
the fold. The Pecks are training
for the coming independent basket.
ball canpaign. if
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
CRIFFS MAY TOUR WITH
GIANTS NEXT SPRING

NEW YORK, Nov 1After four spring training through
the Southland the Giants and the White Scx have come 70 the part
Ill and longer profitable for the
with them. Accordingly the Giants
casting about for companions for their unt Nohward
lt ID whispered that the Washington Senator'S viii be substituted
for the White Sox and the world series Of 1924 continued through
set fourteen WHICH WIN be finished with Saturday and Sum
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
Today i the final

Today i the final
one It Laurel and
Moe il anxious to
wind up the meeting
in ! blaze Of glory
Admitting it will
BE- tough to locate the
winners on this get
away day, the little
fellow feels he i Sit
ting pretty with i
pair Of aces. Mr..
DooIey doesn't like
them and that's 4
whole lot in their
favor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01

Dis AAAAANs@sA4N - 2
Camille OsHara
Woe president,
Minnie Travis
treasurer, and
G. Martin, secre-
tary.
This body was
first organized
last year as the
Won1en's Bas.
ketball Council
but later the
members, who
were / girls rep
entin 8 all
athletically nc.
tive groups In
this city. voted
To make their
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
May Trade Fourier

Jacques Fournier's batting fell off
sadly toward the close Of the
National League campaign and he
may be traded before another sea-
son opens.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
Hilltop Freshies Play

Georgetown's freshman eleven,
being coached by Bill Kenyon, win
tackle the Navy plebes at Annapolis
ON Saturday. November %.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
ONLY TWICE HAVE THEY
DOUBLED UP VICTORIES

Only twice in the Yale Princeton
football series, extending over q
period Of more than, fifty years,
has Princeton been able 70 secure
successive victories These were IN
1895 and 1899, ana IN 1913 and
1920.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
Navy Holds Edge Over
Penn State Team
On Gridiron

Navy and Penn State have
met eighteen times since 1894.
The Middies hold the edge in
games won, having left the field
Of battle victorious In ten games.
The Nittany Lions won six con-
tests. The other two were tied.
Here are the results to date:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
Brewers Are Worried

The Milwaukee Brewers are wor.
rted a. TO how they viii FIJI the
place Of NShortstop Bell, who has
been recalled BY the 81. Louis Car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
Allows No Football

The st. Louis Browns have de-
creed against football at Sports
mans Park. The diamond was
ruined last year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
Tt's Poor ,BusineIaa.

TVHERE is LITTLE justice in this
world, we are told from day
to day, but this situation IN
professional boxing is poor bush
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01
the varsity squad. as possible

the varsity squad, as possible
players in these positions.
The coaches win concentrate on
developing q team without con-
sidering possible help from those
under the scholastic. ban, but IL
they are able to overcome It. then
the team viii welcome their help.
1t may well be that they will form
a fresh detachment OF assault
troops to throw into the attack
upon the Army at some critical
moment OF the great service match.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01

AZ for Grange himself, he says
nothing and does 20 about as
ofteIl a. convention permits. TO
zee him about the campus Is TO-
nee. b young man Of uniInpressive
llllen with d cap pulled far over
his eyes and 8 desire TO avoid al
taIlk Ot football, particularly any
tonic tll6reOf that deals with his
OWn participation ia the game.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
CITIES DENIED RIGHT
TO CONTROL RADIO
Declared Unconstitutional for
Municipalities to Regulate
Use of Ether.

Local authorities can erect forTni-
dable signs outside their city limits,
restricting the speed at which auto
lists can pass through the territory
under their jurisdiction. but they can
not legally attempt by ordinance or
other means to regulate the use of
the ether for any form of radio COM
munication. according to the inter
probation placed on the opinion of
local Government officials. 1t is re-
garGed as unconstitutional for muni-
cipalities to regulate radio traffic.
This opinion. which was anticipated
by Secretary of Commerce Hoover at
the radio conference in this city in
March of 1923. when he stated
speclhcally that ''the Government
owns the ether" is the outcome of
peculiar legal ENHANCEMENT that
threatened at one time to set local
city and State authorities at variance
with the Federal Government. 1t
was finally made clear to those in
terested that no lesser regulatory
body can govern any subject already
regulated by Congress
Last year, when the radio season
was in full swing, one State was on
the point of creating the office of
state radio inspector" and a num-
Der of cities were giving serious con-
sideration to the matter of prescrib-
ms ho" duu WHe n the ether should
be used. Their only authority for SO
doing was the so-called police pow
err which State charters confer on
them for the abatement of nuisances
that endanger the health, morals or
prosperity of a community.
That this special authority should
be interpreted as covering the sub
Ject OF radio communication was re-
garded by the legally informed as
being little short of humorous, and
practically all cities where, such agi-
tation had cropped out hastily pulled
in their horns and ruled out proposed
ordinances of this nature.
Probably no city in the country
outside of Atchison, kans., actually
passed an ordinance of the kind and
this one was worded so Indirectly
that it was not regarded finally as
encroaching. in a literal sense, upon
the recognized and undisputed Fed
erai powers. 1t applying more partic-
ularly to indefinite electrical dis
turbances."
Evening star., 1924-09-02
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
TO OPEN TOMORROW
Residence of Mrs. JEANNE B.
Moran Ready for Work in Cam
paign for Davis.

Headquarters Of the Mcdonald
Washin ngton- n-Blackburn Club, at the
residence of Mrs. JEANNE Blackburn
Moran. 2315 Massachusetts avenue,
will open tomorrow morning at 3
o'clock and remain open until noon.
to take care of applications for mem
bership and inaugurate the sale of
campaign buttons of the club. bear
ing the slogan Honest Days With
Davis" of which Mrs. Moran is the
author. The formal opening of the
club will take place on Thursday eve
ming of this week at o'clock.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has been in
vited to accept the honorary presi-
dency of the club. whose active Off
GERS and committees are as follows:
President and founder, Mrs. Moran
first vice president, Mrs. Rose Gouver-
neur Hoes; second vice president, Mrs.
Edwin S. Fuller: third vice president.
Mrs. Daniel c. Chace; secretary
treasurer Judge Rose Mcdonald of
Berryville, Va: corresponding secre-
tary, Miss Eunice Taylor.
On the executive committee are
Mrs. MacFarland, Mrs. Carter Glass,
Edwin S. Fuller, Thomas Corbin
Washington, Judge Milton G. Elliott,
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, Mrs. Claude
Swanson, DIR. Sterling Ruffin. Mrs. st.
George Tucker, Mrs. McConihe, j.
Cloyd Byars and Mrs. Charles Fisher
Taylor.
The advisory board consists of Sem
ator Thomas Walsh, Senator Carter
Glass, Senator Pat Harrison, Glenn
Shaver, Beale r. Howard, Norman B.
Iandreau, Senator Claude Swanson,
Senator William H King, William B.
Wilson, Mrs. Julia Mcdonald Adams,
Mrs William Atherton Du Puy and
st. George Tucker.
Evening star., 1924-09-02

theory that the so-calIed Martian
canals probably are the greatest evil
dence of the existence of human life
on the planet, DR.. r. G. Aitken, noted
astronemic authority in charge of all
the studies of Mars made through
the big telescopes here, says:
"All of us who have participated in
the observations of Mars made from
this observatory during the last two
weeks are agreed that there is no
evidence of anything artificial on the
surface of the planet which would in
dicate the presence of human life.
The so-called canals are fully 100
miles wide, which would tend to re-
flute any beliefs that they were man.
made. Also, they are too devious and
winding in their courses to be the
results of any engineering project.
Nothing Definite Disclosed.
THE two weeks of observation have
not been productive of anything par
ticularly definite. Our greatest hopes
are placed in photographs which yet
are to be compared and which may
prove enlightening in several ways.
From them we may learn the mean
ing of the different color effects OBJ
servable on the planet through pow
erful telescopes. They may show
whether the green which appears
along the supposed rivers or canals
is really vegetation, and whether
other colors denote mountains, plains,
oceans and other typographical fea-
lures. 1t is hardly likely, however,
that the photographs will furnish us
anything definite upon which we can
base future theories as to whether
the planet is inhabited or not. There
is no reason at this time to think it
is'
Evening star., 1924-09-02

and r. E. Lee, first. and Henry
Yanicky and Howley Tally, second.
Prizes for Autos.
In the automobile parade there
were three prizes awarded In each
of two classes. there being chosen
the three best looking and best deco
rated business cars and the three
best pleasure cars. In the bushes
and Stove Co. won first prize, Ste
ven's Coal Co., second, and the En-
terprise Paint Co, third.
In the pleasure car class Max
Simon was first, Alfred Payne, Sec
ond, and CASTOR Caesar was third.
The committee in charge OF the
celebration was composed Of +. j.
Newcomb, chairman; George b. Ste
vens and Frazier White. with DR.. f.
gress Heights Citizens Association,
ex officio. Judges for the automobile
parade were Robert Hoyle, Jim Ring
and w. G. Pollard.
At Capitol Heights the firemen's
carnival was the big attraction.
The feature of the Central Labor
Unions picnic across the Highway
Bridge was program of athletic
events, results of which follow:
100-yard dash. boys-Delbert Sulli-
van, Roy Hurst. 100-yard dash
men-Robert K. Poole. 50-yard dash,
women-Mrs. Nellie George, Mrs
L. Berg, A. L. Forsythe. 50-yard
dash, stout women-Mrs. John Watts
Mrs. Eddie Beach. 100-yard dash
for men weighing ITS pounds-John
A. Farrell, Ted Berg. p. +. Myers
Girls shoe race-Charlotte Silverman,
Marie Cockrell. Boys shoe race
Edward Radeau, George Elmensdorf
50-yard dash, girls-Charlotte Silver
man, Elizabeth Eskridge, Marie
Cockrell. Swimming contest-Wil-
liam C. Dixon, Jacob Hengstlan.
Nearby towns held their own cele-
brations, ranging in character from
a barbecue at Riverdale, to a fitting
tournament at Suitland.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
PRIZES FOR PRINTERS.
Outing at Chesapeake Beach to
Have Athletic Program.

Charles J. Kropke, chairman of the
committee arranging the annual ex-
cursion Of Plate Printers Local
Union No. next Saturday at Chesa-
peake Beach, today announced seven
athletic events.
These include a 50-yard dash for
members daughters under IL years
Of age; first prize. 81; second, 81;
third, 81: 50-yard potato race for
members sons under IL years of age,
prizes of the same amount; shoe race
for boys under 16, same amounts as
prizes; sack race open to all, same
amounts as prizes: a 50-yard dash
for members daughters under is,
same size awards: 50-yard potato
race open to all, first prize, IS; Sec
ond. 81; third, 81, and an egg race
open to all women, first prize, IS;
second. 81; third. 81.
The prettiest girl employe of the
BureaN. Of Engraving and Printing
will Deceive . silver loving cup.
Evening star., 1924-09-02
PROBLEM Of MARS
REMAINS A PUZZLE
Scientists Still Without SoIu-
ton as Planet Swings Back
to Usual Orbit.
3y Consolidated Press.

8y Consolidated Press.
LICK OBSERVATORY, Mount Ham
tlton. September o-Tonight when
the planet Mars swings back into it's
usual orbit, 100000 miles distant
from the earth, scientific men of the
world at large will be just as much in
the dark as to whether Mars really is
Inhabited as they were two weeks
ago. when the red namesake of our
god of war started it's swing 100000
miles nearer to old Mother Earth
The sum total of scientific discov-
cries made by the small army of sa-
wants who have been manning giant
telescopes in the big Pacific Coast
observatories since the planet COM
menced to come into Opposition to
this world in fact would tend to sup
port the opposite belief that Mars is
uninhabited.
"Canal" View Not Verified.
The supposed canals" which lone
have been the chief basis of scientific
belief that Mars boasted animal ano
probably human life, very much like
our own, it turns out. are entirely toe
wide to be man-made affairs fully
100 miles across. Also. from the sci.
entif1c viewpoint they now are de.
clared to be too winding and twist.
ing In their courses to be the resul,
of any great Martian engineering
protest.
&Lthe other hand, observations anG
ph&sOgraphs have virtually estab-
1ishcd the fact that Mars not only
has air clouds and atmospheric con-
ditions very similar to our own. but
also has rivers and mountains, land
and sea.
Presence of water in the supposed
canals, which now turn out in sci
ent1f1c theories to be rivers, is be-
lieved to be proved by the fact that
vapors very similar to our own
earthly fogs arise from them in the
early morning when the sun strikes
them.
Will Announce Results Later.
The results of the savants' obser-
vations will not be known for sew
eral' weeks until scores Of photo
graphs taken during the opposition
period have been developed and COM
pared. 1t is possible that these pho
tographs, taken with color screen ar
rangements, which will help astrono-
mers determine the density of the Mar
tian atmosphere, also may establish
definitely whether there is vegetation
upon the planet. During the IL nights
, that 1t has been possible to take pho
tographs from Lick Observatory more
than q hundred exposures were made.
They represent various surfaces of
Mars which have been turned toward
the earth during the opposition
period
Nullifying the hitherto widely held