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Evening star., 1924-03-23

soon,as possible and, with Judgment
of speed as keen as that of an Earle
Sande. he starts about the business
of destroying the dignity of old
Father Time. Does he want to do
the, mile i'll 4.32?t All right; so much
power is needed. The power is ap-
piled evenly and the mile is passed
within a second of 4.S2.
faster TO accomplish his--task, more
power is applied, but with no loss of
that steady and deadly rhythm.
1t was in 1928 that news paid Ray
his greatest, tribute. News is the
unusual. and the news headlines last
year frequently read. Ray Fails to
Break Record 1t takes first-ciass
racing man to make news out OF the
fact that he was so off form that he
failed to break record
achievements Of Fay.
Although Ray has already listed
himself by his achievements asNpne
of. the iInrnortaIs of American run
ming, he is not yet listed among the
world record holders. This curious
revealed, however, that the Interna-
tional Amateur Athletic Federation
has before IL Rays application for
the world record at two miles, with
a mark of 9.S 2-5. Official action on
this application will be taken during
betting is 100 to / that the record
will be declared official.
1t was in setting this mark that
Ray delivered his most Miraculous
performance of a career that has
been studded with magic efforts. He
was competing in the 3,O00-meter
race at the Wilco A. A. games, in
Brooklyn, on February 10, 1923, but
he continued on after winning that
event to run the fastest two miles
ever run by man. Ray was at his
best that night. His judgment Of
pace was uncanny, for he stepped out
in front of his field almost at the
start, and kept to clocklike sched-
ule through to the finish, when, still
afull of running, he came through
with a fighting finish that brought
10, 600 track fans to their feet scream
ing their hysterical appreciation OF a
master effort. .,.st.
raw has a share in another record
which will come up before the 1. A.
A. II. in July for ratification as a
world best mark; the four-n out
door relay record OF 17.21 2-5 set up
by the Illinois A. c. team of Kroh,
Buher. Watson and Ray in Chicago.
The Chicago flyer also holds three
American indoor records. .0o0-yard
run. in 2.13 2-5, shared with II. &C.
.Cutbifl; one mile in Ala 3-5 and 1900
meters in S.3I 1-5.
In addition, Ray also is credited
with four more American indoor rec
ords which, because the distances
are not standard. are listed by the
A. u as American Noteworthy
/ Performances" the fact remains.
however; that Ray ran these dis
tances indoors faster than any other
man In American athletics. These
perfor mancea include ~ miles in
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.teady play OF the American boy By
. ard :.
Hayers is regarded as on, a par
with Mitchell in the matter OF long
hitting, and with the tees stretched
bar'k to the limit at Columbia on
ArriI 20. and the probability of slow
tee shots between the British open
champion and the man who is some
day destined 10 win the United States
open title. Mitchell has been some
what of fiivver in this country. He
did not make q decidedly favorable
impression when he dropped out of
the national open at Columbia in 1921,
and he has since done nothing in the
United States Of any consequence,
with tho exception of annexing the
southern open title at Memphis two
years ago.
In any event, golfers OF Washing
-ton Will see a real treat next month
in the match at Columbia, for Mcleod
and Die~el are out for revenge, and
expect to get ii over their own, course.
one with which Diegei is fully as
familiar as is Mcleod. In the links
with which they are we'll acquainted
and on which both have scored below
Britain'S premier pair.
As TO that long hitting, Havers may
be the peer OF Mitchell. Don't expect
to see him outrange DieGel to any
great extent, however. And If the
ground fg hard he won't be so far
beyond Fred Mcleod, either.
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I The French Tennis Association i'm
mediately entered a protest, claiming
that the French players were accus-
toned to the use of the slower bali
so largely used abroad. and that the
adoption of fast ball would favor
the American players. The associa-
tton demanded that the selection of
the ball and the management of the
matches be left exclusively in its
hands.
His Choice Is Upheld.
The Olympic committee upheld
Muhr's choice of balls and refused to
give the association the control of
the matches, stating that the respon-
sibility for the conduct of all sports
must remain under its Jurisdiction.
The association retaliated by
threatening to enter none of it's players
IN the olympic matches. and was told
politely. but firmly, that while this
would be regretable, it could not f.
feet the decision of the Olympic com
mittee.
All this was extremely embarrass-
ing for Muir. since he was a mem
be of both committees. Certain mem
bers of the Tennis Association then
accused him Of working against the
interests Of the French team and
recalled the fact that he had been
born in the United States. Muir de-
MED the charge, but as the attack
lidO become 80 personal he thought
1t best to resign from the Tennis AS
Sociation.
Is Student OF Game.
Muir is an esthusiastic student Of
tennis, and for a number Of years
ne has realized that one reason for
the supremacy of the United States
players is their use OF the lively bali
which has added speed to the game
He told me last year that for two
reasons France must adopt the lively
ball for general use, first TO speed up
the game, and second so that the
French Davis cup team would not be
at disadvantage when they played
over here. He was very emphatic in
saying that the change must be made
at once If the French players hoped
to be serious contenders for the Da-
Wis cup.
l have emphasized again and again
that speed is the essence of the mod
ern game, and there is no longer any
doubt that fast ball is a factor in
Evening star., 1924-03-23

l wish to express my appreciation
OF the courtesy of Mir. Wightman ana
the executive committee OF tho
United States Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton accorded in permitting me t.
be present at the executive commit
tees meeting recently and TO state
my case under the player-writer in
depreciation of the amateur rule"
said Tilden's statement, "The fact
that the committee was unfavorably
inclined toward my case and unofTi.
cially expressed itself as holding thai
view, in no way indicates friction
between US. No one can questio,
their absolute sincerity in the MAJ
ter, nor their desire To give q fair
trial to all those affected.
Their present inclination. if con
ftrmed officially January 1, 1925, would
force me TO cease playing amateur
tennis since L cannot give up my pro-
fession. But, until that time, ] am
ready TO play on any team of the
tion which it may desire. The Olym-
pic ruling automatically bars me, but,
even if not, / believe the committee
would prefer to use me in the Davis
cup rather than in the Olympics, if
/ am still playing well enough 90
make the team.
NO man should attempt to take
active part in the Olympics, Davis
Cup and national championships in
the same year. Il is too great a
strain if he is to produce his best
in all. ! hope to be one Of the team
that will defend the Davis cup this
year, and stand ready to place my
self at the disposal of the associ&-
ton at any time. In fact, as long as
I am still adjudged an amateur, !
will, Of course, compete in the ma
tional singles championship and the
doubles, playing in the latter with
Sandy Weiner as my partner"
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CAMBRIDGE CREW FAILS
TO MEET RIVALS SPEED

LONDON, March 22.-The Cambridge
crew. in practice for the annual con-
test with Oxford, rowed the full rae
ing course on the Thames today in
20 minutes Is seconds, compared with
l9 minutes 20 seconds of the oxford
crew yesterday,
For the first two miles the Cam
bridge oarsmen were able to row
fast pace. but near the finish head
winds and rough water slowed them
up.
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HOPE TO WIN MEET.

Athletes of the Hyattsville eIemen-
tary school are hoping to again lead
the elementary schools of Prince
Georges county in the annual track
and field meet TO be held Friday,
May 23, at the University of Mary
land.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
1nSideGOlf
BY Chester Horton

The blow OF cIubhead akninst
the ball seems to be made by the
right hip muscles md the right
side because the right shoulder
naturally "digs into the balI1 when
the swing is properly made.
One Of the things the golfer
must forever be cnrefRl about, how
ever, il never to exaggerate any
part of the golf swing. II you exc
aEEernte the "digging in of the
right shoulder" for instance, the
Evening star., 1924-03-23
Straight Off the Tee

RFATE golf about Washington closed until the
middle OF week
combined TO dry
roundup scose that the fiway greens courses are
covered with OF slush and melting
the fairly fiat Chevy course which the snow goes
quickly will middle or latter part of the .
Columbia according Chasma OF the viii
be closed the OF the week p
Evening star., 1924-03-23
MUIR, FRENCHMAN, ACTED
FOR GOOD OF THE CAME
Choice of High-Bounding Sphere, Such as Used in
American Events, Although Upheld, Leads to
His Resignation From Committee
BY SAMUEL HARDY.

Ian MUHs twice captain OF the
~ member both of the French Olympic
committee has resigned from the former body thereby
tale that OF moment the United States qu
which Olympictennis hasc
The of the trouble the
on the type OF ball chosen by the Olympic committee
IN the Olympic games Muir in his capacity
Olympic
bounding ball. which, though made
Evening star., 1924-03-23
TILDEN TO PLAY In CUP
AND u. S. JOURNEYS ONLY

EW fORt\ March A-Dsclosng plans
season OF competition William Tden
nounced today that he would play
cup defense
g AT the same time Tnden through the UneG
pretaton OF its playwriter force him 10 retire from
amateur competition
Evening star., 1924-03-23
LEADS NoTRE DAME FIVE.

SOUTH BEND. Ind, March 32.-
Noble Kizer, guard, has been elect
ed captain of next years Notre Dame
basket ball team. He is a junior.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
APPEARANCE OF HAyERS
AND OCKENDEN AWAITED
Long Hitting British Open Champ and His Partner
Should Be Extended to Beat Diegel and
Mcleod at Columbia Next Month.

tremendous hitteTsn1en who can snte gol pan 1arra
their fellow golfers and who follow ut up with game of
stcadine5s and around the green's.
Washington will have its first opportunity to the latest and
possibly England
Gladstone Haers the British title holder and his brilliant partner
holder OF
Columbia They will be ped against pro at Columbia
Friendship little the
gohng clan OF America.
The will much the engagement
challenge Mcleod and Diege suumbed to the British
Mann
Evening star., 1924-03-23
YACHT RACE POSTPONED.

HAVANA, Cuba March 22-The
races between Cuban and American
yachts, scheduled for today, were
gostponed until tomorrow because of
ahe heavy seas.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
AMERICAN OLYMPIC ACES
Close-Ups of Athletes, Counted on
as Point Winners for the
United States at Paris.
No. I-Joie Ray.
By PATTERSON McNUTT.

JOE" cali him He has earned the be-
sticking his chest He believes III the
- a
belief before is when he sticks out his chest and
all including the scandinavian
old Father Time.
his belief the finish OF when the majority OF
breaks the with before another chest
that privilege
the powerful of the American when
baage and the attack made
the positions that will continued American supremacy in
Evening star., 1924-03-23
RIGHT SHOULDER
GOES THROUcH

chances are you will aig your
ciuhhead into the ground. The
right shoulder goes into the ball
just aS the ball is hft--D0t before.
1t Is Imperative mt this part Of the
swing that the head be kept down.
The tendency of niRny players is to
let the Lead come mp just az the
ball IL hit, or just befere-as real
ly happens, though they don't re-
nliXe it--after which the shoulders
turn. to the left with the body.
The lead stays down and the
right shoulder goes through ON n
straight line. This makes the
eIubhead seem to cut across the
ball from left to right. 1t only
seems to, however. In reality 1t
goes straight through and after
the ball, Rs you can demonstrate
very readily to yourself by making
the swing slowly and watching
how the clubhead moves
Evening star., 1924-03-23
WILLIAM MELHORN

WAAAkfA&FA EVGLfkONkS
1sThe ST. Louix Younsztex,r whose
batterfn@ courage and ssund golf
enable him to finish well MP In ali
the tournaments he enters.
To stab puts is bad practice on
any kind of green, especially on
slow or rough greens. A putt hit
with an overspin is always easier to
control. On a rough green the putt
with an overspin will keep its lire
better, tending tosroll right over the
bumps and keep straight course,
while stabb putt is hit with more
of cut and every bump it hits might
make it kick further OFF the line.
Try more pendulum swing, hitting
up at the ball --.7- - ,.
Evening star., 1924-03-23

Burning Tree Club may hold an
official inspection of its new golf
course some time during the first
week in May. according to Marshall
ayhitlateh. assistant treasurer of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
Social Calendar

The South Highland Parent-Teach- CT association will meet Wednesday afternoon at 8 :15. All parents are urged to be present. After a short business session, there vii be social hour. There will be a meeting of the executive committe at 80.
 Tn Triple "s" club will have their regular monthly meeting Thursday, No vember IS, with Mrs. J. A. Ward, at 1923 Forty-third street, south.
 The rummage sale, to be held by Hadassah, Beth-El and Hebrew School Auxiliary, will open Thursday at 1711 Third avenue, north, Please bring rummage or phone Hemlock SIS. The Qui vive club will meet Friday at 8 p. m., with Mrs. R. V. Mobley 1211, north Twenty-fifth street.
 The woman's Republican League will meet at the city hall auditorium Thurs day at p. m. Republican men and women are invited to this meeting.
 The monthly meeting of the executive board of the W. M. U. of the Bir- mingham Baptist association will be held at the First Baptist church Thurs day morning at 10 80 o'clock. A full attendance is desired.
 
 The semi-annual meeting of the Bir- mingham Federation of Missionary societies will be held Thursday, Novem- Der IS, at 2 p. m., at Walker Memorial Methodist church, Arlington Place, West End. Rev. J. Kelley Unger of West Point, Miss, and Kwangju, Korea. will be the principal speaker of the afternoon, telling of the work in Korea, among the lepers.
 
 The Seventeenth Avenue School I'm movement association will meet Thurs. day at p. m. All mothers and friends are invited. Mrs. J. W. Holmes will give a report of the recent parent teacher meeting in Anniston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
Little Stories For Bedtime
ny THORNTON BURcEss,
Old Man Coxote Giyes Up

.nLD MAN COYOTE, rubbed his eyes and rubbed his eyes and rub
 bed his eyes, but all the rubbing Tn the world wouldn't help him to see Danny Meadow Mouse. It was simply that Danny wasn't there to be seen, that was all. Old Man Coyote had to believe his eyes. He HAD to. His eyes were perfectly good eyes, but they couldn't see anything that even looked like a Meadow Mouse. When he couldn't trust to his eyes he used his nose. His nose. His nose was per fectly good. There was nothing the matter with Old Man Coyotes nose. But it didn't lead him to Danny Mead ow Mouse. It told him that Danny had been there. It told him, in fact, that Danny had been there within a very few minutes. Perhaps if Old Man Coyote had had a little more patience it would have told him right then what had become of Danny Meadow Mouse.
 But Old Man Coyote was too excited to be patient. Danny Meadow Mouse must be around there some where. He just HAD to be, that was all. He had been under a pile of brush which had been there because Old Man Coyote had smelled him and heard him. He couldn not have got out from under there with out Old Man Coyote knowing it be- cause Old Man Coyote had kept the sharpest kind of watch while he was tearing that pile of brush to pieces and scattering the sticks. Now those sticks were all scattered and the ground was bare, but there was no Danny Meadow Mouse. Old Man. Coyote looked down from the sky and there was a funny look on. his face, a look as if he half thought that Danny Meadow Mouse had suddenly grown wings and he expected to see him flying about like Flitter that he would have been any more sur prised than he already was.
 He rushed about this way and that way, peering under everything near that could possibly afford a hiding place for Danny, shifting under every bush and in it every clump of grass. But with all his looking and shifting he was none the wiser. Danny Meadow Mouse had disappeared and that was ali there was to it. By and by Old Man Coyote came back to where the pile of brush had been and where he had been SO sure of catching Danny. There he sat down to think things over. Fat Meadow Mice neither fly away nor turn into nothing. No one knew this better than he did. That Meadow Mouse couldn't have gone up in the air. He couldn't have run away along the. ground. Ha! Old Man Coyotes jaws closed with snap. He had thought of something ":CouId Danny have dug a hole in the ground?"
 Swiftly Old Man Coyotes eyes ran over the ground on all sides, but at first all he saw was a little ridge as if the ground had been pushed up from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
Random Notes

Mrs. W. R. Gum has returned from "a visit to her sister, Mrs. Stewart Elem ing, in Columbia, Tenn. Mrs. Edna Gockel Gussen will accom- pany Sascha Jacobson, violinist, when he gives a concert in Montevallo this evening.
 Miss Mary Wilkinson, a student at Breneau college at Gainesville, Ga, is spending a week with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. D. L. Wilkerson, on Norwood boulevard. ~ :, Miss Caroline Harris is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Walter Myers, in Indian apolis, Ind.
 Miss Cornelia Brewster is spending a week with her parents, having come from Breneau college, where she is a student.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Leeper left Wednesday for Chattanooga, where they were called on account of the ill., ness of their son, Charles, Jr., who is a student at MacCallie Military Academy.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Jemison. Jr., and Mir. and Mrs. George Gordon Crawford have returned from Mont gomery, where they were among the box holders at the horse show at the Alabama state fair Monday evening.
 Dr. and Mrs. John Cook are guests of Miss Frances Morgan in Anniston.
 Mrs. S. c. Gentry is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles Cross in Gads- den, before going to Cave Springs, Ga., to visit her mother.
 ME. and Mrs. John B. weakley have returned from Tuscumbia, where they were called on account of the illness of the latter's brother, MT. John D. Rather. MT. Rather is improving.
 Mrs. Walter -Brower left Tuesday for New York, where she will spend some time studying voice.
 Mrs. Roy Scott is leaving today for her home in Bradford, Ind, after a visit to relatives.
 Mrs. Harvey Watts leaves today for her home in Branford, Canada, after having spent some time with her par. ents, Dr. and Mrs. l.. C.. Wsoodson. N Mrs. W. J. Hannah of Montgomery is visiting Mrs. W. L. Sessions at her home on Rhodes Circle. ..-
 
 MT. and Mrs. Mant Hood are spend. ing a week with Mir. and Mrs. Arlie Barber, at their home ''Limberlost" at Roebuck.
 = .. nesday for New York to be gone two weeks.
 Miss Ann Boyd and Miss Julia Mil. Ter have returned to their home in Brewton after spending few days the past week with Miss Cecil Gray Johnston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
Mrs. Marks Gives Luncheon For
 Visitors

One of the most enjoyable social gath erings of the week was luncheon yes terday at the Country club to which Mrs. Charles Marks and Miss LeMay Caldwell invited a group of friends to greet two former Birmingham girls, Mrs. Harvey Watts of Branford, Can, for merly Clara Lee Woodson, and Mrs. Roy Scott of Bedford, Ind, who be- fore her marriage was Vernon Marks. These two charming young matrons will return today to their homes, after being delightfully."- entertained as the guests of relatives.
 For the occasion the table had a fes- tive center arrangement of chrysanthe- mums, the place cards holding the names of Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Wattes, Mrs. Mortimer Baldwin, Mrs. Priestley Toul- min, Mrs. Harry Sims, Mrs. Gaston Torrance, Mrs. Stewart Welch, Mrs. William P. Lathrop, Mrs. James Mar tin, Mrs. Marks and Miss Caldwell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13

beneath. He knew what that was. It was the roof of tunnel made by Miner the Mole and it didn't interest him just now. Still just from habit he looked it over sharply and then he gave little start of surprise and interest and sus- picion. Right on top of that little ridge, half hidden by some dead leaves, was what looked like freshly dug earth. Blinking very hard Old Man Coyote marched straight over to it. It WAS freshly dug earth, and right beside it was a small round hole down into the tunnel of Miner the Mole. That hole was just about big enough for Danny Meadow Mouse to squeeze through. Old Man Coyote sniffed at it. He smelled Meadow Mouse. He knew then what had become of Danny. That pile of brush had been right over that very spot and while he had been tearing that pile to pieces Danny had dug his way down into the tunnel of Miner the Mole. temper at the thoughts of all his hard furiously. Then common sense told him that this would be waste of time, for Miners tunnels are very long and Danny would simply scamper along through this one in perfect safety. Then Old Man Coyote, who after all isn't such bad fellow, began to grin and finally to laugh It was joke on him, but good one because he had been so absolutely sure of catching Danny Meadow Mouse.
 give up," said, he, and trotted away to look elsewhere for his dinner. He was almost out of hearing when he caught funny squeaky little voice. It was the voice of Danny Meadow Mouse.
 Next Story: Danny's Second Ad. venture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
Making Line s Suit Your Figure
Rv FLORENCE CLARK

<rT0w goes it? I good morning tt to the little actress who lives
 upstairs. She has been hunt inr an engagement for months.
 "Oh, Lord," she yawns, "all hear from the managers is that I'm not the type"
 "Well" I answer, "why don't you be the type? Find out what they want first and then dress the part so well that they will fall on your neck when you come in! If they are looking for yamp wear long earrings and a slinky dress. If they want some one to play flapper, wear something wild" She liked the idea.
 Now we are not all engaged in a profession that demands we look like new person with the changing of the seasons Nevertheless, many woman would look better if she studied dress and made its possibilities serve her purpose.
 Stripes alone are a boon to the wom- an whose figure needs slenderizing. You can prove this to your own satisfac- tion by tracing two figures exactly alike on tissue paper. Draw vertical stripes on one and leave the other blank. The lined figure will look so much more slen- der than the other that if you were to show them to scoffer he would look around for a ruler to measure them be- fore he would believe they were the same.
 Present day frocks with their long straight lines are often said to be suited only to the slender woman. There's no getting away from it. They do become her. But what could her plump sister possibly wear that would flatter her figure half so much as a straight, graceful gown? The trouble is not with the straight dress but with ourselves that we happen to be plump at a time when the slender woman is having her day.
 The neckline is as important as the line which governs the body of dress. Wonderful things can be done with the neckline! If your throat is not lovely and youthful looking you can make war