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Evening star., 1924-01-18

BY HANS WAGNER.

conclusion base bail examination present the
following for study by the ball this spring close
study and discussion of them, feel sure, will help:
Stealing Bases
!. Is the of stealing bases the decline?
quick
in speed?
4 Do the double steal withhone out?
Has the halbalk pitchers intereed with stealing?
6 Is the throwing of cahers speedy accurate?
Is il o than
e. Have pitchers improved in holding bases?
Evening star., 1924-01-18
REDLAND IS ENTHUsED.

CINCINNATI. January 1s.-The en-.
thusiasm Of fans and players has
spread to the directors Of the Cincin-
natl National League base bail club,
and IN all probability a majority OF
the club officials will go to the sprfng Z
training camp at Orlando. Fla, with
the first squad of athletes on March
/, it ts reported here.
Evening star., 1924-01-18
BOXING FANS SKEPTICAL
ABOUT WILLS BAD HAND
BY FAIR PLAY.

EW YORK January lsWhats this hng like slow
through the dicts Harry Wills. the gossip,
didn't hurt his hand nearly badly had been given AS is
he had three fire. the first with BARLEY Madden
Newark February All called
Wills alleged metacarpal injury.
There this
Mullins Rckard
ptted against Fpo bout the Polo Grounds
OF BoYeS q basis
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TWO BOUTS ARRANGED.

MILWAUKEE,, January 1s.-Pinkie
Mitchell, Milwaukee junior welter-
weight. has been matched to meet
Lew Tender Of Philadelphia in q
ten-round bout here February IL. Pal
Moran OF New Orleans and Johnny
Mendelsohn, Milwaukee lightweight,
have been matched for February 25.
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RICKEY SEEKS A CATCHER

ST. LOUIS. January 1s.-Branch
Rtckey. manager of the st. Louis Ma
ttonals, 10 en- route to eastern cities
In search Of a catcher. Boston and
New York are the principal points
on his itinerary, and the Cardinal
pilot said he also might acquire q
pitcher or two"
Evening star., 1924-01-18
AVERAGE GOLFER CONTENT
WITH GAME AS IT is NOW
Hue and Cry for Further Tinkering With Royal and
Ancient Sport Indicates Toe Muck Attention
Is Being Paid to the Crack Players.
BY WALTER CAMP.

THE tnkering game golf
with proportions appar-
entity who realize that the changes for benefit
of a group Of professionals
would lengen the that the
with the ball in much under Others would alter the
can't drive
necessity Iensthenng
iey much attention being paid the professionals
innate
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CONCANNON KEEPS BUSY.

Charles Bartelmes will be the op-
ponent Of Joe Concannon in a pocket
billiards match tonight at 800 o'clock
at Miller's Academy. Concannon
showed the way to George Wheatley
in an exhibition contest last night.
Evening star., 1924-01-18
Inside Golf
BY CHESTER HORIZON

Lifting the head, instead of
turning 1t, has among other ef-
feots the result Of causing tho
clubhead merely to swing around
with the body instead OF shooting
into and out after the ball. Thus
lifting the head takes all the
punch out OF your swing.
Note in the sketch how the head
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MORAN AND WAGNER FACE.

ST. LOUIS, January 1s.-Pal Moran
New Orleans lightweight, who 10 said
to be In line for championship bout
with Benny Leonard as a result of his
victories over Charlie White
and Johnny Shugrue, will trade
punches with Eddie kid" Wagner of
here tonight. The bout
Is scheduled to go ten rounds.
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SETS FIELDING RECORD.

George Maise1 Of Toronto estab.
lished q new fielding record for the
International League last season
eighty-seven games without making
an error In the outfield, according to
the official fielding averages
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POINTER TAKES STAKE.

GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn, January
|ls.-The pointer Muscle Shoals Jake.
owned by ]. c. Foster, jr.. of Fort
Worth, Texas, won the all-age stalk e
in the annual trials of tho United
states Field Trials Association con-
cluded here yesterday.
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ST. LOUIS WANTS TOURNEY,

10 In the race for the national clay
court tennis championship tourna.
ment. The award will be made In
New York February by the United
States Lawn Tennis Association.
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STRIBLING-CARPENTIER
BOUT SOUGHT BY MIAMI

MIAMI. Fla. January 1s.-Deinite
proposals have been made for a bout
in Miami late in February between
Young Stribling of Macon, Ga, and
Georges Carpenter. w. /. "Pa"
Stribling, father-manager of the
Macon fighter. has agreed to the
Evening star., 1924-01-18
RENAULr TO FIGHT SMITH.

MUSKEGON, Mich. January 1S.--
Jack RenauIt, Canadian heavyweight,
has been matched with Homer Smith
Of Kalamazoo for q ten-round bout
here February 6.
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TO FIGHT IN AUSTRALIA.

CHICAGO, January 1S.-Joe Burman
OF Chicago, until recently a contender
for the world bantamweight boxing
championship, is going to Australia
to engage In five twenty-round con-
tests
Evening star., 1924-01-18

Foot ball, formerly considered By
rmans as being too rough. has be-
mo one of the most popular games
at country.
Evening star., 1924-01-18
WANTS PLAYERS NUMBERED.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. January 18.-
Thomas D. Watkins, president of the
Memphis club of the Southern Asso-
citation, will ask league directors to
players on the field be numbered, as
10 customary In foot ball games
Watkins has announced that he will
submit the proposal at the scheduled
meeting to be held in New Orleans
January 2S.
Evening star., 1924-01-18
Radiators and Tenders

10 OHIEAENT xAKES 1ADlAT010
ANY KIND MADE On, AEIAl1ED.
Cores installed In any mako
WITTSTATT'S n. and r. WORKS
30 13th. s. el1ot lx4S 2. =. Jt11.
Evening star., 1924-01-18

"SnoOker" Is the name given to
pocket billiards in England.
Evening star., 1924-01-18

Tomorrow (cOncludin4)s HAw tn
Game Can BE Stren9thooed.
Evening star., 1924-01-18
Would Bolster Detroit Club Linen Satisfied With Present Code

0sDyyight, 1879, In UH3tsd
States and Great 8ritatn, osla,
Japan and South America, b.
North Americas 1evsyaDsS Al.
uance. All r1ghts FUSeTvoA.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

her knitting with = smile Of victory.
New York tonight IL rushing OFF
to shore and woods for its holiday
vacation. Il 10 leaving the town to
the visitors who remain. There will
be little celebration here. The town
ana it, citisenry ara too tired even
to strike Q match.
Today ! had lunch with my Eel.
low townsman, Orloy Hanks. "
Plattsbure, Mo. Permit him 10 tell
what he thinks Of this convention
IN his own fashion:
I've got q moth.oaten old mule
back IN Clinton county that Amt
been dom nothin' but eat for six
years. You can't bulge him with
IRE. He'll stop If you tell him 10
SO ana vice versa. He IL, always
thought, the etubbOrnest thing Ia
the world. But after soein' this
mere show I'm goin' back home and
salute him az the most considerate
Jackass know. There wasn't nary
one ct the convention half az yieid.
The professional yolel.yauker.
who nocked to New York TO Trim
visiting suckers have returned Ia
the country fairs and circus lots.
The pickings were mighty slin,
Not one had his pockets picked
az the Aquarium, that haven for
dips. Here when the visitor looks
at the fish the dip extracts his
One Of the strange phases az this
convention was the lack Of sight
seeing the focal points OF interests
70 Viaitore-G Greenwich Village, the
BowerY Chinatown and other spots.
were completely neglected, When
the convention was over p0oplN
chung to their hotel rooms,
Bryan Shows Strain.
In the lobby Of the waldorf Last
night man cost,imed az one OF
the candidates came in singing in
anthem style:
= II am pill
II am q pill
II am 2 pilgrim"
He was hurriedly hustled out by
9 flock OF house detectives but not
before he HAD had his laugh.
A. he was going out he continued
to sing:
II am q nesa--
~ am q mess
II am q MESSENGER
The strain Of the final DAYS be.
gan to tell on William jennings
Bryan. There was a droop to hie
body and his steps Jagged. Tom
Taggart appeared chipper but he
has not faced the strain that was
Bryan's.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
MRS. CAT RAPS
P0LIT| CAL
PARTIES
Scores Both Tor Ignoring INT
eracy Asks Schools 70
Aid Cause Of Peace

World peace should Be- the aim
OF the public schools. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait told the teachers
who crowded Central high school
stadium last night &c the final
night session Of the National Edu.
cation Association. She drew round
after round Of applause by hor
references to world peace ana the
League Cf Nations.
These things must como and the
public schools must work Tor them, !"
she declared, pointing ont that the
nations today dedicate 90 per cent
Of their statues to warTl0T9. The
time win come when they wan b
reared TO scientists and teachers, tbs
noted suffrage leader said.
Mrs. Gait scored the two ma3or
parties for ignoring illiteraCy.
They do not know iMtesacy
exists here" che said. ''It has been
revealed that Il takes political
parties fifty years to do the right
thing after the need TO do e has
arisen. But we shall koep bounding
them until they do"
Miss Mary Mooney, of San Fran.
cisco, urged democratic ideals Of
government 40 the classroom teach
er views them.
Doctor John II. McCraclEen, presi-
dent Of Lafayette College, voiced
. plea for giving education q place
in the councils Of the nakions'
Willard d. Givens, Honolulu
schools superintendent, invited the
convention to Hawaii In 1897.
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NEWTON TO WORK FOR
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Continuance Of the present policies
of the National Education Aasccia-
ton was pledged yesterday by the
new president, Jesse II. Newton.
superintendent Of Denver. COL,
schools, following his election,
Particularly Will he work In be.
half Of the bill providing for the
establishment Of q Federal depart.
Inent Of education, President Newton
declared.
Vice presidents Of the association
elected are: Olive M, Jones', New
York, retiring president; Albert s.
Cook, state superintendent at
schools of Maryland; Harold w.
Foght, Aberdeen, 8. D.: j, M. Footo,
Baton Rouge, La; Florence M. Hale,
Augusta. Me-; j. o Marberry, Rock.
ford, ILL.,; Mary r. Mooney, san
Francisco. Cal; Helen b. Shore,
Minneapolis, MINI; r. M. Seaiey,
TallahaSsee, Fla; A. A. SIade, Cas-.
per, Wyo.; Cora Steele, Terre IFaute,
4nd.s and w, Q, Webb Globe. Ariz,
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BORAH? WHY He
NEVER HEARD
Of THE man
"How DO You Spell t." Idaho
Senator b Asked by Car
Conductor

He was q stoclEy man, with long
crisp red hair and keen eyes and
q jaw Of iron. ana he sat reading
convention news in a street car, as
It rolled merrily along.
Suddenly the passengers heard
and felt the shock Of collision and
everybody looked up. The driver Of
q Washington Rapid Transit Com.
pany bus and the motorrnan Of this
Washington Railway and Electric
Company street car were 0xchauR.
ing pleasantries over the slight mis-.
hap.
The conscientious conductor Of
the latter vehicle went through the
car asking for names and addresses
OF witnesses. He stopped before the
heavy-joweled man, who was buried
even deeper than before in his
newspaper.
II didn't see anything" growled
the reader, at the conductors re-.
quest.
Give me your name anyhow"
I'm Senator Borah," said the
statesman (for It was none other),
emerging from the folds Of the
newspaper.
The conductor was unimpressed.
He looked puzzled. AZ
How do you spell that last
naTnew he asked.
And the solon felt humble for
the rest of the day,
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
TWO CHILDREN INJURED
IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

Two children were knocked down
while playing in the streets yes
terday. One suffered q slight CON.
cussicn Of the brain. The other
was bruised.
xsadcr Levin. three, 1908 I street
northeast. was struck by an auto.
mobile driven BY Clyde Kraus, Of
Hyattsvtlle. Ma. at Twelfth ana n
streets northeast. Kraus took the
boy TO Mmergency Hospital where
he was treated for cuts and bruises
ON The head.
TIM other accident occurred at
Fourth and Massachusetts avenue
northwest, where q car operated by
James Moore, 3 Myrtle street north
east, struck William Carrick, four.
40l II street northwest. The child
was taken to Emergency Hospital
In . passing machine and treated
Tor slight conclusion OF the brain.
His condition Is not serious,
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

uSo and monopolizations Of inter.
state and foreign trade. Tho con-
tracts among companies would he
the suit.
The defendants are named a.
follows:
Standard OIL Company Of ludi.
ana. Chicago; Texas Company, New
York; Standard OH Company Of
New Jersey, New York: Gasoline
Products Company, New York;
Aetna Refining Company. Louis.
Vile. KyJ American RefininK
Company. Louisville, KY; Beacon
OH Company. Boston; Clayton OIL
q Refining Company, Dallas,
Texas; Charles r. de Ganahl, New
York; Galena Signal OIL Company
OF Texas, Franklin, Pa; Globe OH
& Refining Company, Blackwell,
Okla; Graysburg on Company,
San Antonio, Texas: Hickok Pro.
ducing Company, Toledo, Ohio:
Humble Oil ana Refining Com
pany, Houston, Texas; Imperial Oil
Company, Ltd, Toronto, Ontario:
Indian Refining Company, Wichita,
Kan; Indiahoma refining Com.
pany, st. Louis, Mo-; Interstate
Refineries. Kansas City, No.; EI-
lott Jones q Company San Anto.
MO, Texas; Lion. OIL d Rifinlng
Company, Ell Dorado, Ark; MagnO-
La Petroleum Company. Galveston.
Texas; Miller Petroleum Company,
Kansas City, Mo-: Omaha Refining
Corporation, Omaha, Neb.; Owl on
Company, Duncan. Okla; Petroleum
Refining Company, Latonia, KY;
Petroleum Refining Company OF
Texas, Houston, Tex; Producers
Pipe Line and Refining Company,
Nashville. Tenn; Pure Oh Company
Columbus, Ohio; Root Refineries,
Shreveport, La; Roxana Petroleum
Company, st. Louis, Mo-; Hapulpa
Refining Company, Sapulpa, Okla;
Skelly OIL Company, Tulsa, Okla
| Solar Refining Company, Lima,
Chic; Southern OH Corporation. Chi.
cage; Standard DEVELOPMENT Com.
pany, New York; STANDARD oil Com.
pany Of California, oakland a..
Standard Oil Company OF Kansas,
Neodesha, Kan; Standard Oil Com
pany OF Kentucky, Louisville, KY;
standard OIL Company OF Louisiana,
Baton Rouge, La; Standard OIL
Company Of New York, N. ";
Cleveland; Sun Company, Philadei,
phia; Tidal Refining Company.
Tulsa, Okla; Tide Water OF Com.
pany, New York; United States OH
and Refining Company, Osaee, Wyo.
Utah Oil Refining COMPANY. SAIL
Lake City, Utah; Vacuum OH Corn
pany, New York; Waite PhiIippe
Company, Tulsa, Okla: Waverly on
Works, Pittsburgh, Pa; White Eagle
oil and Refining Company. Kansas
City. Mo.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
Good And Clean King
FaUoredFo u. S.
By Tired RUDE

By RUBE GOLDBERG.

NEW YORK, July AIS staggered to the train from
the convention last night with ballots sticking of my
lar and shoes, suddenly dawned that this country
ought to have king. good, clean king would last life
time. .@ 81
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HENDLEY HEADS LOCAL
BILL POSTERS UNION

William Hendley. Of Polls Thea.
ter. has been elected president Of
Local No. 81. Independent Associa.
ton Bill Posters Of the United States
and Canada at a reorganization
meeting held at Polls.
other officers chosen follow: VIII.
liam Shelter. vice president, Nation.
al Theater; Eddie r. Walker, treas
urer. Keith's Theater; Bob Mcclure
secretary, Rochester Hotel; Joe En-.
mis-, business agent, Gayety Theater;
and Thomas Ryan. assistant busl-
ness agent, Cosmos Theater.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

saw = 9k4bScA1sy GaxeuAU 1t&ppNg-
bcbbed like . medieval herald and
roughed to an apple red-stand on
Q chair, shake her fist and boo and
hiss Bryan. She applied two gut
terry epithets that would almost be
tabooed In the saloon back room.
Right or wrong in political
theories, Bryan has always i'm
pressed me rs q good citizen. He
has been called to high places.
And that child should show such
lack Of respect for old age Is not
much Of q tribute to our Wanted
civilization.
In the last lap Of the convention,
Madison Square Garden was no
longer q convention hall. 1t was
a snarling pit Of hatred. It IL my
opinion that hell might have broken
loose there any moment and men
and women would have been tear
Ing at each others threats. Il
only needed q spark at times to
touch II of.
New Workers Rudest
Ny companion at the convention
here today was Blind George, .
Bryant Park corner. George has
walked in darkness for many years.
He holds high estimate Of his
fellows, He has faith. And there
were moments when was almost
glad he could not see the hntred
ana Nl-humor that contorted faces.
It was to be expected that nerves
would be frazzled by the long ira.
vail. But It was not expected that
the milk Of human kindness would
curdle to a bulky clabber. Some
visitors to this town are going to
be nightly ashamed when they set
home and think 1t all over or ]
miss my guess.
And ! win say this, The rudest
Of all were New Workers. Some of
them were Enthusiastically East Side
goPillas, beetle proved, beady-eyed
and blatantly tough.
There was the pungent odor OF
''Bowery Smoke" the Illicit rot-gut
whiskey that primes men for muir
der. And do not exaggerate in
stating there waro many drug crazed
minds In the huge assembly.
50 much for the sordid.
Some Amusing Incidents.
Out Of the rnaelstroIn were many
amusing incidentA One excited
delegate from Montana did not
know that he han run out Of chew.
Ing tobacco, and had torn bits out
Of his plug.size wallet.
A beautifully gowned woman
carrying q lorgnette sat down In en-
open.faced blackberry pie.
A visiting monocled Englishman
sucking the knob of his cane in
comic paper style tripped UP In one
Of the aisles and the rnonQclO clat-
tered to amithereens.
One Of those fluffy little dogs re-
sefnbling coclkroach addicted to hair
oil went yipping across the hall
with o card attached TO him read
Ing: I'm going mad, too"
nominate for the best all around
sport-if the term Is pardonablc--
q little gray haired old lady who
sat near the speakers platform. She
came early, remained late and
brought her knitting,
She was there every day. Not
once did she boo or hiss. And U0Fnc.
how there was something about her
placidity that seemed 70 still the
storms. She gave an encouraging
smile to each speaker. She wore
two gold atara--a synnbolical revela-
ton that she had done az much for
her country az any one there.
Once when hatred became almost
static, she bowed her head and
mumbled her lips In prayer. And
when things died down shO resumed
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
CHILE ELEcTRIFlEs NEW
STATE RAILWAY SYSTEM

Identification OF that part OF the
Chilean State Railways which CON-
nsct Valparaiso, the Pacific port,
with Santiago the capital Of Chile,
has been completed ana It has 20
increased the transportation capao-
ity that need Of double aclEinR''
has been put off for years."
The electricity used for opera
ton Of locomotives IL supplied by
two hydroelectric ana one steam
driven generating plants. al 81
which are privately owned.
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The country would be wrong Just
once instead Of every four years. AZ
Governments go nowadays a king lie
as harmless as an old.faahioned
bathing suit, while a convention
breaks up homes and puts thou
sands Of people off their diet,
In q kingdom, tine worst that can
happen Is q revolution where
favorite sons are killed off in Il
hurry.
In our present state Of ccnven.
tional government favortte sons
linger Tor weeks and weeks with a
tate In store for them that is too
horrible to contemplate
As the ballots got well UP into
the fiftiea, Senator Ralston Was al
lowed to look human and his boom
got up and stretched.
Misses Change Minds.
The watchers at the sick bed
thought the crisis. had passed and
started to dust off the Presidential
chair for his speedy convaIescence.
But Doctors Smith and McAdoo
refused 70 leave the room and tho
relatives had to sit back again and
wait for more oxygen.
Missouri and Mississippi have at
different times during this years
balloting voted for every candidate
on the list except CASTOR Means.
MI. Means Is away on q business
trip and did not have q chanca to
push his candidacy.
No other States have q better
right to change their minds than
AMtA0fOOtVVN
their names begin with Miss.
The McAdoo delegates seem to
know Q little more about Snowman.
ship than the others.
whenever q block Of votes Is cast
Tor the California step-son, the
SPOKESMAN puts a dramatic flourish
into the affair when he bawls ''Wil-
liam Gibbs McAdooy' Somehow or
other, this sounds like three times
as many votes as are actually cast.
The Smith vote would have a
greater psychological effect on the
doEers present II 1t were cast for
Alfred Montmorency Oswald Euca-
lyptus Smith, instead Of just plain
The appearance Of the floor Of
the Garden recalls the improve
ments the Germans made in their
dugouts in the Argonne forest where
they lived for four years, during
the war.
The delegates have already started
to dig themselves In and are pretty
well fixed for the summer. Plumbers
nave been called In by the Texas
delegation to install suitable facili-
ties Tor washing tho dishes, and the
OKLAHOMA section has asked local
contractors TO submit bids for q
bowling. alley, West Virginia re.
ports that it has just secured a
permit for q bath tub.
Kansas Is having a little trouble
with it's vegetable garden as there
Is too much traffic in the aisles.
This convention has its romantic
side. Many OF the single delega.
tons have developed q deep regard
Tor one another during their long
association In the Garden and In
some cases this regard has ripened
into love. Many engagements have
been reported.
AZ there are quite q few min.
listers among the delegates, the
young couples will be married
right In their seats. They are all
broke 80 they will have to take up
their permanent residence in the
Garden,
Tex Richard Is now arranging a
deal to turn the swimming pool In
70 q nursery.
Tomorrow is my birthday. I hate
TO miss this Fourth Of July with
my folks. But what worries me
most Is whether. or not I'll he hoY1na
BY next Fourth.
(copyright, 1924, by The MoNaught
Eyndicatal
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
FALL KILLS MAN AS
HIS FAMILY Is SLEEPING

While his family was asleep 70,
day William .Kettlers colored, SO
Logan place northwest. fell from
the second story window of his
home and was killed by his fall on
the sidewalk.
\ An Emergency Hospital anbu.
lance was called and Doctor j. M,
Bats pronounced him dead. When
Kettler fell from the window his
wife was IN thu same room asleep.
She was alarmed at waking and
not finding him and looking out Of
the window saw him lying on the
sidewalk.