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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-09
~ LOUIS A.DOUGIdER
DOC WHITE FOLLOWS BOX SCORES

RE reading the Famous Box Scores Of which appears
daily in these pages' II not begin right for you're sure
to- find something interest later Last week
appeared five victories pitched the Chicago White
Doc White back in 1904 and into The Washington Times
oupaw himself add his bit to the reoeons
Of those days twenty when he Of the most
ehanders the American league Today Doc White Doctor
Harris White athletic director Of Washingon high schools His
pitching retains his youth by his
connections with high school sport IN the District of Columbia Indeed
he hn1sn rninn To Prov
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BUSINESS QUINT WATCHES
|. EASTERN AND WESTERN
By ROSS L. CONKLlN.

Out in the wide Of the West where they
used to give kid and bottle of ker after birth
Now these sad the procedure been changed They
basketball and football and they waop the stuffng Of
the kid time he caught without either Of those fundamentals
for good Westernership.
Lynn Woodworth halls those parts and ensconced
the job Of coaching the Business High School basketball
The job less thankess but with fair nucleus and
excellent strength Woody the road
cessful One thing certain and that is that given
something resembling
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independents PLAY

The Independent A. c. basketers
will battle the Wintons tonight at
o'clock in the old Eastern High
School gym. Mrs. Nicholas, indie.
pendent manager, requests all OF
the teams players to be present.
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MARQUETTE ELEVEN ~ Y.
TO MEET NAVY AGAIN

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Dec. 9.-The
Marquette University athletic. de
partment today announced the
scheduling of football game with
the Naval Academy at Annapolis
for October IL, 1925. The teams
representing the two institutions
met, this fall, Marquette winning.
n to 8. IT,. ~.,%
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Tommy Practically Two to
One Favorite to Win
From the Kid
BY DAVIS j. WALSH.

international News Service sports Editor
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.--Tom
Gibbons, faithful trainer, firm
friend, and fond father, will re-
sumo tonight the upward climb to-
ward fame and fortune that;
Horatio Alger, jr., SO generously
arranged for gentlemen pos
sessed Of these virtues.
He will daily with Kid Norfolk,
the ight-heAvyweight brunette, in
the fifteen-round feature of the
Christmas fund show at Madison
Square Garden, and, if our hero
survives the ordeal with triumph
and distinction he will be sent
right along toward another bout
with Dempsey, III Norfolk wins,
the boys will be constrained to
throw away the deck and call for
d, new deal.
However, our Mr. Richard is SO
confident Of the issue that he has
signed Gibbons to a new contract
for a Dempsey bout and Jack
Kearns has added his voice to the
clamor by wiring on from Los
Angeles to inquire IL It wouldn't be
q nice thing for Dempsey to meet
the winner next spring. 1t would
provided Gibbons Is the winner,
Norfolk just wouldn't do.
The odds say that Gibbons will
come home In front. these being
estimated at anywhere from to g.,
to- to l.
But Norfolk. an intrepid soul
when he thinks he can win. Is al
legged TO have bet on himself to
win by knockout, which may be
true. The Kid, IL seems, ID de-
terInined that he will not be
@11uffed out by the invisible punch
with which Harry Wills finished
him in one round. This punch so
befuddled the badly frightened Kid
that he almost got to- his feet ut
the count of ten. Norfolk was
absolutely scared silly that night.
Gibbons doesn't use the invisible
punch, but he has left hook to the
body and a. right cross to the jaw
that may influence the Kid to
change his mind at an early mo.
nlent. !. The general sentiment, how
ever, is that the affair will go the
limit Of fifteen rounds with Gibbons
well in. front.
.Norfolk,s rushing tactics are made
to order for Gibbons head slipping
and countering style. ..
Both completed their training yes.
terdRy and beyond brief exercises
this morning will do nothing until
the ben tells them to. They win
step on the scales this afternoon to
make the required weight of 175
pounds, usually mere formality for
Gibbons.
Fear, however, Ii felt that the
weight may take an intangible
something out Oh, Thomas. Even
His manager, Eddie Kane, ad-
nnitted to the writer today that
Gibbons was having trouble max
llag the grade.
''E1e'll make it all right. quoth
Edward, but don't like the trouble
he has had In getting down to the re-
qtltred figure. He usually works
down to IT'S pounds without effort
The proceeds Of the show will go
toward generating holiday cheer
among New York's worthy poor.
This laudable purpose might have
insured capacity house, even II
the match itself lacked class. It
doesn't. It figures to be one Of the
best attractions New York has
viewed In more than year.
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ALL ST. LOUIS WELL COMES
WALTER DUSTY MAILS
By SID C. KEENER.

ST. LOUIS Dec 9Expentng youthful
Branch hickey finally dscoered that it impossible
Walter Mails husky aggressive scuthpaw who bears m down
with smokeba Hickey put master stroke Occasionally
fyweght rookie skps to the However immediate
prefer 200 Hill major league
perience. Those Mails. H
Since ncebusng has made such rapid strides the baseball
profession the master mind the bench has gd with all
has been tested and that handed pitcher
is the dude who attack.
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II 3Hs iiss. -, 4 t4ts}a s5t5
That demon picker
Moe chased the grabbers
to the crying room again
yesterday. He shattered
a grand on NASSAU and
the sugar info stepped
down with the sweet
price Of s to ! chalked,
against him. Nice way
to start the week. To-
day Moe is pegging at-
one that was given 10 him
by Louie Hyatt, a ,jazzo
who knows even the
thoughts \ Of a. horse.
Bank roll to date, $780,
0S5.21. "
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base hlts---Rosenan, Nelson. Three base
hits-Crane, Keefe. Left on bases
MetropoIitans, IA; Columbus. Z. First
base on balls--Off KeSfe. B.; off Valen-
tine, 8. Struck out-By Valentine, b:
by Keefep -. Passed nall-Kemmler.
Wild pitch-Keefe. Umpire--Pratt.
Time Of game--2:25. -,
In the Afternoon about 5000 people
attended despite the heat. Mountain
pitched for Columbus and was de-
cidedly effective, as was Keefe, but
the latter was better supported, and
to, this the Nets owe their vicory.
The. uinpiring of Pratt was very
good. the $50 sSerSsi; o,s@n.wn
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EARNED runeA-MetropOIltans, 2, Three
base hlt--Neison. Left on bases
Metropolttans. 9; Columbus. O. First
out---By KSete, 4. bolLle plays
Brown. Fields and Kuehne: Smith and
Fields; Fields, Smith and Richmond;
Passed ball--Straub. 9Iolbert. Umpire
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Sports Page Puzzle

why are there more All.American
tsa@ns than there are teams?
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The four man defense, and, neces.
garily. a four man offense. Is being
drilled into those Business court
men. They are being told that to
score a team must have teamwork
In addition to some ability to shoot
baskets. The Western style of has,
ketball Is very different from the
Eastern. 1t is more open and it de-
ponds to great extent upon long
passing for success.
Pete Furman, Slim Stott and
Murph Lafsky are the regulars left
over from last years aggIegation.
Stott is not in school now, but he
is working out with the squad, and
he win be back In time to play In
most OF the games.
/ Furman and Lafsky are expert
enced players, and they we're among
the best in the high schools last
year.
In practice games RUsinesS has
lined up with FurInan and Charlie
May, guards, Herble Gillett, center.
and Tony Stewart and Bnb Briste
in forward. Lafslxy. Charlie Coop
erman, SlGipny Taylor, and Baby
SilverstOne have been completing
the second team. though any OF
them may be promoted to the first
string team at any given moment.
The wonder of wonders IL that
every man on the squad. with the
exception of Stott, is eligible, Briste
played on Techs team last year,
but he has been at Business long
enough to be eligible. Five Of those
on the squad play football, basket
ball and baseball. and the two.sport
rule will stop them from playing
baseball They are Taylor, Cooper.
man, Stewart, SiverstoT1e, and May.
Coach Woodwork has decided
that the only thing which will
effectually weld his squad mem
bers into a unit is a plentitude OF
work On that assumption he has
booked a strenuous schedule, and
on two days the Business boys will
play two games. That Is West
ern habit, and whether or not 1t Is
too strenuous for the high school
boys will be found out soon.
Business figures that 1t is
pretty good in basketball. The
boys are light, but full OF fight,
and they are fast. None of them
has had any great amount Of ex.
perience, but they have teacher
who can drill them on the finer
points Of inside basketball.
Coach Woodwork will not say
that his team should win the high
school championship. But, Captain
Pete Furman says unhesitatingly
that Business ought to beat Cen
| trail and Tech. He believes that
Eastern and Western are the two
teams which are to be feared.
Maybe his dope Is good. 1t looks
nice on paper.
Business starts it's campaign on
the Twelfth Of this month when the
Stanton Juniors are met at Bust.
ness. Games with the G. u. Frosh
Swavley, St. Johns, Georgetown
Props, Maryland Frosh, George
town University Frosh, Bliss Elec.
trical School and one or two other
teams follow in short order. The
C. u. Frosh and the Stanton Jun.
iors viii be played on the seven
teenth of the month and the
Georgetown Props and Maryland
Frosh will be met on January is.
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season wherever it appeared. I
deserves the honor given it.
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TOmOrrow-NapOIeO LajOie's
First Major. League Game.
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Now and then midgets pop up.
But they don't linget. long. Look
at Hube Pruett's career. A SEN
satiOn in 1898 Hube probably Is.
on the waiver list during these,
In0mealtE. Az ), etss ~ g!
Evening star., 1924-08-28
Gen. Higenio Aguilar.

News comes from Mexico City that
Gen. Higenio Aguilar, "the 90-year-
old revolutionist, has surrendered to
the federal government" It is
stated that Gen. Aguilar is known in
Mexico as the eternal REBEL" that
he began his military career against
the French in 1861, and has rebelled
against every government or Presi-
dent that Mexico has had since. Very
recently he has ridden q horse so
miles in a day to attack railroad
train, and has appeared on his horse
next day 20 miles from the place of
the hold.up. 1t would seem that
having celebrated his s0th birthday
it is about time that Gen. Aguilar
should retire from the saddle, lay
aside his shooting irons and put on
carpet slippers.
Longevity is strange thing. Some
men say that their longevity is due
to smoking a strong pipe, chewing
tobacco or taking plain rum before
breakfast. and other men insist that
Evening star., 1924-08-28
Stout Ship and Giant Seas.

In these days Of great steel liners
those who "go down to the sea in
ships" have little fear of the perils
Of the deep. Save when one of these
immense craft is struck in collision
with another ship or with an iceberg.
as in the case Of the Titanic, there is
small danger of disaster. But occa.
sionally the sea rises in it's might and
smites, as if to demonstrate that the
} greatest skill of man cannot fully
thwart it. Last Tuesday afternoon
five Of these liners were heading in for
New York with several thousand pas.
sengers. A storm warning had been
received by radio. It was known that
\ heavy disturbance lay ahead. But
these ships had gone through the Sc
verest gales without injury and no
one was fearful. Suddenly came the
tempest, a tremendous wind and,
worst Of all, a giant wave rolling ap-
'Bafently in advance Of the storm cen.
sfer. This wave struck all FIVE Of these
stout ships and shook them as though
they were shallops. Passengers were
knocked down and injured. Men in
the engine rooms were beaten against
the steel walls. Lifeboats were stove
in and the decks washed clear OF all
movebles. On one Of the ships .
Evening star., 1924-08-28
Telegraphing Colored Pictures.

The pictorial art seems to have
made another forward step or leap
and the account of it is not to be
understood by most persons. We
have come to accept so many scien.
tific facts without being able to
understand them that one more will
make very little difference. The
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company announces that colored
photographs have been transmitted
from Chicago to New York. A col.
ored picture was placed in a sending
machine at Chicago and reproduced
in the original colors within an hour
IN New York. In the account it is
said "the actual colors are not sent
over the wire, but the colors are
separated at the point of sending and
"eassembled when received" The
explanation puzzles the understand.
ing more than the statement that a
colored picture was transmitted. The
reproduction of pictures over a long
distance by wire has been done
before, though the custom is not
general, but it may become SO. The
transmission of colored pictures.
putting painting or colored print in
machine at one end of a wire and
reproducing at the other end Of the
wire a thousand miles away, is most
remarkable.
Evening star., 1924-08-28

these things are not aids to longevity,
and that a man who does these things
and lives 80 years would live 900
years If he do not do them. Gen.
Aguilar would no doubt tell us that
attacking governments, holding up
railroad trains and shooting up towns
are health-giving pastimes, and that
he owes his vigor at 80 years to
these forms of exercise.
1t might or might not be interest
ing to meet the general. If he should
buy a house and lot in Washington
as near to being an American citizen
as an inhabitant of Washington can
become, he would probably go off into
a fit Of rebellion every day or two.
He would probably try to give
trouble to the Commissioners. II the
Commissioners should propose the
finish of the Rock Creek interceptor
sewer. the general might revolt and
ride off in the woods and shoot few
truckloads of sewer workers. If he
should take issue with the Zoning
Commission he might pull down the
houses that are too tall, and those
that are too low he would blow con-
siderably higher. If he took issue
with the Public Service Commission
he might mount his broncho and ride
out to the car barns and down the
Potomac Electric Offices and start a
panic among President Ham and the
clerks. If he should get an appoint
ment on the Board of Education he
might not be what is sometimes
called a factor for peace and har-
mony. Gen. Aguilar might park his
automobile to a tireplug in front Of
an engine house and run down a
traffic cop. If he had been born in
the United States he would have
been a member Of the Greenback
party. a Populist and Bull Moose.
and today would be whooping it up
for the party for independent politi-
cal action.
1t is believed that Gen. Aguilar's
surrender at the age of 90 Is only
temporary. and that he will continue
in rebellion till about the age of 1870,
when he will accept at the hands of
the government the prominent post
NJ director of rebellions.
Evening star., 1924-08-28

woman was swept over the side, but
was. fortunately, caught by the hair
and dragged back to safety. On the
steamer Arabic at least 100 persons
were injured. some very severely. On
the Homeric seven were hurt. The
Arabic was like a hospital ship when
she docked.
The force of the sea in these dis
turbances Is beyond measurement.
The bridge Of the Arabic was 65 feet
from the water line, yet her COM
mander says that there were times
when he looked up to see the green
and white water far above him. One
sailor on the Arabic was swept over
board and pitched back again one
deck below as the ship veered with the
motion of the sea.
Big as they are, these giant mech
anisms that man has made for sea
transport are still at the mercy of
the waves. They are put to the Sc
verest tests in what sailors call rough
weather, and when the extremes of
violence are attained they must de.
pend upon the stoutness Of their
structure to withstand the immeas-
urable pressure Of water in swift
motion. Yet these steel craft are in
finitely safer than their predecessors
Of a few decades ago. Such a storm
as that of last Tuesday would 40 or
so years back have probably swamped
all the craft in it's path with a fright
full loss Of life.
Evening star., 1924-08-28
Spare the Shade Trees
Of the Capital City

To the Editor Of Tie Star:
No sympathy should be found among
Washingtonians for the present pol
icy of some of our city officials fav-
orable to the removal of the shade
trees from the streets. Such a policy
is not backed by reason or good pub
lie policy. The trees are especially a
great comfort to the housewife and
others who daily patronize the stores,
and they and the shopkeepers should
frown upon such a policy. Shoppers
would undoubtedly shun shadeless
streets.
The fine growth of trees on its
streets is one Of the city's greatest
charms, and the important part that
the trees play toward wholesome
civic conditions cannot be overesti-
mated, facts which should be appre-
ciated by the governing authorities.
1t is not shade alone that makes
it cooler under a tree on a hot sum-
mer day. The GOODNESS Of the tree it
self helps, for its temperature is said
to be about As degrees Fahrenheit at
all times, while that of the human
body is some SO degrees.
The trees cool the air. as does a
piece of ice cool the water in a
pitcher. The air being made cooler and
purer by association with the trees,
1SWCE Will Vic VI iSot OH
ments where they abound. Statistics
show that more children die in our
large cities during the hot months of
Summer than at any other time
This condition does not, however.
exist to such q degree when ample
tree shade is provided.
1t is gratifying to ind the National
Government. through the Department
of Agriculture, taking the strong
stand it does in favor Of the trees.
The trees should be restored on
Thirteenth street, which now, and
ever will, present a dreary appear
ance without them. Their permanent
absence would seriously affect the
usefulness of the street, as well as
the prosperity of the business houses.
This should be the sentiment or
motto Of every Washingtonian:
Woodman. spare the tree,
Touch not q single bouGh;
In youth It sheltered ne.
And IN protect Il now.
Wanton destruction Of the trees 10
the r1nkest kind Of vandalism.
GEORGE SIMMONS..
Evening star., 1924-08-28
Smith Not to Run Again.

Despite clearly expressed wish to
be excused from running again for
the governorship of New York. Alfred
E. Smith, the incumbent, has for
some weeks been subjected to in
sistent pressure again to enter the
campaign for that office as a means
Of strengthening the Democratic
chances in New York State. Yester-
day, however, he distinctly notified
the leaders Of his party that he would
not permit the presentation Of his
name to the State convention on the
25th OF September. He repeated his
previous statement that he must
return to business to recoup his per-
Sonal fortunes, which have suffered
from his devotion to politics. He
made no suggestion as to a candidate,
leaving that matter to the party
councils.
This decision by Gov. Smith has
caused severe disappointment to the
induce him to run again to swell the
party vote in New York State, which
is essential to Democratic majority in
the electoral college. 1t was not con-
templated that Gov. Smith would
canvass for the ticket outside Of the
State. He will probably take the
stump in New York for the national
ticket and may exert a considerable
influence for Mr.. Davis there. But
the presence Of his name on the State
ticket would have helped much more
than his speeches possibly can.
Hence the reluctance to allow him to
go his own way toward personal busi-
ness and prosperity.
One of the first questions raised by
Gov. Smiths refusal to run again
relates to the matter of Mayor
Hylan'S candidacy for the governor
ship. There are those who hold that
he will now press his claims for the
highest State Office. On the other
hand, there are those who believe thai
the elimination of Smith meets his
particular desire, and that he will
concentrate his efforts now on secur-
ing a third term nomination for the
mayoralty. If he follows the latter
course, the State convention will in
all likelihood be chiefly a ratification
meeting to name the man who is
elected in council by the leaders. On
the other hand, if Hylan should
decide to enter the race the conven-
ton will be the scene Of lively fight,
with the chances probably favoring
another.
The elimination Of Gov. Smith from
the equation may lessen the chances
of the liquor question becoming an
issue in the State in respect, to the
national ticket. If he were on the
roll of candidates this question would
almost surely be involved, in view Of
his we'll known position toward
prohibition. Thus far that question
has not developed in the national
campaign. though it may soon appear
as affecting the La Toilette ticket.
Should the third party candidacy gain
such headway in the East as to cause
it to be serious contender for
major honors, the dry issue is virtu-
ally certain to develop.
Evening star., 1924-08-28
Germany and the Dawes Plan.

Although two-thirdS vote was
lacking in the German Reichstag for
the bills required to put the Dawes
plan into operation, when the matter
came to a vote yesterday on the
second reading. the measures passing
by majority votes, there is prospect
that the plan will be eventually put
into effect in any event. Tomorrow
the bills will be put upon their final
passage. and it will be then learned
whether the Nationalists, who are
standing out against ratification. will
act as a party solidly or will, by
abstension or by detection from the
party sAnks, allow the bills to be
passed If these measures do not
secure fwo-thirds votes the govern.
ment, X is now announced, will ratify
and will dissolve the Reichstag and
call for a new election.
Short of revolution the new
elections, if held, are expected to
result in clear majority for the
government for ratification. The
lieved. a-e desirous of settlement Of
this qus Iion, and are tired of the
political .naneuvers of the Nationists
and Conn ,unists who are now block
sg the way. In an appeal to the
country on this issue the Nationalists
will undoubtedly, in case an election
is called, -eek to arouse the old
monarchica spirit, while the Com
munists end,avor to foment bolshev-
ism. Betwee. these two extremes it
is believed that the mass of the
people will turn in large majority
Of members of tie center parties
Just whether administrative ratif-
cation without ,ormal tWo-thirds
parliamentary vot, will suffice to put
the reparations pl: n into effect with
out delay is not now clear. The Marx
government has accepted the plan
and has pledged ITS adoption and
execution. 1t will so to the country
In case a new election is called on
terms in which Cha lcellor Marx ad-
dressed the Reichstas the other day
when he said that this is Germany's
last chance. There would seem to be
no escape from the issue of rehabili-
tation against revolution.
Meanwhile, in Paris. Premier Her
riot has secured clear mandate from
both the Chamber of Deputies and
the Senate to proceed with the execu-
ton of the Dawes olan. The Poin-
care opposition has failed completely.
France stands pl,dged to carry
through this plan, and now awaits
German acquiescenc..