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in seeing 1t piled up in the safe. We
had to have some kind of action.
Though ! made one fortune after
another, I don't believe I had over
$4,000 when l finally came out for
good to take a fly at the Nevada
fields.
One rainy day up at Nome a soldier
the bar he handed me a yellow enve-
lope. wet and partly torn. He was
from a camp of regulars stationed on
the Nome beach-a tidal beach that
belonged to the United States public
land.
weigh that for me. will you?" he
asked. Tell me what 1t is"
In a corner of the envelope saw a
small amount of pure -four gold. 1t
is as fine as pulverized sugar-the
finest Of all gold.
put it on the scales and it came to
60 cents.
Where did you get that?" asked.
The Great Nome Discovery.
'why, down on the beach," he said.
'I was fooling around and saw some
fun I washed 1t out. Mount to any
| thing?"
In about five minutes a dozen men
were around looking at the -four gold.
All it amounted to was that in two
| days / didn't have a bartender-not
! q soul, even, to help run the roulette
| wheel and the faro layout. I was
| alone.
| That soldier had made the famous
ers had been going through the
mountains and here was a wealth of
| gold right at their feet. Many of
I them were actually camped on the
Evening star., 1924-01-26
Ame1ica D1uus First Blood in the Ompics Soccer Becoming
CHAPTER VIII-H0w l Made
$500,O00.
BY TEX RICHARD.

nNE of the first men to buy a
~ drink in our bar and gambling
house at Nome on that famous
Fourth of July opening was an old
fellow with long whiskers.
Fill 'em up, boy" he ordered,
waving his arm to include eyerv.
body in the house.
All drinks were 50 cents throw
and they could take what they liked
whisky, gin, brandy or wine.
The price didn't bother ANYBODY
IN those days. The old man Slapped
his poke-a small bag of gold dust
ON the bar and united the string,
Weigh her up" he directed me.
ana let's have another -one."
me Two rounds came to about $50.
Come to think of it. the present prices
ton tn , iook SO high at that, when /
think or those Klondike days.
L weighed the gold-he had close tn
ilve pounds-and it came to some
thlng like $1,000. We kept a pair of
me scales back of the bar. One
ounce was SIG and we had the sub
uiVlslons inquired out so exact that
we could make change in gold dust
down to so cents easily.
rut the rest of it away for me,
Doy, the old miner ordered. I'll get
1t when l come back"
But that old man never came back
some creek. We never heard of him
again. Very few prospectors ever
left a name or an address. We usu-
ally knew them by sight and that
was enough.
The proprietor of the saloon and
gra m l,Ii
camp banker. often have had as
much as 100000 slowed away in my
little safe, all in bags Of gold, with
out knowing the owners except by
sight. The trusted me implicitly.
My trust in them was just as strong.
Profits in Four Years. 100000.
That first night, as ] have said,
wound up our sales showing 1895 in
gold dust. Our biggest expectations
had never gone that high. The re-
ceipts fell off a little the next two
days. That year, though, 1 cleared
for myself 100000. My profits for
four years out of the Nome establish
ment were close to 100000. 50 That
wasn't on paper either. 1t was all in
virgin gold. And 1 had started on
To show you how strong the play
was the first week or two, my orig
inal partner sold out at the end Of
ten days for $4,000. Why talk about
people being amazed at the offer of
100000 for a prize fight in New York
city or Reno-that much could have
been guaranteed any time for a fight
up in Alaska right in our saloon and
gaming house on one days notice.
And there wouldn't have been any
monkey business about it, either. 1t
would have been gold-not certified
checks.
One afternoon ! was knocking
about the place watching the fellows
play against the faro bank when I
saw an old man with long hair and
a shaggy gray beard speak to the
bartender and walk away detected
like. He walked over to a bench and
sat there with head bowed. I moved
over to the bar.
Whats the matter with the old
MANI" asked. What did he want?'
Hes broke and wanted me to give
him a drink"
You turned him down, did your
eyes, he's already had two and
thought maybe he'd get too much y
1 then went over to the old man
still detected and staring blankly at
the floor.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
c. u. AND MARYLAND
FIVES BATTLE HERE

District varsity basket ball teams
are to compete in three games today.
but only one of the engagements is
scheduled for local floor. However.
that should provide much entertain
ment for the fans, as it is between
those old athletic rivals, Catholic
University and the University of
Maryland.
1t will be staged tonight in the big
Brookland gymnasium. A preliminary
starting at 7:15 o'clock will be played
by the freshman quints of the institu-
tionS.
Georgetown is at Annapolis this aft
ernoon for a tilt with Navy. A Hill
top squad of ten players, accompanied
by Coach John O'Reilly and Trainer
Pike Albaugh, left this morning for
the town on the Severn.
Gallaudet goes to Baltimore tonight
to tackle the speedy Loyola College
quint.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
STOKES IS WINNER
OF u. S. RIFLE TITLE

Walter r. Stokes, captain Of George
Washington rifle team, once more
has added to his laurels by capturing
first place in the national associa-
tion's sitting position match at nifty
feet, and second place in the standing
match at fifty feet. Each Of the
matches called for the firing Of forty
shots at the f1fty-foot target.
These matches were participated in
by rifiemen all over the country,
shooting on their home ranges.
Col. C. E. Stodter, director Of civil
ian craftsmanship, and Ralph c.
Stokes, g. w. coach, were well up In
the associations No. seventy-hve-
foot standing match, taking, respec-
lively, nineteenth and twelfth places.
Col. Stodter also took nineteenth
place in the seventy-hve-foot sitting
Evening star., 1924-01-26

3 The intercollegiate League Is in
flourishing condition, comparativeiy
speaking, although 1t is a fact that
enthusiasm for the sport relates TO
the players-who thoroughly enjoy
playing the game-rather than to the
students, who seem inclined to scoh
at it.
In the annual matches for the ma
tional challenge cup which are now
being held among amateur ana pro-
fessional teams in two divisions
eastern and western sections-134'
teams are entered and fifteen states
are involved, Canada being an outside
entry. The great amateur prize is
the National Amateur Challenge cup,
for which eighty-odd teams are com
peting this year, an additional in
centive being that the winning outfit
will be sent to the Olympic games TO
represent this country
1t was noted recently that French
and German soccer teams have been
playing in French cities and that
there is the likelihood shortly that.
French teams will play on German
soil, probably at Strassbourg.
AS a matter of fact, soccer is the
one great international sport, the one
game played in all nations and ali
climes. 1t is played, and well played,
in China, in Japan. in Korea. and. u.
fact. throughout the far east. 1t is
the one sport which seems to interest
Russia.
International contests between
crack teams Of various nations are
constantly in progress. The writer
saw a photo the other day of q thrill
ing juncture in a game between q
Barcelona outfit and team from
Prague.
AS most persons know, soccer Is
sport in which the ball may not be
carried nor touched by the hand: it is
kicked and upon occasion butted with
the head. 1t is splendid exercise, and
a great amount of skill. individually
speaking, and team proficiency may
be developed. Accidents happen, a.
in any strenuous game, but they are.
as a rule, not SO serious nor SO fire.
Quent as in college foot ball.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
JOHNNY FARRELL TELLS
The Title / won-and Didn't

first three rounds in 1854, total
226, had slipped badly. They said
I had only to beat Barnes to win.
This was good news. Already
holding several strokes advantage
over Jim, I could see the title Sc
curely in my grasp, welcome ad-
ditfon to the eastern professional
golfers championship which I had
won in 1921.
The strategy of the game demand
ed that I play safe" That is ex-
actly what ] did. Several times when
chances were offered for plays that
might have reduced my total of
strokes, I contented myself with
merely holding my lead over Barnes
At the end of the round I had q IS
to his 80. My total was 312. his
was 315. / was champion!
But something was missing-the
cheers from the gallery which usual
Then learned the sad truth, Mar
ty O'Laughlin had slipped, but not
enough. He had taken an S3 on his
last eighteen holes. but that had left
him with q total of 309.
Since then. I never have listened
to gallery dope on the scores of rival
players / want all my Information
to be official. And I'd advise any
golfer taking part in medal tourna-
ment play TO do the same.
1t doesn't make you happy to lose
championships on the nineteenth
hole!
fconyriubf 1924
Evening star., 1924-01-26
PEACE now REIGNS
In TENNIS CIRCLES

NEW YORK. january 26.-The con-
troversy between William r. Tilden.
I'd. national Champion, ana the tour
nament committee Of the United States 3
Lawn Tennis Association. which for
q time threatened to deprive the
Omitted States OF its Davis, cup ace,
was amicahly settled At a meeting
at which members Of tho committee
and OF all the recent teams were
present. -,
Tho controversy was begun when
Tilden was criticised for his playfin
It was decided to instruct Henry
W.. Slocum. national delegate at the
meeting in March OF the International
Lawn Tennis Federation, to vote
against the proposal that q period of
more than ono year might be ,per-
mitted to elapse between challenges
for tho Davis cup.
Arrangements have been made for
the Olympic team to leave on June
or Juno Z. An invitation for the
olympic team to visit Spain was re.
ceived and probably will be accepted
by some OF tho members.
The dates for tho Devig cup
matches were set for September 1,
|1AnA ~
Evening star., 1924-01-26

fortunes that they had been seeking.
The beach was strewn with gold dust
for ten miles. 1t had washed down
from the mountains in some past era
and the tidal waters had gradually
exposed it
There was a general stampede. My
bartenders became miners. Any one
OF them could go down there on the
beach and rock out one hundred dol
lars worth of gold in a day. Some
would rock out a thousand. All they
needed was plain little rocker. a
sort of small box like dish tray that
sits on rockers and can be moved
backward and forward until the dirt
is washed away from the pure gold
dust.
Most of the gold was found on clay
bed rock. where it would stick to-
gether better than in the sand. The
land belonged to everybody. 1t could
not be staked out. Anybody had a
right to go there and get what he
could. They did form sort of agree
ment, though, that each man was to
designate what section he was work
ing and his space was left to him.
Hundreds of miners came out OF
the mountains and worked the beach
Millions of dollars came out of thai
sand. The Nome beach strike was
one of the most famous gold rushes
in the history of Alaska l have just
told how 1t started-that soldier with
| his wet envelope and his sixty cents
worth of pure flour gold.
After that the fight game was call.
iIg me, but did not know it.
Tomorrow: Gun Fights VS.. Prize
Fights In Nevada
Evening star., 1924-01-26
AMERICAN is ELECTED
WITHOUT GETTING VOTE

CHAMONIX, France, January :6.
William =. HnddOck of Pitts
burgh. manager of the American
Olympic hockey team, was elected
second vice president of the In
ernatiOnal Ice Hockey League Mt
"a general meeting held today.
vote. AS the rules provide that
one OF the vice presidents must be
chosen from western hemisphere
members, HadtiOck said 10 William
Hewitt of Toronto: "I'lI toss you
for it," They spun coin and
HaddOck won.
Evening star., 1924-01-26

Aloysius baSketers have been point
ing carefully for the Baltimore Y
| combination. No easy task awaits
the local quint, for the Oriole city
team is considered one of the five
best clubs in Maryland The Balti-
more men are adept at passing and
probably will offer Aloysius the keen
est sort OF competition.
Apaches are eager to take the
! measure Of the Peckmen. They are
counting heavily upon Johnson.
Sweeney and Prender to bring home
as one of the most consistent goal
| shots hereabout, may prove trouble
some to the Apaches. however.
Pero's winninx streak came to an
abrupt halt yesterday when it fell
| before the Boys Club Flashes In an
ls.to.14 engagement: Games with
wanted by the Flashes, according to
Manager Rothery, Franklin 1872.
One of the most warmly contested
games Of the season was played by
! the Southends and the Mount Vernon
! five, the former winning, % to %.
the Washington Barracks team, 18
| to 16. Hankins Of the losers led the
field with five court goals
! Cory Mndsets continued their win
ming streak by downing the Aurora
Club. 13 to s. NJ Wilson played we'll
| for the winners.
Navajo Athletic Club was forced to
| extend itself to beat the Naval Re-
1 serves, 16 to Is. Accurate shooting
! by Ball aided tho winners. SPAIN
starred for the Sailor FIVE. ...-
A spirited battle was waged be-
| tween the De Molay tossers and the
Congress Heights Cyclones, the for
mer winning. IS to IL. Both teams
played we'll defensively.
st. Andrew Juniors made it fourteen
In a row by taking the scalp Of the
Seminole Ave. 20 to %. Watt of the
losers Gagged four baskets.
! Left Forward Thomas Of the Metro.
! politan girl tossers tossed seven bas-
| kets against the Marjorie Webster
sextet, her team winning. 81 to 8.
KanawAas dashed into the lime
light by beating Rialto Athletic Club,
33 to IL. Krum, who registered seven
field goals, was big factor In Kama
TIVE good games are booked for the
Congress Heights gymnasium tonight.
meet the Boiling Field nye. The
Comets are to tackle tho Milan toss
ers in tho nightcap.
Columbia basketers took both ends
Of q double-header, defeating Fed
| eral Athletic Club. 20 to s. and the
I Park Viow Ave, 23 to 4. Tho win
ners displayed a sturdy defense in
! both games.
| BOYS Club YaAkees were offered
| little opposition whom they swamp
/ ed the Metropolitan Memorial Church
team, 80 to g.. Finnigan and Carrier
| shone for the winners.
ExhibitinE q fast running attack.
| the Capital Props beat the King Pins,
| 80 to 8. Denarborn Of the winners
+ wAsoA o6 the IAgxan Memorial
basketerS starred when his team
overcame the Mount Rainier EN-
hAmx> AZ "a IL
Evening star., 1924-01-26

Thirty-one men were entered, neces-
stating fifteen heats. George de
Wilde of France drew bye and
T. skated alone.
The weather was cloudy and the
temperature a little below the freez-
ding mark. The ice was in fair con-
dition, but had a tendency to soften
The results of the 500-meter race
with the competitors in the order of
their standing were:
as Charles Jewtraw, America, first; A
seconds.
10 Oscar Ilsen, Norway, Al 1-5 seconds.
Thunberg, Finland, and Larsen, Nor
way, A 4-5 seconds.
Nallenius. Finland. A. seconds.
Rlomquist. Sweden. 45 l-5 seconds.
Charles German, Canada, i5 % sec
onds.
Joe Moore America and Harold
Stroem, Norway, 45 3-5 seconds.
julius Skutnabb. Finland. 46 20
seconds,
Evening star., 1924-01-26
BASKET BALL RESULTS.

At Observation-Disclosures 81, Ohio
Estate, %.
! At Cambridge-Massac Ag-
Sgies, 26y Harvard. e.
At, New Orleans-Tulane, B.; Au-
kburn, 10.
4 SAt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Methodist
fU, II, Arkansas, III.
AZ Chatt..oosa-Chattanoosa U.
At Bristol--King College, 3, Ten
SneSsee Poly, %.
At ChnrlestOn-Newber 27; Col
Iegc Of Charleston, II.
At Cleveland-Capital u. of Colum-
thus, 3Sy JOHN Carroll u, IS.
At TeFrc Haute-Earlham, II; Rose
SRoly, Ii.
4 At Franklin-FranIlin. 36s Ham
SEvor, 10.
AZ New York-University Club, ~,
Evening star., 1924-01-26
:5OO.METER SPEED SKATING
RACE is WON BY .JEWTRAW
Enrant From Lake Placid, N. Y, With Time of 44
Seconds, Bess Field of Thirty-one in Initial
sa Event of the 1924 Games
By the Associated Press.

~AMONIX France, 2he United first blood
the 1924 Olympic today when Charles Jewtraw of Lake
- Placid, N Y, the 500meter speed skating
If A seconds the best heat skae under the rules made
him the winne OF the
Moore o
h heat winning by yards in As 3-5 seconds -
Harry kakey OF Chicago beat Marcel Moen Belgium
the sixth heat
William Chicago
Evening star., 1924-01-26
Inside Golf
BY CHESTER HORTON

Some professiOnals teach that
the wrists must break the club
head directly back from the ball.
Jock Hutchison and his brother
use that method. They have to do
mostly, however, with advanced
golfers. The advanced golfer uses
the different swings and different
wrist actions at will. The Begin
ner will do better to leave his
wrists alOne-and the same ap-
plies to the average businessman
player.
II You persistently dig into tho
ground just back OF the ball with
Evening star., 1924-01-26
PIGEONS GET ATTENTION.

Pigeon raising is a sport which was
developed in Europe. In Belgium it
lis as common to own, train and race
spigepns as it is to own and operate
an automobile. The speed most COM
.rnonly attained by the birds is from
500 to 1900 yards per minute. The
hest speed ever recorded was 2,204.12
yards per minute (over seventy miles
Iper hour.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
BIG TEN BASKET BALL
LEAD AT STAKE TONIGHT

CHICAGO, January 26.-Temporary
leadership In the Western Conference
basket ball race may be decided to-
night IL either the undefeated Micf1i-
gan or wisconsin teams, matched with
separate opponents, loses it's game.
Tho Badgers will meet the Chicago
Maroons who are counting on up
setting tho steady string OF victories
Minnesota will engage the Michi-
gan Wolverines 1t Ann Arbor, With
the latter con0idered TO have the edge.
+ No 0thsr big ten tsaMa Will MAY.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
PEANUT BOY TO PLAY.

LOUISVILLE, KY, January &C.
at the ball park here, has been signed
to Louisville contract. Cullen OBJ
tanned most of his experience in the
United States Navy. where he was
rated as one Of the best inflelders in
the service.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
U. S. .,RACQUETTERS SCORE.

MONTREAL, January 26.-United
States players are assured of victory
in the Canadian amateur racquets
championship. The semi finals of the
singles will be fought out today by
the following players: Jay Gould,
Philadelphia, VS.. c. C. Pell, New York,
and H. Dixon, Chicago, VS.. S. G. Nor
timer, New York.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
COLLEGE PITCHER DIES.

TROY, n. Y, January 2b.-.Francis
University base ball team, died yes
terday. Death was due to the ef-
fects of gas poisoning sustained dur
ing the war. He was cited for brav-
cry while serving in France with the
1O5th Infantry.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
U. S. GIRL HOCKEYlSTS
: DEFEATED IN ENGLAND

BY the Associated Press.
I MERTON ABBEY, England, Jam
iuary 26.-The all-American girls
field hockey team lost the first match
of it's. English tournament today. the
England ladies touring hockey team,
which visited the United States in
1921, defeating the Americans, IL to 1.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
RECORD LIST AND COIN
FOR BOWLING TOURNEY

ican Bowling Congress will have
2,175 teams entered in it's national
tournament here next month. This is
219 teams more than were entered
in the 1923 matches at Milwaukee.
Prizes of over 100000 are to be
awarded This also is a new record
Evening star., 1924-01-26
C0NcANNoN PLAYS TODAY.

Joe Concannon, who took the meas
ure OF Jack Greene and Palmer Sow
ers, is booked for two pocket billiard
matches today at Millere Billiard
Parlora He Is to meet N. w. Trace
we'll at 5 o'clock and Edward Stewart
at $3.50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
FOOT BALL TOURNEY ON.

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and
Uruguay are now playing a series of
,ames in Montevideo for the South
american foot ball championship.
The series will occupy six consecutive
,undays.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
-AnsweFe0 by
"CHUD" CARNEY


"CHUCK" CARNEY
University Of Illinois star and cap
tain Of the all-western conference
team, 1921-22. High point scorer for
western conference, scoring 173
points, greatest number ever scored
by a player I'm a single collegiate sea-
son.
X X X
A forward attempting to play the
floor should follow the ball from
the tip-off until the-basket is made.
He must be able to shift from Of
fense to defense in case the pass
is intercepted, taking one man and
staying with him regardless OF the
opposing forwards position on the
floor. Effective results can never be
obtained by running in circles. The
forward should remember that all
movements should be made in
straight lines with decided change OF
pace. Never attempt to receive a
pass standing still, always meet it
so as to prevent if1terception.
Copyright, 1924, Associated Editors)
Evening star., 1924-01-26
PUT IT UP TO LANDS.

NEW YORK, January 26.-The case
Of Howard Baldwin, star Newark
pitcher, claimed by both the New
York Giants and the Newark club,
has been placed in the hands Of Base
Ball Commissioner Landis for de-
cisfon.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
WELLS WINS IN RING

ST. PAUL. Mimi, January 26.-Ber-
mondsey Billy Wells, welterweight
champion of England, defeated Jimmy
Jones of Youngstown, Ohio, in a ten
round bout last night.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
HOCKEY RESULTS.

At Pittsburgh-Berlin IN. H., 5;
Pittsburgh. 5.
At st. PauI-Minneap0Iis 2; CIeve.
land, o.
/ At Duluth-Duluth, o; Canadian
500, o.
At Madison-Mihnesots, 4; wiscon-.
sin, o. .--
Evening star., 1924-01-26
KICKING GAME HAS MADE
RAPID STRIDES RECENTLY
intercollegiate League Is Fourishing, Although
Players Do Not Have Much Backing-Many
International Contests Staged.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

throughout the United States enormously
stride this kicking has made Now 1t Is
- tremendously popular sections of the country and beng
emphasized in the public mind
In the of ride recent week end the writer
regularly established and vacant lots many
And crowd into inclosed arena
Evening star., 1924-01-26
sHAMRoCKs MEET MONDAY.

An election of officers will be held
by members of the Shamrock Athletic
Club at a meeting Monday night at
the home of William Glascoes 1915 l.
street southeast. Action on the pro-
posed sandlot base ball league also
will be taken.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
N. MEETS FEBRUARY %.

NEW YORK, January 26.-Presi-
dent John A. Heydler has issued a
GALL for the National League mid
winter meeting here on February IL.
Evening star., 1924-01-26
ALOYSIUS TOSSERS FACE
ORIOLE Y QUINT TONIGHT

ASKET BALL of the first order expected of local
tonight Aoysius
- will NJ. c. A
Gonzaga O'clock while
action the Peck floor o'clock
the Peck
Evening star., 1924-01-26
PAUL FLORENCE SIGNS,

NEW YORK, January 2s.-The
former Georgetown star, have been
kao4aXaA AI The New YaEk G3Antss
Evening star., 1924-01-26

your mashfe, for instance, you are
breaking the blade back from the
ball with your wrists. Apparent
ly one Of the hardest lessons in
golf for the average player to
learn is the ono which has to do
with keeping the wrists entirely
out Of the mashte chip shot. The
mashie blade should 60 back and
mp sstnside the nneo with the blade
always even with the hands. Never
let the blade get ahead. Pause
and Doise the blade at the top Of
the back swing an instant, then
down to tho ball and straight
throVxh ton . straight line ~
far out N your arms can reach.
Try to keep the Blade right ON tho
= turf after you hit the ball-an2
You win see0the ball click VD ihto
the air n pretty ~ You please.
Copyright, John F. Ollie co.,
Evening star., 1924-01-26

Army Boys Club that whipped the
Y. NJ. c. A Day School, IL to- 2, is
casting, about for games in the 1876
pound class. Telephone challenges
to Manager Beebe. North 2227-w.
Evening star., 1924-01-26

Tomorrow: Gun Fights VS.. Prize
Fights In Nevada.
Evening star., 1924-01-26

BOYS Club Yankees were offered
little opposition whom they swamp
ed the Metropolitan Memorial Church
shone for the winners.
Evening star., 1924-01-26

Exhibftfng . fast running attack.
the Capital Props beat the King Pins,
80 to 9. Denarborn OF the winners
whipped the cords for four baskets.
Evening star., 1924-01-26

waeoa o6 the IA4xaR Memoirs.
basketerS st4rred when his tean
overcame the Mount Rainier EN-
hAmA Ala -