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Evening star., 1924-11-03
RADIO SHARES ON SALE.
Jesse Livermore to Put $4,000
Block on Market.

NEW YORK, November 3.--A block
of $1,000 shares of the DeForest Ra-
dio Co. will be offered to the puo-
lie on Thursday by Jesse LiVermore.
Application will be made to list the
issue on the New York curb market
In over the country" trading during
the last week shares of the corpora
tion have advanced about So to $21
share.
Evening star., 1924-11-03
RAW SILK ADVANCES.

NEW YORK. November 3 Especially
The raw silk market continued it's
upward swing today under the stimu-
lus of brisk trading. Prices of the
Japanese grades rose 10 to 121h cents
pound, the top price being $500
for NXA Canton 1916 was up 5
cents at $5.65, but 20-22 was un-
changed.
Evening star., 1924-11-03
RADIO SET SALES
IN SHARP Jump
All Records Broken as EIec-
ton Nears-MiId Fall
Makes Clothing Drag.
BY j. c. ROYLE.

III d. 4. HON LIE.
Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, November 3.-The
weather on Tuesday in various sec
tions of the country will probably
have less effect on the election re-
suit than in any previous presi-
Dental election year. This is due
to the rapid increase in the use of
motor vehicles and to improvement
in the highways in the country dis
tricts. There were 9,231,94I motor
vehicles in the United States at the
time of the election In 1920. This
number has now increased until it is
estimated today ty executives Of
some of the largest manufacturers
at over 100000. or one to every
seven residents.
There were 1879 miles of new high
ways completed with Federal aid
last year alone. while the total i'm
proved roads totaled 95,047.51 miles.
These facts lessen the import of the
weather on election results and max e
it probable that the largest vote
ever recorded will be polled.
Rush for Radio Sets.
The results Of those votes will be
heard from the air by nearly as many
people as own and use automobiles.
In 1920 radio broadcasting had not
receiving sets in the last week are
believed to have broken all records
for j similar time. Every available
man in the employ of the dealers has
been pressed into service to max e
radio installations.
The radio interest undoubtedly will
keep thousands off the streets cleo
tion night, but the footing Of the
tin horn and the whir of the wooden
rattle and the ciang of the COW bell
will be heard in full volume none the
less. Hotels expect to entertain crowds
fully up to the size OF those of pre-
vious years, but Il number Of the
hostelries will devote at least a part
of their election night programs to
radio returns. The use Of the air
has not lessened the burden on the
telegraph companies and they are
preparing to make a strong effort at
speedy delivery of election inforna-
ton.
Weather Affects Clothing Sales.
While effect of the weather may be
discounted TO a large extent in e.ec-
tion results, it is still of tremendous
Importance in business. This is espe-
cialiy true in the clothing trade,
which has been held back to q very
considerable extent by the mild Fall.
ever. are making preparations for Il
big trade Tuesday. Many workers in
the suburban and urban districts Will
have holidays and after exercising
the right OF suffrage they are counted
on TO visit the retail shops in large
numbers
The heavy overcoat season has not
really opened except in the extreme
Northern States. But the consump-
tion and purchase Of wool by manu-
facturers is increasing steadily. It is
gen orally felt that the manu- cturers
of wooden goods have turned the cor
ner and that the success Of their
Spring line is assured. At least mill
men feel so confident Of this that
they are continuing to press growers
to contract for wool still ungroWn
and which cannot be delivered in
some instances for at least six months
at extremely strong prices.
Evening star., 1924-11-03
Protect Your Money.

Life'S drama. in major sense, is
a conflict between man and his envi-
Tonment. Savings and wise invest
r8entS arc forces which validate the
human will, making it possible for an
individual to determine the future
economic status Of his family.
Evening star., 1924-11-03
PARIS MARKET UNSTEADY.

PARIS, November 3.-Prices moved
irregularly on the Bourse today.
Three per cent rentes, 40 francs 20
Centimes; exchange on London, S6
francs 55 centimes: per cent loan,
10 francs. The dollar was quoted ut
10 francs centimeA &
Evening star., 1924-11-03
Not Too Often.

From the London Mail.
Dick said 1 was like q girl on q
magazine cover"
That's because he only sees you
once a month"
A rich field of sapphires has been
discovered in Ceylon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23
W|LBERT.
CAN TSEE HARM
IN GOLF
Believes Effect on Ball Play
ing Is Only for the
Best.

No less an authority than Will.
bert Robinson, manager of the
Brooklyn baseball club. says that
all this chatter about golf spelling
the natural swing Of the batsnan
Is all bosh. ut makes me laugh"
said Uncle Robbie. when I read
that Brooklyn has a golf-playing
club. Why, our players do not play
half as much golf as some Of the
other clubs. Anyway, all this talk
I hear about golf spelling a ball
players swing Is bunk. Take the
case Of Fred Merl<le, for instance.
He never hit the ball SO hard in
his life until after he took up golf.
The game helped him. / don't see
that golf has injured the batting Of
ball players like Ross Young or
Arnold STATE. Iris Speaker had a
golf tournament for his players
down in Florida. and 1 can't see
where it injured the hitting Of his
club.
During the spring training sea-
son." continued Robbie, when base.
ball often becomes monotonous and
a bore for the players, golf is a
good thing for them. 1t is relax.
alton from the grind of daily prac.
tice, and cannot see where it
does any injury. When the season
starts 1 do not approve Of golf, be-
cause then the players should be
thinking of baseball and nothing
else. But 1 fail to agree with those
critics who say that golf is a bad
thing for ball players during the
long training season."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23

ME didn't part with all that jack
for any three of them, but he is
credited with it, just the same,
by the fans here.
Hale was sick much of the time
last year and injured on other
occasions. He got away poorly
and has his career stih in front
of him. He is a fair fielder and
a good batsman.
Max Bishop may not play for
while. He has an liberated throat
and needs warm weather.
Simmons and Strand, called the
Smuggling Siamese, are in the
lineup, though, winning games
with their clouts and their good
baserunning. The fans are sure
to rally behind them.
All the Griffs need here is good
weather to play to four large
crowds in as many days for
Philadelphia is awake to the posi-
bilities of the Mackmen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23

OF the older players. Larned's
record has already been mentioned.
r. D. Little and w. j. Clotnier
were each named eleven times as
one OF the ten best players in the
country. Beals c. Wright was
named on ten occasions. Holcombe
Ward was named six times.
The new players find Williams,
Wallace F. Johnson and Nathaniel
Niles tied at ten apiece. After that
comes Bill Johnson with his mark
of nine. Watson WashbuTn has
been named eight times and Nc
Loughlin and Karl HI. Behr seven
times apiece.
It may fall to the lot Of player
other than Tilden to break the mod.
ern record and to go ahead and
break the older one of Larned. OF
the three presenNday players who
stand at the top in the number of
times they have been chosen for
the first ten, Dick Williams still is
regarded as being one Of the great.
est players in the country.
The other two with ten times to
their credit, Wallace johnson and
Nathaniel Niles, have both started
down the ladder and are no longer
considered among the greatest of
the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23
WEEK WILL SEE
FOUR MATCHES
CL|NCHED.
New York and New Jersey
to Be Scenes for Inn
poTtant Bouts.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-Before
the week is out it is safe to pre-.
dict that four worlds championship
matches viii be clinched. Three of
them will be decided in greater New
York outdoor arenas, and the other
at Tex Richards Jersey City bowl.
Here's how they'll line up
Johnny Dundee VS.. Eddie kid
Wagner, Junior lightweight. either
at Polo Grounds or Yankee Stadium,
early part Of June, under Crom.
well A. C. auspices.
Harry Greb VS.. Jack Delaney,
middleweight, Polo Grounds, Milk
Fund, June 25.
Pancho Villa VS.. frankie Genaro,
fyweight, Nostrand A. c., Brooklyn,
early part Of July.
Abe Goldstein vs.. Bud Taylor,
bantamweight, Jersey City, latter
part Of July.
1t will take another two weeks or
more to make the velterweieht
titular encounter between Micky
Walker and Benny Leonard. III
terms are acceptable to Walker and
some obstacles removed the third
battle Of the century" will be to a
decision, which means that Pro.
moter James J. Johnston will stage
II in one OF his ball parks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23
ROOKIE CREWS
SHOVE Off At
POTOMAC

Lead by Joe Scannell, two crews
of rookie oarsmen showed off from
the Potomac Boat Club float yes
terday afternoon.
The crews are temporarily in
charge of Scannell, due to the fact
that Capt. Andy HutterIy is at
tending school and will not be avail.
able to look after these oarsmen
until after the first Of May.
Some of the best material in
years have turned out to do their
bit for the Red and White oars
men. Scanned, who Is considered
one Of the best oarsmen in. the
club, says that in the number of
years that he has rowed he has not
seen better looking bunch of hus-
kies.
Although it is quite chilly on the
river these days, the boys are out
showing the pep" that all Potomac
men have been given credit for in
years gone by.
The Potomac oarsmen expect to
participate in all the leading re-
gattas throughout the East this
year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23

What ought to please a lot OF us
il that George Sisler seems to be
coming back with a rush. AS a
manager he, ought to be no Prince
Of Wales that falls Off Of hobby
horse when he is a child and gets
run over with his Riddle car.
George knows a lot about baseball,
and by the time he gets through
managing, he will know a lot about
animals, too. With Sisler, and not
the Prince of Wales, in his saddle,
the Browns ought not to be blue.
BY the way, it is no news that
the Tigers always have been noted
for their hard-hitting 0utfields, but
this year it looks like their infield
is going to make them famous at
the bat.
All the Tigers need now is for
Cobb to get some 400 clOuters in
Of 400 instead Of only pitching
for 400.
The White Sox has lot Of
youngsters this year, and to the
wise ones this is a puzzle. To the
ignoramuses, with which this
worlds bases usually are filled. it is
easy for them to say ''Nixv' and
"Blaal' But remember, the young
sters have to come in sometime, ana
1t might as well be this year as
twenty years, the gals would have
think, IL nobody was born for
twenty yeras. the gals would have
to be contented wi0 such middle.
aged gents as Mr.. Altrock and
Connie Mack. Wow! What a soft
spot that would be.
Joe Bush has a sore arm, Miller
Higgins tells me over the last Nah
Jong game we had-and at which
he falsely accused the writer Of
cheating a west wind with my
south paw-so am wondering
what the what? He says Shawkey
is about the only real fit pitcher he
has among the veterans, and it
would not surprise me any day for
him to try to draft the writer from
Washington to New York, espe.
cially as Mr.. Altrock always did look
good in the White Light District.
Yes. he looked good, and he looked
long.
You're not hearing so much of
that Coast boy, O'COnnell, who
was bought for 5,678,902 marks
some time ago, but he IL going
to get into the game mighty
often this year, or / miss my
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23
GOLF NOLONGER
RICH MANS
CAME
More Competitions Than IN
Baseball Predicted Ten
Years Hence.

Golf IL engulfing the country.
There are already enough clubs to
meet the demands Of the players
who are willing to put up large
sums to buy bonded memberships
in exclusive organizations. The
scmi-public course ID springing up
here and there about the country
The semi public course furnishes
a convenience equal to the private
course for a nominal daily fee.
There are clubhouse privileges and
social events, but no yearly dues.
The player pays for the day on
which he plays. This sort, Of
course, is encouraging people TO
take up the game wh0 have for
many years been led to believe that
golf was only a rich mans game.
The younger generation demands
cheaper golf, and the demand IL
70 strong that the problem is slow.
ly but surely being solved. OBJ
servers who feel the pulse Of pub.
lie feeling predict that within ten
years there will be more competi-
ton in golf than in baseball. They
predict that each city, town, and
hamlet will be 80 proud of fits
golfers that they will clash fol
supremacy with more enthusiasm
than has ever been shown in any
other sport.
This prediction does not seem so
unreasonable. Who would have
imagined ten years ago that there
would be an annual public links
tournament such as has been held
during the past two years in
Toledo and Washington? Who
would believe that pubic courses
would develop players like Dick
Walsh, who won the title last year?
Golf is growing so fast that it Is
difficult to determine Just how
speedily 1t Is going ahead. It has
already become the universal topic
of conversation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23
Boston to be Host to
New England
Golfers

Boston has been awarded the
1924 championship tournament
Of New England Public Golf
Links Association. The tourna-
ment will be played over the
Franklin Park course on July 5,
under the auspices of the Scar
borough club, which lists as
swing their clubs on the mu-
nicipal links in the Hub.
members most Of those who
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23
Early Golf Ball Is
Made Of Feathers
and Leather

Imagine playing a round of
golf with q ball made Of leather
and feathers! Golfers who
every once in a while launch
invectives at the standard rub
Der core Of today should look
back over the days what was"
and consider themselves lucky.
A golfer by the name Of
Peter Brown, of Los Angeles, re-
Gently returned from Edinburgh
and brought with him a ball
filled with feathers, used prior
to 1850, when the gutta percha
type came into vogue. The
balls were hand-stuffed, the
feathers being boiled and damp
when forced into a small aper-
ture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23
STROKE STYLES
CHANGE BUT
LITTLE
English and American Brands
Of Rowing Are Still
Paramount.

Now that the various crews are
on the water. facing the near ap-
proach Of the spring regattas, one
hears the usual amount of talk
about this style and that style of
sweep swinging.
One hears mention of the Court.
ney stroke, the Washington stroke,
the Jim Rice stroke and SO on. Yet
the fact is, none Of our great row.
ing coaches has ever adhered to a
fixed and rigid style Of rowing.
When 1t comes to distinct styles
Of rowing there are, broadly speak
ing, only two, the English and the
American.
You will see an English crew
bending forward when they catch
their oars in the water preparatory
to the pull, until their heads are
well down toward their knees hook
the water hard and pulling through
until their backs are almost down
in the bottom Of the boat.
You will see the American crew
dip their blades into the water,
their shoulders reaching not too
far forward, then pulling the oar
through with a snappy, powerful
leg drive, finishing the stroke with
the body only slightly beyond the
perpendicular.
Reasons for this difference in
stroke are mechanical The seat
upon which the British oarsman
sits slides only twenty inches as a
rule and the shoes in which the feet
rest are set some distance from the
seat. This makes the oarsman lean
far over in order to secure the
proper length to his stroke. Then,
at the finish, his slide stops sew
eral inches in front Of the thole
pins in which the oar rests and 80
he has to lie far back in order to
get a powerful finish.
This involves terrific punishment
upon the mid-section Of the body
and only oarsmen who have rowed
the stroke from boyhood can stand
the strain.
American crews have a much
longer slide-at Syracuse, for in.
stance, the slide has run to thirty
inches and the average is twenty.
six. The shoes are comparatively
close to the slide, 80 that whereas
the Englishman gets his power
from his waist and shoulders the
leg drive and from the shoulders.
In all American crews you will
see the pronounced leg drive, but
there never was a time when the
expert observer could watch a well
coached crew In action, not know
ing what university 1t represented,
and with certainty that that it is a
Wright eight, or a Spaeth eight,
or Leader eight, or another eight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23
Short Puts
Leonard w. Collins

Rock Creek Park municipal golfers
are enthusiastic over the several
changes which Manager Miller has
made In the course during the
closed season. The new trap around
around No. green, while it pen.
alizes an over.played shot and may
serve to lose the hole, eliminates
nearly all chances Of losing the
ball.
Chris Dunphy is not showing any.
where near the form he displayed
last year or that Of q month or SO
ago while he was playing In Flor.
ida. The Columbia star seems in
the middle Of slump. The prob.
abilities are, however, that he will
have golfed himself back to the
top Of his game by the time the
Washington Golf and Country's
Club tournament gets under way on
May /.
In addition to the three big tour.
naments-the District, East Poto.
staged over the municipal courses
before the middle Of June, there are
several Government departments
WAAASA4 wan RAb OAA AAASOA -hAA VdA aL'
fairs. Last year the Interior De.
partment held an inter.office event,
and 1t proved highly successful.
That Havers and Ockenden, the
English ana French champions, re.
spectively, are not winning their
exhibition matches in this country
with an degree of consistency can
probably be attributed to one fact
or circumstance.
In their tour Havers and Ocken.
den are so closely booked they do
not arrive in city where they are
to play until the morning of the
match or the night before. They
get few opportunities of acquaint.
ing themselves with the courses
over which they are to play. There
in probably lies the answer to their
many defeats.
The worlds greatest collection of
golfers will assemble at the Wash.
ington Golf and Country Club on
Monday, May IL. The day will be
the occasion of the annual spring
tournament of the Washington
Newspapermen's golf tournament.
All records are due to go by the
board. But, they will be records
with reverse English.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23
VIII Re a SelI.Out.

r T promises to be a sell-out at
Shibe Park today. The Phil.
Il lies drew a measly 10000
when they opened the season with
the Boston Braves, but the Ma
tional League is not popular in
this mans town owing to- the
parsimonious policy pursued by
Col. w. F. Baker, president OF
the Phillies. The fans have been
waiting for today's opening at
Shibe Park. :,
The best thing Connie Mack
did for the American League was
to buy Sammy Hale, Max Bishop,
AL simmons and Paul Strand.
Fabulous sums are rumored to
have been paid for this quartet,
running as high as $4,000 for
Strand. 1t is probable that Con-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23

This year / had to go through
almost five games before got my
first homer out Of my system.
Meanwhile the Yankees were going
bad. We won the first game Of the
season at Boston and then dropped
four in row. kept on trying
harder and harder but no homers
until last Sunday.
/ don't suppose there's any thrill
In baseball like making the first
home run of q season. But ]
wasn't the only one who was wait.
ing for the blow got in Washing.
ton. Miller Higgins had been
worrying some because hadn't
been hitting much and because the
team was losing.
go get that homer out of
your system" he said, "and may.
be the boys will start hitting"
Well, I've, got that homer out of
my system and now / hope the
boys will step ON the gas and get
going. For worlds champions,
we sure did look bad for almost a
week.
I suppose looked as bad as the
worst. Maybe was the worst. l
don't know. But do know didn't
get many base hits and that the
rest OF the team went along nearly
the same way. Worlds champs
can't afford to do that.
You should have heard US talk
over things after losing four
straight. We couldn't figure 1t out.
Our pitchers weren't going well and
we weren't hitting.
We knew that much, Of course,
but we couldn't quite understand 1t.
Even our fielding was bad and
some Of US were making all kinds
Of wild throws in addition to boot.
ing the ball around for errors.
In a way, we sat back and
said: ''WeIl, everything will get
going all right sOon." But that
didn't satisfy us. We were really
worried a little. We began to
think Of the old Athletics and the
Giants and wonder il there was
jinx that always has stopped
team from winning four pennants
In q row.
Doc Woods, our club trainer,
however, refused to get worried.
wait till you get back to New
York." he said. you'll be prime
for the big opening there, and then
pity the pitcher you all bust out
on. The cold weather you got in
Boston has been holding you up.
The pitchers need a little more
work and that's what they have
been getting so far. Everything
will turn out all right"
l have no doubt that I will. In
spite Of our Lad start the Yankees
in my opinion are stronger than
they were last year. Joe Dugan,
Aaron Ward and Bob Meusel are i'm
proved bali players, Scott is also
little faster and the pitchers have
at least held their own. That goes
for the rest of the team and in
addition to that we have few
young pitchers and catchers who
will also come in handy.
copyright, 1924, by the Christy Walsh
Syndicate.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23

PHILADELPHIA is WAKING UP

PHILADELPHIA April 23-On all sides signs that Phia-
delphia that Connie Mack pretty
ball club, which may whole lot of games this
Coming the train from the Capital the conductor Pha
dephdn mentioned that fact discovered the GfmS
in his charge The drivers the railroad station
bubbng gee they promised the Gs "a good beating
clubs visiting Phy could his sk he thought
what happen this bunch of at the hands
OF the AS Connie Macks team is always called here
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-23
NEW PITCHER APPEARS ON
ALTROCK HORIZON
By NICK. ALTROcK.

PHILADELPHIA April 2SPresident johnson recently said that
would cut figure certain clubs winning the pennant
so figure out that observation-disclosures that isis maintained
only club in each why the rest Of the boys nave
the most pleasant time of their career
don't exactly know Discipline pitched for
but he certainly wasn't left Certainly there always has
been discipline the Giants clubs well in family
Mrs ArOck is strict about the writer not being allowed to
the world can't win unless there than the ball
m1sclah n hind the hat