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thieves. even though |, myself have made capital of the whimsy-"Maybe they ain't no better than the rest of us."
 There is honor on that one point of going throukh torture. the third degree, allufing promises and alarming threats staunchly refusing to give up" to the hated police the representatives of the foe against whom is without artnistice or fraternizing save for that lowest of warriors the spy.
 ] In war times the penalty for the spy is plain, clear and ugly
 And in crookdon, it is always war time ! This preamble, setting forth perhaps nothing new, but affording a runway upon which the read. CT may climb with the writer to the starting point of this narrative is inspired by the tale of Frankie McCue, "Skeets' Neville, and Marty Fromin
 Frankie was girl, the nlfties shop-lifter that ever snatched bolt of Japanese silk on counter and Slid it into the false pocket in her petticoat ] "Skeets" was an aristocfAt of the submerged 400 la heavy burglar with records-police, pent tentiary and legendary. He was no porch-cmbing petty larceny grifter who stole the German silver from the bureau of my lady while the family was downstairs at supper "Skeets" Neville worked on big jobs with an organization that owned trucks and had shipping and merchandising facilities on a broad scale and he operated in warehouses and stole wholesale lots of woolens or furs or other salable commodities. .-
 Frankie was Neville's sweetIe, They had met in one of those nests where birds of q feather kravitate together-tor thieves ind one another just the same as old soldiers, hoboes, travelling salesmen, actors, reporters or any other factors in the crafts and arts.
 She met Neville, and that was about the time she left Marty Fromin, who was a runner for "fence" and all-around blackleg
 Fromin loved Frankie with a fury that con. stunned his being. He ached for her. He lived for her. And when she, who had for while led him on to bslieve she cared or might come to care looked into the bold eyes of Neville and knew she had met her man, she dismissed Fromin with de. cision and dispatch.
 The skulking, whining mongrel in Fromin gen efated no spirit of fight He only paled chewed his lips, cenched his hands (inside his pockets), phe had befallen him A better man had come and had taken away Frankie
 The poison in Fromin's bitter heart seeped and Neville from ambush, but he hadn't the fibre for Ii. He contemplated hiring sugger or a gun,
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was boBS handler through whom Ffomin cleared the loot of the frAtefnlty, had tipped hin to carload of swAS, NevlIleS portion 0E faid on storage loft downtown. .. ..... q,
 Ffomin walked out into the cool air to turn 1t over in his throbbing brain The last eont6mptlblS impulse left to degrade taIleh soul had Grept into his thoughts.
 Full well Marty Fromin, who had been reared among the weeds, knew all it's potential famlhEa tlons. Cold scorn hot hatred cry for veng9ance maybe death, would be his penalties.
 His fellows would despisS him. and 50 would the police whom he loathed as did the others. On htn would be bfanded the cross With vitriol Wherever hs might wander, the wOkd would come through the underground that he, Marty Fromin had 'turned up brother None would ask the arneliofatihk facts. No set of conditions could whiten the stain.
 tempted by promises of liberty, is a rat and sguawker forever and shall wander without caste in ths by-wAys of those whom the world has
 But he who deliberately, for purpose of his own, seeks out the law and informs upon another, he is anathena, for him is the most degraded badge in nnundane purgatory, and on 1t is burned "Stool Pigeon"
 . Yet the itch ragged through the veins of Marty Ffofnin, Men have dared thumbs down, hands up, the e6llows and worse to win the woman.
 With Neville taken, nailed, condemned, put away for stretch" the road would be free for Fromin again to plead at Frankie's feet. "skeets' would get ten years, and that was long, long time
 He slept on it. but he slept little, for the glow. ing possibilities kept him vibrating though he never lost sight of the dangers. As the night wore on he did what every man often does who wants something he codded his reason with his passion, and he began to convince himself that maybe, somehow, he might do this heinous thing and sti escape its retributions.
 The police might keep his part of 1t dark espe cally if he offered to give them further treason able tips against others; Once a stool pigeon, he might as we'll be a sheep as a lamb.
 Yes with the dawn Marty Fromin's mind was made up. He hurried to telephone and called a detective whom he knew, one assigned to pawn.
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Of FrankiSS flat and stood In the opening.
 Fromin had taken of his coat, for 1t was a hot day. He was in chair at the table quite at ease, in the midst of repeating to Frankie how srieved he was how sorry for Neville and for her, and how frightened about his own danger, which, however, came last in his concerns.
 He looked up at sound and saw "Skeets" Neville Something in the mans countenance brought him quivering to his feet and around the table, 50 1t was between them a sorry breastworks.
 "H-hello, .skeetsj' he chattered. "Wh-when'd you get sprung?"
 Neville walked tn threw the table aside with one fling, showed his two iron fingers down the stool pigeons collar, slapped his face with the other hand, and with swift twist threw him to the floor ,
 "You siiny siob," he hissed You left-handed, double-dealiH rat, ought to kick the life out O you. ... .yeh, think will"
 Frankie seized him and held his iron arm Now that the. executioner was carrying out the sentence of the highest law in her world, she
 Don't kill him. 'skeetie,'" she cried. 'fNot in
 "oh, always carry out my dead" spat Neville. since when are you mouthpiecin for this kind O vermin?"
 q ain't. on'y we'll all go up if you do." ."Well what'll do? Give i'm my best wishes an' kiss i'm good day as he walks out to give us the laugh?"
 bleated Fromin. "I didn do it. The bulls lied to you. I-"
 "shut up. or I'll shove my shoe in your mug .a.s Get up.. Get up, won't clout you. There An Romeo, too-hGh, Frankief'
 ''Wh-whatre you gonna do with me?"
 'T'm gonna take you for walk. Put on your coat See this gat? I'll have. it in my coat pocket. If you make a break, Til plug you if I get the chair Come on, we're goin' by-by."
 Frankie wondered where they were going, or why, but she asked no questions She did not see her man again that day. But next day the police had Fromin under the third degree. He had been caught, red-handed. coming out of window, with an armful of jeweIry. The window had been broken with brick thrown loudly enough to wake ward This was a prima facie case.
 'T ain't sayin nothin'," was all that Fromin would answer, though his body shook.
 So he did not tell them that big man had stood across the street with a loaded revolver aimed at him and that the man had sworn that if Frofnin ever told, that would murder him if he had to tear him to pieces in the penitentiary And Fronin knew that he would too. So he "took the fall" alone and when he met Neville doing his "bt" for the other ''job" in prison Neville did him the courtesy not to tell the other inmates that Fromin was that leper, stool-pigeon. For in a prison man had better be dead than have that stigma.
 And Neville had torn up his little black book, for its lone entry had been wiped out.
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Know Nothing See Nothing
 Say Nothing

THB iawless have laws more stringent than the canons of the righteous. because they
 are laws bN common consent based on desperate necessity, which is the mother Of nat ural law, and experience which is the father. No politics or personal individual prefefments go into the elements that make the statutes of the social anarchists. They are the essence of the general defense against the common enemy So. ciety and for the common fold. the iaw.breakers.
 Thieves and other professional nnalefactors are satisfied to take their chances with agencies out side their walls if they can depend against treach- cry and cowardice from the inside. Tbe "sdueal-
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CT" IS the pariah Of the under. world. And lower than him is the "stool pigeon" the one who. in the guise of a loyal insider, trades information against his associates for immunity.
 The law is clear: Know nothing-see noth. fng-say nothing"
 There is some honor among
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she had never suspected, never dreamed that this man was the traitor who had done the unforgivable, the unspeakaOie.
 'If you don't croak him, wili," she breathed.
 "Don' be chImp," snarled Neville. ''Im in enough boilin' oil without takin' chances on that frs degree racket But that snivelin' skunk is in my little black book, take that from me, an hen settle-plenty"
 He ordered her to go home. He would wait at point of observation until Fromin, who couldn't know that he was alyeady out, or that he knew everything, should come. Then he would enter. and she could leave the rest to him.
 In half an hour, Neville saw Fromin come up, look about, come in. He waited five minutes. Then he threw open the door
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M Bhck 50
by JACK LAT

man to "bump 6lf'' hts devastating rival but he was afraid, because the underworld had healthy fear as we'll as an afectionate reverence for sSkeets" Nevilie who did 1t proud, who carried his head high and his broad shoulders square.
 and sad devotion at distance would lead her
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to see, understand, per. haps desire hlni. frankie was a flaming, hish-foil ing, hardlivine, fast stepping young beauty who knew she was desirable and adorable, who played with love as the great adventure, and who played high and without limit.
 He had read her eyes, and in the6A he hAi
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
ACT
At INDIAN
SPRINGS
Father and Son in Tourney
Which Starts
Tomorrow

The Mackenzie duet "You lick
me, then IAll lick you," may be
enacted along about the last of this
week in the annual spring invita-
ton tournament of the Indian
Spring Golf Club.
Both are entered in the tourney,
and - both are at the top of their
game, as witness their feats in the
Washington Golf and Country Club
tourney, 1t is not at all unlikely
that they will again reach the finals.
Tall timber will have to be
hurdled to reach the finals. Chris
Dunphy, nursing a sweet dose of
revenge, is one of the entrants.
Another is Miller b. Stevinson,~ and
George J. Weight and Walter r. Nc
Callum are there.
Because Of the vast list Of COM
petitors, it has been decided to have
six sixteens. The eight lowest
scores of the first day and. the
eight lowest of the second day will
comprise the first sixteen.
Play in the morning will get
under way at o'clock, while in the
afternoon the last pair are scheduled
to tee off at $50 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
PUBLIC LINKS
GOLFERS To
COMPETE
Numerous Events Planned for
| East Potomac Park
Course

Public links golfers will have a
diversified program of competition
throughout the summer, S. j.
Loeffler, manager of the East PO-
tomac Park course, announced.
Starting within the next few days,
Loeffler plans to stage putting
contest, a driving contest and at
regular intervals throughout the
summer he plans to hold series of
contests.
Among these latter will be ap-
preaching contests, the best ball,
mixed foursomes and unlimited
sweepstakes.
With the exception of the first
week in June, when the two local
amateur golfers will be chosen to
compete in the third amateur public
links championship of the United
States Golf Association at Dayton.
Ohio, competitions will be staged
every week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
WANTS SAFETY
REPORT ON
ARENA
New Jersey Boxing Commits
sioner Hears Reyles' 30
Acres Is Shaky

TRENTON, N. j., May 5.--New-
ton A. X. Bugbee. State boxing com.
missioner. today declared that, salts,
factory evidence must be given OF
the safety of the Jersey City arena
before the State commission will
give its permission to hold the
Dempsey-Wills fight ON Sept 6. The
commission, he said, is not legally
responsible for the structural safety
of the arena but would insist upon
being assured that 1t can accom-.
modate crowd with safety.
We will not permit any bout to
he fought at Boyles Thirty Acres
without first obtaining the official
approval of Jersey City building in,
spectors," the commissioner de.
elaFed.
His statement came in answer to
complaints that the Jersey City
bowl is unsafe,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
TENNIS
HEADS FOR
ATTITUDE
West Side Member Aims
Comments at Board Of
Governors.

NEW YORK. May 5.-Edward
Conlin. organizer Of the special
meeting of the West Side Tennis
Club, called for tonight TO consider
the "player.writer" controversy in
lawn tennis. today criticised the
clubs board Of governors In coming
to the defense Of the disputed rule.
He also took issue with. letter,
made public today from four for.
nner presidents Of the tennis associa.
ton, Henry w. SlocuM, George T..
Adee, Julian 8. Myrick and Dwight
F. Davis, supporting the rule.
THE action OF the West Sides
board Of governors Is amusing, |"
Coniln said. Louis J. Carruthers,
president Of the club, is on the
amateur rule COMMITTEES; Mr.. Myrick,
q member Of the board. is chair.
man Of the Davis Cup committee,
and Watson Waahburn, another
board member, IL Mr.. Myrlck's
brother-in-law, There IL no aignifi.
canoe in the boards action.
I'm the same way would expect
the former presidents Of the tennis
association to support the rule,
They had much to do with its pas.
sage either officially or unofficially.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
HIGHER SCORES
EXPECTED IN
JOURNEYS
Star RoWIers Are Scheduled
in Two City Duckpin
Tournaments.

Washington's tournament bowl
ers are just getting warmed up
although one week has passed
since action started in two city
events. Competition will be re-
sumed tonight at the Grand Cen,
trail in the Washington City Duck.
pin Association tournament and at
the King Pin in the Capital City
Duckpin Association event.
All high scores rolled during the
first week In both tournaments are
doomed as records, 1t is a common
assumption, inasmuch as q great
majority of the stars have yet to
roll.
Tonight the King Pin tournament
is dedicated to the Masonic Bowl.
ing Association. Twelve Masonic
teams will shoot at Sis o'clock.
It will be knights of Columbus
night in the Grand Central tourna-
ment. The entire Casey League
will start slamming away at
o'clock.
The Grand Central schedule:
Singles, 2 p. mp. Metrakos. A; G.
land. 5! q. o. B Berg, &; s. N. Fear Pear
scH' q II; 4, Nelson; b r.; psGlants,
~
]. p. McMahon. C; r. Skinner. C: Hank
Bailey. Al Fred Moore, Al @. p. Pol
lock- A; 3, 9. Marx; A; H: W: New
% .on A A h q Nd S5r0yn, ,; G. F. HsRdsr'
singles. lo;t. p; MN; 2; Ferguson,
A. works. Al Johns s, Blick, A;
Tom T. M Tas%sIS TG PIN, MG aoSsn'' A
Nick chaconss. Al Arthur Logan. Ai
George Horning. A; Edward Anderson
4; 6 W: Hughes, Al g, q: Osborn, AZ
<; a. &. poyins. A; R. B. sei Evans, <
Gilbert w: Hughes A..
Teams, "a p. m.--De Sofa, Bl Balboa,
81 Pinto; p; Gssos, ? santa Maria
bus. B saiSaaors s 4; ovandOs. b; O'u
Deuhiea. 10 p, NV. G, Wedding
and !, Fields, A r.; G, Eliet and T.
Ss%PhsN a r Pollock Poll SEd and = VS. 3. G
9? &, e. Langley and j. d. Weeks, s.
nd Wolf and W. N. Weinberg. A; d
Campbell and L. Kupfer,- B; e. T: Ne
| and L, y. Thornton, C.
The King Pin program;
II. J. schmidt. A; Ed G. KFeigef. A.
w. H. Oliver. Al Leo speer, A; Ed
Werner. ci A.. u. sonSemsP. G: 4
| 3. watson, A: J. simmons. A; N. II
Boss, b; A. Logan, A; J. L. Evans. 3
| Denham, b; Weiss b; Harry Scott, Is
| william II. Hough, A: J. w. Wood. p
=. Patrick. ri c. Crown, b; w Bell
81 H. Lawrenson: b; Charles w
| Fague, A; Harry Stanford. A; c. y
BARNARD, A; n. O. Klugge. A.
Teams at .sllY p. M Hope (Mason'
ic), b; Columbia (Masonic). A: La
Fayette, No. 1 (Masonic). A; Noun
Pleasant (Masonic). A; Asiris (Masonie)
b: Naval (Masonic). b; Dawson (Ma'
sonic), n; Money Order (Postoffice)
c, NJ. NJ. Parker. No. 3 (Masonic). B
M. M. Parker, No. 1 (Masonic), B
Federal (Masonie). b; Potomac (Ma'
Doubles at 1918 p. me-. Heimel
and Harper, C; @. Burton and p
FFu'R urts a. ana sEPs p snS s. c q NJ
Watson and partner, A: John Pappai
and Harry Armiger, A; C.. II. Croft
and c. F. Croft, A; Ed Anderson and
G. Warner, b; ]. r. Brewer and H
F. BURNER, A; c. e. Barnard and
Gheen, A; P. MeCambridge and J
Rhodes, A.
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the last day carried Archer to the
nineteenth hole before that worthy
proved the best man at the ancient
Scotch game.
To LOTUS was accorded the
signal honor of scoring the only
eagle in the tourney. He took
the fourth hole, a par five af-
fair, in three, and so far as the
cards showed was Vne only one to
negotiate the hole in three during
the tourney.
Davis, Roland Mackenzie, and
Loftus scored victories over Dunphy
Albert Mackenzie, and Donald
woodward, the last three being
among the cream of local golfers
Given a few years experience In
match and medal play, and those
three boys will come close to cop,
ping everything before them.
Be 1t said for the elders that the
wear and tear on the human body
IN tramping over the Washington
Golf and Country Club twice a day
Tor two or three days Is anything
but conducive to steadiness in put,
ting or driving. with apologies
to "Wednesday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
MICHIGAN WILL DEVELOP
END MEN INTO IRON MEN

ANN ARBOR, Mich, May S.
Emphasis will he placed on the
development of end material for
Michigan's football team; Coach
Little believing an especially hard
attack will be directed against
Michigan flankmen next fall. With
but one veteran, Phil Marion, avail
able every possible candidate will be
drilled in the technique of this po-
sition. The spring practice also
will SEQ much attention paid to the
development of line plunger, ono
who can make the three yards the
new rules allow for the try for
extra point after touchdown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
FLYING TURK MAY LAND
OLYMPIC SPRINT TITLE

Contestants in the Olmypic 100
meter event this summer are warned
to beware of Reouf, Turkish
sprinter, who seems headed for the
championship.
This is the first time Turkey
has ever entered the Olmypics, 7
says Selim Sirry, of the Turkish
Olympic Committee. Naturally We
don't expect to win many points.
We haven't the entries nor the ex-
perience, but we have a Splinter
who may win the 100-meters IN
Reouf.
Wearing unsuitable shoes and in
rather heavy rain, Reouf covered
the distance under eleven seconds.
Running on fast track and in
proper shoes, he may win the event
in Paris.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05

1oidHu MdCheHZlS, leduer OF the
triumverate, is unquestionably a
golfer of parts. Barely eighteen
years old. he has bagged a tour.
nament which included in it's
players such men as his father,
Chris Dunphy, Charles Agnew and
others.
The second of the three, Jimmy"
Davis. is somewhat of dark horse
In match play. He is member Of
the Columbia Country Club and
his golfing prowess has been mostly
confined to that club, until he went
out and performed the Herculean
feat of sending Christy Dunphy
down to biting defeat.
Davis Is possessed of q physique
that argues well for future days.
His drives were easily the longest
seen In the tourney and his only
vulnerableness was with his irons,
Practice will smooth out that I'm
pediment, and then look out for
his dust.
Davis is around eighteen years
old, and his development is not com.
plete. He will be much bigger and
SJEOHScI IAdu IbOlduu MdChSH1les
The third member of the youthful
entente is Reginald LOTUS, of the
Chevy Chase Club.
Entering the tourney under the
handicap Of a recent illness, and
without previous experience on the
Washington course, he done NOBLE"
lasting to the semi.finals and num-
bering among his vanquished
Donald Woodward.
Lotus is sixteen years old and is
of slight build. His stroke is
magnificent and his drives was
TAR and accurate. He went nine.
teen holes with Woodward, and on
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Morton, George Asche and Joe
Burke.
It was fresh from his flattening
tour that Gibbons, then being
doomed for title tilt with Demp-
sey, entered the ring with Greb.
Many were sorry for the Pitts
burgher until the bell rang and
then they quickly dried their
tears. Greb was in and out of
Gibbons, all over him, landing al
most at will. There was but one
decision to make and Greb got it.
Would Tackle FirpO.
TREB twice defeated Mike Nc
v Tigue in no-decision bouts,
~ but that was in 1919 and
Mike held no championship. His
success against Gibbons inspired
Greb to go after the lightweight
title, then held by Gene Tunney.
To the surprise of many, Greb
emerged from the ring light
heavyweight champion Of Amer
lea,
Of course, there were wild
clamors and Greb and Tunney
were matched again. A decidedly
smelly decision that came close to
killing the game in New York
made Tunney champion again
That was in February, 1923.
Greb had been chasing Johnny
Wilson for two years and they
met on August 81, 1923, with
Greb an easy winner. That's
where he got his present title Of
rniddleweight champion.
Still thinking he might acquire
Tunney's title in addition, Gret
met the New Yorker again or
December 10 last, only to be de-
feated.
Greb repeatedly challenged
Georges Carpenter, but got nc
answers. He worked out with
Dempsey without being injured
and so challenged Luis Firpo
who weighs 225 pounds and hits
: like a ton of bricks falling off 8
high roof. No, he doesn't suffe,
from any lack of confidence ir
; himself and, to make it all the
more binding, there are plenty
who believe Firpo would never
lay a glove on the pittsburgh
! Windmill" were they to meet il
| the ring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
INTERSEcTIoNAL GAMES
WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK

The first intersectional games of
the season for the big leagues will
be seen this week. In the American
league, the western clubs come East,
with the National league reversing
this program.
The Detroit Tigers will be the
first western club to visit Washing
ton, opening four.game series
here next Saturday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
IRA THOMAS HUNTS IVORY
FOR LOVELY SHREVEPORT

sHREvEPo RT, May 5.-Ira
Thomas announced today he would
Immediately surrender management
OF the Shreveport, Texas League
club, which finished at the bottom
last season and has won only one
game this season, to devote his
attention to OBJ ining new material
Thomas expects to leave today
for St. Louis and other major
league cities in search of new
players. Shortstop Billy Orr will
be left in temporary charge, Thomas
said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
THREE CLUBS HITTING
FOR MORE TIM 800

Three American league clubs have
team hating average of more than
800. The Detroit Tigers, who make
their seasons debut here next Sat
urday, have the highest average,
.313. Then come, the Cleveland In
dams, with 800, and the st. Louis
Browns, with 1907
The Chicago Cubs, with a team
mark of 1888, lead the National
League. closely followed by the ST.
Louis Cardinals, two points behind
them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
Nearly All Done

Only Joe Tucci. outfielder, and
Nick PAMELA, pitcher. are left Of
the players who won championships
fer the young Waverlys in the last
two seasons. The Waverly club.
now in the unlimited class, is vir-
tually a brand new organization.
with Frank Kersey doing most of
the baseball managerial work.