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The Washington times., 1924-09-04

nearby year, which contained an
article about Colonel Greger as a
rider.
Colonel Greger's knowledge Of
Washington people naturally dates
back to the parents of most of the
young 'uns" functioning on the
social arena now. He knew Mrs
Ned Mclean, for instance, when
she was very little girl and Ned
Mclean when he was running
around in very short-lengthed
trousers.
Among those in Washington now
who were his contemporaries, are
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Carroll Clio.
yer, Truxtun Beale, and, as Wash
ington has lot of old-timere,
there must be many more that
might be mentioned.
Colonel Greger paid brief
call upon Secretary Hughes a few
days ago and can be seen occa.
sionally reviving memories at the
Metropolitan Club, to which Milton
Allies has given him a card.
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SECRETARY WEEKS TO
GREET FLIERS IN NEW YORK.
John w. Weeks, Secretary Of
War, left Washington this morning
for New York to remain until
Monday. He will welcome the
round-the-world filters and will
attend the opening Of the interna.
tional polo matches at Meadow
Brook. L. I. On Sunday Secretary
Weeks will be guest at a lunch.
con which Mrs. Henry P. Dawson
is giving at her country place,
Peacock Point, Glen Cove, L. l.,
for some of those who will officially
welcome the filters. Others in the
company will be Rear Admiral
Charles P. Plunkett and his staff.
Major General Robert Lee Billiard
and his staff and Congressman
Robert L. Bacon.
Andrew w. Mellon, Secretary Of
the Treasury, who landed from
Europe on Tuesday on the Majestic,
is lingering in New York for a day
or two, but is expected in Wash.
ington tomorrow or Saturday.
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Peter Augustus Jay, American
Minister to Rumania, arrived yes
terday in New York from Bucha-
rest and joined Mrs. Jay at the
Plaza Hotel. She has been at
Newport.
Colonel and Mrs. Hamilton Haw.
kins and their daughter, Miss Nancy
Hawkins, who have been on a
motor trip, are now at Blue Ridge
Summit, Pa, and are expected to
return to their quarters at Fort
Myer the end Of this week.
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days ago. The Minister went to
New York last week to meet Nine.
Peter.
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Senator George Wharton Pepper
who has been in Maine on his vaca.
ton, Is expected to return to his
home in Philadelphia the end of
this week.
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Robert Silvercruys, charge dat.
fares OF Belgium. will have his
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Colonel Greger ana MRS. Gfe&6r,
who was a Miss Van Osterman with
Baltimore connections, are at the
Marlborough. during their stay here,
which is likely to be concluded any
day and certainly by the 18th Of
this month; for Colonel Greger will
have to be at Mount St. Mary's, a
school for boys, near Emmetsburg
Md, by that time in order to assume
his duties as professor of languages
three or four Of theml. incidentally
1t might be mentioned that this Rus
sian by birth and training speaks a
dozen tongues other than his natal
one.
Back in the old days Colonel
Greger. who is Of the pre-revolution
Russian nobility, was one of the
richest men in Europe, and also
one of the most generous. But,
like all Of the Russians. who pos
sessed the land in large areas, he
is now acreless. However, he has
lost none of his charm of manner
and dignity of bearing. And the
lack of material possessions has &C.
centuated perhaps his intellectual
attachments upon which he relies
largely now for his interest in life
Sharing intimately every phase
Of his life and thought is his
wife with whom he fell in love
when she was a mere child and
whom he married ten years later.
A most happy marriage-it has
proved to be-as did that OF other
Russian conferes of Colonel Greger
at the Russian embassy here in his
time, who married American
women. Nine of them did this
and that number included all Of
the members Of the staff.
Colonel Greger was an arrestine
figure in the social and diplomatic
life of Washington three or mort
decades ago. AS sportsman he
had no peer. The paper chases.
riding clubs, hunts and other ex
pressions Of Workmanship current
in the Capital today owe much to
this gallant Russian.
President Roosevelt Was
His Riding Companion.
Among his riding companions was
President Theodore Roosevelt, than
whom Colonel Greger says he has
never known a man more fascinat-
ing-n1ore interesting i'll conversa-
tion-lnore able tC invest the most
commonplace trivial incident with
q narrative charm. AS a rider,
though, the great American Col
onel, while he acquitted himself
creditably in the saddle, had moth
ing to "brag" about.
Colonel Greger can relate vivid
incidents in the career of Grover
Cleveland as President and Mrs.
Cleveland as the mistress of the
White House. In 1888, according
to records, he was charge d'affatres
OF Russia here for a while Since
leaving Washington and before CIV
Ing up the diplomatic service he
served as Russian minister to va
rtous South American countries
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay were
some of them.
He served with the Russian forces
during the World War and at the
same time his wife served as a
nurse. On. one occa sion Colonel
Greger when wounded found him
self taken to a hospital in which
Mrs. Greger was assigned as his
nurse.
Diplomatic Record
In Eleven Books.
AS a record Of his diplomatic
career he has eleven books of clip
pings that tell of some activity Of
his. or in which he is mentioned.
And not many months ago a friend
OF his wrote him that he had come
across a copy Of the Cosmopolitan
Magazine Of 1884, or month in g.
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CEOLS T0PASS
WINTER in
CAPITAL
Will Retain House Occu-
pied by Mr.. Cecil in
Bachelor Days

Since his third son, the Honor
able John Francis Amherst Cecil,
Familiarity known as Jack" mar
ried so well (see Cecil. Cornelia
Vanderbilt nuptials last spring.
Lord William Cecil--emboldencd
perhaps by this filial success---has
entered the matrimonial lists a
second time. His recent choice Of
about a month ago was an English
widow of appropriate age with a
child Of ten or whereabouts.
Soon after attending the wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil returned to this
country and are now at their
estate at Biltmore, N. c., for a
brief stay. They will go the end
of this week to be the guests OF
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt and
her daughter, Miss Muriel Wander.
bilt, at Southampton, L. l., during
the international polo games at
Meadow Brook. From Long Island
they will come to Washington en-
route to Biltmore where they plan
to remain during the autumn and
in the winter they will come to
Washington and will open the
house on Massachusetts avenue
formerly occupied by Mr.. Cecil when
he was attached to the British
embassy.
Mrs. George Vanderbilt, the
mother of Mrs. Cecil, who is also
at Biltmore, will leave soon to
visit her sister. Mrs. John Nicholas
Brown at Harbour Court" New.
port. Mrs. Vanderbilts house on
K street is for sale, so 1t is prob
able that she will not establish
another residence here, but will
spend her time when here at a
hotel, or as the guest Of her son.
in-law and daughter. For her
residence at Biltmore she is having
a house built within a short dis.
lance of Biltmore House, which
the late George Vanderbilt left to
his daughter Cornelia.
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JEAN ELIOTS NEWS AND GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON SOCIETYE
ALFALFA CLUE HELPS
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS.

G. Bascom Slemp, Secretary to
the President, who is today celeb
rating his fifty-fourth birthday and
the first anniversary Of his being
sworn in as aid TO President Cool
idge, is a member Of that pictures.
que organization, the Alfalfa Club,
which seems to be going in for
birthdays wholesale this month.
A letter Of congratulation from
Charles p. Light, secretary of the
club, was among those received by
Mr.. Slemp this morning; and il the
custom Of sending birthday greet
ings to it's members is carried out
the secretary will be kept busy for
no less than fourteen members
celebrate their anniversaries this
month. Major-General Charles r.
Humphrey, United States army.
retired, who was eighty years
young on September 2 and in
whose honor the Alfalfa Club gave
a dinner that night, started the
ball rolling.
General Pershing. a longtime
member of the Alfalfa Club. will
have his sixty-fourth birthday on
September IS, retiring from active
service on that day. And other
club members who are celebrating
their birthdays within the next few
days are Howard Sutherland, for
merly Senator from West Virginia,
September 8; Edgar c. Snyder, Dis
trict marshal, September 6; George
Garter, public printer, September
10; Senator Key Pittman, Septem-
Der 10; Charles J. Faulkner, of Vir-
ginia, September 81, and Barry Mo-
hun, September 81. Mark Sullivan,
famous newspaper correspondent,
who is on the club waiting list, has
birthday on September IL.
John w. Davis, Democratic can
didate for President, is a member
Of the Alfalfa Club, which boasts
many notables on its roster.
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MRS. CLARKE WAGGAMAN
TO WED A. b, LEGARE,

The engagement is announced Of
Mrs. Clarke Waggan1an to Alex b..
Legare. The wedding will take
place in Boston Monday.
Mrs. Waggaman, who was Miss
Grace L. Knowlton before her mar
riage, is the widow Of Clarke Wag-
ganan.
Mr.. Legare is of an old Wash
ington family and is a member Of
the Metropolitan, Chevy Chase,
Grasslands. Riding and Hunt and
Racquet clubs.
The German Ambassador, Doctor
Otto Wiedfeldt, was the guest Of
honor at a luncheon yesterday on
the New Willard roof given by
Constantine e. Mcclure.
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PETERS RETURN TO
SWISS LEGATION.

The Minister of Switzerland and
Nine. Marc Peter arrived in Wash.
ington yesterday from New York,
where they have been since Nine.
Peters arrival from Europe q, few
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SCENESOF EARLYDAYS;
FAMOUS SPORTSMAN
Col. Alexandra Greger, Once Attached to
Embassy Here, Tells Something of Wash
ington of Generation Ago.

THOR author search of character this scribner suggests
n Colonel Alexander reger without country who is in
- Washington for few reving the of his
careee youth grandeur of his Russia
in the of the
Of earliest embassies to be established Washington
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Diplomatic Record
In Eleven Books.

AS record Of his diplomatic
career he has eleven books of clip
pings that tell of some activity of
his, or in which he is mentioned.
And not many months ago a friend
Of his wrote him that he had come
across copy Of the Cosmopolitan
Magazine Of 1884, or a month in 9.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
SAND[OT CLUBS
FORM TWO
CLASSES
Unlimited Teams Make Ten
tatiVe Plans For
Sunday Leagues.

The National Baseball Federation
Is out of the minds Of independent
sandlot clubs Of the unlimited class,
for the time being anyway, while
the leaders make plans strictly
local for the next season.
In a meeting at the Knicker.
booker club, the unlimited class
clubs decided to divide into two
classes, a semi-pro and amateur,
and form Sunday leagues. V. l..
Woodbridge, Of the Knickerbocker
club, was named temporary chair
man of the semt.pros and called a
meeting for February at the
Knickerbocker club.
Morton Anderson, OF the st.
Stephens club, was named tempor-
ary chairman Of the amateur clubs
and called a meeting for February
10, at the St. Stephens club.
The clubs whose representatives
voted for semi-pr0 ball follow: Sill
yer Spring, Dominican Lyceum,
Shamrocks, Petworth, Waverly, Mo.
hawk, Knickerbocker.
The amateurs: Comforter, Union
Printers, st. Stephens, Arlington
IO'Donnell's, Langdon, Woodbridge,
Milan and Hilltop. Some Of the
Representatives voted unofficially
and all action taken at the meet
ing was tentative.
It was decided to drop the Ma
tional Baseball Federation from con-
sideration at this time.
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CRITICS BELIEVE.
JOE RAY IS
ON SLIDE
Distance Runner Finishes
Last In Three-Quarter
Mile MiIrose Event.

NEW YORK. Jan. S1.-Track and
field critics were all the more con-
vinced today that Joie Ray lacks
some Of his speed Of former years
by the fact that the great little
distancer finished last in the special
three quarters of a mile at the Mill
rose games last night after winning
the mile and a half event. Never
before In the history Of track sports
here has Ray been known to finish
worse than third in local race.
Chesty Joe easily made good his
predictions in winning the mile and
a half, only Ray Buker. former
Bates star, and r. e. Brown, late
intercollegiate champion, remaining
on the track at the end. The rest
Of the field retired, in spite of the
fact that Rays time. 6:48 4-5. did
not disturb the record.
Ray apparently finished without
distress, yet was never In the run
ming in the three-qnarters race. The
race was won easily by Lloyd Hahn,
the Boston star. with Enck. OF
Penn State, second, and Ray Wat
son, Of Chicago, third.
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To
GIVE MUzzEN|
TROUBLE
Capacity House Expected to
See Greek Grapple
italian Monday.

Judging from the past records Of
Jim Londos, undisputed Greek
heavyweight mat champion, and
Gene Muzzeni, the italian Samson,
there will be a real contest at the
Coliseum next Monday night and
lovers Of the graphing game here
are waking up with q vengeance.
Londos is, perhaps, the most p0pu-
lar Of all the big wrestlers in this
country. He never appears any.
where without attracting capacity
houses and he Is expected to do like
wise here.
Londos weighs but 1856 pounds,
yet so clever and strong is he that
Stranger Lewis worked three
hours for draw at Canton, Ohio.
Lewis had at least thirty.five
pounds advantage, yet could not pin
Londos' shoulders to the mat.
Londos has battled both the
zbyszkos to draws, though greatly
outweighed, and has defeated Pat
Conley, Charlie Travis, Tony Draak,
George Sanderson, Gus Hin, Bill
Demetral, Charles Cutler, George
Sandele, Llindin, Jack McGrath,
John Havenpaa, Kalapasa, Lemar-
ion, and a score of others during
the past year.
With the exception Of Cutler and
Demetral, these same grapplers
have fallen before the powerful
Muzzeni and in quicker time. Mux-
zeni is not so well known here as
Londos, but he has proved himself
powerful performer ever since ar
r1ving in this country.
Those who saw Londos defeat
Havenpaa in Washington last sea.
son know that he is the fastest
heavyweight in the game, not even
excepting Stecher. Battling a man
as big as Muzzeni will force Londoe
to show all his power to achieve
triumph.
Promoter Freeman has signed
Joe Turner and Cyclone Peters.
Turner has won his last five
matches, but may find his streak
upset Monday when he tackles
Peters. Last June, during Shrine
week, Peters defeated Turner, tax.
ing two out OF three falls. Turner
intends sQuaring this account, as
Peters is one Of few middleweights
with a victory over the Washing.
ton veteran.
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BROOKLYN BASKETERS
WIN FROM HATCHETITES

The st. Francis College basket.
ball quint experienced little diff.
Guilty in winning from George
Washington University in their
contest at the Coliseum, last night
The final score was 36 to 1S in
favor Of the visitors.
The Brooklyn players excelled in
every department Of the game and
Ghe issue was never in doubt once
the contest got under way. Klopsch
played the stellar role for George
Washington.
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BRITISH HOCKEY
TEAM BOWS
To U.s..
Americans Completely Out
class Rivals and Win by
Score of II to o.

CEIAMONIX, France, Jan. 31.-
The American hockey team, which
has swept everything before it in
the Olympic winter sports, scored
its most satisfying victory today in
completely outclassing Great Brit
ain. Score, IL to 0. The Yankees
amazed the crowd with their ire.
mendous speed at the outset, but
seemed to lose their punch in the
second period, the let-down being
due to lack Of training.
In the second period, the British
pulled themselves together some.
what, presenting a more determined
defense. Evidence Of this fact
brought cries Of well played" from
the English rooters, but in the long
run they had little to cheer about.
The British seldom threatened the
American goal.
The Yanks got away running in
the opening period, scoring six
times. The inevitable let down fol.
lowed in the second period, only
two goals being scored, but the
Americans came back with three
more In the third. The individual
goals were furnished as follows:
Dury, /; Rice, q; Small, q; Abel
q; Synott, ..
The victory qualified the Ameri
can team to meet Canada in the
final round on Sunday. In spite
of the impressive showing Of the
American team, the Canadians rule
heavy favorites.
Another bobsled accident occurred
today, when the English sled over
turned on a dangerous curve while
going fifty miles an hour. It is
believed that Frederic Browning
captain Of the team, sustained frac'
lures Of both legs. The remaining
three occupants Of the sled were
uninjured.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
Prep School Has Six
Promising Looking
Golfers

When the Interscholastic Golf
Association championship tour
nament gets under way at the
Greenwich Country Club, May
10, one of the strongest teams
will be that representing Kis-
kiminnetas Springs Preparatory
School at Salisbury, Pa. There
are fifteen boy golfers enrolled
there now and at least half a
dozen of them are youths whose
futures look very promising.
Wright Mcclure, a former
Western Pennsylvania junior
champion, is the leading light,
and Wallace Hunter, present
junior title-holder, is another.
E. Ellsworth Giles, jr., is the
third of the trio. Jim Marks,
athletic director at Kiski, is
enthusiastic over the teams
prospects and has engaged
Herbert Lawson, professional at
the Edgewood Country Club, to
coach the team in the spring.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
M|DD|ES MEET
FOUR RIVALS
SATURDAY

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Jan, 31,-With
four events, two varsity and the
others plebe or freshmen, the Naval
Academy will present a short pro.
gram Of fair interest Saturday, as
forerunner of the fine Offering
on the remaining Saturdays in Feb.
ruary and March.
On the varsity program there is
basketball game with Bucknell
and wrestling match with Brook.
lyn Poly. The Midshipmen should
win both easily, as Bucknell has
not been doing much this year,
while Poly has never rated the Mid.
shipmen on the mat.
Coach Allen will start his team
against Bucknell with Craig and
Parish at the forwards, Flippin at
center and Mckee (captain) and Leg.
gett guards. Both Craig and Parish
are going well, the latter in such
fine shape that Harris, regular for
ward, who has been out on account
Of bad knee, is unlikely to regain
his place.
The wrestlers have been greatly
strengthened by the return Of Cap.
tain Ericsson, lac pounds, and Tim
OeEldhO' Leu POuIluSl " tHO SQuAu'
Ericsson will probably appear, while
Undertake may rest another week.
Metzler, 115 pounds, is out Of shape,
and Davidson will probably take his
place. The other wrestlers will be:
1876 pounds, Nichols; 1856 pounds,
Kershner; 1853 pounds. Smith: ITS
pounds, Vieweg; unlimited, Edwards.
The plebe basketers will meet
New York Military Academy, and
the swimming team will open the
season in that line by meeting
Baltimore City College.
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WOMEN CHAMPIONS TO
SWIM DOWN IN FLORIDA

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Ten cham.
pions Of the Women's Swimming
Association, Of this city, will en-
train tomorrow for Miami, Fla,
where they will engage in swim.
ming and diving carnival that will
last six days, beginning February
|5. Their opposition will be fur.
nished by the leading women swim
mers of the South.
Heading the list OF invading title
Miss Gertrude Ederle, Miss Aileen
Riggin, and Miss Helen Vain.
wright. Miss Agnes Geraghty, the
new sensation in breast stroke swim
ming, also viii make the trip.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
JACKSON TELLS
Of OFFER BY
HUGG|NS

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Jan. s1-
Joe Jackson win take the stand
again today in his suit against the
Chicago White Sox, in which he ID
trying to regain $1S,60O which he
claims II due him on q three-year
contract signed in 1890.
Jackson already has testified that
Miller Huggins, manager Of the
New York Club Of the American
League, told him that he would pay
him $4,000 q year and give him
five-year contract II he could induce
the Chicago Club to trade him. He
also testified that st. Louis had
made him an offer.
jackson was released in the White
Sox shakeup following the rev0lA-
tion that the 1919 world series with
Cincinnati was framed.
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When informed OF his reappoint
ment by Governor Smith, Muldoon
would give no indication of what
his program might be beyond indi
eating that he would accept the
post with due alacrity. However,
it was admitted privately by those
In q position to know that the de.
velopments outlined above were in.
evitable.
MuldOOn, it was pointed out, is
an independent I'm politics, Origi-
nally appointed to office by a Re
publican governor, Nathan Miller.
His reinstatement by q Demo
cratic governor leaves him free
to pursue any course he may
elect, unhampered by political al.
filfaxf0ns, it was declared.
The appointment Of James A.
Farley, Democrat, and the coinci.
dent resignation Of William McCor.
mack, personal friend Of the gov
ernor, as chairman Of the license
committee, Is said to have indicated
further the formation Of q non
partisan body. Boxing and politics
are to go their separate ways, it is
contended; for the first time since
the dark days back in the nineties,
That Muldoon will be returned to
his former high estate, instead OF
merely accepting a position as com
missioner, was also predicted freely,
He IL the only practical boxing man
now connected with the commits
sion in any way, George w. Brewer
the hold-over, being a lawyer.
Mccormack, in fact, was the
only man In authority to dispute
MuldOOn's reign in the old days,
and Il is believed to be unlikely
that the new license committee
chairman will be given the official
backing with which Mccormack
was favored.
Muldoon's return, Of course, calls
the pack off Richards trail. Under
the dukes former regime. Rickard
seemingly was granted the boon OF
every indulgence and waxed exceed
ingly fat around the wallet pocket
1t may have been noted that Tex
has promoted comparatively few
bouts of national importance within
recent months. Boxing men now
expect him to resume, as was, with
out undue delay.
AS for boxing itself, it is taken
for granted that the governor would
hardly take the trouble to make
appointments to the commission ii
the game was not to live. His ac
ton is recognized here as tacit ad
mission that the sports will be per
mitted to proceed for another year
at least.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
CREENLEAF oUTCLASSES
WASHINGTON CUE STAR

Joseph Concannon may have en-.
tertained hopes of some day wear.
ing the pocket billiard champion.
shin crown, but from his showing
Yesterday afternoon and last night
against Ralph Greenleaf, the title
holder, he is many leagues away
from even serious consideration.
Concannon met Greenleaf in two
exhibitions Of $50 points at the
Grand Central. In the matinee ses.
sion the champion ran out his block
of $50 while Concannon was mus.
tering IS. The Washington cueist
looked still worse in the evening
match when he lost, $50 to 81.
The two are scheduled to appear
again today in afternoon and night
matches. Blocks of 15O points will
he played at each.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
Rock Creek And East
Potomac Courses
Close Today

The municipal golf courses
in East Potomac and Rock
Creek parks win close today.
This Is in keeping with an
order issued by Col. G. o.
Sheriff., officer in charge Of
public buildings and grounds,
some time ago It had been
thought that the order also
affected West Potomac Park,
but it has now been learned
that the beginners course will
be kept open throughout the
winter.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
ST. JOHNS TO PLAY
WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL

Western high school and the st.
Johns preps are scheduled to try
basketball conclusions, this after
noon, in the Central Coliseum.
Considerable rivalry exists be.
tween the two teams and a rafting
game is the prospect. Coach
Ahearn will start his regular line.
up against the prep boys.