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IDO OLABELED AS
 PERFECT LINGO

CLEVELAND Dec. BOA new uni versal language, Ido, which he terms "the most perfect language in exist ence," is being advocated by the Rev. F. l.. Odenbach, seismograph observ- CT of John Carroll university here..
 Speaking recently of Ido, Father Odenbach said: "The telephone and radio have brought the people of this earth within speaking distance, but the scenes enacted are suggestive of what must have happened at the Tow CT of Babel. The remedy, however, is in lido, language which may be learned at home in few months. The salient features of this new and per- feet vehicle of thought follow: The alphabet is the English one, with a single sound for each letter; the spell ing is absolutely phonetic; every word has but one invariable meaning.
 ''The accent is governed by a sin gle rule: The infinitive form has the accent on the last syllable; all other words of more than one syllable on the last but one.
 Tweenty Bindings
 There are but twenty grammatical endings to be learned by heart All nouns end in o, all adjectives in a, and adverbs in e, the rest are used for the conjugation of the verb.
 A dictionary of 10000 roots with about 75 suffixes, forms the material of this auxiliary language. The Ido dictionary thus puts at our disposal some 30,OO0 words, twice as many as existed in Shakespeare's time.
 Since the roots were all chosen from the living cultured languages, Americans and the English will re- cognize 79 per cent of the words at first sight; the Germmans 61 per cent, the French 91 per cent, and Spaniards 79 per cent. There are no exceptions in it's grammar.
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McAulife Laughs Over
 Airs That Are Put On
 By the Modern Plugs

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-"Some of these critics who keep pointing back to the tough times of the old bare knuckle days give me laugh. When they say it took more gameness to fight a man with bare fists than man with gloves, they do not know what they are talking about" Jack McAu- life, the retired unbeaten lightweight champion said recently in a flaming bee about old times.
 "A good hitter can inflict more damage with a light glove than he can with his bare fist because he can hit harder and he can get better punches on the face or body with a glove than he could with the bare hand.
 ''The big advantage that fighter has in glove is that he has some thing to get grip on. In the old days when I was fighting with bare fists I used to try to sneak match stick or a handful of grass in my hand. They would give me some thing to grip. Otherwise the muscles of the hand would get so tired it was almost impossible to grip the hand tightly or to even close it.
 You will notice that many runners have regular cork grips to put in their hands when they are running. The idea is following the same theory of the old fight days"
 McAuliffe pointed out that with the gloves it is sometimes possible to sneak something into thehand to add to the force of the blow or to get something inside the bandage or the lining of the glove.
 '.In our days" he said, "it was i'm possible to get plaster of paris case on the hands or hold an iron slug in the hands like some of the modern boxers do now. The beatings that some of the modern boxers have to take now could not have been inflict ed in the bare knuckle days"
 It has always been maintained by some critics who do not feel friendly toward the champion that Dempsey had his hands packed when he fought Jess Willard at Toledo with which Jimmy de Forest clung to the state ment that Dempsey had nothing but ordinary tape on his hands added strength to the other denials.
 De Forest trained Dempsey for the Willard fight and was his chief sec ond during the battle. De Forest has no reason to stretch a point of trutl for the champion, as he was let ou right after the fight and there is nc reason why he should feel tied by any bonds of loyalty to cover it up i Dempsey's hands were slugged witt plaster of paris.
 It seems unusual, however, tha Dempsey should have caved in tht lace of the giant, Willard when ht had never inflicted such damage. or
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other opponents before that time and has never shown such crashing power since then.
 Carpenter left the ring without a mark, but it might be argued that Dempsey didn't have to smash the smalled Frenchman. Gibbons left the ring in Shelby with nothing more than a bruise on his groin from a punch and Dempsey had not reason to pull his punches in that fight. Firpo wasn't badly marked when he was dragged from the ring in the Polo Grounds and Dempsey had every reason to get savage enough to murder the South American in that fight.
 It is quite possible, however, that Dempsey never was in the same mood and on the same great edge as he was in the Willard fight and that he never will be the same per-
 
 be if there is any truth in the theory that an athlete reachs his best at only one time in his career. Because Will lard was such huge man, Dempsey may have been forced to hit harder and more accurately than he had ever done before or since and it might be that Willard was softer about the face and head than any of the ohter opponents Dempsey met. Willard certainly was soft inside and he may have had a soft shell.
 One of the Eastern contenders for the lightweight championship has reputation of carrying an iron slug in his hands. The story is told in the Middle west that this fighter, when he was in his corner in a city near Chicago, felt gun in his back and was told to drop the slugs.. There was said to have bee ntwo splashes ] in the water bucket that weren't caus- l Cd by the sponge.
 l McAuliffe is not one of the old school who insists that there are no good fighters among the present crop, but he does claim that some of the champions today are not as good as the old fellows of yesterday.
 "Our days were tough" he said, mot because we fought with bare knuckles, but because we fought for such long time and fought for such darn small purses. General conditions were not as good then as they are now.
 cBoxers in our time had no social rating and they couldn't exercise the rights of ordinary citizens in some places. They used to post rewards III some towns for the arrest of any fighter and hotels were barred to any man who was known connected to have been connected with a prize fighter.
 "Now the prominent boxers are per. mltted in the best social circles. They live in fine houses and are welcomed to the best hotels. They fight in fine clubs and they ride back and forth in hlgh-priced cars. They never have to duck the police like we did. They have cops at the ringside to protect them. Great days, these are!"
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The steamship Alaska arriving in port Friday evening, will have on board 600 tons of freight for the com and interior merchandise. It is one mission, and large quantity of local of the largest freight manifests of the season and marks the opening of de- velopment work for the new year.
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McAuliffe is now going an act with a musical show, Hurry Up." He does monologue and boxing act with Irish Patsy Kline in which the old and the new ways of boxing are demonstrated.
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BERLENBACH WINS

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.--Paul BcrIen- bach knocked out Harry Esch in what was to have been ten round go here last night.
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Bath Brushes, 50 cents at J. l.. Graef's. if
Evening star., 1924-03-24
Ball Career May Be Ended Johnson Due Another Good Season
TIGERS OFF TODAY
ON TOUR FOR WEEK

DETROIT, March 24.-The Detroit
Americans today begin weeks swing
through the Carolinas. playing exhi-
bition games with the Toronto Inter-
national League team. Today's game
is being played at Greenviile, S. c.
Nothing has been heard at the Au-
gusta, Ga, training camp of the
Tigers from Emory Rigney. short
stop, who now is at Rochester, Mimi,
undergoing diagnosis of a hip all
ment. Manager Cobb believes Rig
ney will be ready to play when the
season opens.
Chicago Clubs Are Idle.
CHICAGO. March 24-Chicago's
hopefuls in the American National
League pennant chases were idle yes
terday, the one because Sunday pro-
hibited practice In Florida, and the
other because bad weather placed a
black mark against the California
climate.
Both will be in action today. how
ever, the White Sox against the Bos-
ten Nationals at Winter Haven, and
the Cubs facing the Portland Pacific
Coast leaguers at Stockton.
Harry Grabiner, secretary of the
Sox. is en- route north to talk over
with Owner Comiskey the matter of
failed to make the grade.
Giants Tackle Hooslers.
NEW YORK, March 24.-The Giants
clas with Indianapolis today at
Plant City, Fla, in the first of a
series of exhibition games during the
final of their Florida training.
Brooklyn meets Milwaukee at Pol
metto today.
The Yankees gorged their fifth Pei
lean meal at New Orleans yesterday,
IL to 9 Bernice Thompson, Georgia
Tech youngster, allowed the Pelicans
but one hit in eight innings.
Pills to Fire Five Fingers.
PHILADELPHIA, March 24.-The
Philadelphia Nationals have thirteen
pitchers at Leesburg, Fla, at least
FIVE of whom will be released before
the opening of the season. The Phil
lies meet the Cardinals at Leesburg
today.
The Philadelphia Americans yester-
day met their first defeat of the
training season, the Baltimore Inter-
nationals winning. 3 to 2.
Bedgood Is AiIing Again.
CLEVELAND. March 24.-The jinx
which trailed Phil Bedgood last sea-
son apparently is following the big
Cleveland Indian pitcher again. A
turned ankle suffered at Hot Springs
kept him from preliminary condi-
tioning there. Now he has developed
a sore shoulder which will keep him
out of the lineup at least a week.
Last year he was handicapped from
the start by sickness.
Cards Face Hard Week.
ST LOUIS, March 24.-The st. Louis
Nationals face hard week of major
league competition. Starting tomor-
row, the Cardinals oppose the Phiia-
phia Nationls and on succeeding days,
the Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn
Dodgers, Washington Senators and
the Boston Braves, ending the week s
exhibition Saturday with Bradentown
of the Florida State League.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
EXHIBITION BASE BALL

At Mobile, Ala
st. Louis (Americans), s, Z, ..
Mobile (Southern League), 2, 8, d.
Davis, Pruett and SEVERED
Rego. Acosta, Ellis, Mcbride, De-
yormer and Lory.
At New Orleans, La
New York (American), IL, Is. 1.
New Orleans (Southern), 2, 6, j.
Pipgrass, Olsen and Hoffman.
Bengough, Hollingsworth, Caldera
Meyers, Parker and Moore.
At San Antonio, Texas
Boston (American), 8, 10, o.
San Antonio (Texas), I, 3, o.
Ehmke. Quinn. Fullerton and Pici-
mich.
BIethen, Marshall, Rodriguez and
Warwick.
At Montgomery, Ala
Baltimore international League),
3, 3, 0.
Philadelphia lAmerican), 2, 6, 1.
Jackson, Thomas, Weso and Cobb.
Hasty, Welberg, Harris and Per
kins.
At San Francisco -.
Pittsburgh (NationaI League), 8,
9, >.
San Francisco Pacitic Coast
League), 6. 9, 9.
Steiner, May and Schmidt.
Schorr, Williams and Yeile.
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SCHOOL SERIES DUE
TO OPEN TOMORROW

Western and Tech will be oppo-
nents in the opening game of the high
school championship base ball series
tomorrow. if the diamond at Central
Stadium is not too seggy. Should a
wet field prohibit play, they will meet
in the first portion of a double
header Saturday with Central and
Business.
Tew. a southpaw. probably will get
the hurting assignment for Tech,
while Knabel, McGahey or Batson of
Western will be his opponent. April
of the Manual Trainers and Gichner
Of the Western, will do the receiving.
DuliR. first; David, second; Whelchel,
third: Stevens, short; Charley Ha-
geage, center; Mitchell, right, and
George Hageage. left, probably will
start for Western.
Tech is counting upon Adelman,
first; Linger, second; Hunt, third
Wilson, short: Williams, Zahn and
Dove, outfield. The Maroon and Gray
will enter the fray with little real
preparation. while Western has play
ed two practice games.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
M'TIGUE TO BE FIT
FOR STRIBLlNG BOUT
BY FAIRPLAY.

NEW YORK, March 24.-Mike Nc
Tigue is going to be in first class
condition when he meets Young Strib-
ling in Newark on March 81. The
world champion cruiser weight has
been working for nearly a month now
and is beginning to put on the finish
Ing touches. He is very confident
that Stribling will realize as soon
as the two come into contact that
he Is not the poorly trained, confident,
transforming champion whom the boy
from Dixie faced at Columbus. The
few bets that have been placed up
town favor Mike az to odds.
A report has been going around
town of late that Jack Dempsey
rest from the ring exploit for some
months, OF perhaps all this year,
have been due TO injuries he received
when he was struck in the body by
Firpo in the opening round of their
battle.
There has even been talk that his
recent operation was the result of
injuries received that September
evening. But 1t is only gossip, given
some credence by Dempsey's sudden
decision to go into the movies and
not meet Tommy Gibbons this summer.
George Godfrey has been making
rapid improvement in his daily work
outs and those who have seen the big
black man are convinced they know
the reason why Harry Wills and other
prominent heavfes always fight shy
of opportunities of meeting Jimmy
Dougherty's pork chop champion.
Evening star., 1924-03-24

johnson starts off this season as
methodically as he has started those
otner seasons that now are history.
he is as hopeful as ever and as pa
tlent as ever with his arm. OF course,
there is nobody who knows, not even
johnson, whether that arm, which
mas been the marvel Of the base ball
world year after year, will prove as
enective as 1t was in 1923. Vet Il is
fair to predict that opposing bats
men had better be very careful how
they try to take liberties with it.
The man who has struck out over
3,pO0 batters still is an athlete. There
must be tremendous reservoir OF
strength within him How literally
he has drawn upon it: And yet it
RESPONDS generously when that big
ms side and another batter falls prey
10 the man who never quits.
Two Johnsonx Needed.
nv Were there two Johnsons on the
Washington team it might win a
championship by sheer force of pitch
ing. provided the team were a wee
DIT over the average in other re-
spects' Ihats strong claim TO
make, and yet one entirely within
reason, because the success of a
pitcher is not TO be gauged alone nv
the number of victories he wins. as
the victories would have been in
creased In number had ne been play
iAe Will d DeGIer team.
johnson paid a great tribute IN
Ruel when he declared that Young
man TO have handled him as success
fully as any catcher who has been
enlisted with the Washington club.
somehow. it seems to have been over
looked that Ruei was the busiest
catcher in the American League last
year, but when Johnson spoke of him
so warmly his record was unearthed
II showed that Ruel had 528 put-outs
IN 1873, a record for the league. He
had LAG assists, which is another
league record. He played in 1873
games. being second in that column
And johnson is not the only member
or the Washingtons who has praise
for Ruel. Most of the Senators be-
lieye they have the leagues coming
catcher in Ruel. Griff scored well in
the deal that got him. Picinich. who
went to Boston in exchange for him,
did not do so we'll.
The question now rises, How much
can Ruel do to improve the Wash
ington club? The better the catcher,
the more confidence the pitchers have
in him, and confidence is as important
to pitcher as a tail is to a kite.
Therefore Ruel, with the confidence
he built up last season, ought to be
a decided help to his club.
AS for pitchers, Grfff has lot of
them who have done so well in the
MINORS tQdI II seems Impossible
send any of them away without CIV
ing them a round or two in fast COM
pany. 1t may be that the expert
ment will not unearth any more
Johnsons, but Griff can gain nothing
unless he makes it
The Washington team puzzles you.
It was fifth in fielding last year, yet
it had more assists than any team in
the circuit, and was second in put
outs, with one more than New York.
Put-outs, of course, are secondary
plays. except when they are fly
catches or touchouts on felded
grounders.
The Senators could get on top of
the ball often enough-more often
than most of heir rivals-yet they
couldn't play their chances with the
sureness of the Yanks. They had 216
errors to New York's 144. Somehow
that seems to be one of the reasons
why the Yanks are champions. They
Evening star., 1924-03-24

Spalding, Snow, Garry, Adams, Har-
ty and sill also Will strive for berths
in the infieid.
Phe Dominicans are we'll fortified
zipi, Brayton and Gilbert, Elaherty,
Lloyd and Barclay will do the receiv-
ing. Sothern. who played with the
champion Mohawk nine last year;
gerald are among the most promis-
ing outfielders.
At a meeting of the Dominicans
yesterday it was decided to play
outside games on Wednesdays and
held next Sunday at II o'clock on the
Washington Barracks diamond. The
Dominicans are members of the In
depend Sandlot League.
Plans fer 4 schedule will be dis
cussed at meeting of the Potomac
League tonight at 8 o'clock. at the
st. Stephens clubhouse. Teams that
sena ass f,esu sf'a
nleytown and st, Joseph, are ex-
pected to apply for membership.
Midget teams aAIiated with the
Washington Base Ball and Athletic
Association are to meet tonight in the
Kanawha clubhouse, 407 7th street.
Diamond athletes of the Maryland
Athletic Club are expected to approve
of joining the Prince Georges County
League at meeting Wednesday
night, at s o'clock, In the clubhouse.
Hartford toxsers' ran roughshod
over the Smithfield Midgets yesterday,
winning, IS to 3. Fox allowed the
losers but five bingles, while his team
crashed out twentyfour hits.
CAna1iAatea Of the Mount Rainiaf
Juniors hope to practice tomorrow At
4:30 o'clock on the Mount Rainier
diamond
Evening star., 1924-03-24
D. C. DUCkPIN EVENT
TO START APRIL II

The Washington Duckpin Associa
tion will hold its annual tourney at
the Grand Central alleys, starting
April 2S. This was decided YESTERDAY
I at d meeting OF the associa ton I
the Recreation. Thirty-one leagues
were represented and twenty voted
for the Grand Central and eleven fo~
the King Pin. Averages on which
classification will he based close
April II and the entry list on April
All Of the officers Of the association
were reelected, with the exception
of vice president. Arthur Urban re-
placing Greer of the Cary Ice Cream
League. The new constitution was
only briefly considered, but at
meeting OF the association next sun
day it will be gone over in detail.
President Earle Stocking is very
desirous that the heads of leagues
not represented yesterday attend
next Sundays session.
The tournament promises to be d
record breaker in the matter OF par
ticipants.
The alI-star team of bowiers, Sc
lecled by the Washington aSsocia-
tion. will have the Roanoke aggre-
cation as its next opponents. The
be rolled in the Virginia city next
Saturday. The team, comprising Nc
Philomy, Elliott, Wostenholme, Camp
bell and Rosenberg, with Toomey as
substitute, will leave Washington
| Friday night. The return match OF
| five games will be rolled at the Grand
| Central alleys on April >.
President Stocking, Pop" Haley
and Tad Howard as a committee e
will accompany II" team to Roanoke.
This will be Dusy week for the
team representing the Washington
Ladies' League. 1t will practice
nightly for the return match with
the Philadelphia girls, which is
scheduled for next Saturday evening
at the Recreation alleys.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
FIRP0 WOULD COME BACK
TO BECOME FILM ACTOR

By the Associa ted Press
BCENOS AIRES. March 24.-Luis
Firpo, the Argentine heavyweight,
who recently announced that he
would retire from the ring after his
forthcoming bout with Al Ritchie, is
willing to return to the United States
to become a movie actor.
Luis has cabled a Los Angeles
company asking if the offer of $21e,-
600 made to him while he was in
the United States to appear on the
screen still was open. If it is, his
message said, he. was willing to
accept it. Otherwise, he declared, he
intended to sail for Europe next
month
Evening star., 1924-03-24

The general proposition is to give
a man .001 for a single or a base on
balls, .002 for a double, .0o3 for a
triple and .004 for a home run. In
addition, the batter would be credited
.00l for each base he advanced an
other runner. Thus a man whe hit a
single and sent a runner home from
second, would get credited with 003
--as much as if he had tripled.
This is an interesting thought, and
one that might be developed.
George HUFF, who for more than
fifteen years has been athletic director
of the University of Illinois, has come
out in favor of permitting college men
to play base ball for money during the
summer vacations
Huff offers the argument that a life
guard who is paid for his summer
services may be a member of an am
ateur swimming team, and that the A.
A U, permits playground directors to
compete as amateurs.
Despite the fact that our American
mermaids are beating the records all
the time, New Zealand believes that
Miss Guitha Shand will make trouble
for them at the OlympicS She SWAN
the 220 recently in 2 minutes AZ sec
onds-w1thin a fraction of a second
OF Gertrude Ederle's mark.
Copyright, 1S24.)
Evening star., 1924-03-24

entity has a great deal of mechanical
ability as a pitcher and may develop
into a moundsman we'll above the big
league average if his disposition i'm
proves. He showed courage Satur-
day when sent into the game in the
ninth inning. The bases were loaded
with Cards and hit might have
meant an extra-inning game. if not
defeat for the Nationals. But the
underhand finger gave Jim Bottom
ley, who batted at a .371 rate last
the st. Louis slugger finally tapped
an easy chance toward Harris The
National manager thinks much of
Speece's pitching ability, but is in
sistent that the Omaha product, as
well as the others of the squad, fol-
low the code of the camp.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
FEAR FOR FUTURE BASED
= ON RETURN OF LEG INJURY
Fourth Collapse of Aing Knee Indicates 1t Never
Will Be Sound-Five Games Listed for This
Week-Speece Disciplined by Harris.
BY JOHN B, KELLER.

'AMPA, Fla, March 2+Ahough the who
animation yesterday Oswald Bueg nheder
with the Nationals will themselves definitely they
the
players in the American League of ball
When Buege mped from the field twisting his left during
turn at bat Saturdays with the Cardinals
the knee trouble that him much
Buege have floating cartilage which will
o
will be recalled that Buege experienced trouble with
peo IN the fhreeEye League and while with Minneapolis And
az Cleveland trick
mird time lie returned to the game after brief but the leg
luscd TO stand
nab whether he will be value Nationals weeks
Evening star., 1924-03-24
TAYLOR SIGNS BROTHER
TO AID PILOT POTOMACS

John Taylor. known as the steel-
arm pitcher. will act as coach and
assistant manager of the Washington
Potomacs, according to Manager Ben
Taylor. his brother. He will report
for duty April 1.
six players from Texas and two
from Denver, Col, are to report to
Manager Taylor this week. Saturday
the entire squad will be on hand and
first practice will be held Monday,
March 81.
The Potomacs will play in the East
ern Colored League.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
PLAY FOR HOCKEY TITLE.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March a.
Cleveland and Pittsburgh meet here
tonight in the. final game to decide
group of the United States Amateur
Hockey League. The winner will
meet Boston A. A. sextet Wednesday
in the Massac husetts city in the first
of a six-game series for the league
title
Evening star., 1924-03-24
HALEY LINES UP TALENT :
FOR THE DOMINICAN NINE

JOHNNY ESEMAN former University of Maryland athlete
the best htters sandlct circles here will
Lyceum uniform this according Manager Haley
ohnnys fielding ability together with his heavy batting ability
peced to bolster the Dominican considerably He will
probably
Jack Smith,
Garfield also play the Dominicans