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Evening star., 1924-07-18
CANADA AIDS COAL TRADE
Votes 100000 to Make Test Hauls
to Interior,

OTTAWA. July 1S.-A vote of
100000 TO provide assistance In
transporting Canadian coal to central
Canada was passed in the House Of
Commons yesterday. Charles L..
Stewart, minister of the Interior
told the House it was the inten-
ton of the department to make test
hauls OF coal to central Canada to
encourage the industry. Coal will be
brought from the east by water to the
ST. Lawrence ports.
Evening star., 1924-07-18
FORD SENDS OUT PHOTOS
Pictures of Coolidge Go to Dealers
From Dearborn

DETROIT, Mich, July 1s.-Large
Photographs Of President Coolidge
have been sent from the Dearborn
offices of the Ford Motor Company
to all Ford dealers in the United
States. it was learned today. Officials
of the company are emphatic in de-
claring that no influence will be
brought to bear upon dealers to have
them support the Coolidge campaign.
Evening star., 1924-07-18
HANGINGS POSTPONED.
Sheriff Gives Pair Respite Unit
This Afternoon.

ST LOUIS Mo, July 1S-Rcspond-
ing to the ardent pleas Of the TWO
men reinforced by those of their
spiritual advisers. Sheriff George
Strodtman early today announced he
had postponed until o'clock this
afternoon the executions of Charles
Merren and Hugh Pinkley. who were
To have been hanged at o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-07-18
AMERICAN PARTY ACTIVE.
Headquarters Opened in Pittsburgh
for Judge G. o. Nations.

PITTSBURGH. July IS. National
headquarters of the American party
have been established in Pittsburgh,
w. NJ. Likins, national chairman, an
nounced last night. and plans are be-
ing, made for the party's campaign,
with Judge Gilbert q. Nations OF
Washington as candidate for presi-
dent and Charles r. Randall of Los
Angeles as his running mate. The
candidates Were named at a recent
convention in Columbus Ohio.
MIR. Likins declared in a statement
that state organizations have been
formed in 70 States and that State
conventions for the purpose of nom
mating state tickets have been called
IN II States.
Evening star., 1924-07-18
Sharp Quake in Colorado.

BRAWLEY, Colo, July 1s-A
sharp earthquake was felt here at
1:30 O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
and was followed by a lighter shock
at $50. Both shocks were accom-
panied by rumbIing which re-
Cured at intervals throughout the
day.
Evening star., 1924-07-18
Woman's Slayer Executed.

BOHEMIAN, Mont, July 1S.-Seth
Orrin Danner, convicted murderer of
Mrs. John Sprouse at Central Park,
mont, in November, 1920, paid the
death penalty on the gallows OF the
county jail early today. He seemed
indifferent to the end
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PeH Captures
Racquets Title

Clarence c. Pell of the Racquet and
Tennis Club of New York once again
proved himself the best amateur
racquets player in this country. From
1914 until 1922 Pell held the singles
title. In the 1928 tournament he was
beaten in the final match by Stanley G.
Mortimer, a clubmate and his doubles
partner.
The tournament this year was held in
Boston in February. and again Pell and
Mortimer reached the final round. But
this time Pell proved Mortimer's mas
ter, and regained his crown after a hard
flve-set match by a score of is,
SIS, 15-3, 1915, 15-9.
Pell and Mortimer again won the dou-
bles title. In the final round the New
York players defeated Jay Gould and
Stanley W Pearson of Philadelphia in
the final match by a score of 1s-13
1913. 1S-5.
Previous to winning the singles title
Of this country Pell won the Canadian
championship by defeating Mortimer in
the final match. Pell also competed ir
the English championship in London
but was eliminated In the semi final
round by 2. NJ. BaerIein, 12-15, is
17-14, 15-e.
Jack Soutar. the professional cham
pion, was not challenged for his title.
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Masters Meet
Boosts Chess

Not since Sammy Rzeschweskf (now
spelled Reshevsky, the prodigy from
Poland, arrived in this country four
years ago and stirred UP 8. wide-
spread curiosity for chess has the
game receivti such an impetus as ii
did from the New York international
chess masters tournament, held last
spring during March and April.
This great congress brought to-
gether representatives from 10 differ
emit countries, including Jose r.
Capablanca, the world champion; DR..
Emanuel L4asker, the ex-champion,
and Alexander Alekhine, who have
come to be generally recognized as
the big Three" of the chess world.
They carried off the first three prizes,
with DR.. Lasker at the top, followed
by Capabianca. and Alekhine. in the
order named.
Frank ]. Marshall, the United States
champion, recovering some of the old
time form which gained for him an
enviable International record, was the
winner of fourth prize, and Richard
Reti of Czechoslovakia the fifth. At
tendance records at chess exhibitions
were broken and everywhere through
out the country the game took on a
new lease of life
In the person of Carlos Tore, a
young Mexican, resident in this coun-
try for the past eight years, who came
north practically unheralded from
New Orleans, the city that had given
to the world Paul Morphy, of undying
fame, the ranks of American experts
were reinforced in no small degree.
The International college cable
matches between America and Great
Britain were revived, and America
has won five matches, Great Britain
three, and three have been drawn.
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0WSLEY MAY COACH
FOOT BALL AT NAVY
by GEORGE DALEY.

NEW YORK, December 27-Jack
Owsley, one of the greatest defens ive
halfbac<s ever developed at Yale, and
director of the scrub team last Fall,
will be head coach of the Naval Acad-
envy foot ball eleven next Fall in
place of Bob Folwe11 of Pennsylvania.
This statement can be made on the
highest authority, although no Off
cial announcement has yet come from
the athletic authorities at Annapolis.
Owsley made name for himself on
the gridiron with the Yale teams of
1902, 1903 and 1904. He returned in
1905 as head coach of the late Tom
Shevlin's team. but the following year
went into business and gave up coach
ing until he returned in 1915 to help
Shevlin rouse Alex Wilson's team,
which was going badly under the di-
rection Frank Hinckey
At the request of Tad Jones he
went back to New Haven in 1913 as
an assistant coach and last Fall, fol-
lowing the death of Billy Bull, took
over the important task of develop
ing the scrub. Owsley is fellow OF
strong personality, a natural teach er
and deep student of foot ball.
Folwell has been head coach at the
Naval Academy for several years, with
fair results, and his retirement under
the circumstances comes as a sur
prise.
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Needless to say. the brilliant victory
of the United States at the Olympic
games in France was the outstanding
feature Of the IL months. In no
branch of competition conducted at
the games did any one country score
so sweeping a triumph. Our repre-
sentatives won seven of the ten
aquatic events listed for men, six of
the seven carded for women. They
garnered so many points in their re-
spective fields that each team easily
topped the collective tally earned by
all opposing nations.
Women Swimmers Star.
One of the interesting side lights
was the presence on the overseas
team of three giIls totally unknown
before the national tryouts--Miss
Martha NorelIus of White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, winner of the 400.
meter free-style title at Paris; Miss
Caroline Smith of Cairo, Ill, who cap
tured the Olympic high plain diving
crown, and Miss Matilda Schurich of
New York, breast-stroke star, who is
only 10 years old and the youngest
contestant ever to compete on an
Olympic team.
One of the most interesting devel-
opments of the international carni-
val was the meeting for the first time
of the three greatest swimmers the
world has known-John WeissmulIe or
OF the United States, Andrew Charl-
ton of Australia and Arne Borg of
Sweden.
Weissmuller safely may claim all
around supremacy, for he wonrtwoz of
the three slated free style swims g.,
defeating Borg at 100 and 400 meters
and Charlton in the latter event, the
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Hoppe Retains
Billiard Crown

Willie Hoppe, ruler of the balkline
players; Ralph Greenleaf, pocket bill
lizard monarch, and Robert Cannefax
master of the three-cushion players,
held their coveted billiard titles dur
ing the year 1924. Three times Hoppe
defended his 1872 title. but not once
was he called upon TO play for the
1871 championship.
Billiards, like other sports, enjoy ed
a successful year, especially pocket
billiards and three-cushion caroms.
The carom game became so popular
that Hoppe himself finally became a
convert. The champion showed that
he was adept at this style of play by
defeating Alfredo De Orc, Augie
Kieckhefer and Greenleaf in exhibit
ton matches. In one of his games
against Kieckhefer, Hoppe made a
high run of Is.
Greenleaf has won the pocket BILL
lard title six times, This year he had
his hardest fight, and IL was only a
brilliant finish in the final game, against
Dennie Allen of Kansas City, that saved
his crown.
Cannefax was easily the best player
in the Three-Cushion League, and led
almost from the start in the race for
the championship.
Dave McAndless of Chicago, former
class A amateur champion, won the
junior 1872 balkline title from Albert
Cutler.
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only one in which they measured
strokes. Charlton took the 1,500-nlc-
ter race as he pleased in the sensa-
tional time quoted.
In competition at home Weissmuller
proved inYincible in. his chosen field,
free-style swimming from so yards
to 500 meters. But in addition to
slaughtering world records here and
in Europe at this style of natation,
he accounted for couple of interna-
tional back stroke marks. His most
brilliant exploits We're 100-meter
swim in o-57 2-5 in a 47-yard bath at
Miami, Fla, and 800 yards In 3.12 20
in a 60-foot pool at Chicago.
Miss Helen Wainwright Of tho
Women's Swimming Association %
New York earned the title OF all
around American champion by run
ming up the highest total of so points
in the national title tests. OF sey-
oral new records the most convincing
was world mark of 4.19 20 for eco
meters.
Despite Miss Wafnwright's success ),
however, Miss Gertrude Ederie of tho
same club deserves rank as the years
best free-style swimmer. She was
credited with the fastest l00-yard
swim returned on this continent
1.04 fiat-and she covered 220 yards
In the amazing time of al 10, low
erfng the universal short-pool record
by margin of nearly eight seconds.
In back stroke swimming Warren.
kealoha of Honolulu and Miss Sybilg
Bauer of \the Illinois Athletic Club
were foremost
The record breakers in the breast
stroke style were Robert SHELTON and
John Farley, both of abe Illinois Ath-
letic Club, and Miss Agnes Geraghty
of the Women's Swimming Associa-
ton. Shelton takes precedence OF
Farley, however, for he captured the
Olympic crown.
In springboard and high fancy div
ing Albert White of Stanford Univer-
sity brooked no rival.
Miss Betty Becker of Atlantic City
and Miss Aileen Riggin of the Won
ems Swimming Association shared
leadership in springboard work. In
high fancy diving the national cham
plonship was not held. but Miss Helen
Meany of New York generally is con-
ceded premiership.
Boom in Water Polo.
Water. polo enjoyed a boom, and on
the Pacific coast especially the in
crease in number of competing teams
was surprising. The Illinois Athletic
Club carried off the national pen
nant.
Worthy of comment was the over
whelming team strength again shown
by the Illinois Athletic Club and
Women's Swimming Association in
their respective branches of A. A. L.
aquatics. They swamped all rival
clubs in championship competition.
College swimmers enjoyed their.
most successful year. A feature in
the Eastern district was the defeat
OF Yale in the major league title
tournament. After many years OF
unbroken success the Ellis lost the
championship to Princeton.
Northwestern University not only
won premier laurels in the Central
States, outdoing all conference teams
but established national varsity lead
ership by attaining the highest score
in the individual championships 1t
coast.
Activity was greater than ever be-
fore In scholastic water sports. Per-
formances returned point to Mercers-
burg Academy as the champion OF tha
season.
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Thus II will be seen that American
racquets were victorious in 10 Of the
Is major tests In which there was in
ternational rivalry-the only failure
being in the Wimbledon mems and
women's singles, in which Jean Bo-
rotra of France and Miss Kathleen
McKane of England were the respec-
tive winners.
TfIden Supreme.
The continued reign of Big Bill TIL
den, the unquestioned eminence OF
Miss Helen Wills, the spectacular and
threatening advance of Vincent Rich
ards, the remarkable Improvement
among the tennis standard bearers of
France and the much to be regretted
, tennis retrogression of Little Bill
Johnston were perhaps the most note
worthy developments of the year on
the courts.
The Middle West came out with two
most promising youngsters in John
Hennessey and George Lott. The for
mer was a conspicuous figure In every
tournament in which he played. Lott
repeated his 1929 triumph in the ma
tional junior championship, and, in
addition. won, with Bill McGlynn, the
national junior doubles crown.
One OF the most remarkable accom-
plishments of the year was that of
Miss Mary Browne of California. The
former national woman champion,
continuing a tennis comeback which
she began last year, not only won a
number Of tournament trophies, but
advanced to the final round of the ma
tional women's championships both
in singles and doubles.
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Oakland Hills (6,sSo yards) caused
golfers to gasp.
The shot that won the champion
strip for Walker was brought off at
the sixteenth hole on the final round.
Starting the last circuit, walker and
Jones each had 222. Melhorn 1923,
Cruikshank 225 and Hagen 226. The
last-named put himself out. of the
running with a II, Cruiksha.nk threw
away his chances and Jones finished
with 800.
Meanwhile, Walker, with a at the
tenth hole, was leading Jones by two
strokes. He wasted a stroke at the
next and another at the fifteenth, but
never faltered when his supreme
chance came at the sixteenth, where
he laid his iron shot to within eight
feet of the pin and holed the putt
for a birdie" 3. to win.
Although the victory OF Mrs. Doro-
thy Campbell IIurd in the women's
championship came as a surprise, 1t
was as nothing compared to the fact
that Miss Mary Browne, several years
national tennis champion. became IA
nous overnight as a golfer when she
defeated Miss Glenna Collett, the out
standing favorfte, to win at the
Rhode Island Country Club.
mOre Adurcis Ior h8gcu.
Late in the season Hagen added the
Professional Golfers Association
championship title to his list, proving
again that the seasoned golfer Is more
dangerous in the long run than the
fiashy youngster.
Hagen and Jim Barnes fought for
the honors in the final round at
French Lick, showing beyond a doubt
that they still had something on what
may be termed the younger school,
and deferring the rise of the "Derrs
and the Nabboltzes" a little longer.
Aside from the fact that the United
States team was again victorious for
a third time. the international match
with Great Britain at the Garden City
Golf Club counted for little in a golf
way. The final score in favor of the
Yankees was 8 points to 8.
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Joe Moore triumphed in the inter-
national indoor meet at ST. Johns, n.
B., for the fifth consecutive time, a
feat that will challenge the efforts of
skaters for years to come.
To Jewtraw went the lone honor of
being the only American to come
through victorious in any of the
Olympic events at Chamonix, in the
French Alps, last Winter. which were
virtually monopolized by the. Firms
and Norwegians, Clas Thunberg of
Finland being crowned the all-around
champion. 1t was in the 400-meter
race that Jewtraw skated to victory.
The Lake Placid star has given up
skating for the time being and is now
studying at Harvard.
or the New York skaters Paul Fors-
man of Iceland and Leslie Boyd of
BrIarclifr Lodge accomplished the
most. Forsman took the Middle At
lantic outdoor title at Newburg on
New Year day and the metropolitan
outdoor title at New Rochelle. BOYD
skatsd TO victory In the Middle At
lantic indoor championships and the
metropolitan Indoor champfcnships at
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COLORADO ELEVEN PLAYS
AT HONOLULU THURSDAY

HONOLULU, December 27.-The
University of Colorado foot ball team.
having annexed the Rocky Mountain
conference championship and then in
vaded the island ands defeated tie
Navy service team, y43 to 0, here
Christmas day, will face tough COM
petition here New Year day with
the University of Hawaii for OPP
ponent.
Hawaii has held the title OF the
Honolulu senior league for the last
two years Its goal line has not bsen
CROSSED this year.
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At Wimbledon both the mems and
vyomen's doubles titles were won by
Yankees-Vincent Richards and Fran
els T. Hunter capturing the first
named and Miss Helen Wills and Mrs.
George H. Wightman capturing the
latter.
Sweep In Olympics.
At Colonies every lawn tennis title
on the Olympic program was claimed
by American participants = Vincent
Richards winning the mems singles,
Richards and Hunter, the mems
doubles; Miss Wills, the women's sin
giles; Miss Wills and Mrs. Wightman,
the Women's doubles, and Mrs Wight
man and r. Norris Williams, I'd, the
mixed doubles.
In the Davis cup challenge round
the defending American team, with
William T. TiIden, I'd; Vincent Rich
ards and William NJ. Johnston as the
playing members, scored clean
sweep over the Australian chal-
Iengers, Gerald Patterson and Pat
O'Hara Wood.
In the national championships, with
the leading players of France, Aus
tralia, Japan, Canada, Spain, Mexico
and China striving to down the
Yankees, none were able to take one
of the coveted trophies, for Tilden ac-
counted for the turf and clay court
singles, the Kinsey brothers, Howard
and Robert, captured the turf and clay
court doubles; Miss Wills, the wom-
ems singles: Miss Wills and Mrs.
wightman, the women's doubles, and
Miss Wills and Vincent Richards, the
mixed doubtless
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hSAPSNlCu.
Iceland and the 1S1st Street Ice Pal
ace, respectively.
1t was not a good year for records
on the whole, although Forsman set
new worlds outdoor mark for 220
yards. The fact that the leading
skaters of the country. including
Moore, Harry Kaskey, Bill Steinmetz,
Jewtraw and Valentine Balls, were
busy with the Olympiad and had to
miss number of the American meets
was responsible for this.
Miss Elsie Muller of New York. a
member OF the Iceland team, clean ed
up most everything In the. womens
title competition, as usual. She has
been unsurpassed for several years.
She won in all four titles-the Middle
Atlantic and metropolitan outdoor and
the Middle Atlantic and metropolitan
indoor
Second honors went to Miss Dot
Jackson of New York, who took the
Silver Skates Derby at the Lewisofin
Stadium of C. C. N. Y, one of the an
rual classic events of the outdoor sea-
son. Miss Muller did not compete In
this, however. being ineligible because
she previously won the prize,
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GOLF STARS TO INSPECT
COURSE FOR TITLE MATCH

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, December
c7-Cyril Walker the American open
golf champion, arrived here tonight
from Pinehurst, n. c., to be the
guest of Walter Hagen, British open
champion. at Hagen's Winter home,
and to inspect the Boca. Ciega course
at Pasadena on the Gulf where he
and Hagen will play the last IS holes
Of their match for the unofficial
world championship this Winter
The contest between Hagen and
Walker will be for 72 holes, the first
IS Of which will be played at Miami,
The dates have not yet been selected.
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Our athletes won the track and field
championship by scoring 255 points
to Finland's 166 and Great Britain's
SIS n, with Sweden fourth, Fran fifth
and Italy sixth. We won IL of the 81
events on the program, and Robert
Legendre established a new world
record of 25 feet 6 3-16 inches in the
broad jump.
Paavo Nurmi of Finland, who has
earned the distinction Of being called
the greatest runner of all time, car
ried off the individual honors by wip-
ming three titles and contributing TO
Ftnland's victories in the cross coun-
try run and the 5000 team race.
Incidentally he established a new
world record earlier in the year for
the classic mile by running the dis
lance in 40 2-5, and broke three
other world marks
Walter Hagen went abroad and won
the open golf championship of Great
Britain for the second time in three
years, while Bobby Jones satisfied an
ambition by winning the amateur
championship of the United States for
the first time. although losing his open
title. won in 1923, to Cyril Walker.
William T. TiIden, I'd, once again
ruled supreme in lawn tennis. and
not only won the national champion
ship for the fifth time but was an
outstanding factor in retaining the
fsr-famed Davis cup. He DID not go
abroad, but this country was ably
represented on foreign courts. We
made a clean, sweep at the Olympic
games, Vincent Richards winning the
singles title and Miss Helen Wills the
women's title, while the latter also
won the woman's national champion
ship, and, with Mrs. Wightman, the
women's doubles Championship of
Wimbledon.
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Yale put an eight-oared crew on the
water which not only swept all be-
fore it in this country but won i'll
commanding way at the Olympic
games from the leading crews OF
other nations, thus making II posi-
bic for US to carry of the Olympic
title in this sport.
Epinard, pride Of France, invaded
this country and made the racing
year distinctive, even though he ran
second in turn to Wise Counsellor.
Ladkin and Sarazen in the three in
ternational specials. More spectacu-
lar racing was never enjoyed.
The climax OF a. remarkable base
ball year, in which the two major
league pennant races were settled
only In the closing days of the sea
son, came in the seventh game of the
most exciting and closely contested
world series of-all time.
Polo Cup Is Retained.
The international polo cup was re-
tanned in series of matches with the
best team England could produce.
Foot ball again proved that 1t hsd
oqtgrown the huge stadums built IN
an effort to satisfy the lust for this
greatest of all college sports.
Boxing was active, even though
Jack Dempsey failed to defend his
heavyweight title and Benny Leon
ard failed to pull on gloves in de-
Tense of his lightweight championship.
More than ever one was impressed
with the growing demand for enter
tainment of a competitive kind, and
more than ever one marveled at the
accomplishments.
The year 1924 Is slipping away. 1t
has just about run it's course, but not
TO oblivion. Great deeds, at least III
sports, have left their mark.
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NEW CHAMPS MADE.
WITH Il. s. LEADING
Victory in Olympics Heads Other
Feats-Some Outstanding Fig
ures of Notable Year.

PORTS The greater and greater
scores OF records established
set Real accomplishments United States
reached
speed and still more speed be the apparently
reached
one was equad on track and field four American
records established
bred running turf practically swimming standard was
Outstanding aplenty
the greatest and best in the long history of sports.
the cherished honors of the Olympic games winning on track
hed
rife shooting . '