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Evening star., 1924-07-19

A restful sojourn in Europe is ex-
pected to enable Mr.. McAdoo to think
up some telling arguments in favor
of the Democratic ticket.
Evening star., 1924-07-19

Even the District of Columbia ther-
moneter has made demonstration
suggesting local pride in keeping cool
with Coolidge.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
Typifying the Public.

What man do you regard as most
closely typifying the great American
public?"
1.-THE chairman of our national con-
vention," answered Senator Sorghum.
Audiences have become very exact
ing and averse to needless discourse.
When ! face gathering I feel as if
every person in it were propounding
the mental inquiry, For what purpose
does the gentleman riser"
Evening star., 1924-07-19
Radio Confession.

I got Pittsburgh and Chicago
And Stringtown on the Pike
In ragtime and In largo
But they sounded all alike.
Evening star., 1924-07-19

Anybody who doubts whether there
is money in agriculture can get posi-
tive information by inquiring from a
Cntcago grain broker.
Evening star., 1924-07-19

De Valera is now preparing to de-
liver the speeches he had time to COM
pose prior to his release.
Evening star., 1924-07-19

Jud Tunkins says he'd be willin' to
join more secret societies if he didn't
already have more official positions
than he can remember the names Of.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
No ReciDPOcity.

"We politicians are mighty SYM
pathetic with you farmers"
"Yes," answered Farmer Corntossel;
but where's the good? The man who
served me papers about my mortgage
L. one Of the fellers voted to put in
Office"
"Some men, said Uncle Eben,
talks like dey was sure Of goin' to
heaven when dey ain actually safe
tum keepi1' out o jau.' IL
Evening star., 1924-07-19

Q. How wide and how steep Is the
road to Pixies Peak?-M. A. G.
A. Pixies Peak auto highway runs
from Colorado Springs to the summit
of Pixies Peak, distance OF 80 miles.
The maximum grade Is 10h per cent
and the road is from 20 to % feet
wide
Evening star., 1924-07-19

Q. Who owns the home Of Evan
geline, at Grand Pre?-B. N. G.
A. A few years ago the Canadian
Pacific railroad bought the property,
with the intention Of maintaining it
as public park.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
llle Eyenine Star Newsuaper Company

business Office. 11th st. and Pennsylvsnia Ave.
New York Once: l10 Fast 42nd st.
Chicago 0ffire: Tower Building.
i-uropeaa Office: 10 Regent S.. ,LUndo.I. England.
Evening star., 1924-07-19

A. Radios on boats are grounded
to the metal hull of the ship, to the
engine, or sometimes direct to the
water.
Evening star., 1924-07-19

@. Is there any way that cottonwood
trees may be prevented from produc-
ing cotton in the spring?-M p.
A. The only way to overcome the
presence Of cotton on cottonwood
trees Is to plant only the staminAte
trees. on which the cotton will not
develop.
Evening star., 1924-07-19

.. Is the President Of France the
head of the army?-W. f.
A. The French Embassy says that
the President of France is supreme
chief of the French Army and Navy.
Evening star., 1924-07-19

=. What is priceite and what is 1t
used for?-E. M. !.
A. 1t Is borate of lime from which
boric acid is obtained.
Evening star., 1924-07-19

Q. What is philharmonic" and
a symphony" orchestra, and what is
chamber music Pc. J. NJ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
M A[EERI SLONE
LOCAL LEFT
At DAYTON
shory, Mcclure, and voigt
Defeated in Hard
Matches
By GEORGE vOIGr.

(Twice public links champion Of
the District. and guest of The
Times at DGyton.
DAYTON, Ohio. June 27.--In the
pairings for the Dayton tournament
today Earl McAleer will face Henry
Decker. the Kansas City meteor,
and Joe Ford, New York, will play
r. s. Delury, of Boston. In the
lower brackets, Joe Coble. Of Phila-
delphia, faces A. Benin, of CIeve-
land, and Frank Dolp, of Portland,
shoots against Carl Kaufman, of
Pittsburgh.
With only Earl McAleer left Of
the Washington contingent, the
team which came here full Of fight
Is sitting on the sidelines pulling
hard for Earl to come through.
McAleer won his way through the
first days play by shooting marvel.
Gus golf. In the morning he beat
w. L. Vance, of Chicago, / ur, and
in the afternoon, through woeful
accident, he met Johnny Shorey
Though Shorey trimmed McAleer in
both the Rock Creek and East Pc.
tonac Park Journeys, he was unable
to stand before Earl's attack, and
he went down 4 and 2.
When MeAleer defeated Vance he
had the right to stick a feather in
his hat, for Vance was one Of the
favorites, for the trophy.
In the morning round; my oppo.
nent. Ray Auliffe, of Buffalo, was
aged, however, to upset and dooc,
and turned him in a and 3.
But in the afternoons round, Joe
Ford, OF New York city, came along
and stopped me cold. JOS wasn't
world beaten, but he was better
than /, and that's that.
Bill Mcclure found the travelling
too swift in his first round, and
while he battled for dear life he
was unable to keep A. Benin, OF
Cleveland, from beating him :
and 2. Mcclure shot good golf ana
he should have had a better fate
We spent all OF last night talkina
victory to Earl McAleer. Earl has
a splendid chance to win this
tournament. and we decided thai
the best thing we could do was tc
talk victory to him until he saw
that it was impossible for him &c
lose.
After our talk, Mac seemed tc
swell up with the thought that he
was Washington's lone representa-
tive, and he Is going to be a mighty
hard man to beat. Mac has never
won big tournament and he Is all
popped up over his chances, and we
are backing him to the limit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27

more than the usual interest, as
they are newcomers on the Naval
Academy schedule, while Bucknell
always puts UP a particularly hard
game against the Navy and has &C.
casionally slipped over a defeat.
West Virginia Wesleyan has been
steadily improving for some seasons
and is likely to give the midship-
men as hard a game as they want.
It will be necessary for the Naval
team to gain its stride early. Mar
quette, which has been playing a
strong game in it's own section,
plays the second game here, on
November II, and Princeton will be
invaded the following week. A vic.
tory over Princeton would mean
much and the Naval players will
return to Annapolis by September
IL, in order to get in shape for
the hard games so early in the
season.
The seating capacity Of Farragut
Field, the football grounds, has been
more than doubled and there will
be seats on the permanent stands
for about $4,000 persons, while over
10000 can be accommodated by the
erection of temporary stands. The
Academy will continue its policy Of
having all admissions free.
The strength of the team Of
next season will depend very
largely as to whether q really
high grade backfield can be or
ganized from the promising,
though inexperienced, bunch Of
candidates who are available. In
spite Of some losses. there is
every reason to believe that the
: line viii he unusually strong, and
there win be keen competition
for every position.
But two backs who have had cor.
siderable experience as regulars,
Shapley and Flippin, remain. The
former, however, promises to be a
real star and was the best ground
gamer on the team last year. He
is very fast, weighs 100 pounds and
has no end Of stamina and football
aptitude. Flippin is a good line
puncher and should be rounding into
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
TUNNEY WINNER
FROM SPALLA
IN SEVENTH

NEW YORK, June 27.-Gene Tun.
ney's friends down in Greenwich
Village are pointing with pride to.
day to the fact that the American
light heavyweight champion soon
will be in line for a bout with Jack
Dempsey. Tunney's showing last
night at the milk fund bouts when
he stopped Erminio Spalla, the Ital.
Ian heavy, in the seventh round
a feat which Luis Firpo required
fourteen rounds to perform-has
given the villagers this confidence
in their idol.
In the other bouts the dope"
ran true to form. Harry Greb sue.
cessfully defended his title as mid
dleweight champion from the at.
tack of Ted Moore, the English in.
vader, after a hard, mauling bat
tie. Greo won the decision because
he outpointed and out speeded his
man from start to finish.
Only one title changed hands.
Panama Joe Cans lost his toga as
negro middleweight champion, when
Larry Eldridge, the BLACK Ketchel"
won the decision by a mile" after
ten rounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
CHARLIE HOLMAN TAKES
SLOW BOUT WITH LEDOUx

Charlie Holman Of Richmond, Va,
took the referees decision at the
end OF a slow ten-round bout at
Sportland last night from Charlie
Ledoux, former European bantam
and featherweight champion.
The Frenchman refused to open
up at any time. He kept as far
away from actual action as pos.
sible and three times was warned
by Referee Short to do someti ing.
The fans also had suggestions of
their own. Some left before the
bout ended.
Holman did his best. He led
most Of the time, seeking openings
that were never in sight. He de.
served the decision on what was
shown.
The semi.final was a good scrap,
Terry O'Day defeating Hank Dun.
dee, Of Baltimore.
Johnny Conroy stopped Harlem
Pete Kelly in one round. The lat.
ter claimed foul and when it was
not allowed, refused to continue.
Kid Groves stopped Jack Win
stead ana Kid Hogan defeated
Frankie Stanley in four rounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
SIX DIST |CT
GOLFERS IN
RUNNING

RICHMOND. Va, June 27.-The
Washington golfers who invaded
this fair town for the annual battle
Tor golfing supremacy OF the Middle
Atlantic States came through nobly
in the qualifying rounds. Roland
Mackenzie, Washington's youthful
expert, won the first laurels to be
garnered when he seized the low
medallist trophy with his qualifi.
cation score of 70.
Roland was shooting well-nigh
perfect golf and his feat In winning
the low medal was most gratifying
to the Washington delegation.
Other Washingtonians who hit for
the first sixteen are: Walter Nc
Callum, Washington, 80; w. r.
Tuckerman, Burning Tree, IS; Karl
Kellerman, jr., Columbia, "a; r. C..
McKimn1ie, Bannockburn, 81, and
A. r. Mackenzie, Columbia. IS. In
the pairings, Tuckerman will oppose
Kellerman, a team mate.
Other Washingtonians who sue.
cessfully negotiated the hurdles
were: Second sixteen, A.. D. ".
Burr, Columbia, SO; fourth, G.. p.
Orme, Columbia, 95: fifth, Doctor
j. T. McLenahan, Washington, and
George Truett, Washington, both
81; sixth, E. C. Alvord, Bannock.
burn, 100.
Miller B. STEVENSON, Columbia
crack, who won the Chevy Chase
tournament, became disguised with
the course after he turned in q
qualification score Of 81, and he
withdrew from the tourney. He
arrived here only a short while be.
fore the rounds started and he had
had no practice play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27

An unusual racket in Spalding S
the other day interrupted a pro.
found discussion that takes place
there daily among the brainfully
well off.
1t was Lightning Nalley walIoping
ball of paper with a Louisville
Slugger. He was in deadly earnest
He had pressed into service as q
pitcher willing Yohe Murray, a fel.
low outfielder Of the Dominican
Lyceum.
Lightning swatted the paOer
sphere until it was frOwzy and
probably believed he had q help.
full workout. Anyway, she put up
the bat with an air Of satisfaction.
After dinner the same afternoon,
Nalley packed his baseball glove,
shoes and bat in his flivver and
went looking for a game. He found
one in progress among kids on the
Union Station Plaza field.
He paid shaver two.bits to yield
his place at third base and NalIey
played the rest of the game and
played hard. Lightning on any
diamond in any game is a serious
ballplayer.
1t wasn't the first time Lightning
Nalley paid to play. Any day his
club is idle the ambitious young
fellah hunts ball game and II there
is no place for him in it for ths
asking, he buys one IL he can.
He needs no inspiring CAB from
Ty Cobb or anyone else. En-
thusiasIm was born I'm NalIey and
he was given other qualities that
make ballplayer, including sharp
eyes and strong muscles and the
knack Of co-Ordinating them.
OF a consequence his batting aver.
age in the Independent League,
against the strongest pitching Wash.
ington sandlotters face. is better
than 500.
He hits the ball squarely on the
nose, sending out low, vicious liners
that frequently get him to second
or third base. He appears to enjoy
nothing better than batting with
runners on.
He started as a third-baseman but
looks better in the outfield, accord
ing to at least two persons inter
ested in sending sandlotters to higher
fields of baseball endeavor.
They believe Lightning Nalley is
on the way and moving fast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27

The Naval Academy will, however
find as usual its most serious rivals
in Middle States teams. It will
meet Princeton at Princeton on
October Is, Pennsylvania State a:
Annapolis on November i, Bucknell
ct Annapolis on November Is, and
the Military Academy in the Balti.
more STADIUM on November 20.
It will be seen that the home
season win be one OF particular in
terest. The games with Princeton
and the Military Academy are the
only ones to be played off the Acad'
envy. grounds, and Baltimore may
be regarded as practically home, no
service football game having ever
been played anything like so near
to Annapolis.
An effort was made to have the
game with Pennsylvania State. on
November ], played in Baltimore.
Henry B. Wilson, superintendent.
and indicated that the policy of
the Naval Academy is to play it's
games on its own grounds or those
OF its opponents, the Army Navy
game being an exception owing
TO the necessity of securing the
! most ample accommodations.
The game with Pennsylvania State
viii be the big home contest, and
e likely to attract great crowd.
1t VIII be remembered that State
rave the Navy a good drubbing at
state last year, owing largely to
the brilliant runs of Harry Wilson,
However, the Navy won the game
IN Washington the previous year.
20 that tho rivalry is strong.
OF the other home games, Mar.
Quette and Vermont will attract
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
HOT WEATHER CAUSES
CHILEAN TO SEEK DELAY

NEW YORK. June 27.-Luis Vim.
centini' Chilean lightweight, will
appear before the state athletic COM
mission today to seek a cancellation
Of his scheduled match with Rocky
Kansas at the Greensboro A. c.. in
Long Island City, on Monday night.
The hot weather and the training
grind have floored the South Amer.
lean to such an extent that he was
unable to resume his training ac.
tivities today, Abel Bersac, his man.
ager, asserted, adding that Vincen.
TIM would ask the commissions
physician to examine him to determ.
Inc his fitness to enter the ring
against the Buffalo lightweight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
NAVY ELEVEN WILL COVER
/ MUCH GROUND IN
!; = FALL SCHEDULE
By HUGH II. RILEY.

ANNAPOLIS June Pinot only will Academy foot
Da team have schedule of unusual interest
opponents will wider field than BEFORE England
all represented.
William and Mary from Virginia, will open season. playing
At Annapolis October On
from its Detroit domcle mdshipmen and the eastern
end Of the Middle West section will be
GINA Wesleyan, which plays at Annapolis October25
It will be the first time the Naval Academy Marquette
met ia any line Of and the University Of Vermont
Ing New England and playing Annapolis November
other opponent Of the Naval Academy gI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
1a1y Sections to Invade Navy Grid
Two Powerful Leaders
Watch Sport Events
Same Afternoon

Heads Of the two most power
full nations in the world graced
sporting events by their pres
ence yesterday afternoon.
Our own President Coolidge
saw the Athletics and Washing
ton split the double header. The
British King and Queen attend
ed the tennis matches at VIM
bledon, and were gratified when
one of their subjects, that grand
veteran of the courts, Norman
Brookes, eliminated Francis
Hunter, the hard-hitting Amer
lean, in the feature match of
the day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27

first class shape with the coming
Nof next season.
Hurst, Forsberg, Lewis and AL.
bertson are among the most prom
Using Of the old men, while the
plebe class Of last year offers Ham.
ilton, Caldwell, Maloney, Born, Con.
dra and others. Having to depend
so largely on inexperienced players,
it is recognized that the hardest
kind Of work will be necessary to
develop a backfield up to the stan
Edard Of the stronger opponents Of
the Navy team.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27

ris. When it comes to leader
ship, he's twins.
George Stallings once took
his Boston Braves from the cell
lar to the roof after July
Fourth. Bucky has done bet
ter than that-he took the
Griffmen from Oblivion to
sublimity. before July Fourth.
If we can only win a pen
nant here in Washington, we
won't care who the politicians
send US for our President or
whether they send him at all.
But if the voteless tax pay
ers could nominate. standard
bearer to run on both tickets
today, that candidates name
would be Stanley B. Harris.
Some way or another, when
you look at the standings of
the clubs these days, they look
like they're upside down. A
second peek, however, con-
vinces you your glasses don't
need changing.
When Clark Griffith came to
Washington he declared he was
going to put the town on the
baseball map. People have
been wondering ever since,
when.
After several years Of twid-
ding his own thumbs, Griffith
turned 'em over to George Nc
Bride to twiddle. It took
Smiling George one year to
discover he couldn't do any
thing with another mans
fingers.
Then Good Old Clyde Milan
took up the magic wand, but
something seemed to be wrong
with his "B" battery. He
couldn't even get WCAP.
DOME Bush was next marked
for slaughter and walked into
the abattoir like a fatted calf.
For finishing with the team a
couple Of points higher than
1t deserved, DOME got the air.
Taking advantage Of Harris
youth and inexperience, Crit
fifth made him grand kleagle.
And to get even with the Old
Fox for his foresight, Harris
decided to teach him a lesson
he will remember all his life.
For that lesson, kindly consult
the standing Of the clubs and
try to laugh 'em off.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
LIGHTNING NALLEY HITS
SHARPLY ON SANDLOTS
By r. D. THOMAS.

Ty Cobb famed Harry Hemann spark of
blazed the Detroit outder greatness quoted as
saying probably gone his way Cobb
hadn't talked him into being ambitious.
And Heimann along Cobbs advice to
make the grand grade in baseball-be enthusiastic
wentyyearoh sandloter the Independent League has
earned the nickname Lightning which likely stick according
Of andH lima
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
Tuxedo Meets Pierce

Tuxedo will meet Pierce Sunday
at Tuxedo in the Prince Georges
County, Maryland. League. Head.
ley Gasch, James Ray and Lefty
Kagle will be ready to pitch for
Tuxedo. Jones and Hoffman will
toll for Pierce. Action will start
at p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
Play at Seat Pleasant

The Loffler A. c. will meet the
Seat Pleasant A. A. on the latter's
field Sunday In a Prince Georges
QQNntN RenpipR LeaxUa rcrtAgts
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27

Here in the District of CO.
lumbia we have politics all the
year around, but as this is the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27

1lrSC Time IN
nineteen years
June. has found
the ball team
on top, we will
hold our con-
vention right out
at Florida ave-
nue..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq.
Rest Of Country Can Have
It's Politics, Washington
Has It's Ball Club.
BY KIRK MILLER.

VHTASHINGToN b aseball
" club is home again, try
~ ing its best to act bash
full. While in New York they
nearly put the convention out
Of business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27

If we can only win a pen
nant here in Washington, we
won't care who the politicians
send US for our President or
whether they send him at all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27

When Clark Griffith came to
Washington he declared he was
going to put the town on the
baseball map. People have
been wondering ever since,
when.
Evening star., 1924-01-02
PlINY FISK'S RETURN
PRESS AGENT STUNT
Publicity Man Sues Brokerage Firm
for Expenses in
Coup.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 2.-The an
nouncement of the return of Pliny
Fisk, we'll known financier, to his
desk in Wall street in the offices of
Harvey Fisk e. Son, investment
brokers, which was heralded in the
newspapers last July, was nothing
more than a publicity stunt, 1t was
declared in papers filed by Schuyler
B. Patterson. who started suit to
recover $4,000 for his work in con-
nection with getting the story into
the papers.
The publicity was intended to quiet
rumors that the firm was in bad
financial condition, the papers allege.
In n supporting affidavit. Mr.. Pat
terSon declares he was retained at
salary of $4,000 a year to do
publicity work for the firm. He cited
two pieces of work which he declared
were of great Importance"
In July, when there were rumors
that the firm was about to close, he
states, he was summoned late at
night by Lorrin L. Homer. president
of the firm, and with information
supplied him by Homer succeeded In
convincing three New York news
papers the. rumor of failure was un-
true, so the story was not printed:
The next day, he state with infor-
nation furnished him by officers of
Harvey Fisk & Sons. he caused a
story to be published about the re-
turn of Pliny Fisk and "a damaging
story was turned into one OF benefi-
cial publicity"
Pliny Fisk declared that there had
been a reorganization of the firm, but
insisted IL was nothing out of the
ordinary and had been done merely
to satisfy new blood" that came
into the firm last fall. He said the
story that he was coming back into
the firm was entirely without his au-
thorization and he had had no in
tention of coming back at the time
the story was given out and printed.
IT may come back some time, but
don't say when" he declared.