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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-18

SOME MEN run for office; others jay-walk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-18
Referred to Stars

Biblical students consider this a
reference to the constellation of the
Great Bear. They think that the
people Of the Biblical day regarded
the bowl of the dipper as forming
the body Of the bear ana the three
stars. which the Greeks regarded as
the tail and the Indians as three
hunters, as being three cubs which
follow in the trail Of the mother bear.
The great Greek poet. Homer. re-
fers to the constellation of the bear
in the Odyssey. the poem which re-
count sthe wanderings Of Ulysses.
After the Greeks had burned and
sacked Troy and returned Helen to
her rightful husband, Ulysses, one
of the Greek chiefs, started home,
Many strange adventures befell him
so Homer tells in the Odyssey.
Ulysses stopped at the Island Of
the Sun. so Homer says. and there
his men slew some Of the sacred cat.
tie which belonged to the sun-god.
AS a result. his ship was overtaken
subsequently by a great storm and
lightning struck the craft, shatter-
ing the mast and killing the pilot.
The waves broke the sip into pieces
and all of the crew drowned. Ulysses
alone survived. being washed up by
the waves on an island which be-
longed to the beautiful sea-nymph,
Calypso.
Tells About Bear
Calypso helped Ulysses build raft
and when he left, she directed him
to:
Hold the Bear, called else the
Vain,
Continual on his left thru all
his course"
In other words, to steer his raft
due east. 1t will be remembered
that the Greeks often called the
dipper, THE Wagon" just as the
English call it Charles Vain"
The Greeks usually steered their
craft by means of the Great Bear
or dipper. Manlius. Roman poet and
astronomer. wrote:
Seven equal stars adorn the
S4SctI DEAL
And teach the Grecian sailors
how to steer
1t was also customary to tell the
time of night by the position of the
bear in the sky.
In King Henry "" Shakespeare
has the first carrier at Rochester Inn,
exclaim as he enters with lantern
in hand:
'Charles's Vain is over the
new chimney, and yet our horse
is not packed"
Tennyson, the English poet, writes
in his New Years Eve"
1--WE danced about the Maypole,
and in the hazel copse,
Till Charles Vain came out
above the tall white Chin
ney tops"
NEXT ARTICLE: The North Star.
Copyright, 1924, by David Dietz)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-18

OF COURSE Harry Sinclair go to Albania until he
a1ibis this Alfall business,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-18
CALIFORNIA
REGRETS IT'S
ECONOMY"
State Suffers From Too
Little Spending of
Money,


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TITAN FRANCISCO. July IS
IN California is tasting the bit
ter fruit Of false economy in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-18

Ite Indians are not scotch-jjust
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-18
WHAT IS !
BALL OF
LIGHTNING
Quick Tells Stories Of
Strange Experiences
With Phenomenon.
BY HERBERT QUICK

- HEN I was a boy, two men
\X/l started from my neighbor-
W hood for the town of Iowa
'ails. The people of the latter place
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-18
SKY BEAR
MENTIONED
IN BIBLE
Homer Also Mentions Con-
SteIIation Surrounded by
Many Legends.
BY DAVID DIETZ

Science Editor Of The Time
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
TEAMS IN GRIP
Of MERCURY
DROP
White Sox and PhiIIles Handi-
capped in Spring
Training.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March
IA sudden drop to around Is,
an echo Of the Atlantic coast storm.
confined White Sox maneuvers to
skull practice before the CRATE fire.
Relief was expected this afternoon.
LEEsBURG, Fla, March Ia
Cold weather today continued to
make spring training unpleasant for
the Phillies. Yesterday the players
had to wear two and three shirts
to keep comfortable. Cy Williams
jumped into form by knocking out
a homer which helped the regulars
beat the Yannigans. 8 to 4.
LAKELAND, Fla, March Ia
Pete Thompson, recruit infielder o.
CURED from the University Of South.
ern California, where no was q
freshman, showed considerable skill
working out at first base in the
Cleveland Indians second practice.
ORLANDO, Fla, March 13.-Of-
ficial announcement Of the appoint
ment of Jack Hendricks as manager
of the Cincinnati Reds Is expected
from President Garry Hermann
here within a day or so. The Reds
play their first game of the season
tomorrow when they meet Indian.
apolis at Plant City.
NEW ORLEANS, La, March u.
-Wally Pipp, star first baseman
Of the New York Yankees, appeared
on the field today for the first work.
out Of the 1924 season with the
champions. Pipp confined his activi.
ties to light exercise and batting,
In which he was accompanied by
Babe Ruth, who is recuperating
from an attack Of influenza.
SARASOTA, Fla, March 12.-Con.
tinued winds Handicapped the prac.
tice Of the New York Giants today
and John McGraw ordered the com.
paratively few men who appeared
on the field to take things easy.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
12.-Cold weather today cut short
the practice session Of the Braves.
The Braves will oppose the Cardi-
nails tomorrow at Bradentown.
cAN AAN1O1NAOS AcAdS, MAECH 40.
Another cold day greeted the Red
Sox in training here. A second
game with the San Antonio Bears
Is scheduled for tomorrow.
CLEAR WATER, Fla, March IL.
The Brooklyn Dodgers returned
from Bradentown for tOday's prac-
tice q much chastened lot as a re.
suit Of their IL to 2 defeat by the
St. Louis Cardinals in the opening
game OF the spring training sched.
ule.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
NEW JERSEY BOWLER
LEADS A. 3. c. ALL-EVENTS

CHICAGO, March 12.--Al Weber,
of Elizabeth, N. j., rolled into the
all-events lead with 1875 replacing
Freddie ChAlcraft of Buffalo, in the
A. B. G. tournament. Goff ana
Garland, Of Syracuse went into
select company In the singles, their
marks Of 6SS and 682 placing them
in ninth and tenth.
Bensinger Madisons scored 1901
and took eighth in the flve.nnan
event.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
R|NGSENSAT|ON
BORN DEAF
MUTE
Electric Shock Restores Ber-
Ienbach's Hearing and
Speech at Age of 10.

NEW YORK, March 12.-Paul
Berlenbach, New York's middle
weight knockout king and reigning
sensation Of the indoor fistic sea-
son, has had one of the most re-
markable careers on record. Thrust
into the limelight with a record
Of twenty-three consecutive knock
outs in amateur and professional
ranks, critics predict that he is only
on the threshold of a great ring
career and hail him as a second
Stanley Ketchel, a terror in mid
dleweight ranks fifteen years and
more ago.
Berlenbach was born a deaf mute,
but at the age Of eighteen he sud
denly acquired hearing and
speech. Five years ago, while serv-
ing az an instructor in a West.
chester county institution for deaf
mutes, Berlenbach one day went to
the aid Of a boy whose kite Ee-
came entangled in an electric wire
twelve feet from the ground
Climbing q pole, Berlenbach re-
leased the kite, but in SO doing
came in contact with the heavily
C11AEB ecu WlTGSs I10 I0ll 10 the
ground unconscious, and those who
came to his aid believed him dead.
First aid, however, revived him,
and, to his establishment, he found
his sense Of hearing normal. Medi.
cal interest was attracted and sub
sequent treatment also developed
his speech.
Berlenbach's rise to pugilistic
fame within less than a year has
been spectacular, and all the more
because he il one of
the few former wrestlers to. acquire
fistic prowess. He won the Olympic
wrestling champion.
ship at Antwerp in 1920.
Berlenbach turned his attention
to the ring, and as an amateur
hung up thirteen successive knock.
outs. He has added ten straight
knockouts to his string as a pro.
fessional, his last occurring when he
flattened Jimmy Darcy, Of Port
land, Ore.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
F RANCE LIFTS
RING BAN ON
GERMANS
Relations Between Two Coun.
tries Now Resumed In
Two Sports.

PARIS, March 1.-THE French
boxing federation has lifted the
ban on German boxers, who now
will be permitted to engage In bouts
In French rings, providing there is
a demand for their services. French
boxers. under the ruling. are free
to meet German. allied or neutral
fighters in rings in Germany.
This IL the second sporting fedora.
ton to resume relations with the
Germans. The French cycling
federation was the first Of these
1t has permitted Karl Wittig. the
German pace follower, to compete
in the Paris Velodrome, March 20,
and Jules MIGUEL, the French rider,
to participate In a meet in Berlin
on the aane date,
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
Many Long Holes on
Golf Clubs of
America

When the Alamo Country Club
at San Antonio issued it's 'long-
hole" challenge to organizations
throughout the country the Of
ficials were confident that it's
boast Of a 637-yard hole, the
fifth there, would be supreme.
However, there are no fewer
than four clubs which have come
forward with claims, including
the Maidstone Club at East
hampton, L. l., which has a
tenth hole 653 yards long. The
Llanerch Country Club, at
Media, Pa, goes this two yards
better with q third hole of 655.
The Cohanzick Country Club at
Bridgeton, N. j., reports that
its No. 4 hole measures 700
yards, the same distance as the
eighth hole at Hot Springs,
S. d.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
M'LEODDEFEkTS
CLASSY FIELD
IN FLORIDA
Columbia Country Club Pro-
fessionaI Spread-EagIes
Field in Open.

BELLAIR FIGHTS, Fla, March
12-Fred Mcleod, the Columbia
Country Clubs pro, Of Washington,
won the annual st. Petersburg open
golf event, by the wide margin of
five strokes over the classiest field
which has participated in a south.
ern tournament this year.
Mcleod negotiated the u holes
in 292 strokes. Bill Melhorn, OF
st. Louis, finished second with 297
while Cyril Walker, of Englewood
was third with 299. Walter Hagen
finished fourth with 305.
At the end Of the first SO holes
Mcleod ana Hagen were tied for
first place with stroke totals OF
146 each, but an 81 in his third
round proved Hagen's undoing.
Mcleod continued making pace
and on his last eighteen turned in
q card of SO. The victory of the
little pro from Columbia was q
most popular one.
Arthur Havers, the British open
champ; James Ockendon, the
French open Champion; Joe Kirk
wood, the Australian champion; Lee
Diegel, Johnnie Farrell and others
were among those who finished In
back of Mcleod.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12

Bluege and GagnOn may be those
players but Ills known that Scout
Engel, who Is now here acting as
secretary for the club, has been
given instructions to devote much
attention TO infilders wherever be
may be.
New players as yet unknown to
fame may be dragged up out Of the
bushes for trial with the Griffs be-
fore many months have passed.
The Griffs, looked at a month
before the season opens, appear
well fixed for pitching material,
with enough outfielders and catch
ers but hardly upholstered sufficient
ly in the infield. All six outftelders
will not be carried. At least one
must fall by the wayside, just
which is probably not yet known
even to Manager Harris himself.
The biggest battle will be among
the pitchers. Fifteen are now here
and almost every one has his good
points. 1t IL safe to say that
no pitcher released by the Griffs
this season will be let go outright.
Each will have a strong cable
attached to his collar by which
he may be yanked back for duty
at Georgia avenue. The club was
fortunate to have found so many
promising youngsters and does not
intend wasting any of them.
Because Of the cold weather
which has interferred with the bat
ting drill necessary to all the play.
ers, no practice games will be
played here this week between the
rockies and regulars. However,
next week, If these Mexican storms
will only stay over in Mexico where
they belong, the scrappy contests
will commence, thereby adding to
the worries of the bosses in the
cigar factories, for these games are
nuts and cheese for the Cuban
my Poy Chloe" Engel, scout for
the Griffmen. today celebrated his
thirty-first birthday. putting on a
clean collar and buying himself a
good ten-cent cigar. He admitted
that. If Pop Engel were here and
running the same sort of a place
he used to have on d street, the
boys might get a couple Of free
ones in honor Of the event. Engel
is fast becoming an old man. His
SON will be three years old late
this month.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
HUNDRED AND A HALF
ENTRIES FOR KENTUCKY

LOUISVILLE, KY, March H.
The fiftieth running Of the Ken
lucky Derby has attracted 1852
entries, with Sarazen, the two-year.
old gelded sensation Of 1923, as the
favorite on the winter book betting.
The derby, which was worth
$3.50 when Aristedes won it, in the
first duel, will have a value of
about $4,000 to the 1924 winner,
with $4,000 to the second horse,
$4,000 for third place and $1,000 for
fourth.
At the moment the race looms UP
as the greatest in many years, as
there IL no real outstanding marvel.
Sarazen is great-but so are st.
James, Wise Counsellor, Bean But.
ter, Diogenes, Lord Baltimore,
Black Gold, Bracadale, Stanwix, and
Peter King.
The race will be run May IT, at
the Churchill Downs course.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
TILDEN WILL DISCUSS
WRITING WITH MOCULS

NEW YORK, March 11.-Wil.
liam Tilden, ID, the national cham.
pion. will appear before the Execu-
tive Committee Of the U. 8. L. T.
A. at it's regular March meeting
next Saturday at the Hotel Van
derbilt to discuss informally his
status under the amateur rule since
the new Interpretation Of the rule
was adopted in regard to players
writing tennis articles for large
sums Of money. No action will
be taken, for the new Interpretation
does not 60 into effect until Jan
uary 1, 1925.
At the meeting, chairmen Of
various committees. including Jul.
ian s. Myrick of the Davis Cup
Committee, in charge Of the United
States Olympic team, win be made
by the Sanction and Schedule Com
mittee.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
CRUDE AND HUGHES
INELIGIBLE THIS YEAR

EASTON. Pa, March 12.-Frank
CRUDE and e. J. Hughes, members
of the Lafayette College baseball
nine last year, will be ineligible to
represent the Maroon on the dia-
mond this spring. Both men are
in scholastic difficulties from last
term and will be barred from par
ticipation in extra curriculum &C.
tivities until the reopening OF
college next fall. The track team
will also be deprived of the services
Of ten men due to low standing in
their studies. Johnson, a Splinter,
and Shea, a freshman quarter
miller, who gave much promise
during the indoor season, have been
barred by the faculty ruling.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
Tickets For Opening
Game Go On Sale
Tomorrow

Secretary Edward B. Eynon,
jr., Of the Washington. Base
bali Club, announced this morn
ing that tickets for the opening
game, April Is, between the
Griffmen and Philadelphia Ath-
letics, will be placed on sale at
A. G. Spalding & Bro. 1888 G
street northwest, tomorrow at
10 o'clock. Secretary Eynon
further announced that the
reservations have been the
heaviest in years and that but
a few Of the choice seats re-
main.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12

Skillet" devoted today to going
through several huge baskets Of
limericks on the name Of elise
Dudley and the further Skillet"
goes in his search Of the "best"
limericks, the harder his job seems
to become.
There are no winners to be an.
nounced today because Of the hiatus
between Saturdays and Sundays
papers; but tomorrow the winners
ready and from then on Skillet"
hopes not to miss a single day. a.
he will be caught up with himself,
so to speak. The winners will be
announced the third day following
the printing of the uncompleted
limericks in the paper. This being
the third day after Sunday. Of
course, the rule doesn't hold.
Tomorrow, the winners on the
elise Dudley limerick viii be
ready and the next day win fol-
low the results of the George
Fisher limerick and so forth and
so on with no further breaks In
tile winning announcements rs
today.
Skillet" regrets that he has
had to make the winners 30 far an.
nounced wait a couple of days for
their tickets. but the printers didn't
get through with the big Job Of
printing the large stack Of reserve.
tons until late last night and de.
livery couldn't be made until today.
Skillet" has them all now, how
ND EIyfv1
ing out the pasteboards tomorrow
whenever the boys wish to come In
and call for them. When he saws
boys" he means it only figura-
lively, as it is already apparent
that many of the fair fans of this
vicinity are going to outllmerick the
boys in this last-line scramble. The
women folks have only in the last
couple OF days warmed up" to the
contest, and as q result some of the
most brilliant combinations are be.
ing received in very effeminate
handwriting.
Meanwhile. Mr.. A. A. Gerish,
the maj0rdOmO Of the arrange.
ments committee, il completing
plans for q most StupendOuS base.
ball party on April Is.
In fact, it is MIR. Gerish's idea
tc turn this pageant into a vert,
table Mardi Gras, wherein the
participants will be Enthusiastically
costumed for the occasion Of the
opening-day parade. The many
characters portrayed In the comic
sections Of the Hearst newspapers
in Washington will be included
In the procession, and not the
least Of these will be Little Rudy,
the ostrich, and Spark Plug, jr.
Others Of the funny.folk family
will be Boob McNutt and Able the
Agent, to say nothing of the
intmitable Jiggs and Maggie.
Now. If you want to be part
of this lively gang Of "Skillett's, -
you must start right in today and
write last lines for limericks until
you have won two or more Of
these tickets for yourself and best
pal or pals. The contest ends
one month from today and each
week day twixt now and then
Will see ten tickets to this opening
baseball bombshell given away
through the medium Of "Skdllett's"
limerick competition.
Get in 1t yourself, get your neigh.
ocrS and your neighbors' children
1h It and make the ones who
write better limericks than vol
hustle to beat you out,
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
Navy Boasts Greatest
Rope Climbing
Cylmnast

ANNAPOLIS, March H.
The Naval Academy appears to
have not only a sure first-point
winner in rope climbing at the
coming tournament Of the In.
tercollegiate Gymnastic Asso-
citation, but q worlds champion
in that event in Midshipman
Ritchey H. Durham, of Warren,
Ark. In competition Durham
has gone up the rope twenty
feet, hand-over-hand, in 47-1O
seconds. This stands as a
worlds record, though the dis
lance is a new one, the event
having just been adopted by the
intercollegiate association to
take the place Of club swinging.
Unofficially this week, Dur.
ham went up a twenty-one foot
rope in ITO seconds, which is
one-half second better than the
worlds record for that distance,
established by E. Lindenbaum,
of the New York Y. M. H. A.,
in 1914.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
ALOYSIUS SHOWS PUNCH
IN DEFEATING COMETS

With the issue in doubt up until
the last few minutes, the Aloysius
basketerS put on full steam and
defeated the fighting Washington
Comets, 80 to %. At half-time,
the Comets were leading Is to IL
and until toward the end of the
contest, the lead see.sawed.
Teamwork and fighting spirit
finally triumphed. The Aloysius
players apparently were in perfect
condition, which augurs well in
their favor anent next Saturday
nights big battle with Palace Laun-
dry with the city Independent cham
pionship at stake.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
CONCANNON TO PLAY
SOUTHERN CUE STAR

Joe Concannon, ranking pocket
billiard player of the District, will
play v. p. Ahearn, of Nashville, in
an exhibition Of 1875 points at
Elmer's academy, tonight. begin
ming at $3.50 o'clock.
Ahearn is regarded as one Of the
best shot makers in the south and
his exhibition against .Concannon
tonight will be watched with inter.
est by local followers Of the green
cloth game.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
Cuban Ball Player Shot.

HAVANA, March 12.-Eusebio
Gonzalez, second baseman Of the
Toronto International League club,
probably will be unable to play
baseball for some time, while re-.
covering from a bullet wound in
the left hand, received yesterday
in an encounter at the ball mark
Pope Conte, a sporting editor.
charged with the shooting, was re.
leased in 5000 bail.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
Riders Earn Big Money.

NEW YORK, March 12.--Alfred
Goullet, six-day bicycle racing cham
pion, earned $4,000 during the last
year, 1t became known today, when
he reGeived $6,500 for placing fourth
in the spring race at Madison Square
Garden. Maurice Brocco, Of the
winning team, 10 credited with
$4,000 within the year,
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
NAME YOUR OWN ODDS
ON SISLER PLAYING

MOBILE Aa March 12-Tere is smile the cOuntenance Of
Brownie in This indication pleasure is due two
things George Sr of the club and George SSer
the possible first baseman of the club.
making Ssler pilot the 1924 contingent Brownies the ST.
Louis club made no bunder Sis the players call him
mighty popular individual and who commands through
his gnaty There nothing of the old school managers busque
and manhandng methods about Ssr He is just the other
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
Bowl Rinaldi TalIors.

THE Bulletin bowlors win have
revenge in mind when they meet
the Rinaldi tailors tomorrow night
at the Recreation, the needle men
having won a previous match. The
alter tickets and other prizes win
be awarded the stars.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
MARBERRY AND M'CREW
!, HARRIS CHOICE TO
ACEDODGERS
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

TAMPA Fla March 12Carr Smith, the young
Raleigh, OF the Piedmont League will be right field
Friday when the Gfmen play their first exhibition game
at Clearwater against the Brooklyn will share
the Job with Memo Leibod - 1880
Smith the only Of the outders
uniform this spring who hits from the the plate This
nothing should ne him to a ability
With three souhpaw htters in the in The
ine the Grfn picked easy marks whenever thew
The Washington times., 1924-03-12

"set Finn ESQ., director general Of the sporting departments
limerick contest wherein ten tickets to the opening days baseball
being awarded daily readers Of this
good to give the fans today. It follows
The tickets printed Of
squirrel editor their the winning
Tuesday "Slet new
Hearst building 1921 street. anytime after and receive their
gifts and Se" each to tuck them safely
for will be month before they will really be Of
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
Twas Some Battle.

Washington and Detroit hold the
record for the longest scoreloss
major league game. They played
one Of eighteen innings in 1903.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
Glen Echo A. c. Meets.

Officers win be elected at meet.
Ing Of the Glen Echo A. c. tomor.
row night in the community hall
at Glen Echo.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12
CUB SOUTHPAWS
ROUND INTO
SHAPE
Pirate Squad Complete With
Arrival of Carson Bigbee
in Camp.

AVALON, Catalina Island, Calf,
March 12.-Southpaw hurting for
the Cubs is looking better with
Dumovich and Pierce in form.
Pierce seems to have regained con-
troll Of his lame arm.
PASO ROBES. CAL, March IL.
The Pirate squad is now com.
plete here today, Carson, Higbee.
left fielder, the only one missing
from the crew arrived yesterday.
After a day Of rest the Pirate
youngsters will line UP against the
regulars today in theiB fourth prac-
tice game this year.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. March 12-.
Another catcher, Charles Gibson
student at the Alabama Poly Tnsti.
tute, has been signed by the Ath.
tetics,. according to an announce.
ment by Connie Mack. Connie wa .
impressed by the young mans try
out. -
The Washington times., 1924-03-12

lnfielders are scarce among the
Griffs this spring. Two extra
men are expected to be carried.
The Washington times., 1924-03-12

Coach Jack ChesbrO surprised
the Onl0ol1ers when he took JezebeI
Tecumseh Zachary in hand for
some instructions. Zach Is one Of
the teams veteran pitchers, but
nobody has ever yet attempted to
show him something about adding
TO his speed. ChesbrO smashed
that record yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1924-02-22
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