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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
PALACE QUINT
!. SHOWS GLASS
IN VICTORY

washington is prepared now to
put up a fight for the basketball
championship Of the country, nc
cording to experts who saw the
Palace Club outclass the Hagers-
town ElAs. 81rto II, at the Arcade.
The signing for the rest Of the
season OF Horse Haggerty, declared
by some to be the greatest center In
the land, has increased respect for
the Washington entry in national
professional ranks.
Haggerty. made his Palace debut
against Hagerstown and more than
made good. In a previous en-
counter, at Hagerstown, the Ellxs
trimmed the Laundrymen, and it is
with considerable satisfaction that
the Palace players review their per-
Torrance at the Arcade.
Cooney and Benzoni, whose shoot
ing. from the field featured the
Palace teams splendid showing
against the world champion Celtics,
again shone when the EIks were
met. They penetrated the Elksi
five-man defense for enough points
between them to win, Benzoni being
particularly accurate. He got seven
field goals and Cooney threes
Inc AlOySluS sCluO, pT9Qe OF the
amateur field here, took beating
from the Newark A. c., OF Balti-
more, Fl to II. Aloysius was UNI
able to score "a point during the
first eight minutes. D'Augustino,
Aloysius' spirited right guard, was
the only member Of the team TO
ring more than one field goal and
he made only two.
Two thousand bugs saw the
double header.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
BELL, BREWER SHoRTSToP,
LEADS LEAGUE BATTING

CHICAGO. Jan. 5.-Lester Bell,
shortstop of the Milwaukee team,
was awarded the batting honorS
of the American Association in
the official figures published to-
day. Bell played in 154 games,
was officially at bat $50 times,
made 23O hits and his batting
average was 1865.
Five other players topped Bell
in the official figures, but they
had, only played a few games and
the honors were given to Bell.
Bell also tied for scoring the most
runs and ranked high in runs bat
ted in.
E. Smith, of Kansas City, was
the associations leading slugger,
knocking out % homers, II triples,
and As doubles.
Milwaukee finished first in club
batting with an average Of .299,
with Louisville second, two points
behind.
Minneapolis pitchers allowed most
runs to opponents while Toledo
pitchers allowed feWest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
Where They Roll In
Tonight's Bowling
. League Matches

Commercial League-Hecht'S
VS.. Cats, at Recreation.
District League-Meyer Davis
VS.. Cornell's Lunch, at King
Pin No. 2.
Business Mems League-H.
Kaufman VS.. Raleigh Haber-
dasher, at Recreation.
National Capital League
LinwoOds VS.. Anacostia, at King
Pin No. J..
Internal Revenue League
Natural Resources VS.. Corpora
ton Audit, at King Pin No. /.
Suburban League - Handley
VS.. Brunswick, at Petworth.
Bankers League-Second VS..
National Savings; Riggs No. 2
VS.. Federal-American; S. r. &
II. VS.. Perpetual, at King Pin
No. /.
Masonic League-Washington
= Centennial VS.. King David;
Osiris VS.. G.. C. Whiting; Single
ton VS.. Lebanon, at Coliseum.
Athletic Club League-Orioles
VS.. National, at Recreation.
Knights of Pythias League
Webster No. 1 VS.. Calanthe, at
Recreation.
Odd Fellows disqualification
VS.. Columbia, at King Pin No. 2.
Nautical League-Rock Haven
VS.. Potomac Canoe.
w a s h IN g ton Ladies Leagu
Commercials VS.. Capitol Hill
ers; Columbians VS.. 'Billies, at
Coliseum.
Hebrew Interclub League
Young Friends VS.. Y. M. H. A
at Recreation.
Typothetae League-Wheeler-
Jones VS.. Columbian Printing
Company; Lanman Engraving
VS.. r. P. Andrews Company;
Ransdell, Inc, VS.. National Capt.
tai Press; Washington Mono
type vs.. M. Joyce Engraving,
at Coliseum.
Sunday School League-West
Washington vs.. Brookland, mt
Temple.
East Washington Church
League-North Capitol VS.. KEEL
lar; Douglas vs.. Waugh; In
gram VS.. Ninth No. I, at
Temple
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
If A NJ GU s.
| BOX SCORES
Baker Slams His
First Home Run in
Second Cont est

AT PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16.
1s11-Frank Bakers smashing home
run over the right field wall, scor-
ing Collins ahead of him, broke up
the second game OF the series and
4 thrilling duel between two SOUTH
paws. The veteran Eddie Plank,
opposed BY the novice Rnhe Mar
guard, gave masterfuI pitching
exhibition.
The Athletics tailed in their first
time up. Lord singled, and ad.
vanced On a tumble. Oidri1lg sacri-
feed. Marquard appeared nervous
and uncorked wild pitch, and
Lord trotted home. The Giants
tied it up next inning. Myers sing
ling home the tieing run, with
Herzog on second.
The break, however, came in the
sixth. With two out Collins lined
out a double. Baker then stepped
into a fast ball and hit it out OF
the park and settled the game,
The score:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
Sandlotters' Annual.
Dance viii Help
Bill McBride

With Miss Lorraine Wall IN
charge, Washington sandlotters
are making plans for their an
nual dance, which. will be held
this month or early in Feb
ruary. A meeting will be held
tonight at the Hearst building,
and all interested are requested
to attend. The proceeds Of this.
years dance will be turned over
to Bill Mcbride, whom" the sand
lot clan from time to time is
helping to weather misfortune.
Miss Wall, who was secretary
of the independent baseball
series, directed arrangements
for the last sandlot dance, which
Melted nearly a thousand dol
lars, all Of which was given to
Red Hager, but poor Red passed
on before the money could be
spent in the fight to save his
life from the white plague.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
WAL EER TO P
SCALES NEAR
1916 MARK
Mickey Trying to Offset Ad-
vantage Of About Twenty
Pounds

4 NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Mickey
Walker, worlds welterweigllt cham
pion, will weigh nearly 155 pounds
when he steps into the ring At
Newark on wednesday in an at.
tempt to lift the light heavyweight
crown from the Celtic pate
Mike McTigue. This was made
known today when it was stated.
that Walker was making every
effort to put on weight to Offset
McTigue's advantage in ayoidupois,
which figures to exceed twenty
pounds.
The bout is scheduled to 20
twelve rounds but as decisions are
taboo in New Jersey, the title calI-
not change hands unless Walker
wins by i knockout on q foul. or
McTigue suffers an injury that
would prevent him from continuing
to the limit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
LIBERTY A. C. CUNT
HAS HEAVY SCHEDULE

The Liberty A. c. basketball
team will play the Trinity A. c.
and the Iriquois A. c. in a double
header tomorrow night in the I'M
maculate Conception gym. starting
at z o'clock. Wednesday night the
Libertys will play the Woodsides
at Silver Spring. Thursday night
the Libertys have the National
Guard gym, and owing to cancel.
lation by the Rosedales have an
open date. Pop Kremb, the Liberty
manager, can be phoned at Col
umbia 4165-J.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
Just a Comparison

Charlie Ledoux at the peak of
his form was knocked out in 1853
by Kid Williams. Ten years later,
last summer, Ledoux, the shadow
of his former self, was good enough
to go the route with Abe GOldstein,
then bantom champion. Cannon
ball Martin was unable to knock
out Goldstein, though winning the
lafter's title Yet. they call Martin
a.. second Terry McGovern. How
so? is a natural question.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
LEONARD IS BETTER
FOLLOWING COLLAPSE

NEW YORK, Jan. 5. - Benny
Leonard, worlds lightweight boxing
champion, today was reported "a
little better" following his collapse
in the middle Of his vaudeville act
at local theater yesterday
Benny apparently Is suffering
from the grippe and has a fever
temperature Of 103," Joseph
Leonard, his brother, said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
BREAK GROUND TODAY FOR
100000 SEAT STADIUM

NEW York jan 5round VII
bel bTukcn today at Long Island
city for the new stadium % p
erected there. with d reported CO
pacity of 100000, for Charles p
Henderson, boxing promoter q
Brooklyn.
The site OF the new structure
is just north of the Queenshofo.
plaza, less than twenty minutes
ride from the heart of the Broadway
theatrical district. The arena win
be available for all kinds of sports,
hut boxing will be favored.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
TOM HAMMOND OBTAINS
CHANCE TO SHOW STUFF

Mike Kelly. owner of the Mime.
apolis club Of the American Ass"-'
citation, has purchased Tom Ham.
mond, big right hand pitcher
from Peoria of the Three-I League.
The price given was $1,000. Ham
mond had trial with the Millers
last fall and made good impress
sion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
KANAWHA JUNIORS BEAT
FOES IN DOUBLE HEADER

The Kanawha Juniors stepped
right out and got themselves
double win. They dropped the
Crescent team in the first en-
counter A to 10, and then a few
minutes later went out and got a
score Of 81 to IL over the Rock
Creek five. Stein, Newman, fash
and Agus played superior ball for
the KanaWhas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
H IG h SCHOOL
COURT GAMES
SPLIT
Morning and Afternoon Games
Saturday DOuble-h header
on Tuesday IS Rule

The Interscho lastic basketball
league has decided against having
double headers on Saturday and IN
stead viii have one game ct 1880
o'clock in the morning and another
at either ESQ or 3 o'clock IN the
afternoon.
T,iesdavs the teams viii play .
double bill for the reason that the
members OF the teams cannot get
away from their classes for morning
games. The first game OF the high.
school series will be held at 10 o'clocks
Saturday IN the George Washington
gym between Central and Eastern.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
Lefthanders On Top

Lefthanders carried off the bat
ting honors in the Eastern League
with such performers as Lou Gehrig
of the Yankees, then playing with
Hartford, and Jack Roser and Wade
Letter Of the Worcester club, hitting
high I'D in the 800 circle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05

Two-base hits-Herzog. Collins. Home
runmBaksr; Sacrifice hit = oidring.
Baker. Plank, Murphy; by Crandall,
2 (Plank, Lord); by Plank, 8: Devore,
: (Snodgrass, Murray, Marquard,, -.
Hit by pitcher-By Plank (Snodgrassl.
Wild pitch--Marquard. Left on bases
New York, 8; Philadelphia,. 2. Hits
Off Marduard. IN innings off Gran
Brennan, KLEIN and Dineen. Time of
game. 1852. Attendance, 1885,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05

~
And to add more fuel to the blaze,
Western is positively the last Of the
high schools to swing into action
in the Interschqiastic league. The
pupils OF Danny Ahearn will remain
an unknown quantity clear UP until
the last moment.
Some critics said Last year that
Western had team which COM
pared rather favorabIy with East
crnss championship team. Three
81 the mon who played .On that
team are back with the Red and
White this year. That much d
the nucleus Of all info about the
quint.
Ahearn himself will admit with
sanctimonious grace. that his team IS
terrible. He says it is green. of the
rankest hue. Maybe SO, and maybe
not. No Western team is to be TAX
en- lightly, and the one this year
should prove no exception to, the
rule.
Western is painfully Handicapped
through the lack Of a gym, or OF
q regular place in which to practice.
The Y. nj. G. A. gym is only
available to the team for a short
period daily. But Ahearn is work
ing. hard and his watchful eye
irons out more wrinkles in every
scrimmage. The ironing out pro-
cess may go forward with such
CELEBRITY that some Of the hand
picked championship 1avorites may
become also-rans.
- NaVV
like Business, Central, and Eastern,
Red and White has kept strictly
incognito in every battle and
Ahearn wants it so.
Tech is also more or less of
q mystery and it is probable that
between these two win lie the
big surprises Of the season.
Coach SanbOrn is too wise IN tho
ways Of basketball TO turn out
an unworthy team. He decries
the quality of his material But
that doesn't mean anything, since
they can be taught.
Business has a good team. So
has Central and Eastern. The
wiseacres are picking me Of those
three to cop the bunting, and when
they do SO they are ieoparGizing
their reps as cautious critics.
Tech has way of throwing
monkey wrenches in the machinery.
And Western always has been pes
tiferous to any team under any
conditions. Lamar, Dulin AMI Gar
Der are three veterans at Western.
They are certain to get some kind
of help from the other two who
will complete the team. Captain
Zahn is Techs only vet, but the
boys have responded nobly under
most trying conditions. When you
start picking a possible inter-
scholatic champion toss AL the
names into a hat and pick one out.
That one has as good a chance. al
most, as the most highly touted
favorite.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
Eddie Leonard a Conner

Edit Leonard, Baltimore bantam
who defeated Midget Carbon of
Fort Myer the other night. IL hailed
as a conner. He Is just a kid but
handles himself like a veterani
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
Will Paw Commission

At the next meeting OF the New
York legislature a bill will be in
troduced making the boxing com.
missioners paid officials. At present
they serve without compensation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
Is Champion Trotter

lilly Brooke has been crowned
the trotting queen Of 1924, having
reduced the mile record from
2:01s1-4 to 1853. The previous rec.
ord had stood for fifteen years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
WESTERN FIVE IS PUZZLE
TO SCHOOL FOLLO OVERS
b. ROSS Z. CONNILIN.

Of Basketball having little
Central
Tech individual But nave you
at length briefly, Western
Such affaO qualities the Red and White as the prize
Of the team Less i navn
material it, And the resultant darkness mas added an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
MAIL BOWLERS STAGE
EXCITING STRUGGLE
By ERNEST w. ROBBINS :


There Postofce Bowling League
the standings only games behind the leader.
Hence glance that the scramble.
Any of the first eight teams worth bet to finish on top
AT present Registered Mails the advantage having
lead of game and half the Delivery qunt second place
The close competition due largely to the handicap system used
that prevails in the Masonic FIVE
higher Registered
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
Express Men Play

The American Express and Argyle
basketball teams will clash tonight
in the Terminal gym at $50 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05

Frank Monroe
didn't do right by
Moe Saturday and
got him real peeyed.
The limit plunger
hOtfOOted after some
info and today is
shooting at an Oat
eater that was hand
ed him by Bill Kali
strom, one Of the
smartest railbirds on
the reservation. The
B.R. is now, $16,118.50
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
GENERAL sTATIsTICs

IENEhAL STATISTICS
Highest individual average-Matlack
106-15
Highest individual game-Allison, 153.
Highest individual set-Sommerkamp,
366. :.
Highest team game-Mailing, $751;
highest team set-Registered Mails
1913. :.
Highest number Of spares-Matlack
Highest number Of strikes-van der
Schaaf. 16.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05

N1dIIdCk, UL LIIG OnICI NICLhSJ ID
the leading individual with an aver
age Of 105-15 for 80 games. Allison,
Of the Chevy Chase team. mas the
high game OF 153 and Sommcrknmp,
Of Money Order, has the best set,
500. Here are the figures:
TEAM STANDING AND AVERAGES.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05

The general interest, in fact, IS
firNurmi himself, and not in the
possibility OF his defeat. His rec
ords have created an aura around
him such as no American public
can resist, and he has added TO
his atfractiyeness with . per-
sa1alify that runs strongly TO
fenDerameFlt and an immOderate
sense of the theatrical. His self
timing during races is only ono Of
his idiOsyncrasies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05

las. a matter OF fact their un-
fr1endIiA1ess antedated the Incl
dent by several days. IL began
when Nurmi "prOpOsiti0ned"
RtoIa on the 10000 metre race,
which he wished to conduct RS
a7twO-man, Misunderstanding affair.
Evening star., 1925-04-04
T0I
RUZZLEUo62I
Our Children-By Angelo Patri

Then in the early stages of school
they should be given for a length OF
time to an expert teacher who gives
them what lessons they need to keeT
them going along with their class
[ do not like to classify really dull
children as such and keep them in a
room by themselves all day. 1t helps
them, to hear the brighter children
recite and to see them do their work.
If they are not held to the same
standard they do not fret but gather
power gradually.
Most of these children profit bv
sense training. This should be given
them by a teacher specially trained
in the psychology of the dull child.
1t Will help keep you encouraged 10
go on teaching these children If you
remember that no child no matter
how dull, has ever been developed to
his full power He dies without
having opened a host of possibilities
lying dormant in his brain cells.
Keep right on probing his intelli
gence, and sooner or later you are
bound to open up some vein that viii
repay your efforts and put him OF
his mental feet.
hr. Patri will give personal attention 10
inquiries from parents or school teachers
on the care and development of children.
Write him In care of this paper, inclosinc
self-addressed, stamped envelope for reply
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1925-04-04
SPRINCTIME
Adder's Tongue and Bell Flower.
BY ID. G. PEATTIE.

A plant with its leaves as beauti-
full as it's flowers is the adder's
tongue that is now blooming in any
rich-soil woods around the District.
For the adder's tongue has two
smooth leaves that boast a lovely
mottling OF purple, bronze and green
not snowy. but in soft pastel col
ors. Beneath, the leaves are silvery.
The flowers of adder's tongue re-
semble their cousins, the lilies. Yet
there are some who call them, oddly
enough, dogtooth violets. Trout lily
is another name, suggested, 1t may
be, by the silvery nothing of the
leaves, which resembles the beautiful
fianks of the brook trout.
Sometimes the outside of the pet
ais is notified reddish brown; within
they are clear golden yellow. Their
half modelling or horizontal posture is
one of their peculiar and endearing
charms.
There are two kinds of adder's
tongue within the District-the COM
mon yellow species, with its mottled
leaves, and one more rare, whose
flowers are white or family lilac and
the leaves but little variegated. 1t
grows here only along the Potomac
above Georgetown.
Much like the adder's tongue. but
of a paler yellow, and with noddlng
blossoms, are the dainty little bell
flowers or corn lilies that often bloom
in the same week and close beside
the adder's tongue. They, too, are of
the lily family, but their leaves,
while not so beautiful, at once
identify these plants, for they seem
to clasp the stem or even to surround
it, as If the stem had grown up
through the leaves. Dainty things,
these Spring relatives of the lily,
that give to flower hunting at this
season its flavor of refreshing joy.
Evening star., 1925-04-04
BEDTIME STORIES 3. ,! sgSeEss HHSssso'

some of the others thought I was do
ing a dreadful thing when 1 cut off
the brush and brambles and burned
them. But they'll like these trees
ever so much better. Besides, I didn't
cut off the brush and brambles all
over the Old Pasture. I left enough
for those who like them to hide in.
You know, Bowser, there are some
places in the Old Pasture where trees
can't grow. Those are the places for
the brush and the brambles."
Bowser looked up and wagged his
tail just as If he understood what his
master was saying. He had his own
opinion of what Farmer Browns Boy
was doing. Many time bad Bowser
chased old Granny Fox and Reddy
Fox through the Old Pasture, and
many a time had he chased Old Jed
Thumper there. The brambles had
scratched him and torn his coat
and made him yelp as he tried to get
through them. So 1t had suited Bow
ser to see those brambles cut and
burned Yes, sir, 1t had suited him
perfectly. These little trees wouldn't
be in his way. He would be able to
follow Reddy Fox UP here now with
some comfort. So he looked up in
his masters face and grinned and
wagged his tail quite as if he under
stood everything.
You old fraud" said Farmer
Browns Boy, patting Bowser on the
head. You old fraud. You haven't
understood a word I've said, and you
needn't pretend that you have. Just
the same, 1t is all true. The Old
Pasture is going to be a wonderful
place some day"
Copyright, 1925, by T. W. Burgess)
Evening star., 1925-04-04
Eighteenth Day.

MOLLENDO, Peru, February IL
7 am writing this on the shady side
of the Santa Luisa as the old boat
glides along the shore. What dis
NAL, dusty view! The west coast of
South America is monotonously for
lorn and forsaken. A barren range
of mountains parallels a seaside
where rain never falls and where
there is nothing green or growing.
The sea is fat and still and the boat
seems to be sliding along on top of it
instead of through 1t.
Yet 1t Is all decidedly interesting.
The water may be still, but 1T is
alive-alive with bird life. This
morning l watched the guano birds
fly out to sea- Hour after hour, in
from their island roosts near the
shore. It is impossible to determine
their numbers as they sweep by in
long, irregular columns.
Robert Cushman Murphy, who is on
board and who knows more about them
than anybody else, says that some
times he has estimated that a single
homogeneous colony contains ten mil
lions of birds. The Chincha and Bal
lestas Islands, near Pisco, are black
with them, and when Capt. Dexter
sounded the snip s nusky morn tney
arose in such clouds as to hide the
early rising sun.
The guanay (guano bird)-so-
called by the Quechua Indians since
time immemorial-is the most valua-
BILE bird in the world and has been
truly named the billion dollar bird"
The guanay is a shag, or a cormorant,
belonging to the white-breasted
branch of the family, and is proba bly,
the most gregarious thing that flies.
There are several others, the alcatraz,
Evening star., 1925-04-04
Ramble Around South America
BY RIPLEY.

a pelican, being the next in i'm
portance.
I have watched these big birds flop
awkwardly and tirelessly along just
even with the water, it seems, and
in regular formation, as if under the
command of a leader, but i have yet
to see one of them catch a. fish. That
is not true, however, of the piquero
(Spanish for "lanceTD, as their spec
tacular plunges into the sea from
great heights-as fast and true as
an aviator drops-are the constant
marvel of all who watch them.
There is no more remarkable sight
than that of cloud Of piqueros flying
over large school of fish called
anchobetas. Then the air actually
rains birds. Suddenly, as If at a
given signal, they begin falling pre-
cipitately into the water-hundreds
at every moment--until within a few
seconds practically the whole cloud
of feathered fishers has poured itself
into the ocean.
1t is estimated that these birds are
worth SIS a pair-a. fancy price for
poultry. But a pair>cf guanays will
produce about s1.50 worth of guano
per year, besides leaving their
progeny to continue the service.
The deposits accumulate at the rate
of about 412inches per year, or near
ly 400 pounds per square yard.
A few acres of such rookeries con-
stitute a fortune, indeed. More than
100000 tons were extracted in 20
years from one small group of islands,
representing an average annual ex-
portation valued at $30,000,000.
Thus does Peru make hay while
the sun shines and wax wealthy un-
der her Volstead skies. Rain would
ruin the industry A storm would
wash her wealth of Guano into the