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Evening star., 1925-03-17

Washington has given Gen. Perish
ing every assurance that in addition
to being held in international esteem
he is still a strong local favorite.
Evening star., 1925-03-17

Experts from West Point and An
napolis might be called in to deter
mine whether hazing is permissible in
an august legislative body.
Evening star., 1925-03-17

The Senate, as Shakespeare might
have remarked, has become some
thing "for Dawes to peck at."-Wi-
mona sRepublican-Herald
Evening star., 1925-03-17
Wild Imagination.

No tax reduction we perceive
Will make us wholly cease to grieve
Till Uncle Sam evolves some day
A plan that works the other way,
And mails a schedule every year
The statement that he thinks 1t due
To send around his I. o. U.
''Dar is two sides to every ques-
tion," said Uncle Eben, but de lawyer
gemmen kin pervide bout a thoVsand
questions to each side...uxse
Evening star., 1925-03-17

Any town is good town to the
man who has tho respect OF the pay
ing teller.-Eashyille Tennesseean.
Evening star., 1925-03-17

Jud Tunkins says a man is generally
satisfied with having his own opinion,
but wants to provide waste basket ac-
commodations for the opinions Of
others.
Evening star., 1925-03-17

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
sditior, is delivered by carriers within the
city at 60 cents per month; daily only ~ 40
month Orders NAV be sent by mail or tele-
phone Main 5000. Collection is made oy car
rssrx at the end Of each month.
Evening star., 1925-03-17
InsidiouS Justice.

"How did you come to appoint Mesa
Bill a crossing policeman
1.-THE Gulch is a law-abiding com.
munity, and we don't want to do any.
thing violent. We figured that a man
couldn't stand in the midst Of all them
f1ivvers without somethin' happenin'
that 'ud be jes' about what was comm
to BILL
Evening star., 1925-03-17
Confession of an Audience.

The morals Of the stage are bad.
And Yet in candor we must say
The actors aren't near as bad
AS we who want that sort of play.
Evening star., 1925-03-17

Q. What is the name and color OF
Germany's national fower?-S. T.
A. The national flower OF Germany
was formerly the cornflower or
Kaiserblume. The cornfiower is blue.
We do not find any statement to the
effect that the emblem has been
changed since the revolution.
Evening star., 1925-03-17

Tke Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business otice, 1Ith st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York Office: ITO East Azno s''
Chicago Office: Tower Building.
1Ropean Office: 16 Regent ST, LONDON Ensiano'
Evening star., 1925-03-17

Q. Are there rests in poetry?-S. D.
A There are rests in verse, as
there are in music.
Evening star., 1925-03-17

(Redders Of The Evening Star should
send their questions to The Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. HGskEl.
Director, TtUenty-frSt and C. streets
northeast The only charge for this
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Evening star., 1925-03-17

O.. How far is it from Bombay to
Calcutta by rail and how long does
1t take?-N. S.
A. THERE'S a fast mail train over
the East Indian Railway which
Evening star., 1925-02-09
FOUR BOUTS TONIGHT
IN RING AT BARRACKS

Four boxing bouts and a battle
royal will be offered tonight in the
ring at Washington Barracks, with
the 10-round mill between Jack Tur-
ner and Mike Owens, middleweigh hts.
the main attraction. The first number
of the program, the battle royal, is
to get under headway at o'clock.
Turner, who has been principal in
a number Of fights in this vicinity,
enjoyed quite reputation as q rug
ged scrapper until he encountered
Joe Bashara at Fort Myer New Year
day. He took a good beating from the
Armenian, but hopes tonight to re-
deem himself by trouncing Owens,
who has overcome Bashara
The semi -windup of the barracks
bill will bring together Carl Herr,
colored middleweight, and Jimmy
Woods of the Naval Reserve over a
siX-round route. Jack Cafoni is to
meet Kid Bolin and Joe Rivers will
tackle Willie Morrison.
The battle royal will bring into the
ring seven soldiers of Washington
Barracks.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
More Record B00k11 Club Sh1vng Bolster zneH
LOTT AND SMITH TOP
YOUTHFUL net STARS

NEw YORK, February S.-George
Lott, jr., Chicago schoolboy. whose
play was a sensation in tennis ranks
last season, heads the 1924 national
Junior ranking list in both singles
and doubles. according to che ratings
announced by the United States Lawn
Tennis Association. He holds the
junior honors for the second success
sive year.
He shares the top in the doubles
list with Thomas McGlinn of Phila-
delphia.
Charles A. Smith Of Annapolis heads
the national boys singles ranking
list and with his teammate. Robert
s. Cooper. holds the top place In the
doubles.
The Ave leaders in each class:
JUNIOR SINGLES.
1-Georss Lott, jr., Chicago.
2-Cranston Holman, San Francisco.
3-Horace 0rser, New York.
Meal J. sullivan, Philadelphia.
Emmett J. Pave, Chicago.
JUNIOR DOUBLES
Lott Chicago. and McGlinn. Philadelphia.
Holman, San Francisco. and Pare. Chi
S-Iohnson. Boston. and Hill, Royalston,
Lorser and Appel. New York:
'-sn'lv'n i"s s"ys' s~!ns; siScTns' fn,s."slpA'a'
Charles Alphonse Smith, Annapol.J.
2-Donald Cram. Nashville, Tenn.
9-Everett Smith. New York.
<-Eurene McCaulih. Yonkers.
ANDREW G. 1nGraham. Providence.
BOYS DOrBLEs
&c. A. Smith and Cooper, Annapolis.
2-Thomns, Elmora, " j., and Bancroft.
San Diego. Gait
a-McCnuline. Yonkers, and Raymond,
Brooklyn.
4-Lavine. Philadelphia, and Ciaster, Har-
risburg, Pa.
5-Jack son and Farrin Chicago.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
HIS LEGS BAROMETER
FOR T. RAYMOND COBB

1t will soOn he time now for Ty
Cobb to- tell the world thnt his
legs "feei all right" That will he
n sure sign that the great GeOr-
Efan IL looking forward to an
other wonderful season.
Cobb believes the secret of his
success ~ a ball DIayer is in the
c;'re he has taken with his feet
and legs. During the playing sea-
son he will sit patiently ON n
rough stool in the clubhouse put
ting on HIS stockings and shoes to
suit him. Some times he will pull
stocking of half q dozen times
to get 1t to ''feeI" right to the bot
tom of his foot. Ty Will put on
lis shoes and tie the strings.
Then he will stamp his feet and
IL the feeling il not TO his liking
he will sit down and take on his
shoes and put them on agnin. He
will repeat the performance until
he can stand in the shoes and feel
that they respond to every pres
sure of his body. Not until then
Will he walk out of the clubhouse
to play ball.
Tie mighty 7yrus keeps his legs
in condition In the Winter season
by walking mile after mile, either
around his home In Augusta or
around n hunting preserve farther
south.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

The bureau will not only do it,
but is anxious to do it. Mr.. Hoover,
who is a great bass fisherman him
self, is anxious to help stock every
stream and lake in America with
black bass. Mr.. Hoover says:
'As a result of systematic expert
mental work we. this year, from Is
acres of ponds, produced $50, 900 three
to six inch black bass, for a net ex-
penditure of about $500, plus the
rental of the swamp and the part
time salary of a Bureau of Fisheries
expert. Hitherto, as you know, it
has been the practice to propagate
fish in elaborate and expensive hatch
cries and 10 pour hundreds of thou
sands of freshly hatched half-inch fry
into the streams. About 95 per cent
of them die or are devoured
Evening star., 1925-02-09

Martin and the excellent handling by
Ruel made him a winning pitcher.
Ogden said his arm felt good after
he famed Lindstrom Ruel told me
he seemed to have plenty Of stuff.
I let him pitch to Frisch. He walk ed
the New York captain. l Immediately
called upon MoSridge.
The veteran left-hander pitched
beautiful game until the sixth
made my second home run of the
series in the short left field bleachers
in the fourth. The tally was the
only one OF the game until Mogridge
weakened. 1 promptly substituted
Marbarry. but the New Yorkers came
out of the inning with three runs.
But We Came Back!
We blundered badly in the field,
making two glaring errors 1 guess
the crowd thought we had at last
cracked under the strain. But we
rallied and tied the score in the
eighth when I bounced a lucky hit
over Lindstrom's head with the
bases full.
This was the time to call upon
Johnson. He had warmed up well.
He told me he was ft. 1 knew he
would pitch his arm off, If necessary,
to win the game. He was cheered to
the echo when he entered the box
But the crowd sat stunned when
Frisch lashed q triple to center after
Lindstrom had popped to Taylor. l
told Johnson to pass Young, a
dangerous left-hand hitter. Up came
George Kelly. He had made a home
run Off johnson In the opening game.
r'e had scored another run with a
| .Ig fly. He was one of the longest
and most dangerous hitters In the
National League. Still I didn't fear
him as much as Young.
Johnson wound up. The ball shot
over the plate. 1t was a strike. Again
the ball whistled toward the tense
figure in the batter's box. Again
Kelly swung-and again he missed
AS Walter made ready to deliver his
| third pitch I said a little prayer. I
| knew he was demanding everything
of his mighty right arm. I could tell
he was counting on his binding
speed to fool Kelly on three pitched
balls. He succeeded. Kelly took his
third futile swing.
1 knew that Walter was himself.
The crowd seemed to sense 1t, too.
| A Nfagara of cheers crashed over the
field. Walter repeated the strike
| out performance on Kelly in the
eleventh. Again he did so with men
| on the bases. Southworth, running
for Groh, was on second. Then Wal
ter struck out the ever-dangerous
| Frisch and passed Young intention
ally to get Kelly. Again he struck
out the lanky Giant.
After that 1 knew it was only q
| question Of time before victory would
be ours. 1 felt the break had come
when Hank Gowdy stumbled over his
| mask twice and dropped Ruefs easy
foul. Ruel hit the next ball pitched
to left field for two bases. Jackson
fumbled Johnson's grounder. Nc
Neely bounced the ball over Lind
strom's head. That made the WASH
inxton club tho base ball champions
of the world.
Copyright, 1929
(ToMOrr0Ns nv Two Best Plays.)
Evening star., 1925-02-09
BRITONS EXPECT u. S.
YACHTS TO COMPETE

LONDON, February 9.-Several
American yachts are expected to cross
the Atlantic this Summer to partici-
pate in an ocean race being organ
lied for August. The proposed course
measures $50 miles, starting from
Cowes, extending thence around
Fastnet and finishing at Plymouth.
The race will be open to yachts not
exceeding so feet at the load water
line, belonging to any nation whose
yachtgoverning body is affiliated with
the International Yacht Racing Union,
and also to American yachts. More
than a dozen European countries and
Argentina are thus qualified for COM
petition.
A committee, headed by Maj. Phillip
Huntoke, helmsman Of the King s
racing yacht Britannia, is making
the arrangements.
The provisional date for the start of
the race is October s.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

T by the method we have developed
for propagating in natural yet pro-
tected places, we nurse them up TO
three to six inches in size in a single
season, and we believe 95 per cent
OF them should survive when put into
the streams.
with one further season for
growth in the streams, there should
be about 125,e00 10-inch bass avail
bile for the boy to do his worst upon.
We would continue to replenish
breeding stock each season if neces-
sary and also expert advice as long
as Congress does not diminish our
appropriation. My hope is that he
could establish method of fish
propagation at a trifle the cost of
present methods and with infinitely
more practical results
Evening star., 1925-02-09

The records show that:
Cobb is tied with Sisler for the
American League record in batting
.420
Cobb has a grand batting average
fer 20 years of .369.
Cobb has led the American League
I'm batting for II years.
Cobb led the American League in
batting for nine consecutive years.
Cobb batter 400 or better in three
seasons. equaling Jesse Burkett's Ma
tional League record.
Cobb batted 400 or better in two
consecutive years.
Cobb has batted 800 or better in 10
years and needs only one more such
season to tie Cap Ansons record.
Cobb has been at bat 9,93S times, an
American League record. Wagner
went to bat 1927 times in the Ma
tional League.
Cobb has scored 1.94l runs in 20
years, world record.
Cobb led the American League as
a runmaker for five years, equailns
the record of Babe Ruth in his own
league and that of George Burns IN
the National
Cobb has made a total of 1866 hits,
a world record.
Cobb has made 200 hits or more IN
nine seasons, d world record.
Cobb has made 9S1 extra long hits,
an American League record. Wagner
made 99S extra long hits in the Ma
tional League.
Cobb has made extra long hits
in a single Shining game. equallne
the American League record. Ihe
National League record is D.
Cobb has made LAP extra bases
on hits in 20 years. an American
League record. Wagner made 1,44S
extra bases on hits in the National
League.
Cobb has hit for 5lOS total bases, a
world record.
Cobb has made 2,6S5 single base
hits, world record.
Cobb has made 269 3-base hits. a
world record.
Cobb has stolen s43 bases, world
record.
Cobb stole 80 bases in one season,
the American League record.
Cobb led the American League in
stolen bases in six seasons, league
record.
Cobb was caught stealing IS times
in one season, an American League
record.
Cobb has the American League rec
ord for the longest service. 20 years.
No wonder that ordinary ball play
ers ask what manner of man is
this Cobb.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1925-02-09

In 1886 the size of the pitcher
box was enlarged to feet py
feet without the slightest neces-
sity for it, although the men who
made rules in those days did not
know it. The fact is that some OIL
the earlier rule makers never studied
the game nor its chances and prop
abilities, and so could not make rules
to keep balance. 1t is wonder
how the man who invented the dia-
mand happened to chance so success
fully upon 80 feet as the distance De-
tween bases and always will be a
wonder.
In 1885, after the playing season
was over the rule makers got busy
again. Then they did change things.
They decreased the size of the pitch
ers box to feet by 512 feet. They did
not need a box, but base ball had to wait
until later years to discover that. Ihe
number of called balls was brought down
to five The pitchers were getting bet
ter control and their aim for the plate
had become too deadly. In this one
year the number of strikes was in
creased from three to four. They
thought they were helping the bat
ter. 1t also was true OF this year
that bases on balls were recorded as
base hits and the result of that was
to swell the batting averages for the
year and give a wrong impression as
to the actual worth of batters.
Some arguments were raised In
those days about the correctness OF
the theory that made bases on balls
base hits. In the long run the fell
lows who were opposed to 1T won
out. They were right. The record
ing of a base on balls as base hit
was no test whatever of batting,
although it was a very good recon-
mendation for the eyesight of certain
batters who could make pitchers get
the ball over the plate before they
would swing at it.
The batsman was exempted from a
time at bat If he were hit by pitched
ball and an obvious attempt to foul
the ball was penalized as strike.
The latter was the beginning OF the
foul strike rule which eventually
came into effect. Spalding and Reach
base balls were designated for the
first time in the official rules as the
official base balls to be used by the
major organizations. That eStao-
ished a major league standard which
never has varied since, because the
balls made by both firms were exactly
alike. Base ball was played with a
thing worth while to those who were
trying to discover the merits of in
dividual players.
For the first time in the Fall OF
that year the double umpire system
was tried. 1t did not give general
satisfaction. Now it is universal.
In 1889 the number of called balls
was placed at four and there 1T has
remained to this day. The pitchers
were so expert in delivering the ball
to the batter that the rule makers
were determined to make them keep
the ball close to the plate in order
that games might not be delayed, and
that the batters could have q chance
to make hits and please the specta.-
tors as well as themselves.
Most of the changes which were
| made in all these years of long ago
did not have their origin in amateur
| base ball which never has had the
slightest recognition In rule, chang
ing. The professionals took the rules
out of the hands Of the amateurs and
Evening star., 1925-02-09

fs that yOn want to promote hand
nction-the hands do it. The entire
swing is in the hands. since the hands
lead the cIubhead in the back swing,
and throw the clubhend, in the for
ward swing. When the hands are cold
the muscles do not work and every
shot nearly is a dubbed shot. In your
practice during the Winter make every
effort to build up in your hands the
sense of feel of the clubhead. SO that
the hands will definitely throw the
cIubhead. There is a tremendous diff
ference between the hands throwing
the cIubhead and the body trying to
push ft--nlI the difference between
good golf and bad. Observe I'm the
sketch how the throw takes place SO
fast that the body. meanwhile, hardly
changes its position.
Copyright, 192A
Evening star., 1925-02-09
DAY HAS HARD TASK.

Director of Athletics Frank Day Of
Hyattsville High School faces a difficult
task to develop q base ball nine this
Spring as strong as that which repre-
sented the school last year and won the
Prince Georges County high school title.
Bill Chase. pitcher, and Dix, third base
man, are the only 1924 regulars In
school.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
SECRETARY EYNoN rs ILL,

Illness will prevent Secretary Z. B..
Eynon, jr, from representing the
Washington club at the annual
schedule meeting of the American
League in St. Louis tomorrow. Eynon
has been confined to his home since
Friday with an infected foot and may
have to remain indoors for week
longer.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

me to let nm stay. he Woulu Ci"Nh,
then whisper that he was an ola
man, that to knock him out would
do my reputation no good. etc, etc.
These pleadfngx seemed sincere,
and L had rather let up on the
rough work, when suddenly, just
after the start Of the eighth round.
n terrific right cross came crash
ing from nowhere to land squnrely
on the point of my chin. At once
all turned to darkness.
I was dead to the world. yet sub
consciously aware of falling through
space. Backward and backward i
fell; it seemed like miles and miles.
During those breathless seconds my
mentality functioned with more than
triple speed.
Moran, knew, had taken ad-
vantage Of my friendly attitude.
He had aocked me with nlf he had.
His pleadinxs had been pure trick
cry. My thoughts continued In
Evening star., 1925-02-09
BASE BALL AIDS VETS.
Rr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Part of the proceeds of the world
series game in 1922, that was called
by the umpires at the conclusion of
the tenth inning, have gone to build
a new home for foreign war veterans
in Jackson. Mich.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

III osphcre. II SO
YOU have had an
illustration OF the
very great part
the hands play in
I h e golf swing.
Let your hands
get col d and
numb and 20 u
know what hap
pens with the golf
shots. Hand ac-
tiOn in the swing
IL com IN only called
wrist action. md
what the instruc-
tor means when
he tells you to
snap the wrists
Evening star., 1925-02-09
ENTER PRO BASE BALL,

Jimmie Alexander and Art Ludio,
members of Dreadnaught basket baI
club of Alexandria, are reported
have signed with the Hartford nine {
the Eastern League for the comm
season. Carl Dreifus will return
the Pulaski nine of the Blue Rid
League.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
NOTABLE CUE FEAT.
BY the Associated Pres

Arthur Groundrill, English ono
armed billiard star, achieved a nota-
BILE ambition last week when he ran
214 billiards without 4 break. He has
been practicing for, seven years to
break the 200 mark. He lost his left
hand and part OF his forearm at Ypres
during the World War.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
AFTER BALL PLAYERS.

Manager G. y. Edwards Of Ariel
Athletic Club, Washington Base Ball
and Amateur Athletic Association, at
6l9 Tenth street northeast, wants to
hear from the following players:
Bardoff Wesley. Ward, ShowaIter,
Bell, Groves, Biddle, &anten, Love
lace and Waple.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS
BY WILL H. DIG.
President, I=aak Walton League of America.

7 ERBERT HOOVER recently letter outlining ew
activity OF the Government providing black stocking
1 lakes which
fish.
His outlined BY which portsmen,
their little The
Evening star., 1925-02-09


Still falling through space. ] sud
denly hit the ropes. and, with mo-
mentum derived thereof, swung back
toward my tigerlike opponents. The
plurala is correct here, for as | re-
bounded there were three Frank
Morans standing ready to annihilate
my helpl, SIS self.
The three of them came rushing al
the same time. With subconscious
instinct, l ducked forward The whole
four of us collided like foot ball
scrimfnage.
instantaneous with this collision
came a denfening. screeching roar.
opened my eyes. 1t wns the
crowd. They were jumping on
seats ind hOilering like ancient
Romans. Conscious now, but still
dnzed, plunged forward, swing
ing both puws wildly and landing
now and then somewhere on Frank
Moran.
In the last two rounds | came back
and whipped the Pittsburgher into
a beating that he will remember &c
his final earthly breath. When the
scrap was over me appeared sorry
sight, and no doubt he regretted his
unsportsmanlilie ruse.
My later fights with Tom Gibbons
Jack Johnson. Bill Brennan and nu-
merous others have not been devoid
of thrills, but none of them has given
me more satisfaction or greater
thrill than this scrap with Frank
Moran.
TUmorrow-Fred }. Wagner.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1925-02-09

weight. who at
that time had
passed his prime.
Moran, however,
still owned suf-
ficlent ability to
furnish an in
teresting fight.
We s q u a r e d
off, and thin gs
went along hum
mingly for the
first few rounds.
Oh viously, then,
the Pittsburgher
realized he was
in for a trim
ming and began
d ! e a d ing with
Evening star., 1925-02-09
NEEDS 1872 MORE GAMES
TO BEAT WACNER'S MARK
Ty, Who Holds Nearly All Other Distinctions, Mus,
Stay in Harness Two More Years to Pass
Hans in Length of Service.
BY GEORGE CHADWICK.

Y COBB holds nearly all the base having
he that he he
ends his player.
Iy in
than
record with 85 Cobb
81 snort OF As l54 Cobb will
continue Wgners
Ohcial league records the
PLAYERS all time, complete show what wonderful
Evening star., 1925-02-09
HEADS PIERCE A. C..

HYATTSVILLE, Md, February g
c. c. Bowers has been elected president
of the Pierce Athletic Club. Other Of
ficers are: Harry Wolff. vice president !;
A. C. Keegin, secretary-treasurer, and
owen Cheney, custodian of club equip
ment.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. February 8.
Walter Hagen and oe kirkwood,
the Pa sadena team. climbed out OF
last place In the Florida Professional
Golfers League when they won from
Bill Mehlorn and Tommy Armour,
Miami team. one up. 1t was Hagen
and Kirkwood's first win in four
league games. and they had to play
SIbest ball Of &c to do it. Miami had
a best ball of g.. Hagen and Kirk
wood had individual scores of 20,
Armour was II and Mehlorn 10.
Evening star., 1925-02-09


man. He is a powerful hitter. he
might play second well enough to get
by and make up for what he cannot
cover In ground by his prowess at
bat If Johnston were unable to play
in 1925 and If Stock can do no better
than he did last season. High could
be switched back to third. He batted
well last season and he plays thitd
quite as well as Stock
Evening star., 1925-02-09
NOTED OARSMAN DIES.

NEW YORK. February s.-Irving E.
Cooper, three times a member of Column
bia varsity crews, died yesterday Of
pneumonia He rowed In the varsity
boat at No. in 1921, at No. in 1922
and at No. again in 1928.