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Evening star., 1925-09-20

When fernando De Soto and his
intrepid band of Spanish explorers
acting under authority of Emperor
Charles V of Spain, made their way
through what are now the States OF
Florida. Georgia. Alabama and Mis-
sissippi in quest of the land of gold
back in 1910. they left at various river
points evidences of their adventurous
journey. which from time to time in
the intervening years have come to
light.
In the museum of the American
Antiquarian Society at Worcester
Mass, Is a relic which historical re.
search now links with the De Soto ex
pedition and which appears to indi
cate De Soto's purpose to perpetuate
in stone the trail of his unsuccessful
search for fabulous riches. 1t is
and the DE Soto Stone" 1t is OF
rough brown sandstone of a rudely
conical shape % inches in height, Is
inches in breadth and from 10 to 13
inches in thickness and weighs 2O4
pounds.
Amazingly Well Preserved.
f Considering that it is some SOC
years old, 1t is amazingly we'll pre-
. served.
The Alabama Stone" as it is more
familiarly known, came into posses
! sion of the American Antiquarian So
ciety, which is engaged i'll assembling
authentic records relating to the orr
gin of America, as a gift. 100 years
ago, from one Silas Dinsmore OF Mo-
/ bile, Ala, councillor of the society.
. AT that time it's history was not
known.
n Later research has developed that
the stone was found by a youth named
l Thomas Scales in 1917. at what Is now
1 Tuscaloosa Ala, so miles southwest
1 Hf birmingham. Scales father had
| moved with his family from northern
1 Alabama to help extend the bound
4 aries of a settlement at Tuscaloosa
Falls (now Tuscaloosa). The settlers
were at work clearing piece o1
Rround Just below the mouth or the
BLACK Warrior River, when In NOV
ing timber they found an earthwork
lpr embankment shaped like fortifi'
liza ton, running across peninsula be-
Tween the river and what was known
As Big Creek.
HI The embankment was about four
lkeet high and on the top of 1t, all the
WAY across from the river to the
creek, were growing the tallest trees
of the forest. At the foot of one Of
these, d SldilI lump II CO. otooSs
at the very edge of the river, they
found a stone. with the lower end
half buried in the soil.
Stone Bears Inscription.
On tho stone they discovered a
curious inscription, His curiosity
aroused, young Scales induced his
father to haul the stone up to the
settlement at the falls, where it stood
for a long time in the town squire's
office. an object Of much speculation.
Later 1t came into possession OF
Dinsmore. a friend Of the squire.
The inscription on the Alabama
stone reads "HISPAN. ET. IND.
REX below are the Arabic fig
ures "1232." The inscription is the
same as that found upon old Spanish
coins in the day of De Soto, at the
time when the King of Spain also as,
s21med the title of King of the Indies.
Historians have disputed as to
what the figures of .1232" mean. but
1t has been agreed that they could
not signify the date of the placing OF
Evening star., 1925-09-20

Versailles treaty in the Senate after 1t had
been negotiated by President Wilson at the close
OF the war.
Not all the Sena tors in recent years have been
graybeards. or even approaching such a state
Senator Wadsworth of New York. whose father
was an influential member of the House, was
81, when he was elected to the Senate. Senator
Morris Sheppard of -"silvertongued ora
tor of the Rio Grande'-came to the Senate
when he was 3S. He first served in the House
to which he elected to fill the unexpred
term of his father. When Davis Elkins was ap-
pointed Senator to fill his fathers unexpred
term he was only 35 years old Henry F. Ash
urst Of Arizona. was another elected to the
Senate at 38 years of age. and Park Trammel
of Florida became Senator when he was 40.
Senator c. c. Dill of Washington was 80 when
he was elected Senator in 1922
The succession of Bob" La Toilette, jr.. to
his fathers seat in the Senate, which now
seems assured. in view of his overwhelming
victory in the Republican primaries, is not
without precedent, therefore. nor is his youth.
practically all the members of the Upper House.
lie has been known in the past, however, as
secretary to his father. In December, he will
appear on the floor of the Senate the peer
Of any Senator, If he be elected.
Although he will come to the Senate as
Republican, the regulars have declared they
will not accept him as such, but will treat him
they did his father and Senator Brookhart of
Iowa, and Senator Frazier and the late Senator
in party councils and committee assignments
Republican.
X X X
When the senior La Toilette came first to
the Senate. also as a Republican. in 1905, he
was lonely figure He was regarded radi-
cal. The regulars turned their backs on
him. But in short time a group of Progress
sives began to gather in the Senate, first with
Dollver Of Iowa, Clapp of Minnesota and
Beveridge of indiana and later including Dixon
of Montana. Bourne of Oregon, Borah of Ida
no, Cummins of Iowa and Bristow of Kansas.
a group that proved thorn in the side of
the regulars in the Payne-Adrich tariff fight.
The younger La Toilette will find in the Sem
ate. already group of progressves. with
Borah. and Norris of Nebraska, Brookhard and
Frazier and several others of varying degrees
of "progressveness.
The effort of the conservative wing of the
Republican party to stamp out the progressive,
insurgent and radical group of Senators hail
ing from the West, far has not met with
undiluted success. The plan for a liberal
political party, advanced by Senator La Fol-
lette and abetted by other Progressives, has
been abandoned actively to be But the
fight for progressive" measures, 1t seems is to
continue undated in Congress.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
By ROBT. UNDERWOOD JOHNSON,
Former American Ambassador to Italy.

D1 nUDI. ONDEn "UUD JUnCNSOAN,
Former American Ambassador to Itsly.
The idea of federation Of the cen
trail states of Europe that is, of its
German-speaking peoples. with the
hegemony at Berlin-is not rev. 1t
was indeed so obvious a part of the
Teuton policy during the war and is
SO manifestly inimical to the peace Ct
Europe that it was specifically pro-
hibited by the treaty of Versailles.
But the signatures of the German en-
voys to that document were not writ
ten in fadeless ink. and before long 1t
will be difficult to find them at all.
Time and the weak craftsmanship
of Great Britain have given boldness,
not to say arrogance, to German de-
mands for modification Of the treaty,
and at last, q few days ago, the presi.
dent of the Reichstag in honeyed
words presented to a peace conference
in Paris the idea-it will soon become
proposition-thatG Germany and Aus
tria should be permitted to unite!
Even the gorge Of Mr.. Herriot rose at
this, and he remained away from the
meeting at which the president of the
demand. Herr Loebe, apparently in
Difference to French sentiment, re-
nounced for the time his chance to
present the idea. but was finally ac-
corded q hearing.
Full Of Fair Words.
Herr Loebe, to judge from his py o.
fessions, was the man who invented
peace. AS reported by the correspon-
dent of the Christian Science Monitor,
who was present, "he denounced war
as crime and accepted the security
pact. He desired obligatory aIbitra-
ton. He hoped disarmament would
follow. Moral disarmament could only
come from reciprocal confidence and
absolute equality between nations In
ternational understanding depended
on Franco-German reconciliation
Admirable words! But will they
camoufage to any eyes the plan now
ofYicially promulgated to set aside the
one provision Of the Versailles treaty
Evening star., 1925-09-20
In Case One Loses Life.

Swiss hotel managers are frugal and
cautious. They know the risks in.
CURED by Alpine enthusiasts who
climb the mountains and do not want
to take any chances on them. Re
Gently the leading hotels in the high.
lands put the following notice in the
rooms: Patrons who have decided to
undertake dangerous ascents are re.
spectfully requested to settle their
bills before leaving the hotel. Their
luggage, properly labeled. will be care
fully stored free of charge"
Evening star., 1925-09-20
WaistcOat Weather.

From the Albany Evening News
The average mans idea of normalcy
is getting his waistcoat back on and
being abs to keep = lead pencil. and
other things In the pockets thereof.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

OUTH and family succession in political
i office in the United States were two
points of attack particularly stressed
L In the campaign to defeat Robert M. La
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
JOCKEY GR|EVES
OVER PASSING
Of THE finn
"Zev's Sire Greatest ! Ever
Rode, Excepting Man O.
War" Says Schuttinger

Andy Schuttinger, veteran Jockey,
who rode The Finn, sire of Zev, in
his big races, was asked for his
estimate of the son of Ogden -Liv-
onia, on receipt of the news Of the
death of w. r. Goes stallion i'll
Kentucky.
''The Finn" Schuttinger replied,
visibly affected by the news, gave
me my chance. He was the great.
est horse I ever rode, except Man
O. war-and that horse Is three
horses in one.
IT rode The Finn In many big
stakes. and he always answered
when I called on him, whether at
the quarter, half or in the stretch.
When I rode him against short
Grass that horse was going like
lightning in front, and all I had to
do was to kluck at him twice and
he went by Short Grass like the
English horse was tied. He was
winner OF the Belmont over a big
field. and nothing could dAunt him.
The Finn soon became illustrioua
in the stud. w. r. Coe paid $11O.Ohe
to J. E. Madden for him. EIe died
at the Himyar stud. Besides being
the sire of Zev, greatest OF money
winners, he also was the sire OF
Kai-Sang, Oceanic and Flying Eb'
ony, winner of this years Ken
lucky Derby.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
NOTRE DAME SURPRISED
ARMY IN FIRST GAME

WEST POINT, ". Y, Sept. IA
How the Army came into relation
ship with Notre Dame was related
To-Day by Captain Red O'Hare. for
n1er West Point star, who has re-
turned to assist in the coaching OF
tho linemen.
It appears that in 1912 or there
Abouts the schedules making was
Left 10 the graduate manager, and
Daily, who was then coach, re.
queSted that an effort be made to
gst q good strong team for the mid.
season date. Efforts were made TO
schedule Yale, Harvard and other
big Eastern elevens, but without
success, and finally the mana ger
signed up Notfe Game.
The South Benders were little
known in the East at that time and
Coach Daily was considerably pit
out when he returned in the fall Of
1918. He desired heavy game. ami
he didn't think that Notre Dame
had sufficient strength.
As 1t turned out, however, it was
heavier than he looked for, and the
WASterners have been winning from
the Army regularly ever since.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14

Though no evidence has been
adduced to give these suspicious
foundation In fact, outside Of the
incident involving the jockeys ring
in Canada. whose members were
finally caught red-handed and sum-
MARTY punished, the criticism OF
racing which il encountered in
every turf center ID not helping
the sport. This IL all the more
distressing because racing at the
present time 10 enjoying the great
est popularity in its history. New
courses are fIourishing throughout
the land, and the sport is gaining
popularity in communities where
not SO long ago It was Stunned az
an evil.
Racing has expanded to its pres
emit dimensions virtually in the
space of q single year. ana TINS
swift growth 10 undoubtedly con.
tributink factor TO the conditions
that are evoking criticism, ana
working an unhealthy influence on
the sport. At best, there are few
really first class readable thorough
breds and with dozen tracks
GENERATING and each bidding for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
SPORT SCR|BES
RECEIVE GOLF
TROPHIES
Presentation Precedes Open
ing of War College Base
ball League

Harry Fry and Denmar Thomp-
son, lof The Evening Star; r. D..
Thomas, of The Washington Times,
and Heinie Miller. of The Wash
ington Herald today will be pre-
scented with trophies won in the
sports writer's championship golf
tournament. played at Washington
barracks. General H. l.. Ely, COM
mandant OF the War College, will
make the awards.
This ceremony will precede the
opening of the War College base
ball league, composed IF students
of the college. all army officers.
Fry won the tournament. and
Thompson was second. giving The
Evening Star the team honcrs.
Thomas was third and Miller
copied the BOBBY prize. a one
quart tin cup such as grocers
use to measure liquids. It's nicely
engraved, though, and is stamped:
For home use only"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14

The average player starts very
young, but anyone OF them win
tell yon to prepare Tor future life be-
fore you enter baseball. Ten years IN
the big leagues - q gOOd healthy
.carssrFand after that aeG not many
fellows want to start going to
school. T- Cobb. for. example. is
q wealthy man through invest
earnings. But not many have been
20 wise and lucky as Cobb.
There's q lot of glory in baseball
but there's. 4 lot Of tough knocks
and bitter dieappointine1ts before
you reach the top-and let me
aAd. after you reach the top! So
my advice ID take II alow-if you
really Seem to have ability II viii
come out But don't try and aee
how young you can enter PROBES.
eional baseball.
Answering question No. 8--there
n no guarantee against cracking
bats. The best piece of wood ever
turned out 10 liable 70 crack. But
hold the label correctly and you
reduce the chances OF cracking.
The label shows which way the
grain runs and should be held up.
Bats are bound to crack, ana te
happens every day.
I remember on my trip last
year TO California / broke three
bats. The last bat cracked ct
DunsmuiF, Calf. / had 10 Dor
row one from q yOungSt4r. It
was what ball players call 3
drug store bat" But got two
home runs out Of 1t. So it isn't
always the bat that counts.
Now as to curfew hour for ball
players. Most clubs are particular
about sleeping hours. Not so much
that the boys need sleep as a mat.
ter Of discipline. The limit on
SoIi1e clubs 10 II p. M, while others
stretch 1t to midnight. The idea
IL to keep a check on the boys,
especially on the road. Ball play
erS nowadays have to behave them
selves to hold their jobs, but it
seems there are two things the
at pin0chle.
boys all like-late hours and late
breakfast. Most ball players spend
their evenings at the movies or
Copyright. 1925, by the ChriSty
Walsh Syndicate)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
soUTHEND YOUNGSTERS
WIN TWO BIG CONTESTS

The Southend Juniors looked the
part OF prospective champions when
they won both games of a double
header Ia the junior play-off OF the
w B. A A. They whipped the
Corinthians, IS to l. with Shout
Taylor performing In fancy styIe
on the mound. and in the second
game Dutch Simpson held the
Yankees to three hits while the
Southends were winning. 10 to q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
RUTH GIVES YOUNGSTERS
ADVICE ON GAME
~ BABE RUTH

NEW YORK Sept 14-A fellow living IN the bronA
and saws ia wants to questions I'd How oc 1c
have to lie you play in the major -
van kee, 30 from cracking? What time DO balpayers 30 "
BED? The signs his first only which Is .ga
limit you be admitted to the big Leagues e
uniforms while s in their sens Jack Quinn and haDs A6ns
when he signed with
far ner month Ho when he becape reea
with Detroit Waite Hoy eighteen when he joined me boston
Sox And Marx KoenR hortstop only Wen
He was sixteen high school to play professional
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
LACK OF UGHBRED
FORM IS SEEN IN
RACING WORLD
By HARRY STRINGER

Like cards. perennial plant about race horses but n
persistent than professional had
generally have been beosnng the poor form total ss
charges sharp practice been frequent Not single track
without suggestion Of scandal IN New YORK me repeated
dark hint Of Jockeys and
one was actually Canada Everywhere during the
which have created the suspicion tna ne
nothing but well reheafsed contests.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
GRIDMEN PRACTICE
in RUNNING TOGS
ByHUGH r. RILEY

ANNAPOLIS MSatisfactory
the first weeks practice of
under the direction Of Jack Osey spite the
the hottest
time In fact the weather has been
fine and confident spirit prevails the midshipmen and
definite
particularly to the wealth of fine baked material On the
rather
and the matter Of hckers is as far settled
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
Had An Advantage

TIE major league record for
strikeouts in one season was made
by NJ. Kilroy, of Baltimore, IN 1885,
when he famed sos. But in those
days the distance from the rubbar
10 the. plate was only fifty feet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
T|LDEN'S LONG REIGN
As TENNIS KING
CRUMBL|NG
By DAVIS J. WALSH
international News Service Sports Edit

14-Disquieting alleging
reign William the COnqueor might come to an abrupt end
national championship in lawn tennis
Forest Hills
universal avorte championship plenty of tennis
wise sharps the a providing
right
5Tilden is stale is over-tennissed
word that of
nd t was or less substaniated by fact.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
Watch The Unexpected.

wvTATCH for the unexpected
w in the coming world series.
W Seldom has series been
staged without developing some
hero hitherto unknown, or at least
coming up from the background.
Who would have though that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
Masters of the Mound

The. only three pitchers in the
history of modern baseball that ever
Won % or more games season
for threO straight seasons were
ChriSty MAthew1on. Grover Alex
andAr and Cy Young.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
WITH LOUIS 4. D0UdIER


The last time R1ttSDurRn had Q
team in the world series was in
1909 and the baseball experts were
strong in telling beforehand what
the great Honus Wagner would do
and what the immortal /Ty Cobb
would do. Without digging up me
old figures of that series, memory
has it that neither Wagner nor
Cobb did anything out of the or
binary. There Is never any telling
for sure what a player will do in
the series, that is, judging from
his record during the campaign.
The Griffs have team batting
average right now Of .8O4, one
point behind the Mackmen. They
have amassed this record through
five months of hard work. In the
series they may average Only 200,
or they may hit for 400. None
can tell, certainly not from their
average right now.
The Griffmen lead the American
League in fielding with q mark Of
.o73, but they may tumble badly
in the coming series with the
Pirates.
Hazen Cuyler, star outfielder,
has a batting average of .364 for
1875 games with the Pirates this
season, but he may be q weakling
against strange pitching IN
short series for the greater title.
~ 4. TA-ASGA~
I'm comparing the two teams
in the world series, there are
u certain points to consider
above all. Particularly 10 it TO
be considetede how the iF1fields
work together among themselves
and in conjunction with the out
field. Day in and day out, most
of the fielding is done in the in
field, the outfielders merely stand
ing and looking on.
Pitching is the most important
feature of a world series. It over
shadows the batting, naturally.
Baserunning is hardly apparent in
a short series of such Importance,
the teams not daring to take
chances.
It is almost an impossibility to
saw what the Pirates will do to
Washington's pitchers, or what
Washington will do to the Pirate
hurlers. There is nothing to go by.
If a certain team, the Griffs,
for instance, are known to be
weak against curve ball pitching,
then one might fairly consider
that as having a bearing, pro-
vided Pittsburgh were known to
have a fine assortment Of curve
ball pitchers. AS a matter OF
fact, "Jug Handle" Johnny Nor
rison has already been tipped OH
to the Griffs as their most dan
gerous opponent in the box. he
specializes in slow, wide curves.
They may hammer him from the
mound within two innings, though,
and some other pitcher BATTLE
them entirely. Nevertheless, for
the purpose of reorganization,
this system of reasoning Is good.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14

ThSro Is every reason 10 DeleVS
that the lire win be powerful and
capable. but at this time II looks
as if incapacitating injuries to ono
or more of the regulars on the line
would be a serious blow as. in most
instances. there is not a change
player who anywhere near measures
UP to the standard of the first
choice.
This years line, however. should
completely wipe out the old idea
that q Naval Academy line, though
stiff and. determined, might be ex-
pected to be light. This has not
been the case for several seasons,
and during the coming season a.
IT likely that the Navy team will
meet few, IL any, opponents with a
heavier line.
At center. Osburn. with one
years experience on the class
team and another on the varsity,
weighs 1876 pounds. Captain Gus
Lentz. at left guard, weighs 218.
while Edwards. the heavyweight
wrestler, who Is now playing at
right guard. weighs 1872 at pres
emit, but invariably gains weight
when i'm active training, and il
likely TO play at about 200.
For tackles, there are Wickhorst,
also a regular last year, who
weighs 210, while Eddy, stroke Of
the Nays champion Poughkeepsie
crew, weighing about 1876 pounds.
is at right tackle. With Edwards
at his present weight, this com.
bination, from tackle to tackle,
averages 202 pounds, certainly not
a small line. These men are also
very strong and active. so that the
Navy need have no fear as to it's
forward defense.
In Bernet. Hardwick, Williamson
and Taylor there are four good
end candidates. All have the neces.
sary physical qualifications and
considerable experience Bernet has
been a substitute, playing in many
games. for three. seasons. Hard.
wick, formerly of Virginia Poly, is
big, strong fellow, and a first
string substitute last year. 1t was
thought that these two would step
in as the regular ends this year,
but at present the coaches seem
.
also a substitute last year, and
Taylor, who played a strong end on
the plebe team.
Owsley has used in formations
during the week a backfield made
up of Hamilton, quarter; Flippin
and Banks, halves. and Shapley
quarter. All but Banks, who was
substitute, started in the Army
pin are among the most experienced
Of college backs this year. and
should be strong factors in the
teams offense.
Shapley, F1ippin and Hamilton
can all punt fairly well, and
are being given plenty of work
in this line each day, as OwsIey
Is determined that the team shall
not be weak in this particular,
as IL has been for several sea
sons. Hamilton. who IL also q
good passer and q good football
general, IL doing the best bunting
Tor the regulars at present.
There are a number of other
backs who may at any time dis
place those tentatively selected for
the varsity. flanagan, quarter Of
the plebe team Of last year. is
| an excellent runner with the hall
and punter. His strength. in this
line may give him 4 big boost
| towards the varsity il the others
do not quite measure up 10 the
| standa I'd.
AS running backs. Albertson
Caldwell. Condra. Goudge and
Lucier have much promise, while
Born and Broadbent are big, power.
! flIl feIlnula Of the nnA rnna ahinn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
They ToiIed Long

The longest pitching duel ever
staged in the big leagues lasted "a
innings. 1t was between Jack
Coombs, of Philadelphia, and J..
Harris, Of Boston, American League,
on September /, 1905.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-14
IT'S Unlike Waiter

Walter johnson holds one Amers
lean League record of which he is
not proud. In 1910 the Big Train
made twenty-one wild pitches.