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Evening star., 1925-06-04
OHIO MARBLE SHOT
GOES FAR INTO VAN
By the Associated Press.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. June A.
Jimmy Cambeas of Youngstown. Ohio
added another string 20 his victories
In the third national marble tourna.
ment here, breaking the national tour
ney record and pushing far in the
lead.
He won 1s straight games before los
ing by a deciding marble to Donald
Halpin Of Cleveland. His record for
the three-day contest is 90 won and
! lost.
The league winners who will enter
the semi.f1nals today are: North.
eastern, Springfield, Mass, Howard
Robins, won 10, lost 6; Atlantic, New
ark, Stanley Smith, won II, lost a
Eastern, Pittsburgh. Louis Weiss, won
16. lost 8; Northern, Youngstown,
trail, Evansville, Charles Brunson. won
IA, lost z; Southern, Owensboro,
Thomas Raley, won Is. lost 6; South
western, Fort Worth. George Forga.
son. won Is, lost s; Western, Fresno.
Selwyn Jackson, won IL. lost 4.
Marie Lawley of Harrisburg, who by
her superior playing throughout the
tourney was able to enter the last day
of the preliminaries on triple en-
tente" basis with Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh for the leadership OF
terday petulant and nervous, She
"mugged" her first shot, bit her lips
and whitfield another.
From then on she dropped three
straight games in short order to Frank
Kasbeta of Wilkes-Barre. There was
still a chance for her in the next
match during the afternoon. with Will
liam Jackowitz of Scranton. She lost
the breaks, however, after a brave
f7ghf nd drNnrod 9
by the deciding marble.
Repeating his in-ring shooting OF
Tuesday. Louis Weiss of Pittsburgh
easily captured three straight from
Cloyd Bookwalter of Altoona. This,
added to the two defeats suffered dur.
ing the day by Rusty" Hamilton of
Philadelphia, at the hands of Francis
McFan of Wilmington and Frank
Kasbeta of Wilkes Barre, put the Pitts,
burgh midget on even terms with the
latter for the leadership of the Eastern
League.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
BASE BALL CUP GOES
TO WOODWARD TEAM

AS a prize for having won the 130-
pound interpret school base ball cham.
pionship. the Woodward School nine
was presented with silver loving
cup last night at an athletic banquet
at which 200 Woodward fans gathered
to honor the young athletes.
Lewis w. Mattern of Mckinley
Technical High School made the pres
entation.
Hedley Clews, captain of the cham.
pionship team, also was awarded a
silver trophy for having made the
highest batting average in the league,
and his teammates presented him with
a fountain pen as a token Of personal
esteem.
The following members of the squad
were awarded miniature gold base
balls: w. Hedley Clews, Horace B.
Haddox. William Thompson. Charles
B. Merryman, Thomas Rooney, Kent
Petty, Grant Van Denmark, Eugene
Gilbert and Albert Ehrhardt
ST. Adams Episcopal High and
Friends School we're the other teams
in the loop.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
BUSINESS ATHLETES
ARE GIVEN LETTERS

Tennis, basket ball and base ball
men at Business High School were
presented with the school letter this
morning at the anual award assembly,
Capt. Ernest Rice, Raymond Herzog
and LIE Roy Marion received the ten.
mis- awards. while 8 members OF the
court squad and IL diamond athletes
were presented with the b"
Basket bah letters went to the fol.
lowing: Sam Lafsky. Anthony Stew
ard. Charles May, Hugh Rivers, Ed.
ward Ford, William Evans. Criah
Brist. Capt. George Furman and Man.
ager William Sullivan.
The following received the base ball
monograms: Capt. Louis Fridinger
Manager Carl Holmberg, Harry Yaffy,
Ellsworth Taylor, Ray Walter, Wen.
dell Meyer. George Yeatman. Donald
Nevius, Sidney Block, Randolph
Shreve and Edward Marosy.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
BY FAIRPLAY.

NEW YORK, June 4.-That nix-up
between Gene Tunney and Tommy
Gibbons at the Polo Grounds on Fri
day night Is a hard one to dope. For
that matter any battle these days Is
hard to dope.
When a poor boxer like Berle enbach
wins over a good boxer like McTtgue
chin so far as the poor trusting critic
Is concerned, and he is inclined to
lose faith in mankind generally and
fighters in particular.
Physically the two men. will enter
the ring on equal terms. Gibbons has
the edge on ring generalship and ex'
perience, but Tunney Offsets these
advantages with his youth and the
sympathy of the home crowd. Be
sides, has any one ever heard OF
runney getting any the worst of II
irom the referee and judges in his
New York bouts?
Both Are Confident.
zach possesses confidence, bu,
whether or not that confidence in
.cludes the will to fight and win a,
all hazards remains to be seen.
Madison Square Garden was the
scene of Tommy Gibbons lapse in the
heat of battle-the Greb highland
new 1orkerS nave not yet QeClQec
just what caused him to step back
instead of pushing onto the attack
with vigor. This was when Tommy
had driven Greb to the ropes with q
hard body blow and then let the
middleweight champion recover and
go on to a decision. So he did with
Carpenter. He's a queer guy, Is
Gibbons
But last Fall Gibbons gave a good
exhibition by knocking out Kid Nor
folk in six rounds; it remains impress
sive even though Harry Wills did bet
ter in slowing the Kid away in two
rounds. Tommy's fight with Dempsey
at Shelby was certainly impressive
from the standpoint of defense, and
convinced the writer that If Tommy
does not care to take chances no one
in the world is going to do him much
damage
AS for Tunney, he has rested his
somewhat fragile hands. and the as
sertion that he is in the best condition
Of his career sounds entirely reason
able.
He made great fight against Harry
Greb a few months back. showing a
Evening star., 1925-06-04
OLD RIVALS PREPARE
FOR DIAMOND BATTLE

Rob Roy Mackey and Wee Willie
Glascoe are due to strut their stuff
Sunday at Phillips Park. when their
respective fiocks. the Mohawk and
Shamrock unlimited base ball mines
come together in their first clash of
the season.
Weeks ago Mackey went about ar
ranging his lineup for the big game,
and belives that he has rounded up a
team that will respond to the old bat.
tie cry Of the Indians. Beat the Sham
rocks IL you don't win another game
all year"
Among the recent acquisitions to me
Mohawk aggregation Is Du Four
catcher of the Catholic University
nine.
Both teams have had hard luck In
several of their starts, but both man
ayers are confident that come-backs
Will be the order Of the day when they
clash on the Sabbath. The game will
be the first Of a series Of three.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

of golf, combined with the great
rounds Of piegel and MacFarlane to
make yesterday a day of real excite
ment. Jones, pushing all his long
iron shots to the right and putting
badly, was n in the morning, but
went out In the afternoon determined
to redeem himself, He did, with q
great 70. accomplished without get
ting a long putt, recovering splendid
ly when he needed to and missing a
short one on the sixteenth when he
had three As for a 50.
Hagen. with whom Jones played
was great in the morning and sorry
spectacle in the afternoon. Where
Jones was out in 81, Hagen was out
in 81. It was q great match until
Hagen cracked. Missed puts at the
eleventh and twelfth were climaxed
by a most amazing putting exhibition
at the fourteenth, q drive and pitch
hole of $50 yards.
Here Hagen took to get down
from the edge Of the green. putting
over the hole. missins his return
putt and then carelessly hitting a
two.footer, which obliged by staying
out. He finished the last two holes
with a brace Of SIS, however, showing
a little of the famous Hagen come
back spirit.
Diegel Is Consistent.
Diegers first round of 73 was just
gallop for the District open cham
pion. He scored an ordinary 73
missing a putt here and there, but
going along smoothly and without
effort. A topped tee shot at the six
teenth was his only really bad shot
through the fairway. In the after
noon Leo started in ordinary style
with par on the first Ave holes. He
gave an inkling Of what was to come
when he holed a 15-footer for a 2
at the sixth and finished the nine
with another birdie for an out of
33. Then Leo saw visions of the
championship before him.
His pitch to the short tenth hole
should have holed out. 1t hit the
cup on the first bounce and stopped
3 feet away. Leo missed his putt
for another deuce. But that didn't
hurt, for he played the next seven
holes in one under par, missing an
Scooter for q birdie 3 at the four
teenth, only to get down a 10-footer
for a birdie at the fifteenth.
With three Is for a 81, Leo took
great pains at the sixteenth But
here he got a par and a birdie 4
at the seventeenth, which should be
par 4, but Is 460 yards long. Leo
hit great tee shot at the ANAL hole,
Evening star., 1925-06-04
MARKET TEAM AGAIN
EARNS TIE FOR LEAD

Center Markets base ball team again
tied the Chestnut Farms Dairy nine
for the lead In the Commercial League
by handing an 11-to-4 setback to the
forces of Thompson's Dairy. Standard
Oil continued its winning streak, when
II nosed out W. B. Moses q Sons, II
to 10.
Government Printing Once tossers
Of the Government circuit and the In
terstate pastimers engaged In q close
contest which the Printers won, 10
to g..
Potomac Park defeated Agriculture,
l3 to I, in the Departmental loop,
while Liberty Loan trampied on the
Treasurers. 10 to 7, in a Treasury
League game.
In the Potomac Park group, Build.
ings and Parks chalked up a lo-to-S
triumph over the War Department.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
ST. JOHNS COLLEGE
TAKES PREP TITLE

After winning five straight victories.
St. Johns College yesterday clinched
the prep school base ball champion.
ship of the District by taking Dewitt
Prep to camp by a score of IL to 5.
The Johnnie,s star hurler. Mudd.
turned in his eighth straight win.
while Morris registered his eighth
home run of the season when he sent
one Of the siants Of Dezendorf, De-
Wits pitcher, screaming over the head
of the Prep infefders.
Callan and Dunn also got In some
good work with the stick 10 add to
the winners score. while Collins led
the Dewitt team at bat.
Twenty-Five Eastern Rridiron candi-
dates turned out yesterday at the Lin
coin Park stadium for the first round
Of Spring foot ball practice.
Western High, leader in the inter
high school tennis series. was TO meet
ST. Adams School this afternoon.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

wrestling turnout. The purse, origi.
to $50, 900 when Mum suffered defeat
at the hands Of Stanislaus Zbyszko,
but remained an attractive figure for
wrestling.
The Zbyszko.Stecher bout at st.
Louis drew 5000 at the gate and the
purse was advertised for $50 900, but
apparently fell short of that figure.
Now comes Paddy Harmon, whose
forte has been the promotion of six day
bicycle races, with an offer of a $780,
900 purse for q go between Lewis and
Stecher to definitely settle the title
After viewing the Michigan City bat.
tie Harmon made up his mind that
wrestling offered an attractive field
for promotion, and he Ii making every
endeavor to sign up the two contend.
erS
Evening star., 1925-06-04
D Has Great Chance for Open Golf Title Fighters Get $4 OOOa Minute
LEGAL STEPS TAKEN;
FIGHTS TOMORROW

An order to show cause ss to why
an Injunction should not be granted
the National Capital Sporting Club
was issued 10 the clubs attorneys
this morning by Justice HE OF
the District Supreme Court.
Justice Hits order Is returnAble
on June IL.
The order Is virtually a tempo.
rary Injunction restraining the po-
lice from interfering with the
Strfbling Stone bout. which was
scheduled for the Washington Audi.
torium tonight.
However, the show has been post.
poned until tomorrow night be.
cause Of an accident to the motor
van In which the Stribling family
is travelling. Young Stribling him.
self, arrived here today, but win
await the arrival Of his seconds
fore going against Stone.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

only to put his second shot on the
bank back of the green, with a fine
line to the hole. He wanted to he
sure to be up as he struck hts sec
ond shot, for deep pit yawns in
front of the final. green
He really tried to hole the chip
shot down the last green. running
over on to the lower terrace feet
beyond the hole. He had nothing
to lose and everything to gain, and
II the BAH had been struck a little
lighter. 1t might have dropped, for,
owing to its speed, 1t failed to take
the break into the hole. A 66 would
have put him we'll In front His putt
for a 81 hung on the lip, and he was
down in So, happy and full OF fight.
MacFarlane, a lean Scot. deliber.
ate of disposition, wearing glasses
and with great golf style much like
that of Macdonald Smith, unleashed
the finest streak of golf of the day
on the first nine with that wonder
ful 81. Holing them from all cor
ners of the green. MacFariane wound
up by nearly sinking a mashie from
a trap on the ninth.
1 He started with a birdie 8, got
down a 20-footer for another birdie
at the short sixth and holed a g.
footer for another birdie at the
l76-yard eighth. Coming back, he
missed just one shot, his second to
the eleventh, where a ball a foot
shorter would have been trapped
Willie was just par for the last
nine, finishing with a trio Of fours, his
putt for another birdie at the eight
eenth just stopping on the lip Of the cup.
MacFarlane will be hard to stop. He
hasn't the fighting heart that Hagen
has, but, now he has a chance, he will
play all the golf that is in him.
Francis Ouimet. amateur of Boston
led the field over the morning stretch
with a score Of TO- one shot in front
of Jack Forester OF Deal, three ahead
of Diegel, four in front of MacFarlane.
Ouimet tired In the afternoon, finish.
ing a 73, for score of 143 He is
one Of those with a good chance.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
GREB, FIGHT CHAMPION,
Is HALTED BY BULLETS

PITTSBURGH. Pa. June 4 N9.-
Harry Greb. middleweight boxing
champion was arrested yesterday on
q disorderly conduct charge after an
automobile chase over several blocks
on a North Side street.
AS a policeman approached an au
tomobtle on a. street corner to inves
tisate woman's scream. he said Gret
stepped into a taxicah and drove away
halting after the officer fred several
shots.
Five other occupants of the automo.
bile. including two women, were also
arrested. All posted a $50 forfeit
They failed to appear for a hearing.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
SUZANNE DROPS FIRST
GAMES OF NET SEASON

PARIS, June I R.-Suzanne Leng.
len lost her first games OF the 1925
French open championships. but she
defeated Evelyn Colyer Of England.
60, So.
The two games were the only ones
she has lost in reaching the semi
finals. The English player was com.
pletely bewfldered by Mile. Lenslen's
sterling play.
Jean Washer OF Belgium defeated
Henri Cochet Of France, 81, IS.
&C.
Washer. Jean Borotra, Rene Lacoste
and Andre Colbert are the seni-ffn nal.
lists In the mems singles.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

This Is changed now. The big pro-
moters have taken a hand in the
game and the graphing contests are
being advertised on a scale of boxing
proportions, with purses at healthy
figure.
This situation has been brought
about to some extent by the contro-
two men In the field claiming the
honor. The caliber of the four con-
tenders in the recent st, Louis and
Michigan City matches, all one.tine
holders of the title. also enhanced
large purses.
Floyd Fitzsimmons. who promoted
the Lewis Mum match In his bluesky
arena, Michigan City, built for boxing,
collected 1900 spectators for the Dia-
mond belt match, not as large q crowd
as expected, but stifl above the usual
Evening star., 1925-06-04
PENN STATE H0N0RS
HOUSE, D. C. ATHLETE

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, June A.
William 3. House of Washington has
been elected to the student council of
Pennsylvania State College to repre-
sent the senior class in the school of
engineering. ..-
House Is a former Mckinley High
athlete, and has been a regular guard
on the Penn State varsity foot bail
team for two seasons.
He also filled a regular berth on the
lacrosse twelve this Spring.
He combines a fine scholastic record
with his good work in athletics.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
TIED FOR LEAD WITH l4l
l.. AS THIRD ROUND STARTS
Former ID. c. Player Begins Final Drive Even
Terms With MacFarlane-Others Close on
Their Heels-Jones Gets Away Badly.
BY w. r. McCALLUM,

TORCESTER Mass, June 4Leo Dege of Friendship Wash
wv the Glen Oaks Club of Great Neck Long Island
stood this morning the threshold Of the national golf
Championship ready catch the
ead OF Cyril Walker who until tonight will be the title holder
Leo started the third and what the the crucial round
WI Mhorn the Western champion,
for first place with Willie MaeFarane of Oak Ridge New York behind
of the
PC has had this championship
Many thousand dollars
berths he leads
4cFaane Caet Bobby Hagen the
punched yesterdays
Evening star., 1925-06-04
BATTLE FLEET OFFICERS
BEAT SC0UrMEN AT GOLF

HONOLULU. June 4 oPp.-The bat.
tie feet oficer golfers. led by Vice
Admiral II. A. Wiley, defeated the
scout feet officers. IL points to s, on
the Oahu Country Club links here.
Vice Admiral J. s. Mclean, leader
OF the scout fleet players, defeated
Vice Admiral Wiley, gaining two Of
the scout fleets fve points.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
100000 DUE TO BE PAID
TO TUNNEY AND GIBBONS
Advance Sale for Tomorrow's Battle Indicates
$4,000 Will Pay 100000 to See Scrap.
Gene Is Slight Favorite
BY the Associated Press

Press.
EW YORK 4-Payment basis of more than 4.4o0
Tunney Gibbons
heavyweight battle night the Polo Grounds the
bout the mi is est
indicates attendance 5000
Thirty giving
viii
be representing receipts $S
per
fighters months
by which hope produce
Jack Dempsey Both
weighing ls2 his Glib
linz in his York Headquarters
Evening star., 1925-06-04
MATMEN NOW In GLORY,
AS BIG PURSES PREVAIL
By the Associated Press.

By the Press
HCAGO June 4The wrestling last is following
| footsteps of boxing in the matter Of big purses
addition, Frank Gotch
Iowa cornheds himself the heavyweight has
port beens 10
boxing championship
been wrestling has
country meeting virtually
Ship" :
Evening star., 1925-06-04

body attack that bothered Greh, and
may bother Tommy more.
Age Is not an insignificant element
in fistic encounters and in the case Of
a man OF Gibbons age a body blow is
a Furnishing thing. indeed.
From the manner in which both men
have been training, those who are
looking for q mastery exhibition of
the manly art at long range are apt 20
be disappointed. The two have been
concentrating on body attack. and II
one may judge by pre-battle dope the
fight is likely to be waged at close
quarters-with lots Of work for the
referee-and the advantage in point of
administering deNtaliZing punishment
lying with the younger Tunney.
Looking at the fight from all angles
Tunney seems to stand the best
chance. He can hit hard, Is young
and will be right at home with his
friends surrounding the ringside and
encouraging shouts from every part of
the ball park spurring him to mighty
effort.
The man that wins will be in hne
for chance at Dempsey probably.
Harry Wills being groomed for his
great act entitled "shunted along the
switch"
Evening star., 1925-06-04
BLOW SCHOOL VICTOR.

Blow School base ballers yesterday
captured the graded school champion.
ship of the eastern section of the city
by coming from behind to defeat the
Lenox nine, to s.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

They will appear before the State
Athletic Commission tomorrow after
noon for the official weighing.in.
In spite Of statements OF the two
fighters they are bent upon terminal
ing the fight by a knockout, experts
are almost unanimous in forecasting
that the bout will go the limit. Many
believe that the match will be so close
that the position of the judges will
not be envted.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

Government Printing once base
ballers Of the Colored Departmental
League swamped the Treasury nine
and piled up an 11-to-1 score in SIX
innings.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-06
DOUGLAS OLDEST
TOBACCO MART
Advanced From "Spot in Road"
to Thriving Town of 5000
Population in Few Years

MACON, August 6. - Seldom
does one hear Of a town that is fast
becoming a city attribute its growth
to the fact that it is tobacco mar
.ket. But the thriving little town Of
Douglas, Ca, which lays claim to
being the first tobacco market in
the state, says the golden leaves ere
responsible for its growth and pros
perity. Ten years ago the town was
merely a wide sept in the road
but now boasts Of over five thouS-
and inhabitants, and is growing
rapidly and permanently.
Douglas is the center Of South
Georgia's tobacco district is rapid
" coming to the front for its better
and earlier tobacco, which will en-
able it to challenge Virginia, North
and South Carolina and Kentucky
tobacco supremacy.
Over two million dollars viii be
handled in the next thirty DAYS
estimates say through .he Douglas
tobacco markets, the local banks
distributing the funds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-06
REV. CUTLER TO
RETURN AUG. Il
VIII Spend Two Weeks in Clay
ton With Family After
Leaving North Carolina

Rev. John NJ. Cutler, pastor of
the First Methodist church, will re-
turn to Americas August 27 and
will be bcak in his pulpit Aug. 80,
according to Mrs. Cutler, who is
leaving Friday with her son, Albert,
for Cornelia, N, c., where they will
meet Rev. Cutler, who has been
spending several weeks at Blowing
Rock, N. c., on account Of his
health.
Rev Cutler will not return direct
to Americas from Cornelia but will
spend two weeks in Clayton, Ga. to
accustom himself to the climate of
this section. Doctors stated that his
coming direct from the high altitude
of Blowing Rock to the lower a!ti-
tude of Americas would be in
furious to his health, which has
greatly improved.
AS son as Rev. Cutler returns to
Americas final arrangements will be
made for the first service in his
completed church, which is expected
to be held about the middle of
September.