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Evening star., 1925-04-07

lower animals for the supremacy OF
Take the wolf In picture, story,
news article and proverb the wolf
or. usually. the wolf packs shown
10 be bloodthirsty brute. that will
surely catch you and rend you limb
from limb II you let him. But l have
yet to find the person who actually
has known, at first hand, of wolf
attacking a human being.
] have read newspaper accounts OF
trappers and other woodsmen, and
sometimes settlers. being overcome
by pack of wolves and eaten up.
One such report / ran down and found
entirely untrue. The man had merely
frozen to death and animals had nib
bled at his body This particular
story was widely circulated.
i have talked to many woodsmen
and trappers. and my friend, Donald
Hough, has talked to even more, in an
effort to find out IL wolves actually
attack people. Neither of us ever has
rannd any person who could affirm
s1&t he had any reliable information
9nding to prove that they do.
The same applies to other bogies
about animals. The eagle is supposed
ito carry away babies. But an eagle
won't do IT. The eagle is not at all
keen about mixing up with the human
race. They do carry away baby noun
tain sheep, but that is all.
And SO the bogies go, including the
myth that toads make warts on the
hands, and the spine of the catfish is
poisonous, and the bat tries to entan-
gle itself in peoples hair, and so on,
ad infnitum. 49,
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George K. Potts OF New York won
first place in the mems annual jan
uary handicap tourney at Ormond
Beach. Macdonald Smith retained
| the California open golf champion
ship. doing 30S for 70 holes C. Fl.
Hartman of Chicago won the cham
pionshp of the Winter league of
advertising interests at nehurst.
DIegeI sets Record.
the Boca Ciega course at St Peters
burg. Fla. turning in p g.. Dan
Healy of West Chester Biltmore led
a field of 1872 golfers at the annual
amateur Midwinter tourney al
Miami He turned in II.
Dorothy Campbell Hurd. on Janu-
ary 49,. won the first tourney of the
new womens golfng society, the
Sharks. at Belle Air. Fla.
Lawrence Sheriff. of Tampa won
the first annual amateur invitation
tourney held on the Rock Point
links at Tampa. Shirley Thompson
of Toronto won the st. Augustine
amateur tournament
Dorothy Campbell Hurd defeat ed
Mrs Alex Smith in the final Of the
annual January tournament at Belle
Air, Fla. r. A. Watkins defeated
Dan Jarvis OF Nashville in the final
for the Glenn Curtis trophy It Miami
Arthur Yates OF Rochester won the
annual Lakeworth tourney at Palm
Beach on January 81.
February was marked by brilliant
play throughout.
Jack Dawson of New York won the
annual Miami Beach amateur golf
championship. On February 4, Walter
Hagen beat Cyril Walker, Al. sar
open champion. in a three-day 7--nole
match at St Petersburg. Fla, and thus
won the world unofficial golfing cham
pionship. Lee Chase of New York won
the annual February tourney at Miami
Beach. F.. y. Hoxey of Boston won the
st. Valentines tourney at Pinehurst. On
February 13 Miss Anne Merrill OF
Brookline won the St Valentines tour
ney for women at Pinehurst. Al Wat
rous of New York won the South Center
open golf title at Hot Springs. and Miss
Marion Hollins Of New York won the
annual pebble-beach championship for
women at Delmonts. Calf.
$4,000 Match is Played.
At West Palm Beach Mike Brady and
Tommy Armour beat Sarazen and Diegel
in a 72-hole challenge match for a
SO. 900 purse.
Glenna Collett defeated Miss Edith
Cummings and won the Florida WON
ems championships. John Golden OF
Paterson. n. j., won the Houston
Tex, open golf tournament. Leo Die
gel won the Florida open title al
Tampa Mrs. Joseph Bydolek won the
| Miami women's golf title. Mrs. H. u
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NURMI AND RITOLA
SCORE AT DETROIT

DETROIT. April 7.-Running on a
track obviously not to his liking
Paavo Nurmi, the flying Finn, pulled
in his wings somewhat at the State
fair grounds coliseum last night and
was satisfied to win his one event.
the emile run. in the time of 9
minutes As seconds.
Jimmy Connolly of Washington
finished a lap behind
Willie Ritola of Finland and New
York ran a pretty race to win the
4-mile run, finishing two laps ahead
of Chauncey White, Millet Athletic
Club Indian runner. His time was
90 minutes 2 seconds.
Joie Ray, joint holder with Nurmi
of the. world indoor record for the
mile, proved a disappointment in
losing the mile. finishing 25 yards
behind Lloyd Hahn of the Boston
Hahns time was "a 40
Other stars on program who
failed to approach record times were
Ugo Frigerio, Italian and Olympic
walking champion, who won a handi-
cap mile from Charles Foster. Detroit
Y. M c. A.. in 7:0s 1-5, and Willie
Plant of New York, American cham
pion. who finished a bare step ahead
of Phil Granville, Canadian champion.
in the emile walk. Plants time was
1895 2-5.
Jackson V. Scholz, New York
sprinter, was forced to take third
place in the 50-yard dash. which was
won by Cyril Coaffee. I. A c., in
0:05 2-5. Hester, University of Michi-
gan was second.
5o-yard dash-won by Coafee. l. A. c.; Sec
ond. Hester, Michigan; third, Scholz, New
York. Time, 0. o. %.
ss0-yard run-Won by Dodge. !. A. c.; sec
ond. Freyburg. Michigan; third, Ripper, VI,
A. G. Time. 2:07 20.
i-mile walk-won by Frigerio. Italy: sec
ond, Foster. Detroit Time. 7:0s Is.
4-mile run-Won by Ritola. Finland; sec
ond, White. Minet A. c.; third. Flaherty. De-
troit. Time. 2O:02.
Running high jump-won by Weeks, Michi-
NJ. 4. c., and Doherty, City College. Height.
feet IL inches.
2-mils walk-won by Plant. New York
Granville. Canada. second. Time. 1895 2-5.
3oo-yard dash-won by Leschinsky, Michi-
gan; second, Alderman. NJ. A. G.. third,
Grim, NJ. A. C.. Time, O:37
1-mile run-Won by Hahn. Boston: second,
Ray. /. A. c.; third, Hicks, Michigan. Time.
434 40.
2-mils medley relay-won by I. A. c.; sec
ond. Michigan. Time. S:2S.
Pole vault-won by Northrup, Michigan:
second, Jones, 1. A. c. Height, II feet 6
inches.
emile run-Won by Nurmi. Finland; sec
ond. Connolly, Washington; third, Irwin, New
York. Time 9:46.
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W00TEN'S "a LEADS
NORTH-SOUTH GOLF

PINEHURST, n. c.. April TT. B.
Wooten of Atlantic City, practically
an unknown in major golf tourna-
nent play. led the field of 10 starters
in the first Is holes Of the United
North and South amateur champion
ship here with card of 35. 39-74
He played excellent golf. consider
ing the fact that a high wind made
scoring rather heavy.
Arthur Ducky) Yates of Roches-
ter, with a card Of 81. 3s-75. was
second in line, and Parker w. Whit
temore of the BrookIine c. c.. Boston
with pair OF ass for a total of rs,
was third.
F. G. Newton Of Brookline, who
held the amateur title two years ago
and was runner-up to Fred Knight
the present champion, succeeded in
landing among the leaders for the
first Is holes, when he came home
in 81. the lowest total for the field.
and his IS for the Is holes placed
him fourth.
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CENTRAL PLANNING
BASKET BALL BOOM

An intensive basket ball campaign
next year is the plan of Coach Bert
Coggins of Central. as outlined yes
terday, when candidates for the
court teams were called out and
given few instructions as to what
is expected in the game during the
Winter of 1885.
Four teams will represent the
Mount Pleasant institution, the Regu-
lars. who will be defending the
championship OF tn city. the Light
weights, who showed well during
the past season. a 115-pound quint,
and 95-pound team.
With five members of the title
winning combination expected to re-
turn to school, prospects for another
championship five are bright. Only
Hale and Dean will be lost through
graduation. while Capt .-elect Mac
donald. Moser. Chatlin, Dezendorf
and Bapta each has one or more years
to go.
Schloss and Abramson are mem
bers of the lightweight five who An
ish their courses this June, but in
Gordon, Burnett, Tash, Birthright.
Swift, De Boskey and Crouch the
coach has plenty of capable material
After going through two scholastic
base basl series without having won
a game. Business High gets its big
chance to retrieve lost prestige this
afternoon when Central is met at the
Wilson stadium in what is the first
game of the series for both schools.
Having been untouched by the fra
ternity ban. the Stenographers are
on even terms with the champions
and are expected to press their ad-
vantage to the utmost. Business was
defeated by Dewitt Prep, to 3.
Allowing but six hits, Burdine and
Quinn, Eastern High twirlers, yes
terday held Emerson Institute to the
short end of a 13-to-4 count.
RallyinE i'm the sixth inning, after
their lead had been reduced TO one
run, Tech High tossers defeated Con
zaga High, to 4, and took their
third straight victory of the season
George getewn University freshmen
registered a 13-to-S win over the
Alexandria High nine. The winners
punched five runs in the eighth
inning to clinch the contest.
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Sterrett won the Ormond Beach
women's tournament.
The following foreign titles were
won by Americans in February: Gu
ban championship, Eddie Week Of
Garden City; Bahama champion ship.
w. F. Laid. Rockaway Hunt Club;
Bermuda title, A. w. Biggs of Car
den City.
Tommy Armour won the Florida
West Coast open title at st. Peters
burg. Chris Dunphy. The Washington
amateur, won the Palm Beach anna
teur title. Dorothy Campbell Hurd
won the Belleair womens title Glen
ma Collett won the Florida East Coast
title for women. Mary X. Brown.
won the Southern California women's
golf championship at Los Angeles
Stanley Thompson of Toronto won
the Ponce de Leon trophy at St. Au-
gustine. Mrs. Melvin Jones of Chi
cago won the North and South wom-
ems title at Pinehurst.
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p
1t will be an unusually active sea
son for the teams of the plebes, oi
first-year students, and their season
in rowing, base ball. lacrosse ano
tennis will also start during April.
These are the events listed for the
month, to be played at Annapolis un'
less otherwise noted:
Wednesday. the Sth-Base hall.
Carnegie Tech; lacrosse. stevens.
Friday, the 10th-BRse hall. Uni
vcrsity of North Carolina. at
Chapel Hill.
Saturday. the 11th-Base ball.
Duke University, at Durham. Y.
C.; lacrosse, Yale.
Wednesday, the 15th-Base ball.
RuckneII; tennis, Yale and Catho-
lie University.
Saturday, the 1Ssh-Base ball.
Varsity VS.. Boston College, Plebes
VS.. Central High school OF wash
ington; field and track. Syracuse;
lacrosse, New York University;
tennis. Varsity VS.. Western Mary
land; PIebes VS.. Central High
school of Washington.
Wednesday, the 22d-Base ball.
Varsity VS.. Harvard; PIebes W..
University of Virginia freshmen,
tennis. Davidson College.
Friday and Saturday, the 24th
md 25th-FieId and track. Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania relays. at
Philadelphia.
Saturday the 2Sth-Rowing.
Massachusetts Tech varsity and
second crews); base ball. Varsity
VS.. University of West Virginia;
PIebes VS.. Calvert Hall; tennis,
Varsity VS.. Swarthmore; PIebes
VS.. Baltimore Poly.
Wednesday, the 2eth-Base ball,
University of Maryland; tennis,
University of Maryland.
Base ball, lacrosse and field and track
are the sports in which contests against
the Military Academy will bring the
eason to a close. The development of
these teams will be watched with spe-
c,al interest by members of the Naval
Academy contingent. as in those
branches in which the service teams
meet the failure or success of the sea-
son is measured by the result of this
one game, no matter what others have
been won or lost.
The crews will also come in for a
large measure Of interest. The varsity
lost but one member by graduation, SO
that the chances of producing a crew
which will restore the Naval Academy
TO the leading place on the water are
good.
Massachusetts Tech, which opens the
season against the Midshipmen on the
25th, developed strongly last year, so
that the race will be a real test Of the
Navy crew and furnish a line on its
chances for success during the season.
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the ball and hold the shaft with the
left hand only while taking the
stance. As the right hand is brought
In you will discover that the right
shoulder must drop some to accom-
modate 1t. As this shoulder drops
let the right knee bend inward TO-
ward the left knee. You then have
Walter Hngen's position mt the ball
and you will Mt least look as Ii you
arc going to hit il. The sketch shows
this position exactly. The only need
ed point is this; Sec that your weight,
whe you are ready to start the back
swing, is largely on your right foot.
ICnnrrirhf 1Q2h
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III lhSH ulNlSlOH, VIII DC piaylHS tncll
Dick Wingate and Happy Tebbs. in
fielders; Marty Beck, catcher; Shuxie
Schultz, outfielder. and Brick New
man and Claude Williams, pitchers,
are the latest additions to the roster
of the unlimited squad. William Beall
and Bill Nymark, veteran hurlers of
the 1924 season, are counted on to
carry the team to title this year.
and Bill Jermaine. Earl Clark, Abby
Clark. George Mcdonald and Frank
Hessler. fielders, with the experience
of several campaigns under Northern
colors. also are back in uniform. Paul
Warksman is expected to perform
regularly behind the plate.
The junior team that defeated the
Yankee Juniors In the season opener
includes the following: Sam Gordon,
Jimmy Bell, Will Madison, Adolph
Brooks, and Gene McAlear, infielders;
Jerry Richards, Benson Gearhardt.
John Delaney and Bernard Donovan,
outfelders; Sidney Sherman, pitcher
and Phil Delaney, catcher. For a
Sunday game with the Juniors at dia-
mond No. call Manager Brooks, at
Columbia 510S-W.
A meeting OF the Cardinal team of
Alexandria will be held tonight at
1922 King street at o'clock, instead
practice on Sunday.
Lee Hart, at the Commercial Ma
tional Bank, is booking games for the
recently organized Commercial team
If no bankers league Is organized this
season Hart's nine will play independ-
ent ball.
National Metropolitan Bank was de-
feated by the F. II. Smith Co. nine,
IL to 4, in the opening game of the
season.
Pete Haley. newly appointed man
ager of the Aloysius Club base ball
team. Is ealing out his candidates to-
morrow afternoon at at Union Sta
ton plaza for second practice ses-
sion. Thirty players have reported
for duty on the Aloysius squad
is arranging a full schedule for his
team and already has booked games
with five out-of-town mines. The
Sharon Club of Baltimore is to be
met on Memorial day, Philadelphia
and Atlantic City teams will be en-
countered in a double header on July
4. the Lennon Juniors of Frederick
are booked for July 1e, and the
Aztec Club of Richmond Is to be
played on August /.
G. ". COons. Mt Lincoln IIS0. Is
arranging games for the Live Wire
senior nine.
National Midgetx, who defeated
the Seminoles, IL to IL, are booking
contests with teams averaging IL to
l3 years. Write Capt Cannon at
1918 b street southeast.
Henry Gfbbins n booking games
for the Washington Barracks
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despite the length of the grass. but
figured that If 1 took my midiron
wouldn't get enough elevation to hold
the green. On the other hand, the
distance was pretty long for a jig
ger, but if l got enough power into
it my shot would be a high one and
would stay where 1t was put
I whaled away with my jigger. Up
went the ball high and directly on
the hole. 1t struck three feet short
and then rolled up and holed out for
an eagle 2.
After that 1 had no more trouble
with the eighteenth hole. On eight
successive rounds I'played it in birdie
3s, giving me a record of brides
and l eagle in row.
1t got to be weekend joke among
the members. A number suggested
that the course would have to be
altered again and the last hole made
more difficult.
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There was a little entrance to the
green at the left side, but otherwise
IT was practically an island green.
Mostly you had to pitch your second
over a bunker that cut right across
the front of it.
Well. for some reason or other,
couldn't get the hang of this hole for
. long time. Either 1 would be too
short or too long. I had a lot of
trouble with those bunkers.
Then one day | laid my second shot
dead TO the pin and got down birdie
3 And, on the very next round, after
a bad drive. I pulled a shot that
seemed to shake my jinx for good
and all.
My drive was a hook that landed
me in long grass at the left of the
fairway, a good $50 yards from the
nag.
The ball was lying well enough,
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Naval academy Teams to Haze Busy Month Biggest Winter Golf
DIEGEL AND SARAZEN
GET FINE GOLF JOBS

Leo Diegel and Gene NSarazen. the
latter American open champion in
1922, have been signed by the Golf
Park Country Club of Miami, Fla, to
represent it, beginning December
next. Their season at Miami will
run to April !. They will receive
what is said to be record salaries.
Announcement of the engagement
was made here by Diegel today be-
fore he left for New York to take up
his duties at the Glen Oak Club.
Great Neck, Long Island, where he
will go through the Summer
Diegel won the recent tourname mt
at Miami and last year took the ca
madam open and the Illinois open.
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BETHANY SIX is SECOND
IN BAPTIST COURT LOOP

Bethany Church girl tossers
clinched second place honors in the
Baptist Young Peoples Union Basket
Ball League by defeating the West
Washington Baptist ombination
IL to z.
First Baptist, with Ave wins and
one defeat takes first honors in the
loop; Bethany claims four victories
and two losses, while West Washing
ton has failed to win a single game.
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MONUMENT TO BASKETERS.

WICHITA, kans., April IA
monument commemmorating the
wichita High School basket ball
team. which won the national cham
pionship at the University of Chicago,
will be erected here by business men.
The monument, that of player
II Gliding a basket ball aIoft, with the
names Of the players engraved on the
ball ll<hasareceived popular approval.
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with an official club handicap OF IA d
Here's the way the notice reads
specially invited guests having an oi
This is the first move on the part
of any club to limit entries in an in
vitation tournament about Washing
ton and probably is the forerunner of
similar action by other clubs. =,
The problem OF extremely large
entry lists and their handling has
been been one which the local clubs
have been trying to solve.
The Baltimore Country Club works
it out by sending invitations to par
ticipate in it's tournament only to a
limited number of guests.
Il. Cliff Mckfmmie. former Middle
Atlantic champion. and Leo Cooney,
both professionals attached to Mil
Ier's Golf School defeated the anna
teur professional combination OF A. l..
Houghton and Mel Shorey yesterday
at East Potomac Park, 3 and ,.
None of the members of the four
ball match played near his best game.
The match was square at the turn.
Cooney and Shorey had low score for
the first nine holes. with AZ apiece,
while McKimmie and Houghton were
stroke higher. McKimmie and
Cooney won the next four holes in a
row, only to lose the fourteenth and
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4 I h n n d grip
which lets this
hand fall into =
natural pos tion
on the shaft, with
I h e first tvv o
knuckIes showing
to the eye. Bring
the right hand 10
an opposite posi-
ton and snug this
hand up until the
thumb OF the left
h n N d preskex
against the right
palm, overlapping
grip. Stand fair
ly. erect and on
tie heels. 1t Is
best TO place the
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NURMI MAY ENTER RACE
IN NEW YORK SATURDAY

Arrangements are being undertaken
today by which II is expected Paavo
Nurmi, the flying Finn will interrupt
his Western tour to make one more
indoor track appearance in New York
The plans call for Nurmi to leave
Detroit tomorrow for the East to
race Saturday night at the military
track and field championships against
Lloyd Hahn and Alan Helffrich in a
special l 1,000-yard event
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ID under VIII be allowed to take part.
Open to members of the club and
lcial club handicap of IA and under
fifteenth. They won the sixteenth
however. to annex the match.
They will play again on April 20
over the same course.
Washington Golf and Country Club
lis preparing plans to stage one OF
the best possible exhibition matches
during the latter part of the Summer.
Fred ID. Paxton, chairman of the golf
committee. Is in negotiation with Tom
Armour, professional partner of Wal
ter Hagen, in exhibition tours this
year, regarding a match in which the
two pro stars will play against
Glenna Collett and Edith Cummings
two former womens national golf
cha ampions. The women will be given
half-stroke hole against the best
ball of the two professionals.
e. Ashmead Fuller, golf champion
OF the Chase Club, had fine score
of al last Saturday. recording eight
3s in the round. Out in the ordinary
figure of 80, he came back in 30. five
OF his 3s coming on the second nine.
The score is even more remark bl e
by the fact that there were a pair of
SIS in 1t.
The card follows:
Out. 4 6 3 6 So
In
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MIDSHIPMEN WILL FIGURE
In VARIETY OF CONTESTS
w Washington Combination Among Those That Are tc
Offer Opposition-Few Trips Will Be Taken,
But Most Games at Annapolis.

NNAPOLS April IA large and varied of will be
by Naval Academy
the usual Spring branches
Most of the will take place Annapolis though trips
scheduled
rowing will
propra whic enoto neouacd other rinstu
Evening star., 1925-04-07
KAW GOES TO PRINCIPAL.

Edgar L. Kaw, star Cornell half
back and a member of the mythical
All-American foot ball team for 1928,
has been engaged as athletic director
and coach of ma jor sports at Principia
Academy, at ST. Louis. Kaw was
graduated from Principia in 1915
Evening star., 1925-04-07
NAVY SWIMMERS ENTER.

Nine collegiate swimming teams
have entered the national individual
swim championship meet to be held
Friday and Saturday at Northwestern
University. In addition to the hosts,
entries include the Navy, Princeton,
and Columbia.
Evening star., 1925-04-07


Sluggers with teams in the 1S to
14-year class at Main s775, Branch l.
Stanleys won their fourth straight
victory by defeating the Ottawa
Midgets, 6 to /.
Members of the Bloominsdal team
are to receive their uniforms Friday
at % Adams street. For games call
Manager Schaeffer, North S224.
Piney Branch Insects defeated the
Reservoir Insects, Is to 8, and the
Perry Insects, IL to 5.
Penrose Juniors. an up. and com
ing base ball nine from across the
Potomac, who defeated the Trinity
Juniors by an overwhelming score in
their season opener. are anxious to
book games with Junior teams of the
District. Cali Manager KidweH at
Clarendon 233-W-1.
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LEAD YALE FENCERS.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April =
Richard ID. Elwell. '26 of New York.
last night was elected captain of
next years Yale fencing team Ralph
w. Jack. '26, of Oak Park, Ill, was
elected manager.
Evening star., 1925-04-07
FALL FATAL TO GOLFER.

BOSTON, April Leon B. Patton
golf editor of the Boston Herald and
well known amateur golfer, died to-
day at hospital as the result of
fall ; hours earlier from the window
of his apartment.
Evening star., 1925-04-07
MANY FEATS PERFORMED
ON LINKS In DIXIELAND
Both Men and Women Display Unusual Skill.
Diegel Prominent in Low Scoring-Dunphy,
Capital Amateur Among Tourney Winners.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

EW YORK April Now that the
beginning wend their North
the best Winter that
known order
marked by the following
At Hollywood a
Bill Mehhorn-whch
Evening star., 1925-04-07

HEMSTEAD, n Y. April THE
Hampstead High School girls basket
ball team won the national inter
scholastic championship by defeat
ing the Struthers tOhio) High sextet
in the final of the tournament for the
Westfield Cup. 25 to %.
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TENDLER STOPS JULIAN.

PHILADELPHIA, April LIE W
Tender. Philadelphia welterweight.
won a technical knockout over Tony
Julian OF Brockton. Mass, last night,
when Referee Arthur Nolan stopped
the fight in the third round.
Evening star., 1925-04-07
JERRY TRAVERS TELLS:
Tanning the Eighteenth Hole at Upper Monclair

Upper Montca j. where play nearly all golf made
~ number of changes holes
others and generally altered the things
other changed holes the eighteenth which,
yards calling
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And do you know that the ostrich
does not hide it's head in the sand?
Well 1t doesn't. Birds and animals,
after all. use lots of common sense
including the sense not to attack men.