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Evening star., 1925-05-29
100000 IN PRIZES
IN SPEED CLASSIC

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. May 90 CP)
facts concerning the thir
teenth annual 500-mile AUTOMOBILE
race tomorrow at the indianapolis
Motor Speedway are:
Starting time-10 am.
Probable number of starters-24.
Size of track-21a miles, brick
surfaced.
Favorites-TOmmy Milton. Earl
Cooper, Pete de Paolo, Ralph de
Palma, l.. l.. Corum, Harry Hartz,
Leon Duray.
Eligibility-Open to cars of not
more than 122 cubic inches piston
displacement.
Winner i'm 1924-L. l.. Corum and
Joe Boyer, co-drivers Of winning
mount.
Winner i'm 1923-Tommy Milton.
Record for distance-5:05:23.51-
an average of 1924 miles an hour
established in 1924 by Corum.
Boyer.
Prizes Approximately $10O, 900.
OF this S50,000 goes to first 10 to
finish, with winner receiving
$4,000. In addition 500 will be
awarded the driver leading at the
end of each lap; $4,000 consola-
tion prizes will be divided among
the cars which finish, but are not
among the first 10. Prizes by auto
mobile accessories concerns and
silver and bronze trophies also will
be given.
Evening star., 1925-05-29
BELGIAN IS ELECTED
HEAD OF OLYMPlCS
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia, May 20.
Count Henri de Ballet -Latour,
Belgium's leading sportsman, has
taken over the presidency of Interna-
tional Olympic Committee from Baron
Pierre de Coubertin, founder Of the
revived Olympic games. He was
elected on the second ballot.
Baron de Coubertin, head of the
| organization for 80 years, had per
sisted In his decision to retire.
Gen. Charles II. Sheriff.. speaking
| for the United States. promised the
new president that Los Angeles would
give him a reception he never would
| forget when he went there for the
Olympic games in 1882.
Desirious of recognizing the serv'
| ices of Baron de Coubertin, the con-
gress named him perpetual president
of the Olympic games" title which
| never can be conferred again.
The congress decided to accord spe-
cial patronage to the sports feature
tof the sesquicentennial celebration in
Philadelphia next year.
Count Ballet -Latour, the new presi-
dent, has a big racing stable, is gen.
tleman rider of note, and recently was
elected president of the Jockey Club
of Brussels.
In a measure read before the voting
started, William NJ. Garland of Los
Angeles, member of the International
Olympic Committee, gave his vote
for the first ballot to Marquis de
PoIignac of France, and the second
ballot to Count Clary, president of the
French Olympic committee.
Evening star., 1925-05-29
BRITISH GOLF TITLE
is TAKEN BY HARRIS

WESTWARD HO, England, May 20
@.-Robert Harris of Dundee. Scot
land, today won the British amateur
golf championship, defeating Kenneth
Fradgley of Warren, 13 up and IL to
play.
BY this unprecedented margain Har-
ris, a veteran amateur. won his first
championship after twice previously
reaching the finals.
Fradgley was palpably off his game
and did not produce anything like the
form displayed through the earlier
rounds of the tournament.
After losing four of the first five
holes, Fradgley suffered from nervous
ness, while Harris played steadily and
completed the first Is holes up.
Fradgley halved an OCCASIONAL hole,
but seemed to lack the ability to take
advantage of many opportunities
given by his opponent.
Evening star., 1925-05-29

Seventy-five survived Wednesday s
preliminary test at Lido. Their scores
today will be added to Wednesday S
ana the % lowest, with ties, will be
eligible for competition at Worcester
Slxty-eight survived yesterdays play
and when they have made the circuit
again today with 90 lowest, with ties
will qualify for the 72-hole competi
ton in the tournament proper.
No outstanding Eastern golfer was
out of the running this morning. but
the conclusion of the Midwestern
qualifying play found the great Chick
Evans, former open and amateur
champion, and Bobby Cruickshank,
who once lost a play-off for the open
10 Bobby Jones, out in the cold.
Evans, just out of a hospital failed
by two strokes, taking a seven on the
next to the last hole of the test. Bill
Nehlhorn, with a remarkable TIT
137, led the Midwestern qualitiers.
three being tied at that figure. The
low at San Francisco last week was
147 and the high 153.
Johnny Farrell, with a remarkable
86-34-70, despite heavy wind, yes
terday equaled the Lido competitive
record, made on Wednesday by Mac
Smith with a pair of 35s under better
playing conditions. Bobby Jones OF
Atlanta, amateur champion, went
around in 35-36-71. having an excel
lent chance to make a record, but
slipping a bit at the finish.
y list of the Midwest qualifiers:
Bill Melhorn. Chicago. 71-66-13!.
Dave Robertson. Detroit. 74-69-l43:
Alex Cunningham, Toledo, 73-72-l4o'
Bob Shade, Cleveland. T4-72-l46.
James Weager. Chicago. 15-I2-l4r
! Jock Hutchson. Chicago. 74-73-l4f.
sE. F. Carter Chicago. 7S-7O-l4o;
Francis Gallett. Milwaukee, 75-13--l4S
William Creavy. Oklahoma City. 75-'3
~-14S.
Harry Hampton. Memphis. 73-75-14S.
Wilfred Reid Detroit. 74-74-14S.
craig Woods Louisville. 74-75-149:
Larry Nabholtz, Cleveland. 72-17-!fe
. Al Watrous, Grand Rapids, 77-!2~ol49.
Al Espinosa, Chicago, 7S-71-l4e
Bob Gardner. Chicago, 75-75-150
Willie Hunter Chicago. T6-74-l5o.
H Martin. Chicago. 79-71-l5Q;
Alec Ayton Chicago. T7-73-15o:
James c. Fee. Chicago. 71-14-15l.
Eddie Murphy. Chicago. 77-74-lbl.
Harvey Maroney. Chicago. 75-76-15l.
Harold Long, Galesburg, 76-1o-l5l.
j. j. Meehan Chicago. 47S-73-15l.
l Austere Claeyssens, Chicago. 74-77-lo1
Bob Macdonald. Chicago, 75-76-1b1.
Tom Kennett. Chicago. 77-74-151;
Laurie Ayton. Chicago. 72-79-l5l.
J. P. Rouse Chicago. 76-75-151.
George Stark. Indianapolis. 77-74-lo1.
"Amateur.
Evening star., 1925-05-29

Pfetro Bordino, Italian, and Antoine
Mourre, Frenchman, upon whom rest
Europe's chances for victory in the
classic also are prepared. Upon Bordi-
no rests most of the responsibility for
he alone will drive a car made in the
old country.
Three questions are uppermost in
the minds of the drivers and fans
alike They are: VIII the balloon tires
used for the first time in an automo-
bile race Withstand the terrific punish
ment of the rough brick track? VIII
last years record of SO miles an hour
be bettered? VIII the front-drive
mounts of Benny Hill and Dave. Lewis
do what they are expected to ac-
complish not only the
building of race cars but pleasure cars
as we'll?
All records for the local track from
21s miles to 10 miles have been
shattered by half a dozen drivers in
official trials. Pete de Paolo holds the
new mark for one lap, turning 1T at
an average of ia miles an hour. Leon
Duray established the 10-mile record
doing slightly better than 113 miles an
hour. Both records are several miles
an hour better than the old marks.
Phil Shaffer and one or two new
comers In the sport hoped today to be
able to add their cars to the list of %
already eligible for the race. Shaffer,
who will drive the car that won last
years event, met with bad luck yes
terday. necessitating hours of work in
rebuilding his speedster.
An opportunity to show the mini
mum required speed of 85 miles an
hour for 10 miles will be given the
men this afternoon.
A meeting of drivers, at which they
will receive instructions which will
govern the contest for approximately
S100, 900 in cash prizes, also was on
the program.
Evening star., 1925-05-29
D. c. NETMEN SCORE
IN RICHMOND Event

Tom Mangan. G. M. Charest and
Robert Burwell survived the second
round of singles play in the Old
Dominion tennis tourney at>Richmond,
Va. yesterday and were to play in the
third-round matches today.
Two Washington doubles teams, the
Charest-B -Burwell combination and Ben
ton and Thompson, were victorious in
the first round. while White and Hard
ing were eliminated by Major and
Stocking Of New York. Charest and
Burwell defeated Chandler and Worth
ington of Richmond, 60, 60, and
Benton and Thompson won from Gold
man and Cary of New York. Ga
As, 6-3.
c. S. Thompson survived the second
round of singles, only to be defeated in
the third round by Kynaston of New
York.
Evening star., 1925-05-29
GOLF CLUBS TO HOLD
EVENTS TOMORROW

All the clubs about Washington
have scheduled golf events for to-
morrow.
Columbia will hold match play
against par event, Chevy Chase will
stage the annual 1S-hole competition
for the Victor Kaufman Memorial
Day cup, while Washington will hold
IA match play against par event for
the benefit of the green's section of the
United States Golf Association.
Congressional has announced a
medal play handicap tournament for
the benefit of the green's section, with
a golfers lunch at noon, at which
prizes won in the recent closed tour
nament of the club will be presented.
Indian Spring and Town and Coun-
try Club are planning miniature tour
naments, while at Beaver Dam there
will be tournaments for men and
women. the women holding a putting
contest.
The club championship of the Ar
gyle Golf Club will start tomorrow
with an 1S-hole qualifying round. to
be played tomorrow and Sunday.
Match play rounds will continue
through June, Z for the title now held
by William P. di Este.
Evening star., 1925-05-29
CANADIAN FIGHTERS
SLATED TO BOX HERE

In addition to the South Atlantic
championship bouts on Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week another big
boxing attraction is being planned for
the Washington Barracks by Capt. J.
D. Cleland, athletic officer, and the
committee in charge.
Arrangements are under way to
bring the amateur champions of Cana
da to Washington to meet the winners
of the South Atlantic tourney within
the next three weeks
Having received favorable decision
from the Office of the Attorney Cen
eral in regard to the legality of the
coming tournament, the barracks au.
thorities are pushing the work of re.
modelling the arena. Special boxes
are being installed and a generous
number of bleacher seats are being
constructed.
Evening star., 1925-05-29

Miss Church is exhibiting an ex-
ceptionally interesting brand Of tennis
and SO far has experienced little diff
Guilty in capturing her matches.
Miss Wolf, the tennis manager,
hopes to have the tournament COM
pleted within the next week. Prepara-
ton for examinations has retarded
play to a considerable extent.
For the first time in their athletic
history, the Maryland co-eds will par
ticipate in an interclass track meet
exclusively for women, on June 8, in
Byrd Stadium, at the university.
The meet will be held in conjunction
with the track and field events for the
men, which have annually been a fea-
ture of the class day program.
Irene Meade is managing the girls
meet, which will include relay races,
dashes. potato and sack races as we'll
as rope-skipping sprint" and wheel
barrow dash"
Following the meet the usual class
luncheons will be held.
Junior class team No. / captured
the interclass rifle match at Central
High School yesterday afternoon with
a total of $40 points.
The team, composed of kathren
Ludlum, Ivah Shear. Virginia Shull
highest individual scorer. Miss Lud-
lum shot SO prone and At standing
and gained the first-place decision
over Roberta Wright, a sophomore,
who tied her 145 total and made the
only possible prone of the entire
match. However, she shot As stand
ing to Miss Ludlum's Al, thus giving
the decision to the Junior, as the
standing card outranks the prone.
Roberta Wright, Airline Spencer,
Mary Pile and Mary Kyle of the
sophomore team, tied the seniors.
Eva Murray, Mary Macatee, Marjorie
Folsom and Dorothy Heyl, for second
place, with a total of 566.
Junior team No. 2, composed of
Virginia Keyser Margaret Goodwin,
Matilda Udoff and Eugene Cuvillier,
totaled SCI.
Mary Kyle, a sophomore, and Mar
jorie Folsom, a senior, tied for third
place in individual honors with iden-
tical scores. Each shot As offhand
and 80 prone.
Five sighting shots were allowed
and ter shots in each position scored.
Coaching was done by members of
the school team.
Virginia Wise was match official
and Florence Van Week official
scorer.
The weekly putting tournament for
the woman golfers of Columbia Coun
try Club. which was to have been held
tomorrow afternoon, has been post
poned until June because Of the
Memorial day program attending the
opening of the new club pool. The
putting green's will be open tomorrow
for practice. however.
No matches will be played tomor
Evening star., 1925-05-29
MARSHALL NOW SECOND
IN CHESS TOURNAMENT

MARIENBAD, May 20 R.-The
winners in the seventh round of the
international chess tournament were
Marshall and Tore of the United
States, Rubinstein of Poland. Reti of
Czechoslovakia, Spielmann of Austria
and Nienewitch OF Denmark. Only
one game was drawn and one ad-
journed.
Rubinstein, with straight wins.
holds the lead. with Marshall in
second place. Tore is fifth.
Evening star., 1925-05-29
.THUNDERHEAD FIRST
IN 400. mile FLIGHT

Thunderhead. 2-year-old black
check cock of the Greenyard loft,
owned by Harold e. Thomas. won the
fourth old bird race flown over the
Western course from Deshler, Ohio, by
the Aero Racing Pigeon Club.
The winner made the distance of
400 miles in q hours l minute and
so seconds. He homed the second day
after liberation, after encountering
thunderstorms all along the route.
Out of 10 lofts entered in the race
only birds in total of 60 made the
fight.
An average speed of 431.5S yards
per minute was made by the winning
bird. while the other, from the loft of
Riley T. HUNT, averaged 430.49 yards
per minute. The winning birds were
awarded diplomas.
Evening star., 1925-05-29

row in the weekly tennis series for
girls from the various Fairgrounds, as
all of the grounds will be closed for
Memorial day. The matches sched-
| uled for this Saturday are postponed
until June and will be played on the
courts at the Chevy Chase play
grounds, beginning at 10 o'clock.
Members of the varsity rifle and
basket ball teams of George Wash
ington University entertained the
senior class members of all Washing
ton high school rife and basket ball
teams at dinner in the Chi Omega
house last night.
Following the dinner a vaudeville
entertainment was given by the Hatch
cities in the new gymnasium, to which
were invited 800 additional senior
class members from the high schools.
Kanawha Club nine will meet the
Liberty Athletic Club Seniors on the
Union Station Plaza field tomorrow
morning at o'clock.
Evening star., 1925-05-29
nsen Golfers End Tests Today Nm pn Big Offers Remain Amateur
SWIMMERS TO SHOW
SKILL AT COLUMBIA

An interesting program has been
arranged for the official opening to-
morrow of the Columbia Country Club
swimming pool which will include an
exhibition of expert swimming by
members of the Capitol Athletic Club
the Washington Canoe Club, the Cath
olic, Georgetown and George Wash
ington Universities and the Central
High School swimming teams.
Capt. Elbridge Colby, vice chairman
of the A. A. U. swimming committee
and manager of the Capitol Athletic
and Washington Canoe clubs. is in
charge of the program and has an.
nounced the following events, which
will begin at o'clock:
50-yard backstroke. 100-yard free
style and fancy diving for girls; so.
yard free style. 44-yard free style and
50yard backstroke for men.
The exhibition will be preceded by
the presentation of the pool to the
club by it's donor, Donald Woodward
and the acceptance of the gift by John
C. Walker.
The entries:
FOR MEN.
g S';a HR;'ssSfi g Dc e. ssia5 Mar;
tSyard o basks,roksTA; E; E. Farrell, E. q;
3: e Z Elissgn ssa w W q G c.; W. G. Farrell U. s.
:, a4o;yS1d Sy;, tSeeC; sheHr. "; c; e; Farm:
c. Ahlenfeld. W. C.. c.; R. o. Eliason. w.
G. C.; J: Kelley, w. c. c.; Manton M. Wyvell,
ir., c. II. 6.
Exhibition fancy diving by Francis x
Guisinier. Illinois A: G.. OF Georgetown and
Washington Canoe Club. and Arthur Lyman
of George Washington. South Atlantic out
door champion.
FOR GIRLS.
50-yard back--Florence SHADING. lone
Whaler. Esther Taylor. Tillie Raine and Bea-
trice Boles.
Fancy diving-Bench Bentum winifred
Faunce and Florence Skadding.
100-yard free style-Ena Pettingill lone
Whaler. Florence Skadding and Gladys Bowen
200-yard relay-Capitol Athletic Club
Maryland Swimming Club and Citauqua
Swimming Club.
Evening star., 1925-05-29
GIRLS ARE PRIMlNG
FOR CHANNEL SWIM

BoULOGNE-SUR-M France. May
% R.-Gertrude Ederie, champion
American woman swimmer and holder
of several world records, and Miss Lii
liam Harrison, English swimmer from
Argentina. are preparing for the at
tempts they will make at separate
times this Summer to swim the Eng
lish Channel from Cap Grisnez, near
here. to Dover.
Jabez Wolfe, we'll known English
swimmer, who Is said to have few
equals in knowledge of the English
Channel, Is at Cap Grisnez to arrange
for Miss Ederle's training, which he
will supervise. He thinks she should
he ready to attempt the channel swim
about the end of July If the weather
is good.
Miss Harrison, who already has
started her training, seems to be in
good form. When she attempts to
swim the channel she will be conveyed
by the tug Alsace. that crossed with
the American. Charles 10th. who
swan the channel in September, 1928
Mer to Dover is about 28 miles, bu1
the shortest line from Cape Grisne;
to the English shore is about 20 miles
Miss Lillian Harrison attempted
twice to swim the English Channe
last year. The first time she injured
her leg by slipping on a sharp rocl
as she entered the water and was
forced to abandon the attempt. TIL,
second time she was in the water
8 hours, but gave up because Of
adverse currents. In 1923 she swan
for 81 hours down the Parana River
in Brazil and during the same veal
SWAN the Plata River in Argentina
Charles 10th of Boston, Mass, swan
the English Channel September 9
1928. In 16 hours and 40 minues, from
Cape GrisneZ.
Henry Sullivan of Lowell, Mass
and Enrique Tirabocchi of Argentina
also swan the channel that Summer
Evening star., 1925-05-29

The team that left last night for
Philadelphia included Bill Dowding.
John Haas. Ray Haas, Gene Cash
man. Bill Thompson, Frank McHugh.
Paul Herlihy. Andy Kinally. Ed Nc
Claim, George Marsters, Willie Sulli-
van, John Holden. Gus Swinburne,
Ed Brooks, Walter Gegan, Harry
Helme. Esmond Kearney and Tony
Plansky.
Dowding, John Haas, eastman,
Thompson, McHugh and Melton were
to enter the 100-yard trials today.
Ascher, Herlihy, Kinally and McClain
were entered for the quarter mile;
Marsters. Sullivan, Holden. Swinburne
and Sullivan for the mile, Helme for
the two-mile, RayHaas and Kearney
for the hurdles. Dowding for the
broad jump and Plansky for the
discus shotput and javelin.
Norton, because Of an ankle injury,
was not expected to compete in the
discus throw or high jump. the
latter an event in which he eXcels
but, in all likelihood, the hurt will
not keep him out of the pole vault,
in which he also is a clever per-
former.
Maryland and Johns Hopkins
tWelveS meet tomorrow in the most
important lacrosse game of the season
in the East. They are to clash on
Homewood Field in Baltimore with
the championship of the Southern
division of the Intercollegiate La
crosse League at stake. The Old
Liners have disposed Of the teams of
Lehigh, Pennsylvania and Swarth-
more and tied with Stevens, while
Hopkins has defeated all of these.
So who's who in the Southern
division will be decided in the engage
ment getting under way at 8 O'Clock
tomorrow. Maryland is conceded an
even chance with Hopkins, in the
contest.
Another lacrosse game expected to
prove unusually attractive is that
scheduled between Navy and Army
at Annapolis tomorrow. Both teams
have enjoyed successful seasons and
the winner tomorrow will regard its
campaign as altogether fine, for the
same spirit prevails in lacrosse meet
ings as in other athletic contests be-
tween the country's big service insti-
Evening star., 1925-05-29
COLLEGIATE GAMES
EVENTS WILL STAND
By the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, May 2s.-The
executive committee of the Inter-
collegiate Association of Amateur
Athletics of America rejected three
proposed amendments to increase the
number of track events at it's annual
championships and voted unanimous
ly to continue the present program
without alteration.
One amendment provided for the
addition of a 2-mile relay, another
for the addition of 2-mile steeple-
chase and the third proposed the
elimination of the discus throw.
The members OF the committee
sought to increase the number of
track events to balance up the pro-
gram, but the controversy over what
should be added grew to such proper
tions that the delegates voted to dis
continue the discussion.
Union College of Schenectady, N.
Y, was admitted
Evening star., 1925-05-29
KAPLAN INJURIES THUMB.

MERIDEN, Conn, May 20 R.-
Louis c'Kid'D Kaplan. featherweight
champion, will not be able to box
"Red" Chapman of Chelsea, Mass. for
the title at the Greensboro Stadium,
Long Island City, June 8. An ex-
animation of Kaplan's right hand by
a bone specialist revealed that he
had Clipped a bone in his thumb.
Evening star., 1925-05-29

May issue of Outdoor Life.
force with each poke, so 1t seemed
to me. He would bury his nose in
the soft fur on the robe and make
a peculiar snorting noise. such as ]
have heard dog make when he was
digging after ground squirrels or
woodchucks. Finally he began to
root along further down my body,
sometimes only smelling, and then
again giving me an extra hard poke
against my back or legs"
The bear gradually moved away.
however, and when DR.. Chase sprang
from his blankets the big animal ran
into the woods in great confusion.
But that DR.. Chase had good cause
to be alarmed is evident when you
consider that the Alaskan brown
bear is the largest of all bears, even
larger than the grizzly. and that
their tracks often measure Is inches
long and a foot wide.
But, of course, the bear ran away.
and / believe that any bear. regard
less Of size, would prefer retreat to
af ri
Evening star., 1925-05-29
WAR BLUES WIN FROM
ARTILLERY POL0ISTS

War Department Blues defeated
the 18th Field Artillery poloists, 1
to 0, in an exciting match yesterday
at the Potomac Park Field. Capt.
Tate contributed the winning goal.
In a practice game staged in con-
junction with the main contest the
War Reds triumphed over the Whites,
Z to 4.
Evening star., 1925-05-29
COULD HAVE BECOME RICH
QUICKLY, RUBEN ASSERTS
Secretary of A. A. U. Says Finnish Running Marvel
Had Chance to Make $3.50, O-Approached>
by Circus and Breakfast Food Firms.
By the Associated Press.

Press
EW YORK, May -Ofers totalng approximately
VI his Paavo Num, wonder
Finland
Ruben
ly after Nurm sailed for his home in
All offers refused,
ry happy the fact his
for 20 weeks Numerous other
seyer from break fast food
Evening star., 1925-05-29
JACK TO BOX GEORGES.

PARIS, May 90 P-Jack Demp-
sey and Georges Carpenter will
fight again in an exhibition bout in
Paris on Sunday, July IL. Both ac-
cepted terms for the match this eve
ming. The receipts will be given to
the war veterans organizations.
Evening star., 1925-05-29
GENARO WHIPS SMITH.

NEW YORK. May 20 LP).-Frankie
Genaro, American f1yweight cham.
pion, was awarded the judges deci'
sion over Harold Smith, Chicago
bantamweight, in a 10-round match
at Brooklyn last night. Genaro proved
too fast for Smith and never was In
difficulty. The weights were. Genaro.
113 pounds; Smith, 118.
Evening star., 1925-05-29
PRINCETON COACHES SIGN

PRINCETON, N. j., May 29.-Dr.
Charles w. Kennedy, chairman of the
princeton Board of Athletic Control
has announced that Bill Clarke, head
base ball coach at Princeton for the
last, Is years, has just signed a con-
tract to continue as head coach for
three more years At the same time
Jack Coombs, pitching coach, also
signed a three.year contract with the
Tigers.
Evening star., 1925-05-29

be straight out
into the line of
flight. The arms
should be extend
ed out fairly
straight. T h ] S
picture of the
finish Is contrary
to what many
players under
stand to be the
position of the
body at the finish
of the swing. 1t
Is true that some
good players have
the club wrapped
away around back
of them at the
fnsh, but that is
because they can,
Evening star., 1925-05-29
G. U. HOPES TO QUALIFY
TEN FOR FINALS AT PENN

IITH of athletes competing today the trial events of the
wv intercollegiate track and field championships Franklin
Field Philadelphia Georgetown University hoping to
10 the finals held
Before Emerson Norton and Jimmy Burgess national sustained
conceded the
the
trunlphed last rule favortes take the
However the toppers fortified for
expected to provide plenty of hgh-class