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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-24
IA. Munsey' S Death
Great Public Loss,
w. r. Hearst Wires
Los ANGELES, Dec. "a.

IO6 ANiELES, Dec a
william Randolph Hearst has received the following
telegram from the editor Of Editor and Publisher
NEW YORK, Dec. %, 1925.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST,
Publisher Hearst Newspapers,
Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles, Calf
Please wire today statement regarding Mr. Munseys
death MAH1EN PEW,
Following is Mr. Hearst's reply:
Los ANGELES Dec. %, 1925.
Marlen Pew
Editor and Publisher"
New York city N. T..
am deeply greved hear of the h~of good
his friends but to the public generally.
Mr. Munsey was very powerful and valuable influence
In Journalism His influence exerted only through
his newspapers through his very strong and very win
ming personality His influence felt only through
his papers, but Also because of his position chairman
Publishers Association of Greater New York. other
newspapers well.
His ideals high, his interests in the public welfare
very deep and sincere his journalistic ethics rproachable
his detectives and his methods always worthy of commenda
ton and imitation.
The profession Of Journalism will feel Mr. Munseys loss
deeply His gentle his spirit kindly that
have hardly realized in the past the extent Of his IN
fuence but will realize it and miss it that it is
gone.
All newspapermen, radical and conservative alike will
the loss Of the leadership Of Mr. Munsey and know
higher tribute than this his beray his generosity
his justice and his judgment.
(Signedl WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-24

Fat tOckings without thin
pOeIEetb00Izsa That's easy-dO your
Christmas buying through the
6hop-o-SeOpe.
Evening star., 1925-11-13
AMERICANS UNFAIR
LOSERS, CHARGE

CHICAGO. November 13 tP).-The
American public. which worships win
ners and ieers the losers is all wrong
Hopkins, president Of Dartmouth
University. He IS here for the Dart
mouth-ChiCago game tomorrow.
II think the public's attitude, par
tiCularly toward the players. is all
wrong and decidedly unfair" he says
$50 long as team is winning il IS
body of heroes, touted to the skies
But let II lose a game or two, make
few little mistakes. and where is it?
1t is promptly branded as yellow, a
gang OF towards and ignoramuses.
And there you strike the fault Of
our American attitude toward sports
to the detriment of sports. II isn't
the playing Of the game we're inter
ested in, but only the winning OF the
game. We seem to have n sort of
mania to worship the winners. We
cannot give credit to the man who has
fought a splendid. clean battle and
loSt-Credit because he made such
fight. We forget all about how finely
and how CleanIy the loser played and
lost in our immediate worship of the
winner.
And it is a bad thing for foot ball
and a bad thing for the players.
have seen men driven out of college
over the matter Of dropping a punt
Players have made mistakes and had
no peace in their lives afterward, so
keenly were they made to feel what
they had done, all through our wrong
attitude"
Evening star., 1925-11-13

Grange spiked persistent rumors
concerning his actions at the close Of
the foot ball season.
Grange denied he was being tempt
ed to play for New York outfit that
was willing to give $4,000 for three
games. He is not sure OF what he
Will do.
CHICAGO. November 13 CP.-Chi-
caso's foot ball team will take the
field against Dartmouth tomorrow
without having had a single scrim.
mage since the Illinois contest last
week
A heavy rain yesterday turned the
Maroons' practice field into n mud lot,
entirely under water, the worst field
Coach Stagg has seen in his 33 years
through the 1nire for an hour and a
half, chiefly rehearsing a few new
plays little time was spent in
defensive drill.
If there is no rain in the six hours
preceding the kickoff, Stagg Field,
which Is not used for practice. is ex-
pected to be in excellent condition.
FLINT. Mich, November IS Op)-
Dartmouth's foot ball team worked
out here yesterday for more than an
hour at Athletic Park, despite a hard
rain and a muddy field. kicking.
dummy scrimmage, and about half an
hour of forward passing with the sec
ond and third teams opposing the
varsity, featured the workout Al
though no tackling was permitted, the
men were soaking wet and covered
with mud when the workout ended.
IOWA CITY. Iowa, November 13 Up.
riorS, plus the usual quota of coaches.
embarked last night for Minneapolis,
where they will wind up the confer
ence season against the Gophers to-
morrow.
Coach Ingwersen gave the foot ball
squad no rest Yesterday and the work
out was as strenuous as ever. Most
of the time was spent in perfecting
the Iowa pass attack and providing
a defense for the Gopher aerial game.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. November 13
P.-Hard rain kept the Ohio State
team indoors for its last workout
here before leaving for Ann Arbor,
Mich, where the Wolverines are to
be met tomorrow. The regular squad,
comprising So men, entrained this
morning, stopping off for a practice
session at Toledo. The freshman
team, States 125-piece band and drum
| corps and several thousand rooters
also will make the trip to the Michi-
gan stronghold.
Prospects for an Ohio State victory
seemed dim. Buckeye practice sessions
having failed apparently to provide an
offense for Michigan plays: karow and
Marek, backfield mainstays, having
been out practically all week, and
Mackey, guard, suffering a broken leg
yesterday.
MINNEAPOLIS, November IS Cp).-
Evening star., 1925-11-13
R. D. WRENN IS DEAD;
WAS NOTED ATHLETE

NEW YORK, November 13 IP).-
Robert d. Wrenn, famous tennis play
er and all-around athlete is dead.
National champion for four years,
a second baseman and a quarterback
at Harvard. a Roosevelt Rough Rider
during the Spanish War, a major in
the Air Service during the World
War. he died last evening in his apart
ment here Of Bright's disease. He was
53 years old, and for % years he had
been a member OF the New York Stock
Exchange.
He was. national tennis champion in
1898, 1894, 1896 and 1897, and shared
the doubles championship in 1895. In
foot ball he was rated as an eXcep-
tional quarterback. He was good at
hockey. In his later years he became
a golf player of more than ordinary
ability. He was graduated from Har-
ward in 1896.
His wife died some years ago One
daughter survives.
Evening star., 1925-11-13

|. Dorothy Murray. rife manager, has
announced the 1925-26 schedule, as
follows:
November 2S-Michigan.
December Maine.
February 13-Delaware.
February 20-Pennsylvania State
College
February 27-Syracuse University.
March 6--DreXel Institute
March 13-Michigan Agricultural
College
March 20-University of Illinois.
March 2T-Triangular events with
George Washington, Drexel Institute
and telegraphic match with Vermont.
In addition TO the abovescheduled
matches. the Marylanders will COM
pete for the intercollegiate champion
ship to be decided the week beginning
December 81. Additional matches are
pending with West Virginia, Arizona,
College Of Utah. Chicago, Washington
and Wisconsin.
Tech High Schools junior class
basket ball team defeated the seniors
yesterday in a lively practice game by
a margin of three goals. The final
score was 1S to u. The teams We're
deadlocked at the end Of the third
quarter. the count standing 1910, but
in the final period the juniors netted
four goals to their opponents one.
The freshmen and the sophmores
will meet Monday afternoon in SINH
lar practice game in preparation for
the championship series to open after
Christmas.
Basket ball tossers of the Ele-
mentary and Playground leagues
paused to catch their breath yester-
day, while Jupiter Pluvius reigned-
or rather rained-all over Washing
ton, leaving them not one dry spot
on which to carry on their strenuous
campaigns for school and city cham
pionships.
During the enforced idleness a gen
eral survey Of the situation in the
various division camps" was taken.
In the Rosedale division. a study of
the "battle-line' revealed the fact
that the Pierce contingent, which has
twice waged a successful campaign
for the division trophy and is battling
this year for permanent possession,
has not yet been checked in its tri-
umphant advance and has only two
more foes tor conquer before claiming
the victor'S crown.
The Monroe forces, winners of the
Columbia Heights division title for
two years. were repulsed in their at
tack on Park View, but were trium-
phant in all other engagements. If
Park View succumbs to West, the
1924 titleholderS still have a chance.
Otherwise they must bow to their sue
ceSsorS.
Jackson's tossers, twice victors in
the Georgetown division, have already
lost their claim to the throne, having
been vanquished by both Addison and
Curtis-Hyde.
hQ1 aI In,
efforts to retain the Virginia avenue
crown, retiring from the battlefield
after its defeat at the hands of
Ketcham. which is contending with
Bryant Cor honorS.
BrightMood Park is leading the
Evening star., 1925-11-13
RUSSIAN AND POLE
TIE FOR CHESS LEAD

MOSCOW, November IS P).-At
the conclusion of the third round OF
the international chess masters tour
nament yesterday, Bogoljubow Of
Russia and Rubinstein of Poland were
in the lead with 212 points each. Mar
shall, the American champion, and
Tartakower of Austria held next place
with 2 points each.
Six games We're drawn. In the ad-
journed games Tore and Lasker have
the better positions against Marshall
and Romanowsky, respectively.
The results: Marshall, United
States, and Tore, Mexico. adjourned;
Lasker. Germany. and Romanowsky,
Russia, adjourned.
The drawn games were: Loewen-
fisch. Russia, and Reti. Czechoslo-
vakia; Spielmann, Austria, and Bo-
gatrytschuck, Russia; Saemisch, Ger
many. and Rabinowitsch, Russia; Bo-
goljubow, Russia. and Rubinstein, Po-
land; Gotthilf, Russia, and Yates.
England; Capablanca, Cuba, and
Gruenfeld, Austria.
Fartakower. Austria. defeated Wer-
linsky, Russia: Genewsky, Russia, de
feated Subarow, Russia.
Evening star., 1925-11-13
D. C. LINkSMEN TRAIL
IN NORFOLK TOURNEY

NORFOLK, Va, November 13 NP).
With the professionalism match
out of the way, the major event of the
second annual open golf tournament
OF the Princess Anne Country Club
was under way today with scores of
the leading golfers of the Nation par
ticipating
Off continuing at intervals of five min
utes. The matches were for 72 holes
and two flights Of Is holes each were
carded for today.
Among the players participating are
Walter Hagen, Chick Evans, Al Wat
rous, II. Beckett, Gene Sarazen, Cyril
Walker, Joe Ciuci, p. Beckett, Jack
Forester, Tom Boyd. Walter Beckett,
Pat Doyle, John Golden, Ray Ouimet,
and others who have been prominent
In recent years golf championships
throughout the country.
Five threesomes of particular in
terest today We're those in which Tom
Boyd, Jack Forester and Pat Doyle
were carded to lead. Watrous, Kerri-
gan and Farrell came next; Golden,
Ciuci and Donaldson; Sarazen, Diegel
and Mcleod; Hagen, Walker and Ar
mour following in order.
Turning in a score Of "a, eight under
par, AL Watrous, professional, OF
Grand Rapids, and John McMenamin
amateur, Of Hampton, Va, won first
prize yesterday in the professional
amateur medal play. Howard Beckett
Atlanta professional, and John F. Mar
shall, jr., Norfolk amateur, won the
second purse, and Tommy Armour
New York professional. and S. NJ
Newton. Richmond amateur, captured
third prize.
Mel Shorey, professional at West
Potomac Park, and his brother, John
a Washington public-links amateur
star, were the best Of the District
representatives yesterday In the Prin
cess Anne tournament. Their score
of 34-35-69 gave them a tie for fifth
ranking in the first days play.
Other scores OF Washington pairs or
pairs in which a Washington player
was included and rankings follow:
Fred Mcleod and NJ. b. StevInson. 20
q t22d,. tlel:; Ralph Beach and W, g
T; Rich of Norfolk, IS (33d. tIej David
Thompson and p. Henry of Nswark. 81
t39th. te.)
Evening star., 1925-11-13
PALACE QUINT GETS
LAST DRILL TODAY

Washington's Palace Club completes
its preliminary training for the
American Basket Ball League race
with a scrimmage against the Cen
trail High five, champions of the High
School League, tonight at 8 o'clock
in the, school gymnasium. Tomorrow
the professionals go to New York for
a short breathing spell before opening
their schedule with Brooklyn Sun
day night.
Manager Lou Sugarman today an
nounced the release of Carl Sailer,
Dartmouth player. who was try
ing for a berth in the Palace lineup.
His place will be taken by Eddie
Greve of New York.
A group of Washington sports
writer's and boosters of the Wash
ington team will go to New York
Sunday in a special car as the guests
of the Palace Club. The party leaves
Union Station at l o'clock.
Evening star., 1925-11-13

field i'll the Bloomingdale division
having overcome their strongest foe
when they defeated the Burroughs
saXtet early this week. Wallach ap-
parently has a clear field before 1t
in the Garfield division and Carbery
and Peabody Hilton are sweeping
everything before them on the Plaza
grounds. The title Will probably be
decided when they oppose each other,
as neither has found its peer in the
other teams battling for the title.
In the Chevy Chase Playground
League the 7B tossers are in the lead.
They have triumphed over three of
their strongest opponents. SA, SB
and IA. All teams in this league are
from the +. V. Brown School.
The ga team, No. /. is leading in
the Chevy Chase Dodge Ball League.
It has won all it's games. To
day il will meet the GA team, No
>, at $50 on the Chevy Chase play
ground.
InterplaygrOund teams will engage
in their thirdround contests tomor-
row morning at 1890.
In section ! Georgetown will play
Montrose at Montrose, and Happy
Hollow will meet Mitchell Park at
and Iowa Avenue Will clash at Iowa
Avenue in section >, while Twin Oaks
and Columbia Road will battle on the
Park View field.
Blooningdale will journey to Rose
dale and Plaza will visit New York
| Avenue in the section 3 encounters.
The schedule for section lists Vir-
ginia Avenue at Garfield and Van
Ness at Hoover.
Marjorie Webster's Junior and
senior hockey teams are scheduled to
play their first game in the interclass
series this afternoon at o'clock on
the Potomac Park Field.
The gay class colorS will be in evi-
dence in the new uniforms chosen by
the teams. The seniors red tunics
will vie with the juniors gold as they
fash into action.
scheduled for Wednesday, November
1s, the coaches will select the varsity
squad, which will subsequently chal-
lenge outside teams.
Betty Wolf has been selected cap
tain of the senior team and Virginia.
Peasley leader of the juniors.
Members of the George Washing
ton University Fencing Club will meet
tonight from 7:30 to $50 for practice
with their instructor, Prof. Lanzilli,
at his studio, 1921 X street northwest.
Washington Field Hockey members
will practice tomorrow morning on
the E1ipse from IL to / o'clock An
additional practice will be held in the
afternoon from 4 to 6, especially for
business and professional women who
are unable to attend the morning
games.
Evening star., 1925-11-13
FACES WABASH In FINAL,
GAME ON ILLINOIS FIELD
All-America Back Ends Career in Conference Next
Week in Ohio State Contest-Mud at Chicago
Expected to Handicap Dartmouth.
By the Associated Press.

Press
~HCAGO Grange sings song
gdiron gory-the Memorial
~ at
gathering
day his final Wabash
ball which
lsplashe Of
game Zuppke plans to
him the finale with the Buckeyes But
Evening star., 1925-11-13

Intersectional interest follows the
big Green of Dartmouth with its
passing game and deceptive roper
toire into Chicago as guests of the
Staggmen. The Maroon field is
muddy and this may aid Chicago in
its efforts to stop Oberlander and
the New Hampshire passers, who
after making short work Of Eastern
opposition, come West seeking new
worlds to conquer.
Chicago, looking back to halting
Grange in the Illinois game with the
aid Of the mud. counts on its de-
fense. The soft field is a handicap
to It's offense, though McCarty may
duplicate his gains of last week In
the rain and slime.
Northwestern Hopeful.
Northwestern, among the Big Ten
title campaign elect since its defeat
of Michigan, leaves for Purdue to-
day. counting on a victory to ad-
vance IFS standing. It's strongest
lineup is ready. while the Boiler
makers are without Capt Harold
Harmeson. halfback. and Gladders
fullback. Each team has won six OF
the twelve games played in 80 years.
Michigan, against whom no touch
dc has been made. is geared for
IT. attempt to erase the stigma Of the
Northwestern defeat by downing
ohio state. Its potential starters in
clude the strongest lineup Hurry
Up Yost can muster. Friedman is
at quarter, with Gregory, Molends
and Gilbert in the backAeld-the
quartet that doWned illinois,
Ohio State pins its faith on Marek
karow and Capt. Cunningham in
its offense- and has d sturdy defense
Like Michigan, 1t has lost one Con
ference game and defeated an East.
ern opponent, but q tie game with
Chicago, early in the season. mars its
record.
Minnesota is cripplped for its re
ception OF Iowa at the Gopher home
coming. Since Minnesota has its
place at TIM Conference standing
pinnacle to defend, it is prepared for
its supreme effort of the season,
while the Hawkeyes are anxious to
regain prestige lost in the Wisconsin
defeat.
Bad weather may figure in Notre
Danes entertainment of Carnegie
Tech in South Bend. Rain has ham
pered practice Of the Rockne men.
Indiana and Wisconsin expect to
dispose of their non-conference oppo-
nents. Rose Poly and Michigan Ag-
gies. in the regular order of things
CRBANA, Ill, November IS OP.-A
heavy rain and decision by Coach
Zuppke to start his second team
against Wabash tomorrow combined
TO spread gloom among the many stu
dents here who had been looking for
ward TO seeing Red Grange run wild
in his last game on the gridiron where
he won much of his fame.
Zuppke apparently is looking TO next
year in giving his second-string men
an opportunity.
Evening star., 1925-11-13
WILL SEAT 10000.

NEW YORK. November Is LP).-
Work will begin soon on the con-
StruCtion Of temporary seats which
will increase the seating capacity of
the Yankee stadium from $4,000 to
so 900. The additions are designed
primarily to handle foot ball crowds.
but they also may be available for
world series games or boxing shows.
Evening star., 1925-11-13
OONZELON, AT 100 TO 6,
ANNEXES LIVERPOOL CUP

LIVERPOOL, England, November
13 HS.-Donzelon, by Chaucer out Of
Tortor. today won the Autumn cup.
the principal race of the Liverpool
meeting. carrying "A purse OF ~ 900.
at a distance of 10 furlongS IT0 Yards
The winner is owned by Admiral
Sir HedwOrtE MeuX. Dowager Lady
NunburnhOlme' Amethystine was sec
ond and w. VI. q. Singers Sparus
third.
DonzelOn, at odds OF 100 TO s, won
by a neck. while a length separated
the second and third horses. The bet
ting against Araethystine was 9 TO |
and against Sparus 10 TO >.
Evening star., 1925-11-13
FINNEGAN GETS BOUT.

WATERBURY,. Conn, November
10 P).-Billy Kennedy of New
Orleans has been signed by George
F. Mulligan of this city. to meet
Dick tHoney Boyp Finnegan of Bos-
ton in 12-round boxing bout here
on Thursday. November 10. Both
men are featherweights F'innegan
recently defeated Babe Herman.
Evening star., 1925-11-13
KANAWHA TOSSERS
HOLD INITIAL DRILL

Kanawha Props. runners-up TO the
Epiphany Juniors in the Alovsius
basket ball tournament last Winter,
will hold their initial workout tonight
at 1:30 in Business High School gym
nasium. under the direction of Coach
Laefsky.
The team. known last season a 8 the
kanawha, Juniors, will be composed
of Abramson, Tash. Sklar. z. Sykes.
II. sykes, Rupert, Chatlin, Gordon
and Goldblatt.
Cardinal and Corinthian junior fives
are matched for u game tonight at
Immaculate Conception gymnasium at
$50.
Epiphany Juniors won their second
game of the season by downing the
Federals, 80 to 9. AT half-time the
church team led. IA to T.
Evening star., 1925-11-13

effort, to the end of accomplishing
that clubhead maximum speed at the
point where the clubhead takes the
ball And he gets 1t by swinging the
clubhead-not by lunging in with his
body. II you poise a club at the top
of the back swing, then just let It
fall, absolutely unaided to u point
near the bottom. then whip 1t, YOU
will get the idea of what I mean.
Copyright. 1926.D
Evening star., 1925-11-13

ball. The ineXpert
player swinging
will hear his shaft
make a long whirr
as 1t comes down.
There is a lot of
difference between
the prol o n & ed
whirr and the
clear, crispy, sharp
ziZz. TIL = latter
means that the
wrists have snap
ped into the swing
at exactly the right
point-where the
clubhead meets the
ball. Such q golfer
concentrates his
whole effort, and
IL
Evening star., 1925-11-13
LEAGUE ELECTS HEAD.

GREENSBORO, n. c., November
13 CP).-At a meeting of representa-
tives Of clubs in the Piedmont
League. W. G.. Bramham of Durham,
n. c., was reelected president for
five years.
Evening star., 1925-11-13

fullback.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, November 13.
-Harvards practice yesterday for
the Brown game was light in COM
parison with what it had been all
the week. There was a short but
spirited signal drill following the
kicking practice. but most of the ses-
sion, which ended early, was spent
on the defensive against Brown plays.
This work will continue briefly today
The first team lineup yesterday
comprised L. Bradford. left end; Pratt
left tackle; Hoasue. left guard;
Turner, center; c. Bradford, right
guard; Coady, right tackle: Sayles,
right end; Stafford. quarterback
Cheek, left halfback; Zarakov, right
halfback. and Chauncey, fullback.
This is pretty close to the array
Harvard will have on the field at the
kickoff against Brown
Evening star., 1925-11-13
WOMEN IN SPORT
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

I UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND team, which
leading universities of the schedule will shoot
against the University OF Michigan telegraphic
November Z8
Formerly the Old Liners schedule has opened until Christ
but this decided to stimulate by the
several This
e
Evening star., 1925-11-13
TOMBS KNOCKED OUT.

Los ANGELES, November 13
N).-Jackie Tombs. former Olympic
featherweight champion, was knock
ed out in the second round last night
by Jimmy McLarnin, Oakland ban
tamweight.
Evening star., 1925-11-13
MITCHELL BEATS COMPsTON.

WENTWORTH. England, Novem-
Der 13 P}.-Abe Mitchell defeated
Archie Compston, British professional
golf champion, by 10 up and to play,
in their 72-hole match, ending today,
for a purse of .G200 a side.
Evening star., 1925-11-13
HOPE FOR DRY CRIDTRONS
FOR IMPORTANT CLASHES
Ir1tIcs Believe Heavy Going at New Haven Would
Help Yale Against Princeton-Many Annual
Meetings on Saturday List.
by the Associated Press.


NXOUS eyes today upon
~ ball teams of the East muddy gdiron threatened for
another week of
campaign the
the
KAN and snow, accompanied by fields came later
Dartmouth especially pertubed
which threatened hamper Damouth attack
But the Dartmouth
Pond out that Red Grange wild mud Franklin Field
maps Obernder
Evening star., 1925-11-13
GUESTS STILL AT 1T

Bartelmes and Lappeine will furnish
tonight's match in the District pocket
billiard tourney at Grand Central.
Rookie defeated Reynolds last night,
100 to ca
Evening star., 1925-11-13
GARCIA SCORES K. O.

HARTFORD Conn, November 13
P.-Bobby Garcia of Baltimore last
night knocked out Johnny kochansky
of Bayonne, n. j.. in the sixth round
They are featherweights
Evening star., 1925-11-13
Worrying Eastern Herens Grange Last Home Stand Tomorrow,
InSideGOlf
BY Chester Horton

When you see an expert golfer
swing a club in practice you always
hear q zizz ziZZ-ziZz at the point
where the clubhead would meet the
Evening star., 1925-11-13

Relying on the yard gaining power Of
the backfield to take care OF itself. DR..
another coat of polish 10 the defensive
maneuvers the Minnesota team viii
present against Iowa in the home
coming game here tomorrow.
Like the previous practice sessions
of the week. the drill, the final inten-
sive workout before the big clash. was
devoted almost entirely to perfeCting
the defense.
Evening star., 1925-11-13

LAFAYETTE, Ind. November 13
CD.-An announcement that Bruno
Merkobrad, diminutive halfback slated
TO play against the Purple here Satur-
day. would be out of the game with
an injured knee has brought gloom
among the ardent Boilermaker fol
lowers.