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Evening star., 1925-11-06
No Need to Hurry.

From the London Passing show
YEARLY Traveller want to catch
the last train 70 Tipperary. How far
is il 20 the station"
Native RuStic-Abou mile and a
half. sore Shure we've got plenty Of
tonne and no need to hurry at all if
ye rlln Ioika holy blazes,
Evening star., 1925-11-06

versity affairs and WAS member of
the Delta Sigma ri fraternity.
For the present. Mr.. Gilmartin will
have headquarters in New York. His
business vii be to conduct economic
negotiations and help promote com
mercial rela ations between the United
States and the Irish Free State.
Evening star., 1925-11-06

Sth tt.
The addition a Of
the Iris h Ere q
= I a [ q to the
alumni" list of
the Foreign Serv-
ice School, il Wa s
id. makes the
twenty . p c q n d
foreign ountr V
now being served
by G cor Q etown
men.
Mr.. Gilmartin. a
native Of Dublin.
a [ [ e n q q d I h @
Georgetown school
for four years.
graduating las I
June. He wa s
-. .
Evening star., 1925-11-06
Georgetown Man
Enters Employ OF
Irish Free State

James Gilmartin is the first Foreign
Service School graduate of George
town. the school announced today. To
go into the service of the Irish Free
Evening star., 1925-11-06

A quarter of million women acted
as official auxiliary to the British
army during the war
Evening star., 1925-09-24


In the third round Miss Popescue
defeated Tillie Raine in a battle which
proved to be much closer than the
score would indicate. In gaining
6-8. Ga decision over her opponent.
Miss Popescue was forced to resort
to all the tricks in her bag on
her racket, to be exact.
Maycita De Souza had a close match
with Marion Birch, whom she finally
conquered, Ga, e.. This victory
placed her opposite Miss Popescue' In
the semi-finals.
Gertrude Bornet in the second round
disposed of Betty Kritt in straight
sets, 6-3, 6--1. and subsequently re-
ceived a default from Winifred Faunce
which placed her opposite Lillian Hoff-
man in the lower bracket. semi-finals.
Both semi-final matches will be play
ed off this week, weather permitting.
Entries are now being received for
the doubles tournament which Will
follow Immediately on the heeis OF
the singles event. Tillie Raine, chair
man of the tennis committee, requests
that all members send their entries
to her at 32S Investment Building.
phone Main 1887.
Line soccer and corner ball are two
Of the novelty games on the Autumn
the municipal Fairgrounds. The
former game was invented and in
troduced recently by Maude Parker.
director of girls playground activities
In the District. 1t is played on field
so by 80 yards. team consists or
six players, five OF whom guard their
Zine" at the extreme end of the field.
while the sixth takes her position in
the center. The ball Is placed be-
tween the two centers and at signal
from the referees whistle. each
toward the enemy line. The first one
to succeed in crossing the guarded
line. scores a goal for her side.
Each time a goal is scored the
centers are replaced by one of the
linesmen. This is repeated until each
member of the team has been at
center. The team scoring the most
goals during the six sessions wins.
Corner ball is played with an OPP
tional number Of players ranging
from TO IL on a team. The field,
used in line soccer. is divided into
two parts Each section has two
boxes marked off in the outer corners.
Two players from each team are
placed in these boxes lone to a box).
Team AS players are in the boxes
guarded by Team B and vice versa.
The object of the game is to throw
the ball (similar to basket balD over
the heads OF the guards into the
hands Of the goal keeper" Fouls
and rules of guarding are the same
as those used in basket ball. The
flrst team scoring 81 points is winner.
According to the Fall schedule re-
Gently announced by the director Of
pYoyprovpds line soccer and basket
ball will be played between $50 and
10::30 each Saturday morning and
between and o'clock Mn the after
moons. Volley ball, Newcomb, cor
ner ball, dodge ball and tin can golf
are scheduled from 10::30 to IL on
Saturday morning and from to $50
In the afternoons.
Evening star., 1925-09-24
40 GRID ASPIRANTS
WORKING AT HOWARD

While awaiting the opening of
school next Thursday a squad of 40
candidates for the Howard Univer-
sity foot ball team is being rounded
into condition with rigorous daily
workouts under the direction of Coach
Watson and Assistant Coach West.
Scrimmages will be held next week.
Developing a center to take the
place of Priestley. star snapperback
for the past two seasons, is the big
gest task worrying the mentors. The
leading candidates for the position
are Kelly, Martin and Burrell, all of
whom played In the line last season.
Among the veterans out for the
team again this season are Capt.
Long. Joe Dodson. Harry Bright, Les
ter Braden and Bill Meroney.
The complete schedule follows: Oc-
tober 3. Morgan College; 10, Living
stone College: II. Johnson C. Smith
University: "a. West Virginia Col
legiate Institute, at Charles Town; 81.
North Carolina College; November 7,
Wilberforce University; IA, Atlanta
University: 26, Lincoln University, at
Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1925-09-24
BARRACKS MARINES
SEEK GRID BATTLES

Four open dates remain on the
schedule of the Marine Barracks foot
ball eleven, which gets into action
Sunday in a clash with the Boiling
Field team on the Aviators' gridiron.
George Morris, captain Of the Leather
neck combination, is anxious to book
the Knicks and Mercuries as well as
other strong District outfits for No
vember 8. Is and 30 and December 6.
Emerson Institute is matched with
the Marine hooters on Saturday.
October 3, for game at the Monument
Grounds. On Sunday, October II. the
team plays at Fort Humphreys; on the
following Sabbath Marine eleven
from New York City probably will be
encountered, and on October 25 the
Mohawk Club will entertain at Union
League Park.
Two games already have been ar
ranged for the month of November
with service grid machines. The en-
listed team at the Naval Academy
will be met on November l, and on
November 81 the Washington all-Navy
eleven will be tackled.
Lieut.. Carl Gardner is coaching the
team at Marine Barracks.
A stth scrimmage Sunday at the
Monument grounds will conclude the
outdoor work of the Northern eleven
prior to practice game with the
Corinthians on October g. A meeting
with St. Stephens a week later will
mark the start of the schedule.
Patsy Donovan Is arranging games
for the Mohawk eleven at Lincoln
1874. The team will practice tomor-
row at $50 O'Clock at Fifth and l.
streets southeast.
Members of the Winton Athletic AS
sociation foot ball squad will meet to-
night at Twelfth and f streets south.
east. The season will be opened on
October 4, when st. Peters is encoun.
tered at Fairlawn field.
White Haven Athletic Club gridmen
are staging a dance tomorrow night at
Our Lady Of Victory Hall, on Conduit
road. Proceeds of the affair will be
Used to hIIY enuinment for the tea n,
Evening star., 1925-09-24

Both teams are said to be excep-
tionally strong. Virginia Polytechnic
Institute NAV r~ve more trouble with
Roanoke tfs1s 1t anticipates. Virginia
is looking forward to it's contest with
Hampden- Sidney with the remem-
brance that last year it came near
losing to that little school, and only
won by break in the last five minutes
Of play. Virginia probably will not
have the same, or as great, difficulty
this Fall, but to look back at a narrow
escape of that kind is conducive to
nervous chills.
Washington and Lee, of course, has a
real assignment in meeting Pittsburgh
at Pittsburgh. The Lexingtonians are
figuring on a far better showing than
anybody expects them to make. How
ever. If they hold the Panthers to two
touchdowns they may consider them
selves to have done exceptionally well
and to win would be one of the
schools greatest gridiron triumhs.
Virginia Military Institute, after
going through half of last week s
game with Wofford without scoring,
rs not overly optimistic about it's con
test this week with Emory and
iAChi III laSIs IL III coo IcpOl - We z
TO be taken at their face value. V. NJ.
I. would seem to be due for defeat.
However, it is highly probably the
Cadets will win by a comfortable
margin.
All in all. except for the first
games, which are interesting mainly
because they are such, the foot ball
menu in the South Atlantic section
does not offer any of a particularly
inviting nature. except the games
Washington and Lee is to play at
Pittsburgh and North Carolina with
Wake Forest at Chapel Hill. This is
said with all due Difference TO the con-
ditions of modern foot ball. which pro-
vide almost every week for a tumble
by a supposedly big eleven at the
hands of a comparatively unknown.
Yesterday local foot ball squads
went through long, hard workouts.
Two staged practices against outside
teams, Maryland and Catholic u
scrimmaging against the Marines and
Camp Meade Tank Corps, respectively
while Georgetown engaged in scrim-
mage between its own squads.
Both the scrimmages at Catholic
University and the one at Maryland
were valuable, in that they helped
Evening star., 1925-09-24
CHEER LEADING COURSE
TO BE GIVEN AT PURDUE

LAFAYETTE. Ind. September
"a CR.-A course In cheer leading
has been established at Purdue Uni
versity.
Officials, concluding that more
effective roofing by the student
body may be made a factor i'm ele-
waiting Boilermaker athletic teams
from their wonted places near the
foot OF Western Conference ratings,
have ratified plans for regular
classes for embryo cheer leaders.
II. III. Scott, instructor i'm the de-
partment Of English, will lecture
on mob psychology, and III. Y.
Clark, 1922 roOter king, and Roy
Gish, head cheer leader this year,
will conduct the classes.
Vocal scrimmage" will be
daily feature.
Evening star., 1925-09-24

that he would go to Notre Dame o
AS to his native State. they say that
a number OF Cedar Rapids athletes
went TO track meet at Iowa CITY
and that Howard Jones, then foot ball
coach. treated them quite casually. At
any rate, it was thumbs down on Iowa
at Cedar Rapids. And he passed
Notre Dame by in favor of the Buck
eye university. where every one ex-
poets him to fill Chick Harley's shoes.
Harleys and Oranges Scarce.
II this proves to be the case, Ohio
State will be lucky. as geniuses like
Harley and Grange usually come one
at time and after long intervals.
Alonzo Stagg says that in all the
years he has been coaching at Chi
cago he recalls only two or three men
Of the Harley, Grange and Sleepy
Crowley type.
These We're Pete Russell and
Steffens. Eckersall might be in
cluded. He had many great qualities.
but not the elusive stepping qualities
that Russell and Steffens had. No
coach sees men of that sort very
often. Nature does not produce many.
They are rare. Marek may prove to
be one of that breed. Signs seem to
point that way"
If he does, the Middle West will be
rich in star backs this year-that is
Evening star., 1925-09-24
PECK BOOSTERS PERFECT
DANCE PLANS TONIGHT

All details of the Roger Peckin-
paugh testimonial dance to be held at
Wardman Park Hotel Saturday will
oe perfected by the Peck Boosters to-
night at a meeting in the Arlington
Hotel. The meeting, open to all fans
interested in honoring the Nationals
brilliant shortstop. will begin at 8
o'clock.
Members of the committee to be sta.
toned at the entrances to Clark Grif-
fifth Stadium on the days Of the Ma
tionals' few remaining home games
will distribute envelopes in which con-
tributions to the testimonial fund may
be sealed and handed to the commit
teemen
Evening star., 1925-09-24

TO iowa.
to say, backs who. in addition to work.
ing in with the team combination and
doing their part, have the faculty Of
flashing suddenly into the spotlight
and thrilling multiplied thousands by
their exploits.
Strangely enough, Bell also OF Ohio
State. big blond quarterback, shows
striking possibilities. and at Illinois
there is not only Pink Grange, Red s
younger brother, but a shifty back
named Leonard. AS to the younger
Grange. qualified critics say that while
he is good. he is not, and never will
be. duplicate Of his older brother.
Fail to Match Brothers.
Younger brothers throughout all
foot ball history, as matter of fact,
have, as a rule, not measured up to
their big brothers. At Yale, Frank
Hinkey was greater than Louis; at
Notre Dame, the elder Coughlin, the
elder Degree. the elder Bergman and
the Elder Miller. attained heights
their younger brothers did not reach.
And so it goes through all the year
in all sections: there are. of course,
excepions-just enough Of them to
And finally. reverting to star backs
in the Middle West. do not forget
Baker of Northwestern.
prove the rule
Evening star., 1925-09-24

point out the weaknesses of elevens
that are only in the making. Catholic
University did wonderfully we'll against
Its opponent for the day, but Mary
land, with the greenest outfit in has
had on the field in years. left much
TO be desired from a standpoint of its
development into combina ton
capable of going the route with the
kind of schedule 1t has.
Georgetown is in far better shape
than any of the other local schools.
1t has been working about eight days
longer than the others and is more
ready to start it's schedule. With the
exception Of the line. on which Coach
Little has been spending a good deal
of time recently. the Hilltoppers are
about ready for their first test.
Any college foot ball coach prob
ably would drop dead from sheer de-
light If he could start a foot ball sea
son with a squad such as represents
the Marine Corps. With a line OF
200-pounders, all fast, and a backfield
of exceptional capabilities from every
viewpoint, the Quantico aggregation
can hardly help winning contests.
Practically every member Of the
squad, in addition to his physical
capabilities, has had three or four
years Of college foot ball, and nothing
has yet been found to take the place
of experience in the development of
squad in any sport.
Evening star., 1925-09-24

Principals at the three institutions
said that they had not received any
designations as yet, although Frank
G. Daniel of Tech reported that he
had received intimations that several
foot ball men would soon follow the
lead of the Central players and take
their places on the squad without fur
ther ado.
AS matters stand now, Central has
a considerable advantage over the
other members of the scholastic foot
ball circuit as all six of the frat men
are veteran players. Weston Byng
and Morgan Lotus, regular ends last
sea son, and Charles Van Meter and
Jimmie Sweet, regular tackles, are
among the half dozen who were to be
seen with the squad today. Hance
and Simonton complete the list.
Charlie Dodson, half back, Is the
leading player of the Tech group af-
fected by the ban on secret societies.
while Sam Combs and Fred Owens are
the Westerners who would prove val
liable additions to the eleven should
they decide to withdraw from their
fraternity.
The best of Coach Guyon's material
for the 1925 team has been kept out
OF practice by the Board of Educa-
tons ruling. Heeke, Radice, Madi'
gan, Sweeney and Scruggs are the
men in question, and as all are mem
bers of the same society they no doubt
will act in a body. That they will get
back into togs soon is considered
likely, as several of the group already
have been seen working out with the
squad.
Greek letter men who wish to take
part in athletics will be allowed until
next Wednesday to sever their affilla-
tions with the tabooed organizations.
Tech will open its gridiron schedule
tomorrow afternoon with Alexandra
High at the Virginians' field. The
probable lineup is Jett and Mcqueen.
ends; Mcdonald and Reidesel, tackles;
Dulin and Oehlman, guards; Snow
den. center; Cassassa and Mullen,
halfbacks; Blackstone, quarter, and
Armstrong, fullback. The Manual
Trainers have been denied the use of
the Washington Barracks Field and
are up against 1t once more in the
matter of locating a practice grid
iron.
New recruits at Eastern yesterday
brought the total of prospective boot
ers under Coach Guyon to 35. Light
work is still in order, calesthenics
being a big part of the Fasteners
early training Uniforms have been
wears squad but the kookie's are
working out in track suits.
Eastern High track athletes will be
coached this year by Gordon B. Rath,
formerly athletic director at Hine
Junior. who was transferred to the
Lincoln Park school early this week.
Rath is a graduate of Iowa Univer-
sity, where he was prominent In foot
ball and wrestling during 1920. II ana
90. He also is aiding Coach Guyon Ill
drilling the Eastern gridiron squad.
Earnest Russell of Emory and Henry
College has been appointed athletic
director at Hine.
Horace Hebb, star quarter-miler at
Baltimore Poly, will he seen sporting
Tech colors on the cinder path next
Spring. Hebb moved here recently
and has registered in the seventh
semester at Mckinley High.
Evening star., 1925-09-24

1t VIII be great day fOr the NdJan.
But he will not have to wait until
then for the plaudits of the crowd.
His valuable service long has been
appreciated by Washington fans and
throughout the remainder OF the pres
eut campaign and in the world series
Roger Peckinpaugh is sure to receive
the tribute he well deserves.
Peckinpaugh, just finishing his fiji
teenth year as a major league short
stop, was given As points out OF pos
sible 64, just points more than AL
Simmons, youthful star. who has been
shining in the outf1eld for the Ath-
letics, received in the voting. The
balloting was done by a committee
composed of one veteran base ball
writer in each city of the American
League.
BY the method used to determine
the award each member Of the COM
mittee picked the player whose work
he thought had been OF most value
to his team this season and then
ranked those eight players on ballots
which give first place a. value OF 8
points. second place, points, etc. BY
the rules governing the contest, active
playing managers and previous win
ners of the trophy are not eligible
to the prize.
The previous winners of the trophy
were George SiSler, now manager of
the Browns for the season of 1922,
with total of 55 points; Babe Ruth
of the Yankees, for the season of 1928.
with the highest possible total of 64
points, and Walter Johnson, National
pitching ace for 1924, with SO points.
The most valuable players on each
team this season, as established by
the votes Of the committee are: Ma
tionals, Peckinpaugh; Athletics. Sim
mons: Indians, Sewell; Tigers. He'll
mann; Browns, Rice: White Sox,
Sheely; Red Sox. F'lagstead; Yankees,
Combs and Meusel (tied).
Result of Ballot.
Twenty.nine players figured in the
voting, as follows:
Evening star., 1925-09-24
BY Sol Metzger-

All successful foot ball coaches
agree that under certain conditions
their players when on defense should
ground-that is. knock to the ground
"a forward pass by the opposing
eleven rather than catch 1t. The right
way to ground a forward pass is to
strike the ball from above and drive
it straight to the ground with all your
might. Both hands are to be used,
because they cover a wider area than
one and give more power to the sweep
ing blow. Who does not remember a
game In which the other plan was
tried? A back in grounding a pass
defects 1t into the air or to one side
or the other. Instantly an opponent
seizes it and is off for long run or a
touchdown that was easily prevent
able by the use of the right method.
Knock a forward pass straight down
to the ground with both hands and
prevent any such fiuke beating your
team
Evening star., 1925-09-24
THREE OF ID. C.. COLLEGES
AMONG THOSE SCHEDULED
Georgetown, Maryland and George Washington to
Get Into Action at Home-C. U. and Gallaudet
Are With the Three Idle Teams
BY II. C. BYRD.

VERY college in
University Gaaudet and Johns Hopkins excepted
NAL Saturday Some of the schools
workouts while others likely
Georgetown its schedule with should
difficulty George Washington
Blue Ridge Washington College
it is meeting a hefer it had better nut
AT other places there
North Carolina
O to-
Evening star., 1925-09-24
MAREK, A l73-POUND SOPH,
DUE TO THRILL GRID FANS
Buckeve Star Comes From Iowa-Number of Other
Scintillating Ball Carriers Are ON Teams
i'm the Western Conference.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

~HICAGO 4Uness all fail and all promise is
world this Fall will be daed by another
stellar Manifestations sizzling, rowhoppng back for whom
tacklers likely grope and lunge in vain
sophomore Ohio State
Buckeye from the Cedar Rapids
0owa) High School
Tow headed blue joval Marek tips the beam H3 pounds
hnd real rival
When Rapids High there seemed chance either
Evening star., 1925-09-24
Ohio State Has Match Grange Most South Atlantic Eeuens
WOMEN In SPORT
by CORINNE FRAZIER

failed
the with Bobbie Popescue Mayca De
in
Evening star., 1925-09-24

"a OP.-Pete Sarmiento, Filipino
bantamweight, won a decisive 10
round victory last night over George
Marks. Los Angeles boxer, who re-
centelY defeated frankie Genero.
Evening star., 1925-09-24

Uniforms will be issued members of
the Georgetown -Knicks eleven tonight
at s O'Clock at 1927 Wisconsin avenue.
Skull practice also Is listed for to.
night, and on Sunday the team will
work out at Georgetown Hollow.
Frank Mccarthy has been engaged as
a ssistant to Coach Billy Martin.
Evening star., 1925-09-24
MORE SCHOOL GRID STARS
MAY RESIGN FROM FRATS

CHANGE the high
of Greek
today following the
loyalty their school
had rendered their Withdrawals
Evening star., 1925-09-24
PECK RICHLY DESERVED
VALUABLE PLAYER' VOTE


m honor Roger Pecknpaug hortstop OF the World Champions
selected the valuable the
of 1925 In his
confer upon him diploma bands will be and the multitude
Evening star., 1925-09-24

Horace Hebb, star quarter-miler at
Baltimore Poly, will he seen sporting
Tech colors on the cinder path next
Spring. Hebb moved here recently
and has registered in the seventh
semester at Mckinley High.
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RUSSIANS CANCER
CURE |NTERESTSU.S.
Letters and Appeals Sent to
Observation-Disclosures Of
fer to Go Abroad.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LENINGRAD, Russia. February
G4-Prof Molotkof of the Neurology
ical Academy here, who recently an
nounced a new method for the treat
ment of cancer, has been flooded
with letters and appeals from cancer
sufferers in the United States. Some
of the letter writer's offer to come to
Russia If Prof Molotkoff would un-
dertake to treat them. Many ask for
further details of his method, so that
it can be applied by the patients own
family physician in the United States.
The treatment as suggested by the
Russian doctor consists in cutting the
nerves leading directly to the can
cerous growth, and 1t involves little
more than extirpation of these
nerves, which would bring about the
isolation of the part and other olslh-
tegration of the growth.
Not New, Experts Say.
Some authorities aver that TINS Is
not a new method, similar Treatment
having been tried with lnuuielei.
results on many former occasions. a.
a meeting of Leningrad medical men
II was insisted that MolotkoH
treatment had brought ABOUT hun
ous cures. in proof of which several
natients alleged to have been cureo
of cancer were exhibited.
Prof. Molotkoff's announcement
appears to have created interest,"
throughout Europe, and many lhs'i-
tutions have invited him TO demon
strate his methods before tneir ciii
les. DR.. John H. Evans of Norwich
Conn. medical director of the Ameri-
can Near East Relief for Southern
Russia. has been requested by the
American authorities to investigate
the Molotkoff system in behaf or
American medical institutions.