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Evening star., 1925-01-21

The tournament will open on Feb
Tuary on the Y. NJ. {. A. court. As
sistant Physical Director Kellar of
the ~ is in charge Of preliminary
arrangements.
After trailing twice, the Corby
Bakery toSserS found their scoring
eyes in the final quarter and handed
the Fort Humphreys Courtmen 20
to-17 beating on the soldiers floor.
Ingley was top scorer again, drop
ping in five baskets from the floor.
Mcbride of the Fort Humphreys quint
accounted for a trio. The Corhy-
Eastern game, scheduled for this
evening, has been Cancelled.
After "a hard hattie. with the issue
in doubt until just before the final
whistle. the AIoysius Big Five over
came the Yosemite tossers, % to 81.
Johannis, the AIoysius center shared
scoring honors with Murray of the
losers. each registering field goals.
With Southern and Clarke leading
their attack, bask eters Of the Wash
ington Athletic Association put to
flight the forces of the Naval Receiv-
ing Station, 20 TO Il.
The General Accountants triumph
ed over the Sixth Floor Quint, % to
20, in d Post Office League game.
+. Marsh. J.. Cohen. T. Burke. r.
Thomas and T.. Mills have been added
to the roster Of the Shepard Athletic
Club junior quint. The Shepards have
won 10 straight games and are on the
lookout for more. f. Mills is booking
contests at 1872 Kenyon street.
Ernest Mcfarland has been nam ed
captain of the newly organized Mount
Vernon Athletic Association junior
five. The team expects to get started
in a few days against the quint that
had contests scheduled with the re-
Gently disbanded Mount Vernon Ju-
niOrs.
The oxford Athletic Club, a late
conner in basket ball ranks, is sched-
uling games with teams in the 145-
pound class. Manager Ralph Hackel-
ton may be reached at Main 4565 be-
tween 9 am. and , pm.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
COLLEGE BASKET BALL

Al tesviue-Nirginia, "a
Richmond T.. "a
At Black ksburg-Virginia Poly. So
King College, IS.
At Hanover-Dartmout %: Penn
sylvania, l6.
At New Haven-Princeton, IS; Yale
10
At burgh-P.ttsburgh 81; Car
negie Tech. %.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
BY JOHN SCHOMMER,
Basket Ball Coach. Armour Institute
Former u. of &. Star.

1 believe that player should try
L" make "heId- ball underneath II
either basket or mt any other time
when he In obviously getting the
worst of IL The reasons resolve
themselves into guarding strategy
ard jumping strategy. If you ARE
down under the basket, attacking, and
have chance to run in and make n
"Eeld" ball ON an opponent. you can
HtOp the play and give your team n
chance to place themselves In favor
able p0SitiOnS-that is, near the Op-
ponents' goal. This IN also demornI-
iZing tn an opponent. II yon are n
good jumper and the bnII is under
the goal you are defending, Ii IL good
strategy TO try for "held" bali
first, because Ii keeps an opponent
from making shot; second. il gives
yen u chance to tap the ball TO n
tcammnic and work IL out of danger
Gus territory.
itOpyr' ghr 1927
Evening star., 1925-01-21
FINN'S CROUCH JUSTIFIED, !
MEET SPECTATOR AYERS
Impartial Observer Says Course Was Small, Banks
Too Steep and Nails Protruded From Boards.
Club Blames Paavo's Temperament.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

EW YORK, January 21From
men OF impartial observer that
he
obtained the Coliseum the night
under the auspices OF the Illinois Athletic
OF would
OF being carried by civic pride have the phantom Finn
Windy City.
But the being in the Of
be
that Nurm should have formed u ions
Evening star., 1925-01-21
DARTMOUTH FIVE TOPS
INTERCOLLEGIATE LOOP

BY The AssOcia ted Press.
Dartmouth maintains its lead in the
Eastern Intercollegiate Basket Ball
League, with about one-third OF the
schedule completed.
Already victorious over Yale and
Columbia, the Green defeated Penn
last night on the Hanover surface.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
DIXIE TENNIS TOURNEY
AWARDED CHAPEL HILL

CHAPEL HILL, y. G January Ell
The annual tennis tournament OF the
Southern Conference will be held here
May 8 and 8.
Approval Of Chapel Hill from the
conference executive committee at
Atlanta has boen received.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
BALTIMORE MARATHON
SLATED FOR MARCH 26

BALTIMORE, January 2I-The
date for the third annual Baltimore
marathon race was set for March 2s-
The race viii be over a 26-mi 4
course from Laurel, Md, to Balti-
more.
Evening star., 1925-01-21

''Sti'' Nv p ~ 'N %
Much action is promised at Brook
land. Catholic University has won
three of its five games this season,
losing to Davis Elkins and Loyola,
both unusually strong outfits. The
Hrooklanders have scored over Blue
Ridge. the City Club and George
Washington. Maryland has dropped
one game end won four. 1t has taken
the scalps OF Virginia. Stevens In
stitute, Columbia and Lafayette and
lost n close contest to Navy.
Records of the old rivals indicate
that for the first time in basket ball
Maryland Will enter game with
&. L. at least an even bet. and, If any
Evening star., 1925-01-21
WESTERN ADDS TO LEAD
IN SCHOOL BASKET LOOP

WESTERN frightened the lead the high school basket
Nv defeating Business
yesterday the girls gymnasium Central High School
triumph Technical carried the Central five
played the George Washing
iyerSiy yCOrrt
Evening star., 1925-01-21

In fact, the Finns attitude seems 90
indicate his feelings that all arrange-
ments had been made to handicap
him. This is by no means to charga
that this was the case; it is only stat
ing how Nurni seemed TO fe.!
about il.
Conditions Not 50 Good.
First OF all, the track was smaI
The turns were very steeply pitched.
according 10 the writer's Chicago in
formant. He adds that il was in cX-
trcmely poor condition There were
even nails sticking up in places. u
was Nurmi who insisted that the~-
be hammered down, 50 it is alleged.
An incident that seemed TO peey-
Paavo was the ceremony with which
Ray was received when he arrived on
the track. Among other things, a big
bouquet of flowers was presented 20
him, while Nurmi appears To hav-
been pretty, much ignored.
What Joie did with the flowers Later
is not stated. But as it turned out
the bunch of posies was all that The
little distance runner got out of ths
evening. For all the world knows TIL.
Finn left him we'll astern and brok,
the world record.
Defends 1. :. {.
Charles Dean, chairman OF t-a
Illinois Athletic Club, who was iu
charge of this meet, in denying that
Surmi had grounds for dlssatisiaa
tion. said:
"Nurmi'S temperament got the better
Of him and he nearly fell down on tn,
situation completely. The day before
the meet Nurmi absolutely declined
to come to Chicago. We had to nego-
tiate with him over the long -distanc-
phone and had to threaten to fore"
his disbarment from all races in this
country before he consented TO fu'-
fill his obligation.
we did not know definitely that ne
was going to run until he stepped
upon the track. We did all We could
for Nurmi We had a man in New
York making arrangements for him.
We engaged drawing room on The
train and still H. baked at coming
TO Chicago Then the Illinois Athlete
Club threatened to force his disbar r
ment unless he came
He arrived in accordance with
a agreement and more than made good
on his wonderful reputation
Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1925-01-21

citation OF England has voted to sup
port the resolution passed by the
Hurlingham polo committee, this reso-
luton providing that the control of
polo in England shall be vested in a
committee nominated by the HuYiing
ham Club.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
COLLEGE QUINTETS MEET
In TRIO OF Tits TONIGHT
BY III. c. BYRD.

college basket ball
~ ito be crowded into tonght Two
volvmg varsity scheduled and addition FRESHMAN
big Bookand where OF Catholic Uner
hook should
take
O'Clock al the aggregation a hour later.
the scheduled Brook
Washington and DreXe Institute of Philadelphia due
Hatcheites Iwen
Evening star., 1925-01-21
WAITE GRID COACH QUITS.

TOLEDO. Ohio, January 21-Larr'
Bevan. foot ball coach at Waite High
school for five years, has severed re-
Iations with the school Waite ae-
quired a national reputation on the
gridiron.
Evening star., 1925-01-21


thing. a favOrite. The game ought to
be one of the best of the year, be-
cause Fred Rice has been bringing
his squad along with the Maryland
game as an objective, and believes
his men have an even chance to win.
The bulk of the strength of both
varsity and freshman teams that
represent the University OF Maryland
is made up of former Washington
high school boys on the freshman
team are; Thomas, Woodward and
Adams of Tech and Smith of Eastern
on the varsity will be Boyd and
Supplee of Tech ard Faber and Card
well of Eastern.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
FREE THROW TOURNAMENT
FOR DISTRICT BASKETERS

OCAL ball enthusiasts offered seeing
fancy craftsmanship the when the freethrow
- nament Young Mems Christian Association
in conjunction Washington Kiwani Club dur
mgt the first o February
nationwide competition being
will be
Ilan.r. Ln tl-acL cLaSse In nnia ilninr andse
Evening star., 1925-01-21
GONZAGA FIVE BOWS
TO SUBURBAN BOYS

with a team built around only two
regulars, Gonzaga Highs tossers went
down to defeat before the Hyattsville
High quint on sthe latter's court, 27 to
10. Chase led the scoring for Hyatts-
Vile with three goals; ODonoghue
and Quinn drew two each for Con
Zaga.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
MY GREATEST THRILL IN SPORT
By JACK KELLY.
Worlds Champion Single SculIer.

My greatest thrill came after the
completion of the race in which
defeated Bob Dibble, then holder of
Evening star., 1925-01-21

The finish wa s
a flaming dash in
to which we each
threw all our re-
Evening star., 1925-01-21

The Tialtennn games will be held
n Dublin again in 1928.
Evening star., 1925-01-21

Basketer> at Episcopal High are
scheduled to meet the reserves from
Gallaudet College on the Alexandria
court today.
Evening star., 1925-01-21

Dewitt Prep tOsserS scored their
first victory of the season. defeating
st. AIban's, 26 to %. Leading at the
half, Dewitt was hard pressed in the
fourth quarter, but forged ahead in
the final minutes of play. Chatfield
of St. AIban's scored seven goals from
scrimmage.
Evening star., 1925-01-21

1t was "a ter
rifle race. Fred
plaiSted. the great
professional Scul-
Ter, who had row.
ed against Han
lon and all the
stars of his day,
said that 1t was
the finest he had
ever seen.
Evening star., 1925-01-21

TOnIOrru1V--t. II. In 'cler,
tCopyright, 1879
Evening star., 1925-01-21

American rowing
championship, on
July 4, 1920.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
Avoid Shortcuts
Says ]. 2. Morgan

NEW YORK, Jan. IA. - Avoid
shortcuts if you are to pilot bust
ness or ship.
This principle was laid by J. p.
Morgan in his first public address
at a testimonial dinner for George
+. Baker, his fellow financier, re
Gently.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
was another speaker.
We're required to state an ethi-
cal code for business, - said Morgan
to more than 600 senior members of
the New York banking firms, IL
would say the first rule should be
never do something you do not ap-
prove of in order more quickly to
accomplish something you do ap-
prove of
Baker, who recently has made cX-
tensive contributions to eastern uni
versities, was described rs "always
ready to do his part-and more"
Secretary Mellon said that
throughout the history OF the Unit
ed States treasury it has. had no
stauncher friend than Baker.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
Everglades Land
Scandal, Now 10
Years Old, Closes
ny United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-Aftcr ten
years of litigation, the famous Ever
gladcs land swindlc case was wiped
off the books late yesterday.
Federal Judge Cliffe disposed of
the case by placing light fines on
four officials of the Everglades
Land company when John a. Zane,
special assistant attorney general,
entered nolle contendrc.
The Everglades swindlcs, at the
time of its discovery by postal in
spoctors, was heraldcd as one of the
largest fake land promotions ever
uncovered. More than 5000 persons
were NictimiZcd.
The men fined arc: William A.
Otis, $2500; Harold j. Bryant, mil
lionairc Lake Forest society man,
$500; Percy Hagcrman, $500, and
William +. Greenwood $1,000.
a mysterious angle was added to
the case whom Zmc is said to have
advised Federal building attaches
that Washington has requested that
no publicity be given the action.
The quartet of defendants are said
to have sold $4,000 acres of land in
Palm Beach county.
Most of it was under water, is
was charged.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
S. p. ISSUES A
COTTON BOOKLET

Evidence of the increasing popu-
larity of the cotton industry in this
state is shown by the fact that an
attractivcly illustrated booklet,
''California For the Cotton Plant
cr' has just been issued by the
Southern Pacific Company and is
being given widespread distribu'
ton
The booklet was written by Ed.
ward 3. Wilson, 4 southerner and
nationally known authority on cot,
ton. 1t deals with the opportunities
Offered the cotton grower in the
Golden State.
Twenty five thousand copies of
the pamphlet have been printed and
are being distributed through the
Southern Pacific $ agents located
throughout the United States and
abroad.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
India Seethes AsNew Love Adventure
Ends in Murder; Dancer MutiIated

but was ovcrpowercd and cruel
knife thruSts disfigured her nose,
lips and cheeks.
One of the gangsters was armed
with revolver, with which BauIa
was several times wounded during
the struggle.
\ party of four British officers
hearing the shots and Mumtaz,
screams, rushed to the rescue. Their
purpose accomplished, the thugs
fed, firing at the Britishers as they
ran.
Lieutenant Scagrave of the roval
engineers, one Of the rescue party,
caught UP with the gang and was
thrice wounded as he grapplcd
with one of their number. Finally,
LIE collapsed, seriously wounded but
with his arms locked around the
body OF one of the thugs who was
captured by the other Officers as
they came up.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
Auto Club Gets
Out a Booklet

G. G. Tucker, local manager of
the Automobile Club of Southern
California, is distributing a booklet
entitled "Why You Should be a
Member of the Automobile Club, ]"
which contains unusually complete
information on the various features
which the club has to offer to auto
mobile owners.
The booklet contains a brief his
tory of the Automobile club, going
back - years to the day when Il
small group of "horseless carriage"
owners met to talk over ways of
overcoming the prejudice which cx-
listed against automobiles and those
who operated them.
1t is attractively illustrated and
the center pages contain a small
map showing the location of Vari-
GUS branches of the club.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
Would Erect a
Toy Factory at
Folsom Prison
by United Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 14-Erec
ton of toy factory at Folsom
penitentiary is proposed in a bill
presented to the legislature by Sen
ator Joe Pedrotti, and assembly
man Thomas L. Dodge of Los An
geles.
The bill asks for an appropria
ton Of 100000 for the erection
of building and the purchase of
machinery and supplies enough to
last two years.
According to Pedrotti, the faeto-
ry would provide employment for
1900 men.
Pedrotti, who was author of the
road convict highway pay bill,
which provided for payment of
convicts employed in road work,
points out that there are no toy
factories in this section at present,
the supply being imported from
Germany and Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
STATE SOCIETIES
PLAN TWO PICNICS

The Iowa Association of Southern
California representing more than
100000 Hawkeyes is announcing
the change in date of the mann
moth annual picnic reunion of fhe
Iowans from Washington birth
day to the fourth Saturday in Feb
ruary each year with the following
Saturday as the alternate date in
case of rain. The picnic win be
held in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles.
The loyal Illinoisans are inviting
all the Suckers in the southwest to
the mammoth picnic reunion on the
anniversary of the immortal lin.
coin, Thursday, February Il, in
Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
NEW RAILROAD
LINE DEPENDENT
ON RAIL DECISION
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14.-Any
plans which the Great Northern
railway may or may not have in
mind for the construction of a rail
road line from Bend to klamath
Falls, Oregon, hinge entirely on the
decision of the interstate commerce
commission as to the need of rail
facilities i'll central Oregon, Prcsi-
dent Ralph Budd of the Great North
crn told the United Press today.
Budd arrived here last night just
for little visit,' and will leave to-
morrow for st. Paul, his headquart-
CrS.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
by united Press Leased Wire

BOMBAY. Jan. 1f.-India sccth-
ed today with excitement over an
other mystery Of potentatc S love,
the murder of a member Of the Bonn
bay corporation and the kidnapping,
mutilatiou and rescue Of MumtaZ.
most beautiful nautch dancer in all
the east.
Demands that the government
trace and punish the cuIprits were
made today by members of the
Bombay corporation council which
adjourned without conducting any
brsincs, as a tribute to the mem
ory of the young, handsome and
wealthy merchant, Abdir Kadir
Baula, who was sacked to death by
hired assassins in the fashionable
quarter Of Bombay.
The affair has created n sensa>
ton throughout India which was
only mildly interested in the affairs
of lIari Singh, the MIR. A" of the
recent Robinson trial in London.
\ potcntatc is involved, distant
ly, at least, i'll the present drama
tic series of events. His name is
not mentioned by the English lang
Uagc newspapers here, but it is
known he is seventh on the list of
ranking princes, ruler of 100000
people, with an income Of $1,000
600 yearly in addition to enormous
private wealth.
The story begins back in the
hills of ludorc, where Iumtaz be
wildoriugly beautiful uautch girl,
was the light Of love of the maha.
rajah. Twice tho potcutatc, who
showcrcd priceless gifts ON the
dancer, took her no England with
him and She ruled in his palace like
a queen.
Dancer Escaped
Last March the maharajah found
Mumtaz flirting with a member of
his suite. The girl and her lover
fled but the long arm of incxorablo
power rs welded in mdorc by its
ruler, reached out after them. The
lovr was caught and sent to Il dun
gcou where has fate is uncertain
but Mumtaz, disguised, got through
the net and made her way here.
In Bombay, the dancer met and
fell. in love with the merchant,
Baula, with whom she went to live.
Spies front lndore constantly sha-
dowcd her and she was warmed to
leave her new lover on she would
be disfigurcd so that never again
would her beauty charm men. Death
was to be the penalty for Baula.
But the couple persisted III their
affair.
Ncngcauce's sinister hand closed
Monday night. While the merchant
and MumtaZ were motoring in their
limousine in the Balabar Hill sec
tioI of Bombay, the fashionable
quarter of the city, gang of
pathan thugs rushed from ambush
by the roadway. The car was
halted.
The gmgstcrs attempted to ah-
duet the girl but the young mcr-
chant brNcly fought them, al
though without weapons. lie was
cut down with knives aud so ter
ribly wounded that he died Tues,
day, while somc of the Pathans
turned their attention to the girl.
Mumtaz fought like a tigress to
save her lover, as well US herself
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
EASTERN BISHOP
MAKES LAST FIGHT
ON HERESY CHARGE
ny United Press Leased Wire

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. IL
Bishop William Montgomery Brown,
Gallon, Ohio, is making his last
fight to escape sentence for convic-
tion Of hcrcsy before the review
court of the Protestant Episcopal
church here today.
Bishop Brown WAS found guilty
Of hcrcSy last May ON % counts
based on teachings from his book
"Communism and C4ristianism, "
published i'll 1920.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
BY NEA Service

Ell PAoo, IcXas, jan. 9.-Thc
nortGern uanK OF the rio Grande
has become the battle front OF the
southwest S rum war.
1t is the scene of weekly, even
daily, gun fights between liquor
smugg,e ana government forces.
Rcvoh ions on the other side of
the lnten tIonal border may come
and go, b the booze clashes on
the America. side 20 ON necessarily.
Iwcnty-ohc men have been SIAM
and % wounded. i'll clashes with
liquor runners within few miles
OF FL raso since the Aolstcad act
became effective.
And these figures do not inIlude
some smuggters Known to have been
killed, but whose names never have
been recorded officially. And how
many more snugglers may have
erawIed nome TO ule, after "run-
ms with Uncle Sam $ agents, Is
dn1lcuIt 10 ascertain.
Inc maraer oI DaN Orr, a proAi-
bition agent, aud Frank Clark, inn
migration Inspector, within a. hours
has aroused the apathy of IL Paso
citizens.
y new cry, ''Gct the man back of
the bootlegger, has gone up.
Every case of smuggled liquor
is bathcd in blood" says George }.
Harris, district supervisor OF tie
federal immigration service.
''Thc man for whose money the
smugglcr risks his life is as much
to blame as the smug4lcr himself.
The responsibility really is his"
Taking this stand, the government
has arrested several purchasers of
contraband "hooch - on charges of
conspiracy to violate the prohibi-
tion laws.
Wade River Daily
Hundreds of smuGglcrs are wad-
ing across the river daily and night
~ with booze obtained in Mexico.
Most of the traffic, however, is car
ricd on under cover of darkness.
Life is cheap TO tlese men, most
" Mcxicaus. They know the risk
they are taking, but they 80 ahead
with it just the same.
Walk down near the Smcltcr. Sit
ting under the yellow leafed trees
on the old Hart estate, an ancient
Spanish domain, you will see lit
tie group of McAicans baskiug in
the sun.
Here comes a hrown-facc langor-
ous-eyed man, sombrero pulled low
over his eyes. lie is sautcring
along beside his two burros, laden
with juniper knots to sell.
But that is daytime illusion.
With the fall of darkness, this man
goes to work, His friends all leave
the plaza for more arduous duties.
"IIolc-in-thc-Wall is another
rendezvous for the smugglcrs. 1t s
on the Mexican side of the river,
yet American territory, It's about
five miles from the village of Ia.
bcns, Texas.
There are a few adobe houses and
drinking place or two. But
"Hole e-in-the-Wall" is a center for
smugglerS
Government agents admit they re
practically helpless. There arc not
enough of them.
So the smugglcrs arc having
things pretty much their own way.
And the fighting still goes ON
down along this battle front in the
southwest S rum war,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
hEaSzS4%,

Above:-A Liquor S.nugglers Out
post along tie Rio Gfaudc Near
FL Paso. The Men Were Rngag-
Ell III Target Practice When the
Cameraman Happened Along. Be
low - Officials FLOODING the
streets OF FL Paso Wltn Hun
dreas of Barrels OF Conflscated
Iequllla, q Mexican Wine.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
PROBE l.. A. WRECK,
TRAIN AND TROLLEY

LOS ANGELES, Jan. ll.-lnvcS
tigation was started here today Of
an accident late yesterday in which
II Southern Pacific switch engine
crashed into Il yellow street car at
first and Alameda streets. The
car was packed but no ouo was Sc
riously injured, although the clcc-
tric carrier was badly wrecked.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14

San Francisco-Abc Mitchell and
George Duncan, British golfers,
beat Macdonald Smith and Anelard
E,pinosa, 6 and / in Il match play
cd on the Lake MERGED links here
yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-14
ASK $4,000 FOR
DEATH OF POLICE DOG
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14.-Dam-
ages of $4,000 for running over
and killing their "highly trained
and valuable" police dog are ask
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Smith of
Joseph r. Shuman, in a suit on
file here today.