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Evening star., 1926-11-14

except on several small detours. From
Moline to st. Louis, via Beardstown.
ILL.,, there was stretch Of perhaps
80 miles Of dirt and gravel. From st.
Louis to Topeka there is no bar to
smooth and effortless travel. Between
Topeka and Junction City the motorist
will encounter 40 or so miles of dirt
which is extremely difficult to negoti-
ate after rain. Back to st. Louis and
down to Charleston there is nothing
but concrete. From Charleston to
Washington via Indianapolis and the
National Road fast time can be made
over the entire 900 miles.
Highways like these are enough to
gladden. the motorists heart and make
him forget troubles and care as he
spins along. In Ohio, Illinois, In
diana, Missouri and Kansas the main
roads are protected by stop signs for
all intersecting traffic. Even the most
insignificant country pike has stop
sign at the intersection of a main
highway. Close observance did not
disclose a single violation IF these
important signals. Another feature
which has recently been inaugurated
on the Middle Western roads and which
adds immeasurably to the safety of
touring Is the edict of mo stopping on
you must stop on the fast traffic
routes, pull off the road.
Suggestion to Maryland.
Maryland could we'll adopt these
regulations, which are an outgrowth
of the arterial highway theory of
through traffic having the right of
way. After hundreds of miles of pro-
lection on the roads of the Middle
West, it was an unpleasant shock to
enter Maryland and feel that at any
minute some motorist would suddenly
enter from a concealed side road or
that the man ahead would stop with
out. warning, blocking half Of the
highway.
Ohio probably has the best marked
roads, although with the State route
system now in vogue, there was no
difficulty anywhere in keeping. on the
proper thoroughfare. The far-famed
Lincoln Highway. is a disappointment
In it's markings. In Chicago Heights,
just outside Of the city of Chicago,
there is an important turn on the
Lincoln Highway which has not the
vestige Of a sign to inform the motor
iSt which way he is to go. In general,
the Lincoln Highway signs, when they
did appear at widely separated inter
walls, were faded and weather-beaten
and indicated little care or attention.
This story should not end without
mention of unique automobile serv-
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SMART-ALECK MOTORIST GETS
DRASTIC LESSON IN COURTESY
One of Many Such Offenders Forced to
Back Car Quarter Of Mile for
Breaking Out of Line.

line and being anxious to get through
he put his master mind to work and
evolved the brilliant idea Of skirting
the whole assemblage and being first,
Instead of last, at the mouth of the
detOur.
This he did, with commiserating
look occasionally at the unfortunates
who were unable to move as he sailed
past Having one-half of the road to
rived at the head Of the line very
proud and as fresh as daisy.
Overlooked One Thing
There was one thing that his mas.
ter mind had not counted on, however,
and that was the welcoming delega
ton of State police and highway
deputies who greeted him as h
pushed in ahead of the first car in
line.
That's a pretty nice car you have
there" commented policeman. 81
guess it runs all right, doesn't it,"
Yeah. she suits me-" answered the
youth. "How soon do we get through
this mess anyway. They are always
tearing the road up and bawling
things up around here"
Now, don't get impatient about
SCltlnS iiOuSIl lIltS oclOuI II betO
on the nerves. From what you say
I guess that car Of yours does run
pretty we'll especially going forward.
but 1 am still curious about 1t and
think you should give us a little dem
onstration of it's ability"
What do you mean" clustered
the smart-aleck, beginning to get
alarmed at the officers tone.
"Only this" answered the police
man. Jack" motioning to another
officer "hop on the running board
Of this car, will you. I want
this exhibition personally supervised.
Now, buddy, don't bother to turn the
car around because I want to see
how 1t will work in reverse. There
are perhaps hundred people in this
audience and they are all anxious
to see the show that is not going
to cost them a nickel. Besides that
1t will be right funny. Jack Is going
to see that you back all the way down
| this road to the rear Of the line.
You may have stiff neck when
you finish because you will have to
drive carefully to keep from getting
off the concrete into the deeps mud
which will surely mre you. To tell
the truth, T don't believe anybody
cares very much whether YOU are
stuck in the mud or whether you
have a stiff neck, but l thought l
would warn you anyway. Now be
on your way, backward
Smart-aIeck Harassed.
The spectacle that followed was
easily worth a high-priced admission.
Almost coincident with the beginning
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Back-Seat Driving Held Necessary
To Win Damage Suit as Passenger

driven from the left front seat and
ridden only from all others.
The courts have upset this consld-
erably. If a court could do so undiG-
nified a thing, it has knocked into a
cooked hat one of motordom's favor
ite idioms.
Research by the legal bureau of the
Great National Insurance Co. of this
city, in response to query concern
ing the liability of the motor host for
his guests injuries, has developed the
fact that the poor guest is compelled
to register his protest against reskless
and dangerous driving or go to the
hospital on his own pocketbook.
If he sits terrorized and speechlesss,
or just plain speechless. he is regard
ed as being contributorily negligent in
anything that might follow as the re-
suit Of his hosts poor driving.
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OKLAHOMA "GAS" TAX
INCOME is INCREASED
Boost Of Half a Cent Per Gallon in
Charge Adds 5000, 900 to Rev
enue in g Months.

Oklahoma's revenue from gasoline
taxes during the first six months OF
this wear was more than 100000
greater than for the same period In
1925 as a result of increasing the per
gallon levy from 21a cents to 3 cents
The States income from this source
for this year was $2,7S6,931, against
S2,160,S50 for last year.
OF the collections, one-third, amount
ing to 1921 900, went to the counties
for secondary highways and $1,S42,oOC
to the State for highway building and
maintenance purposes.
Collection of the tax cost the State
only one-fourth of l per cent.
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If you charitably appraise the driver
Of the car in which you are a guest
as IAN idiot" or something less tenn
perate, don't hesitate to tell him, II
YOU think there's any possible chance
that you will need damages to TIDE
you over the period Of Interpretation.
For a long time now, almost ever
since they started putting back seats
on automobiles, it has been the CON
viction Of drivers that cars should be
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4 e-.~------t
SUZANNE GETS HUGE
OFFER FROM YANKEE

BY the Associated Press.
NICE. April ,.-Nilliam H. Pickens
representative of &. G. Pyle. manager
of Harold Red) Grange. has arrived
In Nice to attempt to sign up Suzanne
Lenglen for an American tour.
He is understood to be ready to
offer the French tennis champion
$3.50. 900 If she will turn professional
If she refuses this. second Offer
iS to be made Of S100 900 for a con
tract containing guarantee that she
would not forfeit her amateur status.
Mile. Lenglen's father refused Al
first 10 meet Pyle's representative
declaring he had finished talking to
men However. when Informed that
nearly 10000 francs was involved.
he arra nged for Pickens to meet
Suzanne at 9 today.
"S.zanne will not turn profes-
sionai." NJ Lenelen said.
Pyle's offer of 100000 is under
stood to be for a contract whereby the
money would he paid for motion
pictures, which, it Is contended. Mile
Lenglen could make without jeopardiz,
ing her amateur status. Pyle's rep
resenta tive declined to go into details
when it was suggested that the mere
acceptance of the 100000 would con
stitute professionalism
He volunteered the opinion. how
ever. that Mile. Lenglens drawing
power in the United States would
equal that of Red Grange.
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Grimes Barnes and Petty he is bound
to get somewhere. Vance is in form
this Spring, and looks better thar
ever. Grimes is working hard to
come back. Rarnes still is a good.
dependable right handler, while Petty
IS a mach improved pitcher over la
year.
However. the rest of the club Is
slowing and aseing. Jack tournier
still can drive balls with the best OF
them. but he is slower than ever.
Maranville has been playing fairly
we'll for Robby. but he is not the
Eabbit that he used to be. Whitley
Witt, former Yank, is doing remark
ably we'll for his new chief. but Witt
usually has been a good Spring play yer.
Robinson, of course, has been handi-
capped by the illness of Third Base
man Johnny Butler. his expensive in
field recruit for whose release Robby
gave half ball team. Butler may get
back by the time the sea son opens.
but il he does, he hardly will be right
Tigers Still Lack Pitchers.
The Detroit club has Ty Cobb's won
derful enthusiasm. a good team of
hitters. but pitching again will weight
it down. Cobb feels that he has
holstered up his infield with several
changes. Gehringer, a kid who has
impressed every. one. is at second
base in place of O'Rourke, while
Warner and Mullen still are fighting
il out for third. The latter failed to
make theg rade with both the Browns
and Brooklyn, but that mustn't be
held against him.
Clyde Barfoot, former Cardinal, and
Gibson. last season with Toronto. ap-
pear to be the best OF the new Tiger
pitchers. Cobb also is pleased With
Johns. last season with Forth Worth.
but is real disa ppointed in Owen
Carroll. the sensa tional Holy Cross
collegian.
Next week l will attempt TO line up
the various clubs in the positions in
which l expect them to finish in 1925.
Copyright. 1929
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Ne York Club Rated Dark Horse American League Title Race

players Of approximately equal skill
and playing experience are paired TO-
gether. This really means more con
sideration both for the better players
and for the young and inexperienced
ones.
Cites Personal Experience.
In the British championship last
year ] was drawn in the FIRST round
with young Scot from TroOn He
had had very little tournament ex.
perience and vas badly fiustered by
the crowd, so much so that he told
me before we had played more than
two or three holes that the gallery
had him ratified and that he wasn't
able to hit shot right. He would
very much rather have been playing
with some younger player. where he
proba bly, would not have had to con
tend with a gallery. At the same
inns his erratic play might easily have
affected my own game. AS a matter
of fact. it did not. but it is possible
for such things TO happen.
on the other hand, where two play
ers of about equal skill are paired
they usually are something of help
TO each other.
1t doesn't always happen, however.
that your partner is ii help. even
| where he happens 10 be a skillful shot
maker. recall one championship in
which Jock Hutchison was paired
with Joe kirkwood. and Jock came
in after the round full of disgust
Usually YOU can judge q lot on how
to play your own stroke after seeing
your fellow competitor play his. If
he happens 10 have to play the odd
| But in this case Jock was complain.
ing that he got no help whatever
| from Joe. The trouble was that Joe
| does lot of trick shot stuff. What
may look like hardly more than n
ma SHE shot may cause him to drag
,ut spoon. with which he will play
some kind of cut shot swinging
| the ball in from the side on A wide
! curve. And so on. This was what
| Jock meant in saying that a bally
lot OF help il was to watch him pIay y
ahead of you.
tCOpyrIght 1936l
Next: Nip and Tuck With Bobby
| Jones.)
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SARGENT WILL GIVE
GOLF TALKS IN AIR

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, April 7.-SiN
golf lessons will be radiocast through
alton WEAO of Ohio State Uni
versity by George Sargent, profession
al Of the Scioto Country Club. here
where the 1926 open tournament will
be held in July.
Sargent. National open champion in
1909 and Canadian open winner In
1912, Is president Of the Professional
Golfers Association Of America.
The first talk will be given at s pm
and the others at SIS pm. The sched
ule and topics are:
April 8. ''Importa nee Of Holding the
Club Correctly; May 5. "Importa nee
of Good Stance: June 2. Proper Up.
swing; June 9, Hitting the Ball to
Obtain Mayimum Results: June IS
Approach Shots and June %, Put
ting"
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This was my last Year AT White
Marsh Valley. The next year | spent
AT the Broadmoor Golf club of colo.
ado Springs and as in the preceding
year. there was practically no tourna.
ment play. Following the engagement
at Broadmoor. ! moved to the Sunset
liill club of 81. Louis. This connec.
ton was made largely through the in
strnmentality of good friend. Jesse
Carleton. who now has passed on. In
his death golf lost q Stanch patron
and advocate. He was one of the
pioneers Of the game in that section
Many is the time that we have sal
and talked about the game as well as
other matters, and never one Of the
conversations hut benefited me in
some way.
Play Resumed in 1919.
| represented the Sunset Hin Club
in the 1919 championship. which
marked the resumption of play for
The title after the war. II was played
al the Brae Burn Country Club near
Boston. With a lapse of two wears
between tournaments. naturally the
championship that year was somewhat
more open" than Usual. Chick Evans
was defending the title he had won
in 1916. and the field included practi-
cally all of the best Professionals in
the country as well as several very
fine amateur players.
The championship was played the
second week in June. | had been
pla wing we'll since early Spring, and
figured that with the advantage of
more experience | was about due to
break through. But. in fact, finished
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IA strokes behind Mike Brady and
Walter Hagen. who tied for first place
at the end of u holes. Like the say
ing of the old Scotchman--1 Just
played good. useless golf ALI the way
through. When | was hitting the ball
well away from the tee. my approaches
We're nU what they should have been.
or else was erratic in putting. Some
thing was wrong all the time.
Two Holes-e9 Strokes.
Incide ntally in the first dra wing
had the luck To draw a player who had
been out late the night before and
had not fully recovered from the ef.
fects. recall that on two holes alone
his count totaled % strokes. ON the
eighth hole. which is one-shottef
across deep ca vern. he topped his
tee shot and the ball went bounding
down among great collection of
loose stones. The time he had getting
it out of there was no experience to
envy Naturally enough, having to
wait and watch him prospect around
among these bOulders with a niblick
didn't help my own scoring any.
This experience brings up a matter
which often has been discussed quite
at length, namely. the question of
whether the players in A big cham
pionship should be purposely paired
or the names of all dawn from a hat.
Personally | think they should be
paired Not neceSSa rilN that the era ck
play should be dra wn together and
started at such times as to give them
the best of playing conditions. But
ra her that the relative pla wing merits
of two PLAYERS ought to he considered
as far as is possible, so as 10 see that
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10 this with the
patented tees as
Well as with sand.
" h e n pla ying
lgainst the wind.
or a low ball. tilt
he bah forward
md let ii point
own. This plac-
ng of the hall has
othing TO do with
IS low or high
light. as a mat.
ir of !act. but the
,oSuiOn of the
all has an effect
i the mind of the
ia yer. and the
mind. after all.
iirectS the swing
nd has charge OF
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The Yanks resembled a 500 per
cent club on aper last winter. Right
now they look three to four positions
better than they did three weeks q go.
year ago the clubs strength was
overestimated. This year the tend
ency is to underrate it.. That is the
result Of the clubs seventh place
showing In 1925 and the poor reports
sent from the Yankees st. Petersburg
camp early in March. However, the
Ysnks have the best-loolling young
infielder I've seen this Spring in Mark
Koenig, and | have seen no young
pitcher who has impressed me more
than Myles Thomas. In Il innings
against the Braves, Phillies. Reds and
Dodgers this young chap has yielded
only six hits and one fiuky run.
However, outside of the Yankees.
] can see no other second division
club of 1925 with better than an out
side chance of climbing into the first
division. Davy Bancroft Of the
. Braves has an improved club. There
IS a wonderful morale on the Boston
team: the Braves have really fine
pitching staff; "Banny" still is a won
der. but when the rest of the club is
enalyzed il hasn't the necessary hit
ting strength to crowd clubs like the
T1rates. Giants, Reds and Cardinals
out of the money.
Cardinals Loom Strong.
Hornsby Is almost sure to hob up
with a pretty nifty club in st. Louis.
There was lot of dynamite in the
Cardinal lineup last season, espe-
ciallv after Hornsby relieved Hickey
as manager. The team must have
improved pitching to contest the lead
~ r,-.%I he v,I
Reds, and l think the Cardinals will
get 1t.
The Cardinals have met with re-
markable success in their training
games. a twohit game pitched by
Bill Hallahan against the White Sox
being one of the outstanding achieve
ments. Hallahan Is a eft-hander who
was with Syracuse last year. Keen.
formerly of the Cubs; Sylvester John
son, Cobb's erstwhile speedball artist,
and Walter Huntzinger, McGraw's
1925 bull-pen pitcher. all have made
favorable impressions on the st. Louis
teams training jaunt.
If I think better of the Cardinals
now than | did when | first went
South, my impression of the Browns
is not nearly so favorable as before
saw the team in action. The Browns
pions. Sisters team still Is almost
certain 10 be a first division club, but
] now do not think the club will come
within 10 games of winning the pen
nant. The Browns probably will have
a fight on their hands with Detroit
and the White Sox for fourth place.
Giants May Get Henline.
John NcGraw, Giant manager, has
told some of his friends that Pitts
burgh can't win another pennant with
the same pitchers that won for Nc
Kechnie last year. On the other hand.
another National League manager
told me that McGraw cannot expect
to get back in the pennant class until
he recruits new catching staff. De-
spite that. both of these clubs should
furnish most of the pennant excite
ment this season. Don't be surprised
St McGraw has Butch" Henline
before the season gets under way.
Wilbert Robinson's club hasn't
hooked so good in the South, but his
pitching is much better this Spring.
and with four pitchers like Vance.
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L. H. DRAKE, BALL PLAYER,
DIES AFTER OPERATION

Leon II. Drake of Leesburg. Va. =
member of the pitching staff of the
San Antonio Club. in the TeXa :
League. died in that city last Fri
day. following an operation for ton
silitis. He was % years nf age.
Drake was known in this city hav-
ing appeared here with the Ioudon
County All-stars. He had enrolled al
Georgetown. when discovered bv
scouts. and played At Rochester
Scra nton, Iiagerstown and Bridge
port, Conn.
Evening star., 1926-04-07

OF the 10 universities they faced
in shoulder to shoulder and telegraphic
encounters exclusive of the national
championship EVENT., the fair shoot
ers from College Park scored II vic
tories and | tie.
A tota! of 1851 points was col
lected, which means they dropped an
average of only points per match.
The splendid coaching given the
team by Sergt. Earl Hendricks ano
the keen competition developed by
him among the members of his squad
was responsible to a great extent for
the remarkable record.
Medals from the National Rife AS
sociation of America will be awarded
each member of the team who scored
in the national championship event.
These trophies will he forwarded
through President Coolidge. each one
accompa MED by An autographed letter
The regular squad included Julia
Louise BehrinG. Helen Beyerle. Betty
Ames. Anna Dorsey. Thelma WinkJer
Alma Essex. Margaret Mitchell. Mary
Jane McCurdy. Anita Peters and
CIemencia Cause.
Mitchell Park and Montrose Park
Newcomb hall enthusiasts are in the
midst of an exciting series in Whlcn
two games already have been played,
resulting in deadlock. MOntrose
took the opener and Mitchell Park
won the second encounter.
!Abbie Green, director of George
| town playground, will take her girls
to Garfield playground tomorrow
| morning for holiday game of base
! ball.
! The contest was arranged by spe
! cial permission from playground head
! quarters as a holiday feature. Miss
! Parker director of girls activities
| does not encourage inter playground
| bA sc ball for girls general prac
I tice. because she feels that this is
/ purely boys' sport which has beer
. adopted hy the fair SoI and she ~.
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YANKS LOOM AS GREATEST
THREAT TO CRIFFS AND AS
Only Second Division Club of 1925 Likely TO Finish
= Among First Four This Year-Old League Title
Lies Between Giants and Pirates.
BY FREDERICK G. LIEB.
A SHENlI.I.E., n

SHFN1IF, April As the April Is sounding
IL apparent the big league will split
they did in 1928 The sheep and the OF
ball already the direction in which they
For i difficult to keep the
Nationals the OF the
will be for the Red Sox Cubs and Ph from settling
arou The ON
violent the leagues
club finding
good ii ball
this
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NO BELT FOR DEMPSEY

NEW YORK April Although
he has been invited to attend, Jack
Dempsey will not be among the ring
champions honored with a silk belt at
The first annual dinner of the Boxing
Writer'S Association of New York,
April 25 because of his inactivity in
defense of his heavyweight title.
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GAINS HOCKEY TITLE.

DULUTH. Mimi, April LP)--
Minneapolis won the championship af
the Central Hockey Association bv
defeating Duluth Hornets the third
successive time and making two ad.
ditional games unnecessary. The
score was tO
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the strone. nurn You point the hall
up in this way he careful not to try to
scoop it. which will cause the right
shoulder 10 droop as the ball is hit,
When the ban is teed to point down
be equally careful not to lunge the
body into il as YOU hit-hit only with
the, clubhead.
tCopyright I9o6l
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Twenty Years Of American Golf
BY JIM BARNES.
American (hampon-Payer. nd o Golf
XI.-SHOULD PLAYERS BE PAIRED.

TOURNAMENT activities short n 1917 the
The United Coli decided hold either the
national the championship However the Western
championships held being invited
Of the other ta
the approach
Chicago, and with by
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MACKS LET O'BRIEN GO.

DALLAS, Tex, April Z OP).-Parry
O'Brien, one of the leading outfield
ers in the Texas League last season.
and sold to the Philadelphia Ameri
cans for 1000 by the Dallas club,
was returned to the locals.
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HOLDING SHOOT TODAY.

Marksmen of the Washington Gun
Club who find it inconvenient to at
tend the Saturday afternoon shoots
are holding one of their Wednesday Y
practices today on the range at Ben
ming.
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-InSideGOlf
B, Chester Horton

When your tee shot is to go with
the wind a good idea is to SO tee the
ball that 1t leans backward, or SO the
Ia y noints ,lu~'ntd 1t is possible to
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WOMEN In SPORT
by CORINNE FRAZIER :

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND sharphooters,
rifle championship emphasized this
~ banner by scoring perfect of their IL inter
collegiate
Not point dropped Delaware Utah Illinois Michigan
Northwestern Possible only by
single in the matches with Syracuse and the University Mch
Evening star., 1926-04-07

scoring never 1clI below 49S
fers her charges to devote most of
their time TO girls games.
Miss Green and Miss Howard. direc-
tor of Garfield. have arranged q
picnic luncheon to follow the game
Schlag and dodge ball will be played
in the afternoon.