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The Washington times., 1926-06-10
PILOT
SUSPE NDED

NEW YORK, June TO- Bill Nc
Kechnie. manager Of the world s
champion Pittsburgh Pirates, has
been indefinitely suspended for his
run.in yesterday with Umpire Bill
Klein in Philadelphia, It was am
nounced today. by John Al. Heydler,
president Of the National League.
George GranthaIn, Pirate first base
man, was evicted from the game
punishment from league headquart-
ers here.
Heydler,s action today followed
receipt of Klem's official report Of
the trouble with McKechnie.
The Washington times., 1926-06-10

the East, West and South are On
edge Tor the annual sirius u cor
individual hrilliancy Sixty i've
schools are entered il the carnival.
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Runs Scored Daily

week Ending June o.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Leader for the day Cleveland, IL.
low Philadelphia, I.
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ARMY n
PLAY ON

Army officers waged n1erciIess
tennis warfare against each other
on the courts Of the Columbia
Country Club with the result that
many fell BY the swayside. Two
rounds OF match play were In
dulged In, the players quickly going
through their matches.
cant. Robert g. Van Vliet and
Col. Waite e. johnson, both pos
sible winners, came through their
matches after some hot tennis and
fhav may meet late today. Five
MATCHES will be played and the
national Army singles tennis cham
nfonship ought to be well on its
way towards the ultimate winner
tonight.
The Washington times., 1926-06-10
Navv RAIN short

Navy scored four runs In the
ninth In brave effort to whip
Public Buildings and Grounds. in
the Potomac Park League. but the
rally fell short. Navy losing. to 5.
It's foe got two runs In the final.
Robbins was star hitter with four
satellites.
The Washington times., 1926-06-10
DairYlnen FLaiI RaII

Every member Of the Chevy Chase
Dairy team made one OF more hits in
defeating g. e p ]. Telephone, Is to s.,
In the Commercial League. Haas
and Purdy got three bingles apiece
for the Dairy team. and Hilleary led
the enemy with three.
The Washington times., 1926-06-10

Daily Totals. Is 10 81 20 81 q 3S-zIU
). NATIONAL LEAGUE
Leader for the Pittsburgh, 9.
Low--New York, 2.
rsamA
Boston ~ 5 g. So
New York ~. 10 4 1 is 2~- 80.
Cincinnati -. s. b. y
Pfktsburgh $50 - Il
brooklyn - ~. 10 20 a. 70
PhiIadelphia.. IT, l6
ST. Louis. ..s. I'll 4-~ 10
Chicago ....ts. III a--- ~
- - - - 49, ----
Daily totals 80 80 22. q Is 3s4-17S
enc games played.
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GOING down
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1Batted for Ogden in fourth.
2Batetd for Ferguson il eighth.
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lOutBy Bush. by Ferguson. by
MiIIer q Hits-0ff Bush III "a
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SeweilY BY Ferguson fBurnsI losing
pitcher Bush.
The Washington times., 1926-06-10
TraasltrY Team Wins

a Treasury, in the CoIored Depart
mental League, found Veterans Blu
reau soft and trotted in some subs.
using IA players to win d 13-to-5
The Washington times., 1926-06-10
Easv for carIvles

The Carlyle Midgets gathered runs
in large clusters to whip the
Robins, go to IA Harold and
Sweeney hit lloners.
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Nick to Mount
GrottO Goat Ii
Cleveland

CLEVELAND June 10 Ifnele
Nick Aitrock, washington veteran
comedian coach, Il pretty much the
whole cheese today st Dunn Ftela.
feature Of the afternoon Will pc
his tumibiings and caperings before
j huge delegation Of members from
~ Slrat Grotto. The setlsss
prophets will attend ii uniform.
ompanied BY their hand uecufy
ing seats behind the Cleveland
tit1goIt
Woe IS unto IJncIs Nick 4 bis
comedy happens to take saslf
turn He VIII BE doomed for tn tale
everina re ie Is be Initiated INTO
AI STRAIT lir0tto Special goats have
been captured III the wiids Ut
Montana Tor him and Bar
nard president 81 the Cieye land
Club, to mount and ride. they
can.
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MANY DIE
ON PUTS
N PI AY
By Ross =. COnkIin

Greens that were as trne as BILL
Hard tables, and twice as fast,
generated healthy casualty list in
the ranks 81 those who would quail
Nv FOR the Columbia tournament.
out of d possible starting field OF
i76. lust exactly oI1e-third fet vic
Tins s0f the green's. though an oc-
easionaJ death was chalked up TO
bitches and ont ef bounds.
The boys who wrote the rules for
rolf thought two puts g plenty for
each green. They guessed niser-
ably. They were Scotchmen and
therefore penurious. Most Amerl-
cans would make Il a three. four
or five putt regulation.
OF course, golfer always has
an abb for failure. and maybe
those greens were not entirely to
blame Cards from ITO players
were turned III. and some Of them
did not have anyt hing to say about
shipWreclss on the greens,
Can't 4. j Fielder. for 10
stance, Is wen satisfied with the
eighteenth green. He made
three al H. Claude Watts be-
Iieves that the fifteenth S the
best hole on the course. He hOled
: long saashie shot Tor an eagle
two Oh e. Frank ThysQll had
two Oh the sixteenth and was not !
heard 30 complain and be Clipped
III maaIlle shot on the eight I
zenith.
The fact that only one player,
I Al. u. HOughton, Of Manor. broke
] SO should be taken with bag Of
salt. BY far the classier half Of the
field began to ferment today. The
Baltfm0re ana Virginia delegation
are due to tee Oft and In addi-
ton, George Voigt. Miller B. Stevin.
son. Earl McA1eer, Henry p. Nichol-
son. John Floyd BraWner. Karl
Kellerman. IT., and s horde Of good
ones are playing
Among those who either fell
actually BY the wayside. Or turned
in high scores were Walter r.
Tuckerman. who was crowned cham
pion Of Chevy Chase last week,
with an 81: r. z Harrell. cham
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pion of Congressional. who tore
up: page Hufty, who could not
play Friday and 50 Withdrew II. G:
Knox. Indian Spring champion, who
Withdrew and others.
HOughton's ~ was good golf.
He was hitting the ball well and
but for serious trouble on two
holes would have cut four strokes
off his card. Tuckerman had an
abundance Of SIS and SIS do not
always mean low scores.
Last year 81 was the highest
score to get into the tournament,
and it seems as though one strike
higher would be the barrier this
year, showing that after all, the
average golfer shoots just about
the same score day in and day
out.
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Golfer Aged 81

At the age OF 81, Alan Muir, Of
Greenock, Scotland, still plays about
is holes Of golf weekly
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
A. Saenz Again in Mexico
City, Says Report Here

Aaron Saenz, secretary of foreign
relations for Mexico, who made a
brief visit in Douglas last week, has
returned to Mexico City, according
to information received in Aqua
Prieta Thursday. Secretary Saenz
had made an extended visit to Los
Angeles and other points on the Pa
cific coast He showed that he had
returned with the Intention Of get
ting back to work by Immediately
going into conference with President
Gales.
The statement made by Secretary
Saenz at Douglas and other points
while on his return that he thought
when laws or constitutional rrovi-
sions were inimical to the best in
terests of the country they should
be repealed or amended has been
taken by the more conservative per-
sons in Mexico as meaning that there
is way out of the religious diff
Guilty now existing in Mexico.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
HOFF TO MAKE
DEBUT AS PRO
IN ST. PAUL
tBy Dispatch A. 2 Wire)


ST. PAUL, Aug. 26.-Charley Hoff
of Norway, worlds champion pole
vaulter, has definitely stepped from
the amateur ranks and will make his
debut as a professional here in ten
days. Hoff set the worlds outdoor
mark at 13 feet IL 1916 inches.
Barred from appearing as an anna
teur in the United States, the 23-
year-old brilliant all-around field and
column of prominent amateurs that
have turned to the professional field.
Herman Roe, president of the Min
nesota state fair, announced TO-DAY
that he had received telegraphic ac-
ceptance from Hoff of contract
calling for the latters daily appear
ance before the grandstand at the
fair, September to II.
Uusing a special collapsible track,
his own device, Hoff will try tT
break his approved record of 13 feet
II 3-8 inches. His unofficial marks
exceed IA feet. Hoff was barred from
amateur appearances in this country
by the A. A. U. in May, after he re-
fused to appear in meet on the
Pacific coast arranged by the A. A. u
authorities.
In earlier exhibitions in this coun,
try, Hoff broke his own ercord sew.
eral times. His success, he once
said, to his method of not puIllne,
himself up from the ground so quick"
ly as the American vaulters.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
SEAT-BUILDINC
JOB FOR FIGHT
IS HARD INDEED

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26. Tex
Richards contractors who will put in
the seats at the Sesqui- Centennial
stadium for the Dempsey Tunney
heavyweight championship fight Sep
tember %, will have to do some fast
work. 1t was stated today at the ex'
position offices that the job of put
ting down flooring on the field fol
the seats around the ring will not
begin until September I8. This is
due to the fact that several athletic
events are scheduled for the stadium
during the first half of September.
The work will proceed day and night
The ticket sale got under way here
today at three branch offices. The
main office, at 1920 Chestnut street,
will be opened tomorrow and Tex
Richards corps of office men is pre-.
pairing for a busy time. Joseph f.
Boynston, Richards treasurer, ex
pressed surprise at the interest al
ready being shown in the big bou..
"The demand for reservations has
been so great" he said, that it would
not surprise ne il there was a COM
plete sell-out a week before the
fight. Because of the steady influx
of checks and cash 1 cannot give a
definite figure"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
JAPAN'S DAVIS
CUP TEAM HOLDS
FRENCH | TO |
(By Dispatch A. p. Wire)

FOREST HILLS, N. Y, Aug 26. -
Displaying sensational and unexpect-
ed strength, Japan's Davis cup team
TO-DAY held Frances formidable forces
to an even break in the opening two
matches of the inter-zone series that
will determine Americas challenger in
the historic tennis competition. The
japanese came close to making it a
clean sweep, as a matter of fact, for
Takeiichi Harada conquered Rene La
coste in four bitterly fought sets,
Ga, AS, 6-3, 81, after Henri Cochet
had saved himself from defeat only
by spectacular rally that turned
back Tsumio Tawara in five sets,
1-6, 4-6, rs, 6-3, 6-2.
Such opposition came as a stunning
surprise to Frances color bearers.
who had gone into the fray as over
whelming favorites Instead of hav-
ing the clear path they We're expected
to travel to the challenger round
with the United States in Philadelphia
next month, they now face a stern
battle to overcome the Nipponese
threat.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
l4OO PAY $l.lO
EACH TO WATCH
DEMPSEY TRAIN

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 26. - Jack
Dempsey engaged in his first open
air workout in the Grey Hound race
track today driving punches at seven
human shock o b L S, While Il
throng of 1,40O paid $1.10 each for
the privilege of watching him.
The worlds heavyweight champion
was unable to get the kind of work
out he needs due OF the inability Oh
his sparring partners to stand up un-
der a bombardment of heavy punches.
Two of them failed to last round.
Consequently Dempsey faced seven
sparring mates for his five rounds OF
glove work He devoted his atten.
ton to developing speed, ducking and
footwork He pulled his punches eX'
cept when boxing Bill Tate, the giant
negro, to avoid slaughter.
Dempsey's workout, in addition to
the boxing, consisted Of round OF
tugging of the pulleys, another round
of driving punches into the heavy bag
and two rounds of shadow boxing.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
LEGION MEN TO
CROSS Line BY
USE OF BADGES
Mexican immigration Auth
critics Reopen Line here;
Open All Night.

All members of the American legion
and the American Legion auxiliary
will be extended an unusual courtesy
by Mexico during the three-day con
vention of the state department of the
legion, now being held in Bisbee. Ac-
cording to announcement of imm gra- =
tion authorities at Aqua Prieta, mem
will be permitted to cross the interna-
tional border into Mexico at the port
of Aqua Prieta, without any identity
cards, merely by showing the immigra-
tion officers their legion and auxiliary
badges. The badges have been sup
piled to .all members Of the two or
ganizations, and presentation of the
badges at the immigration bureau in
Aqua Prieta will give them the right
to visit the Mexican city.
Announcement has also been made by
the Mexican immigration bureau that
the Mexican authorities have ordered
the line at Aqua Prieta reopened, and
the border will again be open at all
hours of the day or night, as has al
ways been the practice between the
port of Aqua Prieta and the port of
Douglas. The line has been closed at
11:3O at night for a few nights, but
will now be re-opened as before. Bor-
der residents who have not secured
their border identity cards are urged
to secure them at once
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
W. JOHNSON NOT
COMPETINCI IN
TENNIS SINGLES
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

NEWPORT, r. T., Aug. 26. = Ill
health compelled William M. Johnson
of California to withdraw from the
singles competition of the Newport
tennis tournament today after three
of his leading rivals for the Casino
bowl had played through intermittent
showers to win their quarter final
matches.
Johnston's retirement from the
event, the result of an attack of
grippe, which prevented his appear
ance on the court today, advanced
Alfred H. Chaplin, Jr., OF Springfield,
Mass, to the semi-final round, where
he will oppose Brian I. C. Norton of
San Antonio tomorrow in the lower
half of the draw In the upper half,
William T. Ti1den, national cham
pion, will face the former Spanish
Davis cup player, Manuel Alonzon
he two matches to be decided in
three sets out of five. Todays VIC
tors survived their tests without be-
ing exhausted, while Johnston was
spending most of the time in bed
Tilden has seldom electrified a ten
mis- gallery with a more dazzling dis
play of striking than he discharged
today on the stout4hearted defense of
Cranston Holman, Leland. Stanford
star, to bring off his fourth triumph
of the tennis tournament in straight
sets at Ga, 6-3. w
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
GOLF PLAYERS
DO NOT FINISH
FIRST ROUND
(By Dispatch A. P. Wirel

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. &C. = A
record for prolonged endeavor on the
golf links was set today in western
open championship at Highland Golf
club, where Macdonald Smith of New
York is defending his title against
25O aspirants, many of whom were en-
meshed in darkness before they could
finish the first 1S holes of play.
In fact, the first round was made
to extend over parts of two days for.
as the sun sank, such satrs as Chick
Evans, Al Watrous, Joe Turnesa and
John Farrell, still We're far afield.
The players stopped for the night
and will resume their round in the
morning.
Whether it is the slowness OF play
that deadened the keenness of the
contestants or the precarious posi-
tions of the cups at the lacks of the
sloping greens that forced extra puts
and approaches, the players for the
most part did not score in a manner
to frighten DOGGY The defending
champion took 76 strokes, six more
than par. He did not lack company,
for few were able to get close to the
splendid SO scored by Gene Sarazen
of New York.
P. o. Hart of Marietta added one
stroke to Sarazen's card for his total
of 70, which gave him second place.
Abe Espinosa of Chicago and Harry
Cooper were well up in the list with
"a each while James Manion of ST.
Louis and John Lehman of Gary, two
amateurs, We're able to tie with the
redoutable Walter Hagen at rs.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
TO
CLOSE TODAY;
PLAY AT 2::3O

A group of children under the di-
.rection of Miss Mariyn Norton, in
charge of the childrens' playground
at the Fifteenth street park, will
give costume play, THE Garden of
the Zoo" in the southeast corner of
the park at 2:30 this afternoon. The
children have been carefully trained
in their parts by Miss Norton and
will present an interesting little play.
The performance will be free, and
the general public is cordially invited
to attend.
In addition to the play there will
be a short athletic program. Thomas
Rotten and Posa Miller, winners of
the childrens' story telling contest
recently held, will tell their prize
stories. The athletic program will
include so yard dashes for boys and
girls; sack races for boys and girls;
shoe races for boys and girls; hu-
man wheel barrow races for boys
and girls; 10O-yard dash for boys
and a three-legged race for girls.
The play and athletic program will
mark the closing of the playground
for this season. 1t is the usual Gus
tom to close the playground about
two weeks before school opens. The
playground opened in June IA this
year and has been we'll patronized by
the little folks during the summer.
The case of the play will be as fol-
lows: Queen rose, Audrey Sharp;
monkey flower Helen Olson; tiger
lily, Georgia Redwine; snapdragon
Edna Stock; catnip, Rosa Miller; cat
tail, Sidney Miller; king lion, Edna
Haney; the monkey, Jack Phipps;
the snake, Josephine Brannah; the.
wild cats, Edna and Audine billiard
the tiger, Winifred Krentz; the alli-
gator, Frances Johnston; the Watch
dog, John O'Connor and the watch
man, Thomas Rotten.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
STATE LEGION
CONVENTION IS
ON IN BISBEE

The American legion, department
of Arizona convention opened in Bis
bee on Thursday with bang.
Throughout the day, the visiting del
egation continued to pour into the
Mine city, and by evening, represen-
tatives of So posts in the state had
presented their credentials.
The city is .ablaze with flags, from
the lower end of Lowell to the up
per end of Bisbee, the streets being
lined with the national colors. Flags
set on standards and inserted in
holes in the concrete walks furnish
the decorations. The flags are set
just a few feet apart Many attrae-
tive window displays honoring the
legion visitors have been prepared.
In the parade on Thursday after
noon, which was witnessed by a large
number of Douglas people, the Doug
las post made a fine showing. A
group of Smoki Indians from one of
the legion posts in the state marched
garbed in loin cloths, to the beat of
tom toms. The 25th infantry band
PAOSChICu SP1CAuIu appearance ana
won applause throughout the line of
march. THAT Shack" was one of
the hits of the parade, while officers
of Fred Hilburn post of Douglas, rid
ing in wheelbarrows pushed by Of
ficers of the E. A. Engle post of Bis
bee. created a laugh all along the
line.
The Douglas legion officers were
. given the free ride by the Bisbee
legion officials because the Bisbee
post had been defeated in their chal-
lenge membership drive with the
Douglas post. Most of the Douglas
people who were in Bisbee for the
parade and to attend the dance and
orchestra competition during the eve
ming, returned to this city during the
night, although a large number re-
mained to be presetn through the en-
tire convention, which will las. two
more days. The legion auxiliary con
vention is being held at the same
time and large number of Douglas
women are in attendance at the ses,
sions of that organization.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
NEAR zoo HEAR.
MOOSE OFFICER

Nearly 200 persons gathered in the
banquet room at the Gadsden hotel
wednesday evening to hear Thomas
M Howell, general dictator and high
est official of the Loyal order of
Moose, tell of the wonderful work
that is being accomplished at Moose
heart and MoosehavSp, the two great
homes established by the Moose.
Among those in attendance were
about 80 members from Bisbee, in
cluding every officer of Bisbee lodge
No. 71S.
"The homes at Mooseheart and
Moosehaven are proof of what can be
accomplished with a little money and
lot of love-" Dictator Howell
stated. .Mooseheart, in Illinois, is
a great home and school for the
wives and children of departed
Moose, and now contains more than
$4,000 women and children. Moose
haven, located in Florida, is home
for old and disabled members of the
lodge and their wives and now con-
tains 489 couples.
"In addition to these two great
homes, we now have the Mooseheart
extension, which provides homes for
children and old people who for some-
reason cannot enter the other two
homes. There are already about 400
persons at this home"
Dictator Howell spoke of the
phenomenal growth of the Loyal Or
der of Moose since it was organized
in 1905. At that time, the lodge had
membership of 246. Today it's
members number 100000 The ma
tional officer complimented the local
lodge and encouraged all the visitors
to enter the order. The general die
tator was welcomed to the city in Il
nice address by Mayor A. E. Hinton.
Officers and past officers of the
Douglas lodge who attended the BAN
quet included A. E. Hinton, past die
tator; Bruce Stephenson, Dictator
William Van Winkle, past Dictator
Richard Jennings, past dictator; L. S.
Perrin, past dictator; Grover c. Shook,
past dictator, and Carlton M. Beals,
secretary.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27

whose play has surprised the field in
the women's western championship.
Her victory today paired the Hoosier
tomorrow with Miss Dorothy Page,
1S-year-old professors daughter from
Maple Bluff, Madison, Wis, who elimi-
mated Miss Elsie Hiding of High
land, Grand Rapids, and 4, IN their
third round match.
The second semi-final will be be-
tween Mrs o. S. Hill, Meadow Lake,
Kansas City, and Mrs. Stewart Han
ley of Detroit.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
COMMANDING OFFICER RETURNS

Major c. E. Townsend, command
ing officer of Camp Harry j. Jones'
with his family, returned to this
city on Thursday from the coast,
where they have been spending a
Vacation of several weeks. Major
Townsend resumed command of the
post, and will be in charge of the
1st battalion of the 25th infantry
when they leave at the end of this
month for Fort Huachuca, where
they will take part in joint maneuv-
ers with the 10th cavalry.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
Senator WOrsley Makes
Street Address Here

A. A.. Worsley, formerly a state SEN
ator from Pima county, delivered po-
litical address at the corner of Tenth
street and G avenue Thursday evening.
Senator Worsley, who served several
terms in the state senate, and who was
one of the soriginal supporters of Gov
ernor George w. P. Hunt, explained
that he was no longer a, supporter of
the governor, and proceeded to soundly
berate him and his political activities.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
Hodge POdge Golf Played
In WOmen'S Western Open

CHICAGO, Aug. ga curious but
thrilling round of hodge -podge golf
spiced with rallies of sensational per-
formance and queer quirlls of luck
ended on the 18th green at Olympia
fields today in a 1-up victory for
Miss Noami Hull of Kendallville, Ind,
over Miss Marian, Turpie, the we~
Scotch lassie from New Orleans,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
Dos Cabezos Syndicate
Incorporates; Will Seek
Oil in the BOwie Field

The Dos Cabezos Oil Syndicate of
Bowie filed articles of incorporation
with the CORPORATION commission in
Phoenix on Thursday, listing capital
stock of $4,000.
George F. Sevey, Joseph F. Ander-
son, r. S. Kimball, ]. w. Wilson and
Frank L. Copening, Jr., were the in
cOrnOratOrS
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
MIAMI MAN ENDS OWN
life RY SHOOTTN

MIAMI, Aug. 26.-Robert Sandercock,
well known in this district for 80
years as a prospector and small mine
owner, committed suicide here today by
shooting himself with a rifle Mrs. A.
Kirby, who had cared for Sandercock
for the past few months, declared he
had been despondent over total blind
ness with which he had been afflicted
for the past four years.