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Evening star., 1926-12-14

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~ The National League opened
VI its annual meeting here today
/ y with two clubs fully conf
dent that by another Autumn
there will be u new championship
team in the senior circuit of the
majors One Of these is Chicago and
the other is Pittsburgh. The Cubs
and the Pirates already are figuring
out how they are going to topple the
Cards.
One club is willing to start 1927 as
it stands. That is Pittsburgh. But
starting as they stand, the Pirates
would hardly defeat st. Louis, despite
the arguments now going on among
the St. Louis stockholders. Pitts
burgh needs more pitchers.
Chicago might do as well as it did
in 1926, because the Cubs have pitch
ers who are more likely to be good
than otherwise in 1927.
These two teams generally are
picked to give the Cardinals the bat
tie of the coming year. There is less
hope placed on Cincinnati than in
1926, for some reason. But no last
ern team is given Il second thought.
The West still rides in the saddle.
The difference of opinion in the ST
Louis club involves not only a long
term contract for Rogers Hornsby,
who is being coached to get it by
personal friend in st. Louis, regard
less of what may happen to the Cards,
but it embraces the old disagreement
between HOrnsby and Branch Hickey
However, the fans of st. Louis are
seemingly as much Hickey fans as
they are Hornsby fans. It is an un-
usual division of base ball sentiment
for big league city to have.
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Hornsby for what he has done as
player and manager, but there is a
very strong opinion among business
men of ST. Louis that Hickey is re-
Sponsible for obtaining the players of
the st. Louis team. If Hornsby drove
the champions, Hickey matched up
the team, is the way they put it out
on the Mississippi.
Caught in this extreme division of
opinion, Sam Breadon, president of
the club, is trying to make the best
OF a situation which will be satisfac-
tory to everybody and not put the ST.
Louis club in a condition where win
ming the pennant will virtually choke
Its earning power
Another matter that gives st. Louis
some cause for concern is the wide
spreading alliance that it has made
with clubs in minor leagues. There
are men in the National League who
are very much exercised over this ex-
pansion of business. for which Hickey
is held largely responsible. It is con.
trary to the sentiment of base ball
and almost in violation of the letter
OF law of base ball, whatever that
law may purport to be. There are
many minor league entrances by
which players may get into the st.
Louis web, but the only exit is
through the st. Louis club, and every
club in the National League, which
has but one minor league affiliation,
or none, is opposed to the st. Louis.
government.
(Copyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-12-14

They want the same players whom
Schalk wishes to keep.
Hunnefeld and Morehart will have
chance to try their skill again with
Chicago. and possibly no one knows
as yet which of the two will play
second base. or which will play short
stop. 1t might be that Chicago will
have an entirely new man in the
person of Aaron Ward, now with the
Yankees. If suitable arrangements
can he made But If anything takes
place between New York and Chi
cago it will involve some of those
Chicago pitchers of whom Schalk is
so proud.
(CnnNright I92G.l
Evening star., 1926-12-14
COURTESY ACT FALLING
INTO DISCARD In MAJORS
New American League Pilots Are Expected to
Adopt Wary Course in an Effort to Fortify
Their Playing Forces for 1927

YHlLE the st. Louis Browns
have settled upon the fact
" that they will retain
George Sisler, one-time
manager. at first base,
there are other positions upon which
they are far from settled.
There is just a chance that in the
trading this week all Of the Western
clubs of the American League may
switch some players around with a
view toward better combinations on
the diamond
The infield of the Browns will get
as much consideration as that of the
Boston Americans. That is one of
the reasons why the Boston manage
ment will not go through the joyful
process of making any more courtesy
waivers for some time to come In
both major leagues there again has
begun to exist a feeling that 1t Is
better to be successful than polite.
1t is only in recent years that the
courtesy affair has been the rule
rather than the exception. Managers
have noted that il has been the
teams which asked courtesies that
also have won pennants. So most
of the courtesy seekers will get
chilly reception for a year or two,
or even more.
McManus Valued Highly.
There isn't a chance that Nc
Manus of the Browns can be courte-
sled out of the American League.
Too many clubs would like to have
him. At the minor leagues meeting
in Asheville, whenever any other
manager met Dan Howley, the new
manager Of the Browns, the first
thing Dan heard was a question as
to whether he might not take a
little of this or that for McManus.
But McManus hasn't gone yet.
What worries Howley more than
anything else is the general health
of Melillo. That young player. who
went to ST. Louis from Milwaukee,
played ball so fast that he was Durn-
ing up all the dry grass on st. Louis
lawns until he became i'll. IL ne
isn't back in condition in the Spring
the Browns will be scrambling
around trying to get some tonic for
the infield:
Pitchers also worry st. Louis. In
that respect ST. Louis is quite like
all of the clubs. Pitchers worry
Miller Higgins of the Yanks. They
worry Bill Carrigan of the Red SoX.
Schalk Plans improvements.
Ray Schalk of the Chicago White
Sox would like to have pitchers,
despite the fact that some of the
managers think he has pitchers who
are as good as any that grow.
Schalk wants one or two other little
improvements to his team, and he
sounded out the boys the other day,
only to find that almost all the man.
ayers of his league agree with him.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
27 RHODES SCHOLARS
GET OXFORD INSIGNIA
;; tue Associated Press.

By tllc Associated Press.
OXFORD. England, December IT,.
Twenty-seven Rhodes scholars won
their blues" for representing oxford
in contests with Cambridge the past
season. of these II were Americans.
some of whom competed in more than
one sport. The American blue" win
ners are:
Rugby foot ball - a. c. Valentine,
Pennsylvania.
Track events--R. II. Jack. Pennsyl-
vania; l.. r. Thoenen. West Virginia;
r. l.. Hyatt, Arkansas, and w. "A.
Rosenbraugh. Oregon.
Relay races Jack. Pennsylvania;
II. NJ. Cleckley. Georgia; Hyatt, Ar
kansas. and r. s. Sama, Georgia.
Lawn tennis-J. W. Olmsted, Cali
fornia.
Lacrosse-Jack, Pennsylvania, and
J. w. Fulbright, Arkansas.
Water sports-W. W. Butterworth,
Louisiana.
Boxing-J. L. Merrill. California.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
on Likely for Cards 1927 Managers to Be Chay With WAIVERS
FOUR BIG GRID GAMES
ON CORNELL SCHEDULE

ITHACA, N. Y, December IA
Cornell University's foot ball schedule
for 1927 has been announced. The
major contests are with Columbia,
Princeton, Dartmouth ard Pennsyl-
yania.
Due to the addition Of Princeton,
the usual open date, the third Sat.
uid day in October. has been advanced
one week.
ClaIkson Tech and University of
Richmond are also newcomers.
The schedule:
ontoha" Niacara: = University of
Richmond: -. Princeton at Princeton: 20.
November ,. st. Bonaventure; IL. Dart
mouth at Hanover; "A, Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
TECH HIGH GRIDDERS
WILL BE BANQUETED

Tech Highs doughty gridiron war
riors, who, despite they formed the
youngest and greepest combination in
the recent public high series, fought
Western to tie for the crown, will
be the guests of honor at banquet
Thursday night at the school.
Strayers Business College tossers,
following their first victory of the
campaign, scored yesterday over Con
Zaga. 26 to 20, this afternoon were to
entertain Tech at the City Club. Cen
trails first-stringers and lights We're
to go to Baltimore to engage the reg
ulars and reserves of Forest Park
High School.
In yesterdays encounter, its first
of the campaign, GonZaga plainly
showed lack of practice. The Purple
combination, made up of boys who
have just been through a grueling
gridiron season, is expected to i'm
prove rapidly. The I Streeters will HE
themselves to Baltimore Thursday to
encounter Baltimore Poly.
In other games tomorrow Central
will meet Strayer's on the Mount
Pleasant floor. and Business, who lost
to Woodward, 20 to 25, will invade
Leonardtown. Md. for a crack at
Leonard Hall courtmen. Hyattsville
opens its season entertaining Wood
ward.
Thursday probably will be an 'off
day as far as games are concerned.
although Western may get it's first
competition against Woodward.
Dewitt will match baskets with
Business on the latter's floor, and
Central will travel to Baltimore to
battle Baltimore City in fridays
games.
I'M the lone contest among the
scholastic teams Saturday, st. Johns
will come to grips with Hyattsville
High on the Marylanders' court.
Basketers of Dewitt Prep, who are
slated to get their first competition
on Friday with Business, have elected
Frank Bastable, stalwart guard, as
captain.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

This is a speedy age-the world
do move and everything in it. A
professor stationed down in Itaqua-
quecetube. Brazil, has just discov-
cred fly that goes IA miles min
ute, or $40 miles an hour. DIR.
Charles Fl. r. Townsend calls this
rushing insect a Cephenemyia. but
what he measured its flight with |
do not know.
Certainly the Cephenemyia is the
fastest thing that lives. If man is
as successful in duplicating the
speed of this insect as he was in
initiating the flight of a bird--and
he outdid his model in that in
stance-we shall soon see airmen
flying around the earth in single
Summer day!
Bird. VS.. AeropIane.
There is no bird that can COM
pare with the speed of an aero
plane. The fastest bird is right
fully named the swift. and goes
about 100 miles an hour, while
Lieut.. Afford Williams of the
Evening star., 1926-12-14
HOPPE PLAYING WELL.

Willie Hoppe is grooming himself
for a comeback to world champion
ship heights. The veteran billiard
star, on recent exhibited balkline
form, may be established a favorite
over Erich Hegenlacher, present hold
er of the worlds 1872 crown, in their
match at New York January 5, 6
and z.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
TWIN BASKET BALL BILL
ARRANGED AS A BENEFIT

For the benefit of Epiphany Roses,
one of the sturdiest fives in local
senior basket ball circles, a double.
header has been arranged tonight for
Epiphany gym.
Roses will battle Speed" Walters
Washington Collegiates following a
preliminary contest starting at 1880.
O'Clock between Epiphany Chapel
MidgetS and Calvary Reds.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

a week, covering 800 miles. Rich
ard Lajoie walked on stills 275
miles in 10 hours.
Jacob Wainwright cycled back
ward a half mile in 81 3-5 seconds.
Francois Suisons rolled a barrel
from Paris to Melun, 54 miles, in
"a hours.
Queensland aboriginees can travel
upward-climbin Eucalypti trees
at the rate of 80 feet a minute.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
PRO COURT LEAGUE

LAST NIGHTS RESULT.
Washington, 20: Chicago, %.
GAMES TONIGHT.
Chicago at Baltimore.
Cleveland at Fort Wayne.
Washington at Philadelphia.
GAME TOMORROW.
Philadelphia at New York.
GAMES THURSDAY.
Washington at Baltimore.
Rochester at Cleveland.
New York at Detroit.
GAME FRIDAY.
Rochester at Cleveland.
GAME SATURDAY.
New York at Rochester.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
DECLINES GRID DATE.

LINCOLN, Nebr.. December IA up.
Lincoln High School has declined the
invitation TO meet Tuscaloosa, Ala.
in foot ball game at Los Angeles.
Christmas day. The school board de-
cided that post-season games tended
20 overemphasiZe foot ball.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
BIKE WINNERS GET $4,000.

NEW YORK, December IA R.-
Reggie Mcnamara, Iron Man of the
professional bicycle riders, and his
Italian partner, Pietro Linari, split
$12, 900 as the winners share of the
$4,000 in prize money and bonuses
awarded to the competitors in the six
day race that finished at Madison
Square Garden Saturday night.
WOmen's hockey clubs exist in
nearly all of the cities and towns in
IaIl
Evening star., 1926-12-14

Tex Richard has promoted nearlr
every heavyweight championship
match since the Johnson-Jeffries fight
at Reno, New, in 1910.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

RADIATORS, TENDERS
BODIES MADE AND REPAIRED
NEW RADIATORS FOR ACTOS
WITTSTATTS r & F. WKS.
$40 18th NV. 1423 r. REAR.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
PIRATES AND CUBS
OBE CHIEF FOES
Reds Not So Highly Rated.
Fans of st. Louis Split
Over Hornsby Case.
,.Y JOHN Il. FOSTER.

N EiN YORK. December Ia
N The National League opened
NJ its annual meeting here today
/ with two clubs fully conf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-09

dates and a lunch will be served at
ter the work.
The ladies' Of the Thimble Club en-
tertalned their husbands Friday eve
ming at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Allen Sweet, 1t being their an
nuai gentlemen's night. There were
twety present, and fine banquet
was enjoyed. the menu consisting of
fruit cocktail, olives. celery, roast
stuned pig, scalloped potatoes,
squash, cabbage salad, rolls, pump
Kin pie, cheese and coffee After the
supper bridge was enjoyed until a
late hour, prizes for high scores be-
ing awarded to Leslie l.. Littlefeld,
and Colby L. Merrill The ladies
pronounced 1t the prettiest party
ever given by the club. The gentle-
men Will recfprocate with banquet
al the Stoddard BLOUSE the night of
december 81. where they will watch
the old year out and Che new year
IN. Thts has been an annual event
Tor a number of years, and reserya-
lions for it has already been made
at the hotel
An attempt is being made to orm
no"llng league to include Farming
ton and Wilton bowlers. with good
prospects of success. and 1t Is hoped
also TO induce some of those inter-
ested IN other Franklin county towns
10 JOIN with themb and make II a
real league. There have already been
seVeral interesting matches this fan
between Pennington and Wilton
po"lerS, and others are In prospect.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-09
COBURN NOTES

The first class students at Thayer
Hall for this week are Chisholm.
Francis, Thuson, Maynes, Perkins
and DANUBE.
The camp of the Outing Club at
Snow Pond is now practically finish
ed. An expedition went out last
Saturday and ate their dinner there,
which was prepared by the girls.
In spite of the fact that Coburn
wiped up the field with Colby Frosh,
Coach Haines has set out to correct
many faults of the team. Instead of
the usual easy Monday practice. the
boys were put through hard practice,
both teams playing hard until dark
ness fell. The hardest game of the
season is expected next Saturday
when Coburn comes up against He
bron in what is expected to be the
hardest fought battle in the State
series. Both teams are at the high
est point of enthusiasm as well as
the students of both schools.
Coburn will observe the holiday,
Thursday by dismissing school for
that day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-09
Rural Comedy
Opens Fine Bill
At Silver Theater

This weeks bill at the silver inca
ter opened last evening with a pre-
sentation of Dolly of the Follies"
by the Pearl Young Players before q
we'll filled house. The play is a
rural comedy, and the audience last
night gave full approval to its many
mirth provoking situations.
AS the story runs. Mrs. Mccoy
takes into her home a little orphan
girl, "Pinky" to take the place Of her
own daughter, Dolly" who has gone
to New York with the idea of a stage
career in mind. Mrs. Mccoy becomes
i'll and the town doctor wires for
Dolly to come home. Dolly comes,
and startles the town with her short
skirts and paint. She falls In love
at first sight with Joe Martin, a
young farmer who is raising aSparag-
US.
Max Elroy, city friend of Dolly's
has followed her to her hc.ne town,
and tries to get her to return to the
city by threatening to lie to her
mother about her. Andrew Harris,
the town sheik, offers to let Dolly
have the use of her car. but she has
walked home before" and refuses to
listen to him. Tommy Tuttle Is q
red headed. freckle faced boy, in love
with Pinkey. Max tells Dolly that
Joe wouldn't have anything to do
with a girl who paints her face. and
proves it by having Pinkey dress as
vamp. Joe is angry when he sees
Pinkey. and Tommy feels like spank
ing her. Dolly feels that Max is right,
and is ready to return to the city
with him. Then they discover. that
pest Is spreading through the as
paragus. Andrew has the only spray
er in the county and refuses to let
Joe use it. Mrs. Mccoy has a little
money saved from funds Dolly had
sent her, and offers it to Joe. The
latter changes his, mind about girls
being bad because they painted. Max
finds he was wrong and offers to go
into partnership with Dolly and Joe,
which leaves every one happy with
the exception of Andrew.
The cast is we'll selected, and fun
runs riot throughout the piece.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-09
Grand Jury on Trail
OF Two Strong Boxes
In Indiana Corruption

Indianapolis. Ind. Nov. 3-(F)-Af-
ter month of circling, the grand
jury today caught the scent OF the
political corruption in Indiana which
1t has been failing. Two strong
boxes in which d. c.. Stephenson is
supposed to have deposited evidence
of Illegal deals made by him with
high state officials when he was re-
ported to be a power In state politics
were traced to his former business
partner. L. G. Julian of Evansville,
Ind. Julian denied, however, any
knowledge as to the contents of the
boxes.
Julian was reluctant witness
Twice Prosecutor William H. Remy
took him into the criminal court to
compel him to answer questions. On
the first occasion he was ordered to
answer a question as to whether, in
September of last year. he had receiv-
ed the strong boxes from Stephenson.
He answered in the affirmative and
then baked at the question: Where
are the boxes?" Again he was taken
into court and Charles S. Wiltsie,
judge pro- tenn, ruled that he should
answer under penalty of contempt of
court If he refused. The witness was
then taken back into the grand jury
room and the answer that he gave
remains a secret. He was ordered to
reappear for further examination to-
morrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-09
American Express
Continued from Pace One)

territory which It aimed to serve. It
has operated entirely on its own capt.
tai. No stock has been sold to the pub
lie, nor is there any such intention.
"On the first of May, this year, the
first link of the system was inaugur-
ated, carrying the air mail between
Chicago and Dallas. The record of this
line has been very satisfactory to us.
1t has flown approximately $4,000
miles without an accident. II has
completed ninety-eight and two-thirds
per cent. of Its scheduled mileage It
has maintained it's time schedules at
90 per cent. 1t has lost no mail and
injured no people. 1t had only one
mechanical forced landing for each
$4,000 miles of flying and it's total
damage to its aircraft through such
forced landings has been less than
$780,"
Among the officers of the Transport
Company are two two respective heads
of the two pioneer air companies of
America, c. NJ. Keyes. president Of the
Curtiss Airplane & Motors Company,
and Charles l.. Lawrance, president Of
the Wright Aeronautical Corporation,
New York
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-09
Pleads Guilty to
Illegal Possession,
Appeals Sentence

Joseph Vigue of Maple street was
arraigned yesterday morning in the
municipal court before Judge Atchley
on charge of illegal keeping of intox-
icating liquor. Entering plea of
guilty, he was sentenced to pay fine
of $500 and costs and four months in
Jail, with six months additional in de-
fault of payment. He appealed the
case to the January term of court in
Augusta, bonds being furnished in the
amount of $500. The bondsmen were
Peter Vigue and Alfred H. Matthew.
Three quarts of what Is alleged to be
alcohol was found by three deputy
sheriffs and a federal prohibition Off
Ger Saturday night at Mt. Vigues
place on Maple street.
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NEW WITNESS
Continued from Pace One)

with a companion whose identity he
was anxious to conceal.
"A girl" or "a woman" he
thought sufficient and only on the
direct demand of the court did he
give her name as Jennie Lenfort."
The fact that she has married since
she visited Derussey's Lane with
him and has husband and two
children, the witness thought suffi-
cient reason for restricting the iden-
tif1cation. The court after ruling
that the name she bore then must
be revealed, decided that "as a mat
ter of public policy" the married
name need not be given.
Ehrling, once over his ambar-
rassment, proceeded with confidence
in his testimony. He said that he
saw Mrs. Jane Gibson riding her
mule in the lane and later saw two
automobiles. one that looked like
a Ford sedan" occupied by a man
with a moustache.
On cross examination he describ-
ed the moustache as small" This
evidence was welcomed by the de-
Tense as both the moustached de-
PENDANTS have anything but small
moustaches.
Two nngerprlnt experts again tes-
titled that the print of Willie Stew
ems is on calling card of the Rev
erend Mr.. Hall. found near his body
In the examination Of both the
defense stressed the fact that the
card has been in the office Of the
Daily Mirror, a New York newspa-
per, during a part of the time it was
in the hands of the experts.
c. Russell Gildersleeve, formerly
a lay reader in Mr.. Halls church
testified that he saw Mr.. Hall and
Mrs. Mills on Broadway. at 49th
street, in the summer of 1921. AL.
len II. Bennett. neighbor. who de-
MED that he had said that he heard
an automobile strike the Hall ga