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Evening star., 1926-05-11
EASE BALL SECRETS
BY Sol Metzger-
Pitch to a Weakness.

Invariably batters have a weak
ness to pitch to, and the pitcher
who has control tries to get Il ball
10 that spot. Experience has also
proved that batters can, hit better
when ball is delivered to GER
tain area over the plate.
4 good rule to follow in pitch
ing is to avoid putting the bail
over the middle of the plate be-
tween the hatter's belt and the let
ters on his. shirt. That is the
groove" where most batters best
connect with the ball.
\ good pitcher must learn 10
keep the ball out Of this groove.
Try to put it over the corners or
the plate in the spots designated In
the illustration on the left. The
illustration on the right shows
where pitcher should avoid de-
livering the ball.
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EASTERN STAR WINS
HOMlNG PIGEON RACE

Eastern Star. owned by l.. A.
Neitzey, captured the first race held
this season by the American HyteX
Racing Pigeon Club, now animated
American Homing Pigeon Fanciers,
Inc.
The winner made the distance of
100 miles over the Southern course
from Charlottesville, Va. in 2 hours
35 minutes, for an average speed of
1895 yards per minute. One
hundred and fifteen birds were lib
Grated in clear weather with no wind.
First returns to the var Gus lofts,
with speed in yards per minute, fol-
low: ,o.
II Y Dove I25 30. y. e. Hartley,
1i-i1a 80: R4ueh & Rogers, 1,oS9,s0; w.
w Hardy .O724j.
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WILLS GOT $4,000
IN BIG BOUT FIZZLE

~ ,he Associated Press.
sOr-Tu pEND Ind. Nav 1l.-1he
,nstde story Of how the South Beno
Arht syndicate lost $4,000 and the
Demrsev-Nills battle was told 70
-he South Bend Tribune TO-DAY py
FLOYD FitZsimmonS, promoter.
The $50. 900 was paid over 70 Wits
September so. 1925. the day after the
Niles. Mich. contract was slSheu'
1,itzsimmons said. Dempsey was 10
have been paid 100000 on the same
nav. but according To titZsimmons.
only S3S .000 was availaa;e. and TINS
DemDsev refused IL accept
Rather than kill the match, Demp-
sew called in Ray Cannon, attorney
and a new contract developed IN
which the South Bend syndicate was
allowed six months in which to pro-
duce the 100000. In the meantime:
Yritzsimmons claims, the South BEND
man tried to sell the bout to Kansas
city and Chicago, but were unsuc-
cessful
Finally Dempsey got tired of the
SsrI,n around" and he called the whole
deal off and signed with Richard.
Evening star., 1926-05-11

LOS ANGELES. May IL R).
Kenneth Grumhles, high hurdles
champion of the University Of
Southern California. with two other
athletes from the same institution.
were arrested here Saturday. police
have announced when the trio was
about To bop off To & track meet in
Colorado III an airplane alleged IL
have been stolen. TheGrumbles'
companions were j. Burch and Edgar
L LnnSp
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SUZANNE SURE TO COME
TOU. s.. PYLE DECLARES

CHICAGO. May II P).-Suzanne
Ienglen's visit to the United states
for film work and tennis exhlbltions
So assured. c. p. Pyle, sports pro
,noter. said today just before ms oe
parture with his protege' heu
Grange, for California Where the loot
hail luminary will make his debut
as a movie actor.
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to skid off to the
left because of a
rolling action Of
the hands. With
out this rolling of
the hands. or
forearms the ball
would slice. and
often the player
will find that his
persistent slice is
due to the body
swinging ahead.
When the body
s W a Us forward
this way the
hands naturally
get considerably
ahead Of the
clubhead. The
very nature of the
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COLORED TYPOS IN WIN.

Although breaking even in the
number of hits chalkcd up. each team
getting seven, Government Printing
Office swamped the City Post Office
nine in the Colored Department Bast
Bal League yesterday, - To ).
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YANKS' POOR SLAB WORK
CHECKING PACE OF TEAM
Inability of Veteran Fingers to Maintain Early Form
Is Likely TO End Dreams Of Gotham Fans for
Another Championship for Hugmen.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

YORK May 1-If the New York Yankees keep they
they undoubtedly will be called the pchess wonders
by July
dropping OF the Yankees pitching hamper with
through plate
drop the Col Rupert and the sagacou Miller
pitching the York
other
hnh- aS.LL n-afu uate
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- ute Gbening 5tar
BOYS CLUB
~ Conducted by ROBERT c. MCCLELLAN
Conducted by ROBERT C. MCCLELLAN

game is near. play the batter and re-
tire your three men quickly as pos
sible. One run coming in from third
won't matter. and take no chances i'm
making bad play unless you are Ger.
tain to cut the scoring runner of
easily.
Or suppose it is the ninth and you
are leading three to one with runner
on third and one out. The ball Is hit
to the third baseman who has an easy
out at first, but - very difficult chance
at the plate. He elects to cut the
scorer off and fails. The man scores
and the runner reaches first and
here still is but one out.
Suppose he had made the play to
first, retiring that runner and letting
the other fellow score. You still are
one run in the lead, no one on base
and only one more out to make
everything in your favor
rtrrf,t
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body action, however, exerts
tendency for the arms to push down
ward, and as they do this the left
forearm rolls forward. This toes in
the club face and produces the ball
off 10 the left.
fConyrighf 1QcRI
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KING PINS BOWL RECORD
TO WIN in CITY TOURNEY

FTER the record for hgham had been broken times the
II Duckpn Association
found the King Pin OF the District
1909 63 higher than the record
rolled
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association, at s o'clock

This years tournament was the
most successful ever conducted by
the fair duCkpinners. The affair
brought out record lot of competi-
tors, competition was keener than in
past years and the bowling much bet
TO
Evening star., 1926-05-11

Jim McNamara's S Jewish Community
center base ball nine swings into
action for the first time on Sunday
egeinst the Army Medical Center
eAsYn at Walter Reed Hospital,
Evening star., 1926-05-11

HANOVER. y. H., May 1l.-H. NJ.
Chaplin of Wa.hington, ID. C., a men,
Der of the sophomore class, was elect
ed assistant manager of lacrosse yes
terdav at Dartmouth College.
Evening star., 1926-05-11
OLYMPIC A. C. WINS MEET.

Olympic Athletic Club runners tool
their annual track and field meet will
the Phantom Club yesterday by ;
score of SO to 90.
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A list Of new applicants for member.

ship follows:
Howard W. Stein, 1896 Potomac
avenue southeast; William II. Chan
der, 3S09 Military road: Leon
Schwartz, 2506 Sheridan road south
east Eugene AfinorX, 1916 Georgia
avenue; John SimUns, 519 Rock
Creek Church road; Sam Yowell.
Clarendon, Va; Randolph Carter,
517 Rock Creek Church road; Ralph
Van Pelt. Brentwood, Md; Walter
Beler. 632 Rock Creek Church road;
Donald s. Farver. Mclean. Va; f.
Edwin Farver. Mclean, Va; James
Ready, 4535 Conduit road; Hermann
and Ellsworth Schmidt, Seat Pleas
ant, Md.
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InSideGOlf
Chester Horton

When the body pushes forward
with the forward swing, 50 that the
left side of the body swings out into
the direction line. the ball is likely
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WOMEN'S BOWLING PRIZE
DISTRIBUTION TOMORROW

Washington Ladies' Duckpn Associations
ended will their rewards
Distribution the will
by Bronson Quates president Of the
zso
Evening star., 1926-05-11

Hair Groom" is a digni6ed comb
ing cream which costs only few
cents a jar at any drug store. Mil
lions use it because it gives that nat
ural gloss and we'll groomed effect to
the hair-that final touch to good
dress both in business and Oh social
occasions. Even stubborn, unruly
or shampooed hair stays combed al
day in any style you like. Hair
Groom" is greaseless; also helps to
grow thick, heavy, lustrous hair.
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CLASS \.

The officia! standing az the close pl
the tournament follows:
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LOW GAME EACH NIGHT.

l.. Hicks Observation-Disclosures 1875
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ATHLETES ARRESTED.

lCopvrLght. 1o.6.N
Evening star., 1926-05-11
BY JACK DUNN,

Seven-Time Pennant Winner at Baltimore
TT HE defense must be extra tight
Evening star., 1926-09-22
REFUGEES TELL OF MIAMI.
Giant Trees Snapped, 19-Story Build
ing Bent, Strange Birds Appear.

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, September
22.-Eye- witnesses of Miami's boom
erang hurricane are thronging into
Jacksonville with tales of miracu.
lous escapes, freaks and tragedies
wrought upon the inhabitants by the
storms fury. They reported:
Great trees that withstood the ele-
ments for more than a century snap
ped off at their bases like match
stems, while others stood with naked
trunks, their branches and foliage
whipped away, while still others were
lifted, roots and all, from the ground.
4 huge steel barge loaded with
metal was hurled from the waters
upon the causeway, its anchors avail
ing nothing.
Rain was blown through crevices
sealed as tight as battleshlp decks
before the hurricane hit.
A 19-story Office building was
bowed in by the winds to a point
where city engineers say 1t will have
TO come down.
Man and woman searchers brought
into A1iami's biggest hotels 1900
women, children and men from out
living districts Saturday afternoon.
The refugees had remained some IA
hours huddled about their shattered
homes.
A striking picture Of contrast was
painted as the homeless sufferers
stood in varying degrees OF '"eSs and
undress in the handsomely 1, 'ointed
nillion.dollar hotel lobbies.
A man and woman fed from the
safety of one hotel. where they had
stood watching the storm, to their
death, declining to heed the pleas of
friends that they remain with them
In safety.
All sorts of STANCE sea birds. never
seen before on Miami shores, put in
appearance as the storm subsided.
Hundreds of pigeons that had made
their homes for years in N[iamts
ROYAL Palm Park weathered the hur-
ricane IN some unaccountable way
and were back on the job Saturday
afternoon seeking food bits from
pedestrians.
Waves 40 to so feet high" dashed
Miami Beach.
The Causeway from Miami to
Miami Beach were piled high with
hulks of ships.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
NASSAU RADIO WEAK.
Intermittent Reports Show Island
Was Not Seriously Hurt

PALM BEACH, Fla. September -
H).-Radio communication with Mas
eau has been maintained spasmodical-
lv for the past several hours by the
Palm Beach Radio Go. Information
received indicated that while the
tropical hurricane last Saturday
struck Nassau. Its force was not near
" so great as in the Miami area.
Details OF the Nassau storm were
lacking. for most of the time that
communication was established the
Nassau station was unreadable al
though apparently they could read
Palm Beach. Nothing was heard from
Bimini. The explanation for the
weak signals from Nassau is believed
10 he that the station there was in
tured by the storm. 1t had been dis
nantled just before the force of the
gale was expected 10 reach there.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
ING WASHINGTON O., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

than other cities in the Gulf section.
Crops were laid bare over q wide
area. Three children were drowned
in Baldwin County, Ala.
More than $2.000,0 900 will be re-
CURED to replace PROPERTY destroyed
In Pensacola by the wind, which at
times attained velocity of 120 miles
an hour. Several bridges there were
washed away. roofs were lifted from
buildings and some Of the ships
anchored In the harbor were sunk.
Santa Rosa Island. a natural breaker,
is believed to have saved the destruc.
ton of buildings located near the
water front.
The Naval Air Station, situated near
Pensacola, was hard hit. Many air.
planes were placed out of commission
and several structures within the
reservation were partially demolished.
AS in Pensacola, the naval post was
without city water and electricity. A
bridge connecting the station with
Pensacola was made impossible by
the hurricane.
Damage in Mobile was expected to
exceed 81 100000. Many homes and
some business buildings there were
unroofed and several houses demol-
ished. Had the wind blown southeast
instead Of north, the damage in Mo-
bile would have been far larger. The
north winds caused the lowest tides
in the history of that city. The peak
Of the storm in Mobile was reached
Monday when the winds speed was
"a miles an hour. Monday nights
barometer reading of 2876 represented
a new low pressure record for Mobile
The Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa,
yryIai oh o1yt I,N Ia t.
cola Harbor, was en- route to Tampa
Fla, to aid storm victims of that Sec
ton Of the Alligator State. Damage
to property of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad in the Pensacola
district was unofficially estimated at
Evening star., 1926-09-22
RUSH RELIEF WORK IN FLORIDA
AND ALABAMA STORM AREAS

many cases to persons unable to pay.
At Hollywood, Caesar La Monica's s
Band, which has been giving regular
concerts on the beach throughout the
Summer, marched through the streets
playing lively airs as injured were
given medical aid and needs of the
homeless were filled.
Scene Of DISSOLUTION.
Virtually the whole Of the devastated
area presents a scene of destruction
beyond the telling. Parts of auto
mobiles. limbs and trunks Of huge
trees, roofs. telephone poles, glass and
wreckage, were strewn through the
streets by the high wind, while the in
rushing waters OF the gulf stream
cast scores of yachts, schooners,
steamers and pleasure craft high on
the beaches. Both the Miami River
at Miami and the New River at Fort
Lauder dale are clogged many blocks
inland with marine wreckage. Reports
from the citrus and vegetable grow
ing sections show that the loss to
crops was high, one estimate yester-
day placing the damage at $4,000, 900.
More than 100000 has been SUBJ
scribed to the relief fund In Miami
alone early today, and reports have
come from cities to the north of other
thousands Of dollars for the sufferers.
Meanwhile relief units are arriving
hourly from the North with supplies
of food. fuel, water. medicines and
money. Henry M. Baker, national
director of disaster relief of the
American Red Cross. is on his way
here to take personal charge Of the
Red Cross workers
Hotel Used as Hospital.
The McAllister Hotel, largest of the
emergency hospitals, was filled with
storm victims. Many families still
were broken up and hundreds of in
quiries were received at City Hall and
other relief centers for missing per-
sons.
= Several hundred children separated
from their parents were sent to the
White Temple. one OF the larger
churches Of the city, and notices were
printed In the papers calling upon
parents and others to visit this place
and help in the effort at Identification.
The youngsters were cared for by
committee of ladies' from various
churches Of the city.
All banks of Miami established a
ruling yesterday that nobody could be
allowed to draw more than $40.
Insurance Agents Estimate.
G. c. Stembler. general agent for
Is insurance companies. said today
that property loss in greater Miami
amounts to more than $60,000,000
The companies he represents are
expected to pay $6,000,000 to $10,-
100000 to cover losses due to the
storm.
The money represents between 10
and II per cent Of the value of i'm
proved real estate in the Miami area,
Stembler said. Only per cent Of
the property insured against fire was
insured against winds.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
woman DESCRIBES
HOLLYWOOD RAz|NG
Her House Turned Upside
a, Down as She Left It-City
N Being Cleared.
By The Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, September %.
Hollywood is lifting it's head above
the fantastic wreckage of Saturday S
storm and is clearing away for an
other start. AS men and women la.
qsofed to restore order to this devas-
dated city band marched through
the streets, playing Pack Up Your
Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag" and
"Hail, Hail the Gangs All Here"
The death list now stands at 81.
Authorities expect but few more
one tourist camp which has not been
searched, and there is a possibility OF
dead there.
Red Cross relief stations have be-
come thoroughly organized. and peo-
pie are receiving food and clothing
from outside points. Martial law still
prevails Sanitary engineers and ply
sicians are getting sewers into work
ing condition and vaccinating hun
dreds for typhoid and inoculating
against tetanus. Health authorities
now say danger from an epidemic is
passed and the general health Of the
city is good.
Fantastic Stories Told
Fantastic stories of houses turning
upside down. hairbreadth escapes and
heroic rescues still come to light.
Mrs. F. E. Wooten said she was
asleep when the hurricane struck her
home, and that she escaped just as
the building turned completely upside
down and then blew into "a thousand
pieces"
II was sleeping soundly when
heard the wind howl. / called my
husband. who got up and dressed and
started for the door. AS he opened
the door the house Shivered and
rocked, and sprang from bed. Reach.
ing out for clothing. l grabbed what
I thought was a dress and ran to the
door. AS l came to the steps l felt
the front of the house lift, and I
Jumped. When I looked back / saw
il lift 80 or 40 feet into the air and
then topple over on its roof. Later l
found what I thought was my dress
was a bathing suit. / was glad enough.
as the water had begun to rise around
my ankles.
Il cannot tell you how awful 1t was.
Mothers had been separated from their
children. / saw one little girl sitting
on doorstep crying. She told me her
father and mother had been killed.
Il saw homes smashed in and
houses torn to shreds and flung into
the air. and a whole line of freight
cars blown off the track. There was
nearly two feet of water in the street,
and splinters, planks and plaster filled
the air. I cannot understand why we
were not all killed.
Evening star., 1926-09-22

The number of tubercular cattle IN
this country has been reduced from
per cent in 1923 to 2.S per cent this
wear
Evening star., 1926-09-22
THREE DEAD IN ALABAMA.
Property Damage I'm Millions Reported
at Pensacola.

NEW ORLEANS, La, September
% R.-Residents of northwest
Florida and the southern portions Of
Alabama and Mississippi today re-
newed their efforts to improve COM
munication facilities and make other
repairs necessitated by the West In
dian hurricane, which roared inland
Monday from the Gulf Of Mexico
Three deaths and several million dol.
lars worth Of damage were attributed
to the storm in that territory after
it had spent its force many miles
from the coast.
Pensacola, Fla, and Mobile, Ala,
suffered greater losses to property
Evening star., 1926-09-22
CORAL GABLESLOSES
$1,5OO,0OO BY STORM
Conservative Estimate Of Damage
by Hurricane, One Third Gov
cred by Insurance.
By the Associated Press.

CORAL GABLES. Fla, September
22.-Damage to buildings and other
property in Coral Gables as a result
Of the hurricane Saturday was placed
at $1,500,000 in an official statement
issued here today by Coral Gables
City officials. 1t was stated, however,
that this estimate was conservative" I"
The damage, according to the state
ment, is about one-third covered by
insurance, the remainder being about
evenly divided between the city, the
Coral Gables Corporation which de-
veloped the city and individual
property owners.
The statement was issued under the
auspices of Edward E. banners,
mayor; Telfair knight, city COM
Evening star., 1926-09-22
YACHT IS MISSING.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Comstock

MIAMI. Fla. September %. CP).-
Coast Guard officers were asked last
night to search for the yacht of Stan.
ley Comstock. Miami real estate oper.
ator. on which Mr.. and Mrs. Comstock
and two friends left Miami Beach at
noon last Friday. The yacht has not
been heard from since.
Mr.. Comstock, who last Spring was
reported engaged 10 Peggy Joyce. the
actress. and Mrs. Comstock had set
out on a reunion trip shortly before
the hurricane struck the East Coast.
r. c. Hodge. Comstock's s brother-in.
law. asked the Coast Guard to begin
g. search.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
KILLS WIFE AND SONS.
Polish Former Official Hangs Sell
After Three Murders.

WARSAW. Poland. September %
N).-Edmund Statkiewiez, former di-
rector Of the credit department of
the finance ministry and a director of
a branch Of the Bank Of Poland, to-
day shot and killed his wife and two
young sons and later hanged him.
self In doorway in his home. Police
believe he became suddenly insane.
A servant found the body of the
older of the sons, 16, with evidences
Of fierce struggle with his father.
1t is believed that Statkiewiez first
chloroformed his wife and two sons
before shooting them. but failed to
anesthetize the older boy sufficiently
to prevent struggle.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
Ordered to Walter Reed.

Capt John l.. Dunn. United States
Infantry, who has been under treat
ment at the General Hospital, Hot
Springs, Ark. has been ordered TO
Walter Reed General Hospital, this
ciiS, Tor further treatment. ~
Evening star., 1926-09-22
DIVERS MISSED STORM.
Underwater Movie Workers Eel
No Effects of Hurricane,

NEW YORK, September % @.-
Divers at work preparing for the
filming of underwater pictures in
the Bahamas were unaware Of the
tropical hurricane that ragged above
them, a statement issued by the
company said yesterday.
The divers reported the ocean floor
undisturbed by the raging elements.
Evening star., 1926-09-22

missioner: S. Miller. in charge Of re-
construction work: M. p. Lehman. d.
rector of public safety; F. J. OLeary,
president of the Chamber OF Com
merce, and George e. Merrick. presi
dent of the Coral Gables Corporation
Evening star., 1926-09-22
TYPHOID MENACE SEQUEL
Miami Beach Water Front Wreck.
age Still Yielding Bodies.

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, September
% R.-Fatalities from the hurricane
reached % here today, with the num-
Der mounting as additional bodies
were found in the wreckage which
litters the water front.
Serious danger from an epidemic
Of typhoid fever was faced today by
physicians. who said steps must be
taken at once to prevent such an
outbreak. Emergency hospitals have
been established at the City Hall,
Floridian Hotel, Meridian Hotel and
Belle Isle Home.
Evening star., 1926-09-22

$500. 900. Construction crews of that
railway endeavored today to make
tracks leading to the city safe. Sew
eral hundred feet of track were re-
ported to have been washed away
between Pensacola and Flomaton.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
TROOPS AT MOORE HAVEN
WITH DEATH LIST GAINING
10000 Believed Lost-110 Bodies
Reported Found-Mayor Asked
for Martial Law.
By the Associated Press.

by tn0 AB8oC1&tou EIcsD.
MOORE HAVEN, Fla, September 22
The known death list resulting here
from the hurricane that swept the
waters of Lake Okeechobee over this
city continues to grow today. Approx
mately 20 bodies had been recovered
up to this morning. Late yesterday
40 more bodies were reported found.
The death list here has been esti
mated at from $50 to 200. of whom al
least half are white.
The city today Is under martial law
Three batteries Of National Guard ar
tillerymen from Tampa, under the
command of Col. Lourie. arrived dur
ing the night and took charge. A re
quest for troops was sent to Coy.
Martin yesterday by Mayor Smith
An amusement park Is to be erected
along miles Of the beach Of the ives {
coast of Mexico.
Evening star., 1926-09-22

the waters of Biscayne Bay. More
than 5000 injured have been given
medical assistance by hospitals and
Red Cross workers. Twenty-Five were
reported dead at Miami Beach.