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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-24
AGENTS DESTROY BIG STILL
LOCATED NEAR OAKLAND
Operation in a Dense Woods
North of Town Had Capacity
of Four Hundred Gallons

Two men, william ". White, of
Clarksburg, West Va, and Charles R.
Pratt, of Oakland, were arrested on
Monday afternoon at~six o'clock by
Federal Enforcement Officers William
R. Harvey and Cleveland D. Jarvis,
who took them to Cumberland for a
hearing before U. S. Commissioner
Anderson.
The arrest of the two men followed
the discovery of probably the largest
moonshine operation ever before I'M
covered in Garrett county which was
found in a rocky glen of farm owned
by Grover Browning and tenanted by
Pratt, the latter being engaged at the
moment of his arrest in blowing a
field some distance from the location
of the still and who is believed by
many to be entirely innocent of any
participation in the operation of the
plant which had a capacity of four
hundred gallons. White is a native of
Clarksburg and it is said that from
the local plant he keps the West Vir-
GINA town from becoming too arid.
In addition to the still great quanti-
ties of whiskey mash in huge wooden
bins and barrels and a first run of
corn liquor were found. The officers
set fire to the building housing the
still and burned it to the ground.
At the hearing before the Commits
sioner in Cumberland both White and
Pratt were held under bonds of $1,000
each. Bail for the latter has been
arranged and he will probably return
to his home today.
During the past winter some men
from near town were engaged in fox
hunting and in the woods near the
White still they discovered two hun
dred gallons of liquor. A report of
the find was made to the officers, but
before they arrived at the place the
contraband had been removed On an
other occasion it is said two men with
truck drove to the spot and said
they had been sent from Clarksburg
to get the daily consignment of liquor
requesting that it be loaded at once
and exhibiting a roll of currency told
the owner of the whiskey they were
prepared to hand over the money as
soon as the liquor was loaded. AS
soon as it was stored on the truck the
pair drew revolves and commanded
an open road and no interference with
their actions, coupling their command
with swift shift of the gears of their
machine which carried them to the
main highway and soon out of sight.
Officers Harvey and Jarvis also Wis
tied the farm of Hobart Harvey, near
Oakland where they found fifty-gal-
lon barrel of liquor buried in the earth
with rubber hose attachment. They
also found a quantity of whisky mash
which they destroyed but were unable
to locate the still. The officers de-
clared that Harvey had just taken a
drink by sucking on the hose when
they arrived. His arrest followed and
he is being held for action under the
Garrett county local law.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-24

At the next meeting of the Hutton
Grange to be held on the evening of
June 28th, there will be a good
literary program and some grange
music will also be part of the ev-
ening's program. The debate will be
on the subject: Resolved, That a
horse is more useful to a farmer than
a cow"
The friends, members and the pub
lie generally invited to attend this
meeting. The members are especi-
ally requested to come early so that
the regular session of the grange may
be held prior to the debate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-24
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank our many friends
and relatives for their help and kind
ness during the illness and subsequent
death of wife and mother We wish
to thank those especially who donated
flowers and automobiles for the fun
eral.
GAVER JUNKINS AND FAMILY.
Advertisement.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-24
The Country Store.

"The Country Store of Hick-
DRY Hollow" is the play to be given
by the Tri Mu Glass of st. Pau's M.
E. Sunday school Tuesday evening,
June 29th, at 500 p. m. The admis-
sion will be 25 cents, including re-
freshments to be served Immediately
after the play. There will also be mis-
cellaneous articles on sale at the
country store, the proceeds of which
will be used to send girls to Camp
Royal to receive training for Sunday
school work. The cast of characters
iS &c fo11owS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-24
Garrett Memorial Church, Oakland
Rev. Henry A. Grubbs, Pastor

Rev. Henry A. Grubbs, Pastor.
1000 a. M, Sunday school. Mr.. H.
l.. Jones, superintendent.
The pastor will be absent on his va
cation for two weeks. There will be
no preaching service on Sunday, June
9th, or Sunday, July 4th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-24
Card of Thanks.

We desire in his manner to express
our deep appreciation for the many
kindnesses shown us by our neighbors
and friends during the illness and fol-
lowing the death of Mother Michael.
MR.. and MRS. ARTHUR NAYLOR.
Advertisement.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry McComas, who
were called to Oakland on account Of
the death of Miss Anna McComas, re-
turned to their home at New Ken
sington, Pa, Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-24
st. Marks Lutheran, Oakland.
"The Friendly Church."

Sunday morning at $50, Sunday
school hour with Mr.. G. J. Altstetter
as superintendent. The school needs
your presence and your attendance at
this service Sunday morning will be
appreciated by the faithful band.
The Light Brigade Wednesday af-
ternoon at 800 o'clock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-24
St. Johns Lutheran Church, Red
House.

Sunday school Sunday morning at
$3.50. Hervey Roth, superintendent.
Sunday evening, June 9th, a
pageant and program by the children.
Everybody invited to attend these
services.
Evening star., 1926-03-12

school at O'Clock Saturday after
noon. March =.
Groups of members throughout the
CITY have started to organize for the
coming base bah season. An eX
tensive base ban program will he
mapped out by the club after The
athletic carnival is over.
The first of the teams To organize
was the Langley Insects. Jack Mof-
fett was Aected manager and Fred
prick Seyfore. captain. The Joe Bush
Insects also got under way, electins
unanimously Jakey Friedman mar
ager ana Vaughan Wilson captain
Nilsson is the clubs star hurler.
Let's all get together and MAKE
the, athletic carnival a huge success
There viii Hc more on the program
han has been ounCed--SomeltInG
of interest to every one. Read your
columns daily and keep in touch with
the clubs doings.
a list OF new applicants for menl
bership follows;
John Lambert. 1926 North Capito
street; John Noel Spencer, Eallston
Va: Trueman Haskell, Blue Plains
y. c.: David Henry Fry. 1913 \
street: Wilfred W. Eorland, lSo7 lrN
ing street: Abraham Ehrlich. ll24
seventh street l<bbPIt mem y v ''''
Kirke street Chevy Chase, Md.
Joseph X. Gra ham. ~ Wine avenue,
Hvattsville. Md; Paul Oehmann. 3"l6
Morrison street: Horace SmithN l2o@
kaIorama road: George Whitney. N23
Eleventh street northeast, Charles
Trotter. 44o7 Seventeenth street; Ken
meth Delavigne l4lN ThirtN-fitth
street: George Robinson, 22l3 Prout
street southeast
Billy Carrot. 4l02 Third street.
Francis Shade. 352A Thirty seventh
street. Mount Rainier, Md; Calhoun
Ducanne. 32S Pennsylvania avenue
southeast; Edward Y. Rice. lis {
street southeast: Harry CollifloWer
us { street southeast: Cornelius Har'
yison. 704 Seventh street; Lee Watson
20S Bates street.
James Walsh. 1908 Twentieth street
Charles Pickral, cas- q street south
west: James Anderson, 1929 twenty
second street southeast: Raymond An
derson. 1929 Twenty second street
southeast: Winthrop MatZen, Berwyn
Md: Norman \. Smith, 1872 Sixth
street: Dorsey +. Hughes. kensing
ton. Md.
Francis y. strong. 400 Battery
Lane: Howard Whiteley. 50l Twelfth
street northeast: Earl Bladen. Ross
lvn. Va: David Brooks. 21S Kentucky
avenue southeast; Robert Nenable
1903 Irving street; Hugh Clinton Me
Gully. HyattsVille, Md: George Young
McCully, Hyattsville. Md.
Evening star., 1926-03-12
RICHARDS IN TENNIS
FINAL WITH HARADA

PALM BEACH, Fla, March 12 G4o).
-Takeiichi Harada, japan, and Vim
cent Richards. Yonkers, n. Y, are IN
the finals of the Florida championship
tennis tournament.
Harada defeated Francis Il. Hun
ter, New Rochelle. "a, 6-3.-6-2
and Richards eliminated jerry Lang
of New York, 6-1, 6-1, 6--1 i'll the
semi-tinalS.
In the doubles. Lang and Fred {.
Baggs of New York won from Horace
b. Chase. I'd, New York. and Hoyt
Smith, Chicago, 6-2, 62. Harada
and A. IT. Chaplin, jr., Springfield,
Mass. defeated A. j. DrexelBiddle.
jr.. and Maurice Fatio, Philadelphia
6-3, 6-1.
Hunter received sprained ligament
near the end of his second set with
Harada and could offer little opposi-
ton
Harada displayed excellent control
and steady service throughout the
play.
Evening star., 1926-03-12
TRI-ClTY LOOP WILL
MEET AGAIN MONDAY

Election Of permanent officers and
final steps in the organization of the
new Tri-CitV Base BAH League are
scheduled for Monday night, when
the new sandlot circuit holds it's sec
Ond meeting.
Victor l.. Woodbridge Of the Knick-
erbockers, who was elected tempo
rary president ut the initial meeting
has asked to hc relieved Of his duties
Willie GlTscoe is filing the vice presi
dent : office temporarily. While Gyp
Goldberg serves as secretary.
National Prep base bailers will elect
their manager tonight when the mem
berS of the team. gather al Twenty
first ana NJ streets.
COrteZ seniors are To hold & base
bah meeting tonight in the club $
headquarters. The team plans to
start practice sunday morning at
Reservoir field.
Joe Bush insects gained 1-to-G
decision over the Yorks n their first
game of the season.
Clark Griffith Seniors will gather
tonight at 1872 Columbia road.
Southern Midgets are meeting TO
night at 11l7 -Four and-a-Haf street
southwest.
Evening star., 1926-03-12
SWIMMER IS BOOED
AFTER LOSING RACE

By the Associated Press.
BROOKLINE. Mass. March 12.-
Erich Rademacher, German breast
stroke star, equalled his own world
record of minutes so 20 seconds in
the 200-meter hreaststroke here.
GuStaVe FroeliCh. GermanY'S best
backstroke artist. failed to place in
the third heat of the l00-yard handi-
cap.
Froelich lost by two yards TO Louis
Osborne of the Brookiine Swimming
Club, whose time was l minute 2-5
seconds.
The crowd booed F'roelich after his
defeat and although scheduled to give
an exhibition swim the German left
the pool and did not return.
In the semi-tinal of the same 100
yard event Walter Laufer of the Gin
cinnati Y. NJ. {. A, equalled the New
England record of 50 Is seconds held
for the last two years by Johnny
Weissmuller.
Harry CLANCY OF the Cincinnati Y
NJ. c. A. won the national A. A. l.
junior pentathlon championship Will
points.
Evening star., 1926-03-12

Plans for the carnival are by n"
means complete. Only the open
events have been announced, as well
as The Junior High School half-nlile
relay championship, which viii he
one of the features.
\ request has been received from
one of the older members to include
a weight event. The matter will be
taken under advisement and, if the
time can he spared, an eight-pound
shot event will be included in the
unlimited class competition. ANY
changes in the program will b" an
nounced III this column.
There is a 440-yard relay event
IN the ll5-pound class. open only Z"
Grade schools. The members attend
ing the various grade schools should
get together. hold trials and pick the
four fastest boys. The regular med
ais for first, second and third will
be awarded to all four men in each
team finishing in those positions IN
both relay races.
Those who are to enter VIII Selln
in their entries now. Delay - DAN
gerous. Pick out your faNorlte event
and send in an entry. There IS an
Solutelv no fee of any kind required.
All that is asked is that you be
member of The Evening Star Boys
Club.
Spiked shoes will not be allowed.
and remember in filling out your
entry no boy is allowed to enter III
more than two events. II Is AIS"
REQUIRED that every contestant be on
hand at the stadium at Central HlGh
Evening star., 1926-03-12

World Record i'll Discus: Coach ot Notrt
Dame Track Team.
NEERY boy can have an eight
= pound shot OF his own. Oct
some old metal and melt it up
until you have exactly eight pounds
Of it and try to mold ii into as per
feet bali as possible. That will be
as good as an iron shot.
You put" the shot-not throw it.
1t is pushed from above and i'll front
of the shoulder.
1t is put" from the inside of a
foot circle. on one side of this cir
Gle is wooden curb which stops your
foot and gives YOU q brace. too. You
may start from the far side. both
feet together balance on right, then
hop over half way into the ring
alighting on both feet at once with
left TO near footboard, then spring
around to left, winding up with right
toe pointing to opposite direction than
it originally did. pushing the shot at
that instant, high and hard,
Don't step out of the ring until the
put is measured. The measurement
is taken from the inside edge OF lht
ring or curb to the nearest mark
made by the shot.
Be careful when you're practicing
with the shot that all of your fellow
athletes are either back of you OF
well to either side. SO that there is
no danger of any one being hit 10y
the weight.
There also are II and IS pound
shots for the larger fellows and the
same rules apply.
The shot put takes a lot of practice
Just like any other track or field
event. but the boy should bear i'm mind
that he mustn't be constantly strain.
ing himself That is he should not be-
trying hard each day to get new dis
tance. What YOU need is form and
practice Keep your muscles loosened
up and go in for other events which
will keep your entire body loose and
supple. Work for distance but once a
week i'm YOUR competition.
Evening star., 1926-03-12

gan played foot ball at Lafayette,
Stagg Of Chicago played at Yale,
Spears Of Minnesota played at Dart
mouth. DIR. Wilce Of Ohio state won
varsity honors at Wisconsin ana
Zuppke of Illinois is a Wisconsin
alumnus. Ingwersen of Iowa played
foot ball at Illinois, Phelan of Purdue
played at Notre Dame. lngraham,
who has left Indiana. is former
Navy player. Thistlethwaite OF
Northwestern got his diploma from
Earlham.
OF important universities whose
elevenS are coached by graduates at
the present time, there is Dartmouth
with Jesse IiaWley, Washington with
Ernest Bagshaw. California with
Nibs Price, succeeding the late Andy
Smith, a Pennsylvania man; Georgia
Tech with Bill Alexander, Pennsyl-
vania with Lou Young, Pittsburgh
with Jock Sutherland. Maryland with
ii. G. Byrd.
The Navy has returned I" alumni
coaching and a steadfast policy at
West Point in the past two decades
has been to rely upon graduate
coaching Finally. Georgia is coached
by George Woodruff, an alumnus.
Evening star., 1926-03-12
HOWARD GRID TEAM
LISTS SEVEN GAMES

A schedule Of seven games. five of
them home contests. was announced
yesterday for Howard University 5
1926 foot ball eleven.
The feature game will be that with
Lincoln University of Philadelphia, to
be played here on Thanksgiving day
in the new stadium soon to be con
structed on the Howard campus.
Livingstone College plays here Octo-
Der 8 in HowardS opener. Home
games with Morehouse, West Virginia
and F'iske follow on successive Satur-
days. On November 6 and 13 the
Bisons play at Wilberforce and AT
lanta, respectively.
The annual clash with Lincoln
winds up the season.
Evening star., 1926-03-12

For the past two seasons the Dis
trict. represented hy Central High.
has climbed almost To within reach of
the tourney championship only To he
nOsed out in the final dash for the
title. This year the honor Of carry
ing the Capitals colOrS in the big
event fell to Eastern. and 50 far the
team coached by &. NJ. Guyon has
given its best with pleasing results.
Tonight's jaunt to Philly is the
third within a week for the scholastic
tossers. Last Saturday they played
their opening encounter and swamped
Renova, Pa, Catholic High, 10 to 6.
after banking the Pennsylvanians in
the first two periods. Wednesday
the quint returned to the scene of
action and took the measure Of the
tourney favOritc. Waite High Of
Toledo. A. To 81.
BY heating Waite the fasteners
went into the semi-finals paired with
ST, Joseph's Prep. the team that nosed
Evening star., 1926-03-12

Central out of The 1iil" in 1925. = n.
other ni-tinalist~ are. Allentown High
and puttstown High. The decidiu-
match has been set for tomorrow al
o'clock.
Boots SCrugg>. Julie Radicc. Au}t!~
lleekc. Hubble Elliott ami Cy lIp@arth
have been named as the Washington
teams starting lineup for the semi
finals. Doerr. Cappeli ana McAllister
head the substitute list.
\ revised schedule for The hrs
round of the scholastic basket bdli
tournament being staged at Annapolis
by st. Johns College placed FOres'
Park of Baltimore with Dewitt and
Alexandria with Central Annapolis
High nd lIagerstoWn will furnish ne
other match.
Dewitt Prep's Oue-milT relay team
hopes 10 bid fuT hunurS in hutn The
University Of PENNSYLVANIA and Drake
relays late next month.
Evening star., 1926-03-12

! part I do not believe there are as
many good pitchers today as we used
| to have, but surely the same pitchers
that have been getting Walloped regu-
larly in recent seasons would do much
| better work had the regulations re-
garding pitching not been so strin-
gent.
| am not familiar with the atti-
tude of players before my time. mean
ing before the ninetieS, but | did take
keen. notice Of the mode of living of
major league players when [ got to
the big circuit l discovered that
several members of the Louisville
team, the first | played with in the
ma jorS, did not pay the strict atten-
ton to training rules that might he
expected.
When I joined the Baltimore club
| found this condition changed. There
was better conduct there, more obser-
vance of training requirements. With
one or two exceptions the Orioles did
not give Manager Ned HanlOn any
trouble. They were, as a rule, well
behaved. and the bright lights had lit
tie or no appeal for them; they went
to bed early and got UP early
Since the vast majority of the squad
We're for decent living, they saw to
it that the few stray sheep did not
stray 50 much as they would have
wished. They kept them in line. fire.
quently by physical force. I recall
one instance of a lefthanded pitcher
named Charlie Esper. He liked his
| liquor more frequently than we
thought good for him, and at the
start of one tough series Charlie dis
appeared before the game was over,
| What happened to Charlie will be told
| in my next chapter.
iCopyright, 1896
Evening star., 1926-03-12

And two on three years ago MAJ.
Graves spent a couple Of weeks al
Princeton working ON the line under
Bill Roper. In the Spring of 1923
Fielding luSt spent two weeks AT
Princeton helping Roper with the
practice, and Roper Immediately after
went to Ann Arbor and assisted the
Michigan coaches in Spring practice.
When Charley Young, the great Cor
nell foot bah star of the 90S, was
graduated from the Ithaca institution,
he entered the Princeton Theological
Seminary and helped out the Tiger
varsity as a plaYer-Coach.
This concludes the list of alumni Of
ether institutions who have coached at
Harvard and Princeton. There Is no
record of Yale ever having had non
graduate even as an assistant coach.
Throughout the country there seems
TO be diversity of attitude as to the
employment of graduates aS foot ball
coaches.
In the Western conference not Il
single member is coached 10y Il grad
uatp At Wisconsin. which has been
Il sort Of mother Of coaches for the
HiG Ten. George Little, Ohio Nes-
lryan. is in charge. Iost of Michi-
Evening star., 1926-03-12
MISS RYAN WINS TWICE.

TAMPA. Fla, March II P).--Eliza-
beth Ryan won the Dixie womens
singles tennis title and, with Mrs.
Hildegarde Taylor, took the doubles
Miss Ryan defeated Miss Mary X.
Browne New York. 6--3, St. Miss
Ryan and Mrs. Taylor conquered Miss
Browne and Mrs. Louise Raymond.
6-3 81
Evening star., 1926-03-12
SELECTED SEXTETS
PLAY GAME TONIGHT

Picked teams of players and coaches
from basket ball clubs Of the Wash
ington Council League are meeting to-
night at $ o'clock on the court Of the
Marjorie Webster School
The coaches squad includes the
Misses Greene, Douglas. Travis. Web
ster. Durham. craig, O Harra, Deck
and keefe.
The opposing sextet Will he selected
from the Misses SchultZe. Totten. Ma
hon. Hatton. Mills. Schofnos. Kron-
man. Limbacll and Hesse.
Evening star., 1926-03-12
ROUNDING THIRD
~By Hugh A. Jennings
CHAPTER LXXX.

ASE BALL has changed greatly became popular. In the
pitchers box the the
- pitcher tied take the OF the
ball valuable
as Il be made Il ball
makers changed things and compelled the
the box. Somewhat OF handicap
when compared @ the old
Then regulation pitcher
had
the released the ball This still
vii think be the ideal
the The pitchers distance the plate heightened
~ 6ncb,
Evening star., 1926-03-12
CAPITAL RACQUET TEAM
TO PLAY IN BALTIMORE

\ Seven-man team from the
Racquet Club goes to Baltimore to
morrow for return match with the
squash racquets team of the Green
Spring Valley Hunt club.
In the meeting on the local courts
several weeks ago the District
racQueters scored a 30 victory.
Evening star., 1926-03-12

one thing the rule makers have
never changed. and that is the dis
lance between bases. which has al
ways remained at 30 feet. | believe
this is the most remarkable thing
about the game. Whoever figured
out this distance was Il marvellous
scientist i'll my opinion. 1t Is the
exact distance needed. Have YOU
aver figured out what it means?
Ninety feet-just near enough and
luSt far enough: d foot nearer or a
foot farther, and the game would be
spoiled How many men can sue
cessfully go from one base to an
other" Look at the record of stolen
haseS in the averages each year and
YOU will he impressed with the value
Of the 80 feet. In this distance lies
the secret of the soundnesS of base
ball.
Brings Freak Pitching.
The pitching box and the. pitching
distance were changed to increase
lpatting-rather to get pitching and
batting on ii nearer level and equal
ize to a greater extent the offense
and defense of base ball. But when
This was done the pitchers. to keep
pace with the change and prevent
vantage. resorted to freak deliveries.
They invented such freaks as the
emery ball. the shine ball the finger
t!ail. the fork and various others.
Finally he rule makers put Il ban on
All freak deliveries. chased them out
ut the game. introduced a lively ball
and so went from one extreme to the
olher Instead of moderation, we got
IN excess of batting. That is the
trouble in most things. if we are not
ut one extreme we are at the other.
TO make matters worse for the
pitchers. ii was decided that any ball
in the least soiled must be thrown out
of play. Whenever d ball was the
least scratched or had any sort of
mark on it, out 1t went. Players de-
manded that balls be thrown out on
the least pretense. If they could not
hit the pitcher. they continually de-
nlanded a change OF balls. working on
he theory, of course, that a new ball
might bring them luck.
Each major league began spending
in the neighborhood of $4,000 each
year for new balls, and the owners
kicked so that the rule became modi.
fed gradually and balls were kept in
play longer.
In the foregoing paragraphs you
have an explanation of the avalanche
of hits in ball games in the last five
NearS. 1t was not the fault of bad
pitching, but chiefly of the conditions
imposed. The pitchers had something
20 do with it. but that was a minor
Evening star., 1926-03-12
Sticks Big Three Tradition Naming HUeek Giron Coach
TENNIS FINAL AT NICE
ALL-AMERICAN AFFAIR

NICE, France. March II R.-
An all-American final i'm the WOnl-
ems singles of the Nice lawn tennis
tournament was assured today
when Helen Wills. the champion,
and Isabella Lee MunfOrd of BOs-
ton emerged victorious from the
semi-finals.
Miss Wills disposed of Nine. Pc
terie of Hungary at 90, O.,
while Miss MunfOrd won over
Eileen Bennett, comparatively
strong English player in an extra
set match at 4-6, 6-3, Go.