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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-25

But the longer the two American
ladies' played the better they seemed
TO combine their work. We started
badly-my partner and but one
must be at the top Of ones form q
be able 10 cope with Miss Ryan's
service. After losing love game
to that service, We p led together.
Mile. vlasta's length often giving
US winning openings. We lost
only two more games In that set.
But then came 3 dramatic change
and one Of the two most dramatic
sets in which Z have ever played.
-Four games to orr was the score
against us. It called for all we
knew and for everything my gallant
young partner and could think
Of or do.
We got 10 4 TO 81 winning
Miss Rya11's service for once
Then came the bigge-. fight 0f I'll.
/ do not know how many deuces
there were there seemed 10 be
hundreds. But at last Nile.
Vlasta, when we Wers at vantage,
rot her chance and clinclled it.
In the next game we drew up
even and fell behind at to twice
Here our opponents were at sci
point each time, but we managed e
bring Ii to deuce again. When we
were ahead at z to s we had ouI
own tragedy. Three times We
wanted but one point to get the
match, but we were fighting two
ladies who are never beaten.
We did not get the point. They
did. and drawing brilliantly beat us
in the next game. The next set we
lost, 6-2.
was bea-Sn in every way. Again
must pay tribute to my partner
and as great q tribute to our gal
liant opponents. / am afraid was
unavoidably the weak link.
Another great disappointment, the
fault Of none Of US, was the thunder
storm which prevented the match
in which the Duke Of York was to
have played. The day opened IN
brilliant fashion on the center court
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| EVGLEN BL AINES 81 | 7
FOR DOUBLES Loss
Ny Suzanne LengIen
World Champion Woman Tennis PIsyex

WIMBLEDON 25I had dsappontsns yesterday
for partner
Mile vlasto OF titles But y y Tor my partner
that s
All felt that not giving her e support e w
entitled beaten BY The w0ndsfM peT
partner Elizabeth Ryan, and Tuesdays opponent
Mary E. Browne, both Americana and wonderfully sFohE repre-
sentative
It was great match People good enough tell
~ sds doubles
MILE Vasto perfect length to her drives Wss treat e
them forget pain and inspired ne 70 a
Ia final desperate effort.
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WAL KER' 5
STAR SETS

NEW YORK, June 2B.-One 81
the inevitable tragedies Of the rins
occurred IN Madison Square Garden
last night.
1t was the decisive and bloody
defeat OF the once great Mickey
Walker, who q few months ago was
the welterweight champion Of the
world. He was hammered from
pillar to post by Joe Dundee, q
slashing scrapper from Baltimore,
who hit the ex-champion 50 hard
and 50 often and cut him up 30
numerically that Referee Eddie
Forbes stopped the battle after two
minutes and SO seconds Of the
eighth round.
Today even walkers most loyal
admirers admit that the smiling
Irishman's pugilistic star has set.
Il was to have been Mickey's
Comeback" He was to have
demonstrated that his loss OF the
title IN q close decision at Scran-
ton, Pa, some time back 70 Pete
LatzO was an accident.
But, except for a flash here and
there. it wasn't the great Mickey
OF his champion days. 1t was
however. a game, fighting Mickey
that went down to q disastrous
defeat.
ed to see Mickey win, at least
most of them did. He was given
q rousing ovation when he snihngR
crawled through the ropes and
nodded to the crowd. Even when
he was going bad the fans cheer
ed him, hoping he would by some
chance put over knockout.
Walker was his old. ripping
smashing self in the first round
and nailed Dundee with rights and
lefts and had his opponent back
| Ing all around the ring.
But from then on, 1t was al
Dundee. Every round, Dundee be-
! came more confident as the fight
progressed and when, in the fourth
err from over Walkers left eye and
started the blood running, there wai
no stopping him.
1 D0luCo AAONO 4AAAShOJ 1AO0AAu SAA~
ring repeatedly. pinned him In the
corners and shellacked him Wig
orously in the body and in the
face. In the sixth and seventh
rounds, Mickey's face was q sight
The blood was streaming down
It from the cut over the left eye
It was evident Mickey could hardly
see, as time and again he vainly
| tried to wipe the blood out of his
| eyes while in the clinches.
Finally, Mickey's defense be.
came 50 feeble and Dundee's Of.
tense so furious that it was only
q question OF how long Mickey
could last and whether Ounce
would actually blind him.
Cries went UP In the seventh,
"Stop it!'
| In the eighth, the blood blinded
Mickey so badly he couldn't see his
opponent and missed half a dozen
lefts and rights by yards. Then,
with the round almost over and as
Dundee sunk another spongy right
into the bleeding left socket, the
referee humanely stopped it.
Though Mickey Walkers head waa
bloody, it was unbowed. He in
sisted he wanted to go on. But
even his manager. Jack Kearns
saw he had enough and made nc
protest, and Dundee was given
credit for a technical knockout. Only
once previously had Walker failed
to respond to the final bell. That
was in 1919, when he was a be.
ginner. and Phil belmont knocked
him out in one round.
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Ry Louis A. Dougher

Bucy Harris bwdered champions have no oa game
today, but batting and fielding drill booked oE ms
the Tomorrow Connle
1ak Phiadelpha Athletics remaining through Sunday
walter johnson. pitched since last sunday IN ot
Louis scheduled oppose the Mamen tomorrow and Dutch
Ruether win face them Sunday -.
Zach Taylor the Outfder obtained from the 5ufiaO
lineup the As but Manager Harris was TO sa
bn leading off for Buffalo Bucky Harris prefer to
Sam Rice Taylor break in somewhere lower
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-25

Yesterdays Results
Pittsburgh, 3; st. Louis. 3. (GansF
called to allow Pittsburgh players to
New York. Ia-7: PhiIadeIphia. 7-2.
Games Today
Chicago at st. Louis.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
New York at Brooklyn.
Boston at Philadelphia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-25

THE GrIffmen are today four and
h1yhalf games behind the second.
place Chicago White Sox and twelve
and half back Of the league-lead-
Ing New York Yankees. While it
seems practically impossible for
them ever to- catch the flying
E3rOnxmen, It i reasonable %. Pc
.Nifeve that winning squirt might
shove them right up into second
place. In fact. many of the vet
Grams believe they viii finish In
second place, resting their hopes
apon improvements in the pitching
IA. since returning home from their
disastrous Western trip the cham
mons have won three our OF four
5seontests from the Yankees ana
Iackmen. splitting even in two
kames here with the former and
twice knocking the Maclxmen for
"a loop in Philadelphia This unex-
Rected squirt has filled the team
with courage, some going 50 far as
10 hazard q guess that the race
hasn't yet been won by the Yankees.
~ Sunday night the Griffs leave
sfOr Boston where on Monday they
s0pen 4 thFee-galle series with the
Red SO2. Judging from yester.
days explosion IN Boston, where
III the Red Sox got fourteen hits off
k% RennOek, HOyt and BraxtOn and
won IN eleven innings. the cham.
b pions win have no easy time Of It
81 up in the Hub.
Next Thursday, on their way
home from Boston. the Griffs will
stop off at New York for double
header with the Yankees. That
night the team returns home to
open its second long stay. continu.
ing through Sunday, July Is.
There is no sense in denying the
general Hneasiness exhibited by the
champions The sudden release OF
Joe Bush and the passing of Alex
ferguson to the minors surprised
some Of the boys, even il it didn't
cause any jolt for the men named.
~ Ferguson took all his personal
property with him 10 Philadelphia
Wednesday morning and. on being
informed of the trade sending him
10 Buffalo. said he had no reason
for returning to Washington. I've
sort Of been expecting something
Hike this" was his calm remark.
L Il Joe Bush never brought his family
20 Washington. An experienced big
ae1guer, he knew that he had to
make good before being assured Of
= job with the champions and. be-
cause of his experience. he realized
that he was not making good. So
he had no property here and his
s8elease found him at home.
IA The washington clubs pitching
staff has now been reduced to
seven men. Johnson and Ruether
have been pitching good ball.
though not winning for reasons not
theirs. CoveIeskie is having trouble
going the distance The other four
are not up to the standard required
10 keep the Griffmen in the race for
the flag.
III Fred Marberry is distinctly a
ia finishing pitcher. He shines I'm
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-25

Both Washington and Phila-
delphia, in other words, have
admitted to the pop-eyed world
that they didn't expect to live
up to the predictions Of the
experts who picked them TO
give serious championship bat
tie, with the material at hand
ten days ago, and within that
period many invoices and bills
Of Iading have been handled by
both teams.
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Connie Mack probably capitu-
lated the hardest when, with one
fell swoop, he eased out two
pitchers, Harriss and Heinach,
along with Baby Doll jacobson,
for Howard Ehmke, who pro-
ceeded to cave-in the first time
he opposed his former brothers.
Washington's confession OF
weakness was . little more
gradual, the first sign of self
condemnation coming with the
shipping Of Harry Kelly back
to the minors, then the acquisi-
ton of Emilio Palmero followed
by the trading Of Alex Ferguson
to Buffalo for an outfielder,
Taylor, to say naught Of yes
terday's outright release of
Bullet Joe Bush.
Between the lines of those
shifts in baseball personnel can
be seen . distinct inclination by
both the Athletics and Griffmen
to rebuild their fences for next
year at the latest. but for this
year If possible.
The gestures are an admis-
sion to the populace at large
that the goal couldn't be achieved
with the old order of things
and a promise to. the fandom
Of both cities that the clubs are
trying to live up to a moral
obligation they owe the fans
that Of bringing home the bacon.
In both instances is seen a
brave and possibly futile effort
to turn the trick this season, for
the long-looked-for break in the
Yankees has failed to material
ize and is less likely to come
now that they face a long siege
in the Yankee Stadium than it
was on the recent Western
swing.
Meanwhile Washington and
Philadelphia are at each others
threats tomorrow and Sunday,
just as they were yesterday.
Oddly enough, Philadelphia, in
itself. is of no particular worry
to Washington as an opponent.
That goes this year as last.
The Mackmen annoy other Amer
lean League teams much more
than they do ours, and if all tie
champions had to do to repeat
were to stop the White Ele-
plants. then the bunting would
be "in."
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TODAY'S
SPORTORLAL
By Nirk Miller

Two American League teams
which were varicusly picked
three months ago to have m
important vote in the fall eiec-
tions have seen fit to re-align
their pitching departments if
they hoped to be alive and agile
enough to make their strength
felt at the polls.
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such role. with 50 many weak
Fingers IL seems unlikely that ne
can begin training for different
role. The Griffs need Just such
relief hurler as Fred.
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Wins at Eighty-one

Major Ostrander. S1.year-old civil
war veteran, recently won a three.
cushion billiard tournament at
Seattle, Wash.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-25

Willie Munden. the latest sensa,
ton among the Jockeys, was a bell
hop in the Windsor Hotel. Montreal
only a year ago.
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Would Alter Gloves

Nowadays baseball glove With
the center removed Is q rarity. but
it used to be common practice
only few years back.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-25

WESTERN LEAGUE
Des Moines, 8: Wichita, 8.
Lincoln, 8; Oklahoma City. 3.
Tulsa, 10: Omaha, 3,
St. Joseph 3; Denver. {
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-25

Seemingly impossible strokes wers
turned into easy ones BY hts Judg'
ment and speed OF foot--the essence
OF great lawn tennis Against any
thing less than the sheer brilliancy
az the ini1nitable Crochet, he mus
have won, and. indeed he seemed
even to be getting used to this. He
actually ran to four love IN the
third set. but then al the skill and
steadiness OF the French playel
were brought to bear.
The English players collapse was
dramatic. He did not win anothef
game
Senorita Da1yorez made her first
appearance on the courts. One has
10 see hev to realize what q de
Iightful player shs Is. she seems
to bring with her al the charm
and sunshine OF the South, and In
her play there ID much Of hes
happy country where Il seems al
ways to be afternoon.
No one at Wimbledon plays .
more graceful or easier game. Theirs
IL style in every stroke. but thera
Is sting as we'll The backhan6
stroke. the mere execution %
which, successful or not, mars the
game OF so many players. becomes
In her hands thing Of beauty, ex.
cept TO her opponents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-25

Emilio Palmero has not IMPRESSED
ANYBODY with hts class He blew
up against the Yankees because OF
an error behind him. 1t took 4
double play and a triple play to
save his life for three innings
against the AS.
curly ogden looked bad yester.
dav in Philadelphia. though the
twirl Of fate accorded him credit
for winning that first game. In
one frame he permitted the AS to
tie the score on two walks. a single
and a double. Before he could face
the foe again the champions had
romped ahead and Rueti1er had nit
for him. driving the deciding run
over the plate.
Bill MorreII, the big rookie from
New Haven. IL an unknown
quantity. He has yet to start a
game for himself. He pitched a
good tenth inning against the AS
yesterday. Pool and Galloway
hosting to GOsIin and Perkins
humping an easy bounce down to
Judge for the third death.
Efforts are now being made to
bolster the pitching staff and 1t is
possible that both Palmero and
Ogden will figure in deals bringing
new pitchers here. There are not
enough hurlers left even for the
daily batting drills. In addition tn
Al Schacht. a former pitcher now
coaching. spare outfielders are being
used to pitch the batters.
President Griffith is actively en-
gagged in digging up players who
may prove Of value to the team ans
expects to have something worth
while to talk about before he gets
through
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Finally, Nickey's defense be-
came so feeble and Dundee's Of.
Tense so furious that IL was only
a question OF how long Mickey
could last and whether Ounce
would actually blind him.
Cries went UP In the seventh,
'Stop itH'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-25

with q great rnatcf between Henri
Cochet. the coD4uer0r q Vincent
Richards. and II = Lester. ths
English public schools champion O
I922. "a who visited America With
the Oxford cambridgs team last
year.
Any one who imagined that on
hie brilliant showing AGAINST
Richards CroeI1et would have
walk away was soon disiliustoned
~ Testers ySWifk. sure baelEhana
strokes, ana stilI more By his e.
coverfes.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
Methodist Episcopal

"Facts and Fallacies of Prohi-
bition,' = will be the subject on which
Rev. Arthur f. Schultz will preach
at the morning service at the
Methodist church. Music at that
service will include the anthem.
"Sing Ye Faithful (Ashford), !,
and violin offertory solo.
In the evening Rev. Schultz
topic will be "The Supreme Task. -
The orchestra will play Moon
Moths, = and will also be heard dur
ing the offeratorv. Mrs. Z. n. D..
Hatch and Mrs. ". W. McEuen will
give q violin and clarinet duet. TAX
en- from the Poet and Peasant -
overture. A special number will be
presented by the newly organized
young peoples choir.
The week S calendar includes the
mems luncheon at the Oregon cafe
on Tuesday at 1915: the midweek
meeting Wednesday night at 7:30,
and the monthly pot luck supper
Thursday night at $50. \ musical
program, furnished by Hawaiian
singers will follow the supper.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
GETS REWARD FOR
NARRING DRIVER
Who HIT AND RAN

A fireplng stopped a chit and
run motorist when he tried to
escape from an accident in which a
man was hurt, but, since the fire
plLg couldn I appreciate Il reward.
the sum of $50 was given by the
Automobile Club of Southern Cali
fornia Yesterday to Russell Elliott,
4 brs driver. who gave chase and
apprehended the autoist who had
tried 10 get away.
The fireplug PLAYED police off
Ger by stopping Vincent B. Fitz-
gerald after he had struck A. Lea
witt at Mclrose Avenue and West
ern on July 20. while travelling
down Webster, the evidence show
ed, at a high rate of speed. Fitz-
gerald had skidded considerable
distance before striking Leavitt,
but when he righted his ear and
hurried away without stopping to
consider the harm he had done, Eli
lott commandered a passing auto
mobile and chased him. When the
fleeing motorist observed he was
being followed, he swerved around
n corner to a side street. Water in
the gutter made him skid again.
however. so that he hit the fire
plug. breaking it off and thus re-
leasing a food of water.
The delay and confusion to the
escaping autoist gave the bus driv,
or time to catch up with and hold
Fitzgerald until police arrived. For
his timely action, Elliott was thus
odindo,d worthy recipient of the
standing reward offered by the di,
rcctors of the Automobile Club or
southern California to those who
furnish information leading to the
conviction OF chit and run" mo
torists.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
rnnwI rrrCDc tn
cCDy1E nm nAVc.
CAN'T PAY FINE

HEAVY punishment was meted ont
TO c. p. shelton. arrested Yesterday
bv Depntv Sheriff Evans on a
"moons-line" charge, when the
former appeared in court before
Judge Navfield. The court imposed
a fine or $500 with an alternative
sentence % zuo davs in Jail.
Following Shelton's arrest, as re-
ported in yesterdays Press. Evans
returned TO the site of the still
which the man was found operating
on New river. and waited for j. Nj.
Fornville Shelton's partner. When
Fornville showed up, he too was
nlcoed under arrest, and was given
the same punishment as Shelton.
Neither man had sufficient funds
TO pay the fine imposed and they
started serving their time in Jail.
In addition to the supply of liq-
nor first reported, Evans uncovered
an additional 400 gallons of wine,
ready for consumption. The sink al
the Jail had a splendid jag on at
noon today.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
First Presbyterian

"The True Antidote for Skeptic
ism is the subject upon which
Rev. George A. Hartman will preach
at the Sunday morning service at
the Presbyterian church. Morning
anthem. 'Thv Life Was Given For
Me- (Berwald.)
Sunday school will precede the
morning service. the International
Sunday School lesson for January Il
being "Jesus and Nicodemus. - John
3:5-17. Golden text, John 3:16,
"For God so loved the world that he
gave His only begotton Son, that
whoever believeth on him should
not perish, but have eternal life. -
The Young People s meeting takes
place at $50 Sunday evening, fol
lowed by worship AT 7:30. Sermon
subject. "Isaac the Domesticated. >
Wednesday evening prayer meet
ing will be at : o clock. Choir
practic follows at 7:30.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15

new store will be located ut 1872
Second street, and viii be managed
by J. G. French.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
Go To Church Sunday
First Baptist

A special program developing the
old hymns will be feature at the
First Baptist church Sunday night.
Lead by the choir, the congregation
will sing a number of the better
known hymns. The story of the
writing of some of these songs will
be told and Rev. c. F.. Flanagan will
give short sermon appropriate to
the subject.
In the morning Rev. Flanagan will
preach a prohibition and law en-
forcement sermon, Saturday being
the sixth anniversary of the nation
al prohibition enforcement under
the Nolstead act.
B. Y. P. L. will meet at $50.
These meetings are being largely at
tended by the young people of the
church and their friends, and are
arouSing much interest.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
Knight of Motor
Fame Will Marry
Prominent Widow

PASADENA, Cal. Jan. 15.-Char.
les Y. Knight, multimillionaire in
ventor Of the Knight motor, is to
be married here tomorrow to Mrs.
Mamie c. Smythe. prominent widow
of Waco, Texas.
After the nuptials the couple will
leave on two months honeymoon
in the east, to be followed by trip
10 Honolulu. They will return here
in the spring to reside at Knight 3
Swiss Chalet mansion.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
WANTS u. S. SHIPS
GIVEN SAFEGUARD
IN COMPETITION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Presi-
dent Coolidge approves of the pro-
posal of Chairman O'Connor of the
United States shipping board to pro-
tect American shipping from cut
throat foreign competition, it was
said at the white house today.
On advice of Budget Director
Lord. however, he believes that
money for the purpose will be avail
able in present shipping board fund
without special appropriation as
proposed by O'Connor.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
SILENT CAL" rs SILENT
ON WASHINGTON ISSUE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-When
asked to comment on charges of
the novelist, Rupert Hughes. that
George Washington was "a champ
ion dancer and cursor" President
Coolidge TODAY smiled wryly, looked
out Of his office window TO the
Washington monument and replied:
81 see the monument is still there. ,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
Cancels List of
Those Awaiting
Parachute Drops

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Jan. IA
list Of eight officers and men wait
ing to make parachute jumps at the
naval air station was cancelled to-
day by Captain joseph N. Reeves,
commander of the aircraft squad
rons battle fleet.
Today's orders ended an epidemic
of jumping that ragged through the
week when at least nine officers
and men took to the parachutes for
sport. The number of applicants
was increasing so much day by day
that Captain Reeves began to fear
for the safety of his men.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15

and an increase in power rates to
the rural consumer of the above
companies, if not carefully watched
and our interests protected.
90 The informal complaint de-
partment is still operating in the us
ual manner at the same old place.
handling all manner Of complaints
for individual members.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
State St. Christian

Rev. Edward II. Law will preach
Sunday morning at the State Street
Christian church on the subject.
"The Writing on the WALL His
evening subject will be "Prison in
Philippi.'
Orchestra practice will be held as
usual at 7:l5 Monday evening, fol,
lowed by choir practice at S:l5.
Wednesday evening at $3.50 the
weekly pot luck supper will be
served. followed bv PRAYER meeting
al 7:30. and business session.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
Cnocrarhv HaZv,
P,'t Interest In
California Keen
By United Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO. Calf. Jan. 10
California geography is rather hazy
in the mind Of c. W. Nestler of
Washington, D. C.. but that doesn t
duh his interest in this state.
Nestler says in letter to Gov
ernor Friend W. Richardson, reeeiv-
ed at the capitol today:
"'Mav I not request all available
literature relative to Southern Cali
fornia. its cities, etc. My folk are
interested in this section and even
tuallv we NAV take up permanent
residence in Los Angeles, Berkeley
or Sacramento.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-15
FIX LEGION CONFAB

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 15.-
The national executive committee
of the American Legion today set
October II to 10 as the time of the
annual convention in Philadelphia
next fall.