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The Washington times., 1926-08-05
GER TRJDE
ACTIVE

CAPE Girls NEz, Aug. 5.--Gert-
rude Ederle's plan Of campaign
calls for no less than three at
tempts at swimming the English
Channel this year, IL the first at
tempt which she hopes to make to-
morrow or Saturday is unsuccess-
full.
Lillian Cannon OF Baltimore plans
to make at least two attempts, but
has not yet set the date Tor her
first attempt.
In contrast to the absence OF
preparations for Clara Belle Bar
rett and her courageous effort
through the night and the fog on
the Channel, when she swan for
hours without being able to see but
q few feet ahead Of her, the most
elaborate plans are being made for
for night swimming. The tug which
will accompany Miss Ederle on her
swim deluxe was today being
fitted out with accommodating bat.
teries and powerful searchlignts
which will sweep the Channel
ahead Of Miss Ederle.
BURGESS, WHO has ITAAHSu MISS
Ederle, is very confident that his
pupil will make the swim In IA
hours. The record is 16 hours and
SO minutes. burgess declares that
IL Miss Ederle gets away at s
o'clock tomorrow morning and con.
ditions are right, she will be ashore
in Dover by 10 o'clock tomorrow
night.
In the camp OF Lillian Cannon It
Ii estimated that the Baltimore girl
will take about 16 hours In her
effort to conquer the Channel.
The Washington times., 1926-08-05

In holding johnson on the bench.
Manager Harris discovered "Smiler''
Murray's real class and he is wear
ing . broad grin today as re-
suit, Murray faced the Tigers in
the second game after the cham
pions had dropped the first clash,
to &, in ten. innings. He found
them stili clawing and splitting
and, before he could gather his
faculties, they had hammered out
tive hits for as many runs.
Few young pitchers could have
equaled Murray's work from such
d bad start. Beginning with the
second inning the former Mobile
beauty simply moved down the
Toe until the eighth when he
momentarily lost control and the
Tigers scored two runs, tying the
score. However. he settled right
down In the ninth and might have
gone on to the end save that
policy demanded his erasure for a
pinch hitter Ia the tenth.
Between the second and eighth
frames the Tigers made but three
hits off Murray and runs were
impossible. His control was al.
most perfect and his chance Of
pace bewiIdering. He cut the cor
ners OF the plate with his curvs
The Washington times., 1926-08-05

One of the formal steps toward
making the bout an actually may
be taken today with the signing of
the champion to a definite contract
for the Tunney match. According
to the way Richard tells 1t, all
he has on Dempsey at this moment
is an option on his services.
That may be just so much tine.
ture OF applesauce. designed to
give Jack kearns the run-around
when he tries to collect his man.
agerial third by the terms of the
contract which expired yesterday.
Certainly, the fact that Dempsey,
who apparently believes in sign
ing first and examining the con-
tents afterward, has neglected TO
anoint the dotted line until this
late date may be regarded signif-
icant.
However, the mere gesture Of
signing means little in cOmpari.
SON with the possible develop"
ments of the next few days. To-
morrow, Richard probably will
give the State athletic commits
sion q lot of slick city talk about
raising the ringside ante for the
fight to $40 or $50.
81 wouldn't go so far as to say
that there wouldn't be any fight
IL the boy friend doesn't have his
way in this matter, but the chances
are good that he will not have the
old enthusiasm to push the project
as it must be pushed, in case they
insist on the old $25 limit. They
probably won't. however, the BOYS
being quite obliging about jumping
through the hoop every time our
Mr.. Richard cracks the whip.
This transaction, IN turn. will lose
cast in comparison with the pro-
jected developments Of next week
when Col. John Phelan, chairman
OF the license committee. returns to
his desk. Nobody knows what the
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Gator shows the number Of the
round in progress.
The American Legion is re
sponsible for these innovations.
It has made similar steps for
ward in South Dakota, as Rep
resentative Royal Johnson viii
tell the world.
The country's foremost vet
eran organization has done
these things for California and
one Of the Dakotas let the
Washington department voice
its desire to Congress for such
an opportunity to function here
and certainly q deaf ear will
not be turned.
The District Of Columbia De-
parfment of the American Lee
giOn has gone on record re-
peatedly in favor Of boxing
here. Boxing is d prolific way
for ,such organizations to Sc
cure funds with which to func-
ton in the many channels where
the Legion carries on.
The Veterans Of Foreign
Wars are just as eager for the
sport and il. certainly seems
that if some concerted effort
can be made by these boys who
fought, in behalf Of staging get
another brand of manly en-
counter, their plans would not
be rejected coldly.
Incidentally a list Of States
where boxing is permitted
under the commission form In
cludes: California, Massachu-
sets, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mime
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yOH7VSON AND RIP COLLINS OPPOSE ON FIRING LINE

sofa. South Dakota, North Da-
kota, Rhode Island, New York,
Connecticut, North Carolina,
Louisiana, Maryland, Ohio,
Michigan and Nebraska.
IN these States boxing is per-
mitted with or without city or
county commissioner Texas,
Maine. New Hampshire, YER
nont. Washington, Oregon, Arb
iona, Oklahoma, Missouri, Colo
RADIO, New Mexico, Nevada,
Idaho. Wyoming, M ontana,
Iowa, Florida, Indiana, Ken
lucky and Tennessee.
Boxing is not SO bad-you
will notice that when the Mary
land State Commission caused
Harry Brandon to forfeit $50
for seemingly poor fighting at
Kenilworth it directed that the
money 90 to some Washington
charity.
Not much money to be split
among Washington's charities,
but the spirit IS therel The
money at the Kenilworth gate
is washington money some Of
it is coming back
In San Francisco, following
the Dayton, Ohio, flood, John u.
Sullivan IN half an hour secured
pledges from q fight audiences
FOR money to be sent to Day
toms aid that amounted to
more than half Of what the rest
of Frisco raised in week.
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Champs Pen Mears Papers
For F1ght With Tunney
By. Davis ]. Walsh

NEW YORK. 5Wthn matter Of six days all the dirt
transaction will neatly into
whether
Dempsey will defend his heavyweight title at the Yankee
Stadium greatest matches
will fight again
that Dempsey doesn't for
airing this time he will be all washed active heavyweight
cha fol-
The Washington times., 1926-08-05

People in the fight game and
around it are humans. They
have plenty OF fellowship. The
fraternaI feeling among them ID
stamped exceedingly heavily out
side the ring, no matter how
furiously they fight in it.
We honestly believe that al
of the objections which could be
raised to fighting three decades
ago have been absorbed in the
great uplifting Of the game
which has transpired in the
meanwhile.
The Washington times., 1926-08-05

IN California and South Da-
kota the Legion has been quite
instrumental in assisting boxing
to its feet. IN none of the
several dozen units Of our
American nation where boxing
is conducted under the commits
sion form is the ring game n
q better footing than in those
two States, where the Legion
has vouched for its proper con-
duct.
7, Doyle's at Vernon and Legion
Arena at Hollywood are boxing
centers de luxe. Arranged as
an opera house and with covered
seats and brass rails partition
ing the boxes, these arenas also
have other refinements which
The Washington times., 1926-08-05
NeVers Was Good

Ernie Nevers, former Stanford
University gridiron star. won his
big league spurs with the Browns
by pitching the Athletics into the
ground, to 1. Ken Williams 14th
homer sewed up the game.
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MURRAY SHOWS CLASS
: AGAINST TIGERS THAT
T|CKLE5 BUCKY
BY Louis A. DOugher

DETROIT Mich, Aug 5Water johnson and Rip Collins are ex
today when the Gfs hook
With Tigers in the third Of this series at Nayin Field
the
him
Barney try he simply
parayzed Browns holding scattered hits and white
washing them to O.
today should the Jungalee and
of at least a break here.
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TQDAYS SRORTuRIAL
BY kirh Miller

Tuesday So Washington should
without ducknk to the
brush of Maryland.
Today propose suggestions how this thing
may brought that the American Legion
Foreign Wars and allied organizations certainly
manly twoisted group Of people could imagine
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Cards Ara Thara

The st. Louis Juggernaut got
started against Brooklyn with an
S.to-4 victory. Willie SherGel, Car
dlnal twirler. won his own game
oy clouting a double, a triple and
a homer,
The Washington times., 1926-08-05
"Another Wagner

Freddy Heck Of the Jacksonville,
Fla, Tars, Is said to be almost ian.
exact duplicate in appearance and
actions of the great Hans Wagner.
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attract the cream Of the citi-
zenry. Hollywood actors have
boxes reserved the year around.
Swinging enameled stools
hinge on the ring posts. One
set Of seconds wears green
jerseys and the other red.
Similar colored lights are on
the posts Of the opposing fight
ers and the winners post lights
at the moment the decision has
been made. An overhead indi-
The Washington times., 1926-08-05
Hard on Umpire

II is a superstition in baseball
that II an umpire is praised for
his work he Is bound to look bad
in the next game
The Washington times., 1926-08-05
Champion Horse

Vendetta, five gated mare
owned by Frank Adair, has won
more blue ribbons and prizes than
any other how horse In the world.
The Washington times., 1926-08-05

bali and his fast one simply flew
past the best Elitters on the home
team.
The Washington times., 1926-08-05

In the second game Manush
ran right out to the bIeachers in
right center and dragged down
GOsIin's try for a home run. Myer
was on his way to the plate
with q run that would have given
the champions the victory in nine
innings. but GOslin made the
third out.
Evening star., 1926-05-01

charged with river and harbor i'm
provement, that the Potomac channel
from Washington to Chesapeake Bay
should be deepened. 1t has been
shown that a deeper channel Is neeSed
and especially across Kettle Bottom
Shoals, a part of the river beginning
thirty miles above its mouth and ex-
tending upstream about ten miles to
where the Wicomico enters the Poto-
mac. The mean depth of water over
the shoals is eighteen feet and a ship
must follow crooked course to keep
in that depth Of water. 1t is easy Tor
ship to stray from the channel and
run into water only thirteen feet deep
across the shoals.
A plan was much discussed in Feb
ruary and March which called for
dredging the Potomac in parts so that
there should be a channel 200 feet
wide and "a feet deep from Washing
ton to the bay. The improvement de-
pended on Congress making an appro-
priation of $500, 900 and the Army en-
gineer Of this district was reported as
saying that he believed the appropria-
ton should and would be made. 1t is
believed that Washington would ma
terially increase it's freight business ii
there were a deep channel between it
and the bay supplemented by adequate
docks with railroad connection. This
work, however, must be postponed,
perhaps with the result of greater
cost when it is undertaken.
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Potomac River Improvement.

Out of the $50 900 appropriated
in the river and harbor bill approved
by the President April Is the sum of
s2e, 900 has been allocated for the i'm
provement Of the Potomac River. That
sum has been recommended by the
chief of engineers Of the Army and
the recommendation has been ap-
proved by the Secretary Of War. 1t
is said that practically all of the
s2s. 900 allotted to Washington will be
expended in dredging operations in
the Virginia channel Of the Potomac
above Highway Bridge and in raising
the elevation of Columbia Island to
meet the needs Of the Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge" The making over Of
Columbia Island is demanded by the
facts that work on the Memorial
Bridge is in progress, that Columbia
Island is part of the river park system
of the Capital and that the island
should be raised so that there may be
free access between the bridge and 1t.
The channel above Highway Bridge
has shoaled until the navigation OF
the stream, principally by tugs with
tows of heavy.laden sand and gravel
barges, is impeded.
There is disappointment that the
ALLEGATION Of funds for the Potomac
River is not larger. 1t has been pro-
posed, and the proposal has been
spoken Of favorably by the authorities
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| in the particular case, is only the re-
suit of reading, study, work?
He cannot.
AS well expect an aborigine to
care for Shakespeare, or a cat to ap-
preciate the music of Bach. Only by
an intensive education, on behalf Of
| the savage, and a miracle on the part
| Of the Creator. can the one be made
cognizant of the worth of the bard,
or the other develop a fondness for
| Bach.
1t may be stated, in passing, that
we sympathize strongly both with the
savage and with the feline.
X X X y
The best way, when one wishes to
interest an acquaintance in a book
which has already interested ones self,
| is to casually mention the volume,
giving it brief word of praise only
Who has not the experience of going
to a much-praised play and of being
somewhat disappointed? That, too, is
human nature. There is something
in most people that makes them
desire to run contrary to common
opinion. This holds true of some, of
course, more than it does of others,
but the disposition, however well
| covered up, is firmly planted in
most minds.
Thousands of sightseers come to
| Washington every year and go away
slightly disappointed simply because
| they have listened to too much praise
| of the Capitol, the White House, the
| Washington Monument and the
Library of Congress.
| We have heard persons from small
| towns, where the finest building was
three-story Masonic Hall, say, after
an inspection of the beautiful Library
Of Congress: II don't think it is SO
much" To these good folks the
| Washington shaft is mot half as
tall as l thought it would be-"
| They were, and they are, the
victims of over-praise.
Wherefore, if you desire to interest
a friend in a book, tell him mildly that
1t is good story and let it go at that
Refrain, as If from poison, from in
| sisting that he read it, and, above all,
do not press the volume into his
| hands.
| They will be reluctant hands, we
| tell you, for we have stretched out
| similar lukewarm paws hundreds OF
| times. Our home is loaded down with
books loaned us by kind friends, fine
fellows all, great books, but books we
| had no desire to read at the moment.
| A book. like a song, is something
one must be prepared for. Every book
is not for every reader at the same
| moment. How do you know, wher
YOU insist that your friend read this
| great book" what he Is reading al
! this particular epoch in his life?
Let the fellow read IN peace,
Authors come and authors go, anC
so do their books. Time has a won
derful way of pressing the ninety ant
nine mediocre books out of sight, an(
leaving the one good book afoat or
| the stream.
A book strikes you as good? Well
let it strike you as good, and keep il
to yourself. Let the other man selec
his own books, and be chary, ever
stingy, about telling him about it.
Yet tell him, if you will, but under
no circumstances force the particular
volume upon him.
If you do. you are in danger O
losing not only your friend. but alsC
your book.
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fore the criminals are caught, and
perhaps even after the principals are
taken, If that ever happens.
AS for the hardware merchant him.
self, though he is in dangerous sit
uation, there need be no particular
sympathy. For he must have known
that the machine gun was being
bought for criminal uses. Indeed, it
may be asked why he kept such a
weapon in stock at all, unless for
sale to the underworld of crime.
Machine guns are not articles of COM
mon trade. There is no lively de-
mand for them. There is, indeed, no
legitimate use for them save by the
government A hardware merchant
who keeps them in stock puts himself
under suspicion.
And it may be asked, Are there any
more such supplies in this country?
If so, should they not be hunted out
and requisitioned in the name of the
law? Machine guns are presumptive-
|
and in time of war should be made
or bought or handled only by the
government itself. Municipal and
State police may have need for them.
They. however, can and should secure
them direct from the manufacturers,
who should be required to keep a
strict record of every weapon made
and of it's disposition.
Now that criminals have adopted
the weapons of warfare it behooves
the law to look closely and effectively
to the sources of supply. Things have
come to a pretty pass, indeed, when
small dealer in hardware can stock
his store with such implements of
wholesale death and be detected in
his trade with organized criminals
only when crime has been committed
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BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

leave living people without a roof,
Surely it would be wise to accord these
interesting relics second place We find
IN Egypt museums of Arabic art and
of Egyptology; and at Cairo there are
geological gardens where, on a Sun.
day, all the rank and fashion lionize
themselves in front of that we'll ap-
pointed lion house, said to have cost
1000 English pounds: and all this
while there are myriads handicapped
IN llfe's race, and all the concomitants
of want. Money they talk about,
There is no money to attack ade-
quately the housing problem, and SIM
ultaneouSly the grievous death rate.
But there is cash in hand for catering
for the Sunday amusement of the well
dressed mob.
so. while the people of Egypt are
crying for bread and education, they
are given Stone-a stone image, the
syenitic simulacrum of a bygone
pharaoh, monarch about whom they
know absolutely nothing and care less,
statue which for some thousands of
years had been lying prone under the
desert sand before it had been freed
partially-from the accumulationS of
ages, and which would cost $4,000
pounds to transport to Cairo. There it
would surely not be of any benefit to
the natives, but would stand as a won
der to be merely gaZed upon by aliens,
by tourists, by moneyed globe-trotters
and money Wasters."
X X X X
From the standpoint of the danger
of exciting the discomfort of the
masses, it is easily comprehensive
why King Fuad and his ministers
| have hesitated even to accept the
museum wholly to be paid for by Mr..
Rockefeller, especially if by that ac-
ceptance the government directly or
indirectly obligated itself to stimulate
archaeological research. There does
not yet exist the general prosperity
which, in the minds of the practical
| officials of the country, justifies gov
ernmental expenditures for that which
does not feed the poor. The greater
the gift of Mr.. Rockefeller. therefore,
the greater might be the objection to
it's acceptance. Hardy further argues:
| "The native of Egypt derives no
benefit at all from the tourist. Nat
urally, we do not include the mer-
chants in the bazaars and the like,
who are rich men and are not in the
compass of the present consideration;
nor do we speak in any way of the
| parasites who pick up few piasters
as a reward for small or real serv-
ices but as regards the bulk
Of the population, it is we'll known
and recognized by the authorities
that on account of the tourist the cost
Of food has risen enormously"
| X X X
L ~
couraging tourist Visits was prevalent
before Egypt had gained her independ-
ence from foreign control, it is mag.
| nified under the present political de.
nand, Egypt for the Egyptians"
| Copyright 1926 by Paul v. Collins.)
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Never force a book on a friend.

Never force book on a friend.
Refrain especially If you have just
finished reading it yourself and are
| particularly wrought up over it.
Resist the great desire which assails
you to thrust the volume into the
hands of friends, with some such
| words as the following:
This is a fine story, old man.
| know you will like it. It's great! The
best sto,y / have read in many
| months. Everybody is talking about
| it. Take it home and read it.
If any book, fiction or otherwise, ar
| fects you in this manner, hide the vol
ume behind row of books in your
cases and under no circumstances be
| tempted to press it upon a friend.
Friendship ought to save a friend
| from any such fate!
This advice is freely given to the
| book-loving world after many years
of experience. Every one who loves
books is beset, at various times and
oft, with this major temptation, yet
| he ought to resist it, for reasons which
will be stated, II he values his immor-
| tai soul.
Human nature, as has been pointed
out some 1,001 times, is a curious
! thing. One cannot monkey with it or
4 violate it's cardinal rules. These basic
| laws are pretty well worked out to-
day, so that the wise man may read
even before he starts to run.
When one insists that a friend shall
! peruse a certain book, he is merely
| laying up trouble for himself, because
| he is violating a fundamental law OF
human nature.
! X X X
! The fundamental trouble is that we
expect our friends, without reading, to
| have the same enthusiasm that we
possess after reading the book.
Now any book that Is worth the
name achieves its effect by building
| up process. 1t makes it's impress upon
the mind of the reader by a culmina
| tive effect, SO that one must neces
sarily read it through to appreciate it
| CooperS sea stories and the Leather.
stocking tales are good examples OF
| this method. A reader perhaps finds
! one OF them very dull for the first
| hundred pages or so, but If he will
persist he will end the book with ap
| probation.
| Something similar might be said OF
many magazine articles and newspa
| per columns, including the present
one. No attempt is made in them tC
| stagger the reader with the opening
sentence. If one has neither the de
sire nor ambition to read on--if, ir
| fact. he does not love reading for read
ing's sake-he perhaps will prove un
! fair both to himself and to the writer
| Reflective writing necessarily de
pends upon culminative effect. Idea
| leads on to idea. building up the main
theme, with perhaps many branch
ings. so that the interest grows with
what it feeds upon.
! 1t is for this primary reason that
| one should never force a book on a
| friend. no matter how good the book
may be. how much the reader enjoyed
it or how much he knows the Other
would enjoy it.
| The enthusiasm the would-be donor
has for the book is the result of read
ing. study. work, If one may call sc
| pleasant task by such a prosaic
| term.
| How can one who has put in nc
| work, done no reading, INDUCED in nc
study. have the appreciation which