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certain sentlemanly tradition about 1t
which never is lost sight of. An an
nouncer would no more think Of ap-
pearing without a white front than
a lecturer at the Cosmos Club or
waiter at the Mayflower. The others
are just games-but fighting has its
tinge of artistry which demands the
sort of clothes men wear at artistic
functions.
The first match comes on-a couple
Of ambitious local boys who swing
wildly at each other for three rounds.
They know nothing of fighting. but
land. 1t Is the comedy prelude and
the crowd roars. Finally blackhead
lands a blow just over whiteheads
eve and cuts a cash. Blood flows
what is the comedy of the ring with
out little BLOOD But whitehead
seconds decide that II isn't safe Tor
him TO continue and the referee holds
UP hlackhead's glove. He struts out
Of the arena, dreaming Of the day
when he will fight for purses OF
thousa nes.
Real fighters are scheduled for the
next match-six rounds. One is
Baltimore boy. another whitehead.
The other Is a Fort Myer artillery
man. Soldiers are conspicuous per-
formers at kenilworth. Fighting Is
their business-but not this kind or
lighting. This simply gives them a
chance to relieve their feelings. A
poor, bedeviled. enlisted man can
punch off the fever of weeks In a
few minutes in the ring. Here he
In an individual thinking for himself
and important for himself-not just a
bit Of machinery.
But the soldier gets the worst of it..
He hasn't the skill of the other fell
jox. His blows go wild. His nose
bleeds. After six rounds the civilians
glove is held up to indicate his vic
trry. Both bows have fought and
both are cheered as they leave the
rihS. A fight crowd consists Of good
sports-no Growing over a man who
has kene down TO defeat courageous
~, such as sometimes is seen at the
bali park.
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It would be reasonably safe from the
authorities. When they set UP their
camp there, however, they were in
formed by the officials OF JEFFERSON
County that the fight could not so on.
They simply crossed the shenandoah
to Loudoun County. where the snerln
was more liberal and where 'oeau'
tiful meadow at the foot or the noun
tains" was selected.
There was an enormous crowd from
the surrounding country. as well
as from Baltimore and Washington.
The mountainside was covered with
spectators, including many good VIZ
Sinia and Maryland people who would
not risk their prestige by appearing
at the ringside. The sheriff OF LOU
doun County was among them-a man
described at the time as much IN
terested in the new science OF nstl'
cuffs"
Betting was 10 to 4 in favor Of Sui.
Ivan. At the end Of the first round
it was 10 to 1. The Yankee" weighed
in at $50 pounds and Cault at 164,
but despite the difference In weight
II was a most unequal encounter II
was short and sweet. Seven ROUNDS
were fought in II minutes. In the
first round the heavier Cault appeared
overcame this by hooking his arm
around his hip and throwing him so
hard that 1t took his breath away
Cault was done after that, and
knockout was only a matter OF time
He went down for the count after
IL minutes.
Fighting wasn't easy money In those
heroic days The scrappers earned
every cent of their pittance. Take the
battle this Tom Hyer waged with
Country MacCallester at Caldwells
Landing, n Y, in 1S49. They fought
in a field at Caldwells Landing, under
a burning July sun, for 101 rounds.
After 2 hours and IS minutes of maui
ing, both men were so near collapse
that the referee stopped the night, ana
the decision was awarded to flyer.
who had carried the fight most or
the way, although MacCallester's sec
onds insisted he could have won II
they had let the scrap 60 40 or so
rounds more The winner got $500
Yankee Sullivan fought Tom Secor
at Staten Island in 1912 for $500. The
ARRAY ended in a knockout In the six
tv.seventh round, after the men had
fought for l hour and 8 minutes. 1t
is likely, however, that there was a
good deal Of stalling in these epic bat
files, and they probably were far less
interesting to watch than the short,
! fierce fights of today. The few rules
gave the fighters plenty of opportunity
to get breathing spell by clinching,
! and when they felt like wrestling to
| relieve the monotony there were no
serious objections. Spectators went to
a fight as Englishmen go to cricket
games-for a days sport-and they
| carried their lunches with them. The
boxer who ended his battles quickly
would soon have become unpopular.
The longest scrap on record Is that
of Chris Lilly and Tom Mccoy, on
September 10, 1912. at Hastings. on
the North River. 1t went f1ercely for
100 rounds. Then Mccoy ended the
days sport by dropping dead in the
| ring.
| X X X
FIGHTING as sport. rather than
purely as method Of settling
personal grudges, dates back to
about 1916 in the United States. III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
By THOMAS r. HENRY.

A TIPSY half-moon hung low in
~ the sky over the village of
"A Kenilworth last Tuesday
4 4 night. There was Whit of
cider in the September air.
The usually early-to-bed little suburb
of the National Cap.,ai. 50 situa eeo
that it can run and hide under the
skirts of Maryland when it is caught
at any miscnlef, was the scene of un-
usual activity This was the night of
the weekly boxing shows in the open
air arena just over the State line,
which alone bring the name of the
village into the newspapers and give
it's worthy inhabitants a delightful
thrill.
All the small boys were on hand.
Yards were converted into parking
areas. Powerful cars and putting
flivvers stirred up the dust of the
shaded streets. The crowd converged
upon circular structure barely
by the sky, surrounding a canvas
square.
Outside the crowd milled. Nowhere
in Washington is there - democratic
a crowd. Boxing is the sport of all
sorts of persons. 1t draws its devo; ees
from the mansions of upper Six zenith
street and the poolrooms along
Seventh street. a SALVATION Army
worker with a tambourine moves
among them. seeking to collect
Heavens tax on the unrighteous.
The village constable, his club hidden
under his vest, watches them mildly
and curiously and tells Of his hard
lot Too much night work
Most of the men wear caps. The
cap is the uniform Of the ringside.
Look at old wood cuts of the forgotten
battles OF Yankee Sullivan. John
Morrissey and John Heenan or pic
lures OF the we'll remembered bouts of
John L. Sullivan or Corbett. They
all wear caps.
It is an orderly. good natured
crowd-distinctly different in make
up from the crowd at a base ball
game, little tougher, perhaps, but
Just as likable. The men are out for
a thrill. There is no betting-so far
as the Kenilworth matches are con-
dinarily. When some particular at
traction is staged. OF course. money
changes hands, but not on the rank
and file of the fighters.
1t is clean crowd. There are
plenty of oaths but no filth. Fighters
and fight followers usually are rough
cut gentlemen, but gentlemen none
the less. There is a sprinkling Of
women among them whose red hats
give bit Of color to the assembly.
They do not seem out of place. No
where will men be more courteous to
women than at a fight
X
FINALLY everybody is seated. Col.
ored boys. selling peanuts and
pop, stumble through the tiers, tram
l1r'~ eli
smiling young fellow in evening
clothes steps into the ring. Evening
clothes are as essential to the scenery
Of a fight as green toys. Here is
another point where fighting differs
from every other sport. There is a
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Track. Grading Machine.

THERE has been devised a large
track.grading machine that has,
it Is reported. in large measure revo-
lutionized the operations of contrac-
tors. The purpose of this machine Is
to grade and ballast track. doing the
work Of the lifting Jacks and gangs
of shovelers and hampers. 1t Is de-
signed to build entertainments without
the use OF trestles. The general plan
Of its operation is that 1t runs on a
temporary track laid on the I'LL, picks
UP a section Of track, draws earth in
from the sides of the roadbed beneath
the ties and lamps 1t there. 1t then
backs to raise another section. and
so proceeds to raise the track by
stages, going back and forth over the
same ground until the proper eleva-
ton has been reached. 80. .a~i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

England 1t is centuries older. but
the custom does not appear to have
crossed the Atlantic. The popula
ton was too scattered to enable big
crowds to attend a bout, no matter
how celebrated the contestants. In
1916 Jim Sanford and Ned Hammond
fought a title bout in New York City.
1t was ended by the sheriff. San
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

When the pugilist appears again on
the horizon we are in the age Of
the moderns and only a step from
John L. Sullivan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

A TIPSY half-moon hung low in
~ the sky over the village of
"A Kenilworth last Tuesday
4 4 night. There was Whit of
o;5or -, the Septep,her air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

A RTISTS long have sought express
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Evening star., 1926-09-18
GERMAN HOPES RISE.
Delegation Sees Ripening of Fruits
of LOcarnO Treaties.

BERLIN. September IS R.-The
Geneva correspondent of the Wolff
bureau. the semi-official news agency
Interpreting the statements issued by
Foreign Minister'S BRAND and Strese
mann after their conference, eN'
presses the opinion that emphas sis
must he laid on their assertions that
a general solution OF all outstanding
problems was arrived at. DR.. Strese'
mann. the correspondent observes.
always has maintained that the goal
rould not he reached by solving the
problems individually, but only by
lolving them in their entirety.
The correspondent of Norwaerts AT
Eeneva believes that both statesmen
lndeavored to bring the situation in
Europe into conSonanCe with the
locarno agreements. NJ. Bria nd. he
claims. Is determined shortly to lib
brate the Saar region and remove the
fhineland occupational troops. He
maintains that not only DR.. Strese-
mann. but the entire German deleCa
ton in Geneva are convinced that
the fruits Of LoCarno are beginning
"a ripen. He adds that il is Ger
manys duty in return to help France
economically and financially.
Evening star., 1926-09-18
IS MEX|CANS SLAIN !
IN BANDIT PURSUIT.
Troops Avenging RosenthaIs
Murder Kill Three as Res
cue Is Attempted.
BY the Associated Press.

MENICO CITY. September IS
Thirteen men have been killed by
Mexican troops pursuing bandits who
stabbed Jacob Rosenthal of Woodmere
y. V, to death, holding him for ran
som.
six of those killed We're regarded
by the troops as the guilty bandits
others were suspects.
Three known bandits were killed
when soldiers disguised as civilians
went to their lair ostensibly to pay
them the $4,000 ransom which had
been dema nded. Seven suspects were
killed yesterday in fighting with fed
eral troops near Huitzilae.
Three Others Are Shot.
The three other men, who had been
identified by Joseph Ruff, Mr.. Rosen
thals sonin-law, as having been with
the bandit party which last Sunday
robbed the members of Mr.. Rosen
thalHs automobile party and took him
away into the mountains, were shot
last night when an attempt to rescue
them was made. it was announced
These three had confessed. They
we're being taken under military es
cort from Mexico City to Huitzilac tC
be examined at the scene of the kid
naping. A statement issued by the
police says: "a party of men. presum
ably their bandit friends, attempted tc
rescue them. and in the ensuing fight
they were killed"
The body of Mr.. Rosenthal has
reached Mexico City from the scene
of his murder. and the necessary for
malities to sending it to his home are
in progress. Meantime. Federal troops
still are securing the region where the
crime was committed in an endeavor
to round up the rest of the bandits.
Promise 10 Punish Slayers.
In reply to another formal note
sent by the American embassy to the
foreign office. the embassy has re
ceived assurances that the MeXica n
authorities have been doing and will
continue to do everything possible to
round up and punish the murderers.
All armed men in the region where
Mr.. Rosenthal was killed are likely
to receive short shrift from the au
thorities. as recent law forbids the
carrying of firearms.
While the bandits killed last night
confessed that they were members of
the gang which kidnapped Rosenthal
they said other members of the band
had murdered him.
A post mortem examination revealed
three knife wounds and a pistol sho;
through Mr.. Rosenthal's forehead.
Evening star., 1926-09-18
HURRICANE RACES
OFF FLORIDA COAST
Nassau, at Center, Cut Off-Ships
Seek Haven-Miami Cause.
way Menaced.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
MIAMI. Fla, September 1s-Shin.
ping scurried TO cover early TODAY
before the first force of tropical
hurricane which centered YESTERDAY
at Nassau. capital city of the Ba
hama Isla nds.
A slowly dropping barometer and
steadily rising wind and sea forecast
the approach Of the storm which was
reported from Havana last night ae
having wind velocity Of 100 miles
an hour.
At Miami Beach heavy surf was
pounding 20 feet or more above the
usual high water lines, and high
waves in Biscayane Bay endangered
the causeway connecting Miami Beach
with the mainland. Pine trees were
uprooted near Miami
High waves We're beginning their
attack along the water front at Palm
Beach and the ocean boulevard. which
was washed out in score of places
by the flood of July, was being re.
inforced.
Yachts anchored in Lake Wort h
were moved TO safer berths in inland
canals.
Lack of communication with Mas.
sau, handicapped by the dismantling Of
radio stations, made it impossible to
obtain news of possible destruction in
the Bahamas
Evening star., 1926-09-18
MINE STRIKE COSTS
/. BRITAIN z BILLIONS
GnaWing at VitaIs of Empire
as New Peace Plan Seems
Doomed to Fail.
BY JOHN GUNTHER.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
LONDON. September 1s.-To date
the British coal strike has cost the
country exactly 433.000,O00 pounds
sterling (s2.1O4. 3S0.O00). the most
staggering sum ever debited to an
Industrial dispute in modern history.
A new phase of peace negotiations
is developing this week end. Prime
Minister Baldwin has returned from
his vacation at AK Les Bains to
ind that Chancellor of the EXchequer
Churchilrs desperate effort to settle
the strike and thus gain tremendous
personal prestige has failed on &C
count of the obduracy of the mine
owners. who fatty refused to par
ticipate In a three party conference.
With serious riots reported in one
district. with cold weather beginning
to hover over Great Britain. with the
general feeling growing that the
strike has begun to gnaw at the
fundamental vitality of the British
empire-in word. with A crisis at
hand as important as, if less dra-
matte than, the general strike-Mr.
Baldwin has begun work.
Peace Plan Something New.
The prime minister's plan. as
preached at yesterdays cabinet coun-
Gil is being considered today by all
parties concerned. 1t Is something
new. Mr.. Baldwin admits that it
evidently is not within the power of
the government to bring about
conference, and states as veiled
threat that legislation will be intro
duced if the miners still are unwill-
ing to face economic facts
Mr.. Baldwin's communication to
the miners representatives includes
the following proposals:
l. A national arbitration tribunal
will he set up by an act of Parlia-
ment for consideration Of disputes,
provided first there is a general re-
sumption of work.
=. Either party to any provisional
settlement for working more than
seven hours a day may refer to the
tribunal any matter of the kind
which. until July. 1925. was consid-
cred on a national basis.
8. The tribunal shall confirm or
modify any such settlement. and the
men shall be entitled by law to re-
ceive excess wages in accordance with
its decisions.
Plays Into Owners Hands.
Thus Mr.. Baldwin's plan differs
from any previous proposal in agree
ing that national tribunal should
he established. On the other hand.
by insistence that the miners must
first come hack to work on the basis
of district settlement. 1t plays into
the hands of the owners and. there
fore. may he rejected as peremptorily
by the miners as any proposal to
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Evening star., 1926-09-18
SPAIN RELINQUISHES
CLAIM TO TANGIER
Notes to Britain and France Drop
Demand for Inclusion of Area
in Moroccan Zone.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. September ls-The Span
iSh government in a note presented
simultaneously In London and Paris
reiinuuishes its demand for the inclu
sion of Tangier in the Spanish zone OF
Morocco.
The note proposes conversations
with Great Britain and France to dis
russ the admission of Italy by revision
Of the statute the pact of Algeciras
under which Tangier is internationally
governed.
The British government Is inclined
to take more or less detached atti
tude on Spains proposal. being quite
satisfied for the present with the
status QUO and especially anxious to
avoid opening the Tangier question
with the British imperial conference
In sight.
The view here is that there is nc
need for hurry, and it is preferred
that informal conversations first be
held between France and Spain. as
the powers most closely concerned.
Evening star., 1926-09-18
'CO-OPERATORS' HOLDING
VIENNA ESTATE INCREASE

By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
VIENNA, September 1s.-The GO
operators, who seized the Oberau
estate Thursday night. still are hold
ing their own. while the authorities
are puzzled how to cope with the
situation without bloodshed, Strong
picket posts of gendarmes have been
established to prevent new arrivals
from bringing food. but despite the
pickets, $50 men are reported TO have
Joined those on the estate, swelling
their number above 900.
The "co-operators" are chiefly job
less white collar" workers, who have
faced the severest hardships since the
war and the imitation.
Copyright 1925 by Chicago Daily News Co.
Evening star., 1926-09-18
RACERS COMPETE.
IN FINALS TODAY
Cigarette " Rules Favorite
for $4,000 Cup Donated
by President.

All eyes in the speed boat racing
world this afternoon are fixed on the
Potomac River for the climaxing
events in the Presidents Cup regatta.
which opened yesterday afternoon and
for more than three hours entertained
thousands of Washingtonians, who
lined the East Potomac Park seawall
and the Virginia side of the channel
In pleasure boats, for the first major
event of its kind ever held here.
In the light of what is to be seen
today, yesterdays contests served
merely to introduce some of the par
ticipants. There was but one final
race on the program. which was run
off as the sun was sinking. The re
mainder paved the way for six hours
of keen competition this afternoon.
The Presidents Cup, for which to
be eligible boats must travel through
the water at more than As miles an
hour; the international unlimited hy-
droplane race demanding a qualify
ing speed Of more than 65 miles an
hour; the Secretary of the Navy Cup
calling for As miles an hour or more,
and the time trials for the world rec
ord in the mile straight-away dash
stand forth as the high lights of the
program. In addition to these events.
the finals for the 151-class and the
Biscayne Ba bies wifi be run, topped
Section Handicap. Junior President s
Cup, and a last st-minute arranged con
test between Mrs. William j. Con.
nors of Buffalo and Mrs. Delphine
Cromwell daughter of the late Hor-
ace E.. Dodge.
Demonstrates Local Enthusiasm.
Yesterdays opening showed Wash
ington two things: First, outstanding
racing boats of the age, and second.
the amount of interest there is in
Yachting here. This last fact was
demonstrated by the number of
cruisers which turned out for the
day Yachts and launches of every
description cruised about the river
and formed line from the upstream
turn of the course just below the rail
road bridge, down the y mile course
tance away from Hains Point!
Anchored side by side, they formed
a veritable bridge of boats for the
entire distance and showed the
thousa nds in Potomac Park. perhaps
for the first time. the extent of boat
ing enthusiasm in Washington.
When the final event was over. they
pulled up anchor and in stately
manner paraded up and down the
river to their berths, the majority
going to the Corinthian Yacht Club,
which is sponsoring the regatta.
Mingled with this procession were
several boats carrying spectators from
the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Apache,
the official ship of the race, aboard
which the judges committee sat and
from which the starts and finishes
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