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CARPENTER SOUGHT
FOR BOUT WITH GREB


BY the AesOcl ated PreA-
PITTSBURGH. Pa. ia nuary II
An effort to, bring together Georges
Carpenter. who arrived in New York
Wednesday from France, and Harry
Greb. middleweight champion, Is be-
ing made by j.. j. Issac son. match
maker for the Oma ha Eebr., Amer.
lean Legion. James Mason. Grehs
manager. announced today that he
had received an offer Of 10000 from
lsaa csUn for such bout, TO be sta ged
at Omaha in February. ..
Mason indicated he is not averse to
the meeting between his protege and
the Frenchman. but said Greb could
not go to Omaha next month because
of previously scheduled fights. The
middieweiHht fitlehoider is now on his
way to the Pacific Coast. where he
will engage in several bouts before
returning Eas to meet Tiger Flowers
in New York on February %. Mason
said that If abe proposed fight with
Georges could be arranged for the
middle OF March. he would be ready
to talk business. He said he would
not want to do anything that would
interfere with the Flowers bout.
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President Heydler of the National
League and President johnson of the
American League probably will report
back to their orga nizations the posi-
ton in which they have found them
selves. and ask for relief. Then it
will be explained to Commissioner
La ndis, who never has had to rack
his brain trying to keep Pittsburgh
and Cincinnati Nut of New York at
the same time, that il is not alwa VS.
possible to make a schedule exactly to
the minute where Is trains must he
taken into consideration, all running
daily on a single track at the same
hour.
Neither New York. Boston nor Phila
and at st. Louis they can't conflict
dates under the present conditions,
and at ST. Louis they cans conflict
because both teams there use the
Sa me playing field. That leaves Chi
cage the only practicable terminus
station for all conflicting dates-and
Chicago is not a hog for conflicting
dates
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Had the schedule committee been
permitted to go about it's business
with suggestion that it end the sea-
son at the earliest possible date. with
as few conflicting dates as possible,
II would have been far more sensible
for everybody. The fixed date rule
was put over by the propa ga nda of a
few persons. some Of whom are tired
of hase hall within 80 DAYS or so if il s
opening, and some Of whom want to
see the season end as soon as the
cha mpionships have been settled
This crowd has prea ched short sea =
son to the powers Of base ball until
some OF them actually have come TO
think that the ma jor league sea
should play second fiddle to the world
series and 10 foot ball. The general
public has not shown any particular
desire for An early ending of the sea
son. II Is something which has been
started and nurtured by Influences
wholly out of the practical side of the
game.
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YANKEE GAINS CONTROL
OF RING GAME IN PARIS

PARIS. January IA CPl-An Ameri-
can promoter. jefferson Dickson Of
Jackson. Miss. has gained complete
control of indoor boxing in Paris.
Dickson, who last month became a
partner OF Antoine Boyer in control
Of the French firm Of "Manitot." now
has bought ont all fra nchises and
contracts belonging to that firm and
has obtained boxing leases from the
Nelodrome oliver. the Cirque de
Paris. the Cirque oliver the eau
mont Palace and the Sale Wagram
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PROS HOLD UPPER HAND
IN SOCCER IN ENGLAND

LONDON. January IA R-One eIe-
mentaI'y school after another in Eng
land is deserving associa ton foot ball
for rugby because rugby still remains
strictly amateur
The situation has reached such a
stage that the headma sters, who are
seeking mea ms, of sa wing soccer as
school sport realize they have a diff
ticuh task before them.
1t IL pointed out by the headmas-
tiers and others that associa ton foot
bail has many fine qualities. and that
1t would he a pity to turn it over en-
tirely TO professionals
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With old Chief Bender as q pitch
ing coach. Manager EddieCollins has
high hopes of finding the material
he needs. either from the FIVE new
hurlers drawn from the minors or
the five recalled for further test
Indians. Earl McBee. a southpaw. and
Bill Carney. Carney came from rh.
Ardmore. Okla. Western Associa
tion club. while from the Nuskogee
team the SoX bought big Jim Carroll.
who struck out 23S batsmen last
season.
The first Mexican in the ma 10,
leagues will he Lee AIaniS whor
Collins hopes To develop into a recu-
lar ShortStop. Playing with Okmnl-
gee in the Western Associa ton last
year he hit .35l and baGged 81 home
runs. Another inield prospect is
Moe Berg. former captain Of the
Princeton University nine. The Sox
obtained him from Rea ding. Pa.
Ray Norehart. recalled from Witch
Ha. IL the third shOrtstop prospect.
The Soy need some one ready for
that post if Ike Davis fails to re-
cover from his injured knee The
first bali Of the city series last Fan
may need some capable relieving. al
though his hase-stealing record oc
last year does not indicate he is
slowing up.
Ray Schalk will open his four
teenth wear behind the hat for the
SoS. while his major league game
record Is approac ching 1900
Willie hamm,- the 800. 0oG purchase
OF a few wears ago, and Earl Sheclr
VIII again he at the third and first
corners. with four veterans and three
youngsters ready for the outfieid.
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CARDINALS WILL START
FOR CAMP FEBRUARY 20

ST. LOUS. January IA P).-An adj
vance squad Of Cardinal pitchers and
catchers, in charge of Manager
Rogers Hornsby. will leave here Feb
ruary 20 for Hot Wells. suburb of
San Antonio. Tex, to begin training
These batterymen. augmented by
those who will journey to camp direct
from their Winter habitats, will num-
Der about 25 players. when the condi-
tionins season opens, Monday, Febru-
AIRY %
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U. S. GOLFERS SELECTED
FOR MATCH IN BRITAIN
REGULAR APPOINTEES.

REGULAR !APPOINTEES.
Robert A. Gardner Of Chicago,
captain.
Robert T. Jones Of Atlanta.
Watts Gum Of Atlanta.
Francis Ouimet Of Boston.
George Won Elm Of Los Angeles.
Jesse =. GuilfOrd OF Boston.
Jess w. Sweetser Of New York.
Roland Mackenzie of Washington
ALTERNATES. i.
Max X. MarstOn. Philadelphia; ID.
Clark COrl<ran, Philadelphia: George
ROtan, Houston. Tex: Fl. Chandler
Egan. MedfOrd. Dreg.; Harrison X.
Johnston. st, Paul.
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SKATERS IN BIG RACE.

NEW YORK, January IA Lp).-Clas
Thunberg OF Finland, world amateur
speed skating champion: Charles Cor
man of st. Johns, New Brunswick.
Canadian champion. and Joe Moore of
New York, international indoor cham
plon. will comprise the field in the
three mile international special. fea
ture of the metropolitan indoor title
tourney AT Madison square Garden to-
night
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SPANISH SOCCERiSTS
AIM TO ACCEPT BID
By the Associated Press.

Bv the AssOciated Press.
MADRID. January 1.-THE Spanish
Foot Ball Federation is experiencing
difficulties in negotiating with the
American foot ball authorities for a
series of soccer matches to be played
by Spanish professional team with
American teams in the United States.
The main obstacle Is the fact that
ia Spain there is no professionalism.
The president of the Spanish Fedora
ton purposes to submit the matter to
the foot ball assembly next May in
order to ascertain whether a Spanish
team will be permitted to accept the
American invitation. .''->s, d.
The Americans desire the Spaniards
to participate in 10 or IL games in
various American cities next October
and November.
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HIGGINS STILL HOPEFUL:
OF OBTAINING McMANUS
BY the A ssociated Press

d FTees.
NEW YORK. la nuary l4.-Denying
reports that they had given up hope
OF securing Marty McMa nus from the
Browns. the Yankees have announced
that Manager Miller Huggins Is con-
tinuing to negotiate with George
Sisler. 49,
Waite Hoyt. Yankee pitcher. had
been mentioned as likely to wear a
st. Louis uniform If Higgins is sue
cessfuI in obtaining McManus
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EX-RED A POLICEMAN.

LUDLOW, Ky, January IA LP.-
Cincinnati Reds and who was sold to
the Buffalo Club of the International
League. has decided to become a night
patrolman for the city of Ludlow al
a salary Of $3.50 a month.
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MAY FORCE JUDGE Lands
TO UNRAVEL THE TANCLE
Johnson and Heydler Believed Likely to Report That
September 70 Is Too Early and Let Man Who
Set Time Do Figuring.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

EN YORK. anuary IA Base Ball Comm Lands short
N be notified by the that
impossible
cded the issue closing date to decide what be done about IT.
The schedule whose difficulties the
disclosed by the
several days still the problem
Oddly the dilemma
themselves
Of thy and ndnrsta hetne
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W h q [ I o h ! m
nea rs "A fun swing
he will in aria bly,
Ia Ike a swing a nd
a half. For what
he calls a three
quarter swing he
W i IL inVaria bly,
take a full swing.
| IA We seen hun
dreds Of golfers
do this continu-
ally. * moving this
10 he true. ! know
that pla yers can
aid thems Q ! Y e S
greatly by deter
mining henCeforth
always 10 swing
just a little short
Of what they in.
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Committee Selects Team.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 1.-THE
executive. committee OF the United
States Golf Association has an
nounced selection OF eight outsta nding
n matrur players. including the ma,
tional champion, Bobby Jones of
Atlanta, Ga, and his youthful rival
from the "a me city, Watts Gum. to
invade England next June in defense
of the Walker Cup. international
team trophy held by this country
since 1922.
Robert A Gardner OF Chicago again
has been chosen to captain the Amer
lean PLAYERS. Other members of the
team Will he Francis Ouimet Of Pos
ton, George Won Film of Los Angeles,
Jesse p. Gulford of Boston. Jess W.
Sweetser of New York and Roland
Mackenzie OF Washington.
In the event of withdra walls sub
situations will he made from the
following Ave alternates: Max r.
Marston and D. Clark Corkran OF
Philadelphia. George Rotan OF Hous.
Ton Tex; n. Cha ndler F;san Of Med
ford. Greg. and Harrison r, Johnston
Of st. Paul.
Gardner Is Veteran.
The selection Of Gardner as cap
tain places at the head of the in
vading team the amateur champion
Of 1909 and 1915 and a player who
has represented America in all three
contests staged so far for the Walker
Cup. OF the six matches he has
PLAYED In cup competition, Gardner
has suffered defeat only once.
Jones. Ouimet and Sweetser also
are veterans of former cup series, but
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Ma Ike it Your rule-and a fixed ruiz
to always be just short Of the swing
YOU intend 10 take back. No da mage
TO your game can possibly result from
this. The opposite is more likely to he
Your good fortune.
Copyright 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14
MACKENZIE GIVEN PLACE
ON AMERICAN GOLF TEAM

n AIMING R Mackenzie of Columbia Club
member comes to the Washington youth
OF national golf competition which he
players the
His distinct honor the Middle Atlantic
anda the who stands at the OF all
1.-The golfers this OF the country.
Only 8 Mackenzie will be 70 when he leaves this
international go
Bobby Jones when he h played abroad Mac
which
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leated IN the Walker cup matches.
The youngster was told of his ap-
pointment as a team member by his
| father over the telephone last night.
He took the announcement quite
calmly. hut was plainly plea sed. His
chief concern was whether he could
get enough pra CtiCe before the
ma tches start to make a good show
ing in the internationals. Roland fs
attending Brown University at Prov
idence, r. l.. and Is playing class
basket ball this Winter. He has had
little opportunity for golf.
The date of sailing of the Walker
| cup team has not yet been decided
upon. but. the team proba ably viii
leave New York the first week in
May. Mackenzie must bet permits
sion from the college authorities to
make the trip, but little difficulty Is
expected in that matter.
+ John c. Walker. president OF Co
lumbia Country Club, will go 10 Eng
land the last week In MAY and viii
he present during the ma tches at
| st. Andrews. Scotland. on June ,
and g.. There Is possibility that
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert r. Mackenzie
parents of the brilliant young Wash
ington golfer. may go abroad. but
this has not been decided.
Mackenzie won every ma jor tour
nsment OF note a bout Washington
last year. annexed the Middle Allan
| tic Golf Associate championship at
! Baltimore and climaXed his finest
year by turning in the winning medal
score of l45 in the national amateur
championship at Oskmont. Pa.
In 1924 he was the sensa ton OF
| the championship at Merton. where
he carried George Won Elm, runner
up to Bobby Jones, to the thirty
seventh hole after the Washington
I youngster had been S down and %
/ n
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FIGHTS LAST NIGHT.

BY the Associated Press
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.-JImmy
Slattery. Buffalo. beat Tommy Burns
Detroit 30 rounds
OAKLAND. Calif.-Tod Morgan
Junior lightweight champion. defeated
Stewart Mclean. st Paul 90 rounds1.
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PITT PICKS McMILLIN.

PITTSBURGH. January II GP-
Blair V. McMillin. il. an end on the
1925 Pittsburgh foot ball team. has
been elected cantain Of the 1926 SQUAD
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OPTION OF MAJORS KEPT
AT TWO YEARS BY MINORS


rAfON Catalina Island Calf. H.
~ of Rock Island tot the
Professional Base Ball
His election
slider motion his salary president
John d. Martin.
a havin five wear more of his e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14
DENT DEFEATS ROOKIE.

Henry Roorke.. bowed to Morris
Dent, District pocket billiard cham
pion. 100 to rs. last night, and was
awarded second place in the prize
list for the city tournament. The
play-off for third honors starts Mon
day. ..' T.. 'E'-Ls -
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;. DUAL MEET ARRANGED.

BERKELEY, Calf, January IA UP).
An intersectional track meet between
the University of Missouri and Uni
versity Of California here April was
approved last night by the executive
committee of the Associated Students
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! ST. PAUL'S SEEK GAMES.

Walter r. Hicks, 1l16 Monroe
street. is booking basket ball games
for the st. Paul's Ave made up Of
Georgetown and Catholic University
students Call Columbia 7773. .......
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1nsiideGOlf
r. Cho-Iar Harlan
BY Chester Horton

1t is a fact that the averaG sc golfer
inVa ria bly, swings the club back far
Their than he really intends to-al-
ways. That is. il he wants 10 take
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History of Bush Leagues
Tohn r.
By John B. Foster
CHAPTER XXI.

I earliest all OF them the
smoohness these which developed
in 4 bout
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WILL HOLD MEET AGAIN.

CHICAGO. January IA @.-Tht
fifth national collegiate track and field
meet under the auspices of the Uni
.versity OF Chicago will be held here
June 12
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last tot man his size.
player once remarked You can set
YOUR watch by Crawford. He Ia as
regular as the hands of a clock" He
was always the first man AT the club,
house in the morning and the first
player To arrive after the noon hour
He was even in temper and DISPOSE
ton. No PLAYER ever gave ma mayer or
owner less trouble than Sam.
lCopyrIEht 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

Freddie Welsh. former lightweight
champion, II i. said to be the only
vegetarian who ever won > world hox.
ing title.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

The record attendance for foot ball
game in England Is 1852.
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ROUNDING THIRD
Hugh A. .Jenninss~
CHAPTER xxx.

OE KELLEY who played LETT for old
Among the outhd OF the last IS Iris could
possibly equal Kelley Of greatest Of
excellent base Like big weighing
New Britain herald., 1926-04-29

Even the drama, in relation to words, was touched on by Dr. Vizetely.
 Have you ever given thought to the number of words used in the plays you have heard?" he asked. Do you know that not so long ago in New York playgoers were entertained with a play in which only SIS words were used, and that 264 of these were spoken by actors and actresses impersonating North Carolina folk, while the remaining fifty-four were used by man from the city who had lost his way in the noun tains, but who by nightfall had found the cabin in which the Carolina folk lived? The remarkable thing about this play is that it contained in all 21,0O0 words, of which only SIS were different, so that these were each used sixty-six times, and yet the audience and the critics ware not bored.
 "How many words does a newspaper editor know? One went systematically through dictionary and found that he knew l6,210 primitive words and 2S, 400 derivative words, almost 45,OO0 in all. No proper names were included in this calculation. Every well-read person of education and fair ability is able to define or understand as used nearly or perhaps more than 50,OOO words. The same person in conversation and writing will command not fewer than l5,OO0 to 10000, while a person who cannot read but who has a good degree of native mental ability will command 5000 terms.
 But if a new war breaks out tomor- row, whether it be between capital and labor, or between races of different hue, or between the upper world and the lower, the editors vocabulary will keep pace with the events as they develop. Every social upheaval, even as every
New Britain herald., 1926-04-29

"Dr. John C. French, of Johns Hopkins University, said a year ago that the average man in business knows about 50,000 words. l do not know any one which the characterize ton average business man would fit who commands 50,000 words or anything like it. The highly educated American business or professional mana captain of industry, a physician, a minister or a lawyer-may command such vocabu- lary, but the average man in business and l take him to be a salesman--if he commands 10000 words may be said to have full vocabulary.
 "The department of psychology of one Of our learned bodies recently investi- gated the matter of vocabulary acquisi- tion, and disclosed the fact that the average child of from 4 to 5 years of age makes rse of 1700 words. In it's first year the child acquired a vocabulary of from ten to twenty words. During its second year, this total was increased to 300 or 400 words, depending entirely upon environment. Before the close of the third year, the larger of these totals was more than doubled, so that the vocabulary at command aggregated from 600 to 1000 words.
 "A churchman, familiar with the terminology of the Bible, will know the meaning of 8674 different Hebrew words in the Old Testament and of 5624 Greek words in the New Testament, or 14,296 words in all, with some duplicates, of course This is an exceptional case.
 "The physician or surgeon knows more than this number. Take a rough sum- mary of matters with which he must be familiar. There are in the body of man 707 arteries, Fl bones, 79 convolutions, 433 muscles, 293 nerves, 85 plexuses and 1O9 veins-total, Til. In addition to this there are 1900 bacteria, 224 epony- mic diseases, 500 pigments, 295 poisons, SS eponymic signs and symptoms of dis eases, "A tests and 109 tumors, or a total of 496S matters relating to his profession alone.
 "Then there are the'names of some 10000 chemicals and drugs of which he must have more than mere passing knowledge-total 14,968 in all, and we have not referred to the science of hygiene, or to allied professions, as den tistry, etc, or to his home life, his mo- torcar or airplane, and the world at large, of which he is so important figure, These can barely be covered by 10000 more-approximately 25,00O words"
 DR, VIZETELLY then referred to U masters of words, now since passed away. He said:
 "In the seventy-fve speeches addressed to the people of America between the years 1913 and 1918, the late President Woodrow Wilson made use of 6221 diff ferent words, but this does not by any means reflect the total vocabulary at his command. Compare his The State his Congressional Government and his History of the United States with the
New Britain herald., 1926-04-29

list of 6221 words used in these speeches and YOU can see at a glance that this total may be easily multiplied by ten 62,210.
 "The range of mans vocabulary de- bends on his occupation. Milton used 13,O00 different words in his verse, and in his state papers many more that have not been computed. Shakespeare's apolo- gist for a limited vocabulary eXclaims, What did he not achieve with themn Had Shakespeare lived in our time, he would have advanced with our progress, and the strength of his vocabulary would have been double the number of words he used. But remember that many of Shakespeare's words are now archaic, As one of my good friends from Troy has reminded me, many words fell into disuse when archery gave way to the gun, and things which were very useful when knighthood was in flower eventu- ally were discarded.
 EN1NHE passing of the tournament and
 iousts witnessed the burial of large collection of medieval terms, even as the passing of armor did the same. When falconry became a dead sport it's specific vocabulary was soon forgotten. Alchemy and superstition had host of friends, but with the advance of our culture their lingo has been driven out of existence.
 "Take the man of law, also as an exception, and what do we find? That the most popular of law dictionaries lists approximately 13,00O terms pecu- liar to the legal profession, and com prehensive as the law itself may be, it does not in general embrace the vocab- ulary of the home, for which add 10000 words, or 23,000 in all"