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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
HOCKEY TEAMS FACE
IN SECTIONAL CLASH

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December % P.--The
first brush of the season between lead.
ing sectional rivals Of the National
Hockey League tonight will send a
crippled New York Ranger team
against the ottawa Senators on the
home rink of the Canadian team.
Prior to their departure for Ottawa
the Rangers revealed that Ching
Johnson. star defense player, had SUIT.
fered a broken collarbone In q fall
here Tuesday night during the
Ranger Pittsburgh contest. Johnson
is expected to be out Of the lineup at
least three weeks and probably will
be replaced tonight by Stan Brown,
formerly defense man Of the 500 Grey.
hounds, winners Of the Allan Cup.
The lead Of the Rangers in the
American division of the race was
strengthened last night by the defeat
of the Chicago Black Hawks, who
lost 3.to.1 verdict to the Montreal
Canadiens.
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M'INNIS DENIES he
EVER BEGGED HITS


BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON. December 23.-"Stuffy''
McInnis, new Philadelphia National
manager. was aroused today by a
statement that he pleaded with
pitchers to be given hits.
Bernie" Boland, Detroit pitcher
against Cleveland in the scandal
game of 1919, has been quoted as
saying:
1.-The only player I gave hit was
Stuffy McInnis. who used to plead
hard so he could get a 800 average"
Stuffy's answer is: absolutely
false and I demand immediate and
full retraction."
Although he could remember b.
land only indistinctly. Stuffy said he
was certain he had hit him freely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
PROHIBITION" or WIDE
PUZZLE TO AMERICANS

NEW YORK, December % R).--
The Amateur Athletic Union is pug.
zled over a radiogram from Edwin
Wide. famous Swedish runner, that
he cannot race in New York because
of prohibition"
The message came in reply to an
invitation to compete in a meet ON
January s, but officials are unable to
find any regulation which would >ex-
clude him from American tracks,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23

DaEkeIerS nOSeO s9uI tdtS = o.
amount sextet, 10 to 13, in a
~ practice game Tuesday nignt
at the Wilson Normal School
gymnasium. The squads We're meet
ing for their final workout before the
holiday recess, which VIII continue
until the first week In January.
The Capitolites used every player
on their squad during the contest
with Paramount for the purpose or
testing their relative strength prepar'
atory to the selection of the first
string sextet Immediately after the
holidays. The captain and permanent
manager will be elected early in Jan.
nary also, according to members OF
the squad. Julia Aman has been act.
ing as manager temporarily and
there is a strong prObabilty that she
will continue in that capacity
On Monday. January 3, thee. A. G.
tossers expect to play another pre-
season game with an aggregation
from the Columbia Federation B. Y.
p. L. This tilt is carded for o'clock
on the Wilson Normal School court.
The first thing on the 1927 program
of the Business High Night School
basket ball group. which held its final
practice period before the holidays
last night, will be the election of cap
tains and managers for both the
Junior and Senior teams and the com
pletion of physical examinations prior
to the entrance of the two teams ir
the Washington Recreation League
loop.
The night school tossers, coached BY
Margaret Craig, expect to put up q
stiff fight for honors in the league
this season, especially with Their
senior sextet. which has a number Of
we'll known players in the line, includ
ing Pauline Thomas, Margaret Kubel
Marie Mech, Ann Fennelly, Katherine
and Mary Casey, Florence Gregory
Grace Paynteraand Ida Weinberg.
Among the newcomers who are de
yelcping~ into promising material fol
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veteran New York Giant pilot reminds
fandom that this thing happened
back in 1919, before the White Sox
players decided to throw that series
to the Reds. The fact that 1t is
brought to light now does not prove
that the game continues to go wrong
THE men involved In all cases of
this kind have been dealt with in a
fearless way and the average ball
player knows what to expect If he
fails to go straight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
"FRISCH GREAT PLAYER,
BUT ONLY ONE HORNSBY''

NEW YORK, December % P).-
The Giants will be "a real pennaflt
contender" with the infusion of
Rogers Hornsby's fighting spirit.
thinks Ross Young, veteran outfielder
of the New York team.
player, but there is only one Horn.
sby," says Young.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
M'GRAW HAS PRAISE
FOR MODERN PLAYER

NEW YORK, December % R).
John McGraw has come to the de.
Tense of modern ball players as
honest because 1t is part Of their
nature to be that way"
Commenting on base balls most
recent scandal, in which iris Speaker
and Ty Cobb have been involved, the
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FIGHT CASE DISMISSED.

LOS ANGELES, December % R.--
Charges of conspiracy to transport mo-
ton pictures Of the Luis Firpo.Jack
Dempsey heavyweight championship
fight from New York to Los Angeles,
made against Alexander pantages,
theater maSnate. and seven Others.
have been dismissed in Federal Court
here.
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TILDEN sPURNS BIG SUM.

Bill Tilden recently turned down an
offer to become tennis instructor at
Briarcliff Lodge, near Tarrytown. N.
Y. at an annual salary of 1000
Tilden was offered a three-year con.
tract.
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BEATS SWIMMING MARK.

MANILA, December 90 R.--Teo-
flo Yidefonse of the 57th Infantry,
using the breast stroke in the Fort
Mckinley tank, swan 220 yards in 9
minutes Al seconds, unofficially break.
ing the world record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23

DENVER, Colo, December 20 UP.-
Goscoe Hail. medical student at the
University of Iowa, was awarded a
Judges decision over Peewee Jensen,
Denver lightweight, in a four.round
bout last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23

Track and field athletes from Ger
many will compete next year in Lon
don, Paris. Switzerland and Sweden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23

n YEW YORK, December ga
nj Base ball players from now
NJ on had better fight shy of
L bootmakers, bootleggers and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23

APIToL ATHLETIC CLUB
basketers nosed cut the Par
amount sextet. 10 to ,18, In a
practice game Tuesday night
at the Wilson Normal School
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gent rather than expansive. In other
words. he must require Affirmative
authority for every ruling. rather
than negative. It Is up to Congress
to specify, and not the Controller
General.
This public ofiiciai has probably
been more abused than any other
Government administrator since the
Office was created. He has made mis-
takes, some of them of serious effect
upon the victims Of his interpreta-
tions. The law makes him supreme,
until he ~ reversed by new statu-
tory enactment. It holds him ac-
countable for his rulings. He must
be given credit for a conscientious
desire to do justice. to both the Gov
eminent and its employees. II the
statutes which he is called UPON to
interpret are lax in language, or fail
to specify with distinctness. he must
give the benefit of the doubt to the
Government and not to the workers..
Otherwise he fails In his duty.
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Radio War Begins.

The first gun has been fired in the
radio war--a war that promises to
eclipse in bitterness previous conflicts
of like nature in big business. A Fed
eral judge at Kansas City has issued
a permanent injunction restraining
Station WOS from interfering with
the hours of operation granted to
Station KIDS, holding that q radio
station accepting license from the
Department of Commerce is bound to
observe the terms of that license.
Since federal court at Chicago held
that the Department of Commerce has
no control over wave lengths and hours
of operation, and the Department Of
Justice has concurred in this opinion,
certain radio stations have been NOV.
ing up and down the wave band. seek
ing the most advantageous lengths.
regardless of interference with sta
tions operating on regularly assigned
lengths and hours.
Station WOS, supposedly secure in
the knowledge that there was no law
to cover a change in time and wave
lengths. had been infringing on the
broadcasting of KIDS. The injunc-
ton granted yesterday stops this
practice. as far as that station is con.
cerned
1t is difficult to understand the de-
gree of benefit obtained by these
pirating stations. Their own pro-
gram is hopelessly distorted when it
reaches listeners, as is the program
with which they are interfering. Ap-
parently the net result OF such tactics
is an ether chaos to which no owner
Of a radio set would, with fun con-
seriousness and a sane mind, care to
listen. The radio buying public is
after all the backbone Of the industry,
and what possible reason there can
Do for the deliberate affront to every
set owner is an enigma for which
there appears to be no solution.
In tentative comment on the Kan
sas City court action. Department Of
Commerce officials are inclined to be.
lieve that the ruling win have no
countrywide effect. inasmuch as this
case presented only breach Of agree
ment in the hours Of operation.
There viii be other cases. however, in
which courts win be called upon to
decide whether or not a station adj.
herring to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wave
lengths and hours of operation should
have a vested night to the air when
complying with these regulations over
a station which runs. wilIy-nilly, up
and down the wave band, running all
radio reception ana disregarding all
rules which have been made to keep
broadcasting on the high plane which
1t occupied previous to the breaking
down Of Government control.
The long suffering public is anx.
iously awaiting decision on case
Of this kind.
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z q .
Said critical observer, THAT man
has travelled farther on less gasoline
than any one else I know. He was
speaking flguratively, because the
person under discussion was not
getting somewhere In an automobile.
but In q professional career. The
inference was, Of course. that through
self-exploitation and other unde-
sirable means this man had acquired
3 higher position than others OF
greater ability and character.
But there ID another angle to be
considered. He may have been max
ing the most of what talents he had,
while others allowed theirs to lie
faliow. Most Of the prominent po-
sitions In the world are held by
men who deserve to have them.
Otherwise, while they might secure
them, they wouldn't hold them very.
long.
There ii certain class Of fridi.
viduals who can always explain why
others have pressed ahead Of them.
The reasons usually reflect much
credit on the narrator. and little on
the Yarratee, But the fact Is that
they have arrived. whether on q
sii,ail amount OF gasoline or q tank
full. They have reached their des-
tfnation, And most OF those who
have pushed out IN front OF the
crowd have done 50 because they
have tire ability to make the hest
fansihla uss Ce what they knnlk
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BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

public of the United states of India,
within or without the British Empire.
Under any of these three schemes
there is no room for Indian princes
enjoying full sovereign rights. The
Indian princes will have to assume
subordinate position to the supreme
state of the United States OF India To
have a kaiser or king to whom all
Indian princes viii pay homage is
not within the domain of practical
politics (eyen If It Is rumored that the
Nizam of Hyderabad entertains such
an ambiti2n), because neither the
people Of the provinces Of the present
British India nor the important In
dian princes will ever submit to any
Indian prince.
play the role of a Victor Emmanuel
for a United India. In the future
United States of India there win be
no room for independent Indian
princes, because they win become fac
tors of internal and external discord
as was the case in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries"
The magnitude of the British prob
lem is measured by the immensity of
the number Of people 50 governed
two and a half times as many people
as there are In the United States.
The measure Of British industrial and
commercial exploitation Is limited by
the poverty Of the purchasing power
OF a race. three-Quarters Of which Is
dependent on agriculture where the
annual income amounts to less than
81 per week per man or woman.
All agriculture is primitive, and the
use Of modern farm implements has
been handicapped by the laws which
partitioned farm holdings among
heirs by actual division Of acreage,
so that one farmer might possess a
hundred petty bits OF land, necessi-
tating the use Of hand hoeing in place
Of tractor engines. This ID now being
| corrected by law requiring consolida-
| ton OF Misunderstanding parcel for
parcel Of petty holdings-yet condi-
lions affecting nearly 100000, 900
farms" cannot be corrected in a
decade.
In the meanwhile the leaders of
Moslems against the leaders of Hin.
dus have forgotten Gandhi's teachings
OF India first" and have revived their
racial jealousies.
The problems are increasing in
complications by the rapid increase OF
population. One baby out Of every
four dies in its first year. The aver.
age span of life is only "a years, as
contrasted with ours of IS years. The
death rate Is over 80 per thousand,
contrasted with ours of IL. In one
year the influenza epidemic added
100000 to the normal deaths, yet, in
spite of all, the population has In
creased 81 per cent-more than 1885,
coo ,OOO-in the last Is years. At
that rate. it adds every Is years q net
increase equal to the total population
of the United States. What viii the
world face in midas overpopulation
before our present generation of
youths become mature?
tcopyriEht. 1sae. BY Paul v. Collins.1
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Commissioner FEMININE Resigns.

Commissioner Jennings resignation
fulfllls the expectation entertained
since the rendering of the report Of
the House judiciary committee, which
able officer, and, Furthermore, that
even IL Improbable ne was not
guilty of conduct in violation of law.
This report, though it has not been
accepted by the House of Representa-
tives, was a clearance of the accused
Commissioner of any criminal charge.
However. it criticized his conduct and
indicated, though it did not specifi-
cally say. that his usefulness in Office
was impaired.
1t would have been better had Com.
missioner Fenning left his Office
at once upon the rendering, of this
report. That he has done so now,
however, justifies the belief that has
prevailed since the decision was re-.
turned by the committee that he
would shortly relieve himself and the
President of embarrassment and the
District from the disadvantage in
Congress Of his continued tenure in
the face Of severe criticism and i'm.
placable hostility on the part of mem.
bers of that body.
1t Is reported from the Summer
White House that the President has
made no selection to fill the vacancy
at the District Building. He has be.
fore him the names of many excellent
people, men and women-for women
are also considered in this connection
now-of high capabilities, any one OF
whom would make an efficient munic.
tpal administrator. 1t is known to be
the Presidents desire to secure for
the District the services of the ablest
person available, chosen with especial
reference to the present unfortunate
conditions created by the attack upon
Commissioner Fenning. The District
Is confident that the President win
choose wisely.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS,
BY FREDERIC j. HAsKiN.

q. what IL meant by the 4nterna-
tional alphabet?---D. e. III.
"A. 1t Is q scheme used in the teach
ing OF romance languages. Some
typewriters are equipped with q key
board bearing these characters.
Q. Which il the more profitable
product grown In greenhouses, flow
ers or vegetables?--M. e. H.
A. Statistics show that the value
OF flowers grown In greenhouses Ii
about four times that of the value
Of vegetables.
@. DO Indians have titles to their
lands so they can sell them and give
clear titles?--J. 4. 8.
A. The Indians OF Oklahoma are
free citizens, and they sell their lands
as they wish. Government agents
are stationed at other Indian reserva-
tons to act as Intermediates between
the Indians and purchasers Of their
lands, and they endeavor to obtain
fair prices for these lands. This servE
Ice Is given only on the request Of
the Indians.
@. Where and what is the trench
Of bayonets"2-J. G. NJ
A. The trench Of bAyonets is located
near Verdun. At the time Of the
attack on Verdun the French were
in defense Of the city. The French
troops were about to charge with
bayonets and were about to sur.
mount the trench when a. German
shell exploded and buried the French
unit, leaving only the tops OF their
bayonets showing above the mud.
Q. What Is meant by slash" in
imberlands?--M. A. B.
A. This Is a. term used for the
branches, tops and other debris left
on the ground after logging opera
tions.
O. Is the term Oceana, Oceanica or
Oceania correct?-H l.. M.
A. All three names are accepted
as correct designations for the coun-
tries included within the term.
@. Is saccharine used In sweeten-
ing pickles2-S. o. d.
A. The use of saccharine in the
commercial manufacture Of pickles is
not allowed in the United States,
according to the Federal food and
drugs act.
@. How much is spent for gas and
OIL for the Air Mail Service?--A. d. III.
A. In the fiscal year 1924, $780,
0S1.31 was used for this purpose.
@. What is the distance by rail
from Washington to Philadelphia?
From Philadelphia to New York
City2-G. M.
A. The first distance. according to
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al Fair Limitation.

Babe Ruth has been ,flned SIS for
speeding in New York. That. how
ever, ID not the important aspect Of
the case. DIE to his freedom from
arrest for more than a year, his latest
escapade Is rated as a first offense
and not as q second or third. accord.
ing to the law in the District of
Columbia.
After one year in New York State
all traftic convictions are wiped on
the record and each holder Of a per.
init starts anew. 1t was along these
lines that Judge Isaac r. Hit made
pertinent comment few days ago In
the District Traffic Court, when he
suggested that second and third OF.
lenses should not be charged as such
Il long period OF time elapses be.
tween them.
The local traffic code should be
changed at the first opportunity so
that every District motorist can. after
9 certain period, start out again with
htst ohenses. At It Is now, a motor.
LIST can be arrested here three times
IN twenty years for minor speeding
ana the judge IL compelled to send
him to jail on the third conviction.
This matter deserves the serious
consideration Of the Commissioners.
traiiic officials and the courts. Rene.
dlai measures cannot be taken too
soon to prevent gross injustice to con.
scientious and generally Iaw,abiding
citizens Of the National Capital.