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Evening star., 1926-02-17
Pay T. Tonight Suzanne and Helen to Meet Again Soon
EAGLE QUINT NOSES
OUT AlOYSIUS five

Skinny Madigan, all-around athlete
at Eastern High and pivot man for
the Lincoln Park quint during the
opening half of the scholastic basket
ball SERIES starred in an Anacostia
Eagle uniform last night when the
senior champions realized one Of
their pet ambitions by downing the
crack Aloysius Big Five.
Madigans basket in the last min
ute of play gave the Birds an 18-to-
16 verdict over the Alloys when a tie
game was looming.
Ralph Bennie. Emory Nader. Bert
Thompson and Norris Clarke also
shared in the glory that came with
upsetting the District unlimited
champs. Nader led in the scoring
with a total Of points. Fitzgerald
was best for the losers. with !
counters.
The Eagles jumped into the lead at
the start and We're in the van all the
way until the final session when the
Alloys knotted the count.
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All the Riviera still is resounding
with praise for the work Of the Amer
Ican girl against the French champion
in the final of the Carlton Club singles
yesterday. Miss Wills was far above
her usual game. while Mile. Lenglen
at times seemed 10 be rent by emo
tons. While care and caution doui-
mated the play. which for the greater
part was from the baseline. there
were times when each girl put every
ounce OF her force on the racket III
sending the ball across the net to the
territory Of her vis-a-vis.
The French girl was filled with
emotion when her task was completed
and her victory was sure. for she toss
ed her racket in the air and leaped
for very joy. The picture of relief
on her face that the ordeal was over.
however. was not reflected on that Of
Mother Lenglen.
How could you lose 50 many games
TO Helen Wills?" queried Nine. Leng
len. How can we explain to papa
Mother and daughter were walking
off the court. Her arms filed with
flowers and followed by her dog, Su-
zanne did not reply Immediately. but
finally she said. somewhat sadly:
There will come time when /
cannot explain losses Of games or
even sets, matches and champion
ships. Get ready
LONDON, February /. CP).-That
Suzanne Lenglen never before was SO
severely challenged and that Helen
Wills is nearly her equal is in effect
the verdict OF the English tennis
critics.
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Evening star., 1926-02-17

Joe HOIman's combination of high
school court stars going under the
name of the Wonder Five makes its
initial start tonight against the
Knight Store team at Alexandria.
The game is scheduled for the armory
floor at $50.
General Accounting and No. and
General Accounting No. i teams
meet tonight in the Post Office
League. Fourth Assistants defeated
the Mailing quint, 33 to 81.
Kirchner and Tripp starred for the
Pullman five when the Live Wires
We're defeated. Sc to 20.
Councillor and MOser. high SCHOOL
luminaries, helped the Epiphany big
five to a 30-to-11 triumph over the
Palace Athletic Club.
Seminole tossers were handed a set,
back by the Terminal y. NJ. c. A.
quint. 80 to 13.
Immaculate Conception basketers
outpointed the Arrows. So to IA.
Independents took the measure OF
the Elliotts, 81 to %.
WoOdside cOurtmen swamped The
Kennedy five, SO to 10.
Aloysius Juniors showed the way
to the Tremonts, II to 10.
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Princess Athletic Club tossers came
out from behind and trimmed the Aca-
cia sextet, 80 to %, last night in a
Council League game played at VIII
son Normal School.
AS this is the first year the AcaciaS
have played in the senior league. their
performance last night is considered
an indication of their rapidly growing
strength, for they held one of the
leading teams in the league to a tight
battle. They were leading the Prin
cess tossers at half time, and at no
time were far behind them.
Sioux Athletic Club passers figured
! in another stiff battle last night, TAX
| ing the measure of the Mount Vernon
sextet by a narrow margin. The score
was II to 10, and Mount Vernon led
| the field at 6 to when the third
quarter opened. The efficient work of
| the guards on each team featured the
contest.
Calvary Church won its Recreation
League contest from the Woodlothians
| by default.
Bethany Church team will oppose
the Company F Auxiliary of Hyatts-
| Vile tonight in a Recreation League
encounter
Evening star., 1926-02-17
FORT WASHINGTON
BASKETERS IN LEAD

Fort Washington gained on Fort
Humphreys in the race for first hon
ors in the Service Basket Ball League
ty taking the measure Of Fort Myer.
20 to rs, in a tilt postponed from
last week.
The victory gives the defending
champions a record Of five wins in
six starts, while the Engineer tossers
have won only four out of five
matches.
Humphreys will attempt to catch
up With the leaders Saturday after
noon by playing off IA game With
Washington Barracks. scheduled for
last Thursday. but called off because
OF the snowstorm. The encounter will
be staged on the War College court.
The next scheduled game is listed
for Tuesday between Fort Myer and
Washington Barracks.
The teams stand as follows.
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teams Will be chosen before the end
Freshmen completed their schedule
Monday, the Senators defeating the
Pirates, Il to IL, and the Pandoras
scoring over the Daisies in an up
set, % to 6. The Daisies have won
the majority of their games, and de-
spite their defeat in the final fracas.
claim the championship of the series
as they have four victories to their
credit. Their nearest rivals, the Sen
ators, scored three wins.
An extra practice for all members
of the two leading Freshmen squads
the Daisies and Senator's has been
called for Friday afternoon. At the
close of this practice period, lmoEene
Stockett. coach, will select the team
to represent the class in the school
series.
The interclass schedule follows:
February g 3333-SSophmores S,pH vs. Seniors Seniors
FEBRUARY 24-Freshmen VS.. Seniors.
March 2-sophmores aho vs. sonpn1dTss Juniors;
March 3-Juniors VS.. Seniors.
The JuniOr-SeniOr valentine match
staged by the Central High School
sharpshooters last week, proved so
popular that it has been decided to
have a three-out-of- series, the sec
ond one to be held next Wednesday
afternoon on the school range.
The Juniors won the last event, 9
to 8. Scoring is done on individual
rather than team basis. The Seniors
are hoping to tie things up in the
second encounter.
Red heads have often been connected
with white horses as sign OF fortune
or fate, but we had never thought OF
| connecting them with rifles as a sign
! of good luck, yet from the number OF
| SharDShoouerS at Central whose crown
! ing glory is Of a titan shade we would
gather that there is something about
red hair and craftsmanship.
| Five of Central's crack shots are
titan beauties, and of these five, three
! are exceptionally good shots. Mary
! KYLE Elizabeth Pile and Gertrude
| Wagner have turned in some top
notch scores during the season, prov
| ing that they have unusually level
heads under their auburn locks. Petite
Dorothy Kirkwood. known as Bits"
because of her slight stature, and
| Christine Bannerman are the other
| two .'redheadS" who are making a
name for themselves on the range.
Wilson Normal School seXtet will
have an opportunity to even up old
| scores with George Washington to-
| night when the two teams clash on
the Wilson court at o'clock in the
| second encounter this season. The
Buff and Blue defeated the teachers in
the first contest at the opening of the
! season.
The Normal School lineup will in
cIude Louise Hoek2 and Rebecca
! Harry. forwards; Louise Sullivan,
center: Naomi Crane. side center, and
Polly TomIin and Marie Neebe, guards.
! Miss Hopkins of George Washington
has not yet announced her lineup, but
it will probably be the same that
| started the game against Westhamp
ron last Saturday.
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BOTH SCHEDULED TO PLAY
in NICE TOURNEY SINGLES
Event Will Run From March 8 to l5-Amercan
Star Now Is Considered to Have Even Chance
10 Conquer French Girl.

ANNES France February
the Riviera Both American
~ champions have announced n
ond Nice tournament which will March to March Is
entered the singles OF
schedule she
anda the
After the battle between the
which to
6-3 8-6t the betting odds have dropped
is quoted ven money eieatS ST
and Wimbledon.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
MANY AGAINST FIGHT.

PHILADELPHIA, February Il up.
Mayor kendrick went on record to-
day as opposed to a proposed Demp-
sey-Wils championship fight here
next Summer as sesquicentennial
entertainment. In a letter to min
listers who had protested staging the
contest in this city, the mayor said
that such a contest does not fit into
the picture l have drawn of this great
patriotic celebration
Evening star., 1926-02-17
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS.-P Sarmiento
won newspaper decision from Ernie
Fliegel, Minneapolis 80. Jimmy Cash
i'll. St. Paul, beat Ted Blatt, Mime
apolis f6)
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla
Happy Atherton. indianapolis. de-
feated Johnny Erickson, New York
u09
JACKSON. Mich.-Jack Penney.
Toledo. middleweight, won a decision
over Joe Sullivan Philadelphia U0)
Evening star., 1926-02-17

In Capt. Loeb, a guard, the Tigers
have one of the outstanding players
of the country. He is tied for the lead
IN scoring in the Eastern Intercolle-
giate League and is a great all-around
PERFORMER In Foley The Brookland-
ers also have one Of the most bril-
liant guards in the game and the con-
test Should be worth going a long
,.avs to see If only to watch these TWO
!asNeterS in action.
There is another game on the local
card tonight. William and Mary Wis
itIng the Hilltop to play Georgetown
However. the Williamsburg hNe.
which has been trimmed in successive
evenings by Catholic L. and George
Washington. should not greatly extend
the Blue and Gray tosSerS.
If Maryland plays at the speed it
showed in beating Virginia at College
Park last night. the Tigers should
find the going rough in Ritchie gym
tomorrow evening. The Old Liners
took the lead at the outset, gaining
AN S to l margin in the first few min
utes and held the upper hand to the
finish.
Jack Faber with five court goals
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Always Confident.

Always Confident.
l never thought for a moment that
there was the slightest doubt about
my winning. l always had plenty in
reserve, as when | made Miss Wills
do Il lot Of running when the games
climbed to a score of to in Helen s
favor in the second set. l did not
want a third set, and Miss Wills vis-
IDLY weakened at this point as result
of my tactics.
After each losing game i said to
myself: 'Well, thank goodness. 1t is
impossible for me to do any worse
than that"
Hut let me say this-that Helen is
a Jolly little sport and a very nice
opponent-much better than the flap
pers. She is Il sweet little girl, who
played an excellent game. She struck
me as having a very pretty style and
production of stroke.
If you should ask me what part of
the game bothered me most. l could
only reply, From first to last" be
cause all the way / hated the game.
Everything was unpleasant about it,
and think all the circumstances were
against me, for ] play much better In
the north than here in the south,
where the climate takes away my en-
orgy.
But | do not intend ever again to
play under such circumstances as
those OF Yesterdays match-especially
the matter of surrendering to an out
cry such as accompanied this meeting
Champions have rights as well as
other people. And there seem to be
other champions who do not respond
SO readily to public clamor to vindi
cate them selves as | have done. Next
time | shall do what / like and people
can say what they like.
CCopyright. 1895. by North American News
paper Alliance
Evening star., 1926-02-17


ana four from the foul line. and Ham
Adams. with four baskets and one
from the 15-foot mark. We're the big
guns in the Maryland attack. How
ever. it was the tight defense of the
Old Liners that forced the Cavaliers
TO shoot from long distance that was
the deciding factor.
With the teams keyed To high
pitch, the affair proved to be no pink
tea. Two Nirsinians and two Old
Liners We're sent to the sidelnes for
too strenuous play, while another
Cavalier went out by the four personal
foul route. However. the game left
no i'll feeling. as the players who
fought their durndest on the court
We're hobnobhing after the smoke of
battle had cleared away.
George Washington did not have q
ciuch i'll beating William and Mary.
the visitors leading, 81 To 30, at one
stage of the second half. due to the
remarkable work of Kahn. the in
vaders' left forward. who shot five
baskets in a row. In all, he totaled
Il points. and outdone only by Wheel
or. with 16 whose work turned the
tide in favor of the local tossers. 1t
was the final game Of the season for
the George Washington squad
Evening star., 1926-02-17
SEATTLE MAKES CHANGES.

SEATTLE. Wash. February II C4o).
The Seattle Pacific Coast League
club has sold Sam Crane, shortstop, to
Buffalo of the International League
and traded Catcher Tom Daley to Jer-
sey City for Clifford Best, southpaw
pitcher
Evening star., 1926-02-17
REGULARITY OF PLAY WON.
SAYS SUZANNE LENCLEN
BY SUZANNE LENGLEN.

~ANNES France, February l7.-I1ow did win:
| exclusively by regularity OF play.
~ took chance. placed balls but did not impose
game. | simply returned the ball
amve glad that still and that all
But ] happy about play 1t much beneath
which
panic the match throughout its whole
enni is OF In
fact. rather enjoy it.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
TIGERS VISIT BROOKLAND
FOR LOCALS BIG CONTEST
Game Should Be COrker-Jerseyites Play Mary land
Tomorrow-W. Nj. Beaten by G. W., Moves
Hilltop-Old Liners Trim Virginia.

CNIVERSITYS basket ball here today
of Catholic University
other with Maryland College Park
should their hands full both
with Princeton
crowd To-
be no exception will $50 o'clock.
formidable TINS
the with only couple
of made strides and
Evening star., 1926-02-17

compete with the District racqueters
championships.
! II Buck W H Baughcr. f. b whitman II
y, Cummings. James Carey. Sd George 5.
Childs
Chicago-J Douglas B. " Thomas. D. D.
Hubbard. Thomas Fisher. =. b. Boyden. A.
c. Dixon.
Detroit-T y Bourke .RogerhilI. /. D.
Young r. L. Maxon. +. T. Nelson. 4. d.
Harvard Inil ersity--R. s. Wright. J. D.
peyevolse, H. y. Rawlins, T. NJ. Lenhart.
New lork-W. Palmer Dixon. r. X. Kee-
nan, r; W. Gilmore A. +. Ellis. H. Munroe,
! II. Mills F. Fink
-, PhiladeIpAia-WalIace +. Johnson. G. 5
FiaTk Bradier M 1Karntsd Ken6sdr Bhnd E Kssfe Clark
! Providence-F: Mauram, lr.: c Harring-
| ton; d; duncan. +. b. Read. L. W. Doolttle
:, Pitt,burrhT-F. $ White. J., R, Poerpont
F.. Snowden. W. Wells. F. 5. McClitock. H
Norris. Baker.
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With the BOwlerS

expected make tonight
big scoring affair
-
scheduled the Convention Hall
drives in theb bowling pbeoinni o
Evening star., 1926-02-17
ERNIE MEYERS MARRIES.

SAN FRANCISCO, February II
P).-Ernie Nevers, former Stanford
foot ball star. and Mary Elizabeth
Haegerty of, Oakland were married
here yesterda..
Evening star., 1926-02-17
WOMEN in SPORT
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

T 0ASTERN HIGH SCHOOL the finishing touches
r nual nterclass SERIES which will Tuesday
- their signal and work i'll preparation the
The schedules practically complete
rnsu.nrh heel nheforn the dot tn e1ueek
Evening star., 1926-02-17
SQUASH RACQUET EVENT
DRAWS COUNTRY'S STARS

NIUPS OF II teams that will be Washington the week end
Squash
- announced today Racquet Club
where the be held. Saturday o'clock
York
Evening star., 1926-02-17

ROamers and Frankies are battling
for first place in the Northeast Tenn
ple League, with the former at pres
ent holding it with an advantage of
one and one-half games. The Artie
Bells are in third place, four games
behind tho Frankies. Joe Toomey of
the Montellos has bowled in "a games
for an average of 1928.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-15
I YEAR CURSE ON
Irish TOWN SAID
TOBE FULFILLED
Natives Express Hope That
Series of Tragedies Is
Over.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
DRUMCOLLOGHER, Ireland, Oct.
The warning Of the coming wish
tation of "seven years curse" upon
this town, voiced by the local priest
from the pulpit seven years ago, has
been fulfilled.
Inhabitants are hopeful that the
theater fire, which occurred here re-
Gently with a loss of fifty-one lives,
will be the last of the Course" for
ever.
The Course" upon the town began
seven years ago when a wealthy and
eccentric farmer was waylaid on his
way home at night. Shortly after
ward another farmer was killed on
the same spot. 1t was after these
murders, which were practically the
first descriptions in the quiet life of
the little town, that the local priest
announced from he pulpit that the
"seven-years' curse" had laid hold
of Granddaughter.
Weird Death List
ASoon following the announcement,
10 inhabitants were shot by the
militia within a few moments of one
another. A year later incendiaries
added to the list of catastrophes. A
party of young men entered the To-
cal courthouse with the intention of
burning it. After sprinkling the en-
tire place with gasoline, one Of them
accidentally dropped a lighted CT
garet. A loud explosion followed
and slammed the door, trapping
three of the youths Two lost their
lives in the fire and the third died
a few days later from burns.
Since then many fatal accidents
have occurred and three citizens
have committed suicide during the
past year and a half.
Recent Disaster
The disastrous fire, which occurred
recently, was in wooden barn, the
loft of which had been converted
into a moving picture theater. The
inquest following the fire revealed
that the projection machine was
placed in the middle of the floor
with the exposed films about ten
feet away. An unprotected candle
provided the only light. The fire
started when a part Of reel came
In contact with the flame of the
candle.
Scarcely any Of the few families
in town escaped without mourning
Tor some member as the result Of
the fire.
A villager who assisted with the
burying Of the victims of the holo-
caust, declared that the previous
night he had dreamed Of burying
three of the townspeople. Three
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-15
DToNE is TRIBUTE
Huge Block Hauled Through Noun
tains for Italian Church.
BV United Press

bU CHtttu ITtSS
ASSIST, Italy, Oct. 15.-A huge
block of stone from the mountain
IF La Verna, where st. Francis re-
:eived the stigmata, has been dona-
ed by the city Of Florence to Assist.
The monumental piece Of granite
was borne on a wagon drawn by
oxen into the winding picturesque
streets of Assist at the hour of dusk
lust after the bells Of the cathedral
lad intoned the Ave Maria.
The arrival Of the stone from La
Verna was made the occasion Of a
procession through the streets of the
franciscan town. Cassocked priests,
With acolytes bearing candles, pre-
coded the wagon.
The great block Of stone will be
lsed for the altar in the church of
Madonna del Popolo, which will be
built over the crypt of the ancient
church of St. Nicholas, where the
saint received confirmation of his re-
igious and social mission.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-08
City Items

R, ". Egan of 50 Court street underwent serious operation yes terday afternoon at the Hartford hospital.
 Mrs. Thomas McCue and infant daughter, Rose Rita, have returned home from the New Britain Gen. eral hospital
 The regular meeting of Pride Cir 'cle, Lady Foresters, will be held Thursday evening at o'clock in Judds hall.
 The estate of Ota Setar, minor, k valued at s1 1,422.25, according to an inventory filed in probate court The child died on November 25 last after being struck by an automobile.
 Ballots for the election of direc- tors for the mercantile bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will close Friday. A meeting of the bureau will be held next week to elect a chair man, who will automatically become first vice president of the Chamber Of Commerce.
 Albert H. Hodgetts of Newington. and Miss Viola Flora of 1076 Stan ley street were granted a marriage license this afternoon at the office of the town clerk.
 Dennis J. McMahon has purchased a one family house on Euclid avenue from Rose Bedford. The sale was handled through the realty offices of Cox &3 Dunn.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-08
MARKET TODAY IS
 RATHER UNCERTAIN
Oil Shares Show Little More
 FirnneSS in Afternoon

By The Associated Press.
 New York, Dec. S.-An opening period of strength, a sharp reaction
 around mid-da and then an irregu- lar recovery characterized the price movement in today's stock market. Professionals continued to dominate trading, with bear selling encouraged by the apparent failure of the pub lie to respond to the recent melon cutting" by large industrial con- Cerns.
 Business news generally continued
 favorable, the continuation of rec ord breaking car loadings being ac- cepted as indicating high level of trade activity. Oil shares were somewhat firmer as a result of the decrease in crude production last week, and reports Of unusually cur rent earnings by most producing and refining companies.
 U. S. Steel common sold of two points from it's morning high. de- spite predictions of a substantial in crease In November thrilled orders, which will be made public on Fri day of this week. Woolworth re- acted several points on the tradi- tional selling on the good news" which followed the announcement of 50 per cent stock dividend. On the other hand. I.aclede Gas scared nearly 10 points to new record high at f961&, and South Porto Rican Sugar jumped nearly five points to a new peak at 157. Continental Baking A. which was weak earlier in the session on un- favorable dividend rumors, made up
 it's loss of nearly four points by
 early afternoon.
 1 Brokers have been somewhat { puzzled of late hy the effect of op- erations designed to register losses
 under the income tax law. Because
 of the seective character of the { market this year. some stocks are
 being sold to register losses while others are being bought by short
 traders for the same purpose.
 French francs we're again around
 the years high level Of four cents
 Furnished by Putnam & Co.)
New Britain herald., 1926-12-08
DALFAIR CLUB SOCIAL
Clerks of Department Store Enjoy Social and Entertainment with Employers Present as Guests.

The Dalfair club, composed of the employees of the Davidson & Leven- thai and Fair stores. hell Christ mas party last night at the Berlin Community house. Dinner was served to about GO persons at [ o'clock and was followed by two sketches. One was a store scene be tween clerk and customer, Lillian Schcnk and Helen Coe. The second was Christmas sketch and was presented by Lister NildufC as santa Claus, Marjorie Keith, Gladys Heis- Tor, Dorothy Goldberg and Mary Balog. Christmas songs were sung by Mrs Mannin., Games were played. Q rab bag being Q feature. The guests of honor wore MT. and Mrs. Samuel NJ. Davidson and Mr, and Mrs. Alexander J. Lovcnthal
New Britain herald., 1926-12-08
BLAZE IN PRISON LAID TOLA FLAMME
New Britain Man Accused of
 Arson at WetherSieId

Eugene La Flamme. aged 27, was 70 be put to plea in superior court this afternoon on the charge of at tempted arson. following his arrest at states prison on a bench war rant by Judge | ke..son on appli- cation of States Attorney Acorn.
 LaFlamme, 1t is alleged, set fire 10 pile of sh 'ts at the prison on June lo as he was leaving the prison workshops. He is under sentence of from five 10 years for robbery having been sen creed by Judge Maltbin in March. 1921. after he pleaded guilty to holding up the pro- prietor O. a restaurant in Milldale.
 When arraigned on that charge. T.aFlamme was characterized by Judge Maltbie as hardened crim- inal." He had served q term at the state reformatory at Cheshire. Ac- cording 10 the states prison author tiles, LaFlammes conduct has i'm proved of late. but he is not a good prisoner according to their c'assifi- cation.