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The Washington times., 1926-03-20
SCORE
MADE BY
TOWNS
By ROSS cONKLN

:
WeIl-nigh unbelievable are the
things they say Eddie Towns the.
new professional 1T the Indian
Spring Club, can do with his.
mashie and his mashie niblic.
Even the tight-lipped little assist
ant professional, who occupies the
same position to Eddie that q
mans valet does, is ready and
willing to admit that Towns, is
one of the lowest scoring pros in
the city. And no man is a, hero
to his valet.
Eddie's signature on the dotted
line of his Indian Spring contract
was hardly dry before he started
burning up the course. Playing on
temporary greens, which usually
are the despair of the golfers, he
shot at 67-against John McCor-
mack and other reliable persons.
Then he went ont in a foursome
with A. l.. Houghton, now champion
of the Manor Club, but formerly
municipal links champion, Tom
Moore, president of the Indian
Spring Club and sole owner, and
Mccormack and he again displayed
an uncanny ability with the old
masiie He and Mccormack de-
feated Moore and Houghton 4 and
8, and that was some feat, consider
ing the keenness with which both
Moore and Houghton pitch vita
their mashies.
On the long fifteenth, Eddie found
himself just short of the temporary
green on his second. He took
council with himself, pulled out
his trusty stick, and holed out for
an eagle three. just two holes
later on he Clipped in from off
the green for a birdie two.
With the coming April 1 OF
Tommy Armour at Congressional,
Washington viii have one sweet
bunch Of playing professionals.
Armour, Freddy Mcleod, Eddie
Towns, Bob Barnett, Ralph
Beach, A. b. Thorn, and others
the local paid clan should be able
to more than hold their own I'm
the regular matches with the
Maryland professionals.
The only discernible fly in the
ointment is that Mcleod will be
out of the country practically all
OF the summer. He will make the
trip to Scotland with Roland Mac
Kenzie to keep a watch over the
young Columbia stars game while
he is with the Walker cup team.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20

writer has been informed that the
finny clan are fast closing in upon
local waters. Just below Alex
andria net fishermen are making
daily hauls of perch of marketable
size At the rate the migratory
fish are advancing it would not be
at all surprising to make the an
nouncement next week that they
had reached their spawning grounds
The Atlas Sporting Goods House
expecting an early arrival of perch
have put in an advance order foI
bloodworms and have instructed
their worm man, Mr.. Cathcart, OF
Long Island, the home of the ever
popular bait, to be on the lookout
for an order by the end of next
week.
The regular monthly meeting
Of the Potomac Anglers AssOcia-
ton, Chapter Of the IZaak Walton
League Of America, held on We'd
nesday evening, brought out one
of the best gatherings Of the
year. The entertainment commit
tee, under whose care the first
cOttOn.thread fishing trip was 80
successfully engineered last sea
son, informed the membership
that they now had under way
plans for second lighter than
cord outing.
Ed Kemper, organizer of the loca
chapter, was selected as delegate
to represent the Washington fisher
men at the fourth annual conven
ton, to be held in Chicago, April
to 10, inclusive. President c. A
Burmeister was chosen as alternate
The purpose of the Waltonians
is to make this years convention
the best possible. They have sc
cured Col. Teddy" Roosevelt's sig
nature on the dotted line and h<
will be the main speaker. Aside
from the business end of the con
vention they have arranged to have
a sportsmen's show that promises
to outshine anything ever attempted
in the Middle West.
President Burmeister, made 6n
extensive talk on the boy scout
movement and declared that the
young generation should be en-
couraged along the angling lines
He has been acting in the capacity
of examiner for several troops and
on Wednesday awarded the angler
'merit badge to George Tolson.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
Nick Pitchers
PutGrdpefruit
Straight OUer
Chou Plate
By NICK ALTROCK

TAMPA, Fla, March 2O.--WeIl.
folks and others. your old Uncle
Nick Is about to make his first
guess OF the season. amt like
these war diplomats who are open,
ing up dairies about what happened
eight years ago.
Let tho battIe Diplomats open
up their dairies. Uncle Nick
amt no Mailman.
/ am a baseball coach and one
OF the best coaches who ever had a
good reason for losing game. When
I am writing this stuff ] am down
in Florida where the real estate
blooms and grows. And am
going to tell you what is happening
right here and now.
In the first place, you wouldn I
recognize Florida because 1t has
grown so its own liars don't know
it. And Florida is so full of base.
ball players and real estate agents
that there amt no room for any
body useful.
1 got my pitchers out early this
year and / got them throwing
grapefruit at imaginary batters.
They was wild until / tell 'em to
throw these grapefruits at imag-
mary breakfasts. Then. they toss
'em right over the plate. When
those boys is aiming at food. they
could part gnat's whiskers at a
thousand yards.
We got the greatest pitching
staff in the world outside Of
arms.
All them kids toss so hard the
first week when there amt nothing
at steak, that their arms knot up
tighter than laundry in the wiring.
err. / am busy rubbing iodine on
everything in sight.
In fact, use so much Iiniment
that / am thinking now that our
national colors is red, white and
iodine.
that stuff. / guess ] am as bad
as an army surgeon. There is only
two cures in the army and a base
ball camp. You get pills or iodine.
IL you get q headache, you get
a pill. II your leg il busted, you
paint it with iodine. And, II there
is anything serious, we paint the
pill with iodine. And you get
both.
But. will return the rockies TO
their mothers in great shape. There
won't be mo complaints that Doc
Altrock didn't give his patients the
best treatment in the bag.
Copyright, 1926. by the ChriEty Walsh
Syndicate)
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
IS AGAIN
NET F|NAL|ST

CANNES, March 20.--Heleh Wills
once more became ga finalist today
when she defeated Miss Eileen
Bennett, the English star 60. Ga,
in the semi-finals of the Cannes
Lawn Tennis Club tournament.
Miss Bennett gave Miss Wills a
good match. but the California girl
was never endangered.
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Girls NAY
REPE.A
WIN
By ROSS CoNKLIN

Proud Of their record Of seven
games won and nary single
defeat, the girls Of the Good
Shepherd team in the Washington
Recreation League hope to go
through the remainder of their
schedule without losing to any foe.
Only four games are to be
played before the season ends,
and the team most feared, the
Princess sextet, is due to close
the season with the Shepherds.
That will be on Monday, the 18th
and the game viii be played IN
the Wilson Normal School gym
The Capitol Al. C. was the first
team to fall before the swift attack
OF the Good Shepherds. But they
didn't fall so hard. The score OF
the game, 20 to &c indicates that
both teams battIed away for dear
life. Company #, of Hyattsvilte,
composed OF, members OF the auxil-
larry. were the next ones to feel
the scoring powers OF the Shep.
herds. They were showed under
Is to 5.
The closest game of the year
was played with the Calvary sextet.
Only one point separated the win
ner from the loser, the game end
ing rs to "a. The Mt. Vernon team
was beaten IS to 20, and the Wood.
lost IN 81 *
Neither the Sioux sextet nor
the Washington A.. G.. were able
to do so much, the former
losing % to 10 and the latter,
% to Is. The Shepherds, cham.
piOns OF the Junior League last
year, seem to be well on their
way to another title.
Only two substitutes have been
on the squad all year and they
have broken into only a few games.
Evelyn Bailey and Dorothy Coli
flower are the pair who are ready
to step into the breach but their
services have been for the most
part unnecessary.
Nellie Payne, guard and manager,
is the backbone of the team, though
Georgia Smith, captain, ranks nlgn
for the honor Of being the most
valuable player.
Miss Smith plays forward with
Betty BayIiss in the other front
berth. ZelQma Hawkins centen,
and Jane FlOurnOy, side center,
are keen pair, and the latter is
said to be one Of the fastest girl
basketers i'm the league.
Nellie Payne and Thelma Court
ney are the guards and they do
their work we'll, as can be attested
by the score of opposing teams.
The girls give much of the credit
for the teams showing to their
coach last year, Miss Louise Sulli-
van, and Martha Adkins, present
coach.
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BambinO Spins
d Yarn About
Game sQueer
Characters
By BABE RUTH

ST. PETERSBURG, March ~
The boys were dressing for morn
ing practice the other day when
suddenly Urban Shocker let out
q yell that you could have heard
in Chicago, and then jumped on =
rubbing table and threw his glove
in the corner.
The rest Of the gang gathered
around to see what had happened
For q moment Shocker was too
mad to say anything. Then he
cut loose with this little speech:
IF / get hold Of the guy who
put the mouse in my shirt II!
knock both his ears down."
The gang had good laugh and
soon Shocker cooled off and Joined
In the fun. Then someone started
talking about the funny guys In
baseball. and we were off. Per-
sonaIIy I've never run into very
many OF the so-called characters
in my experience.
Bugs Raymond was one Of the
nuttiest. Bugs, as every one knows,
had q taste for strong liquor and
used to figure every way in the
world TO get 1t.
Mc(Sraw was wise to him and
wOuIdn't let him have any money,
so Bugs would pawn his clothes
or sell anything. he had to get the
price OF drink. The funniest
one / think / ever heard, though,
was the time when, during close
game, McGraw gave him a. new
ball and sent him out the bull
pen to warm up.
Ten minutes later the pitcher who
was working was In trouble and
Mac sent for Raymond. But Bugs
was gone. And not until the next
day did he find out what had
become of Bugs. Raymond had
taken the new ball across the street
to the corner saloon and traded It
for liquor
RUDE Waddell was a funny one,
too, guess-but In my day I have
never seen any player who would
give me more laughs than Whitley
Witt or Nick Cullop. They're not
the Raymond kind. Just funny.
Always making wise cracks and
funny remarks on the field and in
the clubhouse. Ray Francis was a
funny chap, too. During the last
two weeks he was with the Yankees
he carried II pair of trained mice
around with him. He'd carry them
into the dining room in his pocket
and then let them play around the
table or turn them loose in the
clubhouse and watch the gang hit
for cover.
This year we've got Jack
Smith, the strong man, who can
bend nails into a letter "s'' or
straighten out hOrseshOes. Over
at Clearwater Rabbit MaranViIIe
is doing his stuff. He pulled one
the other night that / just heard
about.
He and three or four other fell
lows were sitting in the room when
Rabbit planned his stunt. He
started scuffling first, and then sud-
denly he tossed a chair through
the window. Then he took out a
gun and fired a shot through the
window and Immediately started
grooming; oh I'm shot through the
chesti I'm shot through tha
chestr'
People outside heard the 'commo-
ton but were afraid to come in
thinking someone was being murd.
cred, and not until the whole police
force was called did they open, the
door and find the Rabbit giving
them the horselaugk.
Copyright, 1926. by the Chrtsty Walsh
SyndicateDt
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
OXFORD IS FAvORITE
OVER CAMBRIDGE CREW

PUTNEY- ON-THAMES, England.
March 20.-Oxford is the favorite for
this years boat race with Cambridge
as both crews start their intensive
training at quarters here. The oxon-
ians hope to retrieve their reputa-
ton, after last years fiasco when
their boat sank during the race. The
race will be rowed on March II.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
CATFISH ANGLERS NOW.
OUT N Full. FORCE
By r. A. ANGLER

Cay fishing between Key Bridge and Little Falls is now its
select fish viii
like the The high that has been with through
decided
normal allowing anglers
with safety Although it is for to
catfish family
caught casting still usually the big fellows that
to of the anglers midstream
Sunday Fetcher boats premium and late
compelled do their angling from shore Approx
atey lined the District side the point opposite
the boahouse Chain Bridge mention the along
he nrna nka
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
Spring Training Not
The Grind it
Once Was

The rigors Of spring training
are not what they used to be,
in the opinion of the news
paper men who have watched
workouts regularly for years.
Professional ball players these
days know their value and, par
ticularly the value Of keeping
in condition. Handball. farm
ing, carpentering, basketball and
numbering are some of the
trades and sports in which the
major league men engage in
winter.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
! ANKS Al 0YS
CLASH ON

The Yankees will be given their
last chance at the District unlim.
tied basketball championship to.
night when they meet the Aloysiuf
basketers in the Gonzaga gym a.
3 O'Clock The Yanks were heater
by the Purple tossers in the frs:
meeting. and then the Holman
wonders defeated them. "A defeat
tonight would definitely put thu
veterans out of the running. WitE
Moser and Banta in the lineup.
though, they have . much better
team.
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Dry-land anglers Jared poorly,
their catches amounting to more
than naught when compared with
the big strings of fish that were
brought In by the more fortunate
boat fishermen.
The sParlor'' held the greatest
attraction for the boatmen In the
forenoon and some fine catches
were recorded. Luck began to
change and by high IL the en-.
chanted spot was all but deserted,
the fishermen taking their stands
at Walkers Point, Pumping Sta
ton and Hens and Chickens.
1t was at the last named loca-
tions that the fishermen had their
best success of the day. And /
would like TO state that all the
big catches made this week have
been near these points.
OF course, location IL big as
set to q fisherman, but he must
know his game when angling for
catfish. One Of the biggest mis-
takes made by anglers, not familiar
with the catty, Is using large
hooks and big portions Of bait.
According to the best informed
anglers the catfish at this time of
year all but keeps his mouth shut,
suffering from partial paralysis.
sucking i'm the bait. rather than
grabbing 1t with his jaws wide
open, as he does when the sea-
son progresses.
Shad "guts" make the best early
season bait. They may be procured
from any fish dealer at 81 per
gallon, or they can be purchased
in smaller quantities at a slight
advance in price. Chicken liver
also makes an attractive lure, but
should be rolled in a little alum
at least a day before being used
Other good bats include chicken
entrails and fresh-cut herring. The
market at the present time is
abundantly supplied with herring
which may be had from 15c to zoe
per pound.
One of our best known anglers
declares that strong smelling cheese
like limburger, will attract catfish
when other bats fail. He also as.
serts that fish have nostrils and
the sense of smell in fish is i'm.
only for the bait fishermen, but
IL.
While it is conceded that limburg-
er has not the sweet fragrance of
milady's sachet and that all the
poor fish are not baited in ball
rooms, still the true angler re-
mains undaunted.
If strong smelling cheese Is an
attraction there will be added de-
mand for il on this account.
The biggest catch of cattys COM
ing to the attention of this column
during the week was taken at Hens
and Chickens on Thursday, when
Wilbur MOssburg and r. CurIey re-
turned from up river and exhibited
gunny sack full to almost over!
flowing OF Mississippi and channel
cats. The fish, ranging from two
to eight and three-quarter pounds.
were taken via the shad gut"
route. The largest of the catch
was entered in the Medic Sport
Shop big catfish contest. This COM
petitve catfish game is open to all
anglers. The only qualifications
necessary In entering fish is that
they be caught on hook and line,
in local waters and weighed in at
523 Ninth st. N. w.
White perch anglers should be
Overhauling their tackle, for the
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
Breaks His Nose

Bill Schofield. Techs veteran out
fielder, broke his smeller at the
Washington Barracks when he col
lided with another fly chaser 60.
ing after a ball.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
Lafayettes to Meet

The members of the Lafayette
baseball team will meet tinoght at
the home Of the manager, 1909
Thirteenth st. s. e.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20

TAD, sDho dralOs FOR The
4 Times, Il knosDn eUery-
Dherc as Americas most
original cdrtoorise.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
Aces Swamp Them

The Aces We're far to clever 70,
the Central Hi-Y five. beating them
81 to IS.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20

Neither the Sioux sextet nor
the Washington A. c. were able
to do so much, the former
losing % to 10 and the latter,
% to Is. The Shepherds, cham.
piOns OF the Junior League last
year, seem to be well on their
way to another title.
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
CD.
NEWS NOTES,

ARLINGTON COUNTY. Dee. 81.
-wEleetiDn Of officers will be the
principal business to come before
the monthly meeting Of the Jeffer-
son District Won1an's club TO be
held tonight In the Calvary Metho-
Isl Protestant Church.
0alins the last two days q rec
ord was made In Arlington county,
there having been no arrests re-
ported at the Arlington county jail,
Sheriff Howard B. Fields stated
today. >.
While the officers at the county
Jail were able to enjoy the holidays,
conditions were the opposite in the
town Of Potomac. A. r. Drisco1l
reports nine arrests since Saturday
night, all of which were for viola
ton OF the prohibition law.
The annual election Of officers OF
the Clarendon Rebekah Lodge will
be held tonight In the Odd Fellows
Hall at Clarendon.
Owing to the vacancy caused by
the resignation OF s. r. Campbell,
president OF the Clarendon Citizens
Association. there will bean election
at the. meeting. tonight to fill the un,
expffex1&ferff1I 5es Is ssh.H
o.. So st~---
The annual community Christmas
trSs.at Boa AR willsbe Held tonight
sarUIets tie aasp1ces aoe the citizens
association at the Firemen's Hall.
| ALI property on which there are
delinquent taxes for the year 1926,
in accordance with the list which
has ybeelt published In the county
papers and Is in the office Of the
county treasurer, will be sold at
auction in front Of the Arlington
county courthouse between the
hours OF 8 and 4 o'clock Monday,
January b. unless all taxes are
paid, e. Wade Ball, county treasur,
er stated today.
The Washington times., 1926-12-27

III" pIUNG IT'S =" ~
.Take the case of DR. Alexis
CarreI, of the RockefeIler Medical
Research Bureau Of New York,
he said. "Dr. Carrel by measuring
patients wound can tell to the
hour when the wound will be healed
and the patient ready for dis.
missal from the hospital.
HE computes the rate at which
the wound should close and plots
a mathematical curve representing
that rate. Then If the healing is
retarded, he knows that infection
is there. So he measures again
the number on baccili. 70 u certain
space--aIid knows exactly how
MUCH antiseptic will remedy that
condition. A certain number Of
baecili mean danger"
Then there Is the case Of Or.
john Fl. Kellogg. Of Battle Greek
Sanitariunl.
-Br. kellogg. according to DR., Hub.
bard, uses an instrument he in
vented, which measures the strength
Of huplan muscles, 4 !,
mot this size Of the muscles but
their strength" DR.. Hubbard said,
"a Ilaan's muscles may BE- IN per
feet proportion but not strong. II
he has q pain in his elbow. say, pr
Kellogg can apply his instrument
to. ALL the arm muscles and by
measurements discover the one
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
Badly Burned While
Lighting His Cigar

When the gasoline ia an automatic
cigar lighter. spilled while he waa
lighting 'cisar last night. Mortimer
Woolfeli, "a years old, Of Yonkers.
N. Y. stopping at 243l q st. N. W..
was burned about the body.
Wo0lfail received tho more serious
injuries toshis3 hand. Wheaeefl the liquid
struck as It fell. His clothing also
caught tire. After treatment at
Emergency hospital tfe.1Was allowed
to go home.
The Times and Herald Classified Sec
tion offers employment helps 20 the
prospective employer or ernploye.
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whose weakness Is the cause Of the
pain"
DR.. Hubbard cited also the OK.
ample OF u piece of chicken heart
being kept alive indefinitely In a
scientific laboratory.
What keeps life In that bit OF
tissue? Fopd properly measured.
he said. 'groo much or ,toos title
food would modify tho normal rate
of growth. '.r
Material life: as we are cOn1ing
to live it is getting to be Il matter
of proper observation-disclosures health
and our rejuvenation."
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
Last Three Lectures
BY DIR. Kebler Listed

The Constantly Center Depart
fes d infSe ssea s last fntss sa
AID Reduction of Overweight" now
beng given. at Columbia Heights
cSnter CWilson Normal School
bSdldingl, Eleventh and Harvard
SIS. N W., by DR.. Lyman F, Keb.
lef on Monday evenings at 8
oklock.
To-day DR.. Keller win talk on
- idneys and Overweight"; jan
vTg = on and 3aRs.ar eno 10. oven on
!" cidosis.s and Oyerweight."
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4Ou make the resolution
Ewe'H keep it for you!,

tsisn't making good resolutions thaF'F
hard-it's keeping them Here's me
retolution that we will keep for YOU
- ll you have to do is to make it in
III first place; raise your right hand
ffrst having called Main 42701 and
sd Unto the mouthpiece): II resolve
thkt my refrigerator ia going to be
fua of clear, sparkling American ice
alk year round and we'll see that
til resolution is kept Is
The Washington times., 1926-12-27

tlsiek-ksk MAG 81 . new
dashet they done got cut. RI
have tuh bHy enc IN saks HE
home fer tn ice cream churn.
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Muscle Strength Can
NolD Be Measured /
BY CORINNE RICH

Material life is fast approaching perfection through the
application of precise measurements.
Dr. Henry D. Hubbard secretary Of the United States
Bureau of Standards today cited astonishing examples
Evening star., 1926-05-04

coat to another niece, Laura L. Glenn.
The remaining estate is devised to her
brothers. John G. Bruce and Ellis
worth NJ. Bruce. The Washington
Loan and Trust Co. is named as execl-
for aI.Nf
Evening star., 1926-05-04

MiiestoneS were first placed on Eng
ish roads by the Romans.
Evening star., 1926-05-04
B0RLAND LAW REPEAL
ASKED BY CITIZENS
Manor Park Association Also Pro.
test Home Work" Assigned to
School Pupils,

The Manor Park Citizens Associa
ton again went on record calling for
absolute repeal of the Borland law re
garding assessment of the cost of re
pairs of street paving against proper
ty owners last night at meeting OF
the association at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John D. Smoot, 413 Ritten.
house street.
Members Of the association spoke
emphatically against the BorIand act
and against the proposed bill advo-
Gated by Engineer Commissioner Bell.
which would modify but not repeal
the act. Unqualified abolition of the
system was demanded.
The association also adopted res.
olution protesting against the large
amount of home study" which pupils
in the graded and junior high schools
are expected to do. and a committee,
headed by Herbert Bryan. was, ap.
pointed to lay the matter before the
members OF the school board. Speak
ers pointed to night study as injuri-
GUS TO eyesight and health in general.
An intensive membership drive for
next Fall was decided upon and team
captains appointed for the campaign.
The association is to have a place in
the new Manor Park School for its
meetings next Fall. +~--