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OFFICERS ORDERED
TO R.O.T.C. PLACES

Regular army officers on duty with
Z. o. T. C. units have been ordered
to report at army posts where sum
mer training camps for the r. o. 7.
c. will I've conducted.
Officers ordered TO Fort Sam Hous-
ton are as follows:
Lieutenant Colonel Fred H. Tur-
ner, Major Joseph j. COughlan. Ma jor
Edward II. Bertram and First Lieu
tenant Arthur Z. Mickelsen. from Col
lege Station: Lieutenant Colonel c. j.
Bartlett, from Dallas Colonel James
Ronayne and First Lieutenant J. X.
Creamer. from Saltwater, Okla: Cap
tain Ward II. Maris, from Fort Col
Inns. Colo; Captain II. r. Cole, from
Golden, Colo. First Lieutenant J. II.
Howe. from State College. y. NJ
and Major c. i. Clark, from Norman,
Okla.
Captain 4. VI. Guidera has been or
dered 10 report at Kelly Field May
%, for duty with the air service 4.
o. T. {.
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.COLP ANNOUNCES
PARK MEET DATE

With Amarillo as host. the Region
al State Park Conference will BE- held
Mag IS and 10, according to D. J..
Colp. Of San Antonio. chairman Of
the Texas Stnte Parks Board.
Five states viii be represented al
the conference. They are: Okla
homa. Colorado, New Mexico. Arizona
and Texas.
There is enough beauty in thes,-
states 10 supply the world with Deaury
Of every conceivable kind" Phoebe X.
Warner. secretary Of the board. say.
But with the exception Of Colorado. .
she adds, "the world has never heard
much about IT,"
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A Famous Man

The originator Of DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery for the blood, as
well as the "Favorite Prescription"
for women, was Dir. Ray V. Pierce. a
practicing physician in Western Penn
sylvania. He early moved to Buffalo.
y. \, and established The Invalids
Hotel, then he put up his home rene
dies in the Worlds Dispenssry. where
they were carefully prepared from
roots, barks and herbs, and placed
them with druggists all over the
United States.
DR.. PiCrce's Discovery, for the
blood, has been sold in larger guam
titles by druggists all over the United
States than any other medicine. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is
tonic in its effect on the stomach
and digestive apparatus an Alternative
in its actions on the blood. liver and
skin. 1t increases the appetite. stimu-
lates the digestion, enriches the blood.
clears the skin OF eruptions and
blemishes, and makes both men and
women feel as they did when they
were young and care free.
Ask your nearest druggist for Doc
tor Pierce's family medicines. in tao
lets or liquid or send 10 cents for
trial package Of any NJ Dr. Piprca's
Medicines in tablet form, 10 Doctor
Pierces Clinic, in Buffalo, Y. y.
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SEGUlN S0L0N QUITS
TO BECOME MAYOR

SEGUIN, April 1O.-Following his
election as mayor Of Seguin. A. p.
Stautzenberger has sent in his resigna-
mon as district representative to Gov
erDor Ferguson, 10 take effect i'm
mediately.
The city election held here On
Tuesday was one Of the most spirited
for many years.
Robert +. Blumberg, twice mayor
Of the city, was defeated BY Stautzeu-
berger by a majority Of u votes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
BACKYARD OIL
WELLSLATEST
| n 8. A.
Mission Grove Residents
Excited Over Strike
in City Limits.
BY BESS CARROLL

Did you ever find IS bill in your
pocket when twas the day before
payday. and not nickel was stirring
mot even a dime, and you thought
that all you had in the aforesaid
pocket was a hole?
Or, fir instance. did you ever hear
an undertaken talking against prOhlbl-
ton or find any ham in ham sand
witch or see your wife wear an old
hat for. Easter?
Little shocks like these are small
compared with finding an oil well in
your own backyard That's the Opin-
Jon Of W. II. Hearne, San Antonio
real estate man, who discovered oil
in a shallow hole in the backyard o.
house he owns in Mission Grove
21S Weaver street-while workmen
were digging a well.
1f-FOOT HOLE.
Yes sir, of all the shocking things
Including live wires, spring bathing
costumes and vapO-rub cocktails, MIR.
Hearne agrees that the most Clectrity-
ing of all is TO find a little gusher
where only clothes lines and garbage
cans grew before.
There's an unassuming 11-foot hole
on Weaver street. filled at the bot
tom with a black liquid that looks
like cattle dip land tastes even worse.
as local boOtleggers agree). And, II
the workmen's hearts had not been
strong. there might be one or two dead
men TO tell this newest and most
novel tale in the long history OF oil.
PLAN TESTS.
'Spose you were digging a well. eI-
pecting 10 find nothing more than
little dirt and some grubworms and
aqua pura," and suddenly the ex-
auisite aroma of crude oil asSailed
your nostrils? Perhaps you would do
lust as Mr.. Hearne admitted the dis |
coTerers" of San Antonio's residential
oil well did-behave for few minutes |
like you might have Just imbibed a
sip of bottled in the barn" sarsapar-
illa-er. lemonade.
Mr.. Hesrne, a builder, uses gravel
in his work. BE had noticed fine
deposit in the backyard of his prop |
erty on Weaver street, so he was
studying gravel strata when the IN
expected well came in.
DEVELOP FIELD.
at was sort Of like finding mil
lion dollars in the family album-at
first" Mr.. Hearne declared.
Mr.. Hearne expects TO have expert
tests made, to determine the advisable
ity of developing the new field.
Meantime the neighbors on Weaver
street can be seen toiling with spades
and shoTels way into the wee hours
of the night-for even better than
robbing a bank or feeding rat poison
10 your rich uncle is having a private
oil well on the premises, you know!
The news Of San Antonio's newest
oil well will be NORWOOD TO a Ger.
tain oil man, who recently sold Mis-
sion Grove 10 Mr.. Hearne without
realizing that he was signing away
the making Of some gushers.
BACKYARD WEALTH.
Although Mr.. Hearne has sold all
Of bis interests in Mission Grove ex
cept the narrow strip where the well
was found, he says that he will make
every effort TO have the place deveI-
oped, in order TO give the folk of the
suburb a chance TO become oil mag
mats and millionsires from their OVID
And before long, instead Of raising
turnips in their backyard gardens the
people Of Mission Grove may be rails
ing gushers-whO knows:
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ENDEAV0R MEETING
HEARS S. A. PASTOR

LOCKHART. ApHl 1O.-After
three-day session the convention 81
the Austin District Christian Endeav-
or viii close here SUNDAY. More than
100 delegates ere in attendance.
The Rev. Patrick Henry. Il Sac
Antonio, spoke Friday nighr on see
u Through, - A San Antonio yrchcs-
ira II furnishing music Cor the con
yenuoR-
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lJ-an agreement
lS-sWeet-meats
l9-one who goes about prying
Officiating TO punishment for crime
222-dOnOr
Ga birds crop
2S-novCl
31-reprieye
322-muSical instruments
34-two horses harnessed one before
the other
35-one of Noahs sons
36-marked with dots
3S-vigilant
39A-afternoon functions
42-den of Il wild beast
determination Of sorrow
46-fishes' eggs
iS-the influenza
(colloq.)
J0-note of the scale
J1-afternoon (abbr.l
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HORIZONTAL.

HORIZONTAL
day Of the week.
Ito revolve on an axis.
12-by itself
l3-harmonious
14-quick of movement
1j-Hindu month
16-designation
la plaything
lS-wagons
20-a fabulous bird
2l-eKists
22-filling up trunks or boxes
24-right (abbr.)
2J-mortar
pa piece Of money
29-fine particles of rock
30-on the other side
33-to tarry
35-cast forth
37-Iowa (abbr.)
39-tanned hide
40-adverb of degree
i1-everything
43-to scott
+4-capable
45-in close proximity
47-Obstruction in stream
4S-to fly gently away
49-brilliant birds
j1-a china dish
52-a current Of water
J3-entertained
VERTICAL.
Ia kind Of resin
Fights
3-not one slang
4-not moist
5-preposition
6-pertaining 10 the country
upon
S-a number
ga long way of
10 morbid swelling
11-chOoses by ballot
ia native of Asia Minor
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Hurry Motberi A teaspOonful Of
sCalifornia Fig Syrup" now will thor
nughly clean the little bowels and in a
few hours you have a well, playful
child again. Even IL cross, feverish,
bilious. oonstipated or full Of cold,
thildren love Us pleasant taste.
Tel your druggist you want only
he genuine California Fig Syrup
Whlch has dincti0ns for babies and
-hiidren Of an ages printed on bottle.
Mothsr vol must say "Califoruia"
kfiuFr ans Imitation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28
PALACE HAS CHANCE
TO TIE FOR THE TOP

Sundays American Basket Ball
League game at the Arcade holds out
two alluring possibilities for the
Washington Palace club five, which
is sharing second place honors with
Cleveland after winning from Chi
cago last night. u to Is.
A victory over the Rosenblum's
will at least give the local quint I'M
disputed possession of the runner-up
position, and should Brooklyn, the
league leader. drop a Sunday game
to Fort Wayne. Washington will be
on an even footing with the Trolley
Dodgers as the first half of the
initial league series comes to close.
The Cleveland club will be max
gin its first appearance here when
it takes the floor with the Palace
tossers after a preliminary bringing
together the Yankees and Comets,
two OF the city's leading independent
floor teams.
Washington has an old score to
settle with the Rosenblum's. 1t was
the Forest City five that took the
measure Of the Capital basketerS and
dislodged them from their place at
the top Of the circuit three weeks
ago.
Both the preliminary and the
league game will be played in the
Arcade net cage. The opener is
listed for 7:15 o'clock.
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VIRGINIA BASKETERS
TO GET SEVERE TEST

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, January
28.-Virginia's basket ball squad is
getting ready for a strenuous week of
action starting next Tuesday night,
when the Cavalier quint goes to Lex
ington to play Virginia Military Insti-
tute. On Thursday North Carolina
comes here to play in the Memorial
gymnasium, and on Saturday night
Maryland will be met.
These three games in one week Will
be the hardest test of Virginia g
strength that will come during the re-
mainder Of the season before the trip
Is made to Atlanta for the Southern
Conference tournament on February
IS and - and March l and ,.
In the six victories won Virginia has
scored a total Of 300 points. This is the
best scoring record made by any Viz
GINA team in years and is considered
good in that two of the teams defeated
were Georgia and Virginia Polvtech-
mic Institute, both Southern Confer
ence members.
In North Carolina and Maryland
Virginia viii meet at home two confer
ence quints that Won from the Orange
and Blue last Winter. Virginia s five
looks somewhat better than at this
time n year ago. but whether the
Cavaliers will be fast enough to win
from these strong rivals remains to
be seen.
Pop" Lanigan. Nirginia's head
coach. continues TO be confined to the
hospital where his condition is far
from satisfactory. Bill Brown, assist
ant coach. is working hard with the
court squad. but the illness of Coach
Lanigan has thrown damper over
the squad.
Capt. Holland leads the scoring with
70 points in six games, with Tyler,
center. only one point behind. Wrenn.
forward, has scored 81 points, and
Wall, guard, %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28
Ube Gbening 5tar
BOYS CLUB
Conducted BY ROBERT C. MCCLELLAN

don't need three a week But try
to get out once a week, at least
Cross-country running and hiking
may be harmful if not properly super.
vised. I'd suggest no hard running
at all Just strike out with bunch
Of your chums and jog along-jog
awhile and walk awhile. Stay to-
gether. If you have a lot Of energy
and wind" left near the finish it
all right to sprint in for SO yards or
so. But don't run hard at any other
time.
Don't "lOll' around and cool OF out.
doors after you've finished your hike
or run. The place to cool of Is in.
doors. A shower bath, IL there Is one
available, and q brisk rub to follow
is the thing. Then dress up warmly
II you're going outdoors again.
You may wonder where all this fits
into boxing. 1t strengthens the legs
and it strengthens the wind 1t makes
you more At In every way.
When q champion is training for n
ring bout you'll read in the sports
pages about the road work he does.
Well, that road work is nothing more
nor less than croSs-country running
and walking. Once a world champion
refused to do road work and he was
badly beaten. His legs were gone
and his wind was bad.
Elsewhere on this page will be
found an application for membership.
Fill II in today and mail it, addr essed
Chief. Boys Club, The Evening Star,
Washington, u. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28

The garden variety Of gutta percha
no longer fills the bill for the best
balls, and the caoutchous that is used
must be refined and made into the
purest elastic yarn, which Is wound
under tension until the pellet is built
up. Then a fancy brand OF latex
must be used to form the cover,
which is vulcanized to a nicely to
make it resilient and yet tough as
rawhide.
This selection of the fittest and its
refinement run up the cost Of the ma
terial to almost three times the value
of an equal amount Of commercial
crude rubber. The manufacture is q
tedious process. and all imperfect
pellets must be thrown out before the
globules go through three coats of
enameling. The balls arc then
wrapped in waxed paper and cured
for a long period.
They are ''unmade" more rapidly
and carelessly, for the expert will not
play more than nine holes with the
the pill to worthlessness by topping
or slices it into the woods or hooks
it into q pond.
These misuses really make any
high cost attached to golf balls" said
Tweedie. "a good ball is fit to play
many rounds If not abused or lost.
The experts only imagine they must
take a fresh pellet every few holes,
and If the mediocre golfer cuts up or
loses his ball, the expense cannot be
charged to the makers.
ION olden times, when balls were
made Of leather stuffed with feathers,
or later were hammered out by hand
from impure gutta percha, golfers
were more careful to conserve the
one or two balls they possessed. A
man wears out four $50 automobile
tires, the price of which have gone
Up more than SO per cent in the last
year, in running 10000 miles and
thinks nothing about Il, - why COM
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CHANGESARE MADE
IN GENERALS QUINT

LEXINGTON. Va, January 2s.-
Having downed their first Big -Four"
opponent In V. p. l., Washington and
Lees basketers will wind-up their
training today for the coming Of the
University of Richmond quint Satur-
day.
Capt Wilson. who has been playing
the guard position for the past two
years on the Blue and White agSrega-
tons, has been shifted to a forward
in order to strengthen the offensive
power of the quint.
With Wilson playing forward and
having Lane as his running mate, it
was necessary to develop a fast yet
aggressive and powerful guard.
Jrmey was drafted for the relief
squad and played an exceptionally fine
game last week end.
The locals will most likely start
their rejuvenated lineup against Rich
mond.
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MEHLH0RN MAY RETURN
TO SAN ANTONIO EVENT

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, January rs
P).-William Mehlhorn, Chicago golf
professional. who shouted at Bobby
Cruickshank on the final green at the
Texas open tournament here when
the latter was losing his lead for the
title to Macdonald Smith, will be vel
coined back to San Antonio next year
L. B. Clegg, president Of the San
Antonio Golf Association, and Jack
O'Brien, tournament manager, In a
statement said that Mehlhorn "has
been sufficiently punished" and that
the matter would be treated as a
closed incident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28
N. Y. A. C. FINANCIALLY
O. K, 1T Is DECLARED
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January oS.-Viiliam
Kennedy, newly elected president of
the New York Athletic Club. has
denied that the club was in financial
difficulties
1T is ridiculous to think that the
club is in anything but a strong finan-
cial condition. he said.
we are able to meet our present
and future obligations, as our equity
Is close 10 $4,000, 600 in the New York
City Club house and the clubhouse at
Travers Island
The denial was occasioned by re.
ports that the club faced financial
difficulties and that there was inter-
nal dissension over plans for a new
clubhouse.
Kennedy stated that the new ad-
mintstration is trying to give the
membership an adequate clubhouse at
a cost of s7.000,00o rather than at
a cost of $4,000, 900, and added that
the officers We're receiving he hearty
cooperation of the entire member.
ship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28

of season in athletic competition, as
Stunning that basket ball is not the
most popular OF ma jor athletics, a lot
of stress Will be put on conditioning
and keeping in condition.
The pledges continue to come in and
the time Is not far off when the or.
ga niZation will be a leading factor in
boys activities hereabouts.
a list of new applicants follows:
Ansel Talbert, 1923 Monroe street
Thomas Kline, 4S01 Seventh street
Robert Brown, 1116 Nineteenth street
Patrick Ickes. Ills Monroe street
Thomas Lynch, Ills Monroe street
Edward Gowen, sos Eleventh street
northeast; Frank Gearing, Box PIT
Woodstock. Va; John Page Smith
222 G street.
Harry Hetzler. 1901 Sixth street
northeast: Jack w. Garrison. 1899
Lawrence street northeast; Herbert
Crittenden, 514 p street southeast;
Thomas A. Cannon, 3rd, 1855 Ingra.
ham street: John Meehan, 433 Fourth
street nrotheast; Francis Webb, 1917
Good Hope road, Anacostia, D. c..
Claud Thiel, jr., 2111 First street.
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LIBERTY FIVE UPSETS
CALVARY METHODISTS

Pop kreb's Liberty Athletic Club
basket ball crew handed a setback TO
the reserve five of the Calvary Meth
odist squad last night on the latter
teams court, 81 to 49,
Buddy Cline. Billy Ball and Jack Jas.
per gave the outstanding performances
for the winning quint.
Tomorrow night at 8 o'clock the
Libertys tackle the Army Medical Cen
ter combination in the gymnasium at
Walter Reed.
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be known whether she will play III
the singles at Nice next Monday.
Miss Wills is entered In the tOurna-
ment. Suzanne reiterates that il l.
her purpose, as announced before the
arrival of the American girl, that she
will play in the singles in three tour
naments.
Miss Wills is somewhat wrought up
over the publicity she is getting along
the Riviera. She says she cannot un
derStand ii, and that she wishes the
newspapers would let her go through
her vacation undiSturbed.
The literary efforts of the Ameri-
can champion IN writing Of tour
nament in which she is playing are
beginning to attract the attention OF
the French newspapers. Some of
them openly criticize the permission
to write tennis granted Miss Wills
and refused William T. Tilden. The
Garnet de Ii Semaine says:
1t is quite possible that before
Miss Wills has an opportunity to
meet Mile. Lenglen the United States
Lawn Tennis Association Will take
measures against this youthful rep
resentat tive as it did against Tilden,
also a newspaper man in his idle
hours. What could not be tolerated
from Big Bill cannot be admitted
from little Helen"
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HAGEN LEADS GOLFERS:
COURSE RECORD BROKEN

SANFORD, Fla. January IS OP).-.
record for the local course was set
Yesterday by Leo Diegel of Miami,
Walter Hagen of Pasadena and Ar.
maud Massey of France, when they
each turned in card of 69-par is
70-in the afternoon round of the
2-hole medal play for the champion
ship of central Florida over the SAN
ford Country Club course.
Medalist of the day was Hagen,
with 142 for the sc holes.
Johnny Farrell of Tampa with
II COPIED the morning low-score
honor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28

As a first step toward this, pro
moters of the matches have agreed TO
cancel all previous engagements for
singles contests and stage a general
match that will provide an opponent
for McPhilomy.
Max Rosenberg, who had expected
TO tackle Work s conqueror in an in
dependent affair, and Glen WolSten-
holme, who through Bill Wood had
addressed a challenge to McPhilomy,
are to be sent into a three -cornered
battle in which Perez Elicit, erstwhile
doubles partner of the Stanford star,
will be the third participant.
1t is planned to have these men
bowl . games in blocks of five,
scheduled for successive Saturdays.
The match will be started day after
tomorrow, and bowling on each Sat
urday will begin at o'clock.
The fiye,game blocks will be staged
on the Coliseum, King Pin and Con
vention Hall drives. The order In
which the drives will be used was to
be decided today by Bill Wood, director
of the King Pin alley; Lon Krauss,
Coliseum manager. and John Blick,
| head of the Convention Hall establish
ment.
The winner of the match will be de-
| termined by total pinfall. As each OF
the contestants is a high average man
! In fact, the bowling fraternity is look.
| ing for much better scoring than was
| done in the McPhilomyWork en-.
counter.
| And the victor certainly will be quail
| flied to give McPhilomy a red-hot time
when they meet Late next month.
Joseph Phillips team. runner-up in
| the National Capital League. has
| found an opponent for a special en-.
gagement. The Sausage Makers will
| bowl against the leading Lafayette
Lodge team of the Masonic Associa
ton in a 10-game tilt. The match will
| be started on the King Pin drives
with five games on February 19. The
Phillips management may draw its
team from Earl McPhilomy, Jack
| Whalen, Joe NIulroe, AL Work. Harry
| Mccarthy and Earle Lewis. The Ma
sonic squad includes Glen Wolsten-
| holme. Red Megaw. Harry Armiger
Arthur Urban, Jack Williams and
John Evans.
Lafayette bowlers bettered their Ma.
| sonic Association high-game record by
| final clash of their set with Dawson.
Hansford led the Lafayettes, with a
game of 139, while Neff was low, with
| lis.
| Rolling of poStponement in the
Washington Ladies' League last night
| the Washingtons took the measure OF
the strong Hilltoppers in three straight
games. Marie Frere and Gladys Lowd
hit for heavy counts to bring victory
to the Washingtons. The defeat OF
! the HilltopperS put them four games
behind the league leading Columbians
| and left them but a game ahead of
[ the Commercials, Beeques and Wash.
| ingtons, deadlocked in third place The
| match brought the schedule of the
| Washington Ladies' League up to date.
John Evans, please note. Al Gard.
ner, bowling for Trinity in the Ma
sonic Association, had games of IS,
81 and 104, for an average of o.
Unless John suffers a form reversal
in bowling within the next few days
he will enter his special match with
Gardner a top-heavy favorite.
Personal Audit team is stepping
along in front of the others in the
Internal Revenue circuit. It has a
three-game lead over the second-place
Annex, No. 1, quint. Latest statistics
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OPEN GOLF TOURNEY
TO BE HELD IN JULY
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, January 2S.-The Ma
tional open golf championship held
last year at Worcester, Mass, the frs,
week in June, will be played more than
month later this season over the
links Of the Scioto Club, Columbus
Ohio.
Selection Of the three.day period
from July 8 to 10 by George Sargent
president of the Professional Golfers
Association. has been announced
Change in the date of the fixture
will make it convenient for participa.
ton of professionals from this coun.
try IN the British open, the final round
of which has been fixed for June 81.
Jim Barnes, who won the British
title last year, expects to go over
again, along with Gene Sarazen,
Walter Hagen, Leo Diegel, Macdonald
Smith and Johnny Farrell.
Dates and courses for the qualifying
tournaments for the American have
not been chosen.