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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
SCHOOL DAY VOTE
PUT BEFORE BOARD
Four Out of Five Parents Op-
posed to Lengthening
of Hours.

Four out of five parents voting IN
The Stars referendum on the length
ening of the school day and the eliml-
nation of home work, conducted in CO.
operation with the Board of Educa-
ton, voted emphatic disapproval of
any change in the present school
hours and arrangement of home work.
The Stars survey Instituted in the
interest Of parents who did not be-
long to either a parent-tesicher or
citizens association developed
slightly higher percentage OF parents
favoring a change than the question
naires so far submitted by organlZa-
tons direct to the board.
TO date the board has received COM
pleted returns from SO organizations,
all of which have opposed the length
ening of the school day by overwhelm'
ing votes.
The ballots in The Stars referen-
dunn will be formally presented to the
board today by Charles f. Carusi.
chairman of a special committe in
charge of the referendum. At the last
meeting of the board Mr.. Carusi call
ed attention of the board members to
the aid being given his committee by
The Star.
May Use Method Again.
1t IS Mr.. l3ruSl : COIlNlCllOll lIldt
the principle of holding referendums
on important school topics is a good
one, which can be followed in the
future when controversial subjects
arise. Now that we have found
practical means of obtaining an &C
curate crosS.section of opinion among
Washington parents we can avail our
selves of these resources In the
future" he said.
1t is expected that the board will
hold up its final report on the referen-
dunn until next Fall. when some or
Plantations which had adjourned for
the Summer months before the ref
erendum was started will be able to
vote. A preliminary report on the
referendum, however, will be present
ed to the board today by Mr.. Carusi.
Swearing IN of three new members,
reelection Of DR.. Ballou as super
intendent of schools and Z. c.
Graham as president of the Board of
Education will be outstanding bust
ness of this afternoons reorganiza-
ton meeting. 1t Is expected the
board will adjourn until early next
September after today's meeting.
Miss Baker to Get Post.
The board is expected to approve
the recommendation of the personnel
committee that Miss Sibyl Baker,
Central High School English teacher.
be appointed community center di-
rector to succeed Mrs. Cecil Norton
Broy. 1t was developed today that
Miss Baker Is taking the new post
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and Mrs. c. z. Berry returned to her
home in Amesbury, Mass, Saturday.
She was accompanied by her sister
Miss Lena Berry, who will pass the
winter there.
Mrs. NJ. B. Tarr returned from a
visit in So. Portland. Thursday.
J. B. Ward passed Thursday in
Lewiston at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jennie Small.
Mrs. Bert Southland returned this
week from Auburn where she has
been visiting her son.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sylvester have
rented the E. o. Tarr farm for the
winter.
1. B. Northey was In North New
Castle Saturday.
Miss Florence Buker who has been
at the mountains for two months.
returned home Saturday.
Earle Vannah of New Hampshire
passed the week end at the home of
S. L. Buker.
Granville Douglass was in Augusta
Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Page and A. D. Page
passed Saturday in Waterville.
Mrs. Mabel Lancaster and Mrs. AL
bert Brown visited Mrs. NJ. B. Gordon
and daughter Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Sylvester re-
turned Saturday from a three weeks
visit in Pressure Isle.
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Tunney Takes Rest
And Is RumOred Dead
In 4 Different WAYS

New York, Sept. 27.-[P)-Gene
Tunney, newly crowned heavyweight
champion of the world, is submerg-
ed today somewhere among $780,
600 people of the American metrop-
oils.
The former marine. who stripped
Jack Dempsey of his title in the rain
at Philadelphia. is resting some
where" after his strenuous night in
the Sesqui ring and the triumphant
Homecoming to New York. Rumors
that the champion Is passing a few
days in Yonkers could not be veri-
fed
Reports that Tunney was i'll, had
been killed in an automobile acct
dent, had died at home, and finally
had dropped dead, have filled the
city and brought hundreds of tele-
phone calls to the newspapers since
the titleholder failed to appear at
the benefit for the Florida relief
fund, held in the Hippodrome here
Saturday night. The Greenwich
Village idol explained that he
thought the performance was sched-
uled for Sunday and so did not at
tend.
Calls TO the Tunney home in
Riverdale received assuring answers
from members of his family that
Gene was not sick or injured and
had just gone away to get a rest
and little quiet"
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But Gehrig Leads Bottomley
On The First Sack-Koenig
Also Compares Well With
Thevenow

New York, Sept. 27-(P)-Offen-
sively the infield of the st. Louis Car
dinals, champions of the National
league, shows a slight superiority
over the New York Yankees, coming
to bat in behalf of the American
League in the approaching world
series.
The four regular inflelders of the
Cards have a batting average of .293
against .274 for the same number of
players likely to occupy places in
the Yankees first line of defense.
Base running activities of the two
quintets are not impressive but the
westerners maintain their slight edge
here, also, with a total of 81 to 20.
Lou Gehrig, with batting average
Of .311, tops Jim Bottomley, who has
compiled .297. Gehrig has been more
successful in hitting for extra bases
than the guardian of the first door
for the Cards, with 46 doubles, 20
triples. and IA home runs. Bottom
ley has hit for the circuit more often
than Gehrig with 10 home runs but Is
behind in doubles and triples, his to-
tails being 3S and Is. The stolen base
performances of the two first sack
ers are nothing to grow excited about,
but Gehrig leads, to 4.
Manager Hornsby, eevn though be-
low his usual form, has outhit Tony
LazZeri but the Yankee second sacker
has been much more successful in ne
gotiating triples and home runs. With
batting average of .317 compared
to ,270 for Lazzeri, Hornsby has made
only five triples and IL home runs
while the former Pacific Coast star
has IA three base hits and IS home
runs. Hornsby drove out 35 doubles
to q for LazZeri and they were all
even in stolen bases at IS.
Lester Bell. st. Louis third base
man, has better record than that Of
Joe Dugan, who will play opposite
him. On Paper Bell is the best hit
ter in either infield. His average for
the season is 1929. Dugan has hit 1884.
Bell, however, has made 80 doubles,
IA triples and II home runs while
Dugan has been forced to satisfy
himself with 20 two base hits, five
for three bases, and one for the cir
cult. Bell has stolen ten bases while
Dugan has been &le to get away
with only two thefts.
Mark Koenig. of the Yankees, and
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ANNOUNCE LIST
PLAYERS ELIGIBLE
IN WORLDS SERIES

Chicago. Sept 27.-(R)-Baseball
Commissioner K M. Lands today an
nounced the players eligible for the
worlds series beginning in New York
on October 2. The list includes %
men on the New York club, American
League champions, and rs on the St.
Louis Cardinals, National League
champions.
Names Of the players are:
New York Americans: Manager
Higgins, Charles O'Leary and Fred
Merkle, coaches; Adams, Beall, Ben
cough, Braxton. Carlyle, Collins,
Combs, Dugan, Gazella, Gehrig, Hoyt,
Jones, Koenig. Lazzeri, McQuaid, Men,
sci, Paschal, Pennock, Ruether, Ruth,
SEVERED, Shawkey, Shocker, Thomas,
Ward.
st. Louis Nationals: Manager
Hornsby, William Killifer and Will
liams. coaches; Alexander, Herman
Bell, Lester Bell, Blades, Bottomley,
Clough. Douthit, Flowers, Hafey.
Haines, Hallahan, Holm, johnson,
Keen, O'Farrell. Reinhart, Rhem,
Sherdel Sothoron, Southworth, Thew
enow. Toporcer. Wick.
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are overjoyed at their progress. Sew
eral more girls are having new rid
ing habits, as a reward from their
parents, who are pleased with the
achievements of their daughters.
The Glee Club held its regular
practice at 2.40 Monday afternoon
and began work on some new songs.
The first important social event
of the new year came on Saturday
evening when the members of the
Oak Grove faculty gave a reception
to the students. Miss Holmes, the
new head of the art department, had
charge of the decorations of the
library, reception rooms and halls
which were the scene of the party,
and the flowers were arranged with
artistic effectiveness. A student or
chestra of seven pieces played dur
ing the reception. The guests were
delighted with Henri MarcouX, the
soloist who rendered two groups OF
songs with a technique and tone
which placed him high among artists.
Mr. Marcoux was most generous IN
responding to repeated calls Tor en-
cores. A group of girls assisted the
faculty in serving delicious refresh
ments of ices. macaroons and fancy
cakes. In spite of the heavy show
ers, quite a few prominent citizens
of the town were present as we'll as
a large group Of parents from dis
lance were overnight guests of the
school. The reception was a most
delightful occasion that has brought
many congratulations to the hosts.
The girls gathered about the piano
after supper on Sunday evening for
their traditional sing in the as
sembly hall.
Elizabeth Martin. '27, Alice Burke
'2s, and Evelyn L ongford, '29, were
the leaders of the Christian AS
ISOLATION meeting Sunday night.
Their theme was Choices" and
each spoke in a helpful and practical
way that had direct application to
the finest in boarding school life.
The Oak Grove orchestra accompan-
led the hymns. Due to the increase
in the number of girls in the dorm1-
tory it is now necessary to hold
these meetings in the library and
music rooms which are connected by
folding doors.
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HEBRON

Many parents and friends of the
students were guests of Hebron
Academy over the week end, coming
in time Saturday to see the Notre
Dame football game. The following
were some of the visitors: Mr.. and
Mrs. H. /. Gustin, Somerville, Mass;
Mr. and Mrs. p. l.. Nazro, of Airing
ton, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. Farrell Of
Belmont, Mass: Mr.. and Mrs. E. M
Fullerton, Stoughton, Mass; Mr.. and
Mrs. F. J. Stanwood, Needham,
Mass. Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman K.
Lamb of Woodfords. Me-; and Mr..
and Mrs A. A. Mahoney, of Cam
bridge, Mass
Prin R. L. Hunt has recently made
out a list of the colleges which stu
dents have given as their college
preference. Bowdoin and the Uni
versity of Maine seem to be the most
popular at Hebron. The list in
cludes Bowdoin. q prospects, Uni
versity Of Maine, 81; Dartmouth.
%; Bates, 8; and Colby 8.
Miss Elizabeth Hunt, Daughter Of
Prin. and Mrs. r. L. Hunt is out
around the campus after a long con-
valesence from an operation for ap-
pendicitis.
Last Friday night Prof. schneider
accompanied 20 students, interested
in music, to Portland to hear Sousa's
Band. The party went by bus.
Monday, Coach Hollis of the Cross
Country team held the first time
trials of the year. Nurmi Folsom
was the first Of the Hill and Dalers
to finish his tour of the oxford
Hills. He was closely followed by
Brooks of Watertown, Mass, The
next five to return were: Booth OF
Lewiston, MCGOWAN of Cambridge,
Bowen Of Lowell, Parmalee of Au-
burn Davis of Kennebec and then
Wardwell of Portland. Bearce and
Mavor were both on the heels of the
first seven named.
Wednesday, Hebron opens her sea-
son here at Hebron with Morse Hign'
of Bath
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Estimate Return
Bout Would Draw
S125,OO0. in London

London. Sept. 27-P)-Sporting
writer's are voicing their newspaper
views on the proposed Gene Tunney-
Jack Dempsey fight next year at the
Wembly Exposition Arena. They give
especial attention to the reported de-
mand by Tunney for a purse equal
In amount to that received by Demp-
sey when Tunney defeated him last
Thursday night. Several of the
writer's. including the expert of
Sporting Life, concur that it would
be most difficult to obtain admission
money here to satisfy such a demand,
let alone what Dempsey himself also
would want.
THE British" says Sporting Life,
ARE not educated to open-air fight
ing as are the Americans"
Another report declares that no
glove fight in London would draw
more than $4,000.
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OAK GROVE

Monday afternoon saw the first or
l Il, rivalry between the Scar
s m, ana Black. which are the two
nv seos contending for athletic hon.
Pls helene Wetherbee, who led the
l sssks to victory last year, is a real
> o, OF her team mates as well as
we've. eleVer executive and every girl
On 'i -. the Black expects to win.
kin. me other hand, Beatrice Per-
to rs, Is a popular leader who is able
he, isuli unlimited team spirit into
cate group, and the prospects indi-
FRI. some genuine competition. The
pionareal contest in the hockey cham
Tbrship series is scheduled for
IMarsday afternoon.
tn POLLARD of Waterville was at
rsrr,oon oo! Monday afternoon for his
are riding classes. The new girls
|joysa' earning rapidly and are over
new "a. at their progress. Several
e"is are learning rapidly and
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KAY JAY
SPORT
CHAT

Cony High school meets Skowhegan
a. Skowhegan Saturday afternoon and
II Is expected that there will be
large crowd of Cony fans present at
the game. Plenty of Skowhegan fans
were present to see Cony perform last
saturday against Morse, but the team
stuck to straight football and the Wis
itors saw little variation in the Red
ana White attack. The Augusta team
won by score of $50 last year and
out to repeat this season.
The team had hard workout yes
terday and should be in the best of
condition for the Saturday contest.
sKo"hegan has a fairly heavy but
green team last year and should have
pretty good club this year with sew
efal veterans back to carry on the good
work
ian who saw the Gardiner-Water-
vile game a week ago last Saturday
comes forth with the statement that
Fooler, Waterville's quarterback, is
Vne OF the best in the business in the
nigh school game in this State. The
Elm City pilot shows a remarkable
~ bAi tlic il6h III pays a. SiS
..snt time and the claim that he is one
VI the best in the State is not very far
out Of the way.
ths huddle system, which Is now
.eihg used by most of the teams in
me State, loses the greater part of its
..uneetlVeness because the majority of
W, nae teams in this section stay back too
.Ong to talk matters over. On one play
..,s game last Saturday team took a
~. .ai minute, or one-eighth of Pc
..oo' TO figure its next play, and the
same team took IS seconds on another
way IN the same period. The huddle
.sstem requires team only to come
80 stop and then the players may I'M
~ suiately resume their positions. IT
Me middle system were made little
~. .vfe speedy 1t would be much more
tInecuve, and the fans, who pay IN at
t s.s gate and who help the old game to
isfed.
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Grand Total of 40 Players Will Share World
pANTHERS WILL
Nave HARD Time
WITH GEORGETOWN

p,t,bursh, Sept 29-P)-The
,,.shurgh Panthers, with bare 8
victory over Allegheny tucked
w "a a season starter, are faced
s .s a monumental task in keeping
Wv" s,sts clean through the remain
Wv W. of a rugged schedule.
W. apitt faces rugged OPPOSITION from
...-retown, next Saturday. followed
Wv n.6er by such a powerful array of
iasanents IS Lafayette. Colgate, Car.
opp; a Westminster. West Virginia,
Tnesssshjnston & Jefferson and Penn
state ~ s.h.r,os 49,
..undance of material but most of it
...mntried In varsity competition. Such
,.Su,standing stars as Captain Chase,
%ssineer, Harding, Gustafson. Kifer
.nd Brown, who gave Pittsburgh one
~ .he most powerful aggregations in
". east last year, have passed from
Nv eridiron through graduation.
Wy ~, their places, however, are a set
:. sneedv backs and husky linesmen
y w have developed steadily through
w., W. tranng season. Booth at fullback
VA welsh and Rooney on the halves,
an the best combination, with Cut
y. calling signals. These backs.
long with the prominent reserves,
srs tighter than Panther ball-toters
t.be past. but each man has speed
ND end-running ability In, plenty.
The brilliant Captain Mcmillan as
yves Pitt Of one impregnable wing.
Demoise, a new conner. IS hkehest OF
The other ends with Goldberg. Qua
rino, Jack and scanlon best OF the
substitutes, ,
Nm hest at guard with Dimolia, Andy
sa,sta foremost ineman last year. is
ssrk in the tackle berth with Kern
.nd Meier balancing him on the other
.,de of the line. Barnes and Gold
berr are fighting 1t out for the CEN
Ter post
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CARDINAL INF|ELD STRONGER
Than JUNIOR Giro UT CHAMPS

Tom Thevenow. representing the op-
position at shortstop. are not among
the leading hitters but Koenig's aver
age tops that Of Thevenow 1853 to
.255. The advantage also extends
along the line of extra base hitting.
Koenig leads in doubles % to 10; in
triples eight to FIVE, and in home
runs, five to two. Thevenow Is the
betterbetter base runner. seven to
four.
George Toporcer will probably have
chance to look over the tops of his
Specs" from an infield position for
the Cards during the series. He has
outhit Mike Gazella who has the first
call as Yankee infield substitute
.266 to 1892. No excitement whatever
has been caused by the baserunning
of this skilful but modest pair Top
Greer having stolen one base and Ca
celia barely doubled his output
with two. Neither has made any i'm
preston on the home run records.
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RICHMOND
Mrs. Edna B. Stetson

The funeral services of the late
Mrs. Edna B. Stetson will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'cock. from
the home on South Front street, Rev.
John B. Clifford of the Methodist
church officiating.
Mrs. Stetson passed away Sunday
morning, death being due to shock
suffered early in the week.
She was born in Jay. Me-, seventy
wears ago, the daughter of Charles
and Lorinda Hatch Gross and was
the widow of Frank B. Stetson. She
had made Richmond her home for 90
years.
She is survived by four daughters,
Mrs. Walter Knight, Mrs. John Par
ker Mrs. Edna Lane, Mrs. George
Tibbets, all of Richmond; two sons,
Charles of Bridgeport, Conn, ana
Frank Of Richmond also one prother
walter Gross of Bowdoinham
Interment will be made in Ever
green cemetery.
CORNER-Mr. and Mrs; Q: M.
Hatch and Mrs. Hattie Mchehha
nassed Tuesday in Brunswick
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Tarr were Lew
,ston visitors Wednesday.
Hosea Gould of North Acton, Mass
~ hos heen visiting his aunt MRS.
n hartford returned to his nome
Wednesday. <ar,;1v who
have been visiting her parents 49,
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CLENNA COLLECT
WINS OPENING
ROUND, HAvERF0RD

Haverford, Pa, Sept 31.-<R3~~
Glenna Collett, defending her title -
national women's golf champion, to-
day showed the way to the early
qualifiers with q low score Of u over
the difficult Merton course.
Rallying for a fine SO on the home
ward journey after requiring - -
the turn, the titleholder brought Ia o
card two under women's par. She
posted brides on the 18th, 18th and
18th and kept pace with acquisitions
figures on all the other holes.
Mrs. Wright d. Goss. Jr., Of Short
Hills. N. j.. came in behind the
champion with an 81, while Mrs. Cort-
land Smith. another New Jersey
player was in third place among the
morning starters with an 81.
Helen Payson, Portland, Me-, IN.
ished the first Is holes with 50.
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Second Won Elm
Wins Club Title

Salt Lake City. Utah. Sept. 27-(P
Another Won Elm has developed
his backyard" golf to the champion
ship stage.
Leroy Won Elm, Is year old brother
Of George Won Elm. who recently
captured the National amateur golf
championship, staged comeback on
the Nibley Park course here yester-
day. to win the club championship
from Frank Todd. three up. after be-
ing five down with Is holes play.
Leroy. Like his brother, who spent
his boyhood here, is credited with
perfecting many strokes through dill
gent backyard practice"
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Ban Johnson Names
UmpireS For Series

Chicago, Sept. 27-(P)-President
Ban Johnson of the American League
today announced that Tommy Con-
molly and George Hildebrand had
been appointed American League UNI
pires in the worlds series with
Clarence Rowland as substitute.
The naming of a substitute is a
departure in worlds series prepara-
ton. President Johnson said one
was selected to provide against pos
sible injury or illness to either of the
regulars.
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Name National
Umps for the Series

New York, Sept. 27.-R}-iiank
O'Day and Bill KLEIN, veterans Of
the National League umpire staff,
today were named by President
John A. Heydler to represent the
senior circuit in the Worlds series
between the Yankees and Cardinals
1t will be the 18th series for Klein.
who has officiated in more title
games that any other arbiter. His
nearest rival in this respect 10 Tom.
my Connolly, dean of the American
League staff. who will take part IN
his eighth Series this fall.
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PILLS BEAT BRAVES
As CHILL WIND BLOWS

Boston, Sept, 27-(P)-Philadelphia
defeated Boston 5 to 4 in a game
played amid chilly breezes. Rice's
triple in the fourth scored two runs
and decided the issue. Baecht pitch
ed effectively for the Phillies except
in the fourth, when Boston obtained
FIVE hits for three runs. Both out
feds made good running catches.
Score
Philadelphia. 80. 002 800 000-5 II
Boston .......... 010 800 000-4 IL S
Baecht and Jonnard; r. Smith and
Hogan.
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INDIANS WIN over
MACkS FOR SECOND

Cleveland, Sept. 27.-(P)-Cleveland
won second place in the American
League today by defeating Philadel-
mia 5 TO 4 in game that decided the
second position. 1t was Uhle's eth
victory Of the season.
George Burns, who made his 64th
.vo.base hit of the year, distinguished
himself by driving in all of Cleve-
lands runs.
Philadelphia used three pitchers In
an effort to stop the Indians. Score:
Philadelphia .010 $50 000-4- SO
Cleveland ........201 O1o 001-5-10-0
Gray, Grove, Quinn and Cochranc;
Uhle and L. SeweQ.
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why don't you praise your wife's
cooking once in a while? 1t makes
her feel good"
I'm afraid to try. Every time I
say anything is particularly nice 1t
turns out to be something that was
purchased at the store" -Birming-
ham-Age Herald. 4
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Let's give moment to the poor umpires, the men
who get plenty of knocks and very few boosts and to
whom barrage of abuse nd pop bottles is merely
other incident in flu Of arguments and disputes
To err is only human, buA here three men who
make the minimum amount of mistakes in business
where it is necessary Ike decisions instantly often
Hank" o'oay and Ernie q uTsey are three veteran
National League arbiters. ach of whom commands the
respect of players and fans alike.
Bill KLEIN holds the record for umpiring in the most
world SERIES He is noted fo anpathy being call
ed cats and for being the best judges of balls
and strikes the He nrida in
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tate This is his twenty first
New
ODays Mek
Ernie Qusy a
football hundred basketball twelve
months evidence
strength we'll 25th 1926
ball Pitcher Donohue the
bodily the to to off,