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at Eleventh street southeast to the
District line: a similar strip of park
area on the city side of the river ap-
proximately 3l2 miles long extending
from Gallinger Hospital 10 the Ma
tional Training School for Boys, at
the District line; a lake on the city
lance of ia miles northward from
near Gallinger Hospital; another lake
approximately l mile long and lying
in the area east of the river and north
OF Benning road.
Islands for PiCnics.
The lake on the west side of the
park has been tentatively named after
the late Gen. Dan kingman. who was
chief of engineers when the project
was first conceived With four islands
dotting its surface, Lake kingman
will be one of the beauty spots in the
park and an attractive place for boat
ing. The islands will be of ample size
for picnic parties. There will be a
lock at the lower end of this lake to
let pleasure craft in and out. The
sea wall around Lake Kingman will
rise less than feet above the sur
face and the level Of water in the lake
will be kept constant by system of
conduits and control gates at the up
per and lower ends. Thirty per cent
of the foundation for the lake sea
wall is in, and during this year one
of the control conduits for the lake
will be installed
The other body of water paralleling
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Development of the Anacostia Park
project above Benning road links in
closely with the proposal to establish
a. national arboretum for the Depart
ment of Agriculture on the Mount
Hamilton and Hickey Hill tracts.
which are adjacent to the northern
portion of the AnaCostia marshland.
The arboretum bill. which passed
the Senate last May. and will be pend
ing in the House when Congress re.
convenes. contemplates purchase OF
the Mount Hamilton and Hickey Hlli
area, to which would be added an
equal area of the adjacent Anacostla
marshland to be. reclaimed
The portion of the AnaCostla mats
that would form part of the az
boretum includes the famous Shaw
lily ponds already in existence. which
would become an attractive feature or
the arboretum.
The arboretum would be spa
cious outdoor laboratory in which ex-
perts of the Department of, Agrlcul-
ture would carry on scientific re-
search of plant and tree life.
The experiments carried on in the
arboretum would make the work of
the Departure of Agriculture more
valuable to the nation in many ways,
especially through plant breeding,
development of faster growing timber
trees, improved fruits and studies of
methods of combating diseases that
attack trees and plants. A survey con-
Quoted in 1917 showed the area con.
tains a great variety of soils, making
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the river on the east side has been
named East Lake and will come as
part of the future development north
of Benning road.
While East Lake will lie entirely
north of Benning road, Lake kingman
will extend north and south of that
highway. 1t had been planned orig
inally to erect an elaborate orna-
mental bridge at the point where the
lake is to pass under Benning road,
but a few years ago the entire project
was revised in the interest of econo-
MIXING wherever possible. and one
change was to substitute an mex
pensive culvert for this bridge.
This culvert would be 80 feet wide.
ample for the water to circulate and
for pleasure boats to pass north and
south of the road in the lake. The
300-fOot width of the lake at that
point would not be reduced Viewed
from Benning road. no direct evidence
of the culvert substitution will be
apparent and the desired effect of a
wide eXpanse of water passing under
a bridge will be preserved.
The land area of the Anacostia
Park, which will surround the lakes
and the river. will vary in width
from 400 to 1000 feet wide, but will
average about 900 feet. One of the
largest stretches of land area is that
extending from B street southeast to
Benning road, a considerable portion
of which Is near Eastern High School,
and which Is in the portion where its
improvement for park purposes will
soon be possible.
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SESQU| OPEN TODAY
WITH CHIEFS SPLIT
Directors to Act on Sabbath
Question TomorroW-Fu7-
Their Wait Seen.
By tAe A~so".ated Press.

By tAe A~sor.ated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. August THE
SesquiCeDSennlaI Exposition. with lis
GladWay features, Viii he open tomor-
row as usual, pending, 4 decision on
the open sunday question by the iii
rectors Monday night.
After HE opinions ny Judges Edwin
@. Lewis ana Thomas -. Finletter
that operation Of the Seaqui with its
paid admission ana GladWay was a
violation of the law - 1873 Mayor
kendIick announced that the question
was Of such vital Importance the de
cision would be left to the 30 directors.
Officials of the exposition = admin
iStratlNe building said today there
WAS some sentiment in the board TO
close the GHdVaN. where most Of the
amusement7 are concentrated. on
Sunday. rs - concession to the OppO-
nentS Of tbs sabbath operation. They
felt, however. that the ma jOritN OF
the directors would decide to keep the
GiadWaN open ntl the proceeding
brought II, Attorney General Wood
ruff in harrisburg was decided. The
attorney generals action vas taken
OF Instructions from Coy. piGCilc}.
Meanwhile the Methodist men :
committee a.; 700 is formulating u plan
which Thomas -. Taylor its chair
man. declared would bring about a
closed exposition on the Sabbath. He
declined 20 reveal details al the plan
or (" say y ojher il involved court
action
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ANACOSTIA FLATS RECLAMATION
NOW is ABOUT HALF COMPLETED
Although II Years Will Be Needed to Finish Entire
Project, Park TO Benning Bridge Can Be
Made Ready Within Two Years.

be explained to Congress at the next
session. in the hope of obtaining
authority to begin the preliminary
work above Benning Bridge.
When the entire project has been
completed it will constitute the third
great link in the park system of the
National Capital A glance at the
map of the city shows beautiful Rock
Creek Park along the west and Poto-
mac Park. with its river drives. across
the south. Legislation has already
been. enacted to acquire the small
area necessary to join Rock Creek
and Potomac Parks, and with the
ultimate completion of the Anacostia
project the park chain will have
been continued along the eastern
portion of the District
Here is what the Anacostia project
will include when finished: A strip of
park land along the eastern bank of
the river miles long, from the bridge
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KANSAS JAILS EMPTY.
Harvest Hands Too Busy to Fight
So There Are No Arrests.

Special Dispatch to The star
PRATT. Kans., August 14.--Pratt
has Il condition that has never Oc-
CURED before in the history of the
city. pioneer residents state. The city
and county jails were both empty in
July and August. Many are wonder
ing at the turn of affairs in this com
munty. Heretofore, Pratt was
usually the scene of one or two muir
ders every harvest.
Last year few arrests occurred from
among the harvest hands that came
this way and this year not an arrest
was made of harvest men. Chief of
Police J. w. Farmer believes this is
due largely to the fact that the com
bine machines now make ii almost
possible for any farmer to harvest and
thresh his own wheat, thus not fore
ing him to hire any strangers.
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GOATS GUM ADDICTS.
Glacier Park Species Found to En-
joy Chewing Spruce. !
Special Dispatch to The star

Special Dispatch to The star
GLACIER FhRk. Mont. August
l4.--C;lacier National Park ranges
have discovered that the mountain
goat chewS spruce gum On numer-
Gus occasions the forest patrol OH.
served goats descending 10 the tim
berline to feed Ivr...th the bra nrIs,-
of these trees. Investigation showed
that they GnaweG the spruce drops
which eXuded from the trunks. -
Recently, on Mount Henry. a ludi
Crous spectacle was presented when
a billy goat. indulginC in this change
of diet. got his Coatee entangled in
a soft mess of sap which the sun had
made as sticky as flypaper. His efforts
to comb the adhesive stuff out of his
whiskers made the men behind the
binoculars laugh until tears obscured
their vision.
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LONDON LIKES TROUBADOR
Picturesque Long Haired Singer
Much Sought for Parties.

IONDON. August II tp) Siguor
Neechl the last Of The troubadors "
: a much s"U&ht entertainer i'm Lon
dom. This eccentric musician re
N"mh,"s Anton l.anc. the Chl-iStttS of
the pherammereau Passion Play"
His hair is long He wears >und;. :
and simple Italian peasant earh, even
when entertaining At regal dinners.
His simple songs al great sweetness
are sung IL The accompaniment OF 1t
sort Of guitar which resembles q harp.
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boretum.
+. A. Schmitt. associated with Maj.
James \. O'Connor in directing the
reclamation project. estimates that
when the job Is finished the unit cost
of converting this marshy area into
park land from the Anocostia Bridge
to the District line win be about $3.50
per acre,
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Bridge Change Not Needed.

When the reclaiming of the fats
was begun years ago il was thought
PeuninG Bridge would have to he
reconstructed at considerable cost to
permit the dredSeS to pass above
that point in carrying on the work.
and that item Of cost may have been
a big factor in combining the appro-
priationS TO the area south of the
bridge.
The plans have been revised with
in the past few years. however, so
that the engineers now say they can
disman1le the superstructure OF the
dredees float them under the bridge
and reaSsemble them on the upper
side without remOdeling or putting
a draw span in Benning Bridge.
Under this plan only slight altera-
tons 10 the foundation of the bridge
will he necessary.
II is probable this situation will
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Sentenced to Go to Church.

Special Dispatch To The star
ORFORDNILLE. Wis, August H.
For so days Hans Sether will he =
faithful and regular attendant of the
church of his choice. That wac, the
sentence passed upon him when he
was brought before Justice TAYLOR of
this village on Il charge of intoXiCa-
fiOn
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TRIO OF FRENCHMEN
ON SAME RING CARD

NEW YORK, August 90 (E).-Fred
Bretonnel of France, who claims the
lightweight and welterweight cham
pionships of Europe, tonight meets the
veteran johnny Dundee of New YORK
in a 1O-round clash at Ebbets Field.
Paul Berlenbach. former light heavy
weight champion, is tackling Francois
Charles, the champion of Europe, at
the weight, and has trained hard for
the battle. Charles, like most of the
French pugilists, saw military service
throughout the war. This bout is
scheduled for 10 rounds.
Andre Routis, another French title
claimant, engages the Wyoming
featherweight Eddie Anderson for 10
rounds, and Jimrly Goodrich. former
lightweight king. battles Sammy Vogel
of New York fer S.
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SWEETSER MUCH BETTER;
MUST CONTINUE TO REST

TORONTO, August 20 R.-Jess
Sweetser, amateur golf champion,
plans to leave the Muskoka Lakes
district, where he has been summer
ing, for Asheville, n. c., on August
90. He will not compete in the
United States amateur championship
tournament, which opens on Septem-
Der 10.
Sweetser has been ordered by his
physician to take d complete rest
after an attack of influenza after he
had won the British amateur title.
He is reported to be very much i'm
proved in health by his rest of seven
weeks at the Summer home Of his
fatherin-law at Lake Joseph.
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1t will be the third game that the
Washington team plays with the Wis
itors from Missouri during the week.
and the last time the Brownies show
their wares here this season.
Manager Sisler Is perhaps the best
known ball player among those who
make up the st. Louis roster. He has
been an outstanding figure in the
game for many years, and, like Bucky
Harris, runs the team in addition
to holding a regular position. Last
season he ranked we'll up among the
20 leading batters in the American
League. and in fielding was rated
among the 10 best first basemen Of
the circuit.
All members of The Evening Star
Boys Club may gain admission to the
park to see Sisler and his gang by
showing their club buttons at gate
that will be designated. Boys who are
not members, but would like to join
and share in the club activities. may
do SO by filling in the application that
appears elsewhere on this page today.
New Members Of Club.
Names added to the club list today
follow:
Daniel K. Moore, Riverdale. Nd:
clayton and America Pittiglo. 1888 Ran
p Ss.ns sHs srs stree.
sam Leavitt. sls Four and-a-half street
louis Sherman. 700 Four and a-half street
bobby Byrnes. East Falls Church. Va.
King Spindle. Clifton Station, Va
Joseph Makely, Clifton Station. Va:
william Ke1ealy 81 W street northeast
Raymond Film, Lsnham. Md;
oiives Reed, 34g Rock Cfesk Church road.
Clarence Fox West Falls Church. Va.
Fred Boccabello. 102 Quincy place north
Joseph Owens 1o4 Quincy place northeast.
Frederick Schultze, l22 Quincy place
Harry Goldberg. 4l3 -Four and s-half street
southwest.
charles and Edward Levinson. Sl1 Fiji
tenth street northeast.
Andrew FARRELL. 1925 I street.
Csrrick George. 224 Twelfth place north
Theodore Barnett. 1915 Kearney street
John Chaconas. 1914 Kansas avenue.
Charles Rauscher. 500 X street northeast.
Guy Bennett, 1921 North Capitol street.
Emilio Grassland. 100 Quincy place north
John shafer. Falls Church. Va.
Siivio and Leo vaneri ia Quincy place
James Z. Hall 2ls Twelfth place north
east.
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CAPITAL TRAPSHOTS
TUNE UP TOMORROW

Scatter-gun artists of the Washing
ton Gun Club planning to attend the
Grand American Handicap at Dayton
Ohio, ON Monday hold their last prac-
tice over the club traps tomorrow.
The program will include 5O-target
races, with the usual awards to high
scratch and high added target gun, as
we'll as shoots for legs on the yearly
trophies.
The Dayton event, which Will at
tract a field of 500 or more contest
ants. will draw a squad of at least
Ave shooters from the Capital. The
party is expected to include DIR. Wyn-
koop, president of the local club;
state Champion F'awsett, Burrows,
FORMER state Champion f L. Rose
berry will head the delegation from
Baltimore.
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TODAY'S GAME OFF;
TWIN BILL SATURDAY

Rain has strung out to FIVE the
number of consecutive days the Ma
tionals have idled, the opener Of
three.game series with the Clevc-
land Indians scheduled for this
afternoon having been declared off
at an early hour this morning,
when it was apparent there was
little prospect for improvement in
the weather.
As a result of this latest post
pOnement a double-heaaler will be-
played between the Griffs and
Speakerites at Clark Griffith Sta
dunn tomorrow, the first game 10
get under way at 1870 o'clock.
George Murray Is billed to pitch
in one of the Tits, with Johnson,
Crowder or COveleskie appearing
i'm the other.
Pilot Iris has his fine flinging
staff all primed for the work
ahead, and with Uhle, Levsen.
Buckeye, Miller, Shaute and Smith
available for service the champs
will have to step lively to garner
two verdicts i'm the set, which
closes with the Sunday set-to.
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OLD DOMINION CREWS
WILL RACE IN NORFOLK

NORFOLK, Va. August 2O.-Oars
men of the Old Dominion Boat Club,
Alexandria, face the rowers Of Vlr-
ginia Boat Club of Richmond here
tomorrow in series of shell races
that will conclude the three-day water
carnival of the Norfolk-Portsmouth
Chamber of Commerce.
The affair opened yesterday with
skipjack, truck boat. cabin cruiser
open boat, pound boat and snip
chandler races. Events for star ciass
sail boats and swimming and diving
exhibitions head today's card.
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Facing Tough Task in Attempting to Wrest Title From Pittsburgh
BIG LEAGUE LEADERS.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting-FOthergill, Tigers, 1888.
Hits-Burns, Indians, 40.
Runs-Ruth, Yankees. ia.
Doubles-Burns, Indians, Sc.
Triples-Gehrig, Yankees. IL.
Homers-Ruth. Yankees, 80.
Stolen bases-Rice, Nationals, and
Hunnefield, White SOx, 20.
Pitching-Dauss, Tigers. won 8;
lost 3.
NATIONAL LEAUE.
Batting-Hargrave, Reds, 1885.
Hits-BrOwn, Braves, ISL.
Runs-Cuyler, Pirates, 80.
Observation-Disclosures, Cubs, 81.
Triples-Walker, Reds, IS.
HOmers-Wilson, Cubs, IL.
Stolen bases-Cuyler. Pirates. So.
Pitching-Haines, Cardinals. won 9;
lost 9.
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M'vEY, AN OLD TIMER
OF BASE BALL, DIES

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 90
Calvin McVey, a veteran of early base
ball and one of the founders of the
pastime in it's organized form. died
here yesterday after an illness of sew
eral months. He had been in retire
ment for many years. He was rs
years old.
McVey was captain and manager Of
the Cincinnati Reds in 1879. He play
ed right field and before going to the
Reds was with the Boston Nationals
and the old Chicago club.
1t was his boast that he drove the
ball over every fence in the National
League circuit, despite the fact that
his hands were badly twisted from
catching barehanded before the advent
of gloves.
In 1922 the National League voted
McVey a life pension. McVey quit
base ball to become mining broker
in San Francisco. He was one of the
highest paid players of his time. re-
ceiving $4,000 a year.
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Question Is a throw to catcher
best on the line. or by making the
ball bounce once?
Answer. A long throw to the
catcher--especially from the outfield
should be made to bounce once.
This is faster than long throw
right into his hands. When the
ball bounces it gets a new speed
forward and is easily handled be-
sides. Short throws, of course. must
be in his hands.
Question Should an outfielder take
a ball with hands cupped. or "V'
shaped?
Answer. There are times when you
won't be under the ball we'll enough
to take it with hands cupped. But
ordinarily you will Getting under
the ball is an important feature of
outfielding. Try to get under it and
catch the ball with hands cupped
next to body, just above belt. This
is the safest way to receive ball
and gives you the better chance
to throw.
Copyright 1926.)
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JAPANESE LEAD CUBANS
IN DAVIS CUP MATCHES

MONTREAL. August 20 @.-Japan
went into a comfortable lead in the
American zone Davis Cup play yester-
day by winning both singles matches
against the Cuban team.
Takeiichi Harada defeated Rogelio
Paris, Cuban captain, in the first
match, IS, 60, 6-3.
Sekio Tawara made it two victories
for Japan by defeating DR.. Vicente
Banet in three grueling sets, 81,
81, GO, in which the score did not
do justice to DR.. Banet, who made a
courageous fight.
Today Harada and Tawara will
meet Paris and Raoul Chacon in
doubles.
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To declare that the Pirates are
not doing so we'll because the race
Is closer in their league this year
Is only part of the truth. They are
not doing so well and all of the
National League is not doing SO
well. Had the Pirates gone on this
Spring with their championship base
ball they should not have permitted
Cincinnati to take them by tho neck
in the early part of the season and
drag them hitched to a rope until
July "a. An up-and doing team. one
of the Frank Merriweli kind. would
have been snorting around in first
place by Decoration day.
Why Yanks Are Better OF.
The Yanks are better off at the
moment than Pittsburgh because
they have played nine more games
than the Pirates and have that much
less to worry about. The Yanks
have IS more games to play to finish
their schedule. The Pirates have
A. II the Yanks can win % out
of their IS they will breeze in more
than 100 points ahead OF their near
est rivals. II they can win 20 they
will cop the pennant.
Pittsburgh has a different task.
The Pirates problem is to accelerate
q little If possible. II they break
even on the remainder of the year
their total victories will be IS. If
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st. Louis can win &c games out Of
IS while the Pirates are winning %
out of "A the Cards can tie the
champions at the end of the schedule.
In other words. the Cardinals by
playing ball at 1867 pace from now
to the end of the season can only tie
Pittsburgh, although the Pirates win
but half of their games. Between
500 and .667 there is a difference of
1877 points. These are the debatable
points of the present National League
championship. If there is steam
enough in the st. Louis club to knock
the props from under the Pirates by
gaining 167 points on them in run
Of six weeks the Cards deserve to be
champions four times over.
Same Thing True of Reds.
What is true of st. Louis is equally
true Of Cincinnati. But the Reds had
much the better chance of the two to
win the pennant. Never did team
perform better against the strongest
teams Of it's league early in the sea
son and then f1atten like cornmeal
batter against teams that were not
as good as the earlier contenders.
If the Pirates hitch up q victories
in the games they have left their per-
centage will run in the same lines
that it does now. That would surely
take them to the pennant as the
league is going.
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TWO MINES PRUNING
TO BATTLE LIBERTYS

Ballstou and RIalto base bail mines
are looking ahead to Saturday. Sep
tcmber /. when they face tn" Liberty
Athletic club team at American
League Park i'll a double header that
tops the list of events arranged for tho
LibertyS' sixth annual field day
Liberty and BallstOn clubs take the
field for the first game following the
running of four events for which suit
able prizes are being offered. I'llN crS
of the three teams will compete IN ;
50-yard dash. base ball throw for dis
lance, fungo hitting and circlinC IN"
bases.
a fifth prize. Il tieldcr's glove do
mated by George \. En.monS, will 60
to the player hitting the last home
run of the day.
The Liberty nine is meeting the
team from Addison. Va. tomorrow az
3 O'Clock on RoSedalc diamond in its
only week end game.
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PLYMOUTH. England, August 20
OS.-The American yacht Primrose "
Of Boston has been placed second In
the so0-mile ocean race from Cowes
around F'astnet Rock to Plymouth.
The Primrose finished fourth, but
benefited by her time allowance Of IS
hours 20 minutes. The winner was
the lex Of the Royal Engineers Yacht
Club.
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Question. How can a boy learn to
throw accurately to bases?
Answer. By lots of practice. Then
have a target For instance. his
belt buckle, his knee. button on
his shirt, or his shoe tops-wher-
ever he likes the throw best, and
according to what the situation is.
A low throw is necessary when a
player is to be tagged.
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DRY FIELD is ASSURED
FOR ARMY-NAVY CLASH

CHICAGO, August 20 P).-Assur-
ance Of a firm footing for the Army
and Navy gridiron gallopers next Fan
in their contest here was seen In the
announcement by the SOuthpark
board of the purchase of 10000 square
wards of sod and requirement OF a
huge canvas cover for Soldiers Field.