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Celia Gibbs whose mother died when she
was an infant is left an orphan at Ii by
the death of her father. Gibbs was artist
but he was known more for his eccentricitles
than for his nalntinEs He was of cold
brutal disposition and treated his only child
Hilary Fraser. a dilettsnte bachelor OF 3S
Ia one of Gibbs few frienGs. After the
artist death he ls astonished 10 learn that
Gibbs has bequeathed to his care and charity
the orphaned Celia. Hilary's sister Laura
Eversham. assumes the responsibility OF
Celias education. She places her. along
with her own daughte:. in a convent in
France when the girls finish school Laura
takes Celia into her house to live. Laura's
daughter narrfs an Ena lishman anu GOES
abroad. shortly afterwHrd Laura dies In
desperation over Ceha's situation. Hillary
proposes that she marry him IN order that
she might live in his house with prophet.
She is satisfied with the arrangement uptil
she oNerhears some aCuualntan"es gGssiplng
about her white marriage and fo" the
first tune she learns that her lathe "a
let her penni!ess and that she i living on
Hilarys charity. She Is deeply DISTURB, Ey
this know'cfca and she grows restless.
When padraic 0Shea. young musician.
nays her marked attention she j. iatterel by
divorce Hilary and marry him. out ms she
will not do. She tells Hilary that Pd.iraic
wants to marry her. ana he also sugSe::s
that she divorce him. She is hurt ~ the
suggestion snd quarrels with Hilary. Later
she tells Hilary that she has decided 10
marry Padralc and prepares to 20 away "lth
him.
Continued from Yesterdays Starr
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He found his voice after an eternal
moment-a rather husky voice.
MY God" he groaned. What have
you done to yoursef?" He gulped.
gulping down mingled emotions.
Your glorious hair. How could you?"
Celia sank down upon the seat op-
posite him, faint now with both dis
may and hunger. He let himself drop
upon the one opposite her. gazing and
gazing at her until she had hard work
to keep from putting her hands over
her face. This was different from any
thing that she had imagined.
II would rather you'd cut off my
right hand - He was stutter-
ing passiOnately.
His thoughts few to Molly Cameron,
What. what would she say when. in
stead of the Melissa nde. the Melusine.
the mysterious being with crown. of
fabulous tresses that he had promised
to bring with him. he should confront
her with this? This tall. crop haired
youth in a gray ulster,a almost--by
the spiteful irony of fate-almost
exactly like his own?
You are angry" said Celia in her
lowest voice. Her eyes were dilated
and her small face, in contrast, looked
like a wedge of white porcelain be-
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of her smooth head and throwing her
face into shadow. Was he going to
be veXed? Was he going to laugh?
What was he going to say?
What he said, with a good deal of
embarrassment, was:
Il beg your pardon! The porter has
shown me into the wrong drawing
ROOM
And he was quickly backing out
when Celia cried. half between ap.
prehension and laughter:
'Padraic, Don't YOU really know
me" Has it changed me as much as
all that"
Now she was standing up in the gray
ulster, looking like youth who had
chosen-to Padraic's idea the horrid
mode of wearing his hair in ha nC
Then as she came a step forward the
light caught her face
Celia" whispered padraic.
He wasn't quite sure even then. and
his voice failed him
do | look so very different?" she
whispered back, her voice also falling
Something in his expression alarmed
her. He seemed really like a man
who compels himself to stare at n
ghost as If he. too. would be
afraid should he permit himself to be.
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lit them for an instant. Dogwood
trees in Crinolines of bloom went
courtesyinG by: Dogwood o.
she was glad they had parted friends.
But what was it he had said? She
racked her brain to remember; then all
at once remembered reality. They had
not parted friends. He had not looked
Mt her kindly. but coldly and mock
ingly. He had been hateful, hateful
And she. too. She recalled her out
burst. and tingled at the recollection.
But she wasn't sorry for it. She was
glad. glad Soon he would get her
letter.
She tried to ina cine how he would
look. how he would feel as he read
Il and the signature. Celia
Gibbs Her thought ierked sud
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The Adopted Y Wife.
By A m ellie Rires

denly away. and she seemed to see
him standing with Donovan before the
closet where her gowns were huns'
They would look like dozens OF de-
cspitated Celias to him. Each one was
80 herself" and no one else. ne nau
told her. What would he do with
them? Burn them? Give them TO
Donovan? She shook back her nalr
impatiently disguised by the triViailtE
of her thoughts.
The porter came in TO tell her or the
first call for dinner. Though this made
her realize that she was hungry. sne
felt thai she must wait for Fadralc.
The station at which he was TO loin
her should be near by now, but she
had forgotten its name ana lost the
slim Of paper on which he had written
il. So she could not ask.
Don't forget. please" she said TO
the porter. when a gentleman asks
for Mrs. Moore show him here. lie
will he Mrs Moore. shall wait TO
have dinner with him.
The man said, No, ma am, won |
forget" and went out.
4 moment after he turned on the
electric lights, and the country OUTSIDE
became a mere blur of almost Invisible
green's and browns, which she sensed
rather than saw. Later on the young
moon would give a pallid ISht, but
now was only a luminous feather in
the darking air.
4 station streaked by, then another.
She began to get very nervous again.
This was an express. Suppose Padraic
had made a mistake? That it did not
stop at the station where he was wait
ing? Her heart INK, then leaped sur
prisingly. Even if he didn't come.
what fun it would be to go whlrllnS
or through the night to freedom! But
again nervousness clutched her.
This waiting for him was the worst
part Of all She wanted it over. What
il was that she wanted over she did
not clearly define to herself.
And she was so dreadfuliy hungry.
The second call for dinner had been
made. Another station green
lights, now red ones. That meant
danger. Perhaps they must stop here
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for some reason. Yes, they were
slowing down.
She watched eagerly to see IL any
one got on the train.
First several passengers descended,
then two women and man swung
themselves up from the low platform.
But the man wasn't Padraic Still, 1t
was a very long train. Perhaps he
had boarded it farther down. 1t bega n
to move again. gently. glidingly
Now it was getting under way. Still
no Padraic In despera ton she was
Just about to ring for the porter and
ask him to bring her some food when
the door opened
Padraic at last.
She sat quite still, the electric light
in the roof of the car catching the top
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Continued tomorrowl
Heavy Quake Registered.

An earthquake of pronounced char
the seismograph of Georgetown Uni.
Versity. 1t began at 4:51 am. and
lasted an hour and half
Director Tondorf placed it about
rection not being clearly indicated.
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JAZZ DANCING RECEIVES
FIRST CHECK IN TURKEY
Banned in Schools and All Children
Under 1S Are Barred by Law
From Public Halls.


CONSTANTINOPL April 16.-
The new Republic of Turkey. having
launched the nation on the high seas
of modern civilization. is beginning
to post danger signals. The craze
for jazz dancing that has been
sweeping the country since the re-
cent dawn Of the Western era has
received its first check from the gov
eminent. The minister of public in
struction has issued an order pro-
hibiting dances being given in gram
mar and high schools and prohibit
ing the pupils of these schools from
entering public dance halls.
All such halls. casinos and bars
have been notified by the police tha
no one under Is years of age is to
be admitted. Strict supervision by
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INSTALLMENT LEH.
Padraic Receives a Shock.

~ ELLA was glad. Ii was much
better to part as friends. But
what was Hilary saving? She
couldn't hear. She knew
somehow that il was most
important she should hear. She must
GO nearer to him. She struggled to
rise. hut could NOT. while all the time
he seemed To be Withdrawing farther
and farther. In her effort to get upon
her feet and follow him she woke and
looked about her startled.
She must have slept some time, for
1t was now after sunset. Only band
OF dusky rose merging into lemon
divided the light. clear green oi the
sky from the darker. DREAMER green
of the flowing fields. A fash Of water
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tween the sides of her upturned collar.

tween the sides of her upturned collar
Angry, no"' replied Padraic, trying
to recover himself. only heart.
broken. l so worshiped your glorious
hair
Then he felt that the occa sion was
rising against him, not he to the oc-
ca sion
He went over to the seat beside her
and put an arm about her, taking her
hand in his. 1t was very cold. and she
neither yielded to his embrace nor
drew away from it, sitting quite still
within the circle of his arm.
Copyright 1925 by Amehe RlvesD
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Kerosene Price Raised.

CHICAGO, April Is GP).-Efective
today, the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana
will advance the price of kerosene
one cent a gallon throughout its
operating territory.
The price of gasoline will remain
unCba rCPd
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the police Is provided and failure to
obey the new ruling will result in
the closing Of the place of amuse-
ment.
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COLLEGE BASKET BALL.

At Annapolis-Navy. ~: George
town. 90.
At Kendall Green-Biue Ridge Col.
lege. 81: GalIaudet, 81.
At West POint-Syracuse. 90;
Army. 20.
ao At A An rap, 81 Johns u Ran
At Chicago-Chicago. 81: Ohio
State, 90.
At Lexington-Washing and
Lee, So: University of Richmond, 20.
At Richmond-RichmOnd Blues, 43;
Fort Monroe. %.
At Sewanee-Sewanee, 40; Howard
College. 25.
At Philadelphia-PennsyIvania. a.;
Ursinus. Is.
At Athens-GeOrgia, 80: Georgia
Tech, 20.
At Observation-Disclosures. SO; Penn
State. II.
At New Orleans-Tulane. 81; Au-
burn, 81.
At Durham-North Carolina State,
80; Duke. "a.
At Wake Forest-INake Forest, 35;
Elon, 20.
At Cambridge. Mass.-COnnecticut
Aggies. %; Harvard, "a.
At Des MOines-kansas L.. 28;
Drake, "a.
At acknowledgements. %: Grin
nell. 10.
At Alton. In.-Illinois College, 81
ShurtlefY College. 10.
At Grand Forks, N.sD.-NOrth Da.
kota, 81: South Dakota State, IA.
At FargO-NOrth Dakota AggieS
80; jamestown College, IS.
At Monmouth, iii. Cornell, &c: Mon
mouth, q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31

The list of players who have cost
the major leagues more than $4,000
would fill several ball clubs. but open
talk of big money no longer is heard
Each ma jor league magnate has a
different way of expressing the size
of the sum paid.
When Ernie Nevers. the Pacific
Coast foot ball sensation. was signed
by the st. Louis Browns, Owner Phil
Ball said the contract was up in four
figures"
The Chicago Cubs bought Infielder
Ernest Holman at the highest prices
ever paid for Il player from d Class D
league
Earl McBee. an Indian pitcher from
the Southern Association, cost the
Chicago White Sox "a fancy price, y
according TO Owner Comiskey
Tony Lizerre and Mark Koenig. the
most expensive purchases of the New
York Yankees this Winter, cost
plenty of money and players said
Manager Higgins.
For Walter Christensen. the st. Paul
outfielder, the Cincinnati Reds paid
enough for him to make good" Man
ager Jack Hendricks revealed.
The Coast League outfield star, Paul
Waner, and Infielder Hal Rhyme. cost
Owner Barney Dreyfus of the Pitts
burgh Pirates plenty"
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CAPITAL RACQUETERS
BEAT BALTIMOREANS

Squash racqueters of the Washing
ton Racquet Club played their second
interCity match of the season yester-
day on the home courts and evened
scores with Baltimore by trimming a
team from Green Spring Valley Hunt
Club.
The District courtmen. who bowed
To Baltimore Athletic Club two weeks
ago, took all seven of yesterdays en-
cagements. three of which went 10
the Capital men in straight sets.
Dwight +. Davis, former Racquet
Club champion. took the feature
match of the day from ]. Ramsey in
four sets. the Baltimore man taking
the second set, 15-7. but being out
clasSed in the others.
David Key, present club champion;
r. G. Blair and G. p. Stone. jr.. took
their matches in straight sets, the
first TWO winning easily.
The scores:
Daxid M Key defeated E, Whitman,
E. NJ. ,Hinkle defeated j. Carey, 15-16.
l0D D + Davis siS debated a j. Ramsey. 17-ls.
lib. l5--5. 15-13.
H. L. De sibour Won from F. lngiehar:
's F N G. Blair defeated p. Goldsborough,
sc.,iP. stone III defeated $ syminston,
w A. Green defeated s Page 1s-l5.
. l5--I1. 15-S. 15-13.
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SHADE AND RENAULT
HAVE FLORIDA BOUTS

NEW YORK. January 80 CP).-Jacll
Renault, Canadian heavyweight, and
Dave Shade, Pacific Coast weller
weight, left today for Florida to full
fill contracts for fights in the Ever
glade country.
Renault is booked to fight Marine
Tolliver, Florida heavyweight. in a
10-round match at Fort LauderdaIc,
Fla, February 3, while Shade will
meet Harry Forkins at Tampa, Feb
ruary IL.
After the latter match Shade will
journey on to California
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DEAD HEAT" is RUN
IN BIG STAKE RACE

NEW ORLEANS, January 80 LP).-
More than 10000 racing fans at the
Fair Grounds track here today wit
messed the first dead heat" finish
seen in New Orleans in a dozen wears
George, owned by r. L. Baker, and
Harlan. of the stables of J.-Magnus.
finished so close together in the Sheri:
dan Clark handicap that the practiced
eyes of the three placing judges could
rot separate.
Hilary was Just a whisper behind
the winners and Spandor finished a
nose behind Hilary.
A "dead heat" is so rare that much
confusion was caused by splitting of
the mutuel betting certificates.
The owners of George and Harlan
split the first and second money. The
purse was $12 900.
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THOMAS CLAN BACK
IN MAJOR LEAGUES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, January 30.-The name
of Thomas, inconspicuous in major
league box scores several seasons. will
jump back into prominence this year
If three twirlers of that name make
good with the American League clubs
that have signed them. Two right
handlers and a southpaw comprise the
trio. but they are not related
The portsider is G.. L. Thomas. who
Will give his flinging arm another try
out with the Washington Senators
after brief test last season. IIe came
from the Nashville Southern Associa
ton Club.
Alphonso Thomas, who was obtain
ed by the Chicago White Sox from
the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for
Maurice Archdeacon. is said to be the
outstanding member of the Thomas
clan and the best prospect to come
up from the minors this Spring.
MyleS Thomas has been obtained by
the New York Yankees from the To
ronto lnternationals, where he work
ed Tor three years. in 1921 he had .
brief trial with the Yankees. but slim.
ped back to the minors for more ex
perience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
C., u. SWIMMERS LOSE
TO PITTSBURGHERS

Taking but one first place and fig
uring in but few of the seconds and
thirds. Catholic Universitv's swim
ming team went down to defeat he
fore the University of Pitts burgh
last night at the Brookland pool.
The score of the meet was 81 TO 10.
Wright and Steel of he visiting
combination We're the stars of the
engagement, while Lee led the home
teams scorers. Wright took the fancy
dive and the Toward free-style
event and Steel captured the 40
yard free style and 100-yard lash.
Lee took the 220-yaTd swim and
placed second in the 100 Yard free.
Summaries:
160-YARD .RELAY-Won by Pittsburgh
Wright. - Seely.. London, Steel; second.
Catholic University (Estayez. Mangan Nick
olson. kirby Time. 30
FANCY DIvE"cWon by Wright CPltt; !:
SeeHp ARa1sf FRE s. f95r S%'f Steel
tPitt.l second Seely. tPittJ: third Nickol-
1oo-YARD DASH--Won by Steel pitt
s sp;,1 E 4;av "a u; third Nichols
I90-YARD BREAST s STROKE by
t RTody sm Rn' ptt seeon fim suT2n &C. u;
Wright lPitt.); second, Lee &C. u: third.
London pitt. Time. 20
go YARD FREE STYLE-Won 10y Lee
&C. u: second Butt pitt: third. Hol-
sopple &c. ID. Time. 2 "A 2s.
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CHICAGO CUNT DEFEATS
BUCKEYES IN THRILLER

CHICAGO, January 80 CP.-Chi-
Cages basket ball five defeated Ohio
State tonight, 81 to 20, in a game
unequaled this season for thrills.
AT the half Ohio led. Is to s. but
with the beginning of the second
period Hoerder. Maroon right guard
broke loose and found the basket
three successive times from the cen
ter Of the floor.
With the score Il to Is in Chicago's
favor and only two minutes to 60.
Ohio's left forward Dempsey.
scored. Ohio forwards later got away
for half a dozen tries at the hoop, all
of them in vain.
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BASE BALL POPULAR
AMONG FRENCHMEN
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 3O.-Base ball, as
result of the visit of the New Yorl,
Giants and Chicago White Sox TO
Paris in 1924. made more progress In
france in 1925 than at any time
since the game was played here BY
the A. +. F. boys.
The French Base Ball Federation
organized under the honorary presi
denotes of John ]. McGraw and
Charles Comiskey while they were
here in November, 1924. held its sec
ond annual meeting recently. Its
president, NJ. FrantZ-Reichel, former
general secretary of the French
Olympic committee, announced that
II clubs were fully organized in the
Paris region alone and had PLAYED
I41 games during the past Summer
Several clubs also exist in Bol'-
deauX, Marseille and Tours, but their
activities were sporadic. The high
cost of equipment is the principal
handicap to the rapid spread of the
game.
French ball players, as seen around
Paris during the Summer, are fast
on the paths good base Stealers
fairly accurate throwers, field fly
balls with grace and speed, but they
cannot hit. and stop most of the
ground balls with their chests.
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HORNSBY, WINDING BABY,
MUST MISS BIG DINNER

NEW YORK. January 80 R.-
Since Rogers Hornsby must mind the
baby, he has been forced to abandon
his plans to come from ST. Louis to
attend the golden jubilee banquet
OF the National League next Tues
day.
/ f'Rogers expected to be here" says
Sam Breadon. president of the ST.
Louis Cardinals but Mrs. Hornsby' $
mother fell and broke her leg a few
days ago and there was nothing for
Rogers to do but mind the baby while
his wife was caring for her mother.
/ tried to get him to have some one
else be nurse for Rogers, jr.. but he
wouldn't think of IT."
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'BIG THREE" OF RED SOX
HURLING STAFF IN LINE

BOSTON, January 80 R.-The
big Three of the Red Sox pitching
staff have all signed contracts for the
1928 season, President Bob Quinn of
the Boston American club has an
nounced.
The signed contracts of, Pitchers
Fred d. Wingfield and Charles ~.
Ruffing were received today. while
Howard Ehmke, dean of Red Sox
pitchers, signed several days ago.
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Il am perfectly satisfied that ] am
living up TO the spirit and letter of
the player writer rules. The articles
have been writing do not contain
single reference 10 the present tour
nament. My stories are intended TO
assist young players 10 learn the tech
nical points of the game | am not
reporting matches III which | am en-
gagged over here. | only ask You TO
let the American public judge foI'
themselves when my first article is
published in about week.
Barely Gains Victory.
Riviera newspapers, prominently
displaying the New York kilograms.
were shown 10 Miss Wills just before
she went on the courts to face Mrs
Haylock and this had a direful effect
on her tennis. She played poorly and
barely managed To pull out a vic
tory over a player whom she was
expected to defeat without losing
more than four games.
After luncheon. however. she raj
lied and played a much improved
game in the two matches she and
billiard Won in the mixed doubles.
The American girl was given the
greatest ovation of her Riviera season
at the end of the second afternoon
match The difficulties under which
she had played in the morning had be
come generally known and as she
left the court after her third victory
of the day the spectators rose and
Cheered her for her courage.
Miss Wills announced today that
she will not enter the singles in the
Nice tournament opening Monday
because the comparatively dead Eng
lish ball is TO be used. Tennis fans
in general have expressed the opin-
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BUSINESS five WINS
OVER SWAVELY PREP

Business High School earned sec
ond victory over Swavely Prep of
Manassas. Va. yesterday in return
game on the local schoolboys' basket
ball court. The count was 20 to IA.
The game was fast, but the home
team enjoyed a comfortable lead from
the start. At halftime Business was
on the long end of a 12-to-6 count.
Jimmy Artiss and Bernie Jones,
who have earned regular positions on
the team since several of the first
string men were graduated this week,
had big part in the victory, their
long range shooting accounting for
a total of 10 points
ine.IIn and Summary
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FISHER WILL CAPTAIN
VIRGINIA TRACK TEAM

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, January
80 P).-Dan Risher of Charlottesville
has been elected captain of the Uni
versity of Virginia track team. This
is Risher's second year on the team.
He. also captained the cross country
team this season.
FISHER is product of the local high
school and runs the 40 and half mile.
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G. u, G. w. AND MARYLAND
ON NAVY RIFLE SCHEDULE

ANNAPOLIS, Md. January 30
Georgetown, George Washington and
Maryland are on the rifle schedule of
the Naval Academy. The shooting
is done on the home range of the con-
testants and the scores submitted to
the National Rifle Association
The schedule:
February 6-Defaware
February 13-William and Mary.
February 2o-Pennsylv ania
February 27-virginia Poly
March S-Msryland
March 13-Georgetown.
March .o-George Washington
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NAVY DEFEATS PITT
IN SWIMMING MEET

ANNAPOLIS, Md, January 30
Winning from Pittsburgh here this
afternoon, 80 to 10, the Naval Acad-
envy swimming team added to the
confidence of those who believe that
it will land the intercollegiate cham
pionships this year.
The Navy team took all firsts two
seconds being the best performances
of the Pittsburghers.
Two local records fell In the 440-
yard swim. Coale dropped the former
figure by two-fifths of a second by
covering the distance in 5.33 clio.
The Midshipmen also bettered the
local record for the 200-yard relay by
40 of a second by covering the dis
lance in just tenth of second
over $40.
The fine work done by the relay
team, with Coale and Turner filling in
with Rule and Wycoff. the veterans,
was particularly gratifying to the
Navy, as this was the one weak spot
last season.
Summaries:
wiffo Ssva By Ene
44oYARp .esFe BY eoale N ava
Academy ,,s Turner, Naval Academy second
AHS4 Ss s11per ss saSs!
wfSei fRs15sRBH ASk shisd Nv Rp,
Naval Academy: Nicholas. Pittsburgh, sec.
9 916 Dayis. Naval Academy. third. Time.
.,200-YARD- BREAST sTRoKE-won by
Allan, Naval Academy .Brodie, Pittsburgh.
Time. 2:53 40. 'ni'u
: 1O0-Y,ARD DAsH-won by wickoh,
Naval Academy: Lehart1y. Naval Academy,
g seGsond: oseeley, Pittsburgh. third. Time,
20o-YARD RELAY-won nv Nava,
Academy. with Wickoff Coale Turner and
Rule. Time. l 40 LILO.