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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-05-20
the Eighth; and John L. Townley in
the Ninth. The other district athletic
officers are being named.
OF Vital Interes'

Two things are providing of vital
interest to Legionaires just now; the
reinstatement and conversion of war
risk insurance; and prospects Of be-
ing able to make the trip to Paris for
the Legion National Convention of
1927. Any interested Legionaire or
veteran may secure detailed Informal
ton on both questions by dropping a
line to Adjutant Eddie Lindell, Go
pher Legion Hq, Old Capitol, st :.
Paul. In the meantime, remember,
July End is insurance time limit; and
1926 Legion dues must be paid now
to be eligible for the Paris "trip In
1927.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-05-20
Where Districts Meet

Three of ten Minnesota district
Legion bodies meet each month; the
4th, 9Th and 9Th; that is, St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Arrowland. The
other seven district meet once yearly,
and here are the points they meet at:
First at Rochester, June 10; Second
at Pipestone June 25; Third at Fari-
bault July 4-5; Sixth at Aitkin ;
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
OL D STORY
NARENA

can b boxer beat q. rushing tear
ing fighter What win great
puncher think when he has landed
his best blows and his opponent
keeps coming in? These two ques-
lions win Be answered at Kenii-
worth arena tomorrow night, when
Billy Drake; German lightweight
champion. crawls through the ropes
to meet Irish Jimmy Ryan, In the
main event of 12 rounds.
Ryan 10 the boxer and the terrific
puncher. Drake also has real
punch, but his main asset Is to
take it and keep coming in for
more. II Ryan has the stamina
to keep going at top speed he
ought to win. but many believe g
Drake will land the sleeping potion
by beating through the German
defense.
The semi-final bout will show
'Smiling Mickey FIahive, against
Sylvan Bass. clever lightweight Of
the Oriole City. Both boys are
wonderful boxers, while Bass IS
much the harder puncher..
A six-round event shows Nick
Repoli, of Washington, against
Jimmy Mack. member OF the Wiki
irIson stable OF nit-slingers. Both
boys are willing and a fast bout
should result.
The four FOUNDERS show Eddie
DiSimon VS.. Johnny Gauzza; Larry
Goldberg with Paul Heeley and
Joe Black against Billy Deak.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
Giants Are New

Cohen, Frisch to Kelly are making
the New York fans forget about
Tinker. Evers to Chance.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12

injury held him back percept-
IDLY.
sistently for what is popularity
supposed to be his final OPP
portunity and with several
fights under his belt already,
, he is far from set.up for the
honorable champion.
Meanwhile Ber1enbach's last
worry is that he might lose his
title. He has made more
money since he has been king
of the light-heavies than Jack
Dempsey has made in the same
period and much more than
Tiger Flowers who has been
towing with unknown middle
weights in the sticks since ne
became successor to Harry
Greb's laurels.
Should Berlenbach lose his
crown. he will undoubtedly
make a lot more money fight
ING his way back, or trying
to. as he thrives on this thing
called competition which, as we
have said, he knows is the life
of trade. He is a colorful Eel
low. able to go the long routes
and what they call box-office
magnet, champion or no cham
Oh yes, he should keep his
title.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
LOOKING EN- OVER
With Louis on9her
THEY NOW REPORT PROGRESS

MONTH ago the champions much the
~ They staggering around taking one blow after another
there were hisperings Of impending Of the boys
seemed that the for them, with the
running away hollow triumph Huh that was e
ago. S.
the boys consider IN the corner No more
No do the Grffs
themselves out Of the 1926 pnnant They enusias
ay figuring for overtang the weakening
then
falling upon the National League them limb
limb in the series of October.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
FAIRPL Ia
LACKING
N Al. j.

fTkis Is the first of series of
discussions of the Charlie HOft-
"A. A. u. controversy 1chich has
-eentered on the Pacific Coast gem
sseroIIg and San Francisco more par
ticmIarEy. That may De. q long
-4cdu from home for The Washing
tom Times to take up the catdgeL
of q highly discriantpGted against
athlete, but as the A. "A. u. has
done so much to sIo1O up track
and field sports IN other sections By
It's oUer-cont9OL and super Testrtc'
.tions, much sympathy may be
found nearby for the predicGntent
In sohicE one of the most brilliant
and distinguished foreign athletes
fUlo eVer Visited this country finds
himself today. Any signed opinions
concerning the Hoff case or. any
other Of the many similar ones
.sohich haze been made the sub
ject for oppression By the. A. A. u.
Diu be given consideration for
publication IN this series.-The
Sporting Editor.)
Charles Eoff, world champion
poie-vaulter, whom the A. A. U.
has suspended pending his ability
70 prove his innocence Of charges
81 which he hasn't been informed
apparently incurred the wrath Of
zhe track and field czars by his
failure to participate in the Pacific
Championships at San Francisco
May 8.
Hoff expressed a desire to see
The Pacific coast this spring so that
81. A. u proceeded to make ar
rangements for a tour, the ex
penses to be shared jointly by the
three branches of the body on the
.oast. An assessment of 5000 each
vas levied against the Pacific
Northwest, the Pacific and tbs
Southern Pacific branches. Thu
q. 4. u. claims to have given HofI
Instructions to compete in thu
Washington University relays a
Seattle. May 1; the Pacific cham
4llonships at San Francisco, May s
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
HONEY BOY WANTS ONE
BIG CRACK At KAPLAN

There is sure to be wild scram-
BILE among the featherweight gentry
for Kaplan's title. There is q
flock Of them, all anxious to rush
in for the spoils. Benny Bass and
Honey Boy Finnegan, two proni-
nent candidates in the class, will
box in Philadelphia next week.
That argument will undoubtedly
result in there being one less cam
didate for the nomination.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
WIN B
MATCH

washington tennis players mace
an suspicious start n the intercity
tennis league when they defeated
the Phiiadelphia racquet men.
matches to 3. AT that. the Dis
trict's team was hurt 81 injuries.
Hugh Trigg being on the sidelinea
with & strained back.
Maurice OMEN and Gwynne
King, stars Of the home team,
easily won their matches. The
courts at Potomac Park were used.
The results were:
Singles
King (W.l defeated Amsterdam
Pl, s6-3, Go: Lavine fP.l defeated
Considine (W.), 6, 6-3; O'Neill
fW.l defeated Grubbard G5.l. SIS.
6--2: Mitchell (W.l defeated Oser
.Rl, SO, OF. G.; Iiehtensfein
P.l defeated Cragoe (yV.y. 80.
60, 6-3; Russell [W.l defeated
Gealt P.l, 6--1, s7r5.
Doubles
King and Mitchell WI defeated
Lavine and Amsterdam CD G--S,
6-2: ONeill and Considine u de-
feated Grlibbard and Lavesen y
Go, So: Love and Stebbins tNV.i
defeated Oser and Lichtenstein Oh
2-6. SIS, Cd.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12

Then he was notified by MIR.
Preutt, executive chairman of the
national body; that he was sus-
pended until he could prove his
''innOcence." HOff has reason to
believe he Is charged with not
appearing in the san Francisco
games but he has no official
knowledge to that effect. MIR.
PrOutt's arbitrary stand is that
HOff is guilty" until he has
proved his innocence.
The most despicable murderer is
held innocent, despite the pre-
ponderance of belief in his guilt,
until proof is furnished to the
contrary. But Hoff is held guilty
until he proves his innocence. Is
this American fair play?
In the courts of law, an accused
person is held innocent until he is
proved guilty, but the Amateur
Athletic Unions idea of justice, as
expressed publicly by its executive
chairman, William G. .Proutt, Is
that the mere fact of a charge be-
ing brought against a person makes
him guilty until he has proved his
innocence.
This peculiar conception of JUS
tice came to light when MIR.
PrOutt was asked by the South
ePn Pacific branch OF the A.. A.
IT,. why Charles Hoff, OF Nor
way, world champion pole
vauIter, was suspended from fur.
Their participation in athletic
meets i'm this country.
Mr.. :Proutt's answer, which is
reminiscent of medieval despotism
is as follows:
''Hoff must prove himself limo.
cent. We do not have to show
his guilt" L.
Hoff asserts he cannot get his
accusors TO tell him with what of
tense he is charged. He is thus
placed in the utterly untenable posi-
ton of being compelled to prove his
innocence of a charge. the nature
of which he doesn't know.
The history OF the Hoff case Ii
generally known, to the section Of
the sporting public which is in
terested in track and field athletics
But the official facts, IL any, have
been carefully suppressed by the
A. A. u, in perfect accord Will
it's reputation of being. a closeC
corporation.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12

Punch EN- Paul can draw the
crowd.
when he took it on the chin.
During the summer of 1925
Jack underwent a major opera
ton and had participated in
no ring debates for months be-
fore he stepped into the Gar
den arena.
He did knock the champion
down in the third round, but
as the fifteen-round distance
stretched out before him he be.
came weaker. Then too, he had
gashed q leg with an Az during
his woods training, and this
The Washington times., 1926-07-12

that we are catching ollt.
breath somewhat following the
grabbing By Bobby Jones Of the
unique title Of triple-clampion,
q sport phenomenon never
known to any other generation
and which will not soon again
be known to another, the next
important piece of business be-
fore the guessing committee is
the Berlenbach- Delaney glove
dialogue at Ebbetts Field,
Brooklyn, next Thursday after
noon.
This pair Of leather connois-
seurs is meeting for the third
time on the occasion mentioned;
Delaney having stopped Paul
in four rounds back in 1924 be-
fore Punch EN- Paul had taken
The Washington times., 1926-07-12

BerIenbach checked SIattery II
eleven rounds.
the title from Mike McTigue Of
MAY 80 of last year, and then
having himself lost a decision
to Berlenbach last winter after
The Astoria Assassin had been
on the floor in an early round.
Berlenbach is a champion Of
the old school, believing that
competition is the spice of trade
and has defended his title three
times in the less than fourteen
months he has ruled the roost.
He took on Jimmy Slattery,
the Buffalo flash in September
and checked him in eleven
rounds. One month afterwards
he flattened King Solomon, a
huge heavyweight and within
two months took on Delaney in
their second official encounter.
In this rubber" meeting this
week, Delaney understands he
! is getting his last chance, it
coming to him largely through
the fact that he was not in the
best of shape in December
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
Probable Lineups
For Today )
Contest

and the Southern Pacific champion.
ships at Los Angeles, May Is.
Hoff appeared as scheduled at
the washington relays and broke
a world record. He asserts ne
didn't know anything about the
San Francisco engagement until
be was leaving Seattle and then II
Interfered with plans he had made
previously. On the trip to San
Francisco. he contends, he became
i'll and decided to cancel his ap-
pearanee there.
Complaint was made to the A.
A. u. by the San Francisco au-
thorities and Hoff continued to
Los Angeles. The Southern Pacific
branch OF the A. A. u. notified
HEADQUARTERS OF Hoffs failure 10
appear in the San Francisco games,
held a meeting, heard Hoff's side
Of the case and gave him a clean
bill of health. He was permitted
to appear in the Los Angeles
games.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
BOB SAL
At 5CNl
~ DaYis ]. walsh

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE popu-
lar. belief that Bobby Jones Is the
greatest golfer that ever lived
doesn't require my confirmation 70.
day. some 80 hours after he won
his third major title, the national
open championship. at Scioto. All
one can do Is enhance the young
mans greatness with the remark
that Bobby was. stale and over.
golfed at Columbus, a fact that ne
freely conceded before, during and
after the tournament.
Yet he won from all the great
ones, including Hagen. Diegel,
Sarazen.. Mac Smith, Mehlhorn,
Evans, Farrell and others who
neither were supposed to be over.
polfed nor burdened by the riches
Of notoriety that inevitably follows
the winning of a great champion
ship ike the British open.
Jones was hitting his shots at
Scioto only on the final nine holes
that won the title. The 20 he got
for the first eighteen holes, he said,
simply came unasked. He didn1,
m other words, consider that he was
playing good golf just because he
happened to be scoring well
Jones Is neither a braggart nor
an alibf man. Therefore. the infer.
ence is clear that, had he played
typical golf around the bloody
bayfield, he would have made. a
competitive travesty of the cham
pionship.
As II was, even that nisfst
second round OF 10 didn't prevent
him from increasing his lead ID
total strokes over Walter Hagen
for the eight championships in
which both have been started. He
now has 26 strokes on the bland
Mr.. Hagen, or an average OF three
and One-qIarter strokes for each
tournament.
Some. in accounting for Jones
obvious superiority at the moment.
seem inclined to suggest that Walter
has seen better days. They are
quite wrong. Walter Hagen Is just
as good as he ever was-a man
who overcomes a tendency toward
wildness with his truly amazing
money shots" and a great COM
petitive soul. The real answer Is
that Bobby Jones, getting better
with each passing year, has gone
beyond Hagen.
Whether he will be able to make
the thing unanimous by winning
the national amateur at Baltusrol
in September is a matter best left
to the tender rnercies of psychologists
and percentage players. The lat
ter would say that Bobby hasn't
chance, simply because golf history
and the law of averages are against
any man winning the national anna
teur title for three straight years
particularly after running through
the British and American open
fields.
The only thing the matter with
that argument is that percentage
figuring doesn't apply to a golfer
like Bobby Jones any. more than
a shoe horn applies to a neck.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
Suzanne Is Well

Now that the Wimbledon lawn
tennis championships have ended.
Mile. Lenglen has completely re.
covered her health.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
Their Last Hope

II MCKEE Plate absorbs Chesa.
peake and Ohio. the next move OF
the Van Sweringens will be to take
over Lefty Grove and Bobby Jones.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12

Since splitting even with the
Yankees in New York on July 1
the champions have won five out
of their seven games played at
home, not mentioning tied score
with the Yankees. In other words,
the Gfiffs are maintaining a wine
ming stride of TIA during the
past week or so.
AS the Griffs had won ten of
the previous fifteen games, aver
aging .667, their new pace is seen
to be faster. They may be said
to be fairly under way to higher
and better things.
And what will they do to the
opposition when Goose Goslin be-
gins driving in runs Through
out this onward rush of the cham
pions Goslin has steadily failed
in the pinches.- He is keeping a
high average, but he has fallen
far below his average for time
illness in his clouts.
.Goslin is anxious to hit when
hits are needed. He is so anxious
that he is pressing" to use a
phrase stolen from golf. The
smuggling gardner is apparently
worrying too much and, until he
settles down in his mind, he will
hardly do much better than he
has been doing.
But, even without the murderous
slams of the Wild Goose of the
Potomac, the champions now re-
port progress. They are going
somewhere-and that is not back
ward.
Today the champions, riding in
fourth place, are ten and half
games behind the Yankees and but
three and half behind the Sec
ond-place Mackmen. They are so
close on the heels of the White
Sox that victory today will bounce
them into third place, provided the
Mackmen ,wallop t Westerners
again.
Yes, the champions now report
progress-and can prove it.
Batsmen Waking Up
THE Griffs won three of their
four games played last week.
They scored Sc runs on 81
safe hits.
The Mackmen won six out of
seven games played, scoring 45
runs on 72 safe hits.
The, Griffs averaged nine runs
and Is hits to a game, with the
Mackmen averaging 6.42 runs and
1928 hits to q game.
The Yankees won two and lost
The Washington times., 1926-07-12

matter what he himself thought
about it.
But it was q GOOD THING fol.
the Griffs that Judge made his
kick and got the air. Judge evi-
IDENTIFY was fighting for every
thing, serving as an example to
the others. Only fighting players
are banished by the unnpire s. The
milk and-water players 60 right
along, doing nothing f their.
team wins well, all right. And
If it doesn well, all right.
No pennants are won by milk
iard-water players. PennaIits are
won by PLAYERS IN FI0 FIGHT
FOR THEM.
Bucly Harris drove his playerg
into their 1924 world series q
they have the proper spirit. he
may yet drive them into the 1928
world series. Joe Judge evidently
won't need much driving.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12

three games, scoring II runs on
so hits, an average Of AZ runs
and 10 hits to a game.
The champions, judging from
these figures, were playing a
much faster brand of baseball
than either Eastern contender, the
Yankees or Mackmen.
Washington's batsmen are wax
ing up and, with their veteran
hurlers delivering the goods, there
is trouble ahead for everybody.
Joe judges Vacation
0E JUDGE has been benched
indefinitely which is gem
= orally from three to five days
for offending Umpire OrmsDy.
Joe, disguised at being called out
when he thought himself safe,
tossed a handful of dirt into the
air as he knelt on the ground
near second base. Then, on be-
ing banished, he waved his arms,
further engaging the arbitrator.
This writer is not an umpire.
Second base is too far from the
press box, though not too far
away from many loud Voiced bugs
up in the back row. They must
have gimlet eyes.
IF Ormsby, standing within
eight feet of, second base, called
Judge out, he very likely was, no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
LONGER SCHOOL DAY
DECISION is DELAYED
Rhode Island Citizens Association
to Take Vote This Month.
Miss Hardy Speaks.

The proposal to lengthen school
hours was discussed by Miss Rose
Hardy, director of primary educa-
monthly meeting of the Rhode Island
Avenue Citizens Association, held
last night at the Sherwood Presby-
terrain Church, presided over by
Chester r. Smith, president of the
association. She stated that the
question was q matter for the par
ents of the pupils to decide.
The Health Department was criti-
cized for it's alleged ignoring Of the
request of the association that dan
gerous ponds be eliminated. con-
dttlon which was called diSgraceful
and which the secretary was advised
to bring to the attention of the Dis
trict Commissioners.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted requesting
the early completion of the Woodbridge
School and the prompt construction of
the authorized addition to the John
Burroughs School; the completion Of
the Langdon Park project; and that
suitable public library facilities be
established until new library build
ing for the community is provided.
The following new members were
elected to membership: Charles V.
Hyatt, Wilbert +. Cooke, r. j. Hirr-
linger, V. A. Ermerins, Alexander l..
Salak and b. l.. Burnside. Gen. Amos
A. Fries, u. S. A, will address the
July meeting. at which a vote will
be taken on the question of lengthen-
ing the school hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
J.F SULLIVAN DEAD:
RETIRED POLICEMAN
Native of Rockville Was in Real
Estate Business Here-Funeral
Not Yet Arranged.

jeremiah F. Sullivan. retired police
man of No. 10 precinct and member
of the real estate firm Of J. f. Sullivan
& Son, with offices at 1904 X street,
died in Providence Hospital today
after an illness .of several weeks.
Mr.. Sullivan obtained prominence
here several years ago when he built
about 40 or more garages on German
property on s street between Twenty
second and Twenty-third streets. An
unusual situation arose when objec-
ton to the garages was raised by
citizens, and the District government
found it had no power to put Mr..
Sullivan off Of Germany property. The
garages still stand, and their rental
was a source of good revenue to the
owner.
Mr.. Sullivan entered the real estate
business while member of the Metro
politan police force here, on which he
served more than % years, until re-
tired in February, 1922. He was a
native of Rockville, Md, where he
was born June %, 1869, and was ap-
pointed a member Of the police force
in June, 1896.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Nellie Sullivan of 22O1 S street; his
son, Eugene Sullivan, and two
brothers, Michael Sullivan and Will
liam Sullivan.
Funeral arrangements have not been
cOmDleted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
MRS. V|CKERS DIES
FROM HER WOUNDS
Identifies Fuersten as One
Who Fired PiStol-He
Weeps Over Death.

CAMDEN, N. j., July Mrs. Har-
riet Fickers. 25, who was shot Tues-
day by Paul w. Fuersten, director OF
the Camden Philharmonic Orchestra,
after he had pleaded with her not 70
return to her estranged husband,
died today at the Cooper Hospital
Mrs. Vickers was shot twice. both
bullets entering her lungs.
To the police Fuersten said he had
loved Mrs. NickerS ever since he had
met her several years ago while she
and her husband were Salvation
Army workers, and he had applied
to them for aid when destitute. They
had cared for him and found him en-
ployment, he said. He explained his
act in a letter which police found in
his room, saying Il loved the woman
so immensely and respected her so
highly. as I never in my life had
feeling toward any other person, and
for that reason the act was done"
A few hours before her death, Mrs.
Niclers WHO was the mother of two
children, confirmed her identification
of F'ucrSten as the man who shot her.
Late last night Fuersten was taken
before Mrs. Vickers and in the pres
ence of police officials the woman
feebly raised her arm and pointed at
him, saying:
That's the man who shot me-"
Fuersten was then taken back to
his cell. When he was informed that
Mrs. Vickers had died he cried. a
strict watch is being kept over him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
TIDAL BASIN BRIDGE
WIDENING STARTED
Inlet Structure Will Be Made IS
Feet Wide, But Traffic Will Not
Be Hampered.

Widening of the bridge over the
inlet to the Tidal Basin was started
today. This bridge is to be widened
from 90 to 35 feet in order to carry
the heavy traffic which now uses it
in crossing from West Potomac to
East Potomac Park.
Tons of crushed stone and concrete
have been piled up around the band
stand and on the lawn In East Poto-
mac Park, which will be used in
building the concrete supports. It is
estimated that it will take about 6
months to complete the widening job,
but the bridge at no time will be
closed to traffic.
Work also will be started in a few
weeks on repairing the speedway in
East Potomac Park, which now gives
vehicles q sea going rocking and pitch
ing sensation as they roll over it. This
condition is due to the filing in Of this
made ground which has been sinking
unevenly, it was explained. The road
will be leveled off, but during this
process It will not be closed, although
the lane of travel will be somewhat
narrowed.