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Evening star., 1926-08-18
PLAYGROUND MEET
DUE TO END TODAY

Weather permitting. compt ution IN
he third annual interplayground
meet was TO be resumed today.
Twelve events were staged yester-
day before rain called halt. A NUM-
Der of relays. 150-pound and 50
pound broad jumps, 1o0-yard dash,
unlimited. and the 60yard dash. Sol
pound class, were to be decided.
Plaza. with l4'2 points. was lead
ing representatives of the other ~
plavgrounds. Corcoran playground.
defending champion. had not scored
point.
Muer point winners Yesterday were:
Cook, 10; Columbia Road. 9h: Henry.
S: Georgetown. Z: Garfield, 6: John-
SON. 5: Burroughs. I; Rosedale. 3:
Hayes. 8: Bloominsdale. |: Brook
Despite the sogsy track one new
record was set. another equaled and
excelle mt time hung up in number
of events.
Upton Of Henry School stepped the
so yard dash in the 70-pound class in
6 4-5 seconds to better the former
mark by is second. In negotiating
the 7O-yard dash. 115.pound class, in
s seconds BotaZzi of Plaza equaled
the mark set by Dick Jones of Force
in 1924.
A stirring finish TO the half-mile
race. new event on the playground
program. between BENJAMIN Nc
Cullouch of Garfield. a dark horse.
and Charlie White Of Georgetown.
favoritc. supplied the principal thrill
YESTERDAY.
Running heady race. Mccullough.
held back most of the route. drawing
abreast of White with the finish line
about 80 feet away. From this point
each strove desperately for the lead
Mccullough finally breaking the tape
ahead of his rival by few inches.
The time. minutes. is seconds.
was regarded as excellent consider
ing the heavy going.
Yeste rdays results follow:
s5-POUND CLASS
Running broad ilmp---Won by Everett
Plaza; second Morisi: Henry: third, Hos
pital Distance. 16 feet.
3O-PoUND CLASS.
..onG 5"yara ds.hWon b; TpS. Eens.
R!nsnains broad G ,ump-WG,. H:,, by Baker 4;
third, Admire. johnson. Distance. ~ feet
3 inches.
IOO-POUND CLASS.
s0-vard dash-Won by Nathanson. Cooke:
man Bloomingdale Time o O:O8 q
Running high jump-Won by Ball. Plaza
Plaza. and Harris. Columbia Road ttiedI
Height. feet Il inches.
115-PoUND CLASS.
7O-yard dash-won by Botazzi Plaza: sec
2nd md Swseney; Cooke; GeGs third P, Kiernan
Running high jumr---Won by Miller. Co
lumhia Road. and Perkins. Burroughs
ttiedl third. Keen. Cooke. Height feet
:, inches.
UNLIMITED CLASS.
Half-mle run--.Won by Mccullough, Gar
field: second White. Georgetown: third
Shorb Garfield. Time. 2:16.
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Dempsey May Wills Bout Miss Wills Warns ganst eanngle
RUTH AND FINK DUE
TO BATTLE TONIGHT

The scheduled 12-round bout be
tween Babe Ruth of Philadelphia and
frankie Fink of Dallas, Tex. post
poned last night because OF the con-
dttion of the arena and parking space
after the showers of the late after
noon. will be put on tonight if condi-
tions are favorable.
Fink is confident of beating Ruth
and clinching a match with Honey
Boy Finnegan in September. He has
met such fighters as Billy Petrolle.
Bobby Burns. frankie Garcia and Ace
Hudkins. He fought a draw with
Burns a week after the latter beat
Pal Moran in the Garden.
Ruth's record shows him to be
among the leading Junior liShtweights
in the ring business. Victories over
Billy Petrolle, Bobby Garcia. Mike
Dundee, Johnny Dundee. Lew Mayrs,
Red Chapman and Mike Ballerino
speak for themselves.
In the preliminaries Tex Stovall
meets Bud Nolan. who has fought the
sensational Bert Colima three times;
Jack Turner tackles Willie Curry.
Phil Raymond boxes man yet to be
named and Paul Healy mikes with
Pepco Barry.
Evening star., 1926-08-18
GREB GETS CHANCE
TO OBTAIN REVENGE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 1s.-Harry
Greb Of Pittsburgh. who lost a de-
cisi"n and his middleweight title to
N negro, Tiger Flowers of Atlanta,
n Madison Square Garden last Feb
ruary, will have his chance to regain
it In the same ring tomorrow night
Greb today was within a pound Of
the limit and in excellent condition.
Flowers. as is usual with him, has
been fighting often in various parts
of the country, and is concluding his
training in gymnasium here
Flowers gained the title by leading
throughout, his aggressiveness sway
ing the judges. In that bout Greb
seemed to have lost much of his flash.
and only once uncorked his wind
MILL attack. and that early in the
bout. The negro used right-hand
slap which puzzled the Pittsburgh
man but did little damage.
If Greb fights as he used to. with
both arms, failing. boxing critics pre-.
dict rattling contest.
Evening star., 1926-08-18

But whether or not a. good mentor
can be obtained the tyro should select
for practice q pool of some bit of
water which offers the combination of
shallow depth about waist deep, mod
crate temperature (75 to 80 degrees)
and some upright surface from which
to push off in starting.
The conditions are important, be-
ing able to reach bottom and stand
up at will inspires confidence. while
comfortable temperature produces the
muscular relaxation SO necessary in
swimming and the push.off in setting
under way increases buoyancy and
helps to stay afoat.
The wanted place found. take posi-
ton with back to poolside or any
chosen upright; rest one foot on said
upright at height of knee: bend
forward until shoulders are near
water; extend arms in front and
parallel on the surface. Then take a
deep breath and hold it; kick off hori-
ZOntally with raised foot. and imme-
diately stretch out fiat, body forming
a straight line from fingers to pointed
toes.
Under the impetus of the kick off
you will float readily so long as you
retain momentum. But get up as
want of breath. and in order to obtain
footing without flounderins, stimuli
taneously lift the head. press down
with both hands and bend and lower
only leg to reach bottom.
Try the motionless glide few
times. then take up the kick. Start
in the same way-you should always
proceed from a push-off, body fiat. in
learning the crawl-but directly upon
stretching out begin to thrash the
legs up and down, so that one will
rise as the other drops. Hold the
legs fairly straight, but completely
relaxed, that there may be a little
play at knees and ankles. Keep the
feet pointed and turned a trifle in
ward. Confine the thrash to an open.
ing of not more than inches between
heels. Make the action rather fast.
but very easy, using minimum Of
effort. Go as far as you can on one
breath.
A couple of experiments should en-.
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able you to perform the thrash cred
itably, particularly if you will observe
beforehand the leg drive OF some ex-
pert crawler, and you may then pass
on to the arm stroke without delay.
The elementary arm stroke Is mere
ly an alternate, windmill circling OF
the arms. Practice it first standing
up. Put one arm forward, the other
back. Then move the former down
and back. the latter up and forward
at the same time, making each in turn
brush the thigh and sweep above the
shoulder Turn the head from side
to side. keeping it toward each arm
as il describing it's forward half
circle.
Next do ii in swimming position.
Push off. get the feet in motion. then
start either arm down and back. AS
it nears the thigh roll the body and
twist the head toward 1t. stimuli
taneously starting the other arm.
Continue the alternate movements.
raising the arms high above surface
as they sweep forward and rolling
heavily. first toward one. then the
other.
SO soon as you can cover a few
yards with arms and legs working it
is time to introduce breathing. Stand
up, take a deep breath by mouth.
close mouth. dip face in water ard
exhale slowly through the nostrils.
When free bubbling at the nose indl.
Gates you are exhaling effectively you
can try 1t swimming.
Note now to which side your feet
roll more in using arms and legs and
choose that side for inhaling. Then
get under way, pull first with arm
on that side, and AS it comes to thigh
roll and turn head toward 1t. inhaling
deeply by mouth as 1t pushes forward.
Next swing face down. no longer
rolling or turning head to other side
and exhale through the nose under
water.
That concludes the elementary
schooling. The rest of the novitiate te
consists of gradually changing and
perfecting the movements to comply
with the action of the standard stroke
and its various parts will he taken
up In coming articles.
(Copyright. 1926
Evening star., 1926-08-18
BERLENBACH FIGHTS
FRENCHMAN TONIGHT

NEW YORK. August Is Gp.-Fran.
co.'s Charles of France, light heavy
weight champion of Europe, faces
Paul Berlenbach, recently deposited
world king Of the division, in a 10.
round bout at Ebbets Field in Brook
lyn. tonight.
The form r champion featherweisht
Johnny Dundee, appears against the
man who claims he drove Dundee out
Of France. Fred Bretonnel. Dundee
was in difficulties for long time be-
cause he ran out Of the Bretonnel
match in Paris, but he always has
claimed that his reason for doing so
was the inability of promoters to keep
their promises This clash also is
scheduled for 10 rounds.
A third French invader. little Andre
Routis, is pitted against Eddie Ander-
son, clever performer from Wyoming.
An eight.round affair brings together
Jimmy Goodrich, former lightweight
title holder, and Sammy Vogel of New
York
Evening star., 1926-08-18
Champion Keeps Busy.

BY the Associated Press.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, n. Y. Au-
gust 1S-Refusal Of the State
Athletic Commission license commit
tee to grant Jack Dempsey a license
for his bout with Gene Tunney has
aised no change in the routine of the
champions training camp.
Rather the lack of action on the
part of the committee has served to
put greater energy and speed into the
training period at DempSey's White
sulphur Springs camp. The cham
pion gave some indication of his eager
ness for the battle in his reception
yesterday of Bud German, Tunney's
chief sparring partner, who called at
the champions quarters.
Dempsey told German and the
challenger's trainer. Lou Fink, and
group of newspaper men, who had
mOtored from Lake Pleasant. where
the fighting marine is Quartered, that
he would like to have Tunney visit
the camp Ito see what will happen
next month IN New York.
Late Yesterday afternoon the
cha mpion had = stiff workout. with
round on the pulley, brief of
shadow boxing and a bout with
Jimmy Brown. negro middleweight.
Then. after short clash, the cham
plon f1oored Phil Weisberger. heavy
weight sparring partner. Two others.
Jimmy Roberts. light heavyweight,
and Johnny Saxon. welterweight,
gave the champion plenty of work,
but. according to Dempsey. the real
test of the day came when Robert
Delfino, Argentine heavyweight. took
q lot of severe punishment from the
cha ampionS sharp punches.
Evening star., 1926-08-18

man on the club.
Question How do YOU learn
batter's weakness?
Answer. You and your catcher
must work together remembering
what ball a certain batter hits best
that is hardest to pitch to is the one
who hugs the plate and chops at a
ball instead of swinging. He'll make
pitcher worry.
Question. Who threw the first
curve?
Answer. Arthur Cummings. a
Brooklyn amateur player. Is credited
with first discovering and throwing
the curve ball in 1878 years ago.
Since then many new discoveries have
been made, most noted probably being
Christy Mathewson's fSmous fade
away ball.
Question. After pitcher has
worked in the box can he under any
circumstances return to the box in
| the same game?
! Answer. II pitcher quits the box
but stays in the game at some other
position he can later return to the
box in the same game. But if he has
| left the game he cannot.
! Question Can a batter bat both
| right and left in one time at the
plate?
Answer. Yes. The batter may
| change over from right to left. pro-
vided he doesn't do so while the
pitcher is delivering the ball. In
,other- Feeds.- ha may bat k-thA- -1rGk
Evening star., 1926-08-18

The Young girl of whom SrcaE
has fine strokes. q reliable service. -
fairly good vo'leyinS game and lots OF
endurance and strength. She moves
rather well over the court--not as
quickly as the very best PLAYERS. hut
quite fast enough for excellent tennis.
She was playing against one Of tn"
highest ranking players The rallies
were good. fast and exciting. and to
one who was watching casually II
would appear that the game was fair
~ even. But the final score showed
that she had managed TO win only twu
games in the two sets. Her opponent
had the advantage of a few more sea
sons Of tournament play, hut not
enough 10 warrant such wide diff
ference in score. The answer To the
one-sided issue is that the thinking
tennis was all on one side OF the net.
In women's tennis there is one per.
son who stands out as being as far
from meaningless tennis as she can
possibly he. This is Mile. I.englen. or
course. she can he chosen as an illus
ira ton for any of the good points In.
vOlved in the technique of the game.
In the matter of form she is perfec.
tiOn. Each one Of her strokes carry
with II message. & il Were--a mean
ing. She has an idea and tries to-
carry it out as she strikes the ball
One of her favorite combination Of
strokes is a deep ball. perhaps to her
opponents foreha nd far in the corner
On her second ball she tries for Il
rather short shot on the forehand side
Of her adversary. This means long
run. across the court ana forward:
then there is usually q fine opening
for q passing shot down either side
whichever presents the best oppor-
tunity.
This is only ore example Of her
court strategy. She has many other
combinations OF shots.
The everyday tennis game can BE-
improved remarkably II one gives u
little thought To the real mea ming of
each ball and it's value az a part Of a
combination OF strokes. The average
club game can be brought up. and
those wavering near the border line OF
really good tennis can step over.
But even though you gain a feeling
of the Importance of the combination
of a group of strokes for play II Is
very easy to fall under the spell Of
! meaningless tennis. 1t will appear
from time to time listless and un-
decisive streak in the very best of
games. 1t is one of those things
against which even the finished player
has TO be eternally alert.
Copyright. 1925
Evening star., 1926-08-18
Lawyers Still Busy.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August lS.-Iawyers
representing Promoter Tex Richard
were bent on legal efforts today to
gain license for the heavyweight
boxing champion, Jack Dempsey
The contemplated mandamus pro
ceedings in the State. Supreme Court
aimed at the license committee of the
State Athletic Commission. On Mon
dav the committee refused to grant
Dempsey permission to fight Gene
Tunney until he had met the negro
challenger, Harry Wills.
To Rickard, litigation is an old story.
He has promoted the biggest ring bat
ties of recent years and almost Al
WAYS has had to contend with suits
of all descriptions-but his hghts al
WAYS have been staged on schedule.
There was the rumpus about the
Johnson-Ieffries battle which even
tlallv carried 1t into Nevada and he
had trouble with the Dempsey-Car-
pentier, Dempsey -Firpo and Firpo-
Wills contests.
There are some rumors that Rick
ard Is about to change his mind and
offer to present a Dempsey-Wills con
test. William J. Brady. theatrical
producer. is said to have offered $50O,-
nOO to the champion If he will meet
the negro here in September.
BUT Richards friends say that he
will stage a Dempsey-Tunney contest
et the Yankee Stadium on September
le. or there will he no heavyweight
title bout this year.
Attorneys for Rickard base their &C
ton on the opinion made public in Al
hany by Attorney General Ottinger
that the license committee is beyond
it's power in refusing to license the
champion after he had been declared
eligible by the State Athletic Commits
sion
Evening star., 1926-08-18
STECHER SNAPS RIBS
OF RIVAL WRESTLER

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. August ls.--
Joe Stecher. claimant of the world 3
wrestling championship, defeated
John Freiberg of Sweden here last
night.
Stecher pinned Freiberg's shoulders
TO the mat after an hour and Is
minutes of wrestling. and at the
same time broke two of his op-
ponent's ribs with his famed body
scissors.
t'reiberg was unable to. continue
what was to have been two falls
out of three match.
Wladek Zbyszko. Pole. defea ted
Dan ko1off, the Balkan Lion" one
fall.
Evening star., 1926-08-18

slasts. The " To WhCh rCi>r Is mn .aNNg7cs>
tennis
Tennis may we'll be divided into two classes
real tennis and meaningless tennis Most champions
pay real tennis of the time; that is why they
first players The other kind OF tennis i,
played by hundreds OF people. who play we'll hut who
miss being champions by thing which in
tangible and almost mysterious those VIII, follow
their play. we'll to the PLAYERS themselves.
should have gone with the articles which I
have been writing beginners but suddenly thought
of this subject the other day ! watching a
young players game. and it Immediately occurred To
me that the mertion OF this subject might he Of
some help to those who are just past the beginner $
stage.
Evening star., 1926-08-18

All girls under IS years of age
who wish to enter the junior event
are advised to report their entries
to Hoover Bros. at COS Fourteenth
street. Entries should be accom-
panied by the fee of 81 for singles
and $3.50 couple for doubles.
Mermaids from the municipal play
grounds will compete tomorrow after
noon for interpool honors in the
Georgetown tank at the annual inter
playground swim to be conducted un.
der the direction of Maude Parker
director of girls activities. and Cora
Bower. swimming instructor.
Girls who placed in one or more
events of the two preliminary meets
held recently in the Rosedale and
Georgetown pools will compete in to.
morrow'S meet which begins at 9
O'Clock. Georgetown has won the
trophy for two years in succession
and will make a determined effort to
capture 1t a third time, giving them
permanent possession. Rosedale is
equally determined that the trophy
snalE grace that ground for the next
IL months. SO some keen competition
Will result from the coming contest
swimmers IL years and under are
permitted to enter three events. Those
over IL years may compete in four
Two races and two other events. ac
cordlng to the rules governing all pIav.
ground meets for girls.
Helen Streeks, Rosedale's strongest
swimmer, Is entered in the free stvle
sloe stroke, fancy diving and plunge
LOr distance. lone Whaler, the hope"
VI georgetown. VIII swim the free
styie, Dack stroke, fancy diving and
plunge. anu
other competitors are entered az
l3,year class. free style-Georee,ou, ,
MI1 Whaler and Catherine Frense1. Rnsed iane daI.
hesSd sid. ssreek: sfe Helen Ryan and Hester WOOD
sel ana Gladys Bslinser; Rosedaee Rsssne Es,sn EEsen
Bresst MarSIaret calison and Esther Botts
Pa Back vs strokeIGeorgetown. lone HWsIs WbaIe,
1dys sDahr Mary oconnSoSpD SSDsr and MsTssIe
wren eass Jess. ffsf SimnaMy
Dde sDd norntSe nTSsedaIe ashd H"nna King Edna Hook
Side stroke-Georsetown Clara Wren and
Mae Nae, King Rosedale. Hazel Wolfe and and Ada sda
Breast tstroke-Georsetown Jessi. N;u,on
HaEris Gr.a,H RIns Kins and Ellen swinsie. ner'ne
Nae Kns and virsnia Jones' esins Ro.ess,s s1Gs
Anne Hickey. Dorothy Bishoff and Cathersiinee
vi Both classes, plunge-Georgetown. lone
H.n,Ss.:r.Tr HnaiSsr: Tatnerlne Fren1el and Margaret
Spahr and Helen Ryan ae'e' s'reeSs' Gladys
snd es,ssrne e4eys F.eg
eel; Rosedale. Mary O'Connor. Hazel Wolfe
and Margaret Hickey.
Fancy diving-Georgeto1n lone Wba,er
Marie McKernan and Helen Cooper: Rose.
dale Helen streeks, Gladys Spahr and Mar
. Lifs;savinsIGeorgetown Clara Wren.
| dale, Gertrude Hay, Gladys spshr and Mar
Beginners race--Georgetown. Lille Green
berg. sylvia Baronson and Thema Abell
Rosedale. Barbara Baril. Runell Stork and
Sarah Mulberry.
Interplayground tennis matches,
which were due to start this morn
ing, were held up because of wet
courts, according to Miss Parker.
Play will begin tomorrow morning,
| unless further rain prevents. The
schedule of matches carded for today
! will Be- played off tomorrow morning
fn the fnur sgeckannA a. announced
Evening star., 1926-08-18

originally. Thursdays schedule will
be postponed until Friday
Six Pioneer Girl Scouts. accom-
panied by Mrs. Geritt $. Miller, jr.,
Initiated the new log cabin at Camp
Adventure. kensington. Md. yester-
day when they encamped there for
three-dav stay. The cabin was COM
pleted by these Scouts last week and
they are rounding out their require
ments for the Pioneer Scout degree
with an intensive training course at
the camp during the three days Of
their stay under the guidance Of Mrs
Miller.
Those in the group are Lois Hall
Ellen Anderson. Julia Bell. Julia
Whitson. Lydia Hunt and Adelaide
Woodley
Susie kettner. Minnie BaggStt and
Helen Curtain. three Weightman
playground athletes. received their
bronze efficiency badges for passing
the tests in balancing. racing, hiking.
goal throwing and folk dancing.
Evening star., 1926-08-18

other bouf in this Commonwealth by appearing before
the boxi'tg commission next Tuesday and offering
do lust that little thing-in September
Those who know Dempsey intimately know that
he really does not fear the big negro believing that
he Dempsey. is. Also, those who close to the
champion know that if the mood of Mrs Jack-Estelle
Iaylorr-coud be registered when she hears any
say heF big boy is afraid of the black heavyweight
nothing in the way of tragic anger she has pulled
bctorJ the movie would i'll any way compare
with Il.
Then. too there is an honest doubt in the minds
ot many insiders whether Wills would be quite so
willing to fight Dempsey "for penny as he has
Evening star., 1926-08-18
MISS SEARS BEATEN
BY YOUNG RACKETER

FOREST HILLS. y. Y. August 49,
-Eleanora Sears of Boston. who add
ed to her athletic fame several
months ago by walking home from
Providence on wager, has found
walking through the national wom-
ems tennis championship here more
difficult
She abandoned the effort yesterday
when faced by player almost un.
known In national championship
play. Mildred Willard of Philadel-
phia. The test came in the second
round and Miss Sears was turned
hack. S-6, -.
The favorites continued their march
toward the title forsaken by Helen
Wills. hut before Saturday IS must
drop out. Only Penelope Anderson of
Richmond Va, ranking Southern
player had trouble. She was carried
TO three sets by Mrs. B. +. Cole of
Boston, SO, If, S-3.
Mrs. Molla 3. Mallory, Elizabeth
Ryan. Mary X. Browne, Eleanor
Gose, Martha Bayard Mrs. Charlotte
Hosmer Chaplin and Mrs. Hazel
Hotchkiss wiShtman had rather easy
visSssaes.