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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-24

1s11-The ship Tonquin, Cap
tain Thorne, entered the mouth
of the Columbia river to begin
the settlement of Astoria.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-24

1S01-Assassination of GA
Paul of Russia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-24

1S51-James S. Hogg, governor
of Texas, born near Rusk, Texas.
Died at Houston, March 3, 1906.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-24

1924-Curtis d. Wilbur of
California took office as secretary
of the navy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-24

1925-Gerald Champman, mo-
torious bandit. put on trial at
Hartford for the murder of a po-
liceman at New Britain, Conn.
Evening star., 1926-02-25

II submit" he said, that the man
ager who feels confronted with the
job Of training alright pitchers and
400 batters has some job. Somebody's
got to give. Yet the fans want to see
their home teams come back to the
domestic hearths with pitchers who
won't finch against the mightiest OF
all bats, and with batsmen who can
reduce to pulp the offerings of the
greatest pitchers who ever bent the
ball over the plate.
Really, even IL exaggerated, that
Is what Is behind all this Spring train
ing which sends young men from Min
neSota for their first trip into the gar.
dens Of Florida, and which lands young
men from New York next to the
ranches Of Texas.
Hope to be Stars.
These ball players. young and old,
are sent out to Spring training to be-
come ball players who are to be kings
at the bat or in the box, performers
without peers"
What would base ball be without
| Spring training?" the writer queried.
What would a man be in a desert
without a camel?" the commissioner
countered. 'In these camps you have
gdlnereQ a lOL OF men lnOueQ VIII lne
determination to fight for q cham
| pionship. The air IL full Of expect.
ancy and Of news Of this boy and that
who gives promise. The whole atnos.
| phere is toned up with that life OF
sport which gets all Of US.
| Each team you visit during the
Spring training Is probably Just a lit
tie advanced over the one you saw the
Gay before. You can't pick cham
pions on the first round. You stand
| open mouthed and admire. You gel
| Just as much fun out Of watching Bill
Jenkins Just from Georgia trying tc
do something that Matty did as you
would to see no-hit game in the mid
| die Of the season. That's why there
is Spring training.
| "CoZy Dolan is in Sarasota running
q dog race" the writer remarked.
| The Judge deliberated. He looked
out OF the window a moment and said
Evening star., 1926-02-25

3rooklanders engage Juanita tomor-
Penn State Saturday evening. c. u.
will do very well if it captures two.
the Aggies, it probably will run into
North Carolina State. another really
formidable combination, in the second
stage. In fact, Maryland. "in the
luck Of the draw" Jared much worse
than the three other seeded teams,
opening clashes.
Maryland Is due to start Jack
Faber and Fred Linkous, forwards;
Capt. Bill Supplee, center, and Bill
Beatty and Leland Cardwell, guards.
Donald Adams, center and forward;
Buddy Ensor. forward. and Artie Boyd
or Walter Troxwell, who play either
guard or forward. were the reserves
to be taken along. Boyd hurt his leg
is in shape for him to play. Faber
also can play guard II necessary.
Maryland, which won IA out Of its
16 games during the regular season.
is highly regarded by the Southern
critics. However, the limiting Of the
teams to eight men hurts tho Old
Liners chances. Shipleys' strong point
was in utilizing 10 men. usually Mike
Stevens in addition to tho nine mon.
toned. and sometimes 12, Dave Whel-
chel and John Woodward also figuring
in many contests. In fact, Shipley
took all IL on the three-game trip
Maryland made into Virginia early in
the year.
All of the eight picked to go to At.
lanta are former Washington high
school boys. except two, Beatty, who Is
from New Jersey. and Ensor. who Ia q
Marylander.
Evening star., 1926-02-25
BASKET BALL GAMES,

At Chester Georgetown, 43:
Pennsylvania Military College, "a.
At Oxford, n. C.-N. C. State.
50; Guilford, 81.
At Elon - Wake Forest. 20;
Elon, Is.
At Columbia - South Carolina,
u; Furman. "a.
At Observation-Disclosures, 81; Pitts
burgh, 20.
At Chicago Detroit, 2e; 10y
ola. 18.
At St. Louis-Kansas, 90; Wash.
ington L., 22.
At Westminster Washington
College, 81; Blue Ridge. "a.
At Observation-Disclosures, es:
Mount st. Mary's. Is.
At Providence-Brown SO; Tufts
At New York-Fordham, 4e: Man
haitian, 90.
AT Easton-Lafayette, 25; Gettyt
burg, FL.
AT STANDARDIZATION, 5s; Ham
nton, 15.
At Now Brunswick-Lehigil, 81
Rutgers, "a.
u At Worcester-Holy Cross. 81
Textile, 21.
At State College-Penn State, 81;
Syracuse, 81.
Evening star., 1926-02-25
Two G. u. MEN Will
CONTEST WITH HOFF
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 25.--
Georgetown University's two all
around stars, Anthony Plansky and
Emerson Norton, will compete for all
around athletic honors with Har-
old Osborn of the Illinois Athletic
Club and Charley Hoff of Norway,
at the Knights of Columbus meet in
Madison Square Garden, March 16.
Originally the event, comprising
seven track and field tests. was plan n
ned as a duel between Osborn, the
Olympic champion, and Hoff, gener-
ally regarded as the Americans fore.
most all-around rival. So insistent
have been the requests for the par
ticipation of Norton and Plansky,
however, the X. of c. authorities de-
cided to admit them to the contest.
Hoff and Osborn both agreed to the
addition Of these new rivals. The
Norwegian, in fact, asserted he re-
garded Norton as possibly a more
dangerous opponent than Osborn in
the events planned, which constitute
an abbreviation of the usual outdoof
decathlon program.
Norton was a close second to Os-
born in the Olympic decathlon cham.
pionships in 1924. Plansky is the
present intercollegiate decathlon ii.
teholder. He beat Norton in this
contest at the Pennsylvania relays
last April
Evening star., 1926-02-25
SPORTS EVENTS HELD
AT JEWISH CENTER

A double header basket ball attrac.
ton, an exhibition Of swimming and
life saving and a series of bowling
matches formed the program staged
last night at the Jewish Community
Center when athletic facilities of the
new plant at Sixteenth and @ streets
were thrown open to members for
the first time.
A capacity crowd saw the girls of
the Capitol Athletic Club go through
the istunts in the 6o-foot tank under
the direction Of Guy Winkjer and A
Lyman.
The Kanahwas and Temple Alumni
basket ball tossers opened the new
court, with the former getting the
verdict. 28 to %. In the second game
the Rialtos took the measure of the
B'nai Birth Quint. headed by Irish
Edelstein, q to %.
Young Women's Hebrew Association
bowlers took the honors in the first
games rolled on the four new duck.
pin drives. They scored three straight
victories over the Interclub five.
Evening star., 1926-02-25

Once more the warning is made that
all affairs will be open to CLUB mem.
bers only. The button Is tho badge OF
identification, and no boy will bo priv
ileeed to take part in the functions
who does not wear one. Those VINO
are thinking Of doing so should seno
in their pledges now so as TO avoid
being caught in a last minute rush.
as was the case with many prior to
last Mondays basket ball games.
There are many affairs coming In
which all will want to take part. ana
not any Of which will interfere with
any ones duty to any other organi5a~
ton. 1t Is hoped to have the athletic
carnival program ready TOT puoncA'
ton within few days. Inere Win %
plenty Of competition, 80 start 70 pro
pare for It now.
ANY member Of tho club between the
ages of IL and 16 who plays the ea1o.
phone and would like to join boys
orchestra will communicate with tho
chief.
The story Of tho phenomenal rise Of
Babe Ruth continues In th> cluo
column today. From this story + can
be seen readily that the Bamhano's
success was due primarily to his love
of the sport and the way hs kept ~ u
Next week we'll have some rsal
base ball tips. Not general o1sour
sions. but rather to tho point tAlkA on
lust what tho individual boy wants to
know about.
Arfxon3an Joins Club.
The latest far-away msmbor 70 %
enrolled is Billy Ktch, from San Car.
| los. in sun-kist southern Arizona
A list Of new applicants FOR mem
| bership follows:
Leon Cohn, 1895 Spring road' John
Harrtngton. Az Hancock avenue, -.
koma Park. Md; Lemuel Fugitt, S?s
| Chester street southeast: OonAao
FuKitt, a22 Chester street eoutheacei
| Eugene Widmayer, 2aI9 Lincoln
road northeast; Charles Quinn, Us
5405 Thirteenth street.
| Raymond F. Noyos, 610 MAxyhnd
avenue southwest: August Beale'
5000 Porter street; Thomas 2. OoWd
AL Cumberland avenue; John II.
James, TIE Portland strest south.
east; Jack B. Davis, 1859 . street
southeast; Sylvan Cohen. 271e Four
teenth street; Lewis Norton. ~ Ken
lucky avenue southeast.
Edward A. Langley. 1913 e street
southeast; Maurice T. 1nkling. ze4o
Fourteenth street; Frank q. Wright.
1904 Thirteenth street southeast;
Samuel Leiderman eIa .;.san,s 121s Seventh sasn
Twelfth street: Robert H. Boyd. 1921
New Hampshire avenue; Reed Glib
son, 1872 Olive street. Kenilworth.
| D. G..
Martin Berman, sos Monroe strest,
Harold Padgett, 1924 Park place;
Evening star., 1926-02-25
PALACE BASKETERS
ARE KEEPING BUSY

Palace basket ball players will not
remain idle while waiting to resume
their fight for the second half cham
pionship Saturday night at Brook
lyn. The team left here this morn
ing for a pair Of exhibition contests
that should get the club into fine
shape for Saturdays clash and the
game here Sunday with the first
place Cleveland five.
Tonight the Palace tossers will
show the inhabitants of Danbury.
Conn, how the court game is played
in the Capital City. Tomorrow they
slip down to Hudson, N. Y. for a
second tilt.
Every member of the squad is
making the trip, but 1t is hardly
likely that Rusty Saunders, who has
been on the sick list for several
days, will see action before Saturday.
Horse Hsggerty. the latest Palace
player to be sent to the Brooklyn
team, will oppose his former mates
for the first time when the Dodger
five is met. Reds Conaty, Roddy
Cooney and Buddy Bushman are
| other Brooklynites who formerly
played in Washington uniforms.
Sundays game at the Arcade will
be preceded by clash between the
Yankees and the Fort Washington
hasketers, leaders in the race for
the District Service League title.
Evening star., 1926-02-25
BY BROTHER GILBERT,
Man Who Discovered Babe Ruth.

TINE Spring following my dis
covery of Babe Ruth playing
L at St. Mary's School In Balti-
more I learned that Jack Dunn, the
manager of the Baltimore Orioles,
was looking for a left-hander and
had his eye on Rube Meadows. one
of INV young pitchers. But / didn't
want him to take Meadows. The
bow wasn't ready to go into proies-
sional base ball.
offered to show Dunn player
that was ready If he would promise
to clay off, Meadows. So he. along
With Fritz Maisel, then captain OF the
New York Yankees, and myself, went
over to see Ruth.
"Whew," said Dunn as Ruth came
trotting down the cinder path IN his
Evening star., 1926-02-25

is favorite in all three contests, but
Coach Fred Rice doubtless will start
his Sophomore combination in all of
tho contests. but 1t will he hard task
for them to play through the games.
Rice has been bothered all season by
lack OF real reserve strength, and this
may tell against the Brooklanders in
playing q trio Of games in as many
nights. Some Of the c. U. Sophs have
begun to show the effects of the hard
schedule.
Georgetown closed its basket ball
season by scoring over the strong
Pennsylvania Military College Quint at
Chester, Pa. last night. 48 to "a. The
Cadets, who were fayorites, led. 90 to
10. at tho intermission. but the Hill.
toppers played the Pennsvlvanians off
their feet in the last half. Nork cli-
NAKED q season Of heavy scoring for
tho Blue and Gray by getting six
Goals from scrtmmase. and 1t was his
work that decided the ISSUE
Eight University Of Maryland toss.
ers were to leave this afternoon for
Atlanta to take part in the Southern
Conference championship tourney that
starts tomorrow. The Old Liners, who
are In charge Of Coach Burton Ship.
Icy, Will play the Mississippi Aggies in
the first round. This is a tough as
sixnJneut at the outset, and after such
q long jaunt, as, outside of North
Carolina, the champion: Mississippi U.
and Kentucky, the teams seeded along
with Maryland Aggies in the draw,
have about the best aggregation in
tho South. Then If Maryland beats
Evening star., 1926-02-25

ham Southern tilt at Birmingham and
Louisiana Is expected to do likewise
before the end Of the week.
Kentucky Wesleyan was selected
last night to represent that State.
Stetson College will represent
Florida; Mississippi College has been
selected from that State; University
Of Chattanooga will play for Ten
nessee and Georgia will have Mercer.
The six quintets from South Caro-
lima are Newberry, Furman, Citadel,
wofford, Presbyterian College and
Charleston College.
South Carolina will have q heavier
representation in tho tournament be-
cause tho association decided 1t was
unwise to defray expenses for more
than one college In each State. Five
South Carolina institutions entered on
their own expense.
Evening star., 1926-02-25
Three Alloy RUNNERS
IN BALTIMORE Event

Albert Schaub, Mike Lynch and
Jeremiah Looney will carry Aloysius
Club colors Sunday at Baltimore in
the 10-mile street race to be staged
under the joint auspices of the
Emorywood Athletic Club and the
Federal Beneficiary Association.
The field will include Albin Stem
roos. Olympic marathon champion; Bill
Agee, Elmer Moran and a number
Of other distance stars, who took
part in the 10-mile jaunt held here
on Monday.
Schaub finished ninth in a field of
81 runners in the holiday event.
Lynch took fifteenth place and Looney
twenty-fifth.
Evening star., 1926-02-25

Harvey Bacon. e24 Spring road;
Louis F. Scheele, 2so7 Q street; Jo-
seph F. Sherman.
John s. Messer. 1857 Thirty-hrst
street: Donaldson Colognr, 1921 Co.
lumbia road; William McAndrew,
1903 Seventh street northeast; Edgar
Dorman. 1874 North Carolina avenue
northeast; Clifford A. Johnson, 201
Ascot place northeast; Albert Wei
lens. 1868 Warder street; Billie Han
mum. Berwyn, Md.
Bernard and Francis Gillian, 423
Quincy street; Eugene Robinson. $50
Park road; Charles Wells. 1928 Thir-
ty-fourth street; Randolph Cooksey,
Falls Church, Va; Peter De Eries,
s20 Sligo avenue; Charles and Martin
Mueller. 2sl3 l. street; Q. Harding
Zimrnick, 1419 Columbia road.
Evening star., 1926-02-25

John A. Baxby. 1os wootin avenue,
Freindship Heights. Nd; Sol Rosen-
thai, sls Ninth street: Joseph Eek.
ert. 1eo Thirteenth street southeast;
Thomas W. Orme, jr.. 2o7 Bates
street: william Mckay. jr.. 4oo5 New
Hampshire avenue.
David Rittenhouse, 1874 Twelfth
street southeast; Clark Willett. 3o1
Hammond street; Lester w. Hebbard,
7o3 Longfellow street; John ". Sim
kins, 2o3l Hamlin street northeast:
Martin DarnAll, fayetteville, Md:
Evening star., 1926-02-25
La Cose Seen As Coming Tennis King Need Spring Training
WOODWARD TOSSERS
TAKE LEAGUE TITLE

Woodward School carried off the
title in the Prep School Basket Ball
League with a record Of six wins in
nine starts by defeating the Dewitt
Lightweights, 25 to 10. yesterday. in
the final game Of the series.
The champions displayed a tight de-
fense, and held their opponents to q
total of three court goals. Hayes and
Allen Of Woodward led in the scoring,
each getting three baskets from scrim-
mage.
Episcopal High of Alexandria fin-
ished in second place in the league
standings with five wins against four
defeats. Dewitt and Friends bring up
the rear.
Evening star., 1926-02-25
EVERYBODY BENEFITED
BY CONDITIONING SEASON
Judge Believes Base Ball Term Could Be Applied to
Work for General Cood-Considers Fans
Very Exacting in Demands.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA February 2If get
fan correctly observed Kenesaw Mountain Lands
to the writer, this Spring training business
about
A should train their baters hit
ball
their way should train their pitchers that they pitch alright
The
Friday training his which will him the
South
which with ball
problem of the concerned him.
Evening star., 1926-02-25

Sports writer's have predicted freely,
basing their choices on game percent
ages and player conditions, but here
ts how the brackets show the Southern
Conference Tits will progress:
6kACKET OEE-North Carolina W. Cem.
BRACKET TWO-Alabama vs. GeorKis
Tech ND Mississinpf vs.. Sewanee.
BRACKET THREE-Kentucky VI. Vir-
Einfa Military Institute and Tennessee vs..
BEACKET FOCR-North Carolina State
VI Alabama Poly and Maryland vs.. Missis-
sipR A. & N.
Winners of the first and second
brackets will meet in the semi-finals,
- will victors in the third and fourth.
Entries for s. I. A. A. tournament
had not boon completed today. Two
States had not selected the State
champions. Alabama will pick her
representative quintet tonight as q
result of tho Howard College-Birming-
Evening star., 1926-02-25

Now, I wonder how he came to go
there? There's a young man concern.
ing whom / prefer to say nothing.
Quite nothing"
Then changing the subject, Judge
Lands said:
II told you that I was to take q
Spring training trip last year. Well,
I'm going to start off on another
I'm going to Texas and Florida and
I'm going to be IN Spring training all
the Spring until the race is actually
on. All of us need this Spring train
ing. That phase. Spring training,
| should be incorporated in the Amer
lean book Of phraseology not only for
the use of base ball alone but for the
general good. I think have become
the most thoroughly Spring trained
judge who ever relinquished the
bench"
fCopyrfght. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-02-25

But Tilden. just the same. Is not TIL
den. He looks and acts years older
than his age. One Of the best judges
Of tennis form in tho world, q man
who acclaimed Tilden as q coming
champion before any one outside Of
Philadelphia had heard OF him, said
today that he would not be at all
surprised II Bill Johnston took him
int camp next Summer.
Would Be Remarkable.
q this happened It would be one
Of tho most remarkable events In the
Annals OF sport For Johnston was
champion when Tilden was striding
toward tho heights, and it was Tilden
who forced Johnston from his throne
ana ever since has been the one play.
er who has stood in the way Of the
restoration OF kingly honors for Lit
tie Bill.
10 have the veteran return and
take vengeance upon the younger
man who had dethroned him would
certainly be a most remarkable spec
tacle.
Yet It may we'll happen. Watching
Tnden in these indoor matches, the
idea was plainly established that he
has slipped, and those who remember
Evening star., 1926-02-25
- Ube Gbenimg 5tar
w. Conducted BY ROBERT c. MCCLELLAN
Conducted by ROBERT c. MCCLELLAN

Dunn signed George Herman Ruth
to q contract that afternoon, March
II. 1914.
Tho news spread rapidly around the
schol. Even the smaller boys Of the
institution had learned to appreciate
his greatness, and when they found
out Ruth had been "signed" to play
ball In . regular league, and WAS to
leave st. Mary's. one Of the little fel-
lows plaintively remarked:
There goes our ball club"
And so It did. Two days later Dunn
started for his training camp at Fay
etteville, N. c., and Ruth was along.
Babe Ruth didn't look that way
the first day he was at training
camp. Whatever faults he had were
corrected, even though they were
minor faults. This pose of Ruth is
approved by the best Of base ball
men. II you bat like that maybe
you'll be a home run star. too.
There will be another interesting
chapter Of Ruth's boyhood tomorrow
for he still was q boy even though
he was in professional base ball.
ElseiDhere on this pdge TiH be
found an application for membership.
F4ll 1t N today and mail 1t. addressed
Ch4et. Boys Club. The Evening Star,
Woshtn6ton, d. @.
Evening star., 1926-02-25
ARLINGTONs TO GATHER.

Base ball enthusiasts Of Arlington
County, Va. will gather tonight at
o'clock in Columbia School, Oh
the Columbia pike. The committee
has arranged for musical program
and the serving Of refreshments.
Evening star., 1926-02-25

the events Of 1925 do not have to have
the fact recalled to them that the Tilden
Of last year was not the Tilden OF pro-
ceding seasons.
On the other hand, Johnston has
not gone back at all. In 1924 he did,
indeed. show failing form. but last
season he was at the peak Of his game,
and from the way he has been going
in California this Winter there Is no
reason to believe that the little West
ern star will not come East this Sum-
NOR with about everything in the way
Of expert tennis that he ever had.
One curious thing about Little Bill
Is that none Of these Frenchmen-La-
coste, Borotra, nor any of them-seem
to bother him particularly. Where
Tilden and Richards will find the 60
ing very rough indeed and perhaps
lose-as Tilden did last Fr1day-John-
ston. with that extreme nonchalance
Of his. mows down his Gallo foes as
though it were merely part Of a days
work.
AS for Vincent Richards. he. like
Tilden. has been playing well below
par this Winter, and 1t is doubtful II
the future holds any promise that he
will ever improve upon the standard
Of merit which has marked his play in
the past two or three years.
Evening star., 1926-02-25
FORT WASHINGTON QUINT
NOW TOPS SERVICE LOOP

wins in seven starts by h
Humphreys on the Fort Washington
Accolo and Nulowsoi led the at,
ing the hoop for four goals and eac
Fort Washington's total. Dyson wa.
baskets from scrimmage and the sar
The league schedule win Be COM
pieted Saturday. when Fort Hum.
phreys entertains the Army Medical
Center Ave. There are several post.
poned games, however, one Of which
will bring the leaders into action.
The Medicos play host to Fort Myer
tonight.
Washington's DeMolay quint. sched-
uled to play at Frederick tomorrow,
swamped the Hagerstown chapter
team last night at Eastern High, At
to s.
Peck Memorial tossers will enter
tain q team from Ellicott City tonight
at 8 o'clock. Tomorrow the Peckmen
play Company D at the National
Guard Armory, and on Saturday they
meet Columbia Heights in a Sunday
School League game.
Old Dominion Boat Club courtmen,
beaten last night by Joe HolmAn's
quint Of high school stars, 80 to 20,
will try their luck with the Aloysius
Club tonight at $40 in Gonzaga gym.
nasium. Epiphany Juniors and FL
liotts are booked for the preliminary
at o'clock.
Seventh Floor General Accountants
and Fourth Assistants furnish to-
nights game in the Post Office Basket
Ball League. The Sixth Floor Ac.
countants trimmed the Delivery five
last night, so to 16.
Every member of the Stanton quint
had q hand in the scoring last night
when tho 1.-Two Wires were de6eAtod.
- 10 u.
A.,e,aH1 H1n:0 - au.ouros
Evening star., 1926-02-25
The Euening Star Boys Club
Continuing to Gro'U Rapidly

~ uRNC the past enrolment In The Evening Star Boys
Club has time since the early days of
- The clubs reputation spreading rapidly and as soon
dongs and they
Evening star., 1926-02-25
TWO BIG COURT EVENTS
ARE SLATED FOR SOUTH
By Slf0 Associated Press.

OUTHERN collegiate basket ball climax
- of the Southern
Association, respectively.
Friday in Atlanta 10 picked quntets the Southern Conference
gin elimination Greenvue S. Monday individual
State champions of the A. together with South Caroan
been tourne
Evening star., 1926-02-25

been matched foe Sundays game a4
Congress Heights Auditorium
Epiphany Juniors took tho caSttal
Props to camp. 3S to II.
First Baptist tossers showed the
way to the Second Baptist team Of the
Columbia Federation League. % to 10.
Noel Props swamped st. Johns. 81
to SO, and downed the Freer Props,
SO to %.
Mount Vernon Juniors outclassed
the McLeans, 16 to 6.
Winton tossers nosed out the st.
Martins Seniors, 81 to q.
Moose Midgets handed tho Req avs
q setback, "a to II.
Frank Rupert's De Luxe Nudgets
won thedr nth and sixth straight
xannes from tho st. Johns Quiu&, 20
to 81, and 30 to 81.
st. Msry's Juniors defeated The g.
Joseph's Juniors a& Alexandra. -
fo a.
Evening star., 1926-02-25

Last Nights Result.
Rochester 20: Fort Wayne. ls.
Tonight's Games.
Rochester At Chicago,
Washington at Brooklyn