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The Washington times., 1926-12-24


The Cardinals boasted some ex-
.celIent players in Foley. Harvey,
Shields, Tierney. the giant forward,
and Carney. but there were many
others on the squad who could have
made any team in the country.
American University, compare.
lively unknown, played a schedule
calling for much good football. Il
lost to George Washington. 2S to
z. early in the season but came
back strong and the outlook for
next year is considered good. Amer
lean had a small squad but next
year many more candidates are ex.
pected in uniform.
The Quantico Marines. deserving
to be classed, among the District
teams. played thirteen games in all
parts of the country. going West
as far as st. Louis. Ten victories
were chalked up for the sea sol
diers. The Marines greatest
triumph was against Lehigh. IA to
O., but they also took considerable
pride in defeating Catholic Univers-
ity, 20 to z; Providence, 81 to O.;
Detroit, "a to "a, and Washington
University at st. Louis, 13 to 0.
Jim Levey. lightning halfback,
was prominent throughout the sea.
son in the Marines attack, sharing
the hohors with Pugh and Jack
McGuade. Ryckman, the line
plunger, was also great in his
speciality.
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Bill Migrants Stars
Reach Coast For
East West Game

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "a.
Famous football players from
colleges in all parts Of the
country were in San Francisco
today to begin practicing for.
the annual East West game to
be played here on New Yea
Day. Bill Ingram's squad Of
twenty-one arrived here yes
terday and will workout for
the first time today. Most Of
the western stars are already
here. They, too will 60 into
action today.
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Who Killed Cock Robin?
Walsh Rises to Ask
By Davis ]. Walsh

NEW YORK Dec. 24Who II Iris Speaker guiles Is the
unnamed third party who to have shared il the rputed
winnings tragic game September rs, 1919?
Speaker seeking Of the that he
Dutch Leonard Joe Wood engineer
betting the aid advance information the result
game question: himself by forcing this
as yet anonymous conspirator into the clear.
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played against leading teams in the
East while Paul MagoffIn outlined
sports in the South.
Plans were started for the an.
nual &C" Club track meet. 1t is
understood the event win be held
early In May.
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YE Ar
SUCCESS

intercollegiate football for District
elevens reached high mark during
the 1926 season. with Georgetown
generally being ranked among stlr
or five strongest teams in the East.
In addition, for the first time since
the late Walter Camp began making
his selections, Georgetown player,
Harry Connaughton, landed on the
first ,All-American eleven by unani-
nous consent.
Early in the year the Hilltoppers
tied the Pittsburgh Panthers, to 8,
and were nosed out here, by West
Virginia, Is to 10. Three weeks later
they defeated the powerful Syracuse
eleven, 13 to Z, and week later lost
a close contest to the Navy, 10 to z,
a field goal in the final period ut
play deciding the result. Fordhasn,
ancient enemy, was showed under,
SO to o..
GeOrgetOwn's game was fea-
tured all year by Babe Con-
naughtOn, the 275-pOund guard;
Capt. Frank McGrath and Carl
Waite, the veteran ends; Bob
GOrmIey, quarterback, and Bucky
O'NeiII and Jerry Thompson.
haIfbacI1s. The Iast-named is the
captain-elect for next season.
Maryland's high water mark was
it's victory over Yale Vat New
Haven, a surprise to the football
world. Later the Old Liners failed
to defeat Virginia. playing them a
6-to-6 tie, and lost to Washington
& Lee by field goal, but came
back with a glorious victory against
Johns Hopkins, ia to IA. after
trailing in the first half by two
touchdowns.
Maryland had we'll balanced
eleven on the field, with Mike
Stevens and Gordon Kessler hog
ging most OF the limelight. Baf-
ford. center, will head the team
next. fall.
George Washington has about
emerged from the depths. 1t is
no easy task to build up team
from nothing. vet Coach Crum.
former Princeton star. seems to
have worked the miracle. The
Colonials held Bucknell to two
LOACHuOWDSs IOSL " CIiIl NbeLICs ~
to ~, after the hottest sort of a
fight, and whipped Ursinus, 6 to 5.
Prominent among the Colonials
were Stehman. Sapp and Allshouse,
but the caliber Of the entire squad
was high.
Catholic University's Cartli-
mails had an excellent season,
featured by the final victory
on Turkey Day over George
Washington, II to 3. Captain
Mayer was severely injured in
the Boston College game early
I'm the season and unavailable
thereafter. but Coach McAuliffe.
{, former Dartmouth star. worked
hard and turned out strong
team that-fOugIt for every
thing. LOyOla at New Orleans
was held Go q single touchdown.
the OuanticO Marines scored
their three tOuchdOwns in one
period and Holy Cross Cnnsid-
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PAL Acct IS
WINNER

|. Ray kennedy and his Washing
ton Palace WORTHLESS, with i victory
over the Bruins at Chicago last
night, ~ to II, are riding the rails
EASTWARD today, headed for Rochest-
er, M. r., where tomorrow they are
to celebrate Christmas In o. regular
league tussIe with the revamped
CentraIs before coming home for
the bigger battle with the famous
New York Celtics on Sunday night
at the Arcadia.
Sundays attendance IS expected
to be the largest ever attracted 70
a basketball game in Washington:
The advance sale has shattered all
records for the American Basket
bali League, as it is, and 1000 ex-
ira seats have been installed to care
for the big crowd desiring to peek
at the Celtics.
The CeItfcs, now representing
greater New York in the big
league circuit, handed the Pal
ace five its lone defeat sustained
/, thus far this. year. The score,
1 SO to 80, showed Washington
about on a par with the win
ners, losing largely through poor
shooting following fouls.
Manager Kennedy win spring q
new center against the Celtics In
Tilly Voss, former Detroit Uni
versity football ana basketball star.
He win jump against Dehnert, cne
OF, the outstanding centers OF the
country.
Voss stamped himself ! remark.
able performer last night against
the Bruins at Chicago. He CONS
pletely outclassed Harper and spent
most of the evening tossing foul
goals. He Gagged seven. OF them
and his two field goals gave him
IL points, making him high scorer
for the night.
The Washington outfit hoped
right out at the start and be.
gan ringing the bell with regu+
Iarity. The Bruins were wholly
unable to stop the YOss-Iken-
nedy. GlascO combination An1
Palace was, leading, 16 to q.
Chicago braced in the seconn
half, offering a better defense, put
it. was still unable to score as ire
quently as its opponent. The SUM
mary: ,.o,.s
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At Lowell Mass--Jaek Gagnon,
of New Bedford, won decision over
Battling Levinsky. Of philadelphia,
10 rounds,
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Bruin Puck Chasers
Take Rough Game. 81

MONTREAL, Dec. 24.-The Bos-l
ton Bruins defeated the Montreal
Puck Chasers in a rough game here,
Q to j. Stuart scored the winning
marker.
The Washington times., 1926-12-24
wAsHINGTTo:9.Nr 4,
ONE OUT or EIGHT

One student in every eight AZ ins
University OF Virginia was awaraea
either varsity letter or tlrst .Ne "a
for athletic participatlop
during the past session.
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PALS DEFEATED

The newly organized Pals basket.
ball team proved an easy opponent
for the DeMolay five last night.
They lost the game by 22-14
count.
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Tho Shop o. scope presents many nh.
tractive ''6.hristnnRs Gifts" Tor y sui I
a nd { buy il today from the elias M =. "
Section OF The Times and HeFaids
The Washington times., 1926-12-24

EDWARD TROWBRIDGE. COLLINS, for seven years
brilliant secondsacker with Connie Mack's Philadelphia
Athletics will be right at home again next season on the
old stamping ground. He has signed with the Mackmen
his old class If Collins weak knee doesn't handicap him
too much, he should make the Mackmen strong con-
tender for the 1927 pennant He managed the Chicago
White Sox for the past three years. being dropped with
the close of the past season.
The Washington times., 1926-12-24

Tota1a..S Isl Totals ..10 D 20
Referee-Haas central RoaEdl.
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With his pitchers falterink,
Manager Harris proceeded to
tighten ship. Bush was released
outright. Ferguson was sent to
Buffalo. Ogden eventually found
his way 10 Birmingham. Ex-f
periineaits were tried, but not
till CrOWder and MuEraN were
obtained from the Southern AS
ISOLATION did the team receive
any consistently good pitching.
BY that time, matters were set
tied.
While the pitching sagged in
lnidseason, GosiIn went into a bat.
ting slump that did not help much
However. he came back to finish
strongly. Joe Harris suffered from
i'll health al year. and was 81 small
value TO the team. GOslin went to
midfied. with McNeeiy TO left, both
doing well in their positions.
Throughout the year the Griffs
lacked sI1loothness in the infteld
largely due to the inexperienee OF
Buddy Myer who was tar from
being 40 capable as the veteran
brilliant fielding and pfnHn.t1ttting
NAANS Atc10 OAV06Atb tNO bE4AIAAuL0 W
the Capital. The youthful MYer
could hardly be expected to replace
him in. a single season, and he
didn't. ~
The two-time champions ratified
along most OF the season fighting
to remain in the first division. They
would be slammed back into the sec.
ond section every few weeks only
TO pull themselves together and bat
tie their way back. Always their
pitching proved too much OF a bur-
den.
Finally, after weeks 0f en-.
periinenting. Manager Harris
got his pitchers iliOWing some
form and owes the tlnaI six
weeks Of tlIe season tire GrIff.
men we're PRETTY close 10 the
best team in the league. Early
IN september hey ran up ten
straight victories, mostly at
weak Boston Red Sox, ma were
dangerous foes Throughout tIIeir
final tour Of the West.
So strongly were the Griffs finish.
Ing that they might have finished
In third place had they cleaned
up the Mackmen In the final series
In Philadelphia. Their opportunity
passed in cold rainstorm, blot.
ting out three contests at the fag
end of the campaign.
Manager Harris, realizing the
fntility Of fighting for tila flag in
the brief time at hand, hegan plan.
ming for the 1927 season and pitch
ing weaknesses are MT expected
to cause him 50 much Frief next
year,
The Yankees. tumbling 9yer thu
finish line GREATNESS and all hui
dead ON their feet, came to life
enough to make a bitter struggle
against the 81. Louis pardiralI
for the ebamDiopship OF the world
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| A)[)E |
LOSESTT

College footballs for the District is
now marking time until January 5,
when Teddy Hughes will take his
Gallaudet five over to Brookland for
4 clash with Fred Rice's speedy
Catholic University Cardinals. I'm.
til then. however. holiday merry.
making viii take UP ali the time Of
the athletes.
Gallaudet closed the first sec.
ton Of the season by dropping .
close one to the touring Brfdgewater
quint. 20 to IS, at Kendall Green.
Marvil Leavel. the Virginians' fast
forward, was d power all by him
self, his six flying fled goals max.
ing him high scorer for the night
and proving too much for Gallaudet
to assimilate.
Right off the reel Leayel put
his team ahead with q couple Of
pretty goals and Bridgewater
was leading at half time. Ito
III. The defense was holding
Gallaudet and the visitors we're
threatening to make q runaway
garAeof u.
The second half started slowly,
most attempts at the goal going by
the board because Of the tight de.
Tense shown by both teamss How
ever. Gallaudet warmed UP as the
play proceeded and was soon on the
Virginians' nin1ble heels.
Dyer, Gallaudet's midget forward.
tossed two field goals in the closing
moments. bringing his team within
two points of tie and had the fans
on their feet when the whistle
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cred itself lucky to win. IA
to 6.
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Iounded with his daring, but futile,

attempts to score. The summary :. O. !:
The Washington times., 1926-12-24

GeOrgetOwn's game was fea-
tured all year by Babe Con-
naughtOn. the 275-pOund guard;
Capt. Frank McGrath and Carl
Waite, the veteran ends; Bob
GOrmIey, quarterback, and Bucky
O'NeiII and Jerry Thompson.
haIfbacIxS. The last-named is the
captain-elect for next season.
Evening star., 1926-12-04
Misapplied Murder.

A word Of four letters beginning
with "B' and rhyming with punk"
Is the logical answer to the contention
of a University of Chicago professor
that murder Of the Kings English"
is justified If it adds punch to speech
and results in conviction on the part
OF the listener. At the recent Eng
lish Language Congress in Philadel'
phia, the distinguished Westerner told
his hearers that speech was the me-
dium for the getting across Of ones
personality. and the less attention paid
to rules. the better.
with all due regard for the fact
that a language is an ever-growtng,
ever-changing thing. in which the
slang and bad grammar of yesterday
are the proper usage of today, 1t may
be pointed out that correct speech is,
IN the Anal analysis. the most incisive.
the most pungent. the most convinc-
ing Of human utterances. The out
standing orators Of the worlds history
have striven for and have consistently
used the best language Of which they
were capable. Demosthenes and
Cicero, Washington and Lincoln, made
their speaking regulations with Ian
ruaee which was free from solecisms.
No one would be quicker to testify as
to the withering effect Of barrage of
eloouence laid down along the lines
Of good grammar and careful vocabu-
Evening star., 1926-12-04

with physician and nurse in close at
tendance. Her story was given with
out faltering and was not shaken on
crossexamination. Fingerprint evi
dence. usually conclusive, was ad.
vanced in circumstances to add to the
confusion OF mind. rather than to
clarity the judgment Of the Jurors
There was long lapse Of time In
which the tangible tokens of the
crime had become blurred and ren.
dered doubtful.
One Of the defendants. known to be
Of somewhat subnormal mentality and
expected upon examination to show
signs OF guilt. If guilt there was.
proved to be the best witness for the
defense. 1t was his testimony more
than any other single Offering by the
accused that turned the scale in their
favor.
Apart from the specific accusation
brought by the eccentric woman who
stood as chief prosecuting witness, the
charge from which the defendants were
yesterday freed was based upon gen
eral suspicion strengthened by the
peculiar failure Of the law officers at
the outset Of the case to investigate 1t
thoroughly and with scrupulous care.
The accused were persons Of means.
They lay within the range Of the mo
which were so unbreakably perfect,
they had what the law knows as op-
portunity. Others had the opportunity
and possibly the motive. The accused
have been acquitted. viii the others
or will another stand in their stead?
Evening star., 1926-12-04
The New District Commissioner.

After an unusually protracted can.
vass OF opportunities and eligibles
President Coolidge has chosen for
District Commissioner a man who in
all respects qualities for that office.
Sidney +. Taliaferro's selection has
caused surprise because his name did
not appear on the list OF those whom
the President was considering for ap-
pointment and was not made known
until few hours before his selection
was announced. But it proved to be
an agreeable surprise. Mr.. Talia-
ferro, though not native Of Wash
ington. has lived In this city for thir
ty-seven years, having come as child
from his native State of Virginia. A
graduate of local educational institu-
Aans and member Of the District
lar, he has identified himself with the
capital ard is widely and favorably
known to its people. Participating in
numerous civic activities, he is well
and is competent through his equip
ment and his familiarity with local
conditions to administer District af
fairs capably.
AS successor to Commissioner Ru-
dolph Mr.. Taliaferro will doubtless
take over those branches Of District
government matters that have been
heretofore administered by the retir-
ing official. His legal training and his
acquaintance with important matters
Of local government gained through
his membership III the Board Of Trade
will tR him for an acceptable and
vigorous safeguarding of the Districts
equities.
In his canvass Of the field of pos
abilities the President has considered
many Washingtonians of eminent
qualifications who unfortunately have
not felt justified in sacrificing their
private affairs for District service. Mr.
Taliaferro is fortunately in a situa
ton TO permit him to accept this as
signment TO duty. fIe qualities" un.
der the residence clause Of the law
concerning which there has been some
discussion during the past few months,
but as to the value and necessity Of
which there can be no question in the
minds of those acquainted with the
Districts needs. There is no occasion
for a waiver of that safeguard. which
insures the selection as Commissioner
of a true Washingtonian such as the
new Commissioner, whose confirIna-
ton by the Senate is confidently to
be expected.
The people of Washington extend
their best wishes to the Presidents
choice for successful administration,
and their thanks to the President for
his painstaking endeavor to fill the
vacancy caused by Mr.. Rudolph's
resignation acceptably to them.
Evening star., 1926-12-04
Whisky Plan Affords Forum
For Widely Divergent Views

the gentry who now hold Congress in
their merciless grip within the sphere
of prohibition enforcement.
1T never was contemplated by the
eighteenth amendment that the Gov
ernment should go into the whisky
business as a manufacturer. distribu-
ter and salesman" declares the Peoria
Transcript, thus expressing a view
held by many opponents of the
Andrews plan. Fundamentally, there
is no such thing as medicinal whisky.
The eighteenth amendment merely
places a ban on intoxicating liquors
used for beverage purposes. Bu-
reaucracy, however, always seeks to
wriggle out Of tight legal holes by Gre
ating more boards and commissions.
The 'beneticent monopoly which Gen.
Andrews proposes might easily be-
come malevolent one, devoted chiefly
to politics."
The South Bend Tribune remarks
that "if all the States had prescrip.
ton laws and permitted citizens to
take out a pint or a quart Of whisky
at a time on order of a doctor, with
not more than a specified amount to
be issued to one person in a stated
period, we should have, in fact, a kind
of Canadian prohibition without
amending the law. The Anti-Saloon
depended upon to oppose the manu-
facture Of new supplies for medicine "
Gen. Andrews cries for help" ex.
claims the Springfield Union. "He
wants the Government to make its
own. But II he cannot prevent the
adulteration of whisky sold from
bonded warehouses under Government
surveillance, is he sure that he can dc
any better with a Federal distillery
under the same surveillance?" The
Buffalo Evening News remarks that
Gen. Andrews evidently foresees a
lot Of sickness. in spite Of the great
advance of medical science"
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle believes
that probably no plan will ever get
rid of substitution at some point be
tween the still and the sick patient
The temptation is too strong and the
risk of detection is slight, because the
stuff passes through so many hands
Under any practicable scheme. the
doctor and the druggist must be the
ultimate dispensers The Boston
Transcript describes the Andrews plan
as loaded with dynamite" In a Con
gress accounted about three-fourths
dry"
ut is a rather radical modification
OF the Volstead act, which recognizes
no possible virtue, in alcohol, either
in medicine or otherwise says the
Chattanooga Times. The Worcester
Telegram predicts trouble for the pro
hibition enforcement head from "a
considerable contingent which holds
that there Is nothing medicinal in
whisky" and observes that "the mar
whose Job It Is to abolish whisky Is
trying to get more whisky made" as
viewed by this contingent"
Evening star., 1926-12-04
The Hall-Mills Verdict.

Jersey justice" famed for many
years for speed and precision. has fail.
ed ina one of the most notorious cases
ever brought to court in that State.
1t has pigeonholed a murder mystery
in circumstances to promise no future
solution. In the view OF practically
all who have followed the case during
the past several weeks of preparation
and trial no other verdict than that
rendered Yesterday could have been
returned. The charges against the
defendants were not proved and they
were denied. When sifted they rest
ed upon the unsupported testimony
Of one witness and upon broad de
ductive suspicion arising from elimina
ton rather than positive evidence.
It is certain that two people We're
slain. that neither Of them killed the
other, that some third person did the
killing. They were engaged in a guilty
intimacy. Jealousy appeared at the
outset as the probable motive for the
crime. No casual marauder was in
dicated by any of the circumstances
as the slayer. To whom would the
finger of accusation point most nat
urally? After four years Of initial in.
vestigation and long lapse of mat
tention the State accused the widow
Of the dead man., her two brothers
and a cousin. At the trial they estab
lished alibis that could not be dis
puted.
These people have been freed OF the
charges. and under the fundamental
law Of the land they can never be
again placed in Jeopardy upon that
same accusation. A second charge in
volving them and another person viii
doubtless be quashed. That will he
the end of the accusation against
them. But somebody did the killing
Already the defense attorneys have
pointed accusative fingers at two peo
ple. one the chief witness for the
state, the other the husband Of the
slain woman.
In the trial Of this case there have
been some extraordinary departures
from the ordinary procedure. The flrs'
witness for the State was presented
not to establish the fact Of murder
but 20 counter the alibi Of one Of the
defendants. Owing to her illness the
principal witness OF the prosecution
virtually the accueer, was not placed
on the stand until the case was well
advanced, and then was brought in a
supposedly dying condition from o
hospital. telling her story from a COZ
Evening star., 1926-12-04

larry than Catiline, were the latter tar.
get alive today.
Certain great men have been great
without the advantage Of knowledge
Of pure language. The fact that most
Of them strove constantly for better.
ment is an indication that they would
have been still greater had they
possessed that advantage. This is no
brief for stilted or for overacademic
language, for long words and for
weird though justifable const ructions.
Certain aphorisms. certain famous
sayings would perhaps be deprived of
something of their pungency were the
language correct. No one knew bet
ter than Lincoln how we'll dialect and
provincialism helped a story or drove
home a point. The brief but complete
lecture on the art of war alleged to
have been delivered by the late Gen.
Forrest, c. s. A.-"Gitting thar fustest
with the mostest men'--or the time
honored Them that has, gets" would
be less easily remembered and in
ferior in effect were they dressed in
proper linguistic garb.
THE less attention paid to rules the
greater becomes the expression of the
human tongue, thereby developing the
fluency and conviction carried by
human speech" declared the lecturer
over in Philadelphia. The fallacy in
this lies in the fact that disregard of
rules Of speech and paucity Of vocabu-
larry go almost invariably hand in
hand. Where, then, is the vaunted
fiuency and where the enthralled and
convinced audience? Form in talking
is as necessary for good results as in
writing, or golf, tennis or fly-casting.
Deliberate disregard of rules works
well about once in a blue moon.