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for the District in a manner which
gives renewed assure noes of his per-
sonal interest In the affairs of the
National Capital, and his solicitude
for the welfare of our beautiful city.
All those who have the plea sure of
knowing the Chief Executives choice
personally, and those who have fol!
lowed his career since his coming
here over a quarter of a century ago.
will. l am sure. most heartily and
gratefully approve the President 8
selection.
Praises DOugherty's Work.
Interested since he has made his
home among us, in every movement
for the hetterment and Identification
of our city. he has always been found
in the front rank of those giving gen
ero,tsly of their time and energy to
make this Capital City worthy rep
resentative of the greatest Nation on
earth.
II deem 1t a privilege to present
Hon. Proctor l.. Dougherty. who will
now take the oath as a Commissioner
of the District Of Columbia"
All members Of the Citizens Ad-
visory Council. with the exception of
George G.. Havenner. occupied special
reserved seats in the front row of
the board room. Mr.. Havenner is
out of the city and was unable to
return in time.
Two Of the largest Of the floral
tributes sent to Commissioner
Dougherty came from the Federation
OF Citizens Associations and the
Citizens Advisory Council. The in
scription on the card accompa nying
the flowers from the Federation read:
I'VE are much gratified at your APP.
pointment, for we know that you will
make good. The selection as District
Commissioner Of a delegate to the
Federation of Citizens Associations
and member OF the Citizens Advisory
Council establishes a precedent which
gives our organized citizenship new
courage and means much for the
welfare of the District of Columbia"
Council Members Elated.
The card which accompanied the
flowers from the Citizens Advisory
Council read:
Your colleagues of the Citizens
Advisory Council rejoice in your selec-
ton as District Commissioner. They
congra tulate you on this new and
broader opportunity for practical
civic service. They wish you most
successful administration and earnest
ly pledge you collectively and indi-
vidually their hearty support In the
performance of the exacting duties
you are about to undertake. We are
with you, boy-go to it"'
The first official act of Commits
sioner Doughtrey in conjunction with
his other colleagues was to approve
an order giving the Coast and Geo.
detic Survey permission to transport
200 pounds Of INT across the city
to the Washington Navy Yard.
The action was taken at a re-
organization meeting of the board OF
Commissioners this afternoon at
which Cuno Fl. Rudolph was reelected
chairman and Lieut.. Col. Bell, acting
chairman in his absence. Commits
sioner Rudolph has served as chair.
man of the board from 1910 to 1918
and continuously since 1921.
Prior TO the inaugural ceremonies
Commissioner Dougherty submitted
his resignation as local manager OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-04
BURNING SHIP FLEES
WHEN OTHERS OFFER AID
Vessel Off Venice, Fla, Turns and
Runs-Believed to Be Laden
With Liquor.
nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SARASOTA, Fla. August 4.--Mys-
terry surrounds the ship. which, on fire
I miles off Venice yesterday morning,
turned and fed when rescue party
started to aid her. Officers believed
1t to be liquor vessel and that its
occupants preferred to take chances
with fighting the flames rather than
be captured.
The Venice flagship Haven reached
within a mile of the burning ship.
Coast Guard Cutter No. 295, dis
patched from Tampa to aid in the
rescue, had not reported last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-04
NOTE NOT YET RECEIVED.
Officials Say Rumor May Have Grown
From Press Statements.

GENEVA. Switzerland, August 4
OS.-The secretariat of the League
of Nations has no information what
ever concerning a note reported to
have been sent to the league by
Jugoslavia protesting against raids on
Jugoslav territory by Bulgarian ir-
regulars.
The report, it is pointed out here,
evidently is the outcome of the com
ment in Belgrade newspa pers urging
the Jugoslav government to address
such a note to the league.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-04
NAME GOES FROM DOOR.
Jennings Successor to Be Desig-
mated on Transom Glass.

The glass in the transom of the
door leading into the outer Office of
former Commissioner Frederick A.
Fenning, which bore his name
in large black letters, was removed
today by employees of the District
Building prior to the inaugural cere-
monies OF the new Commissioner,
Proctor l.. Dougherty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-04
Woman Sues Surgeon.

Edith Miller today filed suit In the
District. Supreme Court to recover
$4,000 damages from DR.. Walter A.
genee while performing nasal opera
ton In 1923. She is represented by
Attorney Leon Pretzfelder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-04
Flyer Nears Australia.

BIMA. Dutch East Indies. August
4 0P)--Allan Gotham. British airman
Aging from London to Australia, ar
rived here from Sourabaya esterday
and left today for Koepang, Island of
Timor. lie is now within 700 miles
of Australia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-04
BUREAU CUTSL|ST
AT ST. EL|zADETH'S
Veterans Have Been Moved
or Released Since Congress
Opened Inquiry.

The number Of Veterans PtIreaI
benefciaries at st. Elizabeth's Hosp.
tai has been reduced by las since the
recent congressional investigation of
guardianship matters, It was learned
today.
A survey OF the status Of every
beneficiary Of the bureau has just
been completed by specially consti-
tuted medical committee with n view
to further clearing up the entire stu
alton at the hospital complained Of
before the House investigating com
mittee.
This survey. il was revealed. is part
of the program of Director Frank T.
Hines for looking sharply into every
angle Of the treatment accorded in
sane or ill veterans at the institution.
with special emphasis laid on guar
dia nship matters and the possibilities
OF transferring patients nearer their
homes.
827 Still i'm Institution.
The number of bureau patients at
the hospital has been reduced from
972 10 81. principally h. transfers Of
patients to other institutions nearer
their homes. II was learned. but some
of the 145 who have left the hospital
have gotten out on writs of habeas
corpus.
Where wards have been transferred
To other States and institutions, 1t
is known the Veterans Bureau has
taken steps to have the sIIardia ushlp
here relilqnished and another one
set mp IN the new place 10 which he
patient went. Although bureau Off
cials would not discuss the matter
from this angle, it was understood
that under this procedure former
Commissioner FenuinE already has
lost q number of his wards.
Another development az impor
tance. i'm addition 10 the survey Just
completed. with recomme ndatio IN
each case. is the setting up &c a
temporary neuropsychiatric board,
which is 10 look closely into the men
tai condition Of each individual case
at ST Eliza beth's. This. it is under
stood. is part of the bureaus plan
eventually to bring before the courts
every man who has not been le
gally committed. The bureau, it is
known, regrets to thus force patients
into the courts for an adjudication. as
they will thus be branded with
court record for insanity. Under the
practice in vogue during the past
many men who were slightly i'll men
! tally were cured i'm the institutions Of
| the country without having been
/ branded by the court stigma Of ''in-
! sane
The committee. which has Just fin
I ished its survey into the status of
each bureau beneficiary at ST. Eliza
! beth's. consisted of Or. Ord Ever
man. chief Of the neurOpsychiatric
| service of the Veterans Bureau; Or.
( a. T.. Marlin. neuropsychiatric spe-
cialist of the Washington regional az
/ fee. and DR.. George II. Stalter. neur"-
/ psychiatrist from the central office Of
I the bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-04

George Washington loved to follow
the hounds in fox hunts.
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CENTRAL HIGH CLUB
TO MEET THURSDAY

The annual Christmas meeting of
the &C" Club of Central High School
VIII be held Thursday night in
the hall over Park Savings Bank,
Fourteenth and Kenyon streets. OFF,
GERS will be elected at the short BUSH
ness session that will be followed by
an entertainment and a buffet sup
per. The guest of honor will be Capt.
Lawrence (Biff) Jones, head foot ball
coach at West Point, a former Cen
trail star.
Three attractive tits were carded
for local schoolboy fives today: Cen
trail will strive for a second win in
as many starts this season over St.
Johns on the latter's court; Business
Will meet GonZaga in the / Streeters'
gym, and Strayer's Business College
toSSerS are to engage Alexandria
High at Armory Hall in the Virginia
city tonight at $50 o'clock. Games
tomorrow afternoon, bringing to-
gether the regulars and reserves of
Central and Woodward schools at the
Mount Pleasant school, and a contest
Wednesday night between Charley
Guyon's Eastern boys and st. Mary's
Celtics at Armory Hall, Alexandria
will conclude court activities for the
scholastic tossers so far as this week
Is concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-20
OXFORD CREW SQUAD
CONTAINS YANk TRIO
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated TFeSS-
OXFORD, England, December 90
Three Americans are eligible this sea-
son for the Oxford varsity crew, on
which the United States has not been
represented since Keith Kane of
Harvard rowed against Cambridge
several years ago.
They are j. l.. Merrill, Rhodes
scholar from California; Fl. r. Kings.
bury, captain of last years undefeat-
ed eight at Yale, and Charles F.
Darlington, for two years member of
the Harvard varsity.
Merrill and Kingsbury were four
and six. respectively, in the winning
shell in the recent trial eight cared
races, in which crew "B" defeated
crew "a" by IA scant length. At no
time did open water show between the
two shells, and it was only by a mag
nificent sprint in the last quarter-mile
that the BIS" gained theft winning
margin. Darlington rowed at No.
for the "A's.''
Merrill is the veteran of the Ameri-
can trio, as he Is now in his third
year at Oxford, and has already rowed
on the Christ Church College crew,
which won it's place at the head of
the river in the intercollege races last
year. Although lighter than the other
two, his blade work is good and his
swing easy and powerful.
Darlington and Kingsbury are the
two heaviest men on the squad
Kingsbury weighing 1913 pounds and
Darlington 1872. Both are in their first
year, and are under the disadvantage
Of having to forget the American
stroke and master the new English
stroke. However, in view of their size
and weight, both are regarded as
powerful candidates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-20
LEADERS AT HOCKEY
TO CLASH THIS WEEK

NEW YORK, December 20 R.-
Leading sectional rivals for national
hockey league supremacy will face
this week in tests of strength expect
ID to have an important bearing on
one Of the keenest struggles in puck.
chasing history.
Interest will focus on the first clash
IF the campaign between the powerful
ottawa Senators of the International
division, who have lost only one game,
and the New York Rangers. who lead
the American section in games wor
md lost. They will meet at Ottawa
thursday night, with Il return game
fcheduled here five days later.
OF only slightly less Importance will
,e a battle Wednesday night between
Chicago, an outstanding American
section team, and the fast Canadians
who occupy second place in the rival
division. The Midwest metropolis will
be the scene of the skirmish.
The Rangers, who last night played
the Detroit Cougars a IL tie. will
DE confronted by keen opposition on
their home rink before and after the
Northern invasion. Tomorrow night
the New York puckmen will receive a
visit from Pittsburgh, while upon
their return here from Ottawa they
will have as foes their metropolitan
rivals, the New York Americans. The
latter match is down for decision next
Sunday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-20
O'CONNELL'S KICK PAVES
WAY TO MOHAWK'S WIN

| the Mercury Juniors, 2 to 0, in a game
at Union League Park.
The Mohawk victory cleared up the
atmosphere surrounding local sandlot
foot ball and left the big Hawk team
| undisputed champion in the unlimit.
ed class.
With both teams unable to score on
the snow-covered gridiron, Coach Jack
Hegarty of the Hawks saw Shorty
O'Connell of the educated toe watch
ing the game in street clothes. He
ordered him into uniform, and later in
the third quarter the Hawks, led by
De Gassis and Abbatichio, started a
drive that brought them under the
shadow of the Waverly goal posts.
The quarter ended without a score
and a fumbled pass was recovered by
Mohawk player. Smashes at the
Waverly line failed and end runs were
of no avail.
In went Shorty O'Connell, broken
shoulder and all, with perfectly good
pair of feet and legs. Shorty dropped
back to the 25-yard line and booted a
perfect goal from difficult angle
squarely between the posts.
After this score the defense of the
Waverlys appeared to crumble, for an
attack, with Bottle Cox and Abba
tichio as the spearheads of the drive,
carried the Hawks down the field to a
touchdown. De Gassis aiding In the
drive with crashing line bucks. Alb
batichio scored, but failed to kick the
added point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-20

Mohawk gridmen today are sitting
on top of the local sandlot foot ball
world. Monarchs of all they survey.
the gridiron warriors of the big South
east club have closed their season
With only one defeat chalked against
them. And they wiped out that beat
ing yesterday in trouncing the heavy
Waverly club at Clark Griffith Sta
dunn, 8 to 0, aided by the accurate toe
of Shorty O'Connell, who came to the
game as a spectator nursing in
iuries received in another contest, and
remained as a player to win the fray
While the Mohawks were fighting
their way to the top of the local un-
limited sandlot class five other games
were played on fields in different parts
Of the city. The WinstonS beat the
Clarendon Lyons at Union League
Park, Is to 8, while Stanton A. c.
took the long end of 13-to-0 count
at Washington Barracks from the
Northerns. -~.--
Northern Juniors. however, brought
some consolation when they trimmed
the Hanover A. c. team In the 115-
pound class. The Juniors will meet
the Mohawk Pfeps next Sunday for
the flyweight title. The Props yes
terday drew step nearer the cham
pionship by trouncing the Eagle
Juniors, IL to 0.
Friendship A. C.'s eleven annexed
the 125-pound championship, defeating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-20
SERVICE GAME POLITICS
DEPLORED BY NAVY MEN

graduates of the two schools, and
that the interests of these is better
served by playing the game at a
point not too far distant from An
napolis and West Point.
The interests Of the people of other
sections are considered, and there
probably would be no difflculty in
securing the game in Chicago in about
three years or so. In fact, officers of
both services probably would favor
this.
Those interested in having the
game played in the Middle West may,
however, injure their cause by at
tempting to obtain it through political
methods, by giving rise to a deter
mined fight by members of the service
who feel that there should be no
dictation on this score.
Officers here go SO far as to say
that it would be better to abolish tn
game altogether than to have it tbs
subject Of political pulling and haul,
ing each year.
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WOMEN IN SPORT
by CORINNE FRAZIER

never assumes the attitude of indiffer
ence toward the opinions of the oppo
site sex. She is just as DESTROYS OF
attention and just as popular as her
sisters of the bustles and trailing
skirts, who thought il quite a venture
TO roll hoops or ride a bicycle built
for two
1T is great mistake to think that
athletics make a girl masculine,
Lady Forbes-Robertson concluded. "In
reality they make her more feminine
than ever, because they give a supple
grace which too many girls would
ordinarily lack. Haven't you noticed
the almost complete disappearance OF
the awkward age in girls? Athletics
have taught them how to stand, walk
and get about without knocking over
the furniture
''Unfeminine. dowdy? Uninterested
in home making? Quite the contrary.
The fine thing about the modern girl
is that she can and does take as vivid
an interest in her home when she gets
it as she does in her golf score. and
without neglecting either one OF
them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-20
HAMILTON IS IN LINE
FOR SWORD AT NAVY

Tom Hamilton, quarterback of the
foot ball team, captain and center of
the basket ball five and hard-hitting
catcher of the nine, appears as almost
certain winner this year of the sword
which the Navy Athletic Association
awards annually to the best athlete.
However, the work done by other
Navy athletes during the coming Win
ter and Spring may affect the disposal
OF the sword.
Tom Eddy, who played slashing
tackle on the eleven and who has
stroked the crew for two seasons, Is
Hamilton's most dangerous opponent,
and may add boxing honors to those
won at foot ball and rowing, as he has
determined to join that squad and try
for the heavyweight class.
Eddy stroked the crew of 1925 to
victory and set the stroke for last
years eight. which finished 5 feet be-
hind Washington. Should Eddy stroke
another winning Grew during the COM
ing season and win honors as a
heavyweight boxer he would be dan
gerOus rival of Hamilton.
Another three-letter athlete in the
class is Alan Shapley, who plays in
the backfield of the eleven and at
guard on the basket ball five, and has
won numerous points as hurdler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-20

ANNAPOLIS, December 20.-Naval
officers as a rule are reacting most
unfavorably toward the move to
mass political influence for the pur'
pose of securing the playing of the
: foot ball game between the service
schools in the Midle West every two
Years.
This is the attitude of Navy people
toward the enforced selection. Of the
playing grounds, though the game In
Chicago was regarded as a great sue
cess and many favor another game
there after a number of years.
1t Is felt. however, that the selec-
lion Of the playing grounds should be
left to the officers of the two services,
and. In particular, those connected
with the service schools. These are
quite willing to consider the claims
Of different places, but it is felt that
they understand all the conditions bet
ter than any one else.
It is felt that the game in a spe-
cia1 sense belongs to the students and
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Bert Wheeler and Garrett Cochran.
Unfortunately Hildebrand was in the
far West and unavailable.
Phil King had successfully coached
the University of Wisconsin while
Walter Booth, center on the '99 team
had been coaching at the University
of Nebraska. We were most anxiou
to get ideas on western foot ball ant
Efelt ourselves very fortunate in hav
ing King and Booth to call upon
Biffy Lea had been head coach
/ Princeton for number of years anc
had coached at the University of
Michigan in 1900. Eddie Holt had
played guard at Harvard and had
then entered Princeton, playing tackle
on the 1897 team. Mike Bergen had
Tor many years made close study of
backfield play. Bert Wheeler had
been a splendid punter in his playing
| days. We felt that kicking would be
more popular then ever before be.
cause Of the onside kick. Garrett
Cochran had developed Princeton's
end play and had coached in addition
at the Navy and the University of
California. / doubt If a more repre.
sentative gathering of Princeton foot
ball talent could have been gotten to-
gether.
u
Most Of those invited accepted. The
meeting was held at Princeton Pre-
| paratory School of which Mr.. Fine
was head master. 1t was an ideal
| place. The school foot ball field ad.
| joined Mr.. Fines home SO we were
able to try out our ideas on the play
ground.
1t was the unanimous opinion of
the meeting to use the pass and on
SIDE KICK as much as possible. We
tried different ways of forward pass.
| ing and finally came to the conclusion
that the end-over-end pass was the
| best. No one suggested the spiral
pass. Phil King urged the end-over.
end pass, citing an instance in the
Yale-Princeton game Of 1893 where
| Doggte Trenchard had made q long
| end-oyer-end backward pass across the
| Held to King himself on what Is known
as the "shoe string" play. He stated
| that Trenchard's pass had been
| thrown with speed and accuracy.
| We also came to the conclusion that
the forward pass would not be sue.
| cessful unless 1t was played with de
ceptiOn. This Is as true of the pass
| today as 1t was then. Few. II any
| successful passes are made unless
/
of a running play.
| Bert Wheeler made a valuable con.
tribution to the meeting by suggest
ing the running kick and when we
| doubted its feasibility he went out on
the field and showed us how it could
| be done. This play fitted perfectly
| with the on-side kick rule. Wheeler
| had Booth pass him the ball. He
| started as If to run around right end
and then made a long diagonal kick
into the left.hand corner OF the field.
de argued very properly that the de.
| tense would come up, seeing the man
with the ball start to the right, and
that the left end and tackle would
| nave very good chance to recover
the ball. This play was our most val.
! uable ground gamer as long as the
onsioe Kick was retained.
! The meeting continued for three
days and before we adjourned we had
mapped out a complete set Of PLAYS
| unoer the new rules. l left, feeling
| myself very fortunate in having had
| the advice and counsel of such a rem.
resentative body of Princeton foot ball
| players.
| (Copyright 1921