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The Kid was in no humor to be
entertained that evening; he was all
for orderly conduct. He would get
that wav at times. Gleason frowned
on the strangers attempts 10 De
funny, but they did not get him at
all. they became more play1ui. RI.
nalIy Gleason told them that he had
learned a new trick recently. 1t seems
that the Kid had mastered the art of
breaking q china bowl over mans
head without the man feeling it. The
strangers said it could not be done.
Gleason insisted that it could. he
finally said he would illustrate. Pick
ing up a. plate, Gleason smashed II
over the head of the most obStreper-
Gus of his new acquaintances. AFTER
/, surgeon inserted seven stitches IN
The scalp of the victim, Gleason ek-
pIained that il was the first time the
rick had ever failed him and that
he plate must have slipped.
Used a Soup Plate.
Another time the Kid was eating
his MONDAY lunch in a downtown
cafe in Philadelphia. He was the
only one at the table and he was hav-
ing a plate of soup. A 100 per cent
fan saw him and came to Gleason 8
table and sat down. He began telling
recently. While telling a joke the
stranger would pick a cracker from
the table, palm it, and when he got
10 the point of his joke he would slap
The hand that palmed the cracker
over Gleason's knee. He smashed six
crackers without getting a laugh out
Of Willie, and as he prepared to smash
a seventh Gleason got up, picked up
his empty soup plate, palmed 1t and
slapped the 100 per cent fan br1skly
over the head. While the walters
we're inviting a doctor to come around
and sew up the 100 per cent fans
scalp. Gleason calmly walked out OF
The place, brushing cracker crumbs
pf his leg. Charlie Chaplin got more
than n million dollars doing the
things that the Kid does for personal
amusement and exercise.
Probably the best act that Gleason
.ver pulled occurred when Comiskey
signed him to manage the White SoX.
Comiskey and Gleason had an argu-
ment over salary some time pre-.
yiously and Comiskey refused to come
anywhere near the figure Gleason set,
which happened to be q number of
thousands higher than Comiskey
wanted to pay. Gleason went to his
home in Philadelphia and announced
that he had retired. Comiskey
Inquired Gleason was bluffing and de-
cided to abide his time.
Xhs following E'eLEuarG EsniskeE
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February s-warrenton Country School.
February Ii-F Farmont al Epiphany.
February 27-Garrison Forest School at
BalImGre. MapGG .s-Eas,nan
March s-Nationai Park at. National
March 13-Hol,on Arms at Epiphany.
will meet Saturday morning at Epi-
phany gymnasium at II o'clock, ac-
cording to an announcement made by
Helen Marbut, coach for the Eastman
toSSers.
Although leading until the last quar-
ter Strayer'S basket ball SeXtet sue
cumbed to the final onslaught of the
Acacia tossers last night and lost by
a 5-point margin. Acacia won, 20
to q.
At half time. Strayer's led, 10 to 10.
Acacia climbed to within one point of
them before the third quarter closed.
In the final period, the Acacia for
wards got loose from their guards to
net the additional points necessary to
give them the victory.
Acacias line included NJ. Casey and
X. Carmichael, forwards; c. Casey
and D. Carr. centers. and the Misses
Yorba and Michelback. guards.
Strayer's team consisted Of H. Hesse
and Z. Fishman. forwards; B. Hesse
muth and L. Crompton, guards.
Washington Athletic Club tossers
journeyed to Indian Head Tuesday
night to play the Lackey High School
sextet, and brought home a S6-to-12
victory.
The squad which made the trip was
composed Of Estelle Hearn. Betty
Kronman, Elizabeth Tew, Elizabeth
Watt. Gertrude Boyer, Minnie Travis,
Jack" Martin, Martha Lavisson and
Mary Tew.
Washington Women's Athletic
Council will meet this evening at
o'clock at the Marjorie Webster School
ber clubs are urged to send repre-
sentaives as some very important
business is to be discussed
Washington Recreation League
games scheduled last night at East
ern High School were not played on
account Of the inclement weather.
Mercury team forfeited to the Beth
any sextet. Siox Athletic Club and
the Department of Interior will play
their game at a later date.
The Junior swimming meet, which
was to have been staged by the Capt.
tol and Metropolitan Athletic Clubs
last night in the Y. W. C. A. pool
was postponed because of the weather.
The new date will be announced
shortly.
Bethany A defeated Second Baptist,
3S to Is, in a Columbia Federation
League contest last night. The Misses
E. Lavisson, M. IIavisson, Squires,
Scott, Dillard and-Potts represented
the winners. Second Paptist's lineup
included the Misses NJ. Jones, Adkins,
Morrison. r. Jones, Henderson and
Moore. Martha Durham refereed.
The feature of the METROPOLITAN
Athletic Club meeting tonight win be
the showing Of "Jupiter's Nieces," a
slow motion swimming film.
The meeting called for s o'clock
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1 have been told that in 1924, when
Gene was temporarily out of the run
ming for high honors, he was assidu-
ously practicing the slice and by so
doing rendered his straight game less
effective than formerly. Last Winter
and Summer he ceased to bother with
Il and soon was back in his old form.
SO it can be seen that even top-notch
golfers often are better off not to In
dulge In this particular brand OF ex-
pertnesS.
Nevertheless, most of the cracks
regularly use the slice in emergencies
and often get the very best results
from it.
Leo Diegel. although he is one OF
those who firmly believe that the In
territorial slice twice proved to be the
strategy that rescued him from dire
trouble.
Field Of Experts.
1T was during. the open tournament
over the Princess Anne course at Nor
folk, Va. last Fall" Leo explains:
"There was big field of experts
competing, but on the second day Of
play 1t was apparent that the cham
pionship lay between Gene 6arazen,
Cyril Walker and me. -,
THAT morning I went nicely until
I came to the dog-leg hole. I forget
the number. of this hole, but it meas.
ures about 400 yards. The fairo~ay
bends we'll to the right around tall,
thick growth of trees. Your tactics
on this hole call for a drive to the eX-
treme left of the fairway. You will
then have a clear approach to- the
green.
eff your drive is pushed to the right.
behind the trees, you're in real mess.
You can't shoot over these trees, for
the simple reason that they run prac-
tically all the way to the green.
''Well, when I reached this hole on
the morning round didn't do thing
bUt slice WY tsA shot AwaX 10 the EiSht
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behind the trees. | considered the sit
uation carefully and finally, an unin-
territorial slice having got me into trou-
BILE. decided that an intentional one
would have to get me out.
II was about 170 yards from the
green, too close to the trees to even
try a shot over them and so badly
stymied there was no chance to play
through them.
Lie Was Not Bad.
my lie was not so bad. A very
wide slice would take me from behind
the trees and bring the ball around
I'm the direction of the green in a way
that might avoid a nasty trap at the
right. However, such a slice would
have to take the ball over a much
greater distance than 10 yards. |
chose q spoon for the play.
at worked out perfectly. Ny ball,
describing a wide arc. came down on
the edge of the green. l ran 1t UP
close and sank a putt for par four
strangely enough, when came to
this hole on the final round I again
sliced my tee shot, finding almost the
same spot to which had gone in the
morning. I employed identically the
same tactics to get out of trouble and
did even better than on the third
round.
"This time I laid my balI-on the
green, 90 feet from the cup. 1 had a
chance for "a three, but took a par
four.
'Of course. / was mighty glad to
get four. 1t kept me in the running.
"In the end both Walker and
Sarazen beat me out. Cyril finished
first with 800 and Gene was second
with 301. ! was third, however, with
400 and verV much in the priZe
money. Hence my plays on the dog
leg hole certainly were winners for
me.
Incidentally, I consider those two
shots the best of my life."
AConxxlsSnt 1Q0Sk
Evening star., 1926-02-04

While mentioning records It should
be remarked that the District five
game set mark Is held by Max Rosen-
berg with 647. It was known that
MaXey had totaled that in a match
with Baltimore team, but the match
was said to have been bowled in the
Maryland city and the District record
was supposed to be 645, a total made
by both Earl McPhilomy and Joe
Toomey. Now Maxey declares he
bowled that SAT set in Washington
about two years ago.
1t has been definitely settled that
the Wolstenholme Elicit Rosenberg
elimination match blocks to be bowled
next Saturday and a week later viii
start at instead Of o'clock. Satur-
days tilt will be at Convention Hall.
and the final block will be bowled at
the King Pin alleys.
knights of Columbus bowlers sur.
prised the Joseph Phillips team in the
National Capital League, taking the
big end of a match. The scores were
81, 572 and SIS to 499, 495 and 596
The greatest pinfall was recorded by
McPhilomy of the losers. with games
of 104. 120 and 124'for a set Of 348.
With its handicap Of IL pins, Wood.
ward & Lothrop gave the leading
Times Herald team good fight in the
Commercial League. The r Streeters
took the first game of the set, and
after losing the second by 10 pins,
were defeated by only a single maple
in the last set-to.
Rice, anchor man of Fifth Baptist.
gave the pins a fine smashing in his
teams last match. He shot games of
119. 112 and 122 for a set of $50.
Evening star., 1926-02-04
INDOOR POLO LISTED
BY FORT MYER TEAM

Poloists of the 10Th Field Artillery
at Fort Myer are to entertain the
Norwich University team tonight at
S o'clock in what is believed TO be
the first indoor match ever played
here.
The visitors. who hail from North
field. VT, already hold victories over
Harvard. Fort Ethan Allen and the
Hartford Polo Club. Their lineup will
include w. II. Hogan. 4. W. Fisher
and c. II. Getchel. Lieut.. +. D.
Sharp, Lieut.. Harry Van Wyk and
Lieut.. G. d. Palmer will represent
the artillery men.
The indoor game is played with but
three on a side and an inflated leather
ball is used.
Evening star., 1926-02-04
WASHINGTON CUE TEAM
DOWNS BAlTIMOREANS

BALTIMORE. February WASH
ington GUESTS continued their un-
broken string of victories over Balti-
more last night by taking the last
winning the tourney. 1900 TO 1.1Ol
The visitors went into the final
stretch holding n lead of As points
gained a week ago. +. r. Clark added
to the margin by defeating Euoch
Farson, $50 to SO. Edward Powell uf
Washington bowed to Howard Crook,
155 to $50. but the score had little
effect on the result Of the match.
Evening star., 1926-02-04
NEW SPORTS PLAN.

CHICAGO, February 4 P).-Chi-
cago has a sports clearing house on
the way, it was announced today,
where managers and promoters will
in matching ring talent,
not only for Chicago but for the en-
tire country. a number of man
ayers, including one from California.
already have leased space at the
Headquarters.
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FIGHTS LAST NIGHT.

BY the Associated Press
OAkLAND.-Harr Greb. middle
weight champion, beat Jimmy De
laney. st. Paul uO).
FORT LACDERDALE. Fla.-Jack
Renault scored a technical knockout
over Joe Kurt, Wilkes Barre, Pa. 90.
Los ANGELES.-Bud Taylor, Terre
Haute. Ind, beat joey Sanger, Mil
Naukee QOl
Evening star., 1926-02-04
FRENCH TENNIS BODY
URGED TO TAKE HAND
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. February 4-"The French
Lawn Tennis Federation alone can
and ought to arrange a match be-
tween Helen Wills. the American
champion, and Suzanne Lenghen' y
says L'Auto, Frances leading sport
ing journal today.
That's the only way out of the
present unsatisfactory state OF affairs,
for which neither player is in any
way responsible. 1t is the diversity
of interests at stake-clubs and
makers of balls-the inevitable case
with two players of such financial
drawing power which alone has de-
layed a meeting between them"
L'Auto declares it would he more
moral to see the gate receipts of a
Lenglen-WiQs match go to a club
which would apply them in helping
make good French men and women
players than TO the stockholders of
commercial concerns.
Evening star., 1926-02-04
WILLS YARN IS DENIED.

PARIS. February P).-Both
Helen Wills from Cannes and Jean
Patou. designer Of gowns, frocks and
coats in Paris. have characterized as
'preposterous' the story that the
Partisan designer had presented the
American champion with a thousand
dollar wardrobe.
Evening star., 1926-02-04
SWEEP OF BRITISH FIELDS
BY u. S. STARS FORECAST
Hagen Will Still Be i'm Hunt for Premier Laurels and
Macdonald Smith Is Likely to Play His Best
This Year Is Prediction
BY RAY MCCARTHY.

or AUGUSTINE, Fla February 4You wager Walter Hagen
will still be in the hunt in
Smith likely have his
cham
OF Great Britain.
Although the has begun none the
possible
tournaments already played
Walter Hagen be lucky He only
But of which
forn1c sistently Hapcu stands the
Evening star., 1926-02-04

finds it for himself. Some very good
golfers appear 10 be very tight
Laurie Ayton is one of them. Others
appear extremely loose-Mac Smith is
in this class. You can usually find the
right degree by using the golf club
pretty much as you would use ham
mer. Throw it through the ball as
If it were a weight or hammer. This
practice leads to rhythm, too, which is
always useful in golf.
fCopyright 1926
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too loose. for II is
true you cannot
hit the ball solidly
when you are as
loose as all that.
Too tight implies
that the player
becomes stiff and
rigid. Usually this
rigidity c a n b e
plainly felt in the
shoulders, W h e n
it perhaps is not
noticed in ( h e
wrists and arms.
There is a point
midway between
these two that is
hardly possible OF
definite descrip.
ton. Each player
Evening star., 1926-02-04
JUDGES REIGN NDORSED
BY SENIOR CIRCUIT HEADS
Resolution favoring Commissioners Continuance in
Office Regarded as Direct Challenge to Mag
mates of American League
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

EN- GOKk. iThc National
II of
Judge kncsaw Mountain
ball The National favors l0-year
Of the National
the
The American League with the National
months think
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GUESTS PLAY TONIGHT.

Give Richmond and Everett Crouch
tonight at 7:45 will furnish the second
match Of the exhibition pocket billiard
tourney being conducted at Grand
Central. Carl Green defeated Joseph
Crowley. IS to 72. in the opening en-
Gouptsh
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ROUNDING THIRD
~-~~-~~~By Hugh A. Jennings~~~~~~~~
CHAPTER LVI.

ILAM (kID) GLEASON rough tough and ready Even
NV the boys seemed inclined fresh
him In Gleason regardless
nationality of the other
holdings Geahon
w his pap on yum Gason always
challenging angle side his head and Gleason always
prepared to obackup the challenge ,
Gleason having dinner with party Some OF ms
before but who wanted to meet the Kid Of whom
Gleason liked
nay introducing to entertain him
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the BOwlerS

n WOODS alsar collection bowle> These
bowling collectively ndvd
- three OF them bowed Odd Fellows
Campbell
Mount Pleasant Howard Camp
stepped the Of los
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REDS GET PICINICH.

Brooklyn has purchased Merwin
Jacobson. outfielder, from Newark,
and Cincinnati has obtained Val
Picinich. catcher. from the Boston
Red Sox for the waiver price.
Evening star., 1926-02-04
SOCCERISTs NOT TO MEET.

Jimmy Crawford. manager Of the
British embassy soccer eleven, an
nounces that the team will not meet
tonight for its usual weekly confab.
Evening star., 1926-02-04
InsideG0lf
d II-
-Bv Chester Horton

Just how loose is the golfer during
the back swing. and just how tight
isn't he? Golfers are cautioned to
'loosen mp" until, as a matter Of
fact they make themselves entirely
Evening star., 1926-02-04

A new team set mark was made De
cember Is. 1925. by the Beeques, when
they totaled 1926. Pauline Thomas
led the attack on the pins and was
ably seconded by Catherine Quigley
and Bronson Quaites. Here are the
Evening star., 1926-02-04
By Bunker

declaring
~ should trouble how play slice Many
how slice ball
OF whole, a without this
will be recalled that after Gene Saazens brilliant 1922
OF 1924 In 1925 he
back the Metropolitan topping the Florida Winter
Evening star., 1926-02-04

That big count was registered by
Howard in his first effort Of the eve
ming. He followed it with games OF
102 and l0S for a set of 313- Vols
tenholme, rolling at anchor for Golden
Rule, hit for 322 in his three games,
while Megaw toppled 346 for Mount
Pleasant. The Golden Rule combina-
ton won all three games. 1t was the
first time this season any team took
an entire set from Mount Pleasant.
Among the bowlers of the winning
team was Cordell. who looks after
the comfort of the writer's in the
press box at Clark Griffith's ball park
during the Summer. He is an en-
thusiastic follower of the pin game
and this season has been shooting
GOOD counts. He totaled 323. to be
second to Campbell in the Golden Rule
4ine-up.
All records for bowling by women
In the District of Columbia have been
established this sea son and all by
members of the Washington Ladies'
League. On January -. 1926, Lor-
raine Gull. shooting for the Hilltop
pers. hit game of 155 to start a set
Of 395. That initial game is n record
and also the set. The detailed scores
follow:
sR e Is q 81 ss 81 81 81 ss 11G 9 iys Is i5s Ea
Second game
IS 3s SO 40 81 s5 "a So i661 III
Third game
Sp. Sp. St SD. Sp.
Il 35 45 o3 81 So 81 103 ITO 129
On October &c, 1925, the Columbians,
now leaders in the Ladies' League,
made the team game record Of $50.
And they did it with two of them
bowling below the 100 mark, too.
Rena Levy and Emily Nell did the
heavy scoring for the outfit. The
counts follow:
Rena Levy 1913
Evening star., 1926-02-04

Hand ball originated in Ireland and
was first introduced into the United
States about 1910.
Evening star., 1926-02-04
WOMEN In SPORT
BY CORINNE FR4ZIER-

schedule including with Garrison
Baltimore and the Warrenton Country School Warenton
O
Evening star., 1926-02-04

in the Metropolitan Theater Building
Louise Webster, the new president.
will preside and plans for the dance
will be completed
Evening star., 1926-02-04

The feature of the Metropolitan
Athletic Club meeting tonight will be
the showing Of "Jupiter's Nieces," a
slow motion swimming film.
The meeting i called for s o'clock
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-01
RECORD VOTE IN
 SEWARD TOMORROW

Tomorrow is the day of general election for the purpose of electing delegate to congress from the Ter ritory of Alaska, one senator and four representatives to the Territorial leg islature, and two road commissioners for the Third division.
 The city of Seward constitutes one voting precinct All residents of the City will vote at the City Hall build ing. The polls will be open from 500 o'clock in the morning until 7:00 o'clock in the evening. It is not nec- essary to have registered for this election. The registration book will be at the polls and the voter will reg ister at the time he or she votes.
 Present indications point to re- cord vote in Seward tomorrow. Autos will be at the disposal of all voters for the purpose of going to and from the polls. If you desire a car call Ogle's garage and car will call for you without charge. No matter what the weather this arrangement should result in everyone voting.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-01

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1. P)-The examiner said that the white flannel sport blouses which were found in Ormiston's trunk have been identi- fled as belonging to the woman who was with him at Carmel. They were identified by a laundry mark. Aimee and Minnie said it was ridiculous to believe that any clothes found in Or miston's possession were the belong ings of Aimee.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-01
STRAND AUBURN HAIR FOUND IN TRUNK MAY
 BE ONE OF A|MEE'S
SPORT BLOUSES ALSO FOUND
 IN TRUNK OF ORMiSTON'S

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1. (P)-At- torney Keys declared a strand of au. burn hair is en route to the Univer. sity of California for expert examina. tion, from New York, where it was found in Ormiston's trunk. It came it was stated, "from the head of Aimee"
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-01

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1. P)-The preliminary hearing of Aimee Nc Pherson and her mother on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice, closed here yesterday after having set a worlds record. It ran for five weeks. Court was adjourned until next We'd nesday when arguments will be heard. The development of the day was the finding of Ormiston's trunk in New York. It is being sent to Los Angeles for use as evidence.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-01
ROMANCE CLIMAXED

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1. (P)-Cll- making a romance of several years standing, Eugene V. Brewster, mill lionaire publisher was married to Cor liss Palmer, his movie protege at En- senada, Mexico, yesterday.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-01
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. P)-Presi- dent Coolidge in public message said today "let no voters abdicate their sovereign right of self govern ment at the election tomorrow by failing to vote"
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-01
BEAR HUNTERS ATTENTION

am fully equipped to conduct hunt ing parties of all kinds. Three years experience as licensed guide. Fine hunting along the Alaska peninsula.
 NICK KRISTENSEN,
 False Pass, Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-01

Call and inspect our new line of personal Christmas cards. Schaller- CTS Alaska Shop.
The Washington times., 1926-06-30
WOULD BOOST
BUS FARES
CONTINUED from First Page)

Continued from First Page.)
Avenue Coach companies showing
the treatment of the expenses OF
each.
The final paragraph of the re-
port reads as follows: 1.-THE COM
pany hopes to realize some Pc
cuniary benefit from revision Of
its schedules, but even with a
saving here I can't see any pros
pect of the future gross earnings
Of the company under present con.
ditions, but little exceeding their
actual expenses"
That the Public Utilities Commits
sion can not well refuse the request
for an increase in fare is intimated
in view of the high depreciation OF
materials and rolling stock acquired
from Leon Arnold, former president
OF the company.
1t was brought to the Commits
sion's attention that on the first
day of January, 1925, a reduced
fare from five tokens for As cents
to six tokens for so cents was or
dered for an experimental period OF
80 days. Indication Of the Com
knowledge Of the perilous
of the company were re-
ceived when no effort was male to
change the rate at the end OF this
period,
The Washington times., 1926-06-30
POnzi Sells Newspaper
Interview for $500 to
Get Funds for Fight
BY international News Service


HOUSTON, Tex, June 30.-With
$500 in his pocket, which he OBJ
tanned by selling an exclusive in.
terview to a Boston newspaper.
Charles Ponzi wizard Of finance"
and ships dishes, in Jail here. to-
day plans to fight extradition to
Boston.
When arrested he had S16, but as
soon as he was brought back to
Houston the money began to roll in
by the sale OF interviews and pic.
lures.
attorneys today are questioning
the legality of Ponzi's arrest in New
ORLEANS by a Texas deputy sheriff,
and are seeking to learn why he
was returned to Houston when he
was wanted In Boston.
Texas. has no charge against the
financial wizard" officers said.
Ponzi said he would return to
Boston IL they would deport him
and let him return with a Texas
officer.
While Boston authorities are on
their way to Texas with extradition
papers, after refusing Ponzi's long
distance request, Ponzi plans to
employ a lawyer and try to get out
Of Jail under a writ of habeas
corpus. Such a move is expected
momentarily.