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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
TILDEN IS AT WAR
WITH TENNIS BODY
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 25-Wil.
liam Tilden and the United States
Lawn Tennis Association are on the
outs again The association has re.
fused to sanction charity tennis by
American and French players.
Declaring that he would play in ex-
hibition matches at Madison Square
Garden on Sunday as scheduled, and
that Vincent Richards, Francis r.
Hunter and DR.. George King would
join him. Tilden characterized refusal
by the association to approve Franco.
American contests for devastated
France as due to misguided zeal''
and red tape"
Jean Borotra. captain Of the French
team, announced that the refusal Of
Official sanction would compel
Frances withdrawal from the char
fly matches.
Louis B. Daley, chairman Of the
U. S. L. T. A. sanction committee,
said that once tho bars were let down
there would be never-ending embar-
rassment for both officials and play
ers.
Franco American indoor team matches
start today at the 7th Regiment Ar
mory. Tilden. at $50 pm, will face
Rene La Coste. new indoor titleholder
and victor over Vincent Richards in
straight sets last week. At 4:30 pm.
Vincent Richards will play Jean
Borotra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
CS May Get Art Nehf From Giants Exchange for Hoou Dc
SUZANNE MAY PLAY
IN SINGLES AT NICE

By tho Associated Press.
MONTE CARLO, February 25.-
Miss Helen Wills advanced q step
nearer to possession Of tho Duke Of
COnnaught's gold cup today whom
she defeated Miss Lily Cadle OF
England, Go, 81, and thus
reached the semi.Hnal Of the Monte
Carlo tournament.
MONTE CARLO, February 25.-
The news that the Nice Tennis Club
has ordered 10000 francs worth of
lumber and other material with which
to build new stands on its courts has
raised the hopes OF some tennis devo-
tees that Suzanne Lenglen will enter
the singles competition there early
next month and play Helen Wills
again.
Suzanne has said that she will play
no more singles matches until the
ST. Cloud tournament in June, and
thus far she has made no announce
ment that she has changed her mind
Other followers of the game think
that Miss Wills has become draw.
ing card of the same caliber as
Suzanne and that possibly the Nice
club officials are keeping this in mind
in ordering the new stands.
King Gustave of Sweden, who on
the courts Is known as Mr.. G, and
Braem Hilliard. an Englishman, have
won a first round match in handicap
doubles.
Gustave Is practicing assiduousIy
since his snowbound realm has af-
forded him little opportunity to play
tennis for months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

| circuits, and that procedure always
presents difficulties, but if this hurdle
| is negotiated Nehf may get the
chance as a Griffman 70 compete in
his fifth world series this year,
already having participated i'll four
with the Giauts.
Boxer Works with Griff,.
There was a large addition to the
volley ball battlcrS yesterday in tho
person of Jack League, sparring
| partner of Dempsey. who is billed to
appear in bout here his week.
! League. who weighs about 22G pounds
and is said to have been touted by
| the titlehoider as the coming heavy
weight champion of the world" was
! much in evidence with the squad
| hossed by Altrock and Schacht, but
he failed to help them sufficiently
to stave off the daily defeat at the
hands of Harris team.
Bucky, by the way, has found time
hanging 50 heavily on his hands that
he is seriously considering resumption
! Of golf. He has not PLAYED since a
year ago this month, when he re
nounCed the links game in the belief
that the stroke involved in whackinG
the little white pill interfered with his
| swing of a base ball bat However,
with all diamond training ended each
day before luncheon, and nothing
much to occupy his time the re-
mainder OF the evening. he is contem.
plating two or three sessions a week
at the royal and ancient game.
Johnson's Golf Better
! johnson gets out on one Of the nu.
| merous courses hereabout practically
| every afternoon being convinced that
| the miles or so Of trudging that Is
holes involve constitutes d splendid
medium for strengthening his under
! pinning. Except for one season. some
years ago, Johnson never has expert
enced the slightest trouble with his
arm, most Of his worries in connection
with training having to do with his
| legs and stamina.
He is convinced that golf is good
medicine for both and intends to keep
right at it until the season opens.
Paired with Altrock, incidentally, he
has developed into a consistent low so
shooter. Barney yesterday had a
round with Clark Griffith and Jimmy
Baines. he and Nick finishing ! up.
SEVERED Ahead of Time.
Hank SEVERED, veteran catcher Of
the Nationals. who was obtained
from st. Louis last season in the
deal that sent Red Hargrave to the
Browns. arrived in camp this morn
ing, several days ahead Of his report
ing time, which originally was set for
next Monday. He looks to be in fine
condition and says he is feeling great.
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department of education, and Mrs
Susie Root Rhodes, head Of the Dis
trict playground department.
Other prominent guests will be DIR
Douglas A. Murphy. chief medica
inspector of the District OF Columbis
public schools; DR.. Hugh A. Davis
director of the Child Welfare Asso
rector of physical education of the
District schools, and Miss Ruth
Oberle. director of physical education
Of Wilson Normal School.
University of Maryland Juniors es
tablished themselves in first place ir
the interclass basket ball series nov
in progress at College Park by their
victory over the freshmen yesterday
% to Is. The Seniors defeated the
Sophomores, to Z.
Metropolitan Athletic Club tosserr
added another win to their unbroken
line OF victories last night by swamp
ing the Acacia sextet, 80 to 10, in q
Council League contest.
Calvary Church passers succumbed
to the strong offensive Of the Come,
sextet last night in q Recreation
League contest staged at Business
High School. The Comets won, SO
to Is.
Good Shepherd scored for the sixth
consecutive time last night in the
Washington Recreation League loop
humbling the Sioux A. c. tosers, 20
to 10. on the Eastern High School
floor. Martha Durham refereed.
Mount Vernon tOssers claimed an
unexpected victory over the strong
Washington A. c. combination in an.
other Recreation League tilt last night
played at Central High School. The
game was very close, as the 19-to-1t
score would Indicate.
First Baptist conquered Second Bap
fist in a Columbia Federation B. Y
P. U. League game last night played
at Hine Junior High School. The
final count was 90 to 10. The winner,
have lost only one game In the pas,
two years and are undefeated 50 fal
this season.
Marjorie Webster Night School,
tossers will play the American Uni
versity sextet tonight at $50 in the
Webster gymnasium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
CONGRESSIONAL CLUB
HAS SIGNED ARMOUR

Tommy Armour golf professional
whose contract with the Congress
sional Country Club was signed yes
terday. will take up his new duties
at the big organization in Mont
gomery County shortly after the mid
die of March, club officials have an
nounced.
A telegram from Armour to the
club announced his acceptance OF
| the terms and the contract was i'm
mediately closed.
Amour has been signed for three
wears and will be given time to go
South during the Winter season. He
comes to the Congressional Club
with Il reputation as one of the finest
of the golf professionals Of the Ma =
ton. former Scottish and French
amateur champion. He made a
notable war record.
was at the Washington Golf and
Country Club last Spring, where he
played in an exhibition match with
John Farrell against Roland Mac
kenzie and Dave Thomson.
He Will be a distinct addition to
the ranks Of professionals about
Washington.
The following statement was issued
by President Frank w. Monden of
the signing Of Armour:
Il am greatly pleased to be able
10 announce that at a meeting of
the board Of governors arrangements
we're completed whereby Tommy
Armour will become golf professional
| at the Congressional Country Club
beginning March Is. In thus secur-
ing the services Of Mr.. Armour the
board feels it Is not only providing
the membership a golf instructor Of
fine ability. but is bringing to the
community "a gentleman Of such
superior ability as a golfer. such
high character and charming per-
sonality that there will result great
benefits not alone to Congressional
golfers, but for the game In general
throughout the Middle Atlantic terri
tory. To the golfers of this section
Mr.. Armour needs no introduction.
During the Winter he has been
teamed with Bobby Jones in some
of the most important matches played
in Florida and his splendid accom-
plishments therein speak for them
selves"
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It might be assumed that any fling
er capable of turning in IS victories,
as Walter did for the Griffmen last
season, would be a highly priced as
set, and that extraordinary effort S
would be made TO not only sign him.
but see that he was thoroughly sat
isfed with the terms.
Conditions Irk Dutch.
Apparently this is far from being
true in the case of Ruether. He was
offered a contract calling for exactly
the same sum he received last year
and containing certain stipulations in
regard to department which are be-
lieved to have irked him.
From the time he broke in with the
Chicago club In 1917. and was trans
ferred to the Cincinnati Reds in mid
season, he has had the reputation of
holding training rules in light regard.
When obtained from the Brooklyn
DoGgers last Winter he was bound by
an agreement containing a clause pro-
viding a bonus for strict attention
to duty. To his credit 1t must be said
that he earned the extra jack and
made fine record in so doing, but he
Is reported TO have succumbed to the
bright lights during the world series
against the Pirates last Fall. and this
is thought to have caused his en-
ployers to sour on him.
It is known that feelers were thrown
out recently to the Giants in regard
to an even-up trade of Ruether for
Hugh McQuillan, the big Highlander.
John McGraw is reported to have
turned down fiat that suggestion, but
to have countered with the offer to
give Nehf in exchange for Ruether.
Nehf's Record Good.
Nehf is one year older than the
Dutchman, having been born 80
years ago last July at Terre Haute,
Ind He lacks several inches of
Ruether's six feet one inch of height,
trails Walter considerably in weight
and is far from being in his class
as hitter.
Breaking into the big show with
the Boston Nationals In 1915, Eehf
served there until midseason Of 1919,
when he was sold to the Giants at
Z reported price Of $4,000. He always
has been rated a4 a high-class
moundsman. and for his IL years as
O. big Lacquer has an average OF
.s12 from 159 games won and 101
lost, q mark considerably better than
the .579 credited to Ruether from
10 victories and 80 defeats in nine
years service in the majors.
Whether the deal will DO consun-
mated Ia g. question. To swing 1t
waivers would have to be obtained
from all the other clubs 70 get the
two pitchers out Of their respective
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

O'Dea is a base ball landmark In
Washington. Even the old.timers
among present.day fans cannot recall
when he was not in evidence at a big
league game. 1t may be that he has
been on the Job ever since the Capital
first had a ball park. Starting as
Waterman and having various other
duties added from time to time, ODea
has come in contact with followers of
the national pastime for such long
period that he probably is known by
sight to more sports lovers than any
other man in the District.
Huge Of frame and gruf in manner.
O'Dea always has been terror to
vandals, fence jumpers and other law
violators invariably to be found at
sports gatherings. Pop bottle tossers.
umpire balters and others OF their ilk
have found the burly, forid.complex-
toned officer of the law q mighty tough
customer to deal with and his single
handed efforts probably have done
more to discourage rowdyism at Amer.
lean League games than any other
Agency.
In recent years his health has not
been of the best and It is for this rea-
son and to give some concrete evil
dence Of appreciation felt for his serv.
the more onerous part of his duties.
Jim has rendered Invaluable serv-
fee to u.s." said President Griffith, in
announcing O'Dea's advancement.
"and is entitled to have 1t recognized.
The work he has been doing would tax
the strength Of even a young man and
be has earned job that will not be so
arduous."
In Haisman, who will take over the
nf % 6Yr.
ties. Griff asserts he has landed the
best in the country. Haisman at pres
ent Is acting in that capacity for the
White Sox and will report for duty at
Seventh street and Florida avenue on
March /.
Griff has known Haisman since the
latter was a boy around the old Cubs
park on the West Side Of Chicago some
80 years ago. and is confident he will
fashion a diamond in Washington that
will be unsurpassed at any big league
grounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
EDISON HAS 500 MARK
ON TWO PITCHED BALLS

FORT MYERS, Fla, February rs
%.-Thomas A. Edison, the wiz
ard of Menlo Park, became a base
ball recruit yesterday and carried
of q batting average of 500.
At the request Of moving picture
men, the aged inventor took hand
in the training practice of the Phil
adeIphia Athletics. Kid Gleason
pitched and Connie Mack donned
the mask behind the bat.
Edison missed the first one Glea-
son shot over, but on the next
out of reach of Joe Hauser.
While the crowd yelled "Sign
him, COnnie!' Edison handed the
bat with q flourish to Bing Miller
and shook hands all around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
SCHAEFER AN EASY
VICTOR OVER HOPPE
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. February 25.-Youns
Jake Schaefer's ability to uphold thu
blllard-playing traditions Of the finn.
lily has been further demonstrated by
ms defeat of Willie Hoppe at the
veterans specially of 1s.1 balk line.
Already the 1872 champion, the vic.
tory. marks him an undeniable con.
tender for the 1871 crown.
When the two finished a 1,5oo-point
exhibition match last night Schaefer
was ahead, 1900 to LIS.
Hoppe, for 20 years champion Of
the game. ruled as favorite when
play began Monday. He was two
billiards ahead at the end of the first
500 points. Schaefer led from then on.
The play was preliminary to the
forthcoming Hoppe-Horemans chant.
pionship match. Schaefer will chal.
lenge the winner. Hoppe and Schae-
fer, 1t was announced last night, will
play a 3,o00-point match in Boston
March 1919. again an exhibition.
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w
Perhaps McPhilomy will shoot in
better form in tomorrow's concluding
block that will start at 2 o'clock. He
very likely will find the Coliseum
drives more to his liking than the
slick, newly finished alleys used in the
second block at the King Pin Then,
too, Earl may be better shod for the
affair. At the King Pin yesterday,
wearing ordinary walking shoes, the
Stanford man never was able to main
tain his footing decently He was off
his stride continually and naturally
his control suffered.
But with Earl at top form, Wolsten-
holne would have taken a deal Of
beating in the second five games. The
King Pin representative, after getting
the feel of the alleys in the first five
frames, began shooting his consistent
game, and in the secon dand third
ten-frame strings accumulated ire
mendous lead.
The first three games went against
McPhilomy, the initial one by a
heavy scores. In the fourth, how
ever, McPhilomy managed to hold
Wolstenholme to a tie and outbowled
his rival in the fifth well enough to
reduce Glenn's match lead from II to
IS pins.
Neither men counted as well as he
did in the first flve-game block. Glenn
shot 621 against 626 for the initial set,
while Earl got $50 against 612. In
his second effort yesterday. however,
Wolstenholme hit for 1853, the best
ten-frame count in the match so far.
Wolstenholme outmarked McPhil-
omy and got better counts on his
marks. Glenn hit for II spares and 4
strikes, averaging counts of practi.
cally ~ pins on the spares and on
the strikes. Earl got Is spares and 8
strikes, averaging 6-6 pins on his
spares and about s-3 on his strikes.
Earl also failed to get the wood we'll
Detailed scores of yesterdays block
follow:
"e''ens' Hs 81 81 40 IS sg 81 g 1is
aephi 4S q 90 80 g. So s. 81 1Sg III
SEVENTH GAME.
Sg 81 e 60 IS So es is s. i 81 1 s.
McPhiIomy-
IL 81 Il ~ 81 es 81 1876 90 81 81 1s1
EIGHTH GAME.
wolstenholme-
81 81 ~ s, sS 81 81 81 ia ,a4
aePhilSSn e 20 80 81 81 90 70 81 81
NINTH GAME
Wolstenholme-
10 10 Sc SO 4s So e SO 81 1os
McPhilomy-
Sc 81 4, so SIS Sc So 81 LOG
TENTH GAME.
Q 81 81 s ss 81 81 50 % 10Y liz 1913
McPhilomy-
% 81 As g 70 81 10 ID 11s 81 ii al
SUMMARY.
Iis i5s ia LOG .247
iii Isl 81 1o6 l41-5so-sl2-1.1s
Twenty alleys on the second floor Of
the King Pin establishment will be
opened to the public at s o'clock this
evening for the first time since the
upper Fourteenth street bowling
house was seriously damaged by fire
on the morning Of January 81. The
20-alley group on the third floor will
not be put in use for week or more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
YOUTH SETS RECORD
OF 5000 BULL'S-EYES
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEWTON, Mass. February ga
new world record Of 5000 consecutive
bull's-eyes was made here by L. Sam
uel Moore. II, captain Of the Newton
High School rife team.
Firing from prone position on 80.
foot range in the cellar Of hts home
with .22-caliber rifle, Moore kept VI
his perfect shots from 8 o'clock in the
morning until in the afternoon with
brief rests between each 500 shots and
time out for lunch.
1t was the second world record made
by the youth, who shot 1900 bulls
eyes last April.
In the Summer Clifford Poole OF
Crestline, Ohio, hung up 1,785 score
Moore bettered that month ago, but
questioned one of the shots and dis
agreed with an oflicial finding of 5000
consecutive bull's-eyes. Yesterday HI
made 1t q sure thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

Leagues that were bowling at the
King Pin are to resume their SEIZED
ules tonight.
Dropping three games to the Mount
Peasants, the Stanford Paper Com.
pany team fell TO second place,
game and a half behind the King
Pins, in the District League The
Mount Pleasant outfit. with Glenn
Wolstenholme shooting a set of 37s
won, 573, 573 and SOS, TO sos, 544 and
536.
AlpiRes are leading the race for
championship in the Hebrew Inter
club League with 36 victories and II
defeats, the record giving them 8
four-game advantage over the second
place Y. NJ. c. A. outfit Individual
leaders are Sells of B'Nai Birth,
with an average of 1911; Rosenblatf
Of Rtalto, with a set of 3S4, and Was
serman of Mardelle, with a game OF
169.
Classification plans for the annual
championship tournament will be dis
cussed by the Washington Ladies'
Duckpin Association at a meeting to-
morrow night in The Evening Star
Building. Officers and delegates Will
gather ats o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
BILLIARD MATCHES WON
BY MURRAY AND LAMS0N

Murray and Lamson won last
nights matches in the three-cushion
billiard tourney being staged at Lewis
& Krauss' parlors. The former won
from DR.. Connolly, IS to 10, in 81
innings, while the latter trimmed
Ruark IS to 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS-Fred Bretonnel beat Pau.
F'ritsch f10).
NEW YORK-Young Bob Fitzsim
mons, Nutley. n. j.. won from BOZ
Lawson, Alabama negro Q0l.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Joe
Lynch and Pal Moore fought d
draw Q0).
PEORIA, Ill.-"Babe" McCorgary
Oklahoma, defeated Les Darcy, Can
ada 00).
OAKLAND, Calif.-Billy Wallace OF
Oakland won a decision over Benny
Vulgar, the French lightweight uO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
BOY GETS 70 OUT OF rs
SHOTS FROM FOUL MARK

CHARLESTON. s. c.. February
% @.-At a meeting Of the ma
tional committee at the Young Mems
Christian Association here, result Of
the national basket ball free throw
tournament was announced.
j. o. Lindsay, Lyman, s. G., won
the senior boys division champion.
ship with a score of 20 out Of rs.
John O'Donnell, Allentown, Pa
and Earl Maxwell, Memphis, Tenn,
tied for second place, each with 81.
The senior boys team champion
ship was won by the Naval Hospital
at Norfolk. Va, with 4l9 out of 585.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

series battles, had succumbed to tub
Plank was 81 years old. His physt-
clan said that 16 years Of strenuous
work with the Philadelphia Athletics
and ono season with the st. Louis
Federal League club had left his heart
in a weakened condition.
Many kilograms Of coincidence came
to Mrs. Plank and her 10-year-old son.
At the Athletics training camp in
Fort Myers, Fla. Connie Mack said:
II feel like q father must feel when
he has lost son. The world has lost
q fne. clean sportsman. Eddie was
ono of the smartest left-hand pitchers
in base ball. He was master OF the
cross-fire delivery and that was one of
his big assets"
Thomas s. Shibe, president Of the
Athletics, said:
"A great ball player In his day and
q lovable character, one Of Gods
noblemen."
Funeral services will be held Satur.
day afternoon from the First Presby.
terrain Church. The body will lie In
state from / until 8 o'clock.
Plank came into the major leagues
rather iate-he was 25-but before he
left it he led ell the left-handers for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

the number of games pitched. q recsr8
excelled by only three right-handers
In the same time.
The years 1911 and 1919 pvera
Plank 8 best. In the former season ha
lost only out Of 80 games and in the
latter only out of 81.
He played base ball as a. boy on the
historic fields in and about his home
town and entered Gettysburg College,
and Connie Mack Of the Philadelphia
Athletics signed him in 1901. From
the start Plank was q SUCCESS, win
ming IL of the % games he pitched
the first year.
Following the four straight defeats
at the hands of the Boston Braves In
1914 for the world title, Mack decided
to break up his great aggregation
and Plank was slated to go TO BATH
more. He refused and signed with
the st. Louis Federal League club
for the 1915 season and the following
year with the St. Louis Americans
In 1917 he retired from the league at
the age Of AZ after losing q 1rto-0
game to Walter Johnson.
In his major league work he faced
1907 batsmen and his l7-year aver
age az winning pitcher was SET.
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h0BElMANN is WINNER
OF HAND BALL SINGLES

BALTIMORE. Md. February 25.-
~ Hobelmann is the new South At.
ihntlo singles hand ball champion
He earned tho right to the crown yes
terday afternoon when he defeated
GeorTe Nelson in three-set match
at The Young Mems Christian Asso-
caation court. He gained the decision
by ~ sssgas @ A~4k 1911 and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
SYRACUSE FIVE LOSES
FIRST CONTEST IN II

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Febru.
airy 25-Penn State outscored and
outfought the Syracuse quintet
hero last night, aud when the
anal gun went OF tho Lions had
chalked up q sensational 87.to.31
victory over tho previously undo
feated Orange passers. Syracuse
had won 16 straight games previ.
Gus to yesterday. The visitors led
but once, but were always so
close that the contest was Q
thriller,
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CLUB NOT EAGER TO HOLD
RECALCITRANT SOUTHPAW
Would Gladly Make Deal With New York for Little
Portside Twirler-Dempsey's Sparring Mate
in Champs Volley Ball Game.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON,
Sports Editor. The Star.

AMlA Fla, Feorua.y Slrthur Nchf Walter Kuethc By
roundabout but reliable learned that
is
of the Nationals equally handed
OF the
Although position speak with authority will vouchsac
Ruehcr, he hold
the and that would
Wash