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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-01


again doing the most Of loud speak.
er chooses last evening the time is
about ripe to call attention once
more to the fine quality of music
we're getting OF a Wednesday from
the choir that varies the program
Of the overshoe subsidy. The quar-
tet Mr.. Goodrich, Of Akron, has
hired for his radio activities this
winter is about as fine group of
singers as we hear-and they give
us every week about as pleasing a
program of songs as we hear.
Last night there seemed to be
something especially noteworthy in
their performance-althou that
really Is the feeling we have every
Wednesday evening. The arrang-
ment of Fritz Krisler's Lullaby,
and the manner of its execution by
these boys was just about as fine
an Interpretation of music and as
striking a demonstration of the
meaning OF song as we have heard.
But that is the usual performance
of this group.
With the regular performances of
ginger ale boys, the toothpaste har-
monists, the chain grocery tune
thinkers, the carpet industry mel
ody weavers, the mattress coined.
ians SSd the dry battery variety ex.
perts lar week of peaceful or soul
etirr,Ne music is usually well taken
care of-no matters what stars
wander from their concert or thea
ter course onto the wave lengths.
We're depending on them to keep
UP the high standards they have
set and thus force others to at
tempt to equal their efforts. We
care not what commodity pays the
bills-just so we get the entertain
naenti
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-01

1szO 18th st. n. w, was robbe6
Of $500 in cash last night.
The four gypsles, Thought t6
have been former friends Of their
victim, drove off in an expensive
touring car alter the robbery.
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Mary Stanley, Gypsy,
Held Up BY Her Kin

Held up at the point Of a PTS.
toi BY four Of her kinsfolk, Mary
Stanley. q gypsy fortune.teller. of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
Y. M. !. HAS CAPABLE
BASKET BALL SQUAD

LEXINGTON, Va, December H.
Six letter men are included in the
squad of rs candidates for the v. M.
I. basket ball team. which are working
out daily under Coach Bill Raftery.
Capt. Jack Frost and Shep Mondy.
guards: LuNe Hewlett, center, and
Slick Harner, Bradley Fulkerson and
Gene McGlone, forwards, won mono
grams last year.
Several members oc last years
freshman team, notably Bernard Nc
Cray, center; AL Hawkins, guard, and
Tom Scott and Virgil Grow, forwards,
are pushing the veterans for berths.
Gordon Walker. George Walker, Abe
Fulkerson, and johnson. Of last years
reserves, and Schmitz, Swank. and
Mcguire, up from the freshmen, are
also In the running.
The Cadets are not slated to open
the season until after the holidays,
and until that time Coach Raftery is
trying out various floor combinations.
The squad lacks tall, rangy players,
but Harner. McGlone, and Bradley
Fulkerson are exceptional shots from
all angles, and the entire first string
squad is composed Of fast and clever
floor men.
Only eleven games are listed on this
years card, but all Of these except two
are with Southern Conference oppo-
nents, home and home contests being
slated with Virginia and v. P. I. The
schedule opens with Bridgewater at
Lexington on January 7, and closes
with the Southern Conference tourna-
ment at Atlanta, late in February.
The schedule follows:
January z, Bridgewater; IA, Mary.
land: II, South Carolina; Fl, Medical
College of Virginia; q, Alabama.
February 4, ". p. l.! at Blacks
burg: z, Virginia at Charlottesville; 10,
Virginia; IS, North Carolina State;
Is, Sewanee; 81, v. P. l.; 23-25, South.
ern Conference tournament at At.
lanta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
When Fights We're Fights!
The Kid Gets the Lightweight Title, and
Then Finds the Belts in Hook.
He Beats McAulife, Who Tells Him He'll
Have to Lick Harlem Pawnbroker.
He Goes TO London to Meet Dick Burge, and
His Small Size Brings Him Ridicule

every dollar Tor pound promised him.
The weight agreed on was 1913 at
4 o'clock. This would have put Burge
in the ring at from 142 to 145.
Two months before the fight I ar
rived in London with my manager,
Sam Fitzpatrick. 1t was about II
O'Clock at night that we registered at
the Hotel Metropole. just off the
Strand.
Received in Style.
Sam had the address, and we de-
cided to stroll over and get acquaint-
ed. After long hike we found our.
selves before what looked like swell
dwelling house. Sam rang the bell
and a. fiunky all covered with buttons
opened the door. He took Sans. card,
welcomed us in a very dignified way
and showed us into large room.
"Mr. Fleming will be glad you're
here, SIR" he told Sam, respectfully.
He never glanced at me.
Sam annexed big leather armchair,
and / walked across the room and
pulled myself up on a high stool. My
legs dangled. My shoes were foot
from the floor.
Pretty soon in came Mr.. Fleming,
(William Fleming, president of the
club). a Incorporating, aristocratic
Englishman.
lawfully glad to see you, old chap !"
he said, shaking hands with Sam.
Then Mr.. Fleming swept an inquir.
ing glance around the room, but
might have been piece Of furniture
for all the notice he paid me. He look.
ed disappointed.
I'm sorry you didn't bring Mr.. La
vigne along, so some of the members
could meet him." he said.
That's Kid Lavigne," replied Fitz,
Jerking his head toward me.
I'll never forget the look of aston.
ishment on Mr.. Fleming's face as he
lamped me. And the more he lamped,
the smaller I appeared to him.
"What! That Little Boy!'
"what, that little boyw he exploded.
"You don't expect him to fight Dick
Burge? Why, it's preposterous!'
THAT'S Kid Lavigne, all right"
answered Sam, easily. HE can lick
two Dick Burgess"
ooh come. come" said Mr.. Fleming
impatiently. "This thing is a joke. You
can't be serious. can scarcely be-
lieve that little fellow really is La
vigne. But IL he Is, 1t will never do
for the members to see him. You must
get him away somewhere out in the
suburbs. He simply must not train
here at the club. My word!'
WELL" retorted Fitz, "he may look
small, but we thing pretty well of him
in our country. And we have some
fairly tough geeZers over there"
(Naxt--Ei1hts Refore King Fdward1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
L0UGHRAN, SLATTERY
WILL FIGHT TONIGHT
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 1.-TWO
world champions in the light-heavy-
weight division, Tommy Loughran of
Philadelphia and Jimmy Slattery of
Buffalo, will struggle against each
other in 15-round title bout at Madi-
son Square Garden tonight.
This condition is the result of rival
boxing authorities. Loughran was
recognized by the New York State
Athletic Commission as champion
when he whipped Mike McTigue. The
National Boxing Association, with
membership in "a States, acknowl-
edges Slattery as the title holder.
Loughran's followers have made
him a 2-to-1 favorite. About 1900
fans from Philadelphia plan to be at
ringside while reservations have been
made to care for about 600 from Buff
alo, Slattery's home.
Fight fans will be given bargain
attraction at the Garden on Friday
evening with two championship bouts
over the 15-round distance. In one
bracket. Tod Morgan of Seattle will
guard his crown against Joe Click,
challenger for junior lightweight
honors.
While there has been no possessor
of the fiyweight championship made
vacant when F'idel La Barba quit the
ring to enter college, the New York
authorities have assigned IZZy
Schwartz of this city to box Newsboy
Brown of Iowa for the title.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CLERKS LEAGUE.
Team STANDING

Station Accounts No. / sprang the
surprise Of the season in the Southern
Railway Clerks League when it took
all three games from Freight Auditors.
dropping Freight into tie for second
place.
Capt. Dorsey is all smiles now. His
Purchasing team came back strong
and took three from Construction,
jumping into the lead by one game.
Station Accounts No. 2 was too
much for Operation, even with Blais-
dells 345 set. Operation could not
stand the pace and dropped the odd
game by 8 pins.
Law and Traffic had hot fight for
each game and all the games were
settled in the tenth frame, Law win
ming the odd game by pins.
Even, with Joe Orme's 342 set for
Auditors. Capt. Campbell's Treasury
team refused to be beaten and made
Auditors take the short end of the
series.
Disbursing threw the hooks into
Passenger Accounts and took the odd
game very handily, thereby moving
into a tie with Construction for next
to last place.
Blaisdell had high game of 125 and
high set Of S45 during last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
ILLINOIS BOXING BODY
CHAIRMAN RESIGNS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 12.-John c.
Righeimer, chairman of the Illinois
State Athletic Commission for the last
year and member during the liz
months of the commissions existence,
has announced his resignation, saying
that he is tired of the job and wants
a long rest.
His withdrawal leaves Paul Prehn
as the only remaining commissioner
of the three appointed by Gov. Small
when boxing became legal again In
Illinois on July /. 1926.
o. w. Huncke, the original chair
man, quit a year ago for a reason
similar to Righeimers dissatisfaction
with the burden of criticism and pres
sure of various sorts accompanying
the post.
Sam LuZZo was appointed to succeed
Huncke a few months ago, after Gov.
Small had withheld action on Huncke's
resignation nearly year. Righeimer
succeeded to the craftsmanship when
Huncke retired, and Prehn is expected
to fall heir to the controlling power OF
the commission now.
The burden of private affairs has
kept Righeimer busy since the Tun-
ney-Dempsey battle of Soldier Field,
last September, and he said today he
expected to leave for Florida soon TO
take a long rest. Some boxing critics
look for a complete reorganization of
the commission, now that two chair.
men have given up the task as too
burdensome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
TUNNEY IS LAUDED
AS FINEST IN RING
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 12.-Gene
Tunney, world heavyweight cham.
pion, is regarded as the most valuable
man in fistiana in 1927, in declara.
ton by william Muldoon. senior mem.
Der of the New York State Athletic
Commission.
Lauding Tunney's boxing activities,
Muldoon said:
HE is the finest representative the
game has ever had in the heavy.
weight division. l base this opinion
not only on his reputation as clean.
hard fighter in the ring, but also on
his high standard Of personal habits
and conduct outside the ring"
Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia,
who tits in light-heavyweight cham
pionship battle with Jimmy Slattery
Of Buffalo here next Monday. was
ranked next to Tunney in Muldoon's
estimation OF pugilistic rating.
Loughran Is the New York State
champion while Slattery lis the Ma
tional Boxing Association title holder.
George Courtney, Oklahoma middle.
weight, was Muldoon's third choice Of
select boxers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
TYPOTHETAE LEAGUE.
Team Standing.

a High team e;ainies.Niational Capital Press.
High team set--Fellowship Forum. 1875
,.I High Ino indiyidpai game LlpD0id Rams
High indiyldual set--Morrison Judd q
Most spareswCole Lew Thayerl. SO.
Most strikes-Thornberg and Beatty 20
each,
National Capital Press slipped to
three games behind Judd & Detweiler
last week in the Typothetae League,
by dropping two games to Standard
Engraving Co., while the leaders were
registering a clean sweep over Rams
dell, Inc.
Led by Heinzmanh with set of 33s,
H-K Advertising Service climbed to
third place and showed Fellowship
Forum back into a tie with Lew
Thayer for fourth position when 1t
threw the Forum boys for three-time
loss. Capt. Thornberg and Cole car.
ried Lew Thayer's team to two.ply
win over d. C. Paper Manufacturing
Co., while Jenkins fine rolling was q
big factor In M. Joyce Engraving
Co.'S victory over Washington Print
ing Co. Washington Monotype OBJ
tanned three easy wins from r. p. An
drews Paper Co., while Charles III.
Potter grabbed three straight from
Columbian Printing Co.
Despite a brilliant effort by Sells,
National. Publishing Co. dropped two
hard-fought games to Potomac Elec-
trotype. Baker and Carmen rolled
best for the winners.
Kline Of r. p. Andrews Paper Co.
turned in the best individual game ut
$50, while Baker. Potomac Electrotype
Co.. rolled the high Individual set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
Rule Up Army, Macy Penn Fine Fee Coast Came

rule rather than the exception throug-
out the season, even at Chicago, where
a change was expected. On Thanks
giving day the temperature was any
thing but conducive to 60 minutes of
hard foot ball.
During the coming week the squad
will engage in scrimmage OF the early
season variety with fundamentals be-
ing INDUCED in as they are IN pre-
season training. On the Coast plans
call for at least three and probably
four scrimmages depending in a great
measure on the weather.
Now Drilling Indoors.
The snowfall of the past week seri'
ously hampered the training of the
team, indoor work alone being posi-
BILE. Basket ball and other indoor
sports were INDUCED in by the squad
i'm the Palestra. Most of the practice
was used to build up the wind OF the
squad.
Next Saturday morning the squad
of "a players. four varsity coaches.
three freshman coaches, one scrub
coach and six managers. together
with Assistant Graduate Manager n.
Jamison Swarts. will leave this city
for the scene of the game.
The entire party will spend 1--WE
hours in Chicago, after which only
brief stops will be made en- route. The
squad is due in Berkeley on the morn
ing of December 81. After quarters
are established in the Claremont Ho-
tel, in Berkeley, practice will be held.
The departure for the East is sched-
uled from Oakland, on the night of
January l. The following day the en-
tire party will witness the Pittsburgh
Stanford game at the Tournament of
Roses.
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STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

leaning toward the ditch, which
catches and penalties many good
shots Under the new scheme. the
hole would measure about $40 yards.
The sixteenth green, built upon a
fiat pan of rock, has been somewhat
unsatisfactory from the upkeep stand
point. In the first place the surface
of the green slopes away from the
pitch, which must be made to it and
in the second place, it is never pos
sible to see the spot where the pin
enters the hole because the pitch is
played from below bank which
marks the near edge of the green.
These two factors would be eliminated
if the green were moved 40 yards
back into the orchard and built up to
face the player, making the second
shot a relatively long mashie shot
where it is usually now played with a
mashie niblic.
Another change is under considera-
ton at the tenth, where the greens
committee has long been considering
use of the knoll above the ninth green
for the tenth tee. The hole, IL new
tee We're built on this location, would
be approximately the same length, but
the tee shot would be blind across an
other hill to a wide fairway. Con-
struction of such tee would be to
the advantage of most players.
Another change under consideration
is at the seventh hole. where many
members feel if the green were
banked at the back it would be easier
to hold pitch shot AS 1t now stands
the green is usually quite fast and
under normal conditions, it is virtually
impossible to stop a ball on the green
| if it strikes on the putting surface.
Most players try to pitch short of the
green and roll on.
None of the proposed changes ex-
cept those at the sixteenth and sew.
| ententh, involve a great outlay Of
money, and 1t may be that next year
will find the COURSE. considerably
| heightened by them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12

Golfers from Bobby Jones and
Walter Hagen down to the veriest
dub get into traps. Any one can do
it. The trick is to get out. Playing
out of sand isn't such difficult
art If one knows how. The stars
use a closed face niblick to turn the
trick. About every one else opens
the face of the club. What closed
and open face mean is shown
above.
Jones takes sand on his explosion
shots, as do all golfers who get out
of such lies. And he drives the Club
face ON through, keeping his wrists
stiff and hitting with all his might:
The closed face pushes the sand
forward and upward and the par
ticles of sand-n0t the club face
lift the ball without spin so that
il drops "dead"-withOut roll when
il strikes the green. Ii he used an
open face and took sand the effect
would be as pictured on. the right
above--the ball would be tossed al
most straight up from its lie by the
sand. That's why SO many golfers
fail to get out Of sand lies. Use
close face. Practice will tell the
golfers how much sand ne should
take to get a given distance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
GOOD MINOR PLAYERS
SCAPcE, CHlS0X FIND

CHICAGO, December IL P).-MinOr
league base ball players offered at the
Dallas minor league convention to the
major league buyers were not very
select lot, the Chicago White Sox ivory
hunters said today on their return.
The Sox did, however, purchase a
young southpaw, Roy Wilson, of the
San Antonio club, native of Clarinda,
Iowa.
Twenty Spring training dates We're
arranged at the Dallas meeting, Sec
rotary Harry Gardiner said. Stories
that Big Falk, star Sox outfielder,
was consulted at Dallas; about a pos.
sible trade to the New York Yankees,
were denied last night by Gardiner
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uhose MANY Victories included two over
Joe Walcott and one over England's IA
nous champion. Dick Burge.
(As told to Il. p. Rucker.)
TT was not until March, 1896, that I
got the lightweight title. although
for three years / had been consid-
i cred the best 133.pound man in the
country. That meant, of course,
the world.
Jack McAuliffe had been one Of the
greatest champions, perhaps the great
est, the lightweight division had ever
known. He had the speed Of feather
weight and the punch of a heavy. But
Jack had grown fat and slow.
McAuliffe made fortune in the
ring. At one time he was said to be
worth 100000. He owned pool
room and string of race horses.
Dick Burge, the great Engllsh
welterweight, or lightweight as they
classed him over there, came to this
country in 1892, and Boston promo
tiers tried to match him and Nc
Auliffe. A purse Of 5000, the largest
ever bid for fight up to that time.
was offered. Burge was willing TO
weigh 1873, but McAuliffe refused to
go over 1876.
For the sake of 8 pounds McAuliffe
let a $4,000 purse go by. I hope my
friends will not consider me unduly
boastful when / say I would have
fought John l.. Sullivan for $4,000.
The Belt in Pawn.
McAuliffe went through his money
after that and finally had to put the
championship belt in pawn.
Jack and I had never fought, but
finally q match with me was una
voidable. McAuliffe put on the show
at Madison Square Garden, New York,
benefit for himself. We went six
rounds. I had all the better Of 1t, but
Jack showed me enough to prove
what a great fighter he had been. The
rounds were shortened to save Jack.
Some of them were not more than
minute and half.
A supper for McAuliffe was given
shortly after at the Star Theater.
John L. Sullivan was POSTMASTER.
There McAuliffe publicly announced
he had given me the lightweight title.
Privately he confided to me that IL l
wanted the belt I would have to go
UP to Harlem and lick a pawnbroker.
My first important match after be-
coming champion was with Dick
Burge, the English welter champion.
Justly known as the Iron Man."
Burge and I were matched to hight
in London before the National Sport
ing Club, then the only real fight club
in the world. If it promised fighter
500. 900, and the attendance was only
20 persons, the fighter would get
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MONTREAL GIVES THREE
FOR A ROCHESTER PAIR

ROCHESTER, N. Y, December u
R.-Completion of trade with the
Montreal club of the international
League involving five players and
cash has been announced by John
Camel, manager of Rochester of the
same league.
Camel snapped Outfielders Gill
hooley and Murphy and Pitcher
Thormahlen for Outfielder Shannon,
First Baseman Monahan, both of
whom played with Jersey City last
season, and cash.
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~ VERAL important and major
changes in the golf course of the
Washington Golf and Country
~ Club are under consideration by
the greens committee of the
club and Stewart Whaley, the club
greens expert. The changes all in
yolve Iengthening Of the course, and
if made next year, will increase the
already difficult features of the Vir-
ginia layout.
Major interest in the proposed
changes centers around the sixteenth
and seventeenth holes, both of which
nave admitted weak points. while other
major changes are being considered.
One phase of the proposed program
is now under way with construction
of a new tee cut back into the hill
for the twelfth hole, which will length
en- the distance about 20 yards and
convert it from a simple drive and
pitch TO lengthy two-shotter because
of the terrain. Another is a new tee
for the fourteenth, lengthening that
hole about 20 yaRds and still another
a new tee at the eighth.
Since the club acquired the strip
of land Immediately north of the club
house, a scheme has been in the minds
of the greens committee for construct.
ing a new sixteenth green 80 or 40
wards west of the present green. This,
in turn, will make possible a change
of major importance in the seven
teenth, by building a new tee between
the new sixteenth and the present
eighteenth greens and converting the
fee shot at the seventeenth from an
iron shot to a full drive.
In addition. a scheme for filling in
tbe present ditch and swinging the
water hazard around directly in front
of the green is under consideration.
This will widen the space about 200
Yards from the tee where good tee
shot ordinarily stops. As the hole
now stands, the space where a tee
shot lands IL considered TOO narrow,
with the natural slope OF the hill all
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~ PHILADELPHIA, December a.
- When the University of Penn
sylvania foot ball team meets
i the University Of California on
December 81 in Berkeley, Coach
Louis A. Young and his aides expect
to place physically perfect team on
the gridiron.
Barring unforeseen injuries during
practice here and In Berkeley, the en-
tire squad, with the possible exception
of Rosenbloom, a substitute halfback,
should be available for the memorial
game to the late Andy Smith.
Alfred wascolonis, who suffered a
broken hand against Cornell, expects
to start hard work during the coming
week, as result of the removal of the
splint that has been protecting the in
jured member. Paul Murphy. another
casualty against the Ithacans, has
rounded into form, as has John Shober,
the quarterback, who suffered an in
jured leg.
The coaching staff, as the result of
receiving advice from persons on the
Coast and those conversant with the
effect of changes of climate on ath-
letes, believe that the 10 days spent
in California air will fit the team for
one of its best battles of the year.
Change Hurt I'm 1925.
When Pennsylvania met California
on New Years day, 1925, the team
had only two afternoons of signal
drill in the warm climate before play
ing the game. From sub-zero weather
to Spring.like weather was transition
that did not greatly aid the team, de-
spite the excellent fight it put up
against Smiths great eleven.
This year 10 days will be spent drill.
ing at Berkeley, which most experts
believe will be sufficient to bring the
team to its proper form. During the
past regular season Pennsylvania
played every game in unreasonable
weather. Warm Saturdays were the