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New Britain herald., 1927-10-14
Return Football Game
Legion Clcan!n" Up Park

Member Of Brock-4arNes post arc now engaged in cleaning up Legion park at tho corner of Whiting and Maple streets and putting it in shape Tor Armisticc Day. The green was rallcd over today and the leaves cleared away and burned, II is cN-
Evening star., 1927-05-23

Lake City, Utah, girl who recently
won the right to represent the West
ern zone, would be the only girl en-.
trant in the national finals here Fri
day.
Coming on Thursday.
Crawford won with an oration on
'The Evolution of the Constitution"
and therefore another subject will be
entered in the bid for the national
championship. Other subjects which
will be pitted against Crawford's in
the bid for the championship include
The Meaning Of the Constitution To-
day" and THE Constitution" The
latter topic was by far the most popu-
lar throughout the Nation.
Although he was selected as his re-
gions representative only six days be-
fore the big contest here. De Lisle
Crawford will have himself ready for
the oratorical battle Of the year in
short order He is expected in Wash.
ington with the other orators by
Thursday afternoon. when the seven
nationalists will be entertained at tea
by Mrs. Randolph Leigh. wife Of the
national director of the contest. in
their Chevy Chase home.
Evening star., 1927-05-23
CHICAGO CHOOSES
BOY FOR ORATOR
Lone Girl Will Enter National
Finals in Auditorium
on Friday.

Six boys and lone girl will con-
tend in the finals Of the fourth Ma
tional Oratorical Contest Friday night
in the Washington Auditorium.
That field Of young speechmakers
was completed Saturday night at Chi
cago. when DeLisle Crawford of the
Oak Park River Forest High School
triumphed over foul boys and two
girls, each of whom sought the right
to represent their region in the ma
tional finals.
The contest in which young Craw-
ford was victor was the last of the
seven zone finals in which the seven
contenders for the l.igh school orator.
cal championships Of the United
States were chosen. Intense interest
was evinced in that competition be-
cause it was to determine whether or
not Miss Dorothy Carlson, the Salt
Evening star., 1927-05-23
INDICATIONS SHOW PLAN
OF "PEACHES" TO APPEAL
Notice Of Motion for Additional
Expenses Is Filed-Argu-
ments Tomorrow.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, May %.
Notice Of a motion for a court order
allowing additional counsel fees and
expenses was filed today for Mrs.
Frances Heegan Peaches) Brown
ing, indicating that her suit for
separation and alimony is to be ap-
pealed to the appellate division of
the Supreme Court.
Argument on the motion will be
heard tomorrow before Justice See
ger, who presided at the cross-suits
between the young wife and her
wealthy, middle-aged husband, Ed
ward w. Browning. Justice Seeger
on March 81 last granted Browning's
plea for legal separation, thus auto
matically denying Mrs. Browning's
similar plea and ending the alimony
Of $500 a week she had been receiv.
ing.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

Of Richmond, who answered the same
description as Pace and who fire.
quently took auto trips with Pace.
Police believe two men were in the
car, as the Richmond men came here
last night in response to a mysterious
telephone message.
At the time the auto upset it was
being chased by State motor cycle
policeman for speeding and, according
to that officer, was travelling at IS
Evening star., 1927-05-23
BURNED TO DEATH
AFTER AUTO CRASH
Man Dies When Car, Chased
by Police, Upsets at
Dickerson, Md.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, May ga man
believed to be James Pace of Rich
mond. Va. was burned to death at
Dickerson, this county, early yester-
day, when large touring car he was
driving caught fire after upsetting and
pinning him beneath it. Communica-
ton with police authorities at Rich
mond established the fact that the
license tags on the automobile indi-
Gated the machine belonged to j. II.
Shoffelbarger, but Edward Leftwich
and B. G. Reynolds of Richmond late
last night almost positively identified
the body as that of their brother-in.
law, Pace.
If not Pace, they said they believed
the dead man to be Hudson Ford, also
Evening star., 1927-05-23

resentative Of the region centering
in New York City; James M. Tunnel,
jr., Of Georgetown, Del, representa-
tive of the region centering in Phila-
delphia. and Carl z. Albert Of Nc
Alester. Okla, who will represent the
Midwest zone, centering in Kansas
City, Mo.
The first of the young orators is ex.
pected to reach the Capital Wednes-
day evening. and he is "Aleck" Loker.
who will champion the District of Co.
lumbia, Maryland and Virginia in the
finals.
Evening star., 1927-05-23
Wealthy Man Kills Self.

NEW YORK. May % Up).-Edwin
Hale. said to bee a wealthy retired
Cleveland business man. committed
suicide by shooting himself in the
head in his suite at the Hotel Gotham.
on Fifth avenue. the medical exam.
iner's Office reported today. He died
last night in Roosevelt Hospital. De.
tectives said that he had been in
i'll health and was melancholy.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

miles an hour. The State policeman
was unable to remove the man from
the burning auto and summoned per.
sons living nearby and the Rockville
Volunteer Fire Company. They ex-
tinguished the flames, not, however,
until the body had been burned to
crisp and the automobile nearly de.
stroyed. The machine carried. &C.
cording to the officers, about 1875 gal.
Ions of whisky.
Evening star., 1927-05-23
UNITARIAN MINISTERS
MEET FOR CONFERENCES
Rev. DR.. Augustus M. Lord of
Providence Is Chosen Presi-
dent of Union.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May 23.-Unitarian mini
sters met here today in connection
with annual conferences of national
Unitarian organizations to elect Rev
DIR. Augustus NJ. Lord of Providence
as president of the ministerial union.
Rev. Frederick L. Weis of Dorches-
ter was named secretary treasurer.
Regional vice presidents chosen in.
cluded: Rev. T. J. Horner, Nashville,
Tenn; Rev. Van Ogden Vogt. Chicago;
Rev. George Gilmore, Denver; Rev.
Edwin B. Backus, Los Angeles, and
Rev. Charles w. Casson, Ottawa.
Evening star., 1927-05-23
LOker Arrives Wednesday.

Crawford's fellow contestants in the
finals Friday and his travelling COM
panions for the Summer are William
Alexander Loker of Leonardtown, Md,
representative of The Evening Star,
which sponsored the contest in this
region: Miss Carlson, representative
Of the Western zone; Maxwell Ian.
represent the Southern zone; Jefferson
Meagher of Binghamton, N. Y, rep
Evening star., 1927-05-23

Theatrical performances in Cairo
are now being started at Q o'clock at
night
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-03

Williamsport, Pa, national CORE
spending secretary, and Mrs. Florence
H. Stone, of New Orleans, national
treasurer.
One Of the most interesting events
that took place during the conven-
ton was the grand review held Fri~
day night. All states were represents
ed, costumes characteristic of theil
section of the country. The mem
bers Of the Arizona delegation wore
the leather skirts and ten gallon
hats. Prizes were awarded to Iowa,
Kansas and Oregon. Miss "Evange-
line,"' Of New Orleans, received the
individual prize.
Mrs. Allie Dickerman of Tucson,
was member of the southwestern
hospitality committee and she did
much toward making the eastern
members enjoy the convention At
. luncheon held during the conven-
ton. Mrs. Dickerman's brother, Mr..
Jack Bartlett, rendered several solos,
"Out Where the West Begins" and
arizona"
Mrs. Brown was accompanied to
California by her son, Edwin W.
Brown, Jr., and they visited at the
home OF Mrs. Browns daughter, wno
was formerly Miss Marcia Brown and
is now Mrs. L. G. Brown, who resides
in Downey, California. At this time
Mrs. Brown also visited with a broth.
sr who is passing the summer in
California who resides !. in Chicago,
and they have not met for 20 years.
Mrs. Brown stated yesterday that
she saw a number of Douglasites in
California, among whom are Rev. and
Mrs. c. A. Foreman, Miss E. Marjorie
Williams, Miss Olive Wilkins and
Mrs, Mayme Brown Wynne.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-03
TEN AIRPI,ANES
ARE ENTERED IN
HONOLULU HOP

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2 t9-Ten
airplanes had officially entered the
James D. Dole $4,000 mainland
Honolulu race tonight, with nine
entries registered with the flight
committee and one en- route here
by mail from Oklahoma City. The
flight committee has announced that
entries in the mail by midnignJ,
August 2 would be accepted. The
race starts August u.
The new entries are: Travelair
rnonoplane owned by the Phillips
Petroleum company of Oklahoma, to
be piloted by Bennett Griffin; Vega
naonoplane of George Hearst, of San
Francisco, to be piloted by Jack
Frost: and the. CantileVer nonoplane
of the Bryant Aircraft syndicate Of
Los Angeles, to be piloted by Arthur
". Rogers.
The committee in charge expects
from two to four more entries before
closing time. kilograms today. from
G. Fl. Covell, of Conorado, and from
w. R. Garrett, of San Diego, indicat-
ed intention to enter, and asked in
formation on certain requirements.
Others who had previously iatifn-
ated they would enter, but who have
not done SO formally are Garland
Lincoln, OF San Luis Obispo, and
Major Curzon 0. Osburne, who ex-
poets to hop off from Vancouver,
j. @. The entry of the Phillips
Petroleum plane had not been re-
ceived tonight, but a telegram from
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-03

the petroleum company to the flight
committee announced that the entry
had been mailed July 20.
Other official entries in the race
are Major Livingston Irving of
Berkeley, Cal; Arthur G. Goebel of
Santa Monica, CAL; Augie Pedlar OF
Flint, Mich; Charles w. Parkhurst
of Lomax, ILL.,; Lester Giles of De-
troit, Mich; Norman Goddard OF
San Diego, Cal; and William P.
Erwin of Dallas, Texas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-03
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HIS EDGE

A rich man may have no chance of
getting into the Kingdom of Heaven,
but he can buy a couple of fight tick
cts now and then.
Evening star., 1927-05-01
SIX MINES TO PLAY.
IN COUNTY LEAGUE

-Four Of last seasons teams and two
newcomers will be represented in Ar
lington County League this season,
which opens May Is Arlington A.
c., last year in Capital City League,
and Jefferson Firemen have been
given franchises.
The schedule:
May 15--Fort Myer W. Addison, jefferson
Fire Department vs. Arlington. Cherrydale
Jefferson Fire Department VS.. Cherrydale.
Fort Myef VS.. Bailston. May 2D-Cherry-
dale VS.. Arlington, Addison vs. Fort Myer.
Ballston vs. jefferson Fire Department: June
5--BalIston VS. Addison Arlington VS..
Cherrydale, Fort Myer VS.. jefferson Fire De-
June I2-Addison VS.. Arlington, Jefferson
Fire Department VS.. Fort Myer. Cherrydale
VS., BalIston; June 19---Addson vs.. Cherry
dale. Arlington vs.. Ballston, Fort Myer We.
July Darlington VS.. Fort Myer, Addison
VS.. Ballston. Cherrydale VS.. Jefferson Fire
Department; July 10--Fort Myer VS., Ad-
olson olson = Ballston VS. Cherry9ale, jefferson Gn
Addison VS.. Cherrydale. Balston ,,ys.
Department; July 24-Jefferson Fire De-
partment vs Addison Fort Myer VS.
Chefrydale. Arlington VS.. Ballston: July, ~
Addison VS.. Arlinston. Cherrydale vs. Fort
Myer. Ballston VS.. Jefferson Fire Department.
August 7-BalIston VS.. Addison. Jefferson
Fire Department vs.. Gherrydale, Fort Myer
vs. Arlington: August 14--Cherrycale vs.
Addison. Fort Myer vs. Arlington. Jefferson
Fire Department VS.. Ballston; August IL
Arlington VS.. Cherrydae. Dalst0n VS.. Fort
Myer. Addison VS.. Jefferson Fire department.
Evening star., 1927-05-01
D. C. Is REPRESENTED
In NAVY ATHLETICS

Washington IS we'll represented in
Naval Academy athletics at present.
both IN the coaching and playing
line.
Lieut.. Johnny welchel. former
Western High athlete, and later. foot
ball and basket ball star at the
Academy, IS the coach of the Navy
plabe gri0ders, while Lieut.. Buck
Walsh. also Washington native. Is
coaching the plebe crew. Lieut.. Walsh
rowed in the Naval Academy cham
pionship crew of 1929.
Captains of two varsity teams are
Washington youths. Ned HanneSan,
a regular back on the eleven for two
years, has been elected leader of the
foot bah team for next season. He
was also shortstop on the nine, out
sustained broken leg and had to
stop for the season,
William z, Howard. jF.. captain.
elect of the basket bali team is the
other team captain from Washington.
His position on the five is guard, and
he also is the best tennis player in
the Academy.
District youths In the plebe class
ws7o have already attracted attention
are James II. Howard who recently
won she novice championship OF the
intercollegiate Fencing Association,
and David Welciel, younger brother
of Lieut.. Welchel. who appears to be
booked for a backfleld job on the
eleven next season.
Evening star., 1927-05-01
FOUR SANDLOT LEAGUES
WILL START TOMORROW

team; Wednesday, Navy versus War
Shipping Board and Thursday, Vet
Grams Bureau will play it's first game
in the league against Naval Hospital
Governments loop initial game
will be between Government Printing
Office and Government Accounting
Office mines on South Ellipse diamond
at sis O'Clock. Interstate, District
Commissioners and Union Printers.
the other teams of the league, will get
into action this week. Shorty Hughes
has been appointed umpire.
The newly organized Merchants
League opening number is TO be
staged on No. Monument diamond,
with Chestnut Farms and Thompson's 8
Dairies' mines as opponents. The game
starts at AS o'clock. Five teams are
in this league and all are considered
possible flag winners.
Next Sunday the Petworth senior
circuit is scheduled to pry the lid,
with all teams in action. Tremonts,
1926 champs, will meet Sport Marts.
Cardinals win face the Yorkes. and
r. II. Keane nine, early season lImi-
naries, will play Takoma Tigers.
Evening star., 1927-05-01
HoughtOn Rallies at Tenth.

Houghton started his rally at the
tenth, winning with q 4 when SteYin-
son oyerpitched the green and took 3
more to get down. Houghton was
homo in two shots at the eleventh.
while STEVENSON only half hit his iron
second and lost to 4.
BY this time the rain was driving
down in sheets, and the players,
soaked TO the skin, were unable to get
home ia two at tine twelfth. They
halyed the hole in 5, with STEVENSON
missing an 8-footer TO win. He made
up for this lapse at the thirteenth,
holng a 12footer to win With a !
when it looked as iE he would lose the
hole, for Houghton had less than a
b-footer for a + which he missed when
STEVENSON ranlned down his long putt.
Houghton overpitched the fourteenth
TO lose To STEVENSON s. 4, and became 3
down with 4 to play.
STEVENSON made a poor third shot at
the long fifteenth to lose to Hough.
tons 5, and seemed in fair way to
lose the sixteenth Here ne drove to
the rough, pitched into a bunker and
came out over the green. His fourth
shot was ~ feet short of the hole.
while Houghtons fourth was only
foot away. Stevinson holed his down.
hiu putt to get half, and become
dormie 2 up.
Houghton, with the honor, pitched
into the trap at. the short seventeenth,
and Stevinson's shot was far to the
left. STEVENSON pitched up TO within 10
! feet, and Houghton ran the ball out
OF the bunker with a putter to within
feet. Stevinson putted and laid
Houghton dead stynlie, which the
Manor player was unable to negotiate,
halving the hole and giving the match
10 Stevinson, and /.
The cards follow:
Evening star., 1927-05-01
BEATS HOUCHTON IN TOWN
AND COUNTRY CLUB FINAL
Columbia Star Plays Through Driving Rain to Tri-
umph bv and Over Manor CIubman, After
Eliminating McAleer in Morning.

ConsoIation-J. r. Harris Bannockburn,
defeated Harvey Warwick Washington, 8
and 4 e. H; Batson. Indian Surfing. defeated
Batson defeated Harris. and 3.
Fourth hight--Mai ReYbold. Washington
Barracks. defeated Burke Edwards. Manor
, and 4: Mai. J. A. McAndrew. Washington
Barracks, defeated G. Lea Stabler. Indian
Spring. and 5. Final--Reyhold defeated
MeAnareW. 3 uB.
C0nsolation---O. 4. Veerhoff. Washington.
defeated r. T. Edwards. Manor. 9 and /; j.
Hall. ir Indian Spring. defeated Lynn Haines,
Bannoekburn. 4 and 3. FinaI--Hfll defeated
Veerhoff 4 and 3
Prizes We're presented by J. d.
Kaufman. president of the club, and
DIR. VI. E. Fischer, chairman OF the
golf committee.
Evening star., 1927-05-01
GRADE SCHOOL ATHLETES
PRlMING FOR TITLE MEET

grade will come into existence, and 1t
is planned by playground officials to
held city-wide competition for sixth
graders when 1t is deemed feasible.
Itwas learned at the playground Of
flee yesterday that at least one sixth
grade school has overcome all seventh
and eighth grade teams and won city
championships, Blow of northeast
won the city base bah and soccerEhon,
ofs several years ago without senior
caassmen to help.
Many other schools throughout the
city have competed for wears, although
they are sixth-gfade buildings, and
playground statistics reveal that II is
not unusual for these teams TO win
division championships over eighth.
grade teams.
Evening star., 1927-05-01
BAUM WINS TROPHY
AS 0LD-TtMERS ROLL

Johnny Baum, Evening Star League
bowler, who started in the pin-spilling
game 81 years ago, won the trophy in
"OId- Timers Night" program at Con-
vention Hall last night. His 36Ss set
was II pins better than that of George
Iseman. president of Washington City
Duckpin Association, who was runner
up. Schmidt finished third with 351
Contestants boasted of more than
20 years alley experiences each. Dietz,
bowling With Has Beens, with more
than 40 years experience, proved the
veteran of the crowd, and although
getting off to bad start. showed ina
provement In his three games.
+ Old stars of Masonic League regis
tered high team set at 1,620.
The matches were rolled as fea-
ture of the w. c. ID. A. tournament
now in progress.
The results:
Evening star., 1927-05-01

w YHEN the Cardinal Athletic
n Club nine of Alexandria
wv opens it's season this after
noon on the high school
field at Alexandria, the
club will start it's twenty first dia.
mond season.
sylvester A. Breen, president of the
club, and who has weathered many
seasons with the clubs diamond
charges, will toss out the first ball
as the Rialtos, strong local Jewish
combination, goes to bat. Earl Wat
kins, Card hurting ace, who has been
chosen to pitch the opener, will re-
ceive the ball.
Knight or Peyton will do the
catching, with Buck Minter, Harlowe,
Ci beavers and Corbin held as pitch
ing reserves. InfieId assignments vile
be distributed among Williams Allen,
/, Sillex, Owens, G.. Wood, Wagner,
Kidd, r. Wood. Roland and Valen-
tine. Cline, Garland, Kite, Ander-
son and Henley are ready for fly
chasing duties.
Manager Rennie Sauber probably
viii choose Gutenberg and Wolfe as
the Rialto battery, keeping himself
in reserve for mound duty.
Cardinals had hoped to dedicate
their new diamond today, but have
postponed the event for two weeks.
The game today starts at o'clock.
Elliott A. G. and Cabin John mines
are carded to play this afternoon at
3 o'clock at Cabin John. Two new
hurlers, Jenkins and Butts. probably
will work for the home team. Johnny
players report at o'clock. Elhotts
meet at 1885 Morse street northeast.
Arlington BearcatS will engage def
ferson District Firemen at Arlington
this afternoon at O'Clock Firemen
will meet at Manager Beckwith's
home at 1870 o'clock to receive uni
forms
Evening star., 1927-05-01
DECATnLOn VICTOR
WAS DARK HORSE"
Rv the Assacialad -press.


WARRENSBURG, Mo. April 30.--
Vernon Kennedy, Central Missouri
State Teachers College track star.
who won the decathlon or all.around
athletic championship at the Penn
relays, was dark horse" in the sport
world
Kennedy is 20 years old, and is a
sophomore in the Teachers College
here, coming from Mendon. Mo, q
town of 800 population. He won the
iavclin and discus events in the Mis-
souri, intercollegiate A. A. meet last
year, and was all-tackle in that con-
ference, but it was not until this
Spring that his real abili@r was
known
Tad Reid, his coach. took him to-
Kansas City last Saturday for q Sc
cret tryout on the decathlon. He
scored 7.240 points, nearly more
than he needed today TO win the
event. Reid compared this record with
the 1853 points won at the Penn re-
lays last year. and was positive he
had a champion.
Kennedy went to the Chicago High
School meet in 1928, but was not very
successful there. and today was the
first time he had gained the national
limelight In sports.
Evening star., 1927-05-01
CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB
TO HOLD BANQUET MAY II

placed the order with ]. W. Lathrop
e Co. of Mystic. Conn. The Quest
was designed and built by the Green
port Basin & Construction Co. of
Greenport. Long Island.
4 2-cylinder. 12-hOrsepower Palmer
is being installed by w. b. Beitzell of
Ahela, Md, in his boat TO replace a T.
horsepower Victor motor. The boat is
used for shad and herring fishing in
the lower river.
The Annual sbad bake of the East
ern Power Boat Club has been set for
May % on the Coombs property at
Pennington, Md. Though now little
known and seldom visited by local
yachtsman, Pennington, located at
the head of navigation on Piscataway
Creek. was at one time prominan
port of southern Maryland.
A new Rud(ler is being installed and
a general overhauiing is being given
the tug Columbia" on the Fosbsrg
Marine Railway. Charles Dean has
just been placed in charge of this rail-
way and shops.
Representative AIdrich's Flash" of
Providence, Mr.. Holmes 'L4aYenge"
DI the ,hUlCk6TDOSkeI 1dcnL A1uD ana
the 65-foot Mathews cruiser Colleen"
owned by Horace Parker of Larch-
mont, n. Y, were recent visitors at the
Capitol Yacht Club.
Marked interest in the coming speed
trials in the Eastern Power Boat Club
fleet is shown now that W. Halfpap
has practically completed a new speed
boat along the same lines as Commo-
dOre Battenfield's Grey Bat III.
After being tied up all Winter at
the Eastern yard for reconditioning
for the coming season. the yawl Vene-
mooSia, owned by l.. r. Hewins, soon
will be placed IN commission.
Official announcement is made that
about May / a number of new buoys
will be established and others changed
from their present location to mark
the newly dredged channel across Ket.
tie Bottom shoals on the Potomac.
Evening star., 1927-05-01

YOUR sandlot leagues are sched-
L uled to open their seasons to-
morrow afternoon. Merchants,
A Departmental and Government
League teams will make their
official debuts. one game being played
IN each league.
Postmaster General Harry S. New
viii start the Post Office Treasury
inaugural of Departmental League by
tossing out the first ball. Post Office
won the 1926 flag and is expected to
make a strong bid this year.
The game is scheduled to start at
SIS o'clock on the East Ellipse
diamond.
Col. u. S. Grant, Sd. and Rear Ad-
miral c. H. T. Lowndes will witness
the opening tilt between Naval Hos
pital and Public Buildings and Public
Parks mines, as the curtain rises on
Federal loop activities. Play is to
start at O'Clock on West Ellipse
diamond.
Other games on Federal League
schedule this, week are: Tuesday. Com
merce, under management of Bill An
drews, meets reerganized State Labor