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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-24
SHOT
IN DETROIT

A bride Of a few weeks, Mrs. Ora
Woodward. 36O2 Eleventh st. n. w,
waited today for further news of her
19-year-old husband, Carl Woodward,
who was shot Monday night In
Detroit by a drunken policeman who
ran amuck in a hotel lobby.
One message told her that her hus.
band was in a dying condition and
another said he had suffered only
flesh wound and would recover. She
Is waiting for further message to
determine whether she shall 90 to
him,
Young Woodward with John Peters.
5r., of SIS Sixth st. s. W., went to
Detroit to work on q new theater.
They left here early Sunday morn.
ing and were standing in the lobby
of a Detroit hotel when two police.
mem Herman A. Perry and Joseph
Yogus-staggered in.
don't like your looks. Bozo,
go and sit down." Policeman Perry
said to the startled Woodward.
He struck him and the youth fell
into chair as several blows were
exchanged. woodward finally
fled. As he left through the door
he was shot down.
Peters escaped without Injury.
The two Detroit policemen were
locked up and relieved of their
badges. Both had been drinking,
police inspector reported, and
had visited several bootleg Joints
before they made their way to the
hotel where the shooting took
place.
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PRINCESS PLANS
HOP To j. s.

LONDON. Aug. "a -undettered
by the uncertainty as to the fate Of
Miss Mildred Doran, first woman to
attempt transoceanis flight, who
disappeared eight days ago while at.
tempting nonstop flight from Oak
land. California to Hawaii, Princess
Lowenstein. Wertheim, an English
woman, was planning today TO fly
from England to Ottawa, Canada,
according to dispatches reaching
London this afternoon from Upavon,
near here.
Princess Lowenstein. Wertheim, her.
self a pioneer in aviation. plans to
accompany Captain Leslie Hamilton
and Colonel r. F. Minchin in their
Jupiter okker plane which IL due
to hop off tomorrow. weather condi-
tions permitting. from the Upavon
aerodrome. Special chairs have been
installed in the fuselage of the plane
for the princess, who will ride as a
passenger.
The princess; who is a sister of the
Earl of Marlborough, is 81 years old.
In 1897 she was married to Prince
Ludwig, who was killed in the Philip
pines in 1899 while fighting with the
Spanish troops against the United
States.
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R|TCHIE GUEST
At FAIR

Gov. Albert C. Richie and a
party of distinguished MARYLAND
citizens will be guests today at the
seventyfourth annual meeting of
the Montgomery County AEricuJ.
tural Association. The presence
this afternoon of the Governor is
expected to draw a large crowd
to the four-day fair now being held
at Rockville.
Horse racing will feature the
AFTERNOON program. Seventeen
Washington horsemen have en-
tries.
Exhibits this year of cattle.
sheep. horses and agricultural
products of Montgomery county
eclipse those of any previous year.
Tonight's program includes a
fireworks display. free stunts and
a dance.
The fair grounds yesterday were
thronged with little folks, for it
was "Ghildren's Day" The chill
dren staged a pony show. More
than 100 ponies were exhibited.
g. Z. Gilpin, president of the as
ISOLATION, said this years fair
equals any past effort of the asso-
citation.
Other officers who are in charge
are William A. Waters. vice presi!
dent; Otto c. Trundle, secretary;
Miss Anna GiIpin. assistant secre.
tary: directors, Charles e.. Holland.
James G. Christopher, Perrie 3.
Waters, James j. Fitzgerald, Ed.
ward 2. Able. and James T. Ca
shell.
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Gives Up His Life in
Rescue of Brother

Drowned Saturday while res
cuing Young brother from the
swift current Of the Patuxent
River. James Dewey sellner, "a.
rested today in d hero's grave on
the farm Of his family at oxon
Hill. Md.
Hundreds of friends and ad.
mirers OF the courageous man were
in attendance at the Sellner home
yesterday when simple rites were
read over the remains.
Sellner on Saturday afternoon
took his brother, Charles w. Sell.
ner, IL years old, and his son,
James Dewey Sellner. jr., aged 4.
to Truman's Point on grabbing
party. While ne was engaged else
where, the baby managed to push
Charles into the water.
Plunging into the swift current.
Sellner fought for almost so
minutes to keep his brother afloat.
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FINDS
VE I IN
DESERT
1ntsrnatlonnI Nsu. ssrrloa

International News Service
GLENDALE. ARK, Aug. ~.
Alfred c. Menard. shell-shocked war
veteran In q search for whom two
airplanes have been conbing the
desert for the past three days, was
being nursed back to health today
following his rescue by Capt. c. H.
Reynolds, Army pilot.
Captain Reyonlds' finding Of the
half-crazed soldier was dramatic.
1t was a week ago today that
Menard walked into the desert with
the avowed purpose Of losing HIM
self.
-Four days later. after a posse on
foot had failed to find him. two
Army planes were sent out.
Toward shutdown yesterday, Cap
tain Reynolds sighted a score of
black vultures circling lazily over q
spot on the bleak desert horizon.
AS he flew into their midst. he
sighted the form of Menard.
Fights Off VuItures
Reynolds brought his huge Doug
ing. leaped from the cockpit and
eran was more dead than alive.
An Army pistol dangled from his
left hand.
He was took weak from his seven
days OF wandering over the blister.
ing sands without food or water to
answer the flier's hail.
A. CanfafTa Ravunldc raarfnN ant
to take the gum away from hins
the veteran fell in heap at the
foot of mesquite bush. where he
had propped himself. evidently TO
fight off the vultures that kept
circling closer and closer as his
strength ebhed.
Captain Reynolds took Menard to
his plane and forced few drops
of water through his lips, which
were swollen to three times their
normal size.
War Department Aids
Lieut.. Charles Douglas, pilot of
the second searching plane, caught
Captain Reynolds signal that
Menard had been found and brought
the report to Glendale.
Sheriff Adams and a posse imme-
diately started for the spot.
Menard had been lost on the
desert for seven days. When his
absence was discovered, a posse
from Phoenix started after him
but after two days of tracking him
through the shifting sands, they
ran into a blind trail at the mouth
of the Black Canyon.
Realizing that the veteran was
beyond their aid, the posse ap-
pealed to the War Department and
Friday two Douglas transport
planes were sent from San Antonio.
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Motorists to Organize
Another Association Here

More and better highways for
motorists, lower taxes, universal
road service and touring informa-
ton Is the object Of the American
Motorists Association which viii be
formally launched here tomorrow.
More than 100 delegates to the
organization meeting win attend 4
banquet tonight at the Washing
ton Hotel.
Among those active In the move.
ment are Judge Richard II. Lee,
president of the National Motorists
Association: J. Borton Weeks, pres
ident of the Keystone Automobile
Club: William A. Thibodeau, presi.
dent Of the A. L. A., OF New Eng.
land; 81 Mayer. president Of the
Illinois Automobile Club, together
with the heads of many other city,
and State motor clubs. DR.. s. NJ.
johnson, OF this city, will Be chair.
man of the associations good roads
board
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MISSING GIRL
WE'D, REPORT

Miss Margaret jackson, 17.year.oll
Central High School student, OF
1885 Nineteenth st. n. w, and
]. w. Hatton, "a. 1913 Randolph st.
n. W., who have been missing
from their homes since Saturday,
were married at Upper Marlboro on
that date, according to an anon,
ymous long distance telephone call
received today by Mrs. Josie M.
Jackson, mother of the missing
girl
Mrs. Jackson Immediately called
up the clerk of the court at Mari
boro and was told that a license
for the couple had been issued.
Further than the anonymous call.
Mrs. Jackson said. no word has
been received from her daughter.
When the girl departed from
home Saturday night she left a
note which read:
Dear Mother, please don't worry
about me and don't send for me
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staff Photo

MRS. ORA c. WOODWARD l ls'ss go - fno''
AT HER HOME 1902 Eleventh st. m. w, Mrs.sOra
Cersley Woodward is anxousy awaiting word of the
dtion Of her husband, Carl Woodward, whom she wed
three months ago and who was shot and seriously
wounded in Detroit hotel lobby yesterday by Detroit
policeman The policeman is accused of being under the
influence of liquor and is held also for assault.
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because I am getting married.
Margaret"
The family declared they knew
little about Hatton and did not
approve Of his association with
Margaret.
Both Hatton and his bride are
members Of the Lamda Sigma Fra.
ternity of Central High School and
are said to have met at fraternity
dance two months ago.
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"Tary, All Want Me-
Walls Man Who
Wed Three

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. "a.
A third woman today had
claimed Roy E. Sharp, 22.year-
old printer as her husband.
Reading that Sharp was be-
ing held here for the Septem-
Der grand jury, on charges of
bigamy, Daisy Berebrick, %, of
Plymouth, Ohio, investigated
and identified the man as hav-
ing married her here in 1924.
Sharp was arrested last week
on complaint of Pauline Sharp,
of East st. Louis, whom he is
alleged to have married in 1922.
He is also charged with having
married Grace Groskopf, Of
Cleveland in 1926.
"They all want me; that's
the trouble was Sharp's lam
entation today.
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Times staff Photo

LEW 40 fAs Anne
Arrangements have been com.
pleted for the annual outing Of
Alcantara Caravan, Order Of Al.
hambra, over the Labor Day
weekend, General Chairman
Lewis A. Payne announced to.
day. He win direct the festivities
aboard the s. s. Alabama ON it's
cruise to Norfolk and the Capes.
The Washing tOllians will sail
from Baltimore on September 8.
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st. Gabriel,s Carnival
To Boast Many Features

''St. Gabriel's Carnival Wonder.
full" is the full title Of the big show
to open tomorrow and continue
through September 3. Leaders in
the enterprise promise it will be
one of the most elaborate affairs
ever staged in the Petworth Com
munity. The attractions will be
put on at Grant Circle.
A feature will be the electrical
displays. Several special features
will be put on each evening for
the younger children. Among the
prizes to be awarded viii be new
sedan.
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Read Becky story that is
whispered in Broadway night
clubs and told in the dressing
rooms of the chorus. It begins
rooms of the chorus. 1t begins
Monday, August 20 In the Wash
ington Times.
Evening star., 1927-09-19
FEDERAL DUCKPIN LEAGUE.
Team Standing.

Federal Duckpin League, composed
of teams representing the various
Federal Government departments,
opened it's 1929 season at the King
Pin No, l drives last Monday night,
The league this year is increased by
the addition Of six teams, making
total of 16 teams.
Flannery of Interior led his team.
mates, with a 800 set, followed closely
by Oberheim, with 357. Boteler shot
a 152 game to aid his team in rolling
it's GA game. Murrell. with a 321 set,
topped the War bowlers.
Internal Revenue, with such IA
miliar faces as Jolliffe, Earl Lewis and
Tarter, rolled a 1850 set, defeating
Public Buildings and Parks three
games. Jolliffe, with BAT, followed by
Tarter, with 344, spilled the naples in
midseason form. The other team to
get in the 1,600 class was Treasury
Department. Knocking down 1884
Navy No. l team. Reiff's 349 and
Whalley's 337 sets were largely re-
sponsible for the teams high set.
Earl, with 319 set. led the Navy
team.
Freddy Moore's Marine team took
three games from the State team,
O'Toole. leading off, shooting a 358
set, including games Of 1870 and 1874.
Moore shot a nice game Of 131, while
Haig topped the State bowlers. with
a $40 set.
General Accounting Office took the
odd game from Post Office, although
Post Office rolled 1881 set to 1924
for G. A. o. Hughes set of 329 was
best for G. A. o., while Seyfarth shot
a 1928 set for Post Office.
Commerce. last years winner, took
all three games from Patent Office.
Horgett, Commerce, with a set of 314,
and Manian, Patent Office, with 312,
led their respective teams.
Veterans Bureau. led by their
anchor man, Sheehan, with a 336 set,
| took the odd game from "Brick"
Owens Navy No. team. Holman,
with 327 set, was the outstanding
| member of the Navy team.
Merchant Fleet one Of the strongest
| of last years teams, lost all three
games to the Agriculture team. De-
Glantz, leading off for the Aggies this
Evening star., 1927-09-19
RING RIVALS BOTH GROW
SINCE THEIR LAST FIGHT
Tunney and Dempsey Almost Identical in Build, Yet
Appear Entirely Different-Are Rated as
Even Match Regarding Strength.

now than a year ago. which undoubt-
edly is true.
Tunney has grown bigger in the
arms and wrists and he also has
added an inch to the girth of his
waist. Tunney always carries a con-
traption which he grips tightly and
holds loosely alternately when he is
on the road and this has helped TO
increase the wrist half an inch. He
has added a fourth inch to his biceps
and the same amount to his forearm.
Now while these measurements
show the men to be evenly matched
in size, they may mean nothing what
ever when the pair square off in The
ring. 1t will be a question of speed,
hitting power and stamina, and these
things cannot be measured with tape.
But the measurements in way
, assure us that Tunney and Dempsey
probably are evenly matched so far
as strength is concerned. 1t will be
matter Of using the stuff inside the
skull to a large extent in this con.
test. Both men are provided with
machines that appear to be geared
up. to racing form. Now it's up to the
drivers.
Evening star., 1927-09-19
VIRGINIA POLY FIRST
ELEVEN NOT CHOSEN

BLACKSBURG, Va, September 10.
Who will play on Virginia Poly
1927 gridiron machine remains unan-
swered as the Gobbler squad ended its
second week of training.
Still experimenting with different
backf1eld and line combinations, Andy
Gustafson, head coach. announced
that he will wait until Tuesday to
make known his first team selections.
The lone player certain of place is
Capt. Miles, who will again play right
guard. The other guard position is
still open to Ownese Jones, Hotchkiss,
Wood, Hubbard and Spear. Jones Is
a veteran.
The center vacancy Is causing
much worry. Won Erickson of the
1926 reserve; Hubbard, up from the
1925 yearlings, and Brown. varsity
tackle last year. are putting up
scrap for the job.
Davis, the young giant of Redd's
freshmen eleven last year, has been
shifted to tackle. He is fighting
Moss, Coffee and Gray for a job.
Bailey, regular lineman last year,
likely viii start in right tackle. Ma
haney, Pattie, Amole and Lybrook
are pushing Nutter and Petty, vet
eran ends, for the wing positions.
Coach Gustafson has been keeping
three backfields in action. In the
scrimmages, Tomke and Anderson
did some clever running. But the
Poly mentor has a bumper crop of
fast pigskin toters. Rice Looney,
Rule, McEver, Mattox, Macarthur,
Peake, Hudgins and Jacobs are the
other outstanding candidates.
Evening star., 1927-09-19
Title Bout Promises to Develop Into atle of Open Letters

pleted a successful season. This year
the league is composed Of 12 teams
and the enthusiasm which Is ap-
parent among the offices which have
teams represented, assures another
successful year.
Arrangements have been made by
the league to have all teams bowl on
Wednesday night and sufficient alleys
have been engaged at King Pin.
James p. Schick. executive secre-
tary Of the Washington Real Estate
Board, rolled the first ball.
Hugh Trey Of M. & r. B. Warren
had high game with a mark of 1874,
and Humphrey of J. Dallas Grady's
organization had high set with a
total of 358 pins. Cafritz Co.'s team
captured the honors for high team
game and high team set with totals
of 532 and 1880, respectively. Re-
suits for the evening were as follows:
Edward r. Carr defeated J. Dallas
Grady two out of three, Douglass &.
Phillips defeated Boss & Phelps and
Cafritz Co. defeated Shannon &
Luchs by the same margin. Teams
representing Thos. e. farrell. Hedges
& Middleton. M. & r. B. Warren de-
feated VIM. H. Saunders, J. B.
Shapiro and Wardman Construction
Co. three straight games.
r>arn sA~uSp-~
Evening star., 1927-09-19
BY JIMMY DE FOREST.

Famous conditioner of boxers and former
trainer OF Jack Dempsey.
Copyright, 1927, in all countries by North
American Newspaper Alliance.)
~HICAGO, September 19.-With
Gene Tunney and Jack Demp-
sey virtually through their
~ training, let's see how they
measure up. I have put the
tape measure on the champion and
the challenger.
So far as size and weight are con-
cerned, they appear evenly matched.
Dempsey seemed to be stretching a
bit when he was measured for height,
in which he just matches Tunney. al
though Tunney looks slightly taller.
That's the amazing thing about the
figures; they show these men to be
almost identical in build, and yet they
appear entirely different. A casual
observer would not guess them to be
anywhere near even in anything ex'
cept possibly height and weight
When you're with one, he looks big
ger. and when you size up the other
fellow, you find yourself wondering
if he isn't the larger.
But there are the figures, and they
say figures don't lie.
Both Have Grown.
In comparing these measurements
with those taken a year ago at At.
lantic City, just before Tunney wrest.
ed the heavyweight championship
from Dempsey, find that both men
have grown bigger in spots.
Dempsey has added half an inch to
his neck girth and half an inch to the
girth of his chest in repose. He Is an
inch wider around the waist and he
has half an inch more around the
forearm. He has clipped half an inch
off his ankle and half an inch off his
calf.
Dempsey has increased his chest ex.
pansion by half an inch through prac-
ticing a set of deep.breathing exer-
cises he learned comparatively re.
Gently.
This difference in Dempsey's ankle,
which changes very little, as a rule,
and the calf, can be explained, 1 be.
lieve, by the fact that the measure
ments last year were taken after
Dempsey had just been on his feet a
good deal, whereas these were taken
before he began his workout.
Lots Of times, when the blood has
sagged down in the legs the ankles
swell" and / am inclined to believe
that Jacks ankles either were in this
condition last year or else his circu.
lation has improved. His blood pres
sure is nearer what it should be than
it was when he was training in At.
lantic City.
Indicates Better Condition.
This would tend to show that
Dempsey is in better physical shape
Evening star., 1927-09-19

Fights Now Short and Sweet
In Comparison to Old Days

By the Associated Press.
~ HICAGO. September 10. - It
would be safe to say that If
a spectator of the approach.
~ ing Dempsey-Tunney battle
appeared at the arena wear.
ing a stove-pipe hat there would be
another fight, but not on the regular
program-but it was not always thus.
For instance, consider the great
fight between Tom Sayers and j. G.
Heenan, at Marlborough. April II.
1860, for the championship Of England
and America" as an old colored print
describes the long ago engagement.
There were fully 600 persons gathered
about that ring by the quiet English
countryside, and at least 80 per cent
of the customers as pictured in "Jem''
Wards quaint engraving of the scene
wore the serious-looking toppers Of
the day.
The print is one of a number de.
voted to the early days Of the flstic
sport which a prominent Michigan
avenue antique and print shop has
placed on display, incident to the ap.
preaching great ring conflict.
And speaking of 100000, with
spectators near the 100000 mark,
glance at the great fight between
Broome and Hannah for FL 900 ($5, ,000)
in 1S41 in the presence of 1000 spec
tators," etc. This print, in color, also
depicts a scene on an English farm.
The battle, the prints captain nj.
forms, went Al rounds, when Broome
was declared the winner"
Evening star., 1927-09-19

tra Hse sores team
tral ST Stores, 557: Plant. 526.
nigh indiyidual asI asseIts-Lyons. a57; Mccar-
High indiyidual sames-McCarthy. 1913:
Gagdnssr gane and GGrmap ar i3oM 1as
Charlie Lyons, making his debut
with the Interbureau League, occupied
the spotlight on the opening night by
shooting set of 357. Only low
counts on his marks prevented him
from Getting a real mark for the boys
to shoot at. He received able support
from Bill Mccarthy, who registered
351 set with high game for the eve.
ming, 1873; and the Interbureau quint
swept all three games with the So
Kems.
Central Stores, formerly the Prop.
erty team, showed that a change Of
name did not interfere with the jinx
they have had on Plant Bureau for
years and took two of the three games
rather easily. Gardiner and Myers,
with 317 and 313, did the best shoot
ing for Central Stores, Gardeners sim
gle game Of 130 being the best of the
match. Moller and Ferrall led the
Plant outfit.
Though somewhat off form the Ac-
counts and Economics fives, winner
and runner-up of last season, staged a
hot match, Economics finally taking
two games. Nairn rejoined his old
teammates on Economics after several
years lay-off and contributed a 318
set to his teams victory. Stork's 322
was the best set for Accounts.
Two new teams, Blister Rust and
Shops, locked horns on the opening
night with the former team emerging
victor in two of the three contests.
Germans game of 100 and set of 316
was the best of the match, though
Avery put over three good games for
the winners. Castle had the best set
among the Shops pin spillers, while
Rody's 121 was the highest game reg
istered by the team.
Ten teams opened the seventh an.
nual race on Convention Hall alleys
Thursday night. They are: Young
Mems Shop. Carry's Ice Cream Co.,
The Evening Star, Dulin & Martin,
Washington Battery Co., Woodward
& Lothrop, Wilkins Coffee Co.. Galt's,
Tmes-Herald and Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co.
Palvinale of Carry's team rolled
high set at $40. Cox of Washington
Battery was second, with SAT. Lange
of Times-Herald set the high game
mark at 143.
officers of the league this year are:
H. u. Greer, president; w. H. Wright,
vice president: C. A. Knauff. secre-
tary- official scorer, and e. l.. Voil.
land, treasurer.
Washington Realtors Bowling
League inaugurated it's second season
last Wednesday night at the King Pin
| Alleys. Last year this league was
composed of eight teams and COM
Evening star., 1927-09-19

Then, again, in this day of mills in
10 rounds with padded mitts, observe
the record Of Nat Langham, "cham.
pion of the middle-weights," who, a
print Of the fighter relates, was born
at Kinckley, Leicestershire, February
IS, 1920, weighed II stone and was 5
feet 10 inches tall.
An accompanying list Of Langham's
engagements tells that he beat Tom
Lowe in 1914 in 43 rounds, trimmed
one Gutbridge in 1846 in IS rounds,
won several other starts in so, 81 and
81 frames, and finally succumbed to
"Orme," first name not given, on May
6, 1851. in 1T rounds. The latter rep.
resented several hours Of mauling
with bare knuckles.
A number of engravings and prints
of early fighters are shown-bare.
listed, legs crooked, elbows akimbo
and dukes up in the familiar stilted
prize-fghting pose of those times.
Here's John Langan, 1.-The Irish
champion" who was born in 1899,
weighed IL stone and was feet 10
inches tall; Hickman, "the gas light
man." whatever that was; John c.
Heenan, 1.-The Venicia Bay" "a print
from photograph taken in 1860: Jem
Mace, who was born in England in
1881, and Molineau, giant negro.
Two prints are displayed of the latter,
indicating he must have been a fistic
somebody in his day. The only infor.
nation given on one Of the prints,
however, is a note that he was born
in the State of Maryland in 1884"