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Evening star., 1927-03-09
All in all. we are not downhearted.' =

All in all, We are not downhearted. :"
IF | was in your business I would
say that l am cub reporter again, y
Iris Speaker said when he reported
here.
Spoke" as the ball players call
him, is private again after years
of managing the Cleveland Indians
But he is not private in the rear
rank, for Griffith, Harris & Co. expect
him to be very bright and shining
star in the senatorial quorum offered
for the approval of American League
fans.
He was laughing when he called
himself a rookie for he knew that
he was the regular center fielder and
nominated to bat third in the batting
order before he donned Washington
uniform in Spring training.
Found Managing No Worry.
II suppose il will be little differ.
ent to be just playing instead of play
ing and managing" he said. but not
whole lot. The managerial worry
never weighed me down. / won't
know until l try it, but it would seem
that it would be an easier job men
tally to manage just one player in
stead of a whole club.
Il feel great, and naturally | am
counting on breaking in with a great
year here. I think this club will
play some great base ball, for. in
addition to the boys on it who I
know can play, there are a flock of
good looking youngsters. III certain.
ly do my best to do my part"
Good Word for Nc.
Iris has good word to say for
Jack McCallister, who succeeded him
as manager Of Cleveland.
He is a great fellow and will make
splendid manager" was his esti-
mate and prediction combined.
Speaker was reminded that Cleve-
land found it easier to get man.
ager than a center elder.
"Oh. they have some good young
fellows out there. One Of them will
come through" he suggested.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
BOSS BUCKY is BANKING
ON GRAY MATTER OF VET
sSpOke as Private i'm the Ranks for the First Time
in Many Years, Says He Feels Fine and Is
Expecting Great Season.

BY the Associated Press.
@AMPA. Fla. March 9.-Stanley
Harris, manager Of the Wash
ington club. thinks Iris Speak
i er is his ace in the hole.
II believe we had a good club
before we grabbed Spoke and he
makes it great one" Harris said.
Speaker is one of the really great
players in the game. but il is not so
much what he will do in the outtield
and at the bat-although he will do
plenty am talking of now. but the
use of the old gray matter he has
under that gray hair.
Spoke knows how to play the out
field and it will be a great thing for
Goose (Goslim and Sam (Rice) to
have him i'm there between them.
Expects Smart Outfielding.
Many a ball game has been lost
because sloppy hit was played just
that way. 1t goes down in the box
score column as a hit. but with a
smart outfield it wouldn't have been.
and smart outfielding is just what
We have with Spoke in there"
Harris is confident that his team
will win a lot of games, but at the
same time is not overconfident and
is not claiming any pennant in March.
This club has wonderful spirit and
promises, from here, to be well bal
anced. We will have a world of
speed, for all our younger players
are fast"
As to Mound staff.
The young manager was asked
about his mound staff.
We'll, we have 81 and surely we
should get or good ones out Of
that bumper crop. Nobody on our
club is worrying about Walter John
son or Coveleskie. who are the only
real veterans. They will be there.
Fred Marberry is an experienced
pitcher, but he's young in years"
Another thing Harris is counting
upon is the teams likely looking re-
serve strength.
IF we bump into a jinx we have
an antidote In the flock of good sub
stitutes infield and outfield.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 9.--Jack Demp-
sey's pugilistic future rested today in
the hands of Tex Rickard. The for
mer heavyweight champion has en-
powered Rickard to match him against
any opponent in the elimination tour
nament now under way at Madison
Square Garden.
Return of the former 'Manassa
Mauler" to the ring he forsook after
Gene Tunney whipped him in the rain
at Philadelphia last Fall completes
the string of challengers now groom
ing for the champions first title de-
fense in September.
Dempsey wired the promoter from
Los Angeles that he was ready to
fight any contender sRickard might
choose and that it made little differ.
ence to him who that contender is.
The recent infection of his hand and
arm, result of a finger scratch. now
has left his system. he said and in a
week he expects to start training in q
mountain camp.
Richard Is Elated.
Rickard, eiated at. the return to the
lists of the most colorful drawing card
IN fistiana, Immediately laid plans for
two Dempsey matches. The first
would bring the former champion
against Pauline Uzcudun, another en-.
tertaining mixer. at the Yankee
Stadium in the first week in June.
The match will hinge on the Span
iard's showing against Tom Heeney
of New Zealand in the last indoor
match of the series March %.
Then. il Dempsey proves he again
is the weaving battering figure that
ruled the boxing kingdom for seven
years. Riekard viii match him against
the winner of the Jack Sharkey-
Jimmy Maloney battle, scheduled for
May 19 at the Yankee ball yard.
The possibility also appeared that
Jack Delaney, who lost fierce
struggle to Jimmy Maioney. win be
given another chance to prove his
worth against Pauline or Heeney.
The light-heavyweight champion con.
tended that he fractured wrist in the
Maloney fight and entered the ring
with bad muscle injury received in
training.
News of Dempsey's return 20 the
resined battlefield encouraged Hum.
bert j. Fugazy, Richards metropoli-
tan rival in the promoting field, to
send his matchmaker, Lew Raymond.
TO Los Angeles with an offer for the
former champion to box at the Polo
Grounds here this sumner. Rickard.
however. is understood to have an
agreement covering Dempsey's ring
activities
Rickard is ''tickled to death" to hear
OF Dempsey's decision. 81 have felt
all along that he would try to come
back. but while the doubt has exist.
ed, my plans have been up in the air."
ne said. Now l can go ahead and
complete the program with the as
surance that all the contenders will
have chance to battle for the right
TO face Tunney," he added.
The promoter also Is convinced that
Evening star., 1927-03-09
DEMPSEY WILL CONTEST
In ELIMINATION TOURNEY

Dempsey, once again close to his for
mer fighting power, is a more formi-
dable contender for the title than any
of the present crop.
He won't be harassed legally and
otherwise this time, as he was before
the Tunney fight" Rickard said. Free
from worry and seriously applying
himself to conditioning. l believe he
will have an excellent chance of fight
ing his way back to the title. One pre-.
liminary fight will prove whether he
has lost his hitting powers for good;
but at any rate, Dempsey has an
swered the crit who insisted he was
not entitled to a return championship
match without first testing his ability"
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|BOWLlNC|
|HINT1~|
vARTHUR URBAN |
No. 3-Straight Ball, Hook
and Curve.

"IERE are three deliveries IN
duckpins that cause the ball
TO roll straight, to curve or
l. to hook.
In delivering the straight
ball the hand is kept well under
the ball and the sphere is rolled
off the tips of the fingers.
The curve ball is delivered with
the fingers Oh the right or outside
of the ball, the hand being drawn
up with a cutting motion at the
moment of delivery, but without
quickening of the arm motion.
If the curve-ball bowler desires
the ball to ''break" or curve
quickly, achieving what is COM
monty called hook, this effect
arm motion toward the delivery
point in the swing. giving the
wrist snap just as the ball is de-
livered. This increases the spin of
the bali. and the result is a decided
break" or shoot of the ball just
before it reaches the pins.
All curve or hook ball bowlers
have to allow for the veering of
the ball and really never swing or
shoot at the pin they desire to hit,
but at an imaginary line to the
right of it.
There probably is no way to COM
pare the merits of the three deliv.
cries other than to say the straight
ball with just a little spin is the
best method of delivery, if it comes
at all natural to the individual.
-.4Affey conditions differ to some ex-
tent everywhere, and that works
against the curve-ball bowler, for
the ball is apt to curve more
sharply on one alley than another.
However, the curve or hook
seems to give more action to the
pins. and for this reason Is used
by the more expert bowlers. But
the. straight or nearly straight ball
is the one to master. 1t will be
found better in the long run.
Some few bowlers use an incurve
or a ball that breaks" to the
right. It is not natural delivery,
and consequently not good for the
average bowler to attempt.
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MUST IMPROVE OVER 1926
TO HELP TEAM, HOWEVER
Far From Settled Yet That McCraw Will Opnose
Mack in Another World Series, However-Vet-
Grams of AS Held to Be Overrated

those world series pots. especially
after sinking a lot of his hard earned
money i'm Florida.
Pittsburgh again Is going TO kick I'M
a lot OF trouble. Readers may recall
that j strung along with Pittsburgh
almost to the last last season. felt
the Pirates had the best team In tho
National League. and hut for that mid.
Summer mutiny / believe they would
have won. That internal disorder un.
questionahly has been remedied.
Right here in old st. Pete" the. Ros.
ton Braves think pretty well of their
chances. If this club ever can plav
all season the way IL does in the Fail
IT Will get somewhere. "Banny' still
has some good pitchers. hut I don't
think particularly much OF his 1927
infield. He plans TO use old JACQUES
Fournier at first. little Gautreau al
second, himself at short and Eddie
Moore at third.
Fournier showed in his last two sea
sons in Brooklyn that he now is too
slow To play regularly in the ma ior
leagues, while little Gautreau never
will hit sufficiently tn make himself
valuable as a regular. Moore also will
show many defects II he is called upon
to play in 15i games.
Mack's Veterans Overrated.
In the American League most eyes
apparently are on Connie Mack's Ath-
letcs and his new acquisitions, Cobb,
Collins and Wheat. 1t would be a
great thing If old Connie could drag
down another pennant at 81. but II
seems TO me that the value of these
three veterans has been greatly ex-
aggerated.
In doping base ball races I go In for
fact and figures and push all senti-
ment aside. That's tire only way in
which the dope can be made to stand
up. The fact in this case is that Cobb
is starting his twenty third season,
Collins his twenty-seccnd and Wheat
his nineteenth. All three of these
players had trouble with their legs
last season. Wheat played In III
games. Collins in 1O6 and Cobb in 70.
What assurance has Mack or any one
that these players will be any better
in 1927.
At the same time I doubt whether
the Yankees can repeat. and the Sec
ond place Indians of 1926 will not be
the same club without Speaker. I am
not picking any winner yet, but
George Moriarty Is going to work
wonders with that Detroit club. The
American League situation will be dis
cussed more fully next week.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
ALFONSO IN TOURNEY.

PALM BEACH. Fla, March 9 OP.-
Manuel Alfonso, Spanish net wizard.
and Francis T. Hunter. Olympic
doubles champion. will oppose Jean
Borotra and Jacques Brugnon, French
net aces, in the national indoor
matches in Brooklyn March Is, 10
and 20.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
MOST OF DIXIE COACHES
APPROVE GRID CHANGES

CHARLOTTE, n. c., March OP).
The Charlotte News in copy.
righted story signed by Edward ".
Mitchell. its sports editor, and pub
lished yesterday. says that 20 foot ball
coaches of the South, including IA
from the Southern Intercollegiate Con.
ference, have expressed general
approval" Of the changes in rules
enacted by the rules committee at it's
recent session in New York.
Only two coaches, Dave Morey of
Auburn and b. w. Bierman Of Mis-
sissippi Aggies, went on record as op-
posing the changes.
William Alexander of Georgia Tech
declined to comment at this time.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
With the BowLers

spectively, while Boston of Climbers
hit for game of 1928. Climbers swept
their set with Bethany o. z. s.,
kumbacks took the first game against
Commercials, but dropped the next
two; Columbians cleaned up in their
match with Nationals and Beeques
hung three-gam pasting on Hill
toppers.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
SCHOOL COACHES WORRY
OVER ADVISORY MARKS
Base Ball Tutors Await Status of Players Before Max
ing Plans-Soccer and Lacrosse May Be
Taken Up by Schoolboys Here.

for the Dewitt tossers, including en-
gagements with Business and Eastern.
The tilt with the Lincoln Park school
boys on April / at Eastern will he
Devitt's opening game. 1t is expected
that before the campaign opens a
number more contests will be listed,
The Dewitt card, as it now reads, fol-
lows:
April I, Eastern High; Z, George
town Prep at Garrett Park; IL, George
town Freshmen at Georgetown; IS,
Briarly Military Academy: %, Briarly
Military Academy at Briarly; 81, Epis-
copal High at Alexandria.
May 2, Business High: 10, George
town Freshmen at Georgetown: IS.
Leonard Hall; IS, Gonzaga at Con
Zaga.
June 2. Leonard Hall at Leonard
town. Md.
Eastern High School basket ball let
termen are expected to elect a cap
tain for the 1929 quint shortly.
Letters were awarded yesterday to
the following members of the team.
which during the season just closed
did exceedingly well considering it's
lack of experienced material:
Capt. Hogarth, McAllister, Depro,
Essex, Hoffman. Cappelli, F'aber
Doerr and Langhenry.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
WILL TRY NEW RULES.

CORVALLIS, Ore, March 9 R.--
New foot ball rules. from the modified
shift 10 replaced goal posts. will be
used in the Spring foot ball game here
Saturday between the oregon Agricul.
tura' College foot ball squad and a
team made up of alumni.
Evening star., 1927-03-09

social OCCASIONS. Even stubborn, IN
ruly or shampooed hair stays combed
all day in any style you like. "Hair.
Groom" 10 ereaseIess; also helps
grow thick, heavy, Iustrous hair.
Evening star., 1927-03-09

Emil Fuchs president Dave Bancrcft Dick Rudolph coach
andO games, for q marko
Evening star., 1927-03-09
| |"HAIR-cRooh"
}Keeps Hair Combed, Glossy
; Well-Groomed all Day

"Hair. Groom" is
a dignifed combing
cream which costs
only q few cents a
jar at any drug
! Istore. Millions use
il because il gives
that natural gloss
and we'll groomed
effect to the hair
that final touch to
good dress both in
business and on
Evening star., 1927-03-09

one of the representative men
Who find complete Satisfaction
only in cigar smoking.
Evening star., 1927-03-09

With number of veterans again at
hand and group of newcomers of
tried worth available, it appears that
Dewitt will be represented by a fast
base ball nine this Spring. N. +.
Sill, a member OF the schools faculty.
will coach the squad.
Thus far II games have been booked
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start for Japan until mid-August.
resting meanwhile at a Swiss resort
near the Junfrau.
With the passing of the tripartite
conference interest here is turning
toward it's possible effect upon the
preparations which the League of Ma
tons has been making for a general
disarmament conference.
Count De Clauzel, Frances parma-
nent representative at the League of
Nations and French "informer" at the
naval conference, visited Mr.. Gibson
today to discuss the League disarma'
ment activities. 1t is understood that
Mr. Gibson told the French repre-
sentative thai he was heartily in
favor Of proceeding with the Leagues
disarmament endeavors. and that he
saw no indication of any lack of in
tercst on the part Of the United States
Government in tho work of the
Leagues preparatory commission on
disarmament. which is scheduled to
meet here again in November.
Some optimistic observers here even
express the opinion that the Leagues
commission, by .enacious application
and with the help of interested gov
ernnentS, may suc0aed in solving
some Of tho problems which the tri-
come, possibly even the formidable
question of cruiser tonnage limitation.
Since the matter of limiting auxiliary
craft also Is pending, the impression
prevails here that it is all the more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
MILITARY TRAINING
CAMPS FINISH WORK

More than 5000 students today are
at the end Of their Summers instruc-
ton in the Citizens Military Training
Camps Of the 3rd Corps Area. The
four camps Of this area closed after
q month Of intensive work.
Fifty-five students at Fort Monroe,
VA. yesterday completed the blue. or
final course of instruction and are
now eligible for commissions as sec
ond lieutenants in the Reserve. There
were 34l red. or tirst-year. students
and 122 white. or second-year, men.
The rest were enrolled in the basic
course. These men began their home
ward journy from the camp yesterday.
Mai. Gen. Douglas Macarthur, com
manding the Bird Corps Area, made
the commencement address at the
final exercises at the camp.
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ROYAL TRAVELLERS
ON CRUISE TODAY
Princes and Premier to Tour
Thousand Islands Area,
Touching U. S.


OTTAWA, Ontario. August o.
After dancing away the final hours
of the official program for their visit
to the Dominion's capital. the Prince
Of Wales and his brother. Prince
George. We're ready TO start this morn
Ing for Brockville, Ontario. Al that
place they are to board a yacht for
a cruise through the Thousand Islands
region, with Kingston their destina-
ton. Premier Stanley Baldwin of
Great Britain, who is visiting Canada
with them, will he a member Of the
party. The Yacht is to touch United
States waters near Alexandria Bay
\. Y, when a salute of II guns will
he fired as the British and United
State ensigns are dipped
Mid a gathering of diplomats and
society leaders. the royal emissaries,
together with Premier Baldwin. Mrs
Baldwin and the members of the Of
fetal visiting party. attended a re-
Ception and bali rendered by the mem
hers of the Country Club last night
The princes danced until late hour.
Spacious lawns surrounding the
clubhouse were flooded by giant lights
and the reception table was set in
specially constructed Chinese pavilion.
Premier W. L. Mackenzie King and
many members of his cabinet attend
ed. William Phillips. United states
Minister to Canada, and Mrs. Phillips
We're among the invited guests.
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Zion City's Ruler
Gets $sl,OOO,OOO for
.Consecrated' Plot


by the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. August 5.-~Wilbur
Glenn NoIiya, overload of Zion City
and its religious colony of Zionists,
has added $1,000,o00 TO the colony's
treasury by selling a. tract Of its
"ConseCrated ground"
Although ion City was once
adorned with signs which said;
Every foot Of this city is CON
secrated property and belongs TO
God-the land is leased not sold, p
Nollva told his followers yesterday
that he had sold a tract for $1,000
GOO 10 an unnamed purchaser, lie
said the demand for the property
was so heavy that he could see no
reason for holding on to all the
land John Alexander DoWic,
founder Of Zionism. left.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05


construction program started in No
vember Of that year any conclusions
reached at the second Washington
conference.
Admiral Saito. Japan's chief dele
gate. declared omphatlcally that he
could not consider the end of the CON
ference as Il rupture of negotiations.
lie was certain that attempts to limit
extravaganza and competition in ma
val building. already limited IN prac-
tice by common sense. would be con
tnued and eventually be crowned with
success
\ few OF the United States naval
delegates left Geneva last night, 9th
crs We're planning to leave today, and
The steamer LcViathan, sailing from
Chcrb0urG August .. will have a
chance to reverse her role of troop
transport in war time by carrying sew
eral messengers Of peace and inter
national understanding who have been
privileged to take part in the work
Of the conference just concluded.
Mr., Bridgeman planned to leave for
London today. Admiral Saito will not
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BRITISH GRIMLY OPTIMISTIC.
Disarmament Cause Held Uninjured
by Friendly Break.Gp.

LONDON. August s GP.--The
British government is grimly optimis-
tic about the termination OF the
Geneva naval conference.
Although the actual results were a
great disappointment to every part of
the British empire. it is felt among
responsible officials that adjournment
was made in such good atmosphere
that the cause of disarmament will
not be injured.
In fact, officials insist that time is
likely to prove that the Geneva con-
ference has served a most useful pur-
pose in doing the preparatory work
which, as one said, OBVIOUSLY was
not done prior to the delegates meet
ing in Geneva
Despite the lack of a preliminary
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exchange of views, which would have
enabled the three nations to gauge
the possibility Of a final agreement,
the opinion in London Is that the con-
ference was ION the verge OF an i'm
mense achievement" which would
have rivaled even that of the Wash
ington conference.
The groundwork has been pre-
pared and an agreement is con-
fidently expected whenever the adj
journed sessions are resumed Final
word on the conference from the
British viewpoint will be made tomor-
row in speeches by Lord Balfour and
the chancellor of the eXchequer,
Winston Churchill.
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Charles Dellinger. % years old, II \
street northeast, tainted yesterday
afternoon While working on the roof
Of a garage at North Capitol and
Pierce streets and fell 10 the ground.
lie was painfully injured and was
treated at Sibley Hospital.
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important for the United States to
continue active collaboration with the
Leagues disarmament studies. In.
deed, it is reported in responsible
quarters that the United States con-
templates cooperating with the
League in this direction to the fullest
extent.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
Success FoIIoars
 Large Families
 Professor Finds

NEW HAVEN, Dec. 1S Large families are great factors in . mans success, it appears from research of professor at Yale on "Mother of Men" From study of the records of 700 alumni, Prof Ellsworth Huntington found that the most successful have three times as many children as the least successful. In undergradu- ate studies and non-athletic ac- tivities outside the classroom. members of large families decid ed,y excel, and success in life is almost equally correlated with snccess in studies and student activities outside of athletics. At letic success shows no appreciable relation 10 success in life. while the training boy gets among a considerable group of brothers and sisters does.