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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
WOMEN in SPORTS
by CORINNE FRAZIER

| Hurdlebrink playing in her first sea.
son. developed into stellar guard ma.
| terial.
In outside games the champs broke
even with the Princess A. c. of Wash
| ington and the Western A. c. of Balti-
more and lost one game to the Wash
| ington A. c. They still have a return
engagement with the last-named ag-
/ gregation.
Hundreds of girls and women will
flock to the new Y. w. c. A. Building
| this week to try out the new swim
ming tank. the bowling alleys AND
spacious gymnasium with adequate
dressing room facilities. feeling for the
| first time that keen pleasure which
! comes from the knowledge that they
will be able to derive the greatest
| benefit from their participation in
| sports.
Crowded conditions and lack of
equipment limited the benefits of the
athletic program at the old y. w. c. A.
headquarters on e street where show
Ell baths and dressing rooms were so
limited. but with the opening today of
the new building on Seventeenth and
X streets, girls and women of Wash
ington are having opened to them new
opportunities to develop their taste
for athletics.
Gymnasium classes will be inaug-
urated this afternoon at 5, and Z
o'clock.
A demonstration in the Ada r.
Thomas swimming pool Is scheduled
for 1880. Swimming strokes and div
ing will be demonstrated by local mer-
maids.
Thursday evening Y. w G. A. swim
ming classes will hold life-sa wing
exhibition in the tank.
Postponement of the Jewish Com
munity Center.Strayer Senior game,
scheduled for tonight. has been an
nounced by managers of the teams.
A later date will be set in the near
future.
Washington A. c. and Princess A: c.
tossers have postponed their rubber
game in the District of Columbia
Girls' Basket Ball League series until
after the finals of the A. A. L. South
Atlantic championships to be held in
Baltimore this week end. Washington
A. c. is to figure in the title game
with the Baltimore club which wins
preliminary honors in the Oriole city.
According to the managers of the two
| local squads, the local league game
will be played in April II suitable
| floor can be obtained.
| Practice will be held for the Wash.
| ingtonians tonight at Eastern High
| School at o'clock The first team will
| play the reserves. Following this, the
| Reserves will take on the Company r
| Auxiliary sextet of Hyattsville in a
| special game not on a league circuit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29

Y OE BOLEY, who will play short.
stop for the Athletics this year.
has just come up from the Bal
~ timore Orioles. He was the
most sought-after player in
minor league history. At one time
Jack Dunn owner of the Orioles, re-
fused S125.000 for his contract.
BY JOE BOLEY.
An agile fellow, fast afoot, with big
hands and q strong arm, makes a
good shortstop.
The shortstop must be able to
throw accurately and fast either
overland or underhand. He must
make underhand throws, for some
plays are so fast he hasn't time to
straighten up. Many of these throws
are made to second.
The shortstop must be able to field
ell ground balls between second and
a point two-thirds the distance to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
BY III. G. BYRD.

~ EORGETOWN'S track and
field team during the Spring
r season will take part in four
~ meets. The first appearance
ia to be at Philadelphia. April
20 and 80 in the Penn relays. the next
May IA in dual meet with Army,
the third May 81 in a dual meet at
Annapolis with Navy, and the fourth
and last in the intercollegiates. the
last Friday and Saturday in May.
No long trips such as were taken
last year to Texas and Illinois are
scheduled. Last year vacation periods
allowed the squad to get away without
loss of time from school work, but
the meets and vacations do not CO.
incide this season.
Yesterday, for the first time since
outdoor work began, Coach John
O'Reilly had his full squad at work.
Several of the men have been given
brief rests, following the strenuous
schedule indoors. while others have
not been able to begin their prepare.
ton before this.
O'Rellly thinks he will turn out a
good team. He knows that he will
miss several Of the men who wore
Georgetown colors a year ago, but
figures some of the men who are eli.
gible this Spring for the first time to
De more IMAM able to NIL the places lett
by graduating; stars. He knows, of
course, he will have no one man as
good as Plansky, nut he does have two
or three men whose combined efforts
in field events probably will net more
points in a big meet than could have
been won by the pentathlon star.
Georgetown got of to a bad start
In its base ball schedule yesterday,
losing to Temple University by to s..
One unfortunate inning, in which the
Blue and Gray apparently tried to
throw the ball all over the lot, was
mainly responsible for the defeat.
Pete Burch, hurting ace of last years
team, did some good work, but did not
appear to be in as good shape as he
is certain to be later. But, even so,
no matter what kind of shape Burch
had been in yesterday, it is doubtful
he could have won. so poor was the
support accorded him.
But while Georgetown played some
poor ball, Temple had a strong team,
one that would put up a great battle
against any college outfit. Further
more, last year Temple brought q
capable nine here and then gave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
43 CUNTS, FROM SO
STATES, IN TOURNEY.

CHICAGO, March 20 CP.-The eli
max of the basket ball season has
arrived for the high school boys of
AZ teams representing 38QStates. Play
began today among these 400 lads for
the national. interscholastic title at
the University of Chicago gymnasium.
Stafford Ariz., travelling 1890 miles
10 enter the tournament, opened the
program against team from the
other end of the country, Franklin,
y. H. The Stafford team and large
body of rooters and their compatriots
from Gilbert. AriZ.. had the honor of
coming the longest distance to com
pete
The squad of seven from Alpine,
Tenn, famous overnight as the boys
from a hamlet of Is inhabitants, rep
resent the smallest community aspir-
ing TO the national title. but Miners
Vile. Utah. is not far behind. There
are IL boys IN the high school at
Minersville and Q of them came here
TO play. They brought along coach.
] principal. ] superintendent and Z
citizens.
al but Of the 40 teams enter
ed were State champions, and the
others were runners.up. A long list
of other schools had to be refused in.
Vitatiofs and some State winners
were turned down to keep the tourna-
ment strictly within public high school
ranks.
The draw gave Ridgefield, N. j..
first round bee, because OF the odd
number of entries, and the winning
team will have to score straight
victories to Cary off the champion.
ship.
First round matches will be played
hourly all day Tuesday, starting at
10 am. and up to pm. Wednesday
when the second round begins. Semi
finals will be reached Saturday after.
noon, and the finals Saturday night
Five Of the teams have been in pre-.
vious tournaments, but last years
winner. F'itchburG. Mass, was beat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
SCHOLASTIC FENCING
TOURNEY is CARDED

An interscholastic District of Co
lumbia fencing championship is to
be held Saturday night at the Rae
quet Club. starting at o'clock.
1t will be open to all boys
of high school age. whether
they attend public or private school.
it is announced by Maj Walter F..
Blount. former member of the Cor
nell University team. who is spon-
soring the competition.
Mai. Blount is offering a gold
medal to the boy winning the most
matches and silver medal to the
runner-up.
Fencers desiring to enter should
call Maj. Blount at Main 1015S or
write him at 734 Fifteenth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
!. Tbe Gbening Star
BOYS CLUB

third. He must be able to get back
fast and take short fly balls back of
his own position, back of third and
back of second.
If the shortstop plas too close in
the batter will dump short flies over
his head.
Get acquainted with your second
baseman. He Is the man you will
work with on a lot of plays. Often
you must cover his bag on throw.
You are really just another second
baseman, for much of your play will
be around the second sack.
When a runner Is advancing from
first to second and the second base.
man Is fielding ground ball cover
his base and take the throw. And
then, IL the play is fast enough. turn
and shoot the ball to first for a double
out.
Next-Second Base, by Max Bishop.
fCOpyright. 1871
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29

~ ERT Coggins has number of
- boys practicing lacrosse in
the Central gym and declares
- that they soon will be ready
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
RECEIVER is REQUESTED
FOR. ORIOLE PRO QUINT

BALTIMORE. Md, March 30 C9.-
Application for appointment of receiv-
ers for the Baltimore Bas ket Ball and
Exhibition Co., promoters of dhe
Oriole team of the American. League.
has been fled in Circuit Court by the
General Outdoor Advertising 60.
The petition declared that the eXhi-
q bitten company is insolvent and debtor
10 The advertising company for $279.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
EDWARDS WlTH.BRAVES
ONCE LIVED IN CAPITAL

Foster Edwards. who is making
creditable showing with the Boston
Brave pitching staff this Spring, 10
former local high school and sand
lot athlete
He was a student at Central High
School here several years, winning his
&C. in track under Bill Foley, besides
starring in basket ball and base ball.
He moved to Minneapolis several
years ago and later was graduated
from Dartmouth College.
He lived in Petworth with his
parents while here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
G. w. u. RIFLE TEAM
SECOND IN LEAGUE

George Washington University's
man rife team took second honors In
the intercollegiate Rife League. which
has lust completed its schedule.
Norwich University. with seven
wins and no losses, won the title.
George Washington lost two of its
seven matches.
Georgetown University's entry fin-
ished seventh in the eight-team
league. which Is composed of Boston
University. Pennsylvania. Columbia,
Penn State. Virginia Tech. in addition
to Norwich and the two local teams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
HAHN HANGS UP SHOES.

BOSTON. March 80 P).-Lloyd
Hahn, star miller of the Boston Ath-
letic Association, will not run a re-
turn race with Edwin Wide, Swedish
speedster. whom Hahn defeated in
New York recently. Hahn has hung
up his shoes and returned to his home,
in Falls City, Nebr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
DOYLE SEES DISTRICT
AS POLITICAL DUMP
Civil Service Officials Claim Con.
gress Uses Local Government
for Friends.

Declaring that Congress reserves
the District of Columbia government
as a political dumping ground for dis
appointed constituents, John Thomas
DOYLE. secretary of the Civil Service
Commission, in a speech before mem
bers of the Optimist Club at the Har-
rington Hotel yesterday noon, urged
that civil service reform be extended
to all parts of the District government
in order to make Washington not only
a beautiful city. but an example in
good government
washington is the only large city
in the United States where the merit
system is not applied to all the city
employees" he said. washington
should have the finest city government
in the country. The citizens of the
District are all for the extension of
the merit system, and the President
has signifed that he favors it. Con
gress, however, refuses to make the
change"
Doyle gave brief resume of the
civil service reform movement, COM
mencing with the civil service act of
1898, which. he said, was the begin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24

OVEN heat control has
~ abolished slauery to
kitchen. II gives more time
for the children. or rscrea-
fion. 1t ysmoUes euesswork
and failures--makss gnysfy
and cheerfulness at the din
nsr table instead Of heat
and exhaustion. HGDs it
demonsfrGted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
BIG FIRE SWEEPS
! STORES IN MANILA
Loss of ST, 900, 900 Reported
in Disastrous Business
Section Blaze.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, February 24.--Investiga'
tion was begun here tonight to deter
mine the cause of a disastrous fire
which swept the heart of the Manila
business district today, causing n loss
estimated at between si.ooo,ooo and
So 900 900.
Nine business houses in the Gale
l,scolata, one of the principal down
town streets, bordering on the Paslg
River, were destroyed. Four others
were badly damaged before fire hght-
ers were able to bring the conf1agra-
ton under control.
DESPITE the fact that the Binonua
district, in which the fire occurred. Is
a densely populated one, no loss OF llfe
was reported.
This is the second bad fire to HIT
Manila in six weeks. On January 10
a blaze wiped out more than 200 homes
in the Tondo district, a short distance
north of the Binonda area. The Tondo
district is the home of the laboring
classes and the most Oriental spot in
Manila. About 1000 were made home
less by the Tondo fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24

ming of a new era of American Gov
eminent.
THE act of 1893 put on end to the
spells SYSTEM" he continued. 1.-The
development of Washington into the
beautiful city of fine homes and indus
tries as it Is today would not have
been possible under the old system,
when most of the residents were PEG
pie who We're here only SO long as
their party continued in power.
4. Il. Nesbitt, vice chairman OF the
initiation committe of the Optmist
Club. formally initiated Mr.. Doyle into
the club.
There are 1S9 optinist organiza-
tions throughout the country, SAID
Nesbitt. This club is second In size
only TO the Rotary Club. The motto
of our club is ~ Friend to the Boy.
Frank Pierce. president of the CLUB
announced that the international con
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
Convicts' Escape
In Engine Foiled
By Derail Device

LANSING. kans., February "a.
A melodramatic attempt by
two convicts to escape from the
State prison here aboard a COM
Wandered locomotive came to
naught when the engine was de-
rallied and well directed fire by
guards brought surrender of the
two runaways before they had
cleared the prison compound. One
of them was wounded.
Smuggling the two members of
the engine crew, Ben Shaw. a,
thief from Ford County, and June
Tnyart. serving term for assault
from Cherokee County, mounted
the cab and started out of the COM
pound. The locomotive had been
switching cars within the walls.
Guards who saw the Smuggling
opened fire as Enyart seized the
throttle and the locomotive began
slowly to pick up speed. Shaw
was wounded in the hip, but the
pair continued in flight until the
engine struck a derail device and
was thrown from the track. The
pair then surrendered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
AUTO GROUP SEEKS
TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS
Safety Educational Program In
augurated by Association to Cut
Mishaps, Lions Told.

There are 100000 miles of roads
in the United States. half of which
are surfaced and total of $4,000
miles of them hard surfaced, r. f,
Singer, manager of the club service
department of the American Automo-
bile Association told the Lions Club at
its luncheon in the Mayf1ower Hotel
Yesterday His subject was Romance
of the Open Road"
Detracting from the romance. he
indicated, are the great number of
automobile accidents each year.
These, he said, the American Automo.
bile Association is seeking to reduce
through a wide safety educational pro
gram. The program, he said, has been
working Particularly well among the
children, a IA per sept decrease IN the
I number of traffic deaths t~ihg sfrcwr
among that class of the population in
1926 over the year 1921. Mr.. Singer
told of the great development in high
ways since 1916, when. he said. the
first Federal aid bill toward that end
was enacted.
Vocal solos were rendered at the
luncheon by Miss Hazel G.. Hughes
soprano. accompanied at the piano by
Miss Adelaide Watson.
Announcement was made that the
club will hold its annual ladies' night
banquet in the Mayflower Hotel Satur,
day night. April %, at 7:30 o'clock
DIR. George T. Sharpe was named
chairman in charge of the general
committee ON arrangements for the
occasion.
G. Edward de Brauwere, member
of the Lions Club of Miami. and Pat
Kline, secretary of the builders ex.
change of Miami, were guests. the
former telling of plans for the Ma.
tional convention of Lions Clubs to be
held In Miami in the near future
Thomas W. Brahany, president of the
local club, presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
WARS HELD INEVITABLE.
In Heavens Design Same as
EarthQuakes, Gen. Baird's View.

GLASGOW, Scotland. February "a
R.-Wars are part of Heavens de-
sign, Just as earthquakes. storms and
plaques, in the opinion of Brig. Gen.
Edward Baird
His view, given at the annual re-
union of Glasgow Highlanders. is de-
cried by pacifists and League of Ma
tons advocates, who have Joined in
a wholesale protest. -
Cen Baird said that he did not share
the opinion of many persons that the
League of Nations was an antidote
for war a country that ID no longer
able to rely on. it's own defenses will
never be able to rely upon peaceful
security" he said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24

vention of Optimists' Clubs will be
held in Denver July s, I and s. Three
delegates will he sent from the Wash
ington chapter.
Announcements was also made that
the Optimist Club had been lnstru-
mental In securing $4,000 toward the
Casualty Hospital drive fund
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24

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"A "Kilnarnocka copy of Robert
Burns work, printed in 1856. was
recently sold in England for SI.45O.
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parisiennes are wearing cowboy
hats.
The Washington times., 1927-08-04
Ia0aght 10 OlEing

And thought he was joking
he had been 50 kind and c0nsid-
erate AZ ne and our baby boy
lip 10 That time, tIis yOufl wife
ssaid to-day as she told how the
hnaband packed bis suitcase INT
Is "a rs IS IL
automobile ild disappeared
And here another fact0 enters.
The mother of the girl 4 "fell
70" called At the COl0rSia Road
address in search Of Maidr. Her
daughter, II year Ok Eleanor
iHiser, Of 283S GeOrg I've, M.
W., left home last Saturday and
did not return.
Tracked BY other
The mother. Mrs. John Hiser, ana-
pected Mater. When she found tile
heart br0sen wife, the two put their
heads together and made their plans,
an of which explains Why the Police
Department today has q report Tor q
lookout for the two. The police Re
port explains that they are believed
to be together and to be In q Ford
tUtfilg car.
The real owner of the car. Kari
daief, of 1910 Irving St, N. w !. says
he loaned the car TO his brothe:
Frank Charles Maier; last Saturday,
with the nderstanding Ii would be-
retllrned later in the day. He sought
police aid, but they informed him
they could issue no warrant since the
car was not stolen.
The Washington times., 1927-08-04

- ~ ~. fqnt q enlpley aae ME
lssss AZ Hstsid CissaliisS IA. u
The Washington times., 1927-08-04

T'ranmpafsa Asom TROUBLES can hest he
.ssVeH fllraukii the purchase ~ cav
81 yonR Nfn-spIeet II ffalt the Clanpi-
Sssd C0lsaama today.
The Washington times., 1927-08-04
REPRISALs
ON SA'C
FEARED

New measures Of protection
are being thrown about AL Of
the main public buildings ii
Washington today, because Of
the fear Of outrages following
the Saeco- Vanzetti decision 81
Governor Fuller in Massachu.
sets.
The Treasury Department
particularly had ) large force
Of extrs guards On tiuty, with
secret service opsr IVES and
the office 81 Chief Clerk Bird
ssld % operating ii tIie work
Al Public Build Guarded
The White House. the State and
War Department buildings, and
the Navy and Munitions strllc-
lures al fail under the SUPER
vision Of the office Of Public
Buildings and Public Parks. Capt.
M. II. Parsons, superintendent Of
the park police, today declared
he had taken adequate measures
to protect AL 81 these buildings.
Anticipates Trouble
We have been anticipating
t-ouhla said Captain Parsons,
"and have made adequate prepare
ton to deal with any emergency.
II would not be advisable to make
public any statement Of what we
have done. but I am confident the
precautions VIII prove to be ade-
quate.,
Among public Officials generally
there was little apprehension that
sympathixers with Sacco and Van
7etti would attempt any outrages
In Washington. There are com.
paratively: few radicals or com.
munists In the Capital, 1t was aid.
and demonstrations for the con.
denned men ara looked for with
greater apprehension Ia greater
centera Of population than the
National CapitaI.
The present precautions wiz Be
taken for an indefinite period, Off.
Gals declining to comment on what
their plans after the date set for
the execution Of Sacco and Van.
zetti would be. '',ss...,.
Check on Communists
There are no communists or sssus.
pictous characters among the work.
men employ ON the White House
reconstruction. check revealed Is.
day.
All OF the employees of the II. p.
SEVERN Company, Chicago contrac-
tors, were Intercepted BY Depart.
ment Of Justice operatives yester-
day ana today. It was found that
there wers no workmen among
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