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Evening star., 1927-05-07
Ball for Flood Sufferers
Monday Night Stirs Interest.

Plans are all completed for the flood
relief ball which the President and
Mrs. Coolidge will attend Monday
evening in the large ballroom of the
Willard Through the courtesy of
Mr. Frank :. Hight there will be no
cost of any kind connected with the
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Durability of Redwood.

A redwood log which had lain on
the ground for 1000 years, as proved
by the annual ..ngs in tree that had
grow up astraddle of it, was recently
cut up into sound and useful lumber.
Evening star., 1927-05-07

Girls employed in the silk mills OF
Japan work II hours day the year
round, which Is increased to IA hours
during the Summer season. when the
farmers are bringing in their cocoons.
Evening star., 1927-05-07

Patton, Iowa, school teachers in the
consolidated school must attend
church at least once each Sunday, and
must remain in town on two Sundays
of each month of the school year.
Evening star., 1927-05-07

NJ i
rora de AIfaro will entertain al
dinner this evening in honor of the
Minister of Venezuela and Sonora dc
tjrisanti.
Tho Minister Of Lithuania, Mr.,
EaZvs Bizauskas. was the guest III
whose honor the Minister of Bulgaria
and Nine. Radewa entertained al
luncheon today.
The retiring Minister of Lativa and
Mime. Sega sailed this morning ioi
their home in LatVla.
Mrs. Smith. wife of Senator h. ID,
Smith. and their daughter Miss Anna
smith. accompanied by Mrs. r. j.
carmichael Miss Harriet Hanger
end Lieut.. David Larr Of Aberdeen
Proving Ground, left this morning by
motor for West Point, y. \. TheE
will visit Col. and Mrs. Carmichael
son Cadet RoderiCk Carmichael, VINO
has 1ust entered the academy, ana
cadet ]. NJ. Ivy of Rock Hill. ;. e.
a close friend of Senator and MIS-
Smith The party viii remain over
SUNDAY and return the first OF the
week.
The second secretary of the Italian
embassy and Signora Catalani VIII
entertain at dinner this evening IN
the home Of the latters mother, MIS-
Henry F. Dimock, on Scott circle.
The marriage of Miss Dorothy Reed,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul l..
Reed, 10 Ensign Dale Harris. I. ;. ~.
will take place this afternoon at =
O'Clock. in the Bethlehem Chapel OF
the Washington Cathedral. A reCep-
zion will follow Immediately after the
ceremony in the home OF the oriue ;
parents.
Mai and Mrs. Thomas NJ. Robbins
will he hosts at dinner this evening
at the Congressional Country CLUB.
The former Ambassador to france
and Mrs. Hugh c. Wallace VIII SAIL
today on the Olympic for Europe.
Former Governor of Arizona and
Mrs. Thomas E. Campbell, who spent
the Winter at the Willard. viii san
Tuesday aboard the Manuel Arnos for
Snain. where Gov. Campbell will make
arrangements for the participation OF
+he United States in the international
exnosition to be held In SeVllle IN
October. 1928. Gov. Campbell IS com
missioner general for the Cnlteo
states at the exposition: After the
visit in Seville Gov. and Mrs. camp
hell will tour through Europe ana re-
turn to their home. in Phoenix, Ariz.'
in the Autumn. They will come TO
Washington again for the Winter ana
will be at the Willard.
Mrs. Samuel Williams Earle, re-
cording secretary general of the \. ;.
d A. r., closed her apartment at the
Nayfiower this morning and left for
her home in Chicago. She will spend
Monther's day, with her son ana
daughter.in.law. Mr.. and Mrs: ). Ed
win Earle, in their home, at WinnetKa'
Ill, and expects to return TO WASH
ington in June.
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/. SOCIETY
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur
Will Entertain Guests Aboard
the Sylph Monday.

%HE Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Wilbur will leave Monday
afternoon for an overnight
cruise down the Potomac on
the Slyph They will have as
their guests Mrs. Virginia Schley
WortIey Of New York and her daugh-
ter. Miss Anne Wortley, and Miss
Sophie Casey and Lieut.. Comdr
Woods.
Evening star., 1927-05-07

The Minister OF Lithuania, MT
KaZys Bizauskas. was the guest IN
whose honor the Minister OF bulgarla
and Nine. Radewa entertained at
luncheon today.
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Panama Legation Scene
of Dinner Party Tonight.

The Minister of Panama and Sc
rora de AIfaro will entertain at
dinner this evening in honor of the
Minister of Venezuela and Sonora de
t5riSanti.
Evening star., 1927-05-07

The retiring Minister of Lativa anc
Mime. Sega sailed this morning lof
their home in Latvia.
Evening star., 1927-05-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sterrett of
Philadelphia are passing few days
at the Willard.
Evening star., 1927-05-07

The second secretary of the Italian
embassy and Signora Catalan VIII
entertain at dinner this evening IN
the home Of the latters mother MIS-
Henry F. Dimock. on Scott circle.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

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SALE-HOUSES.

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Evening star., 1927-10-13

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Evening star., 1927-10-13

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SEE THIS TODAY,
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Will sell at great sacrifice One square from
Wardman Park Inn. 2s42 2Sth ST. NV. Open
day and evening. Price under S1S,50O. For
further details see
Evening star., 1927-02-04

Mote. This is the Seventeenth
of series of stories about the 1927
major league clubS.)
Evening star., 1927-02-04
FORMER YANKEE PITCHER
APT TO SHINE WITH MATS
Hurler Procured i'm Ruether Deal Regarded as Most
Promising Young LeftHander lin Majors
Few Moundsren Available for Trades

they had to lose Braxton at the end
OF the. season to Washington. Braxtor
is a pitcher of the Pennock type. He
seems frail in comparison with some
others. II time is taken to look over
left.hand pitching talent it will be
noted that those si1adowy birds who
throw the ball from the port side have
almost invariably been great pitchers
Wiltse was tall and skinny Schupp
in his great year was a slender kid
Plank was a narcissus waving wildly
in the breeze. Pennock seemed to be
less rugged than other world series
pitchers, but he pitched them all to a
finish.
Braxton Looks Good.
Braxton Is one OF the most proinis-
ing left.handed young men in the
majors, providing his first season IN
base ball did not give him a wrong
impression OF his relation TO the game.
The major league managers know
they. cannot waive pitcher out of
their league until after the boys have
gone to. Spring training camp. They
can trade among themselves, but this
year the. major. league. scouts are
likely to follow rival clubs right into
their training camps to soc how the
pitchers show up.
The Columbus club Of the American
Association has named Plant City,
Fla, for its training camp. Kansas
city Is going to Lake Charles, La.
Milwaukee will try Hot Springs, ARK.
Minneapolis goes to Decatur, Ala.
and St. Paul to Mineral Wells, Tex
a good place to train. Toledo Is bound
for Jackson, Tenn. That's down near
Memphis and is new for training
Thee Denver club viii go to Long
Beach, Calf. Laredo, Tex, on the
Mexican border, gets Dcs Moines, and
Oklahoma City VIII train at Weather
ford, Tex. a.. ss iii
Dailas viii go to Mineral wells. All
the othei, Texas clubs train on Their
home grounds, and at Fort Worth
Jake Atz Is beginning TO polish up his
bats, ready to go after another pen
harf
Evening star., 1927-02-04
When Base Ball Was Young
BY JOHN b. FOSTER
Early Rows Over Base Ball Percentages

in it but some hocus pocus that would
make no end of trouble for them.
Another reason why the National
League was so slow about adopting
the percentage system was the success
that the American Association had
experienced in using 1t. The associa-
ton was quicker to see that 1t was
the only sound way in which pen
nant could be won. Anything which
the American Association did was as
welcome in the National League as a
revenue inspector at a moonshinery
Plan Finally Is Adopted.
Despite the fact that the league
had quarreled about it's winners every
now and then and that there always
was some one who wished to play post
season games to decide something or
other after the end of the schedule,
it was not until after the American
Association plan had proved to be the
only theoretical and practical system
that the National League finally gave
in and adopted it to decide its own
championships.
The percentage system of deciding
pennants made it possible for the
schedule to stop on certain date,
with allowance for one or two games
that might not have been played by
certain team. A teams percentage
was based solely on what it had done
and it might win a pennant because 1t
had the best percentage in the league.
Where the old-fashioned round robin
method had operated 1t often happen
ed that a team winning the same,
number of games, as another team,
although the number of defeats might
not he the same would claim as much
right to the championship as it's near
est rival.
That was why the National League
clubs had played post-seasor games
which the league refused to sanction
as regular championship contests. But
it took very long time to get the
"arithmetics" through the heads Of
the old-ti1ners.
lCopyright 1927
Tomorrow: A One-H Hand InfleId.
Evening star., 1927-02-04
COBB NOT TO SIGN UNTIL
STATUS rs DETERMINED

ing on his own efforts to sign the
veteran to contract
!. Il haven't talked terms to him yet, y
Howley said. He understands that
want him. and for the present we are
talking about old times. He may de.
eide to play with us, and he may
not"
Howley said he hoped to effect some
sort Of a trade with the New York
Yankee management whether he sue
ceeds in signing Cobb or not. The
Yankees also are after Cobb's serv-
ices. are represented as trusting Cobb
will go to st. Louis If they are unsuc.
cessfui, in the hope that Howley then
would be more Inclined to let 20 some
of his players.
II haven't anybody in mind" said
Howley, "but we may work up q
trade"
Negotiations between the two clubs,
involving several players, fell down
suddenly about a week ago.
Evening star., 1927-02-04

In the first week Of December, 1882,
the directors Of the National League
held their annual meeting at Washing
ton. Those present were A. H. Soden
Of Boston, A. L. Hotchkin of Troy
| n. Y; George H. f1ughson of Buffalo
w. G. Thompson of Detroit, and
Freeman Brown of Worcester, Mass.
Here follows an extract from the
minutes of the meeting:
1.-The secretary presented tabular
statement Of championship games won
and lost during the season of 1882,
showing the Chicago club to have
won the greatest number"
On motion, the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved, That the Chicago Base
Bali Club OF Chicago, ILL.,, having won
the greatest number of games in the
Championship series, is hereby award
ed the league championship of the
United States for the year 1882.
Special Series Proposed
I'm connection with the subject Of
the championship. we find that several
games were played by four league
clubs after the conclusion of the
championship season, IN pursuance Oh
an agreement made by representa-
tives of six league clubs. Under the
present constitution of the league,
such games can have no place in the
championship record, but we recon-
mend such legislation as will provide
for special series to determine the
championship in case two or more
clubs be found tied for first place on
games won and lost at the conclusion
or the, series covered by the annual
championship schedule"
Probably the modern base ball en-
thusiast will believe this resolution
had something to do with d world
series. but II didn't. 1t represented
a state Of mind on the part of the
National League club owners which
was stubborn. unyielding and biunder-
ing, but eventually was rernedied
The National League would not
decide It's championship season on the
percentage. basis, despite the fact
that 1t had been urged to do so by
men Of keen mind who had gone over
the plan in every detail time and
again and who had tried to prevail
upon those unyielding old club own
ers TO stop trying to win a pennant
by victories and defeats. The club
owners simply couldn't see anything
Evening star., 1927-02-04

BY the Associated Ffess.
- HICAGO, February 4.-The
greatest tipheaval in the 27
years, existence of the Amer
lean League swept through
the organization this Winter.
Ban Johnson, the patriarch of the
league. was placed "on leave" to re-
cover his health, and the executive
authority turned over to Frank Navtr1,
league vice president and owner of
the Detroit club.
Johnson's retirement was the climax
to the downfall of a procession of club
managers unprecedented in major
league history. Five new pilots will be
at the helms this year, the only hold
overs being the perennial Connie
Mack of the Athletics. Bucky Harris
with washington and Miller Higgins
with the Yankees.
Torn by stories of scandals all Win
ter, the club owners finally managed
to end the discord, and. then turned to
bid against each other for the services
of Ty Cobb and Iris Speaker, the
storm centers of one of the chief dis
putes of the stove league season.
Speaker finally chose to sign with
Washington, after considering and re-
jecting offers from New York and
Philadelphia. Cobb is still dickering,
with the st. Louis Browns apparently
having the inside track.
New Men Step In.
The places they vacated as man
ayers at Detroit and Cleveland were
filled by George Moriarty and Jack
McCallister. Dan Howley succeeded
George Sisler as manager of the st.
Louis Browns. Bill Carrigan, who
led the Boston Red Sox to their series
of successes 10 years ago, was per
suaded to come back and get them out
of the cellar. Eddie Collins gave up
the management of the White Sox
to return to his first leader, Connie
Mack, and Ray Schalk, premier back.
stop of the American League, was
named manager.
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RED SOx COME HERE
FOR OPENING GAME
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 4.--Major
league base ball will go back to it's
old opening and closing dates this
year.
Having tried out Commissioner
Lands plan for an early finish last
year without success, the schedule
committee has voted to drop the cur
tain on October 2. one week later than
the closing date in 1926
Inaugural games on April II have
been agreed upon as follows:
AMERICAN LEAGUE-Phiiadel-
phia at New York, Boston ut Wash
ington, Detroit at Cleveland, Chi
cag0 at ST. Louis.
NATIONAL LEAGUE-RrookIyn
at Boston, New York at PhiladeI.
phia. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, st.
Louis at Chicago.
The two leagues will hold separate
meetings here next Tuesday 10 ap
prove the schedules.
Evening star., 1927-02-04
By JOHN b. FOSTER.

n YEW YORK, February Alt I,
nj impossible to pry a pitcher
VI loose from q major league
l. club just at this preseason
period, when talk OF Spring
training camps fill the air and the
base bali bug is beginning to stir out
oY it's snug Winter quarters.
Proposals and counter proposals for
rades have been Irritating the mails
and annoying the telegraph wires for
eight weeks and out Of Il all there
has not come much of anything except
the swap Of Peckinpaugh of Wash.
ington to the Chicago White Sox for
rhurston and Manguin, pitchers
Perhaps neither Of the clubs lost by
hat trade. The moods OF Peckin.
paugh's underpinning will tell the
tale.
The New York Yankees have been
openly in the shambies for pitchers,
but they haven't landed anything yet.
OF all the American League clubs
needing pitchers, the Yanks need
them worst, because they have a pen
naflt prestige TO fnaintain--ard II will
take more than an eruption OF home
run socking by Babe Ruth to main
tain 1t.
Yanks Got Nothing.
The Yanks angled around with
flies and plain worms, but they
couldn't get d bite. They sent Aaron
Ward to Chicago for Grabowski and
Morehart, a catcher and an iflf1elder,
but they would more willingly have
picked out Chicago pitcher or two,
IL they could have got the kind that
Miller Higgins wanted. .~.-....-
It is occurring TO the American
League managers that the 1927 race
ia shaping daily into a closer contest
than 1t promised to be a while back.
The ST. Louis team has been bargain
ing with skill and prudence. The
Browns are going, into the shindy
next Spring with Il better chance than
they were accorded a few months ago.
The Yankees took. Dutch Ruether
over from Washington last season and
paid an ALFRED good price, because
Evening star., 1927-02-04
ROSENBERG rs EXPECTED
KEEP BANTAM HONORS
Champion Is Slight Favorite for Tonight's Battle
With Graham, Although He Is Having Hard
Struggle to Make Title Weight

Rosenberg IS not recognized as
hampton In some States. In fact, IL
.f1ois regards Bud Taylor as world
title holder.
Graham, a natural Bantam, Is ex-
pected to report at ringside In peak
condition. The commission announced
the match would be staged whether
Rosenberg made the weight or not.
Rosenberg lifted the championship
in March. 1926. from Eddie Cannon
halD Martin, outpointing the stocky
Brooklyn fighter in a 15-rnund match.
Since then he has defended the title
only once against an outstanding chai.
lenger, knocking out Eddie Shea OF
Chicago in the fourth round.
Graham won his way to top ranking
among .Rosenberg's contenders by vic.
tories over Harold Smith OF Chicago,
Ale Goldstein, former holder of the
crown; Bud Taylor of Terre Haute.
California Joe Lynch, frankie Genaro,
Eddie O'Dowd, Chick Suggs and
Tommy Ryan,
!. The championship bout IS scheduled
20 get under way at 10 O'clock.
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BAN AND MRS. JOHNSON
MAKE TRIP TO SOUTH

CHICAGO, February 4).-B. B.
johnson, president OF the American
League, on leave, has gone to Hot
Springs, Ark, accompanied by Mrs.
johnson, who also has been in poor
health
The American League executive ek.
poets to remain in Hot Springs for
several days, later going to Texas.
Evening star., 1927-02-04
GREAT SEASON EXPECTED
FOLLOWING BIG UPHEAVAL
Club Owners Have Ended Discord and Are Ready tn
Prepare for Flag Battle in Which New Pilots
May Spring: Surprises.

With such a series of managerial
appointments. the club owners seemed
to have little time left to swap and
purchase players. but the White Sox
and Yankees completed one deal, and
the Detroit and st. Louis clubs made
another important trade
In their first American League trade
in many years the White Sox obtained
Aaron Ward to fill the second base
vacancy, and Detroit got Marty Nc
Manus, the Browns shortstop.
Outside these few outstanding
deals the Winter player market was
largely a matter of changing trad
ing material or untried players. The
pennant- winning Yankees got some
pitching talent for their excess in
fielder, Ward, and St. Louis got q
southpaw and two likely infielders
for its star shortstop.
Big Change By Mack.
Eddie Collins return to second
base with the Athletics was the out
standing change Mack made for his
pennant chase, aside from his propo-
sition to Speaker.
Bill Carrigan was the only man
ager not seeking either of the two
veteran outfield stars. He an
nounced he was building up a club
of youngsters.
Phil Ball, owner of the st. Louis
Browns, is the leading bidder for
Cobb. The Georgia Peach told his
friends he wanted to play but one
more year In the majors to vindi-
cate both his honesty and ability,
and then looked forward to long
rest and a tour of Europe.
If there is any truth in the old
adage that a new broom sweeps
clean, the five new broom wielders
in the American League this year
should create a lot of dust from
the time the signal is given April IL.
Evening star., 1927-02-04
nr the Assoeiated presa.

BY the Associated Press.
A UGUSTA, Ca, February 4.-Ty
" Cobb win not sign contract
"A to play base bali this season
Il 4 until he. knows his exact
status in the American
League. He expects to make definite
announcement Of his plans In about
two weeks.
Commenting on published reports
that Detroit had asked waivers on
him, Cobb said today he had heard OF
the development and expected it.
THE Detroit Club made no sign TO
support me when / was In an urifor,
tunate situation" he said, and now
that 1 am in good standing It is not
going TO restrict my activities"
Dan Howley. manager Of the st.
Louis Americans, who is visiting in
Cobb's home. said If waivers were
asked on Cobb the action would have
no effect on Cobb's latitude in choos-
ing team. and certainly no bear