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TWO FORMIDABLE CUNTS
TO VISIT FOR CONTESTS

st. Stephens and Duponts will meet
n the Naval Reserve Armory tonight
at s o'clock.
Comets will meet Columbia Heights
tonight at Eastern High School.
WOOdside tossers will encounter the
Virginia Public Service quint Of Alex.
andria at Naval Reserve Armory
tonight.
Elliotts will meet Hyattsville Re.
serves at 1880 tonight in the Hyatts.
vile Armory.
Fort Washington flOorTnen downed
Army Medical tossers, SO to 16, last
night at Walter Reed gym.
Parkway Motor Co. cagemen won a
36-to-21 victory over Nativity last
night.
Headquarters Battery and Battery c
won games in the Fort Myer League
last night. The former team won from
Post Staff, 30 to 26, while Battery C
trounced Battery B, So to 20.
Washington Y. M. G. A. tossers
bowed to their Baltimore z rivals last
night at Baltimore by 26-to-22 score.
Pals defeated Good Shepherds, 81
to %, yesterday
Tates trimmed Owl A. c., 4S to 16.
A number of quints are seeking &C
ton. Among them are Yosemites
Company F Regulars Of Hyattsville
American Railway Expressmen, Hol
brooks. Warwick Collegians and
Corinthian Insects.
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TWO MORE CARDINALS
SPURN TERMS, OFFERED

ST. LOUIS, January 20 R.-Two
more st. Louis Cardinal world cham
pion players have received their con-
tracts for 1927 and after a week s
neither have signed.
They are Tommy Thevenow, sensa-
tional short~' op. and Lester Bell, slug
ging third baseman.
Three Cardinal pitchers-Alexander
Haines and Rhem--have so far re-
fused to sign contracts and have de-
manded salary increases.
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WOMEN IN SPORT
by CORINNE FRAZIER

Y OLTON ARMS NUGGETS
started their season yester-
day by scoring a hard-earned
4 Il victory over the Eastman
School Midgets. &c to %, in
the Epiphany gym.
Forwards of both teams proved
adept in finding the basket, with Ann
Rollins leading the scoring for the
winners and Alice Bowie for the
losers. Miss Rollins accounted for "a
points and Miss Bowie for 20.
Members of the Holton Arms junior
squad who figured in the contest are
All Rollins, Helen Davis, Frances
Carter and jamie Van den Bosch, for
wards; Janet White, center; Emma
Gray White, side center; Kathleen
Knox, Margueretta Rowland and
Betty Drake, guards.
Eastman was represented by Alice
Bowie, Sarah Lloyd and Gabrielle Nor
gan, forwards; Florence Avis, center;
Sarah Mills side center; Dorothy Gam
brill and Katherine Heth, guards.
Continuing the brilliant play exhib-
tied in the semi-final round of the
interplayground basket ball series.
Iowa Avenue tossers, holders of the
western division title, drew first blood
in the finals yesterday, defeating
Rosedale. eastern division champions,
20 to s, in the initial game of the
deciding series.
Fast play and skilled team work
marked the contest, which was staged
at Noel House.
Virginia Monk captained the
Iowans, playing forward with Anna
Tucker; Kay Jones and Harriet Beh-
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Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-Mike McTigue scored
a technical knockout over Paul Berlen,
bach a.. Joe Woods, Los Angeles,
beat Harry Fay, Louisville (8). James
Braddock. Jersey City, knocked out
George La Rocco, New York ID. Yale
Okum, New York. and Eddie Huffman,
Los Angeles, drew 00].
WATERBURY,, Conn.-Bobby Gar.
cha, Baltimore, won a technical knock
out over George Mckenzie, feather
weight champion of Great Britain a.
SPOKANE. Wash.-Jimmy Sacco
Boston, beat George Mccormick 90.
SAN FRANCISCO.-Fra Kick
San Francisco, featherweight, beat
California" Joe Lynch (6).
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ised him to give first consideration to
a Washington contract, while st.
Louis so far has made the most ener-
getic attempt to land Ty Cobb.
The provisions of the waiver rule,
as far as American League club prior
tiles are concerned, have been laid
aside to permit these two stars to
sign wherever they wish, William
Harridge, secretary to Ban Johnson
and acting guardian of the league ex.
ecutiVe offices, said today.
There is no chance, however that
any National League club will be al
lowed to sign them so long as any
American LeaguerS desire their serv-
ices. With no price tags attached to
their contracts by their original club
owners, the two smuggling outfielders
are expected to conclude profitable
terms for themselves.
Griffith declined to reveal the
amount of his offer to Speaker, but
after a telephone conversation with
the latter at Philadelphia, he an
nounced that the former Cleveland
manager has promised to write him
concerning his proposal and that he
would have an announcement to
make upon receipt of the letter.
Speaker was in conference yester-
day at Philadelphia with Manager
Connie Mack of the Philadelphia
Athletics, and both emerged smiling,
but declined to discuss the visit other
than to say it was a social call.
Mack, however, said he would like
to have Speaker on his team.
Il am going to play base ball again
this Summer" Speaker said. II will
consider all the offers and then / will
accept the one which / believe to be
most favorable"
Speaker said his first thought at
present was to get down to Hubbard,
Tex, to see his S1-year- old mother.
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WOMAN SWIMMERS
BREAK TWO MARKS
By the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, January %. The
world swimming records for the wom-
ems 200.yard free-style and 200-yard
backstroke were six seconds shorter
today, both of them bettered by New
York Women's Swimming Association
stars.
In an exhibition meet at the Cleve-
land Athletic Club last night Martha
Noreilus negotiated the 200-yard free
style in 2:24, breaking Gertrude Ed.
cries mark of $50. She had previ.
ously been unofficially credited with
lettering the Channel swimmers rec
ord.
In the same meet Adelaide Lam
bert finished the 200-yard backstroke
in 2.55, SCATTERING the record previ-
ously held by Sybil Bauer, Chicago
Athletic Association star. Miss
Bauer's time was SOL.
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BY the Associated Press
~ HICAGO, January 29.-One OF
the outstanding purchases of
the Winter by a major
~ league base ball team was
the acquisition of Elwood
English of the Toledo American AS
ISOLATION club by the Chicago Cubs to
round out their infleld for the 1927
pennant chase.
English, only 20 years old, completes
a roster of youngsters for the Chica-
go National Leaguers, only 2 of the
80 athletes on the squad being over
30 years old. Two players and $780,
900 was the price of the star short
stop.
Another promising youngster, ex-
pected to raise the outfield batting av-
erage, was obtained from the Louis.
vile Association Club, Earl Webb
Like Babe Ruth, Webb used to do a
bit of pitching, so his throwing arm
is considered one Of his great assets
In addition he hits from the wrong
side of the plate.
I'VE are just about 100 per cent
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INDIANA AND OHIO STATE
CUNTS PICKED TO SCORE

CHICAGO, January 20 CP).--Indiana
and Ohio State have an opportunity
tonight to step up notch in the Big
Ten basket ball standings, if they can
produce their anticipated victories
over Chicago and Minnesota.
For Minnesota it viii be a sixth
chance to win a game this year, with
the outlook not very encouraging for
an entry in the victory column.
Chicago has only faint hopes Of best
ing the strong Hoosier five, hut. un-
like Minnesota, the ChicagOans have
won one game-from Northwestern.
which is tied with Minnesota for the
bottom of the list.
the no 0sS With ig mid f S| e%am d IONS
and next week only three games are
scheduled, all on Saturday night.
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Observe in Figure the very pro-
nounced tendency of the club to swing
around back of the body, istead of up.
Here also, the shoulders have begun
to turn with the club and the left
knee has fallen in-toward the right
knee, not toward the ball.
In Figure you see the club at the
top-perfect position for the fat
swing Note the compactness Of this
position and the power that has been
accumulated. From here the player
first steps forward. through the hips.
then let's it fly. 1t is this compactness
of this swing which, it's advocates
maintain yields the great hitting force
that can be obtained. they maintain.
only with this close, altogether ac-
ton Of bodys. arms and hands.
(Copyright. 1927
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|WO of the outstanding indie
pendent floor combinations of
Washington will face strong
4 rivals in games with an inter
sectional angle tonight and
Atomorrow.
The Anacostia Eagles, District I'M
limited basket ball titleholders. will
of Wilmington, N. c., tonight at the
Congress Heights Auditorium at $50
o'clock.
The Yankees will play Fitton A. c..
tossers of Boston tomorrow in the
Gonzaga gym at o'clock.
Princess and Arcadian girls teams
will inaugurate the EagleS-Coast Line
clash in a preliminary at 7:S0.
Arrows will face Boys Club Celtics
in an opener to the Yankee-F1tton
A. G. engagement.
Games tonight in the Sunday League
on the central Y M. c. A. court will
bring together Peck Memorial and
Calvary Baptist at 7:15 o'clock, Claren-
don Baptist and Calvary M. e. at 8
and Covenant and Mount Vernon M.
z. at $40.
Calvary maintained its hold on first
place in the senior league last night
by trouncing Kanawhas, "a to 20, at
Washington Barracks. AuthS beat
Collegians, % to Is.
Park View tOssers romped over the
Woodlothians, 95 to 6, last night in
/, Wilson Normal gym. Peck Gagged IL
goals.
Yellow Jackets trounced the Rovers
last night in Walter Reed gymnasium,
~ to count. Wecker starred.
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STELLAR B0WLERS
RESUME PRIZE MEET

Bowling stars OF Washington and
vicinity will roll the second five
game block of their 15-game sweep
stakes tournament tonight on the
Coliseum drives. The duckpinners,
who are competing for a stake of
$780, will begin play at s o'clock.
Glenn Weidman assumed the tour
ney lead in the five games bowled
last Saturday night at the King Pin
alleys when he toppled GA pins, but
a number of other entrants are eX-
pected to make matters more than
interesting for the first-block pace
setter tonight.
Practically all of the stellar
bowlers of this section are among
the % contestants in the sweep
stakes.
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Tte Gbentng Star
BOYS CLUB

You will note from the sketch that
the arch shot goes through a full
circle. That is right, for it drops in
from above.
You will note also that the Decline
shot has only half the width of the
circle to go through. It comes on a
fast shot from the floor without any
loop.
When you arch your shot. say three
or four feet higher than the basket,
from a distance of 20 feet, you get the
result oftener than with a Decline
shot.
When you kick a foot ball over the
cross bars from directly in front of
the goal posts the job isn't so hard.
But try to kick 1t over from the side
of the field.
The difference between the arch
shot and the Decline shot is the same
as the kick In foot ball.
A lot Of boys have been held back
in basket ball because they tried to
make every shot a bee-line shot.
They'll become stars when they forget
the Decline shot and try the arch.
Next-More passing than shooting!
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POLO TEAM
WILL PLAY ON RIVIERA
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Earl Hopping, F. b. E. Elkins, L. f.
Brandeis and j. Adams, American polo
players, viii have one of the strongest
teams on the Riviera this season. Six
other players are expected to join
them.
Three hundred ponies belonging to
players from eight countries crowd
the barns at Mandelieu Field.
Thirty-seven players, representing
England, the United States, France.
Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Mexico
and Egypt. have signed up for the
seasons play.
England heads the list with IA horse
men.
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WAKE FOREST TOSSERS
TO PLAY 6. w. FIVE HERE

WAKE FOREST, N. c., January
% CP).-Wake Forests victory over
North Carolina at basket ball
Thursday night earned the Deacons
a visit to the National Capital.
Coach Baldwin told the team ii
they would win the game they
could go to Washington to play
d*s-ge Washington L. on Feb
rusry &c.
Arrangements have been made
for the game, Coach Baldwin said.
The squad will have three days of
sightseeing.
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COLLEGE FIVES PLAY TWO
CONTESTS HERE TONIGHT

Maryland is thought to have a slight
edge on Gallaudet. although the latter
has fine material and is capable, If 1t
plays it's best, of upsetting the Old
Liners. Maryland. too, probably will
be minus the services of Linkous,
husky regular forward, and this should
tend to make the game a $3.50 battle.
George Washington should be able
to take the measure of Randolph-Ma.
con. although the quint from Ash
land, Va, gave st. Johns Of Annap-
oils a good trimming last night in
the Maryland capital However, st.
Johns has been weak this season and
the Colonials are not likely to be hard
pressed.
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ALOYSIUS CLUB TO HOLD
5-MILE RUN TOMORROW

AlOysius Club holds the second
of q series of Sunday practice runs
tomorrow morning at 1890 o'clock
at Plaza Playground track. All
barriers are invited to take part
and use the clubhouse for DRESSING.
The route viii be five milo
The runs are planned D condi-
ton competitors for tin, 1O-nile
street grind to be staged by the
club ON February %.
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COLLINS MAT VICTOR.

Jack Collins won two of three
falls from George Taylor in a
wrestling bout at the Mutual Theater
last night. Collins weighed ITS
pounds. 16 pounds more than Taylor.
The bout was the last Of the season.
at the Mutual
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ONLY FIVE OF GIANTS
NOT UNDER CONTRACT

NEW YORK, January % O4).-The
list of New York Giants not yet under
1927 contract was reduced to five
when Pitcher Greenfield and Outfielder
Mueller came into the fold.
Those who have not yet signed are
George Kelly, veteran first baseman;
OutfieIders Ross Young and Tex
Teannes: Pitchers Virgil Barnes and
.jutcn Henry.
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HOPPE HAS RUN OF go.

BOSTON, Mass, January 20 o.
Making a run of 270, Willie Hoppe,
world champion 1872 balkline billiard
list, captured the tenth block of his
800 point match with Erich Hagen
lacher, 800 to 10. The total scores of
the contestants are: Hoppe, 2,657;
Hagenlacher, 2,274.
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FITT0N QUINT PLAYING
IN ALEXANDRIA TONIGHT

ALEXANDRIA. Va. January %
Fitton A. G. of Boston. Mass, IL I'm
this city today to play the ST. Mary's
Celtics, local amateur champions, I'm
their contest scheduled for o'clock
tonight on the Armory Hall court.
Episcopal High is scheduled to play
Virginia Episcopal at basket ball in
Lynchburg, va, today.
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"OUR of Washington's collegiate
- basket ball combinations are
seeing action today, George
l. town being at Annapolis for
an Afternoon affair-not a pink
tea--with Navy; Maryland and Gallau-
Diet clashing at College Park at s
o'clock in a strictly local engagement,
while George Washington is entertain
ing Randolph-Macon In the II street
gym, at 8:15.
Navy, which is hard nut to crack
on it's home floor, was favored to beat
the Hiltoppers, but by no great mar
gin, with the Blue and Gray having
a good chance to spring an upset.
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DODGE AND REILLY WIN.

John Dodge won from w. N. Nor
wood, 35 to 80, and DR.. Reilly de-
feated Goodacre, 35 to 80, in matches
played in the District three-cushion
championship at the Lewis & Krauss
parlors last night.
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CLUB AFTER MEMBERS.

A membership drive is being CON
Quoted by the Three Way Club, for
merly the Seneca A. c., which spon-
sors foot ball, basket ball, base ball
and bowling. Benjamin S. Wells, jr.,
29O8 r street, is chairman of the com
mittee in charge.
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ILLINOIS A. C. FOUR WINS.

CHICAGO, January % No).-A one
mile relay, which the Illinois Athletic
Club won from the Chicago Athletic
Association. was the feature of the
indoor track meet at the Broadway
Armory last night. The time was
S:32.
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size as you are shooting goals.
An arch shot drops into the basket
from above. Then the basket is at
its largest.
A Decline shot comes in from the
floor with only a small part of the
basket to hit. A Decline shooter
must have an uncanny ability for &C.
curacy.
Here is a sketch that shows you
how the basket looks when the two
kinds OF shots are heading for it:
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SETS BOWLING RECORD.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, January 80
Op1.-Fred p. Jewel of Fargo, n. D.,
established a new Canadian tourna-
ment tenpin bowling record here with
count of 1913. He rolled games of
2b6 224 and 252
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TORONTO, Ontario, January - N).
Mrs. Jenny Young, mother OF
George Young. victor OF Catalina
Island swim. has left here for Los
Angeles to meet her son.
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COLLEGE BASKET BALL.

RandoIph-MacOn, 81; st. Johns OF
Annapolis, II.
Tulane, SO; Auburn, IL.
LOyOla of New Orleans, Is; LOuisk
ana State, Is.
North Dakota Aggies. 90; South Da-
kOta State, 90.
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DETROIT. January 20 Lp).-Four
champions and other strong contend
ers were entered for the national ice
skating meet here today.
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Graduation next June will take
heavy toll of the sterling Central com
bination that virtually had clinched
the public high school basket ball
championship when the titular series
was abruptly halted by school author
tiles as the result of the disturbance
that followed the Central-Western
game at the Arcadia Auditorium last
Tuesday.
Capt. Warren Swift and Bill Crouch,
two unusually clever guards, and
Pete Nee, sharpshooting forward and
court mechanic extraordinary, are
regulars who will be missing when
another season arrives.
But Centrals losses may be even
more serious, as 1t has been intimated
by Coach Bert Coggins that he may
give up tutoring the Blue and White
court squad. Coggins says that the
Central team will disband for this
season If schools that have dates with
his quint will agree to cancellation.
Coggins has made fine record as
coach of the Central teams.
Three Washington schoOIboy fives
may show their wares in the st.
Johns College tournament at An
napolis late this month. Eastern al
ready has applied for entrance and
Western and GonZaga are considering
seeking admission. Eastern, however
may forego the Annapolis event for
the Penn tournament. This depends
on how fast the Guyon-coached team
develops In the next few weeks. Con
Zaga also may enter the Penn affair.
Last season the Purple tossers were
not permitted to compete in the event
because it was ruled 1t would take
them away from their studies too
long, but this season Coach Ken
Simondinger hopes this difficulty may
be overcome. Dan Ahearn, Western
mentor, has announced he would like
to enter his combination In some
series.
In n game marked by unusually fine
Workmanship from the foul line the
speedy Gonzaga Quint yesterday van
quished Western High, 43 to 33, on
the / street court. The fact that the
Purple had more chances from the
free lane decided. Coach Simonding-
er's boys cashed 81 of 81 foul tries,
while Western made excellent use of
their fewer opportunities, caging IL
of Is. Each team made IL court goals.
A factor in the Purple victory was it's
superior defense, which kept rival
sharpshooters at q safe distance most
of the way. Don CARRIER. Alton
Buscher and Charley Walker, how
ever, found the cords from afar a
number of times to keep the West
End boys in the running. Johnny
Bozek, Tommy Fitzgerald and Jim
Farrell were the big CUPS in the Con
zaga attack and also were clever de-
fensively.
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" " dams recently eXonerated
of game fixing charges
by Judge kenesaw Lands,
viii cast his lot with the Nationals or
some other American League club
this year will be known Monday.
|, Telephoning from Tampa, Fla. the
Spring training base of the Nationals,
this morning, President Clark Griffith
of the Washington Club said that Iris
In a long-distance conference yester-
day promised he would wire the first
OF next week his decision in the mat
Ter. Griffith also said that the former
S0d1an chieftain in his telephone con-
VSrsation yesterday apparently was
pleasantly impressed with the offer
made him by Washington.
Griffith and Speaker are firm friends
and the National president tntimated
this morning that the great player
was somewhat eager to give the club
here the utmost consideration in
planning for his future in base ball.
1t is known that Mrs. Speaker would
be more than pleased to reside in
Washington, where she is well ac-
Quainted.
According to President Griffith, spir-
tied bidding for the services of Speak
er is being done by several clubs other
than the Nationals, but from all indi-
cations Griff1th's club appears to have
the inside track at present. But how
successful II will be will not be known
until Monday.
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Note: This is the t1reIfth Of a
series Of stories Of 1927 major
league club prospects,
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BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 29.-Washing-
ton and st. Louis appear today to have
the lead in the contest for the serv-
ices of iris Speaker and Ty Cobb
Clark Griffith of the Senators de-
clared at Tampa that Speaker prom
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Gonzaga tOssers will get much &C.
ton next month. Eight games are
listed and others may be added. The
dates: February 1, Georgetown Fresh
men at Ryan Gym; 4, Georgetown
Props at Garrett Park; s, Hyattsville
High; 10, Western at Western; 16,
Business at Business; 10, Leonard Hall
at Leonardtown; %, Georgetown
Props; %, Baltimore Poly.
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BY FRED TURBYVILIE.

w YHEN is the basket bigger?
When Is it smaller? Per-
NV haps you think 1t is the
same size at all times. 1t
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Strayer's Business College tossers
Of Baltimore proved easy prey for the
local Strayer's combination yesterday
short end of a 75-to-10 decision. The
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CARLISLES LIST FTTTONs.

Carlisle quint. colored basketers,
will engage Fftton A. c. tossers, who
are touring this section. Monday in
the Lincoln Colonnade. The locals ex-
pect to give the visitors spirited
fight. A big crowd IS expected to SEQ
the game
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Next-.More passing than shooting.
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IRIS TO DECIDE MONDAY
ABOUT JOINING CRIFFMEN
After Telephone Conversation With Former Indian
Pilot, President Griffith Believes He Has Fine
Chance to Land Player.

" WHETHER Iris Speaker, for
mer manager of the In
" " dams, recently eXonerated
of game fixing" charges
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Park View tOssers romped over the
Woodlothians, 95 to 6, last night in
/, Wilson Normal gym. Peck Gagged IS
goals