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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03
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WOMEN In SPORT
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

ton League series last night, played
at the Community Center.
The Princess team had the advAr.
tage of superior experience and
showed too much speed for its op-
ponents from the first tip-off
Tossers who figured. in the game
were; Princess Juniors-M. F.. Totten.
u. Lewis, forwards; G.. Ruzika. cen.
ter: NJ. Sawaya. side center: V. Ginolv
ana >. Beckley, guards, and Pine and
baum. reserves. Jewish Community
Center-R. STREET.. l.. WoIfn1an, Tor
wards; +. Miller, center: u. Bergman.
side center; Il. Alloy. @. Goldberg.
guards and Zimmerman and T. Raine.
reserves.
Gertrude Boyer. chairman of the an.
teftalnment committee of the Wash
lngton Athletic Club. states that
tickets may he obtained through hsr
for the benefit theater party 10 he
sven py her organization Wednesday
n!sht' FEBRUARY ., at keith's Theater.
MISS ~boger may be reached ar 12O3
hamilton street northwest.
julia Randall was elected treasurer
OF the Washington A. e.. at a recent
meeting. and not president. as was
reported yesterday through error.
Eleanor Watt is president OF the or
S'ni1d.lofl' ana VIII continue to serve
In that capacity.
Verde Lyman has been acting as
treasurer, but was forced to resign
LSCduse or heavy business duties Miss
deai!uaii was chosen to fill out her un
expired term. "'i
Games with local teams are desired
oy the General Office girls basket
pdh seNtet OF Altoona, Pa. Washington
mana GERS Vvbn
DOCKING this squad are advised to get
IN touch with G. f. Reif, 27I5 Sixth
avenue, Altoona. Pa.
western Electric basketers and the
Basketeers' Juniors will face tonight
at o'clock in the Calvary Church
gymnasium in a contest on the Junior
GiVlslon card of the Washington
recreation League.
serious knee injury caused Mar.
garet Whaley, star center on the
Arcadian seXtet, to quit the practice
game In which her team was engaged
last night. 1t was at first thought at
Emergency Hospital that Miss Whaley
had broken her kneecap. but reports
from her family physician this morn.
ing indicated that the knee was badly
wrenched and ligaments torn, but no
bones broken
Miss Whaley is considered the out
standing center in the city and her
absence from her team will be keenlv
felt during the next week or 10 days.
Central High School basket ball
enthusiasts are working hard over the
development of their class squads to
perform in the interclass series SEIZED.
uled to begin early in March. From
the performance of the seniors in
preliminary practice. it would be safe
to prophesy that they will give all
Corners battle for the title.
Women are eligible for member.
ship to the Fencing Club OF Oxford
. TTuivarsifv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

= SENIOR THIRD and Junior Third
basket ball squads of Western
High school drew first blood in
~ the interclass series which
opened yesterday. The Seniors
triumphed owed the Freshmen Thirds
t2 to 6, while the Juniors took the
measure of the Sophomore third team,
20 10 ,.
India Bell Ciorea and Martha Zen
neson each rang up three baskets for
the Senior Thirds. Betty Smith was
the heavy scorer for the winning
Juniors. The work Of Janet Smith.
diminutive forward on the Freshmen
team, was particularly noteworthy.
Miss Smith is the smallest player in
the series. but she is alert and has an
excellent sense of teamwork, which
will carry her far in the game If she
sticks to it.
The squads were lined up as
follows:
Senior Thirds-India Bell, Martha
Benneson, forwards; Dorothy Albert.
center; Gilmore Johnson. side center;
Helen Bach and Roberta Kendall,
guards.
Freshmen Thirds-Jacqueline Webb;
Janet Smith, forwards: Margaret
Clark. center: Helen Shoemaker. side
and Natalie Weed. guards.
Junior Thirds-Betty Smith. Virginia
Stevens. forwards; Ann Schof1eld, cen
ter; Edith Mccoy and Polly Matthews,
guards.
Sophomore Thirds Marion Bates,
Betty Thomas. forwards; Margaret
Bowie center: Evelyn Bates. side cen
ter: Anna Concklin and Harriet Hobbs,
guards.
Senior and Junior First teams clash
in a practice exhibition yesterday in
conjunction with the scheduled games.
Snappy teamwork marked the play
of both sextets, but the Seniors proved
more adept at finding the basket, roll
ing up % to Z score nsthe Juniors.
Monday, these two squads will play
an exhibition game before the East
man School basketers in the gym
nasium at Western.
Bureau Of Mines tOssers earned their
third victory Of the season last night
when they scored over the Strayer
a. G. Junior seXtet in Junior divi-
sion tilt of the Washington Recreation
League. by a count of s to 5.
The teams were tied at half time and
5-5. Close guarding on the part of
both combinations made scoring diff
ficult, but the Bureau of Mines for
wards contrived to find the basket for
three additional tallies In the final
session. giving them the decision.
Bureau of Mines players were Mary
Bennett and Eleanor Call. forwards;
Vera Crockatt, captain. center; Ruth
Davidson. manager, side center; Bar
bara Van Pelt, Emily Jones and Ruth
Jones, guards.
Strayer's Junior squad consisted of
Misses NJ. Smith. d. Senne, X. Treats,
K. Coburn. NJ. Rhodes and B. Tore.
Princess Juniors Outclassed the Jew
ish Community Center sextet, nov
ice aggregation. So to IL, in an Inter.
mediate Division game of the Recrea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03
BY HI. G. BYRD.

~ GEORGETOWN and Maryland
despite losses of star run
U ners from last years teams
seem TO have relay quartets
again that measure up well
with the best in the country.
week ago Georgetown won in a
meet in Brooklyn. defeating Boston
College, and last night it took the
measure of Notre Dame. Maryland
appeared in the Aillrose meet last
night for its first race of the year and
defeated Harvard, Pennsylvania, and
Virginia.
Georgetown won its race in 3 min
utes 29 % seconds. while Maryland S
time was minutes % SO seconds.
Georgetown's team is made up of
two exceptionally good men. one bet.
ter than average man and one only
fair runner. Maryland has better
balanced combination, with very little
difference in it's runners, except that
Matthews. anchor man. probably
stands out somewhat. From it's 1926
team, Georgetown lost two men, while
Maryland also had only two of its 1922
quartet in the race last night. Mary
land lost Endslow by graduation, and
Endslow was one of the best quarters
nilers in the country.
Last night, Georgetown was behind
In the second relay, but Swinburne
caught the Notre Dame runner and
when Jimmy Burgess started IS yards
ahead of the last Notre Dame man
the race was Just the same as over.
Maryland and Harvard ran out in
front and the race was between them
with Pennsylvania and Virginia well
behind. 1t was nip and tuck PROPOSE
ton between the Crimson and Old
Liners until O'Neil anchor man for
Harvard, slipped and fell at the be.
ginning OF his part of the race. After
that Maryland won easily. with Har-
ward second, Pennsylvania third and
Virginia fourth.
Davis EIlxins and Stevens Institute,
following their games last night with
George Washington and Maryland,
play here again tonight The first
mentioned meets Georgetown and the
second Catholic University. Davis.
Elkins may be able to battle George
town on more or less even terms,
while Stevens Institute is likely to
meet defeat at the hands of Catholic
University.
Neither of the visiting teams lived
up to the reputation which preceded
It,. Stevens took 27-to-1S trouncing
at Maryland and. while Davis Elkins
won 20 to % from George Washington,
IL was outplayed on the floor and was
victor only because 1t was better at
shooting fouls.
The end of the first half in the
Stevens Maryland game found the
score tied at IL points, but the first
Is minutes of the second half saw one
of the most remarkable changes ever
wrought in a contest. Maryland went
out in front and scored baskets,
while Stevens was not able to register
even a point from, the foul line,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03
HALF DOZEN OF GIANTS
ARE THAT IN STATURE

NEW YORK. February R).-
The New York Giants plan to be that
in more than just a name this season.
The roster of the club, released to-
day, shows that 10 men are over S
feet tall. The tallest is Howard Hol-
land, a rookie pitcher. who is feet
4. George Kelly stands feet 3.
The remainder, mostly pitchers.
range between 6 feet and feet 2
inches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

A MOTHER brace Of games in
~ volving strong senior teams
IA undefeated locally this season
4 a will be offered Sunday when
Anacostia Eagles and Stan
tons, prominent contenders for the
senior championship now held by the
former. viii swing into action 4 Il. q. M
Roamers of Northeast will be the
opponents of the EAGLES IN a game
billed for the Congress Heights
auditorium at 3 o'clock.
Stantons win tackle Warwick Co.'S
legians in the Gonzaga gym.
Eagles have won 10 straight vic
tories.
Epiphany Roses viii oppose the
strong y. NJ. g. A. courtmen tomor-
gymnasium. Y. NJ. c. A. Juniors will
play the Mclean Juniors of Mclean,
Va. tomorrow night.
Another test for the victorious
Riggs quint in the Bankers Basket
Ball League is scheduled for tonight,
when II meets the st. Martins
Seniors in the latters gym.
Riggs Won it's opening encounter
last night. triumphing over the Ma.
tionai Savings and Trust Co. five, "a
to 10. Second National Bank also
won fits first league game, beating
Washington Loan and Trust, 80 TO IS.
Commercial National swamped Union
Trust, 81 to s..
Yellow Jackets of the Army Medi-
cal Center ran their winning streak
to IL games last night, annexing q
pair of contests from the Woodside
FIVE, and the Standard. Woodside
to ND f.r aH..,- dc.
trimmed, % TO is.
CentenniaIs trounced the Smith
fields in Boys Club League contest
yesterday in the Boys Club gym, %
to II.
Washington Canoe Club tossers
trimmed the Old Dominion Boat Club
fivs at Alexandria last night. % to 10.
Boys Club Senators won their
twelfth straight victory last night at
the expense of st. Peters Props, an
nexing the game, is TO II.
Silver Spring Firemen opened their
season in suspicious fashion last
night, taking a 39-to-1s game from
the Silver Spring Service Co. tossers.
Clover fioorinen took 53-to-1s game
from Columbia A. G. last night in the
Senior League. Wizards forfeited a
scheduled game 10 Calvary.
Fort Washington won 27-to.20 con-
test last night from St. Stephens.
Stanton A. C. will meet American
Railway Express co. tossers tonight
In the Terminal Y gym.
Mount Vernon Midgets had little
trouble disposing of the THYME Ave
last night. 30 to is.
Pirates trimmed Jefferson. 30 to II
st. Mary's Celtics of Alexandria will
meet Greenbrler Military School to-
morrow night.
Y.Af. II. A. beat Temple Alumni last
night, winning. ~ to 81.
Army Medical tossers trimmed
Camp Hoiabird, % to Is.
w, III. West Go. cagemen Of Wash
ineton will meet the Virginia Athletic
Club of Alexandra tonight at the
Alexandria Armory.
Tate sInothered the All-StarS under
an avalanche of baskets last night,
winning, 81 to Is.
Battery c beat Troop b, So to Is. and
Eatterv B trimmed Troop +. 80 to rs,
in games last night in the Fort Myer
League.
Games are also wanted by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03
PAIR OF COURT CLASHES
SUNDAY BEAR ON TITLE

r nanheS A. cnInia ,ss no tna may co,,,m
bia Midgets. at Columbia 1910: and the
Ace. Juniors, who may be. billed at
Lincoln e329.gy. 3.8, II
:. Mardfeldfs rare seeking action in
Junior circles. Call North. 10OaS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

10 yards to spare over Jimmy Con
molly, New York veteran and former
Georgetown University star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03
ENTERS DAVIS. CUP LIST.

JOHANNESBURG. South Africa,
February Op.-The South African
Lawn Tennis Union. has decided TO
compete in the 1927 Davis cup series
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Women are eligible for member.
ship to the Fencing Club OF Oxford
University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Boys Club Senators won their
twelfth straight victory last night at
the expense of st. Peters Props, an
nexing the game, is to II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Silver Spring Firemen opened their
season in auspicious fashion last
night, taking q 39to-1s game from
the silver Spring Service Co. tossers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Clover Hoorfnen took a 53-to-1s game
from Columbia a. G. last night In the
Senior League. Wizards forfeited a
scheduled game TO Calvary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Washington Canoe Club tossers
trimmed the Old Dominion Boat Club
fivs at Alexandria last night, % to 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

CentenniaIs trounced the Smith
fields in a Boys Club League contest
yesterday in the Boys Club gym, %
to II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Tate smothered the All-Stars under
an avalanche OF baskets last night,
winning. 81 to Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Mount Vernon Midgets had little
trouble disposing of the THYME five
last night, 30 to is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Battery c beat Troop b. So to Is. and
Eattery B trimmed Troop f. 80 TO rs,
in games last night in the Fort Myer
League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Fort Washington won 27-to.20 con-
test last night from ST. Stephens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Games are also wanted by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Stanton A. c. will meet American
Railway Express co. tossers tonight
In the Terminal Y gym.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

w, III. West Go. cagemen of Wash
inRton will meet the Virginia Athletic
Club of Alexandra tonight at the
Alexandria Armory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Yellow Jackets of the Army Medi-
cal Center ran their winning streak
to IL games last night, annexing q
pair of contests from the Woodside
FIVE, and the Standard. Woodside
was beaten, 40 to IA, and Standards
trimmed, % to is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03

Pirates trimmed Jefferson, 81 70 II
St. Mary's Celtics of Alexandra will
meet GreenbrIer Military School to-.
night.
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Living Costs Here
Show g of | Pct.
Decrease for 1926

Living costs in the District of
Columbia showed a net decrease of
eight-tenths of per cent in 1926, al
though an increase of three -tenths
of l per cent was shown from June
TO December last year. the Labor
Department revealed today
AS compared with December,
1914, living costs in Washington
were sc per cent higher in De-
cember. 1926. although a drop of
17.5 per cent was shown from the
peak of prices here. reached in
June. 1920.
The increase in living costs here
in 1926 over 1914 was made up of
advances in all items entering into
the cost of living. House furnish
ing goods showed the greatest
advance, an increase of 1875 per
cent, in the 14-year period. Food
rose 66.3 per cent. clothing, 70.9
per cent; housing. 37.4 per cent:
fuel and light, 45.7 per cent, and
miscellaneous items. rs per cent.
The increases were general in
other cities over the country.
Living costs in the United
States as a whole showed a net
drop of 1.3 per cent during 1926,
despite an increase of one half of
! per cent during the months
from July to December. Boston
showed The largest increase in
living costs, with an advance of
5 per cent. while the greatest
decrease. 80 per cent. was shown
at Los Angeles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
DETAILS OF TRIAL BARRED.
Florida Paper Drops Peaches" Case
as Sanitary Measure"

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. January
27.-The st. Petersburg Times this
morning announced that it will pub
lish no more details of the Browning
divorce hearing now under way at
White Plains. n. Y. The editors in
making the announcement stated it
was not so much a moral question
as a sanitary measure"
The announcement reads:
THE st. Petersburg Times Will
publish no more details of the Brown
ing divorce case now being heard at
White Plains, n. Y.
THE Times has always tried TO print
as news fair and unbiased account
of every important happening. At
the same time it has tried To keep
its columns clean, that it might go
into any home without offense to any
woman or child. The news agencies
which are covering the Browning
case are trying to make their reports
as inoffensive as possible
But the time has come when the
editors and publishers Of this news
paper believe that no more accounts
of the Browning case should be
printed, not so much as a question
OF morals, but as a problem of santa
ton; therefore, there will be no more
detailed accounts of this hearing i'll
this newspaper"
At the same time it was announced
that similar course would be taken
by the Clearwater Florida) Sun, the
kokomo Qndiana) Dispatch and the
Sullivan Qndiana) Times, papers pub
llshed by Paul Poynter and associates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN
AGAIN SCORED BY REED
LET Us Give Up Miserable, Boyish,
Childish Attitude That President
Does Not Speak," He Urges.

The White House spokesman came
in for another attack in the Senate
yesterday by Senator Reed, Demo
crat. of Missouri
Recalling that President Coolidge
through this spokesman, had stated
that the taxpayers were to be handed
back $500 900 900 this year, the Mis-
sourian sad he had learned that the
spokesman was an even better au
thority "as to the presidential mind
than the President himself
Let us give up the miserable, boy.
ish, childish attitude maintained al
the White House that the President
is not the spokesman himself" Reed
implored. Under coercion and com
pulsion, the newspaper men there
are required to keep up the fiction
that the President has a spokesman
and does not issue statements him
self.
They try to keep up the impres
sion that the President is a silent mar
and seldom speaks, and when he does
speak utters' only words Of golden
wisdom"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
PLEDGE NOT NEEDED
FOR w. C. T. U. PAGES
Caption Enormously Stated They
Had Given Promise Already
Against Smoking and Drinking.

The caption appearing under "a pic
ture of group of Washington
debutantes serving as pages at the
w. G. T. u. convention here and used
in Yesterdays Star enormously stated
that these young ladies had pledged
themselves to abstain from the use of
liquor and tobacco. No such pledge
has been taken by any of the young
ladies', it was explained on their part
today, because none was necessary,
nor were they asked or questioned in
any way about their personal beliefs
regarding tobacco or the use of liquor
before volunteering their services as
pages at the convention.
Speaking for them today, friend
declared that these young women
have Of their own Volition long ago
decided against drinking and smoking
and for that reason were interest ed to
assist at law observance conference
staged by the WOmen's Christion TEN
perance Union They belong to a
group Of worthwhile, patriotic young
women in the District of Columbia
who have proven that it is not neces-
sary TO drink or smoke TO be
popular"
The pages, il was stated today, have
withdrawn One Of them said today
that the question of their persona
beliefs in no way entered into their
agreement to assist in the convention
here. and they resented being Singled
/ out as having taken a decided stand
| on a question in which, as pages
| they were not concerned.
! Mrs. Ella F. Boole, national presi
dent of the w c. 7. L., stated today
| that neither the w. c. T. u. nor it,
! publicity department had anything tC
/ do with the statements concerning
| the young ladies'.
The Star regrets its erroneous cap
! fiop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
THREE KILLED ON TANKER

NEW ORLEANS, La, January 81
OP).-Three men were killed and six
injured, one Of whom may die, when
gasoline tank in the pump room on
the oil tanker o. T. Warning exploded
while the vessel was anchored in mid
stream just below New Orleans last
night,
All of the dead are negroes.
The Warning was the scene of an ex-
plosion early last April. While the
ship was in dry dock (for which she
was being prepared yesterday an ex-
plosion on April 9 took the lives of
men and injured "A others. The bodies
Of the men were hurled high in the
air by the blast, the force of which
was so great that pupils in a nearby
school were ordered to leave the build
ing because it was feared that another
explosion would collapse the structure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27

been stolen in two highway robberies
in Maryland. which the Government
charges to the four defendants.
Marked as Moreno Exhibit.
Martin O'Donoghue, counsel for
Moreno, utilized COrnwell as his wit
ness and taking one of the two re-
volvers, which Cornwell subsequently,
identified as belonging to Ach, had Ii
marked as Moreno exhibit No. l."
O'Donoghue sought to show the jury
that the four shells taken from the
gun found on the scene OF the shoot.
ing might just as we'll have come from
Ach's gun, but Cornwell insisted that
he personally disposed OF the empty
shells that were in the officers re-
volver.
DR.. Raoul J. Benoit of Garfield Hos.
pital was on the stand when court
recessed for the day. He testified that,
he prepared officer Busch for opera.
ton by another doctor and that at
4:10 pm. September %, he pronounced
the officer dead.