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Evening star., 1927-11-27
TIGER TUTORS CRIDIRON CHOICES

Spears has been somewhat handi-
capped by having light men to block
ana Interfere for him. yet his ability
has carried him to highest honors. He
is a good man, though not outstand-
ing on defense and in blocking for
other runners.
His judgment in selection of plays
ana hiA ability in taking advantage of
weaknesses make him highly valuable
1t was unquestionabIy his tinesse, as
much as anything else, which brought
his team through with nothing worse
than ties in games against Georsi;.
Tech and Tennessee, either one of
which might easily have been lost.
Drury's Fine Showing.
Drnry of Southern California has
made a remarkable record and the
Pacific Coast public thinks as well of
him as ,he Southerners do OF Spears.
lie Mas n mighty man against stan
ford and Pop Warner says more
credit is due hIm than any other man
in tn1t game.
Drury has been equally good in
other contests and has made q remark
able record Scouts proclaim him the
best quarterback developed on the
Coast. But l lean slightly to Spears
for al.-around capacity.
In Texas it has been n hard fight
between Mann of Southern Methodist
and Hunt of Texas Asgies for SUI
premacy Competent judges say that
if either boy was in the great publ,
city centers he would attract national
attention.
Each does everything and does it
well. McPhail is a fine player, pos
sibly running his team better than
the others mentioned. but he is un-
able to do all the things the others do:
IIoben, of Yale performed eXcep-
tionally we'll against Princeton and in
other ga Tles. but can hardly be class
ed wiz the four first named.
Fine hs'fbaek are particularly plen'
tful. with no one man standing out
supreme. In the list are such won.
derful ground gamers as WEIGH, Pitts.
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finn TEAM BEATEN,
BUT RITOLA is FIRST

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 26.-Willie
Ritola, deep-chested distance ace of
the six miles of the Van Cortlandt
Park cross country course to his fifth
national senior A. A. L. champion
ship today, but the Finnish monopoly
of team honors was broken for the
first time in SIX years.
BY the narrow margin of one point
we'll ll-balanced Millrose a. A. outfit
nosed out Ritola' S Finnish American A.
c., placing three men among the
first four finishers.
Taking the lead near the halfway
point. the Finnish carpenter won as
he pleased in 90 minutes - Is sec
onds. just one-ffth of second slower
than the course record he set in
1928.
Although they could not come with
in 200 yards of beating the flying
Finn. Frank TittertOn. gray-haired
mechanic; Johnny Bell, sprightly
student for the priesthood, and Verne
Booth, lanky travelling salesman and
intercollegiate champion in 1928, came
trooping over the line in that order
for the next three places for Millrose.
Ben Merembeck of the University of
PENNSYLVANIA, and John RomS, for
mer intercollegiate champion at Penn
State were fifth and sixth, running
for the Meadowbrook Club, Philadel-
phia.
The Millrose score of 40 points was
gained with it's second. third and
fourth, a fifteenth and twenty-fitth
place.
Besides Rtola's first. the Finnish
American title defenders placed
eighth. ninth, fourteenth and eight
eenth for total of so. The Meadow
brook Club was third with %. The
others finished as follows:
Shanahan Catholic Club, Philadel-
pha. II points: New York A. c., 11S;
Dorchester, Mass, Club, Us, and
Central Y. NJ. c. A, New York, l57.
Until today the reign of the Finn
had been unbroken since it began in
1922. Ritola has won every year since
then except 1924, when he did not
run. This was the first triumph
since 1919 for the Millrose A. A.
Protests We're filed after the race
against several runners on technical
grounds, but We're not granted.
The leading finishers:
1-william Ritola. Finnish-Amercan A. c.;
39;21l3
Frank Titterton. Millrose A. A.. 80 90
3-.Johu d Bell. Milrose A. A: 80 20
4-Verne Booth. Millrose A. A: 1921.
5-Beniamin Merembeck Meadow brook
Club: 30.2S.
6-John Romis. Meadowbrook Club: 30 SO
7-F. 4. Osgood New York A. c.: 80 II.
S-llmar Prim. Finnish-American A. c.;
9--Karl kosli. Finnish-American A. c.;
30:54
IO--Eurepa Vep1lyn cban,b,p
ll-Iames Henigan, Dorchester Club: 81 :0@
12-William Myers, Shanahan c. c.: 81 :09
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HOLY CROSS LOSES
GAME IN PENALTIES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BOSTON, November 26.-Penalties
today cost the decision to Holy Cross
in the twenty-fifth annual foot ball
encounter with Boston College by the
score of 6 to 0.
Set back to her 1-foot line by two
15-yard repriman nds for unnecessary
roughness, the Purple saw victory dis
appear when Murphy, Boston College
left end, blocked Ryans kick behind
the goal and Warren McGuirk. Boston
College right tackle, fell on the ball
for touchdown
Boston College lost a chance to gain
the extra point by dallying over the
lineup for the kick.
Undaunted by the turn of events,
Holy Cross unleashed a 6o-yard run.
ming and passing drive that carried
to Boston's 4-yard line There the
referees whistle ended the contest.
Evening star., 1927-11-27

burgh; eagle, Army; Lloyd. Navy; Witt
mer, Princeton; Gibson, Michigan;
AlmQuiSt, Minnesota: GuStafsOn
Northwestern; Eby, Ohio State; Press
nell. Nebraska: Roepke. Penn State;
Nicmic and Flanagan. Notre Dame:
Wilcox and Welch, Purdue Marsters
and Lane, Dartmouth, and Thomson.
Georgia Tech.
The Halfbaci< Positions.
For halfbacks have selected
Welch of Pittsburgh and eagle. be-
cause OF their general excellence and
their particularly brilliant work IN
their biggest games. They are both
everything the highest class back
should be and have met every call IN
splendid shape.
Wittmer has performed as splendid
lv as back could be expected TO 90
The same can be said of Roepke. 1et
it is almost impossible 10 select 1oHr
backs and say they are in class py
themselves. / merely name my pref
erence.
A fine defensive back is an absolute
necessity these days, and because !
believe him to be the greatest delen-
sive back in America | name Mike
Miles of Princeton as fullback. lie is
also excellent in carrying the bail'
though he probably lacks some OF me
magnificent drive Of JoestinS, the
greatest plunger of the day.
Yet I would not trade Miles for any
plunger who ever lived. JoestinS is
certainly wonderful star, though
Notre Dame virtually stopped him.
Other great f,l,backs are Amos, w.
& j.: McCrary. Georgia; Decker, Yale;
and Dodson. Tennessee.
lie III l., st,
up this season. OF those who have
attracted more than passing atten
ton. the best seem to be Reitch, Illi-
nois: Eouse. Chicago Bettencourt. st.
Marys: Howe. Princeton: Charles
worth. Yale. and GrigSby. Georgetown.
! have seen several NJ these boys
in action and / prefer fteitch. In this
view am supported by the most com.
petent critics of the Middle West.
Evening star., 1927-11-27
WORK Of WILSON
WINS FOR CADETS.
His Ball Carrying and Fine
Leadership Is Too Much
for Midslliomen.
BY III. {. BYRD.

n YEN YORK. November 26.-The
N story of n second half is the
! VI story of the Army's victory
4 over Navy today, Ii TO 9, at
tho polo isrnnnds hcrn IL is
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EXTRA POINT DECIDES
INTERSECTIONAL FRAY

NEW ORLEANS. November 26 lP).
The toe of Decell. right halfback.
gave Ioyola University of New Or
Leaps. 1-to-6 victory over Lombard
College of Galesburg, ILL.,, in a hard
fought foot ball game here today.
Decell's drop-kick came in the Sec
ond period after Maitland, fullback,
had carried the ball over.
Lombard scored in the next frame,
-Juberg. fuflback. plunging through
the line,
Evening star., 1927-11-27

Famous root BAH Authority ana princeton
coach.
- ELECTING an all-American foot
ball team is tremendous ana
thankless job. No one man can
~ see every candidate in action in
one season. But / am convinced
that the 22 men / have named above
constitute the two strongest teams
that could be must ed.
Many add" ".onal good men are TO be
found. but when temperament and all
other factors are considered | would
be willing to take my selections to
mold a team which would be mighty
on both offense and defense.
| have made up my two all-Ameri-
can elevens from personal observation
and from detailed reports from fellow
coaches, newspaper foot ball experts
and other competent authorities.
On offense, with the elevens | have
selected variety of plays could be
used. Every kind of attack possible
under the rules could be made ef-
fective. for the hacktield is fleet or
foot and has great bucking power for
line punges; yet il carries the forWard
pass and kicking threat at all times.
Sufficient star backfield men exist to
make up two more teams virtually as
strong as the two named for there
are many brilliant bali carriers this
season.
The Quarterback Post.
In only one position is htcre dearth
of high-class material, and that Is
quarterback. Somehow few men have
stood out in this department. Those
of whom most talk is heard are Spears
OF Vanderbilt, DrIry, southern Cali
forn:a: Mann, Southern MethodistS;
Hunt, Texas Aggies. and McPhali.
Dartmouth. Hoben Of Yale consider
n first class man also. My selection Of
Spears of Vanderbilt was made only
after a careful study.
Spears has made phenomenal rec
ord. lie began the season as the most
carefully watched man in the South,
yet he went along making great gain
after great gain in the most remark
able manner.
His forward passing has been al
most in n class by itself. He has car
ried the ball for something like thou
sand yards of gain from scrimmaSe
and has thrown passes for almost as
much more. lie is lightning fast. a
great dodger. changes pace eXcep-
tionally wcll and uses n stiff arm ef
! tectiVely.
Spears is one of the fastest starting
I backs the game ever produced. His
| forward passes are beauties, accu.
artely thrown and easy 10 catch. He
| is undoubtedly the greatest back ever
| developed in the south. 1t will be
| worth while watching him Christmas
| in California. when the, All. South team
meets the AllCoast stars.
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Continued on Second Page.) )
Evening star., 1927-05-29
TOLL IN MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
MAY REACH 1000 DEATHS
Lew r. Palmer, Past President Of National
Safety Council, Gives Results
Of Recent Survey.

guess work. ne said, the council also
will attempt to estimate the economic
loss of past and present floods, with
a view to impressing upon the public
mind the seriousness of the Mississippi
problem. The council. it was pointed
,ut, realizes that the public nova.
days must be impressed by stupendous
figures.
Mr. Palmer visited New Orleans
Vicksburg and Memphis during his in.
vestiga tion, and he made an air sur
vey of the flooded Greenville area.
During the air trip he passed over
parts of three States, view the levee
breaks near Greenville, noted the ap.
palling extent of the devastation on
both sides of the river and landed at
Cleveland. Miss, for a personal inspec.
ton Of the refugee center there.
From a safety standpoint" MIR.
Palmer stated. II was impressed
particularly by the fact that
the loss of life would have been far
greater had not the Red Cross, through
it's splendid organization. rushed boats
into the flood area. The Navy De.
partment also prevented further
deaths by sending hydropianes into
remote sections for scout service in
locating marooned families.
Radio System Effective.
"The utilization of portable radio
equipment installed by the Navy
formed an effective system Of com.
munication all the way from Mem.
phis to New Orleans and aided In the
rescue work. All Of these things show
how organization and present-day
equipment have combined to prevent
much greater death totals"
The safety council official, while OF
the opinion that not enough informa.
ton is in hand at the present time
on which to base a definite flood con.
troll program warned, on the other
hand, that there may be a waning Of
public interest If the suggested food
control conferences are delayed un.
duly.
The council. he said, will strive to
keep public interest stimulated and to
get widespread support of the people
behind the Governments plans for
keeping the Mississippi within its
bounds
Evening star., 1927-05-29
CHURCH COMPLETES
MERGER OF GROUPS
Congregationalists Hail Union OF
Seven Big Incorporate Bodies
as Biggest Step.
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
OMAHA, Nehr.. May 2s.--Iiailed by
laymen and clergymen as the biggest
step ever taken in the Congregational
Church of the United States. the mer-
ger of the seven big incorporate bodies
of the church was completed today at
the meeting Of the national council.
One board of directors, composed OF
SO persons. lay and clergy being rep
resented, was unanimously elected by
each OF the groups involved in the con-
solidation. Each society will retain Its
own financial status, and each will
have it's own officers. These, however,
will work under direct supervision OF
the officers and directors of the home
board--the name of the incorporated
branches.
Those societies merged are the
Home Missionary Society. Church
Building Society. Sunday School Ex.
tension Society, American Missionary
Society. Education Society. and the
Congregational Publishing Society.
Rev. William Horace Day of Bridge
port, Conn. was elected president OF
the home board Frank j. Hardwood,
retiring modera tor of Appleton. Wis,
vice president. and Rev. nj. r. Boyn-
ton of Chicago, recording secretary.
The other big Job in the home board
is the secretary of promotion, which
was given to Rev. Charles c. Merrill
of Chicago.
Evening star., 1927-05-29
TYPOTHETAE TO HOLD
RIVER OUTING JUNE 18
Committees Named for Annual
Event Planned for River
Springs, Md.

The annual outing of the Typothetae
of Washington and allied organiZa-
tions will be held Saturday, June IS,
at River Springs, Md, this being the
first outdoor event to be hel dat this
resort on the lower Potomac River.
Charles +. Crane, president, has an.
nounced the appointment Of the fol-
lowing committees to arrange all de.
tails for the outing:
Dinner-James D. Bligh, chairman
Harry J. Miller, S. Percy Oliver, ]. D.
Flanagan, Edward Steele. Charles j
Waters, Samuel NJ. Hudson, Joseph
II. Newell.
.Tickets-Ben +. Durr, chairman
Charles II. Cooke, Charles L. Smith
George p. Mallonee. Irene Johnson.
Publicity-Howard S. Fisk, chair
man; Peter Becker, jr.; Karl v
Eiker, Harry c. Stiles, George Ken
nedy, James Sullivan.
Decorating cars-Frank w. Row
zee. chairman; Karl V. Eiker.
PriZes-John Jenkins. chairman; r
M. Hughes, Harry Stanford, r. j. Roy
George Cole, Frank Keyes, J. r
Stake, E. II. Walker, Charles Gum.
Guests-Frank p. Howard, chair
man; Oscar T. Wright. Charles F
Crane, William John Eynon.
Seating in cars-James b. Sullivan
chairman; Oscar Fauth, Edward l.
Anderson, Cedric Wood.
Lunch boxes - Harry Stanford
chairman: Karl V. Eiker, Carroll c
Ross, Edward Hutchinson. Charles H
Cooke and Grady p. Oakley.
Merry -go-round-J. d. Flanagan
chairman; Thurston Ferris, Bernard
Wagner, Thomas Morris, Lewis Drei
sonstok and r. w. Wheeler.
Athletics-EdWard Edelblut, chair.
man; Al L. Tennyson, Carroll c. Ross
f. A. Merkle, Lee l.. Eynon, August
Noack, Frank Parsons, jr.; George F
Stringer, Howard $. Fisk, Francis
McGowan. Uneer Murnan, r. NJ
Greenwood, John r. Sherry. Ralph G
Bray, Charles 0. Miller, Harry j
Miller.
F'ishing-Lewis NJ. Thayer, chair
man; Harry c. stiles. Samuel NJ
Darragh, Clarence Bright. Robert d
Heiner, Robert Mop Milans, Lee
Baumgarten and Charles II. Potter.
Soft drinks-Thurston Ferris. chair
man; S. Percy Oliver r. ]. Roy. w
A. Edelblut, George McClosky, "A. w
Tucker and Thomas F. Moore.
The outing will be featured with
an athletic program of field events
for which prizes will be awarded. The
start will be made from this city al
10 O'Clock.
Evening star., 1927-05-29

to point out the opportunities for de.
velopment In the interests Of the
natives.
Aid for Lepr0sy.
Gen. Wood hoped that the develop.
meut OF radio in the islands would
facilitate communication but pointed
out that since so languages are spoken
the barrier is almost insurmountable.
Assistance in leprosy work also will
be sought. This is being carried on
for the benefit not only Of the Philip
pines but also for the rest of the
world. he said, and he was anxious
to bring a group of the worlds fore
most medical men here to- study the
treatment and cure of lepers and to
provide better housing at Culson,
where the afflicted may be rehahili-
tated after cure.
Gen. Wood said 90 per cent of the
cases at Culson were being benefited.
Wood said general conditions in the
islands were good.
Evening star., 1927-05-29
PARTY WILL TOUR
FLOODED SECTIONS
Seventeen Senator'S and Represent.
atives Will Make Weeks Study
of Stricken Areas.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, May 28.-Seventeen
members of Congress, including mem
bers of committees particularly inter-
ested in the problem, have arranged
to leave here at / am. tomorrow on
special train for a weeks tour of
the 1ood-stricken areas between st.
Louis and the Gulf of Mexico.
The trip is under the auspices of
the Mississippi Valley Flood Control
Association.
Senators who. have signified their in
tention of going. all members of the
Senate commerce committee, are Jones
of Washington, Fletcher of Florida,
Ransdell of Louisiana, Harris of Geor-
gia and Stephens of Mississippi.
Representatives are: Fitzgerald of
Ohio, Kopp of Iowa, Swing of Cali
f0rnia. Sears of Nebraska, Wilson of
Louisiana, Driver of Arkansas, john
son Of Texas. Nelson of Missouri and
Wilmington Of Mississippi, all mem
bers of the House committee on
food control, and Garrett of Tennes-
see. Cramton Of Michigan and Ram
seycr of Iowa.
Army engineers will accompany
the party and Secretary of Commerce
Hoover. who is directing relief work,
has agreed TO board the train some
where in Louisiana and spend a
| day with the party.
Evening star., 1927-05-29
WOOD SAILS FROM PHILIPPINES
FOR CONFERENCES IN CAPITAL
viii Visit President at Sum-
mer White House on
Way East.
Says Trip Purely Official.
Outlines Plans for Is
lands Future.
Nv the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
MANILA May 2S.--Conferring with
press representatives here today be-
fore embarking on the liner President
Madison for visit to the United
states. Gov. Gen. Wood announced
that his trip would be purely official
and outlined something OF his pro
gram for the future of the Philippines:
The governor general said he would
have no time for recreation after his
arrival in Seattle June 20 and that
he would confer at once with Presi-
dent Coolidge at his Summer resi-
dence and would go to Washington
to consult other Government officials.
He said he desired to enlighten the
President fully as to conditions in the
islands.
win See Davis.
Wood declared he would discuss
with Secretary of War Davis the
proposed sale of all Government-con'
trolled corporations in the Philippines.
In this connection he revealed that
the Hallgarten company of New York
had offered to buy the Government s
interest in the Philippine sugar GEN.
Evening star., 1927-05-29

Loss of life in the Mississippi flood
may reach 1000, in the opinion OF
Lew r. Palmer of New York, past
president of the National Safety Coun.
ci, who was here last week after an
extensive survey of conditions in the
stricken area.
Definite death figures probably
never will be known. he declared, but
estimates of responsible persons with
whom he conferred lead him to be-
lieve that the number will be nearer
1000 than 500.
Half million persons have been
rendered homeless and the aggregate
amount of damage done will reach a
staggering total, he asserted.
Will Aid Government.
"The gravity Of the Mississippi ca
tastrophe has not been exaggerated"
Mr.. Palmer announced. THE Ma
tional Safety Council will bend every
effort in cooperating with the Federal
Government in any f1ood-control plan
1t may adopt, and the council intends
especially to aid in arousing public
sentiment in support of the proposal
deemed best to prevent further loss of
life in the Mississippi Valley"
The council, he explained, by reason
of its policy of working for public
safety, was called upon to keep in
touch with developments in the flood
region, and it will be prepared to give
intelligent backing to any constructive
Federal plan of flood control The
council will concentrate toward educa-
ton of the American people to the
necessity Of whole-hearted support of
Hood legislation and other remedial
measures that may be instituted.
Mr.. Palmer declares that no one vet
can venture an opinion as to just what
flood policy will be best. A great
amount of detailed study of the eff.
fects Of the present flood as well as
OF those of the past, will be necessary
before a real conception can be OBJ.
tanned Of the magnitude of the disaster
and the nature c. steps required to
prevent recurrence, he says.
Made Air Survey.
The council will accumulate stats.
tics on the loss of life in past and pres.
ent floods, as well as of acreage
| flooded. Although it will be mostly
Evening star., 1927-05-29
DEMPSEY SUGGESTS PLAN.
House Committee Chairman Favors
Dams to Stop Floods.

NEW YORK, May % LP.-A flood
control plan for the Mississippi val
ley, involving the construction of a
system of dams and reservoirs along
the main tributaries of the Mississippi
River, was announced here today by
Congressman S. Wallace Dempsey of
Buffalo. n. r.. chairman of the House
committee on rivers and harbors.
Mr.. Dempsey said his plan, which
is being worked out by engineers.
would provide adequate water for
navigation and also would make posi-
BILE the reclamation OF large areas of
waste land, while at the same time
offering opportunity for the develop
ment of millions of hydro-electric
power.
A bill embodying the plan and pro.
viding funds for the undertaking will
be introduced in the next Congress,
he said.
Evening star., 1927-05-29
LAST FIGHT WAGED
IN FLOODED AREA
High Waters, Nearing Gulf,
Deal Final Destructive Blow
Against Louisiana.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. May 2S.--Twc
last-ditch levee fights were being
waged in the Atchafalaya Basin to-
night as the food waters moved down
both sides of the river in their final
destructive blow at Louisiana before
sweeping into the Gulf of Mexico.
Already more than 300 square miles
on the east side of Atchafalaya had
heen cover.i by torrents flowing
through a crevasse at McCrea.
The greater part of five parishes on
the west side of the river had been
inundated.
Back waters from the MeCrea
crevasse had welled slowly up the east
side of the Atchafalaya to the upper
tip Of Pointe Coupee Parish and were
climbing a levee around the town of
Torras near the mouth of Old River.
Reconstrucfing Old Levee.
In the vicinity of Crosse Tete. mid
way between the Mississippi and the
Atchafalaya Rivers in the Sugar
Bowl" citizens of Iberville and West
Baton Rouge Parishes We're concen.
trating their forces upon the recon
struction of an old levee along Bayou
Crosse Tete. Long unused, they hoped
to be able to rear the levee to suf-
ficient height to withstand the flood
Even as they worked. back waters
were threatening them from the rear
moving slowly northward and east
ward from the Atchafalaya and the
many bayous and lakes in the vicin-
ity. Army officers believed that there
was little hope that the section could
be saved from inundation.
Hundreds Of persons still were
clinging to their homes in the slowly
disappearing territory, leaving only
after the water had risen about their
homes, refusing to leave by trucks
only to be forced tc beg transporta-
tion by boats.
Moving Into Gulf.
Along the west banks of the Atcha-
falaya the flood was On the last stage
of its journey into the gulf. Grand
Lake. into which the river passes.
emerging again on the opposite side
to pass into the Gulf of Mexico. had
swelled over the lowlandS of Iberia,
Terrebonne and st. Mary parishes.
Towns in the lower tier of Louisiana
parishes either already had disap.
peare6 or rapidly were vanishing.
DEMPSEY SUGGESTS PLAN.