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Evening star., 1927-12-06
MINOR MOCULS, UNITED,
MEET WITH MAJOR HEADS
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, December 6-After
three days of maneuvering, featured
by spirited arguments in the Western
League camp, harmony prevailed to-
day among officials of various minor
circuits as they joined representatives
of the majors for the initial session of
the convention of the National Asso-
citation of Professional Base Ball Clubs.
The American Association was the
first to solve the preseason problems.
In dealing with the question of major
league ownership of minor clubs, the
association placed clause in its re-
vised constitution providing that the
board of directors must approve all
franchise sales. The club owners
further specified that the association
must be given the opportunity to buy
any franchise in case the sale was dis
approved.
This was a compromise in the ef.
fort TO prevent control of minors by
the majors, proposed Sunday i'm The
form OF resolution urging exclusion
OF association clubs purchased by the
National or American Leagues for use
as farms. The first plan. resulted in a
deadlock. four clubs voting for it and
four against. The plan finally adopted
club owners felt, would have the de.
sired effect.
The association then turned to plans
for record-breaking season, with In.
dianapolis announcing new plant
under construction while Toledo and
Milwaukee are rebuilding their parks
The attendance for last season was
fixed at 100000
Completion of the association sched-
ule was planned today. The opening
games have been awarded to Toledo,
Indianapolis. Louisville and Columbus,
probably April 10 or II. slightly earlier
than last year.
The national arbitration board set
tied the question of whether Oklahoma
city and Tulsa should be permitted to
withdraw from the West ern League to
join the Texas League, by ruling the
franchises were Western League prop
erty and could not be transferred with
oiit consent of other club owners.
This sent the Western League own
Evening star., 1927-12-06
RIFLE RANGE AND TANK
ATTRACT 6. W. u. C0.EDS

Many George Washington cO-e1s
now are engaged in rife and swim.
ming practice.
Holder of the 1927 intercollegiate
championship Of the National Rifle
Association. the Colonial rifiewOm.
EN- will open their season Deem.
ber IL against University Of West
Virginia.
ShOulder-t o.slioul(ler matches will
he shot with the University Of
Maryland, Drexel and possibly
others I'm addition to the regular
teiegraphic contests and the an.
nual intercollegiate tournament.
Two new swimming classes have
been formed to keep pace with the
increasing interest at the down.
town institution. A meet is plan.
ned later in the season.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
WILL RUN PREAKNESS
AT PIMLICO MAY II
Bv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, December 6,-The
Maryland Jockey Club has set Friday,
Nav II. as the date for the renewal
of the s50,000 Preakness at Pimlico'
This will give horsemen ample time
it was pointed out. to ship to Ken
lucky for the Kentucky Derby, which
vies with Preakness for the honor OF
being the feature 3-year-old horse rae
ing event next year.
Pimlico would like to open on Aprii
80 but Havre de Grace has the choice
Of continuing it's meet until that date.
Should Havre de Grace decide to race
on April 30. Pimlico would begin on
Nav | and continue until Nav IL.
The $4,000 Dixie again will be Pimli'
cos opening day feature.
These dates were all acceptable to
the annual meeting of the Jockey
Club today. but are subject to the
approval of the Maryland Racing Com
mission.
Charles E. McI.ane was elected
president Of the club for the ensuing
year.
Evening star., 1927-12-06

ers into another huddle to emerge
after several hours, with the an
nouncement that all difficulties had
disappeared. They arranged a split
season of 16S games, opening April
l. and closing September %. with a
five.game postseason play-off series
The opening dates will be split be-
tween the Northern and Southern
clubs. Final approval of the schedule
was left for today.
A general shakeup in Western
League managers was announced.
Howard Gregory will succeed Red Lu-
derus at Oklahoma City; Jack Knight
takes over from Joe Berger at Denver;
Dick Breen will manage his own club
at Lincoln, displacing John Lavan and
Sled Allen replaces Joe Kelly at Anna.
rillo. Otis CDoc) Crandall will manage
Wichita again. Omaha, Tulsa and Des
Moines managements were reported
! considering new pilots.
Not In recent years. veteran base
ball men say, has so few deals devel.
oped as at the present meeting. Deal
ing for players. is expected to be nc.
! celerated today with arrival of more
baseball men. and the real business of
the meeting at hand.
Only Routine business was sched
| uled for the opening meeting of the
National Association at l o'clock this
! afternoon.
/ Toronto. Chattanooga and Bader
| Baden. Ind, have entered the list for
next years meeting. Fl. NJ. Sexton
| president of the National Association
| announced.
Rumors were current today that
| Frank Gibson, Boston Braves catcher
may manage the San Antonio Bears
of the Texas League this year Glib
son. however. has not obtained a re
| lease from the Braves. He said he
would be glad to try the pilots job.
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TEX CAN STAGE SHOW,
BUT ASKS CASH FIRST
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December CLEO
2. Flynn andS Jimmy Johnston have
entered into an arrangement whereby
they will guarantee 100000 to Tex
Rickard If he will allow them to ex-
pertinent with a heavyweight show at
Madison Square Garden on January
20. Flynn and Johnston desire to
prove that card minus fistic stars
will yield handsome profits.
Rickard said he was willing to go
through with the proposition, but
would take his guarantee in advance.
That feature has yet to be complied
with. Richards top-notch boxers. Jack
Dempsey, Jack Sharkey, Pauline. Tom
Heeney, Johnny Risko and Jack De-
laney, cannot be used in the competi-
ton. it is stipulated.
Flynn and Johnston put forth a ten
tative card of three 10-rounders, as
follows: Knute Hansen VS.. Jack Re
nault. Phil Scott VS.. Jack Dorval and
Benny Touchstone VS.. Joe Sekyra.
AS the State Athletic Commission
rules prohibit a manager to be asso.
ciated with the production of fights,
Rickard will agree to direct the bouts
on the recommendation of Flynn and
Johnston.
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BELGIAN HEAVY SAILS
TO SEEK FAME. HERE

NEW YORK, December s R).--
y rival of Jack Dempsey within
the former heavyweight cham
pion's own family" circle appeared
today with the announcement that
Pierre Charles, heavyweight cham
pion of Belgium, had sailed for
New York from Antwerp. Charles
will enter an intensive campaign
for Gene Tunney's laurels under
the tutelage of Gus Wilson, former
trainer of Georges Carpenter, and
now Dempsey's trainer, secretary
and cOnfidant.
Charles. 204.pound husky,
feet inches tall. defeated Jack
Humbeck, now campaigning in
America, i'm q 15.round match for
tlis Belgian title a year ago. He
fought draw with Humbeck
shortly before the latter came to
the United States.
Evening star., 1927-12-06

One of the best stunts for teach
ing players the short, rapid-fire
passing game and at the same
time developing their wind Is used
by "Nibs" Price, California's coach,
in his early practice session with
the present Pacific Coast Confer
ence (Southern division) champions.
Price places In a circle six or
seven men and starts them NOV
ing around at a high rate of speed,
the men passing back and forth
while in motion. trying to feed the
ball to one another so the receiver
will not be checked in his stride.
Both hands are used to pass and
to catch.
Here's an exercise that will make
the player alert in handling the
ball, for, as in game, no one ex-
cept the passer knows who Is to
receive it. Be sure to change the
din ection the players circle to avoid
dizziness. Give group snappy
two minutes at this and they will
be pretty well winded. This exer-
else develops endurance to high
degree.
AS goal shooting is the big fac.
tor in the game, let us take look
in tomorrow's article at the method
Fog" Allen. Kansas coach. en-
ploys In developing goal shooters.
fCopyright. 1927,
Evening star., 1927-12-06
M'NAMARA "IR0N
MAN. OF CYCLING
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Reggie Mcnamara. the Iron man"
of cycling has a chance to set new
all-time record for six-day bike races
won in the grind now at Madison
Square Garden.
Like Ty Cobb in base ball, McNa-
mara is so far ahead of the rest of
them that whenever he turns a hand
it's a record.
Another victory for little Mac will
make a total of ii in his brilliant
career. No six-day rider in the world
has record to compare with that of
this aging athlete, who seems, like his
bicycle, to be built of rubber and steel.
In the race at the Garden McNa-
mara is paired again with Franco
Georgetti. young Italian motor-paced
king. with whom he won the grind
last March when frequenters of the
racing saucer believed he must be
Through"
Evening star., 1927-12-06
BOTH GENE AND JACK
'UNKNOWN' IN TEXAS
BY the Associated Press.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. December 6,
Inability to identify Jack Dempsey
or Gene Tunney has delayed prose-
cution of local motion picture thea
ter exhibitor on charges of illegal
showing of fight films.
When William Epstein. theater
owner, was summoned to court yes
terday, charged with Illegal display
of films of the recent Chicago bout.
his attorney challenged the State 10
identify the fighters shown. None
of the state witnesses, including the
investigator, who filed the complaint,
had ever seen the heavyweight
champion or the former title holder
in action.
The court ordered the hearing post
poned. The prosecutor Immediately
started search for qualified Wit
neSSeS.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
KEYSER, W. VA, T0sSERS
BOOK A CONTEST HERE

KEYSER. w. Va. December g.
The Keyser Nighthawks basket bail
team, under the management of Gus
X. Daskai, will open it's season IN
Petersburg. w. Va. with the Peters
burg Independents Saturday. Decem-
ber II. Two or three new faces will
appear in the Nighthawks lineup this
season.
The locals are scheduled to play Old
Dominion Boat Club team at Alex
andria. Va, on Monday. December 26,
and the Warriors in Washington. ID.
c., December %.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
COAST LURES COMPSTON.

i NEW YORK, December R.-
Archie Compston. British professional,
who played here with the British
Ryder Cup team, is en- route to Los
Angeles to participate in the $4,000
golf tournament. He said he hoped to
face Walter Hagen, the Professional
Golf Association champion, in a match
in Florida this Winter.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
GALLAGHER IS MATCHED.

Marty Gallagher, heavyweight pro-
tege of John Blick, local sports pro-
moter, has been matched with Pete
Hackett. Brooklyn pugilist of note, in
Madison Square Garden. December IS.
Hackett has won his last IL fights by
knockOuts.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
PRO COURT FIGURES

Games Tonight.
Philadelphia at Fort Wayne.
Games Tomorrow.
New York at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Results Last Night.
New York, 80; Washington. 25.
Philadelphia, 80: FCrt Wayne, "a.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
DAvIDGE MEETS NEWLAND.

William Davidse and James New
land will meet tonight in the District
amateur cue tournament at the Ar
cadia. Reynolds last night defeated
Campbell. 100 to 5S, to tie Eddie Tin.
dell for the lead.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
DEMPSEY'S BLOWS
STILL HURT, RUMOR
Effects of Fight. Not Bad
Hand, Said to Keep Jack
From Ring.
BY FAIRPL.AY.


n YEW YORK. December 6.-The
II ::::':: acss; ;s|; js;s ;s;s IS: IS:
4 Sharkey 'sbody last July We're
the real cause of the post
ponement of the Jack Sharkey-Tom
Heeney contest last week. and not an
injured hand. as was given out by
the Bostonians manager. That is the
word being whispered around in cauli-
flower circles.
Several promising fighters were cut
down early in their career by Demp.
sey's body pounding. They were no
good after sampling the Manassa
mauler's crushing digs. Sharkey is
said to have had internal hemor-
rhages the day after the contest.
This may all be true, but Jack
O'Sullivan. who acted as referee Of
the bout and was in position To see
just how often and hard Dempsey
scored to the body, thinks differently.
Said O'Sullivan:
while, it is true that Dempsey
pounded the body in close. Sharkey
did not show any distress up to the
seventh round. He stood in close to
Dempsey and gave as good as he re-
ceived.
Sharkey Was Hit Low.
"In the seventh round Dempsey hit
the hip glancing blow. 1t was de.
fiected to the groin. and I cautioned
Jack to keep them up. Sharkey
turned to me. and / shouted L mean
you, Dempsey Dempsey did not
turn to me. He answered All right
and kept pounding away. A left hook
caught Sharkey in the solar plexus
and he crump1ed to the floor, his
knees bent under him, and he put out
his hands to guard against falling on
his face. l counted him out.
"Sharkey was helped to his corner.
If he was fouled or badly hurt it was
surprising to see supposedly injured
man climbing out of the ring unaided.
after Sharkey got dressed he
paced up and down in front of Demp-
sey's dressing room inviting him to
come out. He wasn't in much pain if
he could do that"
This is the first time O'Sullivan's
side of the story has come out. Ac-
cording to Jack, Sharkey was not so
badly hurt, after all.
1t may be that the boys are trying
to get nice odds on Sharkey when he
fights Tom Heeney next month.
fCopyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-12-06
Dallas Meeting Base Ball Mart Mystery Sous Shakey$ Condition
When Fights Were Fights!

John L. Meets the Kid and Predicts He'll
Become Lightweight Champion o9 World.
Victory Over Soto and Great Clash With
Criffo-a Bit of Regretted Generosity.
Sporty Sheriff Who Waited Till Battle End.
ed Before Trying to Stop 1t.
Evening star., 1927-12-06

The principal stake events at the
Winter meeting Of the Havana-Amer-
tcan Jockey Club will be run on Sat
urdays and Sundays. which are always
the big days in Cuban racing.
Evening star., 1927-12-06

Thrills Magazine, 20 cents. all news
stands; 16 thrilling adventure, detec
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Evening star., 1927-12-06
he Fam Gus
Kid Lauigne's
Memoirs of
a Sdrdge
Ring

BY GEORGE NID) LAVIGNE.
Former lightweight champion OF the ""ria. rler
whose many victories inciuded wv "si f.l
Joe WolcUtt and one over Engiahu Il"
nous champion. Dick Burge.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
MINOR CLUBS NEED
MAJOR CAST-OFFS
Several Outfits Are Eager to
Plan Spring Deals at
Convention.
By JOHN b. FOSTER.

n YEW YORK, December 6.-Sev-
eral minor league managers
will spend the present week ut
4 Dallas, Tex, where the minors
Evening star., 1927-12-06
tAs Told to r. =. Rucker.)

w YHEN journeyed out to san
n Francisco to fight Joe Soto
NV to finish, was ~ years
Y cid. / had acquired lot
Evening star., 1927-12-06

n YEW YORK. December 6.-The
N terrific hooks that Jack
~ -. r,sey laid into Jack
4 Sharkey 'sbody last July were
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about five minutes to get from the
street into the house on account of
ever time I took q step he pulled me
down for a 6-yard loss.
But fortune got feeling sorry for
me, I guess, and he had to sit down
and see about flea that had got fresh
with him, and while he had himself
tied up in a loose knot chasing this
particular itch, why /. did not waste
much time nor more than five or six
broad jumps getting inside the house.
Joan said, Hello, dear. Have a
hard day." and 1 said, Not until /
tried to come in my own house. I'd
rather work six days than try to get
past that Stewart dog once" Joan
said, Hes just playful, that's all"
and I said, $50 are a couple of polar
bears, maybe, but I'm not going out
looking for an iceberg and ride around
with them" Joan said, did you for
get to bring the paper in AGAIN." and
said, Il didn't exactly forget, but
came across the porch on express
schedule and didn't have time for
any local stops"
She said, "Get it now, then. while I
put dinner on the table," and so
sneaked out, but the dog was not in
sight and neither was the paper. l
walked to one end of the porch and
looked, but the paper wasn't there,
and walked to the other end and
looked and there it was, and it looked
like cheese looks when they serve it
to you with Italian spaghetti.
/ called Joan and / said, There's
what that playful dog has done to our
paper" and she said, "Well, what do
oh hot hot
more do need to know about it? I'm
going to kick that pooch so far
that" and she said, You're not 60
ing to kick anything. A torn paper is
nothing to get worked up about"
And if you scratch a match on the
under side Of chair your wife is
afraid you will mar the finish, but if
a neighbours 2-ton dog works havoc
all over the homestead, why you are
supposed to go and tell the neighbor
much obliged, I suppose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

mentally. Brush your hair thorough
ly every night and morning to keep 1t
glossy. Shampoo it carefully twice a
month, using a blonde rinse afterward
If your hair Is fair. Give your hair
and scalp regular air baths and sun
baths.
Fourth. Prevent your hands from
becoming bony and veined by mas
saying them with food cream at least
once a week. Hold them up and mas
sage them downward from fingertips
to wrist. Use hand lotion whenever
your hands have been in water. Avoid
harsh soaps. Hands often show age
sooner than faces do.
Fifth. Prevent your complexion
from becoming coarse and blemished
by using correct cleansing methods
and by keeping your digestive tract in
order. If you use powder and rouge
be very careful to remove every trace
of it at bedtime, using cleansing
cream and then soap and water. Pat
on an astringent or rub with ice to
keep the texture of your skin fine.
Sixth. Prevent corns, bunions, cal.
luoses and fallen arches by wearing
shoes that fit your feet. For sports,
school or business, wear heels that
are no higher than one and a quarter
inches. If you wear high heels at all
keep them for dances and special oc.
casionS when you do not have to wear
them long. Shoes should fit snugly at
heel and instep, be about one-half of
an inch longer than your foot and
provide space at the toes. Take exer.
else for the feet daily.
Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06
CHAPTER Ii.
A New York Night.

Usually when Tony left the Office
he began to think with pleasure of
the gay evening stretching ahead of
him.
He was almost never without some
thing to do.
He was constantly being asked as
an extra man to dinner parties, or else
he was taking some charming woman
to dinner and the theater and a night
club afterward.
In the past there had always been
some new affair to stir his blood. The
expectation of some new thrill. Now
he wondered why he had been SO
easily thrilled. Women of the kind
who wanted to philander with him
were all alike. They all had the same
line. Filtration always ended up in
the same way, with the woman in
his arms. But what of it?
Save for the fact that each looked
a little different from the other, or
used a different perfume, or had a
they were all alike.
Yet that had been his life up to now.
Was that all he wanted? Merely
to go to his room in the club where
he lived, get into dinner clothes and
spend a hectic evening flying about
from place to place. Had it really
satisfied him, or had the excitement
of such an existence merely carried
him along?
What did he want, anyway? Was
it a feeling of permanence? One
woman for himself alone, or something
like that? Was he actually so mad as
to be contemplating the thought of
marriage?
At first he laughed at the idea.
Marriage was not for him. But the
thought once implanted in his mind,
it kept returning.
He took Eleanor Byers to dinner
and the theater one night, and didn't
enjoy himself. Eleanor suggested a
night club afterward, and they went
to place where the walls were COW
cred with futuristic drawings. The
dance floor was too small, so that
when Tony and Eleanor danced they
constantly bumped into other couples.
Not only that, but for the first time
in his life Tony noticed that the
women all looked hard Their care
fully made-up faces made them look
like dolls.
He glanced down at Eleanor, who
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Everyday Law Cases
Is Second Proposal Defense
TO Suit for Breach of Promise?
By THE COUNSELLOR.

Tilted by her fiances Mary Kane was
determined not to permit him to
escape UNPUBLISHED, and prepared to
enter suit for breach Of promise.
Her fiance, Walker, fearing the con-
sequences of such suit, and regret
ting his unjustified breach, sought out
Mary Kane and renewed his offer TO
marry her. Mary, however, feeling
that she could no longer trust him or
he happy with him, refused to accept
him.
Notwithstanding his offer, Mary
Kane filed her suit, asking $4,000
damages. At the trial, Walker proved
his renewed proposal and consequently
asked that the case be dismissed.
Tho court, however. held the de-
Tense inadequate, stating the law, as
follows:
"An offer to renew the contract of
marriage after a breach thereof is no
defense, as the breach may be such
as to bar the possibility of happy
marriage of the parties, and the de-
PENDANT in such a case should not be
permitted to escape the consequences
of his wrongful breach by offering to
consummate q marriage whose aus
pices were already clouded by his bad
faith and deceit.
However, as the foundation Tor
this action is the loss of the benefit
which the injured party might nave
derived from the union, as well as
conversation for her wounded feel
ings. the renewal of the proposal can
he admitted in evidence in mitigation
of the damages, as the offer has done
much to salve her wounded pride.
(CopyhSht 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06

Constance Anderson, better kno1C4s
as Jill, comes to NelC York acith the
idea OF being q regular camp. She
is partly successful, but 11hen she
comes in contact aoith Tong Mcclure,
q goung 7d,cyer in qohose office she
aUorks for q time, she realizes that
she has met her match. His ideas are
the same as hers, and, although he
makes only light love to her, she
realizes that she cares for him. She
goes on the Bulletin as q reporter
through the influence OF y0ung
newspaper man. Her first assignment
is an interUieto qCith Mrs. Wood,
achose husband has kidnapped their
child. Jill discovers that Tony is the
man 1ChO has separated them. She
lCrites an unfdUordble article for her
paper. Mrs. Wood decides to get out
aUrit of hdbeas corpus, but aUhen she
loses the child she decides to 90 back
to her husband. Tong By this time has
realized that his feeling for Dorothy
Wood is largely infdtuudtion. Jill goes
home for feaO days. Her idea of
camping men is gone, because she
thinks of ~ one but Tony. She meets
hin, in the Grand Central Station. He
asks her to haze dinner aoith him, and
she tells him they hare nothing in COM
mon Her independence starts Tony to
thinking.