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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
ERIE SOCCER TEAM
PLAYS HERE TODAY

Walfords, who reign supreme in the
local soccer world. will entertain the
Pennsylvania Railroad eleven of Erie,
Pa, in a second-round match of the
national amateur cup tie tourney
here next Sunday. The Erie team is
the keystone State champion. Just
where the game will be played has not
been determined.
So far as national competition of a
serious nature is concerned the game
will be the first for the local cham
pions. Walfords lost to professionals
in Baltimore in their only other bid
for countrywide honors: However.
they entered this competition chiefly
to gain experience. and made a most
creditable showing. Incidentally, this
is the lone defeat that Walfords have
suffered since their organization three
years ago.
Outstanding players of the Walford
eleven. which. if it wins next Sunday,
may engage the New York title hold
er. are Dave MacLean. center, and
Jess Burton, right halfback. Other
regulars are Nelly Carleton, goal
keeper; Reggie Burton, right back;
Eddie GeGdings, left back; Pete Faulds,
center halfback: George Faulds, LETT
halfback' John Malloch, outside right;
Dick HODGES. inside right; Jack Watts.
inside left, and Eddie Bruce, outside
left.
In semi-ffnal matches of the Wash,
ington and southeastern cup tie tour
ney this afternoon Walfords meet
Rockville on Monument grounds No.
8, a new field, and Concords and Ger
man-Americans will come together on
Monument field No. g Both games
start at 2:30 o'clock. The winners will
clash next Sunday for the title.
Capital City League games today, all
starting at 2:30 o'clock, will bring to-
gether Clan MacLennan and Rosedalc
on the formers field at Bladensburg
road and the District line; Army Medi-
cos and British Uniteds at Walter
Reed and Arcadians and Capitols on
Monument field No. !.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. December 1e,-
The mailed fist of tho Southern Con
ference was raised toward the South
ern intercollegiate Athletic ASsocia-
ton at the annual meeting of the
conference here today. The action
came as a result OF an appeal OF
Judge William Hemingway of the
University of Mississippi because OF
the blacklisting of his institution by
the s. |. A. 4. over squabhle re-
lating to the eligibility Of a base bail
player, and may result in the break
ing of all athletic relations between
the members of the Southern Confer
ence and every s. !. \. \. school
Some three years ago the University
of Mississippi was charged by com
noittee from the s. |. \. \. befnre the
executive committee Of the Southern
Conference with having used paSc
ball PLAYER who had transSresSed
eligibility rules prior to the orgam-
cation of the conference. The eNecu-
five committee of the conference held
that since the charge related to some
thing that had taken place before the
conference was organized there was
no basis for prosecuting il, and there
fore exonerated the University OIL
Mississippi.
Takes Drastic Step.
The s. l. A. A. was not satisfied
with thai action. it seems, and de-
rnanded. according to evidence intro
duced here today, that the University
of mississippi appear before II. The
University of Mississippi held that
having been eXonerated by ITS own or
ganization. it was clear and refused
to have anything further to do with
the matter. The S. l. A. A, countered
by blacklisting the University OF MIS-
sissippi and refusing TO permit any
schools of that organization TO meet
it. Judge Hemingway appealed for
the support of the conference. and
the conference answered his appeal
by going the whole way in adopting
the following resolution:
Whereas. il has come to the atten-
ton of this conference that the Uni
versity of Mississippi has been black
listed by the Southern intercollegiate
Athletic Association in spite of the
fact that charge against the said IN
stitution have been fully investigated
by this conference through its eXecu-
tive committee and such charges
found not to be well founded; there
fore be it
Resolved, that this conference adj
wise the S. /. A. A. that it regards the
action toward the University of Mis-
sissippi as an unfriendly act toward
this conference.
Resolved further, that this confer
ence advise the S. !. A. A. that no
further games with S. l. A. a. insti-
tutions will be scheduled after the eX-
piration of existing contracts unless
the action of the S. 1. A. A. with re-
gard to the University of Mississippi
be rescinded."
May Break Relations.
This resolution means that unless the
s.. l. A. A. rescinds its action in the
blaekhsting of Mississippi the South
ern Conference institutions, number
ing % in all, viii break relations with
every member of the s. Il A. A. This
would mean the discontinuance OF
such games as Clemson plays with
Furman and that Furman plays with
other conference schools. and also such
games as those between Georgia Teen
and Oglethorpe, Georgia and Mercer,
Kentucky and Center and others too
numerous to mention. However, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
PARK VIEW SOCCER
TEAM ADDS TO LEAD

Park View strengthened its hold on
first place in the Recreation Soccer
League yesterday by overcoming Gar
field. 3 to O. All other league games
were postponed.
Jimmy Harvin, inside right, was the
victor's ace. Bolstered by Joe Cant
van. Bill Kaiser and Buddy Adkins,
newcomers to the team, Garfield
showed better than at any time this
season, despite that it lost. Park
View led l to Q, at the half.
Officials Of tho Recreation League
last night announced that the circuit
would he reorganized this week. At
least one team, Happy Hollow, will
be dropped. Iroquois and Senate
teams are being considered to fill the
vacancy or vacancies and the man
ayers of these elevens are asked to
telephone the municipal playground
office tomorrow between . and 1870
O'Clock and ask for Mr.. Tennyson.
Lineup and summary:
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BOXER WINS ON WIRES,
BUT NOT IN. THE Arena

CHICAGO, December 10 H).-
The Old-time practice of winning
fights in the telegraph Office by
beating the other manager to the
wires gave Wolcott Langford, Chi
cagO negro middieweight, a victory
that he did not earn over Red
Uhlan, San Francisco sOuthpaw, in
Davenport. Iowa, last night.
kilograms were sent out pro-
claiming LangfOrd the winner,
whereas the facts that developed
today were that he was decisively
defeated. Dave Barry of Chicago,
referee Of the match. said that If a
decision had been allowed he would
have given it to Uhlan, who has
beaten Langford on two previous
occasions.
UhIan said that he would Jump
off the Mississippi River Bridge If
he lost. He didn't have to jump.
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JACK 0NSLOW Ic SIGNED
AS COACH OF CARDINALS

PITTSBURGH, Pa, December 10
P1.-Jack Onslow, former Pittsburgh
Pirate coach. who was released re-
Gently by Washington after having
served that club in a similar capacity
during the 1927 season, has been
signed by the ST. Louis Cardinals.
The announcement was made here
by the ST. Louis manager, Bill Nc
Kechnle, who had Onslow on his staff
when he was pilot of the local club.
Both McKechnie and Onslow live
here.
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Only Live Action.

The conference meeting, except for
the furry over the Mississippi propo-
sition, was quiet and little of impor'
lance other than routine business was
discussed. Short shrift was given sew
eral proposed changes in the rules,
about the only change of importance
being that all athletes 10 be eligible
for participation in sports will have to
enter college by reason Of credits OBJ
tanned in high school or prep school or
through examination conducted by a
regular college entrance board. Hence
forth no institution will be able to give
an athlete examinations in order to
give him sufficient credits to enter the
freshman class. and no athlete will be
able to attend Summer school of the
institution in question and make up
such credits-that is, an athlete may
get in college this way. but may never
be eligible after he gets in.
The annual championship track and
field meet is to be held at Birrning-
ham, May II and May - This meet
was awarded 70 Birmingham for the
next three years. The cross-country
championship will be held at Georgia
Tech the Saturday before Thanks
giving day.
The annual meeting of the confer
ence next year was given to Wander
bilt University to he held at Nashville.
DIR. S. V. Sanford was reelected
president of the conference for the
seventh year in that office. A. w
Hobbs of North Carolina was elected
vice president and w. d. Funkhouser
of the University of Kentucky, re-
elected secretary treasurer.
The members of the executive com
mittee elected are c. p. Miles of Vir-
g.nia Polytechnic Institute: William
Hemingway, University of Mississippi:
H n. Edmunds Of University of South
Carolina. and n. Nougherty Of Uni
versity of Tennessee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
GALLAGHER is PREPPING
FOR NEW YORK CONTEST

Marty Gallagher. heavyweight box
ing protege of John s. Blick. is prep
ping diligently for his Madison Square
Garden debut Friday night against
Pete Hackett of Brooklyn The
match will be a preliminary to the
Tod Morgan-Joe Click junior light
weight title bout
Hackett. who has won his last u
bouts on knockOuts, weighs 204
pounds, or II more than Gallagher.
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Yankee Tennis Cup Challenge
To Be Made i'm American Zone

Tournament schedules will be com
pleted shortly.
The slate of the nominating com
mittee, it was indicated, would not be
made public before the annual meet
ing of the u. S. l.. #. a. at Chicago
in February. although unofficial re-
ports have stated that Samuel H.
COLON of Philadelphia the present
vice president. has been chosen to
head the ticket
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
TITLE MEET AWARDED.

PHILADELPHIA December 10 CP).
AT the Middle Atlantic States
athletic conference here today, Secre-
taryTreasurer John r. Hopes, of the
Middle Atlantic States A. A, announ-
ced the annual track and field cham
pionships for the next three years
would be held at Haverford College.
May 10 and 10 was set for next years
meeting. Last year the champion
ships were held at Union College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11

event, since they are not club cham.
pions, but several of Washington :
leading golfers hold club title, among
them Guy NJ. Standifer of Columbia,
Page Hufty of Congressional, Frank
K. Roesch of Washington and Wal
ter r. Tuckerman of Chevy Chase.
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YANKS KEEP FLETCHER.

NEW YORK. December 10 LP.-
Returning here from the Dallas
meeting. Manager Miller Higgins of
the Yankees announced that Arthur
Fletcher would remain as coach with
the Hugmen next season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
OLD GRID FOES CLASH.

Clarendon Lyons entertain st.
Stephens in a gridiron game on Lyon
Village field this afternoon at $50
O'Clock. They are keen rivals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11

- ana NJ dnaSer Harris OF
the Washington club last
night both expressed
themselves as pleased to learn of
the appointment Of Pccl:inpaugh
as manager of the Cleveland c!uh.
Peck's friends among fandom
in the Capital--and they IRE legion
also will be gratiiicl to learn of
his elevation. although it is reco2-
nized that the job he will assume
is an arduous one due to the
poor calibcr Of the playing ma
terial that will be placed at his
disposal.
Peckinpaugh generally was re-
garded as one OF the most potent
factors in the attainment by the
Nationals OF the HiY two PEN
nants the Nations Capita, ever
has known. and it was only be-
cause his aging limbs had begun
to falter that he was transferred
to Chicago last Winter in ex-
change for Pitchers Hollis thurs
ton and Leo Mangum
NIllllCI u Tue ldltcl, ny tl4C
way. now is Griffman. Mangum
failed to survive the Spring in
spection test at Tampa and Thur
ston, following a poor season, was
disposed OF to the San Francisco
club of the Pacific Coast League
Peck had one brief fling as a
manager, back in 1914, when he
handled the reins over the
Yankees from September Il to
the close of the season, and he is
we'll equipped in knowledge of
the game for his new assignment.
+. With Manager Harris while
here Peck was regarded as half
of the greatest doubleplay COM
bination the game ever produced
and much Of the Nationals in
ability to maintain the pace they
set in "a and Is is due to the
fact that no capable successor. at
shortstop has been found for him,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
z he am Gus
Kid Larigne's
Memoirs of
q SdUGge
Ring
BY GEORGE fKID) LAVIGNE.

Former lightweight champion of the world,
whose many victories included two over Joe
Walcott and one over Englands famous
champion Dick Burge.
GAS told to Z. P. Rucker)
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ON THE SIDE LINES
With the Sports Editor
=By DENMAN THOMPSON

fingers include such hold-ovcrs
as Irving Hadlcy, Horace Lisen-
bee and Fred Marberry, in adj
dition to Milton CASTOR and Sam
Jones, cx- Brownies, and Clayton
Van Alstyne, recalled from Birm-
ingham.
Next most numerous arc out
folders, the 10 listed including in
addition to such well established
performers as Goose Goslin, Iris
Speaker and Sam Rice, a pair re-
called from Memphis in the per-
sons Of Sam West and Ollie Tucker.
and Herbert Atkison, Chicago
sandlot product, as we'll as the
Birmingham quartet - Emil
Barnes, Foster Camel John Kloza
and Malburn Simons.
Added to the Rucl-Tatc catch
ing duo are a pair of draftec5--
Hugh McMulen from Louisville
and Albert Cooper from Birming-
ham, neither Of whom Das as yet
appeared in Il Washington uni
form, but there is not a complete
stranger among the nine indcld
aspirants Here the big four
Manager Harris, Joe Judge, Oss
Bluegc and Bob Reeves, are but
trcsSed by Firstbaseman John
Brewer and Mule Shirley, and
Mister Hayes, Grant ellis md
Tom Taylor.
Trading Material Scarce.
A perusal Of this array dis
closes precious little that can be
utilized for in a swapping way.
Speaker, although likely to sever
his connection with the payroll
by mutual consent, is not avail
able for trading purposes. Those
whose capabilities are we'll es-
tablShcd cannot be spared and
those who are yet to make their
marks in fast company do not
constitute attractive bait.
Griff, Harris & Co, undoubtedly
have something up their coIlcc-
tive sleeves, however, and if they
are lucky enough to encounter
magHatc or two willing to offer
something more valuable than
bat bag some business Of nature
highly interesting to Washing
ton fans may be consummated in
New York.
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When Fights We're Fights!

Dissemination to Train for it.
I'm Going to See How Good I Can Fight
When I'm Fat" His Boast
y
And He Found Out When He Got His K. o.
in Fifteenth Round, After Terrific Licking.
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Fans PuIIing for Peck.

GRIFFITH
~ and Manager Harris Of
1 the Washington club last
a NIGHT both cxnrcsscd
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THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, D c. MAY s. 1e27-pA

widely copied book in the literature
of magic. The second edition, dated
1885, have in my library. / have
never been able to find a copy of
the first edition or to ascertain the
date at which 1t was published.
"A few years later, in 1868, came IL
very important contribution to the
history of magic In Natural Magick
in Xxx Booles.' by John Baptist Porta.
Neapolitan. This has been trans
lated into nearly every language. 1t
was the first really important and ex-
haustive work on the subject, but,
unfortunately, it gives the explana-
ton of tricks rather than an authentic
record of their invention.
Simon Witgeest Book.
I'm 1852 Simon Witgeest of Amster-
dam, Holland, wrote an admirable
work, whose title reads Book of
Natural Magic This work was trans
lated into German. ran through many
an edition. and had an enormous sale
in both Holland and Germany.
In Ills John White. an English
man, published a work entitled Arts
Treasury and Hocus Pocus; or a Rich
Cabinet of Legerdemain Curiosities.'
This is fully as reliable a book as the
earlier 'Hocus Pocus' books, but 1t is
not so generally known.
Richard Neve, who was a popular
English conjurer just before the time
of Fawkes. published book on some
what similar lines in 1715.
Germany contributed the next
notable work on magic. First came
Johann Samuel I4alle's Magic or the
Magical Power of Nature, printed in
Berlin in 1884. One of his compatriots,
Evening star., 1927-05-08
THE WEATHER

Temperature-Highe "a, at pm.
yesterday; lowest, 81, at 5 am. yes.
terday.
Record for Twenty-four Hours.
Observation-Disclosures 5S; am.
IS; am, 55: am, So; am, So;
10 am. 65; IL noon, sc; p.m., 70; 4
pm, "a: 6 pm, 10: 5 p.m., So; 10
pm, 62.
Highest, "A; lowest, 81.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 8S: lowest. 58.
Tide Table.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.
Today-Low tide, 8:07 am. and S:39
pm; high tide. 1:29 am. and LAT pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, sos am. and
s:32 pm; high tide. 2:26 am. and 2:46
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 5:o3 am; sun sets,
1905 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:02 am; sun
set, 7:07 pm.
Moon rises, 11:24 am; moon sets,
1:21 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather I'm Various Cities.
Evening star., 1927-05-08

report of the Seybert Commission on
Spiritualism, the writings of students
exponents and practitione of the
psychical, the works of Andrew Jack
son Davis. 1.-The seer of Poughkeepsie'
Hudson Tuttle, and others as we'll
known, or less known, books from To-
ca. and obscure presses, records OF
revelations" records of exposures,
studies of the subject under various
aspects, and a series of volumes de
sGribing personal experience. as early
as incidents in My Life" by d. y.
Home, whom Browning is said to have
had in mind when he wrc.e ''Mr
Sludge the Medium" and as late as
tn book of Spirit Messages to Prof.
Hiram Corson, who not only once
wrote an Introduction to the study of
Browning's poetry but believed him
self to receive spirit messages from
Browning and Mrs. Browning.
Derrett. Lodge. Pedmore. Hyslop
Hill, Darlington and many others are
also represented, and among recent
publications such books as Crawford s
Reality of Psychic Phenomena, the
"Mahatma Letters to a. p. Sinnett, ,"
Tichner's "Telepathy and Clairyoy-
ance," c.. Vele owens "Outlands of
Heaven" and other writings by the
same author and Fl. Dennis Bradley's
"The Wisdom of the Gods" to name
only a few titles tak~h at random
from this extensive collection. show
ing Houdini conversant with the late
literature of the subject as well as a
collector of older out-of-the-way books,
Evening star., 1927-05-08
HOUDnlI COLLECTION OF BOOKS
ON MAGIC RECEIVED IN CAPITAL
5,147 Volumes Gathered From All Over
World by Famous Magician Are Now
T. in Library of Congress.

a library probably unique in the
United States--a total of STAT volumes
on magic and psychical research col
lected during his lifetime by the late
Harry Houdini--has just been received
at the Library Of Congress, to which
it was bequeathed by the will Of the
magician.
The collection of every scrap of
literature dealing with magic and
spiritualism was once described by
Houdini himself as 1.-The corner stone
of my life from the earliest years.
While on tour every hour that he could
spare was given to study in libraries.
to interviews with retired magicians
and collectors and to browsing in old
book stores and antique shops in
search of his particular hobby.
Ade searched catalogues assiduously
and often advertised his wants in the
larger cities of Europe and America
where he went for stage appearances.
While playing In Germany in 1902 he
placed an ad In one of the newspapers,
Evening star., 1927-05-08

Johann Christian Wiegleb, wrote Ia
books on The Natural Magic I shall
always contend that the German
books are the most complete"
The collection on physical research
resulted from an interest in the sub
ject dating back to Houdini's early
career. II have spent a goodly part
of my life in study and research" he
wrote in his book "A Magician Among
the Spirits" During the last 80
years / have read every single piece
Of literature on the subject of Spirit.
ualism that / could. I have accu-
mulated one of the largest libraries in
the world on psychic phenomena,
spiritualism, magic. witchcraft. de.
monology. evil spirits, ETC.. some of the
material going back as far as 1889.
and ! doubt If any one IL. the world
has so complete library on modern
spiritualiSm, but nothing I ever read
concerning the so-calfed spiritualistic
phenomena has impressed me as being
genuine"
Many Books ON SpirituaIism.
A casual glance at the books as
they have been unpacked shows some.
thing of Houdini's interest. One early
American volume Is among the pio.
neer writings on the subject in this
country, "Spiritualism, by John w.
Edmonds, judge in the higher courts
Of the State of New York. and George
t. Dexter. physician, with an APP
pendix by Nathaniel p. Tallrlage, a
Senator from New York from 1888 to
1891, and afterwards Governor of Wis
consin Territory. There are here also
the report on spiritualism by the COM
mittee of the Dialectical Society. the
Evening star., 1927-05-08

which resulted in his purchasing the
entire stock of one dealer. While in
Amsterdam he came across man push
inl; barrow filled with books. and
bought the load on the spot. The
books were wheeled into the Rem
brandt Theater, where he then was
performing. Houdini went through
them at once, selected those lie wanted
and gave the rest to the stage man.
ager.
Bought Rivals Collections.
From time to time he bought the
collections made by his rivals. Houdini
wrote of this collections:
"One of the oldest books in my col.
lection Is Natural and Unnatural
Magic by Gantziony, dated 1889. 1t
is the authors script, exquisite in it's
German chirography, artistic in it's
illuminated illustrations, but worth
les as an historical record.
early in the seventeenth century
appeared 'Hocus Pocus, the most
Evening star., 1927-05-08
HOUSEMAID FOUND DYING
Skull Crushed in Home of Nil
lionaire Employer.

CHICAGO. May (P.-With her
skull crushed by a small bronze
statuette. Miss Wilma Miller, 80, a
maid in the palatial Lake Forest
estate of Thorne Donnelley, million.
aire manufacturer. was found dying
tonight. A negro caretaker founI The
maid sprawled on staircase of the
home.
Her clothes were torn and dishev.
eled, indicating she had struggled
tiercely with her assailant. Her con-
dition is critical.
Joe Harrington. who found Miss
Miller. told police he had seen q
chauffeur on a nearby estate leaving
the Donnelley home as he entered the
grounds. The chauffeur was arrested,
but denied any connection with the
attack. Miss Miller had been alone in
the Donnelley home for more than d
week, her employers being i'm the
East.
Evening star., 1927-05-08
This 1veek at O1tr" showroom ;!

DOR two years Peerless engineers have
J. concentrated on this new Six-6O.
For two years they have applied all that
has been learned in Is years of car manu-
facture. Every advantage known in building
a Six-cylinder motor! Every feature a
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fort riding ease smooth running g-un-
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Now it's yours to test-to drive-to COM
pare-the New x-6O-a "JnndamentaIly
better" Six.
Evening star., 1927-05-08

District of Columbia. Maryland and
Virginia~-Fair today; tomorrow, in
creasing cIoudiness and warmer,
gentle TO moderate northeast shifting
to southeast winds.
West Virginia--t'air today; tomor
row. mostly cloudy and warmer, prob,
ably showers and thundershowers.
Evening star., 1927-05-08
Sergt. Young Retires.

After more than 80 years active
military service, Staff Sergt. Stewart
Young, detached enlisted mems list,
az Washington Barracks, has been
placed on the retired list Of the Army
on his own application.