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The Washington times., 1927-01-26
AWAY
FORREST

CHICAGO, Jan. 26.--Ban John
son, temporarily retired" president
Of the Amer an League, was alb
sent from CT ago today. At his
home it wa, lated he had gone
to Excelsior brings, Mo-, to spend
several weeks in an effort to regain
his health.
1t was because of i'll health that
American League magnates, in ses-
sion here last Sunday, voted their
veteran prexy an indefinite leave
of absence and installed Vice
President Frank Navin, of Detroit,
in the presidential chair.
johnson has refused to make any
statement since the Sunday meet
ing, but speculation continues as
to whether the former American
League head will ever again as
sumo Leadership Of the junior cir
cult. The belief is general that
Johnson's health Is such as to pre-
clude the possibility of his ever
again being a dominant figure in
baseball.
Commissioner Lands could not
be locate by interviewers who
sought information on the Cobb
Speaker situation, but at his office
It was stated the public will be
uniformed in ample time" lands
/ decision on the status Of these two
players Is expected at any time.
That the fmaous stars will be ex.
onerated continues to be the gen.
eral belief.
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Bruins Take Hockey
Game From Pirates

BOSTON, Jan. 26.-The Boston
Bruins are now in second place in
the American section Of the Ma
tional Hockey League, having de.
feated Pittsburgh 3 to 1 here last
night. Cotton made Pittsburgh's
lone tally.
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were not schoolboys but adherents Of
the two rival teams.
The other game Of the bi.weekly
double-header resulted in a surprise.
Tech, with the smallest team Ia
the series, defeated Business, the
heaviest. 81 to 10. It was Techs
only victory in five games.
At half time Tech had a. 13.to.12
lead. In the second half the little
team uncovered unexpected skill IN
passing and shooting and gradually
pulled away from the Stenographers.
"Bozie" Berger, who started the sea.
son as substitute. led Techs at.
tack. He scored four field goals
and one foul.
Tech will play Central next Fri
day and Eastern will meet Business.
/ Here are the statistics on the high
school basketball series
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New York Puckmen
Defeat Senators. g.,
By Tad

NEW YORK. Jan. 26.-The New
York Americans today were we'll up
in the race for championship hockey
honors as a result Of their impress.
sive 6-to-1 victory over the crack
Ottawa Senators here last night. 1t
was Ottawa's fourth defeat of the
season
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TRY THIS ONE

Willie MacLean, golf pro at the
Shaunshex Heights Country Club,
Albert, Canada, has many trick
shots, one of which is to putt q
golf ball over a distance Of 100
feet into a drinking glass, putting
first with the right hand and then
with the left.
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Dudley or Deadly, as the boys
seem to know him best, will sail on
Saturday. and he may be relied upon
to discover all. including the IN
charted box office.
The champions tentative plans
were outlined to me in some detail
just before he left today on another
buck hunt through the West. This
is done by tracking the wild and un-
tramnteled buck to the house man.
ayers safe and claiming it for your
own. Mr.. Tunney says Daniel Boone
was pretty good hunter. too.
The Washington times., 1927-01-26
GENE TUNNEYP PLANNING
EUROPEAN JOURNEY
TILL BOUT COMES
By Davis ]. Walsh

NEW YORK 2-Prominen Americans who viii sail for
this the captain
James Joseph Tunney the heavyweight champion
the writer today that he is seriously considering
offers for theatrical and exhibition tour of Germany England
barrster Dudley Field Malone to the discover
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Central 'SFINE VICTORY
NEARLYLOCKS TITLE

BY 38to34 victory Western Central 6aseba
clear Of its formidable hurdle may now b
expected to the public high school championship
In defeating Western Mount Youngsters scored
victory well physical They the crucial contest
branded that discord time cae
drop personal and battle just for old Central they were
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Anyhow. the end of March viii
bring the closed season; so MIR.
Tunney would HE him elsewhere.
His rather slxetchy plans at this
immature moment call for him
to leave for abroad in April and
return in June, at which juno
ture 1t is expected II will be
cauliflOwer time in pugiIistica.
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Fight Results

At Albany. N. Mickey Cangro.
of Staten Island, won decision over
ALI Simmons. Of England, IL rounds.
At Observation-Disclosures Query, ~
Latonia, KY. knocked out Frankey
Murray, of Jersey City. in the first
round. Farmer Joe Cooper, of
Terre Haute, Ind, won decision over
Jack Silva, Of San Francisco, 10
rounds.
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IL was, indeed, q hot battle,
and some Of the youngsters
who saw It were effected by a
sort of hangover. Anyway, q
fist scrap followed the game.
There was lots of smoke In the
way Of excitement but little Of
the fire Of actual combat.
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STARS
FACE TEST

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 26.-What
the sixth annual Texas golf cham
pionship seems to need most is q
little less water. The Texas skies,
for the past three days. have been
weeping tears of joy over the coming
of Americas greatest assemblage Of
professional golfers. who are to set
tie, Friday and Saturday, in u holes
of play. one of the most important
of the winters golflng titles, to say
nothing of the disposition Of some
$4,000, the Chamber Of Commerce of
this splendid city has posted as evt-
dence that San Antonio is winter
playground.
II the rains, which haven't
been thorough enough to cause
any material damage to the VIII
low Springs course, where play
will be staged, are not sufficient
water providers, the trail around
the IS holes, discIOSes the pres
ence of one river, the Salado; one
creek, the MengeF, and q plenti.
full supply Of sulphur water.
mostly copyrighted In q huge
reservoir. but some OF It occupy.
ing q small lake that makes tie
fifth green's approach . thing Of
beauty and q hazard forever.
"Wee" Bobby Cruikshank, recent
conqueror Of a lot Of bigger, and
supposedly better golfers, in the
Los Angeles open championship,
has been around these parts for up
wards Of a week.
Its the course for Scotchn1an,"
chuckles Bobby. you've got to
play 'em close. There's trouble to
the right of you, trouble to the left
of you, and II you sock 'em too
hard, there's trouble in front Of
you"
Par for the course Is $685.
a.. and in the existence Of VII.
low Springs (it Is now In its
third year, just three men have
broken those. figures. Jack For.
roster. Tom LaIly. and lately,
Cruickshank. have negotiated 1t
in 20 strokes.
However, when the galaxy OF seek
ers after $1,000 top money, and the
way station chunks Of $500, $500,
$500, and so on, get busy this week
end, it win be surprising II some
inspired athlete doesn't blast that
record of 10 In fragments.
The field In some respects, il al
great as that which participated in
the Los Angeles open championship
and that field was the greatest that
ever played in q winter tournament
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has helped me. The clubhead must
rest fairly solidly on the ground
SO that It allows a takeAoff on the
beginning Of the upstroke. Now
one can overdo the vibratory move
ment, and, therefore, advise the
player to hold the clubhead just as
Quiet as he can and still. vibrate it.
Some people ask why 1t Is neces-
Isary to take turf when it will do
much damage to a golf course 4
everybody does it. My only answer
is that i steadies flight. It Is q
wise person who says to himself
Hold the hands lower and then
swing" Now remember this, that
the hands must be approximately
even with the clubnead at the con-
tact and upcrash with the ball.
Let me tell you this; there Is
such a. thing as feeling the club
face on the bail and getting It
second nature for you to watch the
position Of the clubhead. With the
left hand under on the back half
Of the swing, draw the club back
even with the hands along the
ground on the direction line for I
short distance.
You have started this motion
by keeping back Of the imag-
mary vertical line. Then lift
II with a backward, outward.
upward slightly curving swing
until the left arm is almost
straight and you feel the club. =
head pull the left arm socket at
the back. Break the wrists
equally at the top. bring the
club down tracing the ascend
Ing line, Clubhead leading, hands
and Olubhead describing smooth.
~ the arc Of an inner and outer
circle,
In the wind the circles become
ellipses. Hit into the piece Of the
imaginary direction line at the bali
and hit the ball up into the air. !
let my wrists dip blade toward
right shoulder on end Of back
stroke. Hit! Hit! Hit!!!
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Solid Contact
Necessary in
Good Colt
By Charles Chick Evansy Jr.
Midiron

MidirOn
All those golfers who hit a ball
Squarely know the unnistakable
feeling of solid contact which is
so necessary to good golf. A good
gauge for the amount of relaxing
one should do is to relax to that
point where the clubhead swings
like q weight. I have seen more
players turn the face of the club
in or, down so much that the loft
Is not midiron one but more Of a
driving iron kind.
As in all other shots 1 think
of the piece OF the imaginary
line In front of the bali and /
hit into it. Another good way
Of thinking of getting the club
placed right is to put the club
head fatty on the ground.
This gives a clubhead position
which is right for whipping the
shots off If the ball is met fairly.
The skill of golf can be understood
when it is learned that it is neces-
sary to hit just so far under the
center Of the ball. I have thought
of the word of cracking my shots
until feel jerk in my arm
sockets and discovered that this
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When Western won 7.to-4 lead
in the first quarter the Central
boys realized that something must
be done quickly to stave off a
defeat that might in the end mean
the loss of-a title. So they got up
their dander good and proper and
hoped to the task.
In little more than q flash of
time after the second quarter got
priced enemy and then proceeded
to pile up a lead.
Two field goals In rather
quick succession by the little
Mt. Pleasant star, Forrest Bur.
CESS, got Central started "a the
second quarter. When It's rally
ended Central was in front, %
to IL. With 20 points the Gen.
trial players set q series record
for one period.
Western, however. kept fighting,
although its cause seemed utterly
lost. Pee Wee Walker, In the third
period, shot a couple OF baskets
that increased Westerns spirit and
the red-jerseyed youngsters made
the contest exciting again by pull.
ing up to within four points Of
the foe.
A crowd that nearly filled the
Arcadia Hall all but went cuckoo
when, with about five minutes TO
go, Western cut down Central's
lead to two points. Sam fash, the
Mt. Pleasant center, who has a
way Of doing the right thing In a
pinch, tossed q field goal and 3
foul that clinched the victory. In
the last two minutes or so Central
managed to keep the bail away
from the enemy.
Throughout the contest Forrest
Burgess was Centraps big threat.
Western tried in vain to stop him
but by one means or another the
little fellow evaded the defense and
shot field goals. He got six, which
greatly increased his advantage as
the series leading individual
scorer.
It was, indeed, q hot battle,
and some Of the youngsters
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Tunney will begin active training
then for the defense OF his title
against the accepted challenger and
1.-The party who thinks he won't be
: fright" for the big moment has a
Eayed cuff in his family closet.
I'm not three pounds overweight
right now" Tunney declared. IT
: weigh 100 to an ounce, and, If the
demand was made, could enter the
ring within four weeks fit and ready
= to fight as well as ever did. But
I'm taking no chances.
Soon after the first week in June
Il will leave for the woods with four
or five sparring partners, and, by
easy stages, will work my way to
perfection in physical condition"
IL had been said OF Dempsey
that he was never out Of cOndi.
: tiOn," but by September "a last
: there were at least 10000 peO-
pie who knew that was wrong.
However, it really goes for Tun.
ney. His average day Is just q
: recital of what the welI.behaVed
man will do.
sim up by z o'clock and 60
through a series Of calesthenics," he
declared without shame. AFTER
breakfast go for long walk, some.
times interspersed with occasional
sprints. Then / appear In four or
five shows day, at which my spar.
ring exhibitions serve to keep my
eye in trim.
II have light meal in the eve.
ming and usually indulge In crackers
and milk just before retiring, which
seldom is later than IL o'clock"
It all sounds quite irritating to me.
But, then, virtue is its own reward
or something.
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OH, WHkT MIGHTY
NTH THE BOWLERS

NORTH WASH. CHURCH LEAGUE
Mt. Pleasant Columbia Heights
WATTS. 90 IS s1IE.Robbins 90 So 165
israel. 81 los 9slArnold... So SO l04
Cishford 113 81 l00lFRob'ins 121 90 90
Bell..... % 80 S3ISmith -. 1O7 81 lie
Dieer... 100 los lO7lWillhide. 97lO4 l03
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It Is understod that the offenders
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NEW ARRIVALS MAKING cAr1R-

country, drive them to the Yellow
stone, Pixies Peak, Death Valley, the
Rim of the World and other scenic
marvels and eventually send them by
ship to their native lands far oversee.
Just as in this country it is GUS
tomary for American gasoline travel
ers to "see the United States first" it
is traditional with the English to tour
the British possessions by motor be-
fore they engage in horseless car
riage globe trotting. Many British
motorists annually make such mara
thon jaunts, which add up to tens Of
thousands of miles. They "do" a
country by crOss-country travel in
their comfortable cars. Then they
ship their steel steeds to the next
island, peninsula or mainland which
appears on their itinerary. Eventual
~ they land in the Dominion of Cam
ada. 1t is only logical that after tour
ing that spacious domain, they run
down into the United States for a
short or long road tour. Washington,
logically, is one Of the focal points of
interest on any such excursions by
European car-owners.
The world wandering motorists who
have bivouacked or tented in the
ing yarns about unusual experiences
in foreign travel. In some countries
they have had to pay as high as 81
a gallon for gas. In others, they have
had to revise their driving methods
as some countries require motorists to
pass cars on the right, while others
recognize only left-hard passing as
legal. The millrun of their testimony.
however, is to the effect that the mod.
ern automobile has girdled the globe
and is now used as superior convey
ance wherever improved highways
foster crosS-country travel.
When n Congressman from Cali
fornia, potato king" from Maine, a
citrus grower from Florida or wheat
baron" from the Dakotas rolls into
Washington in his motor car. he us
ually asks the first trafflce officer he
meets the way to the Washington au-
tomobile tourist camp. Arriving at
the camp, he visits the administration
office and seeks to rent one or two
cabins or cottages, depending on the
size Of his party. If he comes early,
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ence not a single case Of theft has
occurred within it's borders. Case
line gypsies" and motordOm'S undo
sirables shun the National Capital
camp because of the strict rules and
police surveillance.
There are 20 cabins and cottages
now in service at the tourist camp
as we'll as innumerable tents and sites
covering six special sections, for the
use of the automobile travellers. Each
cottage is 8 by II feet in floor dimen
sions, and contains two steel cots with
mattresses and covers, one table, one
shelf and an oil lamp. The campers
provide their bedding. The door and
window of a cabin are screened. A
community laundry, with tubs, ironing
boards and a constant supply of hot
and cold water is provided for the
use of the tourists. Many carry cleo
trio irons, while Uncle Sam rents irons
to those who do not bring such equip
ment, for % cents day.
There is a community building OF
stucco and concrete furnished with
wicker chairs, tables and settees which
will accommodate $50 visitors. A
five-tube radio set provided by the
Government for the entertainment OF
the tourists IS III operation WHelleNcl
ether entertainment is ION the air.
Commodious lighthouses with hot
and cold showers are also popular with
the campers and vacationists from al
parts of the country.
The capacity of the Washington
tourist camp is $50 cars and 1,4Ol
campers. During the Lindbergh ceie
bration, more than 1000 tourists
whose cars carried the tags of AZ
different States made their head
quarters at the local camp. The tent
city has been taxed to. full capacity
during several conventions and dem
onstrations. Even the playground fol-
the children, provided with seesaws
swings and slides, has been filled tc
overlooking on such occasions.
Although stone and concrete fire
places are not provided and there is
Government ban on the use of oper
fires, most of the visiting motorists
prepare two meals daily. They carry
portable folding gasoline stoves fol
cooking purposes. Some Of them use
electric grills, getting their power
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and is lucky, he secures the use of
the miniature houses. They, how
ever, are in greatest demand and are
usually all taken by early afternoon.
If he cannot secure a cottage, the
visitor rents camping space, if he car
ries a tent, or else rents one of the
Government tents already pitched and
available for immediate occupancy.
The rate for one automobile and tent
space is SO cents a night. If the mo-
torist rents a cabin, he pays $3.50 for
"a hours, q half dollar for his car and
81 for the one-room cottage. All pay
ments, by either the day or week, are
made in advance. Formerly the time
limit that any tourist could remain
in the camp was two weeks. This
Spring it was increased. by order of
Col. L. S. Grant, in charge of the
office of public buildings and grounds,
to one month.
ON enrolling at the Washington
~ tent city each motorist is re-
quired to give his license number,
make of car, name of head of party,
home address and number in party.
He is assigned to a cottage or tent
site in a certain section, much in the
same manner as a traveller is given a
certain room at hotel. The tent
city day begins at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. One days rental extends
to the same hour on the following
day. For obvious reasons, residents
of the District of Columbia are pro-
hibited admission to the local tourist
camp. 1t is designed and operated
exclusively for the use of out-of.town
motorists.
On certain occasions vigorous OBJ.
jections have been filed to the pres.
ence of a modern and model tourist
camp on Government land close to
the heart of our National City. 1t
would require critical discernment to
discover faults or flaws in the local
camp as now operated.
Ornamental trees and shrubbery
border the fenced Enclosure of 20
acres and screen the area so effec.
lively that the average passer-by
would never notice the tent city unless
he was looking for it. The camp is
protected by the United States park
police, and in the five years of exist
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their return trips to their homes IN
New York, Michigan, Indiana, Maine,
Vermont-and where not.
y * x x
WASHINGTON'S tent city is popu-
w lar because of it's facilities, po-
lice protection, sanitation and attrac-
tive surroundings. Tourists from
everywhere in this country who pass
through the National Capital follow
the tips of more experienced motor
lists and stop as long as possible in
the Government camp. Swept by cool
ing breezes from the Potomac, set
down amidst a wealth of verdure.
with excellent facilities for golf, base
ball, tennis, fishing, bathing, boat
ing and sightseeing close at hand, the
East oPtomac Park camp is a mecca
Of cross country travel. Here 'Tentlng
Tonight in the Tourist Camy" may be
chanted in chorus under most ideal
conditions.
Our National Capital as n magnet
lures a high percentage of the 23,O0O.-
900 pleasure automobiles, busseS and
camp cars now in use. Washington
is the goal of more Summer motoring
tours than any other city in the
United States. The idea and ideal of
ii SOIie IllIlS u lp W w = va
is inculcated in every child's heart
during his or her school days. The
automobile more than any other form
Of transportation has Matched these
cherished castles in Spain" into ac-
Qualities.
The more automobiles there are in
circulation-or rather in locomotion--
the greater the horseless travel to
Washington. The yearly summaries
at the Washington tourist camp con
! firm this statement. The motor mi
grafton to the latitude of the popu
| lar Potomac is increasing steadily in
pace with Americas yearly increase
in the use Of automobiles.
| The roster of the visiting autoists
! is international. This is.noted in scan
ming the records of recent regstra
ions from Cape Town, Balboa, Havana
| Honolulu, Australian ports and all the
+ leading cities of Canada. Some of the
! foreign motorists ship their cars tC
the United States and spend many
months in touring the New World
Others purchase new cars in this
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from storage batteries which they
carry as a part of their camping
equipment.
Some of the miniature "homes on
wheels" which tarry for a few days
within full view of the Goddess Of
Freedom, perched on top of the
Capitol dome, are portable palaces
equipped with every luxury. comfort
and convenience. Some of these cars
privately built on special order have
cost from $4,000 to $4,000 apiece.
They are equipped with electric lights,
refrigeration, shower baths, berths. ar
tiflclal heating systems and countless
lockers, drawers and storages. Some
have rear observation porches where
the family may sit in ease and COM
fort while daddy" or the chauffeur
drives the car. These palatial camp
cars accommodate a family of four in
comfort
Recently prominent New York City
architect spent several days in the
Washington camp. He travelled and
lived in a motorized house which had
cost him $4,000. He was on his way
to Monticello. the historic home of
Thomas Jefferson, where he intended
to spend some time studying the Co.
lonlal architecture of that famous
building and the neighboring country
side.
X X X r
THE Washington tourist camp is
operated under the auspices Of the
, Welfare and Recreational Association,
incorporates, of the Office of Public
Buildings and Public Parks. Capt. M.
II. Parsons is the general manager Of
this organization, which functions as
subsidiary to the activities of Col.
U. S. Grants establishment. F. f.
Schultz is the active manager of the
tent city.
The camp runs complete commits
sary in the form of a retail grocery
where provisions are sold at city
prices, while 1t also maintains a gaso-
line and oil station. A concrete wash
stand is provided for the use of any
of the tourists who wish. to wash their
cars.
The Government auto camp Is self
| supporting, and during the last year
has bHen operated at small profit
Uncle Sam aspires to break even