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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
Universal Auto Five, Leader
In League, Has a Star Group

7 UNIVERSAL Auto Co. Ford
quint, which is heading the
| Ford Dealers callers b, Basket Ike - Ball sd
feated, is a combination of
stalwarr tossers. In the group. with
others, are Hall, formerly of the Uni
versity of Maryland; Altemus, who is
a Penn product and Jimmy Lemon
and Dick and Bob Newly, all of whom
went to Princeton. Dalglish, Mac
donald, Nichols and Cummings are
other clever players on the roster.
In their latest test the Universal
five. with Lemon starring, routed Dis
trict National Bank tossers, 80 to Z.
American Railway Express bas,
keters meet the Baltimore & Ohio
quint from Baltimore tomorrow night
in the Terminal Y gym.
In the Baptist Young Peoples
Union League last night Kendall de
feated Bethany. 10 to s; West Wash
irgton swamped Chevy Chase, 81 to 8,
and Second routed East Washington
Heights SO to 2.
Skeets O'DoDnell, former Catholic
University player. has been signed by
the Original Holman Wonder Five,
now being reorganiZed.
WintOn A. c. cOurtmen defeated
Eastern Props, Is to u.
R0amer A. c. tOSsers took a 24-to-16
fall out of Walter Reed.
In Washington Amateur League
games tonight at the Central Y.
Clovers ard Y. NJ. c. A. and District
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PUNCH USEFUL
TO GRIFFS, AYERS HARRIS

he will do his part toward checking
another headlong rush to the top by
the Yankee battering-ram. Like most
of the other American League men,
Harris is bending every effort to
strengthen his club and make 1t more
of a contest than it was last season
Bucky. however has been in too many
tough spots" to be stampeded by the
Yankee menace.
"We stopped 'em before. Why can't
we do it AGAIN." seems to summarize
his attitude.
If Foster Camel, Southern Associa-
ton recruit, measures up to the form
he showed last season, Harris expects
to have one of the hardest hitting out
fields in the game. Camel walloped
the ball around the 400 mark in his
few trials, and may give Sam Rice a
battle for regular post in the outer
works with Speaker and Goose Goslin.
Despite their age and seemingly
waning powers, Dutch Ruether and
Bob Shawkey. veteran twirlers, may
be badly missed by the Yankees in
another campaign. Harris thinks.
"The Yankees have some good new
corners. Harris admitted, especially in
Pipgras. "A real star, but they will miss
Bob and Dutch. They are old hands,
but mighty valuable in a tough cam
paign."
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"BERE may be something to
this business of operating a
bowling league under handi-
Il cap system, but of this Presi-
dent Frank S. Harris of the
North Washington Church League re
mains to be convinced. II see no rea-
soE for having handicaps in my cir
cult. or any other" Harris declares.
land would like to enter into a debate
with some of the proponents of such
system. Perhaps handicapping has its
fine points. but must be shown"
Harris heads hnstling aggregation
in the North Washington loop, and
perhaps competition in his organiza-
ton has been so keen that this bust
ness of handicapping appears foolish
to the bowlers IN it. Right now I
of the 10 teams of the circuit are very
much in the running for top laurels
and only one of the remaining teams
seems hopelessly out of the chase.
1t has been mentioned to Harris
that handicapping in all sports is ira
ditional. In many instances only
such system could bring about a
real contest. However, President
Harris insists that in bowling as in
the more serious matters of life a
man should stand on his own, soaring
to success If he possesses the ability
or suffering the buffets of fate.
And he is ready to null over the
matter with those who favor handicap
ping. 1t seems there's a chance for
fine argument here.
Internal Revenue League bowIers
had stirring time last night on the
King Pin drives. Perhaps the most
interesting event of the evening was
the coming-out party staged by the
Personal AuGlt team. This quint,
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PIERCE SOCCERISTS
WIN SERIES OPENER

series of three to determine the mu-
nicipal playground departments ele-
mentary school senior soccer cham
pionship series by vanquishing Park
View, to 0, yesterday. The score
came in the last minute of a game that
required an extra period. The second
tilt will be played tomorrow on Plaza
Playground at $3.50 o'clock.
Gage School. Bloomingdale division
champion, yesterday won the Western
section junior soccer title, banking
Park View, to O.. Gage was to tackle
Peabody, Eastern section title holder,
this afternoon on Plaza Playground in
the first of a three.game series for
the city Junior crown.
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MAJORS DEBATING
MINOR DRAFT PACT
Modified Code Approved by
Little Leagues Before
Joint Meeting.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, December Is
N Passing through their annual
VI meeting without the least
4 sign of discord, the National
and American Leagues turned
to their joint meeting here today to
consider the draft pact sponsored by
the minor leagues.
The resolution before the joint meet
ing as passed by the National Associa-
ton of Base Ball Leagues at Dallas
instructed the secretary not to record
any assignment of contracts "or any
other papers or instruments" wherein
a major league club reserves the right
to draft such player, thus assigned to
any of the clubs in the five leagues
affected.
The modified draft resolution con.
Germs the International League, Amer
lean Association, Pacific Coast, West
ern and Three-Eye Leagues. The
secretary also was instructed not to
record contract made in pursuance
to or by reason Of the modified draft.
The resolution declares that the
three class AA leagues and the West.
ern and the Three-Eye entered the
agreement commonly known as the
modified draft" without presenting the
agreement to the association for it's
approval.
See Old Pact Violated.
The modified draft was declared to
violate the letter and the spirit of the
majorminor agreement and the rules
of the national association.
In the resolution, the leagues were
directed and ordered to refrain
henc, forth from entering into any
such dealings in conflict with the
major-minor agreement or the rules
and regulations of the association
without first securing it's consent and
approval"
After conference between Commits
sloner keneSaW NJ. Lands and repre-.
sentatiVes of the minors. it was an
nounced that the draft problem would
go over to the joint meeting today
The minor leagues are represented by
John II. Farrell, secretary of the Ma
tional Association of Professional Base
Ball Leagues; II. j. Weisman. presi-
dent of the Eastern League. and w. G.
Branham, president of the South At.
lantic Associa ton, Piedmont and Vir-
GINA Leagues.
COmisXey Again Director.
The American League meeting yes
terday was confined to routine mat
tiers with the 1927 pennant officially
conferred upon the New York Yankees.
President f. S. Barnard was formally
installed in office, Frank Navin. of
Detroit, was chosen vice president and
Charles Comiskey. president of the
Chicago club. was elected to the board
Of directors. along with Alva Bradley.
new head of the Cleveland Indians:
Jacob Rupert of New York and Rob
ert Quinn of Boston.
Comiskey's return to the board was
due to the absence of Ban Johnson,
retired American League president.
who was Comiskey's bitter opponent.
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ON THE SIDE LINES
With the Sports Editor
=Bv DENMAN THOMPSON

YEW the Nationals have George
Sis in addition Joe Judge the question naturally arises what
" they to do with basement"
Washmgon saga board replies that both OF them may
Judge will be disposed Of the
only question about that being where and how $500
There possibility that deal with the Chicago White Sox may be
obtaining Bib Fk who said be bad with Owner Consky
of the Windy City
Bucky Knows o. No Santa Claus
Stanley Harris and Ray Scak pilots both have had their heads
gathered
Monday the that Bucky had offered both
Judge and Sam Rice exchange for the Chicago efeder
turned down
quzzd the Bucky
serted that the Washington club concerned there Santa
Claus.
But for jam market pur-
chase being through yesterday Washington might do business
with Cleveland Judge that something that
will develop Billy Evans had chance cool off
Doube-crossed Evans Feels
The general manager plan rugged
Washington exchange Sise Billy
ST. Louis and according him. accepted everything
all set Then Clark Griffith shared Sser for cash alone and Billy
well laid plans Topped.
dckerng to make
three affair and confident he had succeeded that
instead Of St. Louis
Evans figured he the works
for Judge and derive
by the knowledge that Washington left with suphuou
baSeman
Chance Tribe Remains.
The Nationals Cleveland Shaute the
southpaw singer with hitting propense believed they
would have been glad Catcher eileen Wyatt
performer Cleveland willing Walter Miller
orkhnded finger highly regarded base bali
headquarters the Capital
With Evans in the humor saw him. there is no
chance that he will talk business with Washington But the
Cleveland have been promised shakeup the
sumption OF pourparlers between the clubs
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National Guard and Wolff teams will
clash.
Mclean, Va, A. c. basketerS
pointed the way to Franklin-Sher
man High, 81 to II.
WOodsides nosed out Fort Wash
ington, Il to 90.
S. ID. Emery five bowed to Sena4
tors, p to 81.
Red Shields, who have the use of
a gym are after game with senior
team for Saturday. Call West S64
after 8 pm.
Epiphany Chapel tOssers downed
Wintons. 33 to IL.
Mount Vernon cOurtmen showed
the way to Columbias, 80 to %.
Yosemites fell easy prey to Sioux
basketers, 8 to SO.
Boys Club Hartford basketers, who
meet tonight at the Boys Club gym
at o'clock, are after games with tAs
Calvary Reds and the Jewish Cow
munity Center team in their class.
Battery G. National Guard, court.
men, who have the use of the Wash
ington Barracks gym, want games
with 130-140pound teams. Challenges
are being received at Franklin 1888.
w. between 6 and pm.
BALTIMORE, December 15.-Del
Strader, center, was last night elected
captain of the 1923 Johns Hopkins
DOT ball team.
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GEORGE STSLER.
NORTHWESTERN CHANGES
AS TO TWO-ELEVEN IDEA

CHICAGO, December Is CE).-North-
western University, one of the small
group of Western Conference schools
which frowned upon the two-team
foot ball plan promulgated by the Uni
versity of Michigan, now is inclined
to favor it.
Kenneth L. Tug Wilson, director
of athletics at Northwestern, Endorsed
the two-team scheme in a talk last
night. 1T would encourage more men
to take part in atheletics." he said.
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WILL BE TWO HOLDERS
OF FLYWEIGHT HONORS

TORONTO, Ontario December IS
P).-There will be two fyweight
champions Of the world next week.
Frenchy Belanger of Toronto battles
Ernie Jarvis of London for the title
vacated by F'idel La Barba next Mon
day. but he will not be universally ac-
claimed, as the New York State Ath.
letic Copnmission will recognize the
winner of the Newsboy Brown-Izzy
Schwartz fight in New York tomorrow
night as the champion.
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DEMPSEY STILL HOPING
TO REGAIN RING TITLE

NEW YORK, December Is up. -
Jack Dempsey plans to make another
effort to regain his heavyweight
crown from Gene Tunney next Sum-
mer.
Tex Richard said he had received a
telegram from Dempsey to that effect.
The promoter believes the former
champion still is the greatest drawing
card in the ring.
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By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, December 15.-The
supposition of base ball men
VI seems TO be that Washington,
4 now that it has obtained the
once peerless first sacker,
George Sisler, will come to a parting
of the ways with Iris Speaker, in
order to avoid having too many high
salaried veterans on the pay roll.
In fact, it has been somewhat gen.
orally predicted that Speaker would be
handed his release anyway, on the
theory that his usefulness and draw
ing powers had waned
Bucky Harris, however, not only fails
to share this point of view, but eX-
poets Speaker to roam the center field
reaches with his customary skill for
the Nationals next year. Since the
youthful pilot of the Nationals has a
f1rst,hand interest in the matter, his
attitude happens TO be more impor-
tant than that of the second gueessers.
The salary issue may be stumbling
block. Harris admits this. The Ma
tionals most likely will ask the Gray
Eagle" to take some reduction in his
pay check, in view of the circum-
stances involved, but even so it would
still be financially worth while for
Speaker to remain in the Capital, par
ticularly since there appears no other
opening for him just now.
Our chances of making st 'ong
bid for the pennant next year will be
much better with Speaker and Sisler
both adding their punch to the line
up" Harris declared today. Both
have a lot of good base ball left
1t is coincidence that the unofficial
American League averages show Sis.
Ter and Speaker finishing the 1927 sea.
son with identical batting marks-.327
considerably below their best years
but still good enough to put them in
side the first IL regulars.
Harris, as enthusiastic over the job
Of building up his club next year as he
was when he first piloted Washington
to a pennant, in 1924, feels confident
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KEATS rs REINSTATED.

MONTREAL. December Is GR-
Duke Keats Of the Detroit Cougars,
has been reinstated by President
Frank Calder of the National Hockey
League. Keats was indefinitely sus.
pended three weeks ago for swinging
his stick at an usher in a contest at
Chicago.
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MURCHISON IMPROVED
AND LIKELY TO RECOVER

DECATUR, H. December Is CP.--
The same stamina and endurance
which pulled Loren Murchison to
many victories on the cinder path is
staving off death. He is i'll with
cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Today, he was conscious, his tenn
perature the lowest it has been since
he was taken to a hospital, and his
physician expressed hope he would re-
cover.
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of SsIer Should Make Nationals Prominent in 1923 Flag Chase
Catholic u. TOssers, Winners
In Opener, Play Again Tonight

well. Vincent and Blanchard wero
chief scorers.
GaIIaudet c0urtmen are putting 4,
final ticks for their first game aeainst
Arnold College of Connecticut totnor.
row night in the gym at Kendau
Green. With Cosgrove and Dyer. for.
wards, heading their offense. Gallau.
Diet easily drubbed Eastern High 20
to 80, in a practice tilt yesterday In
the Eastern gym. Essex and Hogartb
accounted for half of the losers
points.
Catholic University also is down fl,
another game tomorrow night. It's
third engagement of the week vii
liam and Mary basketers are carded
to show their wares in the Brookland
gym.
Davis EIkins College courtmen will
meet George Washington here Febru.
arv 6 and have an engagement pend.
ing with Georgetown here February
I. the West Virginians' schedule, Just
announced, shows.
Louis 0KnOcIIyl Thomas, crack Uni.
versity of Maryland halfhack, who has
accepted an invitation to play with
the All-Southern team against an All
Pacific Coast eleven on December 26
at Los Angeles, leaves tonight to join
the party at Tuscaloosa, Ala, from
where the Western trek will begin.
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Fights Last Night

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, France.-Moise Bougillon
won French light heavyweight cham
pionship from Francois Charles ~.
MEANWHILE. Pa.-Joey Novack.
Pittsburgh. won from Johnny Kid
Blair. Utica, N. Y. Q0). Johnny Hahn,
Oil City. knocked out Billy Batey,
Utica az.
DIES MONIES, Iowa.-Johnny Mar
tin, Sioux Falls, S. D., won from Eddie
Dwyer. Ell Paso, Tex. Q0). Tony
Legouri. Des Moines, lightweight,
Knocked out Morrie Brown. Sioux
city 81.
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GAINS BIG CUE LEAD.

PHILADELPHIA, December Is Up.
Retention of the world three-cushion
billiard championship by Otto Rel
self, Philadelphia. appeared certain to-
day at the start of the fourth block
of his 300-point match with Allen Hall
OF st. Louis. With only two blocks of
so points each to play. the title holder
had a lead lof 50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
COLLEGE BASKET BALL.
GAME TONIGHT.

GAME TONIGHT.
Medical College of Virginia at Cath
Ole University, $3.50.
LAST NIGHTS SCORES.
Catholic University, 81; Baltimore
University, 81.
Lafayette, 80; Navy, %.
Morningside, Al; Agustana College,
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MORGAN TO RISK TITLE.

CHICAGO, December Is CP).-Tod
Morgan is expected to risk his world
junior lightweight title here late in
January in a match Jim Mullen is ar
ranging. Morgan's opponent will be
the winner of the Mike Dundee-Ray
Miller fight next Monday.
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DUKE CHOOSES HUNTER.

DURHAM. N. c., December IS Up.
Roy "Hunky" Hunter of Charlotte.
varsity center for the past two years,
has been elected captain of the Duke
foot ball eleven for 1928.
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TORONTO BUYS PLAYER.

OMAHA. Nebr., December Is CP.-
Joe Rabbit. outfielder of the Oma ha
club of the Western League during
the 1927 season. has been sold to the
Toronto Interna tional League club.
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GRIDDERS SEEK GAME.

Friendship Athletic Club. 135pound
gridironers, are after a game for Sun
day and will consider an 150-pound
opponent. Call Manager Cole at Lin.
colin 61E.I
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ANOTHER SIX-DAY GRIND.

CHICAGO. December IS (R.-The
second siX-day bicycle race of the sea-
son and the nineteenth international
affair will be held in the Coliseum,
starting January 7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
HEADS TRAPSH0OTERS.

DAYTON, Ohio, December Is GP.-
Isaac Andrews, Spartanburg. S. c.,
has been elected president of the ANA.
teur Trap Shooting Association.
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EVANSVILLE GIRLS PLAY.

Hyattsville, Md. High School girl
hasketers go to Frederick tomorrow to
meet the fair quint representing the
high school in that city. 1t will be
Hyattsville's first game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15

15-Now that the Nationals have Oeore
addition Judge naturally wv
VI they going 10 do with two first basement?
Wash strat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15

BALTIMORE, December 15.-Del
Strader, center, was last night elected
captain of the 1928 Johns Hopkins
Dot ball team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15

MERE may be something to
this business of operating a
bowling league under handi-
.-1rotnrnn hut c,R AI,t- D.-o.i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

inquired me price.
The lady ia charge Informed her
and. at the same time, suggested that
the slippers were constructed for
smaller feet than those of the col
ored woman.
Well. the colored woman didn't
want them to wear: in fact, she SIM
ply wanted one Of the slippers.
"Why, one of them cannot possibly
be of any use to you" she was told.
Nevertheless, the visitor insisted
that one slipper would be suf1cleht
for her needs. and asked if she might
purchase it. Yes, she might have one
of the slippers for cents.
The curiosity of the women IN
charge of the sale was so aroused
that they could not refrain from ask
ing not only what in the world she
was going to do with slipper too
small for her, but why she did not
want the pair. They were not long
in receiving an answer. Giggling be-
hind her hand, the colored woman
said:
nice sticking out under the bed.
X X x x
Washington frat houses are source
of amusing yarns and sometimes
fabulous tales This one sounds so
reasonable that we shall print It.
one of the members Of certain
frat has more social ambitions than
4be means with which TO satisfy them.
Likewise, he is known as dashine
I.othar!o among a group OF estlmab!e
girls.
Like all youths, he likes TO be merry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25
Household Culture of the Cri.

Nobody knows what anybody has
not got when anybody pretends or
imagines he has just a cold" 1t re-
qtIiroS a day or two for the illness
or indSpoSition 10 develop sufficiently
to he recognizable. 1t may be c0ryza.
tonsilltis. simple sore throat. bron-
chitis. pneumonia. diphtheria. iniiu.
enza. infantiIe paralysis, epidemic
meningitis. scarlet fever. measles or
any Of dozen other respiratory in
fectlons Then. again, 1t may be a
non.infectious condition, such as hay
fever, asthma hvpersthetic rhinitis or
chemical or drug reaction merely.
or an occupational reaction. or a me,
chaniCal eXacerhation of SNme non
communicable chronic disease condi.
ton. But. | repeat nobody knows
when this sort of illness or indIsposi.
ton or reaction begins Just what ails
the victim.
Everybody. nearly, prefers to gam
bic on it, though. At least most Of
us are ready and willing to gamble on
ii when We happen to be the one with
the cri. We like to jolly ourselves
along with the assurance or hope
| that it is not going to amount to
anything very serious. and we reluct
exceedingly to follow the golden rule
as we would have our neighbors do
when they're dveloping cri. We pre-
fer 10 keep on at school or at work
and let all who come within our range
take their chances without any warn
ing from us.
Even among our loved ores at home
this Same f1outing of the golden rule
of hygiene is the custom. Here the
motive is not wholly selfishness, but
largely ignorance Surely if a mem
Der of the family knows he is develop
ing, say. dphtheria or infantile paraly-
sis, he would not deliberately ap-
proach other members of the family
or permit them to approach him
if he knew he had diptheria or in
fantile paralysis. SO far as we know
today. is not more communicable nor
Is it spread in other ways than is any
other form of cri. Therefore the en-.
lightened individual with cri must con.
duct himself precisely in the same
manner in every instance as he would
if he knew he had diphtheria or in
fantue paralysis. Surely no one
wishes to give even the simplest
cOryZa or sore throat to other men,
bers of his own family-whatever may
be the depth of depravity in his con-
duct toward the general public when
he has the cri.
Our public health administrators
are still busying themselves in a vain
endeavOr to discover some scientific
evidence to support their notion that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY. NJ. ID.

some alleged colds" are not commun-
icahle and hence that the layman may
fairly exercise his own discretion
about isOlating himself when he pur-
ports to have such an illness or in.
disposition. This. | maintain. is
fatal policy for the health authorities
TO pursue. and as long as they cling
to il there ca he no progress made to-
ward the prevention Of the respiratory
infections. which. as he health author
tiles assure us. cause about three.
tourths of all the illness doctors at.
tend
Based on orr present knowledge and
understanding of these respirat tory in.
fections this clear and explicit asser.
ton is warranted A person with cri
word coined from initial letters of
common respiratory infection may
spread the infection 10 those within
range only through the secretions or
discharges from his nose or throat,
and is unlikely to infect others if he
wears mask over nose and mouth,
or f2) does not Sneeze. cough or talk
without such covering over nose and
mouth.