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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
ID. c. Men in Tourney.

The Washington players who have
been assigned places in the medal
round are Mackenzie and Voigt; Mil
Ter B. STEVENSON Of Columbia, Page
Hufty of Congressional; Guy NJ. STAN
differ of Columbia, and A. L. Houghton
Of Manor.
In addition Maurice j. Mccarthy,
who is junior member Of the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club, and
who defeated Max r. Marston in the
first round of the championship last
year. is to be a starter, -1cCarthy is a
student at Georgetown University
and already has won five tournaments
this year.
Although George Won Elm holds the
amateur championship. the ranking
committe of the United States Golf
Association placed Robert Tyre Jones.
jr., first on the ranking list. The com.
mittee gave no reason for it's arbitrary
action, for custom demands that the
amateur champion be placed first on
the list. Undoubtedly Jones splendid
record earned him first place. even
though he lost to Won Elm in the anna
teur championship final last year.
when he was the holder of the Ameri-
can and British open championships.
In addition. and despite the fact that
he lost his American open title last
June, he annexed the British open
championship a few weeks ago at St.
Andrews.
Jess Sweetser Of New York. last
years British amateur title holder, is
ranked third to Won Elm and Jones,
although Sweetser will not play in the
amateur this year. One newcomer
Bon Stein Of Seattle-appears on the
ranking list. Stein won the Western
amateur title on the Pacific Coast a
. few weeks ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
LONG SCENE OF REGATTA.

Eight-oared shell racing has been
held on the Hudson River over the
Poughkeepsie-H Highland course since
1895. The course was selected by the
Intercollegiate Rowing Association,
which at that time was composed of
Columbia. Cornell and Pennsylvania.
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By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 9.-The
United States Golf Association has
placed Bobby Jones at No. 1 in it's
amateur ranking for the 1927 season,
one notch ahead of George Won Elm
of Los Angeles, the national amateur
| titleholder.
Although Won Elm defeated Jones
last year for the title, and /, Bobby's
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STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

| Mrs. H. Bell and Mary Wolf of the
Maryland Country Club were shaken
up in the accident. Miss Wolf re-
ceived a sprained ankle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

st. Mary's Celtics have hard games
scheduled for the coming week end.
Saturday the Southern Railway Co.
of Washington will bring it's team
here and the second game of the
series with the Alexandria. Bancroft
4 Washington Rapid Transit Co. will
De played Sunday. Celtics lost the
first to the Transitmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

"RED MCLEOD, Columbia Coun-
l. try Club professional, paired
with j. B. Murphy, a Columbia
i amateur, to tie for second place
in the amateur professional
event played yesterday at the Foun-
tain Head Country Club at Hagers.
town, Nd Mcleod and Murphy fin
ished all even with par in the compe.
tition. in which Charles p. Betschler
and Donald McPhail of the Maryland
Country Club tied with Carl K. Stone
breaker and Jimmie Donnachie of
Hagerstown for first place. Both had
cards of 20, and finished l up on par,
while Mcleod and Murphy had cards
Of II.
John c. Shorey, amateur of Argyle,
and Mel Shorey, professional, of East
Potomac Park, finished in fifth place,
2 down to par. in a tie with Charles
NJ. Mackall and Robert T. Barnett,
amateur pro-combination from Chevy
| Chase. l.. V. Freudberg and r. Cliff
McKimmie, another Washington anna
teur REORGANIZATION, finished down
| to par, while a team from the Town
and Country Club, composed of Morris
Simon and Arthur Is. Thorn, finished
down.
Mcleod and Murphy came to the
par last hole needing a birdie to
tie for first place. Mcleod missed a
| 10-foot putt for a bird, while both
Stonebreaker and Donnachie, playing
in the same foursome, holed longer
puts.
Mrs. III. A. Knox won the qualify.
ing round Of the miniature tourna-
ment played at the Beaver Dam Club
yesterday and then won the first
| flight. She scored 81 in the six.hole
medal round. and defeated Helen Fay
of Manor up in the final.
Other flights were won as follows:
Second flight-Mrs. Herman Stabler,
Columbia, defeated Charlotte Spence.
Beaver Dam, 4 and 3.
Third fight-Mrs. S. Gross, Indian
Spring, defeated Mrs. Evans Jones,
Beaver Dam, = up.
Effie BOwes, former Maryland State
women's titleholder, is recovering
from slight injuries and shock re.
ceiVed Saturday in an automobile
accident while she and several other
woman players were returning from
an exhibition match at the Forest
Greens Country Club, near Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

Three OF the greatest pugilists Of
their time. Jack McAuliffe, Jack
Dempsey Ohe NonpareiD and Kid La.
vigne, were coopers by trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

Pirate Clubmen whipped the Junior
Citizens, II to 2, in an Alexandria
Junior Base Ball League contest. while
the May1ower Athletic Club made an
inauspicious debut by FORGETTING to st.
Mary'S Juniors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

The series for the Alexandria Fire
Department title is now tied, with Co
lumbia Engine Co. and No. Motor
Co.. each having won one game and
lost one. Columbia suffered a 4-to-3
trouncing Sunday after it had won the
first contest in rather easy fashion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

w YITH six golfers from clubs
around the Capital SEIZED
wv uled to start in the quail
flying round of the nationa
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flying round of the national
amateur championship at
Minneapolis on August %. and another
whose home is here in the winter
among the starters, Washington Is sure
of adequate representation in the big
field which will leave the first tee two
weeks hence in chase of George Won
Elm's amateur championship crown.
Announcing the pairings for the quail
flying round, the United States Golf
Association at the same time disclos-
ed that the two leading players of
the city-Roland r. Mackenzie and
George J. Voigt-have been placed on
the official ranking list Of the associa-
ton.
Mackenzie Is ranked in the first
ten-the group of men who will be
seeded in the draw for the amateur
championship after the medal round.
Voigt is placed in the second ten In
an arbitrary group whose names
have been ranked alphabetically. with
out regard to their records. Mac
kenzie is tenth on the list in the first
group, while Voigt might be any
where in the second group, which in.
cludes three former national cham.
MONS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

Throughout the United States there
are nearly 1000 golf clubs that own
property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
ALEXANDRIA GOLFERS
SET PACE IN LEAGUE

ALEXANDRIA, Va, August o.
Belle Haven Country Club has re-
gained the lead in the fight for the
championship of the Tri-State Golf AS.
ISOLATION. The standings released by
Gardiner L. Boothe, I'd. official scorer,
shows the locals have IS points. Foun-
tain Head Country Club of Hagers-
town is second with 81 and Opequan
Country Club of Martinsburg, w. Va,
third with As; Winchester Country
Club of Winchester, Va, is fourth
with 471z, followed by Catoctin Coun-
try Club of Frederick with 421s and
Blue Ridge Country Club of Boyce,
Va, with 37R
Belle Haven reached the top by scor-
ing 1712 points in it's victory over the
Winchester club, while Fountain Head
which had led by three points, scored
only 10 against IA for Catoctin.
The annual benefit ball game be
TWEEN the Odd Fellows and Masons will
be played in Dreadnaught Park tomor.
row at o'clock. Proceeds will be
turned over to the orphans home of
the two orders. Nick Altrock and Wal
ter Johnson of the Washington Ameri-
can League team will officiate.
Johnny Travers' Sluggers defeated
Mohawk Midgets. to 4. here yester-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

Johnny Travers' Sluggers defeated
Mohawk Midgets. to 4. here yester-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
RANKINGS OF LEADERS
IN AMATEUR GOLFDOM
First Ten.

Second Ten.
Arranged Alphabetically.
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YOUTHFUL PLANE BUILDER
 SHOWS SKILL MEMPHIS

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15. R)- Ernest Haeusslein, F, is going to Memphis, Tenn, next month to show in the National Competition what the youth of California are doing for the development of aviation. He won the trip in a contest of flying airplane models held at Golden Gate Park. His craft kept in the air longer than any other of the 50 contestants.
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WONDERFUL sPEc|MENs. SHEEP HEADS PROCURED
 BY N. [. SAVER, INTERIOR

Having the rare treat of viewing a herd of 10000 caribou, and bagging a couple Of the finest~ ~specmens of sheep heads ever seen by oldtimers and sportsmen, M. E. Sayre, of Santa Monica, Calif., arrived in Seward last evening from Fairbanks.
 He has been hunting in the Riley and Jarvis districts in the Interior and among the trophies brought out by MT. Sayre are two pretty sheep heads, one of which is considered exceptional. The larger has 15h inch base, curl of 421a inches and spread of 25h inches. The horns are perfect to the very tips. The smaller, head is well above the aver age. He is shipping the heads to Rochester, New York for mounting.
 MT. Sayre spent several weeks in the game district guided by Henry
 tock. He plans to return next year for a longer hunt, tis stated. Last year MT. Sayre was a member of the Church party on the yacht Westward.
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AGED CALIFORNIA
 COUPLE MAY MARRY

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15. P)- Gavin Walker Hutchins of Oakland is 87 years old and has two children 60 years old but he is considering matri- mony despite the children's objections His bride to be is 68. My children say I am too old but I am not to old to be lonely and neither is Clara His wife, died about two years ago.
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DISCOVERING ALASKA REINDEER

Alaska has resources of course and the daies of the big cities just discovering that the Alaska reindeer is to be put This does not that he is to be canned in the slangy sense and turned out of his ob The reindeer meat has long been shipped to the markets in the States both dried and fresh but is to be canned and sent all the world canning plant capable of handling 10000 has been shipped to Alaska from Seattle and this is the beginning of what promises to be an important industry in the north.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15

Getting your in the papers isn't half as danger ous as getting your name on some papers.
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cHAPERoN RUM RUNNERS

SEATTLE, Sept 15. R-Captain Berry, commanding the U. s. Coast Guard forces in this district. today announced that the snohomish of Seattle has relieved the Cahokia as chaperon for the rum ship Noble which is heading for Canadian waters
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15
PILOT PANCAKES ONTO
 GOLDEN GATE HARBOR

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14. R)- Pilot James L. Rutledge pancaked on- to San Francisco Bay today when his air mail plane was crippled after strik- ing the mast of a small boat. He was rescued by a Chamber of Com merce launch and the plane with it's mail cargo was lowed to Crissy Field.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15

A great many people worry more over what others may think of them than what they may think themselves
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Mussolini is bold man, alright but he hasn't forbid den lip sticks yet.
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Those bombs of the anarchists were booms for their supremacy.
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E. W. HOWE.

Miss Ruth Skibinski of St. Petersburg, Fla, asked strange young man, Palmer Riggs to take her downtown in the car he driving. Accommodating, he compiled police station Then she had him arrested the had been stolen from her few days before.
 Those bombs of the anarchists anything but booms for their supremacy.
 visitor in Seward remarks the history of any coun try is written on it's check stubs
 Mussoni is bold man, alright but he hasn't forbid den lip sticks yet.
 great many people worry over what others may think of them than what they may think themselves
 The Hopi Indians prayed for rain and got it. This ought to ente their chief to be chrstened Sitting Co., getter"
 Getting your in the papers isn't half danger ous as getting your name on some papers.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15

A visitor in Seward remarks the history of any try is written on it's check stubs.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15

The s. s. Alaska was due to arrive at Cordova at noon today, Westbound, according to the local office. Satur- day morning is the time looked for the vessel to arrive in Seward.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15

159.986 acres, Situate Latitude 57 deg. 43 min. 43 sec. N, Longitude 152 deg. 28 min. 05 sec. w and said final proof is now in the files of the ID. s. Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, and if 10 protest is filed in the said !. s. Land Office at Anch- orage, Alaska within the period of publication or within thirty days thereafter, said final proof w e accepted and final certificate issued.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. Date of first publication Sept. 3, 1927. Date of last publication Nov. 12, 1927.
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
First railway opened in Great Britain )183O

If you succeed in fe you must do it in spite of the eff forts of others to pull you down. There is nothing in the idea that people willing to help those who help them selves. People willing to help who can't help himself, but is able to help himself, and does it, they join in making his life uncomfortable possible.
 E. w. HOWE.
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SUBMITTING FINAL
 PROOF

Anchorage, Alaska, July 18th, 1927.
 Notice is hereby given that Horace Samuel Albert, entryman, together with his witnesses Zeph T. Halferty and Karl Armstrong, all of Kodiak, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead entry, Serial No. 05546 for the land included in Non Mineral, U. s. Survey No. 1464, containing
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-15
FLYERS TUNING UP

SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. 15. P)- The flyers are tuning up for the air derby from Spokane to New York City September g.
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Canning peaches S2.OO a crate. P. c. McMullen.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES. ScHALLER- ER'S ALASKA SHOP
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30

Trying to exhibit ones democracy
doesn't necessarily require hypocrisy
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
Res;rncras Once Cioshcd

The twin regiments OF the Span
ish-American war, the First Georgia
and the Thirty-frs;t Michigan, were at
one time on the verge Of a pitched
battle, according to w. l.. Grayson of
Savannah, senior commander in chief
of the United Spanish War Veterans.
The trouble began when the band of
the Michigan regiment marched
through the camp at Chickamauga
park playing Marching Through
Georgia. Grayson related. The Geor-
gia men were restrained by their Off
GERS with difficulty and finally decided
on an unique retaliation. The next
morning, after a hasty night rehearsal
of an unfamiliar selection, the Georgia
band marched on the parade ground
Justify playing the hated Marching
Through Georgia. Detroit News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
Matinees Looked Upon
as Wrong Innovation,

Matinees originated at Astley's the
alter, London, during the season OF
1853. Then they really were as the
name signifies, morning perform
ances" much to the horror of old
fashioned playgoers. The time was
modified to afternoon but Thalia still
was shocked.
Critics assailed the innovation with
q vim. John Oxenford, stage reviewer
for the London Times, declared that
afternoon performances will lower the
place. to the standards of penny
gaff," but despite attacks the daylight
performances prospered and in time
became a recognized institution.
Astley's had been acquired in that
year by Dion Boucicault, father of
the actor of the same name, after
resigning the management of the Win
ter garden in New York. He was a
pioneer in the matter of more COM
Portable and attractive theaters, which
in those days were mostly dingy,
dirty, insanitary and disseminated
Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
Address Richmond Chemical Compan!
Silver Spring, Maryland
Barley Before Wheat

Barley has been cultivated longer
than wheat, as far as evidence now
in hand indicates. In the Journal OF
Heredity, DR.. 0. +. Cook, Of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
discusses the researches of an Eng
lsh scientist. Prof G.. Elliott Smith.
who has been examining the remains
of grain found associated with the
mummies of the most ancient times
in Egypt-frequently inside them. In
these oldest mummies, the grain is al
ways barley, never wheat, whence the
conclusion is drawn the Egyptians
knew barley long before they cult,
waited wheat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
Answers No. IL

IAN English ecclesiastical his
torian of the Seventh and Eighth GEN.
turtles.
2-Calcutta.
3-The fact that he never smiles.
4Uhle of Cleveland.
5-Maj John Andre
6-Isaac Hull.
George Westinghouse.
S-Four, two auricles or receiving
chambers and two ventricles or driv-
ing chambers.
9--No; an Olympiad was the period
from one Olympian festival to the
next.
10-God is incorporeal, divine, SUI
preme, infinite Mind, Spirit. Soul,
Principle, Life, Truth, Love.
Ito protest against the order for
the scrapping of the frigate Constitu-
ton.
12-Ecuador.
13-Easter island.
14-Paderewski.
15-George Cruikshank.
16-Old Rosebud won it in 2 :03 2-5.
17-Constitution.
18-Zachary Taylor, in the Mexican
war.
19-Lord Lister.
20-Helps them to avoid enemies,
find food, recognize kin and discover
mates.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30

Be good to one another and your
religion will almost take care of itself
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
Agents Wanted Big Profits
Sister Strangely Found

Issack Baskowitz's eyes were at
tracted to the likeness Of pretty
girl on calendar in a Dallas (TeSas)
office. He was amazed at the re-
.semblance to a younger sister from
whom he was separated in Russia ten
years ago. Baskowitz communicated
with the photographer of the calendar
and learned that the subject was none
other than his sister Gertrude, who
Is now eighteen years old. He left
for New York for reunion with the
girl.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
Connecticut Got Bargain

Connecticut takes pride in owning
a 100000 Stuart portrait of George
Washington today because it was
willing to accept a painting rejected
by another state. When the great
artist, commissioned by South Caro-
lima to paint the picture, turned 1t
in, it was a portrait of President
Washington. South Carolina wanted
one of General Washington or none.
Connecticut bought the picture for
$1,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
What's the
Answer ..,,,..,,..


What United States ship won
famous victory over what French war
ship and when?
2-What American leader in the
Revolution was named the Swamp
Fox?
3-Who invented the cotton gin?
4-What date did Charlie Robert
son pitch his no-hit game against De-
troit?
5-What actor, critical disputes
Notwithstanding, lives in the tradi-
tions of the stage and of theater-gOers
as the greatest America ever has pro-
duced?
6-What city of the British empire
is known as the Modern Athens?
What great historical work had
to be rewritten because the manu-
script was accidentally burned?
8-What are the most interesting
and attractive of the ungulates of the
Asiatic steppes?
9-Is this sentence correct Eng
fish: "She could tell by the sound of
the engine they were going slower?
10-What is the meaning of Lamb
of Cod?
11-What led Bryon to write "Eng-
fish Bards and Scotch Reviewers?
12-Who was the American COM
mander at the battle of Bennington?
13-Who was the British governor
of Virginia at the outbreak of the
Revolution?
14-Who invented the photograph?
15-Who is champion British wom-
an golfer?
1G-What modern French painter
helped to found and he's been the chief
influence upon the impressionistic
school?
1T-What great pianist, an especial
favorite in America, made his first WIS.,
1t to this country as an infant prodigy
and had his tour interrupted by the
Society for Prevention Of Cruelty to
Children?
1S-What river is the largest Chi
nese waterway?
1910 what region is the mountain
beaver restricted?
20-What is wrong with this SEN
tence: Il like those sort of people,?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
Fine China Collection

A famous English firm of china
manufacturers possesses samples of
all the various kinds of china they
have manufactured for nearly 100
years past, including samples of din
ner services made for Lord Nelson
and other celebrities of bygone days.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
Chess Ancient Pastin,e

Chess is acknowledged as one of the
worlds oldest games, John de Vigney
assigning its invention to Baby
Ionian philosopher, Xerxes. Others
have attributed it to Chic, one of the
seven sages of Greece. Gibbon be-
lieved the Indians conceived the game,
and that Persia perfected 1t. Earlier
dates have been suggested, however,
by the depletion Of chess in the paint
ing of the ancient Egyptians and the
descriptions of it in the Chinese books
Of wisdom.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
Daily Dialogue

Blooey-If your garters tighten,
look for rain, is the advice of an
Omaha weather expert, see.
Flooey-And if they loosen, look
for something else than rain to come
down.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30

Marie-I shall not marry man I'M
less he is my exact opposite.
Alice-You're asking for an almost
perfect man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
Not Necessary

Tom-Ethel wears her dresses
above her knees. Can you iTagine9
Rod-You don't need to imagine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30

Rich fathers are proud of having
once been poor, but somehow, the
children are not so vain about it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30

There is always something popular
going on that is a plague to somebody.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30

Some people find it easier to please
others than to please themselves.
The Washington times., 1927-10-13
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