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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
HUNTING GROUND BOUGHT
BY BRITISH SPORTSMAN

BIRMINGHAM England, January
is RD.-Lord Rochdale. one OF the
best shots in this country, TO make
sure of plenty of elbow room in
future for shooting. has purchased
SO square miles Of the famous grouse
estates of Swaledale, in northern Eng
land. Four moors were involved I'm
the transaction, comprising some of
the best grouse land in England The
highest point on the estate is Tan
Hill, one of the landmarks Of the
country.
Lord Rochdale, soldier and sports
man, was created a baron in 1918.
and has become one OF England's
largest land owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18

N EW YORK, January 1S.-FoT
the second time Judge Lands
NJ commissioner of base ball
i must call for a showdown with
the American League to ascer-
tain whether the commissioner is the
actual head of base ball. Again the
showdown finds Lands in one corner
and Ban Johnson, president of the
American League, in the other.
One Of the two apparently will have
to take the count and ease himself
out of organized base ball-and it
won't be Lands, in the view of prac-
tically every base ball man here who
was questioned about the situation.
Lands, when shown the Johnson
statement, which accepts the "chal-
lenge" to reveal all evidence in the
CobbSpeaker affair, refused to COM
ment in any way, but he was visibly
irritated as when he had friction with
johnson two years ago over an inter-
view in which the American League
head poked fun at the commissioner.
May Hold Secret Session.
The American League owners are
reported to have decided to meet in
secret session in Chicago on Sunday,
prior to the meeting of Johnson and
Lands with the owners on Monday.
JohnSonS latest statement undoubt-
eddy has stirred up renewed opposition
to him in his own league, and he will
be lucky if he survives the storm.
Johnson and Lands have drifted
back to much the same attitude that
both assumed at a joint major league
meeting in Chicago two years ago,
when the American League president
lost his position on the advisory coun-
ell after receiving a scathing rebuke
for his antagonism toward the COM
missioner.
If johnson has been correctly
quoted. it is the American League
which instigated the investigation in
the case of Ty Cobb and Iris Speaker
and, after taking action, turned what
the league considered to be enough
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
BUELL. WINS ON POINTS
AGAINST EDDIE BOWEN

Although outweighed several pounds,
Eddie Buell., Mohawk Club bantam,
gained a decision on points in an
eight-round bout last night over Eddie
Bowen.
The bout was the main feature of
an athletic program arranged for
members of the Aloysius Club.
Results Of the other bouts follow:
Eddie De Simon, Fort Myer, and
Dick Parrish, Baltimore, lightweights,
draw; Hal Stevenson Washington,
outpointed Johnny Myers, Baltimore,
f1yweight, six rounds; Paul Healy,
Washington, knocked out Manuel Fer
nandez, Annapolis, featherweight, first
round; Johnny Bowen, Washington,
knocked out Jimmy Stack, Baltimore.
flyWeight, first round.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18

A. signed to prevent a batter
like Babe Ruth from hitting
a home run and winning a game.
Maybe Ruth wouldn't make a home
run, but that doesn't enter into the
thoughts Of the home run fans. They
think he should be given something
good every time the pitcher throws
the ball to the plate in order to help
the Ruthian record. They never think
what happens to the pitchers hearts
that have been shattered by Ruth.
Few persons know why called balls
are charged against pitchers. They
were put in the game to save time and
pitchers. How would you like to have
seen a. game that was played over in
Brooklyn in the SOS between two of
the most famous teams in the United
States, when Al Smith-not the Gov
ernor of New York-who pitched for
the Atlantics, pitched so balls to Nc.
Keever-not Steve, who is with the
Brooklyn base ball club now in the
capacity of jollier-before the latter
took a swing at the ball.
Happy Days for Batters.
Those were the happy days for bat
tiers when they could stand at the
plate and wait until the pitcher threw
something that suited them. OLD Bill
Jones would walk up with his trusty
hickory in his hands and take a squirt
at the pitcher. Better git it over
because I'm goin' to wait until get
a good one" he would say. And wait
he did.
The pitcher who would persist ir
throwing high balls to the batter who
liked them low might as we'll have
pitched to the moon, except that some
patient pitchers figured they could
tire the batters out and get them Sc
mad tNey would hit at anything
Sometimes If the batter didn't like
what was coming to him he wouldn't
wait for the catcher to get the ball
| but would grab it as it was going by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
CHAMPION TO QUIT
TO ENTER COLLEGE

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 18.-Fidel
La Barba, youthful 1yweight cham
pion of the world, plans to retire from
the ring before his twenty-secohd
birthday, next September 90.
The little battler from Los Angeles
Calf, intends then to enter Leland
Stanford University to complete his
education.
He plans two more title defenses
before next September. provided he
disposes of Elky Clark of Scotland
European champion. in a 12.round
championship match. at Madison
Square Garden Friday night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
VIRGINIA FIVE HAS TRIO
OF HARD GAMES IN ROW

UNIVERSITY, Va, January 49,
Pop" Lannigan, coach of Virginia 8
basket ball team, is drilling his
charges overtime in an effort to cor
rect their faults of play before the
hard series of games which begins
with Georgia here Thursday night and
continues at two-day intervals with
Virginia Poly. North Carolina State
and Virginia Military Institute.
Mackall has gotten in condition and
it is likely that he will be started in
the guard position in place of Fayon-
sky, but otherwise the lineup of the
team remains unchanged from the
opening game, with Capt. Cabell as
Meade~and Friedburg as forwards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
FOUR GIANTS SIGN.

NEW YORK. January IS GP).-The
New York Giants have received
signed contracts of Infelders Travis
Jackson and Fred Lindstrom. Out
fielder George Harper, recently OBJ
tanned from the Philadelphia Ma
tionals, and Substitute Infielder An
drew Cohen.
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ADDISONS TO MEET.

Addison base ballers will discuss
plans for the season at a meeting to-
night at O'Clock at the home Of Man.
ager Ingram. Officers will be elected.
New candidates, as we'll as last sea-
sons players, are invited to attend.
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Ban johnson May Lose His Job
ia. l.. Club Owners Keep Word

along with the American League
owners in 1921, in which each
promised lands to "acquiesce in
his decisions, even when we believe
them mistaken, and that we will
not discredit the sport by public
criticism of him or of one an
other"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
Connie Mack, Master Pilot,
Pioneer i'm ''Skull Practice"
Collins Declares I'm Tribute
TwENTY-oNE YEARS OF BASE BALL.
BY EDDIE COLLINS.
XIV Managers

drove the ball through the open spot
and sent Barry to third. I believe
that one display of confidence in Wal.
lie did great deal to make Schang
the great hitter he always has been
since, and of course, it helped his
catching also.
Bench Duty inks Collins.
The experience 1 have had so far
as manager has been ENJOYABLE. but
like 1t much better from the field
than on the bench when forced there
through injuries. In 1925 suffered
my first serious injury and was hurt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
NEW RING SENSATION.

Whipping Bobby Barrett and scor,
ing knockout over Jock Fleming In
the course of six days is the feat per.
formed by Nick Testo, the Utica vel
terweight sensation.
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SWIMMERS PREPARING.

UNIVERSITY, Va, January IT,
Thirty candidates are trying out for
places on the varsity and first year
swimming teams at Virginia, under
lthe-direction of Billy Gooch.
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journey. that she has kept all appoint
ments, and that her mood has been
consistently amiable.
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GAMAGE WILL HANDLE
KENTUCKY GRID TEAM

LEXINGTON, KY. January IS
P).-Harry G. Carnage. former Uni
versity of Illinois foot ball star, who
succeeded Bert Ingwerson as fresh
man coach at the University of Illinois
in the Fall of 1924, has signed two
year contract as head coach of the
University of Kentucky foot ball
eleven.
He will have as his first assistant
Ed Shively. also of Illinois, All-Ameri-
can guard in 1926.
Carnage coached at Fairmont and
Parkersburg, w. Va, after receiving
his B. S. degree from Illinois in 1922.
FALL RIVER, Mass, January 18
R).-The Fall River Club in the
American Soccer League today an
nounced the sale of Billy Hyslop, a
half back. to the Indiana flooring
team of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18

Note: This is the second Of series
Of stories dealing 1Cith 1927 major
league club prospects.
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T OWADAYS there is much COM
ment about the intentional
base on balls, which is de-
signed to prevent a batter
D. I.
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!, VERCOMING bad weather set
\ backs. the men back of the
! new public fee course near
Fort Washington. to be called
The RfvnrSidn Golf Club have
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A MONG the numerous inquiries
~ I have received relative to
~ these articles have been re-
4 4 quests to tell something about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
BY JOHN b. FOSTER.

n 7 EW YORK, January 1S.-For
IN the second time Judge Lands,
VI commissioner of base ball,
i must call for a showdown with
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01

So, 900 in cash for expenses. This the
Bing Kong Tong did on the night OF
November in the Mandarin cafe II
San Francisco on the corner of Bush
and Grant streets.
Then the American courts took over
the case, apprehended the murderers,
tried them, and sentenced them to be
hanged the early part of this month.
The five doomed men filed an appeal
and stay of execution was granted.
The cases come up in about two
months before the state supreme
court. Young and the Hop Sing Tong
are determined to see the five men
executed. That is why Young is here
and that is why he went to Phoenix.
He is going to try to procure the
services Of Judge Frank Smith of
Phoenix. of the law firm of Kibbey,
Bennett, Gust and Smith.
Young spoke bitterly of the Bing
Kong Tong. He said that the tong
was composed Of blaclnailers, SINH
lar to the Italian Black Hand or Mai
fla Members of this tong, ne SAID,
prey upon Chinese business men en-
gagged in legitimate enterprises.
Asked about how many tongs there
are in the United States, Young said
| IL Fighting" tongs, so-called because
they all embraced the same philosophy,
all for one and one for all These II
tongs are major tongs, he said, with
the Hop Sing Tong the most power
full Of any and all. There arc also %
smaller or minor tongs organized for
various purposes but which did not
play very important role in the at
| fairs of the Chinese.
Young said that he was graduate
of Brown university in Providence, X.
T ]. He said he holds the law degree OF
LIB. A native of Honolulu and part
Hawaiian, he came to the United
States when he was young, went
through the public schools and gradu-
ated from Brown. Until seven years
ago. he said, he engaged in private
practice and frequently worked with
the noted lawyer, Clarence Darrow:.
For years, Darrow was chief counsel
for the tong, but when he retired
from active practice, Young took his
place. He is a young man, about 35
years old, and speaks in a high
| pitched voice
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01

When an aged widow who died in
Long Beach, Calf, recently, be-
queathed her residence to her cat, she
provoked what may result IN a
spirited contest for control of the
property. The cat disappeared.
Globe Elks are already letting the
'1ong grass" grow for the days of
40 celebration.
Tucson is working hard to bring a
new and much needed hotel to that
city, A committee has been appoint
ed from among the business men to
work on the proposition.
Approximately S1,00O,00O is spent
annually by students of the state
university, a recent survey shows.
The average expenditure of each is
$640 year.
A stack of mail order catalogues
more than SO feet in height was
burned in Tucson Saturday as part
of the ''Trade-at-Home" program of
that city.
Contracts for the rebuilding of five
highway bridges in -Cochise county,
destroyed by heavy storm last fall,
were awarded to Ell Paso contractors.
The cost will be about 100000.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01
CHINESE LAWYER GIVES MOST
INTERESTING TALK ON "TONGS''

chat every members word is his bond,
regardless.
"Chinese people, he said, do not
believe in notes and certificates and
paper pledges. When a member Of
the Hop Sing Tong says Yes or says
No ne is taken for his word.
1T is not necessary for us to bind
one another with written pledges. :"
Upon this basis the Chinese busi-
ness men have organized the Hop
Sing Tong and in true D'Artagnan
fashion have found themselves into
body "all for one and one for all. ;"
The tong protects the members in his
rights, no matter what 1t cost.
A Chinese merchant, for instance,
to get into the Hop Sing Tong makes
application to alocal board of di-
rectors of the tong. For 90 days his
name stands written on wall in the
meeting place. Five dissenting votes
will cast out his name but he has the
right to appeal the decision of the
local board to a central board whose
decision is ultimate and irrefutable
Initiative fees are $1,000 and as
sessments each year are S108. If, as
in the case of Tom King, it were
found it took more money to fight
the appeal before the state supreme
court than is in the Hop Sing treas
ury, each member would be assessed
SO more, S100 more, $1,000 more.
All for one and one for all.
Officers in the tong, he says, have
no salaries, but their expenses are
paid The tong is so managed as to
pay sick and death benefits to its
members and the families Of mem
bers. 1t is not necessary for mem
Der of the tong to go to the bank
and borrow money. The tong takes
care Of him during periods of finan-
cial stress and his note is his word,
no more.
Ten per cent of the members of
the tong, Young stated, are Ameri-
cans who have business dealings with
| the Chinese and realize the protec-
ton afforded them by the tong.
Young then got down to the Tom
King case. Tom King was the only
member of the Hop Sing Tong in
Kingman. He had been member
| for 8 years. The whole trouble star
ted several years ago on the coast,
4 GIlE dCiIlC fCOdSSs OCtWOCH AA&S4h1NA ?
of opposing tongs, the Bing Kong
Tong of which the five convicted mur-
derers are members, shot and killed
of the Hop Sing Tong. The death
one of the Hop Sing Tong. The death
was answered in "An eye for an eye
and tooth for a tooth" manner
One tong member shot an opposing
tong member So it went on until
FIVE Bing Kong Tong men shot Tom
King in his Kingman restaurant last
October 20.
Immediately the Hop Sing Tong
gradually getting away from the idea
| in taking the law into its own
hands, took action. High Chinese
men in each tong held long confer
ences. The case was tried in Chinese
fashion in San Francisco before three
disinterested judges, who were mem
bers of other tongs than the two con
cerned. This tribunal found tht
murder unjtlstified. The Bing Kons
Tong was ordered to make public
apology and pay $4,000 in cash fol
the upkeep Of Tom Kings family and
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01
prescott Courierl

J. N. Young, Chinese attorney OF
Chicago, before he left Prescott for
Phoenix on legal business in behalf
of the Hop Sing Tong, which he rep
reSents revealed many of the inside
workings of his tong that have an
exotic tang and come closer to re-
sembling fiction than anything the
Caucasian comes into contact with in
the actualities of American life.
He told of the purpose of the tong
and how powerful it it. He explained
how members are procured, and the
financial prestige behind the organi-
zation. He told of the aims and ideals
of this Chinese clan, and how these
aims and ideals are held out as goals,
never to be shirked or avoided or lost
sight of. He told of the background
of pressing the Tom King case, and
what had been done by two oppos-
ing tongs in getting down to the bed
rock of the situation. And he told a
little about himself.
In beginning these strange revela-
tions, Young said that the Hop Sing
Tong is confined to the United States.
There is no branch of the tong in
MEXICO OF Od1dud VI Slliild VI df1y
country other than the United States
Yet, there are branches in. every
American city, in every American
town, and in every American hamlet
where there are Chinese. There is a
branch IN Prescott with 20 members.
The ranihcations of this tong, he de-
~ciared, reach throughout the land
and bind in unbreakable bounds the
thousands of members who belong to
it.
In the first place, he said, the idea
was for the Chinese immigrant to get
away from the old China and its Gus
toms and traditions and baleful influ-
ences. The Chinese in the tong have
adopted a new country and therefore
cast off all allegiance to the land of
their forebears. The tong upholds
the laws in the United States, he says,
respects the flag, and pledges its pow
er and influence to spreading a new
gospel born in new conditions from
the old China and cultured in an
American atmosphere.
The tong is made up of business
men and is based upon the theory
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01
TOURISTS SPENDING
FORTUNE IN ARIZONA

Statisticians around the Arizona
highway department figure that
tourists in Arizona during the past
two years spent $24,839,640. In 1926
Arizona was visited by 258,372
foreign cars carrying about 100000
individuals. This an increase of 20
per cent over 1925. So there is depart
rqental estimate that Arizona got her
highway work for nothing and had a
lot Of money left over. It's going to
be somewhat more after next July,
for the gas tax has been raised from
3 to cents g gollon. That's one tax
the outsider must pay for his use of
good roads.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01
TEACHERS COLLEGE
BOARD MEET FRIDAY

G. O. Case, state superintendent of
public instruction, of Phoenix, and
James Kennedy Of Williams, of the
board Of Flagstaff Teachers college,
met here Friday afternoon with Presi-
dent Grady Gammage. Sam Proctor
of Winslow, the other member of the
board, had engine trouble about eight
miles east of town and the autoist by
whom he sent here for help also had
engine trouble before he reached here,
with the result that the meeting was
adiourning when Mr. Proctor finally
got here, at nearly five o'clock.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01
EXTRACTS FROM /.
THE WEEKS I:
NEWS
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Resplendent in their new uniforms.
said to be among the classiest of coli
legiate band costumes, the concert
band Of the University Of Arizona will
leave Tucson April II by special car
for five concerts in the northern part
of Arizona. 1t is the first time the
band has toured the state.
A total of 81 cars of spring head
lettuce rolled from Salt River Valley
points last Wednesday.
* X
A baby in Chicago is said to have
walked at the age OF five weeks, fol-
lowing treatments with ultraviolet
rays.
Fire originating in a barber shop
destroyed half block in Naco last
Thursday, with total damage OF
$4,000.
Al complaint in a.Phoenix court last
week of a simple assuIt based on the
accusation that the defendant wrest-
led kiss from her lips was dismissed
by the judge.
Ground was broken last week at
Phoenix for the new sixteen-story,
ST 100000 Hotel Roosevelt.
Mrs. Florence Harrison, whose
husband died Of injuries and exposure
as a result of diving into the surf in
an attempt to locate the supposed
body Of Mrs. Aimee Mcpherson, last
week presented her claim for $3.50
from Los Angeles at hearing before
the state accident commission.
Tucson is to vote on 100000 bond
issue to carry on the work of building
a sewerage disposal plant. This
issue is an addition to the 100000
bonds outstanding.
Five Arizona men successfully
passed the recent California bar ex-
animation. Four are graduates Of the
state "U", the fifth from another
college of law
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01

Felix Manning, who has been at
tending medical college at Mobile,
Ala, home on vacation.
r. L. Neill, bitten by skunk few
weeks ago, is home from the Past
eur institute and back on his job as
forest ranger.
Mrs. Charles Holtz, formerly Miss
Mary Ann Chisholm, died after an
operation for the removal of a tumor.
Jerry Donahue leased the Com
merciaI hotel to al Gregg and George
Barnes, who have taken possession.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01
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INSTRUMENTS
RECORDED
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Warranty deeds. E. Jordan ct al
to Angie Stinson, Mormon Lake real
estate.
Warranty deed-Arizona Central
bank to Robert B. Cree, Flagstaff
residence.
Warranty deed-W. B. Thompson
to Archie Grant, lots in Flagstaff.
Patent-United States to Stelzer
TiIlman. township property near An
derson Pass.
Bill of sale-T. M. Tillman to Anna
e. Tillman, cattle.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01
HERE NEXT WEEK

DR.. H. w. Swigert, Arizona's OPP
tonetrist will be in Flagstaff again at
the Monte Vista Hotel, Tuesday &
Wed. April 5-6.
TAKE ADVANTAGE of this visit
and have your eyes properly cared for.
Latest methods of examination. All
lenses ground in our own factory. 70
years of success in Arizona.
MONTE VISTA HOTEL
Tues. & Wed. April Sc
The Swigert Bros. Optical Co.
Estab. in Ariz. 1902
1850 California st. Denver, Colo
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01
CARD OF THANKS

We are very grateful to our many
kind friends and appreciative of their
exceeding kindness and loving sympa-
thy during the illness and following
the death last week of our beloved
baby daughter.
MR. AND MRS. w. N. GRANT.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01

Uncle-My boy, it will pay you to
be diligent in your studies. Remem-
Der, what you have learned no one
can ever take from you.
Small Nephew Well, they can't
take from me what | haven't learned,
either can they?
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01
COUNTY CHRONOLOGY
Compiled from the Files Of The
Coconino Sun, Twenty Years
Ago This Week.
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H. w. Mccullough of Meteor noun
tain sold his 1000 sheep for $3.50
he'd to Leo Verkamp and John Metz.
Mr.. Metz will quit the barber business
and take charge Of the sheep on the
range.
VIM. D. Grant and Miss Ethel Lock-
wood married at the home of the
mother of the bride, Mrs. M. J. Lock-
wood, and are honeymooning in Los
Angeles.
Al Doyle returns with his team
from Phoenix, where he spent the
winter. Mr.. Doyle is now one of the
Normal school trustees.
John G. Verkamp is in for few
days from Grand Canyon. He re-
signed as postmaster there, not being
able to give the work his personal
attention.
Fred Caring resigned his position
as government farmer at Tuba City
and is in Flagstaff, intending to re
main here.
L. D. Yaeger sold band of 1000
sheep to James E. Sturgeon, the
cattleman.
Johnnie Love is back from a winter
in the Verde valley, and the Flagstaff
housewives are rejoicing.
F. L. Beal was elected trustee of
the town schools.
The law forbidding women to re-
main in or about saloons goes into
effect tomorrow.