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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23
BRAVES AGAIN BEAT CUBS:
CARDS WIN AS BUGS IDLE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AY by day the pennant race
| in the National League is
getting tighter and tighter
81 The Boston Braves, notorious
hope Wreckers of champion
ship aspirants, yesterday drubbed the
pace-setting Chicago Cubs for the
third time in succession, and while
the New York Giants and the Pitts
burgh Pirates were idle, the st. Louis
Cardinals were pulling up to within
one game of second place.
The Cubs had lead of only two
and one-half games today and a very
few more reverses would throw the
first division situation into tumble
that might not be Strengthened out
until the very last games of the sea
son. Yesterday the usually reliable
Cub defense cracked right at the cru
cial moment. Three errors We're com
mitted in rapid succession and were
followed by a trio of clean hits. Boston
came out on top of a SO score. Ed
Brown, Boston outtielder, set Ma
tional League record when he played
in his 534th successive game.
Chick Hafey's home run In the
second inning was the only score
made in the ST. Louis-Philadelphia
contest. Ulrich and Haines hooked
up in a pitchers battle, and while
the Philadelphia had the better of
the argument so far as safe hits were
concerned, HaineS grooved none of his
offerings. 1t was Haines' twentieth
victory of the season. He has been
defeated only seven times.
The Giants and Brooklyn were en-
joying a base ball vacation that is
to last four days. The Cincinnati
Reds likewise were idle.
Miller Higgins Yankees now have
a four-game losing streak behind
them. The Cleveland Indians made
it three in a row by trimming New
York sluggers yesterday, "a. Babe
Ruth slugged his 10th home run of
the year and became one up on
Gehrig, who went hitless. Other play
ers in the Yank lineup were unable
to follow the Babes example. 1t was
the first time this year any team
had made a clean sweep of a series
against the Yanks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23
D. c. FIREMEN CLASH
WITH ALEXANDRIANS

ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 23.-
No. 5 Motor Co. team of the Alex
andria Fire Department was to
entertain the Washington Fire De-
partment here this afternoon at 4
o'clock at Dreadnaught Park.
Sam DeVaughan's Cardinal A. c. is
booked to play Del Ray A. c. here
Sunday in Pentagon Park at o'clock.
st. Mary's Celtics will face Columbia
Engine Co. tossers at Dreadnaught
Park Thursday afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
The Alexandria High School foot
ball squad will be materially strength
ened this Fall by the addition of Arm
strong, a 210-pound guard who halls
from John Marshall High School,
Richmond. "Tubby" Barnett. another
200-pounder, who is an established
scholastic star. will also be seen at
guard.
A basket ball team representing the
Ridgely & Jones Clothing Store will
make its appearance in the unlimited
class next season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23

Tennis balls to the value of $2,500..
| 600 are required to supply Britain s
| demand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23
PALACE A. C. GRID SQUAD
TO BEGIN PRACTICE SOON

Candidates for Palace A. G. foot ball
team that plans a strong bid for the
city unlimited crown will begin prac-
tice after Labor day.
Aspirants should get in touch with
the team at it's new clubroom at
Seventh and M streets southwest or
report for the first practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23
JUST 1.-TWO" BAD

Washington .... 900 o.:
Detroit .,..,.... 90 o 1 o x--i
Two-base hits-Speiker. McManus. He'll
mum. Three-base hits--Warner. Blue.
Stolen 'base-Harris. Sacrifices--.Shea.
Fotherglll. Heilmann. Double plays
Bluege to Harris to McNeely, Warner to
| Gehringer to Blue. Left on bases--Mash-
ington. 5: Detroit. 4. First base on balls
Of Hadley. 9; off Gibson. =. Struck out
BY Hadley, 1: by Gibson. 9.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23

The Detroit Tigers. meanwhile.
were running their winning streak
to ID games. They won both ends OF
a double-header from Washington and
took a strong grip on second place.
Ted Lyons pitched masterful ball
against Philadelphia and the Chicago
4, White Sox trimmed the Mackmen
6-3. Lyons eased up in the eighth.
but otherwise was in complete con-
troll in the pinches. Ty Cobb was the
| hitting star with two doubles. single
and walk in four trips to the plate.
The Boston Red Sox and the ST.
Louis Browns were idle.
a summary of yesterdays games:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York. ....... 100000 24 g
Cleveland ....... cog 104O x-a 10 o
Moore. Shocker. Pennock and Collins. Ora.
oowsl1i: Shaute and L. Sewell.
Philadelphia .....o1oOooo2 o-s 10
Chicago ......... . 5000 Ks Ii
Quinn. Johnson. Powers and Cochrane;
Lyons and Grouse.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
st. Louis. ........otooooooo-1 q 4
Philadelphia o 0 o 000 20 90 3 o
Haines and OFarrell; Ulrch and Wilson.
Chicago ... 2OOO1OOO 4
Boston .........1 1O0OO12 x-51o /
Carlson and Hartnett; werts. Robertson
and Urban.
Tennis balls to the value of s2,5oo..
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23
DODGERS BUY A PAIR.

GREENSBURG, Pa, August % up.
Glenn Ropp, pitcher, and Frank
BUCK Wallace, shortstop, of the
Greensburg Generals of the Pennsyl.
vania League. have been sold to the
Brooklyn Nationals. Both will report
to the Dodgers Thursday of next
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23
DROP SEVENTH STRAIGHT
In TWIN LOSS TO TIGERS
Result of SOjourn at Detroit, Which Ends With Sin.
gle Contest To-day, Indicates the Harrismen
Have Completely Lost Heart

| the plate after Goslin bagged Fother-
| gill's hoist. Blue opened the Tiger
eighth with q triple. held third as
Gehrinser was erased. then tailed fol
| lowing RiCe's grab Of Heilmann'S liner.
In the second encounter of the after
noon. a pass to Warner, his theft Of
second, Tate's wild throw that moved
| the runner to third and Blues infleid
retirement accounted for a Tiger run
| in the first frame.
| The Nationals countered with run
| in the second that came from Goslin's
| triple and Tate's sacrifice fly.
Two more National markers We're
! chalked up in the third that Johnson
started with his homer. Stewart
singled after the four-base blow and
went to the far corner when Rice
socked a one baser. AS Speaker
drilled into double-play, Stewart
raced to the plate. Goslin then
slammed his second successive triple
but Tate grounded out. That was the
last the Nationals saw of Collins
pitching.
Tigers Then Forge Ahead.
The Tigers came right back in the
fourth to forge ahead. And how? With
Gehringer out of the way Heilmann
drove a homer over the left-field wall.
McNeely got rid of Manush, but
Fothergill hit long single to center.
Then McManus duplicated Heilmann's
hit and the Tigers were one run to
the good.
They increased their lead by three
TALES in the next inning. Smith sin
gled, Warner sacrificed and Blue
walked. Gehringer's single to left reg
istered Smith, and when Goslin push
81 I'D i,-I
base and the hitter second. A pass
to Heilmann crowded the sacks be-
fore Manush sent a grounder to Nc
Nelly. With twoply killing in
sight Earl chucked the ball against
Heilmanns back. and before it could
be recovered by Reeves both Blue and
Gehringer counted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23

Two-base hits-McNeely. Stewart. Shea
Thrce-base hits-Goslin l2). Home runs
Johnson. Heilmann. McManus. stolen base
Warner. Sacrifices-Tate. Rice. Warner.
Smith. Double plays-Gehringer to Me-
MINUS to Blue tel. Warner to Gehringer to
on bases-Washington. s: Detroit. s. First
base on balis-Of johnson; 81; off Collins
by johnson. l.. Hits-Of Collins. Z in 3
Innings; off Smith. 8 In 6 innings. Winning
pitcher-Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23
10uble With Revived Indians in Series
BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Detroit, ~; Washington. 2--3.
Cleveland. %; New York. 4.
Chicago. O: Philadelphia, ,.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23
RY JOHN II. KELLER.

~ ETROIT, August 23.-Treated
so roughly during their visit
here, the Nationals will be
IL glad to get out of Detroit to-
MIGHT CleNnland hound HOW.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23
SEEKS S. D. EMERY PILOT.

The manager of Anacostia Oriole
Midgets wants the S. D. Emery man
ager to call him at Lincoln 1880 to-
night between Z and o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
The Tenth Lesson

And still the robberies continued
Despite nine previous lessons given
the police by this enterprising gang
of criminals, nine concentrated
and expensive lessons for the spe-
cialists in womens wear who have
been robbed. the sum total of the
knowledge gained by the police will
still have to be indicated by Z; zero.
To top it all off, this same gang gave
demonstration number ten only three
ceedingly sporty about it. because
number ten was right across the street
from number nine. which fact should
have given big odds for victory for
the police.
This gang. which has taken some
thing over 800. 900 in dresses and ma
terials from Washington merchants
without opposition. is undoubtedly
professional and clever No amateur
work at all. After it forces an en-
trance to specially shop its members
-
and order this or that expensive dress
or fur piece into the waiting truck
Ten stores have been thus cleaned out
of their very best. Ten times has the
driver Of the truck waited patiently
for his consignment and ten times
have these bold thefts been staged
upon the principal streets Of Wash
ington
Until the gang is caught it is up TO
the merchant TO protect his own goods
Stouter locks should he put on all
doors and iron gratings attached to
first floor windows and doors. \ bar
ricaded shop appears To offer the only
means Of combating a bold and daring
series Of robberies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
Legalized LeWdness.

The decision of the court before
which the Browning separation suit
is being tried that the hearings of
the case should be public may We'll
have been, under the law. unavoid-
able. There is every reason to be-
lieve that this decision was reIuc-
family reached. For no Judge, jealous
of the dignity of bench and bar.
could contemplate with aught save
regret and chagrin the inevitable
The turning of court of justice into
the stage setting in which and from
which a stream of legalized lewdness
arises and flows out across the Ma
ton is an act which, even though it
be the law and not its administrators
that are responsible, must Cypress
the mind and heart of any decent
person.
Whatever the law may be: what
ever the legal exigencies under
which the testimony in the case is
made available for public perusal one
fact is clear: No newspaper, jealous
of it's own good name or of the sensi-
bilities of its readers, Is under the
slightest obligation to print the story.
Dedicated to the unprecedented pres
entation Of news as it develops, The
Star denies that in the sordid details
of the unnatural marital relations of
publcityseeking eccentric and his
hysterical young wife there is any
thing of genuine news merit 1t,
therefore, declines to print those de-
tails and will, from day to day, pub
fish only the news developments of
the trial. 1t further urges that if.
as appears to be the case, the law is
responsible for a condition of affairs
which facilitates the pandering to
clearly defined form of mental per-
version. the law be revised. 1t is high
time that the door be closed and the
curtains drawn on such sickening
stories as that now being told at
White Plains, y. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27

4 bill providing for the combine
ton of the Municipal and Police
Courts. drawn by Il committee of
citizens after a full study of exist
ing conditions, has received the ap~
prevail of the Commissioners. with
one reservat ton, and it is expected
that ii will shortly be submitted to
Congress in the hope Of early con-
siderarion. perhaps at the present
session. IT is hardly to be expected,
however. that it can be passed before
adjournment. which will occur five
weeks hence, but it is timely to pre-
sent it for study 80 that at the next
session II may be put into final shape
for enactment.
An urgent need exists here for
relief from the congestion in the
Police Court. where even with four
judges at work there is piling up
of cases, due first to the great num-
Der of petty traffic charges which are
now considered, and second to the
demands for jury trials. OF the lat
ter class of cases there are at this
time more than 1000, a situation
which is altogether unwholesome
and obstructive Of justice and pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
The Arboretum Bill Advanced.

A favorable report has been ordered
bv the House committee on agricul-
lure on the bill. already passed by
the Senate, providing for the creation
of a national arboretum in this city
House leaders agree 10 give the meas
ure early consideration. II therefore
appears we'll assured that this iegisla-
ton, already dangerously postponed.
will be enacted before the close of the
session.
Yesterday in committee it was voted
TO strike out from the Senate bill the
recreational and park provisions that
through misunderstanding Of the ma
ture of this projected institution We're
written into the bill in the Senate
Acceptance of this modification by
the Senate is expected. SO that when
finally passed the measure viii create
a truly and strictly national establish
rnent. a field laboratory for the De
uartrnent Of Agriculture, which is In
no wise to be rated as u public park,
though 1t may he opened TO the pub
lie under regulations insuring the
proper care Of the growths. The
House committee further reduced the
limit of cost from $500, 900 to $500. 000
O. change to be deplored, yet permitting
the acquisition of sufficient area
for arboretum purposes.
Promptness is an essential factor In
this matter. The land in view Ia
peculiarly adapted TO the purposes o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27

1t is in vain because III auto
| naticaliy tends to set the victim
against the very thing one is trying
| to talk him into.
If your article is good. it will make
| its way. i'm time, to the very one you
want to possess it. Until then, hold
/ your horses" as they say back III
| the States Let the man find out for
| himself he will appreciate ii all the
| more.
| DO YOU have some fine novel, that
! has impressed itself upon you with
! tremendous force? BE not afraid,
! then, that it's circulation depends
upon your recommendation. Say not,
You ought to read it, old man.
| Recommending book to friend Is
one of the surest ways to keep him
| from reading it. If you really have
an earnest desire that. he secure the
volume for himself, let out a hint
concerning some part of it, casually,
as though it made no particular diff
ference. In fact, rather imply that
you thought he would be wasting his
| time over the book. lie will buy Il
copy before he goes home.
I X Il v
Viewing the matter from the other
side, ii is the Strangest thing in the
world how Indifferent one can be to
anything until he takes it up for him
self.
We know a young man who was
brought up in a smoking family. All
the male members except himself
smOked-cigar, pipe, cigarette. After
personally trying them all. he decided
that he did not care for smoking, and
deftly passed it out of his life.
Years passed His best friends
smoked One whose memory he
cherishes, was never in his company
without a pipe. Yet this young man
never paid the slightest bit of atten-
ton to either pipe or tobacco.
Cigar stores. to him, were Il dead
loss.
Displays of pipes did not intrigue
his fancy. Brands Of tobacco were
simply so many meaningless pack
ages. A cigar, upon the counters
rim was simply cigar. to him. The
business lure of the industry inter
ested him no more than the romance
Of tobacco appealed to his magma
ton.
The strange alchemy by means of
which an Indian weed" could sweep
over the face of the earth made no
more impression upon him than the
spread of the ragweed.
The time was not ripe.
X X v
Taking up the pipe later, Of his own
free Will, he discovered all these fac
tors, got for himself a new interest,
because he has IA mind, as we know,
given to finding the best in every
thing, not in the spirit of the blatant
optimist. but in that of the thorough
man. IT is remarkable how many let
escape from them some of the main
enjoyment of life simply because they
are not thorough in their likings.
Thus interest, an intangible thing
at best, proves itself to be won by
every man when he has fitted himself
to appreciate it. Speak for yourself,
John. These, the immortal words of
Priscilla, may be applied to enthusi-
asms.
One must speak for himself as to
his own enthusiasms, and not let 9TH
ers railroad him into theirs. Con-
versely, he will not attempt to brow
beat others into his own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27

motive Of crime aud disorder IN this
city.
The remedy proposed is the com =
/, bination Of the Police and Municipal
| Courts, making a single bench Of
nine judges serving in two branches.
civil and criminal Greater 1exibility
would be possible under such q sys-
tenn. the judges moving from the
, criminal side to the civil as occasion
demands, to Gear The calendar.
! The citizens committee which con-
| sidered the matter and recommended
this measure of relief has urged the
establishment OF traffic violations
bureau for the handling OF minor
cases. but the commissioners have
not Vet given that proposal their
approval. In view of the great
number of trining charges carried
TO the Police Court to the detriment
of the speedy transaction OF it's i'm
portant work, ii would seem to be
advisable 10 classify the traffic
offenses into two groups. with one
group subject to settlement outside
of the Police Court
There is no occasion for subjecting
to court process a person who is
cited for overtime parking or some
other slight infraction of the traffic
regulations, putting him in the cate
CORY as to hearing and adjudication
with rprlx less dtf15ayG ar intDxicateI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
Editors Praise Spirit to Win
of Catalina Channel Victor

where obscure farm lads rise to ma
tional prominence enjoys the spectacle
Of meteoric fash to fame in any
competitive line" continues the Star.
An added measure of qualification
over the outcome was the fact that the
purse will bring comfort to family
which apparently was not blessed with
much Of the worlds goods"
x * =
THAT ne should have got across at
all, swimming as he did through %
miles Of fairly cold water" the Van
couver Star says, lis remarkable, con
sidering his age. That he should have
been the only one to finish in a. con-
test which several Of the champion
long distance swimmers of the CONT
nent, among them two channel celeb
rites, We're obliged to abandon, makes
the event "A classic" The Helena
Montana Record Herald SAYS that las
a first long ocean swim in the Pacific
the event is memorable" The Wichita
Beacon declares that as he fought
the adverse tides with magnificent
strength and determination, even when
the treacherous seaweed was grasping
at his arms near the end, and com
pletely outclassed the others, he now
chk clS pei LI4G
swimmer Of the world
George rode his motor cycle to Los
Angeles, arriving with 90 cents in his
pockets" the Flint Daily Journal re-
marks. "He existed after Il fashion,
his training being broken by the de-
nands of a job which took up most of
his time. He entered the water at the
Catalina Isthmus Saturday morning
less prepared for the cruel and exact
ing grind than perhaps any of his
competitors. But he possessed the adj
vantage of Il stout heart, one that
had carried him thus far on his adj
venture. too young to know the mean
ing of hesitation or fear" And the
Cincinnati TimesStar thus emphasizes
the significance of the event:
The young Canadian has earned
his prize. Another stretch Of water
has been put upon the map, and the
world has learned that it is cold water
it has been demonstrated that the hui
man body can build up a remarkable
resistance TO chill and fatigue, and
some evidence has been written into
the record that when ii swimmer is in
tent upon his Tor herr business axle
grease is q. more or less sufficient gar
ment. Thus the sectional, physiology
cal and social implications of the con-
test are considerable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
Disagrees With Director
OF Lee Highway Road

TO the Editor OF The star:
We are yet unable to agree with
Director General Johnson of the Lee
Highway boulevard.
The saving of 10 miles between
Washington and Annapolis was made
by completion of the Defense High
way. Last year the new highway
between Baltimore and Wilmington
saved 10 miles to travellers. The Lee
Highway, between Washington and
Fairfax. through Falls Church, is a
distance of about Is miles, compared
to about 20 miles by way of Alex
andria or Chain Bridge.
The Lee Highway boulevard pro.
poses to lose 2 or more miles be-
fore it hits Falls Church by me-
andering around the country like a
squirming snake trail. and then
more unnecessary miles after it
leaves Falls Church before it hits
the present Lee Highway again.
This will mean a hundred thousand
dollars worth of gas, needlessly
burned up by travellers directed over
this road in the course of a very
few years. Thousands of people
now living in the towns of Arlington
and Fairfax Counties who have been
paying a double tax on account of
road and school bonds will get little
benefit from the proposed meandering
scenic trail. 1t, looks like old land
specializing influences. Several large
tracts of land, recently changed in
possession. and other tracts through
which the proposed road is planned
or bends over to reach, will boom to
values high enough to build the road.
| predict that less than one-half of
the traffic coming to Washington and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27

an arboretum. 1t is at convenient
distance from the city, and, moreover,
the soil IS exceptionally suited to ar
horticulture. The now-standing groves
are representative of North American
tree life. IT has been stated on the
highest authority that there is no
such suitable site for an arboretum
in this part of the country.
In the expansion OF the city this
area is even now in the path Of de-
velopment, and unless taken at once
will soon be despoiled by building
operations. The trees will be cut down,
the soil removed as new grades are
established and the opportunity lost
to create here at the Capital inn
mediately within the range OF the De-
partment of Agriculture a field labora-
tory for botanists. The value of this
institution cannot be overstated. Ii is
not merely a question of theoretical
or abstract science. Great material
values are at stake. The botanical re
searches of the department are of the
highest utility. Experimental work
can be conducted in an arboretum
that is impossible elsewhere. and from
such work come discoveries and the
solution of problems of definite worth
TO the country. Thus il is to be hoped
that the present plans for the enact
ment of this bill at the current SEES
sion will not miscarry. and that be
fore the adjournment of Congress the
arborefum win have been definitely
established by legislation ana appro-
priation.