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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27

Central, which survived the first
round play of the perennial Penn
basketball tourney, appears in its
second engagement tonight. at
o'clock against LaSalle High of
Philadelphia. The Mt. Pleasanters
were forced to come from the rear
in order to take their initial game
from Northeast Catholic, Of Phita-
deIphia, by a 3O.1S score on Satur.
day night They trailed by lilo at
the IniCIVay station.
Although Dick Castell played q
mastery game saturday, he Is not
the polished player Capt. Forrest
Burgess, who did not perform last
Saturday. Burgess Is one Of the
factors of Central's success and no
will start in tonight's fracas. Nelson
Colley, the pivot of all Central plays,
Is ALSO not in his best form because
of a faulty ankle.
+ Central, IL it manages to beat
LaSalle tonight, will not play again
the tourney until Thursday night.
The Penn authorities sought to
have the Blue and White appear
again Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock, but s. r.. Kimble, athletic
director, stated this was impossible
as such would keep the players
away from their studies for too
long a time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
Hibbs' Passers to Meet
ClOYers on Wednesday

The fast W.. B. Hibbs quint will
oppose Joe sCanavin's Cfovers
Wednesday night at 1880 o'clock in
the Congress Heights Auditorium in
preliminary to the Anacostia
Eagles-St. Mary's Celtics encounter.
Manager Canavin is asked to phone
Emmett Broderick, Main 545, be.
tween and 5 o'clock.
The Hibbs outfit took the measure
of another team yesterday when the
American Railway Express quint
was humbled by 22-17 score. The
bankers held a slim SO advantage at
closing stanza. May and Waller
were the beacons for the winners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
Kirk Miller

The city Of Washington never,
well seldom ever, launches q
campaign to do aught of .
civic nature without enlisting
somewhere down the line of
endeavor, usually at the very
head thereof, the assistance,
services and advice of General
Anton Stephan.
To our personal knowledge
over a period of some fifteen
years there hasn't been 4 thing
worth while done around this
sector, but General Stephan
hasn't had an ak in one hand, a
saber in the other and a bowie
knife between his teeth.
Stephan is what we call a pro-
fessional fellow townsman. He's
with everybody, who has any
thing to accomplish which will
reflect well on Washington.
1t would take some other
chronicler than ourself to go
into minute detail as to the
various movements, celebrations,
testimonials and innovations
with which General Stephan has
been associated from purely
civic and military standpoint,
but whenever any of these ac-
tivities bordered on the sphere
of sports, we can take an oath
that General Stephan has always
played the bass drum, bull fid-
die, or some equally large i'm
plement IF ballyhoo.
\. Perhaps these matters are
just as well known to Major
General Douglas Macarthur,
president of the American Olym-
pic Committee, as they are to
the oversigned or perhaps Gen.
Macarthur just picked General
Stephan at random to represent
him in the quadrennial drive for
d few paltry pennies to help de-
fray the expenses of Americas
representatives in Amsterdam.
But under whatever circum-
stances Gen. Stephan was Sc
lected for the work, they were
. happy ones, for he is the one
man in Washington who can
and will make quick work of it.
Consequently, he has called a
meeting of his hand-pickeG
committee at the City Club to-
morrow at 3, where and when a
plan to produce Washington's
quota of mere $4,000 will be
evolved.
In a town approaching half
million population, that is of
course a very small order, par
ticularly for a man of Gen.
.Stephan's known and proven
ability to organize. We would
venture a guess that the whole
$4,000 will be pledged in about
thirty minutes-wnich is beyond
the purport of this item. What
mpr esses US about Gen.
Stephan is that whether the job
is a big one or a small one, he
is always in there pulling a
strong oar and more work seems
to be his only reward for good
work.
Washington, of course, will
not be found tagging in this
appeal which General Stephan
will formally announce within
the course of few days. Every
other community in the United
States is being asked to collect
a relatively small amount to see
the American Olympic candi-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
Kennedy Baseballers
Open With Camp Meade

The Kennedy A. c. nine win open
its season against Camp Meade on
April %. Manager Teddy Otte an.
nounced today. Pilot otte has cor
rallied beyy of luminaries and he
opines he will have strong UNI
limited nine.
Otte also took occasion to state
that tickets are going rapidly for
the big Kennedy dance Saturday
night at o'clock at the L'Aiglon
Club. Proceeds will so toward pay.
ment of baseball equipment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27

right in the
address. This
is an old Scotch
method an d
Jones now uses
that stance for
| on & pokes.
Tom Armour,
he National
Open champion
also uses the
closed stance,
and / saw AL
Watrous either
using it or try
ing it q short
t;yna huoL II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
ALEX. FIVE BIDS
FOR VA. Grown

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. 81.
With it's best basketball team in
years. Alexandria High is expected
by followers of third athletic district
basketball to annex the Class B
championship of Virginia. Two OF
it's three remaining games in the
State race viii be played here.
The Maroon, and White lifted the
third district title by 40.to.22 vic
tory over WarreRton High. The
regulars and scrAbs both flashed
basketball that should mop up
anything in the State.
The locals will entertain their
next opponent here Friday night
In one of the semi.finaI contests.
Their rival has not been named.
Should Alexandria win Friday 1t
will play its next State game here
on March 6. and, IL that obstacle is
hurdled, the team plays away on
March 9 in the final contest for the
banner.
Alexandra will not enter the
Washington and Lee tourney at Lex,
ington. Va, on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
Central Schedules Grid
Contest Here With
Princeton Prep

The Central High eleven will
meet Princeton Prep here on No
vember % at the Central Stadium,
1t was reported today. Negotia.
tions for the game were closed by
the &C" Club, which will attend to
all arrangements.
Frank Blackstone. former cen
ter and Central captain, played
with the Princeton Prep eleven
last year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27

golf the rule was Invariably to
recommend the closed stance
that is, left foot somewhat in
front Of the right but in later
years this practice was aban-
doned. Are we about to 60
back to it? The theory-and
perhaps the facts that the
left foot, thus placed, holds the
body action more soIidly against
the forward swing, though the
player who now undertaking to
adopt that stance may have
some trouble pulling at first.
Copyright, John r. Ollie Col
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27

dates on their way and back
again.
Entirely amateur in it's scope,
the Olympics must be supported
by public subscription. General
Macarthur is the head of the
American committee and is just
about as we'll known in local
army circles as is General
Stephan in civic, military and
veterans activities.
While we say that $4,000 is a
small assignment for a man
of Stephan's qualifications-it
being on the average of about
one cent for every inhabitant OF
the District of Columbia-we do
not mean to detract from the
dignity Of his task nor the inn
perativeness of subscribing that
amount Immediately and forth
with, so that Gen. Macarthur
may scratch Washington off
his list as being 100 per; cent
athletic. Olympic and civic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
{. j. PLAYS
TONIGHT

The Catholic University Cardinals
are opposing an ancient rival in Mt.
st. Mary's in the C. u. gym to.
night at $50 o'clock. The Cardinals
and the Mount" have engaged in
several athletic contests over a long
period of years and their meetings
have tingled with the keenest of
rivalry and competition.
That Mt. st. Mary's has a great
basketball combination was shown
when the Emmittsburg five gave
Georgetown a terrific battle at the
Arcadia about a month ago. The
Hilltoppers managed to win over
the Marylanders by two-point
margin, the final score being 1920.
Fred Rice, who is finishing his
eighteenth year as basketball coach
at Catholic University, hopes that
his players will snap out Of their
slump.
The Cardinals have not dis.
played their true class since
their 1922 victory over the
Navy at Annapolis. Md. They
undoubtedly reached their peak
then but there is no reason for
their fall to the mediocre
depths.
The Brooklanders will also need
tonight's expected strenuous fray
for the final 1928 game against
George Washington Wednesday
night in the Colonials' bailiwick. A
victory over Mt. st. Mary's would
be the medicine to restore the
players to normally.
The Cardinals will lineup with
Capt. Jim Carney in CENTER Ray
Foley and Bill Harvey in guards
and Johnny Long at one of the
forward posts. The other forward
will be selected from Harold Tut"
Amann or Fat" Ogden,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
Armour Is Six Behind
In Omen Golf Tourney

BELLAIR, Fla. Feb. 27.-Tommy
Armour. of the Congressional Coun-
try Club, Washington, is sixth in
the standing of IS golfers competing
in West Coast open tournament as
they enter upon the second half Of
the 72-hole test. AL Espinosa. of
Chicago, leads with 140. Armour
has 146. Joe Kirkwood, second, is
three strokes behind Espinosa.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
UNGRA1E. AS
GR|FF SEES CASE
BY Louis "A. DOugler

BY Louis "A. DOugher INV
TAMPA, 27sad Sam doesn't want pitch for the
President Griffith
another contract viii be sent him, but II will
smaller figure.
Jones and Marbe given unit. Saturday night tO report here
arriving Saturday. Not word heard from
Jones rho is his home IN Woodsfield, Ohio.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
SERIES POSTPONED

New dates have been agreed UPON
for the WoltZ.Anacostia Ea ssIes
series. The dates were originally
settled as March 4 and March 8.
They have been deferred until
March IL and March IS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
BONDS ENGAGED

The Bonds Whirlwinds will come
to grips with the Boys Club cosmo-
politana Wednesday night in the
feature Of three-game bill at the
Arcadia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
DRAWS
CLOSE :

Basketball in the District high
and prep schools win make its exit
this week. After Saturday the
only contest will be the st. Johns
Central meeting at the Arcadia on.
Friday, March 3.
Three games are on tap for to-
day. Emerson opposes Woodward;
Georgetown Props entertain Hyatts.
vile High in the Garrett Park gym.
and st. Johns iningles 9th the
C. IT,. Freshmen in a preliminary
to the G.. UNIT. st. Mary's fracas.
Dewitt Prep and Gonzaga have
dates tomorrow. Herb Kopf es-
corts his Dewitt Prep flock out to
College Park, Nd. for a tussle with
Jack Faber's University OF Mary.
land Freshmen. Gonzaga moves
down to Alexandria. Va, for q re-
turn engagement with Alexandria
High.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27

One new thing among many
outstanding golfers these days is
the tendency to have the left
foot somewhat in front Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
PIN MATCHES WANTED

The Iroquois Bowlers are anxious
to arrange matches. Call Manager
Joe Carroll. North 5ss,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27

Emerson travels. to Warren
ton, Va. Wednesday for meet
ing with WaFrentOn High, and
Georgetown Prep meets Con
zaga on the latter's floor Thurs
day. Emerson tangIes with
on Friday and G.. u, Props en-
tertain Leonard Hall at Garrett
Park.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27

IT did not think Jones worth
$4,000. / think / was treating him
generously enough to offer him
$4,000. However, that doesn't suit
him, and so he will now receive an
other contract with . smaller
amount OF salary. Ill probably
have to find job for him now ~
order to get back the money paid
Jones win be ss years old next
July rs and has been q big Lacquer
since 1915, when he was with the
Cleveland Indians. With Fred
Thomas, q third -sacker, he went 20
Boston lin the deal sending Iris
Speaker to Cleveland on April IL,
1916. He was with the Red Sox
six years.
Jones, Joe Bush and Everett
Scott were traded to the Yam
KEGS for Jack Quinn, Bill Percy
Rim Collins and Roger PecIkin.
paugh Just before the 1892 cam
paign opened and he spent five
years with New York.
Jones' best year was in 1898,
when he won FL and lost games.
On September that year, he
pitched a no-hit, no-run victory
against the Athletics. He weakened
considerably the following year and
he was shifted to st. Louis last
year.
Jones took part in four World
Series, with Boston in 1913 and with
New York in 1922, 1921 and 1925.
He pitched 20 innings in six games
and was charged with two defeats,
but without gaining a victory. His
major league career now seems to
have reached its end with his re-
fusal to report to the Griffmen
here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27

No curving was permitted.
though. and there will be no curves
seen until next week at the earliest.
Trainer Martin wants to have all
the arms strong before the boys
begin hooking the ball.
Curves are hard on the salary
wings and the trainer wants no
sore arms in camp.
Tate, McMullen, Cooper, Joe
Quinn. the little Cuban catcher. and
J. Franklin Baxter caught the pitch
ers in front Of the big stand and
they were kept right busy. The
hurlers all wanted to show some
speed and Sir Mique Martin was
kept busy holding some Of them
back.
Coach Milan. Sammy West and
Ernest Smith officiated with the
stick when the fielding drill began.
keeping the bnts on their toes every
minute.
The first batting practice of the
season. Isl scheduled for next Friday.
The diamond is almost ready for
the boys now. the nve-ton roller
having done good job.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27

games in 1927 to balance his IA de-
feats, and he was beaded for Mil
waukee when the Washington club
stepped III and claimed him on
waivers. 1t IL very doubtful that
Jones would have received $4,000
from st. Louis. had he been retained
and it's 4 certainty that Milwaulkee
would never have paid him anything
like that.
Harris thought Jones might
fit In with our team as d starter
against certain clubs and as .
relief pitcher. He Was evidently
on his way out, but MOgridge,
Coveleslsie and ThurstOn had
shown some good games for MS.
and Harris was willing to gamble
ON Jones.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-27
ISDAINS
RUBBER
SHIRT
By Louis A. Dougher

TAMPA, Feb. 27.-Fred Marberry,
the mountainous pitcher from Texas,
and Ernest Smith, the midget short.
fielder from the Kansas City club,
got in their first days work today
on Plant Field. entering into the
spirit of the thing with zest.
= ,Marberry surprised Sir Mique
Martin by his fine physical condi-
ton. He has been playing hand
ball for three weeks and weighs but
2O9 pounds. Al year ago he weighed
22O pounds when he reported, ana
never did get into real shape until
August. BY that time he had been
of little use, though getting into 66
games. He did not pitch up to his
standard of 1925.
Listen" Marberry told the
trainer today, '.yOm won't have
4 "a punish me this year. ThereI
.abe no rubber shirt Tor me.
need to come down TO l95 TO pc
.srigllt and have plenty OF time
TO do that. So give that rubber
shirt to somebody else. ! don't
need 1t.
The big pitcher is most serious in
Ffis intention of becoming a start
lng pitcher this year. He says that
he viii make the grade from the
ery beginning OF the season and
that Bucky Harris will be glad to
use him regularly in the box as a
starter.
s.If Fred is in shape when the
season opens he ought to make q
not fight for a regular JOB, adj
mits Miuue Martin. But he'll have
to be down to weight il he Is to
htand the pace CT pitching that fast
ban Of his all through nine innings.
He knows it, too, and evidently has
rot q Jump on some of the others
by beginning work at home.
Smith is the sr allest player IN
camp and pro ably viii continue to
be that even afs n the others re-
port. He Is hardly feet, tall and
is lively as a cricket. He Is in good
shape right now and eager for 9
little real baseball.
Both Marberry and Smith took
part in al. the work today, warm
ing I'D, fielding bunts. Singing the
medicine ball around and topping
1t off with volley ball
Smith was not sent around the
track, but Marberry was, bundled
u9 in. heavy sweater. He stayed
with the. bunch, too, finishing with
q sprint that tickled the trainers.
Some Of the pitchers began
ssbearing down., today. though
they were cautioned against
putting too much speed on the
ban. CASTOR. Lisenbee. Had
ley, Wells and Zachary showed
quite a bit of speed as they
warmed up and Paul Hopkins
was jumping his fast ball into
Benny Tate's mift until IL
sounded like July ON the Rio
Grande.
Evening star., 1928-04-13

tavius Granady. negro, Deneen candi-
date for ward committeeman.
Two rewards Of $1,000 each were
offered for the arrest of the slayers of
the ward candidate by Judge Daniel
p. Trude and Edward r. Litsinger. sue
cessful candidate for denomination to
the board of review.
Coroner Oscar Wolff, who yesterday
dismissed jury when four members
admitted knowledge of campaign ac-
tivities of Morris Eller, Thompson-S Small
candidate opposing Granady. said he
would impanel new jury today.
II shall take personal charge of the
inquest" he said. II am going to see
that the public gets the truth. And
If we find the guilty parties, some one
will go to the electric chair"
He gave assurances that no Juror
would be accepted without the approval
of the bar associations Because of the
difficulty in obtaining jurors not fa-
miliar with the ward contest on the
West Side, where the Staying took place,
the coroner indicated he would select
business men from the Rogers Park
district on the North Side or from the
North Shore suburb, Evanston.
Evening star., 1928-04-13
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
IN BETTER HOMES WEEK
Demonstrations will Be Given in
Connection With Observance
in Bethesda.

Much interest Is being shown In Bet
ter Homes Week." to be held April 90 to
%, by home lovers In the Bethesda. Md.
district. The furnished house FOR the
occasion is located at 1929 East Battery
lane. Northwest Park, and will be open
for public inspection from pm. until
$50 pm. daily.
Experts on interior decorating will be
present to offer suggestions and helpful
hints in regard to time and labor saving
devices
Mrs. Leonard Nicholson Of Rockville.
Md, chairman in charge of furnishing
the demonstration house, who has just
returned from New York, where she at
tended modern exhibits of home fur
nishing, will give demonstrations Of the
proper serving of tea. luncheon. dinners
and other formal functions.
Evening star., 1928-04-13
PHOTO PLANES DELAYED
BY FLORIDA ACCIDENTS
One Marine Craft Lands in Sea
With Ignition Trouble After
Cuban Trip.

BY the Associated Press.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, April 13.-
Two amphibian planes of the United
States Marine Corps, which have been
engaged in photographing the Cuban
coast line for the past two months, were
tied UP at the beach airport here to-
day awaiting repairs to damages suffer-
ed when they attempted to take of
for their home base at Hampton Roads
yesterday
One Of the planes, piloted by Capt
E. d. Howard. was forced down into
the ocean one-half mile of Flagler
Beach. 20 miles north Of here. yester-
day because OF ignition trouble, and was
towed back to the airport late last night.
1t also has broken tail skid.
The other plane. piloted by Lieut.. H.
Evening star., 1928-04-13
GAS TURBINE MOTOR CAR
RUNS 62 MILES AN HOUR
Machine Built on Rocket Principle
Given Test in Ger
many.
By The Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
FRANKFORT-ON-T -THE-AfAIN, Ger
many, April ia motor car equipped
with a gas turbine operating on the
principle OF q rocket was tried out on
an automobile track near Russelsheim
...esterday. After the test. which de-
r.l1STssed speed Of 81 miles an hour in
eight seconds from the start, the COM
pany claimed that the car viii easily
break ali automobile speed records.
The machine was constructed on the
plan evolved by Max Waller from his
idea Of shooting rocket into space
The gases generated from combustion
OF fuel oil formed fiery, cometlike tail
as the machine swept by.
After further trials in an automobile
an attempt is 70 be made TO build a
railway car that win beat speed records
Ultimately the motor company plans
cosmos airxhip" that they believe will
reach hitherto unattainabie attitudes.
Evening star., 1928-04-13
SEARCHL|GHT USED
AS SUBPOENA FOIL
Officers Try to Force Mrs.
Knapp's Stepdaughter to
Accept Service.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. ", April lS.-Search-
lights trained throughout last night on
dormitory building at Middlebury Col
lege, Middlebury. VT. bore evidence of
the itenSity of the effort which is being
made by New York State TO bring Clara
Blanche Knapp to Albany TO testify in
the grand jury proceedings against her
stepmother. Mrs, Florence E. S. Knapp.
Mrs. Knapp. formerly secretary OF
state. is under indictment for her ad-
ministration of the 1925 State census
and further indictments are being
sought
BeSieged by Peace Officers.
Since Tuesday morning. Miss Knapp
has been beSieged in her dormitory room
by peace officers of Addison County, Vt,
and investigators of the New York State
Department of Law in vain attempt TO
serve a subpoena on her.
Her testimony is sought in connection
with allegations that she. together with
several other relatives of the former
State official. were listed on census pay
rolls without ever having performed any
work.
Miss Knapp, who is a faculty member
at Middlebury College, received slight
II more than $500 in census salaries,
although it is charged that she never
did census work. The college authorities
have taken position of neutrality in
regard to the matter. it was reported TO
the Capitol by the New York State in
vestigatorS, and will not force the
teacher to leave her fourth floor room
In Homestead dormitory.
Mysterious Missions Noted.
While the siege was in progress Spe-
cial Prosecutor George z. Medalie. Dep
uty Attorney General Albert j. Dana
her and ". Earl Ward. assisting him.
left Albany suddenly yesterday on mys-
terious missions said TO have an i'm
portant bearing on the case. Although
no official announcement of their deS-
tinationS was made public. it was as
suned by persons following the case at
the Capitol that they had gone to the
homes of other relatives in eastern
Massachusetts,.
Evening star., 1928-04-13
CLUE TO PRIMARY
K|DNAPERS FOUND
Two Deneen Poll Watchers
Locate House Where They
Were Held.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO. April l3.--Two watchers
of the Republican faction of United
States Senator Deneen have located the
house in which they said they were
held prisoners during the primary elec
tions Tuesday, and today police believed
the gang that kidnapped them was re-
sponsible also for the Staying of Oc-
Evening star., 1928-04-13
A Chic BOutOnniere

is a debonair attribute to the tai
ored lapel-and here are adorable
gay colored flowers at Soc
Evening star., 1928-04-13
Little Things

that add so much to smartness when
wearing navy blue!
Evening star., 1928-04-13
DR.. HOugh Goes to Montreal.

MONTREAL. April .I3 LP.-The
American Presbyterian Church of this
city today ratified a call TO Rev. DR..
Lynn Harold Eiougn Of Detroit, who
has resigned his pastorate there. DR..
Hough has expressed his willingness TO
accept the cal.