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Evening star., 1928-02-17

upon superior intellectual attainments
do not amount TO much as a rule-and
II they do have some success In playing
base ball, they never get beyond an or
dinary occupation when they are
through with the game.
There have been professional players
who could neither read nor write, and
they have been easily imposed upon
Without exception they have been sus-
picious OF other ball players. and the
more suspicious they have been, the
easier 1t has been TO fool them Once
q prominent manager boasted that he
did not care for men with high brow
ideas. His business ventures mostly
were failures. Some Of these might
have been avoided II he had cultivated
the finer arts as closely as he cultivat-
ed base ball.
Success by ball player Is achieved
by practice. It Is true that a young
man must have base ball intSinct and
knack naturally. But he can develop
both Of these qualities. Association
with the game OF base ball will give him
better idea OF what 1t Is all about
and constant physical practice will make
him skillful on the diamond In that
respect base ball is like any outdoor
game which needs practice TO I'M
prove 1t.
"A batter may improve his batting by
practice. He may learn to adjust him.
self better at the plate. A pitcher al
ways can improve by pitching practice
and q fielder can learn how 10 hold his
Evening star., 1928-02-17
MEET IN NEW YORK
IN BOUT
Each Has Scored Win Over
0ther-Weight Bothers
Ace, Is Rumor.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 17.-Ace Hud-
kins and Sammy Baker tangle IN a
10-round bout at Madison Square
Garden tonight to determine the chal-
lenger for the welterweight crown now
guarded by Joe Dundee of Baltimore.
Although the ace Of Nebraska has
been quoted as an 8-to-5 and 2-to-1
favorite throughout the week, quite
furry has been occasioned with re-
ports that he Is having difficulty In
making the weight limit Of lat pounds.
Baker. the soldier-boxer Of Mitchell
Field, concluded light training yester-
day below the regulation poundage. tip
ping the beam at 146. On the other
hand. Hudkins was said to weigh 145i.,
with a pound and half OF surplus TO
reduce before the formal weigning-in
exercise at the New York state Athletic
Commissions Offices n the afternoon.
Handlers Of the wildcat say he Will
be down TO the l47 pounds without Diff
Guilty. Should he exceed that amount,
however, it will mean that he cannot
hope TO figure in the role OF challenger
against Dundee. but must shift his &C
tivities TO the nliddleweights. In which
realm Mickey Walker is king.
The winner Of tonight's tussle has
been promised bout with Dundee az
the Garden on March %, provided the
Baltimore pugilist IS reinstated by the
Empire State so!ons Dundee IS still
under the ban here from his recent
faSco IN Los Angeles.
Hudkins and Baker have met twice
previously In the first tit Baker was
victor when the referee stopped the
bout in the seventh round a. the Polo
Grounds last Summer 20 save Hudkirs
from severe punmeling. Before the
scrap H1dkinS was the big favorite
Baker ripped a deep Gu. over the Ne
braskan's left eye which bed profusely
and had Hudkirs virtually blinded
when the bout was terminated.
At meeting in Los Angeles after
ward. Hudkins carried Of a judges
decision in close struggle which saw
the soldier drop 20 the canvas twice
while the wildcat went down once.
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Arranging Startling Deal H Picked Defeat Baker Tonight
Fights Last Night

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. -- Ted Esterbrook, Lima,
Ohio, won from Mike Rozgall, Omaha
10). Jack Mccarthy. Chicago. knocked
out Billy Bortfield, Milwaukee (6).
MEADVILLE, Pa.--Johnny Ryan.
Boston, defeated Young Irish, Akron,
Ohio 10). Knockout Lee, Akron, Ohio,
and Joe White, Mobile, Ala, no con-
test (3).
FORT THOMAS, Ky.-Gypsy Will
liams, Toledo, knocked out Willie Yap,
Indianapolis (5).
McKEESPORT, Pa.-Lynn Gordon,
Johnstown, Pa, defeated Jack O'Con-
nell, Cleveland 80.
LAFAYETTE, Ind.-Vincent Ham,
bright, Cincinnati, and Tony Sanders,
Chicago, drew t10).
CHEYENNE, Wyo-Kid Cerrion, Fort
Russell, beat Tony Caponi, Louisville
Q0).
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DC. DAIRYMEN TO BOWL
ATRICHMOND TOMORROW

In the latter part Of the doubles, Henry
Hiser and Francis Holloran outrolled
Paul Harrison and Jack Wolstenholme,
682 to 660. to add to. the 30-pin advan-
tage they had picked up on their home
drives.
Rollers Of the Agriculture Interbureau
League are to wind up their 15-game
sweepstakes affair tomorrow night at
the Coliseum with five-game block.
Lindstrom is leading the competition
with q total of 1,137.
With Anna Williams hitting the little
naples for 328 Meyer Davis took all
three games from Convention Hall In
the Ladies' District League. Anna hit
for 1913 in her last game, and it was
we'll she did, as the Musicians won by
only six pins.
In the Commercial League The Eve
ming Star team took two Of three games
rolled with Peoples Drug Stores. The
Star men lost the first game, SOP to
557. then took the next two without
breaking any records.
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By the Associated Press.
~ EICAGO. February 17-Bil-
4 lizards now has its czar like
Il base ball and the movies
~ The cue wielders' Lands"
is DR.. Ralph H. Wheeler,
well known Chicago surgeon. who /!
president of the National Billiards
Association.
Under hts authority. the associa-
ton will take over supervision Of all
professional billiards matches, begin.
ming with the national pocket bill
liards tournament here March SILT.
The impetus for the new regime
in billiards came from the leading
pros themselves, 81 of whom signed
a petition to the N. B. A. to take
away from commercial interests the
promotion Of professional billiards
matches
Welker Cochran, 1872 billiards
champion: Otto Reiselt. three-cush-
ion titleholder. and Frank Taberski,
pocket billiards champion. headed
the list Of signers.
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Taberski will be the first to de-
fend his crown under the new state
Of affairs, participating in the March
competition, The N. B. A. tourna-
ment committee is choosing as his
opponents the 10 leading players Of
the last season. Ralph Greenleaf was
winner OF the title in last years
tournament and. through challenge
matches. Taberski succeeded to the
honor. The latter has defended his
title twice in challenge matches and
faces q tournament for the cham
pionship for the first time
According to the petition of the
pros the competitive championship
conditions of the past have not al
ways been satisfactory. They say the
game has lacked that independence
Of action necessary II it is TO ad-
vance along with other sports. which
long ago divorced themselves from
commercial dominance and formed
their own organizations TO act as
governing bodies and conduct the
big championship meets
Evening star., 1928-02-17
BY JOHN b. FOSTER.
HI-Education Scores Often I'm
Base BAH.


Some ambitious young bail players
are so eager TO break into the big
leagues that they are willing TO desert
their school books at an early age in
order to devote all their time TO base
ball. A typical American boy sends
this letter OF inquiry-and there are
scores Of similar nature:
"The height Of my ambition n 10
be q big league ball player. j have tried
all kinds Of sport and like all kinds
Of sport, but seem 10 be best In base
ball. What should do to succeed
in base ball? Is IL advisable to give
up going TO high school In order 70
try to be = bali player"
The second question will be answered
first. Under no circumstances ought q
boy give up his high school studies 50
that ne may become q ball player. A
good education lis worth all Of the base
ball in professional way. or in any
other way, that there Is In the whole
United States.
Further than that. the better a ball
player is educated, the more he Is like
ly 70 succeed. Now and then profeS-
sionai ball players pretend TO ridicule
other players who are better educated
The players who affect TO look down
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D. c. BOXERS SCORE
OVER PHILLY TEAM

Jewish Community Center boxers
proved anything but hospitable hosts
to the Philadelphia all-star amateur
team in the center here last night
The local ringmen scored victories in
three OF the four bouts. though. in ac-
cordance with the District boxing code,
no decisions were rendered.
Joe Proctor won the feature bout Of
the evening when he put Bobby Schu-
mann away In little more than q
minute after the start OF their light
heavyweight bout.
Bobby Goldstein of the Community
Center team bowed to Mickey Morris
OF Philadelphia after three rounds of
fast battling In l26-pound tilt: Joe
Lesser. local ll6-pounder. bested Joe
Christie in the ll6-pound competition.
and George Solomons. Washington
middleweight. scored over Eddie Hough-
ton In their bout.
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= OuTHERN DIARIES bowlers Of
Washington and Richmond are
\ jumping into the intercity bowl


jumping into the intercity bowl
~ ing business: They are to strug-
gle on the drives of the Virginia
CAPITAL tomorrow. The local squad will
include the Douglas brothers, Harry
and Charley; Clements, Jacobs and
McProuty. These men are the high
average duckpinners of the Southern
Diaries 12-team league here. Rich
mond also has a Southern Diaries
League that will send its high average
bowlers into action. -,
A band of seventy-five rooters Will
accompany the Washington boWlerS to
the Richmond battlefield.
Another of those intercity bowling
matches with which the alley program
has been filled this Winter will be con-
cluded tonight on the Convention Hall
drives. The town team OF Martins
burg, w. Va, headed by Reggie Rawl-
ings. one-time sandlot base ball star
of the District and since the leading
slugger of the Blue Ridge League for
home-and-hom battle with the quint
of Quentin Roosevelt Post of the Amer
ican Legion.
If the Quentin Roosevelt bowlers 90
no better here than they did in the
opening block of the engagement at
Martinsburg they are in for a sound
licking Messrs Campbell, Imirie, Daily
and company certainly did not burn
up the alleys in the West Virginia place
and came back to Washington trailing
by good number of pins.
Plenty of lively discussion is likely
to fill the annual meeting OF the WASH
ington Ladies' Duckpin Association to-
morrow NIGHT at Convention Hall. The
girls always discuss freely their views
at these sessions, and this year with
a radical change in the conduct OF the
affair proposed there should be some
good arguing. It has been announced
that voting at the impending meeting
will be by leagues only instead OF by
individual members as has been the
case formerly. However, some Of the
members of the association contend
that there is no provision In the con-
stitution for such vote and that the
minutes of the previous meeting when
balioting was done individually GER
tainly will fail to show that any such
amendment ever was considered.
This argument may cause some trou-
BILE. Furthermore. the girls are not in
accord upon the selection of site for
this years championship tourney. In
1927 they abandoned the Coliseum.
where they had been holding their meet
for some years. and patronized the Con-
vention Hall drives. where the men had
held their event. Now some Of the
woman bowlers favor the King Pin
alleys. where the 1928 mems champion
ships are to be staged. There probably
will be much discussion OF this Ques-
| ton, too.
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SCHWARTZ COMEDIES
WEIGHT IN BATTLE

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, February l7-Corpl. 1zzy
Schwartz. recognized by the New YORK
Boxing Commission as holder OF the
cispute6 Hyweignt title. steps out OF his
class here tonight 70 engage Billy Shaw.
a local i20-pounc boxer. II an eight
round contest.
Schwartz Is expected 70 weigh N a.
around liG pounds.
Frencny Be!anger, Toronto 1yweight,
meets Joey Ross c! New York IN an
other eight youncer
The Eelanger and Schwartz bouts are
given secondary place on the pro-
gram. which Is hea6lined by l0-round
contest between Clarence Rosen ard
Pete Fi-po, who meet for the fourth
tire 70 sett.e iocal hsntanYe!ght .euc
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THREE TIE FOR TOP
IN CHESS TOURNEY

BERLIN. February II LE).-The
tenth round of the international tourna-
ment, contested at the Berlin Chess
Club. brought about the first defeat Of
the leader A. Nimzowitsch OF Denmark.
az the hands of l.. Steiner OF Hungary
At the close o! the days play Nimzo-
witsch was tied for first place with f.
d. Bogoljubow OF Germany and p
Joiner OF Switzerland. both of whose
games were adjourned.
The other winners were A. Brinck-
mann and X. Helling OF Germany and
@. Stoltz OF Sweden. Three games were
adjourned
Evening star., 1928-02-17
REDS, GREENS IN TIE
FOR BOWLING LEAD

Reds and Greens are running neck
and neck for the First Brethren Sunday
School Interclass Bowling League lau-
rels with records of % wins and II
losses.
League statistics. compiled by Scor-
er Preston Campbell, follow:
Evening star., 1928-02-17

hands to catch flies by continued prac-
tice and how TO step into. or 10 one side
Of a batted ball 10 field It,
There Is a great deal In getting posi-
ton TO field ball In order to handle
1t well. The fielder must learn to start
quickly. Just as the sprinter learns TO
start from his mark. Practice Is the
best aid TO that
Evening star., 1928-02-17
PETW0RTH LEADING
SUBURBAN BOWLING

Petworth Is running away from the
seven other teams in the race for the
championship Of the Suburban Bowling
League. 1t enjoys a four-game lead
over the second-place York Auto Sup
phys and is seven games in front of the
Lincolns.
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PTOMEY GAINS DECISION.

CUMBERLAND. Nd. February 1T
Willie Ptomey Of Washington won the
decision over Bobby Richardson OF Al
toona. Pa, in q I0-round bout here
last night. Buddy Grass took q close
decision over Billy Hooe OF Washing
ton. in another tilt
Evening star., 1928-02-17
FIVE TEAMS ARE In FIGHT
FOR G.. A. O. PIN LAURELS

A Il first division outfits Of TIE
~ .1~tEsm General Accounting
"A Of.ce Bowling League are very
4 i U.4cn IN the running for the
championship. Post Once and
tnYe1tigsDoTE are ceaciocked in first
Place WIN 20 WINS and ~ losses each.
Indian No i Is just d game bark IN
third plans ard only s& far ahead Of the
fourth place Cheek Accounting team.
which. IN turn. is but game In front q.
ttle h.tE-p.ace Indian 10. Z aggregation.
Evening star., 1928-02-17
CALLAN BEST ROLLER
or ST. STEPHENS LOT

Records Of the st. Stephens Club
Bowling League. including games Of the
third series. recently ended, show j. CAL
Ian of the Yankees to have the best av-
erage Of the circuit, 1o6-39. for "A
games.
League statistics follow:
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League Records.

High team game-Athletics. SAC.
HIGH team set-Cubs. ,539.
High individual gamer. Davis 1877.
High individual sew. Davis, $50.
High AVERAGE. Callan. 1OS-39.
High strikes-A. Porter. 10.
High spares--J. Cailan, 10l.
Evening star., 1928-02-17
SCHAEFER BEATS COCHRAN.

CHICAGO. February II tP.-Young
Jake Schaefer. world champion At 1872
balkline billiards. wound I'D an eight
game series last night winner over well
ker Cochran. former titieho!der. 2,737
10 2.ls5. IN q total OF a INNINGS.
Evening star., 1928-02-17
Arlington pinners of the Athletic Club

Arlington pinners of the Athletic Club
League last night completed their To-
game home-and-home scrap with the
Hyattsville Ali-Stars on the Convention
Hall alleys victors by IS pins in the
team clash. but losers by 80 pins in the
doubles section. The Marylanders out
bowled the Arlington team in the sec
ond five-game block. 2.743 TO 2.720 but
the Arlingtons had amaSsed a. 93-pin
lead in the opening block at Hyattsville
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League Records.

League Records.
High team gan1e-Blnes. E4s
High team set-Greens. I3e.
High individual game-Merrick. Blues.
1875.
34s
High Brur,hauEh. Greens. TO-.
High strikes-Hadav Creet.s. ~
High sparps--ByurlhlVEh Greens 20.
Mlgh Fat eame-~koon;x Reds "a.
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WHAT THE YOUNG BALL
PLAYER WANTS TO KNOW

Here is the third ~ series Of 12 little
stores on What the Young Ball PLAYER
Evening star., 1928-02-17

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Team Standing.
Evening star., 1928-03-28
OIL LABORERS Benefited
BY SNAKESKlN FASHIONS
Old Sport of Tossing Dynamite at
Reptiles Has Passed, While In
dustrY Is Depressed.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
SAN ANGELO, Tex--Dame Fashion
has interfered with a pastime of work.
ers in the oil fields of west Texas.
Men who work about the dcrricks
once delighted in tossing sticks of dyna-
mite or small cans of nitroglycerin into
Evening star., 1928-03-28

place when he remembered that Mrs
Storm had asked him II he intended
going to the party. He had answered
yes rather abSently because he had
just noticed how deep Ruth'S dimples
were when she smiled. But supposing
some one else should ask Ruth to gol
He rushed to the door, fumbled wildly
with the lock and fairly stumbled to
the telephone.
THAT YOU. Ruth? This Is Jack
What's the matterP You sound like
you've been crying honey. Have your"
Yes" quavered Ruth.
"Whyp"
''Oh, Just becauSe!"
Well, say, will you SO to the party
with YNep"
Evening star., 1928-03-28
THE EVENING STORY

notion TO ask her to marry him: but.
being rather conservative, decided he
would so home and think It over, He
left rather suddenly and that was why
Ruth rushed up 10 her room and threw
herself Sobbing on the bed
TITS no use" she cried I'm Just
a plain old maid. He didn't ask me to
so to the party or anything" She
laughed Scornfully at herself An old
maid trying to be a flapperl"
Jack was just driving into his own
Evening star., 1928-03-28

Col. william Kelly, Corps Of Engi-
neers, now in Buffalo on leave Of abb
Aence, has been relieved from duty as
district engineer in this city and as
consulting engineer on the commission
considering the st. Lawrence River
transportation projects and ordered TO
New York City for duty on river and
harbor work In the northeast division.
Evening star., 1928-03-28

dens of rattlesnakes. But fashion de-
creed snakeskin shoes and gave the
reptiles q commercial value. 30 the
workmen, who have been none too pros
porous because of the slump in the oil
industry. now drag the snakes from the
dens with hooked poles and collect the
skins, which are dried In the sun and
shipped to shoe manufacturing centers.
where they bring prices which nicely
augment the wages Of the laborers.
Several hundred rattlesnakes have
been found in a single den.
Evening star., 1928-03-28

eyes," asSented Ruth, the world sud
denly much brighter.
And say" he said, "there is no time
like the present. viii you grant me
another favor?"
II suppose So" she laughed.
well, I'm simply wild about you"
he said, "and ] want you to marry me.
And remember you promised to grant
that favor So now we are engaged.
And why were you cryingP"
"Oh. was Just lonesome after you
left"
"0oodi think I'll come right back
and confirm this telephone converse
tion and make arrangements that will
keep us from getting lonesome the rest
Of our livesl"
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Sergt. Selinger Retires.

First Sergt. Augustus II. Selinger. 3D.
Cavalry, at Fort Myer Va, has been
placed on the retired list Of the Army
at his own request after more than 30
years active military service.
Evening star., 1928-03-28

CCopyright. Ioos,l
Evening star., 1928-03-28

In the days of old Greece tourists
used to visit Egyptian ruins, as Is shown
by names scratched on ancient Egyp-
tian tombs.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-12
PROCEEDINGS OF
ASKOV COUNCIL

The council of the village of Askov
met in said village on April 9Th, 1923.
All members present except Carl Mil
Ter.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
DR.. H. E. Levin was appointed as
health officer for one year, commence
ing as of March 1st to March list,
1929, at salary of $25 per year. ].
r. Petersen and Carl Miller were ap-
pointed to act as board of health.
The village clerk reported that the
American Publishing Co. accepts $40
to publish proceedings of the village
council this term.
Several voters and property owners
appeared before the council and pro-
posed cutting down alley between
Main street and state road No. 2, so
as to give better drainage Council
agreed to secure a surveyor to give
estimate of dirt to be removed and
also look over if new sewer could be
put in village without great expense.
Moved, seconded, and carried to is
sue ordinance prohibiting any private
or business place to use new or old
wells for the disposal of sewage, as
wells in village would become unsani-
tary.
Clerk reported the following COL
lections:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-12
ASKOV

F. H. Tomlinson and family drove
to Hutchinson last Thursday for a
weeks visit with relatives and friends.
Mrs. M. Andersen and Mrs. A. G..
Danielson went to Duluth Thursday
for a couple of days shopping and
visiting.
Miss Clara Petersen came down
from Duluth Saturday for a visit at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Petersen.
Mrs. N. F.. Andersen who has been
visiting at the home of her son, Svend,
at Hayward, since last December, re-
turned to her home here Monday.
F. Clarey Nielsen and family came
down from Northome last week for
few days visit with relatives and
friends. They are also visiting at
Pine City.
In a news item last week it was
stated that Mrs. A. P. Jensen had sold
a forty to George c. Jensen. 1t should
have been Mr.. Jensen and the de-
scription is NWA of SEA, Sec. 30
44-19.
RlcHdTu fSueISSl ScLlS Wy riiooy
from Minneapolis for visit over the
week end at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Petersen. He re-
turned to the City again Monday to
continue his business course.
Miss Helga Jensen who has been
employed at Oak Park, Ill.,, for sew
eral months, returned to her home
here Friday and will remain home
until in June when she plans to take
a trip to Denmark in company with
her sister, Miss Sigrid.
A snow storm that was general
over a great many states last week,
also struck mildly at this part of the
country, giving nice white cover
for Easter, and followed with few
days of cold weather. The snow has
practically disappeared and it feels
like spring again.
Nels Enmark, farmer near Beroun,
was a caller at the American Office
last Friday. Mr.. Enmark, who has
been farming in Pine county the last
eight years, is intending to sell his
place and return to Nebraska. His
reason is that, he now is all alone on
the place, his wife having died a few
months ago.
C. Eriksen and Joe Zoller have
started a chicken ranch as side-line.
They received a shipment of thou
sand baby chicks Friday just when
the snow was coming down in full
force. The little fellows weathered
the storm in good shape. however, as
only a couple of dozen were dead out
of the whole shipment.