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Evening star., 1928-05-09
BY coRINNE FRAZIER.

TENEIS activities viii wind up
most of the scholastic athletic
programs in the District West
Il ern and Eastern High Schools
each are planning tournaments
end drawings already have been mace
for the Central event. although weather
conditions have somewhat slowed the
action.
At George washington University. the
class events are moving toward the
final stages. the Junior class title hav-
Ing been decided already. Elizabeth
Wright won the championship. deieat-
ing Elizabeth Zimmerman. 6--i. SIS. IN
the final round The four players who
survived preliminary play Miss WrignL
Miss Zimmerman, Katherine MCKAY
and Myrtle Crouch. will make up the
Junior team 10 compete In the inter-
class matches which win follow the class
events
CoreIla Morris and Mary SpToul have
reached the title round Of the Freshmen
tourney and will meet this week IN the
deciding tilt. Miss Morris eliminated
Miss Bach. s4 3-6, 6-4 IN ine
seuli-fnals. wi1ile Miss Sproul took the
measure Of Jean MacGregor in another
marathon encounter, Us, S-4, s--i.
Naomi CrumIey has entered the anal
bracket IN the sophomore anaT. nav
ing defeated Minnie Asr1utll. Go, 81.
in the semi-fnais Other sophomore
results Of the past fortnight are Sec
ond round-Helen Staples defeated Ha-
zel Paterson. Sd. 6--3: Jennie Turn
bull defeated verna Parsons By de-
fault; n. Crinley defeated ". Hudson.
80. e-f: IL Asmuih defeated Marion
Weed. 60. 6-3.
Mary Exrsn scored over WinifTed
white, s-~3. 81, IN the only senior
match reported.
Fifty-edd raekesers win compete In
an elimination singles playground tour
nsueAs 10 be conducted on the Bloom
inedale playground under the super
vision Of Maude y. PARKER. director OF
playground activities. who has an
flounsed preliminary plans for the event
Girls may enter al their own grounds,
All entries TO be Ia the directors hands
before May %. as play viii begin on
Nav 27. Entries viii 0pen on May ~
Thie event is being staged In ADDITION
N the annual anterpiavgFDlind sinalef
and doubles. which win be held IN July
according to Miss Parker.
Gales gcheoI schizg hall t0@scrs haSe
Evening star., 1928-05-09

once threw himself forward and led at
an unheard-of pace. with Meredith and
Braun as his nearest men. Sheppard'S
time for the 400 meters was 50 2-5 sec
onds, he then still keeping the lead.
When the bell rang. Sheppard was still
leading. with Meredith close behind
him. On leaving the last
curve, Sheppard still lay first. but now
Meredith came with his squirt which
brought him nearer and nearer to the
leader. For moment 1t looked very
possible that Braun would get to the
front, but he did not succeed. prob
ably mostly on account of the pace
given to the finish by the phenomenal
final spurt made By Sheppard and
Meredith. Davenport came on, too. in
the last Ave meters. and then Braun
was run out, He lost his stride and
was within a hairs breadth of being
beaten out by Caldwell on the very
post. Meredith won the race by half
meter from Sheppard. who was only a
hands breadth before Davenport.
Meredith's time for the half mile (S04i2
meters) was lisa l-5."
Victory BsIkS Sheppard.
Sheppard was thus baked by nav
row margin from accomplishing what
no Olympic champion has ever been
able To clo---repest his victory in track
race after four-year interval Peer
less Mel' had won the 300 at London
In 1908, outrunning Lunghi of italy and
Braun OF Germany in the then world
record time of l52 AS, and was the
fevorite in 1912.
Meredith's mission in that race was
to push Sheppard and give the veteran
as much pace as possible. Ted not only
did this. but had more kick" at the
finish than Mel,
That" Meredith now recalls, was
the greatest thrill of my career. was
lust a kid then and overawed by even
making the final with these stars.
Just got going we'll and didn't realiSe
until 1t was all over that was travelling
faster than ever before in my life"
America and Britain have monor-
oIizcd the Olympic 800" Each ma
ton has won the event four times.
Since the war England has been ST.
preme. In 1920 A. G. Hill, the 36-
ycar-old Briton. beat Earl Eby. the
American ace. by barely yard. Earl
was coming strong and might have won
but for being blocked nomentarily in
the stretch as Hill swerved over. In
1924 Douglas Lowe. picture Of smooth
running motion, outlasted great Held.
Evening star., 1928-05-09


Associated Press Sports Editor.
Barring some unforeseen develop
ments between now and the first week
OF August, the ieetest array of middle
distance runners in track history viii
toe the marks for the final of the Olynl-
pic s00-meter race at Amsterdam,
Picture the prospective struggle OF
speed, courage ana resourcefulneSs with
these five stars alone in the final:
Douglas Lowe. long-stridine British
stylist and present olympic champion.
Dr. Otto Peltser. lanky German, who
holds the worlds record for both the
half mile and 800 meters at 81 2.s,
Lloyd Hahn. American ace, VINO noioS
the worlds indoor half-mile record OF
ISL 2-5.
Phi Edwards. negro star, American
trained. but an Olympic representative
of Canada.
Seraphin Martin. French sensation.
ennoueror of Peltzer and credited with
the fastest s00-meter time OF the past
season. 50 AS.
Five Great Runners.
Here are five runners. all capable OF
doing the 300" In lisa or better,
mark that has been beaten only once IN
all Olympic history. There may be
other contenders. including Ray Conger
and Ray Watson of the American bri-
sade. but the spotlight will be on the
big Ave.
Certainly this Is the greatest assem-
blv of half milers for any race since the
1912 Olympics, but the competition may
be no more thrilling than it was in the
epic 800" final at Stockholm is years
ago
That was the last time America cap
tured this feature OF the Olympic pro-
gram. but the Yankees made field
tiay Of it by putting six out of eight men
in the final and finishing l-2-3 as Ted
Meredith. the ie-year-old schoolboy.
beat Mel Sheppard and broke the world
record.
Swedish athletic sagas are written
around that spectacular struggle, which
ended with four Americans and the
German star. Eraun, separated by only
seven-tenths Of second in a dime
novel finish.
Sets Grueiing Pace.
AS soon as the pistol was flred
runs the official story. Sheppard ct
Evening star., 1928-05-09
HARVARD GRID STAFF
HAS TWO CHANGES

Ry the Associated Press,
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. May e.-~Har-
wards varsity foot ball coaching stan
for 1928 has been announced by Head
Coach Arnold Horween.
Two changes were made, and the
post OF end coach. held last season by
Charlie Carney. former Illinois star,
will be filled later.
The new men appointed were Charles
J. Hubbard. 1923 varsity captain and
all-America guard. rs assistant line
coach. and Madison Sayles, member ,oI
last years varsity eleven, as bacEtield
coach. .
Those reappointed were n. J, Duke
Dunn, former Michigan player. as head
line coach; Henry w. Clarke. ~. a.
center coach. and Victor P. Kennard,
90. kicking coach.
II was explained that Carney would
be unable 10 return next FAN because
OF business reasons.
Horween. Il was said. would select
his successor within short time.
Evening star., 1928-05-09
'BUNION DERBYISTS"
IN OHIO TOMORROW
Nv the Assoclated Press.

Nv the Associated Press.
LIGONIER. Ind. May &c. C.
Gross Country" Pyle's caravan of cal
louses logged out of here today toward
Butler. Ind, 40 miles east, and the last
control point In Indiana
Early Thursday morning the bunioneers
will cross into Ohio and proceed TO
Wauseon, where they will encamp for
the night. Friday viii find them In
Toledo.
Peter Gavugzi Of England. race leader.
Jagged Tuesday on the 4l-mile lap from
Mishawaka, finishing In a tie for thir-
teenth place with nine other runners
Gusto Timex OF Italy was the pace
maker for the day, covering the dis
tance in 5:5o04. Roy McMurtrv. one
armed indianapolis runner. was second,
SO minutes IL seconds behind him.
Evening star., 1928-05-09
PREP FOR OLYMPIC TRIALS.

Seven track and field luminarieS are
drilling at Georgetown University for
the final Olympic tryouts to be held at
Cambridge July and 7. PAYNE. erst-
while Ohio state and Penn luminary:
Bob LIE Grande, former Georgetown
star: Verne Booth. who used to attend
Johns Hopkins and Delaware, and
Hines, Adelman. Wildermuth and Hoe
tor Of the Georgetown tram comprise
the squad going through their PAGES on
the Hoya track.
Evening star., 1928-05-09
TRIO OF WASHINGTON
CREWS COMING EAST

SEATTLE. Wash. May tApl-~The
University Of washington will send
three crews--the varsity. junior varsity
and freshman---to the championship
intercollegiate races at Poughkeepsie
June 10.
This announcement was made today
by Earl Campbell. graduate manager
Of the University Of Washington. after
he had been informed that regatta Of
ficials had not been formally notified
Of the intention Of the Washington
crews To compete.
Campbell said he had been under tho
impression Darwin Meisncst. former
graduate manager. had informed the
Eastern colleges concerned Of Wash
ington's plans. He said that SiB.S00 has
been raised 10 send the crews East.
Evening star., 1928-05-09
BEST FIELD IN HISTORY
DUE TO .''BURN UP TRACK
Hahn. Yankee Ace. and Edwards Are Main American
Hopes-England Has Lowe, Germany Presents
Peltzer, France Depends on Martin
BY ALAN ]. GOULD.

This is The fourth in The series of stcrte.
an fhe n1Vnapfcs
Evening star., 1928-05-09

together. ball of left heel and eyes
ovcs' the ball. His weight is well
over on his LEFT foot As re-
suit his stroke is similar to his put
ting strokes.
By gripping the club well down
the handle he gets better control or
touch for the shot. Note, too, that
his left arm is straight and both
arms are close In TO his body.
A lofted club is used to lift the
ball up and thus avoid running IL
along the ground The latter Is
poor policy to adopt when lying OF
the green. Fairway grass is too long
to be able to Judge its resistance
TO ball holding the surface while
running through It.
Evening star., 1928-05-09
$ Faces Tremendous Task in 800 Meters at Olympic Games
Macfarlane Makes
Master Approach
BY SOL METZGER.

Willie Macfarlane proved himself
past master of approach shots
when he defeated Bobby Jones for
the 1925 open championship at
Worcester. On the last hole Of their
second play-off he gained his advan-
tage by magnificent approach.
When just off the green Willie
plays the run UP dead to the pin with
a rnastie His method IL worth study
ing. His stance, slightly open. Is
the same as for the putt, feet well
Evening star., 1928-05-09
AIR PILOT TRIUMPHS
IN PIGEON FLIGHT

Air Pilot. from the loft Of Raymond
Boswell. won the 200-i11ile race from
Pittsburgh. Pa, held by Aero Racing
Pigeon Club. Comet, from G. II. Darr
loft. was second. A total Of l3o birds
competed The winner made an aver
age speed OF 1.404 yards per minute.
Single nomination prizes were won by
the Darr and Pennington lofts. while
the five-bird nomination also was cap
tured by Darr loft.
Order of finish. showing the average
speed in Yards per minute, follows:
Evening star., 1928-05-09

r. J. Norman. ]. Logan Hopkins and
Charles B. Stewart have been named
members Of a committee to revise the
hsndicaps at washington Golf and
Country Club. Members have been
asked to turn In scores so proper club
handicaps for the year may be ar
ranged.
Evening star., 1928-05-09
SEEKS SUNDAY GAME.

Brooke Grubbs Silevr Spring-Kens-
ington base ball team Is casting about
for a game Sunday, preferably away
from It's home diamond ct Wheaton
Md. Call Silver Spring llf-W after
nm
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-30
S414 COWS TESTED
In TALBOT COUNTY
Maryland Counties On Eastern
Shore Tested For Diseased Cattle

In the first complete testing of
cattle in Talbot county, Maryland,
for tuberculosis, recently completed,
the percentage of loss for the entire
county was 127 per cent.
There were in all S414 cattle test
ed in 969 herds, and of the total
number Chapel ranks first of all the
districts with 2389.
Easton district is second with 2293.
The latter district leads in the num-
ber of herds, with 2S3.
Chapel district sustained the heav-
lest losses, which amounted to .197
per cent. St. Michael's district was
the lowest with .O66 per cent. Chap
ell has been cleared up entirely and
has received the first certificate for
clean, wholesome milk, receiving a
slight advance over the other dis
tricts in the price of the product.
Other counties report heavier
losses on the Eastern Shore. Kent
county, not yet completed, is having
a loss of 40 per cent, while Queen
Anne's shows but 25 or 26 per cent
as far as the tests have been made.
Many farmers who have lost heav-
ily by reactors are stocking their
herds with cattle from the Middle
Western States where dairying is
the leading industry. Dairymen here
are now getting greater returns per
COW than before the test began, 1t
is generally reported.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-30
DECEMBER 17EDATE
THE CORN SHOW OPENS
Annual Exhibit Is Sponsored By
Sussex County Banks And
Trust Companies.

The annual Sussex County Corn
Show and Produce Exhibition will
be held at Georgetown Monday and
Tuesday, December II and i8, un-
der the dirSction of the State EXten-
sion Department and the Sussex
County Extension Department, head
ed by County Agent Charles Russell
Snyder. A special program will be
given Monday.
The show is being sponsored by
the banks and trust companies of
Sussex county which will give gold
premiums to the prize winners in
the different classes.
A committee on arrangements has
been named, as follows: Norval
Pepper of near SeafOrd, John Green,
William L. McIlvaine and Paul Pep
per of Georgetown. The premium
consists of Albert Tarr IF
near Seaford, Halstead P. Layton of
Georgetown and James w. Hopkins
of near Lewes, Delaware's cham
pion corn grower.
In the produce division exhibits
will be made of soy beans, wheat,
COW peas, rye, buckwheat, vetch,
crimson clover, red clover, eggs,
sweet and white potatoes, apples,
celery, cabbage, canned products,
needlework and manual training.
The show is expected to be one of
the most elaborate ever held in the
county.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-30
EXPECTS HEAVY
XMAS GIFT TRAFFIC
Express Agent Here Says Indica-
tiOnS Point To Record Shipments

Judging from various indications
which he considers reliable, T. M.
Holcombe, agent of the American
Railway Express Company here,
made the prediction today that the
holiday gift traffic this year would
exceed all previous records and this
will make it particularly urgent
that people shop and ship early.
Recent incoming traffic from local
retail stores, according to Mr.. Hol-
cOmbe, promises more elaborate dis
play of suitable gifts and consider
able business is expected by leading
retail establishments from Out-of-
town customers.
I'VE are preparing for a record
holiday traffic" said Mr.. Holcombe,
land will be working up to the very
late hours of Christmas Eve to make
sure that all packages in our hands,
up to that time, will be delivered be-
fore Christmas morning"
"Most people who forward pack
ages duRing the holidays" Mr.. Hol-
combe added, "are occasional ship
pers' and are not usually familiar
with the essentials of what trans-
portation people call good pack
rCOntinned on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-30
DIES SUDDENLY AT
SUPPER TABLE
Mrs. Kramlich Passed Away In Few
Minutes After Heart Attack

Mrs. Frank H. Kramlich died
suddenly while seated at the supper
table on Tuesday evening, death
ensuing a few minutes after a heart
attack. Mrs. Kramlich has been in
poor health for several years past,
but on Tuesday had felt about as
we'll as usual. She prepared the
evening meal for her husband and
herself and had just seated herself
at the table when stricken. Motto
ing that she was ill, Mr.. Kramlich
went to her side and saw that she
was unconscious. She expired
few minutes later, before medical
assistance could be summoned. She
is survived by her husband and two
children, John H. Kramlich, of Will
mington, and Mrs. Theodore Ham
mOnd, whose husband was killed in
an automobile accident about two
weeks ago. Several years ago Mr..
and Mrs. Kramlich conducted the
old Central Hotel. OF late years
they have made their home on a
farm north of Milford.
The funeral services were held on
Friday morning at 10 o'clock in st.
Johns Church. Interment made in
Odd Fellows cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-30
HISTORIC CHAPEL IS
UNDERGOING REPAIRS
Prince Georges, Near DagSbOr0,
Built 222 Years Ago

Extensive repairs are being made
to historic Prince Georges Chapel,
near Dagsboro, under the direction
of the Rev. NJ. Paul S. Huntington,
rector, of Millsboro. In addition to be-
ing in charge of this church the Rev
Huntington is rector of st. Marks,
at AIillsborO, and st. Georges
Church, Indian River district.
Prince Georges Chapel is among
the oldest Protestant Episcopal
Churches of the Del-Mar-Va PENN
sula, and one of the oldest in the
country. A history of the church is
being compiled at this time, but in
order to get more information re-
garding it the records in the court
house in Snow Hill, Md, and also
Baltimore will have to be searched,
since Sussex county in those days
embraced an area extending to the
Chesapeake Bay and was a portion
of the Lord Baltimore grant. St.
Georges Church was built 222 years
ago, and it is believed that Prince
Georges is as old. Records alone
will be able to decide the age of this
church.
The body of General John Days
worthy, Revolutionary War hero,
and at one time owner of more than
10000 acres of land in that section
of lower Delaware, is said to be
buried beneath the pulpit of this
church. Whether or not this is true
cannot be confirmed at this time. 1t
is known, however, that his body
was carried to the church and inter-
red somewhere on the plot.
Many years ago, through the ac-
tivities of the late DR.. John w. Mes
sick of Dagsboro, the Delaware Leg
islature was induced to make an ap-
preparation to the memory of Cen
eral Dagsworthy. A monument cost
ing more than $500 was placed there,
and prominent citizens, including
members of the General Assembly,
took part in the unveiling.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-30
WILL LAY CORNERSTONE
AT SEAFORD SCHOOL
Interesting Exercises viii Feature
Event Tomorrow Afternoon at 2

Interesting exercises will mark
the laying of the cornerstone of the
new Seaford school building tomor-
row afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
modern new building now under
construction will replace the build
ing destroyed by fire last April, and
when completed will be one of the
finest schools in the State of Della
ware. A definite but brief program
has been prepared for the corner
stone laying tomorrow. The Grand
Lodge of Delaware, A. F. & A. NJ,
will participate in the exercises
and will use their ceremony for
the occasion. The Seaford Board
of Education has issued invitations
to school board members in all,
parts of the State to be present at
the exercises. The new building,
when completed, will contain about
forty rooms. 1t will be one of the
largest in the State.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-30
NEXT LEGISLATURE
MAY PASS LAW TO
PROTECT CAR DRIVERS
Secretary Of State Charles H.
GrantIand FavOrs Tests For
All Motor Operators.
MANY REQUEST LICENSES
Public Seems To Realize Import.
ance Of Cooperating With
Auto Department.

Legislation is needed to protect
the motorists of this State from the
yearly notary fee, charged for the
issuance of drivers license, is the
opinion of Secretary of State Chas.
! H. Grantland, supported by the At
torney General of Delaware. Ac-
cOrding to the law, Mr.. Grantland
points out, notaries shall not charge
more than fifty cents for taking the
oath of the owner of a car in con-
nection with applying for license.
There is nothing to prevent the no
tary from accepting a lesser fee but
the rule is to charge the maximum
amount.
In this connection Mr.. Grantland
favors an examination for all per-
sons applying for a license to own
and drive a car The examination
would cost about five dollars and
then Mr. Grantland suggests the
enactment of legislation that would
provide the owner with a perpetual
license without other charge. In
other words, all the owner would
have to do from year to year would
be to sign his name to an applica-
ton, provided he had complied with
the law
Mr. Grantland suggests that the
various agencies that are protest
ing against the yearly levy of fifty
cents for an owners license should
assemble data and present it to the
next session of the Legislature, if
they wish any change Mr. Grant
land emphasizes the fact that driv-
ers who have already obtained
license to drive, do not Have to pay
any notary fee of fifty cents for a
new license each year, providing
they have complied with the law in
the past.
William Ball, in charge of the
Titling Department of the Secre-
tary of States office, has completed
sending out the coupon cards to
owners of pleasure cars. Mr.. Ball
would like to have everyone who
owns a pleasure car and who has
not received his coupon card to fill
out, to get into communication
with his Office either by mail or
All of the owners of
pleasure cars listed this year with
the Titling Department have been
the coupon cards, and if |
they have not been received, then |
the address must be in error.
He has begun sending out the |
coupon cards to owners of CONNER |
3ial cars and other vehicles licensed |
by his department. He again en-
Dhasizes the statement by Mr.. |
irantland to the effect that drivers,
[COHfinHed on page n
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-30
FORESTRY DEPT.
WARNS HOLLY CUTTERS
Practice OF Cutting Trees without
Owners Consent Is Condemned

The State Forestry Department
has been receiving numerous COM
plaints from woodland owners, no
tably in Sussex county, about the
promiscuous cutting and breaking of
holly trees in their woodland by per-
sons who apparently fail to appreci-
ate the fact that the act constitutes
a theft pure and simple.
State Forester, w. S. Taber, feels
that it is not too early to call atten-
ton to the fact that Delaware has a
very severe law which deals with
this sort of vandalism. This law will
be found in Laws of Delaware of the
1O1st General Assembly, Chapter So,
Sections 10, II, II and 13. Briefly,
the law states that any person who
willfully cuts down or in way in
lures a tree or shrub or any part
thereof, growing or being upon the
land of another, without the owners
written consent, is deemed guilty of
misdemeanOr, and is punishable by
fine not exceeding $4,000 and inn
prisonment for a period not exceed
ing three months, either or both at
the discretion of the court.
It is not the desire of the depart
ment to attempt to prohibit the use
of the leaves and branches of the
holly tree as a Yuletide decoration,
but rather its use is to be encour-
aged, yet at the same time conserve
It. The practice of Sunday tourists
going into the woods of our lower
counties mutilating the holly trees
and taking an automobile load of the
branches home with them cannot be
too severely condemned.
Whether or not the persons who
commit these acts are aware that 1t
is unlawful, does not excuse them in
the eyes of the law. They most
surely know that the holly they have
taken is the property of another.
Although it is probably not gener-
ally known, the holly tree is the
source of one of Delaware's largest
incomes from the sale of forest pro
ducts. Quite often the money re-
ceived from the holly taken from
niece of woodland is worth as much
as the amount of timber cut from
the same tract for that year FOres-
try officials therefore, look upon the
holly tree as being equal in value to
any of the trees growing in cur
woodlands. They also take into con-
sideration the fact that the holly
tree grows very slowly, and that it
takes many years for the tree to re-
cover from a severe cutting. Careful
methods of harvesting this Delaware
forest product will prolong the time
when our holly trees will become
scarce. and in doing so the State
will keep for itself position in the
front ranks of those states which
produce large quantities of this
Yuletide decoration.