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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-15
MISCELLANEOUS

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-15

pHllH.O VANCE
JOHN FIX. MARKHAM District
Attorney Of New York County
M A e I; a u EFT Oh r LII (THE
on 4 4 u IEs cLEAvER. . nan.
ahout-town
KENNETH sPoTswooDE. = naas-
LOUIS MAxxIx. .. ,np.rter
DIR. AMBROSE LINDQUlSTs q
fashionable neuPo1OGlst
TONY SkEEL. . professSensl bar.
WILLIAM EI.MER JESSUP. tele-
phone operator
HARRY sPIvELY. telephone -.
ERNEsT HEATH. Sergeant Of thu
Homicide Hureso
THE STORY THUS FAR
Because Skeel's AnEeP pFlnts
were found IN the ~CanAry's"
apa1tments Markham believes
Skeel was Margaret O4elD'o 0ur.
derer. But Vance thlnks 0keel
Had been hidIng In = clothes cDoe.
while the murderer ala HE work.
He II led to this belief because
Of Z Jewel case that lad been
opened with . steel ehlse1 after
havlng been prlea With . pokePs
end because he holds that the
crime vvas the work Of . man
WITH superior lnteIlect. Mark.
ham 111leules the theeYy au4
Vance, investigating o. hls Owns
traces q plcture found In the OAe1l
apaet0ent to Alys La FosAe.
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INSTRUCTION

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Hedden Real Estate Agency
HOUSES AND FLATS

IL Years Active City Selling
Webb Block Phone
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FOR RENT-Nicely furnished
sleeping room. $1,000 per month.
Call at 113 Washington. Phone
73Q.M.
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rHuRspAv. FEB. -

Programs in Central Standard time.
All time is r. Al. unless otherwise In.
dicated. Wave lengths en- left OF call
letters, kilocycles on right
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms in
modern home for light hodsekeep-
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also garage. Call at GA Eighth
street
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SIX ROOM MODERN TWO STORY
house, hot water heat, full base
ment, sorth front, needs some re-
pairs. Sales .rice $3.50. Rea-
sonable terms.
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FIVE ROOMS AND BATH TWO
story house, modern except full
basement and heat. Sales price
$4,000, good terms, immediate
possession.
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FOR RENT-Threc nice rooms over
Knowles Jewelry store. Apply to
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FOR RENT-Furnishcd room, hot
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Front Apt. Phone 797-R.
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AUTOMOBILES

FOR SALE-1927 Whippet Sedan.
Run very little and in first class
condition. Will sell at . discount
or trade for Z late model Willis
knight. Address Box 446, Bis.
marck, N. D.
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FOR RENT-Furnished light house
keeping rooms in modern home.
Private entrance, close in. Phone
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street.
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FOR RENT-Furnishcd room in
modern home. Phone 1872. COT
Sixth street.
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FOR RENT--One front room, good
size with kitchenette and closet
Also one small sleepir~ room. all
Fifth street. Phone 273.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
JOE CONCANNON
SHARPENSE EYE

Joe COncannon, former New York
State pocket billiard champion. is
training daily for his approaching
match with Ralph Greenleaf the
master Cueist. Greenleaf and Con.
cannon will engage in 600-point
match at the Arcadia parlors. Four.
teenth and Park Road n. w, on
January 25 and January %.
Concannon is sharpening his
eye and nimble touch by spending
an hour or more every day on the
tables at the Arcadia. He wants to
beat Greenleaf, whom Concannon
says. is a wizard with the cue.
COncannOn and GreenIeaf
have met often. Joe repre-
scented Brooklyn i'm the pocket
billiard league in 1925. He
shared six matches with Green
leaf
Greenleaf elevated himself to the
championship in 1919 and ruled
until 1925. He also holds the
worlds exhibition high run OF 23o
| made in Stockton, Calf, In 1922
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
TITLE BILLIARD
PLAY PLANNED

Qualified pocket billiardists were
today rushing TO enter the District
championship tournament announced
by Manager Harry Garrison, of the
Mayfair parlors, 610 Ninth St.,
prizes for which amount to $125 In
cash, which has been posted with
the washington Times and The
Herald.
Clarkson has planned a novel
procedure to determine the real
titleholder locally. He will pair the
entrants so that each will play the
other one game for 100 points. start
ing next Thursday at o'clock, No
enrty fee is to be charged to COM
pete in this tournament and the
Mayfair parlors will be opened
gratis to the public each evening
between and s o'clock during the
progress of the games and until the
end OF the tournament.
The player winning the most
games will earn the local champion.
ship as we'll as a prize OF $50.
Awards OF $25. SIS and $40 will so
to the three runners.up. and to the
player getting the greatest single
run a special award of SIS Is an
nounced
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
Heinie Miller Referees
Show for S-4 Families

On January 81, at New London,
Conn. an all-service boxing show is
TO be staged, the proceeds Of which
are to go to the families of the S-4
victims.
Capt. Harvey L. Miller, u. S. M.
G. r.. local boxing referee. has been
assigned as third man in the ring.
He recently refereed a show in New
London, for which work he was
commended by the Connecticut State
Athletic Commission.
Miller. who holds referees licenses
in various States. has also been
assigned by the Intercollegiate Box
ing Association to act as third man
in the ring at several Annapolis
and University of Virginia shows
this winter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
Celtics Will Oppose
MedicOs Minus Regulars

ALEXANDRIA. Va. Jan. Is.
Army Medical Center. OF Washing
ton, will meet a crippled St. Mary's
Celtic basketball team on the armory
floor tomorrow night at 9 o'clock.
Four Celtic players, Leo Lyons, Ed
die German, Buddy Zimmerman and
Busy Bremen, are on the injured
list.
Bremen is the latest injured. He
sustained head and hand injuries in
an auto accident Wednesday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
Sonny Burdine Home
In Miami With Folks

George Sonny" Burdine. popular
District sandlotter is back home
with his folks in Miami. Fla. Sonny
plans to remain in Miami until the
Toronto Maple Leafs hike south
ward for their spring training.
Burdine has signed for trial with
the international League cham.
pions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
WRESTLERS
DOSTlJFF

One of the best wrestling cards
ever offered District mat fans will
be presented tonight at the Arcadia,
Fourteenth and Park Road North
west. The opening bout will get
under way at o'clock.
Joe Turner, Washington's gnarled
45-year-old veteran of the gripping
pastime, is to engage Eddie Pope,
claimant Of the Southern middle
weight championship, in the open
ing match. This will be a one-faH
affair.
Pope has been a headIiner in
wrestling bouts in Chicago and
st. Louis and intends to pln
Turner's shoulders to the canvas.
Dan Koloff, the 225:pound Bull
garian, will take on Jack Taylor,
235 pound Canadian heavyweight
champion, in the seminal, best two
out of three falls. Koloff showed
here a few days back and held
Alan Eustace, the hardened Kansas
farmer. TO draw.
In the main scramble, Renato
Gardini, the Italian heavyweight
czar, will grip arms with Andy
Brown, the Michigan lumberjack.
Italian element here is expected to
be present to root for Gardini.
Ladies will be admitted free to to-
nights matches.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
FIELDING FIGURES
MISCELLANEOUS
Sap" Altman EnrOlls
At st. BOnaventure's

James sap" Altman has enrolled
at st. Bonaventure's College and
will leave for the Olean, y. Y. in
stitution on February i. Altman is
football and tennis star and was
a mainstay in these sports at East
ern High.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

Buck O'Brien. another former
Eastern High luminary, is attending
st. Bonaventure' Buck was one of
the cogs with the clean eleven last
year. being used as offensive end and
defensive fullback. He was one OF
the bright spots when st. Bonaven'
ture tied Cornell, SIS, last year.
O'Brien is also a trackster of note
and captained the EasteEn High
squad last year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

Phil Todt, Boston's young first
sacker, runs second to Gehrig as
busybody around the initial corner
of the diamond. This may surprise
many fans. though every player in
the league is well aware of it.
Todt is a nifty lad to have around.
Bucky Harris took the laurels
among second basemen playing in
more than 100 games. but the
ground covering gIories go to
Gehringer, of the Tigers, as the
following figures prove:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
Friedman's Bulldogs
Lead as Being Stars

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IS
Benny Friedman's Cleveland Bull
dogs are the leaders in Pacific
coast pro football competition to-
day. They gained the distinction
here yesterday by routing the
George Wilson Wildcats by a score
of IL to 6. The former Michigan
all-America's forward heaving was
the main factor in the victory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

These figures show that, ire
spective of misplays. the Yankee
behemoth got to an average OF
11.38 chances per game. He
made more errors than Judge,
for instance, but over the cam
paign he had more oppOrtuni-
ties, too.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
c. j. MEET
c. v.

George Washington and Catholic
University offer this weeks big
varsity basketball battle for Wash
ington fans. On Saturday night
the Colonials will go out to Brook.
land to tackle the Cardinals and
the fur is sure to fly.
The Colonials and Cardinals are
natural rivals for top honors in
all District sports. Each is sup
ported by loyal rooters and the
C. u. gym will be taxed for ac-
comodations when the varsity
quints swing into action.
Coach Rice will send his
veteran machine against the
visitors, with Long and Ogden
forwards. Captain Carney at
center and those twin stars,
Foley and Harvey, at guard.
Maud Crum is expected to start
Sapp and Carey at the forward
positions, with Captain Goodson
at center and Lopeman and Perry
at guard.
Court activities begin tomorrow
when Salem College. of Salem, w.
Va, comes to the G Street gym to
battle the Colonials, who are just
back from taking three victories
in as many days against Virginia
fiVes. At the same time American
University will be tackling Loyola
in Baltimore.
Wednesday Georgetown will again
show it's ability at the Arcadia,
facing Johns Hopkins in what
should be lively clash attract
ing a big crowd On the same
night Duquesne College will meet
the American University five at
the Massachusetts Avenue gym and
Gallaudet will visit College Park
for a contest with the Old Liners.
Duquesne appears at Brook
land on Thursday night for a
battle with the undefeated
Cardinals and on the same night
Kentucky University will meet
the Old Liners at College Park.
Maryland goes to Baltimore Fri
day night to face Johns Hopkins
Gallaudet will tackle Delaware at
Newark. Del. Friday night and
then go to Annapolis for a game
with st. Johns on Saturday. In
other words every District college
quint will see action this week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
TECH [ YES
GROWN
BY George A. Simpson

It has been seven years since
Tech High floated the interhigh
basketball championship banner,
but there are strong indications
that the Seventh and Rhode Island
Avenue school will once again I'M
furl the flag. Tech is leading the
1928 race and is a heavy favorlte
to win the title.
The Manual Trainers were scho.
lastic court monarchs here in 1870
and 1921, winning the municipal
high school crown in both years.
The 1921 championship Tech
squad numbered "Skeets" Parker,
captain; Goodie Gosnell, Quesada,
Frawley, luke Supplee, Beyans,
Emory Shanks. Joe Burger, Audi.
noe. MacCartee, Louie Joynes and
Mccormack. That was brilliant
combination.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

"Give me the boys who try for
everything and forget about the
records" says Clark Griffith. They
can play for me. It's trying that
counts all the time. Sooner or
later smoothness comes, but what
good is it without the trying?"
If you're interested in this sort
of dope, just cut this out and kaep
1t in your pocket for reference next
summer. tn stop a lot of bleacher
fights.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
tOTel
n .skeets,' watson

&
The green's committee Of the Town
and Country Club have decided 70
remodel the sixth green this spring.
The work win be supervised py a.
r Thorn. club professional. who
saaIs y,hen This is completed the
course will be in the best possible
condition. This green win be- broken
I'm and reseeded with q different
grass. possibly a Washington bent,
which hag been so successfully used
in this section.
Perry b. Hoover, chairman or
the committee, who Is selecting =
golf pro for Indian Spring, IS hav.
ing his hands full In making the
selection. At q meeting Of the
committee yesterday all but about
Is of those who applied for the
position were eliminated.
Next Sunday, when another
meeting will he held the num-
her win Be reduced still further
after an Investigation Of Ell
gibIes has been made this week.
The indoor golf school Of a. B.
Thorn. OF the Town and Country
Club. located In the Myers shops,
is keeping this little pro very busy
these days. Besides the numerous
bookings for lessons. there are
many who come to practice putting
for the coming tournament which
starts this week for the ladies'. Last
year similar event was held ana
the interest was so great that Mr..
Thorn has decided to hold at least
three tournaments this winter.
>
There were 8 number Of
golfers out on the public links
yesterday. Robert Burton,
Chas. W.. Coles. Bradley, III.
Burrows, w. ManguHl1, Melciit8
I.ufrell, ". r.. DOWney. Robert
Dugail, Sam HubelI, g. r. Hop.
kins, John r.. Miller. G. Fl.
Crook and William Young were
all in gOlfing toys.
Out at Columbia where the course
has been crowded the past week .
number Of the old timers we're out
to try their hand at some shots.
Col. III. X. Hampton, al. b. Fergl-
son, Hugh Mackenzie, Robert B.
Cummings, Hugh Saum, w. +.
Baker, Fred B. Pyle, l. w. Lau-
dick, s. G.. Watkins, Thomas n.
Bones jr., William Brawner, Karl
Kellerman. Hugh Rely, jr., John
Merritt, Carl Quintell, James +.
Baines, w. w. Kockenderfer and
Major s. S. Creighton.
Dave ThompsOr professional Of
the washington Golf and Country
Club says. that all the work Of
reconstructing the golf course will
| be completed this month. The
course has been heightened and
will be In the best possible condi-
| ton this spring.
Forrest Thompson, Bill Dieste,
Mel Shipley, Leroy Sasscer, Harry
Peacock, Emmitf Heitmuller, George
I'll. Stiles and u. q. Hopkins played
at Argyle Sunday.
The selection OF the new profess
sional at Bannockburn is soon to
be made. When the meeting Of the
board is held in the near future It
| is likely that one OF our leading
pros in this section will be rendered
! the position.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

Reeves finished close to the
bottom in the regular averages.
but he holds a most respectable
position among the ground COW
erers, which explains the con-
fidence shown in him by Presi-
dent Griffith and Manager Har-
Fis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

Tech will bring the first-half series
to an end.
Tech will be at a disadvantage
when the second series opens as
Capt. Dan Galotta will graduate in
February. He has been an integral
part OF the teams play and his de-
parture will leave a gap. Brown. a
reserve player, will probably fill
Galotta's place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

Desirable apartments--in the heart
Of the city-ean be located through
tOday'S Times and Herald who's who"
page.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

Gehringer apparently had a
wide margin over all cOmpeti-
tors and Marty McManus' failure
to keep him out Of fhe lineup
Is now explained. Gehringer
Is one Of the most promising
youngsters In the American
League.
Ossie Bluege, though hardly shin
ing as he had formerly, covered
more ground around third base than
xxy;fIs Eyn~nx,n TIn~a xoEa q fnnl1 .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
GUARDS LISTING

Company E., District National
Guards, are angling for unlimited
court action. Phone Manager Nc
Laughlin, Franklin 1853, between s
and z o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

Now the 1928 gray-garbed team,
under the careful guidance of Coach
Joe Lowrey, seems destined to cap
ture the bunting, thus emulating
the 1920 and 1921 teams. One would
have a hard time in picking flaws
in Joe Lowrey's court club. The
players do everything near perfec-
ton and are expert at their posi-
tions.
Joe Lowrey, the coach, should
come in for more than a fair share
of any praise. His genius can be
seen in the smooth play that is the
salient feature Of the Techites.
Lowrey has taken the raw timber
and produced the finished material.
A smart and brainy coach also knows
basketball from A to u. He doesn't
always order that a man cut" for
the basket.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

Today managers want the willing
player who goes right out after
everything. If he fails to hold on
Ia the hard ones. he may De
charged with errors by the scorers,
though they are inclined to reward
energy nowadays. But no manager
wants the statuesque player. He's
dead, that's all.
Therefore, whenever the fielding
averages are compiled they tell only
part Of the story. They tell the
class of the fielding, of course. but
they don't tell how energetic are
the players.
Let's take a. peek at the ground
covering of the first basemen which
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

No less brilliant was The
1920 aggregation, which in
cluded GOOdie Gosnell, captain:
Granville GUIDE, Johnny Loeb
Ter, Norman Hutchinson, Bill
House, Shaw, Allen, MacCartee,
McNulty and Louis JOynes.
Wilbur M. Apple coached the
team then.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
NEAR
HIGHEST
HONOR
By r. d. Thomas

IF Red Megaw ever gets out
front he's going to be tough ana
i mean plenty tough.
So said Glenn Wolstenholme. the
defending Campbell Sweepstakes
champion, before the opening set.
Megaw was the man Wolstenholn1e
picked cut ito beat.
well, Red Ii out front with quite
4 BIT to spare and Wolstenholn1e -
eighth, Just about where he stood
after the first five games Of the
Sweepstakes last year, in which ne
scored q notable victory.
The Convention Hall Howitzer
has more respect for Megaw than
for any other bowler in Washing
ton. This one would CLEAN from
remarks made from time to time
By Glenn about his Convention Hail
teammate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

LOWrey did not have a large llSt
of applicants when practice began.
In fact, he was forced to start a
crusade and appealed for players.
Only IA were on hand for the open.
ing practice and the present squad
numbers but ~.
However, Lowrey didn't trifle
with a batch of dead timber. He
carried no ponderous squad, but
confined his efforts diligently to his
limited stock. The players thus de-
veloped and there gradually grew
systematic teamwork. They ripened
under the attention of LOwrey and
the fruits are shown in Tech $
sweeping series victories.
Tech Is not only powerful mechani-
cally. but also physically. 1t Is a
team of giants, not merely big and
rangy, but acme basketball players,
grounded in the intricacies OF the
sport.
The first half OF the series
closes this week with the usual
four games at the Arcadia. To-
morrow, Eastern tries its luck
with Tech and nothing but
blacklist defeat stalks the Lin
coin ParEerS. Still, one can
never tell and Eastern may rise
up and smite Tech on the chin.
Central, the fading champions.
tackles Business in the other game
tomorrow.
Fridays games between Central
and Western and Business and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

Mark kOenlgs superior speed dHu
daring is shown by the following
figures for the shortstops:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

If Megaw holds first place
throughout ii likely viii clinch
him the No. ranking Of the
washington City DucEpin Asso-
citation. He viii be leading
candidate for that honor prob.
ably even IL he makes a credit
able showing i'm the Sweep
stakes. for Red, be IL known, IL
!, the city's high average bowler
at this time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

At the last reckoning he had
an average of 121 in one league and
a general average Of about III for
four leagues. This is by way Of
being lots Of average in duckpins.
Az Whalen's partner in the doubles
against Brooklyn he proved his
class under heavy fire and now, It
appears, all that Megaw needs for
whopping big season is . victory
in the Sweepstakes.
Despite the number OF classy per-
formers, 1t is surprising that SIX
clicked off sets OF better than 900
Megaw. Bert Sheehy. Howard Camp
bell Henry Hiser, Jack Whalen
and Al Work will be the "hig six
going into the second set next
saturday night at Convention Hall
But right behind them come two
mighty dangerous contendersBrao.
lev MandIey and Glenn Wolsten.
holrne. Mandley is so pins behind
the leader and Wolstenholnte - a.
But there are 10 games to so ano
that's a long enough stretch to PICK
up many a maple. Megaw cannot
let down much, despite his powerful
653. and expect victory, In view OF
the fat averages being carried Dy
the stars this season, 1t Is to De
reckoned that the Sweepstakes win
ner Of 1928 will beat the sweep
stakes high average of 192T-121.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16

Sometimes the pass is di.
rected to the corner, with the
receiver taking an immediate
shot att the rung. An eagle
eyed chap alone can cage the
ball from such a difficult posi-
ton as blackboard shots are inn
probable.