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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
4BROTHERS
ARE BOXERS

By George A. olmpSOn
One of the most notable
teams Of boxers is the Bowen
family of six brothers, four OF
whom are today shuffling feet
in the resin. Billy, the eldest,
and George, the next Oldest,
have quit the ring, as they
had reached the age when
added years became a heavy
burden.
Billy TODAY is SO and George ad-
mits TO be So years Of age. Andy
heads the list Of the Bowens who
remain active. He recently lele-
brated his thirtieth birthday and lis
appearing weekly in bouts down IN
Florida.
Eddie, who has reached 81 years
along life's path, has returned after
an enforced absence. He was seri-
ousIy injured in February In Iaz7
and did not box again until the
Rockville's firemen show this past
WashIngton's Birthday. He 10
frankie Mann and earned draw
with Joe Perron last Tuesday at
Greensboro. N. g,
Ray, 81 years, Is the most
promising of the active BOWenS.
He has been carefully grOQmed
by frankie Mann and has also
been given some sound advice
by older brother Billy. Ray haN
been fighting for only 70 months
and has yet to lose q bout.
Johnny. 10 years, is the baby OF
this histrionic ring flock. He mas
been in Florida all winter, visited
Cuba for a week and is back in
this city, seeking engagements. He
may go up to Philadelphia for
some work
Billy and Andy have probably
carved better records than the
rest, though Ray may surpass either
il he continues his amazing pace.
Billy, who fought as a feather
weight, at one time held the New
England featherweight champion
ship. He fought such boys as Terry
Martin. AL belmont. Al Shubert.
Patsy Brannigan, Billy F1tzslEn.
mons, Young McGovern, Mickie
Tony Bender and others.
George, a lightweight, mixed with
Young Cooper, Joe Rivers, Tommy
Bunch, Kid Raymond, Young
Ketchel, Tommy Jones and Kid
Dougherty.
Andy, who now scales around
1876 pounds. Is probably the best
known i'm local ring circles. Dis.
trict fans won't forget some OF
his fights for many n day. He
has appeared against Honey
Lew Mayrs, Joe Dundee, Boots
Antley, GOIdie Ahearn, Al Fore.
man and frankie Garcia.
Some of the chaps whom Eddie
has faced are Midget Mike O'Dowd,
Larry Goldberg. Phil O'Dowd, Eddie
Buell., Andy sharkey and others.
He fights at 1913 pounds.
Ray the heaviest Of the tribe,
won his first bout from Sailor
Hines. He has since beaten Roy
Tanner, Paul Bruen, Joe Raymond,
Kid Jackson. Sailor McKenna and
Harry (''K. o. Rice. He drew with
Andy Kelly few week ago at Nor.
folk. He tips the beam at 1S5
pounds now and is liable to put on
some more poundage.
Johnny enters the ring at 124
pounds ana has practically the same
style and defense as his brothers.
He has taken on such as Chick Hol'
brook, Carl Cavelli, Larry Goldberg,
Honey Boy Snipes and Bully Davis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
TRAINING CAMP
ACTIVITY

FORT MYERS. Fla, March Co.
The New York Giants are very
much worried over the continued
absence Of Vic Aldridge. holdout
pitcher. As some OF the younger
hurlers are not scoming up to expec.
tations, Walker and Garrison were
given . sweet pasting by the Ath-
ietics yesterday, but the Giants
finally hammered out q 9-to-S VIC
tory. The teams play here again
today.
TAMPA, Fla, March 2O.--AI.
though their hitting strength
remains uncertain, the Brook
lyn Robins are as strong as
ever i'm pitching. Clark, Elliott
and Ehrhardt had little diff.
Guilty in subduing the PhilIies,
4 In /, at Winter Haven yeSter-
day. Today the Robins win
take ON the Griffmen here.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. March
2O.--As the Yankees crossed bats
with the Boston Braves here today,
Dame Rumor whispered that several
New York rockies are due to get
the axe. Ben Chapman, infielder,
and Dusty Cookie. outfielder. will
be sent to Carolina, and Catcher
Bill Cassmann will be shipped to
Hartford. Conn. it was said.
WICHITA FALLS, Texas,
March, 2O.-The Chicago White
SOx welcomed the sight Of this
place today after their disas-
trOus twO-day stretch at Fort
Worth, where Jake Ats Cats
WaIlOped them twice In . row.
The Cats won again yesterday by
the score of to /. The Sox fielded
perfectly but they simply could not
hit. They garnered only four safe
ties during the nine innings. The
Hose open today against the
Wichita Falls Club.
CATALINA ISLAND, Calf,
March 20.--With his Cubs back on
their home training lot, Mccarthy
todaJ went about the business Of
correcting weaknesses revealed in
the recent exhibition series on the
mainland.
His pitching staff came in for
much Of his undivided attention to.
day. Mccarthy is drilling them in
a. manner calculated to give them
better control. Blake, Bush and
Malone showed weakness in this
department in the recent practice
game.
FIT. MYERS, Fla. March 90
The Athletics will try to earn an
even break with the New York
Giants here this afternoon when
the fourth and final game of the
Florida series is played. The
giants won yesterday, 8 to s, after
ninth inning rally by the AS
was killed by double play.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla.
March 2O.-The PhiIIIes journey
to Auburndaie this afternoon TO
meet the Baltimore Orioles.
Lack Of timely hitting again
resulted In the loss Of another
game for the Phils yesterday
when the Brooklyn Dodgers
emerged on the top Of . 3-tO-l
count. Alex Ferguson We Il
four innings for the Pills with.
out allowing a hit.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March
2O.-Smarting under the sting Of a
I-to"5 defeat at the hands Of the
San Francisco Seals, the Pittsburgh
Pirates will meet the Seals again
today in another of the series of
exhibition games being played here.
The Pirates scored four home runs
yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
BANNER SEASON

With the HambIetonian stake
carrying a value of about 100000.
one pacing event worth $50. 900
and three at least with purses OF
$4,000 each, the 1928 season Is
certain to prove q banner year IN
the history q harness racing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

ssSisler has evidently begun hit
ing said Bucky Harris today.
Now, IL only Goslin and Rice can
swing into it, too, we should be all
set for real action next month.
We've simply got TO begin hitting
or wen be left at the post. In spite
Of our good pitching"
The real answer to the Situa-
ton here Is that the pitchers
have too much or an edge over
The others. Most Of them reported
on February 20 and have had
about two weeks start ON the
hatsInen. This means that In
flae daily drills the pitchers
have excellent practice when
facing the hitters, but the lat
ter simply wave their bats.
They don't do much pounding
- Of the pin.
Some of the batters. especially
those not doing so well, have been
complaining. They have claimed
that the pitchers should make it
possible for them to hit more. The
-pit1hers, on the other hand, have
come right back with an argument
% their own.
Its all right for you fellows to
talk like that said one young
pitcher. but If we don't put any
thing on the ball, all we hear is
that we are not worth much, that
we haven't anything. We're look
ing for jobs, too. don't forget that.
Then, IL we put something on the
ball. you fellows howl because you
ean't get any hitting practice.
speaking for myself, I'm saying
sthat whenever step into that
box out there, I'm pitching. It's
up to you hitters to do something"
W,-cther they have ganged UP on
the batters or not. the Washington
pitchers certainly have too much.
stuff for the batsmen. Eddie
Eynon stood and watched the prac-
tice yesterday for an hour before
he saw a real base hit. Easy
the best the boys could get off the
twirlers.
II ID well for the batsmen
that they have begun to face
strong pitching. From now TIL
the season opens the regulars
will play games in the after
noon against all sorts OF pitch.
Ing. IL is fair bet, TOO, that
much Of II won't be as good
as that served up by the Wash
ingtOn pitchers. who are going
great guns.
With Sisler spanking the baIi
hard. Goslin, Rice. West and BIuege
may be expected to start something
along that line themselvesS They
have three weeks to get going
and Manager Harris feels sure that
all will be well by the time he
camraign opens on April 10.
Now that the squad has been
cut down, the regulars are getting
in long batting drills in the morn
ing as well as shorter one Just
before the afternoon games. Man
ager Harris. whose hitting is posi-.
lively q shame, takes his turn
against the pitchers. doing his best
to get going.
I'm satisfied with the looks Of
the pitchers explains Harris, II
think our fielding will be all right,
especially when We begin working
on big league diamonds, but I'm
not satisfied at all with the hitting.
We've just got to have a stronger
offensive. That's what botherinS
me now"
Facing the Brooklyn Robins to-
day and tomorrow and then rum
ming up against the New York
Giants Friday and Saturday. the
Griffs should see plenty Of good
pitching of a strange type. This
is expected to give them the polish
needed. However, until it appears,
the batters viii continue to trail
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

atiOnaIN Service
WEST BEACH Fla March 2O-Uness couple Of bright
young Oa the there is going
be murder Dan Howley
the writer today
Daniel is quite hand and he has been
understand that the gendarmere prefer to be informed
well advance So being helpful soul and
of intimate information the subject ne able to
proposed corpse latter will be the ST. Louis Browns of
nor;oJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
OLYMPIC THREAT

Cliff Bricker, Canada's hope in
the Olympic Marathon. has not
heen beaten in two years at five,
N or is miles. barring one race
in hich he injured his hip and had
m retire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
HEADED FLYWEIGHTS

frankie Mason of Fort Wayne,
Ind, was the first champion of the
flyweight division, which was ere.
ated by boxing writer's in 1910.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
C.U.GR|DDER
TOGRAPPLE

Just how q college grappler COM
pares with one who has followed
the game for years will be shown
tomorrow night at the Jewish Com
munity Center: Claude Grigsby,
1927 center and captain of the
GEORGETOWN University eleven, is
to tussle with the gnarled Joe
Turner, the Houdini of the mat, in
an exhibition match.
Grigsby il some pumpkins Of a
wrestler himself. Two years now
has he won the South Atlantic
ugft.heavyweight amateur crown
and he will endeavor to win 1t for
the third successive time this year.
Grigsby has also focused his eyes
on the Olympics and hopes to
gain, a place on the United States
wrestling squad that will go to
Amsterdam.
Jim Mcnamara, the busy
athletic director at the Jewish
Community Center. arranged
this mat bout as q feature Of
the athletic night. Jim's un.
beaten Jewish Community Gen.
ter boxers are to meet the
Baltimore y. NJ. C. A. mitt.
men.
Coach Mcnamara has named the
following for his team: Joe Lesser,
11S pounds: Bobby Goldstein, 1875
pounds: Teddy Cohen, 1876 pounds;
Benny Manchester, 1873 pounds; Joe
stein. las pounds, and Jerry Cohen,
100 pounds.
Capt. Heinie Miller. u. s. M.
CIR, will referee the bouts. doc"
Green and Lou Little will serve as
timers. James Jay Jimmy" Lake
will do the announcing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
FOUR GOLF "ACES"

Walter Pursey. Pacific Northwest
omen titleholder. has made four
holes il one during his golfing
career. Two were made in Eng
land, one In India and the last
in Victoria, B. c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
HARD TO BEAT

The doubles bowling mark of
1880 pins. set by H. and c. Thoma,
of Chicago, stands as one of the
most difficult to surpass, in the
opinion of experts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

Good Used Cars are helng driven
over every road In the country--bnv ore
today through the Times and Herald
Classified Automobile columns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
Second Baseman Stands
Between Brownies
And humiliation
By Davis ]. Walsh

of articles bV DGUis j. Walsh deGLg
NTH developments Vdrios major league training camps
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

WICHITA FALLS, Texas,
March, 2O.-The Chicago White
SOx welcomed the sight OF this
place today after their disas-
trOus twO-day stretch at Fort
Worth, where Jake Ats Cats
WaIIoped them twice In . row.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March
2O.-Smarting under the sting of a
1-to-5 defeat at the hands Of the
San Francisco Seals, the Pittsburgh
Pirates will meet the Seals again
today in another of the series of
exhibition games being played here.
The Pirates scored four home runs
yesterday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-11

dent Dawes and Representative Byrns
of Tennessee, ranking Minority Men,
Der of the Appropriations committee.
The Bremen f1iers made their second
visit to Washington on May End. hav-
ing last week came to the city to at
tend the funeral of Floyd Bennett,
famed aviator.
The President bestowed on them the
flying crosses awarded by Congress.
This is the first time that the United
States aviation cross has been given
to foreigner.
Following luncheon at the White
House the party visited the Tomb OF
the Unknown Soldier at Arlington and
the Senate and House of Representa-
tives
Friedrich Wilhelm Won Prittwitz-
Cation, German Ambassador; Sir
Esme Howard, the British Ambassa-
dor, and Timothy Smiddy. Minister of
the Irish Free State, joined with
Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State,
and F. Trubee Dawson, Acting Secre-
tary of War, and Curtis D. Wilbur,
Secretary of the Navy, in greeting the
fliers at Boiling Field in the formal
ceremonies.
The fliers were driven in an open
automobile before a crowd of 5000.
Col Charles A. Lindbergh was present.
The tall young American, the stocky
Capt Herman Koehl, the jaunty
Irishman, Maj. James G. Fitzmaurice,
and the monocled Baron Gunther Won
Huenefeld were alike applauded.
AS Sir Esme Howard arrived on the
field, the military band played God
Save the King. Shortly after, it
struck up Deutschland Uber Allies"
then the Soldiers Son" of the Irish
Free State and finally the Star
Spangled Banner.
Modification of Section 4 of the
Jones--Reid flood control bill, which
provides that the United States shall
furnish f1owage rights for destructive
diversions of flood waters in connec-
ton with the flood control plan, is
proposed in the conference report sub
mitted May 8, by the House and Sen
ate managers. A local contribution is
proposed for one third of the cost of
works in levee districts between Rock
Island and Cape Girardeau.
The Tax Bill, H R. l, was reported
to the Senate, May 1st. Senator
Smoot, Chairman of the Finance COM
mittee, announced that he intends to
call up the bill May 8. He will en-
deavor to keep it before the Senate
he said, until it is disposed of.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-11
Worn to Ribbons

One could tell by the expression of
disgust on his countenance that he
was not thoroughly enjoying the Sat
urday afternoon shopping tour with
his wife. His arms were loaded with
packages and with weary posture
he slumped against a counter while
the wife fumbled among some ribbons
to find a certain color or shade. After
q long time handling the merchandise,
she turned and said:
"Well, we will just have to go some
where else"
"Great smoker exclaimed the hus-
band who flushed with Impotence,
shave you ever in your life found the
thing you sought In the first store
you enteredT
While the wife tried to explain the
Importance Of finding an exact shade
of ribbon, the saleswomen chuckled
inwardly and another husband or two
passing cheered the sentiment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-11
Held dead" Language
Had Peculiar Charm,

Children Of the Hittite race who
went to school In Asia Minor about
1000 B. @. had to learn dead languages
just as the modern schoolboy learns
Latin. Baked clay tablets found In
the capital city of the ancient Hittite
empire have been deciphered by
scholars who say that eight languages
are represented on them, written in
the neat, wedge-shaped characters
known as cuneiform writing.
The Sumerian language was then
long dead, but the Utilities learned 1t
and taught 1t to their children because
they believed that charms sung In the
old language were peculiarly effective.
In some Of the tablets the Sumerian
text Is followed by columns contain
Ing the same text translated into Of
fetal Hittite language and into Baby
lOnian and also a column prOnOuncing
the Sumerian words. Babylonian was
apparently the language Of diplomacy
among the Hittites.
Several thousand tablets were dis
covered In q palace and temple used
as record Office by German archeolo-
gists some years ago, but. early at
tempts at reading them were hampered
because the different languages were
not sorted out. Writer'S of long records
on the baked tablets were careful to
Indicate the sequence from one tablet
to the next, and usually at the end
of the document the author wrote his
name, his profession and place of resi-
dence, in modern acknowledging
ton Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-11
Resistance to Fire

The word fireproOf is probably
less appropriate term than fire re-
sistive. Buildings can be constructed
so that they can Withstand complete
burning out of contents without any
collapse of structural members. There
will, of course, be damage to finish
and trim. They can also be construct
ed to withstand exposure from fires
in adjacent buildings without com
municating fire to the inside of the
building, although here again there
may be damage to facing material and
window glass and shutters. Fire-re
sistive buildings greatly decrease the
destructiveness of fires in providing
less likelihood of rapid spread, greater
ease Of extinguishment, and less haz-
ard to neighboring structures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-11

May 4, 1928.
BY vote of 2O4 to 121, the House
on May 4th passed the $400,000,000 Nc
Nary Haugen Farm Relief bill, carry
ing provision for an equalization fee.
The measure now goes to conference
with the Senate, which has passed the
bill in substantially the form in which
it went through the House.
The passage of the bill came after
the House, on roll call vote of 1876 to
to 146, had defeated proposal to sub
stitute the Aswen bill for the McNary
Haugen measure. The House on May
End substituted the Aswell bill for the
McNary Haugen bill This ASwell
substitute was identical with the Nc
Nary Haugen bill expecting that it did
not contain the equalization fee.
The Chair took the parliamentary sit
uation under consideration and with
held ruling on the point until the next
day, when the Chair held that the As
well substitute covered only the first
section of the bill ALI the other sec
tons were read, Mr.. ASwen moving
that each section be stricken out, but
the House voted the Aswell bill sup
porters down on every vote. So the
original McNary Haugen bill contain
ing the equalization fee" was passed.
An attempt was made to strike out
the provision covering fruits and veg
etableS. This motion was lost by a
small majority, but it is believed that
the fruit and vegetable provision will
be stricken out in the conference be-
tween the House and Senate.
Very impressive were the funeral
services held in the House of Repre-
sentatives, at IL o'clock meridian,
Sunday, April %, 1928, for the Honor
able Martin B. Madden, late Repre-
sentative from the State of Illinois.
There were present the President of
the United States and members of his
Cabinet, the Vice President and Mem
bers of the Senate, the Chief Justice
and Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States, the Diplo-
matte Corps, the General of the Army,
and the Chief of Naval Operations.
The Chaplain of the House, Rev.
erend James Shera Montgomery, D.
D., conducted the burial Office. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Vice Presi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-11
The Trouble

The car had broken down and the
pair of legs protruding from under
meath seemed to indicate that repairs
were in progress.
"Had breakdown inquired a
passerby.
"Oh, no, only playing hide-and-seek
voice from underneath the car. But
the questioner way not easily daunted.
"What power car Is it?"
"FOrty horse"
"Whats wrong with itT
swell, as far as I know" came the
answer ''thirty-nine horses have bolt
ed, and the remaining one is too up
set to answer questions"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-11

ture OF one ounce of nicotine solution
and one-half ounce Of soap dissolved
in water. After dipping, the plants
should be kept In the shade for "a
hours A weekly spraying with the
same mixture Is an advisable supple
mentary procedure.
In case the scale infestation has
made much Roadway before discovery,
1t will be well to remove entirely the
most affected fronds before admins
tering the prescribed treatment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-11
Mixture of Nicotine
and Soap HELPS Ferns

Indoor ferns as a rule have few in
sect or disease enemies, but when
they do get into trouble no time
should be lost In taking effective
remedial steps, writer in House and
Garden asserts. This bit of advice,
indeed, applies to all plants, whether
growing In the house or outdoors
Perhaps the commonest fern enemy
Is scale on the stems or leaves. When
the infestatiOn appears the plants
ought to be turned upside down (of
course, holding the soil and roots so
that they cannot fall out of the pots)
and dipped. in 4. pail. filled with a mix
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-11
Sound Waves

Light and electricity and sound are
the results of entirely different vibra-
lions or waves. Sound waves travel
in gases, liquids and solids, and their
speed varies according to the mate
rial, its temperature, etc. Light and
electricity travel through medium
which we call the ether, and always
at the same speed. There are other
vibrations such as the X-rays and
wireless telegraphy rays which are
still different.
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Autobiographical Fibs

Literature by man on the subject
Of women is the most interesting and
unreliable In the world. 1t Is unre-
liable because 1t is photographed
and all autobiography is fiction
American Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-11
Permanently

"Parsnips," says an agricultural ex-
pert, "are. best left In the ground"
We agree Boston Transcript
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-11
Why He Is Unpopular

Many a man is on such good terms
with himself that he never thinks of
being pleasant to anybody else.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-24
CLUB EVENTS League of Women Voters To Mcet-Club Notes of Interest.

Mrs. Buell. R. Eassctt will open her home on Emmons Place next Wednesday evening at { o'clock 10 meeting Of the New Britain chap ter of the Connecticut League Of Women Voters. Mrs. Florence kitch- let of New Haven is 10 be the speaker. Mrs. kitchlet has recently returned from a six months tour of Europe, visiting Spain, the Balkan countries. and Central Europe, end- ing with several weeks at Geneva at the Institute of International Eela- tions and at the Assembly of the League of Nations. She speaks next week on The Congress Of tho World" showing illustrations Of that section of the world she has recent ly visited. The meeting is open to the public.
 Members of the New Britain Col lege club were entertained with an evening of music at the home of Mrs John (. Loomis of Lincoln