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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-17
SPORT GAIN
PLEASES
CHAMP
BY Gene Tunney
Worlds Heavyweight Champion

"Tsn't it a fact that boxing. is
more typicaIly an American sport
than baseball?" a dyed-in-the.wool
fan wrote me a few days ago in
the course of a letter comparing
recent boxing crowds with those OF
years ago.
/ do not think that the big at
tendance and gate receipts at re-
cent fights prove exactly that. /
would say rather that It proves that
boxing is a more universal sport
but not more typically American
s for nowhere else has baseball at
tanned great popularity.
Still, the fact remains that no
baseball game or other sport ever
aroused as much sustained interest
as a boxing event of the first rank
nor have people travelled as far
and at such great expense to see
@ game of any kind.
It isn't quite fair to compare the
two sports in this manner because
of conditions. I cannot imagine
boxing matches being held every
day in a dozen important cities as
are baseball games. The sport
doesn't lend itself to that and there
fore it must remain an event of
OCCd6IOHd1 Will IA4S ca
pectations Of the public being grad
ually brought up to the pitch which
has come to mean tremendous
crowds.
On the other hand, baseball
Is i'm q class by itself. During
the sporting events that took
place in the A. E. f.. in France,
SOC, 900 more soldiers and sailors
attended the boxing matches
than attended the baseball
games in tire nine months that
competitions were held.
Neither football nor track events
drew anything like the numbers
attracted by the boxing matches.
But there again, 1t was easier to
stage boxing than baseball. The
atmosphere just wasn't right for
highly organized game or perhaps
the army life put the men more in
the mood for boxing.
But whether or not any exact
comparison can be made. the in
crease in attendance at boxing
matches brings up point which
gives me good deal of satisfac-
ton as an advocate Of sports of
any character Figures for the past
few seasons prove beyond doubt
that America is becoming more and
more a sport loving nation, a fact
which cannot help be of benefit to
the health and temperament to our
whole race.
It indicates to me that America
is taking its nose away from the
grindstone more and more and mix.
ing pleasure with the stern bust
ness routine to q greater extent
every year.
! There is no question but that
there are literally hundreds of
thousands more business men on
the golf links now than there were
even five years ago. They are dis
covering that they can take q half
day from their business without
the business going to the dogs and
that they are better men for their
outing the next day.
That, alone, is a great thing.
/ think that if any criticism
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-17
VO|GT AND HELD
IN GOLF FINAL

PALM BEACH, Fla. Feb. IA
great match is looked for today
when George J. Voigt, amateur
golfer of Washington, and Eddie
Held, of st. Louis. meet in the
finals of the South Florida tourna-
ment. Voigt and Held both ad-
vanced to the finals yesterday.
Voigt subdued William B. Lang
ford, Chicago veteran, and 2.
Voigt was trailing until the ninth
hole, when he squared the match
and then went on to take four
holes in succession.
Held was forced to the twentieth
hole before he took the measure of
Albert r. Hakes, New York school.
boy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-17

And the beauty of the situation
is that increased attendance at all
sports has increased proposition
ately.
Last summer more people wit
messed the Davis Cup tennis
matches at Forest Hills than had
ever before attended in any two
seasons. The international polo
matches were jammed, whereas be-
fore polo was regarded distinctly
as class sport and more or less OF
a society event.
This winter In New York ice
hockey has taken on the rank OF a
major sport / was told recently
that the prices being paid for play
ers has more than doubled, an In
stance being that three years ago
the New York Americans paid q
record price of $4,000 for Simpson.
Hickey and Morrison, while this
year Montreal gave Broadhent In
trade for Hooley Smith and paid
$22, 500 in cash.
One manager told me that some
nlayers are being held for as high
as 800 900. There again, is an
other fine winter sport coming to
the front in the style it deserves.
Also. there Is the remarkable
record of the New York Yankee
baseball club for last season.
Ed Barrow, the business man.
ager, recently made public the
fact that there were ], 1861 ,O8L
paid admissions Mt the stadium
i'm 1927 and that including oIt-
of-tOwn games, ,446,O96 persons
saw the team play.
This seems that the Yankees
played to more spectators than any
other team in the history OF the
game. am informed that other
clubs made baseball records in at.
tendance during 1927. And ma
ton which patroniZes sport in
such a manner is getting out into
the air more to it's vast betterment.
Football ticket selling last year
assumed all the aspects of hectic
day on the stock exchange. Never
were there such crowds nor such
prices paid for tickets. Only few
years ago, students and alumni or
colleges constituted the attendance
at the average game, whereas last
fall at the Army-Notre Dame battle
six policemen standing near me
were the most enthusiastic rooters
on the field.
OF course, there are several
hundred thousand men and
women being graduated from
the schools in the country every
year and they become perma.
nent fans, but the nOncOllegiates
are attending as never before.
In short, the American public is
becoming so thoroughly devoted to
sports that they want something do
ing all the year around and it, Is
healthy sign not only that people
are turning more from the terrific
business grind, but that sports are
being improved both in cleanness
and from the spectators point Of
view. They are becoming vital
institutions in American life.
Copyright. 1928. King Features
Syndicate, fnc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-17

assure Y o u
t h a t it is
just as easy
to pra ctice
wrongly as it
is to dub
shots out on
t he course.
P &C tice is
m ore than
just hitting
so many balls.
OF course you
will profit if
you hit the
balls haphaz-
ardly: but to
- H. -onI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-17

This winter, when you are
doing your daily quota of indoor
practice, you will achieve best
results if you adapt a proper
method of practicing. And /
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-17

benefits you should take the
utmost care with each shot.
When you hit ball, step away
from the mat, so that you can
take an entirely new stance for
the next shot. This will give
YOU practice in adjusting your
stance, and this is just as inn
portant as hitting the ball.
Thousands, or even millions OF
golf shots went fluey during
the summer just passed for the
reason that players were care
less in taking their stance.
You don't see the pros step up
to the ball and hit it. No sir,
those birds get their feet fixed.
They get the club set just
right. They make sure their
grip is just so. All these things
you can do when you are prac-
ticing indoors, SO that they will
become matters of habit with
you when the good old summer
rolls around again.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Co.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-17

can be offered Of the American
people i'm general II was be-
cause OF the old idea Of all work
and no play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-17
NOTE, MURRAY

There is a letter for Herbie Muir.
EaY in The Times sports office.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-17

That, alone, is a great thing.
/ think that if any criticism
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-09
HOOVER DRIVE
IS CENTERED ON
AL STRONGHOLD
Campaign Starts With
Rush in New York Sec
tor; Favorable Reports.
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON, July 9. - The
campaign for Herbert Hoover has
started with rush in the New
York sector, where the decisive en-
gagement Of the presidential battle
may be fought.
Encouraging reports of conditions
in AL Smiths home territory have
been made to Under Secretary Og-
den L. Mills, one of the outstanding
Hoover leaders in the east, and he
has presented a preliminary report
to both Hoover and Secretary Work,
Republican national chairman.
Mills has attended several rati-
f1cation meetings held by New York
G. o. P. organizations which were
among the groups that held out to
the last against Hoover's nominal
ton.
Interests Swing to Hoover
Informal canvasses have indicated
that many elements which usually
support Smith in State contests may
desert him in the national election.
1t also is reported that some of
the large downtown interests oppos-
ing Hoover during the pre-conven-
ton campaign now have swung to
him.
Another large group of voters
usually found in the Smith camp.
but now reported friendly to the
Republican nominee, are the for
elgn-born and their children. Smith
always has rolled up tremendous
vote in their districts, but they are
said to look favorably on Hoover
because Of his relief work during
and after the war.
Mills also expects the Republican
business groups which have voted
for Smith in his gubernatoriaI
struggles to stand by the national
ticket.
If these elements forsake Smith
in the city, and Hoover captures
the normal Republican vote in up
State territory, the Empire State
may not be so safe for the Demo-
cratic nominee as his managers be-
lieve.
Battle Plans Drawn Up
Battle plans for New York and
other eastern States were consid-
cred at Saturdays meeting between
TzOover and political leaders from
New England, New York and Penn
sylvania. The nominee wants the
machinery for this territory fairly
we'll set up before he leaves for the
West.
Besides Work, Senator Moses and
James w. Good sat in while plans
for the eastern battle are outlined.
Moses is slated for eastern man
ager, with headquarters in New
York, while Good has accepted the
western post, with Chicago as his
base Of operations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-09
CITY'S POLICE SHORTAGE
POINTED OUT IN REPORT
WorIey's Survey Shows indianapolis
Below Smaller Cities.

Although smaller in population,
Indianapolis has larger area in
square miles than Milwaukee or
Buffalo, with far fewer policemen
to patrol 1t, according to figures
compiled by Police Chief Claude M.
Worley, and presented to the safety
board, in support of his 1929 budget
request, which would increase the
size of the local police force.
The chart, prepared by the chief,
shows that Milwaukee, with thirty
seven square miles to cover has 982
officers, and Buffalo with forty-two
square miles, has 1,165.
This city with f1fty-six square
miles, has a total force of 500.
Milwaukee's population is $4,000,
Buffalo $4,000, and indianapolis
$4,000, according to the Worley
figures.
Other cities listed are Chicago
Detroit, Cleveland, st. Louis, Gin
cinnati, Minneapolis and Louisville
AL have more police for the amount
Of area covered, the chart shows.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-09
FILE FINGERPRINT DATA
Records Increased by 11,4OO in Six
Months; Aid in Conviction.

Fingerprint records Of the State
bureau of Identification and in
vestigation have been increased by
11,400 since Jan. /, the serni-annual
report to Secretary of State Fred
erick E. Schortemeier today
showed. The total on file now is
$1,000.
In the first six months of 1928.
convictions in which the State
bureau had a part, cleared twenty
one bank robberies. Fifty-seven
cases were investigated, including
forty bank robberies, thre emurders,
one forgery, and thirteen CONNER
cial burglaries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-09
WIN MARKSMEN BADGES
Three indianapolis Cadets in C. M.
T. G. Get High Shooting Scores.

Three Indianapolis boys have been
granted the badge of "narksmen"
as a result Of their rife practice at
TT. Benjamin Harrison as cadets in
the Citizen Military Training Camp.
The boys are Tom Gockley, 4O27
Graceland Ave, of Company c.;
Coonel Taught, 2428 Speedway Rd.,
Company H, and Walter P. Osborn,
1925 lockwood Ave, Company K.
The ratings were made with a
45-caliber automatic army pistol.
Osborn led the trio with 1853, Cock
ley second with las and Taught
third with 141.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-09

Many Children Lost at Coney
BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, July 1.-Two hun
bred seventy-five lost children were
restored to their parents by Coney
Island police Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-09

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-09

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-09

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-09

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Evening star., 1928-12-09
LEAGUE MAY REPLY
TO i. S. DRUG NOTE
Council to Name Central
Board to Execute Geneva
Opium Convention.
BY the Associated Press.

=
LUCIANO, Switzerland, December 8.
1t was announced tonight that the
Council of the League of Nations un-
doubtedly will answer the note OF the
United States to the League on the
opium question. Washington declined
an invitation to nominate candidate
for the central board to be instituted
under the Geneva opium convention.
While expressing willingness to collab-
crate in the fight against opium. the
United States. voiced dissatisfaction
with the Geneva convention.
The present intention of the League
is to write to Washington that the
Geneva conference was a meeting OF
sovereign states, which accomplished
the best possible and that genuine ef-
forts must be made to give the conven-
ton a chance.
Senator Dandurand of Canada, AM
bassador Adatchi of Japan and M. H.
Procope, minister of foreign affairs of
Finland, will meet tomorrow to select
preliminary list of names, probably
18, for the central board under the
opium convention. The council later
will select the final 8 who will consti-
tute the board. Whether an American
expert will be named to the board re-
mains an open question.
A movement is under way to appoint
an American on the committee of jur-
lists which is to revise the statutes of
the World Court of Justice, in view of
the reported plan of the United States
to reopen negotiations for membership.
Among the names mentioned are those
of Elihu Root, John w. Davis and
George w. WickerSham
Unconf1rmed reports were in circula-
ton tonight that if Premier Mussolini
does not come to Lugano some member
of the French delegation may go to
Northern Italy to consult with him 1t
is also rumored that Foreign Minister
Gustav Stresemann of Germany may
visit Mussolini near Milan.
There are indications that both the
French and Italians are hoping for a
meeting between Mussolini and Aristide
BRAND, although neither side wishes
to assume the initiative.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
.FINGERPRINTS FOUND
AFTER 2 ARE SLAIN
State Search Begun for Bur.
glars Who Shot Doctor
and Wife.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EATON Ohio, December 8.-Two
burglars who early today shot. and
killed DR.. Horatio e. Silver, SIS, promi-
nent physician, and his wife,, 58 when
surprised while ransacking the Silver
home here, were objects Of a State
wide search tonight.
Mrs. Silver was killed instantly by
bullet which pierced her heart when
she discovered the burglars. DR.. Silver,
who had gone to his wife's assistance
when he heard commotion, was shot
and fatally wounded by the second of
three bullets fired by the intruders.
He died five hours later in a Dayton
hospital following an operation for the
removal of the bullet from his abdomen.
Mrs. Silver had been awakened by a
noise, which she believed was made by
an adopted daughter. Hannah Mary, 13.
and she was on her way to her room
when accosted by the burglars.
Awakened by the shooting, Hannah
Mary summoned neighbors, who sent
the wounded physician to the Dayton
hospital and called village officials. The
burglars are believed to have escaped
in a waiting automobile.
Capt. Harvey Siferd, Bertillon expert
of the Dayton Police Department, took
numerous finger prints which he found
in the room where the Staying occurred,
in efforts to getssome clues as to the
identity of the gunmen.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Dratha.

ROBINSON, C. HENRY. On Friday. Decem-
ber Il. 1923, at his residence. 1879 18th st:
NV, C. HENRY ROBINSON. the devoted
father Of Jennie r. Hueston and grand-
father. Of Earl Hyman. Funeral Monday.
December s TO- e ,s,d arS p i5om MSI fnfeTmens
! Woodlawn Cemetery.
ROCHE, MAURICE J. on Friday. December
Z. 1928. at $50 am, at Walter Reed Hos
pital. MAURICE j.. beloved son OF the late
James r. and Mary Roche. Funeral rro1n
the residence OF his sister MIS-. .nW., u
Scott. 1434 Meridian pl. NV: on Mondey.
at the Shrine Of the sacred Heart a. .
O'Clock. Relatives and friends invited. In
terment Mount Olivet Cemetery.
SMITH. WILLIAM MCKINLEY. On Satur-
day December 9, 1928, WILLIAM Mck1N-
LEY SMITH. devoted husband of Mary
Smith and an n son q Xsrta Lee Lindsey snd
hereafter; Remains. resting at the ";
Ernest Jarvis Co. funeral parlors, 2222
Georgia ave. NV.
WARE, JOSEPH s. Departed this life Sat-
urday, December 8. 1928, at am, JO-
SEPH 8. WARE. 2722 Oliver ave, NV. He
leaves to mourn their loss four brothers.
three sisters, host Of other relatives and
funeral parlors of Adams. Morrow & Har-
rim. New Jersey ave. and r st. NV. Flu
neral Tuesday. December II, at / pm.
from Alexander Memorial Baptist Church
On st. between 9th and 28th SITS. NV.
Friends invited.
WATERS, HATTIE L. On Saturday, Decem-
Ter 8, 1928. HATTIE L. WATERS OF zoos
G st. NV. wife of Charles z. Waters
Funeral services at Gawler'S chapel. 1870
Pennsylvania ave. NV. Tuesday. December
IL. at pm. Relatives and friends invited
to attend. Interment private. 10