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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-05-21
Parole System Urged
As Aid to Crime Cure
And Helm to Ex-C Onvicts

CHICAGO. May 81 O.S).-Study
Of criminals to determine the length
of time they should be imprisoned
and the treatment they should have
during and after imprisonment is
urgently needed, Sanford Bates,
superintendent Of Federal prisons.
told the American Crime Study
Commission yesterday.
t'ThA manner Of treating the
base, lowly and vicious has been
left too long to chance and politics. :"
s1A said. eve are here at the call
of william Randolph Hearst to
study crime. And the word study
itself implies difficulty. We don't
know all about crime yet"
Talks On Paroles
His address was devoted in par
ticular to the parole system and
the indeterminate sentence plan.
Term imprisonment, he declared. is
the only practical method of punish.
ing criminals and the length Of
theNterm and character OF lmprison-
ment and parole supervision is the
central problem for study.
The fndeterminate sentence pro-
vides q stimulus to right living. ;
he explained. Fixed term impris.
onment kills the ambition of the
prisoner.
"But the ultimate purpose of al
criminal laws is the protection of
society and men who are dangers
to society must not be released.
The old practice of turning men out
with no job, no money and no
ability to obtain the necessities CT
life honestly IL being abandoned.
"Inctead; we have the parole sys-
TEN which provides supervision Of
the former convict and assurance
that he viii have an adequate home
and work to keep hls mind occu-
pied. Another requirement in the
parole system is that the prisoner
can be returned to confinement
without trial IL he violates his
parole. Absence Of political influ-
arce must be assumed If a parole
system is to work properly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-05-21
CONTINUED from First PaseJ


commitments on the prohibition
question so far as Washington
knows. The same is true Of Monte
n. LeMann, of Tulane University.
Col. Henry W. Anderson. Repub-
lican leader of Democratic Virginia.
10 rated dry. at least politically.
Frank j. Loesch, vice president
Of the Chicago Crime Commission.
was appointed because of his init
mate knowledge o. racketeering
and crime in Chicago, and the
laxity there Of criminal prosecu-
ton.
The others are Federal District
Judges, William /. Grub, of Ala
hanna, Kenneth r. Mcintosh. of
Washington, and Paul ]. McCor
mick, of California.
How much latitude this commits
sion is going to have in probing
prohibition remains to be seen. 1t
depends almost entirely upon
President Hoover. He conceived
the idea, he appointed the commits,
sion, and he viii outline the scope
of its work when 1t is assembled
here the last of the week. The
commission can hardly go beyond
his instructions.
Congress Waiting
It is expected that most of the
work will be done in Washington.
although it has not been decided If
hearings will be held outside. Like
so many other things. that depends
largely on the Presidents inStruc'
tions.
The antis and drys in Congress
were cautious in their public COM
ment today concerning the person
mel. There are so many members Of
the Commission whose views are
not generally known that both
sides were inclined to wait and
see" before rushing into print with
statements that later might come
back to plague them.
Senator Jones, author Of the five.
and-ten law, said he would have
made "other selections" However,
Jones said several weeks ago that
If he were naming the Commits
sion he would name only those who
wanted to see prohibition q success.
Representative LaGuardia Of New
York, said he thought 1t mistake
to put on so many judges. Senator
Edge of New Jersey had nothing
but praise for the thigh character
OF the appointees."
Many Are Hopeful
Senator Borah Of Idaho said he
considered it "a very able commits.
sion."
The comment Of both sides gen
orally was restrained. All Of them
seemed willing to give the eOnns
mission q chance"
Senator Sheppard CD ee Texas,
author Of the Eighteenth amend.
ment, had no comment to make.
The professional prohibitionistS like
F. Scott Mcbride Of the Anti.Saloon
League, ana Bishop james Cannon,
jr., were out of town; and other
league officials Were silent. -
The Association Against the Pro-
hibition amendment contented itself
with a statement saying that 1t
would cooperate with the Commits.
sion in every way possible to get
facts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-05-21
Discusses Survey

Bates discussed a survey Of so
ciological conditions surrounding
criminals in which he was inter.
ssted. Il was made by Harvard
Gsllago h = Conneetieut penal in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19

$50 Of Golfinlg Cream
Tee Off Today AT
Houston

HOUSTON. Tex. Feb. 16.--
5alce only 10 hcrths were AvA1lAbl&
In tine championship bracket nnd
more than I'm score of hutttAn4IF1x
players were entered rivalry
keen today as 150 golfers Ept 4NHMY
for the qualifying rounds rf j1%
fifteenth annual Houston Cuu1fI&FV
cluo golf tournament.
-Four former Texas amateur cham
pions. the present amateur <t<it~
holders. four former winners Ia t19
invitation tourney. and former ans
ateur champions from Louisiana
and Oklahoma were among tne
starters.
I'm addition there were Dcn Arrn-
strong. former Pmn-AmnriuMn ctAMt~
pinn: walter Grove. Illinois HEHtA
champion and John Dawson. r1tkh
active Df the amateurs in thh WAn-
ter circuit. mll from Chicago IhA
Greenwood OF Houston. Texas I'm
ior champion: Earle ~Cinsnu1hFe. city
champion ard q number Ot crack
college players.
The reiSninr amateur IN the
state. Jack speer. faced four men
Who had held his title before him.
ossie Carlton. and George EDtan
OF Houston. Lewis LHvinHon nf Slam
Antonio. and Tommy Cochran bf
Wichita Falls. Edwin Mcclure, for
mer Louisiana champion And EeAfc
Carter. Oklahoma t~itlchOlder. conn
pleted the list uf lun1infErthE.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19
PA OBJECTS
TO REFEREES
Won't Fight Boston
ian With Boston
Official
Br EDWARD ]. NEIL

tAHS0cfatcd Press sports Wffter.l
MIAMI BEACH. Fla. Feb "a
Rp-The ballyhoo or not the bally-
hoo seemed to be the question today
as the rumblings OF a war over ref
erees broke the calm OF scotland
by the sea. where fighters and their
cohorts rub elbows with society.
Along the boulevards. opinion
was general that Johnny Brassill.
forty-year-old veteran of New Eng
land rings. would referee the fracas
on February n between Jack Shar-
key, the silent sailor, and Young
Stribling, clean-cut Georgian. Ev-
cry one seems certain Of this de-
sire Pa" Strtbling'S outraged dec
laration that he didn't raise his boy
to fight Boston heavyweightS with
a Boston referee in the ring.
All the shooting. whether real or
feigned, hinges on the interpreta-
tons of the contracts the two fight
ers hold directly with Madison
Square Garden corporation and in
directly with Jack Dempsey, the
former champion who is learning
about fight promotion from two
contenders for his old crown John
ny Buckley. plump little manager OF
the Bostnnian, SAYS the issue is set
tied by the naming of BRASIL and
Jack Eheehan, both Boston referees
TO the disputed post by the MasSa-
chusetts State Athletic commission.
Pa Stribllng says the fight has Just
begun.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19
aH@ma lie BROWNSVILLE Herald SPORTS SECTION 800
Fans Behind VALLEY
League Are to Meet
Here This EDeni a !: !;

The baseball committee. appoint
ed at q valley-wide gathering OF
fans q couple Of weeks ago at Har-
linsen. 70 work out plans for q VAL
ley circuit. viii meet this afternoon
ut $50 O'Clock. ut the 1T Jardin
hotel Tn this city.
Chairman Guy Trent. of San BE-
nttO. declared yesterday that Inc ex-
pected every committeeman Cd he
present. and other fans, also
HarlingeD's committee Is conpos-
ed OF Ben Epstein and Roy H0u1h.
San Benitn, J.. 3. Winaus and Bert
Epstein: Brownsville. Ben Proctor
and Bishop Clements.
The committee members Of the
three towns have been delegated TO
work out plans, II possible. for a
Valley Class I'D league. that Is. TO
find cut III HidRlgo county towns
are interested to the extent ar
joining Cameron county I'm the pro-
posed league
ri Is known that Corpus Christi,
and other towns in that part OF
the country, are DESTROYS of enter
ing o league. combining with other
Valley towns: and 1t may be that
q league Of this kind can be formed,
committee members and fans state.
MIR. Trent, however. Is DESTROYS Of
forming q Valley league. composed
of six towns. under the $3.50 per
month salary limit. believing. ms
ne does. that On such "A basis the
circuit viii b. a going proposition.
AT the meeting tonight IN men,
Der or members of the committee
and others viii probably be deieRat-
cd TO confer with Hidalro county
towns. find out their final answer,
and with that as a working basis,
and II favorable, to get the orRani-
zation started. and IL not. to look
70 other towns to ioin with those
OF Cameron county.
Nj. Trent expected TO have a
written copy OF the bylaws OF the
Nebraska State league. one OF the
several $500 per month circuits
but had not received IL up until
this morning.
Baseball is far from being d
dead issue insofar as the committee
Is concerned" q member declared
Monday. we IRE going to make an
effort to get the circuit organized
and we have every reason 20 be-
ieve IL can be formed"
It Is expected by Chairman Trent
that a large gathering of fans VIII
be on hand for the committee
meeting this afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19
GIANTS WILL
Be IN THERE
Me- raw Won't Pre-.
dict Outcome Of
National Race

NEW YORK. FEB. 19.-F-John
McGraw. about to start his twenty
eighth year as manager or the New
York Giants, has no predictions to
make about winning his eleventh
pennant but he looks for q tight
race with the Giants In there
The Giants were "in there" last
season. faltering only In the last
strides. and not q few critics pre-
dict they viii lead the chase this
season. even though the Chicago
CHS are expected to start as fav-
critcs for the first time since the
DAYS Of the peerless leader, Frank
Chance
aThc Cubs look good McGraw
admits. calculating on the added
all-around strength furnished by
ROGERS Hornsby. But the Pirates
and Cardinals will have to be fig-
ured on and so will u club ]
don't know much about Boston out
Cincinnati will be strong ana notn
Brooklyn and Philadelphia seem
improved"
Second base and the outfield are
about the only problems MrGraW
has 10 solve when he takes charge
NJ his men mt San Antonio. prob
sbly the early part OF next week.
put Ne does not consider either as
4 source of worry. At second base
II Is a question Of choosing BE-
tween the h~ard-hiftfng Andy Reese
ar the smooth fielding Andy Co
hen. The outfield offers more Jug
Cling possibilities and McGraw mas
be obliged to EMPLOY ~ reversible
out defense. as he did last vea-.
McGraw makes no secret that hc
" counting strongly upcn Carl
Hubbeli. the young Oklahoma
southpaw who pitched sensationally
last season after coming up from
the Texas league. He exrccts Hub
befl Ia VIII around rs or 20 games
and share the main pitching bur-
den with larry Benton. the red
headed rirflt-hander.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19

by German Ambassado
BY MAX SCHMELfNG
Contender for the World Heavy
weight Championship.
One evening one Of my fellow
workers asked me: MAX, what are
you doing tonight"
Nothing" | answered. Il have no
money to spend foolishly on thea
ters.D
~Come with me- ne said. ~we
will 90 to the athletic club and see
the fights
We went. III was the most excit-
inE thing / had ever seen. This was
the first time I had seen n boxing
match with gloves and inside a ring.
Tha. was in 1924, when | was 19.
: / thought the fighters were won
derful. They were only amateurs
and poor ones at that, but / didn't
know any better.
I began attending the fights every
time they were held. One night a
man sat down beside me. He said
he was q club official and wanted t.
know III ! would like 10 try my luck
the next time fights were held. I
jumped at the chance.
So on a certain night in 1924 there
crawled through the ropes in the
Sports Club Colonia IN Muelheim,
Germany. a boy who knew absolute
~ nothing about boxing but wanted
TO learn and wal willing 10 pay with
blackened eyes and punched nose to
learn. His name was Max Schmclinr.
Ny %opponent was an experienced
fellow. lie was city amateur cham
pion and started in 20 show me how
good he was. For the first few
rounds he punched me all over the
ring. Then he hit me Z hard blow.
IL hurt and | became angry. T hit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19
OLYMPICSTAR
Is BEATEN BY
U. S. SPRINTER
Notre Dame Halfback
Flashes Over Sixty
Yard Course Ahead
Of Percy Williams

NEW YORK. Feb. ip.-4R-A
heavily muscIed football star has
come out Of the Middle west to
beat Percy williams. Vancouver
sprinter. at his own game.
Jack Elder. halfhack on the last
Notre Dame football team. furnish
ed the track season with n sensa-
ton last night when ne conquered
Williams In a 6D-ynrd dash mt the
annual New York a. G. games In
Madison Square Garden.
IL was the first defeat OF WI
liams' career. The double Olympic
sprint champion, up to last night.
had met the greatest sprinters In
the world at varying distances and
always with the same SUCCESS. The
time. six and twO-ff.ths seconds.
failed by one-fifth Of "a second To
equal the worlds record.
The games developed two new
worlds records and an amazing pole
vault of IA feet by Fred Sturdy Of
Yale.
weems Baskin. competing for the
N. Y. A. O.. shaved a fifth of a sec
ond off the indoor mark for the Co.
yard high hurdles. clearing the bar
riers IN z rs seconds In one Of the
trial heats.
A Newark prep school relay team
for the mile in $3.50 rs, a second
faster than the former mark
Sturdy came within mn inch OF
Sabin Cars indoor worlds record
OF ia feet, one inch.
Paavo Nurni turned I'm the fast
est two miles OF the season TO beat
q mediocre handicap field. The
Firms time was e.15 rs. far behind
his worlds record of s:58 is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19

tBy The Associated Press
CHICAGO - Tommy Freeman.
Cleveland. outpointed Joe Simonich.
Butte. Mont. t1o). Joe Gordon.
Minneapolis, outpointed Emmett
Curtiss. Fremont. Mich. co.. Leo
Genet. Cincinnati. stopped Billy
Taylor. Cprpunabee, Mich. Cd.
NEW YORK.-Rene DeVos. Bel
GUM. knocked out Bobby Brown.
Lowell. Mass, l). StanisInus Lo-
agra. Chile. uutpointed AuEie Pisa
no. New York. f10l. Marty Gold
man. New York. stopped Jose Con-
zales, Mexico. 90. Danny Phillips,
Pittsburgh. and Oscar Goldman.
New York. drew. CD. Hubert Green.
California, outpointed Mike Denton.
California co..
PHILADELPHIA.-Benny Bass.
Philadelphia, outpointed Steve
Smith. Bridgeport. Conn. f10). Bill
ly Angelo. Leiperville. Pa. out
pointed Vincent Dundee. Baltimore,
u0).
LoNDON-sam Steward. Eng
land won on IN foul from Benny VAL
Ger. New York. CO..
OKLAHOMA CTTY.-Babe Hunt,
Ponca City. Okla. won ON q foul
from Big Boy Peterson, Minnea-
KANSAS CITY. Young Jack
Thompson. Chicago. outpointed Ham
jenkins. Denver. u0l. Walker Rich,
Kansas City. stopped Jack League,
San Antonio. CD
MINNEAPOLIS. - Harry DILLON,
Winnipeg. stopped Roleaux 5agucro
Chicago. fA). Mike Mandell, Et
Paul, outpointed VIVID Billrox. Los
Angeles. ca. Tim Derry. Seattle
knocked out Bill Firpo. Valley City
N. ID. t2).
DALLAS, Tex.-Ciyde Hull. 6ious
Falls. s. d, knocked out Jack Shell
By. Omaha. (3l.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark-Jack Ash-
ton. Chicago, stopped Joe McDan-
lei. Marshall. Ill. f7l).
TORONTO-Midget Wolgaxt. New
York. outpninted Rnby Bradley
Chicago. u0l.
NEWCASTLE, PaA--HenrT Firpo
Louisville, outpcinted Dick Evans
YOUNGSTOWN. o.. Co.,
DECATUR. Neb--CowbDy Art
-1axuell. Chicago. Won on foul from
| George Lamson. Walthill. Nebr.
f5). Freddie Penn. Omaha. knock
ed out ne Goler. Kansas City, G)-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19
Edinburg Broncs
Beat JaveIinas
By 42-37 Score

tGNtNlAA 70 Inc hHFAAu1
EDINBURG. Feb iD-UphnidinR
tradition Of n south Texas athletic
feud between the Edinburg Junior
college and the South Texas state
Teachers college Of Kingsville. the
Bronc quint managed 70 nose out
the Wild Hogs by a close count OF
f2-S7 In n bitterly contested game
here Monday night.
The teams ran neck and neck In
the first half with the lead sway
lnE from one ouint 10 the other.
Miller sank a shot Just before the
half whistle trifled. giving the Jaw
elinas an 1917 lead.
Bates and Garrett. Bronze stars.
got going In the second half and
managed 10 keep their team In the
lead throughout BY q narrow mar
gin.
Honors were about evenly divided
among thu JavelinaS Shelton. FL
more Crunpton and Alilligan each
netted eight or nine points
Both teams played offensive games
and defense seemed neglected
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19

TULSA. Okla. Feb. 1o-0P-
Tommy Loushran and Mickey
Walker. light heavyweight and mid
dleweight champions, respectively.
viii battle for Loughran's title In
Chicago ON March -.
Announcement by Joe Smith, the
light heavyweight's manager. that
the fight would DO held. followed o
long distance conversation at mid
night with Paddy Harmon, Chica-
go promoter and a statement in San
Francisco by Jack Kearns. Walkers
manager, that he had agreed TO the
bout.
Smith said he and Loughran
would go 70 Chicago after the cham
pi0n's fight here tomorrow night
with Joe Lehman. to draw up a
contract with Harmon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19
Tonight!

initial bid and a following bid? !. between bidding at
Auction and bidding at Contract under what
circumstances to overtake partners trick? Learn the
expert tactics from this Radio Game. Bid and play it
your way first. Then tune in with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19

ard congratulated 40 Washington
Won Prittwitz.
back as hard as I could. The blow
! struck, friends later told me, was
a right cross. The other fellow fell
70 the floor and did not rise again.
lie was knocked out.
l didn't fight again until | visited
the ancient college town Of Bonn,
where the former kaiser once at
tended school. 1 won that fight, too.
Ny mother knew nothing Of this
She did not learn her Max was a
fighter until after ! had turned pro-
fessioEal. Then a neighbor found
IN account IN a newspaper about .
fight | had won and showed it 70 her.
I'm glad ! was away from home
at the time. She might have become
worried as she had about my going
to sea, and might have begged me
not to fight any more / am afraid
that might have ended my ring ca
reer.
When 7 won the fight at Bonn. a
French soldier came up 10 me and
gave me no francs. He had enjoyed
my victory, 80 | suppose he thought
IL was worth IL.
or course. I accepted the gift.
| German amateur rules are not nearly
SO strict as yonr American rules.
The 10 francs started me 20 think
ing. l suddenly reslized that if an
amateur could make 10 francs (Which
he didn't expect in one fight, a pro-
fessional must. be able 70 make q
great deal more.
! decided Il turn professional
-
NEXT--NIax SchmelinT meets
Jack Dempsey in the ring. Max
tells you all about Jacks terrific
! punch In the next story In The
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19
PORTS FORUM
By Bishop Clements

with tho Italian settlement or that
city. Everything Joe did was oil
right with them: Manager Larry
Gilbert was charged many times
with favoring Joe; and Joe was
charged by many of the players on
the club with being Gilberts stool
pigeon. Right or wrong. w do
not know; but Martina won many
games for New Orleans. and whe-
Their he Is mt the end OF his career
remains TO be seen This much,
Gilbert and President Heinemann
r shrewd baseball men
While on the Dallas baseball
Qucsticn-and n certainly IL a
question mark-if preceding sea-
sons and teams are TO be taken
into considcration-brings tn mind
that a kind Of working agreement
II brewing between the Steers and
Chicago White S0x. Bob Tarfe~
ton, business manager OF Dallas.
has negotiated for the services of
merry of Waco. now members 0f
the Sux. to become members of
Dallas this year. Shreveport had
- WN4 AAa WAAA 49,
Sox. but these clubs had a dis
agreement over the services Of
Johnny Watwo0d last yesr. that
undoubtedly broadened a brew
ing breach, that has terminated
in the face Of things now happen
ing 20 the breaking point.
Football prpgnustiratcrs ard ex-
perts will row have something to
tall about In o~ff-EenEun. "A rule
han been passed nv those who gov
ern that part of the game. making
the ball dead when ftIrnhIed and
recovered by the defensive team.
Officials, we believe. will welcome
this rule with open arms. Many
times the decisions in regard TO
fsimbies. when you take into con-
sideratIon the many questionable
situations that arise therefrom.
have been the subject or endless
argument and discussion, both hy
fans and players. alike. The grid
game has come 60 the pcirt or open
formations. and it iS pointed out by
well known authorities that the re-
cert rule win not take away any or
the thrills OF the game.
FrankIF-if the game becomes
zny more fhriIling-and the fans
themselves 1ikewise-how is the
Brownsville school beard xning 10
stand tte Etx members. we believe
all Of them. are mot used % ~hoI-
'1erin' " I'm ectaxy or xlcc-but they
did last <eato when the Eagles
wrre trimming opponents in real
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19
GASPIRO SECOND
y - y
HAS HARD FIGHT
AGAINST BURNS

The svmpathefic ganElinn Of
the human nervous system mas
nothing on the second Of Danny
Gasniro. San Antonio pug who
f0uEht Chuck Burns I'm 4er-
cedrs Monday night
The second seated iuSt outside
the rinr below GaEDirofs corner
under the f1oodniRht. fought the
entire firht O. hard or harder
than Gnxniro-
When Burns sHunr ~ Gax0lro.
the second ducked. When Burns
hit Gasniro. the seconds head
flonped back in painfui exDrc<-
sion. When Gasniro WAS asEres-
ssve. the secnnd stuck nut hts NV
and shock hix head from Yiehk
10 left ~ thou4h r. were x1d-
inr in ard seeking Hrrrr<
WE nttrnrted the Alteration IN \
large number of the far5 with
his symn8thetic role.