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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

FOR the year 1927 Arkansas had the lowest
death rate from automobile fatalities, 8s
per 100000 Of its population, while Montana
came second with a rate of 1912. North Dakota
ranked third
California established the worst record, with
fatality record of 36.7 per 100000 Of its pop
ulation. Florida was second worst, with a death
rate of 31.2 per 100000; Arizona third and
Wyoming fourth worst. 1t is interesting to
note that Wyoming and Montana lying side by
side and much alike In general conditions,
should have such poor and excellent records,
respectively.
1t is almost impossible to get reliable figures
ON the economic losses involved in motor acci-
dents-loSSes Of property, time lost by the in
dividual and the business In which he is en-
ployed, loss Of economic efficiency from the
accident itself or the manning which might
result from It, Not counting the loss Of life,
the other considerations might easily be esti-
mated In the billions
Secretary Lamonts estimate 900 ,00d an
nually lost In automobile acknowledgements
twice the value of the Irish potato crop Of the
United States, and almost as much as the
wheat crop. If we take the whole price tag
on carelessness- zoo, OOO, 0O0-that sum is
three times as much money as is paid in salaries
to all the public school teachers Of the entire
country and more than half as much again
as the total expenditure for public school educa-
tion The pity Of 1t Is, that sIeh losses are
nearly all avoidable. .... ...- ...
Who is to blame for the pre9ent increase in
automobile accidents? The answer seems to
be: The automobile driver, tie pedestrian, the
town and county authorities who do not make
the proper traffic regulations and the authori-
ties who do not enforce tue laws they have.
All contribute to the rising price paid for care
lesSneSs.
Here is an excellent example Of who is to
blame. pretty blond woman-not Dumb
Dora, but a college graduate-walked into the
traffic headquarters In Washington and said
she wanted a drivers license. The officer in
charge began asking ner questions based on
the traffic code for the city. He corrected her
on her first three answers and then let her miss
all the rest. Finally he looked up and asked:
How did you get here?"
"Oh drove" she sweetly responded She
got her license!
That same incident wouldn't happen In
Washington today, but in many Of the States
Of the Union, even today, she would not be re-
quired to have license. Only IL States and
the District Of Columbia require operators Of
automobiles to obtain licenses based on a
mandatory examination. Seven other States
require licenses but they are licenses by request
and are not bas'd on an examination of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
BY NELL RAY CLARK

~ RE you marking up the price tag on
N carelessness? Listen to what Rob-
~ ert p. Lamont, Secretary of Com
merce In President Hoovers cabi-
net and chairman Of the National
Conference on Street and Highway Safety, says
about it:
One human being in the United States is
killed by accident every six minutes during the
year. Eighteen persons are injured every min
ute.
There are 100000 accidents each year in
the United States-fatal serious or otherwise.
Fatal so-called accidents alone run close to
$4,000. One person out of every twelve is in
jured or killed through accidental causes every
year.
Let us look for q moment at the economic
phase Of accidents. It is reliably estimated
that the cash value Of human sacrifice every
year-the price tag on carelessness-is $780,
100000.
Automobile accidents run $500, 100000 a year,.
$550.000,000 literally goes up in flames; home
tragedies total $S5o,000,0O0. And industry
charges OF in red-blood red-$1 ,0OO, 600
each year!
Reliable safety experts tell us that 90 per
cent Of all accidents can be avoided. That's
why we say that the 900 fatalities annually
are caused by So-called accidents.
"A RE we getting more. and more careless all
: the time? We Certainly are if figures
don't lie.
The automobile, of course, catches the blame
as the chief cause Of fatalities and of all acci-
dents in this country. The poor pedestrian has
only half the chance for his life that the driver
Of motor car has, since twice as many pedes-
TRANS as autoists are killed every year. The
airplane has not yet become major cause of
accidental death. -.
The bloody story IS told by the cold and
unimaginative figures of the National Safety
Council ~
More than 1880 deaths were due to acci-
dents in which automobiles or motor cycles were
involved during 1928.
II hurricane or tornado suddenly came
along and wiped out every living soul in a town
the size Of Santa Barbara, Calf; Norwich,
Conn; Galesburg, H., or Durham, N. c., the
world would not stop talking about it for years.
Herculaneum and Pompeii wouldn't be a drop
In the proverbial bucket by comparison. But
in reality exactly as many people as live in
those towns are killed every year in autono-
bile accidents. and yet few of us give it more
than two seconds consecutive thought. When
we think about 1t at all we assume that when
the accident occurs the other fellow will be the
victim
There are 24.5OO.OOO automobiles in this
country. and 1t is probable that all of them viii
be In operation during July and August. That
means that every fifth person owns an auto
mobile, and It has been estimated that there
are at least 100000 persons who drive motor
vehicles. It has been said that one driver out
OF Is gets his man" IN an automobile accident
some time during his experience -.
There was an increase In the death rates
1rom automobile accidents from 18 to 20 per
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drivers knowledge Of traffic laws or on his
ability to drive O car Nineteen States require
only chauffeurs to be licensed, while the re-
naming II States have no license requirement
laws on their statute books.
With two exceptions maine and Delaware),
the Northeastern States have license laws re-
quiring mandatory examination for operators
license, with the result that the increase in
automobile deaths In those States was at q
much lower rate in spite Of a larger increase
in registrations, than in the Middle West and
in the South. In the Middle West, where no
operators license is required or wherc it is per-
functory, fatalities increased at about equal
rates with registrations. In the South, where
operators are not licensed, the rate of fatality
increased still more rapidly and exceeded that
Of the registrations.
A GAIN Secretary Lamont speaks He puts
1t squarely up to the individual. The
trouble Is, that only comparatively few of our
citizens are fighting battle that should be
waged by every one Of our many millions Of
people. We must realize that In this entire
matter responsibility is personal Social and
governmental agencies will do their part but
you cannot justly shift the entire burden to
them. Your own viewpoint is most vital; your
actions and reactions are the most potent
factors In the problem .t'tt.
OCFCAop dAu ulCuCdCe care! Resolve 10 exc
ercise discretion, caution and constant watch
fulness. Train yourself to avoid instinctively all
needless, rash exposure to unnecessary risks.
Remember that to miss minute is infinitely
better than to MAIN a member or to lose life.
IF you are operating any mechanism that is
capable Of inficting deadly injury cultivate
consistent vigilance and prudence, so that you
may escape all troublesome involvement mate
rial liability and ineffaceable consciousness Of
guilt.
I'm addition, I appeal to you to ally your
selves with all such forces, all such organize.
tons as are working publicly and cooperative
ly for safety. Adhere to the standards they
establish. Spread the knowledge of their ef-
forts. Make your own distinctive contribution
to their work wherever that is possible"
Mr.. Lamont, by virtue Of his position Is
Secretary Of Commerce. recently assumed
Craftsmanship Of the National Conference on
Street and Highway Safety, which was orga-
nized In the Spring Of 1924 by President Hoo
yer for the purpose Of seeking ways and means
Of checking the rapid increase In street and
highway accidents throughout the country.
Numerous national organizations, groups and
individuals interested in the humane and eco.
nomic aspects Of the problem have participated
in the, work Of the conference. t-,,<a,,. ss.t
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y ~ RE you marking up the price tag on
+ m carelessneSs? Listen to what Rob-
! ~ ert p. Lamont Secretary Of Com
merce In President Hoover's cabi-
- = MAJ a.ad nlai rrnax, of the National
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
GERMANYREL|ES
ON YOUNGSTERS

BERLIN, July 1S.--It will be
youngsters against veterans in the
singles of the interzone Davis Cup
tennis final between Germany, and
the United States. starting here to-
morrow.
1t was announced last evening
that Daniel Prem and Hans Modem
hauer. the youthful Teutons who
led their team to an unexpected
victory over England, would face
William T. Tilden and Frank Hun
ter, Americas seasoned internation-
alists. in the singles. Tomorrow s
matches will be Tilden VS. Modem
hauer and Hunter VS.. Prem. while
on Sunday Hunter meets Modem
hauer and Big Bill tackles Prem.
Germany is pinning all her hopes
on Prem and Moldenhauer, for they
were also selected to meet John Van
Ryn and Wilmer Allison, the youth
full Americans, in the doubles on
Saturday. The German pair re-
placed Heinz Landmann and Helm
rich Kleinschroth, who lost in the
doubles matches with England.
Van Ryn and Allison were chosen
for the doubles after they easily de-
feated Tilden and Hunter, 6-4, 6-1,
in a practice match yesterday.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Braddock After Knockout

Braddo has the fact that he going in to
score knockout course Loughran gets ribbed up to a
takes chances with this young upst2
know your own K. o. stick your chin out
and happens slap at psychological moment moment
We personay have yelled quts" than with two
Anyway this fight tonight to be matter OF young
;onnSen police dog getting playful with digned and sedae
Nefondand The Newfoundland should keep the upstar his
place old and not too greatly
from making the weight, to make fight out OF it. n
The alarming thing that has happened to Lougnran
Chicago The thing that has happened to Brad
d his of the tough Tuffy Grffiths He has
also K Od Jimmy Sattery These two eats have brought n
to the spot where he finds himself tonight :,
aanrhe Braddock knows finished boxercertany
not ono to compete with artist such Loughran
N.Y. Sovooned where he deliver
from any angle with the effectiveness isn't easy to
mark it travels with lightning speed
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|9TODAYS
SPORTORIAL
B,t KIRK MILLER

At Yankee Stadium tonight heavyweight battlers will
fight which has been going in the ring
between young manhood which not quite young
Long Jim rocking right whose professional
record further back than 1926 meets Thomas Patrick
Loughran with vperous left who has been meeting all coers
To- these II years ,e
The main question whether Thomas Patrick
has gone the wav of all flesh Has he outved his
usefulness nearly dozen which he has NOT
picked his spots?
Gordon Mackay Philadelphia sporting editor who was
Washington yesterday trying learn whether there was
nostv of the Army reumng football relations sald
that Tommy weakened himself too much IN
weight he danger of losing his cnam
pionship. :.
Gordon should know he has much or more OF
ring sports writer in the country Gordon
Loughran fight in Chicago against Mickey Walker was
something to forgotten possible But ne
cares and enough to stay out
the way powerful right We shall see about that
later.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
NAME OFFICIALS
FOR REGATTA

The tri-city regatta at Herald
Harbor July q and %, which is
sponsored by the Chesapeake and
Potomac Power Boat Association,
bids fair to be the largest and best
conducted water event held in these
parts. Entries have been coming in
In a surprising large number and
many of the fastest boats here
abouts will be seen in action.
Entry blanks may be secured In
the sports departments OF all local
newspapers or from L. G. Leech,
619 Southern Building. They may
be secured until the day OF the
regatta.
The following committees have
been selected for the regatta:
Racing committee-W. A. Rogers,
chairman; L. G. Leech, c. c. Smith,
E. F. Jewell.
Honorary starter-Earl F. Wal
dron.
Starter-George A. Emmons.
Timers-J. Yeoman, o. r. Lewis,
scorers-C. c. Owens, ]. ]. oden-
wald, J. A. Annadale.
Judges-William T. Hemsley,
chairman; A. E. Waters, r. p.
Melvin, Major w. G. Houck, J. III.
Walton, Frank s.. Revel, c. M.
Christian, M. Carter, B. Michaelson.
PatroI-Ensign s. III. Evans, w.
H. Harrison, DIR. L. B. Sexton.
Inspection-P. M. Child, J. ).
Odenwald, H. Mitchell.
Trophies-W. c, Shelton, c. j.
Herzog, L. F. Curtis, James Yeo-
man, M. S. Cotton, W. F. Seals, Il.
A. stout, A, A. Garrish.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
CAMPOLO WINS
THROUGH FOUL

NEW YORK, July 1S.-Victor
Campolo, giant oxslayer from the
Argentine, went on trial last night
at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, before a
fistic jury, which is still debating
the question OF whether he is a
worthy successor to the old Wild
Bull Of the Pampas, Louis Angel
Firpo. The jury is still out on
Campolo because he did not travel
far enough with Arthur de Kuh,
another Goliath of the Ring, to de-
termine his real class.
In justice to the newcomer, how
ever, it must be admitted that he
was cutting de Kuh down rapidly
with stiff punches to the body and
had him holding ION in the third
round when the tall Brooklynite
was disqualified by Referee Jack
Denning for hitting low with his
right hand. De Kun had been
guilty of. at least four low shots
and had previously drawn two
warnings from the referee,
Although CampOlo was doubled
up in pain after being struck
Came out for the third round
apparently i'm good shape and
was not hurt by the low right
that provoked the referee to
disqualification of de Kuh.
The Argentine giant, weighing
226A pounds, battled from a crouch.
De Kuh weighed 217 pounds and
might have evened UP Campolo's
digs to the body if he had led with
his right from a distance that would
have enabled him to put something
on it. He can hit as hard with that
right as any man in the ring today.
but his timidity against good punch
ers and the old inferiority complex
were beating him when the referee
called it a night.
From his crouch the South Amer.
lean teased De Kuh with stabbing
lefts to the middle and when their
big bodies came together he shook
Signor Arturo badly with straight
rights to the heart.
Early in the third the Argentine
got a two-handed attack to the body
going. De Kuh, dazed, began to let
both hands fly without much sense
of direction. It was then that his
right again struck below the belt
and ended the fight.
The general opinion at the ring.
side was that De Kuh would have
folded up before the fifth round.
CampoIo meets Tom Heeney in
the same ring in two weeks.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
BOSTON PLAYER
LOSES At NETS

LONGWoOD CRICKET CLUB,
BROOKLINE, Mass, July 1S.-Of
the eight seeded players in the Long
wood Bowl singles lawn tennis
tournament only e. Mauran Beals,
jr., of Boston, Massachusetts, State
champion, today had failed, to come
through to the quarter finals. Beals
was defeated by Weller B. Evans Of
Montclair, N. j., in straight sets. 81
6-3, 6-3.
AT the start of the quarter finals
today, Fritz Mercur, Harrisburg,
Pa, was pitted against S. Onda,
member of the Japanese Davis Cup
team. Mercur went to the quarter
finals by defeating Lee Wiley OF
Hartford, Conn, 6-2. so, 6-2.
The LOngwOOd doubles were
In the third round today, the fea-
ture Of the second round play
being the triumph Of Malcolm 7.
Hill and Henry l.. Johnson, jr.,
former junior national doubles
champion pair over g. Holmes
Perkins and Henry Gully, State
champions, 6-S, Ga.
The women's invitation singles,
with Marjorie Gladman of California
eliminated. and the women's doubles
were both in the semifinals. MISS
Gladman was put out by Margaret
Blake of Boston.s Ga, 1O-6.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
LOughran Won't Be Rushed

Rraddoc like Scheng his fights but he won't rush
hurry oughran Tommy too adro boxer and stopper
ha stamneded I NAV be will Jimmy waste his fury
chasing him few and then land lucky left himself which
may mark and terminate the fight IN ucn less tnan ne
Do not let the fact Lougan has announced he is going
he heavy after tonight loses BraddOck has
to abdcate the throne Loughan w not puposey
combat however anxious ne Is 70 graoua INTO tn
strata of the game
He viii be in there every minute watching Braddocs right
heause he well recalls Tunney Lomsk Carpenter and
Delaney laid rights him in times agone two Of which
foored him for smartness Loughran
college graduate compared kindergarten pupil alongside
BraddocE Tommys knowledge experience and experness will
stand against the aggressive rghthand hitter
RraddOck
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Mitchen-Kin Enter
Semifinals Round

BALTIMORE, July f18., - The
doubles team of Dooley Mitchell and
Gwynn King, of Washington, Is
playing the local pair Of veterans,
John Magee and Warren Magruder'
in the semi-finals for the Middle
Atlantic title. In the other semi
final match today the Jacobs broth
ers, Eddie and Billy. meet Eric
Jacobsen and George Hebner. The
finals are scheduled tomorrow.
Mitchell and King won their way
to the penultimate round by taking
over Alex Keilies and Arnold Silver
man in five-set match, As, 6-4
6-2, 2--6 and 6-1. The visitors
appeared a bit baffled by the grass
courts at first but soon got going
and won as they pleased, dropping
the fourth set while coasting.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Griffiths K. o. Win
Pit BraddOck in
Ring Spotlight

James j. Braddocls began hin
fistic career In 1926 with a one
round knockout over Leo Dodson,
and in his first IL fights scored
knockouts within three rounds. A
knockout victory over Tuffy Grif-
fiths in two rounds made Brad
docks stock soar sky high, and
when. he stopped Jimmy Slattery
in the ninth round there was no
doubt left as to his fighting abil-
ity. Braddock's record since 1928
follows:
IqaR
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Benny Friedman Leads
New York GridderS

NEW YORK, July 18.-Benny
Friedman, formerly all-American
quarterback at the University OF
Michigan and later member OF
the Wolverines, a Detroit profes-
sional eleven, has signed to cap
tain the New York football Giants
this fall. He also has transferred
his business from Detroit to this
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
MastrO Faces Shaw
In Chicago Tonight

CHICAGO, July 1S.-Earl Mastro,
Chicago featherweight who at
tracted attention recently by defeat
ing Fidel LaBarba at Los Angeles,
and Billy Shaw of Detroit will meet
tonight in the main event Of the
Mills Stadium boxing show here.
Both were under the weight limit
of 126 pounds.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
ROYAL TENNIS STAR

Ben Gorchakoff, tennis star of
Occidental College, is descendant
OF Dimitri Gortchakov, who was
appointed first prince of the Holy
Russian Empire by Alexander the
Great,
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
STARTED EARLY

Bunny" Austin, % year old
Briton, who reached the semi finals
of the Wimbledon tennis champion
ship, has been handling a racquet
.sinoS he was six years I'd 49,
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Tommy LOughran 5
Most Important
Bouts of Career

Loughran began boxing in 1919,
starting off with a knockout VIC
tory over Eddie Carter in two
rounds. 1t was in 1922 that Tommy
started in the Big Time and from
then until 1927 fought some Of the
best boys in that division. In 1925
he scored victories over such not
ables as Georges Carpenter, Johnny
Risko and Jimmy Delaney. His
most important fights since 1926
are.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
|TODAYS1
STANDINGS

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
WASHINGTON. 8; Chicago, 3.
Cleveland, s; Philadelphia, 2.
st. Louis, 4; Boston, 0.
Detroit, D; New York, (10 inniAgs). /.
TODAY'S GAMES
WASHINGTON at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at Detroit.
New York at Cleveland.
Boston at Chicago.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18

1Batted fer Lyons in seventh.
2Batted for McKain I'm ninth.
Washington .,..., 8 0 O1 0 0-6
Chicago .......... 90 o 0 o o I--2
Two-base hlts-Tate. Cronin. HOff-
man, Myer, Reynolds, Rice. Sacrifice
hits -GOslins Burke (2D. Bases ON balls
Off Burke, &: off McKain, 1. Struck
Out-By Lyons, ]; by Burke. 1. Losing
pltcher-LyOns. Umpires-Owens. Getsel
and Campbell. Tlme-1:5O.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays RESULTS
Chicago, 10; philadelphia, 3.
Brooklyn, 10; Cincinnati, 8.
st. Louis, 8; New York, 1.
Boston, rs; Pittsburgh, Ais.
TODAY'S GAMES
Pittsburgh at New York.
Sc. Louis at Boston.
Cincinnati at PhiladeIphIAs
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
TILDEN VS., LACOSTE

RetS Lacoste and Bill TiId en-,
Frencn and United States tennis
aces, Respectively, have met some.
thing like II times, with Lacoste
the winner a aina -eooasioaG
The Washington times., 1929-07-18

TOM NEEDS
WIN To
co ON
By Davis J. Walsh

NEW YORK, July 1S.-A
champion of the world, a
fighting champion and a good
one, will stand at the cross
road Of his career tonight and,
by the choice he makes, either
win go forward and upward
to greater things or backward
and downward to the inevi-
table limbo of pugilism's for
gotten. Tommy Loughran,
they say, is at the crisis Of his
young life.
He viii defend his light heavy.
heavyweight title for the seventh
time in a year and q half In q IT,
round fight with Jimmy Brad
dock at the Yankee Stadium tonight
and the ghouls who relish the end
of an old dynasty are all a-twftter at
the thought that it may turn out to
be one defense too many.
Braddock not only the strongest
challenger the man has faced but the
man himself is presumed to be ready
for the old laundry bag. Just off
two unimpressive fights with Ar
mand Emmanuel and Mickey Walker,
| the champion is believed by many
to have left the best of him on a
set Of coldly impersonal scales that
demand It's pounds at O'Clock this
afternoon.
The demand probably will be
| met but they say it will not be
| keen strong and brash LOugh-
ran who will do it.
If you string with their notion,
| the weighing-in rendezvous will be
kept by a bloodless, tottering cham
pion, weak to the point of incipient
collapse. am disinclined to believe
| It. Loughran's weight-making ie
no dance Of the sprites at dawning.
| He did around 1877 pounds for Ernie
Schaaf not so long ago and the II
| pounds he shed in the meantime, un'
cruelty that only q religious fanatic
or a champion fighter would undergo
The ritual has hurt Loughran or
they wouldn't be giving Braddock
the chance that they do. He Is
about even money in the betting
today, an unusual circumstance in
connection with a championship
fight, and he may even go in there
as the popular favorite. A great
right hand puncher and a young
man who may be about to come
over night, much as Tunney did
Il
CONTINUED on SECOND Sports Page)
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
SMALLWOOD VICTOR

Joe Smallwood defea Al Lesser
at Norfolk, Va, in unds last
night. Both asn weighed Rs DOandA
The Washington times., 1929-07-18

In the meanwhile his right
hand hitting punch, which had
been conspicuous prior to yesteF-
days setback, win be sadly
missed by q team which has
Jared badly before sOuthpaws in
its games to date.
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The demand probably will be
met but they say it will not be q
keen strong and brash LOugh-
ran who will do it.