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The Washington times., 1929-11-15
home engagements next Sat-
urday, November 20, when
they meet the Morgan Gel.
lege eleven Of baltimore.

The annual Thanksgiving claA
sic with Lincoln University win
be played at Philadelphia. with
only these two contests left on
its schedule, Howard has gone
through one Of the worst seasons
in the history Of the institution.
Five straight contests have been
lost and the team has made only
6 points.
Nothing can be said Of the out
come Of the three remaining
games to be played, as Fisk, Nor
gan and Lincoln have veteran
teams this season and have been
playing good football. The South
erners are aspiring for the title
of the South. while Lincoln Is in
line for the South Atlantic crown.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
WIDE IS NEAR
NURN| RECORD


BOSTON, Feb. 23.-Edvin Wide is
still hitting his stride. Today as
the smoke of battle cleared away,
the Swede realized that at the
Boston Caledonian Club games, in
the Boston Garden last night, he
came close to one of Paavo Nurmi's g
world records.
Running i'm the Walter Scott
special twO-mile race, and speed
ing around the banked track i'm
the wonderful time of 8 minutes
5 As secOnds--the fastest two
mi'es ever run I'm New England
Wide was only 7A seconds be-
hind the world figures of
minutes and 58 1-5 seconds
credited to the Phantom Finn"
on the old Madison Square track
In New York four years ago.
Wide's time was only four seconds
behind his world outdoor record OF
8 minutes and / As seconds made
at Stockholm. Wide won bysthree.
quarters Of q lap over Gus Moore,
OF the Brooklyn IN. W Harriers.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

so genteel, either. His best hold
was sort Of human hammer
throw which flung Christner into
and through the ropes, Really p
fine time was had by all.
As / say the affair proved Only
what we already knew, Is. thai
Pauline belongs and Christner
doesn't. The Basque may be pretty
much of a mugg fighter, but you
can name the men on your index
finger who can guarantee to lick
him, his toughness alone win get.
him by with the Sharkeys and
Striblings of this game and his style
of fighting is such that 1t can and
often does make the best Of them
look silly. 1t isn't surprising. there.
fore. that a crude fighter, like
Christner, was non.plussed by the
demands of the occasion.
He got in his shots in the early
rounds while the Basque was feel
ing him out, but after that he was
plainly outscored and, it must be
admitted, plainly in distress Rt sew
eral iunctures. Occasionally he
tailed with that right: sometimes
he poked out with his rather tenta.
tive left and gain when the going
got tough he lashed out with both
hands.
For the most part, he found the
latter Improbable because Pauline
never stopped beating the tom-toms
on his torsorn, and IL Kayo hit him
with one punch, the Basque's re-
joinder generally was four, literally
distributed upstairs and down.
This was the procedure from the
beginning Of the fourth round until
well into the tenth, ct which point
Pauline was clipped twice in the
same place and almost sat down TO
an informal conference. However,
be came out of 1t presently and
finished under his own power.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
BIC TEN ACTIVE
ON FLOOR

CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-Eight Of the
big ten conference baskathall teams
will square cff tonight isAa con
tinuation Of the hectic ciiaapion-
ship heat.
The other two teams, Purdue ana
Ohio State, held their weekend
mixup at Columbus last night, the
boilermakers winning about as they
pleased, 80 to 20.
Only two Of tonight's battles win
have any bearing on the title race
Wisconsin, now leading the parade
with z wins ana one defeat, braves
the Wildcats in their den at Evans,
ton, and Michigan, tied with Purdud
Tor second place, tackles Iowa ii
the Wolves own lair at Ann ArboI
The other two games, Illinois d
Indiana and Minnesota at Chicago
will be just two basketball game,
and nothing more. All four OF ths
last named quintets are llopelesslS
out Of the running.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
Star Coast Fielder
Wants Salary of
Major Lacquer

smead Jolley, the big policeman
who made the San Francisco Seals
forget Paul Waner wants a major
league salary to play with the
Seals next season, and his demand
probably will be met
Jolley, who set batting record
for the Pacific Coast last year, had
fond hopes of being able to bust q
little concrete in big league parks
next season. He was the most
touted player on the coast and the
star of an all-star outfield, two
thirds of which went to the majors.
Roy Johnson to Detroit and Ear!
AYeriu TO Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
OFF
To GOOD LEAD

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. %
Rochester continued to set the pace
in the American Professional Bas-
ketbaI League this week, taking a
28-to-26 thriller from Brooklyn, at
Rochester, last night.
Clevelands Rosenblums, cham
pions of the first half season, won.
rs to 81, from Fort Wayne, their
most formidable rivals in the early
season. Trenton won, "a to 2O,from
the Chicago Bruins who, when
they're good are very, very good
and when they're bad are not so
good.
STANDING oE THE TEAMS
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

Mrs. Maxine Rickard, attractive,
25.year-old widow of the late "Tex"
Rickard, the noted promoter, made
this statement to International
News Service today. She sat in
her beautiful palm-shaded home in
the most fashionable part of Miami
Beach and told how glad she was
to realize that her husbands pet
idea that Miami could stage a. big
winter boxing attraction was going
over in q big way. -
"I do not know whether l
will make any money out of the
fight or not" she said lit reply
to q question. "YOu know the
fight was taken over by the
Madison Square Garden Cor
pOratiOn, and they took all the
chance of loss A great many
thought IL would be less,
too. But now that it is ap-
paremtIy q success. would not
be surprised ie i am declared IN
ON some Of the profits.
Mrs. Rickard said her financial
affairs were in q state of readjust-
ment and that she. was fast learn
ing to be a business woman. The
bankers who are handling the
estate. she revealed. are pulling the
Rickard money out of such invest
rnents as the Miami Beach Kennel
Club which is generally referred to
as the dog track. and the Deauville
Casino.
!, "The trustees Of the estate want
me to get out of these enterprises,
being conservative, but after they
arrange this part Of my financial
affairs I may re-inVest as the
propositions look very good" she
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
California Grid Team
Will Have GYM ON TraiT

BERKELEY, Calf, Feb. 23.-The
California football team will travel
to Philadelphia in a special train
when it leaves to play Pennsylvania
on October 10, it was announced here
today. The train is to be equipped
with a gymnasium car and a special
study car.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

declared. why, have you noticed
the crowds that go to see the dogs
run? Jack Dempsey is proving a
real magnet at the kennel club. He
is a great favorite here. don
know what this fight would have
done without Mr.. Dempsey and Will
liam +. Carey"
Mrs. Rickard expressed the opin-
ion that the Sharkey-Stribling bout
would draw far over 100000. She
said TEX had told her Shortly be-
fore he died that he believed 1t
would draw half a million dollars.
She is convinced that had he lived
it would have drawn that amount
She said that her closest advisers
on business matters are Mr.. Carey
who is vice president of the Madi-
son Square Garden Corporation;
Dempsey and her cousin, Bart Riley.
a prominent Miami attorney.
Mrs. Rickard, her 20 month.
old baby, Maxine, and her moth
er, Mrs. Bernadette Hodges,
who manages . fencing school
In New York city live together
in the beautiful Rickard Man
sion. Their home Is magnificent
Iy furnished.
1t is surrounded by d spacious
flower garden, in the center OF
which is a water fountain. The
baby, Maxine, ron1ped around the
garden while her mother was being
interviewed. The baby had a fine
time playing with King" the Rick
ard police dog.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
COB IS PICKED To WIN
f GEORGIAN GOES
|NFOR SLUGC|NC
Bv Sid Mercer

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Feb 23.It may be apropos at this
time to the approaching battle of Bscayne Bay from
standpoint contest under the Marquis of Queensberry
rules with certain notifications.
1t has been written every other angle and that
lit appears be financial it be well to inquire
whether It will be an artistic triumph.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
Jack the Promoter Wins
Admiration of Mrs. Tex

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. 23-"Now that the Sharkey-
Stribing bout seems sure financial success greatly
pleased and think Jack Dempsey who carried things from
where my husband left off deserving Of end OF praise
He is proving be good business man as ne was a
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

Ola hayO 11mlSneu UNANIMOUS
second to Pauline. the prominent
human being. through ten barroona
rounds last night and he did it with
his little bay window, the latter
deftly plucking a body attack 50
vindictive that the 10000 witnesses
seemed in unison.
Old KayO didn't shudder, he
didn't even shake. He simply
spent the better part OF ten
rounds proving what we al-
ready knew: that rubber win
bounce, but It won't break.
As a result Pauline remained q
qualified candidate for the heavy
weight championship, which he al
ways has been, and Christner re-
mained what he was--a very rough
person with the heart of a pet bull
dog and the soul of a Stevedore,
he never really was in the heavy
weight title stakes, even after he
stopped Knute Hanson, and now
is definitely out like the family
wash of Monday morning. The
lad wants to fight, but he really
doesn't know how.
Somehow, he contrived to nail
Jack Sharkey with a lot of right
hands here the first time out, but
last night he floundered badly after
after stealing the show from
Pauline. in the first three rounds.
He simply couldn't figure any
way of dropping that long right on
jaw that was completely SUR
rounded by elbows and, while he
was trying to settle the problem,
Pauline was going to the basement
stoking up the old furnace with
shovelfuls of gloves. About the
body, Christner had no more pro-
lection than the gambling house
that won't see the gendarmes.
Only in the first round and the
last did he succeed in scoring tm-
pressively, Pauline starting slowly
in the opening heat and being
crossed with three rights to the
chin in a manner most disturbing,
he was nailed again in the finale
and this time he came out from
under the punch in no lucid frame
OF MIND. For the 1lfSt ana last
time during the fight he back
tracked under the storm. But it
blew over In moment and at the
end they were bartering leather
with equal generosity.
The incident i'm question
furnished the only possibility
Of q knOck-dOwn throughout
the rough, but futile evening:
Old kayO went i'm for most of
the strangers luck that
featured the occasion, this being
the only tactics he could devise
once he discovered ts:at PaOlinO
had him whipped.
Sometimes, he clutched the bas.
uue's head under his arm and
held at it after the style beloved
of bar-roon champions the world
over. Sometimes. he pushed his
left glove into Joe Gums coun-
tenance and, thus applying the
straight arm, rushed him clear
across the ring, Joe Gu mwaSnt
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

As / see it, Young Stribling Will
make or break the fight. In other
words, it should be a thriller If the
Pride of the South opens up with
Sharkey and attempts to add the
sailor to his long list of knockout
victims.
If he abandons his uns' ,htly
mauling and wrestling, comes into
Sharkey fighting and is willing to
gamble openly, it should be a whale
Of O. fight. If it proceeds on those
Hines, / think Sharkey will win by
a knockout.
On the other hand. if stribling
resorts to safety first tactics, pro-
tects himself going in and attempts
to win by holding and hitting. bull
dogging and cutting. it is very likely
TO be one of those things that will
provoke even the Southern delega-
ton to wrathful demonstration.
Any time William Lawrence
Stribling doesn't care to fight
and devotes his peculiar talents
to making the other fellow
look bad, he is a past master in
the art Of negative brilIiance.
4SnaIhSy ISL L CA%SA
tanning boxer in the world when he
has an off night or isn't particu-
larly incensed at his opponent. He
has been known to bore the Gus.
tomers with extreme nonchalance,
and this trait probably cost him a
shot at Gene Tunney last year.
Toward the end of the elimina-
lions Sharkey encountered Tom
Heeney and Johnny Risko. He
made a sloppy fight with the New
Zealander, cl:nching and hauling
with Tom when he should have
Abeen calling his shots. Jack won
q majority of the Is rounds, but
was 30 diffident that the officials
awarded Heeney a draw on the
strength OF his earnest plugging.
Later Risllo came along to out
score Sharkey by persistent attack.
ling. The Heeney fight really elimi-
mated Sharkey last year and gave
Heeney the chance at the title.
j Sharkey will never be a better
fighfing man than he was two
wears ago when he flattened his old
Boston rival, Jimmy Maloneys in
four rounds. He had an incentive
that night and he is working up
another one now.
MaIOney was . hometown an
soyance and. Sharkey's pride
would have been sOrsly wounded
III he had lost to Jimmy in their
hae New York fight.
He really held a grudge against
Maloney, and all during the train
ing grind he nursed it. That was
the time when he was known as the
"GarruIous Cob" for any time
Maloney's name was mentioned he
launched bitter Trades. He carried
that feeling into the ring, and, while
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

he fought cautiously in the begin.
ming, he finished Maloney with the
most vicious attack he has ever
shown. That night he looked like
killer.
Jack Delaney was the victim of a
similar wild offensive by Sharkey.
can recall in which Sharkey really
extended himself. He started the
same way against Dempsey. but
switched to pecking offensive
after the first round and eventually
came to grief.
Sharkey has nothing against
Stribling personally. but doesn't like
the Georgian's connections and ring
methods. Then, in a way, he feels
he is carrying the burden of North.
ern prestige into the ring against
the best heavyweight the South has
ever produced. and he is gradually
whipping himself into a lather of
resentment against Stribling.
Among fighters, Stribling has
the reputation of being unneces-
Sarily rough in q variety of ways
that are not considered cricket.
He knows all the tricks and all
the holds,
The Southerner's ruthless punish
ment of crude sparring partners
does not set well on Sharkey, nor
does his unorthodox punching, which
has brought complaints from spar
mates who have been hit low.
Stribling was never considered
much of body puncher, except with
his favorite try of slipping the left
hand under an opponents arm, pull
Ing back as far as he can, and pump
ing the right while the other fellow,
so to speak, is in chancery.
His method OF training is to book
a fight a week ahead and he hasn't
evolved set routine for exhibition
purposes in training camp. Aside
from Paul Cavalier, who is a good
boxer, there isn't sparring partner
in the Stribling camp capable of
warming up Stribling. He bounces
around In the ring with no particu-
lar style. From his workouts down
here nobody can predict just what
he is planning to do with Sharkey,
although his practice with left to
the body indicates that he is at
tempting to improve on his old tire
some tactics.
Sharkey win outweigh his
Southern rival by at least 10
pounds. Jack will scale around
1876 pounds. Stri5llng's weight
was announced ut 184 pounds
last Sunday, but he doesn't look
that heavy.
With Northern referee in there
next Wednesday night, Stribling viii
have to watch his Winging punches.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
FIGHT
lIASEIE>S.

At New York--Paulino Uzcudun.
Spanish heavyweight, won decision
over K. 0. Christner, Of Akron,
Ohio, ten. rounds.
Charley Selanger, Canadian light
heavyweight, drew with Tiger Jack
Payne. of Australia. ten rounds.
Alfred Ros, Spanish welterweight,
stopped Billy Alger, Of Phoenix.
Ariz., nine rounds.
frankie Morris, New York light
heavyweight, won decision over Joe
Barlow, OF Boston, six rounds.
At San Francisco -Micky Walker
worlds middleweight champion, won
decision over Jack Willis, of San
Antonio, Tex, ten rounds. Walker ,
title not at stake.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
RUBBER MAN BOUNCEs,
BUT DOESN'T BREAK
~ Davis J. wash

NEW YORK, Feb 23An travels on its stomach ana
only thing that has to do with przefghts Is that this
the place where fighter lose one old * o. Chrsne
the with the rubberod orse and nonshaerabe wind
shield discovered last night.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

He has been accustomed to fighting
in places where he made the rules
himself, and IL he forgets himself
against Sharkey. employs Illegal
blows. hits on the breaks or starts
firing low shots. he won't get far.
/ pick Sharkey to win by a
Knockout il Stribling tries to slug
it out with him, Or by decision If
it Is a mauling contest. If Stribling
is fAdly worsted IN an early round
/ won't be surprised to see him dis
qualified for hitting low. He will
be on trial in front of his own peo-
pie, who have come to regard him
as a great fighter, and he win be
desperate If he fails to pass this
test.
1t isn't exactly fair to point out
the possibility of any fight ending
In foul, but have seen it happen
many times when a battler is in
deep distress and knows a lot OF
money is riding with him. Any
time fighter away out in front
drops and claims foul, he leaves
doubt in the minds of the specta-
tors as to whether he quit,
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

Births, Enkagementa. MRrriR =,
Deaths and IN Memorlam appear da1lv
ON the last inside page, last two columns.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

Sharkey win outweigh his
Southern rival by at least 10
e pounds. Jack will scale around
1876 pounds. Stribling's weight
was announced ut 1S4 pounds
last Sunday, but he doesn't look
that heavy.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

With a Northern referee in there
next Wednesday night, Stribling viii
have to watch his winging punches.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

MaIOney was . hometown an
mOyance and. Sharkey's pride
would have been sOrsly wounded
IL he had lost to Jimmy in their
has New York fight.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

ANY time William Lawrence
Stribling doesn't care to fight
and devotes his peculiar talents
to making the other fellow
look, bad, he is a past master in
the art Of negative brilliance.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-14
MACRUDER NOT
TO BE GIVEN
HIS OLD POST

WASHINGTON, May IA. WH -
President Hoover has rejected a
proposal to rcinstate Rear Admiral
Thomas p. Magruder, vigorous critic
of naval administration, to his old
place as commandant of the Phila-
delphia naval yard
Magrudcr was removed from his
command by President Coolidge late
in 1927 following publication of n
series of articles in the Saturday
Evening Post in which the naval of
ficer assailed his department for in
efficiency, extravaganza and an un-
wholesome zeal for gold braid and
plumes. He since has been awaiting
orders.
Shortly after Secretary of the
Navy Adams took over the office of
Curtis ID. Wilbur. friends of Magru.
der formally recommended his as
signment to his old post. Unwilling
to pass final Judgment upon ques-
tion which involved resembling an
order of his predecessor, Secretary
Adams passed the question to the
White House. The matter was re
turned to the navy department with.
out n presidential recommendation
or order.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-14
Couples Do Not
Fear 'HOOd0O'

The "thirteenth,' - yesterday held
no fears or superstitions for II
young people who had made up their
minds to become five married cou-
pies, according to records If tlc
county clerks office.
Exactly five intentions to we'd
were issued by the county clerk yes
terday and all of them are said -
have made the remark ther cons'd-
cred it lucky to apply for the 8 bail
and chain on what Is considered
by some a day of i'll omen.
One couple even came all the
way from Los Angeles to make the
initial step toward embarking on
the seas of matrimony.
Applied For: Doris Morgan, %,
Calexico and Charles Archibald. %,
Calexico; Blasa Quintanas, 80, Mex
lean, Seeley and Jose Gudino, 80,
Mexican. Calexico; Elizabeth Wood
man, 81, Calipattia and Norman NJ.
Mormon, 35, Brawley; Lupe Elisar-
raras, IS, Mexican, Brawley, and
Jose Nabarro, %, Mexican, Braw-
ley; Kathrine B. Peikert, 80, Los
Angeles and George w. Rohan, 30,
Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-14
Cupid Laughs At
Three Day Law

SAN FRANCISCO, May Il. U.P)
Cupid has little respect for Cali
fornia s threeday marriage law
and has found it easy to evade with
the help Of an airplane.
Three couples today were honey
incoming in California after aerial
visits yesterday TO Reno where they
were married
Miss Helene Newbauer and Leon
Jack Lekin. members of promin-
ent San Francisco families, charter
ed an airplane and took their wed
ding party along TO Reno. After the
marriage they went TO Del Monte
for honeymoon.
Miss Newbauer is the daughter
Of ). II. Newbauer, retired whole
sale grocer, and q niece of Sanford
Sachs, capitalist. Lekin is in the
brokerage business.
y double ceremony was also per-
formed in the Nevada metropolis
when two couples flew from Oak
land air0ort The principals were
Edward G Foley and Roxie George
OF Fresno, and Frank J. hiasSen OF
Parlier and Florence Lindahl of
kingsburg.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-14
Farmer-Editors
Greeted Here
Continued From Page l)

! loupes were produced much later il
the season. They also enjoyed val
ley grapefruit, supplied by the I'm
lerial Valley Grapefruit Growers
Association, and even the RiC
| Grande delegation admitted the
superiority of the local prodGct.
r. Y. Watson, chairman of thc
board of trade, presided AT break
fast and in short speech welcom-
I'd the visitors, telling them that
Imperial Valley was glad to wei
come them to California and only
regretted that their stay here could
not be longer.
Childers Gives Talk
He was followed by Attorney
Charles L. Childers of the Imperial
Irrigation District, who gave splen-
did and interesting synopsis of I'M
perial valley crops.
Childers stressed the point that the
valley is not a competitor of the va
rious sections of the country repre-
scented by the editors, pointing out
that our crops are produced in their
off season and the crops which
might be considered competitive are
produced here only in sufficient
quantity to supply local needs.
.'California is an importing
state Childers said, "our exports
in the main being limited to fruits
and vegetables. Other commodities
are imported from every state in the
union. Even though we developed
every possible acre for agricultural
purposes, it would not be possible to
keep pace with our development in
population and industry. We could
not produce a sufficient quantity of
crops over and above our
own needs.
He explained that Imperial Valley
now has approximately 100000
acres under cultivation by irrigation
and l. wears from now will have
twice that acreage and still will not
be over producing nor competing
with the middle west and southern
crops.
"When you editors get back home
and write editorials about over-pro-
duction, don't forget to include
footnote stating that over r-produc-
tion does not apply to Imperial Val
ley he concluded.
Further welcome to California
was extended by John f. Pickett,
editor of the Pacific Rural Press,
who came here with delegation of
California agricultural editors to
meet the visitors.
John f. Cunningham, editor of the
Wisconsin Agriculturist at Racine.
Wisconsin, responded for the edi-
torial party, and declared that their
visit here was liberal education
and an enjoyable one.
Following is a list of editors com
prising the party.