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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16

oPORTOR.IAL!!.
B,t KIRK MILLER -

Kenncsaw Mountain Lands
wants Jack Dempsey to keep
out Of the major league press
boxes.
Now Judge, that's no way to
treat q neighbor, say. nothing
Of a fellow hometown business
man.
Besides Judge, what newspa-
per man is going to throw
Dempsey out?
or maybe you intended to as
sign Art Shires to the job?
international League players
hanging around the major
league meetings In New York
last week were high in their
praise OF Al Bool, the former
Griffmaa ind erstwhile Oriole,
who is 10 wear . Pittsburgh
uniform next season.
One Of the players, in describ-
ing AIS great pegging arm, said:
ST new r saw such q pegger. I
have watched that steel whip
of Gabby Hartnett in action,
but give me Bool. ! recall one
day the Orioles were playing
Reading. The Keys put a man
on first base and our man at
that sack was told TO play for
the hittsl. The base runner
took q big lead and flew at the
pitch. Bool fired with the run
ner almost at second. The ball
got there q fraction Of q second
ahead Of the runner but nearly
lifted the second basemall off
his feet"
Bool can hit, too, and the
prediction Is that he can make
home rum, even In . field the
size Of Forbes Field. Pittsburgh.
However much sentiment
there may have been in the
signing Of Grover Cleveland
Alexander BY the PhillieS, the
Athletics didn't have sentiment
in mind at all when they
brought Wally Schang back to
the Quaker City. The move
was entirely D practical one,
made to guarantee the AS .
firSt-class receiver and hitter
in case anything should happen
to Mickey Coclirane.
OF course Cy Perkins Ii 4
finished receiver but there Is
no assurance he could go .
long distance were Cochrane on
the shelf for any reason. So
the move In getting Scl1ang
was 10 always insure the AS
capable receiving in the face
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
Kansas City Baseball
Attendance Declines

Kansas City, one of the best
minor league cities In the cou11-
try. suffered in attendance last
year, falling short of the 800 900
mark with q championship team.
In, 1898. another pennart-win-
ming season here, the Kansas
City Blues played to more than
zoo, 900.
N Kansas City ever expects to
Be eligible for major league
franchise the turnstiles Of Muehle-
bach Field here will have to click
louder and faster.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
POINT
PLAYS
Gu.

High Point College, Of North
Carolina. opens the basketball sea
son for Catholic U. toSserS tonight
in the Brookland gym at $50
O'Clock, and tomorrow night make
their second local appearance
when they meet Walter Young's
American U. quintet in the Eagles
gym.
The visitors are reputed to carry
q strong club and Coach Fred,
Rice'S Cardinals may encounter
more opposition than they expect
in their first encounter.
In q preliminary to the varsity
attraction the G. u. freshman five
meets Lynn Woodworth'S Business
High School team. This game
starts at 1880 o'clock.
The George washington
COI0nials pry the lid off their
season tomorrow night In the
III Street gym against Sheu-
anldOah College. Friday night
they meet Baltimore u.
GEORGETOWN and Maryland viii
meet no more opposition prior to
the holidays, the Old Liners hav-
ing a complete rest, but the Hill.
toppers iYaaugurate q nletrcpoli-
tan trip next week, during which
they meet the Knights Of Column
bus, Crescent A. G. and Manhat-
tan College teams December 81,
IS and so. Following this they
viii participate In the annual
Yale tourney starting December
81.
Gallaudet, which boasts vic
tory over BENJAMIN Franklin,
takes on Arnold College Friday
night. The Blues are showing in
good form despite the loss Of
three Of last years stars in the
persons Of Tom Cain, Louis Dyer
and Henry Drapiewski.
Coach Rice is nnore or less lln-
decided on his starting lineup
against High Point College to-
night. He has D number Of last
years veterans, headed by Capt.
Joe Walsh and eX-Captain Aman
to call upon besides some pronlis-
ing players up from the freshman
team. Johnny Oliver, speedy
sophomore grid star, Is one Of
those who Is almost certain to
get into the game, for he Is as
much at home on the court as
he was on the gridiroIl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
Hibbs Co. viii Present
Formidable Floor Team

The w. b. Hibbs Company viii
be represented by q strong basket
ball combination in the 145-
pound ranks this winter. Among
the members Of the team are
Mutt" May, Joe Rod, Harry
Portner, Tommy Fornan, Farrell
Titus and Willis Fisher. The
team is being managed by Joe
Morrison. Call Adams 8229 after
S o'clock for games.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
Young Gardini Faces
Joe Turner Thursday

'sYoung'' Gardini, the Italian
middleweight whirlwind, will
wrestle Joe Turner in the feature
match Thursday night at the
Strand Theater. Gardini spilled
Turner last year for one of the
few times the veteran has been
beaten here In the last two OF
three years.
''Dick" Gravely, the 23-year-old
Virginia sensation. will appear
against Gene Spiller, claimant 81
the Canadian middleweight cham
pionship.
wild Bull" Martin and Abe
Kaplan, heayyweights, are To
open the show at $3.50 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
SOCCER LEAGUE
IN NEE IVG

The Capital City Soccer League
win hold q meeting tonight ct
3 o'clock In Room 2 Of the Dis
trict Building. An effort viii
he made to draw up schedule
for the balance Of the season.
Discussions are also due in con-
nection with the coming Post
soccer tourney, which win be
conducted along the elimination
basis. Marlboro, Rockville, Silver
Spring, Gaelic Americans and
Rosedale have already entered
from the Capital City League.
SsuaLs psure0 snS Junior
sI eL.cn - - AsA
DlAn ~, 0gluLl -. : eO =
en- tne new SURROUNDS kSecIe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
PLAN GRID
CAME FOR
SUNDAY

Indications are that the local
Sandlot football season will not
take its last breath until Sunday.
A game is brewing but the OPP
ponents are unsettled. The
ApacheS are stter the Lands
downe team, Baltimore League
champions. for . game at the
Griffith Stadium. The Mohawks
want to play the Apaches or
Celtics again. Failing that, the
Mohawks are striving to play an
all-star combination which would
include the aces Of the ApacheS
and CelticS with a few college
stars added. Also, the Celtics
and Virginia A. g. may get to-
gether in their annual Alexandria
city cl1anlpion
/ Two fumbies paved the way for
the Apaches to defeat the Celtics,
40, yesterday st the Clark Crit
fifth Stadium before 5000 rabid
fans. The MohaWks jouIneyed
to Baltimore and played q score
less game with the Irvingtolls.
Harris, halfback of the Celtics.
fumbled McCabe's short kick on
his own 29-yard line In the first
quarter, and Tobin, Apache tackle,
recovered. This opened the ave-
nue. for the first Apache score.
The District champions, who can
also claim the South Atlantic In
dependent title. mixed, passes
with runs to 60 to the three.yard
tape. Taxing pass, McCabe cir
cled wide end for the score. Joe
Sweeney failed to add the extra
point on his drop-kick try.
Jerry Carroll, Apache guard,
recovered another Celtic FUN
bic on the Virginians' 35.yard
line IN the second quarter.
Joe Sweeney, easily the out
standing star Of the game,
drifted through tackle and
ran "a yards before he was
hauled down from the rear
81 Burdick ON the 11-yard
Tine. Sweeney then plunged
eight yards, and McCaal1 car
ried Il the rest Of the dis
lance. McCabe failed TO add
the extra point.
Coach Rube Hayman, Of the
Celtics. then shifted himself from
the line to fullback and began
hammering the Apache lire,
practically tearing 1t astlnder BY
sheer man-poWer. Thomas ana
Harris also were OF help as the
Celtics paraded down TO the
Apache,s 25-yard- tape, only TO
surrender the ban when q five
yard penalty for off,side was I'M
The second half was . more
even contest, though the Apaches
threatened twice, once being
halted on the 3-yard stripe. The
Celtics never got inside the
Apaches' 2O-yard stripe, but w&e
ever q menace.
Bill Thomas, in the third quar-
ter, broke off tackle for So yards
and ran through the entire
Apache team for what looked q
touchdown. The ball was re-
called, however. and the Celtics
penalized IS yards for a nneman
illegally using his hands on the
| offenSe. Thomas was hurt on the
next play and taken to Garfield
hospital suffering with a broken
collarbone.
PepcO Barry, the baseball
and basketball star back, en-
tered the game for the Gel
ties and got loose for SONS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16

ing the Northern Virginia 1856
pound football championship as
the result Of their 16-to-O victory
over the Alexandria All-Stars.
The Northwest Trojans trounced
the Northeast Temples, 81 to 6,
and hence figure they are the
1l5-pound football champions Of
the northeast section Of the city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
John Bland Will Head
Harvard's Soccer Team

John Bland, of Baltimore, Md,
ail-Amerdcan left halfback on the
Harvard soccer team. was elected
captain Of the 1880 team. BANDS
play marks him as one Of the
outstanding halfbacks in Eastern
COLLEGIATE ranks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
NOW you KNoWl

Jack Quinn, veteran big league
pitcher. mas been called q Pole
for many years, although some
claimed he was q WelShman. It
new sdevelopes that he Is q
Russian.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
Mel Fans DATING

The Mclean "A. C. is scheduling
basketball contests with unlini-
ted clubs. Call Manager Don
punk, Metropolitan 6612 between
Is and 6 O'Clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
IRON MAN OF RING

Johnny Dundee is now SO years
old and has participated In nearly
$50 contests since he first began
boxing professionally in 1910. He
has held the featherweight and
junior lightweight titles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
InYAL ALnMMuS

Thomas H. McCarter, president
of the New Jersey Public Service
Corporation, who graduated from
Princeton in 1888, has witnessed
so annual Yale-Princeton foot
ball contests.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
WANT GAMES HERE

The West Baltimore A. c. de-
slres engagements with local bas-
ketball clubs. Address L. E. Tar
burton. S16 N. Payson st, Balti-
more. Nd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
TO SEE
. GAMES
FREE

sam Breadon is building his
baseball success in st. Louis by
appealing to the imagination Of
the young. giving the grown-ups
team they want, and playing
the game four square with his
growing family Of diamond IA
naticS.
sam is leaving no stone TN.
turned in his quest for what the
fans want. When he gets it he
serves it the way they want it.
He tells them what They're going
to get, and then makes sure
they're on hand to receive it.
Just a real good business man is,
this Samuel Breadon from the
sidewalks Of New York.
Probably the most famous
baseball organization in the
country today is the "KnOt-
hole Gang" Of st. Louis.
Those kids who sit out in left
center field are the knotholers,
and they troop in every day, the
guests Of the Cardinals.
There are $1,000 boys enrolled
| in this organization, and with
them some 10000 girls. Their
certificate Of membership is good
for admission ct the gate on
certain days.
Every kid of baselnll age. re
gardIesS OF race, creed or color.
is eligible for the knotnolers' gang
providing he can produce satiSfac-
tory references. And there Is
nothing hapl1azard about getting
these references.
Applications for membership
are presented to Clarence F.
Lloyd, secretary Of the Cardinals,
Through the Rev. Father John j.
Butler, who is III charge of the
Catholic agencies; J.. A. Wolf, Ia
charge Of the Sunday school
agencies: Fred Bach, Federation
lot Jewish Charities; Earle Beck
man. OF the Boy Scouts Of
America: Paul Miller. az the Big
Brothers organization, Inc: H. 8.
Keltner, Of the y. M. e. Al. white
branches, and II. wv. Steward, Y.
M. g. Al. cOlored branches; n. w.
TaperSo1, Of the Municipal Play
grounds, and each principal In
the public schools.
lin addition % these Organi-
Nations any agency working
directly for the benefit Of
boys win be recognized BY the
Cardinal Club. it was ex-
planned.
The boys proposed for member
ship by the executive OF par.
ticular agency must fill out q
blank giving their names, resi-.
dence and other information
about themselves. They are re-
quired to sign the following mem.
berShip agreement:
In becoming q member OF the
Cardinal Knothole Gang and In
accepting tickets for the games
Of the Cardinals / agree that:
I viii not at any time skip
school to attend q game.
I viii attend no game against
the wishes. Of my parents or EN-.
| ployerS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
CR|ST GIVEN
CARNEGIE
REPORT
BY DAVIS !. WALSH

NEW YORK, Dec. ia Vetlt
able wave Of Ievulsion seems tc
be sweeping over the land today
against the suggestion Of Major
w. Fl. Kellar, of the University
Of the South, who appears to fee
that there is something to be
said for honest cornivance.
The major stood up before the
Southern conference on Saturday
and spoke for q project whereby
the keep of college athletes
would be paid out Of the funds
Of the institution, it being mis-
expressed hope that this trans
action might thus be taken of
the backstairs and out into the
counting room, where he seems
to think it belongs.
Pay the athletes? The heads
Of athletic departments every
where are profoundly shocked
They feel that they must have
misunderstood the major. He
surely can't have meant that
they we're to pay the athletes
while everybody was looking.
=
Highly irregular. they say.
Most sreprehenSible. One OfS
them, indeed, is firmly con-
WINGED that IL would lead to
professionalism. Penetrating
fellow, that.
I don't pretend to know the
actual intent behind the major s
suggestion, but, whatever 1t was.
they undoubtedly missed it.
He didn't seriously expect to
see the day when college cam.
puses would sponsor the kept"
performer, after the manner OF
the mercenaries of Caesar. The
major, I think, simply wished to
shock them, by the very out
rageouSness Of his idea, into an
altered sense of values.
Wouldn't they wish to estab.
fish an athletes fund that would
take care of college fees, text
books, board and lodging? They
would not. wouldn't they wish
to use such a fund for fraternity
dues and other assessments? Il
seemed they wouldn't.
''Wel, then" the major might
have added, why maintain ath
letic funds Of any kind, II this
kind so distreSses your"
The major was a bit inclined
TO spare their feelings, at that
he didn't suggest q fund to take
: care Of gambling debts incurred
by athletes while busy working
their way through college. This
probably was an oversight.
Whether he had any basis
for his suggestion or merely
was accepting the common
version Of athletic subsfdiza-
ton, Major Kellar taCitiy
charges, BY his remarks, that
he finds conditions so In
tOIefabIe that the profess
siOnal Of the campus would
be more acceptable 80 him
than the athletic hero Of
today.
Some win agree with him,
many won't. Personally I believe
al this hoCus pocus about what
goes On Ia the back room is
greatly exaggerated, not to say
IaiSrepreSented.
we know that many things
are done that shouldn't be co1n-
tenanced. We also know that
none Of these so-called irregu-
larities deserve the innuendo and
xeproach that hover under cover
behind the majors remarks.
Speaking Of which, it might
Is wen be admitted that these
viii not be without one effect.
They will be grist to the Carna-
gle Foundations mill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16
Shields and Budnick were
defensive stars for the losers.

The Mohawks and IrvingtOus
each had q scoring opportunity
in their game. In the first quar-
ter, the Baltimoreans. with NC
Mains toting the oval mostly,
advanced to the 4-yard tape.
They then drew q 5-yard ottSide
penalty and three rusheS EEL
short A pass grounded IN me
end zone and the Hawks took
the ball on their 20-yard tape.
The Monawks got down as fal
as the Irvington 18-yard line IN
the closing quarter but Ear
Zulick's attempt for q placement
goal was unsuccessful.
Coach Joe Perron's Palace A
C. team practically clinched the
District 135-pound chanlpio nshiE
by blanking the Northern Props
IL to 0, yesterday. Eddin Heflir
put Palace in front by falling on
q ftmbled punt behind the North
ern goal line in the third quarter
A long parade brought the
second Palaee touchdown in
this same period, with Scan
lon going across. The Pa
Iaciane are to tackle the Cen
tennials again this Sunday.
Their last game ended ID .
dispute over the score.
The Arlington Props are claim
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16

PepcO Barry, the baseball
and basketball star back, en-
tered the game for the Gel
ties and got loose for SONS
nice runs. Rubs Haymans
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16

Probably the most famous
baseball organization in the
country today is the "KnOt-
hole Gang. Of st. Louis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-16

Highly irregular, they say.
Most reprehensible. One off
them, indeed, is firmly con-
WINGED that II would lead to
professionalism. Penetrating
fellow, that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-11
Carries Children to Safety
in Night Clothes Over
Slippery Roof.

Trapped by flames, a father led
and carried his four children and
wife out an upstairs window, across
a slippery porch roof and into the
upstairs of the other side of the
double house in the near zero tenn
perature early today. All were in
night clothing.
Those who escaped are members
of the r. w. Widdop family, 31o5
Bellfontaine street. Four daughters,
Jane, Is, Mary Ellen, IL, Helen, 8,
and Joan, 8, were carried to safety
by the father Mrs. Widdop also was
assisted across the slippery roof by
her husband.
Starting in the basement from an
undetermined origin while the
family was sleeping soundly at 4
a. M, the blaze spread rapidly and
the stairways in the house crashed
before Joan. awakened by the smell
of smoke, screamed to awaken other
members of the family.
Occupants of the other section of
the house, Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Cook
and their 2-year-old son, James,
were unaware of the fire until Wild
dop, with his youngest daughter in
his arms, knocked on the front up
stairs window.
Both families were forced to the
street while f1remen battled the
blaze. Damage to both sections of
the house was heavy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-11
SOLONS GET PASSES
Bus Line Sends Tickets to
Legislators, Charge.

Bus passes have been sent mem
bers of the legislature by at least
one company operating in the state
and the matter is to be investigated
by the public service commission
upon request of certain legislators,
it was announced today.
Chairman Frank Singleton os
the public service commission has
requested an opinion of Attorney
General James NJ. Ogden upon the
legality of such passes.
The giving Of free passes by elec-
trio and stea mroads has long been
barred by law. At the time the
law was passed there were no bus
lines. Members OF the commission
believe that the giving of passes is
violation of the spirit, if not the
letter, of the law, and viii order
the practice stopped forthwith if
they have the power.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-11
BODY POND
MAY Be LOST
INDIANA GIRL
Ten-Inch Hole in Ice on
Railroad Reservoir Ad-
mits Remains.
GRAPHING HOOKS USED
GreWsome Discovery at
Villa Grove, ILL.,, May Solve
Deardorff Mystery.
GRAPHING HOOKS USED
RN rnitea Press

BIZ United Press
VILLA GROVE, Ill, Feb 11.-Be-
lief that BODY found in the c. S5
E. I. Railroad reservoir here may be
that of little Edith Mae Deardorf,
14-year- news girl of West Terre
Haute, Ind, who has been missing
since Jan. Is, was expressed by
officials today.
The theory was advanced after
it developed that a hole chopped in
the ,ten-inch ice of the pond was
not large enough to permit passage
of an adult body.
Meanwhile, authorities armed
with graphing hooks, made a futile
attempt to secure the body which is
floating beneath the ice. Not wish
ing to MAIN or destroy the remains
by using dynamite, the officers de-
cided to wait for a thaw before
making another attempt to bring
the body from the water.
In long distance telephone con-
versation, the mayor of West Terre
Haute, Ind, informed officials that
a reward of $4,000 still stands for
information leading to the recovery
of the missing girl.
The mayor said, however. accord
ing to local authorities, that he did
not care to finance a diving expedi-
ton to recover the body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-11
FIRE! WHERE? HERE-THERE! HOT NIGHT SHIRT! BUTLER!

a N overheated CRATE at the
"A Delta Tau Delta fraternity
house, 1850 Graceland. avenue.
routed sixteen Butler university
students from their beds at 4:08
a. m. today and provided Sergeant
Clifford Richter with a sight so
gorgeous and astounding that the
worthy police officer declares he
will not forget it to the day Of
his death.
MerVille SomerS, TT. Wayne,
was the hero of the FIRE. Somers
was sluinberirg, proba Ny after an
evening Of hard stucs, on a couch
near the CRATE in the front room.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-11
TO RISE
Temperature Tonight viii
Be 10 Above Zero.

The temperature will start to rise
slowly Tuesday, but no marked rise
to bring the cold wave to an alb
rupt end is in sight, according to
j. H. Arrnington, United States
weather bureau head.
Tonight's low temperature will be
about 10 degrees above zero, said
Arlington. A low mark for the
night of 8 above was reached at
4:30 a. m. The mercury dropped
to zero at a. m. Sunday for the
lowest point of the weekend. It
reached a high point of 20 Sunday
afternoon.
Ideal winter weather Sunday at
tracted thousands of persons to
coasting places in city streets and
parks.
Riverside park with its beautiful
hills On Riverside and Coffin golf
courses and the toboggan slide drew
the heaviest crowds. A number of
persons appeared on skis in color
full costumes, giving Indianapolis a
rare glimpse of the northern sport.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-11

Vandelle waited for her on the
stairs. The score card was tucked
in his pocket.
Visions of her in the arms Of
another man cast a wrath about
her as she walked up the stairs
to meet Vandelle. He reproved
her. She started to reply. He
shot her with a revolver. He shot
himself in the head-but life
stayed on.
Running down the stairs, he
went outside to the Colepeart
barn, before the family could
stop him.
They found him, later, hanging
from an improvised rafter galloWS
sacrifice to an unerquited love.
In his hard was the score board,
its winning game figures on one
side, and on the other Scrawled
with hopeleSSneSs his losses, his
last trick, the end of all games
81 do this because 1 do not care
for life any more. She has broken
my heart"