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the opposite side, about 800 feet IN the air.
heard sharp crack, like the report OF pistol
n from the side Of the building 1t was I'M
possible to 60 back to the stack, and knew
II did not take my weight OF the girder 1t
would crash to the pavement below, probably
taking with it the entire top section Of the
stack. That meant not only my death, but the
death Of my brother and an employee named
Miller, who we're painting the top Of the stack
Three lives were at stake and scarcely o
moments leeway for thought. Desperately
looked around. The only possible avenue Of
escape could see was window a few feet to
the right and about four feet higher than the
beam. Without stopping TO consider my chances
tossed my paint brush and bucket into the
air and made wild leap for the window-siu
just managed to grab it and hang on until
o girl stenographer saw my plight She threw
open the window and with the help Of other
girls dragged me inside. The girder did not
fan, and 10 minutes later I was back on the
job again.
A few weeks after this experience we were
called to Iowa. Lightning had damaged lofty
church spire. large metal ornament at the
apex was twisted and the spire cap raised about
q foot. Unless this could be Strengthened with
q block and fall so that the cap would slip
back over the apex, the ornament was likely
at any moment to break away and crash down
We soon scaled the spire. To accomplish
what I wanted to do, had to place my left
foot on the tiny rim Of the apex and reach OUT
ward with my right arm into space in order
to hook one end of the block and fall to q
small ring at the top Of the ornament But in
this was stumped Try as would, my reach
was short. I tried again and again, but to no
avail. To make matters worse, a stiff wind was
beginning to blow For the first time in my
career as human fly was up against
stone wall.
Finally an idea occurred 70 me, probably the
riskiest idea that ever entered my head
signaled TO Charley, who was on the ground.
Calling to him through my trumpet, In
vited him skyward and in o few minutes he
had reached the top OF the spire. He took his
place on the left side Of the ornament rod,
looking TO me for instructions. It was rather
q precarious perch for two men, but the stunt
we performed believe was the most spectac-
ular and dangerous In all our experience.
When told Charley what had In mind, he
shook his head obviously. He thought it was
impossible. On the other hand, 1t had to be
done at once or disaster would follow. Every
minute the wind was blowing stronger
Bracing my left toe-hold dropped on my
right knee on the outer edge of the apex.
Charley quickly wrapped his legs around my neck
and I strapped them tight against my stomach
with my safety belt Then I slowly straight
ened up until I stood erect Charley leaned
forward very carefully, while braced myself to
preserve my balance, and he hooked the block
into the ring of the ornament
Very slowly settled down TO kneelfng posi-
ton again and released my brother from his
perch on my shoulders. The strain of those
few moments of intense nervous effort told on
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W'hen Life Hangs From Sk1yvapery
BY Rope Scaling F1agpoles in
BAizsmds-AH in a Days W|o,k
MIN the SteepleJack -W|h0t 1t
Means to Be n 'sI7Mus0w Fly.

directly opposite the cat and wound the slack
securely around his right leg. Then he slid OF
the coping into space. Lying fat on my
stomach on the edge Of the roof, held the line
a. tant - possible, trying to the best of my
ability 10 guide him in his downward slide.
The wind whipped and dashed him to and fro
like q cork.
When he reached the twenty floor
quickly jerked the rope inward It was q
lucky shot. His body struck the wan of the
building with a thud. but he reached out his
left hand and clutched the big Angora in q
vise-ltke grip. Immediately released my hold
on the rope and he slid rapidly down the wall
until he reached the pavement, where the cat
was restored to its hySterical owner.
remember painting the S4o-foot steel stack
Of the ReveM Building. 1t was treacherouS
stack, about 20 feet in diameter and braced BY
iron girdexS that extended across an alley TO
the wall Of . high building about so feet away.
was walking across the top girder toward the
building with paint brush and bucket in one
hand and cigarette IN the other. As neared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
EDITORS NOTE We have

EDITORS NOTE We have
nearly all stood breathless at some
time or other gazing at the dizzy
spectacle of steeple-jacks climbing
skycraper fagpoles. But few of us
realize the varied tasks that stee-
ple-jacks are called upon to per-
form. Many of them are anus
ing; all of them are thrilling. Sam
uel E. Wright, who tells this story,
has had years of "human fly" ex-
perience in many strange places.
He and his brother are known as
''The Fearless Wrights." Their
adventures make exciting reading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
BY SAMUEL e. WRIGHT.

-. OMETrAES believe my brother and
I must have borne charmed lives. Ac-
cording to the law Of chances we
~ should have been killed any number
Of times. We never shiriked q job be-
cause it was risky. We have fought snakes
"a the mountains Of Mexico, and alligators in
Sho Everglades Of Florida. We have battled
Eats in Chicago warehouse, and chung to a
&hurch spire in an Iowa tornado. We have
Scaled hagpoles In q blizzard, and been gassed
an top Of smelter stack These and thou
Eand other adventures are all In the days work
81 human fly.
From the very first day that we hung out
Sur shingle in Chicago Is professional steeple-
Jacks, we began taking chances the average
anan would figure as hmdred-to-one Shots I
AN remember one Of the first Jobs we ever
eackled and It brought US incidentally, the
Biggest fee we had collected up to that time.
nNE blustery snowy day In January, when
traffic was at q StandStin and the wind
Eas blowing gale from Lake Michigan, our
telephone rang. The voice was that Of very
Excited woman: her words fairly quivered:
"Are you the Wright brothers?"
Before I could answer she sobbed
VIII you come and save my cat? I'll pay
fou anythingl Please say you viii comet 1t
. my prize Angora and worth everything to
me"
"where is your catP" asked. and added,
u
TYes, know" she said "'but he's out on the
gindow ledge of the building-the twenty
Seventh story
"How did he get out there?" I inquired.
ST raised the window and put him ON the
SIN so he could see the snowfakes, and when
4 turned my back for q moment he walked out
bn the ledge too far for me to reach" she
walled He can't turn around TO get back and
am afraid he will freeze, or fall to the pave
Nnent and be killed"
"An right" said wen try"
In less than an hour we fought our way
Through the storm and were In the womans
apartment. The cat was still clinging to the
Aedge, shivering in the snow, and unable to move
Forward or back It seemed like suicide to at
tempt to rescue it, but after Q consultation
with its mistress we agreed to risk our necks
Cor fee of 81 500.
That sounds like q lot of money, but If
had TO do it over again would charge twice
that amount. Try to imagine sliding down the
Ride of 32-story apartment house on half
inch rope in binding snowstOrm.
We went to the roof and uncoiled our rope,
which was Russian hemp and as strong as wire.
One end was attached to steel fagp0le on the
roof; the other was lowered over the side until
81 reached the ground
Right here want to say that the wind off
the lake was giving the roof and sides Of this
high building terrific sweeping, and 1t was
hs cold as only Chicago can be on g. cold day.
Drawing cuts, it fell to Charley, my brother, to
make the descent. He did not hesitate. Re-
moving his overcoat and jacket, he crouched
on one knee and peered down over the edge
I'VE stories below stu hugging the ledge and
meowing family
Charley adjusted the rope so that 1t dangled
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the opposite side, about 800 feet IN the air.
heard sharp crack, like the report OF a pistol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23

lington, Va, diamond Sunday at 8
o'clock. Addisons will drill Saturday
afternoon at o'clock on the field at
Missouri avenue and Third street
southwest. y
st. PauPs Insects are cunning for
games with teams In their class The
manager may be reached at North $500
between and pm.
A game for Saturday is sought by
Iris Speaker Midgets, who also are
on the lookout for two pitchers. Call
Managre Baker at Lincoln 1887.
Experienced pitchers are wanted by
Iris Speaker Insects, who will work to-
morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock on their
diamond at Michigan avenue and Perry
street northeast.
Milton Warning at Decatur 54S Is the
manager Of the team.
Contests are sought for the Eastern
All-star insect class nine. Manager v
M. Lawrence may be reached at Allan
tic 767 between 6 and 7 pm.
Games with leading unlimited class
teams to be played on Sundays at Rock
vile are sought by the newly organized
nine at that place.
Manager Robert Collins may be ad-
dressed at Rockville.
Manager Edward Thomas Is booking
games for the Ad Ltska Peewees al
North 4548. t
Panther A. C. Insects will hook ur
with ContinentalS and Powhatans in 8
double header Saturday on the st. AL.
bans Field, where they were to meet
st. Adams Juniors this afternoon. The
Panthers are booking games at Cleve-
land 4437.
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GRID TUMBLE RULE
ST|RS UP A DEBATE
Hutchinson of Penn Asserts
Change Is Unpopular.
Hall Differs.
BY the Associated Press.

hy the ASSOCIATED EreSk.
The new foot ball tumble rule has
stirred up a controversy with Sydney e.
Hutchinson, chairman Of the council on
athletics and the foot ball committee at
Pennsylvania, and Edward K. Hall Of
the national foot ball rules committee
as the principal debaters.
Declaring that the new rule making
it illegal for player on the defending
side to run with tumble ball has met
with almost unanimous disfaVor,
Hutchinson asks that application of the
new regulation be postponed until 1880.
Certainly every effort should be
made not to saddle upon the game a
radical innovation that offends the mil
lions who have helped to make foot ball
Americas most popular outdoor sport, >
Hutchinson said
Hall replied that the new rule had
been favored by the Foot Ball Coaches
Association by an overwhelming vote"
and that most of the comment he had
heard on. the change had been favor
able. He pointed out that the new rule
by no means removes the penalty for
fumbling, since the team dropping the
ball still loses possession.
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!. CREW ASKED
|. TO ROW ON HUDSON
May Accept if Conquerors of
Navy Should Win Over
Tigers Saturday.

BY the Associated Press.
N Jew YORK, April 23.-Whether
IN the Poughkeepsie regatta will
have a record number Of nine
4 starters this year hinges to a
great extent on whether Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology s
varsity oarsmen can defeat Princeton
on the Charles River on Saturday.
An invitation to compete against
Cornell, Syracuse. Pennsylvania, Co
lumbia, California, Navy, Washington
and Wisconsin at PoughkeepSie Is I'M
der consideration at M. I. T., but no
definite decision Is expected until 1t
can be determined what chance the
Engineers have against such competi-
ton.
Some part Of this question was an
Swered on Saturday, when the M. I. T.
varsity outrowed heavy Navy boatload
to win by three lengths. If the Engi-
neers can follow up this triumph with
another at Princeton's expense it is re-
garded as probable that the athletic
committee at the Cambridge school will
vote favorably on sending the crew to
Poughkeepsie.
The question of expense always has
figured heavily in M. I. rs rowing cal
CuAdCAOLAo, oAlCC CAIC oCAlOOA 4ldo IlO val =
Sity foot ball team to help foot the
bill as it does at all other schools with
crews. Although invited to Poughkeep-
sic for the last three or four years, M
I. T. officials never have felt inclined
to accept since there was little hope
that good showing could be made.
But there may be a change Of heart
this year. Bill HaineS seems to have ar
rived at formidable combination,
largely OF sophomore material. II the
Engineers can beat Princeton there
will remain little doubt that they have
the stuff to push their way up among
the leaders at Poughkeepsie.
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ST. JOHNS LOOKING
TOMARYLANDFR
Regards SWarthmore Clash
as Incidental to Game
at College Park.
NNAPoL1s, Md, April 2s.-Al-

4 NNAPOLIS, ND, April 23.-Al-
~ though the faSt-traveling st.
"A Johns College lacrosse team
4 \ will play Swarthmore at Swarth-
more tomorrow, Coach Dinty
Moore has the big game with Maryland
at College Park on Saturday uppermost
In mind.
st. Johns has tucked away four VIC
tories this season In as many starts.
Its most impressive victories were over
the strong Army stick team at West
Point, 4 to 3, and Rutgers, 9 to 2. st.
Johns has run up total OF AZ points
to 10 for its opponents.
With the Rutgers game the Johnnies
played their last home contest, and the
other games will be staged on strange
grounds. ST. Johns has not played
Swarthmore for two years. At that time
st. Johns had a green team and was
defeated, but this year Moore hopes to
reverse the tables.
The tilt with Maryland will be the
big game on the st. Johns schedule.
The Annapolis twelve never has defeated
the College Park stickmen, but has high
hopes of doing so this time.
Moore will use about the same team
this week that he used to defeat Army
and Rutgers. 1t is: Merkel or Armacost,
goal: Boucher, point; Lott, cover point;
Morris, first defense; Cornbrooks, sec
ond defense; Capt. Sam Jones. third
defense; Ziegler, center: Andrew. third
attack; Cross, second attack; Pool. first
attack; Spring, out home, and Thorn
sen. in home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
LIST OF CONTESTS
IN SCHOOL SPORTS
TODAY.

1ODAxs
Central VS.. Eastern public school
base ball championship gamel, East
ern Stadium, 3:15 o'clock.
Central VS.. Eastern public high
tennis championship match.
GOnzaga VS.. st. Adams prep
School Tennis League match, st.
Adams.
Western VS.. Episcopal (base BALI,
Alexandria.
Tech VS.. Maryland Frosh (tennis),
College Park.
TOMORROW.
Eastern VS.. University Of Mary
land freshmen (base BALI, College
Park.
Business VS.. Episcopal 1base ball),
Alexandria.
Dewitt VS.. Hyattsville (base ball).
HyattsvilIe.
Tech VS.. st. Johns College (base
BALI, Monument lot. -
THURSDAY.
Eastern VS.. Catholic University
freshmen (base ball), Bro0kland.
Georgetown Prep VS.. st. Adams
(base BALL, st. Adams.
St Johns VS.. Friends ,(prep School
Tennis League match, Friends.
FRIDAY.
Business VS.. Tech public high
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TEAM TO PLAY SEMl-PR0
BALL is ORGANIZED HERE

A team has been organized here to
be known as the Lem Owens Profess
SIGNALS to play semi-pro base ball.
In addition to Owens, such well known
players as Monk Fraser, Walter Beall,
Finney Kelly, Syl Giovanetti, Johnny
Bleir, Squirrel Charles, Johnny FTtz-
gerald, Tots Long, Dick Williams, Bill
Smith. Mac McCarty, Freddy Noone,
team.
Owens will manage the team and
Harry H. Seyforth will be business man.
ager. Games may be arranged through
Seyforth by calling Lincoln 1888 or adj
dressing 2032 Bennett street northeast.
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base ball championship game), East
ern Stadium, 3:15 o'clock.
Business VS.. Tech public high
tennis championship match.l
Western VS.. Emerson (base BALI
Monument lot.
Central VS.. Catholic University
freshmen (base BALI, Brookland.
Central VS.. st. Adams (tennis),
st. Adams.
Laurel VS.. Hyattsville prince
Georges County high school base ball
championship game), Hyattsville.
SATURDAY.
Charlotte Hall VS.. st. Johns (base
ball, Monument lot.
Eastern VS.. Episcopal track, Al
exandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
GAVUZZI HOLDS LEAD
IN PYLE BUNI0N DERBY
BY the Associated Press.

ASSOCIdEtu FItS5.
VANDALIA, ILL.,. April 23-Patiently
plodding toward the West. the 20 sur
vivors in C. C. PyIe's bunionless bunion
derby resumed their trek this morning,
leaving Vandalia with Collinsville. Ill.
SO miles distant. set as their control
point for tonight.
Pete Gavuzzi of Southampton. Eng
land. his beard growing longer and
thicker with the passing days, enjoyed
lead of more than four hours over
Johnny Salo, Passaic, N. j., policeman
and Legionnaire, when the varigated
collection headed out from Vandalia
today.
Pyle expects to have his rolling palace
ready for him at st. Louis, and will
ton work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23

~ ALLAUDET will lose its greatest
all-round athlete when Louis
7 Happy Byouk gets his
~ diploma this Summer.
1t nearly lost him two years
ago when Byouk, toiling on a railroad
bed in Kansas. failed to observe an I'M
expected freight train. 1t struck his
right arm, put him in the hospital for
a month and almost ruined his athletic
career.
Despite flarebacks CT the railroad
injury Byouk carried on in foot ball,
track and basket ball, particularly the
first two. He has been triple threat
on the gridiron since prep school days
and put track and field record on the
slate at Kendall Green which may
never be surpassed.
In the annual inter-class meet of
1927, Byouk scored 1914 points for an
ironman mark. To do this it was
necessary to take part in nearly every
event on the program.
A successor to Byouk may be found
in Johnny Ringle, a stocky young fell
low from the corn fields of Kansas.
Ringle can tote, kick and chuck foot
ball more than passing well. He is
finishing his first year at Gallaudet.
He was a bit awkward in basket ball
at the start but quickly wore of the
rough spots and became a capable
guard and basket shooter. He is show
ing promise of class in track and field
events. Much is expected from Johnny
next year in all lines Of athletics.
Maryland has a freshman base ball
team that promises to rival the Ter
rapins' sensational yearling basket ball
Quint which averaged As points game
in crushing it's IL opponents of the last
campaign. In its first three games the
Old Line Cub team banged out 36 hits
and scored 80 runs.
Gordon KeSsIer, foot ball quarterback,
and captain and center fielder OF the
ball team. has been president OF his
class at Maryland ever since he came
to the Old Line institution. He Is now
Q senior.
Maryland finished seventh in the
national intercollegiate championship
rife shoot in which % institutions were
represented. George Washington, the
only other Washington college that
competed, was fourteenth. State Uni
versity of Iowa won the title with
score of 1865; West Virginia was
second with 1883; Carnegie Tech,
third, 1852 and Navy, fourth, 1,349.
Norval Spicknall was high gun for
MARYLAND with 284 out of possible
800. Kerns led George Washington
with $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
EVENTS SCHEDULED
FOR COLLEGE TEAMS
TODAY.

TODAY.
Western Maryland at Georgetown
(base BALI; Catholic U. at Mount st.
Mary's (base BALI.
TOMORROW.
GaIIaudet at Charlotte Hall base
BALI; Washington and Lee at Mary
Land (tennis1.
THURSDAY.
Georgia Tech at Maryland 0acrosse) ;
Catholic University at Delaware (base
BALI.
FRIDAY.
Catholic University at Drexel (base
BALI; Swarthmore at Maryland item
nis) Washington and Lee at Maryland
(base BALI; Penn relays several Wash
ington entriest.
SATURDAY.
st. Johns at Maryland 0acrosse) /;
Catholic U. at Manhattan (baSe BALI /;
North Carolina at Maryland (tennis) !;
Army at George Washington (tennisl !;
Penn relays continued.
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SCHOOLBOY MINES
ACTIVE TOMORROW
Four Games Listed, but Just
One viii Be Decided on
Capital Diamond.
TOUR base ball games are listed
- for schoolboy teams Of the Capt.
tai area tomorrow. Only one,
i however is carded for a strictly

II NUN pdSc Ddil BdIflcS are ISLcO
- for schoolboy teams Of the Capt.
tai area tomorrow. Only one,
i however, is carded for a strictly
home diamond.
Tech and st. Johns are to face on
Monument field No. in the match
here, while Eastern is hooking up with
University of Maryland Freshmen at
College Park Business is clashing with
Episcopal at Alexandria and Dewitt and
Hyattsville High are meeting in the
Maryland town.
Public high school championship base
ball and tennis contests between Central
and Eastern were listed today. A dia-
mond game between Western and Epis..
c0pal at Alexandria and prep school
tennis league title match between ST.
Adams and Gonzaga on the formers
court also were scheduled.
Adverse weather resulted in the call
ing off of base ball game between
Alexandria High and Eastern at Alex
andria and tennis encounter between
Friends and Gonzaga on the latter's
courts yesterday.
Central High Schools team in the
440-yard national championship relay
race Friday in the Penn Carnival at
Philadelphia will be pitted against 80
teams. most of them from the East
Central has been given the fifteenth po-
sition from the pole.
Schools entered In the race in addi-
ton to Central follow in the order of
their positions from the pole:
Mercersburg, Lawrenceville, Jefferson.
Upper Darby, Tome, Overlook, New
York Textile, Kingsley, Lockport, West
DtNtIo da1VNIio ln1
phia, Camden, Punahou of Hawaii,
James Monroe, Huntington, Philadel-
phia Central, New Utrecht, Brooklyn,
Tech. Hunt, st. Joseph's. Mount st. Jo-
seph's. Haveford. La Sale George, Hill,
Jacksonville. Philadelphia Southern,
North Plainf1eld. Loughlin. Peddie. Pea
body. Altoona. La Sale Military Acad-
envy. Frankford. Greensburg. River
dale Country and Forest Park.
Officials in charge of the second an
nual Dewitt School meet held Saturday
on Georgetown University Field have
voted John williams of oxford, N. c.,
High special medal.
Williams, entered in the high school
shotput. made heave Of 40 feet In the
preliminarieS of that event in the morn
ing and then, through misunderstand
ing, repaired to the locker room and did
not report again until the event was
over, automatically eliminating himself
from the competition. The winning
heave was As feet 9 inches.
He was permitted to enter the prep
school shotput in the afternoon and
made heave of 81 feet inches, more
than three feet in excess of the winning
throw. OF course, however, his per-
Torrance in this event was not official
and did not figure In the point scoring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
IRISH HAND BALL STAR
WILL DEFEND A. A. U..TlTLE

NEW YORK, April %. CAP).-Play in
the National Amateur Athletic Union
senior hard ball hand bail champion
ships begins tomorrow night with Cliff
ford Hauling, the defending title holder
and 81 others In the field.
Hard ball hand ball is the ancient
Irish type Of game, played with q yarn
ball covered with horsehide, something
after the manner OF q baseball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
STADIUM SEATING 5000
TOO SMALL FOR SOCCER

LONDON. April % CP.-The $4,000
seats in Wembley Stadium have been
found to be entirely inadequate for the
crowd which would like to see the final
Of the English Foot Ball Association
Cup between Portsmouth and Bolton
Wanderers on Saturday.
All seats were sold month ago and
officials now have decided to put 10000
extra seats into the stadium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
MILLER, CAPITAL BOXER,
IN NEW YORK TOURNEY

Washington will be represented in
the New York A. c. amateur boxing
tournament in New York City Monday
night by Jocko Miller, South Atlantic
lightweight champion. and a member
of the Jewish Community Center team
Joe Lesser, also of the Center outfit,
had planned to compete but hand in
lection has forced him to cancel the
trim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
OPENING OF POLO EVENT
DELAYED TILL SATURDAY

Because the field in Potomac Park is
in bad condition as the result of the
recent heavy rains the opening match
of the District polo season scheduled
today has been postponed until Satur-
| 6aY afternoon