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DRISSEL OF TECH FAME
TO BECOME A CAVALIER

Homer Drissel, former crack foot ball
and base ball player at Tech High
School, will enter the University of vir-
ginia this month.
Drissel played quarterback on the Nc
Kinley gridiron team and left field on
the base ball nine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-13

Billy Southworth has no complaint
against the Cardinal organization
When he was sent back to Rochester
he got the same pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-13

Jesse Ferris, Syracuse foot ball center
broke his wrist loading ice.
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TWO MEN WILL CAPTAIN
lDAHO'S FOOT BALL TEAM

By the Associated Press.
Two captains will command the Uni
versity of Idaho Vandals when these
gridmen of the Pacific Coast confer
ence take the field.
A tie vote in the election for The
position left Diehl, veteran tackle, and
HUT, halfback, with an equal number
of ballots, so it was decided the former
would captain the line and the latter
the backfield
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VOLUNTEERS, COMMODORES
BOTH ARE in FRONT RANK
Former Appears to Have Better Outlook, but Latter
Always Is Powerful and Has Big Chance for
Limelight i'm Game With Minnesota.
BY III, C., BYRD.

the country time time it's big
trio projects mill strikes and undy other things that have
diversity its products all probability this Fail will get the
headlines possessing ball
the South And all probability the people Of Tennessee generally
interested the dongS of these eeven than they
been in the settlement of mill strike the building
electric Vanderbilt
Nashville University of located at Knoxville
in the gidron what expect to
place.
university that apparently the brighter
pects Vanderbilt in the final the record
opportunity
that
nterSeconal
would herald Vanderbilt
Minnesota,
likely its achievement would
query tongue uhere lanpn of The is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-13

The first big base ball league was the
old National Association, which -four
ished from 1871 to 1875, and gave way
to the National League in 1876.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

more. but he had had confidential reports that
soon the German air service would lombard
Paris with invisible airships." All the Allied
secret services set out to find the truth.
They tried to find out at the Zeppelin works
at Friedrichshafen, and drew a blank. The
Americans passed on the assignment to the lat
est addition to their secret forces, the Russians.
They had an underground route to the Krupp
works at Essen, where not one but several Rus
slams. disguised as workmen of one sort or an
other, were soon covertly seeking news of some
new and terrible German machine that might
possibly be called an invisible airship. They
found out.
Its a gun" they reported. 1.-THE Germans
are making a gun of range long enough to reach
behind the allied lines. 1t could even reach
Paris.
The work is done in a special section of the
works, with a special force, closely guarded. We
cannot find out details of construction, but it is
a gun within a gun, and it fires a shell within
a she'll"
"a gun within a gun, a shell within a SHELF"
The Deuxieme ~Bureau-French secret service
smiled gently. rs your agent a Frenchman-
Jules Verne-or perhaps a Boche Baron Won
Munchausen?"
As they remembered that they had been
equally incredulouS about the 42-centimeter
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howitzers of 1914, Bertha's voice was first heard
in the land.
Having heard it every IS minutes through the
morning, who. can forget sitting before the
Cafe de la Paix that noon, and reading the first
official coinmunique that announced that the
Germans had bombarded Paris from a great
height? The invisible airships! Then came
the second and correct communique, ANNOUNCE
ing that it was a long-range gun.
TT was "a gun within a gum though not "a
shell within a SHE'LL" Roughly, the Berthas
were made by sticking into a 14-inch gun an
eight-inch tube so long that this, with other
special features, carried the shell into atmoS-
phere so rarified that resistance was greatly re-
duced, and 1t travelled higher and farther than
ever shell had travelled before.
The shell was different than other shells, but
was not likewise duplex. The Russians had
slipped on the detail, but got the big thing
right.
Around the Berthas swirled a struggle of the
secret war. Once they knew what was throw
ing shells into Paris from incredible distance,
the Deuxieme Bureau set about investigating
and stopping it. Having plotted the location,
they sent secret agents by airplane to land and
actually to see the guns. then return and report.
They organized a special anti Bertha" init to
fight the great guns, of which there were more
than one.
There was a special squadron of airplanes to
observe and bomb them despite, of course, q
special German defensive squadron. There was
a special flash and sound-ranging section to
locate them and keep them located.
The Germans countered by building fake
wooden BerthaS that went of with fake flashes
Of gunpowder and fake explosions that dis
tracted attention.
The Berthas, of course, fired "from the map"
by mathematical calculation, and the gunners
never knew as they fired what part, if any, of
Paris they were hitting. The German secret
service had arranged an elaborate system to get
reports through of where that days Bertha
shells had hit, and what damage they had done.
A woman, Ida Kali, is said to have been part
of the system. Col. Nicolai says it worked and
they knew every day, without fail.
So far as material damage went, the reports
must have been disappointing, though certainly
in Spring of 1918, Bertha, air raids and German
approach to Paris combined caused a near panic
and many hundred thousands left the French
capital. In early June the French government
and allied missions, including American, then
in Paris were making preparations to follow.
Russian spies did other work of value, but
they were not an unmixed blessing. They dealt
with G-2-B through middIemen who would not
tell them exactly what allied power it was that
sent orders for jobs and paid for them, of
course, not in signed checks.
They were always trying to find out for whom
they were really working. an unfortunate cir
cumstance that has since Inconvenience GER
tain Americans in more ways than one. ..,,
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UDICROUS sometimes were the variegated
crooked spies who tried to victimize the
Americans. German agents tried to give us
false information and occasionally succeeded:
double agents worked for both sides, and pro-
fessional spies, thrifty business men, were ready
to turn a dishonest penny. Sure that the Amer
leans were easy marks that Weuld well repay
hitting, more cam to us than to allied services.
There was the man with the stolen draw
ings of the terrible German Juggernaut tank to
spread dismay in allied ranks in the 1918 offen-
Sive. The fre-eating monster was high as O
second-Story window, moved on wheels 20 feet
tall, aided by movable spikes working like alpen-
stocks.
Its body was jointed, covered with armor i'm
pervious not only to machine-gun fire but
ordinary shellfre. It looked like a giant arma-
dnlo. and did everything but breathe fire and
snort. The drawings were well done and we
bought them-cheap-to let GLIB see what the
Germans wanted to make us believe.
About the same time our secret service In
switzerland met the most cold -blooded spy with
whom it ever dealt. She was q woman. She
said she was a chemist, and had a laboratory.
which seems to have been true. She said she
had found out that part of the same German
Spring drive was to be a plague offensive"
They were going to scatter from airplanes
germs OF bubonic plague and cholera upon
allied cities, as was recently alleged-and de-
nied-inE England that they actually did.
The woman not only had information that
this was to be done, but also how the Germans
were producing the cultures, and their method
OF scattering them among old men, women and
children of allied countries. She would sell his
secret to the Americans, who in her laboratory
could prepare to do the same thing-ahead of
the The plague offensive" could be
American, not German. al,
Perhaps there was some deeper trickery, and
she was a German agent. She displayed no
feeling about 1t. She seemed to be a business
woman. But she did no business with us.
Allied services in neutral countries. watched
constantly for fake informers sent to deal with
them by the Germans, m for double dealing
by former frontier smugglers whose experience
admirably equipped them for all sorts of odd
missions. This slip was once part of some Ger
man office records:
Attached 'strafbefehl' is to be handed n
Johann Selber. 1t was to be used as evidence
when he is introduced to the allied service an
an escaped German. He will have to give in
formation about the long range gun and about
Hindenburg's headquarters, as you may know
And these two allied memoranda show
conditions on the Dutch and Belgian frontiers:
"Briey, the innkeeper at z, makes it his busi-
ness to carry letters for one of the allied serv-
ices. He has relations with Landmann to whom
ne passes the letters, which are xamined by
the Germans. They are then transferred tn
Tietjens, from where a bona fde Belgian car
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.'.I Continued on NSnth Page
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MOST OF WOMEN'S
GOLF CHOICES WIN

BY the Associated Press.
PINEHURST. N. c., April 3.-The
second round of the North and South
wonen's tournament was under, way
today with eight of Americas leading
feminine golfers still in competition.
The defending champion, Mrs. o. s..
Hill of Kansas City, was among those
who fell by the wayside yesterday, but
the other favorites survived.
Glenna Collett, national champion,
maintained her pace-setting clip and
defeated Virginia Holzberger, Mid
atlantic champion, 80. Today she was
matched against Maureen circuit, who
survived Yesterday by virtue of a and 3
victory over Mrs. j. d. Chapman Of
Connecticut.
Helen Hicks of Long Island. paired
against Marion Turpie, the Southern
champion. won yesterday from Mrs.
Edith Baker of Boston after q closely
contested match by and !. Miss
Turpies victim was Mrs. Ronald Bar
low of Philadelphia, and her margin OF
victory, and 3.
Virginia Van VIE of Chicago defeated
a fellow townswoman, Mrs. Melvin
Jones, 4 and 2. and today was paired
with Virginia Wilson. Miss Wilson won
from Miss Martha Parker Of New York,
and 3.
Edith Quier OF Reading. Pa, who de-
throned Mrs. Hill yesterday. was
matched against Louise F'ordyce,
youngstown, Ohio, star. Fordyce
reached the quarter finals by and 3
decision over Peggy Wattles OF Buffalo.
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FIVE D. c. BOXERS
IN ACTION TONIGHT
Some Advance in S. A. Meet
by Winning, While Byes
Drawn by Others.

~ ALTIMORE, April 3.-7Jocko Mil
l. lar, Mike Tardugno and Leroy
IN Bordeau of Jewish Community
- Center; Ben Leron DeLacey Of
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
Layton Miner of the City Club are
washington boxers listed for action to-
night In the semi-finals and finals Of
the South Atlantic championships In
the 104th Medical Regiment Armory.
The five Washingtonians survived the
preliminaries last night.
Miller, 135-pounder, is listed to meet
De Lacey tonight. Miller last night
scored o technical knockout over A.
Delmo Of Belair A. G. and then went
on to earn a decision over A. Nicola Of
Americas A. G. DeLacey scored over A.
iStone Of Belair A. C. last night.
Tardugno, in the 126-pound class, did
not get action last night, but tonight
he is listed to engage George Schneider
Of Americas A. c.
Bordeau in the 175-pound class Is to
face w. Trail tonight Bordeau won
from D. Green Of the City Club, WASH
ington, last night and Trail won from
]. Offslianty Of Holabird.
In another 175-pound class bout
Miner viii engage r. Smithson of Fort
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Plans Being Completed Today
For Opening Golf Event Here

the golf and grounds committee of the
club. A vote will be taken at the an
nual meeting to change the age Of
membership in the association from 81
to SIS years. A seniors tourney will be
held on Friday, April IL, and Saturday.
April Is, at handicap medal play, 10
holes. Competitors may play Is holes
either day or holes each day. The
president of the association has pre-
scented prize to be played for during
the season and several Journeys will
also be held for prizes donated by other
members of the Chevy Chase Club.
A ringer tourney for the seniors will
start April IL and end on October IS.
On Saturday, April -, putting tour
ney will be held for the seniors.
Roland r. Mackenzie Of Columbia,
one of the proposed contestants in the
exhibition match, May 10, that will
mark the opening Of the new nine holes
at the Manor Club, may find 1t possible
to play. He intends to withhold def
mite declination Of the invitation of
Chairman Clarity Of the Manor golf
committee until he finds he cannot be
here. Miller B. STEVENSON Of Columbia,
Mccarthy of Washington, intercol-
legiate title holder, and Harry q. Pitt
Of Manor, Middle Atlantic Golf Asso-
citation champion, will be the other par
Elephants. In case Mackenzie cannot
play, an attempt may be made to Sc
cure George j. Voigt as the fourth
member of the quartet.
The Country Club Of Virginia has an
nounced that it cannot hold the women's
championship Of the Middle Atlantic
Golf Association next Fall because the
Virginia State Golf Association has
awarded to the club the women's State
championship. The club does not want
to hold two women's titular events in
one year. The mid-Atlantic associa-
ton will select another course for the
holding of the event. The mems cham
pionship of the association win be play
ed at the Baltimore Country Club the
first week in June.
Walter r. Hall, formerly professional
at the Rock Greek Park public course,
has been, appointed professional and
manager Of the Annapolis Roads Coun-
try Club of Annapolis, Md. He will
take over his new duties within few
days, and plans to signalize the OPEN
ing OF the course with professional
exhibition match, which may include
the services OF j. Monr0 Hunter ana
George Diffenbaugh, famed Indian
Spring golf duo.
A comprehensive schedule of club golf
events is being drawn up by the golf
committee of the Washington Golf and
Country Club. A tombstone event will
be held on May 80 and the golf COM
mittee will stage miniature tourna-
ment on July 4, while still another min
iature tourney will be played on Labor
day. Early In September the junior
championship win be played and the
club Championship tourney will be held
either In late September or early Octo-
Der.
Entrants In the interschoIastic tour
ney, to be played tomorrow at East
Potomac Park, were tuning up their
games today In preparation for the
event. The tourney Is to be a 36-hole
medal play event. Robert G. Hird, pres
ent holder of the title. will not defend.
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SMITH WILL BOWL -.
IN A. B. c.. TOURNEY

CHICAGO, April 3 iCO.--Jimmy
Smith, one Of Americas best known
bowlers, will start q campaign for
American Bowling Congress tournament
honors tonight, when he performs as o
member Of the Planters Hotel team of
Chicago.
w. Secord Of Denver led the scoring
In the singles event yesterday with q
total OF 700, which was good for 0 tie
for seventh place. Three new names
appeared in the leading 10 Of the ALL
events. Frank Caruanu Of Buffalo
totaled 1922 to land in sixth place,
Johnny Heidelberg Of st. Louis took
eighth with / ,906 and H. Swing Of Dem
yer tenth with 1899.
None Of the leaders was displaced In
the five-man or doubles events.
Leaders:
FIVE MAN.
Hub Recreation, Joliet. III, 1858.
klineer Bucks, WATERFOWL, Wis, 304i.
Edelweiss, Chicago, 5000.
DOUBLES.
w. Klecz-P. Butler. Chicago. 1858.
A. Kasal-J. Mitchell, st. Paul, 1,326.
G. Gadker-C. Herbert, Dayton, Ohio, i,32o.
SINGLES.
j. Davis. Chicago, 723. e
E. Krems, Chicago, 723.
r. Rump, Fort Wayne, Ind, 707. y
ALL EVENTS.
o. Stein. jr., st. Louis, 1874. III
r. Maerzke, Watertown, Wis, 1889. /.
2. Butler, CHICAGO. l,936.
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TINAL plans for the opening goli
| l. tournament of the SeaSon--the
Spring invitation event of the
4 Washington Golf and Country
Club-are being rushed to COM
pletion today in order that every phase
of the many-sided picture of operating
big tournament may be well in hand
by April 29, when the entries for the
event will close. With appointment of
committees to handle the event last
night by the club golf committee, the
tourney plans are, expected to be well in
hand by a week prior to the event.
Prizes have already been purchased for
five flights. ,,
The tournament again, as last year,
will be strictly a personal invitation
even in so far as guests from clubs about
Washington are concerned. Invitations
will be sent to clubs which. are members
of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association,
and are 40 miles or more from Wash
ington, but no blanket invitations Will
be sent to clubs within radius of 40
miles of the Capital Entries will close
April 20, and it is hoped that the entire
field may be qualified on one day
Wednesday, May /. If the committee
finds the entry list to be larger than ex-
pected, however, many of the entrants
from the Washington Club will be asked
to qualify on Tuesday, April 20, reserv-
ing the following day for qualification by
guests of the club. The event will close
on May 3, thus leaving the course open
for members over the week end.
Chairman Fred D. Paxton Of the golf
committee was unable to attend the
meeting. over which r. j. Norman pre-
sided. Following are the members OF
the 1929 golf committee:
A. w. Howard, John I. Powers, c. C..
Carlin, Walter r. McCallum, Risley G..
Hunt, Ben L. Fuller, s. L. Mosby. j.
Logan Hopkins, o. l.. Veerhoff, Dr.
James T. McClenahan, Charles H.
Doing, jr.; DR.. T. j. Rice, r. j. Wise,
Charles B.. Stewart, r. J.. Norman,
Harry D. eastman, v. G. Dickey, L. G.
Garrett, D.. L. Elmore and E.. j.. Swift.
The committee accepted a tender
made by Watson B. Miller to present a
prize for buffers" tournament, and
appointed committee to confer with
Miller on the details Norman was
again named chairman of the handicap
committee to revise handicapS under the
terms of the Calkinss system and thus
bring them in line with the regulations
of the District Golf Association.
Under the Calkins system the handi-
caps of members will be determined by
taking the average Of the three best
scores, minus 70-the par of the course
plus /. Thus where the average
score is 80 strokes, the resulting handi-
cap will be -. In the past the handi-
cap allowance at the Washington club
has been determined by taking three
fourths of the difference between q
members fair average Score-and the
par Of the course. Norman explained
that this. system has not worked out
equitably where members played in
handicap tournaments on other courses.
Announcing its Spring golf schedule,
the Seniors Golf Association Of the
Chevy Chase Club today set April IL for
the date Of its annual meeting, and at
the same time announced that tour
, ney will be held during the season for q
cup to be presented as q memorial to
Morven Thompson, late chairman Of
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BOWLING LISTS REMAIN
OPEN UNTIL SATURDAY

Entries for the Washington City
Duckpin Association championships
win close next Saturday midnight
instead Of tonight, It was announced
today by Secretary ArviIle Ebersole.
Failure Of many league scorers 10
turn in their averages for classifica-
ton purposes 0ccasioned the extern
sion. Inasmuch as the classification
committee won't be able to function
until ak the figures are in, the, asso-
citation officials have set about
making the most Of the unexpected
spare time by fattening the entry
list.
In the meantime, the scorers are
urged to hustle In their averages.
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BOWIE RACES
April z to April Is

w. B. & A. Special Trains direct to
Grandstand. Leave White House
Station every 20 minutes after lz:3O
pm. Use the railroad, avoid expense
and delays resulting from congested
traffic on the highway.
FIRST RACE ESQ PM
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WOMEN In SPORT

TEAM leaders of the District
Women'S Tennis League are
urged by the secretary to send
in their ballots for the new
officers Of the club as plans for
the Spring schedule are waiting upon
the outcome of the election. 1t will be
the duty of the new president and Sec
rotary to set the date for the opening
Of the round robin series and to COM
plete the schedule.
All team captains are requested also
to round up their players and to fill in
vacancies in their line wherever they
occur, so that when the schedule Is an
nounced, play may begin without delay.
June has been named by the Middle
Atlantic Association as the date for
the closed individual championships of
the league. Frances Krucoh won the
singles challenge cup in this event
permanently last year, SO a new trophy
viii be put into competition this season.
Swimmers Of the Capitol Athletic
Club will meet for their weekly tank
practice tomorrow night at $3.50 in the
e street Y. M. c. A. pool. Friday night
the club plans to hold a card party at
1 the Masonic Temple, Eighth and
streets northeast at O'Clock, for the
benefit of the organizations sport
equipment fund.
Chevy Chase and RosedaIe playground
basketers who have been followed by q
Train- jinx". ever since last Fall, wher
hey first were forced to postpone theil
.title game for the Interplaygrounc
basket ball championship, are hoping
that the spell is broken now and theI
will be able to get into action this com
ing Saturday morning on the PlaZs
playground court. Plans were made fol
The game last Saturday, but the ole
s link was on hand and rained out thu
title aspirants.
Miss Jack" Whiting viii referee thu
contest.
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Change Diameter Of Pin Has Boosted ucpin Scores in Capital
Howard, Neither took part in the pre-
lin1inaries.
Last nights summaries:
iss-poUND CLASS.

x1OWAIu. NcitAicI VUok phIt III lac pre-
liminaries.
Last nights summaries:
lss-poUND CLASS.
2; Conner Z; n. +. A, won from a
seson a. Touna. McA won from g Nil.
Ter: Hoisbird. Technical tnockoSt. ' s Second si
psd asT Ss from psano G sssr
Technical knockout, second round.
A. Nicola, Americas A. c., won from T.
Costello, Holabird. Technical Knockout, sec
). Deiacey. Veterans Of Foreign wars.
won from A. Stone, Belair A.
li2-PouND CLASS.
Icy Capisn. unattaehed, won from Doug
cision.
REBOUND CLASS.
L. Kahn, H0labird won from p. Koelble
Fort Hoyle. Technical knockout, first round
George Schneider, Americas A.. c.. won
from J. Heuchens, Locust Point. Decision.
l7s-PouND GLASS
I. Hordeau. J.: G. G.. washington. won
from d. Green. @. c., Washington. Techni-
cal knockout. second round.
W; Trail, Emorywood A. C.. won from j.
Onshanty, Holabtrd. Decision.
l3s-PouND CLASS.
J: Miller, J. G. c.. WASHINGTON. won from
A. Nicola. Americas Club. Decision.
= Hartman, Z. NJ. g. A.. won from C.
Corner, Y. M. II. A. Decision.
iis-PoUND CLASS.
John Pritz. Y. M. C. A., won from J.
Meyer, st. Mary's Industrial School. De-
cision.
HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS.
M. Sheppard, Holabird, won from c. See
back, Y. MIC. A. Technical knockout, first
round.
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Tee Ball OFF Left
Heel for Results
By SOL METzGER.

Abe Mitchell and other long
drivers-James Braid, Phil Findlay
and Munroe Hunter-tee the BAH for
the drive at point just about
opposite the left heel. It. will be
noted that they gain their distance
in the air. They depend upon carry
and not upon roll.
The reason they so tee the ball is
that the clubhead here meets 1t at
the lowest point of their swing