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I gather, though, that "Shipwreck"
Kelley was professional and that he
accepted some sordid gain for relaxing
himself on his flagpole. AS an advocate
of amateur sport and play for plays
sake, have my own opinion OF a man
who would commercialize his sitting for
pelf, as the boys would say.
If the sitting urge that has come upon
the youth of Baltimore (of both sexes)
is in any way commercial, feel that
the mayor of Baltimore would not give
the sport his commentator and encour-
agement. He probably felt that little
boys and girls who sat for the sake of
sitting in time would become great
statesmen and stateswomen. The mayor
himself prepared himself for his high
Office by studying the art OF sitting. All
mayors do.
OF course, sitting in q rocking
chair Is more strenuous exercise.
The sport is so new that 1t is hard to
tell whether or not it will have any
Ill effects on the contestants. Rock
ing never has been considered q
harmful sport when INDUCED in as q
recreation, but nobody knows as yet
about competitive rocking. The au-
thorities of Champaign should have
competent surgeons examine the
contestants now and then, and If
there are any signs Of exhaustion
from rocking the contest should be
stopped in the name Of humanity.
Immobile sitting for pastime only has
been INDUCED in by various clubs all
over the country, but never in a COM
petitive spirit. The Union League Club
has some long-diStanee Sitters. The
Friars' Club has sitters that might
have turned in records If records ever
had been kept of sitting. And the Play
ers, too, have some experienced sitters
The New York Athletic Club has one
sitter that they are grooming in the
event that plain sitting should become
a recognized sport. The New York Ath-
letic Club never does anything excepting
in competition.
At the Bohemian Club in San
Francisco there was a sitter who
really could sit. He sat through the
earthquake-beg pardon, f1re-until
the flremen dragged him out, but he
sat game through it all. They had
to bring him out on his chair. He
faced the danger like a true sitter,
and would have persisted in his seat.
That sort Of sitting is not in any way
injurious to the health. Mr.. AL Lang,
former mayor of st Petersburg, Fla. de-
clares that the reason that city has so
many centenarians from all parts Of the
country is that sitting is the city's sport.
The sidewalks are lined with benches,
and anybody out for exercise may sit
his way around the block at a reason
able pace. Par on the main stem is rs
sittings to the block. and nobody has
broken 1t yet.
While the Yankees were training there
last year Col. Jacob Rupert, their pres
1dent. made block in 76 but this was
unusual.
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TREASURY RACKETERS
ADD TO LEAGUE LEAD

Treasury Department netmen in
creased their lead in the Departmental
League by another decisive triumph this
week, scoring over the Commerce team
to on the Monument Park courts.
Ladd and Yeomans, No. 2 doubles
team, registered the only Commerce
victory. They defeated STAN and Dowd
of the Treasury, ST., 8-6, C. in the
feature tilt.
Charest and Purinton won q SIS,
IS decision over Judd and Thomas in
the No. ! match; Shore and Seidel ac-
accounted for another Treasury victory
when they downed Nicholas and Black
burn. 81, 2-6, 60, while Henry and
May Treasury were trouncing Blum
and Eaton, No. 5 Commerce team, 60,
Co.
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THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE.


Pawky Peter.
The mind pas OF the ohhouse the mind of the
But Patohy Peter NicoH had the short hole
Up the funnel OF the tair,ay
But Paa0ky Peter NfcoH did the long nth in Jour-
Whole sandhl htled through the the
ANA
But PGpEy Peter pokd his to the ninth thtyeght
Fairly behind ragged the blast turn
ANA u tempted PoDky Peters its
And Pawky Peter pressed and toppednnd
Ard after eperol condrous words "Aweel"
JhG hnG INN 9 a held ,on, o dc:
5"t tndS take tent tolyn ,Dnnn ovtn'
H. B., in
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Present Line Army Haze r Grion Squads

and tackles and It Is probable that
Capt. Jones will give him considerable
assistance, as only one regular, George
Perry, Is available from last years
team. Frank Wandle will again have
full charge of training.
"Biff" has not yet decided which
coach will be given the important as
signment of handling the scrubs. With
the tough Army schedule the B squad
will have a most important mission
and require excellent coaching. One
of the new coaches, Lieut.. "Red"
Reeder, may be detailed to the scrubs,
although his knowledge of kicking
will be needed In assisting the Army
punters.
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WASHINGTON entries In the
n Smile swim, sectional aqu-
NM attic classic to be held for the
fifth year on TIE upper
Potomac tomorrow afternoon
at 8 o'clock with the Presidents Cup as
the team trophy at stake, will have an
additional incentive in new trophy
offered for the first time this season by
the Washington Canoe Club sponsoring
the event, to the first Capital man
crossing the line.
A handsome silver cup has been Sc
lected by the club as the reward for
local talent. It will become the perma-
nent possession of the winner.
Chairman Henry Fowler In charge of
the event, reports all sails set for a
record breaking event, with the entry
list increased to Al today by the addi-
ton of two unattached swimmers, both
Westinghouse. Henry F. Geisz and
Ben Goldberg signed up this morning
They swell the list of unattached con-
testants 70 six, four hailing from Balti-
more and two from Washington.
In addition to this group, strong
representations will plunge in at the
starting line from the leading clubs of
Maryland, Virginia and New York City.
Led by Raymond Rudy, who Of course
will defend his individual title, the New
York Swimming Club will have a strong
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WALL WINS CANOE TITLE
AND TWO OTHER EVENTS

CLAYTON, N. Y, August % R).-
Adam Wahl of New York. captured the
American Canoe Association Challenge
Cup, symbol OF the international SAIL
ing championship as well as three other
events for decked canoes, at the fiftteth
annual regatta of the association.
In addition to the Challenge Cup,
wahl won the Mermaid Crane and Paul
Butler trophies.
d. j. Bergman Of Chicago. vice COM
nodore of the western division OF the
A, G., A., won the open cruising canoe
championship and established a new
record.
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Beach will be pulling hard for the bic
invader to make the grade and get his
shot at match play, where he will be
one OF the features of the program
Tolley is always worth watching, where
his long hitting, his hard fighting and
his personal magnetism are much above
the general average.
There will be other good British and
Canadian golfers in this championship
with q good chance to qualify, notably
Eustace Storey, Ross Somerville and
Don Carrick., The international side
will be high:class in every respect.
Tt is usually around this time Of the
year that Babe Ruth decides to step on
the gas along the home-run speedway.
and II he Is anywhere near his old fin
ishing stuff, Klein and others will soon
begin to inhale cloud Of dust.
There will be any number Of claims
offered in behalf of some new heavy
weight champion, but after looking over
the present muddle it will be at least
six months or q year before the un-
Mental Pictures.
CERTAIN mental pictures can be Of
~ great help in the art or science or
knack OF hitting golf ball.
For example, there is Douglas Wes-
sons sound suggestion to kid yourself
into the belief that the golf ball has
no mass" 1t is worth trying by those
who can swing correctly at a dandelion,
but who Immediately tighten up and
lunge when golf ball Is the target.
Another good mental picture Is one
where the path of the clubhead is trav-
cling from 1.-The inside out" away from
the player. The golf swing Is merely
the application of centrifugal force,
which is force applied from the inside
to the outer rim. Get Q picture OF the
clubhead swinging away from the body,
not from the outside across the ball
toward the left.
Another good mental picture is that
Of the hands in control, the same men
tai picture one gets In swinging an Ak
at tree, where the hands take over
the job Of swinging the head OF the AZ
and letting the head have its way.
Where there Is no mental picture or
mental pattern to follow, the golfer Is
bound to work in the dark, cropping his
way along an unknown road, struggling
for some hidden goal by the fogs OF
doubt and confusion. The correct mem
ta1 picture of good putting Is q smooth
stroke, backward and forward, and this
is worth keeping In mind.
The average mental picture IN golf
concerns only the result, not the cause.
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HEAD COACH JONES
WILL HAVE 7 AIDES
Tutoring Plans Are Settled,
Excepting Assigning Man
to Handle Scrubs.

w VEST POINT, N. Y, August ,23.
Foot ball practice at the
w s gntf s.f sta %l M stsTs gs asaa
Der with the opening of the
school year and over 200 cadets will
report to Head Coach Capt. "Bif"
Jones as candidates for the main and
plebe teams. Capt. Jones will have
seven assistant coaches who will con-
centrate on the A and B sections OF
the squad.
Schedules of academic and military
instruction will again materially cur
tail the amount of time available for
practice. On two days a week the play
ers will have military drills until Ais.
On the remaining three days Capt.
Jones will have his entire team at work
by 3:45. AS the supper parade forma-
ton is preceded by an inspection this
will restrict practice to As minutes a.
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A Great Rocking Contest.

10 OCkING CHAIR sitting in compe-
N tition is no new thing. I saw most
Of an exciting rocking chair contest at
the Dover Hall Club. which is close to
Sapelo Island, in South Georgia, where
former President Coolidge shot at nu-
merous deer and wild turkey, annoying
them no little.
The affair started spontaneously, as
all real sports do. Col. Bill Pipp, a
Northerner. was rocking himself peace
fully on the porch of the palatial Stagg
Inn on the club acres. On the same
porch sat John Strickland, the guide,
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DOWN THE LINE
Some Sedentary Sports.
With W. o. MCCLELLAN

edentary sports to be gaining in
in endurance hagpoe sitting and the mayor OF the CITY
grit and stamina for sitting out along those
lines In CHAMPAIGN Ill., engaged
chair contest which, according experts that sport
might last 400 hours.
Fagpoe sitting comparatively sport far know
Sters everything but agpoe When
tried find seat in box at ringsde
anything times nothing at ALL AS
"Shpwreck Kelly started the thing contest He
those marathon dances and elected to sit 1t
of
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A Sporting Chance.

IN travelling more than 1000 miles to
l. compete in the next United States
amateur golf championship at Pebble
Beach, Cyril Tolley, British amateur
champion, takes sporting chance that
is worth noting. Tolley comes across
as the leading amateur representative
of British golf In four or five attempts
on this side he has qualified only once
On his arrival at Pebble Beach he will
be one Of $50 or 100 leading golfers
where only 80 can get q shot at match
play. Tolley's strongest point is match
play. He is a hard, keen, determined
better at this than he is at playing
against the par Of q course. One or
two bad holes may upset his medal
round, but In match play he can match
these with some brilliant turns.
Outside of four or five leading stars,
the odds are about to against any
other individual qualifying. Only 20
per cent of the field can survive after
the 36-hole medal elimination is over.
All of which the British champion IN
derstood before he started across the
Atlantic. b. IA ~ q
There Is this. however. in .Tolley's
favor. He is more accustomed to
seaside links than he is to inland
courses. Pebble Beach puts pre-
MUM on long hitting, especially
those holes that demand stout car
ries against the wind. None of these
carries will bother the British golfer.
1t might also be remembered that
Tolley has been playing far better
golf this season than he ever played
before. He has curbed his keen de-
sire to hit the ball mile or two. He :
has cut down his smuggling. Tolley
has always been a fine putter, and
this means more than q thin bit at
either medal or match play golf.
Certainly every one present at Pebble
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who is q Georgian of the Georgians.
They were rocking in unison, Soothed
by q cooling breeze.
It was Mr.. u. ]. (Sport) Herr
mann, a restless Chicagoan Of the
pineapple belt, who started the trout
BILE. He proposed North-and-
South rocking contest for endurance.
Col. Pipp accepted the challenge with
a ready nod. John Strickland OF
Georgia hummed Dixie" and said:
Gentlemen, let the rocking pro-
ceed."
Mr. Joseph Heintzman of Cincinnati
was appointed referee. Col. TillinghaSt
L'Hommedieu Huston, a transplanted
Georgian, volunteered to act in Mr..
Strickland's corner. Wilbert Robinson
of Hudson, Mass; Baltimore, Md, and
Brooklyn, N. Y, offered to act for Col.
Bill Pipp. The starting gun was hred
and the contest was on.
On the second day it could be seen
that this was no friendly rocking. The
sectional feeling was revived. Mr..
Strickland was not going to be outrocked
by any Yank, even though he was a
member of the Dover Hall Club. The
Pipps are q silent but determined tribe.
BY the third day the sitting became a
grim thing, so much SO that Wilbert
Robinson suggested an armistice. But
Col. TillinghaSt L'Hommedieu Huston
said: mo, sir; let them rock it out until
the better rocker wins. MY money Is
on John Strickland as the best notion
less or rocking sitter south of the Mason
and Dixon line
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A Flock Of Philosophy.
THERE is a large flock or chunk of
l. philosophy in the last line Of the
above verses. There are any number,
whether it be in sport or In the general
run OF existence, who can buck q head
wind but who take flop when a favor
ing gale arrives.
This is one of the reasons why foot
ball coaches preach the doctrine of
pessimism to their teams. They like 20
get over the idea that only q desperate
uphill battle will save the day-tf1at
each game Is a head-wind contest, not
one with following breeze.
Few can travel with a favoring gale.
Their feet run out from under them.
Too much success, comparative speak
ing. has done more damage than the
harder road can bring about.
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The Disqualification.


THE rules Of the contest were simple.
l. Any rocker who rocked himself OF
the porch. which was the regulation
size, would forfeit the contest. Any
rocker ceasing to rock automatically
were to rock to a finish, and the sec
onds might at any time administer mint
juleps at their discretion or on demand
of the rocker.
At one time Col Pipp rocked himself
perilously close to the edge OF the porch.
but recovered In time and rocked him
self back. His second applied the usual
restoratives, and he rocked with a vigor
that excited considerable applause, even
from a gallery that had driven in from
Brunswick. There was no North nor
South with q contest like that being
held.
1t was on the sixth day that MI.
Strickland showed signs OF weaken
Ing. though his second piled him with
restoratives for rockers. Col. Huston
began to fear for him and for the
heavy wager he had made. John Is
q motionleSs sitter at heart, am
afraid" he said. Naturally, Col.
Pipp. noting signs of weakening,
rocked steadily.
The rocking Of Mr.. Strickland became
weaker annd weaker. Mr.. Heintman
closed in between the chairs to watch
the finish and give the signal that 1t
was all over and to raise Col. Pipp's
hand in token of victory. Dusk gath
cred over the contestants.
Suddenly the chair of Mr.. Strickland
started to rock steadily. The referee
looked behind 1t and found that 1t was
propelled by Mr.. Stricklands black
hound dog, Gilpin. Naturally the ref
cree disqualified Mr.. Strickland. but he
was absolved of any connivance with
the hound dog, which evidently acted
through sectional feeling. At the close
OF the contest all concerned rocked for
another night, but not in the spirit of
competition. Since that time only
friendly rocking is permitted at the
Dover Hall Club.
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Make a 1O-Gallon Test

The time you need gasoline drive TO a TYDoL
ETHYL pump try ssllons of this modern fuel.
twill only SOC than 10 gallons ofordnary sas
No more E. &. b.. perhaps less than you have besa
paying for other premium &asolines.
But in any SOC is small amount to gamble to
prove yourself just what knock rating sasoiine
will do in your own car.
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II knocks 0M hzMz kn0ck./

toring. and conviction that here again.
the best has provedto be the cheapest ofalf.
Study the table opposite. See how TYDOL
ETHYL ranks with S other premium fuels.
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KNOCK RATING OF 6
PROMINENT PREMIUM
GASOLINES

These ; cent premium sasolines were tested
on the MidsIey bouncing Pin) indicator
over a period of months, from Nov, 1928,
90 May, 1929, with the following results:
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FAMILY SUNDAY
SCHOOL DAY SLATED
DR.. Miefs to Preach on Modern
ism and It's Teaching Abuot
Man" at Morning Service.

At Fourth Presbyterian Church,
Thirteenth and Fairmont streets, DR..
James H Miers, the pastor, will talk on
Modernism and Its Teaching About
Man" tomorrow morning and at 8
o'clock on Confirmation Of Faith"
The Senior Christian Endeavor So
ciety will meet at o'clock with Mrs.
E. C. Russell as its speaker. Her
topic will be Satan
The pastor will lecture Wednesday at
7:30 pm. on Church History Taking
Up the Reformation Period" and from
$50 to $50 o'clock he will lecture on
the Book Of Hebrews" Services will
be held in Kelly Hall at o'clock. DR.
Miers will take his subject from the
first chapter Of the Epistle to the Ro-
mans.
The Sunday school will meet tomorrow
at $50 am. In the main auditorium to
observe family Sunday school day
william Tuckey. superintendent. will
give the invocation; Vernon Hill, scrip
ture reading; Frank l.. Middleton, talk
on Prayer in the Family Life; ad-
dress by DR.. Miers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-25

TIME Old North Church in Boston
owes its existence to differences
OF opinion on the subject of the
l. execution of Charles Of Eng
land in l649. So various were
the arguments for and against the
regicide that certain worshipers Of the
First Church" in Boston seeded AL
established themselves as the "Secor.i
Church Of Christ" their ediflce, becaus'
of its geographical position, being
known as the North Church,
It was a poor congregation, however,
which launched this new enterprise and
the structure they used as q church
was a large square building, used also
as a fire station, and It's exterior was
decorated by long ladders Of the fire
department leaning against It's wooden
walls. Ironically enough, IL was de-
stroyed by fire in 1878. and was re-
placed by larger structure, also OF
wood. In the following year.
This structure, regarded as model
Of architecture" served as house OF
worship for almost 100 years, or until
the Winter Of 1775-6, when II was de-
stroyed by the British because 1t had
been used as n public arsenal by the
town corporation and as a meeting place
for rebellious utterances against the
Crown. After the close Of the Revolu-
the Brick Church" the formal union
taking place In 177e. and moved into
the structure which stands today, and
from which Paul Revere hung his Ian
tern to warn the colonists OF the move
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TALKS TO Be GIVEN
BY MISSIONARIES
Dr.. and Mrs. Joseph Dobes,
Here From Czechoslovakia,
Mount Vernon M. {. Guests.

DR. and Mrs Joseph Dobes, the mis-
sionaries in Czechoslovakia, are special
guests Of Mount Vernon Place Church
from today through Wednesday. At
the Sunday School tomorrow morning
Dr. Dobes will speak TO the adult de-
partment and Mrs. Dobes to the young
peoples and senior departments. Dur
ing the class period Mrs. Dobes will
speak to combined meeting Of the
women's classes Of the adult depart
ment.
Dr. Dobes will preach at the morning
service at IL o'clock on Victory of the
Gospel in CZechoslovakia." He will
speak also at a meeting Of the Senior
Epworth League at Gas pm.
The pastor, DR.. w. A. Lambeth, will
preach at the evening service on Can
You Run in the Mud and VIM"
After the evening service tomorrow
evening the pastor will leave for Lake
land, Fla. where he will deliver the
commencement address Tuesday at
Southern College. DR.. Lambeth will
preach the baccalaureate sermon juno
2 at the Clemson Agricultural College,
Clemson College. S. c.
Rev. Mr.. Deal will speak tomorrow
evening at o'clock at the Methodist
Church In Bethesda, Md, Of which
Rev John Knox is pastor,
At the meeting of the junior congre-
cation in the Sunday School audito-
rum Rev. H. r. Deal junior preacher,
will preach on youths Blessings"
The Young Peoples Missionary So
ciety, No. 2, OF which Miss Laura Clark
is president. will meet in the home Of
Miss Olive Dean, 1910 Ashmead place,
at 4 o'clock Sunday.
The mission study class of the
woman's Missionary Society will meet
Tuesday at 1890 am. for the study of
the sixth chapter Of Friends Of Africa"
and q review OF the preceding chapters.
Rev Mr.. Deal will conduct the prayer
meeting Thursday evening.
June 9 will be observed as Home
coming day" at the church, In celebra-
ton Of the anniversary Of the march
Of the congregation from the old church
on M street TO the then new building
at Ninth street and Mount Vernon
place.
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TOPIC is ANNOUNCED.
Rev. Harold z. Beatty to Preach

on "A Night Interview"
"A Night Interview" will be the sub
iect tomorrow at II am. In George
town Lutheran Church by Rev. Harold
z. Beatty. Installation service for the
following named newly elected church
councilnen: J. Frank Butts. H. H.
Swan, G. D. Baker and John Gerkin.
Christian Endeavor meets at pm,
topic How Have Missionaries Been En-
fective Leaders," At the 8 pm. service
the subject will be Laughing Chris
tianS."
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HPttfPtnHtaI

Church q the Holy trinity: Apostolic Faith
r gaRs., 1 jss5s IS! SH ANN SFi. .s
am. The Lords Supper ct . pm. Mon
day, g. pm. washing Of the Disciples,
to l pm. Tarfying Meeting. Wednesday
and Friday at pm, Prayer and Praise
A MOST CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL.
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Hvattsville Services,

The pastor, DR.. r. P. Robertson. Of
First Baptist Church Of Hyattsville,
will speak Sunday morning on THE
Cure Of the Crime Wave"
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sold North" Christ Church, Boston, Mass.

nent Of the British Army crossing the
bay.
From It's founding much Of the name
and fame Of this celebrated church has
been due to the personnel Of its min
istry and members. Increase Mather,
Its third pastor, was known throughout
the Colonies and his fame still fingers.
The great Emerson began attendance
here In 1929. In 1910 began the pastor
ate of the Rev. Henry Ware, under
whom came the separation from the
orthodox Congrega tionalists.
Right Rev. Bernard Shell, Catholic
Bishop OF Chicago, was a newsboy.