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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
~ ALIAS, Tex, January H.
Jack Dempsey is still a first
class fighting man.
Nearly 10000 sports fans
last night saw flash of the old-time
Manassa Mauler as Dempsey, an
gered by a blow from bulky wrest-
Ter in match he was refereeing,
dashed out a right that drove the
offender rolling to the canvas. The
victim was Billy Edwards. Kansas
City heavyweight.
Stripped Of his shirt and his silk
undershirt torn by Edwards paw
ing, Jack FOR the moment was again
tho man who won the heavyweight
boxing championship of the world.
The roar of the crowd was like
that of one viewing a million dollar
fight spectacle It's rush for the tat
tered shreds of Dsmpsey's shirt was
that of o-worshiping souvenir
hunters. Women ioincd in the bat
tie 40. n.-...ato:s. Keith. A.. sd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
NEW START FOR IOWA

IOWA CITY, Iowa, January 10 (P-
When the referee losses the ball into
the air for the opening tip-off of the
owa-Minnesota basket ball game to-
night the Hawkeyes will be embarking
on their first full season in any sport
since being reinstated to good standing
in the Western Conference.
Iowa was readmitted to athletic COM
petition in time to get into Big Ten
track affairs last Spring, but did not
have full schedule. It's Big Ten foot
ball schedule last Fall was wound up in
one afternoon, when Purdue played at
Iowa City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
HOOPER LEAVES COT
Injured v. P. I. Gridironer Says
Adieu to Hopkins Today.

BALTIMORE, Md. January 10 DR.
Henry v. Hooper, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute foot ball star, who has been at
Johns Hopkins Hospital for a month,
said he was going home today to get
ready for the base ball season and pre-
pare to graduate in June with the other
members of his class He must rest for
two months, however.
He came to Hopkins in a coma, with
an injury received in a Thanksgiving
day foot ball game with Virginia Mill
tary Institute. His trouble was later
diagnosed as meningitis by q brain
specialist under whose care he was
placed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
Lineup.

WITH the score tied and only 80
w seconds to go, Oscar Sells got
under the basket and dropped
the ball through the net without touch
ing the rings for the goal that broke
tie and gave American University a
23-to-21 victory over Gallaudet in the
formers gymnasium last night. No
game ever played at American u. de-
veloped a more spirited competition.
Throughout the 40 minutes of play
the two teams battled evenly and the
kind of exhibition they put up is never
seen except those contests IN which
there is something more than mere
game.
American University tool the lead
at the beginning. but it was :. short time
only before Cosgrove and his mates
evened the count and from than until
the last whistle blew it was a case of
first one team, then the other.
The two cent9rs led their respective
teams in the sc,s-ing, Ringle of Gal
laudet getting points and Sells Of
American Z. the same number.
Ilfic-IDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10

Referee-Joe Mitchell ID. c. Approved
Bead Time OF periods-20 minutes.
Out in the Southwest. at least, there
~ seems to be very little intention to
curb foot ball, If r. NJ. Blackwell
business manager of athletics at South
ern Methodist University is quoted with
receipts during the past season and a
corresponding decrease in scholastic
buttons left us. especially the denomina-
tiOnal schools, In a wobbly condition.
Our best bet Is to arrange more foot
ball games next season and pull out
OF IT,"
Blackwell's idea seems to indicate
the trend of thought in most of the
Southwest institutions. and schedules
of schools in that section are being ar
ranged accordingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
III. Smith Scents
Big Prize as His
los ANGELES, January 1o.-1n

I OS ANGELES, January 1o.-In
IL many ways Horton Smith still
is very much the boy from Jop-
lin. Mo He is the earliest riser
among the professionals who camp
along the trail of gold. and 10 him
the bright lights merely are some
thing to be snapped off when one
hits the pillows.
When young Smith is not playing
golf for money he is playing it for
practice. Golf Is his pleasure, as
well as business, and he probably
spends more time improving the
mechanics of his shots than any
other of the big stars.
Smith has taken dead aim on the
$4,000 Los Angeles open that start
ed at the Wiltshire Country Club to-
day. In his own words, the ''old
cash register has not rung for the
Smith family in several months and
it's about time it did" The other
Smith (MacDonald) and Walter
Hagen were preferred to young Hor-
ton among the dopesters, but the
Joplin Pine has an idea he can
crash through and collect the $4,000
that goes to the winner at Wiltshire.
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TIE FOR BASKET LEAD
De Mo1ay Beats Western Electric
in Intercity League.

De Molay Beats Western Electric
in Intercity League.
LAUREL, Md, January 10.-WeStern
Electric and De Molay quints of WASH
ington are tied for first place in the
Intercity Basket Ball League, each with
four wins and one loss, as the result
of De Molay's 1922 victory over West
ern Electric in a hard-fought game
on the National Guard Armory floor
here last night.
1t was a keen struggle throughout,
with the score IL all at the half De
Molay, however, gained a slim lead
early in the second half which it main
tanned.
A foul shot by Ray Bauer in the last
minute gave Laurel Independents a
34-33 triumph over Mclean, Va, Junior
High quint in a thrilling exhibition
game, staged as a preliminary. Bauer
was the games leading scorer with IA
points.
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Court Game Mess
When 1t Started

KANSAS CITY, January 10 CP).-
N DR.. James A. Naismith, who
invented basket ball way back
in 81, describes the early days of
the game thusly;
When we evolve basket ball we
played it with peach baskets for
goals. The girls played n in high
hee'ed shoes. They vc-c their
bustles. 1t was a mess
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MOUNT RAINIER VICTOR.

MOUNT RAINIER, Md, January
l0.-Mount Rainier Junior High School
basketers yesterday walloped the Bowie
High quint. 40 to Is, on the Mount
Rainier court Bob Bellman and Foster
Matthias were the leading scorers for
Mount Rainier, which outclaSsed Bowie
all the way.
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T|LTS ARE CARDED
AT c. u, GALLAUDET
Geneva, Columbus U. Invad-
ers-American IT,, Maryland
and G. w. Score.
BY H. C. BYRD.

~ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY and
Gallaudet b ket ba ii
~ teams play on their own
courts tonight, the former
with Geneva College and the lat
ter with Columbus University. All
the other local college teams that
have games play away. Both con-
tests here begin at $3.50.
In other previous games of this week
Catholic University went down before
Benjamin Franklin which, prior to that,
had hardly been regarded in the same
class with the Brooklanders. Out at
C. U. the players and coaches are bank
ing on redeeming their comparatively
poor showing against Accountants, not
withstanding Geneva College comes
from a basket ball section, where a
team has got to be good even to be con-
sidered fair.
Gallaudet has dropped both the games
it has played this week, the first to
Maryland and the second, last night, to
American University. The Kendall
Greeners, under such conditions, should
strive even harder to win tonight.
George Washington and Maryland,
after doing themselves proud last night
by beating Villanova and Virginia Mill
tary Institute, meet other teams on tor-
eign floors tonight. The Colonlals play
Drexel at Philadelphia, and, if they
continue their good work, ought to win.
Maryland remains in Lexington to face
Washington and Lee, to which 1t
dropped two games last season.
The other game in which local
school is to take part is that in which
TIE Benjamin Franklin five meets
Mount ST. Mary'S at EmmltSburg. II
It's victory ever Catholic University
Thursday night means anything much,
the Accountants ought to give Mount
ST. Mary'S battle.
Catholic University and George
washington Freshman teams are 10
play, the former with Gonzaga at
Brookland at Ills and the latter with
Business in the George Washington
gymnasium at O'Clock.
GEORGE WASHINGTON probably
" made a more brilliant showing
than even its own coach expected
when it whipped Villanova last night
by 81 to 90. The Colonials expected to
nut up a great fight, but hardly thought
they would be able to draw down the
bacon in what must have been bril-
liantly played contest.
1t was Burgess and Conner who, by
remarkable individual work, gave George
washington the victory. Both shot
many goals and the general floor work
of the latter was exceptional Burgess
threw four goals from the floor and six
from the foul line for a total of IA
points. while Conner got six from the
floor and one from foul line for 13
points These same men put up great
exhibition against the Navy Wednesday
at Annapolis and apparently in them
George Washington has two of the best
players in the section.
Iifle-uDs.
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TO FOLLOW SOCCER TEAM
Marlboro Fans to Travel to Silver
Spring for Game.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, January
1O-A flock of followers Of the Upper
Marlboro soccer team are planning to
Journey to Silver Spring tomorrow aft
ernoon to see the team engage the Dis
trict Kickers in a semi-fnal match Of
the Washington and Southern District
Soccer Association Cup tie.
Play will start at 2:30 O'Clock.
Marlboro won the cup tie last season.
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Totals Ill . 81 Totals -. i

MARYLAND probably did just about
1V1 what George Washington did,
made a better showing than even
it expected. To go on an opponents
floor ard win by virtually doubling the
score, IS to lS, is something very sell
dom seen in basket ball, yet Maryland
did that against Virginia Military Insti-
tute Apparently possessed of four men
in its lineup who can shoot, the Old
Line team ought to be an exceptionally
hard five to stop.
Norris, rangy center. led in the scor-
ing with II points, getting six from the
floor and five from the foul mark. The
Old Line pivot man is almost tall enough
to put the ball in the basket if in a
close position, but seems to have his
eye on the ring just as accurately when
shooting from the 15-foot line.
Chalmers was the next high scorer
for Maryland, with points. NJ. Brown
led v. NJ. l. with a like number.
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SCHOOL TITLE STAKED
Hyattsville and Mount Rainier
Meet Tuesday in County League.

EVANSVILLE, Md, January 10
Hyattsville High School and Mount
Rainier Junior High School basket bail
teams have agreed to meet Tuesday
afternoon in the Mount Rainier School
gymnasium and February II at Hyatts-
vile in games to determine the Prince
Georges County public high school
championship.
Should third game be necessary it
will be arranged. The winner will rep
resent the county in the State series.
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BLISS CUNT is VICTOR

Defeats Southeastern in Conference
Contest, % to "a.
Bliss Electrical School defeated
| Southeastern University % to "a, in
a Washington Collegiate Conference
basket ball game last night at the Silver
| Spring Armory.
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TRIPLE BILL ON COURT
Two Prelims Listed to Saks-Grif.
Consumers Game.

Two bright matches have been ar
ranged as preliminaries to the Grifith-
Consumers-saks Clothiers basket ball
game tonight In the Boys Club GYM
ilasium. Proceeds of the program will
go to the family of the late Willie An
drews, sports leader, who died recently.
Jellen Whirlwinds will meet South
erns and Nye House will face Ravens
A abe program viii start at O'CLOCK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
Regular Delivery

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day morning at cost Of ia
cents daily and 5 cents Sunday.
If you are not taking advan-
tage of this regular service at
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A stirring rally in the last five min
utes, led by Raglin and Murphy, netted
eight points and gave Georgetown Prep
its win over SWaVelv
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TOTALS . 9 % Totals s S 81
Referee--Joe Mitchell ID. c. Approved
EoR, a. Time OF periodS-20 minutes
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Superior Court of PinaI
County State of Arizona

Estate of Leandro Baldenegro
deceased:
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned Francisco Baldenegro,
Administrator of the esate of Lean
dro deceased, to the creditors of
and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to ex-
hibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after
the first publication of this notice
to the said Administrator at Eloy,
Arizona, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business
Of said estate, in said county of
Pinal.
FRANCISCO BALDENEGRO.
Administrator of the estate OF
Leandro BaldenegrO, deceased.
Dated Florence, Arizona, this 9th
day of January 1881.
Published Jan. go Febr. 6-13-2O.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-30
FRANCISCO BALDENEGRO.
One Point of View

Don't let US make imaginary
evils, when you know we have so
MANY real ones to encounter.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
To START
DRIVE JAN. a

The campaign of the Commun-
ity Chest for $2,601, 900 for
1882 will begin Sunday, January
"a, and close Monday, February
/, according to Edward F. Cola
day, chairman of the campaign
committee.
Previously, the drive was IL
days or more, but Mr.. Colladay
says the special campaign among
Government departments just
concluded. which raised more
than $1,O55, 900 for the fund has
reduced the period necessary.
Operating costs of the chest
also were reduced by the pre-cam-
paign among Government en-
ployes, said Elwood Street, chest
director, adding that the chest in
1892 could operate at a cost OF
five and six-tenths cents on a dol
lar.
Only about per cent of the
money pledged by Government
employees will go to welfare
agencies outside the District, the
bulk coming to the chest, said Mr..
Street.
Every cent of the total goal
sought will be needed in 1882, Mr..
Street emphasized, in view OF the
increased unemployment and con-
sequent relief needed.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
RULES
DEATH LEAP
SUICIDE
Claude E Moore DeSpondent
and Dives From Window
at Roosevelt Hotel

A verdict Of suicide was re-
turned by a coroner's jury to-
day, following an inquest into
the death of Claude E. Moore,
81, of 1741 Church St. N. W.,
who plunged from a third-story
window at the Roosevelt Hotel
on Christmas Eve.
The inquest lasted an hour and
a half and 13 witnesses were
heard. The principal witnesses
were Mrs. Virginia Gould, q, an
attractive brunette; Miss Esther
Taylor, of New York city, and
Robert Witt, Of Cincinnati, who
were companions of Moore at a
gay Christmas party in the hotel
on the night of his death.
They testified that Moore had
come to the hotel about II o'clock
in the morning and, throughout
the day, he and Witt drank
heavily. Moore left the apart
ment for a brief period in the
evening and later returned.
Fell and Struck Head
Miss Taylor testified that
shortly before 10 o'clock Moore
fell and struck his head on a
stove in the kitchen. She said
she tried to bathe his head and
quiet him, but he stalked about
the room like a Gagged lion"
She said:
"He just kept walking up and
down the living room and sud-
suddenly made q running dash
for the bedroom. Before / could
get into the room, he was gone.
The window = Is open and the
drapeS were flying in the
breeze"
The witnesses testified that five
years ago Moore either fell or
jumped from a window of an
apartment in Brooklyn, N. Y. rIrs.
Gould described Moore as a man
who had a weakness for win
dows.'
Had Been Dee~ z2dent
Both Mrs. Gould and Miss Tay-
lor testified that Moore had been
respondent throughout the ay be-
cause he was without money, and
had been notified of his failure
to pass examinations at a for
eign service preparatory school he
attended here. The women said
they were friends of Moore's wife,
woh is now at Nice, France.
Detective Sergt. Dennis j.
Murphy, of the homicide squad,
said that Moore's companions told
him they had come to Washing
ton merely for a Christmas party.
He said he found two and half
gallons of whisky and five quarts
of gin in the apartment.
Witt admitted he had registered
at the hotel after meeting the
two women at the Union Station
Thursday morning under the
name of Mr.. and Mrs. Gould and
friends.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
PARK UNIT RAPS
ALLEY YHOUSES.

The elimination of all alley
dwellings in Washington is rec
commended to Congress by the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission in the annual report
for the year ending June 80, sub
mitted today by the chairman,
Frederic A. Delano, to President
Hoover.
The commission suggests that
the unsanitary and unsightly
dwellings can be removed by the
progressive transfer of the prop
erty to other uses. A revolving
fund administered by the United
States Housing Corporation is
suggested as logical and feasible
method of procedure.
The commissions report asks
that the Attorney General be in
structed to began proceedings i'm
mediately to finally determine
the long disputed District of Co
lumbia-Virginia boundary line.
Other recommendations include
the restriction of height of build
ings to height no greater than the
width of the street, and the dis
couragement of Applicant rs for
pen.houses above the zc hing linn
it's,
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Rain Inside
Washington
Monument

1t rains inside the Washington
Monument.
The phenomenon was described
today by J. F. Gill, superintendent
of public buildings, at the Navy
Department.
Several days of cold weather
chills the stone and masonry of
which the memorial shaft is con-
structed. If there is a sudden rise
in temperature, the ensuing com
pensation results in condensation
of heavy drops of water which
form on the inside wall of the
top. These drops, though not
actually precipitated, run down
the inside of the monument, soak
ing the landings and staining the
granite.
Attendants frequently have to
wear rubbers and heavy clothing
to safeguard their health, even
though outside the sun is shining
brightly in a cloudless sky, he
said.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

In spite of poverty and hard
luck it was merry Christmas for
some 1000 men, women and
children whose good fortune it
was yesterday to be adopted by
The Washington Times Good Eel
lows.
It was a merry Christmas for
the Good Fellows. too-the mer-
riest and happiest in the lives
of many of them.
During the campaign the Good
Fellow Editor limited stories to
the Christmas opportunities. But
many of the Good Fellows were
themselves good stories. Many
men and women sought to find
in charity a solace for heartache
more poignant at this time Of
the year than at any other.
Sad Father Helps
One man. clad in the attire of
a working man asked for a fam
lily. He wanted one. he said. with
"a little boy two years old"
The Good Fellow Editor hunted
through the piles of mail. No
families with just a two-year-old
boy-but several with lads Of
that age at the tail end of a
procession of older boys and
girls. The man agreed instantly.
The size of the family didn't mat
ter-just that two-year-old boy.
S"We lost our own boy. my
wife and 1, at that age nine
years ago at Christmas. Since
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Wild Free-fOr-AU
Nets TLUO S25 Fines

Convicted on a charge Of as
sault growing out of a free-for-all
fight in a restaurant at 3034
Fourteenth St. N. w.. on Christ
mas Eve. two men today were
fined $25 each by Police Court
Judge Ralph Given.
The men were Fred Hockett,
Is. of 3042 R st. N. W., and
James Cole, jr., of 1858 Eighteenth
st. N. W., who were accused of
assaulting j. A. Walsh, an en-
ploye at the restaurant. Walsh
said the men were drunk and that
he asked Cole to sit down. Cole
complied, he said, then Hockett
struck Walsh. precipitating fight.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
POLICE MOURN
SPR|NGMANN' s
DEMISE
Chief of Homicide Squad Dies
of Indigestion Attack;
Was 81 Years Old

James H. Springmann, 81,
veteran chief of the homicide
squad of the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department, died at his
home, SIS Sixth st. N. W.,
early today.
An acute attack Of indi-
gestion was responsible for
his death.
The Fire Department Rescue
Squad and Emergency Hospital
ambulance were called to the
scene, but the detective was dead
before they arrived.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Lena Springmann; a son, Ralph
Franklin, and six daughters, Mrs.
Bennetta Harris, Mrs. Violet
Revercomb, Mrs. Hilda Martin,
Mrs. Harry Schaeffer, Gladys and
Lillian Springmann, all Of Wash
ington: a sister, Mrs. Susie Glad
ding, of Philadelphia, and a
brother, Frank Springmann, Of
this city.
The detective, widely known
for his ready wit, applied for re-
tirement twice in recent years
because of i'll health, but was
refused.
News of his death threw a pail
of gloom over the entire police
department. He was one of the
best liked officers on the force.
Detective Sergeant Springmann
was appointed to the police force
in 1900. Prior to that he was a
plumber. He resigned year later
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
True to Type
HOLIDAY SERMONS ARE
NEITHER JUBlLANT
NOR SNUG
By GILBERT SELDES

JUDGING by the first BATCH the holiday sermons this
q year will not be any smug and this goes for the
statesman banker and gadget manufacturer we'll
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Tournament Plays
Must Be Colonial

The annual one-act play tourna-
ment, conducted by the Com
munity Center Department, in CO.
operation with the Drama Guild,
will be limited this year to plays
of the American Revolutionary
and Colonial periods.
Registration for the tournament
will close February /. The plays
will be presented from February
81 to March Ia inclusive. Finals
will be March 16,
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Drastic Collector
Collects 80 D0US

Robert Tyler, colored, As, of 631
Q st. N. W., is a bit too drastic in
his method of collecting debts. ac-
cording to testimony before Police
Court Judge Ralph Given, when
Tyler was arraigned today on a
charge of assaulting Maggie
Travis, colored, of Falls Church,
Va.
The woman said Tyler slashed
her with knife yesterday at his
home. Tyler said he was trying
to collect some money she owed
him. Judge Given sentenced him,
to 80 dayS in iail,
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

and became a civilian station
keeper and desk sergeant but re-
turned to the force in 1902.
Appointed in 1900
During his long service Ser
geant Springmann earned numer-
Gus concentrations.
In 1925 he asked for retire
ment but the board of medical
examiners said his health was
good. He again sought retirement
last year, claiming that an in
testinal ailment incapacitated
him.
Flags at Half-Staff
Flags on all precinct stations
in washington will be at half
staff until the funeral takes
place.