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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
NINE UNION CHIEF
Stays ASSA|LANT
District President Kills Man
Sent to "Get" Him-Shot
at Meeting Hits Woman.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, July 27.-The miners
strike, paralyzing the bituminous coal
industry in Western Pennsylvania,
West Virginia and Ohio, grew tense to-
day with the Staying by union official
Of man who had threatened his life
and the wounding Of a woman at
strike rally
Accosted by a man who said he was
sent to kill him, Patrick T. Pagan, pres
ident of District No. S, United Mine
Workers of America, grappled with his
assailant, wrested pistol from him and
shot him to death.
Assailant's Companion Held.
The shooting occurred on the front
lawn of the Pagan residence here. A
man who was with Fagan'S assailant
was captured by police short time
later, when he threatened taxi driver.
The unidentified body Of the slain
man was removed to the morgue. His
companion, lodged in the county jail,
on a technical charge, refused to talk,
except to say that his name is Edward
Schneider, that he is miner and that
his home is in Fleming, KY.
Denies Plot to Kill Pagan.
Held at the city detective bureau to-
day, Pagan said Schneider appeared at
his Office Friday and told him he was
out of work and had wife and child
dependent upon him. The union Off
cial said he gave the man SIS. Schneider
said at that time his name was Hat
field, according to Pagan.
Schneider admitted today he had Wis
tied Pagan. He said his name was not
Hatfield but Schneider. He said he
came here about 10 days ago and met
the other mar. whom he knew only as
Pat" on a freight train. He denfed
there had been a plot to kill the union
official. and said his companion had
been drinking.
Shot in Crowd Hits Woman.
Pagan, long affiliated with the United
Mine Workers of America, has been
a prominent figure both in the strike
and in recent friction between his
organization and the National Miners
Union.
Mrs. Martha Stanley, attending a
West Virginia miners meeting near the
Imperial Colliery Co.'S plant. at Burn
we'll. w. Va, was wounded critically
in the abdomen by bullet flred from
the fringe of the crowd.
Demonstration Against Lewis.
Dock Pack, assistant mine foreman.
arrested a short time later. told police
he was assisting man who was being
beaten, that he fired three shots and
that Mrs. Stanley was wounded acct.
dentally.
United Mine Workers leaders here
refused to comment on the demonstra-
ton against John l.. Lewis interna-
tional president, at West Frankfort,
H., yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
RECOMMENDS sHoRT-TERM JAILs.
Additional Federal Institutions Needed,
Says Report.

The establishment of additional Fed
eral penal institutions for short-term OF =
tenders in the District of Columbia and
In nine other cities scattered through
out the country was among the recon-
mendations contained in the Wicker
sham Commissions report on penal in
situations, probation and parole, MADE
public today at the White House.
According to a experimenting report,
contained in the main report. atten-
ton was called to the need for more
adequate housing facilities OF Federal
prisoners, because. as it was pointed out,
of the $4,000 Federal prisoners at the
time the report was written, only one
half of them are housed in United
States institutions The balance are
farmed out in other institutions. This
latter condition the commission looks
upon as undesirable.
Urge Farming Abandonment.
Regarding this the committee stated
that in view of the long history of this
method of boarding prisoners in other
institutions, no complete abandonment
of it can be seriously recommended.
However, the commission expressed the
belief that the Government should work
toward such abandonment.
After calling attention to the fact
that four additional Federal jails are
now under construction, the report
recommended I'VE believe that Federal
institutions for short-term offenders
ought to be established in a number OF
additional places. such as Philadelphia
Baltimore, Washington. Atlanta, Pitts
burgh, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Denver
Los Angeles and Seattle"
Attention in this report was called
also to the new hospital for defective
delinouents to be built in the Ozark
region of Missouri, which when COM
pleted will take out of st. Elizabeth
Hospital in Washington. the criminally
insane, thus relieving the overcrowdine
at that institution. This new hospital
will care for mental detectives as well
as prisoners suffering from advance
physical defects A site for this new
hospital, consisting of 500 acres 81
agricultural land, has been donated tc
the Government by the City Of
Springfield, Mo.
Farm Colonies Recommended.
In its discussion of the country jail
and the short-term offender, the repor:
recommended to the States the main
tenance of one or more industrial farm
colonies and called attention to thai
conducted by the District Of Columbis
at Occoquan, Va. as well as the ones
at Bridgewatar, Mass, and Putnam
vile, Ind.
Regarding these industrial farm
colonies the report said: out in the
open, on land owned by the State. tho
short-term offender works under health
full conditions, and, If nothing else il
accomplished, he is likely to leave thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
AMY JOHNSON HOPS

HENDON, England. July 81 R.-
Amy johnson, Great Britain's foremost
woman flyer, took off today on fight
to Toxic by way of Moscow and Siberia
in a plane similar to that in which she
few alone to Australia last year.
She, was accompanied by j. Hum
phreys. Last Winter when she attempt
ed the same flight she was forced down
in Poland and had to give up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
Elopement of Boy. Z,
And Girl Friend, 10,
Halted by Conductor
BY the Associated Press.

ROCK ISLAND. Ill. July 81
The romance of Stechani Skizj-
dek. 7, and his girl friend. Adele
Versh, 10. ended last night when
a ferreting conductor discovered
them hidden in a sleeping car
on a Chicago, Rock Island g.
Pacific train. which they had
boarded at Chicago. their home
town, after deciding they would
elope to the Great Southwest.
The conductor turned them
over to the police, but Stechani
didn't finch. Instead. he
reached down into his pocket
and dug out his entire wealth,
a nickel and five pennies, which
he handed to matron.
Here" he said. buy my girl
a chocolate ice cream cone-and
make it double"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
KING GEORGE AT COWES
Takes Annual Holiday With Queen
and Will See REGATTA.

COWES. England, July 81 (P).-King
George arrived today with Queen Mary
in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert
for what amounts to his majesty's an
nual holiday.
The Royal Yacht Club regatta will
begin next Monday. and it is especially
for that event that the King and Queen
have, come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
MRS. MARY BEALL DIES
Real Estate Dealer Succumbs to
Heart Trouble-Rites Wednesday.

Heart Trouble-Rites Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Joyce Beall, mother of
Everett S. Beall, jr., local real estate
operator and contractor, died Sunday
morning at her residence, 2016 Hillyer
place, of heart trouble. She was we'll
known In local real estate and banking
circles.
Besides her son, she is survived by
her husband, Everett S. Beall, ST., and
four daughters, Mrs. Theodosia B.
Lowry, Mrs. Lille P. Altman, Mrs. Flor
ence A. Lowry and Mrs. Dorothy J..
Courchesne.
Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday.
Evening star., 1931-06-26

w YALTER G. PETER is the win
w 6: 6; { a:a:.':; Il: 7'';;a en- Fs:$s; s$;:s
has been in competition
among senior. golfers of the Chevy
Chase Club since late in April. Peter
Yesterday won the final round In tne
Thompson Cup tourney, defeating Dr.
Robert w. Baker in the flnal round.
The competition for the Sheridan Cup
still is in progress among the senior
golfers Of the club.
Victor IN q stern uphill struggle,
Richard PorUr Davidson IS the new
golf champion of the Chevy Chase
Club. Four strokes behind Frederick
Hitz at the start Of the final round
of play Yesterday in the 72-hole medal
play tourney for tie HorstInann Cup,
emblematic Of the club championship,
Porter turned in fine rs to beat Hitz
by three strokes when the latter took
83 for the final round. Hitz tied for
second place with Reeve Lewis, Jr.,
who shot IS yesterday for total OF
31B, the same as that Of Hitz:
G. Ashmead. Fuller, the defending
champion, finished far behind the lead
ers with a 72-hole total of 332.
Hitz led the neld from the first round
through the third round, finishing the
third round with q total of 235 against
239 for Davidson and 243 for Lewis.
But on the first nine of the final round
Yesterday Hitz took 43 strokes, where
Davidson scored 80 and Lewis scored
Evening star., 1931-06-26
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

az Hitz was back in 20, while the
new champion scored another 80 for
a rs and Lewis also scored Q 81 for
a rs. Davidson'S rounds IN winning
the championship were "a, "a, 81
and rs.
TTHE SNOW bird" tournament started
i back in the Winter at the Army
Navy Country Club was won yes
terday by Col. B. T. Merchant, who
5 in the final. The players were even
at the end of the first seven holes and
Merchant then won six holes in O row
to finish the match on the thirteenth.
The winner scored SO and was awarded
a cup which was donated by Lieut..
Col. Robert Guggenheim.
washington jewellers were defeated by
jewellers Of Baltimore in q match played
at the Baltimore Suburban Club, the
Baltimoreans winning by a score of 201z
to 1871. A return match viii be played
soon In Washington. Last year the
Washington jewellers won two contests
played at Woodrnont and Rolling Road.
All the Washington entrants were out
of the Maryland State golf champion
ship today and only BaltimoreanS were
left to fight for the title. All the
Capital players were beaten in the first
round yesterday. j. Monro Hunter. jr..
lost to j. w. Cooper, up; Leroy D.
Sasscer was beaten by Tom Cole, by
and 2, and Byrn CurtiSs lost to Fred
Savage, by and J..
Evening star., 1931-06-26
Who's Who at Inverness
BY CRANTLAND RICE

back. They leave too many clinging
and bitter memories.
Cotton and Compston.
THIS selection from the British list
is not made with any feeling OF
certainty that Cotton and Comp
Ston should lead their mates. But con-
sidering all conditions wherein youth
and strength play leading roles over o
72-hole, 3-day stretch, they have the
best equipment for the job.
Such British stars as George Duncan,
Abe Mitchell, Fred Robson, Charles
Whitcombe and others are more likely
to ind the grind difncuit barrier, as
capable as they can be over shorter
Cotton IS young and confident. He
has a fine golf swing and has needed
only more experience. He has been
getting that in a hurry, through long
tours that reached from Canada and
the United States to the Argentine. He
has shown high-claSs promise, and he
now needs only the ability to hold his
concentration through 70 holes, which
is the toughest detail In . 72-hole
medal play test.
Why should concentration be so i'm
portant? Because correct concentra-
such hostile elements as worry, doubt,
fear, anxiety and safety first, which too
often leads to steering the ball. Four
of goif's greatest concentrators on each
individual stroke have been John Bah.
Walter Hagen, Jerry Travers and WAL
ter J. Travis.
Cotton is young and strong and keen,
able to go the full route at low-scoring
speed. He will at least be an interest
ing contribution to the Inverness show.
Archie CompSton> has threatened
more than once. This tall, powerfully
built British golfer has the game and
the stamina with which to make troti-
BILE. He is also good competitor whose
main trouble has been one bad round
that happened to catch him on guard.
He has been more effective at match
play than at medal play, but he Is not
to be staken lightly at either test.
CompSton has the power and the
physique to hold UP, and he doesn't
carry the grinding years that belong to
Duncan and Mitchell.
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paper Alliance Incl
Evening star., 1931-06-26
COLLEGE L|NKSMEN
PLAY SEMI FINALS
Dunlap Meets Aycock, FIorio
Engages Fellow Student
From Ohio State.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NHICAGO, June 26. - George T.
Dunlap, jr., Of Princeton, de-
Tending the title, and Tommy
Aycock Of Yale, winner of the
championship in 1929, were paired in
one semi-final match of the national
intercollegiate golf tournament today,
while a pair Of Ohio State youngsters,
Johnny Florio and Bob Kepler, were
opposed In the other.
The four, survivors of the hazards of
the Olympia Fields No. course and
the terrific heat. were all that remained
Of the starting field Of 119 college
stars, and each had earned his place
in the semi-finals.
Dunlap, the 22-year-old bantam-
weight from Princeton, ignored the
blistering heat yesterday in defeating
Bill Redmond Of Notre Dame, and 6,
and was the gallery's tavorite to take
Aycock today, and The survivor of the
internecine struggle between Kepler
and Florio in the final tomorrow. Dun
lap took three-hole advantage in
the morning round, added three more
during the first nine after lunch, and
/
into the woods on the twelfth.
AycOck Is Game.
Aycock's victory over tall Jesse Rain
water Of Tulane required a spectacular
display Of courage, but apparently didn't
leave him much strength for today's Job.
He had the match all won at the
twenty-seventh, when he was UP, but
Rainwater rallied so brilliantly that the
Yale youth finished only UP.
Kepler had little difficulty in elimi-
mating Sidney NoyeS Of Yale, and 4,
but Florio had an all-day task In get
ting by Scotty Reston Of Illinois, hig
fellow townsman from Dayton, Ohio.
Kepler was wild on the fairways, but
redeemed himself by accomplishing
some fine putting when he needed to.
Florio and Reston battled on even
terms during the morning round, and
the Buckeye player was 1 up at the
turn of the Afternoon round In spite
Of wild spells that frequently had him
in traps. His putting saved him, and
a 3-putt green cost ReSton the match
on the sixteenth.
Today's semi-fnals were 36-hole as-
signnents.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
Duck Sees Golf Ball as Egg
Sits on Pellet After Mrs. Knox's Tee Shot
at Congressional, Reluctantly
Abdicates.

one Of those ducks tried to do the
other day.
Mrs. Knox was playing at Con-
gTessional with Col. Harry A. Knox
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Yates. She
hit good tee shot at the eighteenth,
which safely carried the water and
came to rest on the brink Of the
hazard q few yards away from the
water. Near that pill waddled
hock Of ducks, and one of theLl,
more inquisitive than the rest, wad-
died over to the golf ball. First the
duck made a few tentative pecks at
the sphere with its beak, then 1t
rolled the ball over and finally con-
vinced that the ball was not edible,
1t decided 1t must be an egg.
So the duck sat down on that golf
ball and decided to warm it up a
bit, hoping perhaps that a little golf
bird would hatch. 1t sat and sat
and Col. Knox had a hard time get
ting the bird OF that golf ball, so
Mrs. Knox could make her shot to
the green. But as yet we have not
encountered any golf ball stealing
gophers, such as they have out in
the Middle West.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
Farrell and DiegeI.


Johnny Farrell has won his United
States open. And he beat Bobby Jones
at SO holes in the play-on to get there.
Leo Diegel has yet to arrive.
It was at Inverness in 1920. IL years
ago, that Diegel almost won. wonder
what his thoughts will be as he steps
back again on Inverness turf. IL years
after his close bid in one Of his first
tournaments?
He had the championship won until
he topped his drive at the fourteenth
or fifteenth hole, when q simple sud-
denly turned into a z. He lost another
chance later on. It was a heart-break-
ing finish for one so near the top.
Leo Diegel is a great fellow and a
fine golfer, with a world of power. At
his best he can burn up any course with
that deadly approach to the pin he can
endless tension have held him back.
have often seen him hit the ball and
run to see where it stopped.
He has won the p. G. A. and the
Canadian open. He has won any num-
Der of tournaments. He has broken
more than this share Of course records.
But he is still seeking the big crown.
1t sll gets down to his chance for
greater relaxation, for greater ease, and
his ability to push aside the shadows
that follow him-shadowS of impend-
ing disaster, even when he Is going at
his best. saw him go out In 80 at
Worcester and stifi brood over the
twelfth hole that he couldn't play.
Johnny FARRELL had his great
year around 1928. Then a long ex-
hibition tour did him no good at all.
It was too much for tired nerves and a
slender body. He Is still fine golfer
and young one. But since 1928 he
hes had a hard time holding his stride
for y holes.
He had killing at Winged Foot in
1929. He had wrecking 8 at the first
hole at Interlachen in 1930-and still
get out in 36. But the blow had already
done its damage. He could never quite
get tie grisly picture of that 8 out Of
his mind.
Johnny would have a good chance II
he could throw of the feeling Of
when will the bludgeon fall?" He is
a good f1nisher when he gets his chance.
He has a beautiful putting stroke and
when it, happens to be clicking he can
do astonishing things upon the green.
But he must in some way hurdle
those one or two blighting holes that
make the rest of the going trifle too
tough. Such strokes are hard to. get
Evening star., 1931-06-26
BY n. McCALLUM.

T%HEY tell yarns. Of how all sorts
Of birds steal golf balls and
make away with them under
the delusion that they are
eggs and that by sitting on them
they will hatch. Down at Virginia
Beach, at the course Of the Princess
Anne Country Club, where the Mid
die Atlantic Golf Association cham
pionship recently was played, the ma.
tives aver that crows with mania
for golf balls frequent, the fairways
on the last nine and they have lo-
cal rule which permits the dropping
Of q ball without penalty in the fair.
way II the bali Is seen to have stopped
IN the fairway, and q crow ID re-
ported swooping about the pill.
They even tell q yarn Of one old
robber crow who q year or 80 ago
had nest In q tall tree near the
fourteenth fairway. So serious be-
came the golf bali stealing activities
Of this black feathered thief that
finally the club authorities set out
to literally blast him out Of exist
ence. This they did. with the aid Of
q flock OF buctshot and q double
barreled gun. Then they sent o dark
boy up into the tree where the de-
funct crow had his nest and to their
surprise the boy brought down Q
hatful Of golf balls.
From the Pacific Coast come tales
Of how seaglllS pick UP golf balls,
and how hawks swoop down from
the upper air TO steal them from the
fairways. But out At the Congress
sional Country Club we have q tale
which matches all Of these, right In
the back yard Of the Nations Capital.
Ambitious TO make their course q
more picturesque place on which to
play golf and to make 1t harder,
the authorities Of the Congressional
Club have built o dam across the
creek which flows through the eight
eenth fairway, and the waters Of
the creek, backing UP, have formed
long, Wide and deep lake, stretch
ing across the fairway. The ducks
which used to frequent the pond
south Of the club house have been
attracted to this new lake, although
the swans have not yet ventured out
Of the deep pond into the more shall
low waters Of the lake across the
eighteenth fairway. Now Mrs. II.
A. Knox is q trusting person. She
plays q good game Of golf, and she
wouldn't suspect q duck of trying
to steal her golf ball, but that's what
Evening star., 1931-06-26
Explains Scoring
In Cup Golf Play

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June % P).-
~ George Sargent. pro at the
Scioto Country Club and mem
ber of the committee of three to
direct the Ryder Cup matches, has
explained the scoring system used to
determine the winner.
The two-day matches will bring a
total of IL points. Four will be
scored on the two-balI foursomes
today and eight on tomorrow's
singles. In the event of tie at the
end of the two days, the Ryder Cup
goes back with the British team and
will not again be in competition
until 1888.
In the team matches two American
and two British players will play two
balls. Each Of the two players will
play alternate strokes on the team
matches. Both the team and singles
matches will be played over thirty
six-hole route.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
DUNCAN AND HAGEN
IN. FEATURE MATCH
Charles WhitCombe, Captain
of Invaders, Stays Out
of FourSomeS.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

OOLUMBUS, Ohio, June 26.-
On the crest of heat wave
~ that has baked the fair
ways of the Scioto Country
Club the British and American
professional golf forces adopted
an old Scottish custom today
the two-ball foursomes-for the
opening of competition for the
Ryder Cup.
their rivals at Moortown two years ago,
the British entered the first days golf
ing joust with their captain, Charles
Whitcombe, withdrawn somewhat un-
eXpectedly from the fourSomeS. The
British match play champion will re-
serve his efforts for the singles tomor-
row, together with the baby of the in
Vading team, 24-year-old Bert Hodson.
This was today's lineup in the
Scotch fourSomeS:
10 am. and 2 pm. (E. s. T)-
Johnny Farrell and Gene Sarazen
VS.. Archie Compston and w. H.
(Billie) Davies.
1910 am. and 2:10 p.m.-Walter
George Duncan and Arthur Havers.
1920 am. and 2:20 p.m.-Leo
Diegel and Al Espinosa VS.. Abe.
Mitchell and Fred Robson.
1890 am. End 2:30 p.m.-Bnlie
Burke and Wilfred H. (Whidy) Cox
VS.. sgd Easterbrook and Ernest r.
Whitcombe.
Old Rivals Clash.
The rivalry between Hagen. the
American c. plain, and George Duncan,
dean of the British team, will get away
to a well ballyhoosd start. It will be
the first time since 1926, in the informal
team matches, that this pair met in
the Scotch fourSomes. On that occa-
sion Duncan paired with Abe Mitchell
to wallop Hagen and Jim Barnes.
Since then, Duncan has scored twice
over Hagen in the singles, and the gal
leryites hope to witness another duel
between them in the singles tomorrow.
Some question has existed as to Dun
cans health being robust enough to
enable him to Withstand two 36-hole
matches in heat close to the 100 mark,
but the veteran Is anxious to answer
Hagen's challenge again.
If the Americans gain an edge in the
foursomes, where the British are sup
posed to be at their best, the two team
alternates, Horton Smith and Craig
Wood, likely will go into the singles
tomorrow This would mean the with
drawal of Burke, ESpinosa or Cox.
Capt. Charles Whitcombe will replace
EaSterbrook for the singles, in addi-
ton to which Duncan or Ernest Whit
combe may be withdrawn to give the
British youngster, Bert Hodson,
chance to play.
One point will hinge on each of the
four foursomes today and eight singles
tomorrow. The British won the last
series by margin of to S. The first
cup competition in 1927 resulted in
an American victory, 91z to az, at
Worcester. -
Evening star., 1931-06-26
British American Are Battling Ryder Cup Ouer Baked Cos
Armour Sets 294 to Win Open
Tommy Tells Gallery at Exhibition How to Make
Shots, Misses 'Em Himself.

highest medal turned IN by the four
some. He blamed the excessive heat.
Thompson, billed as the worlds
greatest driver, TUNED In q sub~par
So, including birdie at the nintls.
which might have been an eagle
duce If he had sunk 10-foot putt.
His drive on the 327-yard hole
jumped a water hazard fronting the
green and was on for the sizahle
putt.
Won Elm, playing with an injury
to one finger suffered in pulling his
golf bag out Of a car, shot ".
euualling the card of Long, the
Colorado p. @. A. champion.
Armour and Won Elm will go to
Tulsa for an exhibition before
Armour goes to Toledo to attempt
to add the national open title to
his collection including the British
open, national p. G.. A. and Ca
madam open championships.