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~ r course this race between Gar
A Wood and Kaye Don for the
British international trophy
isn't along our water front,
but there isn't a water sports lover
anywhere who isn't interested in finding
out whether England's speed kings are
going to rule the waters as wen as the
land and air.
The classic, which win be run on
the Detroit River on September B, 3
and Z, promises to be the greatest speed
boat race in the world.
ENGLAND holds the land speed rec
Il ord. 245. 1888 miles an hour, made
by Sir Malcolm Campbell. She also
holds the air speed mark, 357.723 miles
an hour, made by Flight Comdr. A. H.
Orlebar. And Kaye Don has driven
speed boat 1I0.223 miles an hour, faster
than any other human.
But Garfield Arthur Wood still holds
the title Of the worlds speedboat king
because fer 10 years straight he has de-
feated all corners in the British inter-
national trophy.
CAR WOOD long has been Americas
" champion. And a lonesome champ,
too. In his 20 years of racing he
has made his rivals look twice at their
gear shifts to see whether their boats
were in neutral, so fast has Wood been
passing.
not lonesome any longer.
WHEN q boat goes ITO miles an hour
w the bottom must be polished to
gloss that would make flies
think they were in an amusement park
rolling barrel. When Gar Wood con-
structed Miss America TX, his current
racer, he examined 18o, 900 feet OF Phil
ippine mahogany under a microscope 70
see that the grain lay just the right
way.
DACK to our own water front, we find
ID the local boat enthusiasts all
steamed up over the Presidents
Cup regatta, to be held on the Eastern
Branch September Is and 10.
Gordon Leech, secretary OF the Re-
gatta Committee, attended the Gold
Cur races at Montauk Point and says
Hotsy Totsy, queen OF Americas speed
boats, will have to step along better
than $3.50 miles an hour to repeat her
triumph in the Presidents Cup.
Miss Philadelphia, John Shibe's new
craft, Is the reason, says Leech. Miss
Philly can step a-la-Shibe's Athletics
ToMMoDoRE ED BALTZ has two
~ ambitions in connection with the
Presidents Cup regatta. One, OF
course, is to make 1t clicky affair
The other is TO see hts Falcon Flyer,
crack outboard, win the coveted Glass
@ race.
BaltE Is convinced that Bill Field
hauser, the New Yorker. Is the man 70
beat. Feldhnuser twice this season has
| trimmed BaItz's boat, but Ed still
| thinks hts is the better craft.
Hunter Grimes, local youth, win pilot
Falcon Flyer.
lnICK LoYHEs. famous California
IL driver, win bring his Miss CALI
fornla here next week 70 rebuild
II for the Presidents Cup Regatta
Loynes was disappointed at Montauk
| Point, when his odd-looking white
spesdster ceased TO be q threat after
| two Of the Is cylinders in her power
plant broke down in the first heat.
/ Speedboat experts say there is toe
much power for the boat. Miss Cali.
| fcrnia has 3 temperamental motor
There's . carburetor for every one ol
the is cylinders. Ne wonder It,
tempeTamentaL
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him IN right with the nice people"
OF course, a person who is interested
in the real personality Of Jack Demp-
sey and how he got the way he Is
vii, be interested deeply In the auto
biography Mr. Dempsey is publishing
with Mr.. Seeker" Coe in his literary
corner Anybody win admit that M
Coe. as photographed second to Jack
Dempsey, is rendering him greater as
sistance than he ever was rendered in
the ring by that very able man In the
corner. Mr.. Jack Kearns.
Prom there 1t was only step TO
the library and rushed in and picked
I'D a copy Of the Iliad' OF course,
my Greek was not entirely perfect. but
/ managed it. and was deep in it when
reused myself and said, Now ! know
that really will become prize fighter
so signed up to meet the cook In one
Of the frat houses. He was colored
boy.
This must not be held against Mr.
Kearns, for IL IS difficult for the man In
( the corner OF che ring TO render any
great assistance to his charge when he
| Is hit on the chin But literary man
! in the corner is invaluable 10 a prize
/ fighter in the literary ring. The liter
/ airy man really can help out IN tight
/ pinch. Mr. Coe could and did.
Wnen JACK dempsey ana JACK htdTnh
were two little pals together, Mr.
\ Dempsey used to credit Mr.. Rearns with
much Of his ring success. Now that
I they no longer are thicker than Damon
and Pythias, Mr. Dempsey says nothing
about any credit or cash due 70 Mr.
/ Kearns. But he credits his literary
| second with many an assist.
He acknowledges that his fondness
for Mozart and his passion for Hugo
| are due to the refining influences OF his
| literary second, without whose aid h
might have been inspired By Zane Gree
and Irving Berlin.
Early Influences Count.
A GHOST writing firm Of which
n have read Is preparing the auto.
biography CT the next heavyweight
champion, II there ever Is one. tn
work is to be published under the per
name Of Rudyard Browning Shaw, ans
win combine the best features Of al
three I have had the privilege Of SOM
Of the advance pages. It goes some
Thing Hike this:
aMy dad was the president Of .
wcmen's college somsWheEe n the VI
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BY DAVID J. wILKIE.

BY the Associated Press.
~ ETRoIT, August 22.-Bringing
what Is conceded to be the
most serious threat ever made
against the powerboating SUI
premacy of Gar Wood. the British speed
king, Kaye Don, arrived in Detroit
today to prepare for the Harmsworth
Trophy races here September ST..
Don, who holds the worlds record
for speed on water-1lo.223 miles an
hour, established last year at Lake
Garda, Italy-instantly won the COM
mittee of Detroit motor boat enthusiasts
In his response to speech OF welcome.
Modestly, he said: We have good
boat and we hope TO make q good
showing against Gar Wood"
The Harmsworth race still is fort
night OF, but Don Is eagerly awaiting
the arrival Of his record-holding hydro
plane, Miss England II. Most OF the
ensuing two weeks he is expected to
spend on the race course in the Upper
Detroit River.
He explained today that although he
had driven the craft faster than any
human ever before had piloted a speed
boat, he never had driven big boat in
competition with another master pilot.
While the performances of the Brit
ish craft have shown 1t to be faster
than Woods Miss Americas. Of which
he has three In commission, Don is
expected to lose some OF this advantage
in the fact that he Is unfamiliar with
the Harmsworth course here. Wood
on the other hand, has been over the
course literally hundreds of times and
is familiar with every inch of the s.
mile course and Its numerous sharp
turns.
1t is TO familiarize himself with these
sharp turns and determine how fast
his craft can take them that Don has
come to Detroit two weeks ahead OF
time. The Miss England II is expected
to arrive at Walkerville, Ontario, Mon
day and be towed across the river inn
mediately. The craft is 36 feet inches
long, with a beam Of 10 feet 6 inches
and powered with two engines that
deliver 1000 horsepower to a single
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Then I would go to the Metropolitan
Museum and look at some good art.
/ could feel myself growing Intellectual
~ all Of this time. My trainer ad-
vised that 7 should no overdo my art
exercises, hit found that 1t was haro
for me 70 keep myself back
HE used to say TO me, Save some
Of the art for the ring. where 1t viii
do you some good I had 70 admit that
he was right in this regard. II one
spends too much time in art 1t begins
to bore him, and a pugilist never
should permit himself TO be bored
by art at any time.
IT used to take a brief nap In the
afternoon, then read a little Browning
until dinner, which usually consisted
Of eclairs and a beaker Of raspberry
sirup The simplest food is best when
one is in training. In the evening
went TO the Metropolitan Opera House
again.
MY system Of training proved to be
wise I knocked cut the colored COOK
in one round. Then knew that had
found my vocation"
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RACES AT MARLBORO
TO HAVE BIG FIELDS
Many Prominent Owners to Send
Horses for Meet Opening
on September l.

The second lap Of Marylands FAN
racing season, which opens September !
at Marlboro, should see a capacity thor
ou"hbred colony, Judging by the APP
plicationS for stalls. There viii be five
days Of racing
Guy Bedwell, the only Marylander
ever to lead the list Of American money
winning trainers, viii send several
horses to Marlboro from his famous
YaTrow Brae Farm at Savage.
Other well known Maryland turfn1sn
whose colors viii be seen during the
approaching Marlboro meeting are: MAJ
@. L. Stryker Of Towson. Harry Baker,
former trainer for Breckenridge Long
J. p. Buddy Mayberry, who handles
the horses Of the WiSteria Stable; hicn-
ard Pending, who rested the majority
Of his string all Summer at Bowie; IA
Parr. Howard Bruce and ex-Jockey
Chick Lang, who handles the horses OF
his wife, Mrs. Virginia Lang.
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Bobby Jones was
born--six years be-
fore Babe Ruth
was born. This was
Is years before
John McGraw came
to the Giants. It
was b efore Cy
Young pitched his
first gam e for
Cleveland. Larry
Lajoie YVES a young
cab driver in Woon-
socket and Honus
Wagner was a bow
legged kid.
Yet this Is the
same Stage who
will send his team
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Don, Record Holder, on Scene
For Boat Classic With Wood;
His Modesty Wins Yachtsmen

propeller geared to turn 10000 revolu-
tons per minute
Wood undoubtedly will enter three Of
his speedboats against the British chal-
lenger. Whether these will include q
new Miss America has not been made
known, Wood evading all questions as
to whether he is building new craft.
He is known to have been keenly dis
appointed at his inability to equal Don's
first record Of 103.49 miles an hour.
Alterations in the power plant OF his
Miss America TX were made. bet with
out avail, and when Don shortly after
ward boosted the record to more than
ITO miles an hour. Wood temporarily,
at least, abandoned plans to try to
better 1t with anv of his present feet.
Present plans indicate there viii be
no ATTEMPT at a straightaway record by
Miss England II during the regatta
here
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FOUR D. C. MEN IN SHOOT

Four members of the Washington
Gun Club will compete in the Grand
American Handicap trapshoottng cham
pionship which opens tomorrow ct
Vandalia, Ohio, to continue through
Saturday.
the championship in the first District
title shoot held a few months ago;
julius Marcy, Charles Wilson and his
son, Walter Wilson.
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De Palma Broke;
Cups Worth SIS

INDIANAPOLIS, August ~ Fl.--
Il Ralph de Palma, automobile race
driver who has driven IN speed
events throughout the country, today
flied q voluntary petition ~ nank-
ruptcy IN Federal Court.
The veteran Of the speedways said
his debts amounted TO s5s,oOl ~ O
which the principal item was SO 900
owed TO George y. Townsend o.
Greenwich. Conn.
He listed asset N $4,000, Dut
said his avaible TIA was only y,
Upon his racing If9nies neIyhyAh
n gNlua ct t2h
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OLD LINERS IN SHOOT

Sterling, Captain, and silverberg
on r. o. T. c Rife Team.
University of Maryland has provided
two OF the ten men who viii represent
the Sd Corps Area r. o. I. G. in the
national rife matches at Camp Perry,
Ohio.
Ralph Sterling VIII captain the team
and Morton Silverberg Will be .
member.
Trials were held ct the various r. ..
T. C. camps. Sterling had never took
mart In competitive shooting until
then.
Sterling and Silverberg win leave for
Camp Perry this year.
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LOWER SWIMMING MARKS

NUREMBERG, Germany, August %
lH1-Four meets records were bettered
today in the third international swim
ming meet for deaf and dumb athletes.
Talome of France swan the 100-meter
free style in minute seconds.
sSeitz of Germany hung up a new
mark for the 100-meter breast stroke,
completing the distance in minute 20
3-lO seconds, while Weiss Of Germany
established the third mark, swimming
the l,500-meter free style In Is minutes
Is 2-lo seconds. Germany also won the
300-meter relay.
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The Left-Handers.

TOUR OF the BreateSt
that ever pitched,
with q list that in
csa1es Rilbe Wad-
del, Eddie Plank,
Herb Pennock and
now Bob Grove,
Waddell, Plan x,
Pennock and Grove
They top the left
handlers Of all time,
q nd from this
quartet it Is Just IS
well to remember
that Eddie Plank
was one az the best
of the lot. The
Gettysburg guild {
maintained a con-
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never Will DEllGN6
it. They figure that
Homer must have
been some fighter
who battled under
the old L o n d o n
prize ring rules.
Otherwise, Mr..
Dempsey's / 1t e S t
ghost writer might
have put him in
bad with the boys.
A ghost writer is
likely to do this
with the best in
{ e n t 10 n S in the
world. But then
again the ghost
writer might put
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Away

September Is.
Central VS.. Baltimore City College,
at Baltimore Cnight).
September rs.
Eastern VS.. Episcopal, at Alexandria.
Tech vs. Handley High, at winchester,
Va.
October 10.
Central VS. Newport News High, at
Newport News.
November 8.
Gonzaga VS.. Swavely, at Manassas,
va
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ward I settled into
the swing of it and
at the end of this
period of training
I felt q different
man.
MY training pro-
gram was simple
enough. In the
morning I would
read Homer and q
few things IN an
cient H e bre
which I felt was
cry beneficial.
Then I would have
my shower and af-
ter that q light
luncheon consist
ing Of q chocolate
nut sundae and q
fnnrfna nnrcarnariila
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ANOTHER COACH HANLEY
Lee to Handle Backield Men at
south Carolina This Fall.

COLUMBIA, 8. c., August % !P).-
Tee Hanley, who played in the BACK
field at Northwestern University, chi
caRo. last season, has been signed as
tackfeld foot bali coach at the Uni
yersfty Of South Carolina. He VAL re-
port September /.
Hanley is a brother OF DICK fiahiey'
head coach at Northwestern. sec
ond brother, Frank, Is paeknelc SoacIl
~ Northwestern. and q third, Mike. is
10 be assistant coach at Pennsylvania
this Fail.
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HOLD GRID MEETINGS

Petworth and Brookland Clubs In
-Togethers Tuesday.
A meeting Of the Petworth Pennants,
150-pound gridironers. win be held
Tuesday at 8 o'clock ct Georgia avenue
and Varnum street. All players are
requested to attend or communicate
with Manager Dick Bedell at Columbus
5305.
Johnny Chadwick viii coach the
Pennants.
Brookland A. G. foot ballers viii hold
their initial meeting Tuesday ct
Frenchis sport store.
AL candidates are to reports
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TO BE TRAVELLING ELEVEN
Washington College to Play One of
Nine Games at Home.

CHESTTRTOwN. Md. August 22-
washington Colleges foot ball team win
aoen its nine-game schedule with the
University Of Maryland September 70 at
College Park The lone contest here VIII
be with Mount st. Mary's October "A.
The Eastern Sho' eleven does not ex-
pect to make more than creoltapie
s,,ou,irc arainst the Old Liners or Al
bright. but figures it should have an
even chance for victory In several other
games.
Washington's schedule follows:
eeptembsr ze--Maryland at College PARK
October 3-Jchns Hopkins at Baitimore.
October 1o-SWarthmore az SwaTtnmoES.
3cfober 17--Hayerford at Haverfofo.
Cctoher 14-Mount St. Marys;
0cfober 5f-Drexel at Phuaoelphia.
rgoyernher Albright At Reading,
Noyefuber 14-SuEquehanna ~ sellnasgreeNse.
Moyernber 21-St. JoBeph's at Phladeiphla'
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sistency that has never been surpassed.
He was a star pitcher when Matty was
sim star pitcher when he had passed
his fortieth year.
The great Rube never had Q shot at
. world series. But Flank, Pennock and
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NASHVILLE BUYS PLAYER.

CHARLOTTE, n. c., August y tHl.
Zach Smith. an outnelder, who MT 500
Tor the Augusta club Of the defnnct
Palmetto League, has been sold ~ tne
Charlotte Piedmont League clun 70
Nashville In tke Southern AeaoeiAtlor-
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HOGS SWIMMING HoNoRS
Homestead, Pa. 9 Club Boasts Both
winners in A. A. U. Meet.

LOUISVILLE. KY, August q lE1.--
The Carnegie Library Club OF Home
returning championships up for deci"
sion All the Louisville meet today.
RulseIl Lpndberg won the junior
mems 220-yard backstroke champion
ship in 2:47 2-l0. Irene Patrick cap
t,,red the Junior women's loo-meter
backgtroke event in 81 4-1o.
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REACH LEGION FINALS
Columbia in East, South Chicago in
West, Base Ball victors.

MANCHESTER, N. H., August % Up.
Columbia, S. c.. won the American
legion Junior Eastern base ball cham
T,ionship from Jackson, Miss, by Is to l..
The victory entitled Columbia to repre-
sent the East In play for the national
championship at Houston next week.
cor ORADO SPRINGS, August %
IA9-South Chicago, III, today won the
Au-Western American Legion junior
base ball championship. defeating
stockton Calf, to 6. BY virtue OF
the victory the Illinois team VIII take
,1art II, little world series at Houston,
Tex, August %. % and 81.
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THIRD LANARK LEADER

Only City With Fun Points IN
Scottish Soccer Play.
GLASGOW, Scotland. August % Up.
Results of Scottish first division
soccer matches today leave Third
Lanark as the only city with fun
points. Motherwell lost its first
game, being nosed out by Kilmarnock
by the one goal scored, while Celtic
could only draw at Aberdeen.
Hamilton AcademicalS made a show
of Dundee, piling up six goals while
their opponents were getting Two.
Rangers overwhelmed st. Mirren with
four-goal shut-out
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MITCHELL TRAP WINNER
Annexes Open Title in shoot-of
After Being Tied at 100.

DAYTON, Ohio. August n t4).---
rslvde Mitchell. Milwaukee professional,
broke so straight targets 10 win the
world open trapshoot championship AZ
yandaHa. near here, today.
He was tied by Joe Heistand, state
singles champion from Hillsboro, ONO
both of whom broke i99 clays during
the 2oO-target shoot Heistand, how
ever. missed out in the Shoct-on by q
single bird"
Fred Tornlin OF Glassboro, y. IL
won third place with score OF 49,
j. II. Wantiin OF the New YORK a. y
she. So consecutive targets to win a
shoot-off for fourth place. His original
score was 1876.
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TIP FOR FISHERMEN.

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, August
22.-The Potomac River was clear and
the Shenandoah muddy this evening.
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VEF5dIy IcCtLtIy' zAS OU1lIPCV4~
tor and q coach Of competitors he goes
back quite span in American sport
Still active in the game and ready for
his fortieth season at Chicago Uni
versity, he goes back to the day Of
Heffelflnger, before the day of Hinkey
He was star foot ball end and star
base ball player II years before Ty Cobb
came to the big top at Detroit In 1905.
He had come 70 his fame Is years before
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against Yale this FAN, against the blue
stronghold he left about the time Walter
Camp was picking his first All-Amertcan
team-of which Amos Alonzo Stage
was one of the leading stars.
The Left Handlers.
THE record Bob Grove has set this
i success brings out the uncanny
success Connie Mack has had with
left-handers. He has sent into action
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A Long Way Back.
YOUNG fellow by the name Of
I Amos Alonzo Stage celebrated
his sixty-ninth birthday ami
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The Queer Case Of Gen. Escobar, a
Leader in MeXico's Last Revolution.
Promoted for Bravery, His Battle
Activities Are Much Talked of, but He
Knows When to Run-His Marriage
to Texas Prize Beauty

him shot. Putting down of this instruction
made Escobar the ranking general of division
in Mexico and gave him the personal command
of something like 10000 troops, great tempta-
ton for a general in Mexico.
In March, 1929 Escobar made his bid for
power. The revolution well planned but
poorly executed. Sonora leaders made public
the Plan of Hermosillo" several days before
they were supposed to do So Marcelo Caraveo.
governor of Chihuahua did not join the revolt
promptly enough to permit Escobar to advance
south from Torreon. Many governors and gen.
erals who had promised to rebel did not when
they heard that the United States had placed
an embargo on arms and was aiding the fed
erals in many other ways.
Equipped with superior airplanes and aided
by the United States border arms embargo the
federal forces of the brilliant Cen Juan Alma
ban defeated the Escobar troops and forced
them to leave Vera Cruz, then Torreon, Escalon,
Jiminez. Chihuahua City, Juarez and Naco.
The rebels had a chance to win until the battle
of Jiminez, where a train load of ammunition
behind the lines exploded and led the rebels
to believe that they had been surrounded.
Escobar dropped from sight mysteriously at this
point.
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at Montreal, awaiting extradition to the United
States to face the charges.
He was stubborn about this, for the general
felt that Ell Paso, though it was not really
Mexico was too close next door for comfort.
and that if he were taken to Ell Paso it would
be trick at all for some irate Mexican with
Gales leanngs to take a pot shot at him, or
even TO smuggle him over the border where the
white wall and the army rifles were waiting.
And so he launched his fight to stay in the
colder, but healthier, Canadian climate With
in four days the charges had been dropped
Escobar had been released from jail and both
he and Conception his wife. had dropped from
sight Once again the ability to slip out of
tight spot had served the general.
Though born the son of a west coast mer-
chant Escobar by courageous conduct and
series of lucky opportunities, possible only in
a country where there are frequent revolutions,
became commander of an army division. He
became a general when it still was the tradition
for generals seeking pleasure to leave their
wives at home and go to the cafes with their
amantes, beautiful and enhancing young ladies'
Gen. Escobar was not the man to defy tradition.
He was fond of good living in its every aspect
Until the failure of his revolutionary move