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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
BODY FOUND IN RIVER
IS LINKED TO Staying
Notorious Police Character Slain by
Gangsters Killing Oil Man,
Texas Police Believe.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex, September a.
Gangsters are believed to have killed
John Cherris, notorious police char
acter, and C. A. Jones, Houston oil
man. and his wife.
A body found yesterday in the
Brazos River near East Columbia, IN
Brazoria County, was identified as that
of Cherris. He had been shot through
the head, weighted with iron, and
thrown in the river
Police were seeking him for ques-
tioning in the Jones case at the time
his body was found.
Jones recently engaged in the oil
business, but previous activities had led
to a police record and three convic-
lions. He was known as "Keggy' in
the underworld and frequently resorted
to aliases.
He was found shot to death in his
Houston apartment His wife's body,
clad in pajamas, lay nearby. A pistol,
with several cartridges fired, was on
the floor OF an adjoining room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

shouting Long live the King!" while
the daughter of Minister of Interior
Maura was toasting the republic.
Senior Maura ordered authorities at
San Sebastian to release the prisoner
because OF the personal nature of the
incident that led to her arrest. It was
understood her passport would be can
celed to prevent her from returning
to France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 4.-George
Bernard Shaw in the role of an ardent
lover of Ellen Terry. using terms OF
endearnient which were fully recipro-
Gated, is revealed in a collection of 800
letters which passed between them
many years ago and which were pub
lished today in book form.
The letters, edited by Miss Christie
pher st. John under the title of
ELLEN Terry and Bernard Shaw. y
cover the period from 1892 to 1928, but
the professions of love are chiefly con-
fined to those written in 1896 and 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
SHAW AND ELLEN TERRY LOVERS
MANY YEARS, 800 LETTERS SHOW
Endearments Most Ardent Between 1896
and 1897, Though Pair Met Only in
Public-Published In Book Form.

although all breathe spirit Of warm
affection and regard.
The striking and paradoxically
shavian feature Of the correspondence Is
that throughout the period until 1904
the writer's never met except publicly in
theaterS.
Miss Terry opened the correspondence
with business question addressed to
Shaw as a dramatic critic. She was
then A and he SO. The letters soon
became intimate and the writer's adopted
such lovers terms as "Sweetikin, u
"Ownest own" "Poppet," Duck"
Dearest and Everest" and MY Precious
Bernie"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

(Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

Divorce has been made easy in China,
a married couple being compelled mere
" to write and sign declaration of
their desire to separate, and have it
signed by two witnesses, and they are
divorced, but If either mate objects a
court action is necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

Poland's new highway modernization
program calls fer construction or i'm
provement of about $50 miles of high
ways leading to Warsaw and other large
cities, building of $50 miles of other
roads and the surface treating of 1890
miles of traffic routes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
Women Rule Tribe.

The most complete matriarchy in the
world is to be found in the Pedang
highlands of Sumatra, where women
hold the sway and the men are merely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

sons and brothers have equal rights
as to sleeping and eating; but after
marriage the men become visitors" in
the homes of their wives, where they
spend much time. However, they have
no authority in their wives hop1es and
continue to be regarded as members
of the house in which they were born.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
Cox Triumphs Over Turnesa
In Play-Off of North-South
Tie for First Big Golf Win

were halved in par figures, while Cox
went ahead with his par on the
fifth, where Turnesa took 5.
The sixth was halved and Turnesa
won his first hole on the seventh with
a par 3 and squared the match on the
eighth with a par 5, while Cox needed
6. Going TO the ninth, Cox cinched
his victory with a birdie after holing
an 8-foot putt.
The closing round was as spectacular
and exciting as any in the history of
the famous old North and South
tournament, with four players - Tur-
Billy Burke-fighting for the lead all
the way after the turn was reached.
How They Finished.
The leaders, scores and money prizes
follow:
%. wig, Cox. Brooklyn. so-74-7L7i-
;, 10, TSgTanes.,, .Elmsford, N. Y. 7o-79-
T, BGssy cTgIs5'hs ,sAs Purchase N " "a
:, Billy Burke. Greenwich, Conn, 74-7i-
John Colder NOrOtOn, Conn, 72-7a-
7 wife MasssiTisa .ssoT uekAhOs' N " is
EDDIE Williams Cleveland. 7o-7s-7s-
Harry Cooper. Chicago. 74-7s-7s-H-
.oTTOm3%;Ss, Armour. Detroit. 7l-7s-74-7s-
Henri. ciIci. Bridgeport. Conn, 74-7s-
Paul Runysn. White Plains. N. Y. TO-
Johnny Farrell Mamaroneck. N. Y, TO-
75-76-75-2ee s75
Horton Smith, Detroit, 7s-7i-7f-7s-
CHARLES Guest, Los Angeles, 75-74-7s-
Tony ManeTo. Elmsford, N. Y. IT, 10
Roland Hancock. Lynchburg, Va. IL
Won title IL 6iay-oA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
OKLAHOMA TAKES
WRESTLING HONORS
Win in Four of Eight Classes
in CoIIegiateS-Lehigh
Man Scores for East.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., March 2s.-FoI
the first time since the organization OF
the National Collegiate Wrestling Asso-
citation. four years ago. one Of its cham
pionships was bestowed on an Eastern
college grap1er here tonight at the
Brown gym.
M, as they have been doing since 1928,
took the major shares of the titles,
winning half Of the eight division COM
petitions.
Three other championships were dis
tributed among Iowa State. Kansas
State Aggies and Northwestern.
John A. Engel, captain of the Lehigh
mat team. denied the VESTS DONNA
ton of this sport by scoring sensa-
tional fall on Jesse Arends of Iowa
State Teachers. in the 115-pound final.
Summaries of finals:
ia POJINDS-John A Engie (LehiRh)
threw Jesse Arends Gowa State Teachers)
in 900 Gith BODY scisFn.s snd FIT nsT
oUNbEsoS9eTTS yIe Pe MoTford ScoTnei
Collese) by asa time allowance in over
Iss POUNDs-Richard Cole Uowa state,
outpointed John Devine (Oklahoma A. & M
with l:h9 tiDne allowance.
gt.s 3Ts 1SsPohs.d P %s..r YoHns
1Oklahoma A. and M with 1:48 time al
I55 POUNDg-Leroy McGuirk 6oklshoma
A. e. M outpointed John Richardson
kansas state Agsies) with S:S5 time al
Iss PoUNDs-Iack Van Bebber (okla-
homa A. & M threw NJ. w. Shanker lie
high) in 4:25 with a grapevine and hsadlock
175-POUND FINAL Conrad Caldwell
COklahoma A. and NJ outpointed Carl
Dougovitto (Michigan) with $50 time ad-
VANTAGE.
(Northwestern) threw Harry Fields (Haver-
ford), in 4:30 with arm and bar lock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
~ nOXI, Miss, March 2e.-Balti-
X more's Orioles today defeated
the Nationals, 6 to 2, largely
through their ability to manu-
facture tallies at the expense CT Fred
Marberry, but paradoxical though it
NAV seem. the showing Of the big
rinhthander was the bright spot Of the
afternoon from q Washington stand
point.
Brown had BANKED the Birls with one
hit in the first three rounds, and got
off to q good start by retiring them in
order with the aid of bit Of circus
support from Heinie Manush. He was
solved for q pair Of runs in each OF the
next two frames largely because OF MS
wiIdness and therein lays the explana-
ton for the encouragement felt re-
garding him.
too much speed to properly control 1t
that he got into trouble, no less than
half q dozen passes being issued by him
in the nth and sixth frames
Marberry's forte is his fast ball and
without IL he Is only mediocre hurler
with little other than barrels OF courage
to get by on. He had that fast one
today, but this early in the training
season he was unable to locate the
plate with It,
Control Matter Of Time.
Getting it tanned is merely the mat
ter Of little time, Hence the elatlon
the big fellow felt, despite the fact the
figures charged against him in the box
score were far from fiattering.
Art Fidler was the third finger sent
to the hill by Manager Johnson. The
transplanted Britisher gave a creditable
account Of himself in his first test
standing the Birds nicked him for five
safeties In his three frames Of toll. He
displayed a good degree of steadiness
with that sioearm delivery of his and
the fact two runs accrued while he was
working can be written of against his
support for neither Of the tallies was
earned.
On attack the Griffmen continued
impotent, Cronin being the only athlete
to get as many as two safeties, with
the sum total Of their clouts being
but seven. Manush, with nary bingle
to his credit, met the ball better than
any Of his mates, but 1t invariably
Travelled straight at some one. In the
field Heinie had only one chance, but
converted it into the feature play Of
the afternoon. 1t was low liner from
the bat of Joe Hauser, home run king
of the International League, in the
fourth frame. Manush sprinted hard
to hts left, but saw he couldn't connect
in the orthodox manner, so made dive
and caught it while sliding along atop
the turf
Mats Start Scoring.
Beryl Richmond, Manager ,Maisel's
prize portsider, yielded tally in the
second inning when West slithered a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
MICHIGAN CAPTURES
SWIM MEET HONORS
Koiac of Rutgers Hangs Up
Collegiate Record for
100 Yard Free Style.

By the Associated Press.
0H1CAGO, March 2s.-Michigan
won the national collegiate
~ swimming championship to-
night.
Michigan scored heaviest In the 220-
yard breast stroke In which SCHNEIDER
and Miller Of the wolverines finished
one-two to collect eight points. Their
unexpected showing In the relays, in
which they pressed Rutgers. Melted
them total of IL points or in each
event.
No swimmer excelled in point winning,
although first individual honors were
given TO Kojac, the mighty man from
rutgers. Kojac surrendered his cham
pionship in the 15o-yard back stroke so
as to help Rutgers capture the two re-
LAYS, which he did by making up dis
lance lost to Michigan. He topped his
performance by capturing the 100-yard
free style for the new record, smashing
that of 1915 seconds, established by Al
Schwartz of Northwestern in 1929.
Summaries:
50-YARD DARH-won by Scherer prince
ttS Sird, Turner Turner CPrinceton); fourth. Garter
purdue! Time. o2a3s;
RSsssrs ! EGaE sTBw0p 4z kSSf
thru wisRs esorgTa . Tes5a fog NTH
national collegiate recordD
15O-YARD BACK STROKE - Won by
Marsh (Minnesota); second. Long prince
toni; third. Valentine tMichiganl; fourth
RG aoo1 YA HSntnT BRsEAsT sTR s b,
Schmieler tMichiganli second, Miller mich
iganl; third, West tPrineeton); fourth
220-YARD FREE STYIE-Won by Clapr
Stamford; second, Crabbe tSouthern Cali
formal; third. Ladd tMichigan); fourth
Wilson (NoTthwestern). Time, 2:le2s.
440-yARD FREE sTYLE-Won by Crabbe
(southern California;; second. Clapp (Stan-
fordl third. Kennedy lMichiganJ; fourth
400 YARD RELAY-Won by Rutgers CKo-
second, Michigan Smith. Klintworth, Ken
n I6eSenham n Troup. covod e and WILSON,
fourth. Princeton Turner, Dayton, Scherer
sG0-YARD MEDLEY RELAY-Won by Rut-
gers fKojae; Cronin); second, Miehigan
fschieler. Miller and Kennedy; third.
Minnesota Marsh, Kruger and Quail)
-ourth, Princeton dayton Long, West)
Fancy HhiGH-BoARD DIvING-won BY
Riley (Southern California;, 134.04 points;
second, Nappa (Minnesota), $500 points;
third. Rake (Michigan). 1916 points
fourth, Willard (Northwestern), 94l4 points
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
SIX MEET RECORDS
co IN RICE GAMES
Failure of Warne, Holder oil
Mark in Pole Vault, Is
Disappointing.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Y VOUSTON, Tex, March 28.-Six
- university and college records,
four for individual perform
ance, fell today In the NTH
running of the Rice Institute relays.
Failure of Tom Warne, Northwestern
pole vault star, to come back after his
defeat yesterday in the Texas Univer-
sity relays at Austin was an outstand-
ing disappointment.
Warne, who held the Texas relay
record of IS feet S1a inches in the pole
vault and was beaten by the 13-foot
leap of Lansrud of Drake at Austin,
tied with four other men, all supposedly
inferior, in today's meet. Coffman OF
Kansas, Collins of Drake, Baldry OF
Rice, Jordan of Kansas State and the
Northwesterner, all got Is feet.
j. Walter, anchor man for Marquette
performed brilliantly to win a medley
relay from Oklahoma University. Wal
ter, with great burst Of speed, drew
abreast Of Glenn Dawson, Oklahoma
anchor, sailed by and hit the tape 2 feet
ahead. The time, however, was only
10:59.9, almost seconds above the Aus
tin time yesterday.
Makes Long Heave.
Hugh Rhea, stocky Nebraska foot
ball player, heaved the shot so feet 10
inches feet Q inches better thar the
old record, established in 1927.
John HaSs of Minnesota bettered the
1928 record Of Claude Bracey of Rice
IN the 100-yard dash, tearing 1t OF in
90, extraordinarily good time, consid-
ering the hostile wind. Bracey held
record of 9.8.
Strong Of the Southwestern State
Teachers Of Oklahoma bettered the high
jump mark, reaching feet SH inches.
Brunk Of Drake did feet, inches in
1928, the last previous year the relays
were held here
Herman of Southern Methodist beat
the existing mark in the javelin throw
by scant inch and half. His throw
was 1875 feet 7i2 inches. The old rec
ord was set up by Robinson of Aug
burn in 1923.
Rice Institute wrote a new record OF
800 in the one-mile relay Dick JAM
erson, fast foot ball back of last Fall
anchored the institute four in downing
the Texas A. and M. record of 1921
set up in 1928.
In the college class, the medley relay
record was improved upon by two fiat
seconds by Abilene (Texas) Christian
The Christians made it in 1915.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
Marberry Fast, but Too Wild,
So Orioles Topic Criffmen

double down the right field line and
Bluege waited a single into left. A
real bingle by Pinch-hitter Hargrave
and Texas Lacquer by Sam Rice in
the third were wasted because double
play Hayes drilled into came between,
but the Criffs coined another marker
in the following frame when Cronin
singled to left. took third on judge
safety in the other direction and count
ed as West was forcing the first sacker.
The Nationals were two up at this
point, but that proved all for them, as
Richmond allowed only a single by
Cronin during the next three stanzas
and Harry Gumbert, as promising a
young hurler as a pilot could hope to
pick up, BANKED them impressiyely
during the final two sessions.
The Birds knotted the count in the
fifth. Sand singled for starter and
stole as Marberry registered his second
straight strikeout. Fred then got his
control levers jammed. He walked two
in a row and the third, who happened
to be Washington's own Denny Sothern,
clipped him for roller over second
that brought two tallies in.
In the sixth, Marberry permitted
only one hit, but it was double, and
by reason of the fact he walked one
man prior to the bingle and three
thereafter another brace of tallies re-
suited.
This would have been good enough
for the decision, but the orioles sewed
it UP in the seventh when a couple Of
hits off Fidler, combined with a pass
and errors by the two SamS-Rice and
West-accounted for another pair Of
runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
CATCHING Ap to Seal G Base Ball Loses Greatest

fighting leader, not only was more re-
sponsible than any other one man Tor
the establishment OF circuit 70 rival
the National League, but for many
wears was the dominating figure OF all
organized base ball.
A victim of diabetes, johnson was
not himself at times during the last
few years Of his tenure Of office, which
accounted for the cratic actions that
got him into q jam with Judge Lands,
commissioner of base ball, and embar-
raised the club owners Of his league
But before Ill health impaired his
Judgment Big Ban was tireless and
fearless champion of clean base ball
It was he who first recognized that the
way to eliminate the rowdy playing was
to back up his umpires to the limit, and
it was lal -ely through his efforts the
game has reached its present high level
of good sport5manship. The national
pastime owes much to Byron Bancroft
johnson.
president GRIFFITH and Mrs.
Grifith are to leave Biloxi tomor-
row for Cleveland to attend the
funeral Tuesday Of Barnard, and will
be accompanied by Umpire Roy Van
GRAHAM. Grit plans to go from Cleve-
land to Chattanooga, where he has
some business to talk over with Presi-
dent Joe Engel of the Lookouts pend
ing the arrival there Of the Nationals
a week from tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
az the Assnciatsd Press.

BY the Associated PreBS.
~ MEHURST, N. c., March a.
- wlfred Cwif1y) Cox. good
natured and blonde-haired
marksman from Brooklyn, to-
day won the twenty-ninth annual Norl
and South 72-hole open golf tournament
championship by downing Joe Turnesa,
Elnnsford, N Y, in play-of after the
pair had finished the regular stretch
tied at 2S8.
1t was me first big victory Cox had
ever scored. Just a month ago Cox
and Turnesa tied for first place in the
Jacksonville, Fla, open, but did not play
of the title. Cox also paired with
Willie MacFarlane, TO win the inter
national four-ball event at Miami a
week ago.
WHY. two strokes out of the lead
after 81 holes Of play, shot fne and
steady golf today for a II, which al
lowed him to overtake Turnesa, leader
at SO and 81 holes, as Joe required a
Today's result marked the FIRST time
in the long history Of this event that
the play had ended In q deadlock. The
victors decided to play nine holes for
the title, and split the first and second
prize money totaling $4,000.
End Battle In Rain.
In contrast with the fair weather Of
the morning, q drenching rain started
soon after the extra nine holes began
and the last seven were played in the
downpour.
They halved the first hole in par As,
and Cox went into the lead with q
birdie on the second after sinking q
6-foot putt. The third and fourth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR.

president BAN JOHNSON of
I the American Base Ball League
will arrive here tonight to in
spect progress Of the work on the
new stands being erected at the ball
park.
Manager Jim MeAleer of the Wash
ington ball team has taken a liking
to First BaSeman Earl Sykes Of the
Atlanta Club.
DonneIly has replaced McCauley
in left field for Georgetown Uni
versity's nine, at least for the Hill
toppers' game today with the Mary
land Aggies.
In Macdonald, Catholic University
has a catcher who has shown much
ability.
Skeets Hayes, American Security
e. Trust Co. shortstop, is expected
to have another good season. Hayes
can sock the well known apple. He
got three hits yesterday when A. S.
& T. walloped Tech High, Is to /.
While the Bankers were greeting the
offerings of Tew and Garland briskly
the scholastics were showing little
offensive punch, Eckendorf and
Schwegler alone connecting safely
for them.
Morris and Flax were leading hit
tiers in q game in which their Gal
laudet nine defeated Business High,
IL to 7. Brick pitched for Gallaudet.
Charles J.. Graf is expected to be
elected president of the Commercial
Base Ball League.
Ryan, C. U. pitcher, game up only
one hit and famed nine, as the
Brooklanders defeated Swarthmore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
Basket Ball Coaches Appeal
For Rules Assuring Uniform
Officiating Throughout U. S,

F. c. Allen of the University of Kansas
disclosed that about 98 per cent of those
present have been teaching their players
to use 1t, in self defense" they said
The most radical proposal for the
improvement of the game was sponsored
by Oswald Tower, editor of the Basket
Ball Guide. He suggested that the
number of free throws be reduced by
permitting them only when q player is
fouled when actually in possession OF
the ball. In all other cases, he said,
the offended team would be given pos
session where the offense occurred and
foul charged to the offending player.
Proposed Rule Supported.
Towers suggestion received active
support from Nat Holman, famous pro-
fesSional star, now coach of the College
Of the City of New York. Holman said
the rule had proved boon to the pro-
fesSional game. The associations Re-
search Committee was asked to look
into the proposal and report at the next
meeting.
The researchers likewise were asked
to consider DR.. Aliens proposal that
the basket be boosted to IL feet, 2 feet
higher than the present standard. The
Kansas member declared he had found
the higher hoop great improvement.
While the percentage of field goals is
just as high, he said, the present adj
vantage Of the tall player is reduced.
Other suggested rule changes were
dealt with summarily by the coaches.
They voted not to change the center
jump, not to establish a center zone, +"
not to penalize teams reporting late.
to permit the jumping center to keep
both arms free and not to cut the time
out allowance from minutes to /.
A proposed rule that a dribble be al
lowed only one bounce was rejected
unanimously, and no action was taken
toward improving the present method
Of handling out-of-bound ball& 1t was
decided that the onus for Astalling"
viii continue to rest on the defensive
side, whether it is ahead or behind in
the scoring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
NEW QUEEN RULES
IN TENNIS UPSET
Marjorie Sachs Beats Sarah
PaIfrey in National
Indoor Final.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ ROOKLINE, Mass, March 2s.-
X Marjorie Sachs, youthful Har-
ward professors daughter, upset
the favored Sarah Palfrey OF
Brookline to win the national wcmen's
indoor singles tennis title today In
straight sets, 6-3, 81.
Miss Palfrey, ranked No. nationally
and top seeded in this tournament,
owed her defeat chiefly to the forceful
southpaw forehand Of her opponent,
who was not among the eight seeded
players at the start Of the tournament.
The most famous of the five Palfrey
sisters gained some consolation by again
winning the indoor doubles title in
partnership with Mrs. George w.
Wightman Of Brookline and also win
ming the mixed doubles with Lawrence
B. Rice Of Newton as her partner.
Miss Palfrey and Mrs. Wightman de-
feated Mrs. Anna Fuller Hubbard Of
Cambridge and Miss Margaret Blake of
Lenox, Us, 60, in the doubles finals
and Miss Palfrey and Rice conquered
Mrs. Wightman and Henry Guild Of
Brookline, Ga, Ga, in the mixed
doubles play.
6aTHn was Top SccuCQ al Oklc SAnbtCc
play, but she was not quite up to her
outdoor form. Yesterday she had a
narrow squeak at the hands Of Mrs.
Benjamin E. Cole in the semi-hnals and
today after the first three games Miss
Sachs dominated the hrst set.
The second set was bitterly fought,
with service being broken often, until
the count stood at four games all.
Miss Palfrey broke through her oppon-
ent's service to lead at to 4. Then,
on her own service, with q fine chance
Of winning the set and squar1ng the
match, she proceeded TO lose at love.
The experience made her visibly nervous
and gave Miss Sachs the confidence to
take the next two games, the set, the
match and the championship, chiefly
because Of that fine forehand of hers.