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Evening star., 1932-02-19
EX-CHAMP J0[TED
BY KING IN CHICAGO
Jack Only Looks Fierce as He
Takes an "UnofficiaI'
Beating in Bout.
BY WILLIAM WEEKES,

~HICAGO, February 19.-Jack
Dempsey's promised land,
~ in which he had visioned
another chance at the
heavyweight championship of the
world, today seemed to have been
only a mirage.
Last night in the Chicago
Stadium, before a record-smash-
ing crowd of 1892 spectators
who left S74,199.95 at the gates,
Dempsey, i the opinion of a big
majority of newspaper men and
about the same percentage of the
customers, took a beating from
King Levinsky, the socking Jewish
boy from Chicago's ghetto.
The four-round bout was billed as an
exhibition and there was no official
decision. A poll of writer's at the ring
side, however, gave Levinsky 1s votes.
two for Dempsey and four called it a
draw. The ovation the grinnng
KingfSh received as he left the ring
way about it.
Dempsey Only Looks Fierce.
Giving away 6l2 pounds and nearly
Is years, Dempsey was the same ScoWl-
ing, gloWering Dempsey who knocked
out Jess Willard, Georges Carpenter
and Luis Firpo-untu he went into
action.
He came out weaving and bobbing,
but slowly, and LevinSky, who radiated
confidence from the time he climbed
into the ring, met him, took every
thing the former champion had to
little bit more.
Dempsey had plenty on his vicious
belts to the body in the first two
rounds and the cocky king took few
third, there was less steam in the
punches that used to lay opponents
low, and Levinsky cut loose and ham,
mered both hands to Dempsey's head
and body and built up the margin that
convinced writer's and spectators.
Dempsey showed distinct signs Of
wear after the first round when he
stalked to his corner. After the other
Asks Jack to Fight.
Levinsky, springy Of leg and in no
way awed by the former champion, even
went so far in the fourth, as to stop
almost contemptuously as Dempsey
plodded around him seeking an open
ing, and beckon the Manassa man to
come on and fight-juSt as Dempsey
had urged Gene Tunney to come on
and fight in that uproarious seventh
round at Soldier Field in 1927.
Regardless Of whether he ever can
reach the point of engaging in a real
battle, Dempsey demonstrated he still
is a champion at the box Offices The
crowd was the greatest ever to watch
an indoor fight, and the gate was
gratifying to the stadium corporation
and the boxers.
Dempsey had the option of so per
cent of the receipts and paying Levinsky
$500, or he might take As per cent
and leave the Kingfsh IS per cent.
Dempsey's only comment was:
Hes a good boy and dangerous
puncher"
Levinsky, more cocky than ever, said:
Jaw, he amt so hot, but he can still
punch. His left hook is good. But the
king can take them"
Upset in Light Heavy Bout.
The semi-fnal bout hereunder in
the National Boxing Associations light
heavyweight elimination tournament
resulted in stunning upset victory for
George Nichols. stiff punching south
paw from Buffalo, N. Y, over Billy
Evening star., 1932-02-19
Y WRESTLERS HOSTS
District Title Team to Entertain
Ra1timoreans Tomorrow.

Central Y. M. c. A. wrestling team,
which won the District team title We'd
nesday night over Jewish Community
Center grapplers, will meet Baltimore
Y matmen tomorrow night at the Y
here. starting at o'clock.
The Baltimoreans have shown de-
cided strength and the Washingtonians
are not optimistic as to the outcome.
Evening star., 1932-02-19
PLAY IN 18TH STREET GYM.

Twelfth Street Y. M c. A. basket
ball team will meet Baltimore Chalk
writer's tomorrow night on the Y court.
Each has defeated formidable op-
ponents and a hard-fought game is
expected. Leroy Coates and Red
Fowler are Y aces.
Evening star., 1932-02-19
SWIMMERS IN MEET.

Central Y M c. A. swimmers will
meet Central High natators tonight in
the Y mems pool at 8 o'clock. There
will be no admission charge.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
ALaqp a Week

DeclGreT led the king OF hearts from his oooS
hand. The ace and nine lpere in dummy. Whiie
West ieGS playing small heart, dectdTers
partner picked up the nine to play on the trick.
East said: Il forbid the play of that card since
dummy has suggested its play by picking it up"
DccIGrer protested: do you mean you haze Ets
right TO make me play the ace?" East GnStDeTed:
mo, can't make you play any particular other
card, but can forbid the play the dummy sag-
gested" DecLdreT pleaded: But that amounts
to the same thing as making play the Gee
on my opn king" Who is night?
East is absolutely right under the laws,
which say: Dummy may not suggest lead or
play by touching naming a card or other
wise. Penalty: Either advisory may direct
that declarer make such lead or play such
card Gf legaD or refrain from doing So" In
this case however, there is a question of ethics
involved Is it Sportsmanlike for East to in
woke the law in this particular instance, when
dummy's proper play is SO obvious? When this
incident occurred in a recent tournament East,
after soaring North and South and giving them
2 much needed lesson about hasty picking
up Of cards by the dummy, said: Now that
you have learned the point of law, reckon
you have had enough punishment so waive
my rights Go ahead and play any card you
want"
While the score OF hand lDas being ,ritten.
West said: Partner, you revoked four tricks
back and lpe should pay the penalty. You fol-
loa0ed suit three times after that on the same
suit in pIlich you reUoked" East argued that,
since his reUoke actually cost his side
trick since he thereafter followed to that sait
three times and since mention tpaS made OF
the revoke until after the hand had finished.
and then only by his partner, oto, he said,
should hare mentioned it before, no penalty
should be taken Who is right?
Evening star., 1932-03-27
The First Ten

When the leading players of any game are
ranked the list means nothing unless it is
shown how it was built and exactly what it Is
inocnded to represent That is true of the one
gave in the Saturday Evening Post re-
certy, naming the contract stars in this order:
Wil"rd S. Karn, Philip Hal Sims, David Burn
stirc, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken,
WaICcmar Won Zedtwitz, Theodore A. Lightner
George Reith, Comdr. Winfield Liggett, jr, and
El Culbe-tson.
= IS the list for the season Of 1872 in
na nal competitive play. Some great stars
ccu'd not be ranked because they did not play
oft0n enough in the big tournaments. just as
Bc1by Jones, the worlds greatest golfer could
no. Il ranked at all for the last season. 1t is,
therefore, reflection on the ability of such
Wonderful players as Sidney S. Lenz and Harold
S. Vanderbilt that their competitive appear
ances were too infrequent to determine where
they would rank If they had played throughout
Evening star., 1932-03-27
10 Pest Still Lasts

IA /HEN the British brought the Hessians
Wv over to fight the Colonists in the Revo-
lutionary War, they brought over unwittingly
a pest which stin rises at times to do tre-
mendous damage to the wheat growers of
this country.
The introduction of the Hessian fly, attri-
buted to the presence of the Hessian soldiers
from which the fly derives its name, went
largely unnoticed in the earlier days, but as it
became more and more numerous and its
damage more extensive, agriculturists were
quick to awaken to the danger and the fight
against the fly has been long and at times
losing
On at least six different occasions the out
break of the fly approached disaster figures, but
improved methods of control have cut deeply
into the inroads Of the pest.
The eggs of the fly hatch into small fiat
maggots which puneture the wheat stalks at
the bass of a leaf and then sap the stalk Of it's
strength. There are usually two or three
broods a year, but the damage is usually con-
fined to one year for the fly lives over the
Winter in the stalks in the pupa state. Burn
ing of the stubble usually tends to wipe out
infeStatiOns.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
IHeKey
Continued from Eighth Page

my being here. It's probably better that
stayed in the kitchen
Much better, Stephen. Good-by. Let me
hear from you"
She gave him her hand without getting up
from her chair.
A FTER the door closed on him she sat on,
watching the fading embers of the little
fire. She was aroused presently by the bell
and went mechanically to answer it,
Hello" she said. This is Jessica. Oh,
George! am sorry, George No. can't say
when. No. Possibly never, George; it is just
like that and can't do anything about it.
Well, you q. . when I talked with you
before I thought I had gotten over d. q.
Stephen. But I find I haven't 1t wouldn't
be fair 60 on seeing you, George. I am
sorry sorry.
the couch sitting there, looking around the
room. Her eyes rested finally on the table COW
cred with books and magazines She got up,
went across, and picked up two of the folders
of manuscript at random. Sitting down in
Stephens easy chair she began reading.
Halfway down the first page she put out
her hand and CROPPED, without looking for the
box of cigarets.
Her fingers found and rested on an object
before they reached the cigarets. They stopped,
rigid and then closed on the object and picked
it up. It was Stephens key to the apartment
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Cotton Problem Aided

[ IEAVY expectations of cotton during jan
uary gave one of the most encouraging
signs of the return of prosperity; for the total
shipped out of the country was 20 per cent
greater than a year ago. During the entire
193l-1932 period, the expectations was IL per
cent above the previous year and slightly
greater than two years age.
The total disappearance" of cotton for
January was 134500O bales, which left
Is, 700 900 bales on hand an increase of
1000 900 bales over last year because of the
bumper crop of last growing season
Evening star., 1932-03-27

Curt H. Reisinger, donor of the famous trophy
bearing his name, was the South who benefited
from his opponents lapses He certainly made
the most of them. The fourth-best spade was
led, his singleton jack dropping under the
singleton king. A heart came back to Vests
king, whereupon he shifted to his singleton
club, making three different suits led by the
defense on successive tricks, certainly rare at
no trump. This naturally enabled the king
to capture the queen.
The eight of clubs was now led, presenting
the ten with trick. After a heart to the
ace, West led his fourth diamond which the
king won. East offered q club to tbs
ace. MIR. Reisinger, with two club tricks
already in, added three diamonds and three
hearts, giving him two-odd on a hand which
could be set if East ON the fourth trick had
merely returned his jack of clubs instead of
the eigh-a clearly marked play with only one
club out of sight. The best that declarer cc;S.::i
then have done would have been to go down
two tricks.
Enough of the frailties of human nature
having been exhibited for the time being, per-
haps, it is logical now to launch a series Of
hands under a new heading:
Evening star., 1932-03-27
old Georgeto7On
Continued from Seventh Page

was one Of the lodges OF Scotch Masons, and we
know that the first lodges here, and this lodge
when reorganized in 1906, were mostly COM
posed of Scotchmen.
Our oldest member, Bro. James King who
was initiated in 1910. says that at the time, and
for some years afterward, this was the only
Bible used In the lodge.
"Of this ancient lodge We know nothing
except by tradition, but We find that at
meeting of the Grand Lodge of the State of
Maryland on the 21st of April, 1789, petition
was presented from a number of respectable
brethren from Georgetown, on Potomac River,
praying for warrant from the Grand Lodge
to authorize them to convene a regular
lodge which petition was granted and Brothers
Fierer and Grier, being present. were agreeably
to the request Of the petitioners, installed as
master and senior warden, and at the same
time received their warrant authorizing them
to hold their lodge at Georgetown, on the
River Potomac, in Maryland, distinguished by
the No. g.
"Of this lodge possess no record or relic
but the gavel used by Gen. George Washington,
then President Of the United States, at the lay
ing of the corner stone of the Capitol, Septem-
ber 18th, 1898, and by him then, according to
tradition handed to the master of the lodge"
The first grand master of Masons of the
District OF Columbia, Valentine Reintzel, was
member OF Potomac Lodge.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Strictly Human

1t is my opinion" says Herbert zeitfuss,
that the expert who loses hands like the one
illuctrated had better go back to playing old
maid 500." That, in fact, was also the
opinion of the expert when he had botched up
the hand later given under the heading of
Experts Mistakes" But, being a human be-
irg prone to the same mental slips as other
humans, he is still playing tie game-a fine
game. too, except for the occasional lapses
which all suffer.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Experts Mistakes

North having started with dealers heart
bid on this hand, South bid a most venture
some one no trump which West doubled and
all passed, Easts, Of course, being business
or penalty pass. The two noted players on
the defense were geniuses enough to find a way
to misplay the hand so that South made his
contract for a big top score.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Unusual Results

If your side, in order to win, needed top
score on this the last hand of a tournament,
how would you go about it, with your side
North and South, North being the dealc-:
Victor r. Smith was South when it was
complished, as will be told next week. Only
his side was vulnerable.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Very Much Spoiled

Mr. Jones: You know Smith, think your
boy is spoiled"
Mr. Smith: well don't"
Mi Jones: Then come out and see what
the steam roller did to him
Evening star., 1932-03-27
81 The BRIDGE Forum

Nine of the listed first ten took part, but they
won clean-cut victory over the whole bunch
No tournament has ever witnessed more gen.
eral jubilation than was shown because OF
their well earned success
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Inefficient

MIR. Bumper Ito garage mechanic)-I want
my brakes loosened Too many pedestrians are
getting awayl
Evening star., 1932-03-27

honorable mention" including besides Mr.
Lenz and Mfr. Vanderbilt such men as Richard
A. Frey Michael T. Gottlieb Robert M. Halpin,
Edward c. Wolfe, Henry P Jaeger, Walter
Malowan, Capt. Frederick G. French, Lee
Langdon, John Msttheys, Gratz M. Scott, Edwin
A. Wetzler and Ralph J. Leibenderfer.
While mentioning Mr. Lenz it is apropos to
comment that no more popular victory was
ever that that scored by Comdr. Liggett
and himself in the Eastern pair championship
Evening star., 1932-03-27

the. season of big events; it is conceivable tina:
such men might have done the best Of all.
Mr.. LEM, who has never joined the American
Bridge League took part in none Of its events
except the Southern championship, in which
he was invited to play as an honoced guest and
which he won decsively. Mr. Vanderbilt's only
competitive play of the season was for the cup
he himself donated.
For this and other reasons it would have been
unfair not to have a list of those entitled to
Evening star., 1932-03-27

~ That Is why the game has undergone
such an evolution from the original
whist to the present contract 1t is also the
reason why it will be further bsttered in the
fusurr whenever new set Of laws is codified.
Right now there is abundance of sug-
ge5tons from various quarters. some of them
with real apparent merit They range from
the simple to the complex. One of them
probably las no chance for adoption because
human beings never grow up. 1t advises the
dropping of a zero from each scoring item,
making no trump tricks count each, majors
3. minors 2, with the game 10 points, rubber
bonuses so and 20, honors paying 10 and Is,
undertricks 5, 10, 20, etc. instead of ten times
as much That however, would take away
the childish fun in writing down the bigger
figures. SO this well meant suggestion of W. K.
Nossans is not likely to receive support from
the millions of middle age kids
Two changes advocated widely were first
urged by Sidney S. Lenz. One of these,
advanced by him in 1927, when the laws first
came out. under the title of What Price
Contract?" pointed out the absurdity of count
ing more for unbid overtricks than for bid
tricks. George S. Kaign, jr is the latest to
argue that way seeking a smaller score for
those tricks than for the bid ones so as to
reward those who bid the exact number OF
tricks that can be made. Still another of Mr..
Kaign'S ideas involves the elimination OF
only when made in one hand. This. he shows,
would eliminate the necessity of recording
points the line" When a game is made
there could be merely a check mark in the
score. --- '':
Another OF Mr.. Lenz's advised improvements
concerns the use of the challenge" instead of
the 1nformatory double to prevent misunder-
standings and render unnecessary the present
rather complicated convention to determine
when double is for information and when
for penalties.
Perhaps the most widely favored of all
changes would alter the size of the penalties
for defeated non-vulnerable contracts side
which is not vulnerable is able to make sacri-
fce bids very cheaply in order to keep oppo-
nents from games and slams. Sacrificing
would be limited If the penalties were made
heavier. Such suggestion put forward
by the writer nearly two years ago. and it
seems that most good players now favor it,
though they do not agree as to exactly what
would be the ideal scale. For doubled not
Vulnerable undertricks in place of the present
100 each for the first two zoo for the next two
and thereafter 400, many prefer 100 for the
first trick, 200 for the second 400 for the third
some favor 100 each for two tricks, 200 for the
third, 400 for the fourth, among these being
George Reith. This particular matter is of such
general interest that national wcrnan's maga-
zire is conducting survey on the question
N the meantime, while the gathering of
suggestions is advisable and in the best in
terests of the game, players are urged not to
crete confusion by trying to introduce them
into their own circles of play. 1t is for the
welfare OF contract to keep it uniform, so long
a there Is a set of recognized laws and to
offer suggestions only as an aid to the law
makers.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Gan You Smile 2

boy?
Or to try the best you can?
Have you learned to throttle your blues, my
boy? 49,.
Or to make thai be your plan?
If the only times you can raise q grin
Are the times you're lucky enough to win,
Then don't dare boast of the class your re in,
For you're only an also ran,
But when you smile through thick and
thin,
You're starting to be a
Evening star., 1932-03-27

RIDGE players are never completely
satisfied with the game they play.
Almost all experienced cnes have
certain pet theories for improving it.
That is why the game has undergone
such an evolution from the original
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-16
Why do men make speeches. tak<
up causes and run for office?
Science finds some interesting
facts after an exhaustive study
of the private lives of politicians

But Johnny is to be politician of the agi-
tator type. So instead of surrounding himself
with real live dogs his interest is displaced onto
dogs in general He Pounds society for the
prevention of cruelty to dogs. He interests
himself in legislation forbidding the keeping OF
dogs in the city or forbidding the dissection Of
dogs for scientific purposes. and so Or
TINE next step is to rahonalize his attitude
L in terms of public interest He builds up
arguments showing that dogs are essential to the
public welfare He writes pamphlets describ-
ing the good that dogs do in protecting human
life, in leading the blind. in returning affection
for kindness.
The big difference between Johnny and his
non-political brother is then that the object OF
Johnnys emotional interest has been entirely
changed. 1t is no longer the bark and nuzzling
nose and the pathetic wag Of stubby tail that
appeal to him; it is the idea of dog in the abb
stract that he is crusading for.
Among the agitators studied by Prot. Lass
we'll, one trait seemed to be so very common as
to be characteristic. This is what psychologists
term narcissism an excellently descriptive
word derived from the name of the Greek youth
Narcissus, who gazed into placid pool one
day and fell in love with the beautiful image
Of himself he saw there reflected.
Agitators. Prof. Lasswell tells US. have their
affections equally centered on themselves. And
this is often because as children they were
spoiled" by their parents or made the center
of an admiring family group.
The agitator. he says may also have been
numbered by some obstacle from developing
normal love affair. The ordinary persons de-
sire to impress and be loved by definite indi-
Nv ExerxIEAelx Marazina and Science SeryicA-Pr
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-16

veoping the traits and interests Of the politician
what were the psychological turning points
of his life.
Politicians, he found. may be divided on the
basis of personality into three main types-the
administrator. the agitator, and the theorist.
President Hoover. he cites as an example OF
the first type. the administrator pure and simple.
The Old Testament prophets were good exam
Piles of the agitator. And the theorist is best
typi6ed in Karl Marx.
There are, OF course. many composites OF
two or more of these types. Lenn. the hero
of Soviet Russia. for example, is described by
Prof. Lasswell as combination OF all three
types. administrator. agitator. and thecrist
L,ROM his study of these three types and the
L various composites. Prof. Lasswell even
has worked out very definite formula to ex-
press the personality of the politician. Here
it is:
p d equals p
where p. he says. represents private motives;
represents displacement onto public object:
+ represents naturalization in terms OF public
interest; represents the political man; and }
represents transformed into"
Suppose we translate all this into more un-
derstandable language by fitting the formula to
special case.
Johnny Jones as small boy owned and was
very fond of a pet dog. The dog died as a
result of the cruelty Of some neighborhood ur-
chins. Johnny developed profound love Tor
dogs and also perhaps a parallel hatred for
gangs. This love and this hate comprised his
private motives"
As he grows up. if he were to be an ordinary
citizen he might start farm to raise dogs.
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