The Washington times., 1934-09-22
D, c. PUBLISHER
To SPEAK At
YACHT FETE
George P. Marshall to Attend
Banquet for T. 0. N. Sop
with, Owner of EndeaVour

with, Owner Of EndeaVour
George P. Marshall, publisher
of The Washington Times, will be
among the speakers at a testimo-
nial banquet in honor Of T. o. M
Sopwith, famous British sports.
man, at the Hotel Pierre in New
York city September 20, according
to word received from New York
today. -.
The invitation for Mr.. Marshall
to assist in the tribute to be paid
to the owner of the yacht Endea.
YOUR came from q committee OF
prominent sportsmen, financiers,
authors, and other celebrities who
are sponsoring the dinner.
Chosen by Malone
Mr.. Marshall will represent the
sport of football at the banquet.
He was chosen to speak on this
great American pastime at the be-
hest of Dudley Field Malone, world
famous attorney, who will be toast
master.
In the written invitation which
the committee is sending MIR. Mar.
shall. it is stated by Richard R.
Sinclair, chairman Of the arrange
ments committee:
''The banquet is given to Mr..
SOpwith by 500 ladies and
gentlemen whom the committee
have selected as truly repreSen-
tative Of American society and
sports. There will be FL speak
ers on the daiS, including the
guests Of honor.
"TheSe gentlemen are the
outstanding representatives Of
all American sports and will
each make a two minute ad-
dress of welcome to Mr.. Sop.
with. It is really command
performance and If it is at all
possible for you to be with us
ON this occasion we would all
appreciate it, as Mr.. Malone
tells me that you are the one
man to represent football"
Leeds Heads Group
The committee giving the ban
quet is headed by William B.
Leeds, famous financier and
manufacturer. Other notables
on the committee are:
William Kissam Vanderbilt,
Alfred I. DUPONT, Pierre Loril-
lard, William Goadby Loew, Sir
Gerald Campbell, William H.
Vanderbilt, F. H. Prince, Jr.; FL
bridge T. Gerry, H. Edward Man
vile.
E. F. Hutton, A. Hamilton Rice,
Phillip M. Plant, Harvey D. Glib
son, Kermit Roosevelt, Frederick
H. Allen, Richard V. N. Gambrill,
Conde Mast, Raymond Guest,
Paul E. Gardner, Goodhue Llv-
ingSton, j. Couper Lord.
Howard Chandler Christy, c..
Snydam Cutting, John C. Cowdin,
Walter Damrosch, Charles Hay
den, James j. Breese, Senator
Royal S. Copeland, Secretary Of
the Navy Claud S. Swanson, Bruce
Barton, Eddie V. Rickenbacker,
Gene Tunney, Alfred Reeves, E. r..
Bradley. Col. Jacob Rupert, Sam
uel D. Riddle, William Wallace
Lanahan, D. Spencer Berger.
Floyd L. Carlisle, William V. Pier
son, jr., Thomas N. McCarter.
A. Atwater Kent, Guernsey Cur
ran, Kenneth M. MurchiSon,
George Armsby, Clyde S. Bouton,
Homer w. Orvis, Ogden M. Ed
wards. Chester Dale, Joseph Pulit-
zer, Byron C. Foy.
Adolf Lewisohn, Cecil DeMille,
John D. Webster, Sherman M.
Fairchild, Merlin H. Aylesworth,
w. Merrill Hall, Walter S. An
drews, Julian McCarty Little,
jeremiah D. Mcguire.
Messmore Kendall, Seton Por-
ter, w. r. Coe, Charles Reed.
Robert T. Jones, jr., John Russell
Pope, F. H. Markoe, Robert Ogden
Bacon, jr.
Charles Francis Adams, Caleb
s. Bragg, Herbert L. Dillon, DR..
Shepard Krech, William S. Paley,
Yves de Villers, Frank Vance
Storrs, j. Jay O'Brien and Ernest
c. Wagner.