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The Washington times., 1935-01-22

A good crowd that defied the
elements agreed with the two ring
warriors. 1t was a good fight
from start to finish, and Furr, al
though beaten, lost no friends. He
faced a man who had beaten
champions. boxer with full
store of ring tricks. Although out
pointed by a clear margin Phil
rallied pluckily and carried off
the honors for the closing round.
Jadick Ringwise Veteran
There may be some virtue in
the contention of Furr that lack
of road work lessened his chances
of victory. 1t is likely. too, that
having to take off an extra pound
between 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon and ring time didn't do him
any good. 1t is entirely possible
that regardless of weight or road
work, the clever and ringwise
Jadick would have outpointed him.
AS this observer viewed the con.
test, the tide definitely turned
after the third round which went
to Furr on superior work. The
seventh round was about even.
Perhaps it might have been scored
in favor of the local lad. The
tenth certainly went to the South
west Washington warrior. In the
other rounds Jadick earned clear
edge.
Early in the fight Jadick
tried to trick Furr into dropping
his guard. Feinting and paving
with left for the body. Jadick
worked around to Furr'S left side,
right hand cooked for a finishing
drive. But Furr had seen that
one before and refused to fall
into the snare.
Right Uppercut Wins
If Furr stopped the right cross,
and stop it he did with more
than usual effectiveness, he failed
to solve Jadick's right uppercut.
This punch definitely turned the
tide in favor of the Quaker City
fighter.
Jadick masked his weapons
beautifully. He glided outside Of
Furr's left hooks, letting the lead
slip over his left shoulder and
nailed home a left hook to the
body. Having disconnected Furr
with tbs cagey maneuver. Jad1ck
would slip the punch over his
right shoulder. and once inside,
rip the glove up to the face.
1t was this right hand upper
cut that cut Furr's lower lip so
severely that it may be neces-
sary to have a stitch or two taken
in it today.
Furr'S punching in the first
round inspired respect in his
rival. Phil got the jump at the
start and smashed home a left
hook and a short right. That
right spelled danger with a CAPT.
tai D, and Jadick began to roll
with Phils Sunday shots thus
robbing them of any steam they
might have carried. In the second
Furr's left drew a trickle of claret
from Jadick'S nose.
Swap Hard Rights
The first big thrill came in the
third heat when the boys set them
selves and swapped straight rights
for the head that carried all the
power the men possessed. Fur
carried the pace in this round and
whacked out a clear edge. He
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his lowers and
hurlS the fight
ing epithet at
several CO m
panions W h o
wanted to quit
fishing and go
home.
w h a t h a p
pened ? T h e
group decided
to prove to Mr..
Lipp's ultimate
S a tbs f a c ton
that they were
nothing of the
kind and stay
ed out for two
The Washington times., 1935-01-22

J. Twenty-three years of age at
the moment, "Six-Cylinder"
neither smokes, drinks nor uses
profane language. With six
Cylinder" it is always "No, sir!
Yes, SIR" and "oh, shux!" The
, latter is the limit of his pro-
family, a thought which sug-
igests Washington's own, Great
Walter johnson, of whom Billy
Evans has said that when Wal
ter disagreed with a called ball
or strike, the vilest gesture he
ever made was to whirl around
at the umpire and say:
i whats that you said!"
+ Short, Thick Neck
/ Master Page right now tips
the scales at 148 pounds, and,
as Pop" Stouffer says, is grow
ing every day. He worked out
before this observer Sunday
afternoon at the American
League gymnasium off Fourth
Street on the Tampa trail, and,
while I never got look at
poor old Sam Langford except
when he has been around fight
rings collecting aims, "Six-Cyl-
inder" Page is my idea of what
Langford was when he was
going his best. His outstand-
ing characteristic is short,
thick neck, close to his shoul-
ders!
The fellow has the muscular
development of village black
smith, and, pulling his punches
in the gymnasium, was knock
ing his spar mates around like
the cue ball scattering the rack
on the break. The boy is hav-
ing difficulty landing bouts
here so far below the Mason
Dixon Line and wishes to head
North where the racial line is
not so closely drawn.
Wilson Goes Berserk
. incidentally Pop" Stouffer,
who saw Bob Wilson grow from
q four round preliminary boy
into the sensation of st. Peters
burg anc Washington, D. c.,
tells nc some facts of Bob's
background that may interest
you Yankeps up North who
have seen HIM perform so often
and satisfactorily.
: boo is the easiest cut kid I
ever saw in my life" says Pop"
Stoufft.r who isn't a minute
over sixty, and whose love for
the fight ring is transcended
only oy his affection for his
profession - theatrical scene
painting and general property
! man around the Florida and
; Alcazar Theaters.
: "Never took a dime from a
fighter in my life. Just like to
take holt of these promising
kids and help them on their way
to making some money for them
selves"
Ther3, in my estimation, is
new high in human self-sacri-
flee, a fight impresario who
is in the game for love, not
profit.
A Labor of Love
I Well, you see, Pop" has
raised his big family of boys
and girls, is not economically
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The Washington times., 1935-01-22
Howard i. Five
Meets Va. State

PETERSBURG, Va, Jan. %.
The Howard University basketball
team, fresh from a 35-to-25 victory
scored over st. Paul, meets the
Virginia State five here tonight.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
Anglers Called 'Sissies' ,
Organize Club
Bv GINO SINH

When fisherman calls another sissy while in boat
the middle of Chesapeake Bay he is likely to find him.
self up to his neck in the drink
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
SHOREY ON AIR
DUCKPIN HONOR ROLL

The Washington Times distributes $25 in prizes to
and bowlers in the Washington rolling the
highest individual games in regulation FoULL1NE league
competition each week from Monday to Saturday through
April
There prizes each for and Five
dollars will be paid to the and rolling the high
est game each week. $3.50 for the second highest 81
each for the next five highest in each group.
OWING TO THE OBVIOUS SUPERIORITY OF GER.
TAIN LEAGUES AND TO ATTEMPT AN EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF WEEKLY PRIZES, 1T IS NECES.
sARY TO LIMIT PRIZES TO THREE TO EACH LEAGUE
except IN CASE OF TIE) AND ONE TO EACH
BOWLER PER WEEK.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
SportsmanHke Crowd
Wins PlauditS of
Victorious Jqdick
By FRANK "BUCK" O'NEILI
Times Staff Writer

"The most sportsmanlike audience ever
at my bout with Phil Furr here tonight. I'll
anytime they get suitable opponent for me.
great fight and think he is entitled to a
return bout. If the public wants to see him
box me again, okay; I'll be on the first
train
Johnny Jadick, twice conqueror of Tony
Canzoneri sat in his dressing room. Iron
Hat" Burns cut off his gloves at the audi
torium after the Quaker City lad had won a
fine battle Of left hands from Phil Furr, the
local welterweight.
1.-The weather beat me, said Furr after
leaving the ring. "Jadick is real fighter
and clean fighter. I'm not making excuses,
but I'd like to meet him again in three or four
weeks. I couldn't do any road work for the
days and my legs weakened after the sixth r
held my own with him up to that point.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22

SL0uIIeT, VINO was the 1lrst FIorldlan to
recognize in Bob Wilson the effective
ness of that dynamic, short left punch
which has Stayed so many scrappers right
before the very eyes of Washingtonians,
has another such prize plum to ship to
the first D. G. promoter who has sufficient
agility and enterprise to grab him.
This lad, of dusky hue, native of the
Sunshine City, but who strayed away from
home before he attained his growth to
learn to fight and then returned on an
urgent call to arrive two days after his
nanny had been placed under the
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
ARCADIA HOLDS
PREL|M, STAKES

Monk Fraser will hold a How
ard Campbell preliminary sweep
stakes tonight after the conclu-
sion of the Columbia Heights
regular league matches on the
Arcadia maplewayS.
Red Megaw will stage Howard
Campbell prelim at Georgetown
alleys tomorrow night at 10
o'clock. He plans to hold another
Saturday afternoon
Ida Weinberg's 137 game last
night, established record in the
What's In a Name League.
SHOREY ON AIR
Mel Shorey, East Potomac golf
professional, will go to the air. He
will give weekly talks on golf over
Station WMAL on Bill Coyle's
Sports Parade hour.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22

sod is Lee Page, otherwise dubbed Six Cylinder"
Page
Whilst in other cmes Page did most of his fighting in
Australia and the Pacific Coast mainly Seattle and
this dusky lads book of clippings accams him tiger,
gorilla ferocious, fearless madman in the ring who
not satisfied until his victims lay prone at his feet.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
Bob Wilson Achieves
Prominence After
K. D. of Referee
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. JAN 22-f and when boxing
attans its former buoyancy in Washington the
of things stc here in sedae old st. Petersburg Bill Pop
The Washington times., 1935-01-22

ouU 4AOG always.
For instance, one afternoon
last summer, C. c. Lipp, an
ardent purSuer of fish, ups on
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
GULL| AND FUNK
FIRST IN TIMES
P|NCONTEST
BY SID KATZNELL

Lorraine Gulli, queen pin-spiller
of the United States, and to whom
duckpin prizes are no novelty,
added to her long list of awards
by capturing first prize in the
women's division of The Wash
ington Times high duckpin game
contest. She will receive SIS for
her efforts.
Gulli's winning game was boWled
with the Ell Gees in Washington
Ladies League. 1t was a las
game.
Ray Funk captured first money
in the mems division with a
neatly rolled game of 172.
Leone Adair bowling with Co.
lumbia in Ladies District, rolled
143 Wednesday night to grab Sec
ond place in the women'S division.
K. Beck's 166 game won second
prize for him in the mems dlVl
sion. Both Miss Adair and Mr.
Beck will be given $3.50 each for
their excellent bowling.
It was unfortunate, indeed, for
Billie Butler last week. She
rolled a 131 game in the Ladies
District League, which tied Cath
crime Quigley and Cecil White
acre for last place in Times con
test.
But three other ladies turned In
higher games than she in the Dis
trict League, which automatically
eliminates her from receiving a
prize.
Checks were mailed in care OF
the alley in which the high game
was rolled. The list of winners
follow:
The Washington times., 1935-01-22

The first big thrill came in the
third heat when the boys set them
selves and swapped straight rights
for the head that carried all the
power the men possessed. Fur
carried the pace in this round and
whacked out a clear edge. He
(Continued on Page IL. Col. ~
Evening star., 1935-08-04
Families, Parishes, Sometimes Entire Neigh
borhood5, Embarked on the FLOATING Craf7Hat
Piled Beta0een W1ashington and Lo70r Ri0er
Resorts Poems Written to FaUoyip Boats.
Description of Nearby Pleasure Grounds

the American Revolution Of Maryland
placed upon the old mansion at Mar
shall Hall q marker to perpetuate
the history Of the place, which reads:
THIS mansion was built by William
l. Marshall, II, about 1890, half
century earlier than Mount Vernon.
William Marshall, I, obtained title
to this tract of 200 acres Of John
Ackelahama, the Emperor Of the
Piscataway Indians. For six gen.
erations Marshall Hall passed from
father to son-a period of ITS years.
From 1855 to 1901 Capt. Thomas
Hanson Marshall of the American
Revolution, neighbor and lifetime
friend of Gen. Washington of Mount
Vernon, was master Of the mansion
OF course, the writer has not at
tempted to mention all the old side
wheelers that have carried the crowds
down the river during the last hall
century and more, but he feels thers
are still few he must not omit.
The old Armenia, for instance
with its unusual whistle, which vii
be recognized, no doubt, by manJ
in the world to come, if used to wake
us up on Judgment day.
The River Queen, a fast ante
bellum boat, was particularly historic,
During the Civil War it was used
for transport purposes. and upon It
President Lincoln made his visit tc
the Union Army in front Of Peters
burg in 1865. After the war it was
operated by Blake and McKibben, who
ran it to Mount Vernon, and soor
afterward to Marshall Hall, which
they opened to the public.
The George Leary and the Ex-
Potomac Steamboat Co., organized
in 1876. George e. Mattingly, father
of Judge Robert E. Mattingly, was
manager Of the company for a
number of years. Many will recall
their trips to Norfolk and to Piney
Point on the Leary and the Lady
Of the Lake.
For many years the w. W. Corco.
ran ran to Mount Vernon, being re-
placed on that run about 1890 BY
the Charles Manchester. The T. v
Arrowsmith, Jane Mosely, the Harry
Randall formerly the John W
Thompson) and finally the Capita
City and the st. Johns, were of thu
boats that sailed to Colonial Beach.
There have been many outstand.
ing characters we have met In day
gone by in our trips down the river
but two Of these will never be for.
gotten by the old-timer-Capt. /. L
Blake of the steamer w. w. Cor.
coran, and Col. McKibben, who madi
his home at Marshall Hall.
Evening star., 1935-08-04

from that estate by o cove which
makes up at this point. As an excur-
sion place it soon gave way to other
and more popular resorts, but the old
pavilion, with its weather-worn tim
bers, could for years be seen from the
passing boats, until it finally became
skewed and then collapsed entirely.
Since the entire saloon deck was
one large pavilion, dancing on the
Mary Washington was the principal
attraction, and such square dances as
the quadrille and the lancers were
enjoyed by the excursionists. The
polka, the schottische and the waltz
were also among the dances of this
period, the waltz being the only one
still with us today, and this modified
into q more graceful movement.
At an early date the Mary Wash
ington also went with excursion par
ties to Occoquan Falls. She had a
capacity of 1900 persons, and when
Capt. E. S. Randall opened up River
View he used this vessel, which was
subsequently succeeded by the Sam
uel j. Pentz. Later the Mary Wash
ington carried colored excursionists to
Motley Hall and Glymont.
Her end was not brilliant one, 1t
being used as q club house at Analos-
tan Island and later at Four-Mile
Run. She was destroyed by fire in
November, 1902.
Capt. Randall. in addition to being
the owner of the Mary Washington
and the Samuel j. Pentz, also owned
several other boats, which he named
for his children-the Harry Randall,
the LOWE Randall and the Estelle
Randall. He resided at the southwest
corner Of Eleventh street and Virginia
avenue, In the house built number
of years ago by w. T. Ford, father OF
DR.. Rowland H. Ford, and now occu-
pied by DR.. A. J. Olmsted.
Fort Foote, Fort Washington, River
View and Marshall Hall are all on
the Maryland side Of the river and
short distance from each other. Fort
Foote is on Rozieris Bluff, 8 miles be-
low Washington, and is in Prince
Georges County. River View comes
next, and then Fort Washington,
called originally Fort Warburton. The
first purchase Of ground here was
made from Thomas A. Digges in 1903,
and the old Digges Mansion still
stands. It is opposite Mount Vernon,
where for many years the w. w. Cor
coran, Capt. L. L. Blake, made daily
trips.
THE site of Fort Washington was
= originally the manor Of War
burton, patented October 20, 1641.
When the City of Washington was laid
out George Digges was the proprietor
Of Warburton, and, according to the
census Of 1870, had living with him
one son over 16 years Of age, wife and
one daughter, and had los slaves.
Presumably his brother William owned
"a slaves, and Mary, who may have
been his sister-in-law, owned rs.
The placing Of fort at this stra-
tegic place in the river was due to
the request Of President Washington,
made in I7s4, for 1t was on May IL
Of that year that Henry Knox, then
Secretary Of War, received letter
which said: "The President Of the
United States, VINO is well acquainted
with the River Potomac, conceived
that O certain buff Of land on the
Maryland side, near MFR. Digges', q
point formed by an eastern branch
Of the Potomac, would be a proper
situation for the fortincation about
to be erected"
everal years ago the Daughters Of
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| vania avenue, at least prior to 1920.
He came to Washington from Norfolk,
England, October 1S. 1907, and his
recollections Of Pennsylvania avenue
at that time are especially interesting.
''Near the corner of Seventh street
and the Avenue" he says, were one
or two buildings, in one Of which
Mr.. Samuel Harrison Smith had es-
tablished q newspaper. Nearby was
little building called the Mash
Market which has since been replaced
by the splendid structure of the Gen.
ter Market of this day.
MANY parts of Pennsylvania avenue
touched the waters edge, and the road
was corduroy Logs were piled to I'LL
up the mud holes and miry places
along the route. Once, when crossing
the Avenue at Seventh street, our
young druggist lost shoe. which sank
into the ooze and was with some diff
Guilty recovered"
In commenting upon DR.. Gunton's
statement regarding Pennsylvania ave-
nue., DR.. Busey says that the reference
to the corduroy road along the route of
the Avenue is particularly interesting
because ut Is the very first reference in
the history of the Avenue to that
primitive and rough method of making
and repairing roadways over miry
ground by a transverse arrangement of
logs touching one another, but is con-
firmatory Of the description Of Hines
and Sir Augustus Foster"
An old Georgetown item Of about
1866 says:
Grace Church Excursion.-Yester
day, the 9th instant, the Sunday
school Of Grace (Episcopal) Church
made its excursion to Glymont. The
steamer Wawaset, with Heald's fine
instrumental band on board, was
chartered for the occasion. This was
the first river excursion of this new
parish, and its success was q happy
evidence Of its appreciation"
It was the wawaset, Capt. John
Wood. that burned to the waters edge
OF Chattertons Landing, 20 miles
down the river, on August Q, 1873,
when e5 persons lost their lives.
EVIDENTLY Glymont was popular
- up until 1888, for on July 81 Of
that year there appeared in The Star
q poem entitled "On Glymont Sands"
by Fred e. Woodward. It follows:
ION GLYMoNT SANDS"
zone Summers day, as turned the
tide,
We wandered by the rivers side
The broad Potomac's silvery stream
And with our hands
We cast the pebbles from the shores.
BY ones and twos and then by scores.
And handfuls, and pebble and shell
Made eddyikg ripples where they fell,
Evening star., 1935-08-04

cross over into Virginia from almost
any point, the course being direct.
The rowing clubs and the yachting
clubs also started their regattas from
that point.
There was q swimming pool on the
north side of the Monument Lot,
which was known as the Tobacco Box.
The colored Baptists for many years
celebrated all their baptizing at the
Sycamore, which is about where their
bathing beach is located"
ITO THE east Of Greenleaf Point
where were once located Blag-
denis, Barrys and Coomb's wharves
the people of the navy yard section
frequently took the steamer for a ride
down the river before the days oi
river resorts, and for the camp meet
ings at Bumpy Oak, near Glymont, OF
Scragg'S or Pyle's woods, up the
branch.
In the presidential campaign OF
1910 the JackSonian Democracy, sew
eral hundred in number, took q
steamer from this vicinity for a bar
becue at Bladensburg, and without
mishap returned at night.
There were quite a number Of ex-
cursion boats plying the Potomac be-
tween 1858 and 1900. The Star Ferry,
commanded by Capt. Gardiner, is
recorded as carrying picnic parties to
Glymont as early as 1870, where there
was a fine dancing pavilion, a dense
wood, a copious spring of delicious
water. and everything attractive for
a Summers outing. In 1860 Miller
81 Jones, who conducted for many
years the billiard room and wine and
cigar store on the ground floor of the
National Theater, were also the pro-
prietors Of Glymont pavilion, to which
the steamer, Thomas Collyer, Capt.
Thomas Barker, commander, made
two trips q day upon special occasions.
This was two years before the intro
duction Of street cars In Washington,
and in order to accommodate the
passengers on1nibusses were run from
Seventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to the steamboat wharf, and q
string band supplied dance music at
the resort.
The steamer Columbia, boat which
made the river landings between
Washington and Baltimore, frequently
stopped at Glymont, at least up until
1870, when an item appeared Ia The
Star Of August Is of that year which
said: "a large business Is done by
the Columbia, owned by DR.. William
Gunton, president Of the Bank Of
Washington, which has been running
between this city and Baltimore for
nearly half q century"
DR. WILLIAM GUNToN was one Of
washington's early druggists, his
pharmacy bktng on the northwest
corner Of Ntath street and rennsyl-
Evening star., 1935-08-04
$500, ,694, ,982 in Taxes.

THE processing taxes which are &C
cupyfng the attention Of the court
to such O great extent at present, haw
already levied heavy tribute on thl
American consumer.
Up through May 81, before the In.
junction suits stepped in TO halt tha
payments in so many cases, the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administration
had collected ss66,s64, ,sS2, most
which, the Government contends II
fighting the suits, has been passed o.
to the consumer. Illinois paid th
most, nearly $3.50, ,000, 900 having beer
collected In that State, due, Of course
to the stockyard activities. Msrylant
paid over 100000 and Virgins
$500, 900. Nevada escaped lightes
Of all, the collections there totalinf
Anly $4,000.
Evening star., 1935-08-04

Upper left: Capt Ephraim S. Randall, for many years
outstanding of steamboats, the Potomac.
Top, center The Mount Vernon steamboat, w. w. Cor.
coran, known the world over" Upper, right: Capt.
L. L. Blake of the steamer w. w. Corcoran. Lower,
left: The old Manor House at Marshall Hail. built about
$780, one of the best known landmarks on the Potomac
River. Center: The Mary Washington, early Wash.
ngon excursion boat loved and revered by thousands
Lower, right: The old Warburton Mansion still stand.
ing at Fort Washington. Bottom: The Charles Mac
aester, known as the Charlie Mack" wel.known Po.
tomac River side.wheeler.