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The Washington times., 1939-01-18

nlmSeu, was NIL.
James Joseph became Gene
Tunney, heavyweight boxing
champion Of the world, who was
paid one million dollars for a
single performance, married a
wealthy society girl, and retired
from the ring as undefeated
champion. No fictional story
ever based on the beloved from
rags-to-riches theme was ever
more unbelievably fantastic or
more characteristic of the cock
eyed postwar sports period that
made it possible. Twenty-Five
years ago it could not have hap
pened. It took war. postwar in
flation, an unprecedented sports
mania, the weirdeSt assortment
Of characters ever gathered be-
meath one tent-and Gene Tun-
ney, himself probably the most
remarkable Of all the people
who were featured in the sue
cess story to end all success
stories,
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Last Nights Fights

AT NEW YORK-walter Franklin, 157,
New York. decisioned Harvey Massey,
159. New Orleans (10).
champion of Canada, defeated Vincent
Pimpinella, 15& New York GO.
Tommy SPECIAL, 131. Uniontown, Pa.
scored technical knockout over joey
Costa. 1874, Jersey City, N. ]. 90. Larry
Kellum. 1855. Montana, stopped Johnny
Barry, 1855, Jersey City, N. ]. %.
AT HARTFORD, CONN.-Paul Junior.
1875, Hartford, decisioned Carl Red"
Guggino. 1874, Hartford G0).
AT WHIT f P LA I'm S, N. Y.-Joe
Ghnouly, 1874, New York. defeated Eddie
Alzek, l36. New York (0.
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Mats owner
e S t ablishing
is training
S c h DOL for
rookie pitch
ers at the Or
| a n d o, Fla,
camp.
Griff W i'll
sol ourn at
B e ir and
other Florida
w e S t Coast
D in t S and
m D etc in
t he annual
ball players
g off tourna-
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last night in st. Louis, winning,
6-3, 6-3,
After tonight's match they
move on to Baltimore for the
twelfth match, scheduled for
Saturday night.
Following the affair in the
Monumental City, they will ar
rive in Washington, D. c., on
Sunday. They clash the follow
ing night in Ritchie Coliseum
at Maryland U.
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COpo'
Joe Erdman, young apprentice
ace, set a new high game with
152-363 to aid Threat Mills in
blanking the Planners.
Wegner'S 113 325 featured
Chucking Machines double vic
tory over Drill Presses, runnerup
to c. and r. in first half.
Duckywuckies captured top
honors in the Liberty National
Bank League, at Chevy Chase Al
leys, winning three games and
registering high game of 495 and
1885 set. Bud Leverton's 158-369
was tops.
willard won three games from
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
Seek Opponent

An opponent in the 130-pound
class is being sought for Friday
night by the Takoma Fire Depart
ment team, which has its own gym.
Call Jack Ellis at Shepherd
4676-W.
The Washington times., 1939-01-18

by h e star
p e rf ormers,
D o n a ! d
Bulge a n d
ii W ort h
Vines, resume
their current
e x h / b i tion
here tonight,
with the for
mer holding
a 6-to-4 edge
in the entries
to date.
The lanky
r e d h e a d
Widened h is
a d an tage
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Luftspring Scores

NEW YORK, Jan. 18.-In the
eighth-round main event at Broad
way Arena last night, Sammy
Luftspring lat, Toronto, out
pointed Vincent Pimpenella, 154A.
New York.
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
Today in Sports
Basket Ball

Basket Ball
Washington Brewers VS.. Kingston
Colonials, Kingston. N. Y.
Betesda-Chevy Chase, vs.. Roosevelt.
Roosevelt gym, $3.50.
Landon VS.. Montgomery-Blair, Silver
Spring. $3.50.
Georgetown Prep VS.. Gonzaga, Gonzaga
gym. $3.50.
johnson C. Smith VS.. Howard. How
ard gym, 1880.
Western VS.. Washington-Lee High,
Arlington, Va, 8.
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
WarWiCks in Action

With undisputed fourth place
at stake, Warwicks and Atlas
Theater will meet tonight in the
feature match of the Temple
Minor Duckpin League at the
Temple Alleys.
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
Want To Send
Doo To School,?

For information concerning
the Capital Dog Training
Club, which meets on the
northern slope Of the MOnu-
ment Grounds every Sunday
morning at 1O:3O o'clock. call
Mrs. Harvey J. Brown, club
secretary, at Greenwood 1O46,
or bring your dog t" the "Out-
door classroom" Sunday.
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WILSON SCORES
OVER WEST. MD.

Wilson Teachers College today
possesses its first basketball VIC
tory over Maryland State Teachers
in several years, defeating the in
vading MarylanderS, $50.
Sidney (Flash) Gordon and
Charley Clark were the victorS'
scoring pacesetters, with IL and
10 points, respectively.
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Dots and Dashes
BY CHICK KENNY

Here's the certified reason for Pitts action in drop
ping from the Eastern Basketball Conference -unsats
factory playing conditions right here in Washington for
tilts. And here is something eIse-Carnege Tech will
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
Hyattsvi|Ie Girls Win

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, Jan. 10.
The Hyattsville High School girls
basketball team defeated the
George Washington Sextet, 27-25.
The Washington times., 1939-01-18

golf competition held at the local
golf club.
His net score of go was bettered
by one stroke by Russell H. Jones
of Rome, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
KNEPLEY, TERP
CAPTAIN, PAGES
CAGE SCORERS
By CHICK KENNY

George Knepley, captain and
guard of the Maryland basketball
team, leads the way in the dash
for the coveted high-scoring crown
of the District colleges. The Terra
pin ace has accumulated rs points
in eight games played, and at his
present gait may outdistance the
field long before the end of the
season.
Of course, George has played in
eight tiltS to date, but even so ne
is the leading scorer. Ten points
behind is George Dewitt, sopho
more teammate, for runnerup
honors.
Maryland plays a weak North
Carolina quintet at College Park
Friday night, and the two Mary
land stars should add to their re-
Spective totals.
AMBROSE THIRD
Dropping to third position after
giving away the scoring lead to
Bob Faris, of George Washington,
last week, is Wayne Ambrose,
Catholic University's roly-poly for
ward, who captured the mythical
scoring crown last year. Ambrose
has accumulated a total OF "a
points, but leads the Maryland
pacesetters in game average with
1873, as compared to 9.37 for knep'
lev and 8.12 for Dewitt.
The District quintets, with the
exception of Georgetown, are go
ing nowhere this season as Tar as
enviable records aer concerned.
Therefore the interest in the cage
sport here resolves itself to high
scoring honorS.
Ambrose and his sophomore
teammate, Johnny White, have a
chance to add to their totals to-
morrow night when VillanoVa
plays in the Brookland gym
Villanova boasts one OF the finest
teams in the East, and although
defeated ny DePaul in Chicago ten
days ago boasts a 6-point triumph
over the Roanoke club, which
played George washington off its
feet last week. Any team that
can defeat Roanoke must certain
ly be good.
HOYAS VS.. LOYOLA
Georgetown travels to Baltimore
for a game with Loyola. This is
the second of a home-and-home
agreement, the Hoyas taking the
opening setto here by a two-polnt
margin before the Christmas fur
lough.
Pacing Georgetown in a scoring
way this season is Capt. Joe Muir
ply, who has chalked up So points
in seven games for an 1928 average.
Joe has been playing his heart out
this season for the Hilltoppers, but
the "breaks" in the way OF snag-
ging points have not been forth
coming. Those long shots from
midcourt look like bull'S-eyeS, but
something happens and they skim
right out of the hoop. But Joe
should snap out of it before long.
Such a slump doesn't last through
out the season when you are q
proven cage artist like the Hoya
captain.
Hugo Schulze, of American Uni.
versity, is playing Class A brand
of ball for Coach Staff CasSel.
The Eagle sharpshooter, who Is
pacing his team at scoring, has
rolled up Sc points in six games.
And a 9.33 average cannot be
sneezed at in any league, espe-
cially when no less than four OF
the six games were played on for
eign courts.
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
Upset Opens Navy
Pin Loop I'd Half

stunning upset occurred in the Navy Yard Minor League
opening matches of the second half c. and r. winner
of the first half dropped two games to the Lathes Frye Of
c. and r. rolled high game of 135. Reigemans 334
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
D. C. man WINS
FLORIDA GOLF

ORMOND BEACH, Fla, Jan. 18.
George J. Adams, jr., of Washing
ton, today holds second-place
honors in the mems "throw-out"
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
Bulge 2 Up!
Pro Net Aces Resume
Series in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 18
G.N.SO.-The 1889 professional
touring tennis troupe, headed
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
Start South
Clark, Mrs. Griffith
On Vacation

Clark and Mrs. Griffith today
are heading for two-week vaca-
ton trip, preliminary to the
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
Paying the Penalty

Probably no athlete ever has
had to take the public beating
that fell to Tunney on his way
to realizing his ambitions. He
was caught cropping for light,
serenity, and education and ridi-
culed for it. He probably never
knew it, but he was paying the
penalty for violating popular
concept-that of the pugilist.
The only serious mistake he ever
made in his career was when he
let his managers, for publicity,
trade on his genuine appetite
for education and beauty.
Again we all Inistook the real
Tunney for the false, and the
false for the real. We kidded
him nearly to oblivion about
Shakespere and books because
we thought it was phony pose.
But that wasn't the part that
was phony. That was real. It
was the pugiliSt that was false.
Tunney was always an artificial
fighter. He was soundly thraShed
by Harry Greb. But it is an in
dication of Tunney'S mental
capacity that he demanded a re-
turn fight with Greb and re-
versed the decision.
Long, Long Trail
Tunney was thoroughly un-
spectacular in the ring, but he
was workmanlike and efficient.
Boxing actually is a science,
and Tunney studied it from
that angle. Fighters like Demp-
sey and Joe Louis and others
are natural battlers. It is safe
to say that in the ring Tunney
had no weaknesses. He made
occasional mistakes-vide the
time Dempsey put him down in
that historical eighth round in
Chicago; but no one is ever
perfect. His style was correct
by the book. When he knocked
men out as he did Carpenter
and Tom Gibbons and Tom
Heeney, it was because he hit
them so often compared to the
number of times they were able
to hit him that eventually they
collapsed from the accumu-
lative and numbing effect Of
steady punishment. He would
have knocked Dempsey out
both times, in Philadelphia as
well as Chicago, had the fights
gone Is rounds instead Of 10.
Eventually the public that
once despised him caught on to
the fact that by and large, as
men are in this far from perfect
world, he was a pretty good
specimen. Two years ago got
him to make one Of his rare
public appearances. We had in
vited a team Of English amateur
boxers to come to the United
States and meet the Golden
Gloves team in an international
match at the Yankee Stadium.
I wanted referee who under
stood boxing and who could be
trusted to be ScrupulouSly impair
tial to a guest as well as home
boy, who would know what he
was looking at and call them as
he saw them. I went to Gene
Tunney and asked him to take
on the pob. He was q little diff
dent as to what his reception
might be. But I had a hunch,
and it was the right one. When
Tunney was announced as the
referee and climbed through the
ropes. the $4,000 odd people in
the Stadium rose and cheered
him for 10 minutes. He had
never received an ovation like
that before. It came little late,
but must have been q great sat
isfaction nevertheless.
Copyright, 1899, by Paul MGalIicO.
Distributed by King Features, Inc.
(TomorToU'S article deals tUitk
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
--FGreGUeU to Sport
Gene Tunney
Climb to Top Outstanding
Tale of Boring
By PAUL CALICO
CHAPTER VII

James Joseph Tunney unknown clerk in a
Greenwich Village office in New York city, quiet undistin
guished goodookng Irish boy who might barely be listed
living the fringe of the whtecoar class He belonged to
the great unidentified and his importance except to
The Washington times., 1939-01-18

Willard won three games from
The Washington times., 1939-01-18

Copyright, 1899, by Paul MGallieO.
Distributed by King Features, Inc.
(TonIorToU's article deals Dith
million dollar gGteS.D
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-24

Vile" and DeSmet's account Of the
Oregon missions. Thus prepared, he
adventured forth.
Met by Prominent Citizens
In the diary he kept OF his trip,
under the datehead of Friday, Aug. l6,
1872. he records that he reached RyanS
station, which was on the BeaVerhead
river not far from the present city OF
Dillon, where he was met by Decius S.
Wade. a chief justice of the Montana
supreme court, and Wilbur Fisk San
ders, the famous frontier lawyer and
first United States senator OF Mon
tana. Spent the afternoon in visiting
the town and the gold diggings, and
got a good nights rest at the hotel,
after taking a bath at $50 apiece:
On the 18th Garfield took the stage
for Helena, waiting until past midnight
for it. He was perturbed by reports
that indicated danger of Indian hos
tilities in removing the Flatheads. The
special agent of the government seems
to have Sympathized with the red men,
for: Il think there is a mercenary
settlers to secure troops in the valley.
On the evening of the 18th, Sunday,
he reached Helena, and on MONDAY
passed over the main range OF the
Rockies and descended to Deer Lodge:
Our route today was in the track OF
Clark's return from the Pacific TO the
Atlantic slope The gorge by which he
entered the mountains east OF Helena
he called the Gates of the Mountains.
The country is wonderfully beautiful
on Tuesday. little after o'clock in
the morning, he took the stage for
Missoula. In the party accompanying
him were Col A. Wall, superintendent
of Indian affairs for Montana, Col.
Wilbur Fiske Sanders and Maj. D. G.
Swain, Garfield's companion for the
journey.
Garfield here makes note of the
speed of the times: Counting out
stoppage for meals and change OF
horses, we made the distance to Mis-
soula, 95 to 10 miles, in 81 hours. 1t
was not reckless but exhilarating driv-
! ing" The night was spent at hotel
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-24
Butte Girl Reigns as Queen at Banff
During Canadian Winter. Carnival


An 1S-year-old Butte girl, STU
dent at the College of st. Catherine
at Minneapolis, reigned as queen
at one of the oldest winter car
nivals in North America from
Feb. 16 to Feb. 10.
Miss Gay Kelly, who learned to
ski on hill slopes near her home
at Butte, was queen of the carnival
at Banff, Alberta, Canada, in the
Canadian Rockies. 1t was the sec
ond time in the long history of the
winter carnivals at Banff that an
American girl reigned as queen.
Last year Patsy O'Connor of Butte was
the queen and her friend, Miss Kelly,
was one of the ladies in waiting.
The celebrants of the 1898 carnival
elected Miss Kelly queen for this year
and crowned her at ceremony closing
the festivities.
Hurt During Holidays
Canada would have got skier in
their queen If Miss Kelly had not suf-
fered an injury in a skiing. accident
during the Christmas holidays. En-
gaging in slaloming, skiing on zigzag:
downhill course. Miss Kelly fell, and
her right knee ligaments gave way.
She had to hobble about on clutches
for three weeks.
She discarded the crutches before
the Banff carnival, but her physician
ordered her to stay off skis for year.
Ordinarily a Banff carnival queen just
reigns sweetly at the many sports and
social events, but Miss Kelly had
planned to be a working queen.
Still Able to Dance
However, her injury didn't stop her
from dancing, and there was dance
each night for the queen and her car
nival subjects. Miss Kelly took six
American girls to the dominion resort
to serve as her ladies in waiting. Six
Canadian girls also were additional
attendants.
The Banff queen really rules. She
is given the royal suite and Is required
/ to attend and preside at all functions.
Some of the outdoor sports events are
the leading competitive events of Can
ada, and attract skiers and skaters
from foreign countries. One rule for
her is that she is never to be alone.
At least eight ladies in waiting must
be with her at all times.
Parents to Attend
Besides her girl friends, Miss Kelly
went to Banff with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Dan NJ. Kelly. Her father is
vice president in charge of Montana
operation of the Anaconda Copper
Mining Co.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-24
BY ERIC THANE

7AMES A. GARF1ELD'S trip
to Montana in 1872 is one of
W the lesser known but interest
ing and significant incidents in the
history of the state. He came on a
mission that was potentially dyna-
mite-that of persuading the Sell
ish Indians to abandon their an
cestorial home in the Bitter Root
valley and move to a reservation
of which they did not approve.
The trouble had its roots in the
Stevens, or He'll Gate, treaty of
1855, by which the three branches
of the Selfish, the Flathead, Koot-
enai, and Pend GRIZZLIES, agreed to
place themselves on the newly
established Jocko reservation in
western Montana. The Jocko is
today known as the Flathead In
dian reservation, and is the home
of the remnants of these three
once-proud tribes, as well as
others.
The Stevens treaty specifically con-
cerned the Flatheads, for they lived
directly in the Bitter Root valley and
evidenced no enthusiasm at the idea
Of promptly moving. The treaty.. as
finally signed, provided that they
should remain there until they de-
cided to take up residence on the
Jocko: or, desiring to remain In the
valley. a portion of it would be set
aside as their reservation. But in the
years that followed, white men settled
In the valley, and in November, 1871,
President Grant arbitrarily ordered the
Flatheads to the Jocko. To James A:
Garfield was entrusted the mission OF
removing them without bloodshed or
open border warfare.
Garfield, realizing the delicacy OF
his mission. nevertheless welcomed this
opportunity of experiencing first-hand
the atmosphere of the frontier. Before
setting out he familiarized himself with
the background for his mission: read
ing those books which were authorize
tive: The Lewis and Clark journals,
the Adventures Of Captain Bonne-
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-24

at the mouth of He'll Gate. Under
datehead of the Goth. Garfield notes:
Our ride today was most eXhilarating.
Its interest was heightened by the spice
of danger there was in it, from the
furious rate at which We went. Steve,
our first driver out of Deer Lodge. was
a rare character. His genius as driver
toxication. He was very drunk and
therefore exceedingly brilliant as
driver"
To Fort Owen
On the 2lst. the party proceeded in
carriages and wagons up the Bitter
Root valley to Fort Owen. and on the
22d, began the dangerous business on
which he had come-removal of the
F1atheads without warfare or friction.
He held council of six hours duration
with the chiefs and principal men of
the tribe. and found them greatly OPP
posed to leaving the Bitter Root valley.
the situation, found the interview
somewhat tiresome, but was intrigued
by the Indians mode of thought.
On the 23d, another conference was
scheduled. and here Garfield's per-
suasiveness won him point-the Flat
head chiefs agreed to go with him 70
the Jocko reservation in order to sur
vey the country the government de-
sired to place them on. That night
Garfield spent at Missoula. He was
impressed by the climate and terrain:
THE sky is wonderfully pure and the
weather clearer than any I ever saw.
The springs are the only source OF the
mountain streams, except the snow"
On the oath, at about 2 p. m, the
party reached the Jocko reservation.
1T is country of wonderful beauty.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-24

of the day is unpleasantly full Reached
Pleasant valley for a late supper. Our
appetites are wonderfully keen on this
journey. The air is a perpetual inspir-
alton and appetizer"
Pleasant valley was the first stage
station on the Idaho side Of the divide.
Thus passed out Of Montana the man
who was responsible for the peaceful
removal of the Flatheads from the
valley Of the Bitter Root to the Jocko
reservation: the force behind a treaty
which prevented what might have
been a bloody war between red men
and white. James A Garfield's mission
receives scant mention in the history
of Montana, but it was one of the
thousand little-publicized but impor-
tant incidents which contributed to the
civilizing of the frontier
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-24
BRADNER is ADVANCED
IN FORESTRY SERVICE

M. I. Bradner will succeed S. N.
Wyckoff as director Of the Northern
Rocky Mountain forest and range ex-
pertinent station in Missoula, forest
officials announced. Secretary Of Agri-
culture Henry A. Wallace appointed
Bradner.
AS director of the station, Bradner
holds one of the most important forest
service offices in the United States.
There are II other such stations in the
country.
Bradner has been acting director of
the station since last July, and has
been with the forest service since 1918.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-24

All varieties of mountain. valley, prai-
RE and woodland combined. In the
afternoon went hunting and fishing.
A few grouse, broken wagon and
5-pound trout lost off my hook were
the pricipal events of the afternoon"
The chiefs, most influential among
whom were Looking Glass and Eagle
Against the Light, prepared a war
dance that evening. accompanied by
heroic recital of the achievements of
Evening star., 1939-06-25

But is It cricket, old boy?"
DolIed up in e!eeont victorion
style. e"9Iond's foreign office
ettoches ceIebroted the 3O0th
anniversary Of their sports club
BY meeting q team Of an ortil-
lery outfit at lckenhom.
A. p. Photo.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-22
Sand Creek

The annual picnic of the Farmers
club will be held at Harty's lodge at
Pine Lake Friday, June %. All
members and their friends are cord
tally invited to bring their picnic
dinner and enjoy the day.
The annual meeting of the school
board will be held at the Bear Creek
schoolhouse Tuesday, June q, at
p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Christensen took
their daughter, Caroline, to the Uni
versity hospital for check-up last
Thursday and also visited their
daughter, Mrs. Chas. Nash, at Anoka.
A large number of friends visited
at the home of Mrs. Hilma Holmquist
Sunday afternoon, the occasion being
Roy's birthday celebration. A deli
cious lunch was served and an enjoy
able time was reported.
Mrs. Knute Johnson and family and
Mrs. Caroline Kjell attended a reunion
at the johnson home southwest of
Sandstone, Sunday.
A large number of friends attended
the bridal shower for Miss Vivian
Larson last Thursday afternoon. Miss
Larson received many beautiful and
useful gifts.