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‘Catholic U. Making Fine Base Ball THE EVENI 3 b STAR, WASHINGTON, D THURSDAY ‘BROOKLANDERS HAVE WON 20 TEAWS T0 EN6AGE [STARS TO BOWL TONIGHT EIGHT OF ELEVEN GAMES Team’s Prowess Due Mainly to Clever Coaching of | Charley Moran—Defeats Maryland, 3 to 0, Clarke Yielding Only Three Hits, (% seems BY H. ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY the road to one of the | best base ball records it has made during a'l the vears that play- ers wearing its colors have taken part in diamond contests school that started with only material—none pleasing to the eye, according to Coach Charley at the beginning of the season BYRD. to be on » For | its season iair that was really Moran's opinion | the Brookland aggregation is doing ex- | ¢eptionally well. So far only 3 games have been lost out of the 11 played, which means that if the percentage is maintained for the re- mainder of the scason the team will finish its schedule with somewhere around 14 or 15 victories and 4 defeats is Yestevday the Brookland team its most important zame from Mary Jand by a score of 3 to 0, really zivinz the Old Line team a worse beating than the score indicates. % Maryland =ot the breaks and had not Catholic University Yave won by bigzer Clarke pitched brilliantly inners, while Schrider did duty for the loser: Here is the record 8o far Catholie Catholic Catholic Catholic Catholic lege, 3. Catholic vania, 3. Catholie won | associated it s other with eolleze hase certain that mans colleges. coaches not near successful. have been and are draw-| in much larzer salaries than the! . U. man | Some of these some school | with an eve to permanent success in| ball will zet Moran's name to a contract, and it will call for an amount considerably higher than the salary now being paid by C. U { University, 8 Gallaudet, 7. Western Maryland College ! University, 6; Vermont, 3 there this afterncon to %lay George- | University, 3; Yale town. The Marylanders have not had University, 2. Holy Cross, 9. |2 zood deal in the way of successful University, Boston Col- | diamond competition this season, hav- ing played only three or four zames.| However, Western Marviand will bring here a real pitcher in the person of Bvham. Any college team that hits well against Byham will have to have | its collective and individual eye on the ball. The remainder of the team prob. ably will ne he so stro but 9 chinces out of 10 there is goinz to he othing wronz with Byham's pitching Georgetown probably will oppose By- that the Brookland team has played |ham on the slab with Brennan, Blue | zood Dball in every game. aven those and Gray mound ace in which it lost, except the one with s | Holy Cross. Pénnsylvania and Ha Catholic University's freshman bali | vard are the only schools, besides Colleze Park this Holy Cross, that have been able tn|2fternoon to meet the University of leave Washington with Catholic Uni.| Maryland freshman nine. Inasmuch | rsity’s scalp, and they zot away &S the Maryland freshman team has BY only a small margin. Coach Moran | 10St three games and not yvet been a always has had Catholic University | victor, the Hrookland yedrlings are teams that played good ball, and this hoping to repeat the dose administered | vear is not an exception by their varsity vesterday to the| Maryland varsity. ball, coaches vet in if it would marzin for the mound bhase of Moran's team comes University, 2 Pennsyl- | University, 3; Wake Forest, Catholie Catholie University, 3: Harvard, 3. University, 6 West Vir. Catholie | Catholic By the 5: V. M. 1, 3 3: Maryland, 0. above scores it is indicated team goes out to Anent Catholic Universit. base ball record and the excellent work Charley Moran always has done as a coach. it has been surprising to many persons that €. U. has been able to hold him throuzh many suecessful | vears. Moran always has stood out | #s one of the twa or three besr coaches Virginia lost a_peculiar ball game to | the Navy vesterday at Annapolis. The score was 11 to 5, and Navy got all its runs in the first two innings. In the opening period the Midshipmen sent 9 men over the plate before a single man had heen retired ILLIE ANDERSON, the Long Island professional (not GEORGE SARGENT TELLS: When Isaac Mackie Killed a Starling VY four times and on another occasion was a runner-up) was out with Isaac and Dan Mackie of that famous family one day when a most Peculiar thing happened The match was being played over the course at Ely, County of Fife, Scotland. in the days before Anderson had moved to the United States. Flv was his home and formerly had been the home of the Mackies, who had come back from America on a visit to boyhood scenes | Mackie drove a long ball on | the Tsanc the 120 farry dow Ing of them Now fairway a { « flew across its path and one G ed s | In the cqpreet forward swing, which | SRl been M- | starts witlf an initial movement for- | birds beingz hit ®olf | ward through the hips, there is given | this aceident had aspects the player a sense of hitting down as | have never heard in any O @ 8 s goes through the ball. To acquire this the player | must grasp that | the start forward | through the hips | must be a move- ment forward— into the line of direction as this | aginary line | passes through | the hips — and | not _down. The | forward _ move. ment through | the hipe is a vt of a glide. | orrectly made, it enables the | player to keep | and, when the right | shoulder is place, the elubhead | appears fo hit right down into the | ball and through it on a downward | angle. That is the hif that promotes | the far-fiying, straight ball. Do not | let the right shoulder dip down to- | ward the ground and think that is a | forward movement through the hips. | (Copyright, 19 By Chester Hortona—_| was many stances of b3 Balls, but of , which 1 aother case | . Apparently the starling was killed | the minute the ball struck it, but as fts wings were outspread it sailed right on.. Gradually it bezan to (lldel earthward, and eventually it came to the ground with its wings full spread | 4t least 80 feet from the spot above | which it was hit. Mackie's ball dropped dead in the middle of the fairway. He put his second shot just short of the green, chipped close to the and sank his putt for par 4 Anderson’s father had &tuffed and kept it for many of hole the hird D. C. GIRL SWIMMERS GOING TO RICHMOND PLgii s T VOVEHINT FORWARD his right side A\ picked team of expert swimmers from the Capital Athletic Club, hold ers of the South Atlantic swimming title, will journey to Richmond Saturday to swim against the las | Coaches Thompkins and Calloway for | ville. | Pacific IN ALEXANDRIA MEET | ALEXANDRIA Twenty schools have for the annual track mest of Second athletic district of Virginia which is to be staged here Saturday afternoon by the athletic assocation | of Alexandria High School. The af-| fair will be held at Hayvdon Field, and | will begin promptly at 1 o'clock | Eleven events are scheduled ! senlor contestants, and elght are booked for midget members of the squads. No decision has been reached as to the awardinz of points for the midget events, although the plan was ied with great success at the recent Enpiscopal-Alexandria_dual meet. Three cup the George Hoy and Russell Mitchell memorial - trophies and the second district cup—will be awarded the winning 1eam. with the highest aggregate point scorer receiv- inz the handsome Evereti .James me. morial cup, put into competition for che first time in this meet. fol ndria Hizh Sehool ic meeting High School of Washington here today at the Dreadnanzht Park at 3 o'clock. Leon Riley was to toe the mound for the locals, with Charlie Shefle or Stanley Swan hbehind the bat Eddie Carroll 1= hovked a workout for his Dreadr ' it nine for tomor- row afternoon. be practice will be | staged ai the Ureadnaught Park at 5 o'clock. The followinz players are re- quested to report: Kelliher, Deve Purdy, Barnhardt. Ludlow. Lee, Blair Giovannetti. McConnell, Houser, Driv er, Carroll, Walters and Glles The Virg lust season race for local a Gray nine. runner the Cardinals in the unlimited honors, will open season against the sironz Linworth Athletic Club in Wazhing- ton Sunday afternoon. up its Episcopal athletes are beinz put through their paces this week by their trip Into Southern Virginia where thev will appear in base ball and track. Both ovents fall on Saturday, th the base hall squad plavine Vir ginia Episcopal School in Ly and the track team in the State Hizh | and Prep School meel in Charlottes- | | Ralph Scrivener was elected captain | of the Methodist Protestant Church team at a meeting of the candidates vesterday afternoon at practice. The locals will play in the junior division. | =25 | DRAWS SEVEN CREWS Rs the Awsociated Pr NEW YORK. May 7 craws, one more than last vear. will compete in the intercolleziate regatta on the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie June 22. the board of stewards of the Intercolieziate Rowing Association has announced Entries have closed. Five crews will start in each of the junior varsity and freshman events. Pennsylvania, Cornell, Syracuse, Co- lumbia, Navy, Wisconsin and Wash- ington will *compete in the varsity event. Pennsylvania, Cornell and Co- | lumbia have competed in every inter- | collegiate rezatta since the organiza- | tion of the association. in 1895. Wisconsin rowed its first 1598, while Syracuse joined the quar- | tet in 1901. Wisconsin rowed everv | vear from 1898 until 1914, when it dropped o and did not compete again untll last vear. The Orange, | race in | urt . | ard fourth hole. Tt had “] | however. has sent its crews {o the re. | Pearsan of fully 180 yards. As it sped | nSl e O | zattu continually since 1901 i Rock . attaEa | ‘The Navy, victors in 1921 and 1922, | LBaum will of a vear. pearance of the Navy intercollegiate regatta The University of M n eizht which defeated California April 11 by | 15 lengths in a three-mile race for | coast honors, will contest again | this year, this marking Washington's | sixth appearance in the Poughkeepsie classic. The Washington eight won both the 1923 and 1924 races. Cornell, Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Co- lumbia and Washington will row in the junior varsity event, while the first four named and Wisconsin will race in the freshman contest. Both of these races will be over the two- mile course or the varsity event mile course compete this vear after a lapse This will be the sixth ap. crew in the h first time 1916 will_be a the four- | the distance which pre- | vailed from 1885 to 1916, with one ex ception. During the interval from 1916 to 1924 the varsity event was| rowed four times at Poughkeepsie nver the three-mile course and once on Lake Cavuza over a short two-mile course. since WALKER NOT RISKING TITLE IN FRISCO GO SAN FRANCISCO, May T.—Mickey | standing of the leaders nchburg | E | Hobbe of:the Dolphin Club of that city. This is the second meeting of these tvo teams this season. The Capital girls played hostess to the Richmond- ites on April 25, at which time they defeated the visitors. 51 to 11. This will also mark the club’s fare- | well swim under the able direction of @apt. Elbridge Colby, who, in the role &€ volunteer coach, has sacrificed a | Areat deal of time to give these voung | | swimmers some very excellent instruc. tion His reward has been the know! edge that under his tutorage, which bezan last Summer. the Capitol Ath Jetic Club has won for the first time | the chamipionship of the South At lantic section. Capt. Colby has heen nrdered to troops and will leave the | cigy early in June. | Seven wimmers will represent the local club. three of them holdinz Dis trict and sectional titles. Florence Skadding, South Atlantic breast-stroke champion: Ena Pettin- gill. South Atlantie 50-yard titleholder. and Thelma Winkjer, holder of the | one-mile District title, are all expected | to score heav Jone Whaler, Winitred Faunce. Esther Taylor and Alma Whaler. who compose the rest of the team, are all | swimmers of unusual ability Tone Whaler fs only 13 vears old and has already attained second place in the South Atlantic back-stroke event, | while Miss Tavlor deserves special | credit for the remarkable.progress she has made in her one season of com petitive swimming Followinz ix the line-up of the Cap- | jtol Athletic Club team: RELAY TEAM—Ena Peattingill Tons Whaler. Winifred Faunce and Florence Ska MEi0.YARD BREAST STROKE—Florence | Skaddinz and Alma Whal | 440-YARD FREE STYLE—Ena Pettingill and Thelma Winkjer. 100-YARD DA&H—Ione Whaler and Flor- | ence Skadding 40-YARD FREE STYLE—Winifred Faunce and Esther Taylor. | STROKE—Ione Whaler | 80-Y ARD _BACK DIVING—Winifred Faunce and | her Taylor FANCY. Florence Skadding. Mrs. H. C. Taylor of East Falls | The MRS. HURD WINS TITLE. PHILADELPHIA, May 7.—Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, national women’s golf champion, captured per- manently the Clarence H. Geist cup by winning from a fleld of woman |the contract required Cooper to weigh | By the Associated Press. golfers at the Overbrook Country Club. She completed the 18 holes in the face of high wind and cold weather in $8. Mrs. Ronald H. Barlow was runner-up | with a card of 8 GIRLS TO GO ON HIKE. Girl Reserves will take hike up the river tomorrow afternoon. starting from Vacation Lodge, the Y. W. C. A. Summer camp at Cherrydale. Va., and returning there to spend the night. party will meet at the Girl Re- serves’ recreation room, Eleventh and M streets, at 3:15. i < | Church and Mrs. Moore will chaperon the team. COLLEGE T | | | ENNIS. At New Vork—New York U, 6/ Washington and Lee, At New Haven—Yale, bix, 1. At Annapolis—Navy, A West Point—Lehigh, 8: Vi . 3. Y, 4 Colum- | ROI-TAN o cigar you'll like “The Favorite Son’s fa- vorite smoke—ROLTAN FAVORITA! Enjoy your- self!” (2 for 25¢ | | Walker, welterweizht champion pu- gilist, arrived vesterday for his fight | here May 16 with Lefty Cooper. The | champion's manager, Jack Kearns, |said the bout would not involve the title. | Kearns explained that a clause in | more than 150 pounds. The welter- | | welght limit is 147, at about which figure Walker is expected to enter the ring, though he weighed slightly pore than 150 today. Kearns added that Walker had been | offered a title match with an unnamed opponent in Los Angeles some timc | this Summer, and that the proposal was regarded favorably. Unless th bout materializes. the welter title will | not be at issue until Walker meets Dave Shade in New York in August. Kearns recently took over Walker's | ring affairs. " RADIATOR, FENDERS BODIES MADE 'AND BEPAIRED WITTSTATT'S R. & F. WKS. ONIGHT should be a big one in the Washington City Duckpin Asso- INW. C.D. ciation tourney at the Coliseum. the National Capital League hav- [ ing the right of way, and many of the hest maple mashers in the city are listed. 4 'he list of doubles is exceptional. Among the participants are Har old Supplee and Bob Lowry, who smashed 737 pins in the Washington association tourncy on the Grand Central alleys May 8, 1924, These fig- ures never have been equaled. The Belmonts. Joseph Phillips, Reg- ulars and Knights of Columbus are | the team headlipers Only change . TOURNEY 1 TEAMS Clase A—Liberty Bell Class B—Comets Class C—Takoma DOUBLES d McPhilomy ohaut and Pisher nd Belt Wobh and Amidon occurred in the | in last night's of the Junior and went to 21 pins et Bell's one Liberty Bell M. shot 1,641 in class A. just Stansbury. Liberty 521, 592 and 528. howlinz. On U A the front ter than Zames were Cla Cin i Ables. o w H. Howder Dyer. - Joe Callan S Watson and J. H. Hisar. De Glantz & C. Sievening E. Supplce and L. Lowr Ningles, 3 P.M. ALL EVENTS Class A—Lanzley Class B—Palmer Flass C—Wabh S Brown W Wehh Lon Krause H. R. Stanford AL H. Urban C A Weidemin J. Simmons Charles E. Phillips Earl Lew) I. Billheim: €. T. Crown Harry Newman Liberty Bell (A . van S'ler 135 135 116 Brown Mat 47 161 108 Whitnes. 89 Benson . R5 10 Wooden 04 10K &% Bit'b'der 100 17 09 10 Totals. 481 3 T TP 100 Teams. 8 P.M c lephone & P. | Western Tini | Washington Gas Light €6 t [ 530 314 Insnectors (B Morgan. 103 61 Totats &P Wolfe Smith Frabe: Ford Knights of Columbus (Nat Ocser Rezulars (Nat. Cap.) Can. >»r>rnamIDED Totate Nation “urtin Heil.. Kinney Totals - Pralle Brinner Raucom Thorpe Gerardi | Mips Gt a9 104" 00 108 95 &a 105 108 Donbles, 10 P.M. Costalle and 1 Aleorn Ott and 0_'H. P. Clark Ou_and H. Seltzor McGolrick and 1. Johnaon Harville and J. Welsh Tlrich and H. Kent T. Lawis and I Bilihsimer McNickle and F. Moore Reiff and H. Buiiey Simmons and C. E. Phillins B. Halley and H_F. Krauss Al Borden and L. G. Eiseman Singles, 10:45 P.M. 107 117 R& 100 07 5 05 130 501 (B Totals. 515524 Calanthe (B) DeGluntz 100101 a7 Larco'be 112 95 119 Shatter 9 Williams Gilbert Totals Columbia Rinaidi Fuehimi Costa Bombrest Paceini 4100 7107 6 11 11 H 116 &4 97 rrsrrrrrrrm Totals Mt. Vernon (C) Rollison. 7 Tafl. Pharson Hanold Stevans 1. Costello I' A Aleorn M. Berman R Weinbers H. E. Sunplee George Friend Reds” Morgan Joe Toomes Frank Milier Joe Muiroe M. Rosenbers . Papnas Fitigeraid Camphell Hilley Kranas Barden Fiseman 100 &% a0 0% 133 102 100 04 107 81 Motvka 195 191 BALTIMORE BOXERS TAKE FIGHTS HERE Totals. 4 Totals 13 X W = P P Ring from Baltimore scored | three out of four victories last night at the Washinzton Barracks show. The fizhig were all slam. banz, zive men WHDp W AP » DA s s AD Last night's scores: NGLE! CLASS A. 104 Pacin the most attractive cards yet staged at the Army post. Several surprises were dished out with the local lads on the short end ‘There was one knock-oul registered —Mannie Sharkey of Baltimore pui ting Terry O'Day. the little Irish teatherweizht, awayv in the third round. It was one of the mosi un- usual and spectacular K. O.s in | history of boxing in these parts. Sharkey had let fiy a vicious right for the solar plexus. but O'Dayv turned his {body just in time to escape it. Th2 biows landed heavily on the kidneys with telling effect. It was just such a hlow three which sent O'Day writhing in ugony 1o the canvas. He saw the blow coming and turned his hody further around than usual. catching the roundhouse swinz very close to the spinal column. His seconds, fe: ing some injury had been suffered, hopped into the ring, which in_itself would disqualify any battler. Sullivan, however, made 10 count and O'Day took his first K. O. since taking up his_residence in this city. Eddle Bowen put up a good fight against his more experienced opponent, Joe Belmont of Baltimoré, in the main go of the evening's card. Bel- mont proved to he a wise, crafty ringster. and possessed a wonderful left_hand. He Kept playving a tatoo on Bowen's face, frequently crossing with his Fight. which shook Bowen several times. same battle, but proved too much for Frankie Trischman pulled a surprise by giving Jimmie Waterman, United States Navy lad. a neat trimming in their six-round go Trischman appeared to be much the bigger man and had entirely too much reach for Waterman. Waterman proved that he could take it as well as give it and was in there fighting every inch of the way at all times. The only Washingtonian to score on the evening's card was Jack Cody 104 82108 lof Fort Myer, who gave Rube Parn- _51 82100 |ham of Baltimore a good lacing in the 185 164 208 |Six rounds. Parnham showed a flash at the beginning of the ninth inning, but soon stopped and Cody continued to point the way. Harry Sheehy (Kid Sullivan) kept the boys stepping In the preliminaries. while Col. Ericson, U. S. A., refereed the main go. Rimidi Kimme! Will'ms Banrn rd 108 Fillius 106 J.Pricci CLASK B. 5 97 EBe 8115 Patr 2 R0 Hoh 80 Russell ASK € Heffuer Seibert Hughes King Motyka Heliman Oehler Dixver o Tafr 07 101 DOUBLES. CLASR A, Davis Russell 271 F Pricer in round Acltm m Taxter 1o 08 281 205 127 97108 102113113 | 26 210 220 20 125 141 101 81100 191 216 241 Totale Baucom Thorpe... Totals. Bernstn. Ferguson Totals Totals Michaud. Edelin. . Totals Paceini Rinaldi Totals. I Pricci. Bittenb'r Totals 94 91103 80 95 98 783 186 180 115122 113 Patrick.. 81 &8 89 5K 101 F Pricci Kimmell 1180 Totale 95113 Oehler 3118 Dwrar Totalx Cotter Totals Lyles St Torale the him of Baltimore Baltimorian Totals ASS (. 1 Ebersale. 1 Shan 03191 Totals. 9 92 03 Lanc'st'r 92 108 103 Ehlis. .. 181200 197 Totals. 94 99105 Heflner.. 106 101 107 Kinz. th 04 25| R m 110 =8 20« 181 123 01 161 90 254 181 101 Totals Baum King . Totals Doyle Flannery Total Stoner Daoud. 92 35 W.Baum 104 110 102 Smith Totals. 218 202 177 Total PARIS, May 7 (A. P.—The United States made a good start in the diplo- matic golf tournament which opened yesterday at the St. Cloud Country A. TOURNAMENT 107 and take Wffairs and proved one of | the | Bowen fought a good | NO REAL FAVORITE IN THE PREAKNESS BALTIMORE, Md.. May 7. -With the eighteenth renewal of the Preak ness 10 be run tomorrow, the candl- | dates for turf honors most in the eve of race followers appear to he Mald | at Arms, Chantey, Prince of Bourbon Single Foot, Backbone. Almadel and Blue Warbler. Single Fool. 1. K. Griffith’s hope. pleased his admirers yesterday with a | speedy five-eighth-mile workout in 1:00 Single Foot has been going | well in training. and is certaln to start | unless he meets with some mishap. | Although beaten by Overall at Havre de Grace, that race is considered | a true index to the Griffith colt'’s caliber, as it was the latter's first start of the season. and Overall was also | conceded 16 pounds in welzht American Flagz. # Man o° War colt | was also worked out, going a mile in 1:43 4.5 easily. | The Greentree Stable’s Chantey has | heen working soundly, and in spite of reports that his next start would he in the Derby. he is expected to face the barrler Fridax Among arrivinz candidates last night were Gifford A. Cochrans Coventry and Georze Odom's Volale and Enslaved 20 LIKELY TO START IN KENTUCKY DERBY| Ky.. May 7.-The Kentucky Derby eli- | gibles quartered here were augmented | today &nd will be the remainder of | |the week by arrivals of elizibles from Lexington due (o the close of the opening Stale meetinz there vester- | diy | More entries for the classic are ex pecied from the Basi early next week followinz the running of the Preak ness. In all, it is expected nearly 50 Derby nominees will he here by rthe middle of next week. Of this number not mere than 20 are expected fo zo to_the post With the tracks here in zood ron dition. horses vesterday showed keen desire 10 run fast, but were onlv permitted to zo short distances. Ab. stract was the exception and turned in a mile try in 1:42, considered the best work of the day Boon Com- panion, Elsass and Cup Bearer trav eled short distances in more than sal- istactory time. Quatrain and Captain Hal only were held to short gallops and returned to their stables. Interest of the railbirds was switched momentarily from the Derby 10 prep aration of candidates for the Clark | Handicap. feature event on Satur duy's opening rd a1 Churchil Downs. It worth $10.000 “and attractinz attention because of out standinz Derby clizibles entered in it. Amonz them are Kentucky Card na! ntain Hal. Lee O. Cotner. Boon | Companion. Elsass and Abstract. bu whether all or any will start is an other question The best moves horses in preparation event vesterday were made by Suns- | pero and Dare Say, the former cov- {ering a mile and an eighth in 2:02 3.5 and the latter six furlongs in !'°16 LOUISVILLE more than 30 in { older ars made by for the « MASCART IS SIGNED | T0 BOX HERE MAY 19/ Edouard weight champion. rity of the boxing | | Masecart., French feather is the latest celeb world 1o be signed for an exhibition hafore the National Capital Sporting Club. The French- man’s siznature was obtained in New | York rhis morning by Frank Dane. matchmaker of the new club, and he | will appear at the Auditorium here | on May 19. | Dane heard that there nad been a| hitch in the plans for the match this | month between Mascart and Kid Kap- | lan. the American champion. and im- | mediately prevailed upon the French | title holder to show his wares here. | Mascart's desire to visit the capital| of the United States and to meet the President through the French Am- bassador turned the trick. Micky Travers, who holds three newspaper decisions over Kaplan, has been signed as the Frenchman's op- ponent WILLIAMS IS DELEGATE TO RECREATION CONFAB Lieut. Comdr. Fred P. Williams, | secretary of the Washington ';llfll | Club for the past four vears, will rep- vesent the Amateur Trapshooting As- sociation at the national conference on | outdoor recreation to be held here | : 28, 29 and 30. Williams took the Navy trapshoot ing championship on three different | occasions, and was the winner of the Army and Navy open championship at Chicago in 1919. He also holds the allaround championship of the Dis. trict of Columbia and Maryland, GREB SCORES EASILY. champion, over Billy Britton, Golumbus, Kans!, in 12 rounds last night. in at 165 and Britton at 165. champion took all 12 rounds easily. Club, Ambassador Herrick defeating the British assistant military attache Col. Somers Cox. 8ix nations, the United States, Great Britain, Belgium, France. Norwayv and Spain, have en tered-the tournament. Silence U - PIMLICO SPRING MEETING" MAY 1st to 13th Admission, Including Tax. $1.65 First Race, 2: M. Special train, B. & O.. leaves Union Sta- i) fedves 3t "Roral Station. Baltimors, urning) ; jeav a1 Station; : 608 B Thiner) . Regtlar Express. & O., leaves Union Station PM. W 319 13th N. 1423 P, REAR WAN HEUSEN the Worlds Smartest COLLAR guent tralns on Pennmyivasis B. K. dnd W. & A. Electric Line. til you us 50 cemwtr sack—_o Opportunity knocks but once- bon knocks often un- Sold at all ven - Convenient Is Golden e Distilled but car- e Sunoco. Locations | stitute a Record : Girls to Hold Meet Here Saturday 'SECOND ANNUAL GAMES FOR THE FAIR SEX ONLY Honors at 16th Street R {Six Junior High School Teams Are to Contest for eservoir Field—Much Enthusiasm Shown by Entrants. ASHINGTON'S athletic girls the fair for honors at the Sixteenth street res morning. The schools ( Maciarland and Powell An clusively for sex entered are innovation here last year, that the directors the sch newal. various of The games are expected to prove as popular thi presented, and the promoters oi the the meet will be well established as an The fact that some 240 entries have already been made in various events is evidence of the enthusiasm felt by the students, while keen inter school rivalry has been augmented hy the announcement that the winning team would be presented with the challenge cup which was gziven the | Athletic Association last year by the } Columbia Junior High Parent-Teacher Assocaltion Event. Base ball zame Volley ball zame Dodge ball zame g Basket ball—throw for distance Base ball-—throw for distance Relay—eight girls on team Individual .E I3 et O o) requirements: Not school citizenship: attendance mo fac the | girls was an unqualified snceess. and it eventh on Saturday are to participate in lastic field meet conducted here ex Six junior high schools will compete ervoir. heginning at 9 o'clock in the olumbia, Hine, Langley, Jeffercor meet for the junior school with forward vigh . therefore keen intere ools are iooking to its re when relief vear as competitions are firm he annual fixture winninz teams in each Members of event will receive the much-coveted school letters. as will each individual st place in track e vill follow the winning A picnic and, precede events A schedule of ¢ quirement and 1 ues, follow Class Requirements. shth and nint pen 10 all ve: vear all vears all vea all yea mes throwing lunch ents. with class re elative seoring val lati g Points, pen 1o ! pen 1o pen 1o th matix perinds n of practice re n one st report THE CALL OF THE OUTDOOR BY WILL H. DILG. President lzaak Walton League of America. HE supply of fur-bearing animal The growth of the population l as clothing and ornament has ness that is threatening the very exi The Biological Survey sees the handwriting on the wall and in a| recent bulletin says “The fur supply, once a tage and a prime stimulus for the occupation znd settlement of the continent, seriously threatened by present econditions and lack of uni- formity in laws and regulations relat inz to open seasons, trapping meth- ods primeness of pelts. To remedy unwholesome conditions as far as possible, and before it is too late. the Biological Surveyv is co- operating with State conservation | and game commissions in encoura ing the enactment of uniform tra ping laws in zones having similar climatic conditions. “Furs of many rich heri- and kinds were com- monly taken in all sections of the country a few generations ago, but with the depletion or extinction over great areas of certain of the more prized species, the most valuable fur bearers in the United States, from the standpoint of financial returns from the annual catch, are now the muskrat, the skunk, the raccoon and the opossum “Fur animals are the of the fur trade. one of and still one of the most important industries of the world. Thev con- valuable natural resource which should be perpetuated. for if once exterminated a can neyer be broughi hack “ur-bearing animals should not be classed as game. for they are trapped primarily for fur and not for tood “Three months a sufficiently | long open season for any fur-bear- ing animal. and the bureau is recom- mending legislation to this end. It is also urging that trappers be re- | quired to make annual reports of th number of each species taken. for with data thus made available a sound foundation will be provided for a survey of the annual catch and | its relation to the breeding supply, or. as it may be termed, the capital | stock. | “In urging the importance of proper | slation on fur animals the sur- | vey points out that what is needed | is not more laws, but better laws and | a stricter enforcement of them. Laws elating to fur species should be uni- form throughout a State, so that every section may be equally affected To frame fur legislation requires an open-minded approach to the subject without bias or influence hy one in- terest at the expense of another. | The trapper of fur animals should receive the same consideration given to the hunter of game animals or birds. The greatest desree of co-opera- tion and foresigsht on the part of everv one is essential if all species of fur bearers are to be retained sole hasis the oldest species | nation: in America of furs resu ce of PAN-AMERICAN BOUT | IS LOST BY LAMAR ted in a combing of the wilder fur-bearing wild life N [ " nited BO! States hoxers M three from nain nd one from Urnzuay have heen crowned champions of the Western Hemi sphere. The ment of held here last night The new champio Alfred T 112-pound ¢ States amateu Tommy Loren: pound class pion; Agnew Bi 126-pound class York, 135-pound Uruguay, 147 agan d Char 175-pound « Winnipeg, heavyweig pan-American tourna with 2 helt amate United N Metropolit ymas Lown also nider Lamar, W was beaten weizht ti Henry sehool 1 the light of Canada mo Silva final a hea i his opponent. but the second round was well or to defeat. In third 3 Bateman. mentor and second for junior champion, threw of Uruz the roun the towel TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F our lie all tied for you COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 7.—Harry Greb, Pittsburgh. world middleweight won the judges’ decision Greb weighed The permanently and the fur industry is not to be jeopardized. | During the 1928 Olympiad, in Hol- land, none of the events will be held! on Sunday. G R T Saves Your Knuckles For working in placesthat are hard to reach, or at an angle, this plier is won- derfully handy. Innerformthat makes the Spur Tie [N Here are three more Spur Tie styles:_the e By o the Butiorfly Bow,a the Spur Dress Tie— Cither black or white. T Ir grips tight — stands thehard- est usage —and lasts for years. Time-tried and tight-tied ! TWICE. as many men wear 58:.“ Ties today as a year ago. e more year has taught more men that the Spur Tie, already tied by hand, i3 assmart-looking asit is convenient, You'll find that the exclusive H-shap- $ Inn:;‘ferrm, p’;mnmd n-.mll found in the Spur Tie, keeps it looking lm:’;t. Because the Spur Tie doesn’t roll, curl, or wrinkle, it looks more like a hand tied tie than a hand-tied tie. Feel for the H-shaped Innerform in the ties you buy, to make sure that the red Spur label is really on a smart Spur Tie. Hewes & Potter, Boston, Mass. akers of Sf Strij He «'-rl:k:.S»‘:' e st andy

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