High Target Scores in Rifle Matches at Congress Heights
The District National Guard held 300 yard rifle matches with unusually high scores led by Company I First Regiment posting 22 out of 250 the best on record. Corp Francis D Lackland 46 on 50 led individuals as teams from multiple companies competed with notable improvements over last year and plans for range enhancements by May 1.
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Congress Heights
District National Guard
Maj. Bell
Corp
Francis D. Lackland
F. H Heidenreich
Sergt
Jackson Morris
D E Langley
EK J. Mink
Eugene A Byrnes
Heidenreich
Secord
Horrest
Naval
Mattis Averill
Harries
Theodore Heap
Norman S Bowles
Naval Battalion
New York
St. Louis
Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce and Labor
R B Drummett
Joseph A Dempt
Stratton
Atlantic City Country Club to Host Spring Golf Tourney
The Atlantic City Country Club announces its annual spring golf tournament to be held April 13 to 15. Events include a 36 hole medal qualifier, match play rounds on Friday, final rounds Saturday, a Thursday team championship for four player teams, and a Saturday 18 hole medal play handicap. A consolation event Friday offers extra competition for defeated eight of each sixteen. Walter E Edge, Atlantic City, is handling entries.
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Country Club
Seashore
Atlantic City
United States Golf Association
Walter E. Edge
Bloomingdales Start Strongover Greenwich Club
Bloomingdales beat Greenwich Athletic Club on their grounds by a close score after a prior win over Le Droits. Murphy and the Bloomingdales pitched by Houck zapped the opponent with control and timely support while Greenwich’s Muller struggled with speed and curves. Stewart behind the bat contributed a clean defensive effort. Two basketball games were set for the Washington YMCA gym at 8 pm featuring Maryland Agricultural versus intermediate, and Carroll Institute versus Lafayette Downs A and M College. Raleigh’s Lafayette College beat A and M College in a rain-shortened baseball game called after five innings.
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le Droits
Greenwich Athletic Club
Stewart
Washington Y. M. C. A
Maryland Agricultural Team
Carroll Institute
Lafayette Downs
A. and
M. College
Raleigh
N. C
Lafayette College
Easton
A and M. College
Ito
Georgetown Opens Long Season With Maryland Aggies
Georgetown University begins its baseball season this afternoon at home against the Maryland Agricultural College. Coach Apperious assesses the squad candidates in multiple infield and outfield positions with Hart at catcher and Morgan at third. Today’s game starts at 3.30 with early trials among freshmen Fleming Smith and others shaping the regular lineup.
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Maryland Agricultural College
Georgetown
Fourth Presbyteriane
Hart
Martesil
Mitie
Capt
Morgan
Sydney Mudd
Larkin
Beheller
Fleming
Smith
Curry
Henrretty
Wduld
Apperious
Johnnie Dorman
Capt. Morgan
Keane
MacGettigan
Byrnes
Mudd
Titus
Ayre
White
Larry Drennan
Hanway
Mew
PLAYERS CLIMB MOUNTAIN Daily Programme Slightly Changed on Account of Bad Weather
Special to The Washington Post from Charlottesville March 4 reports the University nine canceled the final week contest with the Senators. Kittredge and Townsend coached the collegians on batting and the spit ball while the squad walked to Leander McCormick Observatory. Rain and wind threatened but practice continued with Patten Jacobsen Townsend Wolfe and Hughes among those warming up. Manager Stahl supervised drills and praised expected improvement in batting next week.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
University
Senators
Collegians
Kittredge
Townsend
Jackson
Leander McCormick Observatory
Patten
Jacobsen
Wolfe
Hughes
Tom
Stahl
Morton Belongs to Boston Says National Baseball Commission
Cincinnati Ohio March 24 Morton a ball player with Grand Forks in the Northern League and later with St Paul and Toledo in the American Association now belongs to the Boston league club per a decision by the national baseball commission. The case held Morton signed with St Paul after Grand Forks disbanded and was sent to Toledo making the Boston draft valid.
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National Baseball Commission
Cincinnati
Ohio
Morton
Grand Forks
St. Paul
Toledo
Two Pairs Lead In Whist Tourney At Chess Club
Zimmerman and Polk top North South with plus 14 while Pew and Ruddi man trail closely for East West at plus 9. Belt Lavender hold third with seven points as standings show mixed results across nine pairs and a 206 average in North South and 144 average in East West.
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Polk
Pew
Ruddiman
Belt
Lavender
North
South
Leith
Queen
Fletcher
Nevius
East
West
Rudietman
Lewis
Fluckey
Hjoe
Garner
Mallalieu
Hewesworth
Gillam
Poinus
District Bowling League closes with three teams tied for second
The District Bowling League ended its season last night with three games between Saengerbund and Fat Men. Saengerbund won the championship. Acthes are second, Fat Men third, followed by Market House, North Capitol Street, and Florists. Fat Men posted 1,005 in one game. High scores included Rodrick 246 and 215, Ludwig 244, Burdine 226 and 200, Miller 215, Eckstein 213. In the Departmental League, Interior and Commissioners split, causing a three-way tie for second on games won. total pins likely decide second place, with Navy Yard possibly ahead. Doc Smith led a game with 27, then 23. Livingston trailed by one pin under Rice. Lawyers beat Surveyors. Bousearen rolled 214. Royal Arcanum Royal Arcanum League completed its schedule, with Roadway defeating Lighting Company in the Railway League. last year’s final games set for next Monday.
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Saengerburd
Saengerbund
Acthes
Fat Men
North Capitol Street
Florists
Fats
Seengers
Path
Rodrick
Ludwig
Burdine
Miller
Eckstein
Commerce and Labor
Agriculture
Navy Yard
Navy
Interior
Commissioners
Doc Smith
Livingston
Rice
Surveyors
Bousearen
District Council
National Council
Royal Arcanum League
Roadway
Lighting Company
Smith
Nla
Waters
Ludwig S Ei
Harlow Ad
Iss
Tolrig
Thyra
Baengerbund
Allison
Heketetna
Cristag Ee
Lemmon
Buz Real Hstath
Maedel
Packard
Groff
Bauman
Tae
Zane
de Boyne
Loefier
Fernald
Hazen
BBS
Firet
vThira
Nachmann
Bielaski
Schmereros
Thompson
Hollander
Firat
Mitchell
Baum
Seitz Seesere
Carlson Beeen
Gamp
Manahan
Haslam
Stewart Fellows
Dan
Cornell Crew Crippled By Losses In Two Weeks
Ithaca March 24 W H Forbes one of Cornell varsity crew candidates must leave college and go home in Philadelphia making six lost to the varsity crew in two weeks The Cornell baseball team with Coach Warner starts for its Southern trip arriving Nashville Saturday night for a six game series opening with Vanderbilt March Cambridge Mass March 24 two mile race May 27 on Charles River Harvard and Cornell eight oar crews will compete The second crew to Philadelphia for the American Review on the same day
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W. H. Forbes
Cornell
Philadelphia
Warner
Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
Cambridge
Mass
Charles River
Harvard
Barticinate
American Review
Ordways to Meet Defenders in Baltimore Championship Game
A basketball exhibition is slated at the National Guard gym tonight featuring the Ordways against the Defenders, the champions of Baltimore. After the game attendees may enjoy refreshments.
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Ordways
National Guard Gymnasium
Denders
Baltimore
Negro thief seeks return to Washington for punishment fails
Theodore Bumbrey, a Black man, was held by New York police after claiming he fled Washington for punishment. He admits stealing $5 from Mrs. Alice M. Lucas on February 6 in Washington. A telegram urged New York to release him, but he then sought confinement there, asking to be punished.
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Washington
Sylvester
New York
Theodore Bumbrey
Boardman
Alice M. Lucas
Bumbrey
Bn Pliver
Peril to Poi The Hawaiian National Dish Threatened
George P. Cooke of Honolulu a Yale student warns poi faces decline due to a new insect attacking taro roots. He notes poi has long been central to native and settler meals, with three grades of texture and a preparation tradition, but pests and shifting tastes threaten its abundance and flavor.
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George P. Cooke
Honolulu
Yale
Paradise
China
Jaime
DONT'S FOR RIGHT LIVING Diet Rules For Health And Happiness
The piece lists conflicting claims about foods and drinks, arguing cereals breads meats fruits dairy cakes alcohol and water are harmful. It warns raw foods and cooked forms carry germs starches or toxins and even air should be breathed with caution, concluding life itself is a problem of the human system.
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Raus
Six Cocaine Users arraigned in Police Court
Six persons were arraigned on cocaine use charges under the pharmacy law. Ida Swailer and George Riggs, both living on Factory Hill, swallowed drug to avoid arrest and were fined twenty dollars and sent to jail sixty days. The other four named defendants were taken at 213 C Street SW. most were sent to the workhouse for sixty days, William Lewis receiving only a guard’s bond.
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Ida Swailer
George Riggs
Factory Hill
Young and
Peterson
Sive
Scott
C Street
George Forbes
Henry Smallwood
Laura Sanders
William Lewis
Cullinan
Lewis
Ree
Wild Ducks Flood Mississippi Prairies In Early Season
In Quincy Illinois March riverfront reports say wild ducks fill Missouri and Illinois bottomlands along the Mississippi. Hunters from Hannibal La Grange and Keokuk pursue fat mallards pintails and canvasbacks as ice breaks and farms cross the river to chase the season. Frank Slocum, famed hunter and taxidermist, notes declining flocks and warns ducks may leave the region within years due to heavy hunting and breeding patterns.
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Quincy
Mississippi River
Hannibal
la Grange
Keokuk
Tawa
Galveston Bay
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Ilinais
Missouri
Goring
Fred
Ilinois
Sheldrakes
Chesapeake Bay
Frank Slocum
Canada
Hudson Bay
Prairie duck hunting lore and laws across the Mississippi
A hunter recounts stealthy blind tactics using prairie grass and decoys to bag ducks, notes season dates from September to April, and observes duck fatness and migratory patterns. He contrasts lone hunting with club blinds, mentions a water spaniel helper, and discusses Missouri Illinois border rules and anti selling laws affecting duck markets.
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