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The Washington times., 1930-12-18
WINNING STREAK

Frank TaberSki holds the dis
tinction Of winning 307 consecu-
tive pocket billiard games while
on an exhibition tour
The Washington times., 1930-12-18

Everyone who taxes UP golt
wants to drive as far as possible,
That burning ambition, without
proper preliminary training in
the short shots, has produced
many q confirmed duffer and
made many an cratic player
You can never drive long balls
with any degree Of success un
less well grounded in the halt
strokes, the fundamentals Of the
correct swing, etc. Many light
weight golf experts get consider
ably greater distance than big,
generously muscled stars, ap'
parently with less effort at times.
Why in COLTS gutta ball days,
Edward Blackwell, who made an
authentic drive Of 366 yards, ex'
planned:
ITO drive well, a man
must first Of all perfect his
style and the length may
come then or it may not"
Old photos OF BlackWeIPS swing
indicate that his and mine (note
picture above) are alike except
that he finishes with his left heel
well off the ground and his left
foot pointing in the direction Of
his shot. Neither Of those de
tails help my long ball efforts
so I do not employ them.
That knack of getting your
longest ball Is the ability to gel
your utmost strength into a cor
rect full swing at the moment
of contact and immediate follow
through. This requires precise
timing as well as much power II
the rhythmic swing. That ex
plains why some little fellow:
can often get better distance
than most of the physical giants
of the links. Their punch Il
timed better.
The Washington times., 1930-12-18
Southpaw Duckpin Tourney
Deadline TOMORROW

Has your efthanded boyriend signed up for The Wash
ington Times Southpaw Duckpin Sweepstakes he hasn
him to sign right away! Entries close tomorroX
The Washington times., 1930-12-18
LAST MINUTE
SHOT BEATS
GRAY

Maybe MAC" McNerney wont
play next time, maybe he viii.
Whatever happens, the Tech High
School quintet will watch him.
McNerney had a great deal TO
do with Techs defeat yesterday
at the hands Of the Catholic Un1-
versity freshmen, 20 to 81, In the
Tech gymnasium.
He had too much to do, IN fact.
He entered the game late in the
final quarter, at q time when
Tech was ahead 25 to 20. His
presence seemed to start his
teammates on a rally which was
not ended until the lead had been
gained and the game won.
His basket provided the margin
Of victory. Yes, Tech will remem-
Der him and watch him the next
time they play the Brooklanders
in January.
Tech Shows Well
AS the score indicates, the
Techmen put up q fine showing
in their debut. Outweighed by
the larger c. U. boys, Coach
Boyd's men made it very ap-
parent, by their yet budding
ability, that they are to bO
reckoned with in the coming high
school series.
To be beaten by the CathO-
lie UniverSity's Freshmen in
such q game as yesterdays
was just . heart-breaker Of an
opener, that's all.
At times the Freshmen were
completely outplayed. Yet 1t
must be said that the Freshmen
certainly possessed the certain
stamina to keep In the running
and come out on top by virtue Of
their rally.
Two performers were absolute
Standouts besides McNerney. They
were Russell, Of Tech, and jan
kowski, of the Freshmen. The
former scored six baskets for IL
points, while Jankowski shot four
through the rims and made two
foul toSseS for 10 points.
StenOgs-Purple Win
Business and Gonzaga won in
two other games yesterday. The
Stenogs took the HyattSville High
School Five into, camp, 26 to II.
while Gonzaga defeated its
Alumni, 20 to 81. in a thriller.
Nineteen Central High grid
men will be presented with
letters tomorrow ut an
assembly at the school. They
are Pinckney, Hinkel, Cumber-
land, Black, johnson, Kelsey,
Murray, Coleman, Morgan,
KOcSis, LOfStr nd, Carrot,
Miller, Feldman, - DeLisiO,
CaSassa, Boyle, Cullivier, Car
roll and Manager Scherr.
More than 200 are expected to
attend Tech Highs annual grid
banquet tonight in the dining
hall Of the school. The program,
which has DR.. Homer Counciler
as the principal speaker, gets
under way at $50 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1930-12-18
CAME
IS LIKELY

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 GN.SD.
The North-South charity football
game today looked as if it would
be played rumors to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
The New York chapter Of the
Knights of Columbus, which is
sponsoring the game, announced
today a number of stars had
agreed to compete in the contest,
now programmed for Sunday, De-
cember 20, at Ebbets Field.
From the South the following
have accepted invitations:
The Washington times., 1930-12-18

ASS SS@SA@ w. SSSSSS SSSeeS SSNVSSJ
This is the "portsiders" big
carnival event Of the year. All
are welcomed, providing they look
on Washington as the mecca Of
their bowling activities.
Any left-handed bowlers, girls
included. who live or bowl in the
District, Prince George, Mont
gomery, Arlington, or Fairfax
counties, or Alexandria are
eligible.
All that Is necessary Is that
they fork up 81, fill in an
entry blank, and present them
selves at the Rendezvous al
Ieys Tuesday night at 1880, all
set to roll the first five games.
The final and fatal five games
will be rolled at Lucky Strike al
leys on the following Tuesday.
Entry blanks should be for
warded to Tad Howard, at the
Rendezvous; Howard Campbell
at Lucky sOrike, or bowling edi'
tor, The washington Times.
If you can't get q blank phone
The Times Sports Department and
leave your name.
Sign up now and get it of
your chest. Entry blanks are
available at local bowling plants
The Washington times., 1930-12-18
YOUTH.
/ READY FOR
BIG TEST
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-Max
Baer, ballyhooed as California IS
heavyweight hope" a handsome,
welI-built chap who bristles with
what the boys call color, will
make his first Broadway appear
ance In Madison Square Garden
tomorrow night when he meets
q formidable fellow by the name
Of Ernie Schaaf, Of Boston, in
q bout scheduled for ten rounds.
It Is a grand opportunity for
Max and all his friends are hop
ing he won't muff 1t.
Critics from California say
Max is q wonder. The fight
experts hereabOuts, who have
been peering ut the West
erner in his training work
outs, are withholding judg.
ment, but they admit MAX
looks mighty good.
The Washington times., 1930-12-18

DOdd, TenneSsee's star
quarterback; Betha, and
Hackman, Tennessee, half
backs; BOdenger, Tulane,
and Thayer, Tennessee,
guards; Holland, Tulane,
end, and FOrgure and Rose,
Kentucky, ends.
The Washington times., 1930-12-18

Those on the Northern side
said to be willing to do their bit
included Wisiewski and Foley, OF
Fordham; KarciS, Carnegie Teca;
Hansen, Temple; French, Penn
State; AntoS, Boston College;
Flanagan. Carnegie Tech: Dor
noff. Marquette and Obst, SYRIA
cuSe
The Washington times., 1930-12-18

To be beaten by the CathO-
lie University's Freshmen in
such q game as yesterdays
was just q heart-breaker Of an
opener, that's all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-03
So Much for So Much

I'm speaking before a meeting Of
l. the dressmakers, I said that I
had heard some dresses cost as
much as $500. They laughed me to
scorn, and from the audience came
shouts Of Five thousand" Ten
thousandl"
1t is my hope never to become in
volved in any way with garments so
costly. But there is a certain irony
in a $40 girl working on $4,000
dress.
Accordingly. I paraded with the
rest. and everything went quietly
and smoothly until We reached
Forty-fifth street and Fifth avenue,
where a policeman told me that it
would be necessary for us to dis
perse.
The charge of creating disturb
ance hardly held good, because
Fifth avenue is always blase. 1t
gives no more than single look to
a long column Of strikers marching
two by two, close to the curb.
1t was only the policeman who
paid any particular attention to our
parade. Since permission had been
granted, I undertook to argue with
him. That seems to be a privilege
denied to citizens of New York And
so We got in taxicab together and
rode to the station house.
It's a funny thing about police
men. On duty they often seem Off
cious and oyerbearing, but at close
range all of them are pleasant, in
telligent, and good debaters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-03

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BIRTH OF GORGAS
Oct. 3


Oct. 3, 1854, william C. Cor
" gas, distinguished American
sanitarian, famed for eliminating
yellow fever in Havana and Pan
anna, was born at Mobile, Ala.
After graduation from the Uni
versity of the South and from the
Bellevue Hospital Medical college,
he was appointed surgeon in the
army. Sent to Havana, following
the Spanish American war. Gorgas,
as chief sanitary officer, succeeded
In Kidding the city of yellow fever.
For this congress made him assist
ant surgeon general, with the rank
Of colonel
From 1904 to 1918 he established
and maintained remarkably health
ful conditions for workers building
the Panama canal, and is accredited
with preventing the enormous sac
rifice of life that otherwise would
have ensued among men not &C
cllmated to the tropics.
In 1914 he was made surgeon
general, with the rank of briga-
dier-general. TWO years following
he was elevated to major general
and, in 1918, was retired.
He died in 1920, a year after he
accepted a contract to carry out a
sanitary program for the govern
ment of Peru.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-03
Excellent Series

A MONG the excellent popular
N books of science is the series
being published by D. Appleton &
Co., under the general title of the
Appleton New World of Science
Series.
Watson Davis, managing editor
of Science Service, is editor of the
series.
Books previously issued include
Antarctic Adventure and Re-
search" by Griffith Taylor, pro-
fessor of geography at the Univer-
sity of Chicago and himself ia
nous explorer, and New From
tiers of Physics" by Paul R. Heyl
of the United States bureau of
standards, one of the most bril-
liant experimenters in the field Of
physics.
To this pair of excellent books.
two new ones have just been add
ed, 1.-THE Conquest of Life" by
Theodore Koppanyi, the eminent
biologist, and 1.-THE Green Leaf
by D. T. MacDougal, famous bot
anist and research associate of the
Carnegie institution.
1.-THE Conquest of Life" sets forth
the groundwork of the science of
biology in a form which is easy
reading for the layn1an.
DR. MacDougal's book is con-
cerned with the subject which has
been large part of his life work,
the study of photosynthesis, the
process by which the green leaf
manufactures sugars and starches
from the carbon dioxide of the air
and the water of the soil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-03
Radical Rail-Jumpers

Radical labor leaders appear to have jumped thelr
ball after conviction of the murder of Police Chief
Aderholt in Castona, N c.. during the textile strike
They we're convicted in a witch trial. They were
condemned for their opinions, not for their acts
They we're given heavy sentences
yet leaders of the mob who murdered a woman
worker were freed
Sympathy with the condemned because they dld
not have a fair trial should not befog the deeper
issues involved in the If the convicted men
do not show up to their sentences it Will be
a hard blow to the cause of labor in this country.
1t will be more difficult to get men admitted to
hail Extortionate bail will be demanded. Money
for defense of workers will be hard to procure Merely
IN make good the bail forfeiture in these cases will
not suffice The reputation and responsibility OF
labor is at stake
The only sensible thing is for the convicted men
to surrender and begin their prison terms. Then
campaign for their freedom be started with dig
.nity Their suffering will provide rallying point
southern textile struggles. To fail to STAND up
take their medicine like men in the end Will
the movement worse than it was before they
red the field
he American Civil Liberties Union Is TO be con-
GRADUATED for refusing to be stampeded by any con-
siderations of natural human sympathy and Tor nav
ING insisted that the must take its course so that
the battles for liberty and justice may be carried on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-03
Edison's Patent Reform

Thomas Edison says that court protection Tor an
inventor in the United States today is practically NIL
His own patents. he says, have cost him more III
litigation than they have returned to him IN royalties
He explains that he has made his money through
manufacture and sale of his products not by the mere
fact of inventng them.
Young inventors, who have little money with
which to fight pirates often find that they can not
continue the court battle and in the meantime the
courts often give the pirates permission to manu1ac
ture "for the good OF mankind
Edison's constructive suggestion is that special
court for trying patent cases be appointed. JUDGES
in such courts should be professors IN conegeS u
technology he says They could go rlgnI ni'o 'lie
factories of the contending parties and hold court
+nere he indicates Decision then should be quick
sure and just.
Edison's suggestion should be considered 1or What
it is worth by judiciary committees OF the senate ana
the house and by the experts of the legal profession
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-03
They Have Their Chance

Members Of the county council and the county
commissioners can be given the benefit Of the doubt
for the time being, in their avowed intention to rush
plans for relief at the poor farm The doubt naturally
arises in view Of their hedging and Judging previous
to their resounding announcement Of Thursday
If they proceed with the issuance Of $4,000 in
bonds and the erection of six new buildings that
county charges may have decent living accommoda
TONS well and good. That will be a meritorious
public service which, after all, is only their duty
But if they merely are throwing out smoke
screen just tide them past the November election
they will have violated every principle of decency and
honesty and common humanity. It remains to be
seen just what their course will be. And no voter
should forget that several of these officials up
for reelection in November
There may be some little significance in the speed
with which the county boards decided action, after
lodging the issue so palpably on Tuesday. PlanS
and specifications hastily drawn by an architect
on Wednesday after sudden heavy conferences among
members of the Coffin clique.
It. may of course have been only their kindly in
clinations overpowerng all their natural sense OF
political caution which prompted action for the in
Urinary inmates. They may have become so overcome
with their emotions that they could think OF nothing
but the dear publics good And then, again
Regardless of the wishes of the council and the
commission, something must be done within ninety
days to find quarters for $40 Issuance of con-
demnation orders by the state fire marshal neces-
states evacuation of the dangerous structures within
that time That puts action squareiy up to county
ofacals unless politics provides loophole through
which they can wriggle before that date
The public will give them chance to make good.
If they do not there is certain remedy. That is the
publics boot, applied with violence at the voting
booths in November.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-03

T WOULD like tc tell you about my
Il fret day III jail. My boss, Roy
Howard, said not long ago in a spe-
cial issue of this column that no
Scripps-H Howard feature men
ever had gone to congress or the
pen. Half of that excellent tradi-
ton has been broken.
had to wait until I was more
than 40 to be arrested for the first
time. and l must admit that even
now it is not possible for me to tell
a. tale about the horrors OF cell
block. They held me for only two
he and I didn't get into cell
at ell.
It all happened on account of
picketing. l was marching with the
Fifth avenue dressmakers who are
on strike, This part of it isn't funny.
AS far as dressmaking ges. I must
admit not knowing the difference
between balbriggan and chiffon.
Maybe they're the same thing.
But I do know something about
working conditions. And it is true
that the so-called aristocrats Of the
trade sometimes receive as little as
$18 and $40 week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-03
From CheStertOn

IN the preface to his book, Pro-
L fessor Koppanyi writes: Mr.. c.
K. Chesterton, writing in defense of
publicity, points out a fallacy Of our
era which Identifies sanctity with
secrecy.
"He defends useful information
and oeplores the fat that sciene
has become separated from the
mere news of flowers and birds and
that We have ceased to see that a
prehistoric monster was as fresh
and natural as q flower, that a
flower is as monstrous as that beast.
HE thinks that rebuilding this
bridge between science and human
nature is one of the greatest needs
of mankind.
Mature herself seeks publicity,
hides nothing under bushel. and
it would be a strange world indeed
if the trees grew with their roots
in the air and theu. load of leaves
and blossoms underground, if the
flowers closed at dawn and opened
at sunset, if the sunf1oWer turned
toward the darkness, and the birds
flew, like bats, by night
1.-THE frankness with which nature
reveals herself to anybody with his
eyes open, can be duplicated by her
humble interpreters. Humanized,
popularized knowledge needs no
more excuse than the policeman
who tells you how to find your way
about town.
THE task of this book is that of a
courteous guide pointing out some
pleasant spots in a labyrinth like
huge metropolis of modern biolog-
ical science"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-03
Tomatoes May. Develop Vitamin c.

vitamin G following storage. 1t was
found that tomatoes ripened in the
greenhouse were not quite so potent
in vitamin G as those ripened in
the field.
Tomatoes colored red by the use
of ethylene gas also required larger
doses to produce recovery than those
ripened in the field. Tomatoes
ripened in dark rooms produced re-
covery, indicating that the vitamin
G may develop in the tomato after
it is cut from the vine.
The amount of vitanin G in green
tomato pickles was found to be so
small as to be negligible.
Obviously, exact knowledge is
needed before q conclusion can be
drawn as to the virtue of any special
type of food for the prevention of
what are known as deficiency
diseases.
It is not possible to argue on the
basis of the general knowledge of
the past concerning the scientific
knowledge of the present.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-03
Independence Gone

NUR grandfathers did not think
~ much of man who lived in
a rented house, worked on a rented
farm, or sailed a ship of which he
owned no part.
Socially, educationally and com
mercially, the pressure was all for
independent, creative ambition.
Life was not painted as a job
hunting expedition, in which the big
idea was to grab somebody's coat
tail and hang on, but as a game in
which every red-blooded man was
expected to play his own hand.
1t goes without saying that ma
chinery has forced some revision
of that philosophy, that specializa-
ton on the one hand and organiza-
ton on the other, have left less
room for independence than there
used to be.
But, and making every allowance
for this factor, there is room fcr
more of it than the prevailing at
titude would seem to suggest.
Go into most any town, and you
will find immigrants, or the chill
dren of immigrants, running a sur
prisingly large percentage of the
small, independent business es-
adjustments.
Go outside of that town, and you
will find them owning or operating
surprisingly large percentage Of
the truck farms.
AT the same time, you will find
young Americans looking for places
where they can get regular pay,
without assuming too much re-
sponsibilitY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-03
Hoover's Speech

President Hoovers address on hard times delivered
10 the American bankers convention IN CleVelano'
had the merit of being a pretty accurate Vnoueii
somewhat depressing statement of the situation IL
was decreasing chiefly erhaps because the President
offered no new remedies
# was we'll for the President to dWen upon IAe
basic economic soundness of the country our Su-
perior natural resources our spleholo 'liA'
eouinrent and the energy and ability OF our people
THESE foundations of prosperity are not destroyed
- Unmarried bv the temporary depression. Although
This generally is known. it needs repeating II Is
cheering thought and the more encouraging because
it is true.
Few will disagree with the Presidents diagnosis
49, has;c causes of the depression are world over
~r5,ct;o, American overspeculation. and the Amer
,o.,, boom psychology. Even though more fhan
wear late this warning valuable in restoring sane
American attitude toward business conditions IN the
future
and immediate cause of most hard times is imitation
arv booms these mutations in currency or credit
= ,a,s or securities. or overexpanson in some sort
II commodity production beyond possible demand even
=, Good tinnes-may take place at home or abroad
but all bring retribution"
Hoover was at his best in insisting that these evil
cycles of boom times and depression are not as
pensations of providence, to be accepted with iatal
ism but can be controlled by economic science ana
business intelligence Just medical science controls
epidemics.
Certain steps have been taken, as he pointed out
tn mitigate the evils of the depression. Thanks to
the federal reserve system, credit structure is
sound Government and private construction projects
have taken up some Of the unemployment slack Some
wise business leaders have refused to increase the
depression by wage cuts.
But ell this unfortunately is not enough. We are