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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-23
THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
Passing Observations.

TdSSIIIg ODStFVaCIOnS.
Many are called, but out of the bunch
About three-fourthS are still at lunch
Bankers and lawyers and statesmen tall,
Leaders in finance, art and all,
But they can't keep either eye on the ball
With Joe Mccarthy and Connie Mack
Picked to cop from the double pack,
Who says the Irish are slipping back?
Have some of our fighters passed the peak?
No one has claimed a foul in a week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-23
BOSTON BRUINS SCORE.

OAKLAND, Calf, April % (P).-The
Boston Bruins defeated the Oakland
Sheiks, 3 to 2, in an exhibition ice
hockey match here last night. Boston
scored twice in the first period-Barry
on a pass from Galbraith in four
minutes and Weiland on a pass from
Clapper two minutes later.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing Of the Teams.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
st. Louis, 8; Chicago, 3.
Philadelphia, 6; Brooklyn, 5.
New York Boston, rain.
GAMES TODAY.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia.
New York at Boston.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
st. Louis at Chicago.
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they have a chance to win their first
flag. In the National League the
Giants always must be reckoned.
McGraw must never be counted out.
The White Sox look to stir up
plenty of trouble. Their hitting
should be much better, and their
pitching staff isn't much below the
best in the league.
Here is the last chance to vote.
Announcement of how the majority
of fans think the first four teams
will finish in both leagues will be
made as soon as the votes are in
and counted.
(Copyright, 1900
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HOW THEY STAND
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing Of the Teams.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Washington, 4; Boston, 3 (12 innings)
Philadelphia, z; New York, s.
st. Louis, 5; Detroit, Q3 mningO.
Chicago, 4; Cleveland, 3.
GAMES TODAY.
Boston at Washington.
Detroit at st. Louis.
Chicago at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at New York.
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S Tells in Nationals Early Play, Just Another Club Haahan
How Will They
Finish Next October
BY AL DEMAREE,
Former Pitcher New York Giants.

Tremendous interest is being shown
in this contest to pick the position
in which the first four teams will
finish in both the American and
National Leagues.
If you haven't sent in your entry
be sure to do so. Those who take
it as foregone conclusion that 100
per cent of the fans are picking the
Cubs and Athletics to repeat are in
for little surprise.
There are plenty who like the
Browns pitching staff and think
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-23
LEWIS THROWS IOWAN.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, April %
R-"Strangler" Lewis defeated How
ard Cantonwine of Iowa, two out Of
three falls last night.
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though, and there we're two on. Myer
bumped the ball far over divers head.
so far that the Boston centerflelder
after q short run gave up and Rice
romped across with the winning tally.
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Runs batted in-Rhyne, Miller, Scarritt,
Rice, Myer ca. Cronin. Two-base hits1Re-
Rice. Three-base hits-Scarritt, West. Sac
rifices-Barrett, Cronin 90. Left on bases
Boston, 8; Washington. IL. Base on balls
on Rufing, 8 Struck out-By Rufnns, 8;
by Burke, a; by Liska, 2. HitSEOn Burke;
in innings; Of LiSka. n IN. inn niteS. on
BY Rufnng Judge Balk-RqIff UNI az.
Campbell. owens and Moriarity. Time Of
game, hours 20 minutes.
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HOME RUN STANDING

BY the Associated Press.
Home Runs Yesterday.
Klein, FQulIeS sssssssesssssssse
Friberg, PhillieS .......s.s..s.o... !
BiSSonnette, Robins sos.sss..ssssss
Wilson, Cubs ........s..ssssss." l
Gehrig, Yankees ....sss.ss..sss"ss ]
Miller, Athletics ......ossssssssssss
The Leaders.
Simmons, Athletics ................ 8
Cronin, Nationals ...............2 z
Gehrig, Yankees .................. 2
Klein, PhtllieS ......sssss....s.sss
Jackson, Giants NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 2
ComoroSky, Pirates ..s......s...... z
Allen, HeQS
BisSonnette, Robins ................ 2
League Totals.
NaClonal .....s......sss.."
American ......ssssssssssssss ~
Grand total ................... a
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PUNCH STILL LIGHT,
BUT CLUB BATTLES
Sterling Defense Helps to
Check RivaIs-Red Sox
Beaten in 18th.
BY JOHN Il. KELLER.

w YHEN the Nationals were in
M training in the South
Wv this year many base ball
SharnS all unbiased -
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18TH INNING VICTORY
WASHINGTON.
Totals ...... 43 4 10 So 10
matted for Liska in eleventh inning.
Boston ......... %
washington o IA

Totals ............. Al 80"
None out when winning run scored.
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The Fastest Pitcher.
with the hickory blossoms about to
bloom again." writes L. O., "help settle
an argument-who is now the fastest
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THEN the Nationals put over the big
i run, helped by a wild throw by
Rufing. Rice ushered in the home
twelfth with a two-bagger and Goslin
hunted. The Boston pitcher picked up
the ball and elected to get Sam going
into third. He chucked too high,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-14
A Pistol at Court.

The finding of a gun in a Police
Court cell room yesterday is not a sur
prising discovery Conditions at the
Police Court are bad at best but do
not reflect upon those in charge, judges
or attendants. The building occupied
by the court is inadequate in size and
in appointments. The cell rooms are
altogether too small for the decent &C
commodation of prisoners awaiting
trial. or. after trial. awaiting transport
to jail. The number of attendants is
too small for the proper examination
and handling Of those in custody.
There are no suitable conference rooms
where prisoners may consult their coun-
sci before trial or see their relatives,
when that is permitted. The cell room
is not the black hole of Calcutta" to
which it has in the past been likened,
but 1t is we'll nigh that bad in its
lack of decent accommodations.
This discovery of loaded pistol which
had been hidden In hole in the wall
and holes in the walls are easily made
in the fabric OF the old building-leads
to the suspicion that an attempt was to
be made for a Jail break" 1t prob
ably, If attempted, would not have car
ried far, but somebody would doubt
less have been badly hurt, perhaps
killed, in the melee. Prisoners some
times attempt most preposterous things
that would be ludicrouS but for their
pathetic futility. They should always,
of course, be searched and they should
not be permitted to have contact with
others in a way to permit their arma-
ment. To that end there should be
a better layout of cells and safeguards
against criminal collision.
Relief of these conditions at the Po-
lice Court is in sight, but not at close
range. A new court is to be built in
the municipal center group, and, &C
cording to the plans that are now in
process of development, it will be a
model building with all conceivable
facilities for the prompt and effective
dispatch of justice in this preliminary
proceeding of the law. The hope of
the community is that, it will be one of
the earliest installments of the group
planned for the municipal center, as it
is the most urgently needed for the
sake of public decency and security.
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Submarine Safety Devices.

Ever since the frightful submarine
tragedies Of few years ago, in which
many brave officers and men lost their
lives, strenuous efforts have been made
to remove some of the hazards from this
branch of the naval service. And that
these efforts are being definitely
crowned with success is perhaps
attributable to the determination of the
workers that the men of the S-4 and
the Ssh shall not have died in vain
and that the agonies undergone on the
ocean floor by those brave sailors shall
not be repeated If it lies within the
power of human ingenuity to prevent 1t.
Washington was the scene a few
months ago of experiments with new
type OF life-saving mask. So successful
were these tests that the expedition was
moved TO Chesapeake Bay, where
greater depth could be found. Actual
escapes from a submarine lying more
than one hundred feet below the sur
face were made possible by the mask,
which is fitted over the face of the
wearer. No discomfort was suffered in
the ascent and it is likely that the new
device will become part Of the equip
ment of every craft that plies under
the surface of the water.
Yesterday, of Key West, another sue
cessful experiment with life-saving
apparatus was carried out, this time
with diving bell' capable Of bringing
twenty marooned men to the surface
at the same time. Needing no divers
to af1ix it to the side of the sunken sub
marine and rising through its natural
buoyancy, the bell performed capably
from depth Of seventy feet. Only
two men came up in the bell yesterday,
but tests will continue and a full load
will probably be tried at hundred feet
or more to ascertain its capabilities.
Officials of the company claim that
with no one in 1t the device has acted
normally at depth Of three hundred
feet.
1t is gratifying to the public, and
especially to submarine service men
themselves, that the Government in
tends to persist until the undersea
hazard has been lesSened. Life on a
submarine is not thing of unadulter-
ated JOY Quarters are restricted and
the duties of every one aboard are
arduous. In war time untold hardship
was suffered on these boats. During the
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Incinerators.

The construction of two public in
Generators for the Districts use has
been authorized and the National Cap
ltal Park and Planning Commission is
soon to decide upon the sites for these
necessary adjuncts. Some protests may
be expected in any case. Neighbor-
hoods which feel that they are menaced
by an unpleasant presence will object.
But the incinerators must go some
where, and the question is where they
will be the least disfiguring and obnox-
ious. If properly designed and con-
structed and operated, indeed, they
need not be either disf1guring or obnox-
icuS.
The disposal of combustible trash and
refuse is a serious problem in any city.
In Washington it has never been solved
in full. Processes for garbage treat
ment have been adopted and this
portion of the waste has ceased to be
nuisance. But other refuse has been
carted out to public dumps" and there
spread about and picked over by
scavengers and burned and thus re-
duced to the least proportions. These
dumps have been far more disfguring
than a compact, well designed incin-
orator. and infinitely more offensive to
the senses.
The suburban approaches to Wash
ington are now seriously marred by
tbaSn p1apac for fba 8,,aI .l{.,osol Of
trash. Acres are spread thick with
refuse of all kinds. Fires smolder day
and night and emit sickening odors
that carry far and wide, as the winds
prevail. In wet weather these fires are
positively peStilent in their stenches.
When complaint is made against these
places the answer is that they are only
temporary means of waste handling,
that some day they will be brought to
grade and their use for trash disposal
will be abandoned. Which is no COM
fort whatever, and a confession of in
competent municipal housekeeping.
The public lncinerators have been
long coming. They should have been
installed many years ago. Now at last
they are to come into being and use,
and the hope is that they will work
without offense and that they will be
tolerated by those in whose proximity
they are placed. When they are in
service Washington will at last have
been given a proper municipal equip
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-14
No Housing Provisions
For Government Workers
To the Editor Of The Star:

40 the Editor OF The Star:
In the report of the House committee
on appropriations no appropriation is
made for the temporary Government
hotels IN which some of the women en-
ployeS OF the Government now live. The
Commission of Fine Arts, in its report
or 1919, mentions among the problems
CIiaI confront Congress and the District
of Columbia:
The establishment of garden suburbs
ABOUT the city of Washington, either
Wlthln or without the District of Column
Ola, as residence places for Government
workers, both men and women. These
saLoen CUES should have controlled
rentals, garden spaces for each house.
and community features. to the end that
the amenities of life may be promoted
Preferably they should be cooperative
Joint stock enterprises"
PRESIDENT Hoover, when Secretary OF
commerce, announced through the pa
pers the proposal of an unnamed NH
iahtnFoplst to build apartments In
washington Tor Government workers at
9t<.2o room. There was an over
Wnelmlng response from Government
workers. Through a letter to The Star
! asked to have two rooms, kitchen and
oath, southern exposure, reserved tor
me, put the apartments have never
materialized.
IN 1929 Representative Hardy and
senator Blaine introduced bills in the
House Of Representatives and the Sen
ate Tor the construction of dormitories
Tor women employees of the United states
In the District of Columbia.
!! thoroughly approve of the MANY
mllIlonS OF dollars that have been ap-
proprlated Tor Government-owned build
!ngS 10 mouse Government activities. but
l think the Government workers shouId
nave comfortable living quarters.
ood d Am am deeply interested in the $23,-
O0o.OO0 Cramton bill for the purchase
OF park lands in the District of Comm-
pa pa. and Its environs for posterity to en-
10y; put l am also interested in COM
Government who exist on earth now,
as well as for those who probably will
exist here in the future.
rms matter of housing for Govern
menu employees has been suggested for
a number OF years. The workers would
appreciate more action.
Sincerely yours,
BLANCHE c. HOWLETT.
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Definite Results Expected
From Investigation i'm Haiti

the Marines are withdrawn must be
the broad goal. Whatever is done must
represent cooperative effort, with the
Haitians taking full part" The Cincin-
natl Times-Star is convinced that the
bulk OF American opinion favorS our leav-
ing as soon as possible" and adds that
the Presidents statement leaves no
doubt that he shares this opinion" The
Santa Barbara Daily News thinks 'the
Hoover commission ought to result in
presenting clear and plain statement
OF the true conditions in Haiti"
The Utica Observer Dispatch finds
that there is wonder whether, before
the lapse of long time, it will be pos
s1ble for Haitians to govern themselves
without falling into violence, disordered
finances, bloodshed and anarchy" The
Petersburg ProgreSS-Index concludes:
Every sign points to the early with
drawal OF American armed forces. It
is we'll assured that little time will
elapse following American withdrawal
before conditions in the country will
approximate those existing when Presi-
dent Wilson was moved to order Ma
rines to land and assume control"
With the background of Haiti what
1t was for some centuries, with the
widespread suspicion at home that
american occupation has put its full
stress upon keeping the lid on rather
than development, and with Just six
more years Of the protectorate left be-
fore a new crisis must be faced" con-
tends the Baltimore Sun, at is essential
That America know infinitely and &C
curately all that can be known about
what errors have been made, and what
steps 10 correct them can be taken"
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is years, but not the rent of the richest
bachelor in Congress. Henceforth he is
a life member of the Moose and most
likely a life occupant of a spacious first
floor suite in their new club house.
X X x X
Not long ago a distinguished delega-
ton from Maine called at the White
House to urge Mr.. Hoover to spend a
part OF his next Summer holiday in the
glorious fishing preserves of the Pine
Tree State. Senator Gould of Maine,
who recently sang his swan song pre-
paratory to retirement a year hence,
vas member of the delegation which
waited on the President with this invi-
tatlon. According to eyewitness ac-
count, Gould. when the others had fin
iShed their little Speechmaking, climaXed
the call with the remark, Eyes, do come
up, Mr.. President, and we will go across
the border into Canada and catch some
salmon" In these prohibition days
many excuses are offered for crossing
the border, but Senator Gould's refer
ence to salmon fishing Mortified his
Maine colleagues since Maine has long
boosted Of its own fine salmon.
X x X
The Federal Farm Board has started
its expenditure of $10,000,0 900 to "stabi-
llze wheat. through the medium of a
sterilization corporation it will buy
some of the surplus from the growers
and thus attempt to save the farmers
from heavy losses due to the declining
market. The whole problem is a deli
cate one and contrary to the customary
policy of Uncle Sam in keeping hands
of commodity markets. It will be in
teresting to see how it works out. It
has only been in time of war hitherto
that he has gone into the market to
steady or control 1t. Now 1t is in 1.-The
piping times of peace" that the expert
ment is to be tried. Farm Board critics
in and out Of Congress have set up a
new clamor.
-
Senator Jesse H. Metcalf, millionaire
textile manufacturer of Rhode Island,
deity lodged the question of how he
would finally vote on the tariff bill by
telling story. You know I am some
thing of an agriculturist myself. have
just bought another thousand blue rib
bon chickens, and learned a long time
ago not to count my chickens before
they are Matched. Furthermore, I re-
Gently acquired another expensive and
pedigreed bull, and have some knowl-
edge Of that animal, both the actual
and the rhetorical"
(CopyriRht, 1902
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The emotional quality of the human
voice, as used upon the stage. is the
distinguishing quality of the drama.
Often this usage makes the spec
tator think that the actor is ranting.
when all the time the man simply is
using the voice Tor all it is worth.
In ordinary life, as lived daily by most
people, we fail miserably to make full
use of the human voice
Full use?
Most men and women seldom make
quarter use of it's powers.
In the first place, they are not trained
Then they are held back by certain
traditions of politeness.
Repressions, of various types. have
gotten IN their work, so that most of
us speak in monotone. perhaps we
think in it, too, oh, pitiful Heavenly
The sly instinct of the animal, too,
makes humanity adopt the all-on-a-
level voice to conceal thought and emo
ton.
We are we'll aware of the fact that
the stage and life are not the same,
although the former Is supposed to
mirror the latter.
On the boards the creatures of the
dramatist have their little speeches
made up in advance.
supposed to display, and they have had
time-actually-to think them over in
advance.
In real life, VIC seldom, if ever, pos
scSS this advantage.
Events smack us In the face before
We have time to gasp. let alone think
We feel we must speak right out, but
somehow the tenderness of the occasion
oVercomeS us.
Instead of speaking as the actors do,
with a deep. rich voice, filled with the
emotion we feel, we are amazed to hear
ourSelyeS-may heaven and the world
forgive uS!-utterlng some inane Senti-
ment.
In time of anger, trying to live up
to our traditions, we discover our
mouths pouring forth mild words when
our heart and brain are Seething.
Sorrow seals our lips, as it numbS our
hearts, so that the best we can do Is a
platitude. We become dumb, which is
perhaps the best, after all, for we know
from experience that the words of con-
ISOLATION, we're they to come, would be
spoken in much the same tone with
which We order a new suit or fire the
cook.
X Il 4
How much better off those happy
stage creatures are, who speak right
out their full hearts, in tones soulful
for the soulful occasion, accents pitiful
for the time of terror. words bubbling
with laughter when smiles are due!
They never have any trouble at all
in thinking just the right thing to say,
for the playwright spent many weary
hours in seeing that they should not
He labored far into the night to
make sure that every speech should be
right, pat, appropriate, one to call forth
applause, smiles, laughs, as the case
might demand.
Not a character is at loss. This, it
would seem, is one of the fundamental
defects of the drama, especially in re-
gard to the traditional boast that the
stage mirrors life.
We are not actors in a play, but
poor, dumb, driven cattle, driven not
by events or masters of any degree or
kind, but simply by our own inability to
think fast enough, or our lack of train
ing in the use of the human voice, or
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by something IN us which makes us
ashamed to throw emotion into what
we say when emotion is due.
We have so trained ourselves to be
men that we cannot be actors. Yet II
would be good for us and for others
if all of us did have some thesnian
training and could upon need make a
malicious use of the arts and tricks of
the stage. Thus we might at times get
credit for deep sentiment which we
really have, but are unable to express.
We would not feel one thing and
speak another, but would at ali times
appear ourselves, verbally living up to
the best in us, whereas in the living
state of affairs we appear but poor
washed-out characters living in a
Babbittian world of solemn buffoonerv,
x X X x
Perhaps it would be we'll if the conn.,
monality of men could be induced tn
take voice culture to remedy this con-
dition.
First of all, we would have tn oct
over the feeling that there is ANYTHING
STACY" or artificial in giving vent to
ones real emotions.
We would be forced to give up manv
of our pet represSionS and to think and
speak honestly, candidly with ourselves
before we could be candid with men.
This attitude would be necessary on
the part of others, before all, for with
out their decent reception of what we
had to say and of the way we said il
there could only be laughter to greet
our honesty of thought and expression
What Is this but equivalent to saving
that it is state of affairs which can
never prevail? The old immobilitv of
face will continue because 1t is human
to be deceitful. 1t is natural for men
and women to conceal their thoughts
by adopting one tone of voice when
time, fate and events all call for an
other.
Yet We should not despair.
1t is possible for any one, with a bit
OF determination, to make cautious eX-
perimentS in bringing the best quality
of the drama into everyday life.
The human voice!
How beautiful it can be when men,
tai cowardice is exercised, and in it's
place a brave acceptance of life is put
with all its Implications
Then the common life may be glorl-
fed, to the point, perhaps, that no man
need attend the drama to get vicarious
experiences in which he plays no real
part.
The living voice Is as powerful as
that! Under its vibrant sway we might
exceed the deeds of those brave gentle
men in magazine ads who read book
or course" and become vice president
of the firm before the year is up.
Surely the board of directors might
listen with bated breath to us, too, IL
we could cut the apron strings of re-
preston, and sing our piece with the
genuine octaveS, from the lowest note
to the highest.
Then might the Indifferent ears of a
In .,wNI@
dreams come true. AS it Is, the ears
are stuffed with cotton, and the audi
ence withholds its applause, and we
have the sneaking suspicion that this
sad state of affairs prevails because we
haven't enough sense to make our
gladneSs glad, our sadness sad, our
wants real wants, our Satisfactions
genuine satiSfactions; we humble in
stead of speak out, we lower the pre-
ctous gift OF our voice when we ought
to raise 1t, and valiantly raise it when,
alas, 1t ought to be lowered still more