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The Washington times., 1930-04-26

subsidiary actions.
An exaggeratedly open stance,
for example, tends to encourage
the evil for the simple reason
that the club-head will be travel
ing across the line Of flight since
the body itself will be facing in
a similar direction.
Equally conducive to a slice is
the putting of ones hands in
front of the club-head in the ad-
dress. In this case the club-head
is not given a fair chance Of
getting back to the ball, and ac-
curate timing of the movements
is almost impossible. The face
of the club-head, even If the down
swing is otherwise correct, will
very probably be turned slightly
outward-not very much, but just
sufficient to be fatal. Failure to
transfer the weight of the body
during the swing from the right
to the left leg Is another fault.
When the weight is retained on
the right leg throughout, it is per
fectly obvious that the arms must
be dragged "acroSS"-inStead of
'through"-the intended line of
flight, and the result, If not an
absolute top, must be a slice.
The Washington times., 1930-04-26

The Northerns have a formid.
able array Of talent, including
some of the greatest veterans in
the city. TlR Dixie Pigs have
proven a tough bone to gnaw
for every opponent so far.
I Another Snappy diamond at.
Traction will be served up at
Baggett's field with the st,
Mafy,s Celtics taking on Garrett
Waters sTakoEna Tigers.
u Charles Corhett's boys expect
to break into the win column
with this contest. The Alexan.
drians have dropped two out OF
two so far, ST. Joe's getting q
decision last week.
Waters bat Wielders have two
brilliant victories to their credit
knocking off Bill Flester's highly
touted Frenchmen last Sunday
8-6. Certainly looks like a hot
bill.
John Henry Hiser Is add
ing Chaconas, Robbins and
Hargett 20 his AlI-Stars lire
up in their battle with the
Red SoX at Riyerdalc Sunday.
n HiseF has been putting his
boys through stiff drills all
!: week.
Another game which should
produce a few thrills will find
the undefeated st. Joseph's
against the Mt. Rainier at Mt.
Rainier.
The Chevy. Chase Grays tilt
with the Tile Helpers Union team
at the Chevy Chase field will be
closely contested.
Joe Demma, big chief of the
Helpers, and Nick Valenza, Chevy
Chase Gray's genial mentor, are
friends. and both are anxious to
get the laugh on the other.
Poppy battles are ccarded
between the PhOenixs and
FoxalIS at FOxaII diamond,
and George HarrisOn's White
S0x's tussle with the Hume
Spring at BaiIeys Cross Roads,
Wa. The Wolverines Bond
Bread game will offer some
fast-Stepping ball playing.
Among the "kid. brothers" set
toS, the Eastern Midgets-St
Joseph's Midgets fray is out
standing. Both sets Of kids have
creditable records to date. The
Burroughs-Good Humor Insect
battle is another which should
produce some snappy action.
Others are Mackay Juniors VS.
General Accounting Office, VOL
verineS VS.. Lionel Seniors, and
Georgetown Midgets VS.. Sam
Vests.
The Washington times., 1930-04-26
College Baseball

Penn. 10; n. Y. L.. l.
st. Johns, 5; Long Island T.. ].
Georgetown. q: Boston College, 6.
Mount. ST. Marys, 8: Manhattan, 8.
Michigan 2; syracuse. 1.
Gettysburg. 5: Swarthmore, q.
Newport Naval. 26; MuhlenberE, ..
wisconsin 4; Chicago. 0.
Minnesota s. Indiana, g.
Holy Cross, s. Princeton I.
Amherst .: Brown. .-.,-
Oglethorps Z; Georgia, O.
v. p, l.. 10; North Carolina, g.. ..
South Carolina. 7, West Virginia, 3
Kentucky. 6; Vanderbilt, 4.
Birmingham So., 6; Howard, 1.
The Washington times., 1930-04-26
HEAVY PROGRAM
FORCOLLEG|ANS

The lads who wear the athletic
uniforms Of the various District
colleges are putting in their lickS
today in variety Of competition
that hasn't been duplicated this
season. Baseball, tennis. track,
lacrosse and rifle shooting are
listed, and all Of these except the
track events are to be performed
on home fields.
The appearance Of four teams
from West Point is the banner
attraction hereaboutS, Of course.
Maryland is entertaining the
Army'S lacrosse and baseball
squads in a double-header attrac-
ton that should bring out the big
geSt crowd of the season to Col.
lege Park. These two Old Line
teams are on edge for their con.
tests and are pointed to give the
Cadets the battle of their lives. .
George Washington is host
to the other two Army teams,
meeting the Cadets in = rifle
match and tennis match.
The shooting is to take place
on the Congress Heights range
and the tennis on the Con-
greSSiOnal Country Club courts.
Besides the Maryland-Army
baseball game at College Park
three other diamond contests are
down for decision-Georgetown
rlayS West Virginia on the War
College diamond. Catholic U. Isl
hos, to Manhattan and Gallaudet
meets Shepherds College at Ken
GALL Green. ......
In the track events at the Penn
Relay games in Philadelphia,
Georgetown, Maryland and Cath.
oIic U. have representatives com.
peting n four relays. Leo Sexton,
Bill Slezak, Bernard Bonniwell
and Karl Wildermuth also are to
represent the Hilltoppers In
special events, Wildermuth com.
reting Ia the 100-yard invitation
sprint while the others will be
doing their stuff in field events.
Bill Klnnamon, who runs
anchor on N-aryland's mile ~clay
team, turned in the only victory
by Car 'H->~~-~ntat tives in the
Penn games yesterday. Kinnamon
showed his heels to all other
ocmret'tors in the 400-metre
hurdles, smong them Karl Wild
ermuth, GEORGETOWN, last years
winner, who finished third yes
terday.
Georgetown's sprint medley
team was led to the wire by
Chicago University. Clarion Cash
and Lew Parlette, Georgetown's
representatives in the gruelling
decathlon test, finished fourth
and seventh. respectively, in q
field of nine.
Central'S quarter-miIe relay
team won its heat In Is sec
Onds and was awarded fourth
place on the comparative time
basis established by the win
ners Of the other heats.
Georgetown is on its way again
in baseball. After being tenn
porarily stopped by New York u,
the Hilltoppers are coming back
with a vengence. Yesterday they
added Boston College as their
twelfth victim of the season when
Bill Lomax won his fourth game.
The score was z to 6. but the
Hilltoppers always were in com
mand Of the situation.
Maryland's nine also Is hitting
high. increasing its winning streak
to four games when they con
quered Washington and Lee, Q TO
/. at College Park yesterday. The
Old Liners last four victims all
are tri-State conference foes.
North Carolina, Virginia and Viz
ginia Poly having preceded the
Generals in defeat.
The Washington times., 1930-04-26
SPENGLER POST. SEEKING

The Spengler Post Midget dia,
mcnders desire games for Satur
day and Sunday, with midget or
junior teams. Call Milton War.
ring, Decatur 0546.
The Washington times., 1930-04-26
NAY PALMER
Barnard Sees West Teams
AS Vastly Improved
Nv BOB THAYER

Big league baseball is due big year This testimony
volunteered by s. Barnard American League president
not the usual bromide It s backed by sound reasoning
and well founded facts. > sss1z. <s4ts%ss. ii as.
The Washington times., 1930-04-26
PEEWEES CARDING

Montrose Peewees desire games
with teams in their own class
Call Manager Jimmy Howard,
Adams 8941.
The Washington times., 1930-04-26

before impact. The player
may suddenly remember that
his weight is on the wrong
leg and, in an attempt to
correct the mistake, throw
his body forward en- masse at
the bali. The result is that
there is a sudden stiffening
Of the arms and hips and a
consequent curtailment of the
club-head'S momentum.
Another, if minor, cause Of Slic
ing is in deliberately turning ou
the face of the club-head wher
addressing the ball. No damage
is done if the wrists are working
in unison, for then the incipien'
slice will be overcome by thC
natural action of the wrists in th'
actual swing. But why play with
fire at all?
Slicing. in the vast majority o1
cases, is caused essentially by rea
son Of the down-swing being com
menced by a straiS1tening of th'
right arm, or, in other words. al
lowing the right hand and arm
to take control at the top Of tht
swing. go ca st's
A slice is caused by the club
head cutting across the line oi
flight from outside" to inside
the ball. A push is a direct hi
to the right Of the intended line
without any cut whatever.
The Washington times., 1930-04-26

Slicing, too, curiOusly
enough may be the outcome
Of . sudden thrust Of the
bOdy'S weight forward just
The Washington times., 1930-04-26
YEAR OLD GOLFER SCORES COLUMBIA COURSE IN 80
rc Sandlotte1s Offer Many Interesting Battles Tomorrow
.Northerns Face Sandlot
Test Tomorrow
By GINO SIM

To all appearances the best sando from the spec
tators point of view will be the between Buck Grers
promising Nohens and the Dixie Pigs at the Seat Pleasant
ald
The Washington times., 1930-04-26
GREEKS To BACK
JIM L0ND0S

The local Greek colony is
strongly supporting Jim Londos.
the Greek Adonis," who wrestles
Jack Roller, the Seattle heavy
weight, in the headline mat a.
traction at the Washington Audi.
torium here Monday night.
LondoS, ranked as one of the
leading heavyweightS in the
wrestling game today, has many
followers among his own race in
the Capital City. They will be
present Monday night when Lon.
dos takes the mat against Roller.
Joe Turner, promoting the
show, expects q great turn
out for his first venture as
as promoter.
Londos and Roller promise to
provide the fans with plenty of
action, but the preliminary bouts
won't be without thrills. Andy
Zaharoff, the giant Russian mat
man, is to engage Jack Wash
burn, of the Pacific Coast.
John MaxoS, another Grecia:l
wrestler, opens the show With
Mario Giglio, the italian, at $50
o'clock. James j. Jimmy" Lake
will do the announcing,
The Washington times., 1930-04-26
ST. ANTHONY'S BOOKING

st. Anthony's Insect ball-players
want a game for tomorrow. Call
Manager Hurley, Decatur 991.
The Washington times., 1930-04-26

Following tomorrow's final
game with the champion AS, the
Griffmen are to play host to the
New York Yankees in a three
game series opening at Griffith
Stadium Monday.
Following an off-day Thursday
Walter Johnson's men are to in
augurate their opening 1880 home
stand against the st. Louis
Browns.
Three Set.toS with the Brownies,
four with Detroit, as many with
the White Sox and trio of ram
bles against the Indians COM
prises this invasion.
Sammy Rice, star Washington
outfielder, is waylaid with a dam
aged left leg contracted while
sliding into third base in Tues
days Red Sox conflict. Loepp
will remain in that location until
Rice returns to action.
The Washington times., 1930-04-26
BILLY VERMILLION
Sliced Golf Drives Result
Of Too Open Stance
60 5. =.
Rv HORTON HNEIT

E it is easy to accentuate slice by certain
The Washington times., 1930-04-26

Barnard, who was a spectator
at yesterdays Griff-AthletiC
game, expressed himself freely
in the presence of Presidents
Bob Quinn, of the Boston Red
Sox, and Clark Griffith, of the
Washington club.
"The East has had a
strangIe-hOld on American
League baseball for several
years now" the big chief de-
clared, "but the West ought
to furnish plenty of oppOSi-
ton during 1880.
!. "The White SOx, Indians,
Browns and Tigers all seem
to have strengthened them
selves. And once they get
going there is reason to be-
lieve they will make things
hot for intersectiOnal OppOsi-
The Washington times., 1930-04-26

Barnard was also enthusiastic
regarding increased interest
shown in the national pastime.
There's been a flock Of
pOstpOnements in the Ameri-
can League" he admitted,
"but gratifying financial re-
turns have resulted from
what games have been played.
During the winter they were
saying that baseball is dying
on its feet: Early 1880 re-
turns show differently"
The American League prexy
when asked to comment on his
preliminary estimate of the
Washington Club after yesterdays
game, said:
There's no doubt but what
Walter JOhnSOn's gang stacks
up better than many pre-
dicted. 1t certainly is i'm
proved over his 1929 club.
If I'm not dead wrong, there's
going to be some worthwhile
mixing before this years PEN
nant is won. And the Wash
ingtOn club will figure in the
race"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
Eric Pan

time to music, suppose he hadn't the
heart to be worldly wise or to be con-
temptuous OF my young and futile am
billions. Anyhow, he allowed me to en-
ter at the Royal College Of Music in
London as a student Of the pianoforte
and the organ and to give up all
thoughts of oxford.
The consequence Of this permission
was that at the age Of 20 I confronted
life; that is to say, started living alone
in lodgings in KenSington, and was In
the wonderful condition Of being what
is usually called my own master"
I remained in London for about IA
years. I was desperately fond Of Lon
don. A famous Englishman, now more
than 80, but still vigorous and active,
said to me not long ago: mo, don't
care for the country. I'm o London
sparrow. All my life have loved the
chimney pots and the pavements, and
love them now more than ever"
During those II years 7 suppose
was q London sparrow, If it's possible
to become one when you haven't been
born one. was infatuated with town
life. At first from my lodgings in Ken
sington observed 1t with passionate
curiosity, as it were. from outside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
Origin of Cyclone Traced by Observers,
Causes, Direction and Frequency Listed

Il has been found that when o trop-
ical cyclone develops In June there are
about 81 chances in that 1t will in
crease in intensity until 1t reaches hur-
ricane strength; during July, in o.;
during August, 7l2 in @; during the
first half Of September, ga In Q. then
rapidly decreasing to chance in 8 In
November. So far as is known, no
hurricane has ever reached the coast OF
the United States before June or after
November, and the number In June,
July and November Is comparatively
small.
During the so years lS7s-1e2S there
vas total Of 316 tropical cyclones,
whether or not of hurricane intensity,
in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Carib-
bean Sea and the Gulf Of Mexico, this
being an average Of 6.3 q year. During
the first IS years there were 174 and
during the second 25-year period there
were 142. During the 50-year period
so per cent Of all tropical cyclones
reached the coast Of the United States,
and slightly more than half Of these
we're Of hurricane intensity.
A detailed study Of the 5O-yeAr rec
ord shows that the number Of hurri-
canes varies from year to year, as does
the portion Of coast line affected. How
ever, the average number Of years be-
tween hurricanes per 100 miles Of coast
line Is as follows: Texas, TT; Louisiana,
1873; Mississippi, 80; Alabama, 3.s;
Gulf coast of Florida, 1919; Atlantic
coast of Florida, 20; both coasts OF
Florida. 1872; Georgia, II; South Caro-,
lima, 7;s; North Carolina, 1876; all
States, 10.4.
It should not be expected that the
averages here given will be maintained
Indefinitely. In record Of 100 or 200
years some Of them will doubtless show
comparatively little variation, but q few
will show considerable change. For ex-
ample, the high average Of Mississippi
and Alabama Is due, In large measure.
to the abnormally large number Of hur-
,icanes during the decade 1909-10.
Therefore 1t is safe to assume that Q
rally reduce these averages.
Only Is Of the "a tropical cyclones OF
hurricane intensity that reached the
coast of the United States during the
last so years can be claSsed as great"
hurricanes, both as to intensity and
diameter. Included in the 16 are the
Galveston hurricanes Of 1900 and 1915,
the New Orleans hurricane of 1915 and
the Florida hurricanes Of 1925 and 1928.
The disaster of the path Of great dam
age is from so to 100 miles, or more
In hurricanes such as these 16, but usu-
ally less than so miles If the hurricane
is Of the small" type.
All hurricanes begin to decrease In
intensity as soon as their centers reach
land, because Of the much greater fric-
ton Of land surfaces as compared with
the surface of the sea. AS they move
inland they decrease quite rapidly in
intensity, dissipating within day or
two If mountainous or even quite roll
ing country is passed over. Torrential
rains continue, however, near the CEN
ter Of the disturbance even after they
are Of minor intensity.
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Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.)
Brazil and Argentina and from 1t the
wind blows toward the northwest over
the ocean TO the north. These winds
are called the southeast trades and
they travel much farther to the north
than the northeast trades travel toward
the south, actually crossing the Equator
into the Northern Hemisphere at all
points between the west coast Of Africa
and the northeast coast Of South Amer
lea. Between the northeast and the
southeast trade winds there Is q mar
row belt Of light variable winds called
the doldrums. This belt moves slowly
northward and southwark with the sun,
but tagging somewhat and reaching its
farthest north position In August. be-
ginning to move south again in early
September.
It is In the eastern portion of this
belt Of doldrums that most Of the de-
structive hurricanes Of the West Indies
region form. 1t Is not definitely known
Just how cyclonic circulation is set up
within this region, but all the essentials
that 60 to make up a cyclonic disturb
ance. such as heat, large amount OF
moisture and opposite directed currents
Of air, are present in full measure.
The southeast trades after crossing
the Equator are, because of the earth's
rotation, detected toward the north
and northeast, so that when the beh
OF doldrums Is farthest north and ex-
tends from Cape Verde, Africa, west
southwestward to the coast Of British
Guiana, South America, that portion
south Of the Cape Verde ISLANDS actu-
ally has southwest winds to the south
ward and rather strong northeast trade
winds to the northward. These con-
ditions, together with the defective
force Of the earth's rotation, which in
creases with distance from the Equator,
result in q cyclonic circulation being
established
Once started, increase in extent and
intensity quickly follows as q rule, and
the cyclone moves OF to the west, being
carried along by the prevailing drift Of
the air toward the west in the tropics
The rate Of movement Of these storms
Is usually from to IS miles an hour,
but sometimes reaches nearly 20 miles
an hour. BY the time they reach the
Lesser Antilles they are quite often &C
companied by winds of destructive
force and are full-fiedged West Indian
hurricanes.
II the hurricanes pass well to the
south Of Porto Rico. they usually con-
tinue moving in a westerly direction
until the western Caribbean Sea Is
reached, when they are likely to re-
curve and pass through the Yucatan
Channel or over extreme Western Cuba,
reaching the coast Of the United States
most often west Of the Apalachicola
River. II. however. a hurricane. center
passes near or north of Porto Rico, 1t
Will likely recurve to the north and
northeast over or east of the Bahamas
or else continue to move toward the
northwest and reach the East Florida
coast soas as was the case IN September ass
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was, I think, rather like a boy looking
in from the street at wonderful party
in g house to which he has not been
invited. In those days I knew prac-
tically nobody in London, nobody both
cred about me. I was young musical
student, living in a couple Of furnished
rooms in a side street in Kensington,
of no importance, Of no interest to any
body.
But everybody was Of interest to me
everybody. that Is to say, who lived
and moved and had their being in
London. For believe that at first I
supposed all the people saw hurrying
by to be Londoners. I think was
very naive in those days, though
didn't consider myself so. On the con-
trary, very soon supposed that by viz
tue of living ION my own" in Kensing-
ton and observing the crowds in Ken
sington High street had acquired q
remarkable insight into life.
Attended Royal College.
During the day I was practicing, at
tending lectures at the Royal College,
studying harmony and counterpart,
having lessons from Sir Walter Parratt
and Mr.. Agernon Ashton In organ and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
Would Invest an Avenue
With Cfemenceau's Name

why has no great boulevard been
named for Georges Clemenceauf Ordt-
narily. when famous Frenchpan dies
certainly when he was as famous e.
Clemenceau, the municipality Of Paris
Immediately changes the name Of an
important street to honor him. The
celebrated avenue du Bois de Boulogne,
for instance, is still o little unfamiliar
under its new name, avenue du Marechal
Foch. But although the matter was
brought up Immediately after Clemen-
ceau's death, nothing definite has 90
far been done. The matter Is the more
strange In that Andre Tardieu, the pres
emit prime minister, was one Of the late
leaders most trusted friends. Did Glenn
enceau have such bitter enemies that
their enmity persists even after death2
Has the matter simply been forgotten?
Or did the old man forbid the naming
Of o street for him In some secret tes.
lament? Paris wants to know.
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Gulf Stream Shifting Westward,
Says Commander of Berengaria

Will the Gulf Stream come nearer 70
these shores and make Coney Island
bloom with tropical flowers?
The question 70 recalled by the obSer-
vations Of Capt. Sir Arthur Rostron,
commander Of the Cunsrd liner Beren-
garia, as reported. He has been OBJ
serving the movement Of this current
some 20 years, but never has he seen so
close TO the American coast.
Two decades ago Capt. Arthur r.
Mis-, master Of the American liner
Philadelphia, was 90 impressed with
Its shifting that he prophesied the tenn
perature Of New York would be getting
higher and higher. He ventured that
Fire Island, which was then more prom
ment IN ship news than now, would
one day be like some atoll fringed with
palms.
River 90 Miles Wide.
The Gulf Stream, as its name inn
plies, derives its name from the Gulf
OF Mexico. As an equatorial current 1t
pours through the Straits Of Florida in
an ocean river about so miles wide on
an average. thc strait varying In width
from 80 to 10 miles.
The Gulf Stream Ii approximately
1000 feet deep, once 1t has reached the
open sea. AT some points, at any rate,
1t Is hundreds Of feet in depth. Its
temperature is easily taken by mariners
who lower O thermometer into it. Feel
ing the pulse of the feverish current
has been o practice for years and is
always alive with scientific interest.
The stream temperature at the be-
ginning Of its long journey Is about 30
degrees. As 1t goes north 1t registers
In the seventies. and then drops to q
temperate warmth. Capt. Rostron re-
pog&ed 90 degrees Oh the New England
coast 50 this last trip. The pulse, or
rate q speed, Of the current varies from
less than 2 9c4laa &s 8 miles an hour.
Goods as II Travels Eastward.
This current skirts along Florida and
Is not far from the North Carolina
shores. Florida would be sub-tropical
without its aid. Farther north are
palmettos and other trees associated
with equatorial temperatures, but they
are far from luxuriant. OF Hatteras
the stream begins to spread out. On
the banks Of Newfoundland 1t meets the
cold currents from the Arctic. The re-
suit Is fog.
It begins to bend eastward, . move
ment which Is traced to the western
and northwesterly winds, which usually
prevail, and grows wider and cooler
As IL approaches the Old World, at
about 20 degrees west longitude, the
drift splits into branches. One arm Is
flung toward the Spanish coast. another
embraces Africa, third creeps about
the British Isles, where, spreading again
as into long fingers, it reaches into the
polar seas.
It viii be noted that the movements