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FRENCH OF BUGS BALKs.

PASO ROBES, Calf, February %
R).-Larry French, left-handed pitcher,
remains as Pittsburgh's only major
hold-out. It was said at camp today
that he was asking approximately $l2,-
900 for the coming seasons work.
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COCHRAN WINS 1872 TITLE
Beats Hoppe, 400 to 191, in Final
Match of Tournament.

Match of Tournament.
NEW YORK, February % R).-
Welker Cochran of Hollywood won the
international 1872 balkline billiard
tournament tonight by defeating Willie
Hoppe Of New York In the fnal match,
400 to 191.
The victory gave Cochran final
record Of six triumphs against no
defeats.
Hoppe finished second with four wins
and two defeats.
The other two competitors, Mat
suyama of Japan and Eric Hagen
lacher of Germany, finished In . tie
for third place with one win ana 1ive
defeats and will meet In play-oh at
400 points tomorrow night.
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EMMITSBURG, Md, February o.
Mount st. Mary's College closed its
basket ball campaign by defeating
Western Maryland tonight, 81 to a.
The victory evened the series.
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TITLE. TO NORTHWESTERN
Gain Big Ten Basket Honors by
Routing Ohio State.

COLUMBUS, February 20 CA).-North-
western University wildcats clinched
the Big Ten basket ball championship
here tonight by defeating Ohio State,
80 to 10.
The game belonged to the Purple
all the way, with Left Forward Reiffe
leading the attack, scoring three field
goals and dropping three foul throws
through the hoop.
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Florida Is Up1etter.
ELORDA'S victory over Tennesses
l. established that team as one Of the
real dark horses" Of the tourna-
ment as the Alligators caused mild
sensation last night by downing q
favored Georgia Tech team.
The Gainesville quintet flashed into
the lead soon after the game started
and led, II to 10, at the half
The Vols came back fast at the start
of the second half and evened the
count at 17-all, but Florida then pulled
away, with Clemens setting the pace,
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It is because he looked a little less
terrible back of the bat than In the
garden that he is sporting receivers
Initt here, but 1t is apparent he will
need plenty Of lessons in the intricacies
of catching before his fielding ability
approaches his prowess as a slugger.
Especially in catching foul flies is he
weak. and 50 today he was given drill
so long that he was well tuckered
out at the finish.
For more than an hour johnson, who
Is adept at iofting fungoes. fouled balls
high, wide and handsome for Bolton
and Ed Kenna, his team mate ct Chat
tanooga, who did most OF the catching
5cr the Lookouts last season. Kenna
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-01
Mount St. Mary's Wins.

Totals ....2l so Totals 49,. Q IL
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
The Commerce Building
Structure Marks Departments Growth

The various bureaus Department of Commerce here
toore widely scattered throughout the city, are moving into
their building
The occupation of the structure marks another
peted portion of the triangle development years ago
vision Of dreamers, thing of stone and steel
Built at cost of nearly $200o000o new building of the
Department of the largest office the world
Despite this tremendous the Government should find
the building economy.
The old SYSTEM under which bureaus were separated and
housed in rented buildings proved inefficient for the conduct
OF the departments business and uneconomcal from the
standpoint of the rents which had to be paid.
The opening Of the structure tribute the growth
and development Of the Department of Commerce in recent
years One Of the departments has grown rapidly
and since the has played increasingly important part
in promoting the trade of the United States.
Its new building should give its work added impetus
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Eliminating Waste
Reorganization a Fertile Field

President Hoover taps immensely fertile field in his
proposal for reorganization of the Government.
Reagnment of Government bureaus and agencies along
lines Of efficiency and economy could be made to yield
fat dividend in savings
But whether it will not is another question.
Any extensive reorganization will depend for its
upon Congressional action.
Government bureau chiefs jealous of their positions and
power. Congressman jealous of their patronage
When it to wping out of these positions and
some Of this patronage President Hoover proposal is likely
to encounter rough sedding
But the desirabiy of the Presidents objective be
gainsaid
Congress after Congress has piled bureau and agencies
upon the rambling governmental structure Even after they
have outved their original usefulness these bureaus
continued active status.
They have grown and grown until it has become miracle
that they have not fallen Of their weight.
The idea OF reorganization along business lines eliminating
overlapping and duplication is not with Mr. Hoover
The thought Of getting rid Of useless bureaus
to many Presidents
But President Hoover better chance of putting over
the idea than had his predecessors.
The absolute necessity for economy and the
prospect that millions be by reorganization are likely
to force Congress to accept the suggestion.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

and cussedness impose certain
penalties. We make some
friends, but we also make many
enemies.
We get into jams. We miss
out on chances. We suffer bore
dom and bewilderment and
feel that life isn't what it
should be. Sometimes, though
rarely, we're honest enough to
acknowledge that this is our
own fault.
Then along comes Love!
Shakes us up as we've never
been shaken before! Puts a new
fire in our blood, a new song
in our heart, a new glamour
over all the earth.
AND FORTHWITH WE ARE
CONVINCED THAT ALL OUR
DIFFICULTIES ARE AT AN
END.
Here, at last, is what we've
always needed. Here's a Won
der Worker that will dispel all
our fears, steady our uncertain
ties, sooth our peevshneSs, COM
fort our loneliness, make us wise
and gentle and strong. And,
above all, keep us interested and
excited! No more dull moments
for we're in love!
And so we marry. And, for
a while, all is bliss.
Reaction Sets In
Then presently-in few
months or a few years-the re-
action sets in. We discover, to
our horror, that something is
wrong. Love isn't working out
as we thought it would. The
old confusions are coming
back the old boredom. We
get the blues, just as we used
to do. We fly into tempers
We become discouraged and rest
less. We can't stick at things.
Life is just as monotonous, just
as tiresome, as it was before
we met!
Well, we might have known.
People warned us that love
didn't last. People limited that
we weren't really mated. And
now we see how right they
were. For if this love of ours
had been the Real Thing it
would never have fizzled out
this way. and life would still
be the Wonderful Dream that
it seemed the day we met.
And so we part. And go
around saying that you're a
fool If you trust love. Though
perhaps if one could find Some
one Who Really Understood.
And all the time it wasn't
loves fault at all. Our love
was real and, wisely used, it
could have frightened and
sweetened all our days. But
love wasn't a handy man. It
couldn't attend to all our psy-
Geological chores. clear up all
our spiritual untidiness. That
was up to us. That was a job
we should have performed for
ourselves. married or single.
Copyright, 1891, King Features
6yndteatss 1nc.1
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Whuthe Universe Expands
By Archibald Henderson, Ph.D, D:C.L, Lila
Famous Scientific Authority

small radius, finally reaching
its present size. 1t appears that
the time scale we have to go by,
unfortunately, is only q few
thousand million years.
Why is it that the universe
expands? Consider the sun, fQf
example. We know that the
sun, as the result of its power
full radiation, is losing all the
time enormously in bulk. On
the basis of modern radiation
theories and Einstein's reia-
tivistic conceptions, Eddington
has computed that the sun Is
losing one hundred and twenty
billion tons of its mass every
year. The same. in more or less
degree, is true of all the celestial
objects, in particular Of the bill
lions of suns and other hot
bodies in the universe, paSsipG
into the interstellar spaces in
radiation, is constantly decreaS
ing. Moreover, the matter IN
the universe is constantly
spreading itself farther and
farther apart. AS the sun loses
weight. its gravitational grip on
the planets continually weakens.
The stars likewise are held
together by mutual gravitG-
tional attractions. These forces
diminish with the reduction OF
the weight of the stars; and as
the result of radiation, the ag.
gregation of stars steadily ex-
pands. The stars progressively
weaken in weight, grow feeble,
and scatter farther apart.
AS Jeans puts it, the material
universe appears to be passing
away like a tale that is told, dis
solving into nothingness like Q
vision. The human race. whose
intelligence dates back only o
single tick of the astronomical
clock, could hardly hope to url-
derstand so soon what 1t all
mems. Some day, perhaps, we
shall know: at present we can
only wonder.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
ONCE-OVERS

ment of former friends and
that is, that you do not want
your present associates to learn
of your former financial. situa-
ton or the friends of former
years.
What a small minded kind
you are to desire to drop
friends of previous years be-
cause of q difference in finan-
cial standing.
Not muscle bound but hide
bound by money and position.
True friends meet on a basis
of mutual experience and SYM
pathy.
True friendship does not
realize a difference because Of
financial possessions.
But the shoddy sort of friend
ship does.
lCopyright, 1881, by International
Feature Service. Incl
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

One of the most signal dis
coveries of recent times is the
fact that the universe is not
static, but in a state Of un-
stable equilibrium. Conditions
are such that, even were the
universe in equilibrium at any
given time, it could not remain
so. It would have either to ex'
pand or to contract.
AS matters now stand, II is
clear that the universe is ex-
panding. The great extragalac-
tic systems, the mighty splra!
nebulae, which constitute island
universe, are recedins from us
at enormously high velocltles.
The observers on any extraga-
Tactic system, assuming tnaC
thev are inhabited and have
high.powered telescopes, observe
that all the other systems are
receding from them. The WnoIe
universe thus seems to be Tying
apart. and thus ever growing
larger.
we know, on the basis m lie
Maitre's theory and observations
on extragalactic systems. both
the present state of the universe
and its present rate Of change
But we have no information as
to the rate at which the uni
verse has been changing in the
past, and the variations in this
rate of change. To be precise,
although it sounds complicated
we do not know from the past
history Of the universe, the rate
of change. .,.
Various possibilities throng
the Imagination. Has 1t taken
an infinite time for the uni
verse to get started on its career
of expansion? Perhaps the uni
verse started with an excessively
great, or as we say, infinite
size and during a very great
time contracted to a minimum
value. and then subsequently IN
creased to the present size. =,
It is also possible, though not
highly probable, that the evolu'
ton started from an infinitely
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Drive Out the Fakes
New Job Agency Law Needed

Existing laws governing employment agencies in the Dis
trict have been shown to be notoriously weak ~
occasions when the authorities have desired to
against fake agencies conducting fraudulent bus
nes they have been compelled to resort to subuge to
get at the operators
There is danger that should test case be pushed
the entire law would be ruled unconstitutional
Under the circumstances the District Commissioners
doing the wise thing when they prepare more rigid and
carefully framed bill for the action Of Congress
The honorable employment agencies OF the city
doubt join the Commissioners in seeking the enae
legislation which will make it possible to drive
sharks out of business
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

done IOr our
selves, long before love came
our way. We expect that it
should settle problems and
smooth out difficulties which
have nothing whatever to do
with romance.
What are we doing in those
years before the Grand Passion
arrives? We are growing up. We
are developing our personalities.
We are accumulating certain
habits, attitudes, prejudices and
ideas. we are establishing GER
tain relationships with the rest
of the world.
Far From 1t
But are all of these habits
and ideas healthy? Are all of
these relationships harmonious?
Is this personality which we
have achieved a really success
full affair? Far from it. Though
we have become mature in
years, we are still anything but
mature in character. '"e're
moody, restless, timid and can
tankerous. We're still cry babies
longing for the moon. Half
baked. Wet behind the ears.
And, of course, such we S
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
New Year Prospects
Satisfactory Outlook for City

Wsshngtonans looking forward to the year will find
the prospect good though nged here and there with
displeasing aspects.
No expect the turn of the year to wipe out all
remembrances Of 1884, he expect that promptly at
midnight those things which have been troubling him will be
buried.
But Washington does have right to expect the year
10 be better than the old This despite the fact that
during 1881 this community suffered relatively little.
Business here during the coming year should be much bet
ter than in 1881.
Other factors of trade be expected to remain fairly
celebration of the George Washington Bicentennal
Hundreds Of thousands of visitors who would not other
wise to Washington will be attracted by the series Of
fetes which will mark the celebration That will millions
Of dollars to be spent here.
Industrial leaders of the Nation signs which to them
betoken the termination of the depression in its country
aspects
Although the predictions along this line have often
faulty they may in this coming year reach fruition
washington although not dependent entirely outside
conditions would naturally benefit from upturn Of general
business.
There every to believe that agitation to the
trary Notwithstanding there will be great reduction in
the government payroll here during 1882.
Likewise is to be hoped that the additional tax burden
proposed by the House will not be placed the shoulders
of the city by Senate concurrence.
The National Capital has much with which to be pleased
In looking back 1881.
has with which to be pleased in looking for
ward to 1882.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

A Shoddy Sort of Friendship
AS a successful man, what is
your treatment of your boy
hood or your young manhood
friends who have not enjoyed
so much prosperity?
Are you patronizinly friendly
or frigidly polite when you
meet?
Indicating that you feel sorry
for them shows you believe
them more or less incompetent,
and such an attitude from you,
hurts.
It is not necessary for you to
be coldly tolerant in order
that the old friends may realize
your up and up financial status.
They will recognize the fact
when true aid will not try to
carry on with YOU.
But there is another motive,
sometimes back OF the treat
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
A Dear Little Church
It Reminds You of Other Things

Senator Capper Of Kansas,
who advocates a special tax on
short selling, prints this little
picture in his CGpPer's
Weekly which shows an
abandoned church, one hun
dred years old, with a fifteen
hundred pound bell at the
top, giving a dangerous imi-
tation of the Leaning Tower of
Pisa, at Apulia, N. Y.
At any minute this tower
may fall with its fifteen hun
dred pound bell, damaging
nearby houses and perhaps
killing somebody. But no.
body knows what to do.
The village has no money to
build a scaffold around the
church. No one dares climb
the tower to investigate. To
dynamite the building would
hasten disaster.
Wall Street will sympathize
with Apulia, N. Y, for Wall
Street has a leaning tower of
its own.
And nobody in Wall Street
or Washington seems to know
what to do about it.
However, the leaning Stock
Tower of Wall Street will be-
gin to straighten up soon.
Then, perhaps, grateful brokers
will raise a fund to fix the
little church tower at Apulia.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Hearst Papers Advocate

l. friendship nations entnnging alliances
NTH none."-George Washington.
Proportional representation in States Senate
State to hare less than Senator's Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional reGpportione7t in the House OF
Representatives.
Separate departments of the Ary the NGUy and OF the
Air Forces all united Secretary of National Defense
Federal action OF poDers
iliterGcy under Secretary OF Education.
s. Installation the President January
ing the November election
Selecue Immigration admit those suited for Aert
can citizenship and American needs.
Deportation OF undesirable extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
Complete publicity for prevent big
dodgers from escaping taxation.
Modification the Volstead act to permit light and
beers under Federal regulation.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
A FOOtnOte to HiStOr.

= Can hangman be President?
Not only can but has, says the Pathfinder MagaNn
it will surprise most of the inhabitants Of the United Sta
hear that the hangman who later went to the White Hou
the great Democratic leader, Grover Cleveland.
The Pathfinder says that in 1872 two men were Sent
to death for murder in Buffalo. Cleveland was sne'
the time and rather than delegate the unpleasant task
cution to subordinate he sprang the trap himself
History has hushed up this story, though it Is nar'
why. It certainly does Cleveland no dlscredlt On
forming his dutv as he saw it. no matter what it might
There are few Presidents living dead, Of whom yO
say that
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

only thing that a man can't
forgive a woman is for begin
ming to love him before he has
begun to love her.
When Noses Come Down
I used to be fastidious. I
am no more-not I!
I'm thankful now for any
thing my flattened purse will
buy!
I used to lunch on broccoli,
with partridge e-under-b r-bell-
But now a swiss-cheese sand
wich seems a feast that's sim.
ply SWELL!
I once insisted that my hats
be labeled from Paree-
But now a homemade bonnet
is quite good enough for ME!
I used to be fastidious-but,
hear my sad confession!
My nose came down, like
yours-and yourS-when we hit
the depression!
Enter a mans heart as care
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
DO YOU KNOW

An airplane expert in Holland
has invented a frame holder
for moving picture cameras that
fits about the shoulders.
Errors in reading meters are
largely eliminated with the use
Of a camera that takes pictures
Of the dials from which the
bills are computed.
A huge monument is to be
erected in Sevastopol, Russia,
in memory of Nicolai Lenin.
The statue will be cast from
the metal of memorials to
czarist generals which once
decorated the city parks and
squares.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

Marriage is like Christmas.
Something to which every wo-
man looks forward; which every
man breads; in which most peo-
pie are disappointed-but which
nobody wants to miss.
The surest way to inspire a
man to ask for a life interest
in your heart is to let him know
that some other man has an
option on it.
The difference between a
mans love and woman'S love
is merely e matter of dirnen-
sion. A woman loves too long
and a man loves too widely.
The only thing that a woman
can't forgive a man is for ceas-
ing to love her before she has
stopped loving him. And the
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

N OF hing's
wrong with
We. T h e
faults in us
lin our no
tions about
love.
w E EX-
PECT TOO
M NC H OF
LOVE.
We expect
that We
S h o uld do
things for us
W h ich we
should have
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

People falling into love.
People falling out of love.
Getting sad. getting mad. :.
blaming love.
What's wrong with love?
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Love Is Like That!

Love Is Like That!
HappineSs-The capacity for
loving everybody a little, and
somebody a lot.
A man may feel lonesome
while his wife is in Palm Beach
for the whole winter; but he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-19
Independent Basket News

recently won the sectional tourney Of
Howard. Grant and Blackford counties,
defeating Paramount Independents. SO to
IS. in the final game. Swayzee viii par
ment at Noblesville. Hy Red crew desire
road games with state teams. Write Gale
zirkle. Manager. Box $50. Swayzee.
Mayer Chapel Dixies. with cuinnette
tackle Tabernacle Ironmen tonight at their
gym; Dixies also will play Saturday night
IN the blind tourney at Central Christian
gym. and will oppose Brightwood NJ E.
Bethel Baptists clinchsd the Alliance
League pennant Tuesday, waiioping First
feated Westminster, Is to IS.
Four fast games were played in the
South Side. sunday school tournament
DOGS. Is to Ss: cards TIPPED Frisd dI,s
"a TO %; St. Johns thumped Midway. IS
S % ~. s1c mnanuel nosed out Wyan-
Wizards, playing in the is-l7-year-old
Ha. 4477-W. ask for Joe.
Junior Eagles would like to schedule
teams havias sccess e G sSs sAs u misa
Eagles have won eleven Of twelve starts.
For games. call DR.. 1890. between 5 and
.. m. ask for Jack
FIsnner and buchanan meters VIII get
BACK into action after 9 short layof. play
INK some OF the best teams In the state.
Coach Linn Is grooming his squad for .
have won thirteen Of sixtesn Starts aTsirssf
strong opponents. For games. write or
wire Bob Linn at as North Wallace street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-19


Johnny CORRIDEN, red
d matched pilot OF the Indians,
has advanced reporting day for his
batterymen. Not a big change, how
ever. They will check in at Sara
sofa March 2 and begin exercising
late that morning instead of on
March 3 as originally scheduled.
Pitchers, catchers and club officials
will start for camp the afternoon OF
Saturday, Feb. %. Few players, if
any. will depart from here, the ma
jority going from their homes direct
to Sarasota. Indelders and out
fielders viii follow one week later.
= e
Several Tribe athletes have re-
quested permission to go to camp
ahead Of reporting day. The old
depression, you know. AS a result
Trainer Pierce won't have any trou-
bic getting the diamond in shape
with lot of able athletes on hand
to handle the rake and pull the
roller.
y
TIED MGREw, indianapolis Ma
L tional League umpire, is wheel
ing over the highways Florida
bound, departing today. He viii
motor to Miami, take in the scenery
and romp on the beach before
crossing the Sunshine state to Sara
sofa to join Johnny Corriden's In
dams to act as umpire in chief. Ted
IS using this means to get into con-
dition for another whirl with the
indicator in the majors.
=
Jim Bottonley has signed his 1881
contract with the Cardinals and is
reported bristlin8 with ambition to
prove he's q better man than Jim
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-19
City Basket
Champs Lose
Tourney Till


st. Phillips A. c., defending city
cage champions, were eliminated in
the city sectional independent
tourney Wednesday night by Sun
shine Cleaners, 81 to- 18. The vic
tors led at half time, 8 to z.
Cleaners, who share the favoriue
role now with G. 81 j, Tires and
Indianapolis Deaks, will oppose
G. & j. in tonight's feature.
In another fast tilt Wednesday,
Riverside Buddies rallied in the
second half to trip Eli Lilly five,
80 to 26. Deaks beat Y. M. H. A.,
% to IA, and Real Silk downed
Lauter Boys in other games. To-
nights schedule:
7:I5-G. and j. vs. Sunshine Cleaners.
S:00-Indiana School for Deaf VS.. Holy
Trinity.
s:55-Riverside Buddies VS.. zeal silk.