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What do you need to know ? Is
there some point about your business
or personal life that Islzzles you? Is
there something you want to know
without delay? Submit your questions
to Frederic j. Haskin, Director Of our
Washington Information Bureau. He
is employed to help you. Address
your inquiry to the Bismarck Tribune,
Information Bureau, Frederic j. Has
kin, Director, Washington, D. c., and
enclose two cents in coin or. stamps
for return postage.
@. What we're the best ten motion
pictures In 1890. T. F.
A. The Film Daily compiled the
votes Of 1888 motion picture critics
employed by newspapers, syndicates,
and fan and trade publications. The
result was the following: All Quiet
on the Western Frant, Abraham Lin
coin. Holiday, Journeys End, Anna
Christie, The Big House, With Byrd
at the South Pole, The Divorce, Hell's
Angels, and Old English.
@. How much life insurance is now
in force? r. G.
A. On June /, 1880, there were 12O.-
1881 insurance policies in force in
the United States, making a total Of
sos, lag, 440, 473 in force.
@. What is the area and popula-
ton of Ecuador? c. M.
A. Ecuador has an area of 1856
square miles and approximately 2,0OO,-
600 inhabitants.
@. What were the seven cities that
"v'arred for Homer dead?" H. j. D.
A. Smyrna, Rhodes, Colophon,
Salamis, Chios, Argos and Athens.
Q. How large were some of the
plantations in Virginia In the early
days? M. K.
A. There were many plantations
of 5000 or more acres. Nicholas Hay
ward had a unit of 10000 acres, and
William Fitzhugh at one time owned
a total of $4,000 acres.
@. Can cotton, watermelon, and
banana and orange trees stand a
frost? A. w.
A. Cotton can stand a very slight
frost if only of a short duration. A
certain sub-species OF orange trees
likewise can stand q slight frost, but
the banana and watermelon would be
instantly killed by frost.
Q. Have any firms of the United
States been in business for 200 years?
M. S.
A. The George Washington Bicen-
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The Washington times., 1931-11-24
ArmOred Cars, Tanks
Ordered to Practice

Mobilization OF hundreds OF
modern armored cars and tanks
at Fort Benning, Ca. and Camp
Knox, Ky.. has been ordered by
the War Department in prepara-
ton for large scale battle prac-
tice in the spring.
Whole platoons of the fast
moving fighting machines will be
modernized and prepared for the
show, it is announced,
including a platoon of six-ton
tanks, another Of convertible
wheel or tractor tanks. and a
third of experimental tanks in
cluding a 23-ton monster.
The Washington times., 1931-11-24
Chinese SAVED
BY STRANGER

Charity In medicine knows no
boundaries of race or nationality,
Gilbert Lewis, 1912 K st. N. W.,
Chinese student, has discovered.
Last week Lewis was taken
suddenly i'll and rushed to George
town University Hospital, where
an operation was performed.
Following the ordeal he failed to
rally properly and his attending
physicians ordered blood trans
fusion.
Without too ample funds and
pract celly a stranger in the city
Lewis had no one to turn to or
aid. D. John Warren Cassady If
the hospital staff came to his
rescue and donated half a pint
OF his blood to save the young
Chinese. The TRANSMISSION was
success and today Lewis was re-
ported by his physicians to be
doing nicely.
DR.. Cassidy is a fellow in medi-
cine at the hospital. He is a
graduate Of Georgetown and
makes his home at 1921 Newark
st. N. w Lewis was a stranger
to him before the TRANSMISSION.
Lewis is studying aeronautical
engineering in Washington and
while student here is working
at the Astor Restaurant.
The Washington times., 1931-11-24

Rooms, and many of them with
boarding convAniences. are listed tor
Room Hunters convenience in the
Rental Columns of tcdays Classified
Section.
The Washington times., 1931-11-24
Christianity Cited
Az Practical Need

The necessity for the practice
of Christianity was emphasized
this noon by the Rev. John j.
Rives of .Asbury Methodist
Church, at a luncheon meeting
of the Civilians Club at the La
fayette Hotel.
Developing his Thanksgiving
theme, the Rev. Rives spoke
gratefully of the moral order
in the world" which, he said, is
derived from a personal God.
Fred East, guest from the
Kiwanis Club, provided a vocal
program
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
FLORIDA F|GH 7
CONTRACTS ARE
UNSIGNED

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Jack
Kearns. manager of Mickey
Walker, was to arrive here today
to participate in negotiations Tor
the Max Schmeling-Walker title
fight to be staged at Miami late
in February.
Contracts for the bout have
not been drawn up and instead
of being signed today or tomor-
row, as promised by Joe Jacobs,
manager of the heavyWelght
champion, it was considered
doubtful the bout would be "on
the line" before late next week.
Escapes Difficulties
In order to avoid difficulties
with the New York boxing COM
mission, which suspended Schme-
ling early this year, Madison
Square Garden will stage the bout
through one of it's subsidiaries.
the Madison Square Garden Cor
poration of Illinois.
Jacobs reiterated today that
after the Walker fight, Schmellng
would be ready to take on either
Jack Dempsey or Jack Sharkey,
Dempsey preferred, the clash to
be staged in New York next June
or September. Jacobs laughed at
reports that the New York boxing
commission would refuse to per-
nit Schmelinig to fight anyone eX-
cept Sharkey.
Won't Reveal Promoter
He added that if Dempsey were
willing to meet Schmeling and the
New York commission refused to
sanction the bout, Chicago or Los
Angeles promoters would be glad
to have the match. He declined
to reveal the name Of the out-of-
town promoter said to have Of
fered $1,OOO,O00 for a Dempsey
Schmeling fight, each boxer to re-
ceive $5O0,00O.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
ALUMNI QU|N 7
To TEST TECH

Tech High varsity basketball
team will meet real test tomor-
row afternoon when it faces an
all-star alumni team at Tech gym.
The alumni five will be made
up of such widely known shooters
as Bill Werber, Chalkey Coun-
cilor, Joe Croson. jake Goldblatt,
Bob McCartee, Bradley Edleblut,
Everett johnson, Malcolm Johns
and Scrivener. All have had col
lege experience.
Artie Boyd will send Everett
Russell, Bert Wheeler, Jim Reed,
Artie Wilson, Fred Thomas,
Reichardt and Pinetta against
them.
The Vic Sport Shop quint, with
such prominent players as
Sweeney, Goldblatt, McMenamin,
Streeks. Banta, Farrell, Hessler,
Morris and Harris, will face Tech
High at the Tech gym Thursday
morning at II o'clock.
Bethesda Chevy Chase High,
last year Maryland State basket
ball champions, will wage battle
for the county title when it opens
the season against Silver Spring
High at Silver Spring on Jan
uary 8.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29

Washington sports editor writes,
"is most unwieIdy. Also, it re-
quires long railroad journeys if
teams are to play each other.
NOtre D mes travels would pale
into insignificance if the north
ern half were to travel to the
southern half of the Southern
Conference for a set of games.
"There is nothing in common
between football as played by
Tulane, Alabama, Tennessee.
Georgia, Kentucky and Georgia
Tech and football as played by
MARYLAND, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, v. Nj. /. and v. p. /.
"There is the added diSad.
vantage of rivalries that are not
acceptable. Alabama versus
Maryland is not a fair game for
Maryland. Tennessee versus
Virginia is not a fair game for
Virginia. Tulane playing Mary
land would mean tOp-heavy com.
petition. The same may be said
of Tulane playing Virginia,
North Carolina, v. M. I. or
v. p. /. North Carolina State
is in Catholic University's class.
"All football men know the
class, because il is one step, if
not two, removed from the class
of football offered by Alabama,
Georgia, Tulane, Georgia Tech,
Tennessee and Kentucky"
"When the northern schools
of the Southern Conference en-
tered that organization" writes
another sports reporter, cone
could with reason forecast every
abuse sure to creep into foot
ball in the northern half Of the
conference If equalization Of
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
Played for Buck Ewing

After three years with Bos-
ton, Hickman put in two years
with the Giants, 1900-01, under
Buck Ewing's management, be-
ing used mostly as a third base
man and rolling up a majestic
mark in making errors, a lapse
that was forgiven because of
his slugging. He hit safely
once in 27 straight games for
the Giants. quite record then.
Hickman no longer has
those massive props that gave
him the nickname of Piano
Legs" and afforded him such a
firm stance in the batter's box.
A severe illness last winter re-
duced his heft to 154 pounds
and made a vegetarian out of
him.
In a tanning bee with local
baseball folks, Hickman recalled
a three-man feat of which he
was a principal along with
Lajoie and Bradley, of the old
Indians. This trio connected
for successive homers. The Sc
quence was really Lajoie, Hick-
man and Bradley, for that's the
way they came up in the bat
ting order against Jack Harper
of the Browns to deliver those
fence-toppers in succession in
the sixth inning. June 30, 1902.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29

The Georgetown-Virginia dis
agreement of 1913 was one OF
the direct causes of the disin-
tegration of old South Atlantic
natural rivalries.
Immediately after the break
(partly because of it, but also
because of other contributing
factors) an era of artiflclallty
began in this section.
UnhistOrical Rivalries
Schools of Maryland, Virginia
and North Carolina entered the
Southern Conference. Many
question the wisdom of such a
move. It created rivalries that
were not natural, that were not
historical. When Virginia joined
the Southern Conference, many
of Virginia's older friends could
not believe their eyes when they
read of Virginia'S action in the
newspapers.
"Virginia, leader Of educa-
tiOn for many years, join a
conference? ASSuredIy mott"
Virginia did, however.
virginia, leader of thought
down through the years since
1925, join a conference which
will preclude Independent Vir-
ginia action? AsSuredly mott"
Virginia did join, however.
"After the brilliant EchOls-
MinOr-Lambeth report, Virginia
lend herself to the idea of fol.
lowing instead of leading?
ASSuredly mott"
Virginia Joined the Southern
Conference.
''The Southern COnference,"a 0
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
DEVOTE.
IO9HOURS
AYEAR
BY QUENTIN REYNOLDS

NEW YORK, Dec. 29-Critics
who have been saying that foot
ball is lover emphasized" at the
colleges should turn their atten-
tion to debating, student publica-
tions or dramatics.
A special committee headed by
Lou Little, Columbia coach, was
chosen a year ago to study the
question of overemphasis and to
report on the time spent by
football players at the game.
Little made his report to the
annual meeting of the football
coaches this morning and he re-
vealed that college student who
plays football spends on an
average of 1O9 hours year at
the game.
Comparative Hours
Students who engage in college
debating spend Ill hours; crew
men use 1856 hours; student
editors spend 241 hours at their
work, while those who rehearSe
and take part in dramatic pro-
ductions spend 1872 hours on the
stage, according to Llttles
| figures.
Four hundred colleges were
questioned and as result the
committee headed by Little dis
covered that as far as actual
time spent on extra curriculum
activities, football ranks but sixth
in the list.
These figures are based on
time spent during the season.
The committee reported that as
far as time spent out of season
was concerned football ranked
but fourteenth.
"Only two sports" the report
continued, occupy less time
out of season than football.
Baseball and hockey are the
sports. In length of daily
practice football stands fifth,
being exceeded by golf, dra-
matics, lacrosse and baseball"
400 Are Queried
The questionnaire sent to the
400 colleges was an elaborate one,
which considered every activity
in which a college student par
ticipated. 1t also considered the
question of spring practice. One
hundred and So coaches said
they were in favor of it; 20
said they were for it with
conditions; while 43 were against
it.
The question of a training
table also caused wide diver
gence, with 80 coaches or gradu.
ate managers voting yes; SO
said mo- and % favored the
training table if the expense
was borne by the players.
The whole report tended to
show that football did not take a
disappointment amount of time
from other activities.
In addition to Little, the COM
mittee consisted of Charles Bach
man, University of Florida; Alvin
Mcmillan, Kansas Agricultural
College; Noble Kizer, Purdue Uni.
versity. and Paul Schissler, OF
Oregon.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
SZABO SCORES
ONFREAk HOLD

Promoter Joe Turner is today
scratching his head to discover
a new name for the strange hold
by which Sander Szabo. the
Hungarian heavyweight wrestler,
pinioned Paul Cowboy" Jones be-
fore 4,5OO cheering fans at the
Washington Auditorium last
night.
Never before have the wrestling
fans of Washington seen such a
hold as Szabo introduced last
night. 1t was accidentally dis
covered and will hardly ever be
duplicated, it is believed.
It came at a time when Jones
had applied his famous figure
four body scissors. This is the
hold wherein the Texan climbs
aboard the back of the opponent
and tightly binds his spindly
legs about the rivals midsect1on.
Whirlpool of Arms
Szabo rollicked about the ring,
scrambled for the ropes and tried
desperately to free himself but
all to avail. No matter how he
moved, Jones was hanging to the
nape of his neck with his legs
locked about Szabo's middle.
Then, suddenly, there was a
whirlpool of arms and legs as
though a volcano had burst. Two
bodies leaped into the air and
came crashing to the canvas:
Two pairs of shoulders touched
the canvas and, as Referee Cy'
clone Burns went to his Launches
to decide the winner, Szabo man
aged to lift one of his shoulder
blades, and this act made him
the victor after 81 minutes OF
real struggling.
Veterans Win
Santa Claus was kind to those
old rascals, Chief White Feather
and Tigah Nelson. These war
riors, generally on the losing end.
were stunned to find themselves
winners last night. Happy Scott
the youthful Indiana U. wrestler,
fell victim to the chief after 70
minutes, while Nelson subdued
Bruce Hansen.
George Hagen conquered Joe
Cox in 80 minutes with a body
slam after both boys had made
several unwelcome trips to the or.
chestra pit. which by now is con-
,sidered part of the wrestling
arena. These grapplers hurled
each other about the ring like
so much Christmas parcels.
DOC" Wilson and MatroS Klrl-
lenko wrestled 80 minutes to a
draw.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
Rigid Supervision
Will Cause Saner
Game, SUuS Bezdek

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Hugo
Beck, manager of the Pittsburgh
Pirates ball club years ago,
former football coach at Penn
State and Oregon and now head
of the School of Physical Educa-
ton and Athletics at Penn State.
told the Society of Directors of
Physical Education in Colleges Of
the new viewpoint toward foot
ball at it's thirty-fifth annual meet
ing here yesterday.
Modification of playing sched-
ules, limitation Of practice periods
and a more rigid supervision OF
athletes will follow the changed
attitude about football, he said.
"Students must be shown
where football is fulfilling their
interests and needs and where
it is aiding them in realizing
any of their purposes in life,"
added BeZdek.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
Stunt Seldom Equalled

It was the first time such a
stunt had ever been done in
the American League and it's
been done few times since
Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig were
the first Yanks TO deliver sue
cessive homers in 1925.
The same trio, Hickman,
Lajoie and Bradley at a later
date almost repeated their sue
cessive home-run effort. At
the opening of the old Hilltop
grounds in New York where the
then Highlanders held forth,
Lajoie hit the top of the out
field fence for three bases, Hick-
man did likewise and Bradley
followed with home run.
From the Giants Piano Legs"
went for three years to Cleve-
land, being traded to Detroit
for Charlie Carr. Then fol
lowed three years here in Wash
ington and two more back at
Cleveland. ending a 14-year
span in the majors. when he
was exiled to Toledo. where
after three years he finished
his active playing and went
scouting for the Indians.
Many old-timerS aver the in
field composed of Hickman at
first, Lajoie, second; Cotton
Top Tuck Turner. short. and
Bill Bradley. third, was the
greatest that ever played for
Cleveland, and one of the most
rambunctiouS in the whole his
tory Of the game.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
Sport Goods Dealer

Immediately following his
exit from baseball, Hickman, in
partnership with Charlie White,
the former White Sox pitcher,
opened a sporting goods store
on Fourteenth Street, but
"Piano Legs" ultimately found
bis way back to his home in
Morgantown, w. Va, where he
entered politics and was three
times elected mayor thereof.
Because of his hitting prowess,
Hickman also manufactured a
famous bat, which carried his
name and which sold in those
days like the products of the
current times carrying the
trade mark of Babe Ruth.
Hickman still has at his Nor
gantown home the bat with
which he knocked the home
run over the local center-field
fence.
Born in Dunkard, Pa, Hick-
man has made Morgantown his
home ever since his college
days. He began his profes-
sional career at the age of 81,
in 1897, as a right-handed
pitcher for the Boston Ma
tionals. He recalls once sub
bing at first base for Fred
Tenney in game at Baltimore
on the Orioles tip-tilted dia-
mond and being fooled by the
roll of the bunts, and stepped
on and bumped excessively by
that demon base runner, John
j. McGraW.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29

competition were to be estab-
lished.
From Chapel Hill to College
Park, the teams of the States
involved have as much right
competing i'm the Southern Con-
ference as teams Of the South
ern League of baseball have to
compete with the National and
American leagues"
From days of football games
which were interesting and ra.
tional manifestations of natural
rivalries, the South Atlantic sec
ton has jumped to days of arti-
ficial, uninteresting and nonSensi-
cal games in their appeal to stu
dents, alumni and faculties.
The same is true of football
games throughout the nation with
few exceptions, but we are most
interested in rationalizing our
own section.
(Chapter XII of Mr.. ,Costello'S
"Rationalized Football" will ap-
pear in tomorrow'S TimeS)
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
TerrOrs OutrOLI
BLick's MidgetS

The John Blick's Midgets ma
ple-shooters found The Times Ter
rors a tough bone to gnaw and
dropped their first match of the
year. 1853 to 1888. The Midgets
took a 7O-pin lead in the first
game, but saw 40 pins of it whit
tied off in the second encounter
and watched the Terrors take a
25-pin lead in the last.
Rob Rebholtz was the TerrorS'
ace, pounding out 1853 set, with
lao game.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
Princeton Is Still
Without Grid Coach

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Prince-
ton has taken no steps to hire a
successor to Al Wittmer, resigned
football coach. DR.. Charles W..
Kennedy, chairman of the board
of athletic control at Princeton,
declined to comment on reports
that D. o. McLaughry. Brown
coach, or Harry Stuhldreher OF
Villanova, might get the job.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
SAKS PLAY

The Saks Clothiers will be seek
ing their sixteenth basketball
game tonight when the Anacostia
Eagles are met at $50 o'clock at
Central High gym. The Eagles
have defeated the Army War Col
lege, Boiling Field and Fort Wash
ington this season.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29

L11d1I pdssAA1g AVVAVS'
Hickman got his moniker OF
"Piano Legs" by reason of the
shapeliness of his lower ex-
tremities, which supported a
huge framework that 80 years
ago totaled in the vicinity of
215 pounds. Baseball historians
tell us he was the counterpart
of Fatty Fothergill, playing
both the outfield and infield
and doing more than an ordl-
nary job of both.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
Too Much :Snow
Prevents Court
Engagement

BERKELEY, Calf, Dec. 20.
Too much snow postponed last
nights scheduled tilt between
the basketball teams of the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh and the
University of California. The
Pitt boys were snowbound at
Truckee in the high Sierra
Mountains and their train was
late arriving. The game was
to be played either this after
noon or tonight.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29

ABOVE, speed skaters from
all corners of the country
photographed at Speculator,
N. Y, poised for the start of
an impromptu race. The skaters
are training for the forthcom-
ing winter Olympics to be held
at Lake Placid, N. Y. Left to
right are: Bert Taylor, Carl
Springer, Ray Murray, Walter
Rutter, Allan Potts, all of New
York; Irving Jaffee, of New
York; Milford Dietz, Saranac,
N. Y; O'Neill Farrell, William
Minister, AL Kucera, Wally
tchell, Ed Murphy, Ed
Schroeder all of Chicago; Mel
vim johnson and Ed Wedge, of
Detroit.
AT RIGHT, Eddie Murphy,
of Chicago, is the shortest
member of the United States
speed skating team and Bert
Taylor. of New York, is the
tallest. Such is the difference
in the mems heights that Ed
die can skate through Bert's
legs.
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
FOOTBALL OVERElAPHASIS myth, SAYS LOU Ii
%GOes Into Politics
Is YuLetide Visitor
Three Home Runs
Baseball DGguerreOtype
"PiGnO Legs" Hickman
PL1ued Here ; Years

holiday visitor Washington who will be recalled as
one of basebas behemohs of clout before the days OF
either Babe Ruth Home Run Frank Baker was Charles
T. Piano Legs Hickman the only man ever to put ball
over the old Washington ball park center field.
MANY fans of previous era will recall Hckmans hitting
exploits before the lively ball even dreamed
about and in that he spent about three in Washing
ton uniform during his coorul in the national pas
time we thought his Yuletde visit here to visit Congress
man Frank L. Bowman of Morgantown, W. Va, of more
The Washington times., 1931-12-29
RATIONALIZED
FOOTBALL
By Harry Costello
Georgetown Backfield Star 191O-1913
CHAPTER K

Like nations collegiate athletics cannot through pc
riod of conflict without change in outlook.
Particularly this Of the South Atlantic section