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between Twelfth and Fourteenth and and d
streets southwest, the warehouse for govern
ment supplies between Seventh and Ninth and
c and d streets southwest and the central
heating plant for heating the Department Of
Agriculture Buildings, the Bureau Of Eng: aving
and Printing group, the Washington Monument.
all Of the buildings in the Mall Triangle, and
the Treasury Building will be In square 2o7,
bounded by Twelfth and Thirteenth and and
D streets southwest
The new District Of Columbia Municipal
Center will be located between Third and Sixth
streets and Pennsylvania, Indiana and Louisiana
avenues northwest.
Many of the projects covered by the above
listed authorizations will have been completed,
while many others will be we'll under way, by
the time OF the George Washington Bicenten-
NAL in 1882 Others will require several years
to complete This is especially true Of the
Mall Triangle and Municipal Center develop
ments. However, two buildings in the Mall
Triangle will have been completed and at least
two others started, while in the Municipal
Center one building will be under way. Also
before the end of 1892 will probably have
authorized General Accounting once Build
ing and an autho, izaton fixing the limits of
cost for the War and Navy group Of buildings.
The sites for the War and Navy group of
buildings have already been selected by the
Public Buildings Commission and the necessary
steps for the acquisition by the Government of
all privately owned land in the selected area
will follow shortly. These two groups Of build
ings will be located in the general area bounded
by Nineteenth street on the east, Twenty third
on the west, New York avenue on the north
and Constitution avenue the south. The
sites for the General Accounting ONCE and the
Independent Onhces Buildings are still to be
selected.
\A/HnE providing for the remaking Of the
w Nations Capital Congress did not neglect
the States and Territories because during this
same fivo-year period it authorized for public
buildings in the States and Territories another
third of a billion dollars, or to be exact the
sum of 1868 100000.
The average citizen may well ask: Why this
great Federal building program in the City Of
Washington and in the several States and
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enlargement Of the Capitol Grounds has been
purchased and cleared and planting will soon
take place, the ground for the Botanic Garden
has been purchased and the old buildings
thereon now being RACED. the steel woik for
the addition to the House once Building Is
being erected, the central building for the De-
partment Of Agriculture has been completed
and the first unit Of its extensible building Is
under construction, the Internal Revenue
Building has been completed and is now occu-
pied, the Department Of Commerce Building u
nearing completion. nearly all Of the ground in
the Mall Triangle has been purchased, the
sites for the Department of Justice and Labor
Buildings are now being cleared. ground for
the United States Supreme Court Building has
been purchased and cleared and excavation
work for the foundation is under way, ground
for the addition to the Library of Congress is
being acquired Is likewise that for the
National Aboretum land for enlarging Boiling
Field has been purchased, the site for the ware
house for Government supplies has been ac-
qured additional park lands and playground
sites being secured under the Capper-
Cramton act, and nearly all Of the land for
the District Of Columbia Governments new
Municipal Center has been acquitted and an
appropriation for the first unit--the Courts
Building-made.
IN the so-called Mall Triangle being that part
of the city bounded on the east by Third
street. on the west by Fifteenth street, on the
north by Pennsylvania avenue and on the
south by Constitution avenue, will be located
the Department Of Commerce, the Internal
Revenue, the Department Of Labor, the Post
Once Department the Department Of Justice.
the Interstate Commerce and the Archives
Buildings and probably the Coast Guard
Building. The building for the Public Health
Service will be located between Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets ard Constitution avenue and
street northwest, the Supreme Court Building
between First and Second streets and East
Capitol street and Maryland avenue northeast,
the addition to the House ONCE Building be-
tween New Jersey avenue and South Capitol
street and B and streets southeast the adj
dition to the Library OF Congress between East
Capitol and and Second and Third streets
southeast. the extensible building of the De-
partment of Agriculture will occupy five squares
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lion of the Grand Plaza docking east
of the ne,U Department Of Commerce
the pro jected nesC Federal buildings.
side of the plaza and a Viesc Of the
seen at the other end Of the park.
for the extension Of Rock Creek
and the Anacostia Parks into
Maryland the act Of May &c.
1890, authorized. .............. 100000
THE total of the above authorizations for
appropriations to be expended upon major
projects entering into the remaking of the
Nations Capital Is nearly $289, 900 000 to
which sum should be added appropriations that
have been carried in the regular annual APP
preparation bills for the acquisition of land and
the construction of buildings for what is termed
continuing activities of the Federal and District
of Columbia Governments. bringing the total
sum for remaking the City of Washington to
about third of billion dollars.
The congressional authorizations of May IS,
1926; January 49, 1928, and March 81, 1890,
for app: OPERATIONS amounting to $3.50, 100000
contemplated the purchase of sites and the
erection of buildings for the Post Office De-
partment the Departments of Commerce,
Labor and Justice, the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, the Coast Guard. and the Public
Health Service of the Treasury Department,
the central administration unit connecting the
east and west wings of the main Department
of Agriculture Building and its extensible build
ing to the south Of the main building, new
structures for the Departments Of War and
Navy, an Interstate Commerce Building, an
Archives Building, an independent Offices
building and central heating plant.
The reader may wonder to what extent
progress is being made in the remaking of the
Nations Capital under these numerous con-
gressional authorizations for specific better
ments.
The Arlington Memorial Bridge is nearing
completion the Mount Vernon Boulevard Is
well under way. surveys are being made for the
George Washington Memorial Parkway on both
sides Of the Potomac River, the land for the
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to Rebuild the Nations Capital

Wise and Far Sight
ed Business Policy Of
Providing Federal
Buildings forFederal
Activities, Though
Entailing Great In
itial Cost, Will Save
the Taxpayers of the
Nation Hundreds of
Thousands ofDollars
Annually and Facili-
tateGreater Efficien-
cy in-Government.
A dmini S ira ton.
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Booth, the wild-trotting Buck
eroo against all other institutions
since his sophomore days. has
been harnesSed and 1assoed with
consummate ease by Harvard. No
matter what Abbie could do against
the other boys, the Harvards
were a radically different species.
Wood, on the other mitten, may
have had his bad moments in
other spots, but he ever has risen
to the heights whenever a lot of
Bulldogs came charging at him
for the purpose of chewing him
loose from his yardage ambitions.
OF course, there'n be some
more boys than merely Booth and
Wood out there on the greenSward
this afternoon, and they may
start some monkey business that
will alter matters beyond remodel
ing powers of Booth or Barry.
But it usually has happened, in
II ose Yale-Harvard meetings OF
the yester years, thai what the
star of each does-or fails to do
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has direct bearing on the out
come. It is unlikely that 1881 will
provide an upset.
Harvard is the favorite-and
rightly so. That's not merely
because it has been unbeaten so
far this year. but because of the
results found when comparing
the rival lines. Nobody had had
much success all autumn in try
ing to puncture the Crimson
wall, whereas, Yale-well, why go
further than that 1888 tie with
Dartmouth as a tip-off as to how
that line is constituted.
Good TackIerS
Somebody taught the Harvards
about all that is to be learned
in the matter of tackling. The
boys get their men. But Yale,
one game after another, in
almost dismal parade, has demon
strated little ability in checking
charges at gallops around the
ends. or halting runs with for
ward passes and punts.
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Also a Weight Thrower

And. oh, yes, let's don't slight
him! Thomas also tossed the
weights on Buffers track team
and if that doesn't MAKE him an
all-around man then will some
body please page Tarzan? Judd,
as the lights of Griffith Stadium
twinkled off the evening dew,
deposed and said:
''He was the greatest kicker
I ever saw on any team, was
this Cullen Thomas, and I've
watched football in the North,
East, South and West. Why,
his punts averaged IS yards and
that's q lot of distance on any
bOdy's gridiron.
"Once saw Thomas stand
on his own goal line in a game
against Wabash to boot the old
pigSkin over the head Of the
safety man to within two yards
of the Wabash goal. They
were long, high, Spirals, too,
and gave the ends, such as they
were, plenty of time to get
down under them.
Back in those days we played
basketball at Butler in a gym
nasium where walls constitute
the end of the court and it was
q favorite play for Thomas, who
played center. to bang the ball
up against the blackboard from
the tap-Off, from there to be
taken for a toss by an alert
forward for a basket"
And so, all through last eve
ning's game. out there in the
glow of Griffith Stadium, at
least one local Butler alumnus
lived in the past when Gully"
Thomas was all, and more, than
could be expected in the way
of an individual gridiron star.
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A Tough Barrier

Warner Brown, Chicago
sports editor. who FAMILIES
everywhere with Notre Dame, de-
clareS the Irish believe South
ern California to be the hurdle
they must jump in order to
win a national championship.
We should say that if the
Irish are clicking as perfectly
today as they were week ago
whca Brown was speaking to
lis of the two remaining games
facing Notre Dame, there is lit
tie over which the South
BenderS should fret.
"It's Southern California, not
Army, that "Hunk" Anderson
is concentrating on" declared
warren. "If NOtre Dame can
get past the TrOjans there is
NO power on earth to keep
them from walking over Army
November 28 in New York, and
register their third season un-
defeated" ~
In many manners the Irish
and Trojans stack up rather
every this year. Howard
Jones has just as much veteran
materia. to rely upon as has
Anderson and the Trojans are
Just as strong in reserves as are
the Ramblers. The game to-
day brings together some of
the most prominent contenders
for mythical honors. Schwartz,
Yarr, Kurth, Krause and Hoff-
man, of Notre Dame are ALL
Ar >rica material, as are Moh-
Ter, Hall, Pinchert, Musick and
Arbc.bide, of Southern Cal
ifnrnia-
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UrSinIIS Rules TLUO
Gridders IneLigibLe

NORRISTOWN. Pa. Nov. al
Harry A. ("Hy') Miller, captain
and star halfback, and Charles
Soeder, quarterback, will not be in
the lineup when the Ursinus eleven
meets the Army at West Point to-
morrow. Russell johnson, Ursinus
graduate manager of Athletics. to.
day ruled them ineligible for al.
legged competition with an outside
team at Columbia. Pa, this sea-
son.
Another varsity player, William
Lawrence. center, will be missing
from the UrsinuS line in the Army
game. He received word that his
mother had died in Plainfield, N.
j., and left for home this morning.
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Football Results
LOCAL

LOCAL
George Washington, 32; Butler, !.
GOnEaga High, 10: Central, 0.
Georgetown Prep, 0: st. Johns Prep. U.
Western High, 1S; WashlngtOn-Lee
High (Ballston, Va), 8. ,,
CardOzO High, Al; Howard High (Wh-
mlngtOn, Del.), Z.
National Training School, Z: Dewitt
st. Aiban's, 1s; Christ Church (VaD, 8.
EAST
Yale Junior Varsity, Z: HARVARD Junior
GIenville. IA; Morris Harvey, 8.
Salem, Is; FairmOnt. 0.
Paris Island Marines, 25; Georgia
State, 12.
Texas, g; Centenary. q.
WOffOrd, IL: EFslxine. 12.
North Carolina Freshmen, IL; Vir-
ginla Freshmen, Z.
WEST
Cedarville, 12; Urbans Junior COL
Iege, 8.
Kansas Wesleyan. IA; ROckhurst, II.
Luther QOwa), 20; Buena Vista, U.
Montana Mines, 12; 1ntermOuntaln' u
Ohio Northern, 81; Capital, II.
Ottawa (Kan.), s; Bethany, o.
Rose Poly, 10: Mckendree, T..
Southern Normal, 10; Dakota Wes-
st. Ambrose, Z: Penn College (IOwal, g..
Texas Tech, 81; University OF New
westminster. 1S: Central (MO.). o.
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ALerGndri0Has Sign
Er-G. W. Floor Star

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov. 81
Jack Conner, former George
Washington University basketer,
has signed to coach and play
for the Columbia Fire Company
five. He succeeds Freddie Mes.
mer, Georgetown U. basketball
coach. The Columbia five ushers
in its campaign tonight, meeting
the Atlas Sport Shop of Wash.
ington in the Armory here at
$3.50 o'clock.
Those performing for the Co
lumbia Firemen are McMenamin
Zimmerman, Cabell, Brenner
Travers and Colliflower. BOZ
Mcdonald, manager, is arranging
an ambitious schedule. He can
be reached at Alexandria 2256
between 8 and Q o. m. and 6
and Z p. m.
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P RIM D FACING
COURT FIGHT

CHICAGO, Nov. Primo Car.
nera, Italy's mountainous pugilist,
was at liberty on $4,000 bond to-
day in the garnishment suit
brought by George A. Biemer, a
boxing promoter of Fort Wayne,
Ind. The massive fighter was re-
leased from the custody of sheriff'S
deputies after he had posted the
bond to assure his appearance in
superior court Monday.
The garnishment suit is based
on $3,754 judgment obtained in
Detroit by Biemer. who contends
Primo failed to abide by a con.
tract he signed to fight for the
promoter. Cameras purse of
$4,000 from his victorious bout
here Thursday night with King
Levinsky is tied up by a writ of
oarnishment. Immediately after
the fight the big italian was
Rlaced in custody.
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Griff and his many host O
friends who showed up or called
at the ball park, celebrated one
other thing besides a birthday
anniversary, however.
1t was the occasion Of the
prexy's nineteenth year as an of.
ficial of the Washington club
he having begun his regime in
1912.
Griff Says Maybe
The only thing Griff could say
when accosted about some sort
of statement in regard to the
1882 future of the Washington
Griffmen was this:
"No news just yet, but
might have something of inter.
est after the American League
meeting at \ New York next
month. Then again, 1 might
not have anything to give out.
1t all depends on what ma
teriaIiZeS."
Although no changes seem
likely in the personnel of the
Griffmen for 1882, as far as
Griff is concerned at the pres.
ent time. it is still felt by this
department that one or two
changes are to be made before
another season rolls around.
Joe Judge may stay here, as
looks to be the case now. On sec
ond thought he may not, as Griff
will part with the popular first
baSeman as well as anybody else
on the club providing he can get
a nice enough place for the vet.
eran.
The meeting next month should
hum plenty, even though player
trades may not result 1t is a
pretty well-known fact in Cleveland
and st. Louis that one or two of
their performers are on the block
namely, Dick Porter and Eddie
Morgan. of the Indians, and Ralph
KresS, of the Browns.
Indians, Browns Willing
The Indians need a pitcher and
a Shortstop. They are willing to
give Morgan and Porter for either
The Browns need a pitcher and
an outfielder. They have put
Kress up as the bait.
The Washington club has been
mentioned in connection with
possible trades with both of these
clubs. Mind you. Griff has net
said anything, but yarns from
Cleveland and st. Louis have in,
cluded the names of one or two
washington players Just the same
One day last summer there was
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NAVY MEETS
TEXANS IN
FEATURE
CONTINUED From First Pase)

(Contiaued From First PGge)
Texans as a team, the largest
crowd of the day in this vicinity
was expected at the Navy-South'
ern Methodist game. Pre-game
reviews accorded the Navy no
chance to defeat the powerful and
versatile Mustangs. Topping the
individual stars appearing in this
game was the clever, speedy and
elusive Mason, a 165-pound back
field man who for two years
now gained nationwide recogni'
ton as a star of the first water
This youthful grid star was also
expected to show Navy's forward
passers jdst how a football should
be thrown.
Stubborn Foe for Maryland
Maryland's homecoming crowd
fully expected to see real battle,
although it was felt that Mary
land had just a bit too much
power and versatility for the Gen
erals. The Old Liners, with only
a. single defeat against them this
season, were determined to turn
in another victory today in their
efforts to establish in 1881 the
best record of any Maryland
team.
Catholic University was in a
danger spot. Opposed by a giant
team noted for it's excellent exc
cution of fundamentals, the Car
dinalS, following series of bril-
liant victories, we're held to be a
bit too confident. Providence
was banking on it's horde of
young giants to turn back every
assault of the Cardinals. The
New Englanders, it was said,
brought along some Is young
sters each of whom stood better
than 6 feet tall and weighed
above 100 pounds.
The Gallaudet-Shepherd College
game was considered a toss-up. It
really was the first time this
season that the Silents were
opposed to fair competition.
Bisons Minus Marshall
The Howard-Virginia Seminary
clash was also figured as a
toss-up. Minus the services of
the brilliant runner, pasSer and
punter, Marshall, the Bisons
hoped to muster enough strength
to defeat the visitors,
Georgetown was accorded an
even chance to win over Viii
lanova. The HoyaS, fresh from
a win over the strong and beauti-
fully coached West Virginia
Mountaineers, were in a better
frame of mind for this contest
than they have been for the last
six.
Davis Elkins was accorded an
edge on the Marines, although
many looked for a tight game
in this unique battle, staged as
it will be, tonight, under arc.
light and indoors. Reports
from Atlantic City had every
available seat for the game sold.
A. U. Closes Season
American University looked
with a sigh of contentment to
the final game on it's schedule.
It has been all defeats and no
wins for American U.
Today's card was considered
the finest offered to date in the
District, and was. expected to
bring out great quantity of
superior play.
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
.B|SONS IN LAST
HOME CONTEST

The Howard University Bisons
will complete their home schedule
today, meeting Virginia Seminary
in the Howard Stadium at 2:30
p. m.
The contest is expected to re.
suit in a hard played game, as
both teams are about on par.
Seminary, like Howard, has not
had such a successful season. De
featS have been several.
Following this game the BiSons
will go into secret training for
their Forthcoming Thanksgiving
tilt with the Lincoln Lions in
Philadelphia.
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HARVARD 7 To )
FAVOR|TE

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-All of
today's outstanding gridiron con-
tests will be fairly close battles,
judging from betting odds.
Harvard is a 7-to-5 favorite
over Yale, while Notre Dame is a
2-to1 choice over the University
of California. The Stanf ord Cali
fornia game is viewed as toss
up, while Syracuse is a 6-to-5
choice over Columbia.
Fordham is a 2-to-1 favorite
over Bucknell, Villanova 8-to-5
over Georgetown: Southern Meth
olist, 2-to-1 over Navy: Ohio State
5-to-2 over Illinois, and Purdue 2
toll over Indiana,
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an accusation that trade might
materialize between the Browns
and Griffs involving Bump Had
ley and Jack Hayes for Ralph
KreSS.
Griff laughed and said that he
had as much chance of getting
Kress as collecting water melons
in December Still, Griff would
take the infielder if he could get
him, and it's been a well-known
fact that the Browns have been
mighty sweet on Hadley for two
years now.
Uncertainty Prevails
The name of Judge has been
linked in the Cleveland yarns.
They tell of the veteran going
there for Morgan with the posi-
bility of another Washington
player being thrown in for good
measure.
Then there have been various
and sundry other yarns, linking
not only Griff performers in
trades here and there with broth,
er clubs, but others.
In conclusion the open season
is on and how interesting it is
for the Hot Stove Leaguers. There
may be trades, sales or waiver
purchases very soon, and then
again there may not. But it's a
pretty sure thing, there's lots of
talk in the air, local and other.
wise, and the meeting of the mag.
mates next month will only help
clear up an interesting situation
for the stove leaguers, who are
fidgety at the present moment be-
cause of the complete uncertainty
of things.
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
Football Betting
Falls Off 80 p. G..

Betting on college football
games has decreased 80 per cent
in the past two years, according
to commission house here which
handles the bulk of local wagers
on gridiron contests. A thousand
dollars used to be the average bet
couple of years ago, but the
average wager today is two hun.
dred.
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From JUdd's account of this
Thomas exploits afield, Sir
Cullen was apparently the
George Gipp, Christy Mathew
son and Horse" Haggerty COM
bined, of Butler, for the athlete
was not only a football player
Of parts, but a baseball and
basketball performer of merit
as well,
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a Butler ALun,nus
RGUes of "CuL" Thomas
of Educated Toe
TrOjGns and Irish
AH-AmericG Material
Faces Each Other

Among the interested spectators at the George Washing
ton Butler game Clark Griffith Stadium last evening
one Maurice Judd attorney at law who has moved from
the Munsey Building to the Barr Building The better to
practice before the bar, Maurice?
Anyway Judd used to be newspaper man himself and
sauntred out to the lampght game mainly because he is
alumnus of Butler where he earned "B in bas
keba He wanted to stalk the ghost of Cullen Thomas
the greatest football player Butler boasted
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
STRIBLING SIGNED

CHICAGO, Nov. 21.-Willie
Young" Stribling, of Atlanta,
has signed to fight Ernie Schaaf,
Boston heavyweight, in a 10
round match here December 3,
it was announced today by Nate
Lewis, matchmaker Of the Chi
cago Stadium.
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
LESTER SHEARY and
John Lyons, shown above,
are expected to ward off
Albie Booth Seeks Revenge
Against Harvard Today

CAMBRIDGE, Mass Nov 21-An unbeaten but very lucky
Harvard team codes this afternoon with erratc outfit
from Yae and, that does not give you definite line
what likely happen these facts also be borne around
on intellect
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
AT KENDALL GREEN FIELD

Reserves-Gallaudet: O'Branevltch, 2
Hantow, 8; Ladner, 16: Liecht, %
Gamblin, 10; Lange, 25; Davitowitz, %
Koziar. IA; Travis, 26; Naftaly, 27
Marsh, 9; Stanfill, 10; Burdette, II
Shepherd: Matthias, 4: Harper, 16
Mauzy. s; Stevens, 4; Bright, IL; Con.
rad. 2: Impfong, z; Grassland, 10
Talley. 1s; Radcliffe. II.
Referee = Cohill Umpire - Simpson
Loyola College, of Baltimore). Head
linesman-Orrel Mitchell (Georgetown)
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
Annual Baseball Meeting
May Prove Interesting
Bv GARRETT WATERS

spirit Of joyfuness reigned supreme out Georgia and
Florida Avenue way yesterday All for the that it
Uncle Clark Grffth's sixty second birthday.