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The Washington times., 1931-04-16

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Everything they tried went
wrong. Their tackling was terri
BILE; their blocking was bad.
They just weren't there.
Between halves they sat in the
dressing room waiting-waiting
for the tongue lashing that they
thought Rockne would give them.
Minutes passed and more minutes.
Rockne didn't appear. The boys
began to get restless.
wonder why he doesn't
shOw?" one boy muttered.
There we're other mutterings,
too.
"Wish he'd hurry and get it
over with. Maybe he isn't COM
ing at ALL"
And that last was the worst
thought Of any. To be deserted
by the coach-well, that was too
much.
Finally, a couple of minutes
before the second half started the
door opened. The boys looked
up, expecting Rockne. Instead,
a priest entered-one of the old
est members of the faculty,
revered by all.
Boys" he said, Gin all the
years I've been here, no NOtre
Dame team has ever been
beaten on its own home field.
Let's not have a tradition
broken now"
The priest left. The whistle
sounded. The boys went out to
the playing field. They hadn't
seen Rockne, but they knew in
their hearts that Rockne had
been waiting outside while the
priest spoke. They won that
game.
Heroics? Yes. Sentiment? Ger
tainly. But the exceptions that
proved the rule. Usually Rockne
depended on other things to win
his ball games.
Crowley Mimics Rock
Jim Crowley of the famous -Four
Horsemen (and a mighty good
story teller) used to move audi
ences to laughter with his MIN
icry of a Rockne speech between
halves. And it was speech that
was typical of Rockne-much
more typical than the sentiment
of those other two yarns. Rockne
had a cutting tongue-he could
take the very skin off his men If
necessary-but always he toned
his cutting remarks with a bit of
hunor to relieve the sting. For
instance there was that time when
he walked into the dressing room
during a game in which the Four
Horsemen figured.
-Four HOrsemen," he ex.
pIOded. $50 you're the Four
Horsemen. Well, you should
have brought your clippings
along, so folks would know who
you are. Now in the next half
1 want to see a little football.
Stuhldreher, get out there and
use your head for something
more than a helmet handle.
Layden, shake the lead out of
your feet. You're supposed to
be speedy. Let's see some of it.
Miller, thought you were a
daring lad, ready to try any
thing. You looked more like
an old woman afraid of the
street cars out there this after
noon. Now, 1 want you fellows
to show me something. Go in
that backfield, Layden, and
run. You, Miller, go in there at
half and let me see your stuff"
Rockne paused and paced up
and down a minute, as if fin
ished. Then suddenly he turned
to Crowley.
"And you, Jimmy" he said,
"you go in there and run along
with the bOvS. too. will yOuC"
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
INSECTS BOOKING

Argol insect nine wants games
for Sundays. Call Manager Pat
| urn at Lincoln 1865.
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Not Connected With Teams May Attend Times Ball Park Party
GOLF
By CHESTER HORTON

The little shot from around
the green is we'll made only
when it gets the ball near
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PRIEST TELLS GRID PLAYERS
Of SCHOOL TRADITION
ByFoRD G. FRICK

There was that other occasion too early in Rocks
playing the home field being
badly outpayed during the first half Somehow the boys
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
URGE SPEED
IN MAKING
ENTRIES


Among the April flowers that
break into bloom about this time
Of the year are the two big league
races and The Times Junior Base
ball loop that promises to be the
best ever.
Despite the fact that The Times
was a little late beginning &C.
tivities, it shows considerable
promise. The late start is a re-
suit of careful planning. This
late start will permit the associa-
ton to function much more
smoothly than if it were to begin
activity without necessary prep
arations.
The unusually rapid response re-
ceived by the Baseball Editor has
been acclaimed with open arms.
But this does not mean that you
should not be hustling those en-
tries along. The more we have
in the league, the better for all
the participants. From all the
evidences thus far shown the
league should evolve approx
mately 100 to $50 teams.
No matter how many teams
want franchises The Times Junior
Baseball Association will gladly
accommodate them. Our facil-
tiles will permit us to operate as
many as 300 teams.
So you see, there is plenty
Of room for everybody. In the
event that the demand should
exceed this amount we will in
crease our quota of teams.
The clamor for entry is still
raging among the youngsters.
Keep up the good work, boys.
The Times is prepared to handle
all the entries you can send In
The tickets for the ball park
party are also going fast.
Speaking of tickets the ball
park party is now open to every
boy in Washington whether or
not he is registered with team.
Although it was stated in earlier
editions of the paper that no boy
would be allowed to attend the
party unless he was member
Of a team, The Times has decided
to permit all boys to come to the
party at the ball park, Saturday.
Tickets for this party are OBJ
tainable at the office Of The
Times Baseball Editor, Room 4O8.
When applying for these
tickets please mention the fact
that YOU are not a member OF
an organized ball team. Do
not ask to have the tickets
mailed to you. Absolutely no
tickets will be mailed. You
must appear in person at The
Times office.
The party will be for the pur-
pose of acquainting the sand
lotters with the members of the
two foremost clubs in the Amer
ican League this season. They
are none other than the Athletics
and the Senators. The managers
of these teams will be at the
party to advise or help you with
your baseball problems. You
know who the managers are,
Connie Mack and Walter John
son. Also the two baseball clowns,
Nick Altrock and Al Schacht,
will clown for you.
But don't forget those entries
and get them in to The Times
office as soon as possible. If you
are not on team come in any
way and get your tickets for the
baseball party. Remember, Room
408. Read tomorrow's paper for
the final details of the party.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16

Meanwhile the funds are still
rolling in. The radio talks
Tuesday night of Joe Kaufman.
Bill Mooney and George Chris
tian swelled the fund consider
ably.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16

One. two and three room apartments.
located In good neiRhborhOOds, are ad-
VeFtised In the Rental Classified Ads.
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Muddy Ruel Gift
Bill Mooney, Chairman,
RueI Gift Committee,
City POstOffice,
Washington, d. G.
Ennlasna .alnaSn find Aha

amount Of ,,.......,,..,..
(N0t more than 81 from any
Individually
to be spent for a remem-
brance for Muddy Ruel when
he comes here on April 10,
as suggested in The Wash
ingtOn Times.
Name ...........ss..
Address .........ssssoo
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R. R. Y. M. c. A.
Pin League
FINAL STANDING
SEASON RECORDS

SEASON RECORDS
High team Eame-Jersey Yard, sSS:
High team set-Postoffice. 1855. Iotsl
pins-First, Postoffice, 4o,052; second
Station, 3S,73s. High individual aver
ages-Fredericks. Postoffice, 1893; H.
Lawhorn, C, T. Co, 1O5-4S; House;
c. T. Co, 1851. High indlV1qiuaI
Individual set-Rarrett, Postoffce, SSS'
High strikes-Young, Head Pin So
High spares-Ryon, Station l4O'
AurnACES
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Remembrance Committee
Ends Campaign Tonight

Washington baseball fandom nothing else is apprecatve
The Washington times., 1931-04-16

The fans, through their con-
tributiOns, have proven the pOpu-
larity of the Ruel remembrance
thought and their readiness is
largely responsible for the geS-
ture which will mark the first
Sunday home date of the Griff-
men.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16

"And you, Jimmy" he said,
"yOu go in there and run along
with the boys, too, will yOu?"
The Washington times., 1931-04-16

It was just the touch of humor
needed. The boys, keyed up and
fighting mad, suddenly relaxed.
They grinned. They popped up
and then won the ball game. Yes,
Knute Rockne was a psychologist,
sure enough.
Knew All Types
Knute Rockne knew how to
handle men. His was no general
method; no blanket treatment for
the squad as a whole. For the
shy, diffident chap he had a
friendly, fatherly manner that re-
stored confidence and built up
faith. For the boy inclined to ego
he had cutting tongue and a
power of ridicule that soon
brought a cure. For the nervous
chap he had calm, detached
The Washington times., 1931-04-16

Besides the committee, the mer
chants of Washington have CO
operated. Dozens of them have
offered to provide the gift at next
to nothing. One automobile mer-
chant wanted to donate a car.
Another merchant wanted to per
sonally sponsor the gift and let it
be said it was from the fans.
But the Ruel committee, pre-
serving the original spirit Of the
movement to let the fans them
selves contribute with amounts as
small as a nickel and as large as
a dollar, refused all of these gra-
tuitous offers and has meanwhile
amassed a neat sum with which
Ruels gift will be purchased.
While it is known now the ma
ture of this gift, the committee
has decided to refrain from max
ing an announcement, thereby
giving the fans and Ruel the
thrill Of anticipation and expec-
tation.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16

When applying for these
tickets please mention the fact
that YOU are not member OF
an organized ball team. Do
not ask to have the tickets
mailed to you. Absolutely no
tickets will be mailed. You
must appear in person at The
Times office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
OUR CHILDREN
BIZ ANGELO PATRI.
Clean-Up Campaign.

Spring always brings fresh impulse
toward cleanliness. One has the desire
to clean up. A new suit, a new dress,
are necessary to express our joy In the
renewal of life, in the freshness of
awakening beauty.
The impulse toward cleanliness soon
brings on the Spring house cleaning.
All the closets, all the catch-corners,
the cellar and the attic are emptied
OF the useless lumber. The back yards
are cleaned and hopeful patches of soil
spaded and raked, the beginnings OF
dreams. There is stirring of buried
ideal felt throughout the town. How
lovely it would be to have the freshness
and sweetness CT the Spring abiding
with us.
A revival of a good thing. At least
it shows there is still life in the ashes.
reform is certainly better than a con-
tinued abuse of order. BY all means
let US have our annual cleanup and
have 1t bigger and better, deeper and
Wider. and more lasting, year by year
Clean up all the vacant lots. I can
not second the appeal of the enthusiast
that sent word to the school to turn
the children out with rakes and forks
and brooms to clean UP the vacant lots
in the neighborhood. / believe that
ought to be done by the owner of the
vacant property, I think he ought to
De held responsible all year round for
the cleanliness OF the place and its
general sightliness. Unless, like a wise
citizen, he turns it over to the play-
ground association for the use of the
children until such time as he NAV
need 1t for building purposes. Under
those circumstances I'd have the au-
thorities keep it in order.
once the town is cleaned up, all the
lots burned clear, all the dumps COW
cred as we'll as burned over, all the
streets flushed and swept, all the houses
painted and the gardens tidied ready
Tor planting, have day by day, hour
by hour vigilance established. NOBODY
is to litter the yard, the garden. the
street. the place where he may happen
to be.
That means that your newspaper is
10 De tossed into the box or barrel set
ready. II you happen TO be eating pea
nuts along the street, keep the shells in
the bag and when you have them all
together put the bag in the proper re-
ceptacie. The wrapper from your gum,
and the gum itself, Is to go into the
litter barrel, not on the street. Banana
skins and cigarette butts and dead
matches all go into the box or barrel
AZ the next corner.
Are the boxes and barrels ready?
Some OF the people who are not work
ing these days could help a lot in this
They could gather and paint the boxes
and barrels and place them in con-
venient places, and keep an eye on the
general cleanliness of the town. We
are teaching the school children to keen
the place clean, but II their elders and
superiors in experience and power lit
ter the place as they go along. our
teaching cannot function. Your ex-
ample viii breathe the breath of life
into our teaching.
BY all means then let us have a
clean. and then let's have another and
longer one, to keep everything scraped
clean; II makes life easier, healthier,
happier. And it improves property
values.
Copyright. 1887
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17

don't know any field more crowded
with eager beginners, and don't know
any in which it's harder to make a sue
cess.
The trouble is that rich women. try
ing TO find something to do to pass the
time, sometimes join a firm of decora-
tors. They have an enormous advan-
tage. They can get trade from their
friends. and they can afford TO wait a
long time without making any real
money while they build up a business.
Few of these women have the gumption
that's needed to learn the profession
properly and they soon drift out of 1t.
But they spoil the market for poor girls
who have to make living
A good decorator has to learn a lot:
she has TO know something about archi-
lecture; she has to understand fabrics:
she must study color: she must know
the history of furniture She must know
what things should cost and what they
will sell for. All these combined with
taste will make good decorator. But
even so. she will not get very far unless
she Is also good Saleswoman
There are other women also who
have been rich and have lost their
money. They also have an advantage
over poor girl because they have many
friends who are eager to help them out,
and 80 they get trade.
I hate to have to say all these dis
couraging things because of this letter
which I have just received from C. s.
My case is not different from thou
sands who finally give up the attempt
10 do what they started out to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
Everyday Psychology
BIZ DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
individuality.

There could be no science OF any
thing if the anythings were all alike.
Peas in a pod" make poor subject
matter for science. Things have
meaning only when they vary by a
measurable amount from the theoret-
ical average of the class to which they
belong. Science, in short, is a study
of variation; chiefly of the causes and
consequences of variation.
An individual in the psychological
sense of the term is a social ohcast.
That's why psychological studies always
refer sooner or later to social usages,
customs, purposes and values. And so
it follows that an individual is per-
son who stands apart in some OF these
respects from the group with which
he is associated. Those whom we
characterize as having no individuality
are so like the average that there is
no recognizable difference.
Noted individuals are radicals with
a history. Because of inheritance or
environment, or both. they display char
acteristies which are easily observed,
wondered at feared or admired.
You will need to do a little his
torical research to estimate the force
of heredity. How far back can you
trace your individuality? And can you
be sure you have traced 1t back cor
(CopyriEht. 1872
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
OUR CHILDREN
BIZ ANGELO PATRI.
His Average,

set have counted up my sons average
and ] find IL Is more than 30. tnlnk
he is entitled to skip grade"
"Oh. my. no. 1t would never DO 70
have James skip grade. Why, he
mo? Then why did you skip Peter
F1ndy q grade? My boys average Is
higher than his"
The argument was long and the irate
father left the school with the firm con-
viction that his sen had been discrlnni-
mated against, made to feel inferior be-
cause he IVES promoted enc grade and
another lad two. The fact that the
other lad was years older. that his
major subjects were very high, that ne
had been in higher grades in the cid
country and was making up time as fast
as he could did not alter the fathers
idea a syllable.
MY son has a higher average. He
should skip If that boy skips," Now, an
average may mean much or little, &C
cording 10 what you are using 1t for. 1t
ought never to be used for promotions.
When a boy gets 100 for punctuality
and rs for English, does he get 80? II
he does, what does he get it for?
Each mark, If it counts for anything
at all, must count for itself. A bad
mark in English for the term, another
for mathematics, another for science
and another for history. might be ac-
cepted as a record of failure. II all the
minor subjects are to be added TO that,
If all the long row of marks that the
modern report cards carry, are TO be
added and averaged, the answer is ip
no relation to the condition Of the child
IN his classes The schools sets down
each rating separately. Each is TO
speak for itself.
Children ought TO be promoted, and
! believe they usually are promoted,
when they are able 70 Go the work Of
the class ahead. They show this abil-
ity by doing well the WORK Of the lower
grade, BY exhibiting a quality We call
power. That is hard u rate, but the
teacher knows it when she sees II. The
parent may point 70 the mark on the
report card. but the teacher must point
TO the work and the quality OF that
work Averaging the marks on the re-
port card will not help.
Nor does averaging the marks Of the
class help. / cannot see why class
average should be taken as an indica-
ton Of its condition, unless the dis
tr1bution Of the marks accompanies the
report. One failure will lower the rat
ing Of a whole class. Maybe the child
has just returned from an illness and
had 10 take an examination. Such
things have happened, to the teachers
sorrow.
All averages must be interpreted. The
greatest law is still the law Of common
sense Let us not dep-rt from it, par
ents and teachers. We, above all people
need 1t.
(Copyright, l93l)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17

II am o high-schooi graduate. MY
mother and father both work and viii
have to support my own way through
any further education. am interested
in either interior decorating or costume
designing. and would like to study one
or the other in a school OF good repu-
tation along that line. But I will have
70 work while studying
i am not trained along any line,
having taken strictly academic course
In high school. would like to find work
that would aid me along the line Of my
future studies"
She might make a very good deco
rator, but she would have difdculty In
getting Job.
think she would do better 10 study
costume designing. That hasn't the
competition from well-to-do women ana
the way to 1t Is much less complicated.
| am writing her a letter telling about
that.
II you have q superb talent for deco
rating and feel you must do IL, your
best way To begin is either as q sales
woman in the curtain or furniture de-
partment Of a good store or as a ste
nographer for decorating concern.
Girls having problems in connection With
their work may write to Miss Woodward n
care OF this paper, for her personal advice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
A Sermon for Today
Confidence and Courage.
NJ Rev. JoHN n. GUNN.

Confidence and Courage.
when they are cast down, then thou
shalt say, There is lifting up."-Job,
xxii.29.
The text might be rendered when
the paths are made low. then thou shalt
say, Up" the meaning being that when
trouble or misfortune comes then Ii the
time to exercise your common sense and
spur yourself up to renewed faith, hope
and courage.
In the course of life we are bound 10
have some Affections, some misfortunes,
some disappointments. Our road Is not
always level and smooth. There are
bound to be times when our paths are
made low" But when your path Is
east down" that is no time for you to
be cast down. You have q mind with
through. You have been given heart
with q capacity for faith, confidence and
courage. Use your mind and heart. Do
not magnify your troubles; take rea-
sonable, sensible view of them. Use
your mind to think through and beyond
them With all the powers of which 1t
Is capable, let your heart say up" no
matter with what crushing force your
circumstances say Down"
life, there has likely been time in the
past when your path ran down into
some valley of adversely. Did you give
up? Did you not trudge on? And did
you not soon come to an upward turn
In the road? If you have been down
before and have gotten up, why should
you ever feel that you are down and out
for good?
The past experience of most Of us
ought to make us able to say with all
confidence There Is lifting up"-cer-
tainly If we have learned what it means
to trust in God. Thou hast been with
me in six troubles; Thou wilt deliver
me out of a seventh" That means that
what God has been to us in the past
He is now and will be always. We can
always look to Him and say There Is
lifting up" whether we can look to our
selves and say 1t or not. We may
sometimes become so oppressed in mind
and depressed in heart that we lose our
grip on life, but God can tighten the
relaxed grip and renew in us lifting
up" faith and hope.
Never let us give up because Of a
downward plunge in our road When
cur path Is made low then is the time
of all times to have confidence and
courage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
Household Methods
BY BETSY CALLIsTER.
Sandwiches.

SandW1cneS.
Sandwiches are an all-year-round,
all-day-long necessity.
Why We don't use them for break
fast really don't know think they
would be delicious In fact, have
eaten sandwiches for breakfast. An
attractive tea room I know serves, for
breakfast, choice of fruit, bacon sand
witches and coffee. The sandwiches are
small rolls split open, buttered, with
two crisp slices of bacon, very hot, in
serted between the roll halves. Toast
sandwiches with bacon between the
slices would be equally good. And fried
egg sandwiches certainly would taste
good for breakfast.
Well. even If we don't serve sand
witches for excepting a few
of us-we surely do depend on them
for all the other meals of the day,
and for all the between meals, too.
Nothing is better for lunch than a
salad with sandwiches of one sort or
another. Nothing Is quite so good with
the cup of afternoon tea as a dainty
sandwich. And for evening refresh
ments. from dances to card parties
sandwiches are the best choice.
To be sure, we don't often want
sandwiches for dinner. But tiny brown
bread sandwiches, just a mouthful, are
excellent served with tomato juice
cocktails. They are sometimes, too,
served with boiled salmon when 1t is
served as a separate fish course. But
they must be mere suggestions of sand
witches, something to whet rather than
satisfy the appetite, when they are
served at dinner
Much depends on cutting and shaping
sandwiches attractively. Much de-
ponds on the bread used. But most
depends, naturally enough, on the
filings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
THE STARS
DAILY PATTERN
SERVICE

Perhaps you'd like youthful capeiet
one sees on so many Of the smart frocks
these days.
However be certain you choose the
right capelet. This one is a beauty ana
suited to miss or matron. Fastening at
the front as it does with a button
gives it a Sportive air. Its scalloped
bound edge furnishes lovely theme for
contrast. The buttoned belt and cir
cular hem sm2rtly egr5e with the seal
loped cape. The hipline slEo favors
scailops to narrow its breadth.
The frock was originally carried out
in pale blue eyelet batiste with blue
binding.
Style No. 1850 may b. had in sizes H.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17

three times around the world in his eff
forts to get the viewpoint Of the per
sons who conduct the affairs of the Ma
tional Guard in each State. He has
been in every State, using practically
every means OF transportation. and has
met State authorities, officers and men,
not only at their nome stations, out in
camps as well.
He came back to Washington with
boundless enthusiasm. His report on
what he found sounds much like what
he probably would have told the gov
erning board of his church In Muncie,