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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
Chips From the Mapleways
BY Francis E. Stan

n ARK TWAINS Connecticut
M Yankee put Magician Merlin
VI and King Arthurs Round
Table in short pants when he
capitalized on the suns eclipse to save
his neck back in the days when knight
hood was in flower, but that great au-
thorS hero had little on modern Con-
necticut Yankee" who capitalized on a
total eclipse of the electric lights last
night at Convention Hall to save his
bank roll.
The giant pin plants SIS alleys were
producing a Gathering crescendo around
$3.50 O'Clock. Suddenly came click"
The lights had gone blooey!
Tor a moment silence reigned.
L Then
Hey, what's the matter with the
lights?"
"Shucks. that woulda been strike"
Gee, what a break
Hundreds of bowlers in that huge hall
milled and exclaimed. A sound sus-
piciously like those heard along the
speedway on Summer nights smacked
out.
This act may have counted for quick
thinking, but there was one mortal,
however. who thought even more rapid
~. was Allo WoilCb
as he, with total darkness shrouding
him, felt his way to the steps and slipped
out.
He was the 1891 eclipse capitalist;
the modern Connecticut Yankee.
A FTER 81 minutes the lights flashed
IA on. The hundreds took up where
they left off and the clatter Of
naples again resounded.
rT1nor1 Harry MpCarfhv In char la eft
night, decided to check up. Harry was
acting manager, Charlie Bell having
the evening off. Harry checked up and
walked back to the Office.
Everything all right, Harry" he was
asked.
YES" came the solemn reply. Except
that some gentleman walked out with
out paying for the II games he bowled.
He saved himself exactly $3.40."
T UNDOUBTEDLY one Of the most
~ noteworthy feats of this bowling
season has been the 18-game win
ming streak of the Ruth team of the
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STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

Peterson Of Elkridge sank a curling 90
footer on the eighteenth green to square
her match with Miss Hacker, only to
lose on the nineteenth by missing g.
Shooter. Mrs. Wrong, Mrs. Haynes,
Mrs. Nicolson, Mrs. Morrow and Mrs.
Hurst all won by comfortab BILE margins.
The matches today will bring the
tourney to the semi-fnal round. The
final will be played Friday.
Frank P. Reside put on a one-man
show at Chevy Chase yesterday, scoring
a birdie on the 225-yard ninth hole
with a No. iron. He drove with the
iron from the tee and holed run-up
shot for the bird.
D. d. L. McGrew has reached the
final round in the competition for the
I. T. Mann Liberty Cup at Chevy Chase,
where he will oppose the winner Of the
r. r. M. Emmett VS.. Walter G. Peter
match. McGrew defeated Gen. G. B.
Drake by and in the semi-final.
T MONRO HUNTER, Jr., won low
j. gross in class A in the handicap
tourney staged yesterday by the
Maryland State Golf Association at the
Baltimore Suburban Club, registering
70. Charles P. Betschier won the
professional prize with II.
Same Rice of Indian Spring scored
rs and Tom Belsne. also of Indian
Spring. scored 80. Robert T. Barnett,
professional, and Gene Larkin, assistant
pro at Chevy Chase, scored IA and rs,
respectively. Robert Stead, jr., Chevy
Chase amateur, scored "a.
Senior golfers of the Chevy Chase
Club will stage "kickers" tournament
on october 81, in which each player
will choose his own handicap in such
way that, added to number to be
selected and sealed before the contest
the total will equal the score of the
winner
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w WASHINGTON is certain to
M have finalist in the women's
v championship tourney of the
Atlantic Golf Asso.

Middle Atlantic Golf Asso-
citation, which moved into the second
round of match play today over the
The four survivors of the first round
yesterday in the upper bracket all are
from the National Capital, while down
in the lower half of the draw there
were two Washingtonians. who played
each other, and also two Baltimoreans,
who also played each other. The
matches in the first flight today found
Mrs. Betty P. Meckley, the District
champion, carrying on against Mrs. j.
o. Rhyme of Congressional, despite her
injured ankle. A diagnosis of the in
jury Mrs. Meckley sustained on Monday
when she stumbled in walking from the
fifth green disclosed that she had
Clipped a bone in one Of her ankles.
Mrs. Hume Wrong of Chevy Chase OPP
posed Mrs. J. M. Haynes of Columbia in
the other match in the upper bracket,
while Mrs. Dorothy White Nicolson, for
mer District champion, opposed the
steady Susan Hacker of Chevy Chase.
Mrs E. Boyd Morrow of Elkridge,
former holder of the title. met Mrs. w.
B. Hurst, the present Elkridge cham
pion, in the other match.
Mrs. Meckley yesterday had to call on
all her reserve of skill and strength to
fight of the challenge of the determined
title holder, Mrs. M. Louise Bell of
Rodgers Forge Mrs. Bell was up with
5 to go on Mrs. Meckley, but the local
champion squared the match on the
seventeenth and finally wen on the
eighteenth when Mrs. Bell topped her
second and third shots.
Mrs Rhyme, who is former winner
of The Evening Star Cup, went to the
twentieth hole to beat Miss Edith Nc
Henry of Elkridge. Mrs. w. Fairfield
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Mat Matches
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK-Ray Steele (215), CAL
ifornia, threw Benny Ginsburg (210),
Chicago, 1897: Herbie Freeman (22O)
New York, threw Steve Znosky (212),
Poland, 30:12; DR.. Ralph Wilson (206)
Philadelphia, threw Andy Zaharoff
(215), Russia, 22:51: Renato Gardini
5000, Italy, threw Bob MiddlekoH (203) :,
Florida, 1888; George Calza (218),
Italy, threw John Podubbny (210), Rus
STA, 1928.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.-John Maxos
(205), Greece, threw Sander Szabo (204) ;,
Hungary, 1902; Earl McCready (226),
Oklahoma, threw Delaun (220), Can
ada, 1887; Dick Daviscourt (225), Cali
fornia, threw Otto Bozang (225), Poland,
4:12; Vanka ZeleSniak (230), Russia,
threw George Hills (212), Wisconsin,
25:22
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SOCCER ACE is INJURED
Hyattsville Loses Dwiggins on Eve
Of Maryland Park Game.

EVANSVILLE, Md. october 21.-
Hyattsville High Schools soccer team
will enter its all-important game with
the Maryland Park eleven tomorrow at
Maryland Park without the services of
Jimmy Dwiggins. center halfback, and
one of the mainstays of the team.
Dwiggins is out because Of tonsil
operation Hyattsville was to meet the
Elliott Junior High team of Washington
In Magruder Park here at $3.50 o'clock.
The winner of the Hyattsville- Mary
land Park game will land honors for the
northern section of the county, and will
be the favorite to capture the play-off
with other sectional winners for the
Prince Georges County title.
Hyattsville and Maryland Park girls
also will meet in field ball prior to the
soccer game.
In other chanR onship soccer and
field ball games Upper Marlboro will
face Oxon Hill 40 bxon Hill and Sur
rattsville will engage Brandywine at
Brandywine. Baden and Mount Rainier
will meet in informal competition at
Mount Rainier.
IN an informal game IN Magruder
Park yesterday the Hyattsville field ball
team blanked the Mount Rainier eleven,
to @.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
Veeded" Golf Ball. With Slight Weight Increase Poues Longest Of
Dusek Back i'm Favored Spot
In Mat Tussle With Cardim

~ UDY DUSEK, one Of the best
- drawing cards to wrestle
here, will return to the scene
Of his start toward making
Washington q big league mat city
tomorrow, when he tackles Renato
Gardini at the Washington Audito-
rum in the feature match Of q FIVE
bout wrestling card.
Rudy, who heretofore had been
losing only to Londos and OCCASION
ally to one or two Of the other
wrestling big-wigs, surprised mat
fans last Monday when he was
pinned by George Gala. italian
mailman, In New York, but in the
match tomorrow he will have q
chance to get even with Italy's
wrestlers when he tackles Gardini,
who Is alleged to be the best of
all Neapolitan bone-benders and a
conqueror of Henri De Glane.
-Four promising preliminaries have
been carded. The semi-final will
bring together Pat O'Shocker, the
German Irish pachyderm, and Paul
Jones, the Texas scissors specialist.
The three Commute time limit
bouts will find Tiny Roebuck and
Matros Kirelenko, Carl Pojello and
Benny Ginsberg and Dick Davis
court and George Hill opposing.
Women with escorts will be adj
mitted free to all seats except those
on the stage and in the boxes Tick
cts are available at the Annapolis
Hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
BOUTS AT WALTER REED
Ring and Mat Contests on Card Of
Interesting Exhibition.

A good crowd saw Soldier Burke out
point Martin Estis in the six-round
main bout of boxing exhibition that
featured the Athletic night held by the
Army Medical Center last night at Wal
ter Reed Hospital. There also were
three wrestling exhibitions.
Sammy Romano was given the de-
cision over Speed Hantz in the three
round semi-final boxing bout.
Results of other exhibitions:
Boxing-Jack Regain defeated Wee
Mcpherson technical knockout); Lefty
Bell defeated Jay Walker (technical
Knockout; Seeker Walker defeated
Bruin Bruener (knockout).
Wrestling-CrushA uble defeated Oak
Stump, George Bill and John Danko
drew, Tiger Banker defeated Buck Hay
man.
Maj. Harvey L. Miller. Marine Re-
serves. refereed the boxing and Art
Backus handled the wrestling.
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Alexandra Notes

ALEXANDRIA, Va, October al
The Alexandria Fraters have booked a
game with the lakewood A. G. of Rich
mond for 2:30 o'clock Sunday at Bag
gets Park. The contest is one of a
series which will be played to deter
mine the amateur unlimited champion
ship of the State.
Charley Corbett has signed Shorty
Mccain, former Mohawk A. c. foot ball
player, to play with the Celtics.
Goodies" Owens Iroquois A. c. will
play under the name OF the Hopkins
Furniture Co. Of this city beginning
Sunday.
Buck" Beach has been named head
coach of the Virginia Juniors.
"Coopy" Goodwin, former Washing
ton and Lee High School all-State half
back. has been added to the roster of
the Alexandria Fraters.
Northern Red Bird Juniors Of WASH
ington are to come here Sunday for
game with the Virginia Juniors at 1880
on Shipyard Field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
JAMES ROWE is DEAD
Greentree Stables Trainer Victim
of Acute Indigestion.

BALTIMORE, Md, October 81 P).-
James Rowe, jr., trainer for Mrs. Payne
Whitneys Greentree Stables, died here
early today after two-day illness from
acute indigestion. He was AZ years old.
The son of the late James Rowe, head
trainer at one time for Harry Payne
Whitney's stables, Mr. Rowe had trained
the champion 3-year-old Twenty Grand,
and was preparing st. Brideaux, a
Greentree Stable horse, for the SIS 1000
Maryland Handicap at Laurel race
track Saturday.
Mr.. Rowe was q native of Brooklyn,
N. Y. Besides his widow, he Is sur
vived by two children. James, Sd, years
old, and Lawrence B., 2.
A graduate Of Yale, Mr.. Rowe fol-
lowed in the footsteps of his father,
whose horses won nearly every i'm
portant stake in this country. He was
regarded by turfmen as one of the best
horsemen In the United States.
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Fistic Battles

BY the Associated Press.
Observation-Disclosures Brady, Syr-
acuse. N. Y, knocked out Duke Tram
mel, Fort Worth, Tex (2).
MINNEAPOLIS.-Ma Rosenbloorn,
New York, knocked out Dick Daniels,
Minneapolis Cd; Paul Wangley, Min
neapolis. knocked out Eddy Smith,
Chicago (5).
OAK HILL. w. Va.-Bobby Grant,
Charleston, w. Va. stopped Kid john
son, Knoxville, Tenn. %.
PORTLAND. Oreg-Young National
ista, Manila, outpointed Ernie Peters,
Chicago (1O).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
MATHEWS PIGEON WINS
Outfies 4S1 Rivals in Last Of Series
for Young Birds.

A D. r. Mathews bird won the
eighth and last pigeon race of the
young bird series of the National Capt.
tai Concourse Association, flown from
Pulaski, Va, an airline distance of $50
miles. There were 482 birds Compel
ing from AZ lofts.
E. c. Raulin landed the percentage
diploma with 80 per cent returns the
same day. The first 10 birds to home
won diplomas
H. c. Hile bagged the best average
speed diploma for the young bird series
with an average of 1,299.l0 yards a
minute.
Following is the order of finish of
the first return to each loft in the last
race. showing the average speed made
in yards per minute:
Mathews. 1.127. 80: Riley. 1,122 go Thomas
& Chudada. l,12l 30: Mount Rainier Loft,
Thomas 4 chudada. 1.ils.5o; Fiaherty,
l;ii7,lo; Eek. i,lf2 so: FeEeuson, i.los.zo;
49, H Tx PaFkfG SeG
I;oas 70: Bird: ,oss IS; Bush Bush 1857 90;
Harlfx o'g 81 Burgess k!sh Gas
bsneT; * Sg35s 50; IS Atisy, fe4775 'Oi Rg =
6 6sg M sgSdns'2G ISft scSTvs2
1885 S. Moore. 1os4as: q summit N'n' Goft.
1,O63 OF; Kaufman. l,o57lo: Voith. i.o542s;
esseo %snd G Ro BHfR: 1858
son' 1Ss7 @: ' krs SG ROu 81 6S;
no report; sproesser. no report; weHausen,
no report.
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DORA SEEKS CONTEST.

DORA. 135-pound foot ball team of
Riverdale, Md, is after Sunday games
to be played on its field, which is
being improved. Clark Owings is book
ing at West 1850, Apartment $40, be-
tween and 8 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21

Eastern Star women's League. Un-
heralded at the start Of the season, the
Ruth girls swept their first set and
since haven't tasted defeat Last night
at the Lucky Strike they won three
games from Unity to bring their record
to 10 straight games.
To Bess Ackman, acknowledged one
Of the best girl money" bowlerS in the
country, goes much of the credit for
Ruths showing Mrs. Ackman, who for
the past two years has reigned as The
Evening Star Tournaments girl cham
pion. has pulled the Ruth girls over
many hurdle in her position as anchor
bowler.
LEADING tonight's pin card Is Dis
i L trict League match at Petworth,
National Capital loop battle at
the Lucky Strike and six District Wom-
ems League bouts on five sets of alleys.
Petworth, one of the surprises of the
District League campaign and a raj
giant killer. is running second now, but
it may encounter plenty of trouble to-
night in Hyattsville, one Of the four
1ops of the league thus far. Hyattsville
is overdue.
In the National Capital League, the
Rinaldi Tailors, in the thick of the
fight, will oppose Judd & Detweiler, a
mCebh tCdhl Will OIlly ItOpCS VI at 1CbSI
duplicating the feat of Barnes Auto last
night Barnes stopped the National
Pale Drys in the first tilt, albeit drop
ping the next two.
The girls matches are carded as fol-
lows: King Pin VS.. Rendezvous at Rem
devious, Takoma Park VS.. Deal Service
at Takoma, Lucky Strike VS.. John
BlickS at Lucky Strike, Meyer Davis vs..
Columbia at King Pin, Bill Woods VS..
Georgetown Recreation at Lucky Strike
and Recreation vs.. Convention Hall at
Recreation.
DOLLING team total Of 1874, the
N Columbian girls in the Washington
Women'S League last night in
creased their lead to three games
as the Hilltoppers, their closest rivals,
dropped two games to the champion
Beeques. The Shamrocks were the VIC
Tins Of the Columbians, led in victory
by Margaret Leaman, who rolled 355.
AS result of their two-game win
over the Hilltoppers, the Beeques tied
that team for second place, while the
KeenoS. a new quintet, stepped into
third place by virtue of q sweep over
Veterans Bureau. University Park won
three tits from the Cardinals in the
other match.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
BETHESDA SOCCER VICTOR

Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
soccer team defeated Sherwood High.
to 2, yesterday in a MONTGOMERY
County Md, high school game
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TIP FOR FISHERMEN.

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, october
21.-The Potomac and Shenandoah
Rivers were clear this morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-18
MOTORMAN SHOT AND BANDIT GOT
 FOUR DOLLARS
Springfield Trolleyman the Victim and Warehouse Point Man Was Bandit

Springfield, Mass, April 1S.-(UP). -Motorman Arthur l.. Quick of the Springfield street railway was prob ably mortally wounded early to-day by a youthful bandit who shot him three times, robbed him of four dol lars in small change, and escaped. A few hours later, Lawrence H. Boldway. 25, was arrested at his home in Warehouse Point. Conn, just over the state line from here, charged with the shooting and rob- bery. Police said he had made a complete confession.
 Motorman Quick had stopped his car at the end of the line near Armory street in the eastern section of the city soon after midnight when the bandit held him up. Three shots were fired in rapid succession, Quick being wounded in the left breast, the left hand, and the left wrist. The bandit grabbed the small amount of money which the motor- man had collected in carfares and sped away in an automobile bear ing Connecticut registration plates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-18
ROYAL VISITORS
 FROM SIAM HURRY
 TO NEW YORK
They Will Arrive in United
 States Tomorrow King Is Very Seriously III

Vancouver. B. C.. April 1S.--(UP) Slams royal visitors, King Prajad- hipok and Queen Rambai-Barni, were speeding eastward to-day with their entourage on a special train bound for New York, where the young Oriental potentate will under go an operation on his eyes
 The party left at midnight, sev- eral hours after arrival of the liner Empress of Japan. Their train will enter the United States at Portal, N. |;D.,#latss morrowr- Canadian of ficials will be replaced there by Americans, who will escort the party to New York.
 King Prajadhipok admittedly was seriously i'll and took chances of endangering himself by exposure when he greeted accompanying of- ficials late yesterday. Queen Ram bai-Barni assisted Rear Admiral Momchao Thavara Jayant, physician to the king, in taking care of her husband.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-18
STATE MAY ALTER ITS
 RICTS
Two Bills in Now on Sen- ator and Congressman May Elect Congressman at-Large and Increase the Senators
(By Democrat Stan Man,

Hartford, April 1S.-Two bills concerning the senatorial and con- gressional districts of Connecticut have been raised by the legislative committee which handles these sub- jects, it was learned to-day, and next Wednesday afternoon leaders of the two major parties will gather for a hearing in the old senate chamber for the purpose of going over the proposed changes. The raising of the two bills 'in committee" brings the question of new senatorial and congressional districts in Connecticut to the front once more.
 Opposition is expected to be voiced by both the democratic and republican chieftains to the setting up of sixth congressional district in Connecticut at this time. Instead, it is expected, they will favor elect ing a. congressman-at-large. This will be done until after the upheaval of the last election and the expected upsets in the 1882 election have been passed through. Then both parties will be in 8 position to formulate their respective ideas as to where and how the sixth congressional dis trict will be formed.
 Connecticut now has five con- gressmen but by reason of it's in- crease in population, as shown by the the recent 1880 census, it is now entitled to another representa- . tive at Washington. D. c. There fore g. new congressional district must be created or else the decision arrived at to elect the congressman at large from the state as a whole. & (Continued on Page 2.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-18
BANDITS WILL
 HAVE OPEN DOOR IN NICARAGUA
As United States Is Not GO= ing to Protect Property, They Will Profit By It

New Orleans, April 1S-UP)- The United States stand against protecting American property from Nicaraguan insurgents will encour- age the bandits to further depreda- tions, believes John Brownson, for eign department manager of the Standard Fruit and Steamship com pany.
 Secretary stimson's announce ment," he said, ''is a disappoint- ment to this and other American firms in Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan national guard is incipable of cop ing with the bandits, and foreigners are at the mercy of outlaws"
 The fate of the eight members of the Fagot family. which operated a store at Cape Gracias A Dios. scene of the latest raid of the insurgents, had not been determined to-day, he said.
 The Cefalu, a Standard steamer, was due here to-day with approx inately 40 refugees and the bodies oe two of the dead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-18
NO GRAND JURY
 SESSION CALLED
 FOR HATHAWAY
Sheriff Not Notified of Such Action in Regard to the Slayer of Pretty Nurse

Providence, R. l., April 1s--(UP) Sheriff Frank F. King of New port county to-day denied published reports that grand jury session had been called for next Monday in an effort to indict Elliott R. Hath- away. charged with the murder. of Verna Russell
 Before such action was taken, King said. he would receive notifi- cation from the office of Attorney General Benjamin M. McLyman. in charge of Rhode Islands investiga- ton of the case. At McLyman's office 1t was said no steps toward grand jury action had been taken.
 Hathaway, son of q Massachusetts gIegislator. has been held without bail at Providence county jail in Cran- ston since shortly after the discovery of Miss Russellis body beside a Tiverton Lane March 24.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-18

floor corridors for hours on the last days. Tt is a terrific job during the last week and those who can pay as quickly astpossible will be doing us a great favor if they will settle right |-awsy;;,A said Nifss Ennis
 The job of listing the collected money and posting for the $5O,0OO already taken in is right up to date in preparation for the rush that is expected in a few weeks. Last year, due to the new form of bill sug- gested by the charter commission experts. it was impossible to get the bills out until the last minute.
 Profting by the delay last year, the corps of clerks were put to work on the making of the bills and the addressing of the envelopes so that the work is far ahead of sched- u1e at the present time. There is a steady "call' at the cash windows as the tax payers settle up their bills which are considerably lower than last year in view of the tax re- duction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-18
KIDNAPERS OF NEAR-BEER MAN
 STILL HUNTED
Fred J. Blumer Is Home Aft= CT Being Freed From Chains That Held Him Seven Days

Monroe. Wis, April 1S.-UP)- While authorities of three states hunted the kidnapers who freed him after a gun fight along an Illinois highway. Fred J. Blumer wealthy near beer manufacturer. was recovering to-day from effect of being held week for ransom. Blumer collapsed after the kidnap- CTS freed him at Decatur. III, and he has been brought home to his wife, Miss Bessie Blumer, and their daughter. Marion, 20.
 pr E. B. Gnagi said Blumer was i'll of exhaustion and nervous strain the result of being kept blindfolded and chained for seven days while his abductors whisked him from city to city in the darkness of night, always little ahead of the detectives who dogged their trail but never quite caught up with them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-18
$5O,O ,O0O Already Paid In From Taxpayers
 Though Not Yet Due

William A. Ennis. tax collector, has taken in $o0,000 in taxes all though the bills are not due until the first of May and he expects that before that date he will -hase,staken in about $75,O00. This is an evil dence of the cooperation of the tax payers which we most heartily well come and which will make the work in our office less of burden during the last few weeks of the tax collection" said MT Ennis.
 He went on to explain that of the 25,0OO bills that are to be sent out, only 10000 remain unmailed and all these will be in the post office by April 25 so that all taxpayers will have their bills at their homes a week before they are due. The en- tire month of May is given to them as the period during which they may settle for them. All are re- quested to come in as quickly as possible to avoid the long lines which will throng the City Hall first