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Evening star., 1932-12-07
os ANGELES, December 7 (P.-
That influenza pestilence which
has been riding the westbound

l. has been riding the westbound
train with the Notre Dame foot
ball squad, spread within Troy's guard
ed walls today, leaving results which
bafied science.
There was much whooping at the
University of Southern California, but
TO coughing. A questioning lift of the
eyebrows was an accompanying symp-
tom
Not that the Trojans lacked SYM
pathy for the ailing Ramblers whom
they play here Saturday, but there was
certain absence of conviction con-
corning the infected trainload of ath-
letes who would like to terminate the
S. C. string Of consecutive victories
at 18.
TWO years is long time, but not
i too far distant for the Trojans to
remember how the late Knute
Rockne brought a team of cripplss
west, minus fullback and all that sort
of thing. All Southern California was
sympathetic because Of what Coach
Howard Jones eleven was going to dc
to those stricken invaders. The marks
of that Notre Dame 27-to-0 victory are
the main reason for SO many dcubters
Southern California has heard. too
how Coach Hunk Anderson took his
travelling infirmary to New York. How
three victims of the terrible scourge
namely George Melinkovich, Jim Har-
ris and Emmet Murphy, scored rather
persistently ON Army's Cadets.
Among the unbelievers was Troy!
head man.
Evening star., 1932-12-07

arrives. As he heaveS the pumpkin 10
the basket, the opposition attacks him
in the shins.
And Ossie is just one OF fue man.
mountains ON this Colonial team.
When the team gets aUdy together,
brakeman in the audience looks
for his lantern to make up train
of boz cars.
How long this beef in basket ball has
been going on I do not know. 1t used
to be that the coaches wanted 'em light,
skinny fast and tall. When forward
began dribbling the pumpkin toward
his hearts desire up there on the board
his object was to skin past the enemy
in a series of close shaves, roughed fen
ders, and a flock of deft maneuvers
with a pair of piston-like arms.
Little guards circled around the
enemy, ducked under his legs, whirled
around, and then blocked the passage
to the basket by a series of bobbing
hops.
Now a G. w. team gets away in
tank formation, ploughs through the
opposition like a bevy of packing
boxes, hits cimilar to a falling safe,
and goes on to the basket unmo-
Tested.
But they tell me these colossal Co.
loniais have speed. There's Forest
Burgess, the mighty mite of the out
| fit, and Bill Noonan, the sprinting sap
ling. Burgess can get under the basket
for a shot while the referee Is polish
ing his whistle. And he can shoot the
pumpkin into the manhole while an
opposing guard is wondering whether
the blind date has red or blond hair.
| Anyway you take it this nldn-stsed
Colonial court team is going to pull
in the trade at the stiles this year.
1t has color, can play its game, Is
powertul and lhe price OF admission
is Just right
1t appears that Prof. Jim Pixlee
knows the combination to what the
paying client wants in sports.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
ooas Optimistic Eagles Dubious High Schools to Argue Metric System
College, School
> Basket Contests

COLLEGE.
TONIGHT.
American University VS.. Maryland
State Normal, at American u.
TOMORROW.
George Washington vs. Shenan-
doah, at George Washington.
FRIDAY.
American University VS.. Hampden-
Sidney. at American u. .
SATURDAY.
Gallaudet VS.. Alumni, at Kendall
Green.
Georgetown VS.. Pittsburgh, at
Pittsburgh.
SCHOLASTIC.
TODAY.
Georgetown Prep VS.. Immaculate
High, at Towson, Md.
TOMORROW.
Western vs. ST. Adams, at Western.
Central VS.. Boys Club, at Central.
FRIDAY.
Roosevelt VS.. Emerson, at Roose-
welt.
Georgetown Prep VS.. Rockville High,
at Garrett Park.
SATURDAY.
Emerson VS.. Wilson Teachers
College, at Wilson Teachers.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
YOUNG COLONIALS ACTIVE
Frosh Basketers to Open 1S-Game
Schedule Tomorrow.

Schedule Tomorrow.
George Washington freshman bask-
eters will open an 18-game scneouie
next Wednesday against Western Hgn
on the G. w court
Central, Tech, Eastern and Roosevelt,
the other public high quints, also have
been listed by the Colonial yearlings,
along with other leading scholastic
fiveS.
Here's the complete G.. w. Frosh card:
December 14-Eastern.
December 16-Roosevelt
December 20 = Bethesda Chevy Chase
High.
December 22-central.
January Tech.
January 9-Central at Central
January 12-Roosevelt at Roosevelt.
January 13-Wa shington-Lee Higa
January 18-GonZaga.
January 17-Western at Western.
January 1S-Eastern at Eastern.
February Tech at Tech.
February 3-Gonzaga at Gonzaga tten-
tative).
February 11-Emerson
February 13-Washington-Lee High at
8aliston.
isSruary 24-Eastern.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
"BEST" GRIDMAN SOUGHT
Most Valuable G. w. Player to Be
Awarded Trophy.

Washington sports editors have been
asked to select the player most valu-
able to the George Washington Uni
versty foot ball team of 1882. To this
athlete will be presented a 23-inch-high
silver trophy. the donation of the Omi-
cron Delta Kappa, national honorary
activities fraternity The award will
be made at the George Washington
foot ball banquet scheduled December
IA in the Mayf1ower Hotel.
In addition to the most valuable
player award, university letters and Ger
tif1cates will be presented, nearly a
score Of the Colonial gridmen having
earned the coveted honors during the
late season.
An elaborate program is being ar
ranged for the banquet under the direc-
tion Of Max harrington. assistant ath-
letic director. An athletic committee
OF the alumni association is aiding
harrington, T;:o is distributing tickets
OF admission at his office, 2010 H street
northwest.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
TALBERT Is CUE VICTOR.

OrvilIe Talbert defeated Steve Falk.
rs to 80, last night In class compsti-
tion In the billiards tourney at the
Arcadia. In other encounters DR.. D.
Green downed Joseph Cannon, rs to 40,
Ray Sisler vanquished DR.. Green, rs to
80, and Sisler scored over Frank Baker.
rs to 80. In the young players class
Harold Larash defeated Martin Grain,
SO to II, and Earl Grimm conquered
Anthony Neri, so to A.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
Manhattan Lists
Hoyas and Cards

NEW YORK. December Man
IN haitian Colleges foot ball sched-
ule, as announced today, shows
games with Georgetown and Catholic
University. According to the Man
haitian list, Georgetown viii be met
Ocober IA and Catholic University
November Is. both at Ebbets Field in
Brooklyn.
Other Manhattan opponents will
be st. Bonaventure. Clarkson Tech,
Oglethorpe, Seton Hall, City College
of New York and Holy Cross.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
TEST BASKET OFFICIALS
Old Members of d. C. Board, Ap-
plicants Face Examination.

Applicants for membership on the
District of Columbia Board OF Approved
Basket Ball Officials, as well as mem
bers, will take the annual examination
tonight at o'clock at the Central Y. M.
G. A.
An Interpretation meeting will be held
by the association Friday night at 8
o'clock in the Y assembly hall.
Further information regarding the or
ganization's activities may be had from
the secretary, Frank Sumner, Potomac
2477.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
GRIFF, ENGEL IN COLUMBUS,

President Clark Grifflth of the WASH
lngton club, accompanied by Joe Engel.
head OF the Nationals farm at Chat
tanooga. are in Columbus, Ohio. at
tending the minor league meetings.
Ihey nope to do some trading to
strengthen the Lookouts.
Evening star., 1932-12-07

other talent of proved worth, followers
of the Blue figure Central Is really
going somewhere in the court game this
season.
Westerns hard-working squad plays
again tomorrow, entertaining the st.
Adams quint. It will be the seasons
opener for the Cathedral School toesers.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
HOCKEY STARS SELECTED
Eight Western, Three Central Gicls
Placed on Honorary Team.

Eight Western High and three Central
High girls have been awarded positions
on an honorary interscholastic hockey
team picked by the Selection Committee
of the Washington Field Hockey Asso-
citation.
The team follows:
Evening star., 1932-12-07
JOHNNY KERR A BENEDICT.

Johnny Kerr, utility infielder of the
Washington ball club, and Miss Olive
Tongier, niece of Walter johnson,
today are honeymooning. having been
married yesterday evening at Rockville
Evening star., 1932-12-07

IT cage cro1rns pere decided by
1Doirdupois, titles decided by height
and reach, George Washington's
court -pdSserS iCotld be posing for q
group picture of the champions.
But height and weight are only in
cidental. The boys have got to throw
the pumpkin in the man hole. And
while the ambling Alps are endeavoring
to accomplish this, five f1eaweights from
the opposition are hanging on their
knee caps, hitch-hiking on the behe-
moths insteps, and generally interfer-
ring with traffic
Yet weight makes a difference.
When Ossie Wickham, 243-which
is not his telephone number, either
barges down the glazed fioorway it
is strictly a one-way street to the
rest of the boys. And Ossie is
bouncing in the right direction.
He can be stopped-but not until the
rules permit cranes and stone fence.
on the floor. When Ossie rolls dowr
the speedway the enemy runs down tt
have lunch under the basket until HI
Evening star., 1932-12-07

Mrs. Robert Wilson and Mrs. E.
Plimpton and Mrs. c. P. Lukens make
up the Selection Committee.
Evening star., 1932-12-07

These ponderous young men from far
away Texas to nearby Pennsylvania are
picking up where the heavy G. w. grid
eleven left off.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
BY TOM DOERER.

HIGGER, better and broader
X George Washington Uni
l. versity's basket ball quint,
behemoths of the basket,
colossal Colonials of the court,
barge into their debut tomorrow
night against Shenandoah.
Evening star., 1932-12-07

A ND if you're in a guam
Diary about sizes and
widths give one of our
GIFT CERTIFICATES
and let him make his own
selectiOnl
Evening star., 1932-12-07
G.. W. Presents Team of Giants
Basket Baller Should Be Worthy Successors Cridmen
in Putting a Show.

arrives. As he heaves the pumpkin to
the basket, the opposition attacks him
in the shins.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-20
Ensland's Bachelor King

England has had only one king whv
grew to manhood and who never mar
ried. That was William Rufus, or
William II, son and successor Of Will
liam the Conquerer, says Pathfinder
Magazine. Edward V and Edward vi
were never married, but they died
without reaching their majority. There
is no law compelling the king of
Great Britain to marry. He may mar
ry or not, just as he pleases. A
prince of Wales would not have to get
married in order to ascend the throne
upon the death of his father.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-20
CHAPTER III
Betty Lawson

Upon leaving the Lands place Mark
ham drove to florists shop and got
the box Of congratulatory roses for
which he had telephoned that morning.
With the box on the seat beside him
he headed his car for the grounds of
one of the oldest institutions for higher
learning in the Middle West He
hadn't been entirely frank with Lands
couldn't be, in the circumstances
and the reason for the unfrankness
dated back to a game Of golf at the
Country club; round played with
Betty Lawson on drizzly day when
they had both finished with damp
clothes and wet feet.
After the game he had urged Betty
to let him drive her home quickly for
a change, but she had refused to be
hurried There was a cheerful open
fire in the club lounge and they had
sat for time before this, toasting
their feet at the blaze. He remem-
bered that Betty had rested her feet on
the hot fender, and he had told her
she would burn the soles of her shoes.
She had burned one of them, the left
one; he had seen the mark when she
lifted her foot to feel if the shoe were
getting too hot.
This small circumstance was suf1i-
cient reason for the drive out to the
college campus. If Lands had not ad-
mitted that he had shown Betty how
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-20
Porpoise Joined Swimmer

While several hundred yards from
New Brighton shore, near Christ
church, New Zealand, recently, q
swimmer noticed that he had as q
companion seven-foot porpoise.
which gamboled about as playfully
as it's bulk would permit. AS the man
started for shore the porpoise accom-
panied him and rode the waves will
an obvious relish. Schools Of por
poises frequently appear near New
Brighton, but it is seldom that a
solitary visitor is seen, and 1t is still
more uncommon for porpoise to
come near a human being. Usually
they flee at first sight of bather.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-20


marked in the same way, and we have
at least one of your two housebreak-
ers."
Troubled as he was, Lands had to
smile.
"Of course" he said; "Just as easy
as that! There are only some twenty
or twenty-five thousand people in
Carthage, and only due proportion
of that number Of women. Do we
swear out search warrants and make
every woman in town produce her
shoes?"
"Well," Markham returned good-tem-
peredly. 1--WE shall see what we shall
see. Meanwhile, we'll preserve this
bit of circumstantial evidence"-put-
ting the plaster cast into his pocket.
"You haven't notified the police of
your loss, have you?"
"No; the only thing I've done was
to call you up"
"That's sensible; let it continue to
be the only thing for the present If
you should pull the police in, you'd
nave TO tell tHem WHal was Sloleu; ue-
scribe the black box and give it
name If you should do that, you'd
be set down as lunatic or liar. The
thing to do is to sit tight in the boat
and wait. Something may turn up If
we don't roll the water too hastily.
Don't you agree with me?"
II guess So" said Lands, with the
air of one who is still finding it diff
cult to bring calm judgment to bear.
"I'll do as you advise, but the waiting
is going to be desperately hard. You'll
keep in touch, won't your"
"Surest thing you know!" Markham
returned heartily; and with that, he
started his motor and drove away.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-20

herself how quickly, easily, and harm
lessly the bowels of babies and chill
dren are cleansed, regulated, given
tone and strength by a product which
has proved it's merit and reliability
to do what is claimed for 1t to mill
lions Of mothers in over fifty years
Of steadily increasing use.
AS mothers find out from using 1t
how children respond to the gentle
influence Of California Fig Syrup by
growing stronger, sturdier and more
active daily they simply have to tell
other mothers about it. That's one Of
the reasons for its overwhelming
sales Of over four million bottles
year.
A Western mother, Mrs. Neal M.
Todd, 17O1 West 9th ST., Oklahoma
City, Okla, says: "When my son.
Neal, was three years old he began
having constipation. I decided to
give him California Zig Syrup and in
a few days he was all right and
looked fine again. This pleased me
so much that I have used Fig Syrup
ever since for all his colds or little
upset spells. 1t always stops his
trouble quick, strengthens him, makes
him eat"
Always ask for California Fig
Syrup by the full name and see that
the carton bears the word "Califors
MIA" Thea you'll get the genuine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-20
Hunt for Water in Africa

Able Gabriel Lambert, Euro
pean, possesses extraordinary gifts
as a water diviner. He sometimes
uses pendulum which, when over
water, swings to and fro at great
rate, but he uses also the old-fash-
toned hazel twig. He is shortly be-
ing sent to Algiers on an official wa
finding mission.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-20
Olympic Clockwork
TILL

Thirty Swiss "split second"
watches costing some $4,000 were
used to insure accurate timing in
all 1882 Olympic races, in addition
to which moving picture camera
stop watch combination was used
for the first time.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-20
Cats "Picked" Down

The Animal Rescue league. of Bos
ton. has among it's standard equipment
"cat picker" 1t consists of long
pole. to which are attached a pair OF
padded tongs, to lift cats from tall
trees
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-20
By Francis Lynde
Illustrations by
Q. Irwin Myers
(WNU Service)
(Copyrisht by William Gerard Chapman.y

woman-came here In car, got out,
passed through the gate, and went
through the passage on their way to
the shop door. Any objections"
"None at all, that can see. But
why were there two of them, Wally?
Why would a crook double his risk by
fetching a woman along?"
"That is the mystery, or at least
one of them. Or, wait; maybe the
woman went in alone Let's see about
that"
A careful examination proved that
the man and the woman had gone In
together, and that the man had walked
on the woman's right and In the
weeds, which accounted for the fact
that his tracks were indistinct.
BY this time the plaster cast had
hardened sufficiently to permit its re
moval and handling, and they took 1t
into the laboratory and dried 1t slowly
in the glow Of the electric stove. When
the cast was quite dry and hard Mark
ham made a close examination of the
sole of the plaster-copied shoe.
"What are you looking for?" Ian
dis wanted to know
"See that faint line across the ball
of the foot?"
yes; l can see it without the
glass;"
Good. Now all we have to do is
to find a woman whose left shoe Is
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-20
Meals Mother
Has Right Idea
within a few

Within a fe "
months there will be
no more feverish, bill
ious, headachy, con-
stipated, pale and
puny children. That
prophecy would sure
ly come true If every
mother could see for
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-20
SYNOPSIS

owen Lands. young inventor, IN
the little town of Carthage, has De,
veloped an extraordinary "silencer:
which is stolen from a safe In his
laboratory. Lands tells WaIly
Markham, his chum, the only per
son. beside himself, knowing the
combination of the safe. is Betty
Lawson, daughter of a college pro
fessor. with whom the inventor IS In
love. ar
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-07

The Renaissance (literally the ire
birth'') may be defined briefly in the
phrase of great classical scholar,
Sir Richard .Jebb, as 1.-THE whole proc
ess of transition in Europe from the
medieval to the modern order" The
movement, the beginnings Of which
are associated with Petrarch 1304-74)
and the humanists Of the Fourteenth
century in Italy, was stimulated by
the momentous events Of the Fifteenth
century-particularl the fall OF Con-
stantinople, which drove Byzantine
scholars with the literature Of Greece
into western Europe, the invention OF
printing, and the discovery Of Amer
lea. This "rebirth" or awakening"
which spread to France and northern
Europe in the Sixteenth century, was
especially noticeable in the develop
ment of what are called the fine
arts" In Italy it led to great adj
vances in expressional painting and
sculpture, and to a return to classical
design of architecture; in France 1t
developed especially in art and letters
under Louis XII and Francis /; in
Britain the movement expressed itself
most notably in literature, following
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-07

If it lay within his power, he must
strike her to the heart.
Much stirred, he watched her lissom
young body as it moved with light
rhythm toward the house. She be-
longed to the enemy clan, but he could
not hold her in cold disapproval. An
enemy, yes! But already he knew her
a very dear one whose presence filled
the secret places Of his being.
AS Jasper Stark moved about the
streets of Mesa with his slouching gait
his eyes furtively questioned public
opinion to discover what it thought of
him. His manner Of braggadocio still
sat on him, but it was a hollow mock
cry. He was full of shame, resent
ment, and self-pity. Hatred surged in
him.
He sent for Gitner. That hardy
ruf1ian straddled into an upstairs room
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-07
National Conventions

Although performing the function
Of selecting q man to rule the nation
for four years, there is not one single
statute relating to national conven-
tions. Public opinion alone po1ices
them and they are sovereign in them
selves. A century ago, when national
conventions had their inception, John
Quincy Adams wrote in his diary.
"These meetings cannot be multiplied
without resulting in deeper tragedies.
Their manifest tendency is to civil
war" Nevertheless, the national con-
ventions have reigned supreme and no
man not chosen by one ever has been
elected President.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-07

you think I'll sit down an let him cut
me outa my share of the ranch, why,
you've got another guess. I'll not
stand for it,"
you can't help yourself" Julia told
him curtly. His boasting was an old
story with her and she gave it no
weight. whats the matter with you
anyhow. Jas? Why didn't you stand
up and fight Wills McCann?
"Tell you he hit me when I wasn't
lookin'. Tell you 1 was dazed an /
fell. He jumped me when was down.
It's the honest-to- God truth"
She was convinced he was lying to
save his face, but there was no use
telling him so.
"When are you going?" she asked
"Going where?"
away from here"
"Who said was going?"
'Why, l thought-Dad said"
II don't care what he said. He's not
runnin' me. When 1 get good an
ready maybe I'll go an maybe I
won't"
She came to subject that never
was long from her thoughts. The fact
that she mentioned it at all to her
brother, from whom she could expect
no help, showed how much the dread
of it obsessed her.
"I'm worried about Dad-awf'ly wor-
ried. Every time he rides away from
the house my heart sinks. If he should
meet that Wills McCann-and of course
he will some time
"Does he ride alone?"
mot if we can prevent it. go with
him when he'll let me-or Phil-and
once or twice Dave Stone. But if Dad
sees we're trying to protect him he
gets wild and won't have it for
minute"
"Sure. That's the old man for you.
Well, you tell him something for me,
julie. He's not the only man that's
lookin' for Wills McCann."
Her startled eyes fastened to his.
what do you mean?"
"What d'you reckon I mean? I'm
a Stark, no matter what the old man
says-an' he's Mccain an on top of
that he's done me dirt I'll fix him,
sure as he's foot high. But keep it
under yore hat. amt gettin' out any
bills about it. Not none."
She was torn by conflicting emo
tons. That Jasper had spirit enough
to fight his own battle, if he really
meant it and would not weaken when it
came to the test, was news that warmed
her blood. The danger in which her
father stood might be averted If her
brother met Mccain first. Yet this
was cold comfort. After the first flush
of gladness for Jasper she knew by the
chill that drenched her heart how
dreadful it would be if any of her
family killed Wilson Mccain or were
killed by him.
isn't there any way out, Jas-any
way at all but this?" she cried. almost
in wall. do we have to start this
this awful feud? Surely there must
be some way could stop it If I only
knew how"
Yellow lights cleaned like sinister
beacons in his cold eyes. mo way.
The McCanns started this an it'll have
to go through now"
Julia turned back toward the hotel
with sick foreboding In her heart.
Phil was blabbing calf when his
father came out to the porch.
"Going to Mesa, son. Hook up the
team for me, won't your"
The boy, before he went to the
stable, lodged for moment into the
kitchen. Julia was making pies.
Observation-Disclosures