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The Washington times., 1933-04-10
Free Baseball Legal

This cooperation with school
officials answers in a large
way the several demands which
have been made in the past
for lower-priced bleacher seats.
Bound up by league rules
which prohibits selling seats
for less than a basic price of
so cents, the local club has
been unable to meet a sugges-
ton of 35-cent and ascent
bleacher seats.
However, there is no league
ruling prohibiting a club giving
away all the baseball it wants
to, and this the Washington
club has always done in the
case of scouts, United States
hospital patients, newspaper
boys and other deserving
groups-to which Washington
school children by the thou
sands are now added.
Other major league cities are
expected to follow the Cleve-
land and Washington free
school baseball program as
soon as practicable.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
Baseball Contest
Winners!

Here are the 10 winners in
the Baseball Players Identi-
ficatiOn Contest which ap-
peared in The Times, Thurs
day, April s.:
E d ward Beck, 3647 New
Hampshire Ave. N. w.
Louis G. Richardson, S16
18th St. N. w.
Julian T. Baber, 1870 Wy
Oming Ave. N. W.
Paul B. ReeIey, al Johnson
Ave. Hyattsville, Md.
w. ID. Kaiser, 1926 14th st.
N. w.
T. P. Smith, s425 35th st.,
Mt. Rainier, Md.
Irma McCracken, 1904 18th
st. N. E.
Sue Nussbaum, 1855 Clark
Pl. N. w.
John Mandes, 224 Third st.
N. w.
Cecil Mayo, Apt. 21S, The
Astoria, Third & G N. w.
Two grandstand seats to
the opening game of the
season this Wednesday will
be mailed today to each of
the above winners.
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stop. became injured during the
early part of the series and
looked as if he was through for
the remaining games. But Mar
tin stepped into the breach once
again and had Peck on his feet
and able to play in a couple of
days although another injury laid
the great shortstopper low later
an injury which made it impos-
sible for him to play.
However, Mixes work was char
acteristic of the value a trainer
is to a ball club. In his particu-
lar case, as said, he's been great
aid to the Griffmen during his
reign and he promises to contiue
being this aid as the seasons
slowly but surely unfold. His
starter this year was on Joe
Kuhel. He'll probably have plenty
of similar cases before this i'm
portant campaign is ended, espe-
cially if the Griffs are ~ in the
fight and full of ambition to bat
tie for every game regardless of
the danger in sliding, going after
tough grounders, fly balls and the
like.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
DUB B0WLERS
REG|STERH|
AVERAGES
BY GINO SINH

When is a dub" bowler not a
dub?
To a large extent that ques-
ton has been answered in the
Temple Minor Duckpin League
which has just completed one of
the most successful seasons of
any league in the city.
This circuit was created for
bowlers who averaged LOT or
less last season. No less than
10 of them finished with averages
above that figure, final statistics
show, IS of them turning in
PAGES of 10 or better.
The three high average men,
Stuart Patti, Francis Robertson
and Nick Chipouras, all had
humble averages to their credit
the year previous. PATHS 1881
80 pace was 103 on these same
alleys. He won the high average
title this year with lis, IL pins
per game better, the most re-
markable improvement of the
year.
Averaged 124
Patti averaged better than 124
for 27 games during the second
series, bringing his average UP to
118 for the first Sd games of the
campaign.
Robertson went through the
1882 season with a 106 pace.
This year he boosted it seven
pins, picking up most of it dur
ing the final series when he
averaged 100. Chipouras' top
average last year was 105, and
he showed it to 113.
Walter Miller. of the Pirates,
actually is credited with fastest
pace in the league. lit, but he
only rolled 48 games, not enough
to qualify for the title. Miller
came all the way from Baltimore
to bowl in the league. He did
not bowl in any leagues last year.
Surprising Steadiness
Peerless, the pennant winners,
ach1eVed Lnelr goal LnTOugn SUI
prising steadineSs. They aver
aged 538 as a team (the second
highest recorded) and only had
a 583 high game and 1923 high
set, which was rolled on the next
to the last night to definitely
clinch the gonfalon. Arthur
Moore was the big gun of the
team during the early part of
the season and Robertson and
Oscar Moore during the closing
period.
Eleven team games over 600
were rolled, with Pirates and
Times-Herald pounding out three
each. The Pirates had an 1904
set, and nine sets over 170O were
chalked up. Sunrise Bakery,
which finished second, had high
team average, $40.
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JUMPING JACK
IS TOPN0TCH
JUMPER
BY HARRY COSTELLO

Mrs. Francis P. Caravans 7-year.
old chestnut gelding, Jumping
Jack, is just that-a jumping
jack.
The gelded son of Tim MCGEE,
out of Miss Lady, is not easily
handled, is fractions, more than
a trifle unruly and often acts
very much as if out of temper
entirely. Even so, he is steeple-
chaser of great merit. once headed
for the obstacles.
At Curles Neck Farm, Henrico
county, Va, on Saturday, Mr..
Crawford Burton had the leg up
on Jumping Jack. When the
field paraded, before the running
for the Deep Run Hunt Cup,
Jumping Jack somehow or other
gave the impression that he was
too much for Mr.. Burton. In
deed, to such an extent did he
give the impression that cries Of
PUT another rider on him" came
from the judges stand, no less. :
However, Mr.. Crawford knew
just what he was doing, as he
proved during the contention for
the noted cup. He took Jumping
Jack to the front, held the big
gelding under restraint over the
whole route of three miles over
post-and-rail, jumped Jumping
Jack with the cleverness of q
Bostwick and came home in front
with the chestnut just breeZing.
Jack Scores Again
In the big race of the day,
Jumping Jack and Mr.. Crawford
proved a combination that Mrs.
T. H. Sommerville's Royal Bonnie
and Mr.. Noel Laing could not
equal. The chap who rode Trouble
Maker in the Grand National rode
an excellent race on the brown
gelded son of Royal and Bonnie
Lloise, and brought Royal Bonnie
on to challenge Jumping Jack
near the finish, but Bonnie lacked
the speed of Jack, and the latter
won easily. David K. E. Brice's
aged Bill Clark was third.
1t was a great day at Curles
Neck and racing was excellent.
Mrs. Sommerville and Mr.. Laing
scored right off the bat in the
Malvern Hill steeplechase when
Grenadier Guard and the Man O.
War horN 5attleship, respec-
lively, took first place in each
section of the race, which was
divided in two due to the size of
the field. In the odd section Les
ter w. was second to Grenadier
Guard and Brand n-Brander
third. In the even section Hamp.
shire, property of Miss Audrey
Davis, was second, and Wreckage
third.
Mrs. Sommerville and Mr.. Laing
scored again in the Ruddock Plate
when her March Step came home
in front of Aries and Major Gen.
eral.
Mr.. Laing, on his own Star
Wink, took the Curles Neck. with
Sea Chart second and Ladala
third. 1nfatuation was third, but
was disqualified.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10

Inc Gr11Imen OOdSC OF one OF
these valuable condition men in
Mike Martin. Although very sell
dom thought of, Mike fills in an
important duty day in and day
out, nursing this or that players
ills and making him ready at all
times to continue in the game.
Mixes latest bit of timely SER
vice was on Joe Kuhel, who last
Saturday was hit on the right
shoulder by Fred Fussell, one of
Buffalo's stM' pitchers.
The injury, although slight, was
a bothersome one and many were
ready to believe that Kansas City
Joe would be forced to stay out of
Wednesdays opening game of the
season against the Philadelphia
AS at Griffith Stadium.
Mike Steps In
But right here is where Mike
Martin stepped into the picture.
Immediately after Joe was re-
moved from the game in favor of
Dave Harris, the crafty trainer be-
gan getting the young first base
man into shape again. First there
was the familiar rundown, then
the ice-pack and finally the bak-
ing machine, the net result Kuhel's
arm and shoulder was back in fet-
tie in no time, and he was able to
take his place as usual in yester-
days contest with the Buffalo
Bisons which the Griffs won, 8
to /.
The moral of this yarn is this
Young Mr.. Kuhel might not have
been able to return to action as
soon as he did had it not been for
the presence of that ever-valuable
cog each league ball club carries
with 1.-THE trainer. In this par.
ticular instance Trainer Martin
is to be congratulated as he Ger.
tainly brought Kuhel around in
no time, quite as he's done others
in his long and varied career since
being the Griff's trainer.
Mike "Fixed" Peck
There have been hundreds ot
instances in the past where train
srS have helped their respective
clubs when players had their ills
Martins record is unique in the
annals of the American League
In 1924 he probably executed the
most unusual work of his career
Roger PeQkinpaugh. star short
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on base in the ninth, however,
due to Boken's error, but Earl re-
tired the next batter himself by
stopping his hot grounder and
tossing to first for an easy putout.
The Griffs kept up their nifty
hitting, socking out 10 hits while
scoring twice in the second. three
times in the fifth and three more
times in the seventh. Cliff Boil
ton drove across the two markers
in the second by line single to
center, while Kuhels single,
Cronin's one-baser. Goslin's dou-
BILE and Schulte's single accounted
for the three markers in the fifth.
Harris Homers
A single by Myer, a double by
Kerr and a home run by Dave
Harris chalked up the three runs
in the seventh. This homer by
Harris, incidentally, was one of
the hardest hit balls seen at Griff
Stadium in several years. The
ball Travelled at a mile-a-minute
clip and rose high enough in the
air to land about Is rows up in
the left-field stands.
Horace Lisenbee, former Griff,
was Buffalo's starting pitcher.
He was followed by Bob Gould,
big Highlander, and Pat Cara
way, tall lanky left-hander, who
used to work regularly for the
Chicago White Sox. All were hit
at those moments when hits
meant runs.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
Garrett Waters. 1888
Official Scorer
For GriffS

Garrett Waters, Times base
ball writer, was today named
official scorer for all American
League games played at Crit
fifth Stadium during the 1888
season.
In a communication from
President William Harridge,
Mr.. Waters was notified of his
choice to provide league head
quarters with all statistical rec
ordS of games played this sea-
son at Griffith Stadium.
Waters is one of the young
est writer's ever to be appointed
official scorer in Washington,
but his extensive baseball back
ground in amateur and semi
professional circles around
Washington, before he started
following the professional game,
is considered eminent qualifica-
ton for this important assign
44CAA@N -. H..
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the Griffith Stadium was Sc
lected by school officials be-
cause it is thought the bat
talionS of boys and girls could
better be handled there than
in the locations more thickly
populated by the general public.
The ball park made it per-
fectly plain to school officials
that other sections were avail
able for the children, but
study Of all blocks of seats,
upstairs and down, developed
the fact that the children
could be handled with greater
safety to themselves and with a
letter degree of discipline by
those in whose charge they
would make their baseball voy-
yages if they were apportioned
an exclusive location in the CEN
ter field expanse of seats.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
CR0N|N ORDERS PRACTICE FOR GRIFFMEN TONIC
SPORTS.
BY KIRK MILLER
RefOrest0tiOn Plan
Adopted by Griffith
GrOLUS Future Fans
Free School Baseball
The Cleveland Plan
Is FOLLOLUed in D. C..

Happy days for Washington school children
thanks to the completion of plan which has been worked
out between Secretary Eddie Eynon Of the Washington ball
club and Assistant superintendent of Schools Stephen E.
Krame-said idea involving at least two free games of pro-
fessonal ball for every Washington school kid from the fifth
grade upward, during the 1888
This new for the local boys and girls of school age
the result of baseball reforestaton work which Owner
Clark Griffith has had in mind for many years. He has
experimental from time to time with free baseball for
tain groups including boy scouts veterans newsboys
md fharor
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The Cleveland Plan

The results obtained were
quite gratifying to the children
and their parents, according to
Richard Tennyson, assistant
playground director, and it was
then that Messrs. Griffith and
Eynon started to do some tall
thinking about a broader plan
Of free baseball for youngsters.
During last baseball season,
while the Washington team was
taking it's turn playing three
series is Cleveland, Secretary
Eddie Eynon made a close study
of the arrangements which Gen
eral Manager Billy Evans had
with the Cleveland public schools
for entertaining the children of
that city at league games there.
For years Cleveland has been
the leader in this type of base
ball missionary work among it's
juvenile citizens, but it's plan
could not be adopted here in
toto because of the variance
of the school organizations of
that locality and this.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
Boston Race DraUs
Clark and Greiner

Haskell F. Clark and Bill
Greiner will sport the colors of
the local Knights of Columbus
in the annual Boston A. A. Pa
triot's Day Marathon on April
19. Jimmy Montague is 5a:..55o en-
tered from the local K. C.
Mike Lynch, 51-year-old local
runner, is an uncertain entran5.
The veteran injured his foot sew
ersl weeks ago and his training
has subsequently been retarded.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
Schools Picked Seats

But as nearly as possible the
Cleveland plan has been fitted
into the Washington school
set-up, until Mr.. Kramer and
Mr.. Eynon believe they have
reached about as workable
basis Of procedure as is pos
Sible.
Anyway, at a very early date
local school youngsters will
know the days they will be
taken in groups to the ball
park under school supervision
as guests Of the domestic base
ball forces.
The center field section of
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
QlIQnticO Indians
Seek Openipq Tilt

The Quantico Indians would
like to open their baseball season
on Easter Sunday, April IS,
against some strong District un-
limited team on the Quantico
diamond.
All managers interested should
communicate with Manager J. H.
Moncure, P. o. box 367, Guam
tico, Va. Manager Moncure can
be reached by telephone at Guam
tico 311 between 9 a. m. and
5 p. m.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
GOODACRES SCORE

Goodacre Juniors won a hard
fought game from DORA juniors
yesterday, 6 to- S. Bieber pitched
for the winners, and only allowed
four bingleS.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
WASHINGTON

Runs batted in-BOiton (2), Smith,
Goslin (2), schultz. Kerr, Harris (2).
TwO-base hits-Tarr, Smith, Goslin,
Kerr. Home run-Harris. stolen base
Goslin. Double. plays-5Tarr to Marshall
ington. 5. Bases on balls-Off Lisenbee.
Z: off Thomas. l; off Gold. 4; off
Caraway, 1. Struck Out-By Lisenbee.
1: by Thomas, 2: by Whitehill, 2; by
Caraway, ]. Hits-Off Lisenbee, in
innings: off Thomas, in innings:
off Gould. in 8 innings. Umpires-
Parker, Van Graflan, Cox and Early.
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or automobile to sell or rent J.. ad-
vertise It. Use the WANT AD SEC
TION of this newspaper to reach our
great reader audience. Phone District
S260s Ash tOH ad-tAken -.
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SEEN
FOREX-CHANP

There is a possibility that Ed
Brooke, long absent from tourna-
ment and championship golf,
might attempt a comeback here
this season.
Brooke, member of the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club,
was District amateur kingpin
many years ago but has confined
his activities to social matches in
latter years. Yesterday, he gave
evidence of his old ability by
covering his home course in 80.
Brooke was paired with Tom
Webb, jr., Maryland U. footballer.
and they managed to break even
in an 18-hole match with Ralph
S. Fowler and Rudolph HarreIl.
Webb pounded out IS while
Fowler and Harrell took IS each.
Mel Shorey, East Potomac
Park pro, cruised about the East
Potomac Park course in sc yester-
day. He negotiated F course in
80 and B course in "a. His card
reads:
........... 5 S4444 3 S-34-ss
The winning number in the
blind bogey at Manor was IA and
E. H. Cashell with 1915, IA,
proved to be the winner. Second
prize went to w. w. Farnum with
1922, II. Other winners were
B. C. Hartig, 92-19, 73: I. C.
Donohue, 87-12, Is, and P. z.
Haig, 92-17, IS.
A buffet supper and amateur
boxing bouts will feature the
stag night affair at the Kenwood
Country Club Wednesday night.
The Tardugno brothers, Mike and
Angy, will feature the boxing ex-
hibition.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
Martins Service to Griffs
Reaps Big Dividends

Getting major league ball clubs into shape and keeping them
in that condition busy task for the powers each
To safeguard phase the various clubs put biggest
of the work their trainers whose efforts oes mean the
difference between game ost important are their
downs treatments etc. to the player who might injured
at the moment,
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
No Letup for Team
As Opening Game
Of Year NeQrs
By GARRETT WATERS

Although tomorrow is ofday far contest is
cerned it will be day of rest for the Grmen Manager
Joe Cronn has ordered practice session starting at 10 80
clock in the morning in the idea of keeping all deck in
high speed for the opening game of the the following
afternoon with the philadelphia AS.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
WOLVERINES DOWNED

Thompson Furniture Midgets
trounced the Wolverines yester.
day, Is to 10, on the Burroughs
field.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10

U1IW UO44C1 VI UISd414AcSV4V41o'
In fact, season before last, at
the behest of The Washington
Times, playground children up
to Is years Of age, were &C.
corded one free game during
their summer vacation from
claSSrooms.
The Washington times., 1933-04-10
NORTHEAST JAYS WANT

Northeast Jays want games
with midget teams. Call Manager
Herman at Atlantic 0481-J, be-
tween 4 and Z .. N.
The Washington times., 1933-10-09
YEUELL URGES
NRA SUPPORT

A plea for all to rally to sup
port of the National Recovery
Act so as to avert the possibility
Of dictatorship being set up by
capital in this country was made
by Herbert Yeuell, world traveller
and student of economics and
politics, in addressing an audi
ence at the Wilson Normal School
today.
He said the most important
part of the NRA now is up to
the consumer, and the slogan is
"now is the time to buy"
One Of the great problems at
present is that labor does not
know how to orient itself toward
capital, and capital is reluctant
to give in to labor, Yeuell said,
adding that the NRA prevents
capital from subjugating labor
and labor from running capital.
The Washington times., 1933-10-09
CGUGn1ugh to Head
Clarendon BOYS Club

William j. Cavanaugh, Of Clar.
endon, has been elected presi.
dent and big brother of the Co.
lumbus Boys Club of Clarendon,
it was announced today. The
club, sponsored by Edward Doug.
las White Council knights Of Co.
lunbus, is newly formed.
Other officers are Albert Nor
ris, first vice president; Francis
Mattingan, second vice president;
Albert Toulotte, financial secre-
tary; James McCausland, finan-
cial secretary, and Charles Moore,
sergeant-at-arms.
The Washington times., 1933-10-09
NIGHT LIFE ACE
DECLARED OWN
EXECUT|ONER

CHICAGO, Oct. 9 G.N.SO An
underworld court" that coldly
ordained death either by his own
hand or the spot" was found to
have preceded the suicide last
week of Edgar B. Lebensberger
night club owner and confidant
Of gangland, according to the
underworld grapevine" today.
Gangsters, actors, and the So
eially elite rubbed elbows at the
bier of Lebensberger today as The
Government pursued its inquiry
further into the circumstances
Of the death of the night-cluh
owner in his Gold Coast home.
ExecutiOners Near
It was freely whispered about
that Lebensberger had been put
on trial by an underworld court
within half mile of his 225 Club
The story Is that when he walked
into the "triap' room, he faced
four men who sat grimly behind a
table. He knew these men.
And while he stood nervously
answering the cold-blooded ques-
tions that came in rapid success
sion, four other men-men he had
never seen before-stood careless
" by, ready to execute the verdict
Of the court"
Then, according to the story,
the verdict was death. But Lebens-
berger was given a stay Of execu-
ton. He was permitted to be his
own executioner.
40 Indicted
At the underworld court" ac-
cording to the rumor, he was
questioned about a $250,000 mail
robbery.
Forty persons in various parts
OF the country, reported named in
Q secret true bill in Federal court,
were being rounded up in con-
nection with the robbery. Twenty
six persons are already under ar
rest here and in other cities.
Although free from financial
worries, Lebensberger Immediately
before his death threatened to
take his life, his blonde widow tes-
titled at the inquest.
John j. CBoss~ Mclaughlin,
former State legislator, was in
dicted with Lebensberger and is
under arrest.
Government agents have ques-
toned Gus Winkler, North Side
gang leader and associate of Le-
bensberger in his night club enter.
prises. Winkler is under constant
surveillance.
Federal agents recalled that
when Winkler was named in con-
nection with the robbery of the
National Bank of Lincoln, Neb.,
two years ago, he produced $4,000
600 Of the stolen securities in re-
turn for his freedom.
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believe 1t, even though you
catch him in one fib after
another. I can't help feeling
sorry for him, now that he's
in a JAM"
SIZES UP BAILEY
Yes, she knew Kelly had been
a bootlegger. Wasn't she afraid
to get hooked up with an ex'
bootlegger? She replied:
"No, 1 had quite a few boot
Ieggers as my friends"
She got to discussing Kelly's
associates. She said she didn't
know much about Albert Bates,
who has been identified as the
man who accompanied Kelly
when they "snatched" Charles F.
Urschel, the Oklahoma City oil
millionaire. She said Kelly would
be away for weeks with Bates,
but when she met Bates, he
would only speak to her casually.
Sizing up Harvey Bailey, she
said he had killers eyes" But
she praised him, nevertheless,
saying he was the type of man
in whom you could place conf
dence. She broke into laughter
over the suggestion that she was
the "brains" Of the kidnapping
ring. She said:
"Imagine me telling men
like Kelly and Bates what to do.
That's a joke"
FLAYS KIDNAPPING
When she remarked her life
had been hectic" I asked her
what was the most hectic thing
in her life. She replied:
"Kelly. He rushed me from
coast to coast. Me, a girl who
The Washington times., 1933-10-09
BROKER BREAKS
SKULL |NFALL

Franklin H. Ellis, As, broker,
clubman and director Of the
Associated Charities, was reported
as slightly improved at Emer-
gency Hospital today.
First believed to be the victim
Of an attack, Mr.. Ellis was taken
to the hospital Saturday night
from his home in the 1900 block
Nineteenth st. N. W., suffering
a fractured skull, a broken nose
and injuries to his hands.
Following an investigation
police said they believe he slipped
and fell downstairs.
The Washington times., 1933-10-09
CITY PLANNERS
. OPEN PARLEY

A prominent part will be played
by city planners from Washing
ton, Maryland and Virginia in a
conference on planning and ma
tional recovery in Baltimore today
under auspices Of the National
Conference on City Planning and
the American Civic Association.
The sessions will be moved to
Washington, Wednesday night.
Secretary of the Interior Har-
old L. Ickes will address the
group at a dinner in Baltimore
tonight, on administration of the
So, 900, 100000 public works pro-
gram.
Frederic A. Delano, chairman
Of the National Planning Board;
Alfred Bettman, president of the
National Conference on City
Planning, and Mayor Howard w.
Jackson, of Baltimore, will be
among other speakers on to-
nights program.