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Evening star., 1934-07-04
ACQUITTED OF MURDER
Ex-Convict Is Ordered Freed IL
Slaying of Woman Writer.

LA-NOIlN lNJ Is SIbN' Sb - NNNA
Staying of Woman Writer.
NEVADA. Mo-, July a (P.-Virgil
tBlackie) Wells, 38, former convict,
was freed at his trial for the murder
of Mrs. E. Pearl Dancey, poet and
notion writer, here Yesterday on an
instructed verdict of acquittal
Circuit Judge John Schmook Or
dered the acquittal on the grounds
of insufficient evidence after the State
had completed its case. No defense
witnesses we're called
Mrs. Dancey was found shot to
death IN her automobile at the Deep
wood Cemetery last February IT.
Wells surrendered several days
later. He said he had been riding
with Mrs. Dancey and declared she
took her own life In his opening
statement. Prosecutor Dewey A. Routh
had asked the death penalty.
Evening star., 1934-07-04
AMERICAN SEES POPE
Illinois Bishop Has 20-M:nute
Audience.

VATICAN CITY. July 4 (Pl.-Pope
Plus granted an audience today to
Bishop Henry Althoff OF Belleville. ILL.,.
talking to him for 20 minutes on
diocesan affairs.
The Pope impaired his apostolic
blessing. Bishop Altnoff presented TO
the Pontiff Father John Fallon, dioce-
san superintendent OF schools; Father
Francesca Beykrich. who is studying
at Gregorisn University in Rome. and
two Belleville ecclesiastical students
in Rome.
Evening star., 1934-07-04
ROOSEVELT PUTS
DAV|S-BACON ACT
BACK INTO FORCE
Law in Operation Again
Within Month After
Suspension.
oooc' tMtr'oM 'M .I!Mr
otSlIl' o. CnN1uSIO%
Ax.s3s.ee II wage Law a1.1 G1le
Pay Standards at Same Time
Caused Difficulty.

The Davis-Bacon act, which re-
nuires contractors on pubic building
projects to pay the prevailing wage
scales in each community, has been
put back into operation by President
Roosevelt, less than a month after
be suspended it by proclamation.
In the executive order temporarily
suspending the act early in June, the
President explained that the Secre-
tary of Labor and the public works
administrator had called attention to
confusion resulting from having both
the prevailing wage law and the wage
standards of the construction code in
force at the same time
Doubt Authority Remains.
Government officials testifying be-
fore the Walsh Labor Committee of
the Senate recently expressed serious
doubt. however, whether laying aside
of the Davis-Bacon act left Govern
ment departments with any authority
to prescribe wage standards on those
public projects which are provided
for by specific appropriations from
Congress. as distinguished from the
emergency program.
There was no doubt in Ihe minds
of these officials that emergency
projects would be amply safeguarded
by the stringent P. w. A. wage and
hour requirements. What troubled
them was whether there was any
legal substitute for the Davis-Ba
law that could be applied to con-
tracts for buildings specifically sp
propriated for by Congress in the reg
ular appropriation bills.
The new executive order Just issued
states that it appears revocation of
the previous proclamation which
suspended the Davis Bacon law would
be in the public interest.
Legal Opinion Suggested.
When the original order of June
was brought to the attention OF the
Senate Labor Committee, Chairman
Walsh suggested to several Govern
ment officials in charge Of Federal
building work that they submit later
legal opinions with regard to any diff
ficulty they believed might result from
suspension of the prevailing wage law
The Presidents decision to restore
operation of the Davis-BacOn act, it
is believed, eliminates the doubts in
the minds of these officials following
issuance of the proclamation last
month
Chairman Walsh expects to return
to Washington in two or three weeks
to resume public hearings by the Sen
ale committee on complaints Of al
legged kick back" and other wage diff
flculties on public projects.
Evening star., 1934-07-04
BOY, IS, WOUNDED
BY FRIEND, BETTER
Richard Stockdale Shooting Acct
dental, Says Youth Held
for Firing Bullet.

Richard stockdale. 13. of 757 Nine
teenth street northeast, who was shot
and critically injured by a companion
Evening star., 1934-08-16

a golf ball, despite the half-dozen
fine courses around Honolulu. Dicks
time was taken up with more tmpor-
tant things.
Back on his home heath, Dick
wasted little time making the head
lines, for while five other clubmates
looked on in pop-eyed amazement to
his explanation Of how to hit a golf
ball, he nonchalantly whacked
15o-yard mashie shot right into the
cup for a birdie on the par 4 third
hole at Washington. Now Dick isn't
such great shakes as a golfer. He
plays for exercise and he gets it, in
bounteouS quantities. He scores any
where between 80 and 90, and when
Dick gets as low as 83 it is a bSn-
ner day.
But does ne work hard at the game?
No man works harder. With short,
choppy backswing (really, Dick, you
should swing farther back, he hits
the ball straight as string and for
fair distance, too. But the big blow
came yesterday at Washington, where,
after telling the boys how to do it, he
made that mashie shot for that birdie.
The third hole measures $50 yards and
Is one of the hardest on the course.
Dick specializes in brides, even
though he is the underdog against
better players. Not long ago he went
out in a flve-ball match in which all
the others rated to beat him by a
half dozen strokes or more. Along
about the fourth hole some one sug-
gested that they all play brides. Now
the other fellows were all better than
Dick and he knew it. But this did
not scare him. And to show that he
wasn't scared he collected two brides,
Evening star., 1934-08-16
SUR2AHGHnT OEE THnE TEE
BY w. R. Me CALLuM

more than any other member Of the
party was able to bag.
The fellows who heard Dicks little
speech and saw him demonstrate how
to play the mashie were Ward B. Nc
Carthy, Frank M. Williams, John. H.
Davidson and Charles B. Stewart.
More than two dozen woman golfers
Of the Washington Club were playing
today in the opening round OF the
tourney for the Muncaster Trophy, a
36-hole handicap medal play event.
The tourney will end tomorrow.
Tom Belshe, Indian Spring ace, who
dotes on tough golf matches, still is
one of the smoothest scorers among
Uncle Sans employees. Tom won the
Inter-Departmental title year or so
ago, and yesterday he won the gross
prize in a Federal blind bogey tourney
at Beaver Dam, scoring good 78 over
the soggy course, six strokes over par.
In second place was Fireman .Volney
G. Burnett, also a member OF Indian
Spring
c. H. Quimby Of Agriculture won
the blind bogey affair with a card OF
103-23-80, hitting the lucky number
right on the nose. A severe rainstorm
slowed up the tourney, although
Belshe, after getting out in AZ. came
home over the slow layout in 36. Col.
Harvey of the War Department won
the second blind bogey prize with
94-18-76, while George Marshall Of
A. A. A. was third with a net II.
The women's event was won by
Mrs. George Diffenbaugh of War with
a gross card of 95. Louise Lacombe
won the women's blind bogey event
with a net "a, with Mrs. M. E. Ferris
second at net 80.
Up at Rock Greek Park, Manager
B. Harry Graham, the optimistic one,
is receiving entries for the annual
uptown" tourney. With entries to
close August IS, the tourney will start
August 81. Claude Rippy, perennial
runner-up for the District municipal
links championships, will defend the
title he won last year.
Ellen Kincaid, rising young Beaver
Dam star, won the modified blind
bogey tourney yesterday at the Land
over course with card of At. Mrs.
Frank Kramer was second with So,
while Mrs. Charles Buck was third
with So.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
.YANK AGAIN SEEN
CANADIAN CHAMP
Campbell, Defender; Num-
ger, GuiIford Big Barrier
to Home Golfers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
r AvAL-SUR-LE-LAC, Quebec, Au-
gust 16.-Barring a sudden
Tightening in the home forces
defense, the Canadian amateur
golf championship appeared in
imminent danger today Of passing
below the border for the third time.
Play had reached the round of Is.
and the three big United States
threats. Albert (Scotty) Campbell of
Seattle, Jesse Guilford Of Boston and
Jack Munger Of Dallas, as well as two
others of their compatriots, Henry
Palm of Beverly. Mass, and Wilfred
Crossley Of Boston, still were in the
running.
Canada still had II men left in the
title chase, but of these only c. Ross
Somerville of London, Ontario, and
Ken Black of Vancouver appeared es-
pecially formidable.
Fourth-round pairings sent Camp
bell, the defending champion, against
Crossley; Munger against H. D. Jukes
of Montreal and Cartagena, Columbia: i:
Guilford against Melville Rogers of
Ottawa, and Palm against Black, who
was finalist against Campbell last year
Somerville, four times winner of the
title and a former United States anna
teur king as well, was booked against
Nicol Thompson, jr., Of Toronto.
The quarter-flnals were to be played
this afternoon, cutting the field to
four, who will play the 36-hole semi
finals tomorrow.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
CHECKER TIE CONTINUES

JAMESTOWN, N. Y, August 16 (P).
Failing to break their deadlock in
the American Checker Association
tournament, William F. Ryan of New
York City and Jesse Hanson of Oak
land, Calf, quit at midnight and
were to resume hostilities today. They
had played since 1870 pm.
They were in their fourth game of
their third-round match. The first
three games having wound up in draws.
H. B. Reynolds of Buffalo fell be-
fore Milton APPEL of Chicago.
Edwin F. Hunt of Nashville, South
ern champion, lost his third-round
match to Nathaniel Rubin of Detroit.
Third-round matches-L. T. De-
bearn, Detroit, won from AL Vodolo,
New York City, / win, draws
Charles w. Young, Pittsburgh, de-
feated Walter Hallman, Gary, Ind,
2 wins. / draw. ...
Evening star., 1934-08-16
Y EINIE MANUS HIS major
- league batting lead is slipping
back toward Charley Gehrin-
A. A GERS f7c1IraS hnco,1Sa tho


@ n gers tgureS because the
big Dutchman has just suf-
fered his longest hitless streak of the
season eight consecutive times at
bat without getting a hit that
wobbly leg has Heinie pulling his
punches.
Softened by the recent heavy rains
the outfield at Griffith Stadium makes
the going treacherous for the garden
ers these days any outfielder Is
lucky If he escapes a leg strain 4.
Harris finds it particularly difficult to
get around right field says that
is the worst part of the Georgia ave-
nue. ball yard and his game leg is
getting no better as the result of run
ming over the soggy turf.
Mike Martin has new patient q.
Ed Linke has come up with a sore
arm :. the reformed fat boy has the
pitching wing baked daily E. accord
ing to Martin the ailment is nothing
serious the trainer says Linke
should be ready for work in another
day or two.
Pete Susko. long-term first sacker
brought up from Knoxville to fill in
for the injured Kuhel considers the
Washington infield the best he ever
has played on the ground
around the initial base and toward
second is wonderfully smooth and
makes fielding there pleasure, he
says finds it much batter than
the first-base territory in Philadel-
phia and Boston nothing like
it in any minor park in which he
has performed and Pete has
been in plenty.
Kuhel gets out to the games these
days without crutches or cane .
usually views proceedings from an
upper-deck seat back of first base.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
Eight Times Up Without a Hit
! Heinie's Worst Slump of Year

says the leg that was broken In June
now Is strong enough to withstand
any ordinary strain and that
he'll soon be out in uniform :.
for workouts.
Life is getting to be one double
header after another for the Ma
tionals that is, one scheduled
double header after another the
one they hoped to stage with the
Indians this afternoon was the fourth
attempted in. the last six days 8.
that's heavy going they never
got to first base with their ball game
yesterday just as the pitchers
were about to warm up the deluge
broke and in a few minutes
Griffith Stadium was more At for a
canoe regatta than base ball. J. B. K.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
HOWARD SWIMMERS
TAKE CITY HONORS
Lead Banneker by z Points, With
Francis a Close Third in
Playground Meet.

TTOwARD pool girl swimmers
II showed the way to a quartet
of rival teams yesterday to wir
the city colored championship of the
Municipal Department Of Fairgrounds
In a hotly-contested meet held ir
the winners pool, Howard scored Al
points to "a for Banneker, 81 for
Francis, II for Walker and 6 for
Stevens.
Summaries:
BeEinners' Class. 10 Years and Under.
lQ-yard free style-Won by Julia Tobin
(Walker); second. Alice Brooks Howard)
third. Elizabeth Mckenzie (Walker).
Over 10 Years.
10-yard free style-Won by Ethel
Mathews (Howard): second. Arthere Fur
man (Banneker); third. Gertrude Wright
(Howard.
Open Glasses. 10 to IL Years.
25-yard free style-won by Audrey
starks (Banneker); second. Blanche Pey-
si55 55SsTS ~. sIds stroke st.ossTwon by Eos:
Balloon race-Won by Audrey starks;
second. Lillian Thomas tStevens).
Is and ID Years.
(HoHardJ: second. Rose Seldom ~ tHowardJ
third. Frances Green (Walker).
25-yard side stroke-Won BY Geneva
HowarO; third. Rose Seldom.
Balloon race-Won by Geneva Gralom
second. Julia Pressy; third. Rosa Smith.
Is and 16 Years.
25-yard free style-Won by Estelle
Bryant Francis); second. Goldie Bel
CFrancis); third. Myrtle Forcey (Wslker)
25-yard side Stroke-Won by Estells
BRYANT: second. Myrtle Forcey; third.
Mana White (Banneker).
25-yard breast stroke-Won by Goldit
Bell; second. Estelle Bryant third. Myrtle
Forcey.
IL Years and over.
25-yard free style-Won by Constance
Lucas (Banneker): second. Christine Nalle
Howard; third. Carolyn Wilson (Ban-
neker).
25-yard side stroke-won by Norma
wilkins (Banneker); second. Constance
Lucas.
25-yard breast stroke-won by Carolyn
Wilson; second. Leona Thomas (SteyenS)
Evening star., 1934-08-16
BY the Associated Press.

BY Lne Associated FIehSs
= T. LOUIS, August 16.-The
st. Louis Cardinals man
agement and Dizzy and
~ Paul Dean, rebellious pitch
ers, are playing a waiting
game, each apparently expecting
the other to make a move toward
reconciliation.
President Sam Breadon and
Manager Frankie Frisch re-
manned firm in their decision to
punish with fines the pair who
skipped the Detroit exhibition
game Monday.
The Dean brothers kept base
ball fans guessing. Their fishing
trip to Florida has been postponed
for a few days. They think the
Cardinals will recall them and all
will be forgiven as soon as the
team plays few games and finds
out how bad they need U.s."
Dizzy emphatically declared last
night that he would return to the
Evening star., 1934-08-16
Macks Capture a Pair.

THE Athletics downed the White
III Sox twice with the aid Of timely
home runs to make it five in a
row. Jimmie Foxx clouted his thirty
seventh homer with two aboard in the
eighth to give Merritt Cain a 7-to-4
victory in the opener, while Dib Will
liams' circuit blow was a big factor
in the 2-to-1 second victory in a
mound clash between Bill Dietrich and
Les Tietje. Foxx's homer put him
level with Lou Gehrig in the major
league race and just shade ahead
Of Babe Ruth's record pace of 1927.
The only other game saw Southpaw
George 'Rube" Walberg surpass the
previous days effort of Lefty Grove,
when he pitched the Red Sox to a
6-to-2 triumph over the Browns.
Grove had allowed six hits; Walberg
gave only five.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
BASE BALL LEADER QUITS.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill, August 16 up.
&C. A. Beers, secretary and treasurer
of the Rock Island base ball club in
the Western League, has resigned
because Of complicating business in
terests. Beers had held the job for
five years. Harold Olmsted, a director,
assumed the duties until the end Of
the season when a permanent set-up
will be arranged.
Evening star., 1934-08-16

parative athletic
in a C tivity. He
hadn't much to
do but catch
m o n strous fish
out in the mid
die of the Pacific
and see tha t
everything went
a ] o n g right
wherever P r e S J.
d e mt Roosevelt
W a S concerned.
The fish didn't
b o t h e r Dick
much, but he
didn't get much
claance To Whack
Evening star., 1934-08-16
Homer Standing
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Home runs yesterday-Foxx. Ath-
letics, /; Williams, Athletics. /; Gro
setti, Yankees, /; Jackson, Giants, L
Terry, Giants, !; Vaughan, Pirates, /
The leaders-Gehrig Yankees, 81
Foxx, Athletics, 81; OFT, Giants, 80;
Johnson, Athletics, %; Collins, Car
dinals, 26.
League totals-Americans 543; Ma
tional, 534. Total, LOTT.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
.HEUR|CHS AIMING
At LOOP PENNANT
Defeat of Pig m Whistle
Today in Delayed Series
Would Tell Tale.

" ICKED by Jupe Pluvius all week,
Heurich Brewers and Pig n
Whistle mines were to try again
- today to resume play In their
series for the championship Of
the Industrial League. Weather per-
mitting, they were to clash at 8
o'clock on the West Ellipse.
A victory for Heurichs will mean
the title, for the Brewers won the
series opener last week, 8 to 0. Should
the Whistlers turn the tables a third
game will be necessary.
Ross Jewellers have scheduled the
Occoquan A. c. for a game Saturday
on the Woodbridge, Va, diamond.
Play will begin at o'clock.
On Sunday the Concord A. G.
will be entertained by the Occoquan
tossers.
VYyHILE the Capital A. G. was
" taking a 2-to-6 licking from
the Rock Greek Ramblers, Ia
korna jumped into first place yesterday
in the Columbian League by scoring
over the Buddy Myer A. c., 9 to 4.
Takoma, with four wins and no losses,
is leading by full game over Capt.
tails, Columbians and Buddy Myers,
who are in a three-way tie for second
place.
With Connie Roger pitching six-hit
ball, Rockville defeated ColeSville, 4
to 2, yesterday at Sandy Spring.
GraSso turned in a three-hit mound
performance yesterday to enable the
Boys Club Senators to down Mount
Rainier, to o.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
Deans and Cards Standing Pat
Club Insists Fines Will Stick and Pitchers Are
Determined Not to Pay.

fold only when ut doesn't cost me
a dime"
IF I go back, we'll start from
scratch" he said, "and not at my
expense. And I'm not exactly
tickled to do that"
Earlier in the day, however, it
had been reported that Dizzy was
ready to relent, but was waiting for
Paul, who still wasn't accustomed
to the idea of losing $50, the
amount of his fine. Dizzy had $136
taken out of his pay, $50 of which
was the cost of uniforms he tore
up on learning he was suspended.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
BROACA HURLS 81
W|NOvER BRIDGES
Control Tells as Detroit's
March Is Stopped at
Ia Straight.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

LII good things, according to
n e-honored tradition. even
IL tually must come to an end,
4 4 including the remarkable win
ming streak which carried the
Detroit Tigers pennantward for more
than two weeks.
After IA consecutive triumphs, the
Tigers struck trouble yesterday when
the Yankees and young Johnny
Broaca subdued them, 8 to 2, in the
third game of their highly important
set of five.
AS a result the Detroit lead had
been reduced to 51a games today and
the Yankees position looked somewhat
more hopeful as they moved into the
fourth contest with two more of the
younger generation, Johnny Murphy
and Eden Auker, slated for mound
duty.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
BY Ending Tigers Seak Much Young Talent Sought for Mats
Warneke Wonders
Just Who He Is
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
THICAGO. August l6.-Lonnis
~ Warneke. Cub pitching star,
tipped a newspaper over TO his wife.
Who am II" he asked in exas-
peration. Il must be somebody
else. Your husband Is In the hos
pital. 1t says so here"
Lonnie is all burned up about
current reports that he is so sick
that he is about to be taken for
an ambulance ride. 1t seems that
when he loses a game. somebody
starts a fresh rumor that he's got
everything from pneumonia to
bunions.
Me sick?" he snaps. IT never
felt better in my life. Well. come
to think about it. maybe / did feel
a little better just before the world
series two years ago. Before the
series, I said. Not after i'll"
Evening star., 1934-08-16
RICHARDS. GRIDDER. wEDs.

KENT, Conn, August Is R).-The
marriage Of Elvin (Kink) Richards,
New York Giants professional foot
ball star, to Elsa Varga of New York
City has been announced at exclusive
Ken-Mont camp, where Richards is
athletic director.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
PLAY Six Hours-DiYide.

Play SIX H0urS-DlV1de.
"A DIVERSE weather forced the Ma
"A tional League leaders, the Giants,
to spend hours in dividing a
double bill with Pittsburgh. The first
game had hardly started when a
thunderstorm struck the field and de-
layed progress for nearly hours. The
Giants went on from there to score
four runs in the first inning when
Travis Jackson smashed home run
with two aboard and won, 5 to 4.
Pittsburgh replied with 4-to-3 tri-
umph when Waite Hoyt collaborated
with Freddy Lindstrom and Gus Suhr
to beat the league leaders.
Hoyt, who had gained the decision
as a relief pitcher Tuesday, gave only
eight hits, and in the series opener
Linstrom and Suhr hit a double and
q single, respectively, for the win
ming run, which came in the eighth.
AS result, the Giants remained four
games ahead of the idle Cubs and
Pittsburgh a game behind Boston.
Another National League double
header resulted in an even break
when the last-place Reds belted Van
Mungo, Brooklyn's star pitcher, for
a 7-to-5 decision in the opener and
the Dodgers retaliated by winning,
8 to 4.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
NAMED CHECKER LEADER.

JAMESTOWN, N. Y, August 16 Up.
B. j. McGory of Sandusky, Ohio,
has been elected president Of the
American Checker Association.
Evening star., 1934-08-16

player right now. He's q slashing
hitter and corking fielder. Much
better than when we tried him several
seasons ago. Sington, too. has come
along fast this year and might make
the grade this time.
Cambria has two or three young
pitchers we probably will look over.
In the main, though. We will get our
new pitching talent from some Of the
Western minor circuits 1t seems. Engle
has secuted those leagues recently
and he tells me there are three or
four In them that might interest the
Washington club.
Il am not prepared to name them
now. Can't take q chance that way.
The owners would Immediately boost
prices. But We'll be acquiring them
soon.
Evening star., 1934-08-16
Satisfied With InfieId.

Ct DON'T think we will have to
bother much about our infield,"
said Grifflth. I'VE have a good
one right now and 1t is young enough
to carry on for some time. Perhaps
I'll cast about for some young infield
reserves, but that will be all.
Got to look after the outfeld,
though. We have had trouble with
our outer defense this season. ManuSh
has been hitting wonderfully, Of
course, but he has been Of little help
to us since the recurrence of that leg
injury. And there's no reason to be-
lieve that leg will be any stronger
next season.
Harris, too, has had trouble with
his legs. We can't afford to depend
upon outielders with weak underpin-
ming. Some strong, young players
must be picked up for protection.
I'm in the market right now for
youngsters that look as though they
might have a chance to come through
as major leaguers. In there ready to
buy, not to trade" declared Grifith.
I'VE need young blood more than we
do old-timers. The time has come
when the Washington ball club must
be thoroughly renovated"
Evening star., 1934-08-16

</X you see, you take the club
ssN in your hand this way.
You sight the hole and you
l. line up the club with the
. - pin and you take a free
easy swing and you smack it just
like this
Dick Jervis, husky White House
secret service chief, was speaking.
Just back from a trip of many thou
sands miles with the President,
Evening star., 1934-08-16
SHADY OAKS CHALLENGE.

Shady Oaks are seeking games,
especially challenging the Takoma-
Northern base ball nine. Call Atlantic
se84-J
Evening star., 1934-08-16
VIII Draw on Albany.

CT TP AT Albany are Powell and
| Sington, a likely pair of out
fielders," Griffith went on.
''You know we have first call on the
talent with Albany. I expect to have
both of these boys at training camp
next Spring. Powell seems the better