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Evening star., 1934-01-08
Was Real Veteran.


n ICES release leaves in the Ameri-
IL can League only three still in ac-
tive service who came into its
ranks before the former Washington
star crashed the big show. They are
Babe Ruth of the Yankees and Red
Faber and Sam Jones, the White SoX
pitchers. Each of this trio broke in
during 1914 the Babe with the Red
Sox as pitcher and Sad Sam with the
Indians. AS a major Lacquer, Faber
always has been with the Chicago
American outfit. Rogers Hornsby, man
ager of the Browns also listed as a
player. began his major league career
in 1915 ahead of Rice. but in the Ma
tional League. Not until late last sea-
son did the Rajah transfer to the
Junior major circuit.
During his service with the Nationals
in 10 seasons-17 of them complete
Rice more often than not was prime
factor in what success his club en-
ioyed. He fielded we'll above the aver
age and was a sturdy. though never
long, hitter as his major league career
batting average of 1923 attests.
Rice came to the Nationals in the
latter part of the 1915 season virtually
fresh from the United States Navy, al
though at the time he was with the
Petersburg club of the old Virginia
League. He was pitching then. having
Joined the club the year before when
the feet had put in at Hampton Roads
after service at Vera Cruz, Mexico,
where Sam had been under fire as
member of a landing party OF blue
jackets.
It was as a pitcher that Rice came
to Washington on August 12. 1915, and
he was a member of the hurting corps
the remainder Of the season. But in
his few times at bat in 1915 he had
hit s75 for the Nationals Is and at,, the next ext
failed to score Signally as a pitcher.
Griffith, then manager Of the Nationals,
decided to try Rice as an outflelder
and after some intensive drilling sent
him into the garden regularly. Rice
finished the 1916 campaign as q .299
hitter and a pretty fair outfielder and
never went back to the pitching slab.
Was 300 Hitter Eleven Seasons.
Turing his career with the Ma
tionals. Rice hit for 300 or better
in IL seasons and in 6 of them
raped 200 or more hits. He reached
his batting peak in 1925 with an aver
age of $50. After being installed as a
regular outfielder in 1917, Rice held
the berth right through the 1880 season
with the exception of 1918 when, after
playing a few games, he served as an
artilleryman with the United States
Army in the World War. The last
three seasons, Rice was regarded sub
stitute outfielder only.
He was a star of the Nationals flrst
world series back in 1924, playing q
great fielding game, and in the 1929
battles with the Pirates he was one OF
the leading hitters. Rice broke into the
second game of last years world series
against the Giants as pinch-batter
and justified his choice by Manager Joe
Cronin by smacking a single. That hit
brought his grand world series batting
mark up to 1902.
A grand ball player has passed from
the Washington club.
Evening star., 1934-01-08

Note-To find out tOhat an
athletic "old man" like Babe
Ruth does to get in shape tor his
tspenty-frst season in base ball
and his 10th birthday annaDer-
sarv. an Associated Press staD
man joined the Babe tn q GYM
rnsiunp workout. The 10riter:
standing S feet 3 and sca!ing 9hso
under the fyDeight limit .gt lIg
pounds, exercised, peddled ana
bored NTH the base bdit g.oht
pho wetghs 231 and stands 8 teet
= The suruipors account tot-
Evening star., 1934-01-08
OLD TIMER DENIES
DISMISSAL ASKED
Plans for Base Ball Future
Indefinite-Long Ranking
Big League Star.
Continued From First Page.)

but hope our personal friendship Will
carry on for all time.
"'Old War Horse I have no words
that can express my deep appreciation
of YOUR wonderful playing, loyalty to
service and the 100 per cent effort you
put into your work here for those long
is years you were with the Washington
club. You were ever ready and willing
to give your best. and oh, what that
best was! Sam, I consider you one
of the best ball players of all time, and
Washington fans and myself are going
to miss you, but you can be assured
that wherever you go and whatever
you do. the hearts of Washington fans
and myself will be with you and pulling
for your success"
Evening star., 1934-01-08
MORGAN HIGH GUN
Shoots 46x50 for First Leg on
Washington Club Trophy.

Wash1ngton Club Trophy.
r. D. Morgan won the first event on
a new trophy offered by Fries, Bean &
Sharp, with 46 hits out Of SO targets, in
the weekly Washington Gun Club trap
shoot Saturday at the Benning Range.
r. B. Bond, with 43, bagged the
trophy offered by the club president.
DR.. A. ". Parsons took the vice
presidents prize for the longest straight
run when he broke Is, and Morgan
landed his second trophy Of the day,
with % out Of Is, in a handicap con-
test.
DR.. Parsons was another double victor.
He won the toss after he and DR.. j. H.
Lyons tied. each with As hits, In an
extra spoon test.
Evening star., 1934-01-08
BY JAMES II. STREET,
...tat.d presx Staff Writer.

Associated Press Staff Writer.
VIEW YORK, January 81
N boxed Babe Ruth Friday.
It took two days for my
4 joints to get timber enough
10 write about It.
He won! r.
It was not an original idea. Ine
man who gives orders scowled at the
hantar,, of his flock and beloved.
eco down to McGovern's gym ano
work out with the Babe. AND we are
not responsible for any Damage you
A. him" The men who give orders
always have the cutest ideas.
The pilgrim found Mr.. Ruth reao-
Evening star., 1934-01-08
SENATORS IN UPSET
Defeat Marlboro by TO In Cup Tie
Soccer Battle.

Senators surprised yesterday by down.
ing Marlboro. TO, in the opening game
OF the Washington and Southeastern
District Soccer Association cup tie.
In the Capital City League Rockville
defeated British United, 81, and Mitch
ellis Store increased its loop lead, trim
ming the Hispano- Americans, Al.
Miller Furniture, standing second in
the race, conquered Dux A. c.. AS, in
the Recreation loop. Team standings
Evening star., 1934-01-08
Rice Released BY Nationals Following Service of Nearly 7io Decades
On the
Side Lines
With the Sports Editor

- ~AANAv4EbAN AA4OAvAA SSANs
THE record small squad of
ationals that Joe
Cronin now is scheduled
to have under his direc-
tion for Spring training at BIZ
loxi this year won't be so small
by the time activities are in
augurated some two months
hence.
When President Clark Grifith
gets through announcing the names
of additions to those already on the
roster 1t Is expected the aggregation
parked at the Gulf Coast resort will
compare favorably in size to those
usually associated with league cham
pions.
The added starters, unless both the
prexy and pilot are agreeably sur
prised, will not be retained past the
Evening star., 1934-01-08
FROM THE PRESS BOX
BY JOHN LARDNER-

TEEN shreeved athletes crouchd aley the silver
about the mclour known of
the spectators shifted rapidly from following
tiny
raced swiftly
skins and red handled bowie knife motif Of burnt ochre vision
side with a snootfu
PongP
little
beauty inspired by the opening Of the fifth annual metropolitan
tournament The syesetng and
national champion in action against q field
agents dted the spectators checked feminine feeling
the and
Is minutes q a
diamond aVaere to the rgu My agents distorted
ping trends for 1884 The stroke they told has into its
faster exciting before
informed
from the success in lawn tennis circles this Of Fred Perry Perry
ping element but the younger players regard pratna
nights straight appointed
great deal Of valuable data Unfortunately unable to tell the
information
kind he told looking
a
American Newspaper Alliance ne)
Evening star., 1934-01-08
THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE

they were preparing epitaphs for his
tennis tomb.
Who could figure the lanky one
would be better in 1888 than he was in
1927? Genius has a way of beating
both the game and the gun.
Personal Mention.
~LIFF MONTGOMERY Co
lumbia captain who ran his team
with fine Judgment all through
the Stanford game-who proved to be
an inspirational leader-and who, in
addition, put on an able physical job
from start to finish. Few captains ir
foot ball history have ever stepped into
a greater final chapter of foot ball
play.
Biff Jones-Who carried L. S. U. 10
an unbeaten season through smash
ing schedule I found out how many
enrapt supporters he had by sug-
gesting early in December that Ala
bama and Tennessee were the two
strongest teams in the South. Then
later, L. S. U. trimmed Tennessee. The
confusing note was overlooked that
Vanderbilt had tied L. s. U. and Ten
nessee had beaten Vanderbilt, 33 to 8.
or thereabouts. Anyway. the ex-Army
coach had real team down the
stretch
Bobby Grayson-One of the best
backs of 1888, this Stanford sophomore
has every qualification needed to be
one Of the stars of all time-speed,
power. weight, brains. stamina. courage
and all-around foot ball skill. Isn't
that enough?
buffers Theme Song.
Sing a song of buffers,
Bottles full OF rye-
Make 1t Scotch or Bourbon,
for the dlibiJ-
As the game is started
They all began to sing,
"GtUe me seDen up each nine
Before I make q stDing."
The dub Uas at the first tee,
Thinking OF his money,
His pal zOos saying lame back
MY left arm feels funny;
the other side iGere curSing,
Figuring the loot
isn't this a pretty dish
For eDen Denny Shute!
Sing a song OF dufers,
Hear the blighters roar,
81 can't break a hundred"-
my left knee is sore"
When the game is oper,
Almost any time.
You're lucky golfer
II you hare q dime.
Evening star., 1934-01-08

they were preparing epitaphs for his
tennis tomb.
Who could figure the lanky one
would be better in 1888 than he was in
1927? Genius has a way of beating
both the game and the gun.
Evening star., 1934-05-28

on the rolls not eligible for public aid
because they have private incomes,
Miss Hill remarked there Is always
the danger of "chiselers" in the list
Of relief recipients. She hastened to
add, however, that "chiselers" are not
to be found only in relief, that they
are present In all classes of society.
She ventured the guess that the per-
centage of "chiselers" on the District
relief roll was comparatively small.
Miss Hill believes adequate case
work will separate the unworthy from
the relief list.
The District relief division now has
248 case workers, number Of whom
are assigned to supervisory work. Hal
bert reported today that each case
worker now has approximately 100
families or individuals on relief under
supervision. A case load Of not more
than 100 was the objective of Federal
relief officials who recently told Com
missioner Allen to increase the num-
ber of case workers. Prior to this the
case load per worker was much
higher.
Halbert said today there now are
225O0 cases on the relief list. OF
this number. 5000 are individuals and
the remainder families. There are
5000 applications for relief awaiting
action.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
APPROVES CREATING
OFFICE OF ARCHIWIST
Senate Library Committee Favors
Report on Bill Passed by
House.

The Senate Library Committee today
voted favorable report, with amend
ments, on bill passed by the House
creating the Office of archivist Of the
United States and an advisory coun-
Gil of Government officials to take
charge of the Archives Building, near
ing completion in the Pennsylvania
avenue-Mall triangle.
The Senate Committe acted on the
House bill, but substituted the pro-
visions somewhat similar measure
sponsored in the Senate by Senator
Mcclellan, Democrat, of Tennessee.
The archivist would receive $4,000
a year and would be appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Sen
ate. An amendment provides that all
employees of this new establishment
receiving $4,000 or more year also
would be named by the President and
confirmed by the Senate Another
committee amendment would permit
the archivist to appoint other employees
without regard to the civil service laws.
The archives council would consist
Of the secretaries of each Of the exec.
utive departments, the chairmen OF
the Senate and House Library Com
mittees, the Librarian of Congress, the
secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton and the archivist. This council
would make rules governing the trans
fer of Government documents to the
new building.
The bill also creates National His
torical Publications Committee to rec
ommend such historical data as it
may deem appropriate for publication
at public expense.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
JAIL NEW SUSPECT
IN SHEADS Staying
Police Detain Colored Man on
Suspicion-Crime Still
Battling.

Another suspect was under arrest
today in connection with murder of
Miss Mary Elizabeth Sheads, who was
found strangled in her apartment at
the Balfour last Thursday night.
Second precinct police are holding
for investigation a colored man picked
up on suspicion in spite of the fact
that his face does not bear the tell
tale scratches believed to be on the
man who committed the murder. The
suspect, 1t was said, was being de-
tanned largely on the strength of his
police record for house breaking and
in order to check his story of his
whereabouts last Thursday night.
DR.. E. r. Donaldson, Police Depart
ment microanalyst, will make an ex-
animation of particles of matter found
under the suspects fingernailS. The
same process was followed in examin-
ing parings from the nails of the
slain school teacher This resulted
IN the finding that her assailant was
hght-skinned colored man.
meanwhile, general police order is
out for the detention of a colored man
bearing scratched face.
Chief of Detectives F. S. w. Burke
said today, however, that the depart
ment was not much advanced toward
a solution of the crime and that it
was still about as battling as when
police first were called to the scene at
10 pm. Thursday.
Another colored suspect arrested
Saturday night in lunch room near
Seventeenth and U streets has been
cleared of connection with the case
and will be released, Inspector Burke
said.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

It's long call from the birds with
teeth that huttered over the strange
world of the dying dinosaurs 100000
444-odd years ago to the chorus Of
song birds whose chorus opens weary
eyes on May mornings.
This long and devious road has been
retraced by Dr. Alexander Wetmore,
assistant secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, from the groteSque
archaeoptaryx and archaeornis-long
extinct and nightmare-like flying
creatures of the dawn-to the living
wren and the blackbird.
DR.. Wetmore's classification of the
birds of the world has just been is
sued by the Smithsonian Institution.
Complicated as 1t is, he points out,
the family tree of the birds is a COM
paratively simple matter beside those
of the reptiles and mammals, since their
evolution has been confined within
narrower lines. At the close OF the
cretaceous geological period. when the
great reptiles were beginning to dis
appear, he says. it seems probable that
all birds had teeth, which gradually
into the tertiary period.
Ostrich Family One
OF Oldest Glasses.
First were the ancestral birds-the
archaeornithes. They were strange,
toothed flying enthusiastically
winged reptiles Following them came
the toothed birds of the New World,
which were the first true birds, known
from the very fragmentary fossil rec
cords. Representing a long advance
are the various creatures Of the os-
trich family. which DR.. Wetmore clas-
SITES as the most primitive Of living
birds. Near them are the extinct
moas and close ahead are such curious
creatures as the kiwis and pengulnS.
They are true birds. but have not at
tanned the typical modern bird pat
tern.
At the top Of the family tree, rep
resenting the highest branch Of bird
evolution, he places the great sub
order of passeres, or song birds. They
include so families. ranging from the
larks to the finches and buntings.
Have birds reached the end of their
evolutionary road? The matter is un-
certain. DR.. Wetmore says, but If it
is to go on it may be expected among
that family of song birds which in
cludes the flnches and buntings.
In considering the evolution Of
this assemblage," he says, 'it appears
to me that the more specialized fam
Evening star., 1934-05-28
PRESIDENT GREETS
GOLD STAR GROUP
Mothers Open Three Day Session.
Hazen to Speak
Tonight.

A visit to the White House. where
they were greeted by President Roose-
welt at noon today, featured the open
ing days program of the Gold Star
Mothers three-day convention being
held at the Hamilton Hotel. The
visit followed registration of delegates
at the hotel.
The mothers are scheduled to at
tend a reception and tea at the Arts
Club this afternoon at 4 o'clock. with
the Executive Board as hostesses
Melvin c. Hazen. president of the
District Board of Commissioners. will
be the principal speaker at tonight's
program beginning at 7:30 o'clock at
the hotel with half hour band con-
cert by the United States Navy Band.
Lieut.. Charles Benter will direct the
concert.
e After the concert there will be an
assembly call to be followed by in
troductory remarks by Mrs. George
Gordon Seibold, founder and past ma.
tional president of the organization.
Mrs. Charles Millard, national presi-
dent, will deliver an address and re.
port the yearly activities of the group.
Mrs. Frank j. O'Connor, president
OF the District department of the
American Legion Auxiliary, also will
speak, following greetings by George
K. Brobeck, representing the COM
mander in chief of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Other features of the evening pro-
gram will be recitation of "The
Americans Greed" by its author, vii.
liam Tyler Page; a solo, Washing.
ton," by Rev. Oswald C. Barber; in
vocation by Rev. Joseph Richard
Sizoo, minister New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church; the pledge oi
allegiance; singing Of America;
greetings by Col. J. Miller Kenyon
representing the United States Army
Reserve Corps; the presentation OF
guests and other musical selections
Singing of the National Anthem to
the accompaniment of the Navy Band
will conclude the evenings session.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
Study of Birds Family Trees
Puts Ostrich in Ancient Rank
DR.. Alexander Wetmore of Smithsonian
Sees Possibility of More Evolution
Among Feathery Creatures.

| lilies have been derived by modifica-
ton from the sparrowS and their
relatives, as this family has retained
and carried along general characters
from which further specialization may
take place, if with civilized mans dis
turbance Of natural conditions on our
earth continuation of evolution among
birds is possible
Atoms in Empty Space"
Rob Light Of Rays.
There is no perfect vacuum in
creation, 1t Is indicated by studies in
progress by astronomers of the Car
neg1e Institution of Washington.
Throughout the vast emptiness be-
tween the stars, according to a state
ment today from DR. P. w. Merrill OF
the Carnegie staff, "a few lonesome
atoms-say one or two hundred a
cubic foot, roam restlessly about, at
tacking passing light rays and rob-
bing them Of certain favorite Vi
brations.
THE known interstellar bandits are
| OF two kinds-calcium atoms anc
sodium atoms" DR.. Merrill continued
THE calcium atoms steal violet light
and the sodium atoms yellow. The
effect of the petty thefts is cumula-
tive, SO that in the spectra of certain
distant stars the losses are plainly
visible as dark lines. A most inter-
esting fact is that the intensities OF
these interstellar lines serve as meas
ures Of the distance of the stars in
whose spectra they appear"
Atoms Fail to Find
100 Per Cent Solitude.
The emptiest regions in space are
those million-light-year expanses Of
nothingness between the extra-galac-
tic nebulae. or island universes. But
even here, according to calculation
made for the Carnegie astronomers
by Sir Arthur Eddington, there i:
probably about one atom to every
cubic inch.
view he says, whether We regard
this as an amazing fullness or ar
amazing emptiness. Perhaps it is the
fullness that impresses us most The
atom can find no place of real soli-
tude within the system of stars
Wherever it goes, it can nod to a
colleague not more than an inch
away"
Thus. Eddington points out, there
is no complete gap in the universe
but throughout the system the sphere
of influence of one galaxy impinges
upon the spheres Of influence of its
neighbors.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
Garden Club Elects Officers.

GLENN DALE, Md, May % (Spe-
ciaD Mrs. Frank Scrivener has beer
elected president of the Forest Gar
den Club, with Mrs. j. Hanson Boy.
den, vice president; Mrs. Henrietta
Candy, treasurer; Mrs. Carson, re-
cording secretary, and Mrs. Johr
Kelly, corresponding secretary.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
COURT RULING FAV0RS
INSURANCE HOLDERS
Decides Policy Is Not Necessity
for an Infant and Premiums
May Be Recovered.

The District Court Of Appeals held
today a contract of insurance is not
a necessity for an infant in holding
that Harry S. Schiavone could recover
premiums paid the Mutual Life In
surance Co. of New York. This de-
cision affirmed a judgment rendered
in Municipal Court.
In a dissenting opinion, however,
Chief Justice Martin pointed out the
youth carried the policy year before
repudiating 1t and declared he should
not be permitted to recover the entire
amount Of the premiums
Schiavone was represented by At
toneys Henry A. Schweinhaut and
J. j. Sheehan.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
"ChiseIers" Are Few.

Commenting on q report that there
are between 5000 and 5000 persons
Evening star., 1934-05-28
Wind Depletes Soil.

Hundreds of thousands of acres in
Central Australia disappear every year.
according to recent researches, hot
winds carrying the surface soil high
and far over the Pacific.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
Average Life Longer.

The average expectation of life in
England is now four years longer than
it was so years ago, person between
40 and so having right to look for
ward to living until 72.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-26
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
HOW THE MAJOR BECAME A VETERAN

/ G R.inev who contributes "The Man in the
Street" column to the Charlotte observer, attend
ed the unwilling of monument to the women OF
the Confederacy at Wadesboro last Saturday He
saws at the banquet Major w. c. Heath, styled
Confederate veteran told The best yarn, which fol-
| lows: 81. 20 .. 49, ..
'I am the biggest liar and the youngest soldier
of the Confederate army. l was born 1866! How L
bappened to be a Confederate soldier Is this: l
once went with General Julian S. Carr to re-
union in New Orleans. Each day picture would
come out telling about how young some soldier
went into the army 1t started at 16 and finally
got down to the picture of gallant youth who
entered at IL. General Carr called me in and
said ID
"'Heath, you've got to be the youngest soldier
to enter the army. I'm putting you in at TO-
Swell, that day my picture came out with the
statement, and at the days exercises, was asked
to get up and make speech told the throng
how had gone through all the battles from Bull
Run to Fredericksburg, fighting side by side with
my father Finally when l came to the Battle of
Fredericksburg I described General Lee giving or
ders to Jackson One old vet in the audience got
up and shouted: ...
,"I been a doubling this here Teller from the
start. Hit didn't seem real until he got to Fred
ericksburg, but by gum the boy was bound to
been thar Monroe Enquirer
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-26
SHINGT0N MINORS
MARRIAGES ARE VALID

WENATCHEE, Wash, Sept. 26.
(UP).-Marriage between minors,
without parental permission, is
valid in Washington.
Common law marriages are still
permissible.
The state never has. by law,
lRised the common law female
age from u to IS and the male
age from IA to q.
These and other revelations
brought out in an annulment case
here recently probably will turn
the legislatures activities to
thorough study of the states mar
riage and divorce laws when it re-
convenes.
L. j. Gemmill, Wenatchea attor-
ney, uncovered a 20-year-old su-
preme court decision holding mar
rage between minors without par
ents' permission, valid. Gemmill's
discovery was supported by Supe-
rior Judge w. o. Parr, who agreed
that divorce judges today should
be governed by 1914 ruling
which never has been amended,
The 20-year-old decision of the
supreme court, reversed a lower
court ruling annulling a marriage
between minors on &the grounds
Neither had permission Of parent.