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The Washington times., 1934-09-04

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-When
James Archibald McLarnin first
came to our town some six
years ago, he really was Baby
Face jim" He had just turned
81. Somebody on the West
Coast had written Billy Moore,
the restaurant man, saying:
Go around and meet this
ki6 You'll like him because he
is Irish. He can fight and the
chances are that no matter who
he fights you can win yourself
q bet"
He had pretty handy sort
of lightweight around our town
in those days by the name
of Sid Terris. He was living
proof that the hand was faster
than the eye, even with a box
ing glove on it the hand, not
the eye), and he had been a
forest fire in our league. If
memory serves they called him
1.-THE Ghost Of the Ghetto"
Matched to Meet
So MCLarnin was matched to
meet him in the Garden. When
1t came along time for the fight,
Billy Moore went up to where
Jim was training and invited
him to Moore's restaurant for
his before-the-ba -battle-meal after
weighing-in.
Sure enough the three Strang-
erS from the Far West-Baby
Face, Pop, and the trainer
showed up about 3 o'clock in the
afternoon on the day of the
fight. They had the usual beef
tea and steaks all aro'7nd and
tomato salad.
They were big steaks, accord
ing to Willie, but McLarnin's
scarcely was on the table before
he had galloped through it like
Cavalcade galloping through the
stretch. The kid was really
hungry. Moore was watching
him.
Like to have another One?"
he asked.
"I'd love it," replied Jimmy.
So he got a second steak,
larger even than the first one,
and when the time came to pay
the check Willie waved them on
their way to a further invitation
to come back after the fight,
win, lose or draw.
"T'I be here" Jim promised
fervently.
Even though the fight didn't
last as long as it took to tell
the tale, you may recall what
happened. Terris came bounc-
ing out of his corner, bounced
into a short right hand shot to
the whiskers, and promptly
bounced into a coma on the
flat of his back. Which is prob
ably as efficient a way to lay a
ghost as any.
Back in Moore's
True to his word, McLarnin
was back in Moore'S almost by
the time the fight extras hit the
streets. Willie was waiting just
inside the door with congratula-
tions.
"Mr. Moore" confided little
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
.CORUuMI,S
Jimmy Comes to TOUOn But Might Be About
And Takes on Streaks Right for Barney Ross
For Terris-I Too Many Charles B. Dillingham;
By BILL CORUM

} Jimmy, bIushing modestly at the
acclaim he heard all around
him, II only hit him with one
Of those steaks"
Moral-It's better to be sur
feited than sorry. Maybe it
would be a good idea for Jimmy
to take on three steaks Thursday
afternoon efore taking on
Barney Ross Thursday night.
He might have to hit Barney
with all three of them, the East
Side New York boy Wis the West
Side of Chicago being sturdier
about the chin than Terris ever
was.
The writer had only a bowling
acquaintance with the dapper
and immaculate Charles B. Dill
lingham. But since he was one
of the steadiest and most loyal
baseball fans our town ever
knew, it is only right that some
mention of his passing should be
made on the sports pages.
For one long year after an.
other, the famous producer went
up and down the line with the
Giants and Yankees. Rarely did
he miss ball game when he was
Ill town and not too busy with
one OF his shows. Only George
Cohan, perhaps, and the late
Louie Mann were more regular
in their attendance at the ball
parks.
Enclose Season Pass
Not so many weeks ago I was
sitting with Ed Barrow in the
office of the Yankees and he
showed across his desk a fine
letter from Colonel Rupert to
Mr.. Dillingham;, inclosing a
Yankee season pass.
please do not mention this
in the paper" said Ed, and I
understood why he did not want
anything said about it. All
Broadway knew things had been
breaking ace-deuce for Dilling-
ham for too long a time.
And Monte Brice tells me
about an incident that occurred
when he was making the movie
musical, Moonlight and Pret-
zels," in the Earl Carroll Theater
a year ago this past summer.
One evening, while rehearSing
a number, he looked up, and
there was Mr.. Dillingham;, sit
ting alone in the vacant theater.
He went back to shake hands.
81 came" said Dillingham;, be-
cause, "a girl who used to be in
one of my shows, called me the
other day. She has been having
a very hard time and she has a
child to support. was wonder
ing If you couldn't find a little
something for her to do in your
picture?"
Which Is the way it is on
Broadway. Those who have
their names painted" are
usually too busy getting it to
bother about anybody else when
they're up there. It's when
they come back-and most of
them do come back-that they
find time to try to do nice
things for others.
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
POTOMAC Nine
SEEKS TITLE

The Potomac A. C. can win the
second half championship of the
District Independent Base Ball
League by disposing of the Ross
jewelers. Sunday. The game will
be played on the 'Ellipse at 3 p. m.
Kenilworth A. C. upset all dope
by trimming the Mount Rainier
GrayS in II innings the past Sun
day, 81, which neceSsitates the
pay.off. Had the Grays won the
game they would be crowned the
second half champions.
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
ACTING PILOT
ACTS UP
Continued from First Sport Page)

Continued from First Sport Page
More than 100000 were there.
In the first inning Dumbumb-
sky hit q three-base hit. He
broke Dustemoff's streak. The
crowd wept in sympathy for
DustemOff. Some wept in glee
over Dumbumbsky. But they all
wept. The tears flowed over
the ground. Time was called on
account of wet grounds. The
fire department was called to
pump the water off the infield.
At last they resumed.
I'm the seventh inning Dunn
bumbsky came to bat again.
While the grounds were being
dried, DustemOff plotted re-
venge. Secretly he got a bomb.
He painted it white, he even
etched stitches around to look
like a ball. He threw the bomb.
Dumbumbsky swung and hit
the bomb. The explosion killed
thousands, including the bat
ter"
WANT EN- KILLED?
$50 you want your hitters
killed, do yOu?" asked Manush
apprehenSively.
NO." replied Shacht. "But I
would like to reserve certain
options along those lines. So
in order that may not have
to exercise those options, I'm
going to have you all out for
buckShOt practice until CrOnin
rejOins the team.
'WhO is going to umpire in
this buckShOt hitting?" drawled
Texas Jack Russell. 81 will under.
take that" replied Schacht,
the directing acting manager.
"Mr. Schacht," said Russell,
In the slow drawI Of q Western
story fiction villain, II shOreIy
will admire to do that buckShOt
firing. I'm q great hand with
. shotgun"
practice is off," snapped Mr..
Schacht. and there the story
ends.
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
GR|FFS' TOTAL
Of CR|PPLES
APPALLING
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEML
Times Staff Writer

Times SGaHI writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 4.
The loss Of Joe Cronin for the re,
mainder Of the season comes as
the eliminating slam of a series
Of misfortunes in tn history of
the 1884 Griffmen.
1t is doubtful if any other club
in the majors ever had a more
sustained streak Of injuries and
plain bad luck than that which
has dogged the Griffmen in 1884.
The Cleveland Indians, of the
Flick, Bradley, Lajoie and Bay
era, were noted for their misfor.
tunes, but the luck Of the Griffs
will stand as being very bad, in
deed.
One Ray Of Hope
A ray Of hope in the situation
as the Griffs contemplate the dire
possibilities Of finishing sixth or
worse Is that Cronin'S shoes will
be filled in excellent style by Ossie
Bluege, who will play shortstop
during Cronin's enforced absence.
Ossie covered short in the second
game yesterday and gave q pre-
view Of what we may expect OF
him. He was o. K.
AS the boys rode through the
corn belt on the road to st. Louis
today they reviewed the casualty
list Of the season. 1t Is little
short Of app~lling. Reviewing all
the injuries to key men on the
club it is scant wonder that the
club tumbled into the second
division. That they have not
gone into spin to the cellar or
thereabouts, must stand as a
testimonial to the fighting fibre
of the players.
Sewell Heads List
Luke Sewell started the string
of injuries in New Orleans late
in March when he broke a finger.
Coming back in June, Sewell was
hit on the head with a pitched
ball and rendered horS de COM
bat for another week. Cecil
Travis also was hit on the head
with pitched ball and was out
for some time. It was feared that
Travis had been seriously injured,
but he rallied in fine style.
Buddy Myer, whose foot still
carries an open spike wound, has
been out of action three times.
He spent a total of three weeks
or thereabout limping around and
grouching about his luck. Now
this writer contends that losing
Myer for a period of three weeks
is losing a lot Of man power for
long time, for Buddy ranks Sec
ond only to Charley Gehringer in
the American League.
All things considered, the most
serious injury suffered by the
Griffs was Joe Kuhel'S leg. Just
count the games that have been
lost at first base since Joe went
out of action. You won't have to
hurry to make your report be-
cause they're still being lost out
there.
Susko is doing the best he can,
but he pulls many q quaint play
that opens ways for enemy runs.
Burke Takes Stock
AS We sped along today, Bob
Burke, the slender lefthander who
has flashed some rather effective
pitching recently, joined in the
talk Of the men who had been
hurt. He said:
Lets see who hasn't been
hurt. That will be the easiest
way to count up. I guess every
man on the ball club has been
hurt at one time or another"
Whole or in parts, injured or
well, the show must go on, and
the GriffS are on their final tour
of the country for the year. They
checked off the Boston Red Sox
yesterday so far as the home lot
may be concerned. They return
to mingle with the New York
Yankees in the last two days Of
the season.
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
PH|LS RELEASE
HACK WILSON

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.-Two
veteran players and a rookie
pitcher were released outright to-
day in a surprise move by the
management of the Philadelphia
National League baseball club.
Those released were Hack Will
son, veteran outfielder whom the
PhilS recently obtained from the
Brooklyn Dodgers; Bobby Hend'
ricks, utility fielder, and Cy Malls,
whom the club obtained from the
mound of a Philadelphia sandlot
team.
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
FISHING
According to
IZAAK w ALTON

met Waltonian out trolling for blues
His luck he d left home, or was it the booze,
His tackle was light, his lure the right kind
That battles the blue on number twelve line.
The seagulls were dipping right over his boat,
The bluefish were jumping, almost down his throat.
His Japanese feather was skipping along
On the end of his line, not overly strong,
It kept right on going, straight thru the school,
Ike tightly grasping the rod and the spool,
The blues-they went down-the lure-was gill there,
He cussed and he swallowed tried to pull out his hair
Address the asylum, the Captain is dead,
Cause he never stopped saying put heavy lead
The moral is this: If you want to catch blues,
Stay on the surface and fish as you choose,
Don't let your greed control your desire
To take many fish, when only few are required.
Put back the small ones by chance they will grow,
Your child and mine will do likewise know
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
PUBLIC SPURNS
RETURN CD
CONTINUED from First Sport Page)
which has fallen away to a
mere protoplasm Of his for
mer self and most sane folk
knew that all along.
Town Topics

That incompatible soldier
and sportsman, Capt. Bob Gle
land, originator Of the Cleland
(golO Cup for sports writer.
golfers, is visiting his old
haunts here, after what seems
to me an interminable absence
in the Pacific area.
The fishing is so poor in the
Chesapeake region that Mary
land State Game Conservation
Commissioner Richard Norris
took a futile trip Sunday.
Anyone who has fished at The
Middles lately has been in the
middle. This famous grounds
gets it's name from the fact 1t
is midway twixt the two shores,
is shallow and a great feeding
place for the finny.
The Goose, another up-Bay
spot where the hardheadS come
large up until about August l,
gets it's name from the fact that
the channel there takes bend
akin to a goose's neck.
Bloody Point Light is so
called because there was ter
rifle battle fought on that
point back in the Civil War
Days.
FSk YoaI
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
George Expects
Hard Mat Duel

Ed don" George anticipates
one Of the hardest bouts OF his
championship wrestling career
when he ties up with Everett
Marshall at Griffith Stadium on
Thursday nigh.
Never having wrestled Marshall
himself, yet aware of the young.
ster's prowess through personal
observation. George predicts q fu-
riouS bout from start to finish.
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
Police Benefit Card Toniqht

AT GRIFFITH STADIUM
First Bout at O'clock Sharp.
sIX.RoUND PRELIMNARIEs
Lightweights- Gross Eddie Cooper
Welterweights Bevans vs.. Al Parks.
Heavyweghts-Carl Hyde Mel Sheppard
Mddlewsights-K. O. Clarence Burns vs. Freddy Heintz
TEN-ROUND sEMIFINAL
Welterweights-Bob Wilson, Florida, vs.. Roy Manley,
Arkansas.
REFEREE-JACK DEMPSEY
TEN-MEN BATTLE ROYAL
FIFTEN-RoUND MAIN BOUT
Heavyweghts-Tony Galento, Newark, N. J., Marty
Gallagher Washington, D. O.
Referee-Heinie Miller.
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
SOFTBALLERS PLAY

Weather permitting, the Naval
Air Station and Playground Super
viSorS battle today at Sis p. m.
in an important game for the city
softball championship at Naval
Air Station,
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
IRON MAN

Sal Gliatto turned in an iron.
man performance for Dallas re.
Gently, pitching and winning both
ends Of q double-header
The Washington times., 1934-09-04

lIdppeIIeU 1TISII, CIaC
much better for him, for Boston is the Dublin
of America.
AL Schacht contends that the real test of Joe
McCarthys managerial ability will come in 1885
will have to get two outfelders, second baseman
and third baseman Lazzeri is finished as a
topnotch player and Salzgaver is going rapidly to-
ward his level, which is double and not major
outfield reserve strength. Ossie Bluege is set
cinch to be with the club next year, barring ex-
ceptional developments, but there's a question
mark behind the names of some of the boys.
Bucky Harris regretted that Jack Welsh had
worked the other day. "YOu can't beat Welsh on
piped Harris. "He has won at least seven game
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
GR|ST OF THE GRIFFS
BY FRANK "BUCK" ONE
Times Staff Writer

When your trail knows neither rest lei
probably crowd Of 10000 fans
the stadium The switchboard at the stadium kept busy
The Washington times., 1934-09-04

wanted to come in yet didn't care to defy the
elements.
Reese Diggs, young right handler from Pim-
lico will make this western trip with the Griffs.
DiggS shows exceptional promise according to the
ball players. He has real fast ball. Diggs'
chief worry as he prepared to board the train
assured on that point he breathed heavily and
said:
Lets get the train"
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
Church Carnival
Lists Boxing Card

The Kenilworth and Seat Pleas
ant boy boxers will clash tomor-
row night as a feature Of the Holy
Name Church carnival. Eleventh
and K Streets Northeast at 8
O'Clock. The winning team will
be awarded the Father Dowling
Trophy.
Both Charlie De Angels, Kenil-
worth coach, and Jack Silver,
Seat Pleasant mentor, have their
The Washington times., 1934-09-04

noWheTe SLone played
the York Yankees drove the final nails New
Yorks coffin.
Pete booted another defensive the fifth inning
the first throw single through
instead Of cutting off he should stupid plays
cost a ball
Bill Werber singled the sixth inning, hitting good
ball pitcher threw 1t those hooks that lex
poded" the ball players
Bucy Harris told the writer that the Boston Red sox the
market for two three players They could first baSman
and shortstop who could hit would a Boston the
The Washington times., 1934-09-04

Jonathan Stone Smacked a single to right fiel
in the fourth inning and the fans cheered. Thi
young man is a real ball player, and will be a
his peak when Gosn is well over the hills ths
Stone played a prominent part in the serie
York Yankees and drove the final nails in Me-
Evening star., 1934-03-24
Who Are You?
The Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HAsKINS ELLIS

PERHAPS no English surname has
been spelled in greater variety
of ways than the name Of Leigh. To
be different, one who bears the name
may adopt any one of the following:
Lea, Lees, Lee, Leese, Leigh, Legg
Legge, Lay and Ley.
The name is one of local" origin,
meaning meadow" 1t rose into
prominence in England as early as
the thirteenth century and is also
found in Ireland.
A very ancient family tradition
places the family of Leigh as de-
scendants of a family of Stoneleigh
Abbey, in England. In 1875 William
Leigh came to America from Not
tinghamshire. England, and settled
on Long Island. Later We find one
John Leigh. who removed from Long
Island to Westchester, N Y. Two
of his sons, William and John. settled
in New Jersey, where some Of their
descendants now live.
tCopyrieht. 1934D
Evening star., 1934-03-24
NY Neighbor Says:

A raw potato, put in soup that
has too much salt in it and
boiled for 10 minutes, will remove
the salty taste.
Paste a layer of blotting-paper
on the bottom of rough vases.
They will not then scratch your
furniture.
Before washing wooden
sweater, lay it on large piece
of brown paper and, with heavy
lead pencil, draw outline of
sweater on paper. Wash sweater
in soap solution made with dia-
mond-shaped soap flakes, wiring
in a Turkish towel until as dry as
possible. then pin sweater to out
line on paper with rustless pins.
Treated in this way, sweater will
retain its original shape.
Vinegar used in place of water,
when mixing plaster of paris,
will keep the plaster soft for q
longer time than water will.
Copyright, 1884,
Evening star., 1934-03-24
Woodcock.
Rubicola Minor.

TIME woodcock is driller of note
and another true American.
He Is called the cock of the
L woods and, as you know, he is
one of our most famous game
birds. Some of the members of this
royal family cross the Northern
frontier to rear their families. but as
a rule you will find the greater num-
ber of them in their chosen State.
They are to be found in the north
western part of North Dakota, South
ern Manitoba. Northern Michigan,
Southern Quebec, Nova Scotia and
Northern Florida. So you can see
why this bird is so well known.
They love to 60 to Southern Mis-
souri,. Ohio Valley and New Jersey,
as we'll as south to Texas and South
ern Florida for their Winter vacation.
AS matter of fact, birds migrate for
food and not so much because they
dislike the cold weather.
The one thing they must seek Is
soft, ooZy muck or mud in which to
drill. The slightest vibration made
in the earth by portly worm or grub
is felt by the delicate drill and it is
at once plunged into the soft earth
to spear the fat fellow. You will
never forget the experience, once you
have had it, of watching these low
built birds, squatting on their heels,
broad feet we'll anchored in the soft
earth, and the long. careful pull of
the beak as it slowly brings up from
the earth an excited, wriggling worm.
The woodcock hunts at night, when
the surface of the earth is teeming
with life. His eyes glow as he plunges
his bill here and there, rarely making
time and again with what he is seek
ing. The earth looks like a sieve after
the woodcocks have been hunting.
In September and october they
gather in great numbers where the
woods are thick and there is soft,
rich soil in which to probe. The
birds are in perfect condition now
and as they have regular hunting
grounds, the sportsman knows just
where to look for them.
At this season they wear a lovely
russet-brown suit that resembles the
foliage about them. In August the
woodcocks may be seen in the corn
fields, and here they 60 to shed their
Summer garments. At this time they
are very helpless. as they cannot lift
their heavy bodies with their short,
featterless wings. The new Winter
garrnsnts Of gray, black and brown,
Evening star., 1934-03-24
Conquering Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.

auction doubles" were made under
match-point scoring when we were
not content to accept a probable
average result on the hand, but had
to try for tops or near-tops. Weak
doubles of any kind are nothing other
than "psychics" of a rather subtle
species-desperate attempts to inter-
fere with the opponents routine bid
ding. Almost invariably our oppon-
ents were vulnerable and we were not.
We were trying to induce them to
penalize us $50 points (three down
doubled) instead of taking their game
$500 and upward. Sometimes we are
a trick out, and are penaliZed 700 or
even 1000 and so get clear bottom
score. At times it is sound to be de-
liberately unsound, and moves of this
kind are not made as part of the
Sims system, or of any sane system
for that matter, but are attempts to
interfere with whatever system is be-
ing played against us. We make
them as "psychics" while many play
ers, assuming without analysis or
question the heritage of auction, still
make them as a matter of routine.
That is my point-these weak doubles
are unsound and dangerous. I do not
wish you to continue using them ex-
cept with full knowledge of this: if
my readers use what consider psy-
chics, they should at least know that
they are psychics-a fact which most
tion-thinklng experts have not yet
discovered.
I do not advise attempts of this
kind, nor do l frown on them. They
are not for beginners or for untried,
unframed partnerships. One must,
however, recognize that most tourna-
ment addicts Il include myselD like
to hit and run in this manner, espec-
tally when they believe their oppon-
@ts-or their opponents system
to be susceptible to deceptive
moves against them. There is
also the urge to vary ones
doubling policy so that even when
you double and then pass your part
ner's response, the opponents cannot
feel absolutely sure whether or not
they have been kept out of game
contract which they could have made.
A double often loses round of bid
ding for the opponents; the one on
your left passes to await develop
ments, when really he had some very
important information to convey; and
the opening bidder, not knowing how
to read that pass, may fail to make
the rebid which would open the flood
gates of constructive responses which
his partner has withheld and may
still withhold if he thinks that the
level at which he must belatedly re-
spond has now become too high.
Trained Sims partnerships are not
much bothered by psychic or near
psychic doubles-but others have
failed to bid many lay-down games
through early interference tactics of
this kind.
(Copyright. 1934)
Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed to this news
paper with self-addressed, stamped en-
yelOOe,