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The Washington times., 1934-01-12

Tilden will clash with Ellis.
worth Vines, worlds net cham.
pion in 1882, at the Tech High
Stadium, tomorrow night at
o'clock.
He was long in acquiring the
form and the interest in the
sport chat carried him to the
top, for, as an undergraduate at
Penn he failed to make the
varsity, and it was not until he
was 26 years of age that he won
national prominence.
Beginning at that time, he
continued the dominant figure OF
the tennis world, winning the
national championship seven
times, figuring as an unconquered
Davis Cup player until 1927, ard
claiming the all-comers title at
Wimbledon and other foreign
championships.
In 1881 he Joined the profes-
sional ranks. Playing 407 matches
as a pro, Tilden has won 321
and lost only 86.
Enduring Marvels
Tilden, now Al years of age,
is one of the enduring n4arvels
of sport. He is the master of
more strokes than any other
player known to the game, and
one of the keenest strategists.
Tilden measures 6 feet 2 inches
in height and weighs 1853. His
interests, aside from tennis, are
contract bridge. in which he
ranks as an expert, and dra-
matics. He is unmarried.
Ellsworth Vines, a native and
resident of Pasadena, Cal, now %
years of age, began playing tennis
as a boy under the tutelage of his
father. In 1925 Mercer Beasley
took him under his coaching wing
and began developing the vigorous
hard-driving game that was to fea-
ture Vines future play.
Beat Shields
Vines became outstanding in
1880 when he downed Frank
Shields in the Metropolitan cham
pionship and vanquished Frank
Hunter and R. Norris Williams in
the early rounds at Seabright.
But in the Seabright final Vines
was trimmed by young Sidney
Wood. In 1881 he whipped Will
mer Allison and John Doeg at
Longwood and spotted Doeg two
sets to trim him at Seabright. In
1882 his conquest of Henri Cochet
and other foreign aces cemented
his claim to fame.
He is feet 212 inches tall and
weighs 172 pounds.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
81 OPEN FRISCO
GOLF PLAY

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IL.
Sixty-four golfers, who weathered
a bitter cold wind in the qualify
ing round, went to the tee today
in the first round of match play
in the San Francisco National
Open championship.
Craig Wood, 1888 champion,
who automatically qualified, was
paired in the lower bracket with
Bill Jelliffe. of Los Angeles.
The medalist in the qualifying
round, Johnny Rogers, long-hit-
ting pro of Denver. Colo, was
seeded in the top bracket to tee
off today with Cliff Grover, Of
Tacoma, Wash.
Rogers 10 was two strokes
under par for the tricky Lake
Merced golf course.
The only other qualifier of the
200 contestants of shot sub-par
golf was Harold McSpaden, 25-
year-old professional of Kansas
City. He had II.
Ernie PEPPER, jr., rangy San
Jose, (Cal.) amateur, led the
simon-pure contingent with a
par 72. =.
Among the notables who quail
fled for a chance at the prize
money were "Wild Bill" Mehlhorn,
70; Benny Coltrin, IS: Dewey
Longworth, KY Laffoon, Joe
Kirkwood, Horton Smith, Mortie
Dutra, AL Espinosa, Archie Ham
brick and Jimmie Thomson.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
PETWORTH FIVE
ANSWERS DEFY
Of PLACOS'
BY DANNY GILL

When a challenger receives a
challenge, something should de-
velop.
Gus Places, the party of the
first part, now has a chance to
show just what does happen in
such a case.
A communication, addressed to
him in care of The Washington
Times, has been received, with
the promise of spirited action in
the offing. 1t comes from Chick"
Heltman, boss at Petworth Alleys.
He says:
"Have noticed your challenge
to the duckpin world for your
team, the Sunrise Bakery ALL
Stars, and am sending a cOun-
ter-challenge to you in behalf
of my Petworth All-StarS, with
a sizable purse on the side.
The match is to be home and
home affair, and is to be COM
pleted within 80 days."
Chicks" team, which bears an
uncanny resemblance to the out
fit which rolls under the colors
of Fred Buchholz's Occidental,
boasts of the little load of dyna-
mite, Reds" Megaw; Astor Clark,
Washington Times Dixie and
United Sweepstakes champion;
Joe Harrison, Dutch" Newman
and Ed Blakeney.
Places crew includes Paul Har.
rison, leader of the District
League; "Hokie" Smith, captain
of King Pin; George Honey, ace
of Northeast Temple; Eddie Espey
and Ollie Pacini, No. l ranking
bowler of the United States.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Derby Prize Purse
SLGSE1ed to $4,000

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. Ia
The purse of the Kentucky Derby
for 1884 will be $4,000 less than
in 1888, it was announced today
by Col. Matt j. Winn, president
of the American Turf Association
and executive director of Churchill
Downs.
In other words the winner of
this years race will get only $780,
900 as against the fifty grand
which was an added feature of the
purse in 1888.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
|NAHONY SEEN
IN LAUREL
POST.

Maybe it's just rumor. then
again it may prove to be another
one of those exclusive announce
ments. but Mortimer M. Mahony,
of Baltimore, Americas best
known as we'll as most proficient
pari-mutuel manager, is being
considered as boss of the iron
men" during the Maryland State
Fairs session in october at
Laurel.
There is said to be a disagree
ment at present among the stock
holders in the Laurel track as to
who should handle the pari-
mutuel wagering in October. It is
understood that Frank Brady,
right-hand man to James But
Ter, of New York, majority
stockholder in the track, was con-
sidering taking over the wagering
in connection with his numerous
other duties.
Are for Mahony
However, others interested in
the Laurel track are for Mahony,
who sits in nicely with the Mary
land Racing Commission, horse
men TURTLES and members of the
Fourth Estate, and his appoint
ment would meet with general ap-
proval in racing circles.
Mahony knows the wagering
game from A to z. He possesses
probably the best pari-mutuel
crew in America and is constantly
kept on jump, due to his being
in charge of the totalizators and
iron men" at Miami, Houston,
Rockingham, Charles Town,
Bowie, Pimlico, Cumberland, MARI
boro, Timonium and HagerstoWn.
Air of Confidence
Wherever Mahony presides there
is an air of confidence on the
part of race fans; therefore, if
the Maryland State Fair, Inc,
eventually places the Baltimorean
in charge of wagering at Laurel,
it will be striking a popular chord,
When Mort Shaw, of Baltimore,
resigned last october to go to Cali
fornia, the position of pari-mutuel
manager at Laurel was given to
H. A. M. Frank, another Balti-
mOrean.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Columbia Gridmen
Will Be BUnOueted

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Col. Will
liam j. Donovan. of the Class Of
1905, will be postmaster at to-
morrow nights dinner to the Co.
lumbia football team at the Morn
ingside Heights gymnasium. Col
onel Donovan will introduce a
group of speakers which will in.
clude Nicholas Murray Butler,
Dean Herbert E. Hawkes., Stanley
Woodward and Bill Corum.
Sixty-six Lion alumni have been
delegated to handle the details of
the enormous banquet, which will
be attended by 1900 past and
present Columbia students. Doug
las M. Black is head of the execu-
tive committee in charge of the
dinner.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12

There is no excitement in the
front offices of major league
clubs over the signing of a young
player, but reams will be written
whenever a veteran passes on to
the minors or another seasoned
campaigner affiXes his signature
to contract.
He's Not Through
The release of Sam Rice, vet
eran washington player, does not
mean that he is through. There
are men older in point of service
than the eX-Washington outfielder
but these are times of economy
and washington found it could
fill Rice's post with a couple of
young players who had promise.
Rice passed out with no re-
grets. He was a popular favorite
at the nations Capital and pos
sibly may hook up with the Bos-
ton Red SoX.
Out in Chicago they are pre-
pairing to make quite a little
event OF the signing of Red
Faber, the veteran spitballer.
Red has about lost his useful
ness, but he will not be shifted
to other fields while he thinks he
can pitch a game or two for the
White Sox.
It will be Faber's twenty-first
year in the uniform Of the White
Sox.
Faber will go on warming up
or working out until he definitely
decides to quit the old game that
has meant so much to him.
Those 20 years of big league cam
paigning have not taken such a
heavy toll despite the fact Faber
is an exponent of the spitball,
the only user of that style of
delivery in major league society.
It was back in 1914 when Faber
Joined the Chicago team as a
regular.
While not a first-liner these
days, Faber has a record that
compares with the greats of all
times. He never fell down on
any assignment. and that is why
he has a life job with the Sox.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
YANKS To TAKE
SMALL SQUAD
To FLORIDA
By GARRY SCHUMACHER.

Oy NEAASASA
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Appar-
emily Joe Mccarthy has pretty
well made up his mind as to who
on the Yankees, and what posi-.
tions they'll play.
For recent announcements from
the Forty second st. headquarters
of the club indicate that Joe will
take one of the leagues smallest
squads to the st. Petersburg
training camp-a good guess is
that not more than 30 players
will get the chance to display
their wares.
To protect their title to the
youthful "hoptfuls" who we're
members of farm teams last year,
the Yankees recalled or purchased
a dozen youngsters last fall but
it is evident now that only two
or three of these are looked upon
as Stadium possibilities.
OF the six Yankees released
during the past month three Of
them are youngsters, and Ed Bar
row limited today that other
transfers are in the offing. The
eligible prospects are limited, ap.
parently, to Red" Rolfe. the
shortstop; Myrle Hoag; catcher
Joe Glenn; and the left handed
Jimmy DeSilong.
Brennan Released.
The two latest releases are
Don Brennan and Jesse Hill.
Brennan divided the 1888 cam
paign between the Stadium and
Newark, while Hill played the
outfield at St. Paul. Both have
been shipped to Newark under
optional agreements.
Brennan was the International
Leagues best pitcher in 1882,
and for a time last spring Nc
Carthy regarded him as re-
placement for George Pipgras.
But after a successful start he
flivvered badly and in August
was turned back to Newark. With
the Yankee Brennan won five
games, and for the Bears he
won six while losing three.
Ex-Track Star
Hill is the former Southern
California football and track star,
a speed merchant who displayed
some promise as an outfielder
back in 1881. The Yankees ~aid
a lot of money to bring him on
from the Coast, and in 1882 a
successful. season at Newark in
dicated steady progress.
However, contract trouble de-
veloped last spring. anu, by way
of chastisement. the YarIs
s pped him to st. Paul instead
of bringing him to the Stadium.
His work. with the Saints was
not especially noteworthy. He
hit only .297 in a league where
it takes $50 to attract atten-
ton. That mark wasn't nearly
high enough to interest the
Yanks. and so he's been sent
enced to another year at Newark.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Wrestling Results

At New YOrk-GeorRe CaIza, Italy.
tsrsw ss!fy Frank brono"i'k' n 4" !"
Len MaCaIusO, Utica. threw Frank
Mcguire. Ireland. in 23:55.
Emil Dusek. Omaha, and Juan Hum
bertO. Spain. drew.
Bill HOulihan, New York, threw will
ROuta. Nevada. in S:41.
Tony SoIesano, Massachusetts. threw
Steve Vidam. Newark. in 1928:
Tiny Roebuck, Oklahoma, deCistOned
Man Mountain Dean, Georgia.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
EVENT
NEARS FINALS

NEW YORK, Jan. 12,-Anne
Page, of Philadelphia, Mrs. John
Bierwirth, of New York, and Mrs.
William F.. Howe and Elenora
Sears, of Boston, will be the semi
finaists today in the women's
national squash racquets cham
pionship.
Miss Page won the feature
match yesterday when she elimi-
mated Mrs. A. j. Lamme, who
had been favored to win the title,
in five hard sets, 7-15, 15-10,
15-8, 12-15, 15-7.
Mrs. Howe turned back Barbara
Beresford. of Short Hills, N. j.,
Mrs. Bierwirth defeated Helen
Morton, of Boston. and Miss
Sears stopped Mrs. Henry Brusie,
of New York.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
MACK, CH|S0X
GRAB STAFF

The Oklahoma team Of the
Western League had a fairly good
pitching staff of four men last
year. The Athletics and the White
Sox made a mad scramble for
them.
The Athletics bought three of
them. One is Harry Matuzak, a
Six-foot 190-pounder who won nine
games in 10 starts. The second
pitcher Mack bought was Lloyd
Kennedy, Six-footer, who once had
Q workout with the Pirates. He
gathered in is games and lost 18.
He is a Highlander. The third
man Of the staff annexed by the
Athletics was Alton Benton. He is
q lad weighing 200 pounds and
standing six feet four inches. He
won IA games.
The fourth member of that
group went to the White SoX. He
Is Otho Nicholas, feet II inches
and weighs about ITS pounds. He
won IL and lost II games in 1888.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
College Sports

BASKETBALL
Clemson. 81; Tennessee Tech. 90.
-Elkins, 81; Shenandoah. 30.
Louisiana Tech, 55; Stetson, 80.
North Carolina. 81: Virginia Tech, IA
Union, 3S; Vermont, %.
w, g. L., 26: Virginia. 25.
WRESTLING
Rochester A. & NJ. 81; Brown, 49,,
HOCKEY
Marquette, 2; Rhinelander. 0.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
QUALITY SEEN
IN LARGE
SQUADS
By GARRETT WATERS
The Naval Academy.


its campus, the waters surround
ing the entire area. its COM
manders, its athletics. its men!
Interesting all of it, and beyond
q doubt one of the show places Of
the world.
We were there yesterday, and,
quite like the several other times
we've visited the place, it left US
with vivid impressions.
Meet "Spike" Webb
The first person encountered
was Spike" Webb, business-like
boxing coach. Right off the bat
his first words were:
"YOu must see the boxing
team."
We did. And what a boxing
team. Something like a hundred
youngsters working out all over
the place.
About 20 were boxing
In the practi ring just off the
spacious r uasium. A o t h r
group of about 10 were kayoing
would-bu opponents at the sew
eral punching bags hanging around
the outer corners of the room. A
collection of others 1--WE did not
stop to count 'em) were waiting
their turns to mix it up in the
big ring situated at the front end
Of the gymnasium proper.
We reflected to Spike:
"Quantity, if not quality
among your boxers"
Webbb answered.:
"You'r telling me? But even
at that there's a couple who
are plenty good"
F'instance? Well. there was
slaid Gutter, heavyweight. Then
there was Hugh Larsen, 175-
FOUNDER; Dewey Johnson, another
175-pounder; Kent Norman and
Bob Hor kins, 145-pounders, not
to mention Bruce McNaughton,
165-pounder, and captain Of the
team.
About Basketball
Enough of boxing, Spike, how
about basketball? Sure enough.
there was basketball and almost
as much of it as boxing and the
boxers on hand.
''Buzz" Berries, jr., Of football
fame, was the featured species
among these performers. Gus
Decker, Ronny Rankin, Bob Man
delkorn, "Sy" Randolph and Bob
Dornin were others, and quite as
in boxing, what a quantity OF
others to select a team!
"a good team, too"
Coach Wilson speaking and
meaning every word of it.
Eyes, a carload Of players,
but a certain few who already
have shown talent in the sew
eral early eSaSon games which
are now on the record books.
Bories, Decker and Rankin are
among these"
All right, Spike, lead us to an
other sport. Gymnastics, you
say? o. K. with us.
And what a gymnastic group OF
human flies! Rope climbing, back
somersaults over bars, back levers,
and free flank circles, were only
a few of the exercises" being prac-
ticed by the leads.
The Specialists
Regimental Commander Ed
ward Fahy, Louis Schoch, Larry
Edge. Dick Akeroyd, Walter Boyd,
Tom Sharp, Ralph Terry, and
James Terry were among these
speciality artists.
Nice stuff, Spike, what else
now? Well, there was water
polo. swimming, rffling, wrestling,
lacrosse, track and ye gods, what
have-you. Surely an eyeful for
one afternoon. And an interest
ing eyeful to say the least.
Spike Webb again:
"Sure, we'll have good teams
I'm all sports here this winter
and spring. Didn't we show
things in football? Waal, we've
got 'em in the other sports, too.
Just wait, and besides there's
too many boys on hand not to
have something"
And once again we became a
YES man, completely taken in"
BY our already keen impression OF
the place Of places for learning.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Mems Federal
Duckpin League

Records
High team games-Internal Revenue,
642; Government Printing Office, 6S1.
High team sets-Internal Revenue, 1872;
Patent Office, 1871. High individual
Gnternal Revenue) 1854 High individ-
ual sets-Jolliffe (Internal Revenue),
4O7; Burdette Navy Yard), 400. Great
est number of strikes-Cowden &C. P.
O., %; Barrett Up. o., Beavers Navy
Yard) and G. Miller IN. c. P.). % each.
Greatest number of spares-Cowden &c.
P. o., 1872; Jolliffe (Internal Revenue),
120. High individual averages-Harget
(Commerce), 1882; L. Brown &C. P.
o.. 1876: Cowden &c. P. o., 1853:
Jolliffe (Internal Revenue). 115-41:
A. Woods (Patept), 115-1y: Watson
(Commerce), 114-15: Barnard &C. P. o.,
114-4; Amos Navy Yard). 1925; Bos-
ton (P. o., 1923; Fredericks (P. o..
1920.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
CABMEN WIN AGAIN

Premier Cab quint acquired its
sixth straight victory by defeat
ing Mt. Pleasant A. c. 81 to %
last night.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Lukats Is Sought
As Aide by Bach

Nick Lukats, sensational half
back at Notre Dame last year,
is being sought as aide to Joseph
Bach, new Duquesne mentor,
Bach intimated as much today
following a visit with his old
teammate, Arthur ("Dutch")
Bergman, Catholic University
coach.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Hebrew Inter-Club
Bowling League

High total game-Amigos Club, 6S7.
High total score-Amigos Club. 1875.
High individual average-Singer (Amt-
gos), 1897. High individual game
Schecter, 172. High individual set
Schecter 445 High strikes-snger
(Amigos), IS. High spares-Singer
Amigos), lis. High flat game-Sauber
(Rialto), 95.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Faber Will Sign Contract
For 21st Year AS Sox

Official lists of young players bought by the major league
for youts next spring show that about 100 will
for the over but among that group less than dozen
will be found worthy of their hire.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12

worry! Worry! Worry! The sOlu-
taon TO many Of your varied problems
can be found In the WANT AID SEC
T10N Of tits newspaper.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Tilden Has z Net Titles;
Vines u. S. Champ In '32

William T. Tiden 3D. native and resident of Philadelphia,
regarded the greatest player tennis developed
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
PHI SIGMA EPSILON SORORITY
IEAcITE

W. Ii W. [.
Team No /. 12 9 Team No. o. 10 ii
Team No. A.. IL 9ITeam No. g.. 1S
RECORDS
High team game-Team No. /, 35s.
High team set-Team No. /, 1913.
High individual average-E. White, 81.
High individual set-E. White, 292.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Arcadia Duckpin
Standings

High team games-Incarnation. sol:
Takoma, 500. High team sets-Incar-
nation. 1,4S2; Zion, 1,411. High in
dividual games-Ka uffman, $50; Nc
Donald, 1856 High individual set
Kaufman 351. High flat games
Marques. 93; CuIp. 90. High strikes
Wildensteiner, IL; Yaggie, IL; Broeker.
H. High spares-Kauffman, SO; Hen
mig, 81.
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

WASHINGTON TIMES gHbl'hed the at 1911
nGbish
D. T.. FTEpatrick manag edtO
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

again. I remember the name
perfectly. It was "The National
Women'S Committee for Exam
lining into the Validity of HUI
man Emotions.
The word validity" especially
appealed to me. "The Validity
of human emotions!" Stupen-
dous! The phrase of a life
time! I would hold out for the
movie rights on it!
"This," I said to myself IN
my sleep, quite conscious of
the fact that was dreaming,
"is not one of those half-baked
ideas that come to one in a
dream" I even remembered
that once I had dreamed en-
Enthusiastically of writing infant
progeny" instead of infant
progidy" and making a fortune
out of it, but discarded it in
the morning. "This idea OF a
committee of women examining
into the validity of human
emotions is something else
again." I thought. "It is the
genius of the subconsciouS!"
AS a matter of fact, there
may be something there, at
that. With so many commit
tees examining into" the va
lidity of things, we might any
day have a committee whose
province it was to investigate
human emotions and see if
they were really on the level.
It would make an interesting
investigation.
OF course, the psychoanalysts
have, for a long time, been
shopping into the validity of
some of the more simple human
emotions. There is no such
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

It's not just the drinking Of
it that makes old John Barley
corn, Public Enemy Number
One.
The boys that are hired by
the Government to collect
liquor taxes and capture illicit
stills can't seem to keep their
fingers out Of the graft pie.
For some nine weeks the
Alcohol Tax Unit has been
functioning under the direc-
tion of Arthur J. Mellott, dep
uty commissioner of Internal
Revenue. Some 1,400 men are
at work ferretting out illicit
stills which are being raided
on an average of 300 a week.
Another 1900 men are check
ing legalized distillerS.
Many of the men at work in
the new unit are former prohi-
bition agents. OF the 1,400
raiders, TOO were taken from
the old Prohibition Unit and
about TOO were taken from Civil
Service lists Of men who had
formerly been connected with
the war on rum.
Their records were checked
in the hope that the best men
would be secured. Those who
had an undue appearance of
affluence were not hired.
They went to work and some
of them worked. They checked
supplies, bottles, ETC., to de-
termine who might be boot
Logging. They located stills
and destroyed them. Most of
the stills now working make
alcohol which is sent to illicit
rectifiers for coloring and
flavoring. The bootlegger finds
it is more profitable to make
alcohol and have it colored
than to fool with other bever-
ages.
Some Of the stills that have
been smashed had a daily out
put of 5000 to 1000 gallons,
although the average was of a
2OO-gallOn capacity.
With Federal tax of 81 per
gallon, the daily loss in taxes
amounts to a considerable sum.
The tax evasion on a 5000
gallon Illicit still would total
$4,000 daily.
For this reason the illicit
alcohol makers can we'll afford
to contribute to the incomes of
agents. And the contributions
may be rather large.
Because of this fact, the
temptation for the boys who
work for Uncle Sam is tremen-
dous. And it sometimes takes a