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The Washington times., 1934-04-03
BIG GOLF SCHEDULE IS AIM OF WOODMO
SEES
BANNER YEAR
FOR LEAGUE

v. M. Lawrence, president Of
the District Independent Base Ball
League, anticipates a banner sea-
son for the unlimited division.
Before the season commences
the latter part of this month the
unlimited section will number 10
teams, Lawrence says. The fol-
lowing nine teams have already
entered:
Ross jewelers., last years cham
pions; Mt. Rainier, Phoenix A.C.,
Postal Telegraph, D. G. S. Ware
house, st. Jeromes, of Hyatts-
Vile, Woodmen of the World, Vir.
ginia Cavaliers and Sanitary
Store, No. 38.
Meets Thursday Night
The league gathers Thursday
night at 8 o'clock at 1882 H st.
N. E.
Members of the C. g. P. Tele-
phone Company nine meets
Thursday night at 8 o'clock. at
I'LL North Capitol st.
The Smith Mutual Life dia-
monders will hold an important
meeting Thursday night at 8
o'clock at the home of George
Stone. All players are urged to
report.
Warwicks to Practice
The Warwicks will hold their
first practice Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock on the Fairlawn dia.
mond. Coach Joe Parker wants
all players to report promptly.
The Lawrence Club insects will
meet Thursday morning at II
o'clock on the diamonds 8 ard 4
of the Monument Grounds. All
players who have not reached
their sixteenth birthday. inter-
ested, are requested to report.
The Washington times., 1934-04-03
CLUB DUELS
ARE ALSO
PLANNED
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON


Golfers of the Woodmont Coun-
try Club will undergo an exten-
sive schedule plans Of Leopold
v. Freudberg, golf chairman, don't
go astray.
Freudberg, besides mapping a
heavy program Of club events, also
hopes to arrange matches with the
Philmont Country Club Of Phila-
delphia; Suburban Country Club
of Baltimore, and Lakeside Coun-
try Club of Richmond.
Certain Fixtures
The events with Suburban and
Lakeside are almost certain fix
lures, especially the match with
Lakeside, which Is an annual af-
fair. The VirginlanS have been en-
countered for the last several sea-
sons, Woodmont having visited
Richmond last year.
Golf is the feature of the Lake
side-Woodmont carnival, but other
sports also receive attention, such
as tennis, horseshoe pitching, etc.
The series with Suburban, 8
home-and-home AFFAIR, was started
for the first time last year, and
both clubs expressed hopes of it's
continuation. Freudberg says:
Wants Fever Interest
eve hope to close for home
and-hOme match with PhilmOnt
besides the tentative matches
with Suburban and Lakeside.
There will also be the regular
weekend club events for men
and women members as well as
sweepstakes to keep the men,
bers' interest at fever pitch"
With his face extra Redeemed
by his three-month stay in Flor
ida, Gene Larkin is making a big
hit with Woodmont members.
Larkin, who succeeded Arthur
Thorn as pro at Woodmont, plans
to hold golf classes twice a week,
especially for junior members of
the club.
The Anacostia golf course, which
has been closed since the latter
part of January, will be re-opened
for play tomorrow morning, it
was announced today by Manager
Philip H. Lightfoot. Manager
Lightfoot also announces that the
course is in tip-top shape.
The Washington times., 1934-04-03

This lad has one of the most
difficult problems ever facing a
rookie when he first came up
with the Griffmen in 1890. It
was to fill the great Joe Judges
shoes at first base.
An interesting story in
Kuhel's case, is the fact Joe
Judge, himself, predicted the
former Kansas City star would
become the Griffmen's next
first baSeman.
Last season. Kuhel had the
position all his own. He made
good with a vengeance by hit
ting 1922, came fifth among the
American League batsmen in
driving in runs-107, while he
was the actual leader in field
ing with an average of 1896.
Kuhel'S chief attribute, as his
runs driven in record proves, is
his happy faculty of coming
through in the pinch. He is not
WnaC QOpeSCerS WOulQ call an
out and out slugger, but many
Of his hits are hard and vicious,
even to the extent of "sing;as."
which usually go on a straight
line to center or right field.
Off field Joe loves to play
cards. He is quite a trickSter.
Many times he has entertained
his mates with slight of hand"
and other card tricks. In uni
form, Kuhel stands 6 feet,
weighs 180 pounds, bats and
throws left-handed, and is %
years of age.
This is one of a series of
unlbnGH sketches of members
OF the Washington bGSeball)
club,
The Washington times., 1934-04-03
Telephone Co. Nine
Seeks More Games

The c. & P. Telephone Com
pany unlimited baseball team of
Virginia, has already booked eight
games and is seeking more. Call
Manager L. D. Langley. at Claren-
don 33 after 6 p. m. List of games
so far:
April Is, Postal Telegraph Co: 81
Ballston A. C.; 20, Miller Furniture Co.
May 6, Griffith Blue Goals: IS, c. & P.
Telephone Co. of Washington; 20, Con-
gress Heights A. c.: 80, Gordon's Cafe
August 5. Postal Telegraph Co.
The Washington times., 1934-04-03
CONN. BOWLERS
HERE TODAY

Another crack Connecticut duck
pin outfit, Hartford Market ALL
Stars, will show against the Sum
rise Bakery at Temple tonight at
o'clock.
The Nutmeggers bowled in the
National Tournament last night
and decided that they would stay
over a day to bowl a special match
or two.
Gus Places, Sunrise chief, one
OF those queried for the match,
Immediately agreed to it.
It will be another warm-up
match for the Connecticut Blue
Ribbons at Temple Saturday.
The Washington times., 1934-04-03

RAMBLERS ANXIOUS
Rambler Midgets are booking
baseball games at Metropolitan
5542 between 5 and Z p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-04-03

Want to buy a business of your OwnS
Follow the many unusual Business OPP
ROrtunities advertised daily in the WANT
~ SECTION u this newspaper.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
Status Quo in the School System.

In his interesting discussion Of
school budgets the other night DR..
Ballou said that for 1885 the school
authorities sought estimates which
would merely maintain the status
quo Of the schools and not contem-
plate expansion Of the system" He
suggested that cooperation to keep
down the budget was the wise course
to follow.
But in the figures he produced he
showed that the Commissioners cut
the school authorities building esti-
mates from s2,l22 800 to $l,24l 900
and the Budget Bureau reduced these
to $568,00 Land purchase items
totaling 100000 were eliminated en-
tirely. There were other decreases.
And this shows that the system Is
not even being maintained in status
quo. That is the dangerous condition
confronting the schools now While
DR.. Ballou's suggestion that the NAL
thusian theory in reverse may serve
to lessen the demands for elementary
facilities is interesting, it Is obvious
that if even the status quo is not
maintained, difficulties and handicaps
are being accumulated for the future
Some Of these should be anticipated
today by adequate school building and
land purchase, especially when the
money, If not spent. will merely 60 into
boarding at the Treasury.
Evening star., 1934-02-06

or spend the rest Of their lives behind
the bars. All medals go to the COPS.
and if they are hicks it is too bad
there are not more of them" The
Owensboro Messenger adds: Mani
festly this particular moment of
American history is the worst possible
one for big desperadoes. America is
troubled by many things. the people
are faced by serious difficulties. the
Government is seeking to solve prob
lens which will determine the ma
tional destiny. Therefore the arro-
gance of the Dillingers and Baileys is
acutely irritating They are nuisances
condemned to abatement by the
unanimous voice of an alert and i'm
patient people"
THE gangster may get his excite
ment, but eventually he must ADM
that crime does not pay" proclaim
the indianapolis Star, while the Nev
Orleans Times-Picayune holds tha
there should be no more escape:
from justice-and no more jail breaks
for any of them" The Lima, Ohio.
News attests that "the brave Officers
of the Arizona city performed a very
valuable service to society" and the
Gary Post Tribune concludes: "Tho
manner in which the Dillinger gang
was taken in Tucson proves conclu-
sively the small-town copper Is just as
smart as the supposed smart detective
of the big city. The size of the city
has nothing to do with the ability CT
the police force. ANY efficient. non
political police force is more than
match for the criminal element any
where. But an inefficient, political
police force can be run over by the
criminals and usually is. Law en-
forcement everywhere depends on ca l.
pable direction Of and the complet
absence of politics from, the polio
force. Given these two condition
crooks ill give the community vic
berth"
Evening star., 1934-02-06
The Crisis in France.

Signs multiply that it is no ordi-
nary cabinet crisis which is now
plunging France into political turmoil
and the city of Paris into riotous un-
rest. Todays meeting of the Cham
Der of Deputies amid outward condi
tions which have turned the capital
into an armed camp is expected to
decide the fate of the Daladier min
1stry, which took office only a few
days ago when M. Chautemps sur
rendered the premiership in despair
over his inability to calm the pas
sions aroused by the Stavisky-Ba
onne pawnshop scandal.
Assuming power with a pledge to
clean up that affair, M. Daladier on
Sunday dismissed the all-powerful
Paris prefect of police, M. Jean Chap
pc, because OF his alleged former
friendship with the SWlndler, Sta
visky. The result of M. Chiappe's
retirement was mutiny in the new
Daladier cabinet and the resignation
Of three of its leading members. War
veterans and royalists, reinforced by
various other malcontent elements
eager for a cause to assail the gov
ernment, joined in protest against M.
Chiappe's dismissal
For the past two days and nights
Paris has been in ferment. Many
of his old police subordinates, too,
resenting the late projects departure,
have sideu with the opposition, with
the consequence that the government
feels that it can no longer fully rely
upon the police to preserve order in
Paris. For that task troops have
been called in from the provinces and
the great city now trembles on the
brink of violent clash between the
various groups and forces facing one
Evening star., 1934-02-06
fifty-second birthday anniversary was

nfty-Second birthday anniversary was
celebrated altogether too exuberantly
to suit his taste, and in his radio ad-
dress to the people he tried to fur
nish convincing evidence Of his hu-
mility in the circumstances.
Mr.. Roosevelt, as it happens, has q
genius for understanding mass opin-
ion, and he knows the fate of his
predecessor. Mr.. Hoover once was
praised to the skies. yet lived to hear
himself almost as violently criticized.
Mr.. Wilson also tasted both adulation
and bitter contempt. Time adjusts
the balance, but meanwhile rank in
justice is done to sentient human
hearts.
Millions trust the President and
pray for his success, but he has been
in Office less than q year and the
final outcome Of his experiments to-
ward recovery cannot yet be known.
Those who are most intimately &C
quainted with him and have most
reason to wish him well are among
the number who are fearful of the
danger Of OVERRIDING the business Of
paying homage to him. They fear
the reaction which might come. They
do not wish to see Mr.. Roosevelt in
the role OF a modern St. January.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
The Danger of OVERRIDING

Public opinion, psychologists say,
has a natural tendency to run to ex-
tremes, but Shakespeare and thou
sand other clear-thinking mentors
have pointed out the danger inher-
ent in too much of a good thing"
There is peril in painting the
lily" and almost as great risk
may be detected in too much praise
as in too much condemnation. But
popular leaders and the multitudes
themselves are prone to both varie-
ties of extravaganza, and the daily
press records a ceaseless swing of
the pendulum between idolatry and
contempt. 1t was such spectacle
that Alison had in mind when he
wrote:
1t would seem as if. at particular
periods, from causes inScrutable to
human wisdom, universal frenzy
seizes mankind; reason. experience.
prudence, are alike blinded; and the
very CldSStS WIO are W peIlSl Ill
the storm are the first to raise its
fury.
And Nine. Swetchine likewise COM
pretended the difficulty when she
said:
We are all of us, in this world,
more or less like ST. January. whom
the inhabitants of Naples worship one
day and pelt with baked apples the
next.
Just at the moment President
Roosevelt is the embarrassed object
of the kind of treatment which
prompts modest man to beg to be
protected from his friends. His
Evening star., 1934-02-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Fortune Telling,

Fortune Telling.
Though prophecy is practiced with
manner most austere
And mystic outward show,
1t is easy to foretell the things that
we will see and hear
In another year or so.
The man who isn't working will be
marching as before,
While the toilers of the present will
be busy as of yore,
And the man who rocks the boat, If
he survives, will rock some more
In another year or so.
We will feel great apprehension while
we listen to advice
As to how the world should 60.
We will grumble at expenses, yet be
glad we've got the price,
In another year or so.
The thrifty man will prosper while
the others wonder why.
Some folks will pay their taxes and
some others will be shy.
As usual, the world will sing, or scold.
or laugh, or cry
In another year or so.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
The Wheat Campaign.

From the Omaha World Herald
A clearer picture of the results OF
the wheat production control cam
paign Is given with the Winter wheat
estimate made by the crop reporting
service of the Department of Agri-
culture. The goal of the control cam
paign was an acreage reduction Of Is
per cent The accomplishment was
II per cent of that goal, or an actual
reduction of a trifle more than lis
per cent
This does not represent the acre
age which will be harvested next
Summer. Due to Winter killing and
abandonment because of poor stands
the area harvested is always some
what below that planted. In addi-
ton. it is likely some wheat sowed
before contracts we're signed will
have to be ploWed under to fulfill
contract conditions and permit par
ticipation in additional benefit pay
ments. Also an intensive effort will be
made to secure an approximately 100
per cent compliance in Spring wheat
seeding.
AS an example of large-scale agri-
cultural cooperation for a common
purpose the result of the campaign Is
rather better than the figures indi-
cate. While II per cent of the aban-
donment aimed at was achieved, eU-
IDENTIFY considerably more than u per
cent of the wheat-growing farmers
participated in the program. The
difference is cue to the fact that non
participants sought to edge in on the
anticipated results by planting In
creased acreages. This corresponds
to what Is known in the N. r. A.
as chiseling. Many of these nom
contract signers. it is reported, have
recently been asking for the belated
opportunity to sign.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
Offers a Thought for
Senator's Attention

To the Editor of The Star:
We note with interest what the SEN
ator from New Jersey has to say con-
cerning the parking facilities for our
public servants, and his suggestion
that they pull on the brakes and use
"Old ShankS' mare" to and from their
daily toll in behalf of these United
States more freely, as 1t were
We note, too, the rather yelled sug-
gestion Of the Senator of the substitu-
ton Of COWS for cars on the fair
streets of this, our beloved Capital
Perhaps the little country lad from
New Jersey misses the lowing of the
kline and their rich, warm milk, and,
too. the grunts and squeals of the
barnyard swine. But knowing politics
as we do, we have our doubts
Nevertheless We can picture the
Senator with his tall silk hat and
frock-tau coat, astride old Bossy riding g
along the historic Avenue, meander-
ing slowly to work. When arriving in
front of the Capitol. We wonder If he
will tether "Old Bossy" on the spa
cious grounds of this great building.
and rush at once to start a movement
among our great statesmen for an
appropriation for the construction of
a Senate cowshed. We think this
would. at that, be an excellent idea.
What with milk so high in the Senate
restaurant, our beloved members of
the Upper House could have all the
rich milk and graham crackers their
hearts desired, and. too, the odor
emanating from said cowshed would
at once make our beloved friend feel
more at home, and perchance chase
that naughty homesick feeling he
must at times have overcome him.
But, as we said, knowing politics as
we do. perhaps our friend from New
Jersey has heard the plaintive call for
help from the old and noble order
of White Caps" as we know full
we'll the present number of cars on
our streets is not conducive to very
large appropriations for street clean
ing. Or still, perhaps our great friend
of the people, being lover of nature,
has been listening in on convention
of little sparrows. At any rate, we
believe the Senator to be great
humanitarian of wide views and with
the welfare of our lowly people at
heart, especially our Government
workers. Having, as he has, nice,
roomy parking space provided under
the Capitol Plaza, the Senator must
sit at times at the broad windows of
his spacious suite of Offices in the
beautiful building so thoughtfully
provided from the taxes of our people
and long for the sight of some lowly
COWS grazing contentedly in the beau
tiful parks of our Nations Capital.
CHARLES H. GREEN.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
Fathers Are Doomed
To a Sad Awakening

To the Editor of The Star:
Among the youth of today are
found far too many who "scorn the
base degree by which they did
ascend" namely dad-the meal ticket.
Fathers have been practicing too
much condeScension. They have been
too busily engaged in earning living
to open their eyes. look about and
begin to take stock. Too long has
the altruistic parent been deeply en-
crossed in making painstaking sacri-
fees for his progeny. He has lived
in the illusory hope that the fruits
of his efforts would be "like bread
cast upon the waters, to be gathered
after many days" in the form of
loving care, esteem and tender
obedience.
Many fathers are doomed to a
very sad awakening in all this. They
will have to continue to take it on
the chin, since the words "apprecia-
ton" and gratitude" are not to be
found in the pages Of the bright
lexicon of modern youth.
PHILIP EBERT.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
Lucky Law Violators.

1t is said that the United States
Supreme Courts decision yesterday,
holding that laws to prosecute and
punish prohibition violators died with
repeal of the eighteenth amendment,
came as no surprise to the Depart
ment of Justice. No other decision,
it has been suggested, would have
been even probable. But it is ques-
ton whether Congress, in framing
the twenty-flrst amendment and sub
mittlng it TO the people, anticipated
this particular result, and whether,
anticipating it, acted wisely in not
including some saving clause" as to
prosecutions for offenses committed
before repeal of the amendment.
For the situation now resulting from
the Supreme Courts decision en-
phasizes the element of luck, but has
little to do with abstract or concrete
justice. For instance of two men who
violated the prohibition laws last
Summer, say, one was indicted, found
guilty and sentenced to prison, where
he Is today. The other was likewise
indicted, but was awaiting trial and
was free on bond The man who is in
jail has been punished and unless
pardoned will continue to pay the
penalty for his crime The man who
was indicted, and who may have been
equally guilty, goes free. The Gov
eminent lacks jurisdiction in his case
and cannot prosecute. In this latter
category are those who have been con-
victed in lower courts and who ap-
pealed.
There are estimated to be between
nine and thirteen thousand prohibi-
tion cases on the Federal dockets, and
these will be swept clean by the ST.
preme Courts decision. For those in
jail and serving sentence the matter
OF pardons rests largely with the De-
partment of Justice. Attorney Gen.
eral Cummings has indicated that the
policy will be to free those who have
no previous convictions against them,
but to require service of sentences by
those with bad records.
Justice Hughes made it clear in his
opinion that the question before the
Supreme Court was not one of public
policy which the courts may be con-
sidered free to declare, but of the con-
tinued efficacy Of legislation in the
face of controlling action of the
people, the source of the power to
enact and maintain it. = 1t is
familiar maxim of the common law
that when the reason of the rule
ceases the rule also ceases"
There Is no question that men con-
victed of violating the prohibition law
before its repeal are as guilty today
as they ever were. The repeal of the
law does not alter their status in
this respect. The confusing element
is caused by the removal of the
power to prosecute those guilty of law
violation. Those who appealed or
whose prosecutions were delayed until
after December we're lucky-and
their guilt or innocence are now
irrelevant factors.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL.

/. Get healthy hsh to begin with.
2. Give each fish plenty Of tank
room.
3. Feed properly.
This triple 'if" requires more con-
sideration than is commonly realized.
1t will not do to buy a half dozen
fish and flop them into a round bowl.
If they live, 1t is a miracle which
such careless persons do not deserve,
although the poor fish may.
1t is not ordinarily realized how
much water space, If one may so call
1t, an average sized goldfish requires.
What it needs, Of course, is oxygen,
and where it gets it is in water.
**++
The best advice on goldfish man
agement calls for one fish per gallon
OF water
The real experts, men who make
goldfish their business as we'll as
hobby. declare that one fish per two
gallons of water is much nearer the
requirement.
This "one fish," of course, does not
mean one Of these big fellows often
seen in outdoor pools.
No, it means an average small
goldfish, perhaps two inches long.
Thus a tank-not a bowl-holding
four gallons of water will not ac-
commodate more than four small
fishes, preferably just two.
When one stops to think Of the
number ordinarily crammed into a
round bowl Of just few quarts it is
not to be wondered at that so many
Of them die after a few months.
n Il +
Changing the water every day or
SO will help quite good deal, but
this is a nuisance. at the best and
necessitates constant interference
with the little world of water one has
set up.
The whole pleasure OF the home
aquarium lies in getting 1t going prop
erly so that it more or less takes care
of itself, at least for many days at a
time.
One may crowd an amazing num-
Der Of guppies into given gallonage,
| just so long as other requirements are
right, but to crowd the goldfish Is to
shorten its life.
1t is a river flsh-there are said to
be many of them in the Potomac, es-
capped from hatcheries-which de-
mands plenty or room, plenty Of oxy-
gen, above all. plenty Of water surface
in square inches.
More goldfish are killed by too
much food than any other cause.
This is an old saying, but one
which each enthusiast must find out
for himself.
Goldfish ought not to be fed more
than once day, and then only such
a small amount that the owner feels
ashamed of himself.
1t Is proper, even beneficial, to feed
the tropicals twice day; they seem
to be able to hold great deal more
food than the goldfish.
Nor do goldfish require such va
riety Of food as seems to agree with
the exotics
Goldfish have been kept in excellent
health on just one prepared food. al
though live foods. from time to time,
are nelp1ul.
The third but in some ways the
most essential rule, is TO buy healthy
fish.
1t must be remembered that the
common goldfish. with straight single
tail, is the healthiest of the lot. The
farther from the ancestral type, the
less healthy.
The longer the body, the harder;
the shorter, the more inclined to be
unhealthy. Egg-shaped fish. such as
many of the fancier varieties. are
hard to handle.
Buy only fish whose top fin stands
,ry, cfroiuht