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Evening star., 1934-04-08

but in 1929 the school was enlarged into
technicum. which meant that the entrance
requirements were more difficult and the
courses themselves were expanded; Lindner
was made director; the term of study was ex-
tended from two to three years and it moved
into its present quarters in a wooden circus
in the quiet neighborhood of Petrovski Park
in Moscow.
In the last two years 110 performers, spe-
cializing in AZ different branches of the circus
art have been graduated. Quickly they have
been grabbed up by one or other of the $50
circuses Of the Soviet Union, for to the Rus
sian masses the circus is even dearer and older
than the theater. In fact, today the circus
ranks second only to the cinema as form Of
popular amusement
Weatherbeaten- peasant men and women,
sturdy Red Army men, young Communists with
their red Dandanas and kerChiefS all sit
munching sunfiower seeds-the Russian equiv
alent Of American peanuts--on wooden benches
while the wonders of the sawdust circle are
unfolded before their eager eyes.
Today 160 students. 25 of whom are girls,
are enrolled in the Moscow Circus School,
learning all about acrobatics and the history
OF the class struggle, fancy riding and the
mysteries Of the English language, juggling
and literature, before they go cut to entertain
their fellow citizens
The first-year courses include floor and
aerial acrobatics gymnastic exercises on cross
bars, trapeze, rope walking and bicycle riding
on the practical side. In addition there are the
class room subjects of Russian grammar mill
tary training, current politics, and chemistry.
In the next two years both practical and
academic subjects take on a more advanced
hue and there is sort of postgraduate course
In political theory for those who show special
promise &C being expert clowns and lam
poonists.
All the young boys and girls at the school
are between IA and 20 years of age; they must
be in perfect health and have at least seven
years Of preliminary schooling, according to
the new regulations introduced last year.
Every boy and girl who wants to come to
the school sends in an applications; II it is
accepted he must then pass rigid medical and
psychological test and then submit to final
trial before a jury of experienced circus
players, Director Oscar Lindner and sport
instructors At this final trial the applicant
exhibits his special stunts.
Last year more than 500 girls and boys ap-
piled to the circus school; 120 were permitted
to take the final examination and 81 new
pupils passed this examination and were &C
cepted for enrolment.
These pupils pay nothing for training or
education: in fact. about IS per cent Of them
Evening star., 1934-04-08
MOSCOWS SCHOOL FOR CIRCUS PERFORMERS

receive allowances which range from 40 to
12O rubles a month. There are 0ormitores
for students who do not live in Moscow-O ID
they all get their meals in a nearby factory
kitchen restaurant at greatly reduced prices.
A FTER graduating from the circus schoo'.
the circus performers are sent to their
various engagements by Gometz the State
Trust of Musical Estrade and Circus Enter
prses, which is an organization almost as
unique as the technicum.
Headed by an old circus man, Director
KraSovski, GometZ covers the thousands Of
shows that are staged daily throughout Russia
in workers clubs, village halls. collective farm
clubs, factories, Red Army barracks, conven-
tions and Summer parks. 1t will do anything
from engaging accordionist for a meeting
to importing and training a half dozen polar
bears for circus work.
The Moscow GometZ Office has $50 regula-
performers On its list, as well as host o
occasional dancers, whistlers and singers. These
performers are organized in brigades so bal
anced that number of variety items are
included Thus brigade includes instru-
mentalists who specialize in the classics; choirs
who sing folk and revolutionary songs; solo
singers, eccentric dancers and, of course,
clowns.
In each brigade the clowns, the lampoonists,
the improvisers with a good political training
are the most important factor, Just as they are
in the circus. These ingenious fellows s<fto
the factory at which the company is scheduled
to play two three hours ahead of the rest;
they visit the Trade Union Committee and other
bodies; they discover the personnel of the
various departments; they find out who is a
Stacker, who is a chiseler, who imbbes too
much vodka, who is a bureaucrat and who is
the best "udarnik' or shock brigadier. Imme-
diately they get up songs. monologues and
sketches in which they give blame, bestow
praise and point out flaws, all interspersed
with humor.
Gometz sends out two kinds Of performers;
the old and the new. The pre-Soviet artists,
trained under the tsarist regime, are made to
attend classes in order to receive a re-educa-
tion in the new politics; the new recruits cour
from various schools of drama, music. baiiet
and, Of course, the Moscow Circus School,
where they get politics as matter of course.
Thus the theology Of the new era is injected
into its amusements and diversions.
So great is the demand for talent from the
numerous clubs and factories in the towns
and villages that sometimes Gometz has TO
call on the actors and singers in the regular
Russian theater to help them out. This desire
to be amused is nothing new for the Russian
populace: for centuries they have chegiiAsd
the popular type Of entertainment
Evening star., 1934-04-08

grammar?
Can you picture Ringing Bros, Barnum &
Bailey, or any other great circus kings ruling
that their nimble tight-rope walkers, their
trick cyclists or their aerial acrobats must at
tend classes to study anatomy and chemistry,
literature or the history Of the theater and
the circus before they are fit for work under
the big top?
Yet today in Moscow, the picturesque and
crowded capital of the Soviet Union. there is
just such an institution, the only one of its
kind in the world. There at a school known
as the Tecnicum of Circus Art, student eques-
triennes listen to lectures on the laws of
physics, would-be plate jugglers tackle the
problems Of mathematics and young animal
trainers study the fundamentals of hygiene and
sanitation.
who is expert at performing ridiculous antics
high stills wants to receive the permanent
acclaim as well as the spontaneous laughter
of the eager Russian masses today, he is ex-
pected to have more than just bowling ac-
quaintance with the writings of Karl Marx,
Nicolai Lenin and Josef Stain.
And if a trapeze performer a whirling
dancer hopes some day to attain the coveted
title of "Honored Artist of the Republic" he
must be more than a little conversant with the
intricacies which lie behind such obscure
phrases as "dialectic materialism, Communist
ideology," "the economic Interpretation Of
history" and right deviation"
Evening star., 1934-04-08

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ground.
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pher.
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rocco.
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40. Church dignitary.
Al. Ringing musi-
cally.
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43. Long for.
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46. Native salt.
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dral city.
48. PostpOnes.
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Sc. Aid.
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SO. Disencumber.
60. Stuff.
e.. Egotistical.
CA. Ornamental
vessels.
65. Hero of Goethe's
romance.
Ct. Pithy.
SO. Durable wood.
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72. Carved memorial
post.
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writing.
76. Little pocket.
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86. Brings to bank
ruptcy.
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90. Cuts off a syl-
liable.
90. ContradictS.
96. Snowy.
90. At no time.
1O1. Harmonies.
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fastly.
103. CalyX leaf.
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ACROSS.
I. Deep, wide
trench.
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growth of.
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81. Measure Of
length.
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ing.
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81. Broad.
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so. Old-fashioned
broom of twigs.
50. Fury.
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substance.
54. Tool.
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cessiOn.
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60. Musical char
acter.
81. Puts out OF view.
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66. Table delicacy.
68. A number.
50. The youngest
son.
70. Furnace.
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73. Valleys.
rs. Those who re-
move abuses.
n. Wear by rubbing.
70. Amendment to a
manuscript.
81. Numskull.
81. Counselor at law.
81. Groundwork.
80. Acted.
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81. Large wagon.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Sunday Morning Among the Cross-Words

~ A'A'
SO. Characteristic Of
old age.
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stone.
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Ingredient.
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family.
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100. Channel of a
stream.
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acter.
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113. Reject.
lis. Driving COM
mand.
116. Blushed.
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residence.
100. Piquancy.
l22. Annoys.
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125. Mongolian monk.
l26. Modest.
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100. Dishgure.
1872. Relative.
1876. An African.
1877. Pertaining to the
nose.
139. Aptitude.
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142. Exclamation.
143. Mother of
Timothy.
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145. Incessantly.
JAG. Unusual.
lat. Supposed.
148. More stupid.
149. Dispatch.
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time.
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4. Leather fasteners.
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tom Of.
6. Dignified poem.
z. Irish dramalSt
and critic.
8. Moderately
warm.
9. Destroys by dis
integration.
10. Having a good
memory.
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Evening star., 1934-04-08
In Russia the Sazv-
dust artists Are q
Part Of the PoHH-'
cal as Nell as the
Entertain IN eHt
Life ofHe Nation,

AN you imagine a school for circus
clowns in which the ambitious
"Joeys" are required to pass ex-
aminations in current history, the
meaning of the gold standard, the
effects of the NJ R. A. and English
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-02-22
Sons Of the Desert
New Laugh Fest for
Laurel and Hardy Fans

When husband tries to deceive
his wife, he Is almost certain to be-
come involved In a series of difficult
ties. This Is especially true II he is
assisted In his fabrications by one as
dumb as Stan Laurel. who, with his
side splitting, eyebrow-raising part
ner, Oliver Hardy. Is seen in their
latest Hal Roach feature
length comedy, "Sons Of the Desert"
coming Friday to the Paramount
theater.
Assisted by q notable cast includ-
Ing Charley Chase, star in his own
right: Mae Busch, Dorothy Christy
and Lucien Littlefield, situation of
wife-deception Is turned into q
screamingly funny picture that ably
,colors the mirth-provoking antics Of
the stellar comedy team.
Stan and Oliver find that even
though they have sworn to attend
the convention Of their lodge in a
distant city, they are faced by the
strenuous and pugnacious objections
,of Hardy's wife. A serious illness Is
invented by the boys, and Laurel is
commissioned to find q doctor who
will prescribe trip to Honolulu as
the only sure cure. The doctor turns
out to be veterinary, but SO ably
does he assist the boys with their de-
ception that they are soon on their
way to the "Sons Of the Desert" gath
ering.
At the convention city, the two pal
up with brother delegate from
Texas. When the latter learns that
Laurel and Hardy are from Los Ang-
eles, he decides to call up sister liy-
ing there, via long distance telephone.
Hardy is introduced to her over the
phone. After flirtatious converse
ton. he takes her number down for
future reference, only to find after a
second glance that 1t is his own home
phone number and that he has been
talking to his own wife.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-02-22
AT THE MOVIES
Hiccups, Hits, Humor
In Hips, Hips, Hooray'

An apic In "goofigandering" with
delightful insanity made to seem
reasonable by the inimitable Wheeler
and Woolsey, Hips, Hips. Hooray'
made its bow at the Capital Theatre
Thursday night as an RKO-Radio
musical extravaganza, with lots OF
beautiful girls. hit tunes, original
dances and spectacular moments, in
the most pretentious production vet
co-starring these comedians.
Lavishness is maintained in cast
as we'll as production for Thelma
Todd, Ruth Etting, Dorothy Lee,
Adele Thomas and Jean Connors
supply supporting talent for the two
clowns; and for those who like en-
tertainment spiced with femininity
on a grand scale, more than 100
beauties-blonde, brunette and red
head-cavort about in places rang
ing from the office OF beauty shop
to plate glass bath tubs.
Hips, Hips, Hooray" offers Wheeler
and Woolsey as peddlers OF favored
lip-sticks, with varieties ranging from
vanilla to raspberry. The clowuinR
pair meet Thelma Todd and Dorothy
Lee, proprietors Of q million dollar
cosmetic corporation suffering from
business depression and within q very
few minutes have "personalitied''
themselves into a partnership. All Is
we'll with the boys-but not for long.
A large sum OF money Is found to be
missing, and 1t seems that Bert and
Bob are the only answers. They de-
eide that flight Is safer than arguing
the matter over with any representa- :
tives OF justice, and flee by joining q
cross-nation automobile race. That
they know nothing OF automobile rae
Ing, cross-country roads and weather
conditions mean nothing to the re-
treating testers. But they finally
scamper into an audience -surprisine
climax which is an apex in comedy
effects.
Capital tonight and Friday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-02-22

Worn and nicked grease fittings
often leak grease when the gun Is
applied. This can be prevented by
placing two Or three thicknesses al
cheese cloth over the fitting before
the gun Is attacked. The cloth serves
as q gaSket.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-02-22

Our forefathers manufactured shot
by dropping slender streams Of molten
lead from high towers into tanks Of
cold water; the streams formed into
spherical drops, as they descended,
and the water hardened them.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-02-22

Michaelangelo. painting the cell
ing Of the sistine Chapel at Rome,
created perhaps the greatest single
piece Of art In the world, while lying
flat on his back.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-02-22

A one. two or tlree-year-old child
can see as far as an adult; 1t only
lacks practice and training In judging
distance, detecting q distant object
and concentrating attention on 1t.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-02-22

Between 1893 to 1912. big Bear"
= giant grizzly, killed more than 1900
Cattle: several hunters were paid to
spend their entire time trailing this
one animal.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-02-22

Plans have been announced for 4
new airport for Winnipeg, entailtng
the building Of an artificial lake, two
miles In diameter, within seven miles
Of the city.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-02-22

Pouter pigeons. and all other
sfancy" breeds Of pigeons, are de-
eoendants Of the wild rock dove,
which still y found In Scotland.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-02-22

Lapis lazuli is q somewhat rare
stone Of azure blue which often con-
tains streaks Of bright iron pyrttes.
Evening star., 1934-06-12
TRACK MEET TAKEN
BY FRANCIS SCHOOL
Noses Out Randall for Junior
housekeeping of Baton
Costly to Latter.

FRANCIS JUNIOR HIG H
l. SCHOOL athletes won the an
nual junior high school track
Il meet yesterday, scoring SO =
points to 3112 for Randall,
which finished second. Had not the
second runner of Randall's light
weight relay team lost his baton and
with it a commanding lead, Randall
might have won. There was competl-
ton in both the heavyweight and
lightweight divisions. j..
Garnet-Patterson School was third
in the meet with IL points. Shaw
counted points and Terrell 2.
Summaries:
LIGHTWEIGHT CLASS.
50-yard dash-Won by Smallwood (Ran-
dalll; second, Harris (RandalD; third.
Curtis tFrancis)); fourth, Vincent IRAN
Running high iump-Won by Thorne
tGarnetsPatterSonl; SECOND. Jones Fran-
fourth, tie between WASHINGTON IFrancisj
and smallwood CRandalD. Height. feet
sni1S sRaHdaIn; I,,; sssopd Curtis Francis third
smn fourth RuRds Bun s Garnet arSs.
Relay race-Won by Francis (Smith,
jackson. Mingo. Clarke); second, Shaw;
third Randall; fourth Garnet-Patterson
HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS.
100-yard dash-won by weems CRan-
dalD; second, Jones tFrancis5; third
Samuels RandalD; fourth. Fairfax Gran
cisl.
Running high jump-won by jackson
(Francis); second. tie between Marshall
burke Granes. GeiaSt FEET inches ana
"a new record.
Running broad jump-won by Fairfax
Samuels Randalll; fourth. Finley iran
dalD. Distance. 1s feet 5l5 inches
Relay race-Won by Randall IShaw
Dean, Robinson. Finley; second Shaw:
third. Francis; fourth, Garnet-Patterson.
Evening star., 1934-06-12
RIVALS STARTLED
BY HUSKY CREWS
Varsity Has Fastest Trial
Spin, While FroSh Set
Test Record.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June
- 12.-"Watch Washington"
was the cry of rival crews
encamped today for the
intercollegiate Rowing Associa-
ton Regatta Saturday.
The huskies. conquerors of Califor-
mia in the early Spring, covered the
full 4-mile course yesterday in the
fastest time any eight has registered
during preliminary training. Rowing
under close to perfect conditions, Al
Ulbrickson's men were caught In l9
minutes 2 seconds, SO seconds faster
than California's time last Saturday.
The Washington freshmen were
even more impressive. Starting at
the Emile mark, two lengths back
OF the varsity, the Huskies' yearlings
were five lengths in front at the
finish, clicked in the amazing time Of
9:11. That represents the fastest
time ever hung up for the miles.
Cornells freshmen Of 1909 were
caught in 9:1l3s.
CornelPs varsity also went the 4
mile route, doing the last mile in
4:52hs, and Syracuse was clocked in
something under 20 minutes. Nays
first workout was an easy paddle
down the course, and California.
Penn and Columbia also were out for
leisurely drills.
Evening star., 1934-06-12
Worlds Greatest Pro,


ENE today Is the outstanding
" professional golfer Of the world.
Although other gents will come
along and cop championships they
won't beat the little Sarazen by more
than stroke or two during any
tournament, and Gene will steal the
spotlight from them as he did at
Merton, even when Dutra was win
ming.
Gene has taken the place of Hagen
as the most feared professional in the
competitive game. In the old days
when the Duke" was winning they all
looked back toward the spot where
Sir Walter stalked over the fairways.
Today they fIrtively ask, What is
Gene doing?"
Dutra won the championship by q
single shot and he might well have
won it by three, for he three-putted
the seventeenth and eighteenth greens
on the final round, but at the end
it was Sarazen who stole the show.
Had Gene elected to walop his tee
shot to the right at the eleventh hole
he might today be wearing the crown.
But instead Sarazen took the short,
more hazardous route to the hole,
wound up in a ditch and took Z. Put
a par in place of that Z and Genes
score would have been 292.
Confident as few men are In the
humbling game of golf, great shot
maker, and probably the most spec
Evening star., 1934-06-12
Track Stars to 7ong Su5en Most Feared Golf Connection
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR
DRYAN MORSE awarded letters

DRYAN MORSE awarded letters
- to Western High athletes at
an assembly yesterday as fol-
lows: Basket ball, Raymond Peck,
captain; John G. Adams, Edwin
Giblin, Stanton Henry, John Mac
kali, Lester Peine and Bates War
rem, manager. Track, Chase Dom
aldson, captain; Sylvester Maxarn,
captain-elect; John C. Adams.
Leonard Chapman, Munson Lane,
Robert Kilmartin, Frederick Rake
man, Harold Rose, Elwood Tyler,
Longstreet Whelchel and Donald
Kimball, manager. Base ball, Pal
mer Searns, captain; John G.
Adams, Russell Collins, Lee Gros-
close, Sylvester Maxam, Janney
Nichols, Raymond Peck, Lester
Peine, Thomas Peyton. Earle Roger,
Richard Sergeant. John e. Whel-
chel and David T. Day, manager,
and tennis. George Cooper, cap
tain: e. Fuller, Chester Harding,
William Ravenel and Harold Dut-
ton, manager.
Francis Ouimet, open amateur
golf champion of the United States.
leads all the amateurs In the two
qualifying rounds today in the
British open.
Walter r. Tuckerman, Chevy
Chase Club, won the District of
Columbia golf championship, de-
feating DR.. Lee L. Harlan of CO.
lumbia in the final.
Washington broke its losing
streak yesterday, defeating Chi
cago, Az, as Joe Boehling, pitch
ing for the Nationals, did well,
after a mediocre start. Philadel-
phia lost to Cleveland and the Ma
tionals now are only one game be-
hind the leading Athletics. Faber
pitched for Chicago. Wally Smith,
substituting at third base for Eddie
Foster. Ill Washington player.
turned in a nice game and started
the Nationals winning rally.
Doc Ayres for Washington and
Rebel Russell for Chicago were
slated to do the pitching today.
Highlanders defeated Iroquois,
81, in the Rosedale League. Nc
Carthy for the winners and Little
for the losers starred.
Slater, pitching for st. Martins
in the Marquette League. held ST.
Stephens to two hits and st.
Martins won. Daily and Logan
got the only hits made of Slater.
Becker of the Eastern club
pitched to victory over Congress
Heights In the Potomac League.
Thornett, Goebel and Giovannetti
starred.
A total of % bases, probably a
sandlot record here, was achieved
yesterday when the Commissioners
downed the Post Office team, 1913,
in the Departmental League.
Vaughn, Anderson, Beard, Fenton,
Neff, Eckendorf, Moriarty, Burke,
Handiboe and Hurley were the
pilferers. Bill Handiboe and Jack
Hurley starred for the Commits
sioners.
Evening star., 1934-06-12
Columbia Course Is Tartar
For Tourney Stars to Lick;
Urban's Is Low ON First Dav

THEY may take that Columbia
Country Club course apart and
Subdue par some time today
l. or tomorrow, but if you can
take the word of the players
who have gone over the lengthy lay
out, no one is going to make monkey
of the course in the medal rounds
of the current tourney.
Not since the national open cham
pionShip was played at Columbia 13
years ago have some of those back
tees been used, and to hear the COM
ments from the gents who could
hardly hit 'em far enough to reach
the fairway, the course is the longest
they ever have seen. Which probably
is so much malarkey, for mere dis
tance doesn't mean much when fell
lows like Harry Pitt, Roger Peacock,
Ernie Caldwell and Maury Nee begin
knocking the apple toward distant
pins.
Those lads are not concerned much
with mere length. They eat it up.
They are concerned, however. with
tricky greens, and tightly-trapped
second shots and pins stuck away
behind traps. Nevertheless some
gent may bust par at Columbia today
or tomorrow, Notwithstanding the
walls of those who have tried the
course and found it plenty tough.
why on some of the holes you are
so far back you hardly have room
to swing your driver" one competitor
said. Which may be true, but at the
same time all of the boys are playing
the same golf course and we haven't
yet found any tendency on the part
OF club greens committees to make
a course look easy during a tourna-
ment.
Arthur Urban's rs, shot yesterday
on the first day of the densely popu-
lated tourney, was due to take a
severe shellacking today and tomor-
row, with more than a probability
that something like 78 will be needed
to make the first flight and that 84s
may barely get in the final flight.
Take 556 men, stick 'em out there
and you will find SO of EN- able to