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The Washington times., 1934-08-09

in the green fields of memories
of a greater day and hour.
Idon't know how much Marse
Joe Mccarthy plays percentages,
but considering the fact that
Ruth had a zero day at the bat
Tuesday in six chances, it GER
tainly looked as though it would
be in the law of averages for
him to have unlimbered a
couple of hits, had he been avail
able in the third game, yester-
day.
Ruth is reported to be fret
ting no little over the fact that
the American League infielders
are ganging against him, con-
niving to keep his batting aver
age score of points less than it
might otherwise be.
The mighty man is veXed be-
cause the Yank foes are shifting
when he comes to the bat so
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The very gallant Castillian who
is Vernon CLefty") Gomez, told
the class something about fast
ball pitching and how he worked
on the tough batters of the
league. Lefty gave the kids a
lecture, warning them against
over-confidence. He told them
that he has less trouble with
Jimmy Foxx, the great home-rlln
hitter, than he had with Oscar
Melillo, of the St. Louis Browns,
who is a $50 hitter. Lefty proved
that every hitter is dangerous.
MelilIO Tough
Ben Chapman's advice on base
running, and not stealing unless
it would help the team, met with
response from the boys, who Won
dered why this great sprinter
from Alabama was not running
wild on the pitchers this year.
Chapman also told the boys that
the base runner stole on the
pitcher, rarely on the catcher.
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But SO years from now, when
even their names may be forgot
ten, the deeds and the depreda-
tions of these baseball game-cocks
will be remembered. The flesh of
the old Orioles must yield, but
their spirit-never.
New York best remembers Uncle
Wilbert Robinson, of course, for
the smiles and the tears he pro-
vided through 18 long years at
Ebbets Field as a sort of mother
hen to the strange baseball brood
of Charles H. Ebbets-and of
EbbetS' successor, Steve McKeever.
Those Crazy Robins
The smiles came from New
Workers. when three Brooklyn run
ners would slide guilelessly into
the same base at the same time.
The tears would stream down the
cheeks of Brooklyn fans stimuli
taneously. But both sides of the
bridge joined in applauding when
Uncle Robbie twice succeeded, in
defiance of all laws of possibility
and probability, in capturing the
The Washington times., 1934-08-09

Any day now, an announce
ment may be expected that a
kid hurler is coming along for
inspection and experience. The
club is still one shy of its 23-
player limit, so there is imme-
diate room for one more hand,
a young hand capable of absorb
ing instruction and develop
ment. .iaM
Coming and Going w
Then still others will be
brought on as the season draws
to a close, a player Topped off
here and there to make room
for such prospects as the Griff
scouts, Joe Cambria and Joe
Engel, are able to beat out OF
the underbrush.
Thus, the big reconstruction is
already planned. starting with
Berg and Crowder and due to
embrace sweeping changes
which will be more noticeable IN
the heaving and receiving corps
than any other phase OF the
Griff face lifting.
Ruth's Inspiration
The psychological effect Of
Babe Ruth'S not being in the
Yankee lineup has told on the
New Yorkers in the last Two
games of their Washington set.
At least, it would seem so on
the surface. They played the
last game of the Tuesday double
header and yesterdays game
with about as much of their
old-time courage as a colored
boy whistling his way past a
country graveyard at nine
o'clock in the dark O. the moon.
For a team that is batting
the Detroit Tigers at very close
quarters for the honor of up
holding the colors Of the grand
old American League, come the
frost and the world series, the
Yankees need to keep Babe
Ruth on exhibition somewhere
around their remaining games,
even if it's on a stretcher, even
if only for inspirational pur.
poses.
There was nothing partic-
uiarly wrong with Ruth to
keep him out Of yesterdays
game-that is to say, he had
no aches or pains or miSeries.
Every now and again, it seems
that M. F. H. Mccarthy simply
has to turn the old boy out to
pasture and let him Craze away
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There is more than possibility that the Grmen will aban
don their training site Biloxi Miss next spring and join
the big parade Florida Miami has invited the Grifmen
Magic City where spends the winter to JOIN
with the Giants in making the shores of Bscayne the winter
capital of the game Tentative plans call for the Grs
touring the country norhward with the National League cham
pions.
The offer from Miami comes time when Al Lang, amba
sador from Florida is Washington Lang coseted with
Gr for an hour Tuesday discussing training conditions
in the land of sunshine and flowers.
There's nothing wrong with Biloxi training site but
it is Grade washout commercially 1t is so far off the
beaten that major league clubs looking Tor box once
foaurps simn turn their backs on the Miami is land
of plenty.
Mrs. Anna Kofoed mother Of Jack Kofoed New York col
mniSt watched the game the box. Mrs Kofoed
The Washington times., 1934-08-09
Silva Captures
Vets Tennis Title

Capturing four games Of their
uncompleted fifth set, Felix M.
Silva defeated Mariana A. Erana,
defending champion, 0-6, 7-9,
6-3, 60, to win the Veterans
Bureau Administration tennis
championships, Each had won two
sets and the score was 2-all
when their match Of two weeks
ago was POSTPONED,
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at other sessions of these around the country but
enthusiastic group than those washington
kids
Its funny thing" continued Gehrig II always feel
nervous when talk to kids feel responsibility to them
In game when the crowd yelling for home run or
triple can be as cold as ice stand up at the plate or
handle hot smash in the field and a tremor m
doing the thing know best It's just automatic action II
fall down. hurt myself and the team. If fell down
with those kids I'd be hurting them and baseball
The Washington times., 1934-08-09
9anrlF mtlhprt Rnht1tHn1t
lHH7--1424

NEW YORK, Aug 9 (IN.s.).-Wllie Keeler Hughey
jennings Brouhers John Joseph Mcraw and
Uncle Wbert Robinson One by the heroic old Orioles
called their fathers The dark angel speaks with
increasing frequency year after year fits by to place the
deeds of Ed Hanon further and further back in the
nf
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for some promising young minor league
hurting material to join the club which can
absorb polish during the coming seven weeks
and start next spring with that much major
league furnishing.
He doesn t understand why he can't grab
off lads like Deshong, Murphy and Broaca
to stand him in good stead when his veterans
fail, such as has happened in very notice
able degree to the older members of the
Washington hurling corps this year.
Owner Clark Griffith has promised Joe
brand new deal in the way of mound corps
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cenCy. They
also We
more air and
su n S hine to
he b o y,
which enables
one to be
he althier.
They also per.
nit gre ater
ease and one
d Oe S mt feel
quite as tired
after a round
of tennis or
golf. You
know, WOm-
o~O. a~nukC a.
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Portable and
enables them
to play the
z a me much
better. Frank
ly, 1 do not
see anything
immOdeSt or
unreasonable
in W o m e n
W e a r i n 6
S h o r t S I or
a t h e t C
events. Never
theleSS, / am
S t r o n G ly
PIP o s e d to
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BROWN REINSTATED

Joe Brown, veteran infielder,
who had been out of action be-
cause of a bad arm, has been re-
stored to the active list by Man
ager Ike Boone, of Toronto.
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By John and
Mary @. Public
By NATE OSCAR
1918 Fourth st. N. w.

I dislike the idea Of women
wearing shorts because it may
in some future day have a ten.
The Washington times., 1934-08-09

washington IIHIeS
Larrupin' Lou Gehrig, first sacker of the
New York Yankees, who is fighting Heinie
Manush for the batting championship of the
year, said that yesterday. Lou fled the milling
crowd of youngsters who clamored for his
autograph on scorebooks, baseball gloves and
the usual scraps of paper that these young
sters shove eagerly before our major league
stars
Baseball needs schools of this sort, and
am not surprised that wide awake, pro-
gressive paper like The Times got on the job
onI Ia Tia vi nIh4 Hhinnr for the narne talked
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By SAM SCOGNA
735 Princeton Pl. N. w.

1 heartily approve of women
wearing shorts for all sports be.
cause it makes them more com
The Washington times., 1934-08-09
By WILMA LAVILLE
Times Fashion Editor

Wearing of shorts for golf
is already an established fash
ion in Washington. You see
The Washington times., 1934-08-09

Anyway, 1 Miss Mary QuattrOne
don't understand why all this
controversy is necessary over
women wearing shorts.
The Washington times., 1934-08-09

venient an d
permit one to
exercise free
ly. B u t, 1
don't cOnsid-
er them ap-
prOpriate for
street we ar
as they would
appear out of
place. At any
rate, q WOm-
an should be
the judge of
how she is to
d re SIS for
s p o r t 8 ,
thOuV her
The Washington times., 1934-08-09

Americans are too clOthes-cOn-
SciOuS not to object to wearing
of shorts by just anybody.
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ems sports at Miss Dorothy Gray
tire has change considerably in
the past few years and women
must be uD-tO-date In fashions.
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Should Women Near Shorts for Sports?

BY MISS MARY QUATTRONE
1443 Monroe St. N. w.
The way 1 look at it, it's all
q matter of a wOman's own
taste to wear what she pleases
The Washington times., 1934-08-09

costume shouldn't be so radical
as to cause too much of a SEN
Sati0n.
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upon the lat Nate OScar
est wOmen'S sports mode as
proper for the feminine athlete
Of the present era.
The Washington times., 1934-08-09

By MISS GERTRUDE LUDERS
1929 Belmont st. N. w.
Shorts for sports are the most
sensible attire for women today.
They are comfortable and con-
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ing shorts on the streets. To me
it seems against all rules Of
convention.
The Washington times., 1934-08-09
Gehrig Praises Times
School as Fulfilling
Games Need
Bv FRANK .("BUCK") or
Times Staff Writer

1.-THE best thing that has happened for baseball in Wash
ington in long me and I'm not forgetting the pennant
victory of the Gf is the baseball school conducted by The
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dency to en-
courage same
for sire e t
W e ar. This
would bring
u s a ep
nearer n u d.
ism. 1t also
seems to me
that the ap-
pearance of
W o m en- in
S h is for
sports is a bit
out of ne
though others
m ay look
uDOn the lat
The Washington times., 1934-08-09
Young Hurlers Sought
By CrOnin to Take
ZWeek Course
Bv KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Regardless of what other department of his machine he
rebuds another season. Joe Cronn determined to have
practically brand pitching staff when 1885 rolls around
The Washington times., 1934-08-09

another Wires have been sent out and far for
such young material hasn't already been committed to
other big league club Therefore, this winter Wash
ngton fans may the biggest turnover of all to occur
to and among the members Of the current mound
The Washington times., 1934-08-09

them on all
tn e courses,
p u blic and
pri vate, and
they are worn
by our lead
ing W o m en-
golfers. They
are practical.
8 m art and
com Portable.
B ut the y
must be worn
only by the
slim, an d
preferably by
the fairly
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Nv MISS DOROTHY GRAY

By MISS UOhO1HA O1NHA
Greater Capitol Heights, Md.
I regard shorts for women
sports as ideal as long as they
are within the bounds Of de-
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1Or 5 p o T ! S.
She S h o uld
dress as she
sees fit, pro-
vidin 6 her
sp or IS OS.
tune isn't Of
t e n s / v e .
S h or Is give
W o m en- free
dom of action
ana are most
proper. I'm
S trO ngly in
favor Of wOm-
en- W e a ring
sports shorts.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
RATES REDUCED
BY COURT

Federal Judge william c. Cole.
man handed town an opinion in
Baltimore in the Federal District
Court, reducing the rate charged
the United Railways by the Con.
solidated Gas, Electric Light and
Power Company by 2 mills, from
the 9.51 mills a kilowatt hour.
The power company was ordered
to refund 1858, ,469 of the $1,67s,.
978 collected from the railways
receivers between January 6, 1888,
and April 80, 1884.
The power company had peti.
toned for designation as a pre-
ferred creditor Of United Railways
for the six months period from
August, 1892, to January, 1893,
the date of receivership. The
power company contended that
United Railways owed it $509, ,899.
based on the 9.5.mill rate. While
Judge Coleman granted the pre-
ferred creditor status, the lower
rate was made retroactive and
the amount to be paid was pared
to $402, ,552.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
Business Is Soaring
For AddreSSOQr1ph

Collateral evidence of the ex'
tent of the current business inn
provement is supplied by Prest'
dent Joseph E. Rogers, Of Ad'
dressograph- Multigraph Corpora.
ton in the announcement that
combined domestic and foreign
shipments of the company for the
first four months of 1884 were As
per cent ahead of the same period
of 1888. and that April business
was 91.7 per cent above Aprlls
1888. Mr.. Rogers said:
"When it is considered that
our sales are made over a very
broad crOss-sectiOn of business
and institutional activity, they
constitute a fair barometer OF
general business. Before busi- :,
ness can get under way 1t must !
start in the office; the use of Of !
flee equipment which speeds up ,
and simpIifies the keep Of pro- ,
ductiOn and sales records. adver-
tising promotion, printing, col
lectiOns, etc, is, therefore. an
interesting commentary on the
trend of business. The demand
for economical office machinery
Is most marked during periods
of recovery, when the desire to
do business again gives play to
initiative and increased promo
tiOnal activity"
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
FISHERS INDEX
CREEPS HIGHER

Professor Irving Fishers whole
sale commodity price index moved
forward one fractional point to hit
another new recovery high in the
week ended May IS. Purchasing
power of the dollar, in turn,
touched a new recovery low.
The price index stood at 75.5, a
gain Of i Of a point over a week
ago. 1t marked the fourth success
sive week in which gains have
been recorded. The depression
low was $50 on March 3, 1888.
Purchasing power Of the dollar
in the week ended May Is was
1924, a decline Of 2 Of a point
from a week earlier.
The British index of wholesale
prices stood at 64.5, unchanged
from the previous week. This
compares with the recovery high
Of 66.4, with the depression low of
58.7 and with the average OF 64.6
for April, 1884.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
Business Neu,S
Spotlight

The first 43 railroads to re.
port April earnings show a gain
Of $50 per cent over q year
ago. Life insurance business
is 20 per cent better than 1t was
year ago, Frederick HI. Ecker,
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company president, told 500
company managers, officers and
agents in conference in Atlantic
City. World consumption Of
American cotton is put by the
New York Cotton Exchange
Service ct 1,14S,OOO bales,
against 1,173,OOO consumed in
March and 1,135,OOO in April q
year ago. youngstown district
steel plant operations start the
week up two points at 63 per
cent Of capacity, as a result Of
q slightly higher ingot melting
rate at two valley Openhearth
plants.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
N. Y. Bank Securities
Moderately Higher

New York City bank stocks reg
istered a small recovery during
the past week. The aggregate
value of 16 leading issues, &C.
cording to Holt, Rose & Troster,
totaled 1882, ,036. 900 on May Is,
as compared with $1,543,0S3, 900
at the close Of the previous week,
an increase of $S,e53,000, or 0.58
per cent.
The current average yield of
SIG per cent. compares with
yield Of 5.19 per cent at the close
Of the previous week. The cur
rent market value is now 1.29
times their known book value,
unchanged for the week. Based
upon current figures the 16 issues
are now quoted at an average Of
1874 times their known earnings
against 1928 times on May ,1S.
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POzUer and Light
ShOlUS Net Loss

Electric Power & Light Corpora
ton reports a net loss of $1,502,-
264 for the II months ended with
March after taxes, depreciation,
depletion, interest and subsidiaries
preferred dividends compared with
a net income Of $2,997, ,s01 for the
preceding IL months.
The latter item is equivalent to
$3.50 a share on the combined 81
and Sc preferred stock aggregating
770,552 shares.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28

Leslie Gould Wall Streets
reaction to the stock bill compro-
mise was one of relief that the
measure was apparently out of the
way. The victory for the Senate
or the independent commission
was tempered by the understand.
ing that the President would ap-
point some of the brain trusters"
to key positions.
Wheat Buoyed
Continued lack of rain over the
drought stricken West buoyed
wheat up, and deliveries went to
the highest levels since last No
vember with gains of cents q
bushel. Other grains were strong
in sympathy. Cotton recovered
an early loss of Is cents q bale,
while other commodities were
quiet. The dollar was firm and
bonds improved.
Rails scored sizeable gains, run.
ming to nearly 2 points. Northern
Pacific was a strong spot, while
gains of a point and more were
general in the carrier list.
Motors were better with General
Motors and Chrysler active.
Tobacco Quiet
Tobacco stocks quieted down
after Saturdays rise, but sugars
were strong. American Sugar
rose more than a point to the
highest level in many weeks.
Oils tended higher but gains
were fractional. Farm stocks rose
with wheat despite the injury to
business the drought was expected
to cause. Utilities were higher
though inactive.
Amusement shares responded to
improvement in earnings. United
Aircraft was steady, and the rub"
bers edged forward. Westinghouse
was strong in the equipments.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
Robert Refs e Co.
Net Sales Better

Gross sales of Robert Refs &
Co. and subsidiaries. (excluding
Valco Mfg. Co.. for quarter ended
March 81, 1884, were $306.289
comparing with $329,731 in the
first quarter. Of 1889, a decrease
Of $23, ,442 or z per cent.
Company reports net sales to
the retail trade show an increase
Of 1877 per cent over the first
quarter of 1893.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28

Possibly the most serious factor
at present is found in the labor
situation. This is not the mere
attempt Of labor to get in on
the benefits OF expanding busi-
ness. such as attend cyclical up
swings in business. Business is
not expanding.
The present labor demonstra-
tions are famed by the notion Of
o New Deal" They do not con-
Germ higher wages so much as the
control of business enterprises.
But the weak and foolish idea
that Roosevelt would save us
from riot Is being exploded. Our
laws and the machinery of our
government are going to hold,
and social order will be main.
tanned. The New Dealers are
being forced to see that the va
riOus forgotten men" and the
elements Of discomfort, are
themselves divergent and con-
flicting. Social justice" is not
to be attained merely by tear.
ing down established institu.
tons.
The New Dealers will now have
to deal with their warning sup
ports. whose notions of "abund-
ant life" lead them to disrupt the
processes by which the means Of
abundance are produced.
We will learn that no Demo
cratic Government can run buSi.
ness without making a mess of it.
We are not going to stop doing
business. and business must be run
for gain by responsible and special.
lied enterprise. Business will go
on long after the new deal episode
has passed into political history.
So I am for holding equities in
carefully selected industries, choos-
ing those backed by low cost man.
agements Of proven efficiency.
Stick to lines which produce goods
or services that are essential, are
free from difficulties with or
ganized labor. and are troubled
with little government regulations.
And remember that we are not
through with the great danger of
q depreciating currency. as long
as we have an incolvent treasury
and no standard of value.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
ShGlUinigan Wages
UD5 tot Per Cent

Shawinigan Chemicals Com
pany announces immediate res
toration Of wage reductions rang
ing from S per cent to Z per cent,
which were put into effect when
the depression was at its peak.
Action is being made retroactive
to May ii and adds some $1,000
to the monthly payroll.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28

coVery in the
S t ock market
today.
The imp ove-
ment in p:IceS
an to t W o
points in some
leaders like Du.
pont and Case
Threshing, but,
as in the recov-
cry at the close
OF the week, VOL
u m e remained
at the low level
Of recent Ses-
SionS.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
Brazilian Bonds
To Sell Er COUpOn

Transactions in the United
States of Brazil 20.year external
8 per cent gold bonds due in 1941
and the 30-year Z per cent gold
bonds due in 1852 will be quoted
* the June l, 1884, coupon on
and after that date on the New
York Stock Exchange, the eX-
change announced yesterday.
The interest on these issues will
not be paid in cash but in 20-year
funding bonds Of 1881. The
bonds will continue to be dealt in
flat"
The Washington times., 1934-05-28

failure Of Sill
yer issues to
respond to the
pro p o S e d
broadening Of
the monetary
base" were no
table features.
But when all is
said. the most
striking IA t
was the ex-
treme dul1neSS
Of the market
and the low
volume.
Only 3,1S4,-
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VOLUME SMALL
AS MARKET
CLIMBS
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, May % GN.SO.
Better sentiment, engendered by
the stock bill compromise, COM
bined with another uprush in
grain prices to continue the re-
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
PO0RS' APPOINTMENT

Dewitt N. Conklin has been ap-
pointed vice president Of PoorS'
Publishing Company and Laurence
Beech has been appointed director
Of advisory services.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28

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WASHINGTON STOCKS

SALES
Capital Traction Co.. 1924.
AFTER CALL
Capital Traction SIS, $4,000 81.
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HANEY ADVISES
. HOLDING ON
IN MARKET
BY LEWIS HANEY
Professor Of Economics, New York
UmiyeFsity

The stock market closed this
week about where 1t began.
in steel issues and the
The Washington times., 1934-05-28

changed hands all week. Not SO
long ago, this would have been
considered a fair days volume.
It compares with 22,741,00
shares traded during the same
week a year ago.
Considering the news Of the
week, this dullness is probably
the outstanding fact. What with
the drought, strikes, meney tink-
ering and stock exchanges regula-
ton bill-to say nothing of the
curtailment of textiles, automo-
biles and steel-one may well
have expected more weakness
and selling pressure. But the
market merely turned dead.
Thus the long gradual decline
in April and May seems to have
discounted the worst now in
sight.
At the same time, the prospect
Of stimulating news that would
be good for the market, is slight;
and there is an absence both of
leadership and of public follow
ing. It is difficult, therefore, to
see how much, of rise can oc-
cur in the near future.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28

I think that the market
shows signs of being reader to
respond to good news than to
bad. It is technically in \
fairly strong position, and, in
sofar as it shows any tendency,
It is trying to creep forward.
/ would therefore be inclined
to stap with any sOundly based
position which I might have.
I can see no object in trying
to "trade" in such a market.
But the worst I can see is a
little final dip such as occurred
at the end Of the reaction last
october, and investment positions
should be held through such
moves.