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Evening star., 1934-08-26

the tax imposed by the Government upon the
product Of the stills-and it was job he
didn't want, unpleasant and dangerous. The
still operators Of the district decided almost
to a man to resist the tax in the hope that it
would be abandoned.
Secret societies, organized for the express
purpose Of fighting the tax, grew throughout
the district, and mysterious person known
as Tom the Tinker" came into existence along
the western frontier.
When any distiller showed an inclination to
break ranks with the protestants, tom the
Tinker" came into the picture. There would
be q curt note left at the still Of the weaken
ing distiller. He was told that unless he re-
manned with those who opposed the tax, tom
the Tinker" would be around to mend his
still" And in the event the erring one stil
showed inclination to pay, he would awake
Evening star., 1934-08-26

some morning to find his stil shot fun OF
holes, which meant he was out of business.
But the Federal Government had not been
idle. Forty persons had been indicted for
failure to register their stills. 1t was neces-
sary to take the indicted persons to Phiadel-
phia for trial, and in July, 1874, Maj. Lenox.
marshal for the district of Philadelphia which
then included Pittsburgh, was sent to serve
the indictment papers Gen. NeviI, the revenue
inspector, accompanied him.
The day the United States marshal arrived
from Philadelphia to make the arrests on the
Federal indictments grain was being harvested
on the william Miller farm. The old stone
mansion, which is now proposed O shrine to
the rebellion. was alive that day as a score OF
women prepared food for twice that many men.
The harvesters, feeling their liquor" and
lncensed that several Of their number had been
served with the indictment which virtually
IN arrest, raised strong voices In protest. and
rs the Government officials rode away, shot
fired That the first shot Of the
rebellion.
I ATE that same night, having enlisted the
- aid Of group of militiamen, Miller and
his friends started for Gen. Nevill's home,
arriving there soon after daybreak the follow
Ing morning. Anticipating an attack, the gen.
eral had equipped his mansion with heavy
John Hollcroft, who was generally believed
to be tom the Tinker" was leading the force
that marched on the Nevill home. In the at
tack that followed, several of the attackers
were wounded and the band was soon in flight.
But the first blood had been shed and the from
tiersmen were furious
Back at Mingo plans were made to march
on the Nevill home again. The word spread
like wildf1re. The militia joined the movement
almost to man. Frontiersmen came from
miles around and the army" formed for its
march at Fort Couch, marked today by bar
becue stand bearing that name, under the
command of Maj. James McFarlane, ranking
officer of the militia.
Half mile from the Nevill home the attack
ing forces moved out into a. circle, using the
surrounding woods for cover. Meantime, Gen.
Nevill had enlisted Federal aid and q squad
of soldiers had been quartered in the house
under command of Mai. Abraham Kirkpatrick,
veteran Of the Revolution. Gen. Nevill Left
Evening star., 1934-08-26

The house ,oas stormed and brand Uas
applied. Maj. Kirkpatrick and his soI-
diers, several Of then, ,oos4nded, sur
rendered.
had none and they never did get any.
Their pay for the distilled product Of their
farms did not come in money. It came in
needed supplies. They traded their liquor for
the necessities Of life. And as a result they
could not pay, as the law provided, with money
PUT the Government-and the officials Of the
- time were apparently unfamiliar with
the situation on the western frontier-said the
tax must be paid. And the western residents
decided to ignore the law. Law meant nothing
to these sturdy sons of the frontier.
In that Indian-infested territory they lived
by the law Of long ri1e-nothing more nor
less.
Gen. John Nevin had been appointed inspec-
tor of revenue for the western district In 1871
by George Washington His job was to collect
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The Washington times., 1934-03-28

fled his words today when
preached on the subject.
Cronin also said one other i'm.
portant thing over the air waves
and that was the fact that he
planned to stand pat with his
team for the season ahead re-
gardles of the reports that he and
President Clark Griffith had q
couple of trades under considera-
ton. Said Joe:
'It would be silly for us to
trade away players that won
the pennant for us last year, SO
YOU can rest assured that all
the reports of the past two or
three days have been un-
founded. In other words we
plan to keep our team pat un-
til it can't win any more. Then,
and only then will we try any
trading"
Despite this little speech by
Cronin, the rumors still persisted
today that the Griffs and Indians
would consummate a deal before
the two teams finished their sched'
uled game this afternoon.
Latest Rumor
The latest now is that President
Clark Griffith will let his rookie
infielder, Bob Boken, go to the In
dians in exchange for Willis Hud"
lin, veteran right-handed pitcher
of Walter JohnSon's gang, trans
action that would be an outright
even-stephen affair with no money
attached.
But both Griff and Cronin con.
tinued to deny everything today,
which means that a deal might
be made or it might not, as per
custom with big league chieftains
when accused of having interest"
ing developments under their re-
spective belts.
Something, Maybe
Billy Evans, general manager
of the Indians, has intimated that
something was up, maybe" but
again in the same breath has said
that he couldn't conceive Of Wash
ington trading any Of its players
after having won the American
League pennant only the season
before.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Pickups and
Putouts
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

BY GEOKGE A. S1MPSON
George King was A. w. o. L.
at the Barry-Fiducia fight,
the first he missed since the
POrtner's Arena opening in
1881. was called to New York
for an insurance conference
that furtive looking indi-
vidual outside the entrance
wasn't John Dillinger ("seen"
everywhere but the Crown
Point, Ind, Jail :. twas Benny
Mensh (the proud papa) who
couldn't crash the gate. E.
Benny Lads swallowed his
cigar when Fiducia staggered
Barry in the seventh. Benny
(making it three Bennies in a
row. Friedman, new football
coach at the City College of
New York, admits he hopes to
"entiCe" prospects. just an
old Spanish custom with the
colleges. Speaking before the
newsreel cameras, Connie Mack
declared he expected the AS
to play the Giants in the world
series. Bill Dietrich, AS pitch
er, was overheard to say,
"What's this? A "MaCk"
cOmedy?". Ducky Palmer, who
managed the Arrows in every
thing but checkers, writes in
SMranCR.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
RIBBONS
NOT To ROLL
IN TOURNEY

Frank Barber's Connecticut
Blue Ribbons will not compete
in the seventh annual National
Duckpin Bowling Congress tourna-
ment now going on in the oriole
City.
According to rumors, it all goes
back to February when dispute
arose over the starting Of the
matches between the Ribbons
and Worthmore team in Will
limantic, Conn.
Flares Anew
The outburst flared anew when
at the special four-way series
between the Baltimore All-Stars,
Bule Ribbons, Boston and Wash
ington in Washington it became
known that special inducements
had to be offered Barber to take
his team to Baltimore.
When the time came for Wash
ington and Baltimore to roll re-
turn matches in the North, both
refused to roll in Willimantic, and
relations between the teams be-
came strained.
will Never Roll Again
Barber said his team will never
roll again at the Baltimore Recre-
alton where the tournament is in
progress.
Just the same, his orders are
not expected to prevent Mic k
Tronsky, Jack White and Mike
Bogino, all-events champion from
seeking titles in Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28

They agree, however, that COM
pared to him, Ossie Bluege is q
slugger as the Mohawk clubs red
head is still without a punch
worthy of the name.
He showed it conclusively last
night at Portner's where his
weight was supposed to have given
him an advantage over the lighter
but speedier Freddy Fiducia, OF
Newark, N. J. AS it turned out, Fl
ducia proved to be lighter, only,
for Barry threw in taps with such
rapidity the Newark boy was un-
able to win a round.
DazeS Barry
Twice Fiducia broke through
Barry's defenses with sweeping
right-hand punches which landed
on the Washington boys mouth.
In the seventh he dazed Barry
when he let go with another right.
Then the Redhead got his Irish
up and gave Freddy bloody nose.
He was continually beating a tat
too around F'iducia'S stomach and
looked as though he might put
him to sleep, buC again punch
proved only word in somebody's
vocabulary and that somebody
wasn't Barry.
Taylor Beats Marks
Bucky Taylor won a close de-
cision from Johnny Marks, of New
York, after six rounds Of slug
ging in the semi wind-up. joey
Zoda, also of New York, de-
cisioned Jimmy Tramberia, OF
Baltimore. Zoda weighed 134
pounds and Tramberia scaled 1871.
Stanford Carrier, Washington
boy, making his pro debut,
kayoed Kid Bobbitt, Roanoke, in
the first round after one minute
and Is seconds Of fighting.
Harry Alexander downed Joe
Vacchiano, Newark, in a special
six round bout.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28

His words we're:
"The Washington club will
win the pennant again this sea-
son."
The youthful pilot made this
interesting statement without the
slightest reservations and it
sounded good in comparison to
the many statements made by
other managers and club owners
when they always include "it'u be
close battle, with the best team
winning" as their theme song.
Actually Cronin jumped out on
this limb before yesterdays game
with the Cleveland Indians.
Interviewed on Radio
He was being interviewed over
the radio when he was suddenly
asked where he thought the Griff'
men would finish.
And as suddenly it came out:
"The Washington club will
win the pennant again this sea-
son."
Altogether it was the greatest
hit of the program. And it was
made even more interesting when
the young pilot smiled and Verl'
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
SPRING IS HERE,
WEBB FORMS
BALL TEAM
BY SID KATZNELL

Spring must be around the
corner despite the wintry weather
we have been experiencing-be-
cause Heinie webb, veteran man.
ager of the Union Printers un-
limited baseball team, is formulat-
ing plans for the coming season.
He has already entered his team
in the Departmental Weekday
League which will include besides
the Printers the Bureau of In
vestigation, last years champion;
Navy Yard, Agriculture and G..
P. o.
Trio Added
Webb also has signed three
promising players in Lefty
Waters, pitcher; Ham" Humph-
ries, pitcher, and Charles "Huck"
Foley, infielder.
Foley formerly played with the
Brooks Club and was considered
a sure fielder and a timely hit
ter. Waters hurled for various
sandlot clubs around town with
excellent success, while Humph-
ries is an out-of-toWner and little
is known of his pitching prowess.
Charles Jeffries, who was out
the entire season last year with
an injured foot will be back on
the firing line this year, says
Heinie. Jeffries is a right-handed
pitcher with a fast ball.
The Union Printers will GER
tainly miss the late Malcolm Isl"
Simons. He was their most YER
satile player.
Mcpherson Shows Promise
Manager Webb believes that
MAC" Mcpherson will develop into
one of the best sandlot catchers
in Washington in a short time.
Last year the young catcher showed
great promise, especially in the
art of throwing out Would-be base
stealerS.
The entire infield is back with
Fred Waple, first; John Reed,
second; Eddie Edwards, shortstop,
and Tuck Dalglish, third. Ray
Homan, who holds down the hot
corner for G.. P. o. on week days,
will be with the Printers on Sun
day. Other players left over are
Tom Heany, pitcher; "Nip"
Drayer, pitcher; Lefty" Smith,
pitcher; "Chief" Roudabush,
pitcher and Allan McAlwee, in
fielder.
Webb is booking games. Write
him in care of The Times Compos-
ing Room.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Baseball Fans
Schedule Is
Ready

Baseball fans are offered fre0
American League schedules by
The Washington Times, the
only requisite being that self.
addressed. stamped envelopes
be sent to secure them.
Every game played in every
city each day of the season is
included in the schedule which
is the official American League
vest-pocket edition.
These schedules will not be
issued in person to callers at
The Times office, but MUST
be applied for with a self
addressed, stamped envelope.
Address your request to the
Baseball Schedule Editor, The
Washington Times. But one
schedule will be issued to each
applicant.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28

"
The sharpshooting skill lay il
the good right arm of Charley
Bernhardt who captains the High
way Engineering and Construc-
tion, which won four out Of six
games from Vincent's Barber
Shop last night.
Charley galloped through nine
boxes without the least semblance
Of a spare break and then came
the telling tenth. He Sniped seven
pins with his first ball and saw
three sticks standing in the cor
ner on an angle. He was stumped
for a minute but decided to try
for the spare as the team game
was close.
His second ball picked off the
headpin, however, and his last
ball brought him two pins and
fame.
Sixth Time
This is the sixth time 100 flat
has been rolled in the District.
''Tip" O'Neill was the first to do
it IS years ago, Ollie Webb rolled
it twice, and Sam Simon and
Harry Frees also turned in per
feet scores.
Carroll DAILY is doing things to
those little wooden pins these
days.
He set q season record for the
columbia Heights Duckpin League
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Wrestling Results

At New York-Jim Browning,
wrestling titleholder of Missouri,
defeated Abe Coleman, California.
Sam Cordovano, New York, threw
Bill Middlekauf, Florida. Hans
Steinke, Germany, tossed Tiny
Ruff, Georgia. Rudy DuSek,
Omaha, downed Mario Giglio,
italy. Eli Fischer, New Bruins
wick, N. j., won a decision from
Willie Davis, Virginia. Casey Co
Jumbo, Italy. defeated Henry
Piers, Holland.
At San Francisco-Count
George Zarynoff, Ukrania, de-
feated George Wilson, form e r
Washington University grid star.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28

If University of Maryland this
year had Ray Davidson, south
paw hurler, who did not return
to school, the Old Liners would
just about clean up. However,
as it is, without Davidson, the
Old Liners are up against it for
pitching, particularly in early
season.
PhysiOc Outstanding
Right now it appears that
Coach Burton Shipley must de-
pend on steve Physioc and Nick
Merryman for his hurting, al
though Ralph Ruble and "Cocky''
Medler are coming along in good
shape. Physioc is outstanding
as a college pitcher. Merryman
has deceptive underhand de-
livery and good control.
The first six games Of the
1884 schedule, played in seven
days, present a problem. Burt
Shipley will have to do some
juggling of hurlers if he hopes
to weather that storm of six
games.
After meeting Cornell twice, on
April 5 and 6, the Old Liners
take a jaunt through Virginia and
North Carolina. On the seventh
they meet Virginia, on the ninth
Duke University, on the tenth
Richmond U. and on the eleventh
William and Mary.
Prospects are Bright
Generally speaking, Maryland
has bright prospects for the veal
in baseball. Some notion of the
sort of material on hand may be
gained from the fact that battles
are raging for the right to play
four positions. These battles in
volve Spider" Chase and Vic
Willis, at first base; Lyman NC
Aboy and Kenny Karow, at third
Pete Chumbris and Willis Ben.
ner, right field, and Roy Yowell
and Harry Clark behind the bat.
Chase and Willis are excellent
types Of first basemen. Chase is
s feet 2 inches tall and Willis
ranges a full 312 inches taller.
Willie Wolf, at second; Dick
Nelson, at short; "Bucky'
Buscher, in center field, and Bob
Love, in left field, seem to have
won their spurs. The remainder
Of the team will come oYt Of the
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
ALEX. To FORM
BASEBALL LOOP

A commercial baseball league
to play three games a week at
Baggett's stadium is being formed.
A meeting of local teams inter
ested in this project will be held
shortly.
It is understood the Carter MO
tor, Old Dominion Boat Club, Ga
zette, Virginia Public Service and
Merchants will place mines in the
new loop.
Ted Miller, manager Of the
Arrow Athletic Club, is arrang-
ing games. RED Birds" will play
on Edward Duncan field.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Six Teams Enter
IndependeHlt Loop

Six teams have entered the Dis
trict Independent Baseball League
and at least two more will be ad-
ded before play begins, April 20.
The teams are Mt. Rainier, Ross
jewelers., Phoenix A. c., DeMolays
and Cleveland A. c. For addl-
tional information call " M.
Lawrence at Lincoln 4546.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28

By KIRK MILLER

y You can't ask any more of a
Fighter than to win, and since
Red Barry did that with some
thing to spare over Freddy
Fiducia at Alexandria last
night, he deserves no criticism
today.
! With q 14-pound advantage,
Barry landed almost at will,
but at no time did he have the
Newark Italian anywhere near
being floored. That fact is the
answer to the claim that Barry
is a greatly improved work.
man over his earlier appear
RnceS hereaboutS.
Red is still paving and slap
ping and pushing, but against
Ffducia such an unorthodox
attack was sufficient to earn
him a clear advantage and
I would be the last to belittle
his victory.
But somehow I can't watch
the Southeast red head without
deploring the fact that he has
not developed a punch in those
huge, muscle-bound arms of
his. A rather fine, outstanding
specimen IN the ring, with a
fighters general appearance,
the Washington lad is wasting
q great opportunity by not
mastering a k. o. blow.
Bolton May Benefit
Cliff Bolton, sticking to his
grocery store down in High
Point, N. c., instead of report
ing to the Griffmen at a
salary which did not particu-
larly please him, must be
smiling to himself today.
It is just barely possible
that the injury Luke Sewell
suffered to his index finger in
the exhibition game with the
Cleveland Indians yesterday
may mean a streak of good
fortune for Cliff.
While Bolton is nobody to
wish to profit by another's mis-
fortune, the fact that SeWell
was the victim of so painful an
injury at this early stage Of the
1884 campaign may be the in
cident which will bring Cliff
and Owner Clark Griffith to
terms much earlier than their
silence of the past two weeks
had indicated.
Fate plays odd tricks, partic-
ularly in baseball, and in yes
terday's unfortunate setback to
Luke, may be seen a turn in
the negotiations between Grif-
fifth and Bolton which have
been at a standstill for so long
q period that the silence was
beginning to be ominous.
r Hard to Convince
Babe Ruth has been one Of
! the most difficult men in base
ball to convince there isn't
:, some difference in the baseball
being used in the American
League this season and last.
! He no more reported for
practice in st. Petersburg than
he commenced to get long
drives in his fungo hitting
drives which he thought car
ried farther than usual for
him at that stage of his train
ang. He started then lauding
what he called the rabbit in
the new ball.
In one of the early exhibit
tion games with the Braves he
got a. triple that might have
The Washington times., 1934-03-28

been a home run, had Babe
not merely trotted around to
third. He went back to the
bench declaring the ball was
loaded with dynamite.
A couple of days later in a
game with the Newark Bears,
Babe connected for two home
runs, and then he was positive
something had been incor-
porated in the new ball that
wasn't in the old.
Homers Increase
Since then Ruth's homerS
have been mounting, whereas or
dinarily he hasn't started con-
Meeting for circuit cloutS until
far later in the season. Mean
while Ruth's insistence to his
teammates that the ball is
popped up has come to be one
of the side-splitting jokes of the
camp.
Actually, the only difference
in the American League ball this
year as against last is the col
oring of the stitches, the manu-
facturers taking that step more
to prove to purchasers they were
getting this years make rather
than some left-overs of last, be-
cause a ball does become dead
from laying on the shelf. But
at last reports the Bambino was
still of the disposition some
thing had been done over the
winter to pep-up the pill.
His attitude, at that, is a
tribute to his modesty. Many a
ball player at forty who was
clouting 'em, would swell out his
chest, and declare it was the
man, not the ball, that made 'em
travel for round trips.
Another on McGraw
They are still pulling the
stories out of their memories on
John McGraw. The latest to be
revived is that having to do
with the Little Napoleon'S dis
covery Of the fact that Hugh
McQuillan was keeping late
hours.
Getting a key from the room
clerk, McGraw decided to wait
out Hughie, to determine ex-
actly what hour his pitcher was
turning in.
When, at midnight, McQuil-
Ian finally decided to retire, he
was amazed to find McGraw
sitting serenely awaiting his re-
turn, and feeling equal to the
occasion, volunteered an ex-
PLANTATION.
II was just across the cor.
ridOr giving one of the re-
pOrterS an interview for his
paper"
"Oh," came back the Little
NapOleOn's retOrt, "at least you
weren't attending your grand
mothers funeral!"
There is a rumor going
round that Umpire Roy Van
Graflan will be given another
trial in the American League.
Van Graflan umpired exhi-
bition games for the Griffmen
several seasons when they
trained in Tampa and was well
liked except for the fact that
one year he carried a baby
alligator North with him, leav.
ing it at nights in the Pull
man Washroom, from which it
often escaped and went explor.
ing around the car. Outside
of that Washington players
thought well of Roy,
The Washington times., 1934-03-28

with 169 game and finished out
the string for a 42O set.
Merrick's 145 game and May
hugh's 1853 set shared the laurels
in the East Washington Church
League.
Honors in the Veterans Bureau
League were divided last night be.
tween Taylor and Sheehan, who
had a 131 game and 342 set, re-
pectively.
Ernst's 1877 game and Mattson's
1868 set topped the Herald Govern
ment League.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Joe CR0N|N contemplate NO CHANGES I'm LINEUP


"REDS" B A RRY (in
forefront), Washington
heavyweight, turned his
opponent, Freddy Fiducia,
halfway around with a
smoking right hand blow
during their bout at Port
ner's Arena, Alexandria,
Va, last night. Barry
was the winner after eight
rounds. Times Staff Photo.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28

battles now in progress between
youngsters who seem about Of
equal caliber.
Question Mark
If by any chance Merryman
turns out to be the pitcher he
seems to be, and either Ruble or
Medler comes through besides,
Maryland will be set to give any
college team a battle every step
of the way.
AS soon as it is feasible to do so.
Coach Shipley will give his men
opportunity to learn how to hit.
The weather has been against all
college baseball teams in this
vicinity, with the result that hit
ting practice has been impossible.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
HOUe, IS, Baseball
StntiSticinn. Dies

CHICAGO, March %. Irwin
Martin Howe. 68, one of the pic
tureSque figures in baseball and
official statistician of the Amer
ican League, is dead here after an
illness of three months.
Howe was taken i'll December
% with a kidney ailment. Two
major operations were performed
and he seemed to be recovering
when pneumonia developed.