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The Washington times., 1934-03-03

Consequently, not a few think
only of that side of the picture,
when and if they think of the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard.
Capt. Charles E. Smithson, ath-
letic officer, means to correct that
impression and figures tonight will
be Just as good time as any.
Therefore, the captain has
scheduled the finals of boxing
tournament to decide the District
National Guard championships.
Upon the results of the scraps will
depend the makeup of boxing
team which will meet outfits rep
resenting Fort Myer, Fort Hum
phries, Quantico and other nearby
posts. The bouts are at 8 o'clock
in the Armory.
Started Bouts
It was Captain Smithson who
started boxing bouts in camp two
years ago and who continued them
indoors at the Sixth and Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Armory this sea-
son. He gives much of the credit
to Sergt. Adam Mouton, a former
Waverly A. c. gridder, chairman
of the boxing commission, and
Coach Jack Loukota.
Frank Mackenzie, lightweight,
appears to be the best of the crop
so far, and has won the camp
championship for the past two
years. A new team, with the ex-
ception of Frank, is being devel-
oped in the armory. Enthusiastic
about his shows, the captain says:
ave certainly deserve the
support of the District boxing
fans. This is the only place
in the city which gives them
so much boxing, other than
boys clubs. We have about 20
fellows out for the team from
special troops, 121st Engineers
and Coast Artillery.
"YOu know boxing is a great
thing for developing young
men interested in the military
service. 1 believe they should
be developed because-after all
"a soldier should be developed.
So many youngsters were sent
over to France during the war
who weren't physically deveI.
Oped. This is a great game to
put them into shape, and who
knows when another war will
come?
"ThiS helps enlistmentS, too.
Lots of young fellows who like
to box will join SO they can
keep up their training. know
this to be a fact. Back in 1907
our bunch kept getting licked
in track and the captain got
me to enlist to help them win.
I won IL events, shOtput, dash,
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
SET
DUCKP|N MARK
FOR COUNTY

An all-time high game record
for the Prince Georges County
League is the property of the Col
legians, who banged out a 678
game.
Bob Temple smacked out a 1856;
Bill Bailey, 113; John OFT, $50;
Chester Lilley, 1876, and Vernon
Holland a 1874.
whip" Litchfield came within
one pin of tying Ed Blakeney's
season record score when he rolled
a 447 set last night. His games
were IA, 165 and 1873. He got
eight strikes, one less than the
record for a three-game set in the
National Capital League.
Joe Harrison cracked out a 421
set and Dave Crockett 372 set.
Joe McGolrick came through with
a 408 set.
Joe Freschi, who is now carry
ing a 121 average in the Build
ing Contractors League, set a
high set mark for the league
when he walloped the pins for a
412 set. Pruner's 130 game and
346 set led the Federal Trade
Commission League at Arcadia.
Bill LaBille showed that he can
bowl as we'll as play golf, when
he established a new record for
the Golf League at Lucky Strike
with a 422 set. His games were
154, 118 and $50.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
LACROSSE
MEET|NGFOR
MONDAY

Lacrosse players who are still
anxious to participate in their
favorite sport are invited to at
tend a meeting, Monday in Build
ing w., Room "a, George Wash
ington University between 6:10
and 7 p. m.
If sufficient interest is shown
games can be arranged with Balti-
more Club and College teams. The
only serious attempt by a local
school to play lacrosse is being
made by Central High School.
Many former Centralites, now
students at George Washington,
are behind the movement for a
club team to represent the Dis
trict of Columbia. In 1881 the
Washington Lacrosse Association
scheduled games with teams from
Baltimore and vicinity and it is
the hope of local enthusiasts to
have a similar club and main
tain the interest of old followers
and educate sport lovers to a
thrilling and scientific sport.
Outstanding among the can
didates are Ted Linton, E. c.
Wilson, C. Wilson, Kim vessels,
r. johnson, Roy Rinker, Fred
Church, j. Brown, Ralph Peake,
Charley Evans, John Edwards,
Carl Cook, David Porterfield, H
Lindsey, all former Central play.
ers. The coaches are Bill Crentz,
of Maryland; E. Kaufholz, Johns
Hopkins, and Red Woods, Navy
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
[ANDERS GIVEN
= DOUGAN SHOT

Two of the scrappiest pieces Of
ring machinery ever featured
hereabout will occupy a semi
final spot to the Roxy Allen-Ken
Overlin fistfest Tuesday night
when Matchmaker Frank Mann
presents one of his finest club
fighting cards of the season.
Scheduled six rounds in a bout
that should bristle with aggres-
siveness and color will be Billy
Landers, Norfolk's blond ripper,
and Leroy Dougan, two-fisted and
pugnacious Arkansas bulldog.
Outpointed during his first two
starts against Dougan, blond Billy
turned the tables more recently
when he scored via knockout
within two rounds.
Since having registered two con-
secutive kayoeS, larruping Leroy
will be out to even that score
with plenty to spare.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

chou, Howard Campbell, Dutch
Weidman, Ollie Pacini, Joe Har-
rison, Paul Harrison, Eddie Espey.
Chester Bid, Norman Schroth and
Ray Won Dreele, a Baltimorean,
who is leading the District League.
Won Dreele, who commutes, is
looked upon as a washington
bowler by Baltimoreans.
monk" Fraser's Arcadia girls
will roll the Patterson girls to-
morrow at 7:3O p. m. in Baltimore.
The ArcadianS are composed OF
Doris Goodall, Pauline Ford.
Esther Burton, Mary Edenton and
Elizabeth MinSon.
Bill Wood also sends his Lucky
Strike girls into action in Balti-
more tomorrow against the Tivoli
girls. The Luckies have Billie
Butler, Loretta Leaman, Polly Shu-
grue, Helen Sullivan and Lorraine
GULL in their lineup.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
SOURN|N GAINS
CHESS TIE

Vladimir Sournin, District chess
champion, today had drawn
abreast of Donald H. Mugridge
in the current title tourney by
defeating Mugridge in 16 moves
in the seventh round last night.
Sournin and Mugridge are now
tied for first, each with 5k
games won and 1Ha games lost.
Sournin has two legs on the
I. S. Turover trophy and needs
but retain his championship to
gain permanent possession Of
the trophy.
The game between Sperling
and Stark was adjourned as un-
completed and will be finished
Monday night. The HeSSe-Bit-
finger game was postponed.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
F0xx REFUSES TO CONSIDER OFFER UNDER $40, 900
SPORTS
Bv KIRK MILLER
McGraU Leaves Game Put Fire In His Men
His Ten-POint Plan Hated To Be Loser
OF Conducting Ball Inspired MGrQuard

came a worlds champion after
q humiliating start.
"When my team wins, it wins
fighting. When it loses 1t loses
fighting harder than ever"
There are McGraw'S ten cardi-
nal principles of baseball and q
vigorous code it was. He lived
strictly up to it until he dis
carded his uniform and turned
the Giants over to Bill Terry on
June 3, 1882. This might be
called his ten-point plan. Were I
the manager of a baseball team,
I'd have McGraw's rules for sue
cess framed in my clubhouse
and require the players to make
a good study Of them every day
before they went out on the
field.
Cobb's Statement
In those tenets are reflected
the scrappy disposition which
made McGraw known as the
hardest fighting foe a team or
an opposing manager could face.
Baseball has had its plucky
leaders. Miller Higgins was one.
He subdued even the great
Babe Ruth. clark Griffith was
a player and a manager who
worked for every advantage,
SmartlY and aggreSSiVely.
But those two were not bel
ligerent as McGraw often was.
Probably the nearest to Nc
Graw's type was Ty Cobb, who
recently said that if he had it
to do over again he would not
take the game so seriously, but
I rather attribute Cobb's state
ment to the fact that he has
been away from the fire Of bat
tie so long he has lost that
edge which made him terror
in action.
So far as I know, McGraw
never regretted the bulldog
tenacity with which he ap-
piled himself to baseball. In
many respects he mellowed
during his retirement from the
sport, but he didn't go as far as
Cobb by admitting that per-
haps he went at his task with
too much seriousness or venom.
Baseball WAS serious to Nc
Graw, from the day he step
ped in it to the day he turned
the Giants over to Terry.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

The matches hereaboutS Will
be most attractive. Bitunyac is
looked upon as wonder man in
Richmond. Virginia bowlerS won't
accept his wagers that he can
beat them or tie a given score
as they have seen too much of
his uncanny skill and fear him.
When Pacini accepted his
challenge, Richmond sports writ
ers praised him for his nerve,
saying he was the only out-of-
town man willing to meet their
star. Ollie rolled 10 games against
him in Richmond and is leading
by seven pins.
Represents ROndy'
Representing Tad Howard's
Rendezvous, Joe Freschi, the
ball-playing bowler meets Paul
Harrison, Arcadia star, at 3
o'clock on the Arcadia mapleway
in the Match Game Elimination
series. Both are going great-guns
now and a rip,snorting battle
should ensue. Paul is flirting
with a 1875 average in the District
League and Joe is just a few
notches below him and has an
attractive average in the Recrea-
ton League, besides.
Chief among the out-of town
attractions is the Ray Barnes
classic being rolled today and
tonight at his Baltimore Overlea
Alleys while tomorrow many OF
the local stars will compete in
the South Atlantic singles sweep
stakes, also in Baltimore, at the
Victoria, in the afternoon and
Recreation at night.
Roll in Baltimore
Among those expected to be in
the Oriole City today, tomorrow,
or both, are Sam Simon, Astor
Clarke, Ed Blakeney, Frank Mis-
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

They placed the body of John
McGraw in a receiving vault in
Baltimore, but his memory will
live on the baseball diamond for
many years to come because of
the strong heritage in fighting
spirit which he left the game.
Were the newer crop of man
ayers, the Joe Cronins and Wal
ter JohnSons and Bucky HarriSes
and their likes to memorize the
maxims which the pudgy base
ball leader gave to the sport dur
ing his career, much success
might accrue from their efforts.
Certainly the formula of a man
ager who won 10 pennants and
was successful in three world
series are worth handing down
to posterity, and that formula is
reproduced herewith.
Here then, are some Of John
McGraw'S baseball recipes for
the perusal of those who have
admired him in life and who
think Of him in death:
McGraw's Maxims
II hate to be q loser.
''TO me baseball has been a
personal thing-a great fight,
not a mere performance.
"I've made the Giants play
vivid, cOlOrful, emotional, yes,
QuarreISOme baseball.
"We've made the game human,
and the fans, being human first
and last, liked it.
''If q man tries his best to
do as I tell him and fails, I
don't blame him. But he has to
try.
Studied Each Man
you've got to study each
man individually to learn his
weak as we'll as his strong
points. Some men 1 treat kindly
and friendly, others I ride and
ride hard all the time.
"There must be internal har.
mony in q ball club, even If it
has to be brought out by force.
II want men with human
weaknesses, men easily angered,
men crazy to win and I'll make
ball players out of them.
'T imbued Rube Marquard
with fighting spirit, and he be.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

quarter-miIe, haIf-mile relay, all
1 entered, and was told 1 could
get my discharge the next day.
"The other outfit began kick
ing, saying I was a ringer"
This made me mad, so instead
Of quitting I reported for drill
and have been in the service
ever since. But I don't want
publicity for myself but for
these boys. They're putting on
a swell show Saturday night.
We can take care Of 500 fans
by putting in circus seats. AL
MOxin, Pittsburgh wrestler,
meets a local boy, Pat Pagan.
They're light heavyweights."
The captain is quite a boy
though. He ran for Central and
Georgetown back in the old Gays
and was South Atlantic and Mid
die States quarter-mile champion
His biggest kick came when hi
ran in the mile relay in the Johns
Hopkins meet in 1909. jim
Thorpe, the great Indian athlete
had a 2O-yard lead on him anc
he caught the red7skin.
During the war he served a!
aide to General Coulter, and a.
liason officer between the British
and American troops in Belgium
Here he met the late King Albert
whom he says was the only kinG
he ever met, and fine gentle
man besides.
In his attractive quarters hans
many pictures of friends and fel
low officers. On his uniform
coat are pinned many medals
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
ST AIRS
TAME CATS

"Bo" Bregman's Wildcat bowl
ing team has concluded its season
against women.
The Washington Ladies League
Summer IS" assumed the role of
wildcat tanners last night, turning
the Cats into mere tabbies, 1859
to 1,484.
Evelyn Ream, who rolled but
two games, had 1872 and 127 games
to show for her efforts, while Lor-
raine GULL came through with a
354 set. "Reds" Cohen was the
whole show" for the Cats.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
Heurich FiUe PLays
Rin1Ldi Tomorrow

Moon Evans has his Heurich'S
Pros eft and ready" for the meet
ing with the Rina1di Tailors to-
morrow. The fives collide in the
George Washington gym.
Boys Club Varsity engages
Heurich's Flashes in the prelim
which is booked to start at 1870
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
HOCKEY STAR RECALLED

CHICAGO, March 3.-RecaIIed
from the Kansas City GreyhoundS,
Jack Leswick will be on his center
position on the Blackhawks third
line when the Hawks meet the
Montreals on the hockey ice here
tonight. Tommy Cooks knee all
ment necessitated the return Of
LeSWick.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
ARMY PICKS HIATT

WEST POINT, N. Y, March 8.
Wright Hiatt, of Winchester.
Ind, has been elected captain Of
Army's basketball team for next
season. Hiatt is a member of the
class Of 1886 and entered here
from the winchester High School
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
CLINCHES RUNNER up

The Baltimore "Y" has clinched
the runner-up position to the
Shoreham Club in the District
Water Polo Association champion
ships through the failure Of the
George Washington team to put
in its appearance.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
Opening Day Tickets
Placed on Sale
Wednesday

Tickets for the opening Ameri-
can League baseball game with
Boston at Griffith Stadium on
April 16 will be placed on sale
at the local ball park Wednes-
day morning at 9 o'clock.
Reservations are being re.
ceived. Tickets can be procured
by calling at the ball park office
or sending check or money Or
der.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
Singles Matches Features
Duckpin Card Today

With the exception Of the Ollie Pacin Bozo Btunyac
match at Northeast Temple and the Paul Fresch
Match Game Elimination scue at Arcadia little action is
promised the local duckpn front today Most of the out
standing showing in Baltimore the weekend
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
Capt. Smithson Has Guards
Play as Well as Work
By DANNY GILL

To persons especially boys of high school age mill
tary drilling is just another form of drudgery.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
Roll in Baltimore

Among those expected to be in
the Oriole City today, tomorrow,
or both, are Sam Simon, Astor
Clarke, Ed Blakeney, Frank Mis-
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-04-20
Steals $40 Bill.
Then Swallows 1t!
By Albert T. Reid

Goldsboro-Admitting that she
stole and swallowed a $40 bill,
Mildred Tall, Go1dsboro negro
woman, is in the Wayne county
Jail and will face trial for larceny.
A hearing was given her in county
court and she was bound over to
the higher court.
Mrs. Joel Powers, of North
George street extension, was start
led by a sudden commotion on
her back porch. Running to the
backdoor she saw two strange
negroes, a man choking a woman
He told Mrs. Powers the woman
had his $40 in her mouth, and he
was going to have it. Mrs. Powers
told him not to choke the woman
that she would call police. By
this time neighbors had collected
and the negro, George Lane, held
the woman until Policeman L. O,
Rhodes arrived and took the two
down to the city hall.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-04-20
II YEARS OF SERVICE

The life of a policeman is usually
one fraught with danger, hard
work, and no praise for performing
the seemingly simple duties that
assure public safety; however, the
II years service of Officer John A.
Wagner is much appreciated by
Salisbury citizens.
1t is with regret that we learn
that Mr.. Wagner will soon leave
the Salisbury organization and take
up his new duties as chief of police
of our neighboring town, Spencer.
We wish for him many years of
successful service in the capacity
of Spencer Chief of Police, and be-
speak for him the full confidence
and cooperation of the citizens of
Spencer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-04-20
Cleveland Rt. z Items

Miss Hurley Mills spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Steele.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Campbell and
family, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. P. A. Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Jenkins and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Altman and Mr..
Allman's brother from Kannapolis
spent the weekend with relatives.
All Cleveland = Scotch Irish
Grange members are requested to be
present at the next meeting. Pat
terson Grange will be a visitor at
that time to put on the 3rd degree.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Troutman
were Sunday visitors of Mrs. J. S.
Campbell.
The many friends of Miss Pauline
Turner will regret to learn that she
is in the Rowan General hospital
suffering from chronic brights dis
ease. We all hope that she will
rapidly improve.
Mr.. H. w. Miller and Misses
Ruby and Hazel johnson attended
the Lutheran conference at Maiden,
last week.
Miss Viola Gather has returned
home after spending a week with
her grandfather, Mr.. Koon, who is
sick.
Mr.. Holloway Burton spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H Burton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Wooten
and son, John, spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. Brown.
The Mount Vernon Woman's
club met Thursday. Home Dry
Cleaning was the subject for the
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Benson and
family visited at Mr.. R. w. Viii
helms Sunday evening.
Mrs. Maude Lentz and Miss Ger
trude Fraley, R. N. visited with
their brothers, Saturday might,
Messrs Rex and Horace Fraley.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-04-20

WE COULD name the couple
RIGHT NOW, but would hat
BE FAIR? Or safe? Let it be
SAID THAI they are newcomers
IN THE city and our story had
ITS SETTING in another state.
SHE WAS applying for a license
TO DRIVE the car. "Have you
EVER DRIVEN a carr" asked
THE MAN who was giving the
* * =
BEFORE she
:: :: ::
COULD ANSWER her husband
INTERRUPTED. ZONE
:: = :.
D AND twenty
THOUSAND MILES," he
& !: *
DECLARED, AND never had
A HAND on the Wheel"
= ;" =
| THANK YOU.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-04-20
THE NEWSPAPER FRIEND

People become attached to
newspapers, just as they do the
scenes of their childhood or their
old homes. When a newspaper
has been coming into a persons
home for a long time, it seems like
an old family friend. If such a
newspaper is discontinued, OF
merged with some other journal
so that its appearance and methods
are changed, people feel as if a
valued friend had dropped out Of
sight.
The newspaper fraternity ap-
preciates what a privilege it is tc
create a product that thus endears
itself to the people, and they
pledge themselves to do their bes,
to deserve that potion which
they have secured.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-04-20

Clears Up Sluggish,
Dull Feeling

II have used Thedford's Black
Draught for constipation for a
long time, and find it gives relief
for this trouble" writes Mrs.
Frank Champion, Of Wynne, Ark.
II think it is good for spells
caused from gas on the stomach.
If I get up in the morning feeling
dull and sluggish, a dose of Black
Draught taken three times a day
will cause the feeling to pass away,
and in a day or two 1 feel like a
new person. After many years of
use we would not exchange Black
Draught for any medicine"
P. S.-If you haze CHILDREN, give
them the meW, pzeasamt-tasting
SYRUP of T~hedtord's Black-Draught.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-04-20
SOME LIKE 1T HOT

SOME LIKE 1T HOT
Die you happen to see the middle
aged man park a car on Society
street about l P. M. yesterday, lift
up the hood, take out a package
from its place next to the engine,
pour out a drink from the bottle in
the package, swig it down, replace
the package and the hood and stride
off down the street while bystand-
ers watched with curiosity?
Item, Charleston News & Courier
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-04-20
WE CAN LEARN FROM
HISTORY

One of the most interesting and
Illuminating pieces of news that
has come out of Russia in a long
time is that the boys and girls in
the Soviet high schools are demand
ing to be taught history. Up to
now they have been taught only
what a wonderful thing is their
Communist system, and what a
glorious future lies ahead of it;
but now a great many of them are
beginning to ask about the past.
Did the world begin with the
Communist revolution, or were
there people on earth before, and
how did they manage to set along
without that glorious system?
1t is significant not only that the
children are asking that, but that
the Soviet authorities are granting
their request. The latter may in
dictate that perhaps they are find
ing their system isn't working as
we'll as they dreamed, and are will
ing to let a little individual think
ing creep in among their people.
What makes this especially in
teresting to us is that a lot of the
ideas for changing everything over
in America sound to US as if they
came from young folks who think
the world began when they were
born and who don't know and
don't care anything about history.
At least, their scorn of everything
that existed before the war, or at
least before the l9oO's began, would
suggest that they think the world
and this country only got to where
these bright young people started,
by accident and the grace of God.
Some of their notions, we are
sure, come from some of the books
that have been written in such
in late years-mostly by
themselves-in which everything
and everybody concerned in the
building of America is held up as a
scoundrel or a thief. All this
"de-bunking" of Washington and
Jefferson and the rest of the
founders of the republic, including
pretty near every President, gives
us a deep-seated pain in the neck.
we think the idea that a recent
book called "Robber Barons" con-
veys, that everybody who took
any part in developing America
and adding to the real wealth of
the nation was a common theft &C
counts for a lot of the loose think
ing and talk of changing all that
that we hear so much these days.
There is nothing to be ashamed
of in the history of America. 1t
is nothing to be ashamed of that a
good deal of it was made by men
who made a profit for themselves
in the doing of t. The man who
creates wealth is robbing no one
when he takes a share of the newly
created wealth for his reward.
Maybe they are going to let the
young Communists in Russia learn
that Fundamental truth of history.
We would like to see it taught to
a lot of the young would-be COM
munists in America.