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Evening star., 1934-08-12

dressing table, not conscious of the IA
that she was completely finished wit
her hair and was just sitting there, Id
hands moving in a useless pattern. an
trying not to think too clearly.
"You couldn't invoke the services
your personal friend while / was sti
here, could you, Wilton? I don't sur
pose a god of that caliber would functid
with a woman in the room-particular]
your wife?"
''He might" Wilton inhaled, holdirI
the smoke In his lungs, deliberate]
making himself dizzy. Smoke befoi
breakfast must act a good deal lii
cocaine. Why don't you come back
bed, and get drugged?"
"You don't remember me-" she tol
him. I'm the woman who goes
work In the morning. I'm your hungI
wife, wilton
Darling, we could have breakfast II
gether some time, couldn't We? It's BED
so long, and life is fieeting, and the graf
is not the goal Marriage is ruiniI|
me, my sweet. have never quotd
Longfellow before breakfast in my enti|
life. Would you have married me
you'd known that some day I'd quoI
Longfellow before breakfast"
I'D have married you no matter Will
you did and I'll stay married to you
matter what you do" she said-but 81
said it to herself. Aloud she said, SUD
denly, sharply and in tone which 81
had not recognized. wilton, some ds|
If it isn't too much trouble, If 1t doesr|
strain you too much, If you can assu|
yourself definitely that it won't ruI
your entire day, could you possibly 81
up when I do and make breakfast
Could you do that, Wilton?"
IT could do that" he had said. III
sorry you didn't mention that to me bI
fore, Mr.. President. 7 could have Id
the matter up before the board of 4
rectors weeks ago. We have need q
Evening star., 1934-08-12


more conscious Of its discomforts
because of the heat, and looked
j at the reflection of the studio
room in the long mirror in the
corner. She thought she hated the
room--she wanted desperately to hate
it-but she could not quite make it
come off. In the mirror she could see
it all clearly: The ridiculous upright
piano; the yellowing ferns jammed as
far into the opposite corner as possible;
the ungainly round oak table on which
stood wilton's typewriter; a fiat tin of
cigarettes, and their two coffee cups
(they used the card table only for
dinner; dresser on which their mod
ern pewter cocktail set was startlingly
incongruous, and the huge red brick
fireplace.
She could see half the brick mantel
created by the setback of the chimney,
and half the line of Negro novels which
covered it, the only books Wilton had
brought along for the Summer--to refer
to, he had said. It was well into August.
she thought wearily, and so far the books
had done nothing but give a conven-
tional purpose to the two elephants, the
red and the black, which kept them
from Slanting away, either to lie nat
on the bricks or fall to the floor.
Yes. she wanted to hate the room. It
would make it that much easier to leave.
If she could hate the ferns (they had
sublet the studio for the Summer and
had promised to water them faithfully; !;
and the piano; and the Soiled India
prints flung over the railing OF the
sleeping balcony; and the dust on the
oiled fioor-then she could hate Wilton
in the setting and leaving him would
be one sane, decisive gesture. This way
but what was the use of sitting in
front Of a mirror and going over 1t all
again2 Night after night she had
thought it all over, while she lay awake
and Wilton slept; gone over it from
the beginning, minutely, painstakingly.
the night in Chicago when they had
met-and when, driven by the god who
sits on the edge of Bacardi cocktails,
she had flung ball after ball at the
crashing dishes in the amusement park,
and they had driven home with Is plas-
ter of paris elephants.
Twelve had been black, like the one
or the right-hand side Of the line Of
books. One by one the herd had dwin-
died: One of them smashing on the way
home; two of them given to Cele for her
room at Wellesley; her maid in New
York had accounted for one regularly,
it seemed, every fortnight. The red one
had come through the two years miracu-
lousy untouched except for the white
chip on one leg.
Wilton had constantly made fun Of
her persistent refusals to store them,
pointing out with inartistic sanity that
they merely took up room. And he had
objected, in his lazy, loQuacious way,
on grounds more fanciful than tenable,
to the elephants themselves.
They're bad luck, honey. Ask the
collectors. An elephant with his trunk
turned down is elephantus non gratus
or elephanta non grata, as the case
may be. You've had them for two years
save our home from the doom of a
Siamese curse and store the things"
But she had always managed to find
room for them-in their first apart
ment in Chicago; their hotel rooms on
the way East; their two rooms in the
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Was 1t the Elephants That Brought
Bad Luck? Or Mas 1t Just Wilton?
ONE OF THE STAR MAGAZINES
FIRST-RuN STORIES

. HE sat in the wicker-backed chair,
L more conscious Of its discomforts
because of the heat, and looked
at the reflection of the studio
room in the long mirror in the
Evening star., 1934-05-05
HURLER IMPROVES
WITH EACH GAME
Detroit Is Third Victim in
RoW-HubbeII'S Streak
Broken by BUGS.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

90 LONG as the Yankees
have Vernon Gomez,
"Goofy" to his teammates,
they hardly need the hefty
hitting that makes them one
of the most dangerous teams in
the American League this sea-
son.
Knocked out in the opening game
Of the season, the tall Castilian from
Rodeo, Calf. has rung up three
straight victories, allowing the opposl-
ton, eight, six and three hits and
total of three runs. He hurled the
three-hit game yesterday, gaining his
first shutOut at the expense Of the
Detroit Tigers as Babe Ruth helped
him to 3-to-0 triumph. The Yanks
made only five hits off Tommy
Bridges, but the Babe came up with
his fourth homer in the opening
inning, then went on to draw a walk
and score the second run in the
fourth.
The Yanks needed that triumph 10
keep them half game ahead Of the
Cleveland In dlans. who trimmed
Washington to in the!- Eastern
opener.
The Boston Red Sox defeated the
st. Louis Browns Al in the other
American League battle as Boo
Weiland pitched six-hit ball for his
first victory of the season. The White
SoX and Athletics again were rained
out.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
The Mental Side.

Il never have seen anybody" I said
to Hagen, use the old headpiece as
continuously we'll as you have What
is the mental side of golf. as applied
to the average golfer? How can he
use it?"
THE average golfer" Walter an
swered, has a pretty fair swing
Watch his practice swing at a dande-
lion head or cigar stump. Why
doesn't he concentrate more on the
right way to swing-and just figure
the ball has to stop somewhere?
Think only of swinging the right
Way-and let nature take its course
The course can't be any rougher than
those over which 90 per cent of the
golfers play
Here are some other suggestions
from the mental side l would make
When you get to the first tee try
to be as relaxed as you can-and tC
swing as smoothly as you can: think
in those terms-not where the ball is
going-dOnt think ahead of the stroke
Just try to remember that you are
going to miss a certain number OF
Shots-but try not to let the penalty
cost you more than one recovery
stroke.
The most important shot in golf
is the one you have to play next
never mind the one you've missed-we
all miss 'em now and then
Don't let golf get on your nerves
Take the game as it comes. When
you get sore and upset il not only
Evening star., 1934-05-05

q nv oul PA ASAAl6 SAAAAA6s ~AA
n gen said, "is that so many smart
people-so many able brains. in
other lines-get to be so dumb in golf"
For example" I suggested.
Here's one of the commonest score
lifters," he came back.
Il was playing short while ago
with a well known business man who
had a fair swing-good enough to
break 90 now and then. Yet he
told me he had never broken 100 in
his life. 1 wondered why-until I got
the answer.
He started out 5-4-5-4-not so
bad. Then at the fifth hole he sliced
his drive off the course in a rather
bad spot back of a tree. Instead of
accepting the penalty of one stroke
for one mistake and playing safely
to the fairway, he called for a spoon
and tried to play hooked shot
around the tree from a cuppy lie
with the odds 200 to l against reach
ing the green 200 yards away. He
hit the tree as starter, and when
he finally finished up he had a 9.
He also had a set Of nerves that
had been wrecked and a mental bal
ance that had been blown to pieces"
"'Did you really think you could
play that shot?' asked him.
"T don't suppose I did, he replied.
7 Just hoped it would come of. I'll
admit it was dumb
"This man had another 9 and two
8's on his card, which could easily
have been SIS or SIS, and he finished
with a 104.
when you make a mistake in
golf-its made. You can't call it
back And every one makes mistakes
The next move is to plan to make that
mistake cost as little as possible-to
play percentage. Just face the fact
that you probably have lost your
par-but 1 over par isn't so bad"
Yet" I suggested. I've seen you
take a lot of CANDLES"
Sure" Hagen grinned, "but only
when I had to-when the odcasion
forced the risk-and, after all, I can
pull of a few shots that a fellow
couldn't who had never broken 90
or 10O."
(Note-A day or two ago I played
with . mft. able and well known
Evening star., 1934-05-05
MONTGOM MERY MINES
IN TRI-COUNTY LOOP
Damascus and Cedar Grove A. C.
in Northern Section-Play
Starts Tomorrow.
1.-TWO Montgomery County unlim-

1.-TWO Montgomery County unlim-
tied mines have entered the
newly organized Tri County
League. which will swing into opera
ton tomorrow with 16 towns in Fred
erick, Carroll and Montgomery Coun-
ties represented.
Damascus and the Cedar Grove
A. c. are the two Montgomery clubs
and they have been placed in the
northern division of the loop, in which
the inaugural battles will find the
Frederick Cardinals at Union Bridge,
Mount Airy at Damascus. New Market
at WalkerSville and Cedar Grove at
Woodbine.
The southern division openers will
bring together DoubS' Blue Sox at
Point Of Rocks. Harmony at Bruins
wick, Church Hill at Middletown and
Jefferson at Lime Kiln.
All games in both sections will be
staged on Sundays at 2:30.
Eligibility lists of the two Mont
gomery teams follow:
Damascus-Carl A. Cline, jr; Harold
Burdette. j. William Purdum, Irving
M. Burchette. Edward King. B. B.
Burdette, Wilfred I. NJ. Watkins. e.
wood Mullinix, Merle M. Burdette,
Carl H. Snapp, John Burdette, c. B.
Hyatt, Cleve Hyatt, Roscoe Franklin
Buxton. Willie E. Merson, Guy Wat
kinS, Monroe R. Poole. Gilmore E.
Hurley. James K. Day, Chester Pearce
and Edward Hurley.
Cedar Grove-C. H. Barrick. Austin
Rippeon. Lloyd Kensen. Orville Site
ly, Clyde Fritz. Theodore Beard, Oscar
A. Sykes, Richard Tucker. Louis
Eyler, Wilbur Stout. Clarence E.
Fogle. Harry S. Rippeon. Oscar Beard,
Milton Nash. jr.; Richard B. Keeney.
Leroy Dorsey, P. w. Hall and Clyde
Beard.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
Major Leaders

BY the Associated Press.
American League.
Batting-Reynolds. Red Sox, .436;
| Vosmik, Indians, .435.
Runs-Morgan, Red Sox, IA; Vos-
mix, Indians, l3.
Runs batted in-Reynolds, Red Sox,
II; r. Johnson, Red SoX, and FoXx,
Athletics, Is.
Hits-Reynolds, Red Sox, "a; Wer-
ber. Red Sox, %.
Doubles-Werber, Red Sox, g.;
Greenberg, Tigers; Knickerbocker and
Averill, Indians, T.
Triples-Manush, Senators, 3; Chap
man, Yankees: R. johnson and Rey-
nolds. Red Sox; Higgins, Athletics,
and Campbell, Browns, 2.
Home runs-Ruth, Yankees: Foxx,
Athletics, and Bonura. White Sox, T.
Stolen bases-Walker, Tigers, T.;
Gehrig. Yankees. a.
Pitching-Rufing and Gomez, Yank-
ees: Thomas. Senators, and Hide
brand, Indians, 80
National League.
Batting-Berger, Braves, .397; OFT,
Giants, and Suhr, Pirates, 1892.
Runs-Vaughan, Pirates, 16; Klein,
Cubs, Is.
Runs batted in-Klein, Cubs, and
Medwick, Cardinals. IT.
Hits-Berger, Braves; Moore, Giants,
and Leslie, Dodgers. %.
Doubles-Ryan. Giants. 7; English,
Cubs. and Berger Braves. g.
Triples-Suhr, Pirates, and w. Her
man, Cubs. 3.
Home runs-Ott, Giants, and Klein,
Cubs. 6.
Stolen bases-Frey, Dodgers. g.;
Rothrock and Martin, Cardinals; Piet,
Reds. and Chiozza, Phillies, 2.
Pitching-Bush, Cubs. So Walker,
Cardinals, and Lucas, Pirates, 20.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
OLD LINE TEAMS
FACE TOUGH GOING
Given Only $3.50 Chance in
Their Four Events in
Sports Carnival.
1 FIFTY-FIFTY chance in

A FIFTY-FIFTY chance in
~ lacrosse, tennis, track
~ and base ball was the best
University of Maryland
teams could be conceded today,
as the Old Line schools annual
Spring field day competitions
got under way at College Park.
The seven-ring sports circus, which
began at 1870 o'clock this morning.
was 10 feature the busiest sports day
Of the year for local colleges. In the
only local fray George Washington
was to entertain Wake Forests base
ball team at 3 o'clock on the West
Ellipse.
Teams from Georgetown and Cath
Ole University were to see action on
foreign diamonds. the Hoya diamond
ers travelling to play Mount St. Mary's
and the Georgetown golf team oppos-
ing Williams and Brown in Philadel-
phia. Catholic University's track
tenn is in Baltimore for a dual meet
with Johns Hopkins.
Maryland's program was to include
four track meets, two tennis matches,
base ball game and a lacrosse battle
The program follows:
1890 m.-Tennis, Maryland Fresh
man VS.. Eastern High.
1890 pm. Interscholastic track
and field meets.
1890 pm.-Dual meet. Maryland
Freshman VS.. Gallaudet Varsity.
l p.m-Dual meet, Maryland vs.
William and Mary
pm-Base ball, Maryland vs..
West Virginia
l p.m.-Tennis. Maryland VS.. VIII
liam and Mary
4 pm.-Lacrosse. Maryland VS.. St.
Johns.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
- zx.AA nlsA,

guessing while swinging the club.
Make that decision final.
Find out your limit in carry and
range-dont try to do more
Golf is a game for philosophers
not for optimiSts.
I'm case of doubt, take the longer
club or the stronger club and play it
flrmly-but without extra effort.
Don't try to pull off any miracles.
Just try to save all the strokes you
can by figuring the percentage in
advance"
This advice comes from a golfer who
won the United States open at his
second start in 19l4-who won the ad-
miration of the British by his COM
bination of head and heart-who still
is one of the greatest in the game up
to the green. 1t carries the answer
to some hundred or more million of
wasted strokes every golfing year.
Copyright. 1894. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1934-05-05
Pirates Stop Hubbell.
THE Chicago Cubs finally found a
left-haOder tbey, could heat and

THE Chicago Cubs finally found a
/ left-hander they could beat and
cut New Yorks lead in the Ma
| tional League race to half game as
/ they drove Tom Zachary. Boston vet
eran, to cover inside Of three innings
and went on to give the Braves an g.
to-l lacing. Buck JOrdans homer was
the only run off Guy Bush, who won
his fifth straight triumph.
The Giants, meanwhile, took a 4-to-
3 defeat from the Pirates as the slim
southpaw, Carl Hubbel, absorbed his
first defeat Of the season. The Bucs
raped Hubbell hard in the early
innings and carried Red Lucas
/ through to victory that nearly went
wrong before a double play ended the
game with three Giants on the sacks
in the ninth.
The st. Louis Cardinals rang up
their sixth straight victory, a 81 con-
quest of the Phils. when an error
started a two-run rally in the first
and Joe Medwick smacked his fifth
homer in the fourth. The Dodgers.
with Van Mungo on the hill. gave the
Cincinnati Reds their sixth consecu-
tive defeat, 6 TO 3. with an early as
suit on Paul Derringer.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
REYNOLDS IS HIGH
FOR MAJOR LOOPS
Red Sox SWatter Hits .436.
Vosmik Jumps to .435.
Berger Tops N. l..
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
n 1EW YORK, May 5.-Carl
N Reynolds, Boston Red SoX
" clouter. maintained his
lead in the American
League batting race during the
past week, but the National
League had a new pace setter.
Records through yesterdays games
give Reynolds an average of .436,
highest of any regular" in the
majors. after a week in which he
smacked nine hits and allowed his
mark to drop only Is points. In the
National League Wally Berger, who
improved his average 83 points to
reach a 397 level, took the top place
from the injured Pie Traynor of Pitts
burgh, who lost his status as a regu-
lar. although he kept his mark we'll
over 500.
The general batting level remained
close to that of the previous week,
with such gains as Joe Vosmik's leap
from .318 to 435, to take second place
in the American League; Charley
Gehringer's 74-point advance. one of
SO points by Sam Leslie and As points
by Gus Suhr. Suhr and Mel OFT. who
continued his consistent slugging for
a 1892 average. tied for second place
In the National League.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
Crifff Tribe Scrap Thriller for 1000 Fair Guests


Kuhel tried to get away with a
dragged bunt the first time up
only to be thrown out by the
second baseman. thereafter, they
couldn't keep Joey off the run
way. 8. a double and two walks,
he got.
Griffith is expecting a line on
McColl's pitching worth today.
If the old man worked well on the
hill for Chattanooga yesterday,
he'll be back with the Nationals
soon. there's young right
handler with the Lookouts that
interests Griffith. . Harold Van-
Deburg is his fancy moniker. he
jumped from the sandlots to the
Minneapolis club two years ago,
set the American Association on
fire for a month then f1ivvered. =.
seems to be coming back. has
won two Of three games pitched
for Chattap0aga this year. ~. B. K
Evening star., 1934-05-05
(&llA

angle to me. he said. during a
golting tanning bee why so many
merely average golfers get sore and
blow up over some bad shot. l have
won a few championships here and
there. and yet l always have expected
to miss five. six or seven shots during
round. Why? Because experience
has taught me that l nearly always
do. So, when I do make bad shot
1 simply think to myself. that's one
Of several that will come later
(Note-I recall on one champion
ship occasion where Hagen was of
the fairway on drives or approaches
rough and bunkers-l4 times, and yet
finished with a ID
IF the average golfer" he con-
tinued. would only take his error.
his bad shot or his mistake as part
of the round, forget about it. and
concentrate only on the next shot, he
might be surprised at the difference
in his score.
Golf. after all, is about so or 70
per cent mental or emotional or
psychological And that goes for every
one who plays it-duffer or star.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
Fights Rushing Battle.

NIEUSEL fought the same sort of
an aggressive. rushing battle
that brought him victories over
Ray 1mpellittiere and King Levinsky.
He never stopped charging nor
punching. but missed more blows than
he landed Despite his holding tac-
tics Loughran scored often enough
to lead one judge to give him six
rounds and Neusel four, but the other
voted for the Teuton. 5-4. with one
even. Donovan cast the deciding bal
lot in Neusel's favor, giving him six
rounds to three for Loughran, with
one even.
One of those who most vehemently
protested The decision was Max Baer.
You won, Tommy" the Californian
shouted. Its decisions like this that
ruin boxing"
Loughran weighed 1876 pounds, Neu-
sci, 1879.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
These Walks Hurt.

TINE three were converted into
runs by the Tribe and the Ma
tionals we're defeated, 5 to 3.
Whitehill actually walked the Indians
to victory.
1t was in the eighth inning that
Earl brought about his own downfall
He went into the rnund with the count
in his clubs favor. to l, and the way
he had been hurling his first win of
the year looked sure. But he walked
Vosmik right off the reel and that was
the beginning of the end. Earl struck
out Trosky and Hale's best was a
harmless loft to left. But Whitehill
faltered again to walk Moore Then:
Up stepped Knickerbocker to drum
a double to right and both walked bat
ters scored to send the Tribe to the
front.
This so unpoised Earl that he drilled
one right through the plate to Lloyd
Brown and the resultant single tailed
Knickerbocker.
Another pass to little Pytlak at the
outset of the ninth also became a run
AS Averill famed, Pytlak pilfered sec
ond. Here Whitehill was lifted and
Russell rushed to the hill to pitch to
the misunderstanding Vosmik. This
bad Indian smacked a single to left
and the run registered.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
G. W. NINE ANNEXES
SIXTH GAME IN ROW
Defeats Washington College by
go Score-Nichols Does
Fine Mound Job.

CHESTERTOWN, Md. May s.
~ George Washington's base ball
team rang up its sixth straight
win Thursday, defeating Washington
Colleges nine here, 90. The Colo
nials scored two runs in the first in
ming. added two in the second and
clinchcd victory by counting four
more in the eighth. Their last came
in the ninth.
Nichols of G. w. and Proudfoot Of
Washington both went the route in
pitching their first college games.
Rain stopped play in the fourth in
ming for 80 minutes.
Russell and Carnes for the win
ners and Reinhard and Griemes for
the losers were outstanding. Fitz-
gerald, formerly Of Washington Col
lege, played against his old mates in
holding down first base for the
ColonialS.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW

the White Sox due to get under
way tomorrow the Nationals will
have their right-handers on the
hurting hill They are right
hand hitters. those Chicagoans.
Travis hurled himself at first
base desperately when Pytlaks
throw caught HIM far off in the
fifth a regular nose dive
Trosky's sweep failed to touch
Travis Had the first sacker
made a second tab Cecil would
have been out for his cut
stretched hand was half foot
from the base The Indians
hollered a lot about Umpire Gel
sells decision.
And the Nationals did a lot Of
hollering about the same jumps
decision when Kuhel was called
out as he tried to steal second in
the seventh session Looked
from the press perch as though
Evening star., 1934-05-05

Joey was in there before Knicker-
booker got Pytlaks peg :. but
Geisel didn't think so.
They gave Rice a great hand
when he first stepped up to the
plate. and the old-timer who was
withe the Nationals so many
seasons responded by watching one
of Whitehill's pitches go by for a
third strike. strange to see Sam
in an alien uniform. he couldn't
do thing at bat. up five times,
too. . he got three in right field.
In the second inning the Ma
tionals combed Brown for two in
field hits and in the third Nhacked
him for an honest single and a
double. but double-plays nipped
each rally. they gave Cronin an
error in the fifth when Pytlak's
hard drive took an odd hop and
bounced of the shortstop's ankle
to left. .Pytlak made second. .-a
Evening star., 1934-05-05
PERRY, CRAWFORD CLASH
Opposing Today for Hard-Court
Title oe Britain.

BOURNEMOUTH, England, May
R).-Fred Perry and Jack Crawford,
leaders of the English and Australian
Davis Cup teams. respectively, yes
terday won their way to another final
tennis meeting, this time in the Brit
ish hard-court championships.
Perry, playing apparently at top
form, defeated the South African in
ternationalist, Bob Kirby. in straight
sets. Crawford won from his team
mate, Adrian Quist, three sets to one.
Miss Dorothy Round and Miss
Peggy Scriven, two of England's lead
ing woman players, won to the final
in the women's division. Both matches
will be played today.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
Homer Standing

BY the Associated Press
Home runs yesterday-Ruth Yam
KEGS, !; Harris, Senators. l.; Med
wick, Cardinals, l; Hurst, Phlllies, l {:
Cuccinello Dodgers, l; Jordan, Braves.
/; Camilli Cubs, l.
The leaders-Klein, Cubs. s; OFT,
Giants, 6; Hartnet, Cubs, 5; Medwick,
Cardinals, s.; Foxx, Athletics, 4 Ruth,
Yankees, 4; Bonura, White Sox, 4 :
Allen, Phillies 4.