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Evening star., 1934-04-22

friendly, with the wife, the brother
thought. But, Of course. Bywaters had
nothing to do with this crime. He was
a ships writer. away at sea.
Just who was Bywaters? Mrs. Thomp-
son, questioned directly, explained that
he was a young man she had known
since childhood. He was on leave Just
then, but due to rejoin his ship next
day. So! He was not, after all, at sea.
Where was Bywaters now? Well, on
the night Of the murder he had been
at her parents house and had left at
II o'clock.
Now, the parents house was at Manor
Park. The murder had occurred near
the Thompsons' home at nford. Wens-
ley, who knew the maze of the big city
and its environs like the back of his
hand, was Immediately struck by a sig
nificant fact. nford was only a mile
or two away. Leaving Manor Park at
II, he could have arrived before the
Thompsons descended from the train at
nford station and began their home
ward walk. He could have arrived and
lain in wait, especially If he had pre-
knowledge of the Thompsons move
ments.
The next move was to find Bywaters
and to find him quickly, before he could
rejoin his ship or destroy evidence or
even become aware that the sleuths were
on his trail. At that evening he was
brought in. AS he hung up his overcoat
in the c. I. D. Office, Wensley's keen eye
detected some small spots on a sleeve.
He sent out message; and as detective
and suspect talked, the police surgeon
slipped in and took small sample of
the spots. It was blood; and on that
assurance Wensley had enough on By
waters to tell him that they must keep
the overcoat and detain him for inves-
tigation.
THEY do not use the third degree in
England. Wensley has his own
methods; and the Quieter and nicer and
more reasonable and paternal he be-
comes, the more dangerous he is-if
you have a crime on your conscience
and something to conceal. Bywaters'
of it as Bywaters believed the police
would now find out anyway. He and
Edith were good friends, nothing more.
She had written him once or twice, but
he had destroyed her letters. He had
been out on the day of the murder from
midday. At Z he had called at Mrs.
Thompsons parents home. He had
stayed until II, and walked home. hav-
ing missed the last train. He got home
at 3 o'clock. He did not hear of the
killing until he bought an evening
paper at next evening, when he had
at once gone to the house of Mrs.
Thompson's parents, where the police
had picked him up. Did he carry
knife? Never in his life.
It sounded good. But Wensley's men
had gone to the home of the young
mans mother, and there, in his room,
they found letters from Mrs. Thompson.
They were the letters of a mistress to
her lover. More, they contained phrases
which sounded sinister. Eyes, darling"
ran one, "you are jealous of hin-but
I want you to be-he has the right by
law to all that you have the right to
by nature and love-yes, darling, be
jealous, so much so that you will do
something desperate"
Thus, in 18 hours, from standing
start Wensley had laid bare the first
layer of secret shared only by Bywaters
and Edith Thompson. He had discovered
that the man and the woman were
clandestine lovers, that Bywaters and
Evening star., 1934-04-06
YANKS FLASHING
PLENTY Of PUNCH
Have Averaged More Than
Six Runs Per Game in
II Exhibitions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April
- 6.-Only time will tell
whether the New York
Yankees latest murder
ers' row" will be able to compare
with the old, but there's no
doubt it carries plenty of punch.
The team has averaged better than
six runs a game in II exhibition ap-
pearanceS so far.
Ell PASO, Textile Chicago White
Sox pitching situation appears to be
Strengthening out.
The efforts of the SoX hurlers early
in the training season almost had
Manager Lew Fonseca wild. Since
starting home in company with the
Pittsburgh Pirates, Ted Lyons, Whit
Wyatt, John Pomorski and Sam
Jones have started to show signs Of
being ready.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.-At last-a
Red Sox pitcher who can go nine in
nings at top speed without the aid
of mirrors.
Bucky Harris is all popped up over
Rube Walberg's performance at Jack
sonville, Fla, yesterday. Rube not
only held the Baltimore Orioles to
three hits. but also batted in two OF
the Red Sox runs in their one big
inning and enabled the Harrismen to
get back into winning stride.
The score was 3 to !.
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Result Was Expected.

u ROWNING'S victory. expected OF
d course, might be construed either
as something of a feather in the
Missourian's bonnet or sign of slip
ping on the part Of DuSek. II was
this same Dusek fellah who forced
Jim Londos, another of the various
champions, to visit three times back
in 1881 before the Greeks supremacy
was generally acknowledged. Brown
ing will require no more as far as
Dusek is concerned Rudy, for all OF
his elbow singing, ran poor second
throughout last night.
Both GROWERS started slowly and
until the final three or four minutes
concentrated on applying holds &C.
tually bordering on the legitimate
Then the boys began to slug it out
for the grand finale. Rudy had the
edge at first, but Browning, bigger
and better shot with his gnarly ell.
bows, soon had Rudy set for the kill
ing. He clamped on a back drop and
landed his 230 pounds, smack on
Rudy's chest. Thus was saved the
world championship" of East Side
New York and a few other way sta
tions.
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OsSie Was Desperate.

DLUEGE says he gave the part-time
ID plan full consideration before
deciding to give it a trial. He
had been warned that one could not
wear any kind of glasses for a brief
period then suddenly discard them
and expect to go about ones work
efficiently. Once the eyes were ad-
justed to the lenses, after the lenses
had first been adjusted to the eyes
by an optic specialist, there might be
danger in casting them aside tenn
porarily, he was told. All that was
gone into when Bluege had his eyes
examined and got the specs before
getting to training camp.
But the failure of the pad on the
frame to check the dripping of perspi-
ration into his eyes made Bluege some
what desperate. He was ready to take
q chance. He would keep the specs in
his pocket while toiling around third
base, then just before his batting turn
came don them and stroll about a
minute or so before stepping to the
plate That's what he did yesterday.
Put them on as Joe Kuhel went to bat,
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crnnlnaCon IS the case OF MISS sunny Lowry
which has created furore in channel swim
ming circles.
Sunny is a strapping lass from Manchester.
As girl she lead of Ederle. Michel. Vierkoet
ter and the bold Egyptian. Isaaky Helmy.
These heroic figures in the Channel swimming
racket were her girlhood idols, and they fired
her with an ambition to conquer the grim
gray strait herself Sunny became bug on
the subject. She babbled about grease and
tides in her sleep.
The tough part of it was that Sunny lacked
caste and background She had no channel
swimmers in her family tree and the old Chan
mel clans regarded her as an upstart. Her only
source of comfort Jabez Wolfe, the vet
eran trainer, who encouraged her and told her
that the great Ederle rose to the top from the
same humble starting point.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
R. DUSEK'S SHOES
NEED NEW OWNER
LogicaI-C Contender Size Too
Big for Him, Browning
Again Proves.

TINE dainty size II boots Of
Mister Rudy ut Amt
Fair Dusek were vacant
4 today and once again
raSSling'S master minds are
combing the ranks of the trained
pachyderms in quest of new
championship" Stooge for Wash
ington's hardy mat bugs.
The senior member of the Nebraska
graphing firm of Dusek, Dusek, Dusek
& Dusek passed out of the local
logical contender" picture again last
night at the weekly meeting of Prof
Joe Turner's pretZel club, when jim
Browning tipped him for the second
time in three weeks in the new rass-
ling code time of 81 minutes
While some 5000 spectators eagerly
awaited slam-bang sequel 10 the
quick count" episode of three wneks
ago, Rudy disappointed by succumbing
in somewhat mild fashion to none
other than his own co-speciaity, the
back body drop.
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triple to put over the last Chick
tally.
Washington did its batting
against Clay Touchstone in the
first two frames. They found this
right handler for only a single. but
the hit backed pass and an error
and two unearned runs crossed.
1t was Bluege who cracked the
one-baser.
TomSwayze, Memphis left
handler, began the third round, but
didn't finish. While he was on the
slab the Nationals got four hits,
including a beautiful line double by
Stone, and three passes. This was
good for five runs. Pete Beam,
Highlander, was rushed in to stop
the riot and before he could do so
two more walks and Stones second
hit of the inning, single, came to
push over more runners Swayze
had left on. Cronin finally stopped
everything by fouling out with the
bases crowded.
Thereafter the Nationals got only
four hits and two runs of Beam,
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n EMPHlS, Tenn, April b.
M Ossie Bluege is to become
wv the first player in the
4 = majors if not in all Or
ganized base ball to employ
Spectacles only as batting aid,
it appears after an experiment
made by the Washington vet
eran yesterday in an exhibition
game here.
Without the lenses he fielded bril-
1iantly, and putting them on for his
turns at the plate Bluege socked the
ball on the nose and with vigor to
figure prominently in the Nationals
11-to-4 triumph over the Memphis
Club of the Southern Association.
Now Bluege says he intends to dis
card this artificial aid afield during
the remainder of the exhibition series
and probably go into the champion
ship campaign week after next using
the specs only when at bat. So far
as known, no other player in the pro-
fesSion has attempted to be merely
part-time Wearer of glasses during the
course of a contest.
Way back when Lee Meadows, the
famous Pittsburgh hurler, resorted to
specs he wore them on the hill as
we'll as at bat. And George Toporcer,
who used to second base for the Card
inals, always kept his glasses on
throughout the game Nor does Vic
Sorrell. the Tiger pitcher, wear his
only when firing the ball to the bat
tiers. Bluege will be unique in base
ball as a part-time user of the lenses.
1t was the perspiration rolling from
his forehead into his eyes and causing
the glasses to fog that made Bluege
decide to cast them aside when per-
forming around the far corner. He
had attached an absorbent pad to the
frame of the glasses when he first
reached the Biloxi training camp, be-
lieving that would keep the moisture
from his eyes. The pad failed to
solve the difficulty, though.
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The game was little more than two
innings old when the Nationals
had it tucked away and they went
on to win handily, II to 4.
Each side made 10 hits, but the
home boys twice kicked in with
an error to help the Washington
cause, and one of the three hurlers
used by Doc Prothro, former Ma
tional who has been handling the
Chicks for years, tried to make it
a walking game.
Walter Stewart and Bobby Burke
showed their southpaw wares to
the Chicks, Stewart in the first
five frames. Walter yielded two
tallies and seven safeties, four Of
the latter in the fifth frame when
he was firing badly. That de-
termined Manager Cronin to lift
Walter, who had been expected to
go seven rounds, and send in
Burke. The string-bean southpaw
was thumped really hard only
after two were out in the ninth
when a pinch hitter raped a
Evening star., 1934-04-06
Criff Games With Cubs May Be Prelude to World Series
Pick !am D. C. Youth Stars at Bat

the runs crossing in the sixth, when
an error and walk put Cronin
and Schultz on the runway. After
-xuhel famed the runners Eegotiat-
ed a double theft and Bluege smote
for a base to send over the scores.
Schultz, while waiting on his
turn at the plate in the third, was
felled by foul from Cronin's bat
that struck him squarely in the
tummy. Down for a minute
or so Schultz came back to crack
a single and later score a run. =.
He's sporting a big bruised spot
today, nothing more. =. An ancient
college rivalry hared as Swayze,
Memphis pitcher, from Ole Miss,
faced his first batter, Myer, from
Mississippi. Ole Miss lost, for
Buddy walked. Schultz made
a sparkling catch to get Copeland
in the third, coming in fast for a
grab at his shoe tops Harris
decided to play center in the third
and crossed over in front of Schultz
to snare a looper from Chapman's
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Steinke Nav Be the Man.

TINE new logical contender" tc
supplant Dusek might have
been the huge hunk Of Ger
many, Hans Steinke, who won semi
final over Willie Davis in jig time
or II minutes all told. It wasn't
even close.
Ernie Zeller. a newcomer from In.
diana, and Jim Mcmillan. the pro
foot ball magnate, furnished the only
highlight of the preliminary program
Zeller did well against the exIlli-
noiS grid star, but walked in front Of
flying tackle after IS minutes and
was destroyed In other exhibitions
DR.. Len Hall downed Bill Middlekauf
in 1872 minutes and Sid Nabors and
Scotty McDougall drew in 80 minutes.
Evening star., 1934-04-06

walked before the bench several times,
then strobe to the next batter circle
He declares he experienced on eye
strain at all in following this plan and
is confident he will not suffer any.
But, just to be on the safe side, Ossie
intends to get in communication with
Toporcer, now managing the Roches-
ter club, as soon as he can locate the
Rochester outfit. He figures Toporcer,
wearing glasses all the time. must
have had some means of successfully
combating the perspiration evil and
wants to get the lowdown.
Bluege thinks Toporcer may have
used some fluid on the glasses to pre-
vent Jogging, but whatever method the
former Cardinal star employed would
be interesting to the Washington vet
eran. He wants to be ready to give his
club everything this year.
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BIG MIDGET GROUP
TO PLAY IN LEAGUE
Nine Teams in Line and Dozen
May Enter Competition in
National City Loop.

4 10 OR IL team race for midget
n honors in the National City
Base Ball League was in pros
pect today following the entry of nine
clubs at meeting held last night at
the Atlas Sport Shop.
The entry deadline was set at April
81, when franchise fees must be
posted.
Teams represented at the confab
last night we're the Hillcrest A. c.,
Eastern A. c., Clarendon A. c., Good
acre A. c., Dixie Products, Washing
ton Maid, Goode Cleaners, Washing
ton A. C. and Merrick Boys Club.
Junior games are being sought for
the coming season by the Delta Mu
Sigma nine. Call Atlantic 4640-W.
Slated to hold their first practice
session of the campaign Sunday, Pre-
mier Cab diamonders are seeking to
arrange a schedule with out-of-town
foes. Manager Louis Evry Is booking
at Lincoln 1929 or 1885 F street north
east.
Sundays drill is to begin at II
O'Clock on the East Ellipse.
Goodacre,s Junior nine will practice
at noon Sunday on the Camp Meigs
diamond.
Goode Cleaners want a taste OF
competition Saturday in the form Of
q practice game. Manager Clements
may be reached at North 3675-W.
Members of the Blue Flame Valet
nine are requested to report Sunday
at o'clock on the South Ellipse dia-
mond for practice.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
Played in a Fog.

TOGG1NG of the lenses by per-
spiration made playing at third
plenty difficult for Bluege in the
game against the New Orleans club
at Biloxi only last Sunday. In fact, he
flelded atrociouSly in that engagement
IN which he made two errors and
failed to handle one chance that came
his way smoothly. He hit the ball
well in that game, for he had suffi-
cient time to clean the glasses thor
oughly before stepping up to the
plate. But in the field there was no
opportunity to wipe away the fog
when the ball was on its way toward
him.
Bluege left camp the next day to
motor Mrs Bluge to her former home
In Raleigh, N. c., and was not ex-
pected to rejoin the Nationals until
the opening of the series in Chicago
tomorrow. But Ossie was doing a
lot of thinking about those specs on
the drive from Biloxi to Raleigh, he
says, and decided be had better get
back to the club right away to test
the possibilities of wearing them onlv
when at bat.
SO he pulled in here yesterday
morning greatly to Manager Cronin's
surprise and in the afternoon adopted
the part-time plan with great success.
He had four chances afeld and took
care OF each in perfect form. Four
were grounders of the type he had
fumbled and paved about while wear
ing the specs at Biloxi This time
he took care of them as he takes care
of plays at his fielding peak. And at
his peak there Is none better on the
diamond than the Washington vet
eran. In the six innings he played
before giving way to the rookie, Cecil
Travis. he had four turns at the plate
with his specs bridging his nose. Two
sharply-hit line singles and as many
drives that were checked by sensa-
tional catches in the outfield re-
suited with his offensive power fgur-
ing in the making of four of his
sides runs.
Evening star., 1934-04-06

good for Is bases and II runs. That
is quite splash in any league. But
it was Gehrig's two four-base blasters
that did most of the damage.
The big Yankee first baseman Is out
after Jimmy Foxx this season and he
will be something to stop. Gehrig
and the Babe have 13 homers split
between them in the Spring exhibitions
and the Babe now is nearing the 500
class at bat.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
Mat Matches

BY the Associated Press.
CAMDEN, N. J.-Sandor Szabo,
214, Hungary, threw Joe Dusek, 207,
Nebraska; 30:16.
FARIBAULT, Minn-Bronko Ma
gurski, International Falls, Mimi.
threw Frank Euresh, Omaha; 23:00.
TORONTO.-Joe Malcewicz, 200,
Utica, N. Y, and Gino Garibaldi, 207,
Italy, drew; hour Zone fall each).
Evening star., 1934-04-06
This Memphis Chapman,

DdI. AIlo MCulpAIo SidpuIdu,
named Cal. is a cousin of Ed, the
Washington pitcher. Dugas
went into center field in the
seventh to finish the game and
found 1t rough spot. He mar
rowly escaped being knocked down
by two drives and the one he
caught he got just above his
bean. Gus looks much better
in right. Pick Hamel, Wash.
ington boy, playing center for the
Chicks, got four hits-three Of
them doubles-in succession of the
Nationals pitchers before he finally
grounded out in the ninth
Weaver was to have pitched yes
terday, but Stewart asked for the
turn, as he wanted today to go over
to Crossville, Tenn, where his
youngster is undergoing an opera
ton. So Weaver was sched-
uled to tackle the Chickashaws
this afternoon and for seven
innings. Chapman, instead Of
Linke, may finish. ]. B. Z.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE

there was general feeling that teams
inside the 1O-yard line would take a
shot on the first down. But it might
do more damage to be held over as
threat, giving the running game
a chance
Before this rule was passed the
defense could afford to keep compact,
especially inside the 5-yard line. where
the penalty of losing the ball and 20
yards was too heavy for an incom-
pleted throw. Now the defending
Continued on Page A. Column b
Evening star., 1934-04-06
ACE FOR DONOHOE.

For the second time in its existence
the second hole at the Manor Club
course has been made in one stroke
Irwin T. Donohue is the proud gent
who accomplished the stunt. Taking
his trllsty No. iron in hand yes
terday afternoon he walloped the ball
onto the green and had the satisfac-
ton of seeing it trickle into the cup
for the ace Dr. H. A. Wilkerson was
playing with him. The hole measures
about 155 yards in length.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
Witnesses Had to Stand.

Witnesses Had to Stand.
CUNNY had a world of stuff. Her
y shoulders were broad. her arms
and legs were strong, her head
was clear and steady. Last Summer,
her hackers decided she was set to
swim La Manche. Twenty-four bona
fide witnesses we're planted aboard
tug to testify for Sunny. The party
was headed by Wolfe and the sage
pilot, Louis Courthes.
The maid from Manchester hit the
Evening star., 1934-04-06

suing detonation
still is ringing
over eorgia.
B o t h blow S
cleared the high
andfar right field
wall, tremendous
wallops that left
trails of smoke
in their wake.
he Yankees
still carry their
old power under
full steam. They
assaulted left
handler Jacobs in
the first inning
Evening star., 1934-04-06

water off Cape Girls Nez late in the
afternoon of August %. Working
easily, she reached the halfway mark
toward midnight and came into the
stretch a few minutes later She re-
membered how Ederle hummed Let
Me Call You Sweetheart" during her
Evening star., 1934-04-06
PLAY HARVARD CUBS.

Maryland's freshmen base ballers,
who reported only Wednesday, will
play the Harvard yearlings at Col
lege Park tomorrow at 1890 o'clock.
Later in the day the Crimson cubs
will watch the Harvard varsity stick
men battle the Old Liners.
Evening star., 1934-04-06

NAAOS
jaunt. S u n n y
couldn't rec a ! !
the tune of that
song, so she ap-
piled her pleas
ant contralto to
God Save the
King. " This made
it tough for the
"a witnesses on
the tug, who had
to st a n d up
throughout tn e
performance.
After Is hours
and As. minutes
of very ly
swimming, Sunny
water at Dover.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
The First Fan.

1Hc r1rSt r an.
THERE are said to be from TO-
100000 to 25,0O0,O0 fans wait
ing impatiently for the next
fortnight to pry the lid of the base
ball season.
But the number one post belongs to
George M. Cohan, the first fan of the
country, who already Is practicing
quick starts in the general direction
of the Yankee Stadium and the Polo
Grounds.
The arrival of new base ball cam
paign means that George M. Cohan
will have all the thrills and throbs for
the next six months that any one sys-
tenn can carry.
The average base ball fan has to be
lured out by the home club appeal.
George Cohan doesn't. I saw him
last Spring in Hollywood when only
one detail prevented him from COM
mitting hara-ktri. That was the night
ball games in the Hollywood or the
Los Angeles park, one Of them being
some Is miles from his hotel. I don't
believe he missed two games while
completing his motion picture.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
By a staff Correspondent of The Star.
KEMPHIS Tenn April

n 4 EMPHIS, Tenn, April 6.
M Another game here with
wv the Memphis outfit and
4 L then the Nationals will
head for Chicago, where
tomorrow they are scheduled to
open a two-game series with the
Cubs, a series which will bring to-
gether the clubs, f1ocks of fans
about the country are saying, will
meet in the scrap for world base
ball laurels next Fall.
Regardless of the Washington
and Chicago championship posi-
bilities that series with the Cubs
certainly should afford the Ma
tionals much more competition
than they got in this town yester-
day as they encountered the
Southern Association runner-up
OF the 1888 campaign.
The Chickasaws were nothing
more than pushovers for the
American League champions in
the opening tilt of the local set.
Evening star., 1934-04-06
}ege viii Be First Major Lacquer Use Scace Only When
A MINOR MATTER
Totals. IS 1O2712 Totals .33 1927 6
sBatted for Beam in ninth.

'Batted for Beam in ninth.
washington. . Z 90 . 0 O Oil
Memphis. .... l l l L
Runs-Myer, Stone Harris Cronin CD.
Schultz t3), Kuhel, Klumpp, Stewart.
Haynes Chlozza. Beam 90. Errors-Du-
gas Redfern CD. Haynes. Runs batted in
-Blucge t4, Klumpp t2). Harris (2l,
Schultz. Stone (2). Chapman (2D Hamel
Gilbert Two-base hits-Hamel CD. Stone.
Three-tase hIt-Gilbert. Stolen bases
Cronin, Schultz Sacrifice-Kuhel. Dou-
Bile plays-Bluege to Myer to Kuhel (2l;
Myer to Cronin to Kuhel, Left on bases
Washington, II: Memphis, s First base a
art. art i; of Swayze, 3; of Beam, s; of
Burke, l. Struck out-,By TouchStone. ]:
by Beam; s. by Burke ess WITH HitsmOt It r71tt
off f'tiPni sleWart, : in 5 innings, with !. runs;
off Swayze in "a inning, with Z runs.
Hit by pitched ball--By Stewart fBrazin.
Winning pitcher-+stewart. Losing pitcher
-TouchStone UmplreS-MesSrs. Camp
bell and Cox. Time of game hours and
4 minutes.